The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Zoe (Wendy Padbury) with Cully (Arthur Cox) as part of the labour force guarded by the Quarks in The Dominators (1968)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1415a / Nu-Who #474a

Name: Nigel Hastings [? - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: The Pyramid At The End Of The World
Character(s): The Commander

Note(s): Appeared in a number of Big Finish Productions audio adventures:

• In the 'Doctor Who Monthly Range' story 'Creatures of Beauty'
• In 'First Doctor Adventures' story 'Return to Skaro'

Before Who:
Films: Hanna's War (1988), Resurrected (1989), Hostage (1992), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Doomsday Gun (1994), The Ring (1996), Giving Tongue (1996), The Commander (2003), The Government Inspector (2005), Othello (Shakespeare's Globe Theatre) (2008), Underdogs [voice only] (2013), The Last Hours of Laura K (2015), Servants' Quarters (2016)
Television: A Bit of a Do [12 episodes as Simon Rodenhurst (1989)] / Rumpole of the Bailey: Rumpole And The Quacks (1991) / The Big Battalions [2 episodes (1992)] / Covington Cross: Eviction (1992) / Calling the Shots (1994) / Cadfael: One Corpse Too Many* (1994) / Soldier Soldier: Under The Gooseberry Bush (1996) / EastEnders [3 episodes as Dr. Green (1997)] / The Bill [2 episodes, different characters (1997–2006)] / McCallum: Running On Empty (1998) / Casualty: It's Good To Talk (1998) / Attachments: Plug And Play (2000) / Holby City: Choices (2001) / A Touch of Frost: Held In Trust (2003) / Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder - The Case Of Charles Bravo (2004) / Wire in the Blood: Nothing But The Night (2005) / Rosemary & Thyme: Agua Cadaver (2006) / Hustle: Price For Fame (2006) / Doctors [3 episodes, different characters (2007–2019)] / The Shadow Line (2011) / Peaky Blinders (2014)

After Who:
Films: The Phantom of the Open (2021), My House (2023), And Then Come the Nightjars (2023)
Television: Call the Midwife (2018) / A Very English Scandal (2018) / Father Brown: The Darkest Noon (2019) / Right Now: Daddy (2019) / The Bay (2021) / The Ipcress File [6 episodes as Mr. Courtney (2022)] / The Peripheral: Haptic Drift (2022) / Bodies: 'We Are One Another's Ghosts' (2023)

Who: Before And After #1415b / Nu-Who #474b

Name: Eben Young [? - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: The Pyramid At The End Of The World
Character(s): Colonel Don Brabbit

Before Who:
Films: Moonshot (2009), The Ghost Writer (2010), Red Lights (2012), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Kick-Ass 2 (2013), The Fifth Estate (2013), The Counselor (2013), What We Did on Our Holiday (2014), The Head Hunter (2016), Doctor Strange (2016)
Television: The Jury [2 episodes as the Canadian Talk Show Host (2011)] / Nixon's the One: Elites [as Alexander Haig] (2013) / The Assets: The Straw Poll (2014) / You, Me and the Apocalypse: Saviour Day (2015)

After Who:
Films: The Hunter's Prayer (2017), The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
Television: Patrick Melrose: Bad News (2018) / Traitors [2 episodes as Judge John Morgan (2019)] / Avenue 5: The Is Physically Hurting Me (2020) / The Engineering That Built the World: Battle Of The Bridges (2021) / Suspicion: Room For Doubt (2022)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A gaming still from a Daleks POV in The Edge of Reality a multi platform console game, released in 2021.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1416a / Nu-Who #475a

Name: Rachel Denning [? - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: The Pyramid At The End Of The World
Character(s): Erica

Before Who:
Films: The Vote (2015)
Television: Life's Too Short: Easter Special (2013) / Call the Midwife (2017)

After Who:
Films: Artemis Fowl (2020)
Television: Doctors: Bad Things, Good People (2021) / Buffering: Tate Peckham (2021) / Ghosts: A Lot To Take In (2021) / We Hunt Together: 205 (2022) / Am I Being Unreasonable? (2022) / The Devil's Hour: The Velveteen Rabbit (2022) / Vera: For The Grace Of God (2023) / The Wheel of Time: Damane (2023)

Who: Before And After #1416b / Nu-Who #475b

Name: Tony Gardner [1964 - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: The Pyramid At The End Of The World
Character(s): Douglas

Before Who:
Films: Restoration (1995), Wings the Legacy (1996), Jam (2006), Blaired Vision (2007), May Contain Nuts (2009), Mad Sad & Bad (2009), Cockneys vs Zombies* (2012), Young Hyacinth (2016), Minutes Past Midnight (2016)

Television: Drop the Dead Donkey: Quality Time (1994) / Lovejoy: Last Tango in Lavensham (1994) / Joking Apart [2 episodes, different characters (1995)] / Alas Smith & Jones: Griff Has Stage Fright (1995) / Screen Two: Crossing The Floor (1996) / Grown Ups [6 episodes as Murray (1997)] / Sunnyside Farm (1997) / Armstrong and Miller (1997) / Barking [2 episodes, various characters (1998)] / Wonderful You [2 episodes as Lex (1999)] / People Like Us: The Photographer (1999) / Dark Ages: Witch (1999) / My Parents Are Aliens* [106 episodes as Brian Johnson (1999–2006)] / Lee Evans: So What Now?: Swinger (2001) / Holby City: Getting Even (2001) / The Armando Iannucci Shows [6 episodes (2001)] / Cold Feet (2001) / Lenny Henry in Pieces (2003) / The Thick of It [6 episodes as Dan Miller (2005–2012)] / Lead Balloon* [26 episodes as Michael (2006–2011)] / Jekyll (2007) / Love Soup: Ragged Claws (2008) / Moving Wallpaper (2009) / Vexed [voice only] (2010) / M.I.High: Vote Skul (2011) / Fresh Meat [16 episodes as Professor Tony Shales (2011–2016)] / New Tricks: Old School Ties (2012) / Gates [5 episodes as Aiden (2012)] / Last Tango in Halifax [24 episodes as John (2012–2020)] / Big Bad World (2013) / The Escape Artist [3 episodes as Trevor Harris (2013)] / Bluestone 42 [21 episodes as Lieutenant Colonel Smith (2013–2015)] / Law & Order – UK: Repeat To Fade (2014) / Plebs: The Candidate (2014) / Tripped [3 episodes as Henry (2015)] / Stella [11 episodes as Ivan Schloss (2016)] / Tracey Ullman's Show [14 episodes, various characters (2016–2018)] / Unforgotten [2 episodes as Hugh Moray (2017)] / Death in Paradise: In The Footsteps Of A Killer (2017)

Music Video: Wolf Alice (2015): Giant Peach

After Who:
Films: Death on the Tyne (2018), Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans (2019)
Television: Back (2017) / Tracey Breaks the News [7 episodes, various characters (2017–2018)] / Lovesick: Martha (2018) / Innocent [3 episodes as DCS Mark Hillman (2018)] / Midsomer Murders: The Ghost Of Causton Abbey (2018) / Not Going Out [2 episodes as Stuart (2021–2022)] / The Larkins [11 episodes as Alec Norman (2021–2022)] / Gentleman Jack [2 episodes as Mr Sunderland (2022)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Professor Lazarus (Mark Gatiss) and the Doctor (David Tennant) during The Lazarus Experiment (2007)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1417a / Nu-Who #476a

Name: Andrew Byron [1971 - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: The Pyramid At The End Of The World
Character(s): Ilya Svyatoslavovich

Before Who:
Films: Experiment (2005), The Adventures of George the Projectionist (2006), 28 Weeks Later (2007), Bigga Than Ben (2008), RED 2 (2013), Taken: The Search for Sophie Parker (2013), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), The Monuments Men (2014), Genius (2016), Criminal (2016), Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich (2016), Acres and Acres (2016), Another Mother's Son (2017), Hunting the KGB Killers (2017), Wonder Woman* (2017), War Machine (2017)

Television: Situation Critical: Moscow Siege (2007) / Silent Witness: Death's Door (2008) / Law & Order – UK: Hidden (2009) / Waking the Dead: Substitute (2009) / Spooks [2 episodes as Pavel Zykov (2011)] / The Assets: What's Done Is Done (2014) / River [2 episodes as the Ukrainian Manager (2015)] / Catastrophe (2015) / You, Me and the Apocalypse: 24 Hours To Go (2015)

After Who:
Films: Six Minutes to Midnight (2020), Black Widow* (2021), Coyote (2023)

Television: Killing Eve: I Don't Want To Be Free (2018) / Living the Dream: Steak Out (2019) / Traitors: Priscilla (2019) / Victoria: The White Elephant (2019) / Years and Years (2019) / Dracula: Blood Vessel (2020) / Code 404 (2021) / The Undeclared War (2022)

Who: Before And After #1417b / Nu-Who #746b

Name: Daphne Cheung [? - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: The Pyramid At The End Of The World
Character(s): General Ding Xiaolian

Before Who:
Films: Columbo Cries Wolf* (1990), China Cry: A True Story (1990), Rich Girl (1991), A Time to Die (1991), Tomcat Angels (1991), Roots of Evil (1992), A Mission to Kill (1992), To Die, to Sleep (1994), Detonator II: Night Watch (1995), On Dangerous Ground (1996), The Apocalypse Watch (1997), Peggy Su! (1997), Midnight Man (1997), Ali G Indahouse* (2002), Not Only But Always (2004), Kick-Ass (2010), The Wedding Video (2012), Ashes (2012)

Television: Moon and Son: The Chinese Medicine Man (1992) / Baywatch: Vacation (1993) / Nelson's Column: Surprise (1995) / The Bill: Alternative Therapies (1997) / Highlander - The Raven: The French Connection (1999) / Holby City: Me And My Gal (2003) / New Tricks [2 episodes, different characters (2006–2015)] / Spirit Warriors [5 episodes as Fei-Yan (2010)] / Spooks (2010) / Psychoville: Halloween Special (2010) / Friday Night Dinner: Buggy (2012) / Common Ground: Patricia (2013) / Southcliffe: Light Falls (2013) / Doctors: Plan B (2013) / Pompidou: The Bowl (2015) / Critical [4 episodes as Debbie Wong (2015)] / Casualty: Flutterby (2015)

After Who:
Films: Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
Television: Love, Lies and Records (2017) / White Dragon (2018) / Chimerica: Kodak Ergo Sum (2019) / The Capture: Invisible Men (2022)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Braun (Terence Brook) steps out onto the Planet of Evil (1975)

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE LIE OF THE LAND who have previously appeared in the show:

• Michelle Gomez (Missy)
• Matt Lucas (Nardole)
• Pearl Mackie (Bill)
• Jamie Hill (Giant Monk)

Who: Before And After #1418a / Nu-Who #477a

Name: Emma Handy [1974 - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: The Lie Of The Land
Character(s): Jane Bishop

Before Who:
Films: Velvet Goldmine (1998) / Iris (2001), Club Le Monde (2002), Vincent in Brixton (2003), Vacuums (2003), Hear the Silence (2003), Beneath the Skin (2005), Fast Girls (2012)
Television: Black Cab: Silent Night (2000) / The Bill [2 episodes, different characters (2001–2002)] / The American Embassy: Pilot (2002) / Wire in the Blood* [24 episodes as DC Paula McIntyre (2003–2008)] / William and Mary [4 episodes as Tracy Mellor (2004)] / Silent Witness: Death By Water (2004) / Doctors [5 episodes, different characters (2010–2015)] / Doctors [5 episodes, different characters (2010–2015)] / Threesome: Boyfriends (2011) / Holby City: See You On The Ice (2011) / The Coroner: Crash (2016)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Trust Me (2017) / The Worst Witch* [5 episodes as Mrs. Hallow (2017–2018)] / Doc Martin [6 episodes as Samantha Trappett (2017–2022)] / EastEnders [2 episodes as Dr. Towne (2019–2020)] / The Beaker Girls [14 episodes as Mrs. Cook (2021–2023)]

Who: Before And After #1418b / Nu-Who #477b

Name: Beatrice Curnew [1980 - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: The Lie Of The Land
Character(s): Group Commander

Before Who:
Films: Doctor Faustus (Greenwich Theatre) (2010), Under Offer (2011), Skyfall* (2012), Third Falcon (2013), Soho Cigarette (2013), The Christmas Candle (2013), I Know What I'm Doing (2013), Youth (2015), Writers Retreat (2015)

Television: Emmerdale Farm (2009) / Doctors [4 episodes, different characters (2011–2018)] / We Invented the World: Cars (2012) / EastEnders [4 episodes, different characters (2012–2016)] / Big School (2013) / Black Mirror: White Christmas (2014) / The Last Panthers: Chimeras (2015)

After Who:
Films: The Marriage [voice only] (2019), They Came Like Swallows (2020), Ammonite (2020)
Television: Patrick Melrose: Some Hope (2018) / Casualty (2018) / Years and Years (2019) / The Rook (2019) / Baghdad Central (2020)

Who: Before And After #1418c / Nu-Who #477c

Name: Stewart Wright [1974 - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: The Lie Of The Land
Character(s): Alan

Before Who:
Films: Fierce Creatures (1997), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), High Heels and Low Lifes (2001), Ali G Indahouse *(2002), I Saw You (2002), Ready When You Are Mr. McGill (2003), If Only (2004), Dirty Filthy Love (2004), Unhitched (2005), A Good Year (2006), Seven Second Delay (2006), Incendiary (2008), Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story (2008), Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! (2014)

Television: Chalk: The Star Pupil (1997) / Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round (1998) / People Like Us: The Estate Agent (1999) / The Vicar of Dibley: Summer (2000) / My Hero: Thermoman's Greatest Challenge (2000) / Smack the Pony (2000) / Black Books: Manny's First Day* (2000) / Doctors [2 episodes, different characters (2000–2020)] / Lee Evans: So What Now?: Moving Out (2001) / Murder in Mind: Neighbours (2001) / World of Pub [4 episodes, different characters (2001)] / Armadillo (2001) / Coupling: Dressed (2001) / Rescue Me [6 episodes as Eddie Chisholm (2002)] / Celeb: The Assassin (2002) / Wild West [10 episodes as PC Alan Allen (2002–2004)] / Doc Martin* [15 episodes as PC Mark Mylow (2004–2019)] / Spooks: Aftermath (2006) / Bonkers [6 episodes as John Lewis (2007)] / Love Soup: The Menaced Assassin (2008) / Love & Marriage [6 episodes as Kevin Paradise (2013)]] / The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells: The Purple Pileus (2016) / I Want My Wife Back [6 episodes as Curtis (2016)] / Marley's Ghosts: Dean Man's Chest (2016)

After Who:
Films: Jungle Cry (2022), Christmas on Mistletoe Farm (2022)
Television: Casualty (2019) / Housebound [7 episodes as Ed Carmichael (2020)] / Small Axe: Education (2020) / Midsomer Murders: Dressed To Kill (2023)

Who: Before And After #1418d / Nu-Who #477d

Name: Solomon Israel [? - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: The Lie Of The Land
Character(s): Richard

Before Who:
Films: Diary of a Tired Black Man (2008)
Television: Quick Cuts (2013) / Brothers with No Game [7 episodes as Darren (2013–2014)] / Holby City: Things We Lost In The Fire (2014) / Law & Order - UK: Customs (2014) / Josh: Teabag And No Sympathy (2015) / I Live with Models: Tommy's Dad (2017)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Lovesick: Evie (2018) / The Dumping Ground: Do The Right Thing (2020) / In the Long Run [2 episodes as Andy (2020)] / Doctors: Tender (2020) / Death in Paradise [2 episodes as Henry Baptiste (2023)]

Who: Before And After #1418e / Nu-Who #477e

Name: Rosie Jane [? - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: The Lie Of The Land
Character(s): Bill's Mum

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: None

After Who:
Films: Revolution X (2022), Ghosted (2023)
Television: None

[Susan Foreman]

In memory of Pamela Salem (1944 - 2024)

Has a long connection with 'Doctor Who':

Provided one of the voices for Xoanon in the 1977 story 'The Face Of Evil'

Appeared as Lish Toos in the 1977 story 'The Robots Of Death'...

...and as Rachel Jensen in the 1988 story 'Remembrance Of The Daleks'

In addition to her 'on screen' appearances, she reprised the role of Lish Toos in numerous Big Finish stories in 'The Robots' series:

• 'Love Me Not'
• 'Toos and Poul'
• 'Circuit Breaker'
• 'Closed Loop'
• 'The Janus Deception'

Reprised the role of Rachel Jensen in numerous Big Finish audio stories in the Counter-Measures series...:

• Series 1 ('Threshold' / 'Artificial Intelligence' / 'The Pelage Project' / 'State of Emergency)
• Series 2 ('Manhunt' / The Fifth Citadel' / 'Peshka' / 'Sins of the Fathers')
• Series 3 ('Changing of the Guard' / 'The Concrete Cage' / 'The Forgotten Village' / 'Unto the Breach')
• Series 4 ('New Horizons' / ' The Keep' / 'Rise and Shine' / 'Clean Sweep'

...and the New Counter-Measures series:

• Special Releases: 'Who Killed Toby Kinsella?'
• Series 1 ('Nothing to See Here' / 'Troubled Waters' / 'The Phoenix Strain' / 'A Gamble with Time')
• Series 2 ('The Splintered Man' / 'The Ship of the Sleepwalkers' / 'My Enemy's Enemy' / 'Time of the Intelligence)
• Series 3 ('The Hollow King' / 'The Movellan Manoeuvre' / 'The Dalek Gambit')

Appeared as other characters in the Big Finish stories:

• The Worlds of Doctor Who: The Reesinger Process
• The Legacy of Time: The Split Infinitive
• Fourth Doctor Adventure: The Silent Scream
• Doctor Who Main Range: 1963 - The Assassination Games

Provided the reading for the Target novelization audiobook release of 'Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear'

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and Clara (Jenna Coleman) look out from the cover of the revamped Doctor Who Adventures issue 6 which was released in September 2015.