The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Nardole (Matt Lucas) and the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) as seen in 2017's The Pilot.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in BATTLEFIELD who have previously appeared in the show:

• Sophie Aldred (Ace)
• Jean Marsh OBE(Morgaine)
• Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart)
• June Bland (Elizabeth Rawlinson)

Who: Before And After #895

Name: James Ellis [1931 - 2014]
Year(s): 1989
Stories: Battlefield part 1 – Battlefield part 3
Character(s): Peter Warmsly

Note(s): Had previously been considered for the roles of Lord Ravensworth in the 1985 story 'The Mark of the Rani' and Orcini in the 1985 story 'Revelation of the Daleks'

Before Who:
Films: The Randy Dandy (1961), Where the Bullets Fly (1966), High Rise Donkey (1980), The Long March (1980)), No Country for Old Men ( (1981), Billy Boy (1982), Ill Fares the Land (1983), The Hidden Curriculum (1984), No Surrender (1985), The Holy City (1986), Lorna (1987), Albert and the Lion (1989)
Television: Escape [3 episodes, different characters (1957)] / The Adventures of Robin Hood: The Healing Hand (1958) / Armchair Theatre: A Shilling for the Evil Day (1959) / ITV Play of the Week: Over the Bridge (1961) / Z Cars* [627 episodes as Lynch (1962-1978)] / Emergency-Ward 10: The Long Small Hours (1966) / The Scales of Justice: The Haunted Man (1966) / King of the River: The Great Albert Mystery (1966) / Softly Softly: Barlow Was There (1967) / Barry Humphries' Scandals (1970) / Sykes and a Big Big Show: Western (1971) / The Morecambe & Wise Show (1971) / Full House (1973) / Till Death Us Do Part: Drunk in Charge of a Bicycle (1975) / ITV Playhouse: The Glory Hole (1982) / The Chinese Detective: Pasts (1982) / Play for Today [3 episodes as Norman Martin (1982-1984)] / Boys from the Blackstuff: Yosser's Story (1982) / The Gathering Seed [6 episodes as Jim Larkin (1983)] / Fox Mystery Theater: Mark of the Devil (1984) / Tripper's Day: Special Offers (1984) / One by One [32 episodes as Paddy Reilly (1987)] / Big Deal: The Rabbit and the Mare (1985) / The Practice [4 episodes as Walter Perritt (1986)] / The Marksman [2 episodes as Doyle (1987)] / Troubles [2 episodes as Murphy (1988)] / All in Good Faith: Behold a Pale Rider (1988) / Hard Cases (1989)

After Who:
Films: Keep the Change (1992), Priest (1994), Leapin' Leprechauns! (1995), The Near Room (1995), Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns (1996), Resurrection Man (1998), Dragonworld: The Legend Continues (1999), Best (2000), Conspiracy of Silence (2003)
Television: All Creatures Great and Small: In Whom We Trust (1989) / Little Sir Nicholas [2 episodes as Penfold (1990)] / Boon: Rival Eyes (1990) / Nightingales [13 episodes as Sarge (1990-1993)] / Woof! (1991) / So You Think You've Got Troubles [4 episodes as Charlie Adamson (1991)] / In Sickness and in Health [7 episodes as Michael (1992)] / Perfect Scoundrels: The Long Way Home (1992) / Lovejoy: Never Judge a Book by Its Cover (1993) / The Detectives: Dutch Cops (1994) / Common As Muck: Supercrew at the Job Centre (1994) / Oliver's Travels: Land of My Fathers (1995) / Performance: Shadow of a Gunman (1995) / Screen Two: Crossing the Floor (1996) / Accused: George (1996) / Mike & Angelo: Jitterbugs (1997) / Heat of the Sun: The Sport of Kings* (1998) / Playing the Field [26 episodes as Mr Mullen (1998-2002)] / Ballykissangel [4 episodes as Uncle Minto (1998- 1999)] / Noah's Ark: Deep Waters (1998) / Birds of a Feather: Holy Ground (1998) / Big Bad World [3 episodes as Vincent Dempsey (1999)] / Sunburn (2000) / Only Fools and Horses: Strangers on the Shore...! (2002) / Magic Grandad: Toys - in 1870 (2003) / Heartbeat: Double Trouble (2004) / Casualty: The Ties That Bind Us (2004) / The Bill: A Different Kind of Justice (2004) / Down to Earth: Tall Tales (2005) / Eternal Law (2012)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover art of The Season 26 Blu-ray featuring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor and Anthony Ainley (Bottom center) as the Master. It was released in late December 2020.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #896a

Name: Angela Bruce [1951 - ]
Year(s): 1989
Stories: Battlefield part 1 – Battlefield part 4
Character(s): Brigadier Winifred Bambera

Note(s): Reprised the role of Brigadier Bambera in a number of Big Finish Productions audio stories:

• In the 'The Lost Stories' adventure 'Animal'
• In the 'UNIT: Brave New World' stories 'Seabird One' ['Rogue State' / 'Time Flies' / 'Dark Side of the Moon'
• In the 'UNIT: Nemesis' adventure 'The War Factory'

Also appeared as other characters in the Big Finish Productions audio stories:

• The 'Doctor Who Main Range' adventure 'Conversion'
• In the 'The War Doctor' adventure 'Consequences'
• In 'The War Master' adventure 'The Persistence of Dreams'

Before Who:
Films: Man at the Top (1973), The Winner (1983), Managing Problem People. Behavioral Skills for Leaders (1988)
Television: ITV Playhouse: Lucky (1974) / Within These Walls: The Good Life (1975) / Play for Today: Through the Night (1975) / Angels [34 episodes as Sandra Ling (1975-1979)] / Red Letter Day: Matchfit (1976) / Rock Follies [5 episodes as Gloria (1976)] / Coronation Street [12 episodes as Janice Stubbs (1978)] / Empire Road: Mongrels (1979) / Hammer House of Horror: Charlie Boy* (1980) / Dempsey and Makepeace; Tequila Sunrise (1985) / The Practice (1986) / Starting Out: Mr Christie (1986) / Up Line [4 episodes as Camilla du Bois (1987)] / King & Castle: Class (1988) / Red Dwarf: Parallel Universe* [as Deb Lister] (1988) / South of the Border (1988) / Ebony: Eye to Eye - Claudia Jones - A Woman of Our Times (1989)

After Who:
Films: Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War (2002), Mary Seacole: The Real Angel of the Crimea [as Mary Seacole] (2005), Silver Haze (2021)
Television: Press Gang 10 episodes as Chrissie Stuart (1989-1990] / Spender: Dance Girl Dance (1991) / Doctor at the Top: Waring Goes Private (1991) / Prime Suspect: Price to Pay (1991) / Waiting for God: Counselling for the Dying (1991) / Lovejoy: Eric of Arabia (1992) / Van der Valk: Still Waters (1992) / Sean's Show: Blind Date (1992) / Watt on Earth (1992) / The Upper Hand: Big Bad Burrows (1993) / Jackanory: Pass-the-Story(1993) / Takin' Over the Asylum [6 episodes as Isabel (1994)] / Our Friends in the North: 1987 (1996) / Only Fools and Horses: Heroes and Villains* (1996) / The Bill [3 episodes, different characters (1996-1999)] / Keeping Mum: The Accident (1997) / Big Bad World [2 episodes as Miss Sayer (1999)] / Hero to Zero [2 episodes as Mrs. Vaughn (2000)] / EastEnders [6 episodes as D.S. Langford (2000)] / The Ghost Hunter [8 episodes as Mrs. Justin (2000-2001)] / Silent Witness: Two Below Zero (2001) / Holby City [6 episodes, different characters (2001-2020)] / My Family: Misery (2002) / Doctors [6 episodes, different characters (2002-2020)] / Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine [2 episodes as Dr. Dugdale (2003)] / Doctors and Nurses: Seeing Stars (2004) / Waking the Dead; Straw Dog (2005) / Bad Girls* [11 episodes as Mandy Goodhue (2006)] / Spooks: The Broadcast (2007) / Casualty: Muddling Through (2015) / Vera: Old Wounds (2015) / Him [3 episodes as Fran (2016)] / Death in Paradise: The Impossible Murder (2017)

Who: Before And After #896b

Name: Christopher Bowen [1959 - ]
Year(s): 1989
Stories: Battlefield part 1 – Battlefield part 4
Character(s): Mordred

Note(s): Would later auditioned for the part of the Eighth Doctor

Before Who:
Films: Lost in London (1985), Cyrano de Bergerac (1985)
Television: Dempsey and Makepeace: No Surrender (1985) / Theatre Night: Molière (1985) / Big Deal [2 episodes, different characters (1986)] / Knights of God* [7 episodes as the Helicopter Pilot (1987)]

After Who:
Films: The Shell Seekers (1989), Darkman [as Peyton Westlake / Darkman] (1992), Diana: Her True Story (1993), A Bright New Hope for Mankind (1993), Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Richard III (1995) Let It Be Me (1995), Princess in Love [as Prince Charles] (1996), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Gaudi Afternoon (2001), Monsieur N. (2003), Lie with Me (2004), A Royal Winter ( (2017), On Chesil Beach (2017)
Television: Tanamera - Lion of Singapore [7 episodes as John Dexter (1989-1992)] / Shrinks (1991) / Le roi Mystère [4 episodes as Le Roi mystère (1991)] / Waiting for God: [2 episodes as Sam Parry (1991)] / Soldier Soldier: The Last Post (1992) / South Beach: Diamond in the Rough (1993) / Chandler & Co: Past Imperfect (1994) / Little Lord Fauntleroy [6 episodes as Thomas (1995)] / Castles [24 episodes as Alex Milburn (1995)] / The Bill: Watching the Detectives (1998) / Peak Practice: Lonely Hearts (2000) / Heartbeat; Killing Me Softly (2001) / Poirot: Murder in Mesopotamia (2001) / My Hero: Mine's a Double (2002) / Hitler - The Rise of Evil* (2003) / Rosemary & Thyme: They Understand Me in Paris (2004) / Jane Eyre [2 episodes as Briggs (2006)] / Holby City: Is There Something I Should Know? (2007) / Inspector Lewis: Dark Matter (2010) / Parade's End [2 episodes as the Reverend (2012)] / Homefront [4 episodes as Colonel Stuart Spalden (2012)] / Doctors: Noli Me Tangere (2015) / Maigret: Maigret Sets a Trap (2016) / Trust: Consequences (2018) / Ransom: The Fawn (2018) / Endeavour: Confection (2019) / Outlander: Better to Marry Than Burn (2020)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Tom Baker) relaxes on a chilly Brighton beach in The Leisure Hive (1980)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Steven Moffat has said "It's unlikely" he'll be writing any Doctor Who stories for Russell T Davies.

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi...ve-newsupdate/

I read that as "I'll be writing half of the upcoming season"

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #897

Name: Angela Douglas [1940 - ]
Year(s): 1989
Stories: Battlefield part 1, Battlefield part 4
Character(s): Doris Lethbridge-Stewart

Note(s): Away from the Whoniverse, was married to Kenneth More from 1968 until his death in 1982

Before Who:
Films: The Shakedown (1960), Meeting with Johnny (1960), Feet of Clay (1961), The Wind of Change (1961), Why Bother to Knock (1961), Fate Takes a Hand (1961), Murder in Eden (1961), Design for Loving (1962), Some People (1962), Smashing Day (1962), The Gentle Terror (1963), The Dream Maker (1963), The Comedy Man (1964), Who Is Mary Morison? (1965), John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965), Carry on Cowboy* [as Annie Oakley] (1965), Carry on Screaming!* (1966), Maroc 7 (1967), Carry on Follow That Camel (1967), Carry on Up the Khyber* (1968), Digby: The Biggest Dog in the World* (1973), Goose with Pepper (1975), The Pump (1980)

Television: Six-Five Special (1958) / Dixon of Dock Green [2 episodes, different characters (1958-1959)] / BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: When in Rome (1959) / Bootsie and Snudge: The Blind Date (1960) / A Life of Bliss (1961) / The Cheaters: The Hair of the Dog (1961) / Coronation Street (1961) / The Avengers: Dance with Death (1961) / Knight Errant Limited: Take Over (1961) / Emergency-Ward 10 [4 episodes as Yvonne Carpenter (1961) / Harpers West One (1961) / Z Cars [3 episodes, different characters (1963)] / Compact [6 episodes as Janet Moon (1962)] / Drama 61-67; Drama '63 - Rosemary (1963) / Corrigan Blake: The Liberty Takers (1963) / BBC Sunday-Night Play: So Long Charlie (1963) / Bud (1963) / Espionage: The Gentle Spies (1963) / Friday Night: The Last Big Deal of Dekker Arkwright (1963) / First Night: Ted's Cathedral (1964) / The Worker: Out of the Mouths of Casual Labourers (1965) / Armchair Mystery Theatre: The Lodger (1965) / Gideon C.I.D.: Morna (1966) / No Hiding Place: Golden Boy (1966) / Sergeant Cork: The Case of the Strolling Players (1966) / The Saint: The Death Game* (1967) / Wuthering Heights [3 episodes as Isabella Linton (1967)] / Theatre 625: Lieutenant Tenant (1967) / Half Hour Story: Venus Rising (1968) / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Tiger Trap in the Street (1969) / The Avengers: Requiem* (1969) / Detective: Put Out the Light (1969) / Two D's and a Dog: Dognapped (1970) / Happy Ever After: The Ambassador (1970) / Doctor at Large; Things That Go Mump in the Night (1971) / Jason King: Zenia (1972) / Kate: Accidents Will Happen (1972) / The Adventurer: The Not-So Merry Widow (1973) / The Dragon's Opponent [2 episodes as Beryl Morden (1973)] / The Protectors: Petard (1973) / Father Brown: The Arrow of Heaven (1974) / Late Night Drama; The Fetch (1975) / Oil Strike North [13 episodes as Julie Ward (1975)] / Third Time Lucky [4 episodes as Millie King (1982)] / Sharing Time: Time Trial (1984) / The Gentle Touch: A Woman's Word (1984) / All at Number 20: Warts and All (1987)

After Who:
Films: Hamlet (1996), Shadow Run* (1998), This Year's Love (1999), South Kensington (2001), The Four Feathers (2002), The Baby Juice Express (2004)

Television: The Play on One: Misterioso (1991) / Strathblair [2 episodes as Marjorie (1993)] / Soldier Soldier: Band of Gold (1994) / Casualty: The Facts of Life (1994) / Cardiac Arrest [11 episodes as Isobel Trimble (1995-1996)] / Brookside [10 episodes as Lady Hilary Cuddington (1999-2000)] / Deceit [2 episodes as Anne (2000)] / Peak Practice: Trust in Me (2001) / Heartbeat: Who's Who? (2001) / Where the Heart Is; Coming Home (2003) / Holby City: Pastures New (2004) / Rosamunde Pilcher; Segel der Liebe (2005) / Four Seasons [4 episodes as Edwina Webber (2008-2009)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Peter Davison) arrives and confronts Kalid in Time-Flight (1981)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #898a

Name: Marcus Gilbert [1958 - ]
Year(s): 1989
Stories: Battlefield part 1 – Battlefield part 4
Character(s): Ancelyn

Before Who:
Films: The Weather in the Streets (1983), Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984), Biggles* (1985), The Pyrates (1986), A Hazard of Hearts (1987), Rambo III* (1988)

Television: Diana June 1934 (1984) / Mr. Palfrey of Westminster: The Honeypot and the Bees (1984) / Fox Mystery Theater: Tennis Court (1984) / Robin Hood; The Swords of Wayland (1984) / Connie [3 episodes as Georgiou (1985)] / Uncle Silas [2 episodes as Lord Carysbroke (1989)]

After Who:
Films: Chameleons (1989), A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990), Blood Royal: William the Conqueror (1990), Army of Darkness* [as Lord Arthur] (1992), Riders (1993), Legacy (1993), Woman of the Wolf (1994), Freebird (2008), Meet Pursuit Delange: The Movie (2015)

Television: Hunter; Fatal Obsession (1991) / Perfect Scoundrels: Let No Man Put Asunder (1992) / Murder, She Wrote: Amsterdam Kill (1994) / The Lazarus Man [2 episodes as Mr. Dunn (1996)] / The Big Easy: Lafitte Don't Fail Me Now (1997) / Jonathan Creek: Mother Redcap (1998) / Doctors: Partners (2001)

Who: Before And After #898b

Name: Noel Collins [1936 - 2011]
Year(s): 1989
Stories: Battlefield part 1 – Battlefield part 3
Character(s): Pat Rowlinson

Before Who:
Films: The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! [directed by Andy Milligan] (1972), Adult Fun (1972), Never Never Land (1980)
Television: The Wednesday Play: Days in the Trees (1967) / New Scotland Yard: The Stone (1973) / When the Boat Comes In [2 episodes, different characters (1976-1977)] / Middlemen: Rich Is Best (1977) / Within These Walls: The Inquest (1978) / Enemy at the Door: Pains and Penalties (1978) / Pennies from Heaven: Says My Heart (1978) / Accident; Purple One (1978) / ITV Playhouse; Where the Heart Is (1979) / A Question of Guilt: Constance Kent (1980) / Juliet Bravo [81 episodes as Sergeant George Parrish (1980-1985)] / Play for Today; Bavarian Night (1981) / Bread (1986) / The Play on One; A Master of the Marionettes (1989)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Casualty: Everybody Needs Somebody (1993) / Health and Efficiency: Cinderella Rockafeller (1994)

Who: Before And After #898c

Name: Ling Tai [? - ]
Year(s): 1989
Stories: Battlefield part 1 – Battlefield part 4
Character(s): Shou Yuing

Note(s): Had previously appeared in uncredited roles as a tourist in the 1980 story 'The Leisure Hive' and a member of the Seabase crew in the 1984 story 'Warriors of the Deep'

Before Who:
Films: The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls (1980), John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985)
Television: The Two Ronnies (1981) / Bergerac: Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie (1983) / Dramarama; The Old Firm: Two for Starters (1984) / Crackerjack! [13 episodes as a Regular (1984)] / Never the Twain; Come Fly with Me (1984) / Crossbow; Lotus (1988)

After Who:
Films: Wilt (1989), Der Schönste (1989), The Missing Star (2006)
Television: Alas Smith & Jones: The Uncut Version (1989) / Mornin' Sarge; I Blame the Parents (1989) / Stay Lucky: A1 Rain Dancer (1989) / Coronation Street (1989) / Spatz [13 episodes as Lily (1990)] / Soldier Soldier: Dutch Courage (1993)

Who: Before And After #898d

Name: Dorota Rae [1957 – 2018] [is also credited as Dorota Kwiatkowska]
Year(s): 1989
Stories: Battlefield part 2 – Battlefield part 3
Character(s): Flight Lieutenant Lavel

Note(s): Appeared in a number of programmes and films made in her native Poland. This is a selected filmography
Before Who:
Films: Pay Off (1987), Love After Lunch (1987), Testimony (1987), Voice of the Heart (1989)
Television: Crossroads (1988) / Screenplay: Edvard (1988) / Game, Set, and Match: Berlin Game (1988) / Everyman: Rescuers Speaking (1989)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: The Amphora Hunt [6 episodes as Archaeologist Kate (1991)] / Timewatch; The Stolen Child (1993), Hotel 52 (2011)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The TARDIS lands in the far future of Caliban House during Hide (2013)