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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Two copies of 'The Keys Of Marinus'?

...And The Cave Monsters.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Maurice Colbourne as Gustave Lytton, a mercenary working for the Daleks in Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)

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Heroes of Sontar begins a new run of classic Big Finish Doctor Who audio adventures on Radio 4 Extra on the 15th September!

[Susan Foreman]

September 2nd: Today in WHO-story

Births
1899 - Martin Miller (Kublai Khan in Marco Polo)
1911 - Eileen Way (Old Mother in An Unearthly Child, Madame Karela in The Creature from the Pit and the Old Woman in the movie Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150AD)

1912 - Jim Tyson (extra in The Chase)
1925 - Neil Seiler (Radio Operator in The Sea Devils and Commander Stewart in Death to the Daleks)
1941 - Kay Patrick (Poppaea in The Romans and Flower in The Savages)

1950 - Stuart Blake (Zoldaz in State of Decay, the Commander in The Five Doctors and Scibus in Warriors of the Deep)
1954 - Gai Smith (Presta in The Invasion of Time)
1965 - Sean Gallagher (Chip in New Earth)

Deaths
1979 - Derek Seaton (Commander Hilred in The Deadly Assassin) aged 35

1994 - Roy Castle (Ian Chesterton in the movie Dr. Who and the Daleks) aged 62

Episodes
1967 - The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episode One (BBC One): 6.0 million viewers
1978 - The Ribos Operation, Part One: 8.3 million viewers
2011 - Torchwood: Miracle Day, Episode Nine ('The Gathering') (STARZ)

Introductions
1967 - Launch of the fifth series of classic Who; first appearance of the Cybermats

1978 - Launch of the sixteenth series of classic Who; first appearance of Mary Tamm as the first incarnation of Romana and Cyril Luckham as the White Guardian; launch of the 26-part Key to Time story arc

1995 - First appearance of Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, then played by Beverley Cressman

Releases
1993 - Issue 304 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)

1995 - Downtime (Reeltime Pictures)

1997 - Down (Virgin Books)
1999 - The Nine Lives of Doctor Who (Headline)
2002 - Time Zero (BBC Books); The Invisible Enemy (VHS): Carnival of Monsters (DVD - region 4)
2010 - Demon Quest, Episode One ('The Relics of Time') (BBC Audio); issue 182 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines); Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition: The Eleventh Doctor - Volume One (Panini Comics UK)
2013 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 30 (Big Finish Productions)
2015 - Four Doctors, Part Four (Titan Comics); The Third Doctor Adventures - Volume One (Big Finish)
2016 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 183 (Big Finish)

Behind-the-Scenes
2001 - Recording of Big Finish's Dalek Empire story "Death to the Daleks!" took place

2003 - Recording of Big Finish's 40th anniversary Doctor Who story Zagreus took place
2011 - Recording of the fourth series of Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off Gallifrey took place
2014 - Recording of the Big Finish audios Flywheel Revelation and Etheria took place

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The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) under attack from the tentacles of the Nestene Consciousness in the 1970 story Spearhead From Space.

[Susan Foreman]

September 3rd: Today in WHO-story:

Births
1940 - Pauline Collins (Samantha Briggs in The Faceless Ones and Queen Victoria in Tooth and Claw)

Episodes
1977 - Horror of Fang Rock, Part One (BBC One): 6.8 million viewers
1993 - The Paradise of Death, Episode Two (BBC Radio 5 live)
2011 - Night Terrors (BBC One): 7.07 million viewers

Documentaries
2009 - Doctor Who Greatest Moments: The Enemies (BBC Three)
2011 - Doctor Who Confidential: About a Boy (BBC Three)

Introductions
1977 - Launch of the fifteenth series of classic Who

Releases
1992 - Issue 191 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)

2001 - The City of the Dead and Psi-ence Fiction (BBC Books)
2007 - Doctor Who at the BBC: The Tenth Doctor (BBC Audio); The Time Warrior (DVD - region 2)

2009 - The Taking of Chelsea 427, Autonomy and The Krillitane Storm (BBC Books); Hornets' Nest, Episode One ('The Stuff of Nightmares') (AudioGO); issue 131 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines)

Behind-the-Scenes
2003 - Recording of Big Finish Productions' 40th anniversary Doctor Who story Zagreus took place
2004 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Next Life took place

2007 - Doctor Who and Torchwood won awards at the TV Choice Magazine 's TV Quick Awards. Torchwood won Best New Drama, Doctor Who won Best Loved Drama and David Tennant won Best Actor
2010 - Recording of the third series of Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off Jago & Litefoot took place
2011 - Recording of the fourth series of Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off Gallifrey took place
2012 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Seeds of War took place

[Susan Foreman]

In memory of Jacqueline Pearce (1943 – 2018)

[Gothmogxx]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Maurice Colbourne as Gustave Lytton, a mercenary working for the Daleks in Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)

I always wish Lytton never died, or at least not so soon. He was great in Resurrection of the Daleks and Attack of the Cybermen, wouldn't have been against the idea of seeing him in a few more stories.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Gothmogxx

I always wish Lytton never died, or at least not so soon. He was great in Resurrection of the Daleks and Attack of the Cybermen, wouldn't have been against the idea of seeing him in a few more stories.

I too really liked Lytton. He was a great character and it would have been nice to see him return alongside another classic foe to take on McCoy.

Maurice Colbourne was excellent in the role. He died really suddenly from a heart attack part way through filming the fifth series of Howard's Way, aged just 49.

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Richard E Grant as Dr. Simeon / The Great Intelligence in The Snowmen (2012)