The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

It is obvious that Nu-Who is being promoted - after all, that is the current incarnation (pardon the pun), and the inclusion of it in DWM keeps people up-to-date with the current episodes and happenings

It doesn't make any sense to live in the past, and for a magazine to promote something that happened 35 years ago

Just to add to this and my earlier post.

I do know for a fact that when the show isn't in production and the casual readers drift away the main core readership is the same one that was with the magazine throughout the wilderness years so the editorial content does tend to go back to articles that keep that readership happy.

For me the best articles are when they do proper candid interviews with people rather than simply collect soundbites from the likes of Millie and Susan Twist that have been cleared by the production
office.

Ncuti Gatwa has hardly been interviewed at all other than one main feature a few months ago. Jodie Whitaker was a similar scenario. Whereas Tennant, Smith and to a lesser extent Capaldi were regular interviewees. Probably why they are the most popular of the 2005- Doctors.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Paul McGann and Daphne Ashbrook graced the cover of Doctor Who Magazine issue 268 back in August 1998.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1520 / Nu-Who #579

Name: Neil Patrick Harris [1973 - ]
Year(s): 2023
Stories: The Giggle
Character(s): The Toymaker

Before Who:
Films: Clara's Heart (1988), Too Good to Be True (1988), Purple People Eater (1988), Home Fires Burning (1989), Cold Sassy Tree (1989), Stranger in the Family (1991), A Family Torn Apart (1993), Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story [as Jim Stolpa] (1994), Not Our Son (1995), My Antonia (1995), Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story [as William Coit] (1995), The Man in the Attic (1995), Animal Room (1995), Starship Troopers (1997), The Proposition (1998), The Christmas Wish (1998), The Next Best Thing (2000), The Wedding Dress (2001), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (2001), The Mesmerist (2002), Undercover Brother (2002), Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004), The Golden Blaze [voice only] (2005) / The Christmas Blessing (2005), Justice League: The New Frontier [as the voice of Barry Allen / The Flash (2008) / Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs [voice only] (2009), Yes, Virginia (2009), Batman: Under the Red Hood [as the voice of Dick Grayson / Nightwing (2010), Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore [voice only] (2010), The Best and the Brightest (2010), Beastly (2011), Company (2011), The Smurfs (2011), The Muppets (2011), A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011), American Reunion (2012), CABARET: The Musical That Changed Musicals (2013), The Smurfs 2 (2013), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 [voice only] (2013), A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), Gone Girl (2014), Downsizing (2017), 8-Bit Christmas (2021), The Matrix Resurrections* (2021), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022),

Television: B.L. Stryker: Blues To Buder (1989) / Doogie Howser, M.D.* [97 episodes as Dr. Doogie Howser (1989?1993)] / The Earth Day Special [as Doogie Howser M.D. (1990) / Carol & Company: Suture Self (1991) / The Simpsons: Bart The Murderer [voice only] (1991) / Blossom: Blossom ? A Rockumentary (1991) / Roseanne: Less Is More (1992) / Capitol Critters [13 episodes as the voice of Max (1992)] / Captain Planet and the Planeteers: A Formula For Hate [voice only] (1992) / Quantum Leap: Return of the Evil Leaper - October 8, 1956 (1993) / Murder, She Wrote: Lone Witness (1993) / The Outer Limits: From Within (1996) / Homicide - Life on the Street: Valentine's Day (1997) / Joan of Arc [2 episodes as King Charles VII of France (1999)] / Stark Raving Mad [22 episodes as Henry McNeeley (1999?2000)] / Will & Grace: Girls Interrupted (2000) / Static Shock: Replay [voice only] (2001) / Son of the Beach: Queefer Madness (2001) / As Told by Ginger: Sdeason Of Caprice [voice only] (2001) / The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan And The Challenger [voice only] (2001) / Ed: Replacements (2001) / Touched by an Angel: The Princeless Bride (2002) / Justice League [2 episodes as the voice of Ray Thompson (2002)] / Boomtown: Monster's Brawl (2003) / Spider-Man [13 episodes as the voice of Peter Parker / Spider-Man (2003)] / Law & Order - Criminal Intent: Want (2004) / Numb3rs: Prime Suspect(2005) / Jack & Bobby: Querida Grace (2005) / How I Met Your Mother* [208 episodes as Barney Stinson (2005?2014)] / Me, Eloise [2 episodes, voice only] (2006)] / Family Guy [2 episodes as the voice of Barney Stinson (2007?2009)] / Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog [3 episodes as Billy / Dr. Horrible (2008)] / Sesame Street: Telly's New Shoes (2008) / Batman- The Brave and the Bold: Meyhem Of The Music Meister [voice only] (2009) / Robot Chicken [3 episodes, voice only (2009-2012)] / Glee: Dream On (2010) / The Penguins of Madagascar [3 episodes as the voice of Dr. Blowhole (2010?2015)] / Adventure Time [2 episodes, voice only (2011?2013)] / Dragon Ball Z Abridged: Freeza Burn [voice only] (2012) / Neil's Puppet Dreams [7 episodes as Neil Patrick Harris (2012?2013)] / American Horror Story: Freak Show [2 episodes as Chester Creb (2015)] / Mystery Science Theater 3000: Avalanche (2017) / At Home with Amy Sedaris: Holidays [voice only] (2017) / A Series of Unfortunate Events [25 episodes as Count Olaf (2017?2019)] / Ghostwriter [2 episodes as the voice of The White Rabbit (2019)] / Fraggle Rock - Rock On!: Party Down In Fraggle Rock (2020) / Home Movie - The Princess Bride: Life Is Pain (2020) / It's a Sin (2021) / Eden [4 episodes, voice only(2021)] / Star Wars - Visions: The Twins [voice only] (2021) / F Is for Family [6 episodes as the voice of Louis Chilsons (2021)] / Uncoupled [10 episodes as Michael Lawson (2022?2024)] / How I Met Your Father [2 episodes as Barney Stinson (2023)] /

Music Video: Snoop Dogg feat. Bootsy Collins(2022): Undercova Funk [as Neil Patrick Harris]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) discovers the truth regarding Satellite 5 during Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways (2005)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1521a / Nu-Who #580a

Name: Charlie De Melo [? - ]
Year(s): 2023
Stories: The Giggle
Character(s): Charles Banerjee

Before Who:
Films: Jarhead 3: The Siege (2016)
Television: Doctors: Where The Truth Lies (2013) / Casualty: Valves To Vagrants (2014) / The Interceptor [8 episodes as Martin (2015)] / EastEnders* [5 episodes as PC Jaz Jones (2017)] / Coronation Street* [384 episodes as Imran Habeeb (2017?2022)] / Still Up: The Wedding (2023)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

Who: Before And After #1521b / Nu-Who #580b

Name: John MacKay [? - ]
Year(s): 2023
Stories: The Giggle
Character(s): John Logie Baird

Before Who:
Films: Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie (2003), Wild (2016), The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (2019), Judy [as Johnnie Ray (2019), Ammonite (2020), The Power (2021), Cruella (2021), Living (2022)
Television: London's Burning (1999) / Trial & Retribution III (1999) / Casualty [7 episodes, different characters (1999?2019)] / American Experience: The Great Transatlantic Cable (2005) / Law & Order - UK: Care (2009) / The Honorable Woman [3 episodes as Caleb Schwako (2014)] / Holby City: 'Hoops' (2014) / The Hollow Crown [3 episodes as Brakenbury (2016)] / Doctors: Free Lunch (2017) / Black Earth Rising: The Games True Nature (2018) / Call the Midwife (2021) / Temple [2 episodes as Dennis (2021)] / The Canterville Ghost: Spring (2021) / Landscapers (2021) / Traces [2 episodes as Joseph Mann (2022)] / Bridgerton: A Bee In Your Bonnet (2022) / Nolly [2 episodes as John Logie Baird (2023)] / Great Expectations (2023) / The Crown: Alma Mater (2023)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

Who: Before And After #1521c / Nu-Who #580c

Name: Ross Gurney-Randall [1965 - ]
Year(s): 2023
Stories: The Giggle
Character(s): Middle Aged Man

Note(s): Had previously appeared in the 2013 docu-drama 'An Adventure In Space And Time'

Before Who:
Films: Mainline Run (1994), The Big Game (1995), The Missing Postman (1997), Honest (2000), Unconditional Love (2003), Passer By (2004), Chatroom (2010), Gambit (2012), The Rack Pack (2016)
Television: The Governor (1995) / The Bill [2 episodes, different characters (1995?1999)] / The Prince and the Pauper (1996) / London's Burning (1997) / ChuckleVision: Owtward Bounders (1998) / Duck Patrol: Flying Colours (1998) / Kavanagh QC: The More Loving One (1999) / 2point4 Children: Fame (1999) / Doctors: Love Story (2001) / Waking the Dead: Duty And Honour (2008) / Free Agents (2009) / Big Top: Boyfriend (2009) / Upstairs Downstairs: All The Things You Are (2012) / Trying Again (2014) / EastEnders (2014) / Rellik (2017) / It's a Sin (2021) / Call the Midwife (2023)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Romana (Mary Tamm) at the TARDIS console during The Androids of Tara (1978)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1522a / Nu-Who #581a

Name: Alexander Devrient [? - ]
Year(s): 2023 / 2024
Stories: The Giggle / The Legend Of Ruby Sunday ? Empire Of Death
Character(s): Colonel Ibrahim

Before Who:
Films: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), OutPost 11 [voice only] (2013), Voodoo Magic (2013), Seventh Soldier (2014), The Danish Girl (2015), HASH# [voice only] (2020), All the Old Knives (2022)
Television: Emmerdale Farm* [3 episodes as Laurent (2014)] / SS-GB (2017) / Das Institut, Oase des Scheiterns: Titus der Weise (2017) / Genius: Picasso (2018) / Alarm f?r Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei: Showtime f?r Paul (2018) / The Bureau (2018) / Industry: Learned Behaviour (2020) / Motherland: Mother's Day (2021) / Ted Lasso: Midnight Train To Royston (2021) / FBI ? International: One Point One Million Followers (2022) / The Lazarus Project (2022) / The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself (2022)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Helgoland 513 (2024)

Who: Before And After #1522b / Nu-Who #581b

Name: Tim Hudson [? - ]
Year(s): 2023
Stories: The Giggle
Character(s): Edward Lawn Bridges

Note(s): Appeared in the Big Finish Productions 'Eighth Doctor Adventures' audio adventure 'No More Lies'

Before Who:
Films: The Harpist (1999), Beau Brummell: This Charming Man (2006), In the Cloud (2018), De Gaulle [as Winston Churchill (2020), Sardar Udham [as Winston Churchill] (2021)
Television: The Vet: The Loss Adjuster (1996) / Picking up the Pieces (1998) / Dr Willoughby: Young Pretenders (1999) / Kid in the Corner (1999) / The 10th Kingdom (2000) / M.I.T. - Murder Investigation Team: Rubbish (2003) / Suburban Shootout: Kill Bill (2006) / My Family: Living The Dream (2006) / The Bill: Almost Human (2006) / EastEnders* [3 episodes as Brendan Hughes (2007)] / Doctors [4 episodes as Nicholas Sutherland (2008)] / Father Figure: I Do Believe (2013) / A Very English Scandal (2018)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Father Brown: The Last Supper (2024) / Renegade Nell: Tracks Less Well Trod (2024) / Royal Autopsy: George VI ? The Party King [as King George IV] (2024)

Who: Before And After #1522c / Nu-Who #581c

Name: Leigh Lothian [? - ]
Year(s): 2023
Stories: The Giggle
Character(s): Voice Of Stookie Sue

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Nolly (2023)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Sister of the Water Rosanna Calvierri (Helen McCrory) in the 2010 story The Vampires of Venice.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE CHURCH ON RUBY ROAD who have previously appeared in the show:

• Susan Twist (Woman At Concert)
• Davina McCall (Herself)

Who: Before And After #1523a / Nu-Who #582a

Name: Millie Gibson [2004 - ] [Birth Name: Amelia Eve Gibson]
Year(s): 2023 / 2024
Stories: The Church On Ruby Road - Empire Of Death
Character(s): Ruby Sunday / Rubathon Blue of the 57th Hemisphere Hatchlings

Note(s):

• Is the first regular cast member of Doctor Who to be born in the 21st century
• Provided the Audiobook Readings for the 'BBC New Series Adventures' story 'Ruby Red'

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Love, Lies and Records (2017) / Jamie Johnson* [16 episodes as Indira (2017?2018)] / Butterfly [3 episodes as Lily Duffy (2018)] / Coronation Street* [172 episodes as Kelly Neelan (2019?2022)]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

Music Video: The Goblins (2023): The Goblin Song
Music Video: Doctor Who (2023): There's Always A Twist At The End

Who: Before And After #1523b / Nu-Who #582b

Name: Michelle Greenidge [1970 - ]
Year(s): 2023 - 2024
Stories: The Church On Ruby Road ? Space Babies / 73 Yards / Rogue - Empire Of Death
Character(s): Carla Sunday

Before Who:
Films: The Intent (2016), The Intent 2: The Come Up (2018), The Loss Adjuster (2020), Cruella (2021), Venom: Let There Be Carnage* (2021), The Art of Love (2022), My Happy Ending (2023)

Television: All About the McKenzies: Do What You Gotta Do So That You Can Do What You Wanna Do! (2014) / Venus vs. Mars [4 episodes as Counselor Gretel (2015)] / A Lesson Learnt (2015) / Intruders: The Walls Have Eyes (2017) / Casualty [2 episodes, different characters (2017?2019)] / Doctors: A Mother's Love (2018) / Timewasters: By Any Means Necessary (2019) / After Life [17 episodes as Valerie (2019?2022)] / I May Destroy You: The Cause The Cure (2020) / Semi-Detached: (2020) / Small Axe: Mangrove (2020) / Adult Material: Hayley (2020) / Code 404 [18 episodes (2020?2022)] / Mandy [18 episodes as Lola (2020?2023)] / It's a Sin [3 episodes as Rosa Babatunde (2021)] / Sliced: Graham? (2021) / King Gary: Prodigy (2021) / Grantchester (2021) / Alex Rider: Mirror (2021) / The Witchfinder [2 episodes as the Landlady (2022)] / Holier Than Thou: Pilot (2022)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Queenie [6 episodes as Maggie Jenkins (2024)]

Who: Before And After #1523c / Nu-Who #582c

Name: Angela Wynter [1957 - ]
Year(s): 2023 - 2024
Stories: The Church On Ruby Road ? Space Babies / 73 Yards / The Legend Of Ruby Sunday - Empire Of Death
Character(s): Cherry Sunday

Note(s): Provided the audiobook reading for the novelisation of 'The Church On Ruby Road'

Before Who:
Films: Burning an Illusion (1982), Elphida (1987), Now What (1995), Wondrous Oblivion (2003), Last Christmas (2019), Responsible Child (2019)
Television: The Nation's Health: Decline (1983) / No Problem! [5 episodes as Melba / Cousin Stein (1983?1984)] / Minder: Sorry Pal, Wrong Number (1984) / Mitch: Who Must Remain Anonymous (1984) / The Bill: Letting Go (1992) / What You Lookin' At? (1993) / Murder Most Horrid: Overkill (1994) / Cracker: Men Should Weep (1994) / In Motion: Warning [as the narrator] (2000) / As If: Sasha's POV (2001) / Cutting It (2002) / Holby City [9 episodes, different characters (2002?2016)] / EastEnders* [438 episodes as Yolande Trueman (2003?2024)] / Injustice (2011) / Planet of the Apemen - Battle for Earth [2 episodes as Wangari (2011)] / Casualty: Evolve Or Be Extinct (2012) / Death in Paradise: The Secret Of The Flame Tree (2017) / The Tunnel [3 episodes as Celeste (2017?2018)] / Les Miserables [3 episodes as Toussaint (2019)] / Vera: The Seagull (2019) / Cleaning Up [4 episodes as Amber (2019)] / Whitstable Pearl: Random Acts (2021) / Doctors [20 episodes as Makeda Sylvester (2021)] / Mood [2 episodes as Gloria (2022)] / This England [2 episodes as Sarah Boateng (2022)] / Vampire Academy* [7 episodes as the High Priestess Irene (2022)] / Call the Midwife [2 episodes as Florence Wray (2023)] / Three Little Birds (2023) / Time (2023)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A forthcoming beautifully detailed American Christmas tree decoration from Hallmark of twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi.