John Logie Baird

Facts

Name:

John Logie Baird

Species:

Human

Job:

Inventor

Place of Origin:

Scotland

First Mentioned In:

The Wheel of Ice

First Appearance:

I Was Churchill’s Double

Other Appearances:

The Giggle

Main TV Actor:

John MacKay

Main Voice Actor:

Mark Elstob

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Biography

BIOGRAPHY

In 1925, he conducted an experiment, with the assistance of Charles Banerjee, to create the first television. He used a doll, Stooky Bill, as a test subject to prove that his invention works. Baird explained that the doll was required as a human would be unable to withstand the temperature created by the surrounding lights. The experiment proved successful, as Stooky Bill’s image was displayed as the first television picture, much to Baird’s excitement. (The Giggle)

In 1942, he showed Winston Churchill a broadcast which showed a double of him. He had managed to hack into the alternate dimension of the Utopia Mirror. (I Was Churchill’s Double)

BEHIND THE SCENES

John MacKay previously portrayed John Logie Baird in the miniseries Nolly, which was created by Russell T Davies. MacKay is the second actor to play a historical figure in the series after previously playing them in another work, following Simon Callow as Charles Dickens.

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