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[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #9: DVD Extra - 'An Unearthly Child' noteworthy uncredited cast members

i) Name: Reg Cranfield
Year(s): 1963
Stories: An Unearthly Child: Pilot / An Unearthly Child Episode 1: An Unearthly Child
Character(s): Policeman
Note: Appearing as the rozzer on the beat, Reg Cranfield has the distinction of being the first character seen in 'Doctor Who'

Before Who:
Films - None
Television - None

After Who:
Films - None
Television - Wednesday Play, Adam Adamant Lives!, Play for Today

ii) Name: Trevor Thomas
Year(s): 1963
Stories: An Unearthly Child Episode 2: The Cave Of Skulls
Character(s): Child from The Tribe Of Gum

Before Who:
Films - None
Television - None

After Who:
Films - Yesterday's Hero (1979), Inseminoid* (1982), Sheena* (1984), Underworld (1985)
Television - Space: 1999, ITV Playhouse, Return of the Saint, The Sweeney, Murder at the Wedding, Minder, Play for Today, Silent Witness

[Susan Foreman]

Possibly the first Dalek cartoon to appear in a British newspaper

Giles in The Daily Express - December 15th, 1964

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The villainous Kaftan (Shirley Cooklin) from the classic 1967 story Tomb of the Cybermen.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Underwater Menace is coming to vinyl at the end of May.

Available at Amazon.

[iank]

Writer Pip Baker has died of the coronavirus.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by iank

Writer Pip Baker has died of the coronavirus.

Is that right?

I read earlier he'd been ill for some time following a fall.

[iank]

I've seen conflicting reports now too. The other day it said he was in hospital with Covid-19, so I don't know now.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by iank

I've seen conflicting reports now too. The other day it said he was in hospital with Covid-19, so I don't know now.

This was the report i read. Seems quite thorough.

Doctor Who News: Pip Baker 1928 - 2020

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #10
Name: Alan Wheatley
Year(s): 1964
Stories: The Daleks Episode 3: The Escape - The Daleks Episode 4: The Ambush
Character(s): Temmosus
Note: Temmosus is the first character to be exterminated by the Daleks on-screen

Before Who:
Films - The Conquest of Air (1936), William Tindale (1937), The Rake's Progress (1945), Appointment with Crime (1946), Spring Song (1946), Jassy (1947), The End of the River (1947), Brighton Rock (1947), Corridor of Mirrors (1948), Counterblast (1948), Calling Paul Temple (1948), Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948), It's Not Cricket (1949), For Them That Trespass (1949), Home to Danger (1951), Whispering Smith Hits London (1952), The Pickwick Papers (1952), Spaceways (1953), The Limping Man (1953), Small Town Story (1953), The Javenese Dagger (1954), The Diamond (1954), The House Across the Lake (1954), Simon and Laura (1955), The Duke Wore Jeans (1958), Inn for Trouble (1960), Frederic Chopin (1961), The Shadow of the Cat (1961), Master Spy (1963), Tomorrow at Ten (1963)
Television - The Importance of Being Earnest, The Gaylord Quex, Bardell Against Pickwick, Julius Caesar, Edna's Fruit Hat, The Tempest, Caesar's Friend, Katharine and Petruchio, The Chance of a Lifetime, Magic, Fiat Justitia, Mr. Jones Dines Out, The Circle, A Phoenix to Frequent, Everyman, The Little Dry Thorn, The Round Dozen, Edward II, The Coventry Nativity Play, Volpone, King Lear, He That Should Come, The Happiest Days of Your Life, Mrs. Dot, Triple Bill, Treasures in Heaven, The Tragedy of King Richard III, BBC Sunday-Night Theatre, Sherlock Holmes, The Inch Man, The Twelfth Brother, Rope, Jesus of Nazareth, Prelude to Glory, The Adventures of Robin Hood*, Rheingold Theatre, Colonel March of Scotland Yard, Adventure Theater, The Count of Monte Cristo, The New Adventures of Charlie Chan, Tales from Dickens, ITV Play of the Week, A Farthings Damages, International Detective, An Arabian Night, No Hiding Place, Danger Man, You Can't Win, Gilbert and Sullivan: The Immortal Jesters, Maigret, The Six Proud Walkers, It Happened Like This

After Who:
Films - A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964), Clash By Night (1964)
Television - The Protectors, The Midnight Men, Crane, Danger Man, The Baron, Mystery Hall, The Avengers*, Department S

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) and Janet Fielding (Tegan) in a promo image for Logopolis (1981)