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[Susan Foreman]

In memory of Ann Davies (1934 - 2022)

Played Jenny in 'The Dalek Invasion Of Earth'

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Terileptil leader (Michael Melia) and the Doctor (Peter Davison) in 1982's The Visitation.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #750a

Name: Christopher Brown [? - ]
Year(s): 1983
Stories: Enlightenment part 1 – Enlightenment part 4
Character(s): Marriner

Before Who:
Films: Mondo candido (1975), The Day the Bubble Burst (1982)
Television: Sporting Scenes: England, Their England (1973) / Private Affairs; A Dream of Living (1975) / Romance; The Black Knight (1977) / The Krofft Supershow [2 episodes as Toby (1977)] / All Creatures Great and Small [2 episodes as Richard Carmody (1978)] / Lillie: Emilie (1978) / The Greeks - A Journey in Space and Time; The Minds of Men (1980) / Mackenzie; Vacant Possession (1980) / Sense and Sensibility (1981) /

After Who:
Films: The Believers (1987), The Remains of the Day (1993)
Television: The Twilight Zone: The Road Less Travelled (1986) / The Bretts: Vagabonds and Thieves (1987) / Miami Vice: The Big Thaw (1987) / Poirot: Murder in the Mews (1989) / Peak Practice: Sharp Practice (1993) / Wings: Burnin' Down the House (1995) / The Marshal; '65-'95 (1995) / Walker, Texas Ranger: Crusader (1998)

Who: Before And After #750b

Name: Clive Kneller [? - ]
Year(s): 1983
Stories: Enlightenment part 1
Character(s): Collier

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: I Remember Nelson: Battle (1982)

After Who:
Films: The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns* (1999), The Parole Officer (2001), Bodywork (2001)

Television: Minder: The Coach That Came in from the Cold (1991) / Scarlet and Black (1993) / The House of Eliott (1994) / Performance: Henry IV (1995) / Grange Hill (1996) / The Bill: Up the Wall (1996) / Wycliffe; Strangers Home (1997) / Doctors; Twice Shy (2003) / The Curse: Act Normal (2022) / Sister Boniface Mysteries: Sister Town (2022)

Who: Before And After #750c

Name: James McClure [? - ]
Year(s): 1983
Stories: Enlightenment part 1 – Enlightenment part 2
Character(s): First Officer

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: The Walls of Jericho; Order of Battle (1981)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: The Bill: Grief (1991) / EastEnders (1995)

Who: Before And After #750d

Name: Leee John [1957 - ]
Year(s): 1983
Stories: Enlightenment part 3 – Enlightenment part 4
Character(s): Mansell

Note:

• That is the correct spelling of his first name
• Away from the Whonoverse, he was the vocalist / keyboard player in the 1980's soul band Imagination

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: None

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

[Susan Foreman]

I expect I am the only person on the forum who is actually going to buy this, but the release of 'Eve Of The Daleks' / 'Legend Of The Sea Devils' is available for pre-order at Amazon UK for DVD - £14:99 or Blu-Ray - £19:99

Release date: May 23rd

EVE OF THE DALEKS

"Welcome to the New Year’s Eve from hell. Sarah is working – again. Nick is her only customer – again. Same old, same old. Except this year, their countdown to midnight will be the strangest and deadliest they’ve ever known. Why is an Executioner Dalek targeting these two people, in this place, on this night? Why are they having to live through the same moments over and over? Cant the Doctor, Yaz and Dan save them and will everybody survive into the New Year?"

LEGEND OF THE SEA DEVILS

"Swashbuckle your seatbelts – the Doctor is back for an action-packed adventure as she comes face to fin with one of her oldest adversaries: the Sea Devils! Beneath the oceans of the 19th century lurk terrifying forces. Why has legendary pirate queen Madam Ching come searching for a lost treasure in a remote coastal village?

The Doctor, Yaz and Dan must battle deadly sea monsters, flying pirate ships and a plan that will threaten the entire planet, in Jodie Whittaker’s penultimate story as the Doctor."

BONUS FEATURES:

• Eve of the Daleks Audio Commentary
• The Dalek Execution
• Legend of the Sea Devils Audio Commentary
• The Sea Devils Return
• Becoming Pirates

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover to the BBC novel Instruments of Darkness, a sixth Doctor novel by Gary Russell, released in 2001.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE KING'S DEMONS who have previously appeared in the show:

• Janet Fielding (Tegan)
• Mark Strickson (Turlough)
• James Stroker (Sir Gilles Estram)
• Anthony Ainley (The Master)

Who: Before And After #751

Name: Gerald Flood [1927 - 1989]
Year(s): 1983
Stories: The King's Demons part 1 – The King's Demons part 2 / Planet Of Fire part 1 – Planet of Fire part 2
Character(s): King John Of England / Voice Of Kamelion

Before Who:
Films: Captured (1959), The Complaisant Lover (1961), Smokescreen (1964), Summer and Winter (1965), Patton (1970), Frightmare (1974), Charley's Aunt (1977), Early Days (1981)
Television: BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: Do It Yourself (1957) / All Aboard (1959) / Pathfinders in Space [7 episodes as Conway Henderson (1960)] / Pathfinders to Mars [6 episodes as Conway Henderson (1961)] / Pathfinders to Venus [8 episodes as Conway Henderson (1961)] / Plateau of Fear [3 episodes as Mark Bannerman (1961)] / Top Secret [2 episodes, different characters (1962)] / Out of This World: Little Lost Robot* (1962) / Man of the World: Death of a Conference (1962) / It Happened Like This: A Two-to-One Chance (1962) / City Beneath the Sea [7 episodes as Mark Bannerman (1962)] / Secret Beneath the Sea [6 episodes as Mark Bannerman (1963)] / Crane [39 episodes as Colonel Sharif Mahmoud (1963-1965)] / ITV Play of the Week: The Edwardians #4 - The Madras House (1965) / Front Page Story: Rupert (1965) / Armchair Mystery Theatre: The Challenge (1965) / The Rat Catchers [28 episodes as Peregrine Smith (1966-1967)] / Callan: But He's a Lord, Mr Callan (1967) / Man in a Suitcase: Castle in the Clouds (1968) / Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles [as Sir Hugo Baskerville] (1968) / Two in Clover (1969) / Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased): A Disturbing Case (1969) / Strange Report: Report 1021 - Shrapnel - The Wish in the Dream (1969) / Never a Cross Word: Warm It (1970) / NBC Experiment in Television: A Bad Case of Shakespeare (1970) / W. Somerset Maugham: Jane (1970) / Two D's and a Dog: Dognapped (1970) / Menace: Inheritance (1970) / The Mating Machine: As the Bishop Said to the Actress (1970) / Steptoe and Son: Without Prejudice (1970) / Bachelor Father [6 episodes as Harry 1970-1971)] / Paul Temple: House of the Dead (1971) / Comedy Playhouse: The Importance of Being Hairy (1971) / Tom Brown's Schooldays [3 episodes as Sir Richard Flashman (1971)] / The Challengers: What About England? (1972) / The Man Outside: Cuculus Canorus (1972) / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Summer and Winter (1972) / The Main Chance: Choice of Jungles (1972) / Scoop [3 episodes as John Boot (1972)] / The Adventures of Black Beauty: Race Against Time (1974) / Second Time Around [12 episodes as Ronnie (1974-1975)] / Village Hall: Miss Health and Beauty (1975) / Whodunnit?: Portrait in Black (1975) / The Galton & Simpson Playhouse: Big Deal at York City (1977) / Raffles: An Old Flame (1977) / Sykes: The Hypnotist (1978) / Return of the Saint: Yesterday's Hero (1978) / The Dick Francis Thriller - The Racing Game: Odds Against (1979) / ITV Playhouse: Midnight at the Starlight (1980) / A Sharp Intake of Breath: Rear Window (1981) Third Time Lucky [3 episodes as Henry King (1982)]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Crown Court: The Son of His Father (1984) / Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House [2 episodes as the Coroner (1985)] / Mornin' Sarge: The New Constable (1989)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Guest actors appearing in THE KING'S DEMONS who have previously appeared in the show:

• Janet Fielding (Tegan)
• Mark Strickson (Turlough)
• James Stroker (Sir Gilles Estram)
• Anthony Ainley (The Master)

James Stroker...Oo 'er missus. Sounds ruder than a master's joke.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Chris (Daniel Hill), Romana (Lalla Ward) and the Doctor (Tom Baker) find out that Shada (1980) won't be transmitted due to BBC strikes during recording.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #752

Name: Frank Windsor [1927 - 2020]
Year(s): 1983 / 1989
Stories: The King's Demons part 1 – The King's Demons part 2 / Ghost Light part 2 – Ghost Light part 3
Character(s): Ranulf Fitzwilliam / Inspector Mackenzie

Note:

• Had previously been considered for the role of Rorvik in the 1981 story 'Warriors' Gate'
• Was later considered for the role of Orcini in the 1985 story 'Revelation of the Daleks'

Before Who:
Films: A Man for All Seasons (1957), The Dark Pits of War (1960), On the Boundary (1961), Traitor in a Steel Helmet (1961), The Train Set (1961), This Sporting Life* (1963), The Jokers (1967), Spring and Port Wine (1970), Dropout (1970), Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), Assassin (1973), Barry McKenzie Holds His Own* (1974), Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978), The London Connection (1979), Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981), Coming Out of the Ice (1982), Doll's Eye (1983)

Television: BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: The Masque of Kings (1955) / Hilda Lessways [2 episodes as Stifford (1959)] / ITV Television Playhouse: One a Penny, Two a Penny (1959) / An Age of Kings [14 episodes, different characters (1960)] / ITV Play of the Week: The Poisoned Earth (1961) / A for Andromeda [3 episodes as Dennis Bridger (1961)] / Z Cars* [129 episodes as Det. Sgt. Watt (1962-1978)] / Softly Softly [84 episodes as Det. Chief Insp. John Watt (1966-1969)] / Half Hour Story: Robert (1967) / The Gamblers: The Wednesday Game (1967) / ITV Playhouse: There's a Hole in Your Dustbin Delilah (1968) / The Avengers: Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?* (1968) / Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased): My Late Lamented Friend and Partner (1969) / Softly Softly: Task Force [123 episodes as Det. Chief Supt. Watt (1969-1976)] / Thirty-Minute Theatre: Allotment (1971) / Jack the Ripper [6 episodes as Det. Chief Supt. John Watt (1973)] / Second Verdict [6 episodes as Det. Chief Supt. John Watt (1976)] / Headmaster [6 episodes as Tom Fisher (1977)] / Middlemen [6 episodes as George Livingstone (1977)] / The Goodies: Scoutrageous (1977) / Kidnapped [5 episodes as Colin Roy 'Red Fox' Campbell (1978)] / Crown Court: Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother (1979) / BBC2 Playhouse: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1979) / The Plank (1979), Janet and Company: Pilot (1980) / Play for Today: The Union (1981) / Into the Labyrinth: London's Burning (1982)

After Who:
Films: The Shooting Party (1985), Revolution (1985), Out of Order (1987), The Fifteen Streets (1989), Bomber [as Air Marshal Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris] (1995), Trip Trap (1996), Touch and Go (1998), Anchor Me (2000), Between Two Women (2004)
Television: Charlie [4 episodes as Harry Ainsworth (1984)] / Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House [4 episodes as Gridley (1985)] / The Theban Plays by Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus (1986) / First Among Equals [2 episodes as Archie Millburn (1986)] / Theatre Night: Make and Break (1987) / Dear John: Once Bitten (1987) / Flying Lady [13 episodes as Harry Bradley (1987-1989)] / Rockliffe's Babies: The One That Got Away 1988) / All Creatures Great and Small [2 episodes, different characters (1989-1990)] / The Real Eddy English [4 episodes as Big Eddy (1989)] / Chancer [5 episodes as Peter Fitchford (1990)] / Lovejoy: Raise the Hispanic (1991) / 4 Play: Finding Sarah (1991) / Boon: Lie of the Land (1991) / EastEnders (1992) / The Detectives [9 episodes as the Chief Superintendent (1993-1996)] / Capital Lives: Jealousy (1994) / Peak Practice [4 episodes, different characters (1994-2001)] / September Song [5 episodes as Cyril Wendage (1995)] / Paul Merton's Life of Comedy Teenage Years (1995) / The Famous Five: Five Go Off to Camp (1995) / Midsomer Murders: Strangler's Wood* (1999) / Sunburn (2000) / Judge John Deed [3 episodes as Sir James Valentine (2002-2003)] / Casualty [11 episodes as Kenneth Samuels (2003-2004)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover art to the Big Finish audio story Old Friends starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor. Old Friends was released in February this year and features the return of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Voiced by impersonator Jon Culshaw) as well as old enemies the Cybermen.