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[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #636

Name: Davyd Harries [1937 - ]
Year(s): 1979
Stories: The Armageddon Factor part 1 – The Armageddon Factor part 4, The Armageddon Factor part 6
Character(s): Major Shapp

Before Who:
Films: The Price of Love (1970), Under Milk Wood* (1971), Overlord* (1975)

Television: Stranger in the City [3 episodes as John (1962)] / The White Rabbit: O Absalom (1967) / Sorry I'm Single: The Walking Tour (1967) / Softly Softly: Big Boats, Little Boats (1968) / Out of the Unknown: 1+1=1.5 (1969) / Big Breadwinner Hog [5 episodes as Cardno (1969)] / John Browne's Body [3 episodes as Det. Sgt. Allen (1969)] / Department S: The Bones of Byrom Blain* (1969) / Dombey and Son [2 episodes as Mr. Toodle (1969)] / Who-Dun-It: Murder Impossible (1969) / The First Churchills: The Queen Commands (1969) / Take Three Girls: Keep Hoping (1970) / The Misfit: On Being British (1970) / Thirty-Minute Theatre: Revolutions: Cromwell (1970) / Rules, Rules, Rules [10 episodes, various characters (1970-1971)] / Special Branch: Borderline Case (1970) / The Liver Birds: The New Neighbour (1971) / Budgie: A Pair of Charlies (1971) / Cousin Bette [5 episodes as Victorin (1971)] / The Silver Sword [2 episodes as Ivan (1971)] / Tom Brown's Schooldays [3 episodes as the Reverend Anstey (1971)] / Owen, M.D. [4 episodes as Jack Unsworth (1971-1972)] / New Scotland Yard: Memory of a Gauntlet (1972) / Man at the Top: Welcome on the Mat (1972) / No Exit: A Man's Fair Share of Days (1972) / The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Cell 13 (1973) / Hunter's Walk [39 episodes as Sgt. Ken Ridgeway (1973-1976)] / Arthur of the Britons: The Treaty (1973) / Churchill's People: A Sprig of Broom (1975) / Target: Hunting Parties (1977) / Anna Karenina [9 episodes as Stiva (1977)] / Jackanory Playhouse: The Princess and the Potion (1978) / Telford's Change: The Philistines Of Sussex / Situation Vacant (1979) / Accident [6 episodes as Jack Dutton (1978-1979)]

After Who:
Films: Suez 1956 (1979), The Bells of Astercote (1980), Imaginary Friends (1982), Secret Friends (1991), 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight (1993), Beautiful Thing (1996), Sawdust Tales (1997), Beyond Fear (1997), Class of '76 (2005), Unknown Heart (2014)
Television: Tales of the Unexpected: A Dip in the Pool (1979) / Secret Army: Sound of Thunder (1979) / The Dick Francis Thriller - The Racing Game: Needle (1980) / Blake's 7: Moloch (1980) / The Gentle Touch: Help (1980) / The Swish of the Curtain [4 episodes as Mr. Fayne (1980)] / How's Your Father?: Fantasy Time (1980) / Minder: A Nice Little Wine (1980) / BBC2 Playhouse: Fatal Spring (1980) / Sunday Night Thriller: Dark Secret (1981) / Goodbye Darling: Brenda (1981) / You're Only Young Twice: Flora's Big Mistake (1981) / Strangers: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Copper (1981) / Angels [4 episodes as Mr. Daley (1981)] / Ennal's Point: The Jade (1982) / Break Point: Episode #1.1 (1982) / S.W.A.L.K. [6 episodes as Frank (1982)] / In Loving Memory: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (1982) / The Citadel (1983) / Tucker's Luck: Architect (1983) / Goodbye Mr. Chips (1984) / Play for Today: Young Shoulders (1984) / Travelling Man: The Watcher (1984) / That's My Boy [2 episodes as Charlie (1985)] / There Comes a Time (1985) / A.D. [5 episodes as Thomas (1985)] / Oliver Twist (1985) / Jackanory Playhouse: The Princess and the Lute Player (1985) / That Uncertain Feeling [4 episodes as Mervyn the dentist (1986)] / Bergerac: Thanks for Everything (1987) / The Charmer: Gorse at the End (1987) / Hannay: The Fellowship of the Black Stone (1988) / My Husband and I: On the Carpet (1988) / Screenplay: Broke (1991) / Merlin of the Crystal Cave [2 episodes as Marric (1991)] / Casualty [5 episodes, different characters (1992-2002)] / You, Me and It [3 episodes as Peter Clark (1993)] / Crime Story: The White House Farm Murders (1993) / Anna Lee: Dupe (1994) / Cadfael: Monk's Hood (1994) / The Chief [6 episodes as Sam Lester (1995)] / The Bill: Response Time (1995) / Rough Justice: Who Killed Carl Bridgewater? (1996) / Accused: [7 episodes as Derek Gravett (1996)] / Dalziel and Pascoe: Ruling Passion (1997) / Bugs: Buried Treasure (1997) / Wing and a Prayer: Looking After Number One (1997) / City Central [2 episodes as Nigel Hughes (1998)] / Berkeley Square [7 episodes as Bowles (1998)] / Out of Sight: Off Your Trolley (1998) / Emmerdale Farm [34 episodes as DI Spalding (1998-1999)] / The Knock (1999) / Coronation Street [3 episodes as the Judge (2000)] / Night & Day [2 episodes as Sergeant Colston (2002)] / Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness (2003) / Hollyoaks (2004) / Murphy's Law: The Group (2004) / Hex: Pilot: The Story Begins (2004) / The Queen: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Camilla? (2009) / The Other Wife [2 episodes as Timothy Reese (2012)]

[gag]

Apparently xmas day dr who is amongst the worst rating in doctor who history.

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv...Whittaker-exit

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by gag

Apparently xmas day dr who is amongst the worst rating in doctor who history.

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv...Whittaker-exit

It would be. It wasn't on.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A windswept Doctor (Colin Baker) in The Trial of a Time Lord (1986)

[gag]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

It would be. It wasn't on.

Ok New Year’s Day then

[will graham]

Ew daily Express 😅

[gag]

Originally Posted by will graham

Ew daily Express 😅

Tbh nearly every review I’ve read online irrelevant where it’s from most have criticised new yrs day episode, ppl in general as well as critics, and vast majority have said Jodie Whittaker is awful for many reasons, and doctor who needs to change if it wants to survive.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #637a

Name: Ian Saynor [? - ]
Year(s): 1979
Stories: The Armageddon Factor part 1 - The Armageddon Factor part 4, The Armageddon Factor part 6
Character(s): Merak
Note: Provided the voice of Colbourne in the Big Finish 2019 Torchwood audio story 'The Hope'

Before Who:
Films: The Revivalist (1975)
Television: None

After Who:
Films: The Corn Is Green (1979), The First Part of King Henry VI* (1983), Screamtime (1983), Swallows (1985), Milwr Bychan (1987), Jilting Joe (1998), Dad (2005), Dawning of the Dead (2017)

Television: The Mallens [7 episodes as Matthew Radlet (1979)] / Doom Castle [6 episodes as Count Victor (1980)] / The Cuckoo Waltz [7 episodes as Adrian Lockett (1980)] / The District Nurse [9 episodes as Dylan Roderick (1984)] / All the World's a Stage [3 episodes, different characters (1984)] / The Bench (2001) / A Mind to Kill: Engineer (2002) / High Hopes: Human Jungle (2003) / The Tudors [2 episodes as the Surgeon General (2010)] / Hinterland: Dark River (2015) / Ordinary Lies: Jenna (2016) / Hidden [7 episodes as Huw John (2018)] / Endeavour: Degüello (2019) / Holby City: Kiss Kiss (2019) / The Pembrokeshire Murders (2021)

Who: Before And After #637b

Name: Ian Liston [1948 - 2016]
Year(s): 1979
Stories: The Armageddon Factor part 1
Character(s): 'Hero'
Note: Also provided the uncredited voices of a pilot and damage control

Before Who:
Films: The Breaking of Bumbo (1970), Overlord (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Television: Softly Softly - Task Force: Signed Off (1973) / Dixon of Dock Green: Knocker (1974) / The Brothers: The Hammond Account (1974) / Z Cars [2 episodes, different characters (1973-1974)] / Coronation Street (1974) / Warship [2 episodes, different characters (1974-1977)] / My Name Is Harry Worth: The Family Reunion (1974) / Barlow: Away (1975) / Within These Walls: Let the People See (1975) / The Onedin Line: Quarantine (1976) / Bill Brand [2 episodes as a Young Socialist (1976)] / Secret Army: Lisa - Codename Yvette (1977) / 1990: Whatever Happened to Cardinal Wolsey? (1977) / Life at Stake: So, Who's Sick? (1978) / The Professionals: Blind Run (1978)

After Who:
Films: Scum (1979), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back* [2 roles: as Wedge's Gunner and also an AT-AT Driver] (1980), White Nights (1985), It Could Be You (1995), Captain Jack (1999)

Television: Thundercloud: Pigs Might Fly (1979) / Escape: Hijack to Mogadishu (1980) / Armchair Thriller: The Chelsea Murders (1981) / Crossroads [3 episodes as Ron Brownlow (1981-1985)] / I Remember Nelson: Battle (1982) / Juliet Bravo: Cause for Complaint (1982) / Play for Today: Rainy Day Women (1984) / True Crimes: The Deepest Secret (1994) / The Bill: Quits (1995) / Bramwell (1995) / Silent Witness: Blood, Sweat and Tears (1997) / Bugs [2 episodes as an Agent (1997)]

Who: Before And After #637c

Name: Susan Skipper [1951 - ]
Year(s): 1979
Stories: The Armageddon Factor part 1
Character(s): 'Heroine'
Note: Also provided one of the uncredited damage control voices

Before Who:
Films: The Dancing Years (1976), Sweeney!* (1977)

Television: Rooms [3 episodes as Jo (1974-1975)] / Carry on Laughing!: Short Knight, Long Daze (1975) / The Cedar Tree [96 episodes as Victoria Bourne (1976-1978)] / Shades of Greene: A Drive in the Country (1976) / Raffles: The First Step (1977)

After Who:
Films: Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982), Wish You Were Here (1987), Re-Evolution (2011)
Television: Prince Regent: Milk and Honey (1979) / West End Tales [7 episodes as Tina (1981)] / Ladykillers: A Smile Is Sometimes Worth a Million Dollars (1981) / Airline: Too Many Promises (1982) / Don't Wait Up [20 episodes as Madeleine (1983-1990)] / Sorry!: A Little Something Set Aside (1985) / No Frills (1988) / Westbeach: Baby You Can Drive My Car (1993) / Home Again: Protection (2006)

Who: Before And After #637d

Name: Iain Armstrong [? - ]
Year(s): 1979
Stories: The Armageddon Factor part 3
Character(s): Technician

Before Who:
Films: The Swordsman (1974)
Television: None

After Who:
Films: King Lear (1982), The Killing Zone (1999)
Television: BBC2 Playhouse: A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter (1981) / Robin Hood [2 episodes as a Villager (1986)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) aboard the Axon space ship in 1971's The Claws of Axos.

[Demoncrat]

Well I watched Eve Of The Daleks then.
The "revelation"
Sorry and all that but REALLY????