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[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in SPYFALL: PART ONE who have previously appeared in the show:

• Bradley Walsh (Graham)
• Tosin Cole (Ryan)
• Mandip Gill (Yasmin)
• Mark Dexter (Charles Babbage)
• Shobna Gulati (Najia Khan)
• Ravin J. Ganatra (Hakim Khan)
• Bhavnisha Parmar (Sonya Khan)
• Asif Khan (Sergeant Ramesh Sunder)
• Straun Rodger (Voice Of Kasaavin)

Who: Before And After #1463 / Nu-Who #522

Name: Sacha Dhawan [1984 - ]
Year(s): 2020 / 2022
Stories: Spyfall: Part One ? Spyfall: Part Two / Ascension Of The Cybermen ? The Timeless Children / The Power Of The Doctor
Character(s): The Tenth Master / 'O'

Note(s):

• Was the first non-white actor, and specifically the first British-Indian actor, to be cast as the Master for television
• Had previously appeared as Waris Hussein in the 2013 docudrama 'An Adventure in Space and Time'
  
  
• Was offered a role in the 2018 story 'Demons of the Punjab', but had to turn it down, as he was already away filming. He was later offered the part of the Master outright, without being asked to audition

Appeared in a number of Big Finish Productions audio adventures:

• In the 'Doctor Who Main Range' story 'Ghost Walk'
• In the 'Classic Doctors, New Monsters' story 'Fallen Angels'
• In the 'Dark Eyes' story 'The Reviled'
• In the 'Aliens Among Us' story 'Zero Hour'

Before Who:
Films: Bradford Riots (2006), The History Boys* (2006), Splintered (2010), Girl Shaped Love Drug (2012), After Earth (2013), Bugsplat! (2015), The Lady in the Van (2015), The Boy with the Topknot (2017) / National Theatre Live: Allelujah! (2018),

Television: Out of Sight [20 episodes as Ali Patanjali (1997?1998)] / City Central: Picking Up The Pieces (1998) / The Last Train [6 episodes as Leo Nixon (1999)] / Weirdsister College* [13 episodes as Azmat Madari (2001?2002)] / Wired [3 episodes as Ben (2008)] / Chuggington [39 episodes as the voice of Eddie (2008?2011)] / Paradox (2009) / Five Days [4 episodes as Khalil Akram (2010)] / The Deep [5 episodes as Vincent (2010)] / Outsourced [22 episodes as Manmeet (2010?2011)] / The Mystery of Edwin Drood [2 episodes as Neville Landless (2012)] / Being Human: Hold The Front Page (2012) / Last Tango in Halifax [6 episodes as Paul (2012)] / A Ghost Story For Christmas: The Tractate Middoth (2013) / Line of Duty [3 episodes as Prasad (2014)] / In the Flesh (2014) / 24 - Live Another Day* [4 episodes as Naveed Shabazz (2014)] / Utopia [2 episodes as Paul (2014)] / In the Club [12 episodes as Dev (2014?2016)] / No Offence (2015) / The Interceptor (2015) / Not Safe for Work [6 episodes as Danny (2015)] / Mr Selfridge [9 episodes as Jimmy Dillon (2016)] / Sherlock: The Six Thatchers (2017) / Iron Fist [15 episodes as Davos (2017?2018)] / Go Jetters: Himalayan Heroes, Nepal [voice only] (2019)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Dracula: Blood Vessel (2020) / Thunderbirds Are Go: Upside Down (voice only) (2020) / The Great [21 episodes as Orlo (2020?2023)] / The Prince [12 episodes as the voice of Teddy (2021)] / Suspect [8 episodes as Jaisal / Jake (2022)] / Wolf [6 episodes as D.I Honey (2023)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Name: Sacha Dhawan [1984 - ]

Character(s): The Tenth Master / 'O'

Puzzled. Why is he called the tenth Master? I'd never heard that before.

Seeing as tv stories are the only ones genuinely recognised by the producers (Although some sly winks and nods are given to other sources occasionally) why tenth.

I only recall Delgado, Pratt / Beevers, Ainley, Roberts, Jacobi, Simm, Gomez and Dhawan as playing different incarnations of the character on tv. That's eight.

Gordon Tipple who played the character in long shot and very obscured in about a second of the tv movie i thought was supposed to be the Ainley Master.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Puzzled. Why is he called the tenth Master? I'd never heard that before.

Seeing as tv stories are the only ones genuinely recognised by the producers (Although some sly winks and nods are given to other sources occasionally) why tenth.

I only recall Delgado, Pratt / Beevers, Ainley, Roberts, Jacobi, Simm, Gomez and Dhawan as playing different incarnations of the character on tv. That's eight.

Gordon Tipple who played the character in long shot and very obscured in about a second of the tv movie i thought was supposed to be the Ainley Master.

Although the *character* is the same from the first episode of 'Terror Of The Autons' to 'The Power Of The Doctor', I have been counting the actor who played him as a different incarnation

Therefore, as you stated, ten different people have played the role:

1: Roger Delgado
2: Peter Pratt
3: Geoffrey Beevers
4: Anthony Ainley
5: Gordon Tipple (credited as 'the Old Master')
6: Eric Roberts
7: Derek Jacobi
8: John Simm
9: Michelle Gomez
10: Sacha Dhawan

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Although the *character* is the same from the first episode of 'Terror Of The Autons' to 'The Power Of The Doctor', I have been counting the actor who played him as a different incarnation

Therefore, as you stated, ten different people have played the role:

1: Roger Delgado
2: Peter Pratt
3: Geoffrey Beevers
4: Anthony Ainley
5: Gordon Tipple (credited as 'the Old Master')
6: Eric Roberts
7: Derek Jacobi
8: John Simm
9: Michelle Gomez
10: Sacha Dhawan

Pratt and Beevers were playing the same version or regeneration of the Master as were Ainley and Tipple. So he may be the tenth actor but he isn't the tenth Master.

Anyway it's your post so okay.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Peter Davison) and the 3rd Master (Anthony Ainley) do a deal for Orac parts in Time-Flight (1981)

[Rob4]

This might have been posted already as I don't drop in every day, or it might be more appropriate for the books section?

Doctor Who: The Return of The Daleks - The Complete Doctor Who Back-Up Tales Vol. 1 Paperback - 1 July 2024

Discover timeless tales of the Daleks, Cybermen, Silurians and many more in this brand-new collection from Panini Comics! These ?back-up tales?, taken from the early days of Doctor Who Weekly, are a highly sought-after and much-loved slice of Doctor Who comicbook history ? and they?re now back in print for the first time in decades. Featuring the work of British comicbook legends Steve Moore and David Lloyd, each strip has been digitally restored to the highest quality, ensuring that these thrilling stories can be enjoyed at their absolute best.

Preorder
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-...04912263&psc=1

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Pleased that's coming out now. It was hoped it would seeing as they reprinted all the lead comic strips until present in similar volumes.

Quite fancy this as Absolom Daak Dalek Killer was fantastic back in the day.

[Rob4]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Pleased that's coming out now. It was hoped it would seeing as they reprinted all the lead comic strips until present in similar volumes.

Quite fancy this as Absolom Daak Dalek Killer was fantastic back in the day.

I can smell the nostalgia hit already

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rob4

I can smell the nostalgia hit already

It's the sort of thing i'd love as a Christmas present.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1464 / Nu-Who #523

Name: Sir Lenny Henry, CBE [1958 - ]
Year(s): 2020
Stories: Spyfall: Part One ? Spyfall: Part Two
Character(s): Daniel Barton

Note(s):

• Appeared as a spoof version of the Seventh Doctor in 1985 sketch on 'The Lenny Henry Show. This sketch predated the departure of Colin Baker in 1986, and saw him play the newly regenerated "Seventh Doctor," making him the first black actor to portray the Doctor
• In a 2023 'Comic Relief Red Nose Day' sketch, he played a fictional version of himself who regenerated into the Fourteenth Doctor

Before Who:
Films: The Suicide Club (1987), True Identity (1991), Bernard and the Genie (1991), In Dreams (1992), Prince Cinders [voice only] (1993), White Goods (1994), The Man (1999), The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999), French & Saunders Live (2000), Goodbye, Mr Steadman (2001), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* (2004), Mirrormask* (2005), Penelope (2006), Berry's Way (2006), National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors (2012) / The Pirates! Band of Misfits [voice only] (2012), Rudy's Rare Records (2014), Danny and the Human Zoo (2015)

Television: New Faces [5 episodes as a contestant (1975)] / The Summer Show (1975) / The Fosters [27 episodes as Sonny Foster (1976?1977)] / Tiswas* [as a presenter (1978?1981)] / Three of a Kind [17 episodes, various characters (1981?1983)] / OTT [13 episodes as a presenter (1982)] / The Young Ones: Summer Holiday* (1984) / The Lenny Henry Show [14 episodes, various characters (1984?1988)] / Happy Families: Cassie (1985) / Lenny Henry Tonite [6 episodes, Various Characters (1986)] / Screen Two: Coast To Coast (1987) / Spitting Image - The Ronnie and Nancy Show [voice only] (1987) / The Lenny Henry Show [12 episodes as Delbert Wilkins (1987?1988)] / French and Saunders [4 episodes, various characters (1988?1996)] / The Comic Strip Presents: South Atlantic Raiders (1990) / The Comic Strip Presents: Oxford (1990) / Screen One: Alive And Kicking (1991) / Chef! [20 episodes as Gareth (1993?1996)] / Lenny Goes to Town [6 episodes, Various Characters (1998) / Hope & Glory [16 episodes as Ian George (1999?2000)] / Comic Relief [17 episodes as presenter (1999-2022 )]/ Little Robots [3 episodes as the voice of Sporty (2003)] / War at the Door [12 episodes as the Narrator (2005)] / Big and Small [31 episodes as Big and Small (2008?2011)] / 'Conversations with My Wife' (2010) / Tinga Tinga Tales [35 episodes as the voice of Elephant (2011?2012)] / The Syndicate [6 episodes as Godfrey Watson (2015)] / Broadchurch [8 episodes as Ed Burnett (2017)] / W1A [2 episodes as Lenny Henry (2017?2024)] / The Long Song (2018) / Soon Gone - A Windrush Chronicle: Cyrus 2011 (2019)

After Who:
Films: My Name Is Leon (2022)
Television: Children In Need (2020) / The Sandman [2 episodes as the voice of Martin Tenbones (2022)] / The Lord of the Rings - The Rings of Power* [6 episodes as Sadoc Burrows (2022)] / The Witcher - Blood Origin [4 episodes as Balor (2022)] / Three Little Birds [3 episodes as Remuel Drake (2023)]