The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover of the BBC sixth Doctor novel The Shadow in the Glass by Justin Richards and Stephen Cole. It was released in April 2001.

It's the second time the Doctor has faced Adolf Hitler in novels following 1991's Timewyrm: Exodus.

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on THE POWER OF THE DALEKS who have previously worked on the show:

• Christopher Barry (Director)
• David Whitaker (Writer)
• Innes Lloyd (Producer)

Key Crew working on THE HIGHLANDERS who have previously worked on the show:

• Gerry Davis (Writer)
• Innes Lloyd (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1562a / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #31 - The Highlanders

Name: Hugh David [1925 - 1987]

Role(s): Director [10 episodes]
Year(s): 1966 / 1968
Stories: The Highlanders episode 1 - The Highlanders episode 4 / Fury From The Deep episode 1 - Fury From The Deep episode 6
Note(s):

• Was considered for the role of the First Doctor, but was rejected because Verity Lambert thought he was too young for the part
• Is one of only three directors to not have a single surviving 'Doctor Who' episode in the BBC Archives. However he is the only one of the three to have directed more than one story
• Was considered as the director for 'The Underwater Menace', but rejected the offer as he felt the story was too expensive for the show's budget
• Was married to Who actress Wendy Williams

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: None
Television: Swizzlewick [4 episodes] (1964) / Compact [10 episodes] (1965) / Jury Room [1 episode] (1965) / 199 Park Lane [2 episodes] (1965) / The Newcomers [16 episodes] (1965-1966) / North and South [5 episodes] (1966)

After Who
Films: Of Mycenae and Men (1979)
Television: The Further Adventures of the Musketeers [8 episodes] (1967) / Z Cars [10 episodes] (1967-1970) / Thirty-Minute Theatre [4 episodes] (1967-1972) / The Man in the Iron Mask [9 episodes] (1968) / The Expert [2 episodes] (1969) / Christ Recrucified [6 episodes] (1969) / Doomwatch [1 episode] (1970) / Jude the Obscure [6 episodes] (1971) / Trial (1971) / Wives and Daughters [6 episodes] (1971) / Owen, M.D. [2 episodes] (1971) / Clouds of Witness [5 episodes] (1972) / Cranford [4 episodes] (1972) / The Pallisers [11 episodes] (1974) / Emmerdale Farm [2 episodes] (1974) / Beryl's Lot [1 episode] (1975) / Dominic [4 episodes] (1976) / Luke's Kingdom [4 episodes] (1976) / The Velvet Glove [1 episode] (1977) / Rooms [2 episodes] (1977) / Centre Play [1 episode] (1977) / Everyman [2 episodes] (1977-1978) / The Clifton House Mystery [2 episodes] (1978) / Blue Peter Special Assignment [2 episodes] (1979) / Une maison, une histoire [1 episode] (1980) / Grange Hill [1 episode] (1981) / Sophia and Constance [6 episodes] (1988)

Who: Before And After #1562b

Name: Elwyn Jones [1923 - 1982]

Role(s): Writer [4 episodes]
Year(s): 1966 / 1967
Stories: The Highlanders episode 1 - The Highlanders episode 4
Note(s): Although he carries a credit as having co-written 'The Highlanders', he actually didn't do anything on the story because he was too busy with other work for the BBC !

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: The Last Invasion (1966)
Television: Nom-de-Plume [1 episode] (1956) / BBC Sunday-Night Theatre [1 episode] (1959) / Z Cars [22 episodes] (1963?1971) / The Spies [1 episode] (1966) / Softly Softly [45 episodes] (1966-1969)

After Who
Films: Combination (1968), Choir Practice (1970), Marine Safety: Don't Go Down The... [short] (1971), Marine Safety: Mistaken Indentity [short] (1971), Proposition (1972), Sunstruck (1972), I'll Think About It (1975), A Most Public Affair (1978), Murder by Decree (1979)
Television: Gazette [3 episodes] (1968) / The Jazz Age [1 episode] (1968) / W. Somerset Maugham [1 episode] (1969) / Parkin's Patch [26 episodes] (1969-1970) / Softly Softly: Task Force [149 episodes] (1969-1976) / Manhunt [1 episode] (1970) / Doomwatch [1 episode] (1970) / Brett [4 episodes] (1971) / Barlow at Large [29 episodes] (1971-1975) / Jack the Ripper [6 episodes] (1973) / Second Verdict [4 episodes] (1976) / Life at Stake [2 episodes] (1978) / The Deep Concern [6 episodes] (1979)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Boys and their toys. Having finished playing in his gyrocopter the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) races for a go in the Whomobile...or maybe Bessie, during Planet of the Spiders (1974)

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on THE UNDERWATER MENACE who have previously worked on the show:

• Julia Smith (Director)
• Innes Lloyd (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1563 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #32 - The Underwater Menace

Name: Geoffrey Orme [1904 - 1978]

Role(s): Writer [4 episodes]
Year(s): 1967
Stories: The Underwater Menace episode 1 - The Underwater Menace episode 4
Note(s): Aged 64 when he wrote 'The Underwater Menace', he was the oldest writer to ever work on 'Doctor Who'

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: Sunshine Ahead (1936), Hearts of Humanity (1936), Song of the Road (1937) / Talking Feet (1937), What Would You Do, Chums? (1939), Old Mother Riley in Business (1941), Old Mother Riley's Ghosts (1941), Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941), The Common Touch (1941), Let the People Sing (1942), Old Mother Riley: Detective (1943), Theatre Royal (1943), Here Comes the Sun (1946), The Grand Escapade (1946), When You Come Home (1947), Fortune Lane (1947), Nothing Venture (1948), The Last Load (1948), Three Bags Full (1949), The Second Mate (1950), Judgment Deferred (1952), Miss Robin Hood (1952), Devil on Horseback (1954), Delayed Action (1954), Orders Are Orders (1954), The End of the Road (1954), The Love Match (1955), Ramsbottom Rides Again (1956), The Heart Within (1957), The Boy and the Bridge (1959)
Television: Ivanhoe [6 episodes] (1958) / Interpol Calling (1959) / The Avengers (1963) / No Hiding Place [1 episode] (1965)

After Who
Films: The Long Duel (1967)
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

"I think i may have gone a little too far"

One of my favourite Doctor Who cliffhangers as Burton (Richard Davies), Mel (Bonnie Langford) and the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) make their escape at the end of part two of Delta and the Bannermen (1987)

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on THE MOONBASE who have previously worked on the show:

• Kit Pedler (Writer)
• Innes Lloyd (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1564 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #33 - The Moonbase

Name: Morris Barry [1918 - 2000]

Role(s): Director [13 episodes]
Year(s): 1967 / 1968
Stories: The Moonbase episode 1 - The Moonbase episode 4 / Tomb Of The Cybermen episode 1 - Tomb Of The Cybermen episode 4 / The Dominators episode 1 - The Dominators episode 5
Note(s): Is also an actor who has been profiled under the main 'Actor' section

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: A Small Crisis (1961), The Wrong Way Back (1962)
Television: Escape [6 episodes] (1957) / Starr and Company [26 episodes] (1958) / The Common Room [7 episodes] (1959) / Barnaby Rudge [13 episodes] (1960) / Z Cars [40 episodes] (1962-1972) / Compact [6 episodes] (1963-1965) / 199 Park Lane [2 episodes] (1965) / The Newcomers [2 episodes] (1965) / Quick Before They Catch Us [4 episodes] (1966) / Softly Softly [1 episode] (1967)

After Who
Films: Murder: Ultimate Grounds for Divorce (1984)
Television: The Doctors []7 episodes (1970) / Spy Trap [1 episode] (1975) / Angels [1 episode] (1978)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Attack of the living clapper boards. Michelle Ryan as Lady Christina de Souza, ready for action filming Planet of the Dead (2009)

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on THE MACRA TERROR who have previously worked on the show:

• Ian Stuart Black (Writer)
• Innes Lloyd (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1565 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #34 - The Macra Terror

Name: John Davies [1934 - ]

Role(s): Director [4 episodes]
Year(s): 1967
Stories: The Macra Terror episode 1 - The Macra Terror episode 4
Note(s): Due to the fact the 'The Macra Terror' is missing all of its episodes, he is one of three directors to not have a single surviving 'Doctor Who' episode in the BBC Archives

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: Incident (1965)
Television: United! [29 episodes] (1965-1966) / The Newcomers [10 episodes] (1966-1967)

After Who
Films: Whom God Hath Joined (1970), Whom God Hath Joined (1970), Kim (1984), Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (1987), The Care of Time (1990), Unnatural Causes (1993), The Violin Fantasy [Short] (1998)
Television: Z Cars [24 episodes] (1967-1968) / Nana [5 episodes] (1968) / The First Lady [1 episode] (1969) / Germinal [5 episodes] (1970) / The Woodlanders [4 episodes] (1970) / W. Somerset Maugham [1 episode] (1970) / Biography [1 episode] (1970) / Bel Ami [5 episodes] (1971) / War & Peace [20 episodes] (1972-1973) / The Edwardians [1 episode] (1973) / BBC2 Playhouse [1 episode] (1974) / Boy Dominic [6 episodes] (1974) / The Brothers [2 episodes] (1976) / Clayhanger [14 episodes] (1976) / Raffles [2 episodes] (1977) / The Sunday Drama [1 episode] (1977) / Just William [27 episodes] (1977-1978) / The Law Centre [2 episodes] (1978) / Backs to the Land [7 episodes] (1978) / Thomas and Sarah [3 episodes] (1979) / Tales of the Unexpected [1 episode - 'Lamb To The Slaughter'] (1979) / The Gentle Touch [2 episodes] (1983) / Weekend Playhouse [1 episode] (1984) / Cover Her Face [6 episodes] (1985) / Mr. Palfrey of Westminster [2 episodes] (1985) / Storyboard [1 episode] (1985) / Ruth Rendell Mysteries [4 episodes] (1987) / A Taste for Death [6 episodes] (1988) / Devices and Desires [6 episodes] (1991) / CI5: The New Professionals [2 episodes] (1999) / The Bill [12 episodes] (2000-2002)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover of The Tomb of the Cybermen vhs. The lost from the archives story from 1967. First released in May 1992 to great fanfare.

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on THE FACELESS ONES who have previously worked on the show:

• Innes Lloyd

Who: Before And After #1566a / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #35 - The Faceless Ones

Name: Gerry Mill [? - ]

Role(s): Director [6 episodes]
Year(s): 1967
Stories: The Faceless Ones episode 1 - The Faceless Ones episode 6
Note(s):

• Had previously worked as a production assistant for the 1966 story 'The Massacre'
• Away from the Whoniverse, he is the godfather of actor Benedict Cumberbatch

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: None
Television: The Newcomers [26 episodes] (1966-1967)

After Who
Films: Park People (1978), The Husband, the Wife and the Stranger (1986)
Television: The First Lady [3 episodes] (1968-1969) / Z Cars [2 episodes] (1969) / Happy Ever After [1 episode] (1969) / Coronation Street [12 episodes] (1969-1973) / A Family at War [10 episodes] (1970-1972) / Follyfoot [1 episode] (1972) / Adam Smith [5 episodes] (1972-1973) / Crown Court [33 episode] (1972-1978) / Sam (1973-1975) / Once Upon a Time [1 episode - 'Frankenstein'] (1973) / Harriet's Back in Town [2 episodes] (1973) / A Raging Calm [3 episodes] (1974) / The Brothers [1 episode] (1974) / Seven Faces of Woman [3 episodes] (1974-1977) / Doctor on the Go [1 episode] (1975) / Couples [18 episodes] (1975-1976) / Lucky Feller [5 episodes] (1976) / Holding On [2 episodes] (1977) / Rooms [8 episodes] (1977) / The Duchess of Duke Street [2 episodes] (1977) / The Paper Lads [4 episodes] (1978-1979) / Hazell [1 episode] (1979) / ITV Playhouse [1 episode] (1979) / Charles Endell, Esq [1 episode] (1979) / Turtle's Progress [3 episodes] (1980) / Second Chance [4 episodes] (1981) / A Kind of Loving [2 episodes] (1982) / The Gentle Touch [7 episodes] (1982-1984) / GasTank [1 episode] (1983) / Mitch [2 episodes] (1984) / Dempsey and Makepeace [2 episodes] (1985) / Super Gran [3 episodes] (1985) / Robin Hood [4 episodes] (1986) / Bergerac [1 episode] (1987) / C.A.T.S. Eyes [1 episode] (1987) / Pulaski: The TV Detective [3 episodes] (1987) / London's Burning [31 episodes] (1988-1995) / Young, Gifted and Broke [1 episode] (1989) / Yellowthread Street [3 episodes] (1990) / She-Wolf of London [2 episodes] (1990) / Runaway Bay []5 episodes (1992) / Heartbeat [52 episodes] (1995-2009)

Who: Before And After #1566b

Name: David Ellis [1918 ? 1978] [Birth Name: Derrick Francis Kerkham]

Role(s): Writer [6 episodes]
Year(s): 1967
Stories: The Faceless Ones episode 1 - The Faceless Ones episode 6
Note(s): Had also proposed other 'Doctor Who' storylines, such as 'The Clock', 'The Ocean Liner' and 'The People Who Couldn't Remember' but none of these were accepted

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: Dixon of Dock Green [25 episodes] (1963-1971) / Crane [1 episode] (1964) / Compact [2 episodes] (1965) / Crossroads [5 episodes] (1965) / United! [8 episodes] (1965-1966) / Emergency-Ward 10 [1 episode] (1967) / Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre [1 episode] (1967)

After Who
Films: None
Television: Z Cars [65 episodes] (1967?1974) / The Inside Man (1969) / Paul Temple [2 episodes] (1970-1971) / Spyder's Web [1 episode] (1972) / Spy Trap [1 episode] (1973) / Marked Personal [4 episodes] (1974)

Who: Before And After #1566c

Name: Malcolm Hulke [1924 - 1979]

Role(s): Writer [53 episodes]
Year(s): 1967 / 1969 / 1970 / 1971 / 1972 / 1973 / 1974
Stories: The Faceless Ones episode 1 - The Faceless Ones episode 6 / The War Games episode 1 - The War Games episode 10 / Doctor Who And The Silurians episode 1 - Doctor Who And The Silurians episode 7 / The Ambassadors of Death episode 2 - The Ambassadors Of Death episode 7 / Colony In Space episode 1 - Colony In Space episode 6 / The Sea Devils episode 1 - The Sea Devils episode 6 / Frontier In Space episode 1 - Frontier In Space episode 6 / Invasion part 1 - Invasion of The Dinosaurs part 6
Note(s):

• He began his association with 'Doctor Who' in 1963 when he contributed the storyline for 'The Hidden Planet' - a story which ultimately was not accepted
• Co-created the concept of the Time Lords [in 'The War Games'] and gave viewers their first glimpse of Gallifrey [albeit the planet was un-named at this point]
• Created the Silurians and the Sea Devils
• Wrote a Doctor Who radio pilot - 'Journey into Time' - starring Peter Cushing which was recorded but has never been broadcast
• Wrote the Target novelisations 'Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters' / 'Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon' / 'Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils' / 'Doctor Who and the Green Death' / 'Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion' / 'Doctor Who and the Space War' / 'Doctor Who and the War Games'
• Co-wote the non-fiction book 'The Making of Doctor Who'

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: Life in Danger (1959), The Man in the Back Seat (1961), The Big Client (1961), The Criminals (1962)
Television: Television Playwright [1 episode] (1958) / The United States Steel Hour [1 episode] (1958) / Armchair Theatre [4 episodes] (1958-1960) / Gert and Daisy [3 episodes] (1959) / Tell It to the Marines [1 episode] (1959) / No Hiding Place [3 episodes] (1959-1965) / Target Luna [6 episodes] (1960) / Pathfinders in Space [6 episodes] (1960) / Pathfinders to Mars [6 episodes] (1960-1961) / Pathfinders to Venus [8 episodes] (1961) / The Avengers [9 episodes] (1962-1969) / The Protectors [2 episodes] (1964) / Gideon C.I.D. [1 episode] (1965) / Danger Man [1 episode] (1965) / The Flying Swan [1 episode] (1965) / United! [10 episodes] (1966-1967)

After Who
Films: None
Television: Crossroads [14 episodes] (1968-1975) / Woobinda, Animal Doctor [2 episodes] (1969-1970)