The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

@Susan - I remember that still from 633 Squadron of Anne Ridler.

She was a very nasty Gestapo interrogator who administered drugs to get George Chakiris character to talk.

She was only in that scene, but very memorable.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Colin Baker) takes it easy as Edgeworth (Maurice Denham) and Peri (Nicole Bryant) carefully listen in The Twin Dilemma (1984)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Well the end has arrived.

I've finally watched the last Doctor Who dvd i bought from the classic series (Not including animations).

Although i bought it a few years ago (Feb 2016 to be precise according to Amazon) i saved the last few to watch over recent Christmases. I think i'd saved Vengeance on Varos for Christmas 2019.

So The Visitation was it, and what a brilliant way to come to an end. An excellent story, but it was the dvd extras that really made this a special edition to me.

Doctor Forever – The Apocalypse Element which looked at the work of those who kept Doctor Who alive in the form of audio adventures following the TV’s show’s cancellation in 1989. With actors Colin Baker, William Russell and Lisa Bowerman, new series executive producer Russell T Davies and various Big Finish bods like Gary Russell, Nick Briggs as well as writers such as Gattis, Shearman and Cornell.

Very enjoyable, these guys really pulled out all the stops to ensure Doctor Who wouldn't be forgotten following the hiatus.

The Television Centre of the Universe – Part One - Yvette Fielding takes Peter Davison, Mark Strickson and Janet Fielding on a trip through BBC Television Centre in this half hour doc. The four basically go in, walk around, go into dressing rooms and make up rooms and warmly reminisce on what it was like back in the day. There's a real charm to it all and Yvette Fielding was an excellent guide, so much so that she felt like one of the TARDIS team during the Davison era. I enjoyed this so much i'm going to dig out The Underwater Menace dvd and watch part 2. I'm not even sure i saw part 2 as The Underwater Menace itself was such a struggle to get through.

Grim Tales - A 45 minute making of The Visitation...with a difference. Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton are taken on a trip back to the filming locations used in the story by fellow TARDIS travelling companion Mark Strickson (Turlough). Again this was charming and quite brilliant. The four get on wonderfully well and there's so much banter going on (Yes, some at the expense of Matthew Waterhouse). I suppose it helps that Davison and co are probably my favourite TARDIS family and were 'my' Doctor and companions in that Baker into Davison was the first regeneration i saw and i felt like part of the family.

Mark Strickson, Sarah Sutton, Peter Davison and Janet Fielding as seen in Grim Tales.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #292

Name: Eric Flynn
Year(s): 1968
Stories: The Wheel In Space episode 1 - The Wheel In Space episode 6
Character(s): Leo Ryan

Before Who:
Films: Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1962), A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)
Television: The Voodoo Factor: The Malayan / Story Box: Theseus and the Minotaur / Armchair Theatre: The Swindler / The Magical World of Disney: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh / Miss Adventure: Journey to Copenhagen / Out of the Unknown: The Fox and the Forest / Weavers Green [8 episodes as Geoffrey Toms] / The Wednesday Play: Another Day, Another Dollar / The Avengers: Murdersville*

After Who:
Films: Empire of the Sun (1987), Zero Option (1988)
Television: Nana [5 episodes as Daguenet] / The Caesars [2 episodes as Germanicus] / The Jazz Age: Tip-Toes / Ivanhoe [10 episodes as Ivanhoe] / Sentimental Education [3 episodes as Hussonet] / The Freewheelers [3 episodes as Major Tom Graham] / Pathfinders: Jonah Man / The Black Arrow [6 episodes as Will Lawless] / Thriller: A Killer in Every Corner* / Maggie and Her [2 episodes as Dicky] / Vampire Wars [Bloody Charlie (English version, voice)] / Sword for Truth [Sakaki Shuranosuke (English version, voice)] / Dark Warrior [Joe Takagami (Manga UK dub) (English version, voice)] / Bubblegum Crash [Lando (English version, voice)] / The Heroic Legend of Arislan [Priest / Vaphreze (Manga UK dub)] / Eldorado [5 episodes as Lars Olsson] / Genocyber [Captain (English version, voice)] / Peak Practice: Light at the End of the Tunnel / The Ruth Rendell Mysteries: The Lake of Darkness

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

An early publicity still promoting the return of the Mondasian Cybermen was released a month ahead of series 10 in March 2017.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #293

Name: Donald Sumpter
Year(s): 1968 / 1972 / 2015
Stories: The Wheel In Space episode 1 - The Wheel In Space episode 6 / The Sea Devils episode 3 - The Sea Devils episode 5 / Hell Bent
Character(s): Enrico Casali / Commander Ridgeway / Rassilon
NOTE: Also appeared as Erasmus Darkening in the 2009 'Sarah-Jane Adventures' story 'The Eternity Trap'

Before Who:
Films: The Lost Continent* (1968)

Television: The Wednesday Play: A Hero of Our Time /

After Who:
Films: I am a Groupie (1970), Stardust (1975), Jesus of Nazareth (1977), The Black Panther (1977), Hardcore (1977), Meetings with Remarkable Men (1978), The Night Slasher (1980), The Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), Oscar Wilde (1988), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), The Blackheath Poisonings (1992), Being Human (1994), Richard III (1995), Enigma* (2001), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), Dracula (2006). Eastern Promises (2007), The Fallen Angel (2007), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2011)

Television: Gazette: In Between the Lines / The Sex Game: Hippy-Hippy-Who-Cares / Saturday Night Theatre: Pig in a Poke / Special Project Air: Project Singapore / The Wednesday Play: Mad Jack / The Adventures of Don Quick: The Benefits of Earth* / Doctors [2 episodes as Chuck] / Armchair Theatre: The Breaking of Colonel Keyser / Barlow: Strays / Hadleigh [4 episodes as Tony] / Centre Play: The Saliva Milkshake / Sadie, It's Cold Outside / Quiller: Assault on the Ritz / The Children of the New Forest: [5 episodes as Ned Corbould] / Target: Promises / BBC2 Play of the Week: A Light That Shines / Shoestring: Teddy Bears Nightmare / BBC Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra / The Rose Medallion [3 episodes as Harry] / The Brack Report [10 episodes as Paul Brack] / No Excuses [4 episodes as Trev] / Minder: Hypnotizing Rita / Boon [2 episodes as Jack Evans] / Big Deal [5 episodes as Ronnie Day] / The Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Some Lie and Some Die / The Blackheath Poisonings [2 episodes as Inspector Titmarsh] / The Buddha of Suburbia [4 episodes as Matthew Pyke] / Agatha Christie's Poirot: The ABC Murders / Grushko [3 episodes as Kartashov] / The Queen's Nose [18 episodes as Uncle Ginger (1995-2000)] / Our Friends in the North [4 episodes as Commander Harold Chapple] / Crocodile Shoes II [4 episodes as Pilsbury] / Bombay Blue [6 episodes as Supt. John Mayberry] / The Last Detective: The Long Bank Holiday / New Tricks: Couldn't Organise One / Tess of the D'Urbervilles [3 episodes as Parson Tringham] / Being Human [9 episodes as Kemp] / Spooks / The Adventures of Merlin: The Eye of the Phoenix / Game of Thrones* [14 episodes as Maester Luwin (2011-2012)] / Black Mirror: The National Anthem / Wallander: An Event in Autumn / The Mill [4 episodes as Samuel Greg] / One Child [3 episodes as Jim Ashley] / Jekyll & Hyde [10 episodes as Garson] / Peaky Blinders [2 episodes as Arthur Bigge] / 12 Monkeys [2 episodes as Seer] / Les Miserables [3 episodes as Mabeuf] / Chernobyl [2 episodes as Zharkov] / Temple [2 episodes as George] / Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret [2 episodes as Bishop Peter Ball]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Which country produces these filmography's?

So much missing from Sumpter's resume - tv such as Atlantis, recent movies like The Man Who Invented Christmas and In the Heart of the Sea, plus calling Merlin - The Adventures of Merlin and saying a two hour special episode of Poirot The ABC Murders is three episodes.

It definitely doesn't come from IMDB that's for sure.

I enjoy reading them anyway.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A space ship approaches the Planet of Evil (1975)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Scum is reporting that Whitaker is NOT quitting Doctor Who.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Which country produces these filmography's?

It's a .com site, so I presume it's the good ol' US of A! - Donald Sumpter

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

So much missing from Sumpter's resume - tv such as Atlantis, recent movies like The Man Who Invented Christmas and In the Heart of the Sea, plus calling Merlin - The Adventures of Merlin and saying a two hour special episode of Poirot The ABC Murders is three episodes.

It definitely doesn't come from IMDB that's for sure.

It's a 'select' filmography I'm doing!

But I agree with you about the title changes, and I try to catch as many as I can. For example, a lot of people are credited with appearing in the series 'Mogul', which us Brits knew as 'The Troubleshooters'

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I enjoy reading them anyway.

Thank you