The Doctor Who Thread

[iank]

It's worth it for the standalone Vervoids.
It also looks like the animated Galaxy 4 may be out sooner than expected - November according to some listing sites. I wasn't expecting another so soon after Evil. The same site is also listing a December release for a season 17 blu ray set.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by iank

It's worth it for the standalone Vervoids.
It also looks like the animated Galaxy 4 may be out sooner than expected - November according to some listing sites. I wasn't expecting another so soon after Evil. The same site is also listing a December release for a season 17 blu ray set.

I was just going to post about Galaxy 4 but you edited me to it.

I think i'll wait until that one drops in price.

As for season 17 - Yay Shada... again. There's a good three part story desperate to claw it's way out from six episodes of dullness.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #513

Name: Jenny Laird (1912 – 2001)
Year(s): 1974
Stories: Planet Of The Spiders part 3 – Planet Of The Spiders part 5
Character(s): Neska

Before Who:
Films: The Morals of Marcus (1935), Auld Lang Syne (1937), The Last Chance (1937), Passenger to London (1937), Hay Fever (1938), What a Man! (1938), Lily of Laguna (1938), False Rapture (1939), Murder on the Second Floor (1939), An Expert in Crime (1939), Just William (1940), The Lamp Still Burns (1943), The Girl of the Canal (1945), Wanted for Murder (1946), Beware of Pity (1946), Black Narcissus* (1947), The Little Dry Thorn (1947), Kid Flanagan (1948), The Haunted (1948), Eye Witness (1950), Lady Precious Stream (1950), The Long Dark Hall (1951), Spring at Marino (1951), Life in Her Hands (1951), The Princess and the Swineherd (1951), Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder (1953), Menace in the Night (1957), Conspiracy of Hearts (1960), Village of the Damned* (1960)

Television: Rheingold Theatre: The Witness (1954) / Adventure Theater: Thirty Days to Die (1956) / The Vise: The Captive Brain (1958) / The Flying Doctor: Blood Donor (1959) / Armchair Theatre: Rain (1960) / Knight Errant Limited: Miss Lorrimer (1961) / ITV Play of the Week: Miss Treeves (1961) / Ghost Squad: Million Dollar Ransom (1961) / Call Oxbridge 2000 (1961) / Maigret: A Crime for Christmas (1961) / Probation Officer: (1962) / Drama 61-67: Drama '62 - Luck of the Draw (1962) / The Human Jungle: Run with the Devil (1963) / ITV Television Playhouse: A Cosy Little Arrangement (1963) / Emergency-Ward 10 (1963) / The Magical World of Disney: The Horse Without a Head (1963) / Dr. Finlay's Casebook: Without the City (1964) / The Old Wives' Tale: Young Wives (1964) / Z Cars: The Mice Will Play (1965) / This Man Craig: The Romantic (1966) / The Forsyte Saga [4 episodes as Mrs. Heron (1967)] / The Onedin Line [3 episodes as Ellen Jessop (1972)] / Thriller: A Place to Die* (1973) / Shoulder to Shoulder: Lady Constance Lytton (1974) / The Aweful Mr. Goodall: The Good Samaritan (1974)

After Who
Films: Henry IV Part II (1979), Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984)
Television: Justice: Under Suspicion (1974) / Within These Walls: Inside Out (1975) / 1990: What Pleases the Prince... (1978) / Lillie: The Jersey Lily (1978) / Secret Army: Little Old Lady (1978) / A Family Affair: A Bit of a Troublemaker (1979) / Spy!: The Murder Machine (1980) / Hammer House of Horror: The Two Faces of Evil* (1980) / All Creatures Great and Small: Barks and Bites (1988) / Inspector Morse: Second Time Around (1991)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover art of The Wheel in Space (1968) audio novelisation which uses the same artwork by Ian Burgess as the original Target book.

[iank]

The Return of Doctor Mysterio. Mediocre. To be fair, it's not as shrilly awful as Husbands of River Song, but it's still disappointing after the surprisingly good Last Christmas, which managed to be a decent Who story even with the trappings of Christmas frippery. This isn't even very Christmassy. There are some amusing moments and I did laugh out loud at the bit with the reporter torturing the squeaky toy head to get info out of Capaldi, which was so absurd it was genuinely funny (for some reason I can totally imagine that scene in Coupling). On the whole though this was pretty meh.

[Demoncrat]

It's pretty terrible. AHEM. Drink in, wits out ....

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #514a

Name: Joanna Monro (1956 – )
Year(s): 1974
Stories: Planet Of The Spiders part 3 – Planet Of The Spiders part 5
Character(s): Rega
Note: Away from the WHOniverse, I saw her at the Portsmouth Guildhall when I saw Manowar, so I assume that she was at the concert and is a metal fan!

Note: Appeared in a number of Big Finish audio productions:
From the Main Range:

• Mrs. Moloney in 'The Entropy Composition'
• Johanna Bourke/ Carlotta in 'Special Feature'

From the Jago & Litefoot series:

• Eleanor Naismith in 'The Man at the End of the Garden
• Time Eater in 'Chronoclasm'

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: The View from Daniel Pike: Away Match (1973) / The Brontes of Haworth [2 episodes as Lydia Robinson (1973)]

After Who
Films: Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders (2001), Confessions of a Diary Secretary (2007), Sink (2018)
Television: Jackanory Playhouse: The Princess Who Couldn't Laugh (1978) / Angels [107 episodes as Anna Newcross (1978-1981)] / That's Life!* [50 episodes as presenter (1982-1984)] / Lift Off [10 episodes (1984-1985)] / Up Our Street [2 episodes, different characters (1985)] / Fast Forward (1986) /Monster Cafe: Vinny the Bin (1994) / People Like Us: The Photographer (1999) / The Bill: Soft Talking (2000) / The Cazalets (2001) / Emmerdale Farm [2 episodes as Maureen Blackstock (2001)] / Casualty: The Ties That Bind Us (2004) / Theatre Live!: Charity Begins (2009) / Doctors: Hasta La Vista (2010) / Devil in the Fog [2 episodes as Mrs. Montague (2010)] / Not Going Out: Bust Up (2018) /

Who: Before And After #514b

Name: Ralph Arliss (1947 – )
Year(s): 1974
Stories: Planet Of The Spiders part 3 – Planet Of The Spiders part 6
Character(s): Tuar

Before Who:
Films: The Last Valley (1971), The Grievance (1972), The Asphyx (1972),
Television: Paul Temple: Re-take (1970) / The Expert: Where Are You Going? (1971) / The Troubleshooters: Whatever Became of the Year 2000? (1972) / It's Murder But Is It Art: Mister Drake Asks Questions (1972) / No Exit: A Chain of Villas (1972) / Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Great Acrobile (1973) / Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: The Leather Funnel (1973) / Crown Court: The Thunderbolts (1973) / John Halifax, Gentleman (1974)

After Who
Films: Deadly Strangers (1975), Blood Relations (1977), The Day Christ Died (1980), The Final Option (1982), Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985), Dead Man's Folly (1986), Two Days, Nine Lives (2001), Leonardo's Dream Machines (2003)
Television: Ski-Boy: Vanishing Trick (1974) / Churchill's People: The Agreement of the People (1975) / Z Cars: Kidnap (1976) / The Sweeney: Taste of Fear (1976) / Survivors: Mad Dog (1977) / Love for Lydia [9 episodes as Blackie Johnson (1977)] / BBC2 Play of the Week: She Fell Among Thieves (1978) / The Devil's Crown [4 episodes as Geoffrey Bastard (1978)] / Return of the Saint: Signal Stop (1978) / Quatermass* [4 episodes as Kickalong (1979)] / Secret Army: Collaborator (1979) / God's Wonderful Railway: The Permanent Way (1980) / The Enigma Files: Repeat After Me (1980) / BBC2 Playhouse: Dalhousie's Luck (1980) / Shoestring: Where Was I? (1980) / The Lost Tribe [4 episodes as Ian Solomon (1980) / Airline [2 episodes as Maynard (1982)] / The Winds of War: Defiance (1983) / King's Royal (1983) / Jackanory Playhouse: The Minstrel (1984) / The Jewel in the Crown [2 episodes as Captain Samuels (1984)] / Fox Mystery Theater: Tennis Court (1984) / Dempsey and Makepeace: Cry God for Harry (1985) / A.D. [5 episodes as Samuel (1985)] / Call Me Mister: Running Time (1986) / Lytton's Diary: Rules of Engagement (1986) / TECX: Deep Water (1990) / Boon: Minder (1992) / Screen Two: Dead Romantic (1993) / Prime Suspect: Inner Circles (1995) / Retrace [9 episodes as John Fisher (1996-1998)] / Casualty: Internal Inferno (1998) / The Bill: Walking on Water (1999) / Grange Hill [6 episodes as Chaz Smith (2002)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Strax (Dan Starkey) prepares for a scrap in The Name of the Doctor (2013)

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Strax (Dan Starkey) prepares for a scrap in The Name of the Doctor (2013)

I have mixed feeling about Strax

Although he was a fun character, and used for some good comic relief, I don't think that the Sontarans should be 'cuddly' - they are ruthless warmongers who should be feared

I can't imagine Robert Holmes being impressed with what his creation has been turned into!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

I have mixed feeling about Strax

Although he was a fun character, and used for some good comic relief, I don't think that the Sontarans should be 'cuddly' - they are ruthless warmongers who should be feared

I can't imagine Robert Holmes being impressed with what his creation has been turned into!

I agree. I do like Strax as a character, he brightens up the screen for me. Moffat should have brought the Sontarans back for a story showing them to be the 'ruthless warmongers' that they are.

Hopefully their appearance in the new season will address this. Although with Chibnall who knows.