The Doctor Who Thread

[Susan Foreman]

New book pre-order from Telos Publishing

"The Doctor Who Production Diary: The Hartnell Years by David Brunt - £19:99

Publishing date: Summer 2023

In the first of a new series of books, noted Doctor Who historian David Brunt presents the most detailed and comprehensive day-by-day record ever published of the show’s production during the years 1963-1966 when William Hartnell played the Doctor."

Apparently the information in this book is greatly expanded when compared to that included in the 1994 'First Doctor Handbook' by David J. Howe

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #977a / Nu-Who #46a

Name: Davina McCall [1967 - ]
Year(s): 2005
Stories: Bad Wolf
Character(s): Voice Of The Davinadroid

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Big Brother [140 episodes as the Presenter (2000-2008)] / Celebrity Big Brother [45 episodes as the Presenter (2001-2010)] / Sam's Game [6 episodes as Sam (2001)]
Music Video: Kylie Minogue (1991): Word Is Out [as a dancer]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: A Bucket o' French & Saunders (2007) / Dead Set [5 episodes as Davina McCall (2008)]
Music Video: The Sugababes Vs. Girls Aloud (2007): Walk This Way [as Davina McCall]

Who: Before And After #977b / Nu-Who #46b

Name: Anne Robinson [1944 - ]
Year(s): 2005
Stories: Bad Wolf – The Parting Of The Ways
Character(s): Voice Of The Anne-Droid

Note(s): Appeared as the hostess of the 'Doctor Who' special episode of 'The Weakest Link'

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Points of View [412 episodes as the Presenter (1986-1997)] / Countdown [269 episodes as the Host / Dictionary Corner (1987-2022)] / Watchdog [49 episodes as the Presenter (1993-2015)] / Weakest Link* [383 episodes as the Host (2001-2017)]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: My Family: Susan of Troy (2007) / My Life in Books [20 episodes as the Presenter (2011-2012)]

Who: Before And After #977c / Nu-Who #46c

Name: Trinny Woodall [1964 - ]
Year(s): 2005
Stories: Bad Wolf
Character(s): Voice Of Trin-E

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: What Not To Wear (2001-2005)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Trinny & Susannah Undress... [9 episodes as a Presenter (2006-2007)] / Trinny & Susannah Undress the Nation [5 episodes as a Presenter (2007)] / Making Over America with Trinny & Susannah [5 episodes as a Host (2009)] / Trinny & Susannah - What They Did Next [10 episodes as Trinny Woodall (2010)]

Who: Before And After #977d / Nu-Who #46d

Name: Susannah Constantine [1962 - ]
Year(s): 2005
Stories: Bad Wolf
Character(s): Voice Of Zu-Zana

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: What Not To Wear (2001-2005)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Trinny & Susannah Undress... [9 episodes as a Presenter (2006-2007)] / Trinny & Susannah Undress the Nation [5 episodes as a Presenter (2007)] / Making Over America with Trinny & Susannah [5 episodes as a Host (2009)] / Trinny & Susannah - What They Did Next [10 episodes as Susannah Constantine (2010)]

Who: Before And After #977e / Nu-Who #46e

Name: Nicholas Pegg [? - ]
Year(s): 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2010 / 2012 / 2013 / 2015 / 2021 / 2022
Stories: Bad Wolf – The Parting Of The Ways / Army Of Ghosts – Doomsday / Daleks In Manhattan – Evolution Of The Daleks / The Stolen Earth – Journey's End / Victory Of The Daleks / Asylum Of The Daleks / The Day Of The Doctor – The Time Of The Doctor / The Magician's Apprentice – The Witch's Familiar / Revolution Of The Daleks / Eve Of The Daleks
Character(s): Dalek

Note(s):

• Appeared as himself in the unofficial 50th anniversary special 'The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot'

Appeared in a number of Big Finish Productions audio adventures:

• In the 'Doctor Who Main Range' stories 'The Sirens of Time' / 'The Marian Conspiracy' / 'The Spectre of Lanyon Moor' / 'Storm Warning' / 'Minuet in Hell' / 'Loups-Garoux' / 'The One Doctor' / 'Bang-Bang-a-Boom!' / 'Doctor Who and the Pirates' / 'Robophobia'
• In the 'Special Releases' story 'Shada'
• In the 'Classic Doctors, New Monsters' story 'Judoon in Chains'
• In the 'Bernice Summerfield' story 'Beyond the Sun'
• In the 'Torchwood One' stories 'The Law Machines' / '9 to 5'

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Doc Martin [2 episodes, different characters (2005-2006)]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: It's a Sin (2021)

Who: Before And After #977f / Nu-Who #46f

Name: David Hankinson [? - ]
Year(s): 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008
Stories: Bad Wolf – The Parting Of The Ways / Army Of Ghosts – Doomsday / Daleks In Manhattan – Evolution Of The Daleks – The Stolen Earth Journey's End
Character(s): Dalek
Note(s):

• Appeared in the BBV Productions 'P.R.O.B.E.' adventure 'Ghosts of Winterborne'
• Appeared in the Big Finish Productions 'Doctor Who Main Range' audio story 'Loups-Garoux'

Before Who:
Films: A Little Rain Must Fall (1997)
Television: None

After Who:
Films: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover of the Dec 5th-11th Radio Times for 2009 promoting The End of Time parts one and two.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE PARTING OF THE WAYS who have previously appeared in the show:

• Billie Piper (Rose Tyler)
• Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith)
• Camille Coduri (Jackie Piper)
• John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness)
• Jo Stone-Fewings (Male Programmer)
• Jo Joyner (Lynda)
• Patherson Joseph (Rodrick)
• Nisha Nayar (Female Programmer)
• Alan Ruscoe (Anne-Droid)
• Anne Robinson (Voice of The Anne-Droid)
• Nicholas Briggs (Dalek Voices)
• Barnaby Edwards (Dalek)
• Nicholas Pegg (Dalek)
• David Hankinson (Dalek)

Who: Before And After #978 / Nu-Who #47

Name: David Tennant [1971 - ] [Birth Name: David John McDonald]
Year(s): Doctor Who: 2005 – 2010 / 2013 / 2022
Stories: The Parting Of The Ways – The End Of Time / The Day Of The Doctor / The Power Of The Doctor
Character(s): The Tenth Doctor / The Fourteenth Doctor

Year(s): The Sarah-Jane Adventures: 2009
Stories: The Wedding Of Sarah-Jane Smith
Character(s): The Tenth Doctor

Note(s):

• His name was suggested by tabloid newspapers as a possible candidate to take on the role of the Ninth Doctor for the new series that began in March 2005, though he was never considered for or auditioned for the role itself, and the role went to Christopher Eccleston
• Appeared as himself in the unofficial 50th anniversary special 'The Day of the Doctor'
• Appeared as the Doctor in the 2005 'Children In Need' special 'Born Again', the 2007 'Children In Need' special Time Crash and the 2008 'Doctor Who At The Proms' special 'Music Of The Spheres'
• Appeared as The Doctor in the 2005 BBCi video game 'Attack Of The Graske'
• Provided the voice of The Caretaker in the BBC Webcast 'Scream Of The Shalka'
• Provided the voice of The Doctor in the 2007 animated story 'The Infinite Quest' and the 2009 animated story 'Dreamland'

Appeared as The Doctor in a number of Big Finish Productions audio adventures:

• In the 'Tenth Doctor Adventures' stories 'Technophobia' / 'Time Reaver' / 'Death and the Queen' / 'Infamy of the Zaross' / 'The Sword of the Chevalier' / 'Cold Vengeance' / 'No Place' / 'One Mile Down' / 'The Creeping Death'
• In the 'Out of Time' stories 'Out of Time' / 'The Gates of Hell'
• In the 'Tenth Doctor and River Song' stories 'Expiry Dating' / 'Precious Annihilation' / 'Ghosts'
• In the 'Dalek Universe' stories 'Dalek Universe 1' ['Buying Time' / 'The Wrong Woman' / 'The House of Kingdom'] / 'Dalek Universe 2' ['Cycle of Destruction' / 'The Trojan Dalek ' / 'The Lost']
• In the 'Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter' story 'Zero Space'
• In the 'Big Finish Special Releases; story 'The Legacy of Time' ['Collision Course']
• In the 'Donna Noble: Kidnapped!' story 'The Chiswick Cuckoos'
• In the 'Diary of River Song' story 'A Brave New World'
• In the 'Time Lord Victorious' story 'Echoes of Extinction'

In the 'BBC New Series Adventures' stories:

• 'The Stone Rose' / 'The Feast of the Drowned' / 'The Resurrection Casket' / 'Pest Control' / 'The Day of the Troll' / 'The Last Voyage' / 'Dead Air'

Appeared as characters other than The Doctor in a number of 'Big Finish Productions' audio adventures:

• In the 'Doctor Who' stories 'Colditz' / 'Medicinal Purposes'
• In the 'Doctor Who Unbound' stories 'Sympathy for the Devil' / 'Exile'
• In the 'Cyberman' story 'Scorpius
• In the 'UNIT' story 'The Wasting'
• In the 'Dalek Empire' stories 'The Exterminators' / 'The Healers' / 'The Survivors' / 'The Demons' / 'The Warriors' / 'The Future'

Before Who:
Films: The Brown Man (1993), Jude (1996), L.A. Without a Map (1998), The Last September (1999), Being Considered (2000), Bright Young Things (2003), The Deputy (2004), The Quatermass Experiment (2005), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire* (2005)

Television: Dramarama: The Secret of Croftmore (1988) / The Play on One; Biting the Hands (1989) / Strathblair; In Good Faith (1992) / Bunch of Five; Miles Better (1992) / Rab C. Nesbitt; Touch* [as Davina] (1993) / Takin' Over the Asylum [6 episodes as Campbell (1994)] / The Tales of Para Handy: Para Handy's Piper (1995) / The Bill: Deadline (1995) / Holding the Baby (1997) / Duck Patrol [8 episodes as Simon 'Darwin' Brown (1998)] / Love in the 21st Century: Reproduction (1999) / The Mrs Bradley Mysteries: Death at the Opera (2000) / Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased): Drop Dead (2000) / High Stakes: The Magic Word (2001) / People Like Us; The Actor (2001) / Foyle's War: A Lesson in Murder (2002) / Trust (2003) / Posh Nosh [2 episodes, different characters (2003)] / Spine Chillers: Bradford in My Dreams (2003) / Terri McIntyre [8 episodes as Greig Miller (2003)] / He Knew He Was Right [4 episodes as Mr. Gibson (2004)] / Blackpool [6 episodes as D.I. Carlisle (2004)] / Casanova* [3 episodes as Casanova (2005)]

After Who:
Films: The Chatterley Affair (2006), Recovery (2007), Learners (2007), Einstein and Eddington [as Arthur Eddington] (2008), Glorious 39 (2009), St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), Hamlet [as Hamlet] (2009), How to Train Your Dragon [Voice only](2010), Murder in Samarkand (2010), Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia (2011), United (2011), The Decoy Bride (2011), Fright Night* [as Peter Vincent] (2011), Much Ado About Nothing [as Benedick] (2011), Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists* [as the voice of Charles Darwin] (2012), Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (2012), Love Virtually (2012), Royal Shakespeare Company: Richard II [as Richard II] (2013), Every Seventh Wave (2013), Postman Pat: The Movie [Voice only] (2014), What We Did on Our Holiday (2014), Waiting for the Boatman (2016), Look Back in Anger (2016), Mad to Be Normal (2017), Ferdinand [Voice only] (2017), You, Me and Him (2017), The Highway Rat [voice only] (2017), Bad Samaritan (2018), Mary Queen of Scots (2018), How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World [voice only] (2019), The Amazing Maurice [voice only] (2022)

Television: Secret Smile (2005) / The Romantics: Liberty (2006) / Dead Ringers [as the Regenerated Tony Blair] (2007) / The Catherine Tate Show [2 episodes, different characters (2007-2009)] / CBeebies Bedtime Story [5 episodes as the Storyteller (2009)] / Single Father [4 episodes as Dave (2010)] / Rex Is Not Your Lawyer: Pilot (2010) / Eddie Izzard - Marathon Man [4 episodes as the Narrator (2010)] / This Is Jinsy: Wedding Lottery (2011) / Twenty Twelve [13 episodes as the Narrator (2011-2012)] / Playhouse Presents: The Minor Character (2012) / True Love; Nick (2012) / Star Wars: The Clone Wars [2 episodes as the voice of Huyang (2012)] / Tree Fu Tom [27 episodes as the voice of Twigs (2012-2013)] / Spies of Warsaw [4 episodes as Jean-François Mercier (2013)] / The Politician's Husband [3 episodes as Aiden Hoynes (2013)] / Broadchurch* [24 episodes as D.I. Alec Hardy (2013-2017)] / Fish Hooks [2 episodes as Oscar's Brain (2013)] / DreamWorks Dragons [2 episodes, voice only (2013)] / The Escape Artist [3 episodes as Will Burton (2013)] / The Great Scott [3 episodes as Walter Scott (2013)] / Gracepoint [10 episodes as Detective Emmett Carver (2014)] / W1A [14 episodes as the Narrator (2014-2017)] / Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates [2 episodes as the voice of Dread the Evil Genie (2015)] / Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical (2015) / Jessica Jones [13 episodes as Kilgrave (2015-2019)] / Dragons: Race to the Edge [12 episodes, voice only (2015-2018)] / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [15 episodes as the voice of The Fugitoid (2015-2016)] / Family Guy: Inside Family Guy [as the voice of Doctor Who] (2016) / Robert Louis Stevenson - Terror in the South Seas (2016) / Thunderbirds Are Go: Hyperspeed [voice only] (2017) / DuckTales [60 episodes as the voice of Scrooge McDuck (2017-2021)] / Hang Ups (2018) / Camping [8 episodes as Walt Jodell (2018)] / There She Goes [10 episodes as Simon (2018-2020)] / Final Space [21 episodes as the voice of the Lord Commander (2018-2021)] / Gen - Lock [16 episodes as the voice of Dr. Rufus Weller (2018-2021)] / Criminal - UK: Edgar (2019) / Good Omens* [12 episodes as Crowley (2019-2022)] / Deadwater Fell [4 episodes as Tom Kendrick (2020)] / Des [3 episodes as Dennis Nilsen (2020)] / Staged [14 episodes as David Tennant (2020-2021)] / Around the World in 80 Days [8 episodes as Phileas Fogg (2021)] / The Legend of Vox Machina: The Terror of Tal'Dorei [voice only] (2022) / Meet the Richardsons [2 episodes as David Tennant (2022)] / ARK - The Animated Series [2 episodes as the voice of Sir Edmund Rockwell (2022)] Inside Man [4 episodes as Harry Watling (2022)] / Litvinenko [4 episodes as Alexander Litvinenko (2022)]

[Susan Foreman]

In memory of Jane Sherwin (1934 - 2022)

Appeared as Lady Jennifer Buckingham in the 1969 Doctor Who adventure 'The War Games'

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Nicholas Courtney (The Brigadier, standing) with Janet Fielding (Tegan) and Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) on the TARDIS set of Mawdryn Undead (1983)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor and Ruby Sunday.

Love his look. Both classic Doctor-ish and also new.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE CHRISTMAS INVASION who have previously appeared in the show:

• Billie Piper (Rose Tyler)
• Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler)
• Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith)
• Penelope Wilton (Harriet Jones)
• Lachele Carl (Trinity Wells)

Who: Before And After #979a / Nu-Who #48a

Name: Daniel Evans [1973 - ]
Year(s): 2005
Stories: The Christmas Invasion
Character(s): Daniel Llewellyn

Before Who:
Films: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1996), Cameleon (1997), The Barber of Siberia (1998), Great Expectations (1999), Being Dom Joly (2001), Tomorrow La Scala! (2002)
Television: The Eye of the Dragon [5 episodes as Robin Richards (1987)] / Dramarama; A Spirited Performance (1987) / Soldier Soldier; The Army Game (1995) / Doctors; All That Glitters (2000) / Love in a Cold Climate (2001), The Vice [2 episodes as Aaron (2001)] / Helen West; Deep Sleep (2002) / Daniel Deronda [2 episodes as Mordecai (2002)] / Spooks: Persephone* (2004) / To the Ends of the Earth [3 episodes as Parson Colley (2005)]

After Who:
Films: The Ramen Girl (2008), Les Misérables (2012), Look Back in Anger (2016)
Television: The Virgin Queen [2 episodes as Robert Cecil (2006] / Dalziel and Pascoe: Houdini's Ghost (2006) / Midsomer Murders; Death and Dust (2007) / The Passion [4 episodes as Matthew (2008)] / Holby City; Not in the Stars (2008)

Who: Before And After #979b / Nu-Who #48b

Name: Adam Garcia [1973 - ]
Year(s): 2005
Stories: The Christmas Invasion
Character(s): Alex Klein

Before Who:
Films: Wilde (1997), Coyote Ugly* (2000), Bootmen (2000), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002), Kangaroo Jack [voice only] (2003), Love's Brother (2004), Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004), Fascination (2004), Standing Still (2005), Riot at the Rite (2005)

Television: Home and Away (1991) / Dream Team (1998) / Marple; Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)

After Who:
Films: Every Emotion Costs (2010), Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story (2012), Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! (2014), A Woman Called Job (2014), Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale (2015), Murder on the Orient Express* (2017), Afterlife of the Party (2021), A Mouthful of Air (2021), Death Link (2021), Death on the Nile* (2022)

Television: Britannia High [5 episodes as Stefan (2008)] / Flight of the Conchords; The Tough Brets (2009) / Hawthorne [4 episodes as Nick Mancini (2009)] / :30 Seconds; Good Clown Bad Clown (2009) / ister Eleven [2 episodes as Alex (2009)] / House: The Choice (2010) / Threesome [3 episodes as Dave (2011)] / Camp [10 episodes as Todd (2013)] / Perception; Eternity (2014) / The Code* [6 episodes as Perry Benson (2014)] / Genius; Einstein - Chapter Nine (2017) / Agatha Raisin; The Deadly Dance (2020) / The Serpent Queen [8 episodes as Sebastio (2022)]

Who: Before And After #979c / Nu-Who #48c

Name: Chu Omambala [? - ]
Year(s): 2005
Stories: The Christmas Invasion
Character(s): Major Blake

Before Who:
Films: Doomwatch: Winter Angel (1999), Richard II (2002)
Television: The Seventh Scroll [3 episodes as Mek Nimmur (1999)] / Masterpiece Classic; The Merchant of Venice (2001) / White Teeth [2 episodes as Brother Ibrahim (2002)] / Holby City; What He Would Have Wanted (2004)

After Who:
Films: Treasure Island (2012), Common (2014)
Television: Judge John Deed; Lost Youth (2006) / The Whistleblowers: Pandemic (2007) / The Bill: Gun Runner - Under Cover (2008) / Doctors: Do the Right Thing (2008) / Casualty; Blood (2009) / Spooks (2011) / Wolfblood; Family Ties (2012) / Lucky Man; A Twist of Fate (2016) / Houdini and Doyle: Bedlam (2016) / Liar [5 episodes as Semer Kidane (2017)] / Midsomer Murders; The Ghost of Causton Abbey (2018) / Flack: Summer (2019) / Queens of Mystery; Murder in the Dark (2019)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Matt Smith) and Kazran (Laurence Belcher) about to visit Abigail (Katherine Jenkins) in A Christmas Carol (2010)

[iank]

The jacket and trousers are okay - if a little bland - but the orange T-shirt is ridiculously crap.