The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A promo image for 2008's Christmas special The Next Doctor. Featuring David Morrissey as Jackson Lake, David Tennant as the Doctor and Dervla Kirwan as Miss Hartigan in a Victorian adventure with the Cybermen.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #624a

Name: David Warwick [1948 - ]
Year(s): 1978 / 2006
Stories: The Pirate Planet part 1 – The Pirate Planet part 4 / Army Of Ghosts
Character(s): Kimus / Police Commissioner

Note: Was ,married to Who actress Louise Jameson
Appeared in numerous Big Finish audio stories:

• In the 'Doctor Who' Main Range story 'The Harvest'
• In the 'Lost Stories' story 'Power Play'
• In the 'Gallifrey' story 'A Blind Eye'
• In the 'Bernice Summerfield' stories 'The Revenant's Carnival' and 'In Living Memory'

Before Who:
Films: Savage Messiah (1972)
Television: The Pathfinders: For Better, for Worse (1972) / ITV Playhouse: Buggins' Ermine (1972) / Z Cars [2 episodes, different characters (1972-1973)] / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Passengers (1973) / The Prince of Denmark [6 episodes as Steve (1974)] / Second City Firsts: Early to Bed (1975) / Centre Play: Our Terry (1975) / Hogg's Back (1975) / Jackanory Playhouse: The Magic Gorilla (1976) / The Glittering Prizes: An Academic Life (1976) / The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* [2 episodes as Mark (1976)]

After Who:
Films: Daphne and Chloe (1982), Tough at the Bottom (1982), Room to Rent (2000), Run for Your Wife (2012)
Television: Ripping Yarns: Roger of the Raj (1979) / Shelley; Expletive Deleted (1980) / Goodbye Darling: Barbara (1981) / Loose Enz: Tough at the Bottom (1982) / Both Sides of the Fence (1983) / Yes Minister: Party Games (1984) / Dear John: Kate Returns (1987) / London's Burning: Ding Dong Merrily (1988) / Only Fools and Horses: Danger UXD (1989) / On the Up: Walking Out (1990) / In Sickness and in Health (1990) / The Bill [2 episodes as the Bomb squad officer (1990)] / Keeping Up Appearances: The Toy Store (1991) / Peak Practice: Happy Ever After (1994) / All About Me (2002) / EastEnders [2 episodes as Mike Sommers (2012)]

Who: Before And After #624b

Name: Primi Townsend [1951 - ]
Year(s): 1978
Stories: The Pirate Planet part 1 – The Pirate Planet part 4
Character(s): Mula

Before Who:
Films: Schizo* (1976)

Television: Harriet's Back in Town [2 episodes as Liz (1972)] / My Honourable Mrs [2 episodes as Miss Wilkins (1975)] / 1990: What Pleases the Prince... (1978) / Z Cars: Driver (1978)

After Who:
Films: Romany Rye (1981), Witness for the Prosecution (1982)
Television: Bless Me Father: The Seal of Confession (1978) / Tycoon: Return to Go (1978) / Blake's 7: Powerplay (1980) / World's End [12 episodes as Nicola (1981)] / Bergerac: A Cry in the Night (1984) / Minder: A Star Is Gorn (1984) / Lame Ducks [3 episodes as Mrs Drake (1984)] / Life Without George (1987) / EastEnders (1988) / Five Children and It (1991) / Grange Hill [2 episodes as Miss Brooking (1991)]

Who: Before And After #624c

Name: Clive Bennett [? - ]
Year(s): 1978
Stories: The Pirate Planet part 1
Character(s): Citizen

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: None

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Keen Eddie: Achtung, Baby (2003)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

BBC One’s Christmas 2011 trailer featuring Matt Smith and Karen Gillan and a friend seems the perfect image for Christmas Eve.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #625a

Name: Bernard Finch [1939 - 1990]
Year(s): 1978
Stories: The Pirate Planet part 1 – The Pirate Planet part 4
Character(s): Mentiad
Note: Was originally cast as Spencer in the 1970 story 'Doctor Who and the Silurians', but was forced to drop out when the recording dates changed.

Before Who:
Films: The Good Soldier Schweik (1965)
Television: An Age of Kings [4 episodes (1960)] / The Spread of the Eagle [9 episodes, different characters (1963)] / Story Parade: The Unknown Citizen (1964) / The Count of Monte Cristo [2 episodes as Giulio (1964)] / Compact [5 episodes as Dennis Kelly (1964-1965)] / Hereward the Wake: The Burning of the Golden Borough (1965) / The Liars (1966) / Blackmail: The Cream Off the Top (1966) / Crossroads [3 episodes as Roy Wetherby (1966)] / The Further Adventures of the Musketeers: The Oath (1967) / Les Miserables; Marius (1967) / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Pursuit (1969) / Out of the Unknown: Random Quest (1969) / Thirty-Minute Theatre: Revolutions - Fidel Castro (1970) / The Doctors (1970) / The Regiment [2 episodes as Bertie (1973)] / Tycoon: Sins of the Father (1978)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Robin's Nest: No Smoke Without Fire (1981) / Angels (1981) / I Remember Nelson: Battle (1982) / The Professionals: Operation Susie (1982) / Lytton's Diary: Daddy's Girls (1985) / Rockliffe's Babies: Sweet and Sour Revenge (1987) / The Bill [2 episodes, different characters (1989-1990)]

Who: Before And After #625b

Name: Adam Kurakin [1945 - 1989]
Year(s): 1978
Stories: The Pirate Planet part 1 – The Pirate Planet part 3
Character(s): Guard

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: The Mating Machine: Flo and Monty and Henry... and Henry (1970) / Doomwatch: Invasion (1970) / Colditz: Frogs in the Well (1974) /

After Who:
Films: King Lear (1982), The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1983), Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1984)
Television: Accident: Purple One (1978) / Enemy at the Door: The Raid (1980)

Who: Before And After #825c

Name: Rosalind Lloyd [1953 - ]
Year(s): 1978
Stories: The Pirate Planet part 2 – The Pirate Planet part 4
Character(s): Nurse [aka Queen Xanxia]

Before Who:
Films: The Wild Geese* (1978)

Television: Menace: The Straight and the Narrow (1970) / The Ten Commandments: The Catherine Wheel (1971) / The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Woman in the Big Hat (1971) / Wives and Daughters [4 episodes as Cynthia Kirkpatrick (1971)] / Spyder's Web: Life at a Price (1972) / Crime of Passion: Baptiste (1972) / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Sharing the Honours (1972) / The Edwardians: Mr. Rolls and Mr. Royce (1972) / Armchair 30: Alan's Story (1973) / Within These Walls: The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1974) / Centre Play: Sweetheart (1974) .

After Who:
Films: Inseminoid* (1981), The Final Option (1982)

Television: A Question of Guilt [8 episodes as Elizabeth Gough (1980)] / The Walls of Jericho [3 episodes as Elizabeth Garrett-Anderson (1981)] / Maybury: Indoor Games (1981) / Only Fools and Horses: Diamonds Are for Heather* (1982) / Spooky: The Exorcism of Amy (1983) / Bergerac: A Cry in the Night (1984) / Minder: Sorry Pal, Wrong Number (1984) / The Optimist: The Fool of the House of Esher (1985)

[Susan Foreman]

That is a HUGE bottle Steven is holding!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

In 2009 the BBC used Doctor Who as it's Christmas Ident throughout the festive season. Here's my favourite image from it.

I'd like to wish all contributors and readers of this thread a very happy Christmas.

Dem.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE STONES OF BLOOD who have previously appeared in the show:

• Mary Tamm (Romana I)
• John Leeson (Voice Of K-9)

Who: Before And After #626a

Name: Beatrix Lehmann [1903 - 1979]
Year(s): 1978
Stories: The Stones Of Blood part 1 – The Stones of Blood part 4
Character(s): Professor Amelia Rumford
Note: While the character's name is 'Amelia Rumford' in both the target novelisation by Terrance Dicks and the promotional material for the stories audiobook, some production and promotional materials for the story have the character named as 'Emilia Rumford'. The actual episode credits for the televised story only refer to the character as 'Professor Rumford', leaving the correct spelling unclear.

Before Who:
Films: The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935), Strangers on a Honeymoon (1936), The Rat (1937), Candles at Nine (1944), The Key (1958), On The Fiddle (1961), The Ghost Sonata (1962), The Chairs (1962), Psyche 59 (1964), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold* (1965), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum* (1966), Wonderwall (1968), Staircase (1969), The Place of Peace (1975), The Cat and the Canary (1978)

Television: BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: Love and Miss Figgis (1954) / BBC Sunday-Night Theatre; The Dark Lady of the Sonnets (1955) / Armchair Theatre: The House of Bernarda Alba (1958) / Somerset Maugham Hour: The Mother (1961) / ITV Play of the Week: The Candidate (1961) / ITV Television Playhouse: Linda Came Today (1962) / Maigret: The Dirty House (1962) / BBC Sunday-Night Play: The Aspern Papers (1962) / The Spread of the Eagle [3 episodes as Volumnia (1963)] / Dr. Finlay's Casebook: Cup, Hand or Cards? (1963) / Z Cars: Promise Made (1964) / Compact [2 episodes as Mrs. J.J. Devon (1964)] / Eugenie Grandet [2 episodes as Madame Grandet (1965)] / The Hunchback of Notre Dame [4 episodes as Gudule (1966)] / Out of the Unknown: The Prophet (1967) / The Portrait of a Lady* [5 episodes as Mrs. Lydia Touchett (1968)] / Boy Meets Girl: The Eye of Heaven (1969) / The Expert: Lie Down, You're Dead (1969) / Paul Temple: Masked Lady (1970) / Menace: Inheritance (1970) / Kate: I Belong to Somebody (1972) / War & Peace: Madness (1972) / Thirty-Minute Theatre: Is Nellie Dead? (1973) / The Early Life of Stephen Hind [3 episodes as Renee Chatteney (1974)] / Affairs of the Heart: Miss Tita (1975) / Omnibus: Family Scenes - Ivy Compton - The Burne Household (1975) / Yes, Honestly [3 episodes as Lily's Gran (1976)] / Just William: Violet Elizabeth Wins (1977) / Love for Lydia [8 episodes as Aunt Bertie (1977)] / Armchair Thriller: The Limbo Connection [4 episodes as Blanche Terraine (1978)]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Crime and Punishment [2 episodes as the Pawnbroker (1979)]

Who: Before And After #626b

Name: Susan Engel [1935 - ]
Year(s): 1978
Stories: The Stones Of Blood part 1 – The Stones Of Blood part 4
Character(s): Vivien Fay, Cessair of Diplos, The Cailleach, Morgana Montcalm, Senhora Camara

Note:

• Is married to Who audio book actor Sylvester Morand
• Read the AudioGO story version of 'The Stones of Blood'
• She played Ms Muriel Joy in the Big Finish Productions' 'Gallifrey' story 'A Blind Eye'

Before Who:
Films: Charlie Bubbles* (1968), Inspector Clouseau (1968), King Lear (1970), Butley (1974)

Television: Festival: The Comedy of Errors (1964) / The Wars of the Roses [4 episodes as Queen Elizabeth / Lady Elizabeth Grey (1966)] / A Farewell to Arms [3 episodes as the Staff Nurse (1966)] / The Rat Catchers [2 episodes as Francine (1967)] / Haunted: I Like It Here (1967) / The Queen's Traitor [5 episodes as Queen Elizabeth I (1967)] / Man at the Top: Charity Begins at Home (1970) / Public Eye: Slip Home in the Dark (1971)] / Crown Court: Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie [3 episodes as Alice Starkie (1972) / The Lotus Eaters [5 episodes as Imogen Lundqvist (1973)] / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Only the Other Day (1974) / Moody and Pegg: The Plumber's Mate (1975) / BBC2 Playhouse: The Chauffeur (1976) / The Cedar Tree [28 episodes as Helen Bourne (1976)] / BBC2 Play of the Week: Exiles (1977) / Armchair Thriller: Quiet as a Nun [4 episodes as Sister Agnes (1978)] / Scorpion Tales: Crimes of Persuasion (1978)

After Who:
Films: Saint Joan (1979), Hopscotch (1980), Ascendancy (1983), A Kind of Alaska (1984), Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986), An Anorexic's Tale: The Brief Life of Catherine (1988), Damage (1992), Thursday the 12th (2003), Lie Still (2005), Richard III (2016)
Television: We'll Meet Again [5 episodes as Phyllis Lambourn (1982)] / Under the Hammer [3 episodes as Lady Holloway (1994)] / Inspector Morse: Death Is Now My Neighbour (1997) / Underworld [2 episodes as Alice (1997)] / Kavanagh QC [2 episodes as Mrs. Justice Witrow (1997-1999)] / The Vice: Dabbling (1999) / Trial & Retribution V [2 episodes as Sylvia Newberg (2002)] / Midsomer Murders [2 episodes, different characters (2004-2011)] / World's Worst Century (2004), Dalziel and Pascoe: The Dig (2005) / Afterlife: Misdirection (2005) / Casualty: Garage Flowers (2013) / The Cafe [4 episodes as Mrs. Smith (2011-2013)] / Holby City [3 episodes as Maria Edelman (2016-2020)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

What better way to spend Boxing Day than watching a puppet show as our gallant hero battles villainous one eyed monsters the Monoids in The Time of the Doctor (2013)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #627

Name: Nicholas McArdle [? - ]
Year(s): 1978
Stories: The Stones Of Blood part 1 – The Stones Of Blood part 2
Character(s): Leonard De Vries

Before Who:
Films: Antony and Cleopatra (1974), Can You Keep It Up for a Week?* (1974), Harry (1976)

Television: Softly Softly: Cross Reference (1969) / The Gnomes of Dulwich (1969) / Broaden Your Mind [13 episodes, Various Characters (1968-1969)] / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Twelfth Night (1970) / Menace: Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1970) / The Liver Birds: The Good Samaritans (1971) / The Man Outside: Hawk Street Horror (1972) / Milligan in...: Milligan in Autumn (1972) / Softly Softly: Task Force [2 episodes, different characters (1972-1976)] / Warship [2 episodes, different characters (1973-1976)] / The Fortunes of Nigel (1974) / Colditz [5 episodes as Capt. Richard Walters (1974)] / Heidi (1974) / The Venturers: Gilt Edged (1975) / Crown Court [2 episodes, different characters (1975-1978)] / Late Call [3 episodes as Geoff Bartley (1975)] / The Sweeney [2 episodes, different characters (1975-1978)] / The Legend of Robin Hood (1975) / Happy Ever After: Terry in Court (1976) / The Howerd Confessions (1976) / Well Anyway [2 episodes, different characters (1976)] / World of Laughter [3 episodes (1976)] / Little Lord Fauntleroy [2 episodes as the Innkeeper (1976)] / Mr. Big [2 episodes (1977)] / Supernatural: Dorabella (1977) / Target: Blow Out (1977) / BBC2 Play of the Week: The O'Hooligan File (1978) / All Creatures Great and Small [2 episodes as Mr. Worley (1978)] / Z Cars [2 episodes as Insp. Goddard (1978)] / Born and Bred: Napooh... Toodle-oo (1978)

After Who:
Films: In the Forest (1978), Porridge* (1979), The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980), Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980), Another Time, Another Place (1983), Squaring the Circle (1984), Dance with a Stranger (1985), Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War (2002)

Television: Wodehouse Playhouse: Trouble Down at Tudsleigh (1978) / Accident: Terri (1978) / Butterflies [2 episodes as a Policeman (1978)] / Dick Turpin: The Champion (1979) / The Onedin Line: Dirty Cargo (1979) / Citizen Smith: The Glorious Day (1979) / To the Manor Born [3 episodes as Miller (1979-1980)] / The Goodies: Politics (1980) / A Question of Guilt: Constance Kent (1980) / Time of My Life (1980) / Love in a Cold Climate: Coming Out (1980) / Play for Today: The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980) / The Chinese Detective: Income Tax (1981) / Are You Being Served?: Closed Circuit (1981) / John Keats: Climb with Me the Steep (1981) / The House on the Hill: Nothing Like a Dame (1981) / It Ain't Half Hot Mum: The Last Warrior (1981) / Fanny by Gaslight (1981) / BBC2 Playhouse: Housewarming (1982) / ITV Playhouse: Something's Got to Give (1982) / Cloud Howe [4 episodes as MacDougall-Brown (1982)] / Terry and June [3 episodes, different characters (1982-1985)] / Only When I Laugh: The Reunion (1982) / Maths Counts: A Table in Time (1983) / No Place Like Home [3 episodes as Norman Crump (1984-1986)] / Late Starter (1985) / Oliver Twist (1985) / Farrington of the F.O.: Pornography (1986) / Bergerac: Fires in the Fall (1986) / The Campbells: A Great Decision (1986) / The Mistress (1987) / Intimate Contact (1987) / Erasmus Microman: Darwin (1988) / Wipe Out (1988) / Double First (1988) / Rockliffe's Folly: Nine-Tenths of the Law (1988) / Chelworth: Coming Home (1989) / Taggart: Love Knot (1990) / Boon: Lost on the Range (1991) / Strathblair [12 episodes as Forbes (1992-1993)] / ABC Weekend Specials: The Legend of Lochnagar (1993) / May to December: Until It's Time for You to Go (1994)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

William Hartnell (First Doctor), Patrick Troughton (Second Doctor) and Jon Pertwee (Third Doctor) in a promo image for The Three Doctors (1972)