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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Ian (William Russell) is threatened by Susan (Carole Ann Ford) with a pair of scissors Inside the Spaceship (1964)

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on COLONY IN SPACE who have previously worked on the show:

• Malcolm Hulke (Writer)
• Barry Letts (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1583 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #58 - Colony In Space

Name: Michael Briant [1942 - ]

Role: Director [30 episodes]
Year(s): 1971 / 1972 / 1973 / 1974 / 1975 / 1977
Stories: Colony In Space episode 1 - Colony In Space episode 6 / The Sea Devils episode 1 - The Sea Devils episode 6 / The Green Death episode 1 - The Green Death episode 6 / Death To The Daleks part 1 - Death To The Daleks part 4 / Revenge Of The Cybermen part 1 - Revenge Of The Cybermen part 4 / The Robots Of Death part 1 - The Robots Of Death part 4
Note(s):

• Had previously been Assistant Floor Manager on the story 'The Crusade'
• Had previously been Production Assistant on the stories 'The Daleks' Master Plan' / 'The Power of the Daleks' / 'Fury from the Deep'
• Provided acting voice work in the stories 'Colony in Space' / 'The Sea Devils' / 'Revenge of the Cybermen'
• Came up with the concept of the Doctor's sonic screwdriver, although he became unhappy with how it became a common plot device
• Suggested the idea that the Cybermen had inbuilt guns, which was then incorporated into the costume designs for 'Revenge of the Cybermen'
• Is married to Who actress Monique Briant

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: None
Television: The Newcomers [2 episodes] (1969) / The Doctors [10 episodes] (1970-1971) / Z Cars [5 episodes] (1970-1974)

After Who
Films: Tangiers (1982), Blake's 7: The Beginning (1985)
Television: Sutherland's Law [2 episodes] (1975) / Dixon of Dock Green [4 episodes] (1975-1976) / Angels [2 episodes] (1975-1976) / Warship [5 episodes] (1976-1977) / Treasure Island [4 episodes] (1977) / Within These Walls [1 episode] (1978) / Blake's 7 [5 episodes] (1978) / The Onedin Line [1 episode] (1978) / Secret Army [7 episodes] (1978-1979) / Emmerdale Farm []25 episodes (1979-1992) / Breakaway [6 episodes] (1980) / A Tale of Two Cities [8 episodes] (1980) / Blood Money [6 episodes] (1981) / Kessler [4 episodes] (1981) / One by One [6 episodes] (1985) / Hideaway [6 episodes] (1986) / Howards' Way [6 episodes] (1987) / Spijkerhoek [25 episodes] (1989-1990) / Vrienden voor het leven [26 episodes] (1991) / EastEnders[3 episodes] (1995) / Jansen, Jansen (1995)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The main cast for the ULTIMA room scenes of The Curse of Fenric (1989) Clockwise - The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy), Nurse Crane (Anne Reid), Captain Sorin (Tomek Bork), Commander Millington (Alfred Lynch), Dr. Judson (Dinsdale Landen), Ace (Sophie Aldred)

[Susan Foreman]

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

• Christopher Barry (Director)
• 'Guy Leopold' (Writer) [NOTE: This is actually a pseudonym that was used by Robert Sloman and Barry Letts as co-writers of this story]
• Barry Letts (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1584 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #59 - The Daemons

Name: Robert Sloman [1926 - 2005]

Role: Writer [23 episodes]
Year(s): 1971 / 1972 / 1973 / 1974
Stories: The Daemons episode 1 - The Daemons episode 5 / The Time Monster episode 1 - The Time Monster episode 6 / The Green Death episode 1 - The Green Death episode 6 / Planet Of The Spiders part 1 - Planet Of The Spiders part 6
Note(s):

• Was the father of Big Finish Productions Who actress Carol Sloman
• Is responsible for one of the most-quoted lines of dialogue in 'Doctor Who' history: "Jenkins. Chap with wings - five rounds rapid!"

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: Young and Willing (1962), Dynamit (1969)
Television: ITV Television Playhouse [1 episode] (1961)

After Who
Films: None
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Jo Grant (Katy Manning) trapped aboard the Master's TARDIS on the Colony in Space (1971)

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on DAY OF THE DALEKS who have previously worked on the show:

• Louis Marks (Writer)
• Barry Letts (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1585 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #60 - Day Of The Daleks

Name: Paul Bernard [1929 - 1997]

Role: Director [16 episodes]
Year(s): 1972 / 1973
Stories: Day Of The Daleks episode 1 - Day Of The Daleks episode 4 / The Time Monster episode 1 - The Time Monster episode 6 / Frontier In Space episode 1 - Frontier In Space episode 6

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: None
Television: Cluff [2 episodes] (1964) / Thorndyke [1 episode] (1964) / Z Cars [5 episodes] (1964-1965) / Londoners [1 episode] (1965) / R3 [4 episodes] (1965) / Emergency-Ward 10 [17 episodes] (1966-1967) / Sam and Janet [1 episode] (1967) / Market in Honey Lane [5 episodes] (1967-1969) / Virgin of the Secret Service [4 episodes] (1968) / Happy Ever After [1 episode] (1970) / This Is Tom Jones [4 episodes] (1970) / Tom Jones and Such Special Friends (1971) / Score with the Scaffold [4 episodes] (1971) / Coronation Street [22 episodes] (1971-1987)

After Who
Films: The Tiger Lily (1975)
Television: The Tomorrow People [9 episodes] (1973) / Good Afternoon! [3 episodes] (1974) / Under the Same Sun [6 episodes] (1979-1980) / Making a Living [5 episodes] (1980)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The fairly awful cover art to Eric Saward's novel of his own script for 1984's Resurrection of the Daleks. It was released by BBC Books in 2019.

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on THE CURSE OF PELADON who have previously worked on the show:

• Brian Hayles (Writer)
• Barry Letts (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1586 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #61 - The Curse Of Peladon

Name: Lennie Mayne [1927 - 1977]

Role: Director [18 episodes]
Year(s): 1972 / 1974 / 1976
Stories: The Curse Of Peladon episode 1 - The Curse Of Peladon episode 4 / The Three Doctors episode 1 - The Three Doctors episode 4 / The Monster Of Peladon part 1 - The Monster Of Peladon part 6 / The Hand Of Fear part 1 - The Hand Of Fear part 4
Note(s):

• Was one of only three people to direct 'Doctor Who' stories featuring William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker
• During the making of 'The Curse Of Peladon', upon seeing Alpha Centuri for the first time, he famously said "What the hell is that? A giant green dick?". A cloak was added to the character to try and hide it's phallic appearance, but from that moment, it was forever known as "the dick in the cloak" by the production team.
• He also ordered voice artist Ysanne Churchman to voice the character like "a gay civil servant"
• Provided the whistling soundtrack for Sarah-Jane Smith's final scene in 'The Hand of Fear' because Elisabeth Sladen could not whistle
• Was married to Who actress Frances Pidgeon

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: None
Television: Mickey Dunne [2 episodes] (1967) / Vendetta [2 episodes] (1968) / The First Lady [1 episode] (1969) / The Troubleshooters [12 episodes] (1969-1971) / The Borderers [5 episodes] (1970) / Z Cars [1 episode] (1971) / Brett [2 episodes] (1971) / Doomwatch [5 episodes] (1971-1972)

After Who
Films: None
Television: Warship [4 episodes] (1973) / Softly Softly: Task Force [6 episodes] (1973-1976) / The Brothers [9 episodes] (1974-1975) / The Onedin Line [3 episodes] (1976-1977)

[Susan Foreman]

In memory of Geoffrey Hinsliff (1937 - 2024)

Appeared as Jack Tyler in the 1977 story 'Image of the Fendahl'...

...and Fisk in the 1979 story 'Nightmare Of Eden'

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Leela (Louise Jameson) aboard the TARDIS during Underworld (1978)