In " The Two Doctors " ( 1985 ), the Second Doctor also used a portable Stattenheim.

* April 21 – Doctor Richard Beeching, Chairman of British Rail ( d. 1985 )

* Vengeance on Varos ( 1985 ) was an episode of the TV show Doctor Who in which the population of a planet watches live TV broadcasts of the torture and executions of those who oppose the government.

He received honorary Doctor of Science degrees from Case Western Reserve University in 1969, Princeton University in 1985, and the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York in 1990 in connection with an international symposium in his honor organized by John Corcoran.

Patrick George Troughton ( 25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987 ) was an English actor most widely known for his roles in fantasy, science fiction and horror films, particularly in his role as the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which he played from 1966 to 1969, reappearing in 1973, 1983 and 1985.

Troughton enjoyed the return to the programme so much that he readily agreed to appear one more time as the Second Doctor, with Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor in The Two Doctors ( 1985 ).

* The 1985 Doctor Who Annual included a short story entitled " The Real Hereward ".

The last academic honors bestowed upon him were the French Academy's Bordin Prize ( 1977 ) and the title of Doctor Honoris Causa, granted by the University of Washington ( 1985 ).

The 1985 Doctor Who serial " Vengeance on Varos " was set within the confines of a ' Punishment Dome ' where the repellent alien delegate Sil was delighted to learn that recordings of real life executions, dismemberments, drownings, acid baths and other ' delights ' were being peddled to the apathetic population at large to keep them both docile and entertained.

The Controller of BBC One at the time, Michael Grade, criticised Doctor Who, saying that, the programme had become overly violent, with farcical storylines during season 22 in 1985.

* The Doctor and the Devils ( 1985 )

In addition to being the recipient of honorary Masters and Doctor of Letters degrees from her alma mater Smith College ( 1935 and 1970 ), Anne also received honorary degrees from Amherst College ( 1939 ), the University of Rochester ( 1939 ), Middlebury College ( 1976 ), and Gustavus Adolphus College ( 1985 ).

The Rani appears in two Doctor Who classic series serials, The Mark of the Rani ( 1985 ) and Time and the Rani ( 1987 ), portrayed both times by Kate O ' Mara.

He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and went on to receive his Juris Doctor from the university's law school in 1988.

In 1985, she played the Rani in the Doctor Who adventure " The Mark of the Rani ".

The BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who features a time machine, the TARDIS, disguised as a Mackenzie Trench-style police box ; normally capable of disguising itself to blend in to its surroundings, the ship's chameleon circuit broke down and left the TARDIS seen most often in the show stuck as a police box, except for a brief period in one adventure seen in 1985.

He was a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of Georgian Literature of the Georgian Academy of Sciences ( 1973 – 1977, 1985 – 1990 ), Associate Professor of the Tbilisi State University ( 1973 – 1975, 1985 – 1990 ) and member of the Union of Georgia's Writers ( 1966 – 1977, 1985 – 1991 ), PhD in the field of Philology ( 1973 ) and Doctor of Sciences ( Full Doctor, 1991 ).

The Mark of The Rani is the third serial of the 22nd season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from 2 February to 9 February 1985.

Robert A. Heinlein dedicated his 1985 novel The Cat Who Walks Through Walls to Anderson and eight of the other members of the Citizens ' Advisory Council on National Space Policy.

Women Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of Women's Ordination, 1889 – 1985, Beacon Press, 1998.

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls: A Comedy of Manners is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein published in 1985.

* The Doll Who Ate His Mother ( 1976 ) ( revised text, 1985 )

* 1974 – 1985: " For Those Who Want It All "

In 1985, writer Alan Moore gave a somewhat darker glimpse into the world of Krypton in his story " For the Man Who Has Everything " ( in Superman Annual # 11 ), the premise being an elaborate dream of Superman's in which Krypton had not exploded and he'd grown to adulthood there.

According to Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe # 6 ( 1985 ), Destiny is " the one being who has been able to resist Zeus ' unlimited powers.

* The Cat Who Walks Through Walls ( 1985 )

Pete Townshend, of The Who and former resident of Shepherd's Bush, released a solo album entitled White City: A Novel in November 1985 on Atco.

In 1985, Marston was posthumously named as one of the honorees by DC Comics in the company's 50th anniversary publication Fifty Who Made DC Great.

* Wetherell, W. D., The Man Who Loved Levittown, University of Pittsburgh Press ( 1985 ), ISBN 0-8229-3520-1 ( fiction, winner of the 1985 Drue Heinz Literature Prize )

Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single " Who Needs Love Like That ".

One possible explanation is that in 1985, a Mute Records technician is believed to have accidentally written " erasure " on a demo tape for " Who Needs Love Like That " submitted by Clarke and Bell.

* Amos, William ( 1985 ) The Originals: Who's Really Who in Fiction.

* The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat ( 1985 )

In 1985, DC Comics named Fleischer Studios as one of the honorees in the company's 50th anniversary publication Fifty Who Made DC Great for its work on the Superman cartoons.

Some directors cast her multiple times in their films, such as Blake Edwards for The Man Who Loved Women ( 1983 ) and Blind Date ( 1987 ), as well as Robert Altman for Fool for Love ( 1985 ) and Prêt-à-Porter ( 1994 ).

Other Top Ten Gold Songs released by Cheung through Capital Artists included " Wild Wind " ( 不羈的風 ) ( album, For Your Love Only, 1985 ); " Who Can Be With Me " ( 有誰共鳴 ) ( album, Leslie Cheung: Allure Me, 1986 ) and " Love in Those Years " ( 當年情 ) ( theme song for A Better Tomorrow, album Leslie Cheung: Allure Me, 1986 ).

* 1985 – Melissa Barrera, American television host

* A. D. ( miniseries ), a 1985 television miniseries set in ancient Rome

On television, the actor Freddie Jones portrayed Claudius in the 1968 British television series The Caesars while the 1985 made-for-television miniseries A. D. features actor Richard Kiley as Claudius.

Caligula has been played by Ralph Bates in the 1968 ITV television series The Caesars ; John Hurt in the 1976 BBC television series I, Claudius ; John McEnery in the 1985 miniseries A. D .; Szabolcs Hajdu in the 1996 film Caligula ; and John Simm in the 2004 miniseries Imperium Nerone.

After appearing in three Broadway plays in 1985, Clarke moved to Los Angeles for several years as a film and television actress.

( Parton's March 1983 performance at London's Dominion Theatre from this tour was filmed and broadcast as a television special in the U. S .) From 1984 to 1985, she toured alongside Kenny Rogers for the Real Love Tour.

David Huffman ( 10 May 1945 – 27 February 1985 ) was a character actor with many television, film and stage credits.

Notably, from 1985 to 1988, author and television writer Hugh Miller wrote seventeen novels, detailing the lives of many of the show's original characters before 1985, when events on screen took place.

Category: 1985 in British television

Category: 1985 British television programme debuts

Over time, Godzilla 1985, though not a hit, was partially profitable for New World only with the addition of home video and television syndication ( the film debuted on television on May 16, 1986 ).

* 1985 – Ólafur Hannesson, Icelandic television host

* Hans-Dieter Asner in the 1985 television production Mussolini and I

* Richard Kane in the 1985 US / Yugoslavian television production Mussolini: The Untold Story

On 28th February 1985, Chernenko appeared once more on television to receive parliamentary credentials and read out a brief statement on his electoral victory: the election campaign is over and now it is time to carry out the tasks set for us by the voters and the Communists who have spoken out.

* 1985 – Dan Sweetman, Australian television host

* 1985 – Stephanie Bendixsen, Australian television personality

* 1985 – Jack Osbourne, English television star

Barred from film-making by prior anti-trust rulings, he acquired the struggling ABC television network in February 1953, leading it first to financial health, and eventually, in the mid-1970s, to first place in the national Nielsen ratings, before selling out to Capital Cities in 1985 ( Capital Cities would eventually sell out, in turn, to the Walt Disney organization in 1996 ).

The television series Moonlighting ( 1985 – 1989 ), Married ... with Children ( 1987 – 1997 ), NewsRadio ( 1995 – 1999 ), Gilmore Girls ( 2000 – 2007 ), and Standoff ( 2006 – 2007 ) have also adapted elements of the screwball comedy genre for the small screen.

In the 1980s, US television featured the light espionage programmes Airwolf ( 1984 – 87 ) and MacGyver ( 1985 – 92 ), each rooted in the Cold War yet reflecting American citizens ' distrust of their government, after the crimes of the Nixon Government ( the internal, political espionage of the Watergate Scandal and the Vietnam War ) were exposed.