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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Jo (Katy Manning) and the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) deep in discussion in the 1971 tale Colony in Space.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #289

Name: Wendy Padbury
Year(s): 1968 - 1969 / 1983 [49 episodes]
Stories: The Wheel In Space episode 2 - The War Games episode 10 / The Five Doctors
Character(s): Zoe Heriot
NOTE: Also appeared in the 1974 stage play 'Doctor Who and the Daleks in Seven Keys to Doomsday' as a companion named Jenny. Appeared in stories in numerous Big Finish series including The Big Finish Monthly Range, The Big Finish Special Releases, The Lost Stories, The Early Adventures, The Companion Chronicles, Short Trips, and Jago & Litefoot. Was married to Big Finish actor Melvyn Hayes. Is the mother of Big Finish actress Charlie Hayes. After leaving the Whoniverse, she became as a theatrical agent and counted Nicholas Courtney, Colin Baker and Mark Strickson among her clients. She helped to discover Matt Smith when he was at the National Youth Theatre

Before Who:
Films: Charlie Bubbles* (1968)

Television: Crossroads [59 episodes as Stevie Harris (1964-1966)] / Stand by Your Bedouin: The Boy King / ITV Play of the Week: Aladdin

After Who:
Films: Blood on Satan's Claw* (1971) / Soul's Ark (1999) [also starring Susan Anne Ford and Colin Baker]

Television: Score with the Scaffold [11 episodes as herself] / Z Cars: Kid's Stuff / Seasons of the Year: The Three Graces / The Freewheelers* [39 episodes as Sue Craig (1971-1973)] / Crown Court: The Getaway / Jackanory Playhouse: The Emperor's Nightingale / The Many Wives of Patrick [3 episodes as Amanda Woodford] / SuperTed: Super Safe with SuperTed [Voice of Blotch] / Emmerdale Farm [6 episodes as Rosemary Roberts] / The Bill: The Negotiator

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Imperial Daleks exterminate in Remembrance of the Daleks (1988)

[Susan Foreman]

Season 24 announced as the next instalment in The Collection Blu-ray range / Doctor Who TV

"Sylvester McCoy’s first season as the Seventh Doctor, featuring a full season of Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush, is the next release to come to Blu-ray with Season 24.

The Doctor is faced with enemies including the Rani (Kate O’Mara) and the terrifying Tetraps in Time and the Rani, Kroagnon and his cleaning robots in Paradise Towers, the ruthless Bannermen in Delta and the Bannermen and Kane (Edward Peel), the murderous ruler of Iceworld in Dragonfire."

With all episodes newly remastered, this Blu-ray box set also contains extensive and exclusive special features including:

• Extended versions of all four stories, featuring previously un-transmitted material.
• Immersive 5.1 surround sound & isolated scores
• Brand new documentaries - Including a feature-length overview of Season 24 - Here’s To The Future, plus The Making Of Delta And The Bannermen.
• Rare studio and location footage - Over 25 hours of raw material never seen before, including behind-the-scenes footage from the regeneration scene.
• In Conversation - Matthew Sweet interviews Sylvester McCoy about his life, career, and time as the Seventh Doctor.
• Behind the Sofa - Four new episodes with Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Sophie Aldred, Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Colin Baker & Michael Jayston.
• The Doctor’s Table - Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Sophie Aldred and Clive Merrison reminisce about the making of the season.
• Rare Gems from the Archives - Hours of footage covering the promotion of this season including lots of previously unreleased material.
• An Audience with Lady Stevens - A brand new interview with Season 24 actor and Rocky Horror cult figure Patricia Quinn.
• Convention Footage
• HD Photo Galleries - Including many previously unseen images.
• Info Text - Behind-the-scenes information and trivia on every episode.
• Scripts, costume designs, rare BBC production files and other rarities from the archive
• and much more

The eight-disc box set also includes hours of special features previously released on DVD and Blu-Ray.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Pete McTighe should be the current show runner not Chibnall.

Thank God it's not season 25 as i'd have to buy that for all the new Remembrance stuff.

Still, i look forward to the McCoy cover on an upcoming Doctor Who magazine.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #290

Name: Michael Turner
Year(s): 1968
Stories: The Wheel In Space episode 1 - The Wheel In Space episode 6
Character(s): Jarvis Bennett

Before Who:
Films: Othello (1965)
Television: The Black Arrow [2 episodes as Bennett Hatch] / Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Exhumed Client / The Moonstone [2 episodes as Bank teller] / BBC Sunday-Night Play: Just You Wait / Knock on Any Door: Sunday in Perspective / Emergency-Ward 10: A Matter of Will / BBC Plays: A Flea In Her Ear / Inheritance [2 episodes as Henry Brigg] / A Man of our Times [2 episodes as Ted Harvey]

After Who:
Films: Cry Freedom (1987), Lady Chatterley (1992)
Television: Armchair Theatre: No Easy Walk / The Avengers: Have Guns - Will Haggle* / ITV Playhouse: Murder: Nobody Knows / Big Breadwinner Hog [4 episodes as Mr. Eberhart] / Saturday Night Theatre: Nora / The Wednesday Play: Chariot of Fire / Villains: Knocker / Cranford [3 episodes as Mr Hoggins] / Saturday Night Theatre: The Death of Adolph Hitler / Barlow: Trespass / Away from it All: The Ripening Seed / The Adventures of Black Beauty: Lost / Sporting Scenes: When the Boys Come Out to Play / New Scotland Yard [7 episodes as Det. Chief Supt. Clay] / The Case of Eliza Armstrong [6 episodes as Charles Russell QC] / The Public Eye: Take No for an Answer / Spy Trap: Look for the Ugly / Sam [2 episodes as Harry Carter] / Centre Play: Judge the Bloody City / The Life and Death of Penelope [2 episodes as Dr. Lewis-Clarke] / The New Avengers: Dead Men are Dangerous* / Going Straight: Going Home / Angels: Decisions / Strangers: Briscoe / BBC Plays: Suez 1956 / A Question of Guilt [8 episodes as Dr. Parsons] / To Serve Them All My Days [4 episodes as Brigadier Cooper] / The Brack Report [2 episodes as Frank Sampson] / Mr Pye [4 episodes as Mr. Porter] / Screenplay: Drums Along Balmoral Drive / The Ruth Rendell Mysteries: A New Lease of Death / Boon: Love or Money / The Bill: Hard Cash

[Susan Foreman]

Coming from Big Finish in March 2021 - 'Return of the Cybermen'

"The Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan return to Space Station Nerva in search of the TARDIS. Instead, they find peril, disease and... Cybermen!

These cybernetic monsters have devised a plan to eliminate the greatest threat to their existence. And if the Doctor and his human compatriots do not play their part in this scheme, they are to be destroyed."

Tom Baker (The Doctor)
Sadie Miller (Sarah Jane Smith)
Christopher Naylor (Harry Sullivan)
Nicholas Asbury (Commander Stevenson / Pietersen)
Nicholas Briggs (The Cybermen / Cyberleader / Warner)
Nickolas Grace (Kellman)
Amanda Shodeko (Anitra / Coetzee)
Robert Whitelock (Bill Lester / Badenhorst)

Director Nicholas Briggs
Written by Gerry Davis

Product Format: 2-disc CD (jewel case)
Number of Discs: 2
Duration: 120 minutes

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Arriving 22/02/21

Panini presents a new series of lavish 116-page bookazines from the makers of Doctor Who Magazine.
Doctor Who: Chronicles examines the landmark years of the show’s history in unprecedented detail. The first issue looks at 1965, when the most popular episodes attracted more than 13 million viewers and Dalekmania reached its peak with the release of the first feature film based on the series.

Packed will all-new features and previously unseen images, Doctor Who: Chronicles is an essential purchase for all fans.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A publicity photo of Michael Craze as new companion Ben Jackson in The War Machines (1966)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #291

Name: Anne Ridler
Year(s): 1968
Stories: The Wheel In Space episode 1 - The Wheel In Space episode 5
Character(s): Gemma Corwyn
NOTE: Also provided the voice of Jacqueline Schaeffer in the Big Finish audio story 'Master'

Before Who:
Films: Person Unknown (1956), The Yangtse Incident (1957), The Camp on Blood Island* (1958), The 633 Squadron* (1964)

Television: My Friend Charles [5 episodes as Nurse Kay] / Rheingold Theatre: Point of View / A Time of Day [3 episodes as Nurse Lynn] / The Scarf [3 episodes as Phyllis North] / Maigret: A Man of Quality / BBC Sunday-Night Play: The Barretts of Wimpole Street / Compact [5 episodes as Miss Pickhill] / Suspense: The Man in My Shoes / Dixon of Dock Green [55 episodes as WP Sgt. Chris Freeman (1962-1964)] / The Scarlet and the Black [4 episodes as Madame Derville] / Z Cars: The Hunch

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Thirty Minute Theatre: The Chequers Manoeuvre / The Public Eye: Welcome to Brighton* / Away from it All: Such a Small Word / Moonbase 3: Achilles Heel / Tom's Midnight Garden [3 episodes as Aunt Grace Melbourne] / Bedtime Stories: Sleeping Beauty / Cloud Burst [10 episodes as Mrs. Green / Number Three] / David Copperfield [2 episodes as Jane Murdstone] / Kizzy [6 episodes as Olivia Brooke] / Nicholas Nickleby [2 episodes as Mrs. Squeers] / Tenko: All Aboard / Terrahawks [39 episodes as the voices of Kate Kestrel / Cy-Star / It-Star (Female) (1983-1986)] / Tucker's Luck: Absolutely No Selling / Strike It Rich! [10 episodes as Elizabeth] / Wyatt's Watchdogs [6 episodes as Edwina] / The Bill: Too Many Cooks