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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The ghostly spectre of a long dead cavalier appears in the church at Little Hodcombe during The Awakening (1984)

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on THE GREATEST SHOW IN THE GALAXY who have previously worked on the show:

• Stephen Wyatt (Writer)
• John Nathan-Turner (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1629 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #151 - The Greatest Show In The Galaxy

Name: Alan Wareing [1958 - ]

Role: Director [10 episodes]
Year(s): 1988 / 1989
Stories: The Greatest Show In The Galaxy part 1 - The Greatest Show In The Galaxy part 4 / Ghost Light part 1 - Ghost Light part 3 / Survival part 1 - Survival part 3
Note(s):

• Had previously been the production assistant on 'The Keeper of Traken' and the production manager on 'Timelash'
• Due to the fact that he directed both the last-aired and the last-produced stories of the classic Who, he has an unassailable claim to being "the last director of the original run of Doctor Who"

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: None
Television: EastEnders [8 episodes] (1986-1990) / Casualty [25 episodes] (1987-2001)

After Who
Films: None
Television: Rockliffe's Folly [1 episode] (1988) / The Bill [8 episodes] (1989-1990) / Emmerdale Farm [348 episodes] (1993-2024) / London's Burning [4 episodes] (1995-1996) / Wycliffe [6 episodes] (1997-1998) / Coronation Street [114 episodes] (2001-2018) / The Royal [2 episodes] (2006) / Holby City [2 episodes] (2013) / Fair City [21 episodes] (2016-2022)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A promo image of the Doctor (David Tennant) along with the scary scarecrows for Human Nature / The Family of Blood (2007)

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on BATTLEFIELD who have previously worked on the show:

• Ben Aaronovitch (Writer)
• John Nathan-Turner (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1630 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #152 - Battlefield

Name: Michael Kerrigan [1952 - 2014]

Role: Doctor Who: Director [4 episodes]
Year(s): 1989
Stories: Battlefield part 1 - Battlefield part 4

Role: The Sarah-Jane Adventures: Director [4 episodes]
Year(s): 2008
Stories: The Day Of The Clown part 1 - Secrets Of The Stars part 2

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: Secrets (1982)
Television: Angels (1975-1983) / Jackanory [101 episodes] (1977-1982) / Spine Chillers (1980) / A Little Silver Trumpet [2 episodes] (1980) / Maggie [12 episodes] (1981-1982) / Jackanory Playhouse [1 episode] (1982) / Brookside (1982-2003) / The Baker Street Boys [4 episodes] (1983) / No 73 [21 episodes] (1983-1985) / Talking Animal [1 episode] (1984) / Dramarama [4 episodes] (1984-1987) / Henry's Leg [6 episodes] (1986) / Knights of God [6 episodes] (1987) / Mr. Majeika [9 episodes] (1988-1990)

After Who
Films: Winnie the Pooh (1990)
Television: EastEnders [4 episodes] (1990) / The Bill [4 episodes] (1990-1991) / Mother Goose Stories [13 episodes] (1990-2000) / Emmerdale Farm [11 episodes] (1991) / Motormouth [13 episodes] (1991-1992) / Vrienden voor het leven [13 episodes] (1992) / Parallel 9 (1992-1994) / Three Seven Eleven (1993-1994) / What's Up Doc? [15 epsiodes] (1993-1994) / The Secret Life of Toys [7 episodes] (1994) / KTV (1994-1995) / Coronation Street [75 episodes] (1994-2008) / The Famous Five [6 episodes] (1995) / Teleganticmegavision [3 episodes] (1996) / Springhill [8 episodes] (1996-1997) / The Wild House (1997-1999) / The Phoenix and the Carpet [6 episodes] (1997) / Verdict [2 episodes] (1998) / Look and Read [1 episode] (2001) / The Basil Brush Show [32 episodes] (2002-2007) / Globo Loco (2003-2004) / Ministry of Mayhem (2004-2006) / The Courtroom [2 episodes] (2004)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Colin Baker) celebrates life as he and Peri (Nicola Bryant) land on the planet Jaconda during The Twin Dilemma (1984)

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on GHOST LIGHT who have previously worked on the show:

• Alan Wareing (Director)
• John Nathan-Turner (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1631 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #153 - Ghost Light

Name: Marc Platt [1953 - ]

Role: Writer [3 episodes]
Year(s): 1989
Stories: Ghost Light part 1 - Ghost Light part 3
Note(s):

• Wrote the 'Doctor Who Unbound' episodes 'Auld Mortality' / 'A Storm Of Angels'
• Wrote the Direct-to-video stories 'Downtime' / 'Daemos Rising' [credited as 'Script Consultant']
• Wrote the Target novelisations of 'Ghost Light' / 'Battlefield'
• Wrote the 'Doctor Who script books' version of 'Ghost Light' for Titan Books
• Wrote the 'Virgin New Adventures' stories 'Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible' / 'Lungbarrow'
• Wrote the 'Virgin Missing Adventures' novelisation of 'Downtime'
• Wrote the 'Doctor Who Yearbook' short stories 'Future Imperfect' / 'Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat' / 'Loop the Loup'
• Wrote the 'Virgin Decalogs' short story 'The Duke of Dominoes'
• Wrote the 'Short Trips' short stories 'Whiskey and Water' / 'The Ruins of Heaven' / 'Last Rites' / 'Outsourcing' / 'Christmas Special' / 'The Innocents' / 'The Hunting of the Slook'
• Wrote the 'Bernice Summerfield' Short Stories 'The Ship of Painted Shadows'
• Wrote the 'Doctor: His Lives and Times' short story 'Extract from London's Greatest Ghosts'
• Wrote the 'Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who' short story 'The Arboreals'
• Wrote the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip 'Cat Litter'

Wrote a number of Big Finish Productions audio adventures:

• The 'Doctor Who Main Range' stories 'Loups-Garoux' / 'Spare Parts' / 'Valhalla' / 'Time Reef' / 'Paper Cuts' / 'The Cradle of the Snake' / 'The Silver Turk' / 'The Butcher of Brisbane' / 'Eldrad Must Die!' / 'Planet of the Rani' / 'The Behemoth'
• The 'Special Releases' stories 'An Earthly Child' / 'Night of the Stormcrow'
• The 'Lost Stories' adventures 'Point of Entry' / 'Thin Ice' / 'The Children of Seth'
• The 'Fourth Doctor Adventures' stories 'The Skin of the Sleek' / 'The Thief Who Stole Time' / 'Purgatory 12'
• The 'Philip Hinchcliffe Presents' stories 'Philip Hinchcliffe Presents' ['The Ghosts of Gralstead' / 'The Devil's Armada'] / 'The Genesis Chamber' / 'The Helm of Awe' / 'The God of Phantoms'
• The 'Eighth Doctor Adventures' stories 'The Skull of Sobek' / 'Relative Dimensions'
• The 'Doom Coalition' stories 'The Galileo Trap' / 'The Gift'
• The 'Third Doctor Adventures' story 'The Tyrants of Logic'
• The 'First Doctor Adventures' story 'The Phoenicians'
• The 'Early Adventures' story 'The Doctor's Tale'
• The 'Companion Chronicles' stories 'Frostfire' / 'Mother Russia' / 'The Doll of Death' / 'The Three Companions' / 'Quinnis' / 'The Flames of Cadiz' / 'The Beginning'
• The [Doctor Who Unbound' stories 'Auld Mortality' / 'A Storm of Angels'
• The 'Jago and Litefoot' story 'The Case of the Gluttonous Guru'

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: None

After Who
Films: None
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Alex Mallison's cover art of the Big Finish audio play The Bride of Peladaon. It starred Peter Davison as the Doctor and was released in January 2008.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

I understand Terror of the Zygons and The Seeds of Doom have been removed from I-Player. As far as i'm aware it's due to contractual reasons with Robert Banks-Stewart's estate.

However it still goes to show that physical media still rules as that's four stories that aren't available on the BBC streaming platform.

[will graham]

Physical media for ever! 🤟

[Susan Foreman]

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

• Nicholas Mallett (Director)
• Ian Briggs (Writer)
• John Nathan-Turner (Producer)

Key Crew working on Survival who have previously worked on the show:

• Alan Wareing (Director)
• John Nathan-Turner (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1632a / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #155 - Survival

Name: Rona Munro [1959 - ]

Role: Writer [4 episodes]
Year(s): 1989 / 2017
Stories: Survival part 1 - Survival part 3 / The Eaters Of Light
Note(s):

• At time of writing, she is the first (and only) writer of stories for both classic Who and Nu-Who
• Wrote the Target novelisations of 'Survival' / 'The Eaters of Light'

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: The Play on One [1 episode] (1989)

After Who
Films: Ladybird Ladybird (1994), Bumping the Odds (1997), Aimee & Jaguar (1999), V?ter (2002), Rehab (2003), Almost Adult (2006), Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
Television: Casualty [1 episode] (1990) / Screen Two [1 episode] (1994) / Television Theater [1 episode] (2007)

Who: Before And After #1632b

Name: Andrew Cartmel [1958 - ]

Role: Writer [1 episodes]
Year(s): 1989
Stories: Survival part 3 [See note]
Note(s):

• Although he is not credited with writing any full episodes himself, he is credited with composing the key monologue delivered by Sylvester McCoy at the end of Survival episode 3
• Was best known for being the script editor for Doctor Who between Time And The Rani part 1 - Survival part 3
• As script editor, his most lasting legacy was the "Cartmel Masterplan" - a backstory developed with other writers that restored some of the mystery of the Doctor's background and eventually would explain exactly who he was. Unfortunately, although hints were dropped in the last two seasons, the proposed revelations never materialised on screen due to the cancellation of the programme
• Wrote the unproduced Torchwood episode 'The Jinx'
• Wrote the Doctor Who Magazine comic strips 'Fellow Travellers' / 'The Good Soldier' / 'Ravens'
• Wrote the Doctor Who Magazine / Doctor Who Classic Comics comic strip 'Evening's Empire'
• Wrote the 'Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor' comic strip 'Operation Volcano'
• Wrote the 'Doctor Who Adventures' comic strips 'Robot vs Robot' / 'Swarm' / 'Once Bitten' / 'Witch Work' / 'From the Horse's Mouth' / 'Fear Buds' / 'Royal Wedding' / 'Night of the Worms' / 'Wings of the Predator' / 'Killer App'
• Wrote the 'Virgin New Adventures' stories 'Cat's Cradle: Warhead' / 'Warlock' / 'Warchild'
• Wrote the 'BBC Past Doctor Adventures' story 'Atom Bomb Blues'
• Wrote the Telos novellas stories 'Foreword to Citadel of Dreams' / 'Foreign Devils'
• Wrote the 'Doctor Who Magazine' short story 'Meridians'
• Wrote the 'Short Trips' stories 'Certificate of Destruction' / 'Christmas in Toronto'
• Wrote the 'Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who' short story 'The Girl Who Stole the Stars'
• Wrote the Big Finish 'Bernice Summerfield anthology' short story 'Bernice Summerfield and the Library of Books'
• Wrote the BBC 'Torchwood' short story 'The Wrong Hands'
• Wrote a number of Big Finish Productions audio adventures:
• The Doctor Who Main Range story 'Winter for the Adept'
• The 'Lost Stories' adventures 'Crime of the Century' / 'Animal' / 'Earth Aid'
• The 'Short Trips' story 'The Riparian Ripper'

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: None

After Who
Films: Echoes of the Past (2001), The Iron Woman [Short] (2015)
Television: The Dark Knight [4 episodes] (2001-2002)