The Doctor Who Thread

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1505 / Nu-Who #564

Name: Craig Parkinson [1976 - ]
Year(s): 2021
Stories: Flux: Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time / Flux: Chapter Five: Survivors Of The Flux ? Flux: Chaper Six: The Vanquishers
Character(s): The Grand Serpent

Note(s): Is married to Who actress Susan Lynch.

Before Who:
Films: Tooth (2004), Green (2007), Control [as Tony Wilson] (2007), Virgin Territory (2007), Mrs In-Betweeny (2008), The Other Man (2008), The Unloved (2009), Desert Flower (2009), Four Lions (2010), SoulBoy (2010), Brighton Rock (2010), Excluded (2010), Ghosted (2011), When the Lights Went Out (2012), Eggbox (2012), The Scandalous Lady W (2015), National Theatre Live: Hangmen (2016), The Flag (2016), Jet Trash (2016), Killed by My Debt (2018), Wild Rose (2018), Dance Til You Bleed: The World According to Hans Christian Andersen (2019), Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break (2021),
Television: People Like Us: The Bank Manager (2001) / Dalziel and Pascoe: Home Truths (2001) / Mr Charity: You and Whose Tsunami? (2001) / Attachments: Logan's Run (2002) / The Bill: Lock And Load (2002) / Big Impression: Christmas Special (2002) / Ed Stone Is Dead [4 episodes as Scotty (2002?2003)] / Holby City: Desperate Measures (2003) / No Angels (2004) / Hustle: A Touch Of Class (2004) / Black Books: A Little Flutter (2004) / Born and Bred: And Is There Honey Still For Tea? (2004) / The Worst Week of My Life: Saturday (2004) / He Knew He Was Right (2004) / Outlaws [10 episodes as Spinky Sutherland (2004)] / The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: In Divine Proportions (2005) / New Street Law (2007) / The Visit (2007) / Lead Balloon: Debacle (2007) / Lark Rise to Candleford (2008) / Massive [4 episodes as Strange Pete (2008)] / Whitechapel [3 episodes, different characters (2010)] / Misfits* [11 episodes as Shaun (2010?2011)] / In with the Flynns [6 episodes as Tommy Flynn (2011)] / The Secret of Crickley Hall [2 episodes as Reverend Horace (2012)] / Line of Duty* [16 episodes as DI Matthew Cottan (2012?2017)] / Great Night Out [6 episodes as Glyn (2013)] / Endeavour: Rocket (2013) / The Mill [2 episodes as Charlie Crout (2013)] / Prey [3 episodes as DI Sean Devlin (2014)] / X Company [2 episodes as Drabek (2015)] / Indian Summers [16 episodes as Dougie Raworth (2015?2016)] / Uncle: Dinner, I Hardly Knew Her (2017) / Comedy Playhouse: Static (2017) / On the Edge: Through The Gates (2018) / Sick of It: The Sofa (2018) / Watership Down [4 episodes as the voice of Sergeant Sainfoin (2018)] / Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018) / Rebellion [2 episodes as Captain David McLeod (2019)] / Resistance [4 episodes as Captain David McLeod (2019)] / Wild Bill: Piano Man (2019) / Year of the Rabbit: Hostage (2019) / Temple [6 episodes as Keith Sullivan (2019)] / The English Game [6 episodes as James Walsh (2020)] / Sandylands [3 episodes as Terry Chino (2020?2021)] / Intergalactic [8 episodes as Dr. Benedict Lee (2021)] / Grace [7 episodes as DS Norman Potting (2021?2023)]

Music Video: Jake Bugg (2012): Two Fingers [as Craig Parkinson]

After Who:
Films: Life and Death in the Warehouse (2022)
Television: Vera: As The Crow Flies (2022) / Hullraisers: Breadcakes (2022) / Everything I Know About Love [3 episodes as James (2022)] / The House Across the Street (2022) / Mrs Sidhu Investigates [4 episodes as DCI Burton (2023)] / The Winter King (2023) / Renegade Nell: Don't Call Me Nelly (2024)

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Consolidated +7 viewing figures.

Space Babies - 4.01m

The Devil's Chord - 3.91m

That's a drop of three and a half million viewers since 7.49m watched the all singing, all dancing, but no plot, Christmas special The Church on Ruby Road.

Originally Posted by iank

And that's the fiddled figures, half of which are made up of the same 200 saddos constantly refreshing their iPlayer (the other half are YouTubers hatewatching).

But at the same time...

"Doctor Who Season 1 has reached the TOP 10 listing on Disney+ in the United States, and other countries! According to the Top 10 listing, Doctor Who is sitting at 8th place overall, and 7th place within the TV Shows category, in the US. Around 60 other countries also reportedly list the show in their Top 10. A big win for the show internationally!?"

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) are invited to tea at Gabriel Chase during Ghost Light (1989)

[iank]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

But at the same time...

"Doctor Who Season 1 has reached the TOP 10 listing on Disney+ in the United States, and other countries! According to the Top 10 listing, Doctor Who is sitting at 8th place overall, and 7th place within the TV Shows category, in the US. Around 60 other countries also reportedly list the show in their Top 10. A big win for the show internationally!?"

The first week, fell out uber-quick and was not there this week.
I smell spin, desperate spin...

[will graham]

Yeah I'm sorry but unless those uk numbers improve I think it's going to get canned next season.
I can believe it being popular on international streaming services (but then again I thought it always did well for an English show that wasn't a period piece or murder mystery).
But I can also believe that it dropped like lead weight.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1506 / Nu-Who #565

Name: Barbara Flynn [1948 - ]
Year(s): 2021
Stories: Flux: Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time / Flux: Chapter Five: Survivors Of The Flux
Character(s): Tecteun [aka Awsok]

Note(s):

• The name "Awsok" was not used by any characters, neither in 'Once, Upon Time' or 'Survivors of the Flux'. Instead, the alias originated from the credits of 'Once, Upon Time', to conceal her true identity.

Appeared in a number of Big Finish Productions audio adventures:

• In the 'Fifth Doctor Adventures' story 'Secrets of Telos'
• In the 'Eighth Doctor Adventures' story 'The Skull of Sobek'
• In the 'Torchwood One' story 'The Rockery'

Before Who:
Films: Britannia Hospital (1982), Day to Remember (1986), Season's Greetings (1986), Quick Change (1990), Joshua Jones [voice only] (1991), The Vanishing Man (1997), Dear Nobody (1998), You're Dead... (1999), The Escort (1999), The Law (2000), Lorna Doone (2000), Perfect (2001), Night Flight (2002), Malice Aforethought (2005), Miss Potter (2006), The Marchioness Disaster (2007), Christmas at the Riviera (2007), Burlesque Fairytales (2009), Just Henry (2011), Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012), The Christmas Candle (2013)
Television: A Family at War [40 episodes as Freda Ashton / Freda MacKenzie (1970?1972)] / Z Cars: Old Aquaintance (1972) / Thirty Minutes Worth (1972) / Centre Play: The Flight Fund (1975) / Couples [3 episodes as Sally Mackworth (1976)] / ITV Sunday Night Drama: Afternoon Dancing (1976) / Murder Most English - A Flaxborough Chronicle: The Flaxborough Crab (1977) / Play for Today [3 episodes, different characters (1977?1982)] / Keep It in the Family: Phoney Business (1980) / BBC2 Playhouse: Stand In For Henry (1980) / Second Chance: October (1981) / The Bagthorpe Saga: Absolute Zero (1981) / Maybury [2 episodes as Dorothy Kemp (1981)] / The Last Song [6 episodes as Shirley (1981)] / The Gentle Touch: Protection (1981) / Open All Hours* [11 episodes as The Milk Woman (1981?1985)] / The New Adventures of Lucky Jim [4 episodes as Joanna Lassiter (1982)] / The Barchester Chronicles [6 episodes as Mary Bold (1982)] / The Beiderbecke Affair [6 episodes as Jill Swinburne (1985)] / A Very Peculiar Practice [14 episodes as Dr. Rose Marie (1986?1988)] / Inspector Morse: The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1987) / The Beiderbecke Tapes [2 episodes as Jill Swinburne (1987)] / The Beiderbecke Connection [4 episodes as Jill Swinburne (1988)] / Theatre Night: Benefactors (1989) / The Justice Game [3 episodes as Eleanor Goodchild (1990)] / Boon: Queen's Gambit (1992) / Maigret [3 episodes as Madame Maigret (1993)] / Cracker [22 episodes as Judith Fitzgerald (1993?2006)] / Chandler & Co [6 episodes as Dee (1994)] / Scene: A Man Of Letters (1997) / Performance: King Lear (1998) / Wives and Daughters [4 episodes as Miss Browning (1999)] / The Forsyte Saga [6 episodes as Emily (2002) / Hornblower [2 episodes as Mrs. Mason (2003)] / Murder in Mind: Stalkers (2003) / Sweet Medicine (2003) / The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: If Wishes Were Horses (2004) / Poirot: Death On The Nile (2004) / He Knew He Was Right [3 episodes as Mrs. French (2004)] / Sea of Souls: Omens (2005) / Elizabeth I [2 episodes as Mary Queen of Scots (2005)] / Horizon: The Ghost InYour Genes (2005) / The Line of Beauty: To Whom Do You Beautifully Belong (2006) / Dalziel and Pascoe: Project Aphrodite [voice only] (2007) / Cranford [8 episodes as Mrs Jamieson (2007?2009)] / 10 Days to War: These Things Are Always Chaos [as Clare Short] (2008) / New Tricks: Blood Is Thicker Than Water (2009) / The Queen: The Enemy Within [as the Queen] (2009) / Silent Witness: Lost (2011) / Midsomer Murders: The Oblong Murders (2011) / The Borgias: The Choice (2012) / Moving On: The Shrine (2013) / Pat & Cabbage [6 episodes as Pat (2013)] / 1864 (2014) / The Durrells [5 episodes as Aunt Hermione (2016?2019)] / Killing Eve: Do You Know How To Dispose Of A Body? (2019) / Death in Paradise: A Murder In Portrait (2020) / Kate & Koji [10 episodes as Councillor Lavinia Bone (2020?2022)]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Beyond Paradise [13 episodes as Anne Lloyd (2023?2024)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover of the revamped Doctor Who Adventures issue one which was released in April 2015.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in FLUX: CHAPTER FOUR: VILLAGE OF THE ANGELS who have previously appeared in the show:

• Mandip Gill (Yasmin Khan)
• John Bishop (Dan Lewis)
• Kevin McNally (Professor Jericho)
• Annabel Scholey (Claire Brown)
• Vincent Brimble (Gerald)
• Thaddea Graham (Bel)
• Jacob Anderson (Inston Vee Vinder)
• Rochenda Sandall (Azure)
• Barbara Fadden (Weeping Angel) [Note: In the credits, her first name is mis-spelt as Barara Fadden]
• Jonny Mathers (Passenger Form)

Who: Before And After #1507a / Nu-Who #566a

Name: Alex Frost [1986 - ]
Year(s): 2021
Stories: Flux: Chapter Four: Village Of The Angels
Character(s): Reverend Frost

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Banana (2015) / Cucumber (2015) / Home from Home: Pilot (2016) / Bulletproof (2018) / Doctors: Buon Compleanno (2018) / Silent Witness: Lift Up Your Hearts (2019) / Hanna: Town (2019)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: The Reckoning [2 episodes as a police constable (2023)]

Who: Before And After #1507b / Nu-Who #566b

Name: Jemma Churchill [1960 - ]
Year(s): 2021
Stories: Flux: Chapter Four: Village Of The Angels
Character(s): Jean

Note(s):

• Appeared as herself in the 2013 unofficial 50th anniversary episode 'The Five(ish) Doctors (Reboot)'

Appeared in a number of Big Finish Productions audio adventures:

• In the 'Doctor Who Main Range; stories 'Creatures of Beauty' / 'Breaking Bubbles' / 'Signs and Wonders'
• In the 'Philip Hinchcliffe Presents' story 'The Genesis Chamber'
• In the 'Early Adventures' stories 'The Sontarans' / 'The Crash of the UK-201'
• In the 'Robots' story 'Kaldor Nights'

Before Who:
Films: Scrubbers (1982), Where There's Smoke (2000), The Life Class (2002), The Liquid Bomb Plot (2011), The Plot to Bring Down Britain's Planes (2012), Deny Everything (2017), Nativity Rocks! (2018)
Television: No Place Like Home: Goodbye Father (1984) / Gems [3 episodes as Rebecca Springett (1985)] / Paradise Postponed: Death Of A Saint (1986) / Poirot: The Adventure Of The Cheap Flat (1990) / The Bill [2 episodes, different characters (1990?1998)] / Rumpole of the Bailey: Rumpole And The Right To Silence (1991) / London's Burning (1993) / The Brittas Empire: The Christening (1994) / Waiting for God: Diana's Diet (1994) / EastEnders* [2 episodes as Dr. Ericson (1997)] / Strange But True?: Twin Coincidence (1997) / Bugs: Renegades (1997) / McCallum: City Of The Dead (1997) / Jonathan Creek: The Scented Room (1998) / Dangerfield: Harvest Time (1998) / Red Dwarf: Back In The Red (1999) / Kiss Me Kate: Teeth (1999) / Murder in Mind: Swan Song (2002) / Doctors [4 episodes, different characters (2002?2022)] / Midsomer Murders: Birds Of Prey (2003) / Footballers' Wives (2004) / Murder in Suburbia: A Good Deal Of Attention (2004) / Holby City: Days of Repentance (2005) / Heartbeat: Pretty Woman (2006) / Jekyll (2007) / Waterloo Road (2009) / Upstairs Downstairs [3 episodes as Nanny Lyons (2010?2012)] / Agatha Raisin: The Quiche Of Death (2014) / Still Open All Hours (2016) / Suspicion: A Daughter Disappears (2016) / Emmerdale Farm (2017) / Call the Midwife [2 episodes as Sister Ramsey (2017) / Curfew (2019) / Alma's Not Normal [2 episodes as Sandra (2021)]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Ladhood: Iniative (2022) / Stonehouse (2023) / G'wed [4 episodes as Grandma Pat (2024)]

Who: Before And After #1507c / Nu-Who #566c

Name: Poppy Polivnicki [? - ]
Year(s): 2021
Stories: Flux: Chapter Four: Village Of The Angels
Character(s): Peggy

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Man Down [2 episodes as Daisy (2016)] / Rellik (2017) / Damned (2018) / Dark Heart: Dead Men Don't Pay Debts (2018)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Mrs. Poggit (Audrey Ardington) taken over by an Eknodine during Amy's Choice (2010)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1508a / Nu-Who #567a

Name: Penelope McGhie [? - ]
Year(s): 2021
Stories: Flux: Chapter Four: Village Of The Angels
Character(s): Mrs. Heyward

Before Who:
Films: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1* (2010), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011), Hamlet (2018)

Television: Screenplay: Boswell & Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles (1993) / Beast: Frightening Shorts (2000) / EastEnders [3 episodes, different characters (2001?2009)] / Holby City [2 episodes as Tricia Jones (2002)] / Hex: Where The Heart Is (2005) / The Shell Seekers (2006) / Silk (2011) / The Crown: Moondust (2019)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Gentleman Jack: What's All That Got to Do with Jesus Though? (2022) / Belgravia - The Next Chapter (2024)

Who: Before And After #1508b / Nu-Who #567b

Name: Blake Harrison [1985 - ]
Year(s): 2021
Stories: Flux: Chapter Four: Village Of The Angels
Character(s): Namaca Ost Parvess Po

Note(s): Appeared in the 'Doctor Who Main Range' Big Finish Audio Adveture stories 'The Helliax Rift' / 'Hour of the Cybermen' / 'Warlock's Cross'

Before Who:
Films: Reuniting the Rubins (2010), Halftime (2011), The Inbetweeners Movie (2011), Homeboys (2013), The Return of Wolfy (2014), Keeping Rosy (2014), The Inbetweeners 2 (2014), On Stage: Live from Television Centre (2015), Dad's Army* [as Frank Pike (2016), Game Over (2018), Agatha and the Truth of Murder (2018), Madness in the Method (2019), Star Dogs (2020), Agatha and the Midnight Murders (2020), Jack and the Beanstalk: After Ever After (2020), The Kindred (2021)

Television: The Bill: Game Plan (2008) / The Inbetweeners* [18 episodes as Neil Sutherland (2008?2010)] / Schizo Samurai Shitzu [5 episodes as the Thin Hood (2010)] / Him & Her [2 episodes as Barney (2010?2011)] / The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret [17 episodes as Dave Mountford (2010?2016)] / White Van Man [3 episodes as Ricky (2011?2012)] / The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff [3 episodes as Smalcolm (2012)] / Comedy Showcase: The Function Room (2012) / Them from That Thing [2 episodes, various characters (2012)] / Way to Go [6 episodes as Scott (2013)] / Big Bad World [8 episodes as Ben (2013)] / Edge of Heaven [6 episodes as Alfie (2014)] / Bob the Builder [105 episodes as the voice of Scoop (2015-2018)] / Tripped [4 episodes as Danny (2015)] / Houdini and Doyle: Spring Heel'd Jack (2016) / Prime Suspect - Tennison [6 episodes as DS Spencer Gibbs (2017)] / Drunk History - UK [2 episodes as King Guthrum (2017)] / Trust Me [4 episodes as Karl (2017)] / Stella Gets Her Wings (2017) / Bliss [voice only] (2018) / A Very English Scandal [2 episodes as Andrew 'Gino' Newton (2018)] / Death in Paradise: Murder Most Animal (2019) / World on Fire [8 episodes as Stan Raddings (2019?2023)] / The Great [3 episodes as Colonel Svenska (2020?2021)] / Kate & Koji [12 episodes as Medium Dan (2020?2022)]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: I Hate Suzie [3 episodes as Danny Carno (2022)] / Still Up [8 episodes as Veggie (2023)]