The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

David Tennant (The Tenth Doctor) and Michelle Ryan (Lady Christina de Souza) starred in the first of the 2009 'specials' Planet of the Dead, which aired today, April 11th, Easter Saturday, in 2009.

[Susan Foreman]

"Coming very soon from Telos Publishing: the ultimate History of the Doctor Who Exhibitions ...

For most film and television shows, the assets associated with their creation: the costumes, sets and props, are used once and then discarded or returned to dusty storerooms for possible future reuse. Fans of the BBC’s 'Doctor Who' series, however, have enjoyed a series of one-off and semi-permanent exhibitions which played host to the variety of props, costumes and, of course, the monsters which had appeared on screen.

Indeed, the very existence of these exhibitions allowed for the preservation of items which might otherwise had been destroyed or thrown into skips to become land-fill. They also shed light on the talents of the BBC’s various propmakers, costumiers and contractors, whose work can be admired when these incredible pieces of television history go on display.

From the earliest displays at the Daily Mail Exhibitions of 1964 and 1967, through the glory years of 1973 to 1985, when Doctor Who was a permanent feature of trips to Longleat House in Wiltshire, and Blackpool’s Golden Mile. From the exhibition at Llangollen from 1995 to 2003, to the modern displays in Blackpool, Brighton, London, Cardiff and other locations up until 2017. Bedwyr Gullidge explores over 50 years of 'Doctor Who' exhibitions, sharing the stories of the people who constructed and ran them, and of course the fans who visited.

This is the ultimate guide to what was on display and when, with detailed notes of how the exhibitions changed over the years, how their very existence encouraged the BBC not to destroy and discard their assets, and instead to allow them to be seen and appreciated by viewers.

Includes a black and white 'Gallery' section of images, posters and other items associated with the Exhibitions over the years."

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #7

Name: Jeremy Young
Year(s): 1963 / 1965
Stories: An Unearthly Child Episode 2: The Cave Of Skulls - An Unearthly Child Episode 4: The Firemaker / Mission To The Unknown
Character(s): Kal / Gordon Lowery
Note: Between 1961 - 1976, he was married to Kate O'Mara. Therefore, he has the distinction of being the first actor to portray a villain in Doctor Who, who (in real life) was wed to another person who played a prominent villain on the show.

Before Who:
Films - The Haunted Strangler* (1958), The Wild and the Willing (1962)
Television - Armchair Theatre, Deadline Midnight, Z-Cars, Suspense, Ghost Squad, Maupassant, BBC Sunday-Night Play

After Who:
Films - A Hard Days Night (1964), Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966), Crooks and Coronets (1969), Eyewitness (1970), Frenzy* (1972), Hopscotch (1980), Photographing Fairies (1997), A Dead End Story (2003)
Television - Comedy Playhouse, Cluff, Crossroads, The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling, The Villains, No Hiding Place, R3, A Slight Case of..., Court Martial: Adam Adamant Lives!, The Wednesday Play, The Three Musketeers, The Avengers [A Touch of Brimstone'], The Saint, Thirty-Minute Theatre, The Fellows: The Further Adventures of the Musketeers, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Out of Town Theatre, The Revenue Men. Softly, Softly, Department S, Canterbury Tales, Dixon of Dock Green, Parkin's Patch, Softly, Softly: Taskforce, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Up Pompeii!, Doomwatch, Trial, Coronation Street, The Onedin Line, Frankenstein: The True Story, The Sweeney, Killers, The New Avengers, The Velvet Glove, Space: 1999, Van der Valk, Destination: Moonbase Alpha, Romeo & Juliet, Dick Barton: Special Agent, Cribb, The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist, Minder, The Professionals, On the Line, The Tripods, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Brat Farrar, A Very British Coup, Rockliffe's Babies, EastEnders, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Taggart, Perfect Scoundrels, Covington Cross, The Bill, The Scarlet and the Black, Cadfael, Picking up the Pieces, Murder in Mind, The Debt

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Master (Roger Delgado) with a couple of 'friends' in The Sea Devils (1972)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Raggedy Doctor (2020)

By Steven Moffat, read by Caitlin Blackwood.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Rory's Story

Written by Neil Gaiman, performed by Arthur Darvill and Karen Gillan.

[Susan Foreman]

In memory of Tim Brooke-Taylor (1940 - 2020)

With Patrick Troughton, in the Goodies episode 'The Baddies' (1972)

With Jon Pertwee, in the Goodies episode 'Wacky Wales' (1975)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #8

Name: Howard Lang
Year(s): 1963
Stories: An Unearthly Child Episode 2: The Cave Of Skulls - An Unearthly Child Episode 4: The Firemaker
Character(s): Horg

Before Who:
Films - Great Expectations (1946), Jassy (1947), The Mudlark (1950), Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951), The Floating Dutchman (1952), The Missing Man (1953), Counterspy (1953), The Blazing Caravan (1954), The House Across the Lake (1954), Beau Brummell (1954), The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954), Devil's Point (1954), The Mysterious Bullet (1955), Stolen Time (1955), Keep it Clean (1956), Eyewitness (1956), Destination Death (1956), The Battle of the River Plate (1956), The Hideout (1956), The Crooked Sky (1957), The Big Chance (1957), The Birthday Present (1957), Dunkirk (1958), A Night to Remember (1958), Corridors of Blood (1958), Behemoth the Sea Monster (1959), Innocent Meeting (1959), A Woman's Temptation (1959), Man Accused (1959), Ben-Hur (1959), Date at Midnight (1959), Night Train for Inverness (1960), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), Gorgo* (1961), Feet of Clay (1961), The Curse of the Werewolf (1961), The Haunting (1963), The Runaway (1963)
Television - BBC Sunday-Night Theatre, Fabian of the Yard, The Hole in the Wall, The Vise, ITV Play of the Week, The Adventures of the Big Man, The Crime of the Century, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sword of Freedom, ITV Television Playhouse, Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!, White Hunter, O.S.S., African Patrol, The Adventures of William Tell, Interpol Calling, Dixon of Dock Green, Man From Interpol, The Strange World of Gurney Slade, Knight Errant Limited, Rendezvous, Sir Francis Drake, The Cheaters, Richard the Lionheart, Sergeant Cork

After Who:
Films - Nothing but the Best (1964), He Who Rides a Tiger (1965), A Woman's Temptation (1966), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), Perfect Friday (1970), 10 Rillington Place (1971), Macbeth (1971)
Television - Espionage, HMS Paradise, Gideon's Way, Z-Cars, The Scales of Justice, Theatre 625, The Wednesday Play, King of the River, Softly, Softly, Freewheelers, Georgia Brown Sings Kurt Weill, W. Somerset Maugham, Detective, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Macbeth, The Persuaders!, The Onedin Line*, It's Murder But Is It Art, King Thrushbeard and the Proud Princess, The Basil Brush Show, The Winds of War, The Last Days of Pompeii, Jane, The Pickwick Papers, The Pyrates

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Colin Howard's Three Doctors (1972) artwork for the official 1999 Doctor Who calendar.

From left to right - The First Doctor (William Hartnell) a Gel Guard, Omega (Stephen Thorne), the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee), The TARDIS and the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton)

[Demoncrat]

Rewatched Pyramids ( demon of my word that I am )

By gum, it's a hoot still. I always felt that the Tardis would land not randomly but at a place in time and space where his assistance was needed, fanciful conjecture on my part maybe, but still, they never land anywhere where they can just lounge around eating chips etc do they? Harumph

GET ON WITH IT!!!!

The fourth Doctor and his best friend land apparently at UNIT HQ. Right building, wrong period though. Here they find a right old carry on, what with ancient nutters and a reanimated corpse running the show in parentis. Plus Michael Sheard!! Did he ever leave?? He's great value for money as always, his short lived "reunion" with his brother genuinely affecting etc.
By heck it's violent and all what with people getting crushed and immolated.
Sarah looks very fetching in her Victorian garb cough, but don't let that fool you as she reveals a hidden talent ahem, what a pity she never got to use it again ahem.
The villain? Top rank!! A right fruitbat this one (self isolation? he could show us a thing or two ) but The Doctor is more than a match, after all meglomaniacs are so focused on their goals, they usually miss the small stuff.
To finish ......

REWATCH!!!!!