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[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on OXYGEN who have previously worked on the show:

• Charles Palmer (Director)
• Jamie Mathieson (Writer)
• Nikki Wilson (Producer)

Key Crew working on EXTREMIS who have previously worked on the show:

• Daniel Nettheim (Director)
• Steven Moffatt (Writer)
• Peter Bennett (Producer)

Key Crew working on THE PYRAMID AT THE END OF THE WORLD who have previously worked on the show:

• Daniel Nettheim (Director)
• Peter Harness (Writer)
• Steven Moffatt (Writer)
• Peter Bennett (Producer)

Key Crew working on THE LIE OF THE LAND who have previously worked on the show:

• Toby Whithouse (Writer)
• Peter Bennett (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1700 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #272 / Nu-Who Story #139 - The Lie Of The Land

Name: Wayne Yip [? - ]

Role: Doctor Who: Director [3 episodes]
Year(s): 2017 / 2019
Stories: The Lie Of The Land - Empress Of Mars / Resolution

Role: Class: Director [2 episodes]
Year(s): 2016
Stories: Detained - The Metaphysical Engine, Or What Quill Did

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: Samantha [Short] (2008), Diego's Story [Short] (2009), Dark Clowns [Short] (2015), One More Thing Before Vegas [Short] (2015)
Television: Coming Up [1 episode] (2010) / Secret Diary of a Call Girl [4 episodes] (2011) / Misfits [4 episodes] (2011-2013) / Utopia [3 episodes] (2013) / Tatau [4 episodes] (2015) / Salem [1 episode] (2016) / Imposters [2 episodes] (2017) / Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency [2 episodes] (2017) / Preacher [4 episodes] (2017-2018)

After Who
Films: None
Television: Happy! [4 episodes] (2017-2019) / Cloak & Dagger [1 episode] (2018) / Deadly Class [1 episode] (2019) / Into the Badlands [2 episodes] (2019) / Doom Patrol [1 episode] (2019) / Treadstone [2 episodes] (2019) / Hunters [2 episodes] (2020) / The Wheel of Time [2 episodes] (2021) / The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power [4 episodes] (2022) / Fallout [1 episode] (2024)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

When Elisabeth Sladen who played companion Sarah Jane Smith left the show Tom wanted to go it alone without a regular companion. Something the production team disputed. However they did let Tom have one story as a lone Time Lord (Kind of, except it was set on Gallifrey and there were hundreds of them about) in the controversial and ground breaking story The Deadly Assassin (1976).

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on EMPRESS OF MARS who have previously worked on the show:

• Wayne Yip (Director)
• Mark Gatiss (Writer)
• Nikki Wilson (Producer)

Key Crew working on THE EATERS OF LIGHT who have previously worked on the show:

• Charles Palmer (Director)
• Rona Munro (Writer)
• Nikki Wilson (Producer)

Key Crew working on WORLD ENOUGH AND TIME who have previously worked on the show:

• Rachel Talalay (Director)
• Steven Moffatt (Writer)
• Peter Bennett (Producer)

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

• Rachel Talalay (Director)
• Steven Moffatt (Writer)
• Peter Bennett (Producer)

Key Crew working on TWICE UPON A TIME who have previously worked on the show:

• Rachel Talalay (Director)
• Steven Moffatt (Writer)
• Kit Pedler (Writer)
• Gerry Davis (Writer)
• Chris Chibnall (Writer)
• Peter Bennett (Producer)

Key Crew working on THE WOMAN WHO FELL TO EARTH who have previously worked on the show:
Chris Chibnall (Writer)

Who: Before And After #1701a / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #277 / Nu-Who Story #145 - The Woman Who Fell To Earth

Name: Jamie Childs [? - ]

Role: Director [4 episodes]
Year(s): 2018
Stories: The Woman Who Fell To Earth / Demons Of The Punjab / It Takes You Away - The Battle Of Ranskoor Av Kolos
Note(s): Also directed the Thirteenth Doctor introduction mini-episode 'The Universe Is Calling'

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: The Bond [Short] (2012), Crows House [Short] (2016), Paul [Short] (2016)
Television: Vera [2 episodes] (2016-2017) / Lucky Man [2 episodes] (2017) / Next of Kin [3 episodes] (2018)

After Who
Films: War Boy [Short] (2018), Jackdaw (2023)
Television: His Dark Materials [6 episodes] (2019-2020) / The Sandman [4 episodes] (2022) / Willow [2 episodes] (2023)

Who: Before And After #1701b

Name: Alex Mercer [? - ]

Role: Producer [22 episodes]
Year(s): 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021
Stories: The Woman Who Fell To Earth - Revolution Of The Daleks

Before Who: Producer Credits
Films: None
Television: None

After Who
Films: None
Television: Crossfire [3 episodes] (2022) / Inside Man [4 episodes] (2022) / The Tourist [6 episodes] (2024)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Tom was forced into accepting a new companion following The Deadly Assassin and he was lumbered with 'the savage' Leela as played by Louise Jameson. At the time Tom and Louise didn't get on at all, she felt Tom hated her and was very difficult to work with. Thankfully over time their relationship healed and they are now close friends.

Tom with Louise in her debut story The Face of Evil (1976)

[Susan Foreman]

In memory of Christopher Benjamin (1934 - 2025)

Played Sir Keith Gold in the 1970 story 'Inferno' ...

... Henry Gordon Jago in the 1977 story 'The Talons Of Weng-Chiang' ...

... and Colonel Hugh Curbishley in the 2008 story 'The Unicorn And The Wasp'

Reprised the role of Henry Gordon Jago in numerous Big Finish audio adventures

Had been considered for the roles of Toby in the 1967 story 'The Evil of the Daleks' and Marcus Scarman in the 1975 story 'The Pyramids of Mars'

[Susan Foreman]

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

• Chris Chibnall (Writer)
• Alex Mercer (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1702 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #278 / Nu-Who Story #146 - The Ghost Monument

Name: Mark Tonderai [1974 - ]

Role: Director [3 episodes]
Year(s): 2018 / 2023
Stories: The Ghost Monument - Rosa / The Church On Ruby Road
Note(s):

• Is the first black director on Doctor Who
• As well as directing his first two episodes, he is also credited as being the B camera operator on them

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: Sarah Smile [Short] (2005), Hush (2008), House at the End of the Street (2012), Whisper of Fear (2013)
Television: The A Force (1996-1997) / Friday Night's All Wright [1 episode] (1998) / Uncut Funk (1999-2000) / 12 Monkeys [1 episode] (2015) / The Five [10 episodes] (2016) / Paranoid [4 episodes] (2016) / Time After Time [1 episode] (2017) / Gotham [4 episodes] (2017-2019) / Lucifer [1 episode] (2018) / Black Lightning [1 episode] (2018)

After Who
Films: Spell (2020)
Television: Tell Me a Story [2 episodes] (2018) / Nightflyers [2 episodes] (2018) / Impulse [2 episodes] (2018-2019) / Blindspot [1 episode] (2019) / The Passage [1 episode] (2019) / L.A.'s Finest [1 episode] (2019) / Pearson [1 episode] (2019) / Daybreak [1 episode] (2019) / Castle Rock [1 episode] (2019) / Locke & Key [6 episodes] (2020-2021) / Big Sky [1 episode] (2021) / The Mysterious Benedict Society [1 episode] (2021) / Foundation [2 episodes] (2023) / Fire Country [1 episode] (2024)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Following Louise and Leela's departure from the show, Tom's Doctor was given a new companion. This time an equal in fellow Time Lord Romana, initially played by Mary Tamm during the 1978 Key to Time season. Following her regeneration the character was played by Lalla Ward who Tom took an instant liking to. The feelings were mutual and they married in December 1980.

Here's Tom and Lalla on location in Paris for City of Death (1979)

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Following Louise and Leela's departure from the show, Tom's Doctor was given a new companion. This time an equal in fellow Time Lord Romana, initially played by Mary Tamm during the 1978 Key to Time season. Following her regeneration the character was played by Lalla Ward who Tom took an instant liking to. The feelings were mutual and they married in December 1980.

Here's Tom and Lalla on location in Paris for City of Death (1979)

Probably my favourite Lalla outfit !

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on ROSA who have previously worked on the show:

• Mark Tonderai (Director)
• Chris Chibnall (Writer)
• Alex Mercer (Producer)
• Adam Friedlander (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1703 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #279 / Nu-Who Story #147 - Rosa

Name: Malorie Blackman OBE [1962 - ]

Role: Writer [1 episode]
Year(s): 2018
Stories: Rosa
Note(s):

• Is the first non-white writer to contribute to a script for televised Doctor Who
• Wrote and narrated audiobook version of the Puffin 'eshorts' story 'The Ripple Effect'
• Away from the Whoniverse, she was the Children's Laureate between 2013-2015

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: Gadgetman (1996), Whole New Heart (2000)
Television: Frighteners (1996-1997) / Whizziwig (1998-2000) / Pig Heart Boy [6 episodes] (1999) / Byker Grove [2 episodes] (2004) / Jackanory Junior [1 episode] (2007)

After Who
Films: None
Television: Noughts + Crosses [6 episodes] (2020)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Tom's final appearance as the Doctor was in the 1981 four part story Logopolis. In it he had to team up with his greatest adversary, The Master, (Anthony Ainley) in order to save the entire universe from collapse. However this had devastating consequences for the Doctor.

And so this story ended Baker's 7 year tenure as the Time Lord, this currently makes Tom Baker, as of 2025, the longest serving actor in the role of the Doctor and the one that audiences of the series associate with the most.

From Robot to Logopolis, you were fantastic! Cheers, Mr. Baker.

The end.

Or was it?