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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Zoe (Wendy Padbury), the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Jamie (Fraser Hines) wait to see The Krotons (1968)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Arrived today. A Big Finish audio drama of Just War, the New Adventures novel by Lance Parkin.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #317

Name: James Copeland
Year(s): 1968-1969
Stories: The Krotons episode 1 – The Krotons Episode 4
Character(s): Selris

Before Who:
Film: Scotch on the Rocks (1953), Sailor of the King (1953), Innocents in Paris (1953), High and Dry (1954), Land of Fury (1954), Race for Life (1954), Sailor Beware! (1955), You Lucky People (1956), The Battle of the River Plate* (1956), Mad Little Island (1958), The 39 Steps* (1959), Tunes of Glory (1960), Drop Dead (1961), Farewell Performance (1963), Torture Garden (1967), The Big Catch (1967), Splash O.K. (1968)

Television: Kidnapped: The Flight in the Heather / Theatre Night: Sailor Beware / BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: The Exiles / Redgauntlet [2 episodes as Joshua Geddes] / The Flying Doctor [35 episodes as Alec Macleod] / ITV Play of the Week The Boy from the Gorbals / Captain Moonlight: Man of Mystery / Emergency-Ward 10 [4 episodes as Cyril Simpson] / Rob Roy / Looking About: Florence Nightingale / The Dark Island / BBC Sunday-Night Play: The Mortimer Touch / Compact [2 episodes as Murdoch] / Dr. Finlay's Casebook [9 episodes, different characters (1962-1970)]/ It Happened Like This: The Diamond Hairslide / Kidnapped [4 episodes as Neil the Redhead] / First Night: The Happy Ones / Detective: The Speaking Eye / ITV Play of the Week: Deep and Crisp and Stolen / The Saint: The Inescapable Word* / The Avengers: Castle De'ath / The Vital Spark: Salvage / The Troubleshooters: Some Wet Night in Sauciehall Street / Ransom for a Pretty Girl [6 episodes as Inspector McRoberts] / Dixon of Dock Green: Street of Fear / This Man Craig: The Tinks / Scottish Playbill: The Queen of Scots / The Flight of the Heron [2 episodes as Major Guthrie] / The Revenue Men: The Gentle Bootleggers / Out of the Unknown: Beach Head

After Who:
Films: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes* (1970), Benny Lynch (1976), Hazlitt in Love (1977), The Three Hostages (1977), Bothwell (1979), The Privilege (1982), Ill Fares the Land (1983), Brigadista (1985), A Drop in the Ocean (1985), The Substance of Dreams (1988), Crossing the Line (1990), A Rage in Harlem (1991)

Television: Dad's Army: Operation Kilt* / The Rebellious Red Gauntlets: The Man with the Sword / The Borderers: A Woman or an Epitaph / The Main Chance: Settlement Day / The Doctors [8 episodes as Ginger Burns] / Softly Softly: Task Force: Black Equals White / Comedy Playhouse: The Importance of Being Hairy / Play for Today: Orkney / Z Cars: Nobody Wins, Nobody Loses / Out of the Unknown: The Shattered Eye / Spy Trap: Double Agent / Adam Smith [6 episodes as Aitken] / Z Cars: Old Soldiers / The View from Daniel Pike: Credit Where It's Due / The Brothers [2 episodes as Eddie MacDonald] / Menace: Judas Goat / Are You Being Served?: Camping In* / The Donati Conspiracy [2 episodes as Father Superior] / Crown Court: The Most Expensive Steak in the World / Crown Court: No Stranger in Court / Five Red Herrings [2 episodes as Wully Murdoch] / Crown Court: The Murder Monitor / Oil Strike North: The Floating Bomb / The Mackinnons [2 episodes as Duncan Johnstone] / The Standard: Come to the Revolution / The Onedin Line: The Upright Man / Kidnapped [2 episodes as Hector] / Doom Castle / Square Mile of Murder: The Trials of Oscar Slater / Mackenzie [2 episodes as Andy Robertson] / The Walls of Jericho: Physician, Heal Thyself / Strangers [3 episodes as Willie Mauchlin] / King's Royal [5 episodes as Roderick Fraser] / Maggie [6 episodes as Grandfather Fraser] / The Citadel [2 episodes as Dr. Urquhart] / High Road / Murder Not Proven?: Open Season / End of the Line: A View of Things / The Campbells: Old Ways and New

[Susan Foreman]

In memory of Jacqueline Hill - died February 18th, 1993

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose (Billie Piper) witness The End of the World (2005)

[Susan Foreman]

Research the Daleks in the new Combat Training Manual / Doctor Who TV

"Out today is an all-new comprehensive user’s guide to the Daleks, with technical information and drawings, case histories of previous Dalek encounters from The Daleks to Revolution of the Daleks, and more.

You can read an exclusive extract from one of these Dalek encounters The Spiridon Incident below.

The Dalek Combat Training Manual collates intelligence gathered by Time Lords over centuries of raging wars through space and time and is invaluable to anyone engaging the Daleks in battle. It offers the user an in-depth guide to their construction, their strategies and how they can be defeated.

You can examine one of these Time Lord reports:

FIELD REPORT: THE SPIRIDON INCIDENT

TELEPATHIC CIRCUIT MEMORY NODE RETRIEVAL

• NODE SSS/46
• SPATIAL CO-ORDINATES Spiridon
• TEMPORAL CO-ORDINATES Local Dateline: 26th century
• TARDIS CREW The Third Doctor (Gallifreyan), Jo Grant (Terran)

NOTES

The Time War is not the first attempt that the Daleks have made at instigating a large-scale assault on the universe. Following the Doctor’s encounter with the Master during the Draconia-Terra skirmishes in the 26th century relative dateline (see CIA File QQQ/57), the High Council took the unusual step of assisting him directly, by remotely steering his TARDIS to Spiridon, a primitive world on which the Daleks had chosen to establish a forward base.

Initial intelligence showed that the Daleks were experimenting on the indigenous intelligent life form in order to establish whether their naturally occurring invisibility could be adapted for use on Dalek shock troops. We should consider ourselves fortunate that, although successful in their initial experiments, the Daleks were unable to solve the issue of light-wave sickness, which resulted in disorientation and ultimately death in all of their test subjects.

Once on Spiridon, and working alongside a Thal raiding party, the Doctor discovers that the invisibility experiments are not the primary reason for the Dalek presence on Spiridon. Using the planet’s frozen core and extensive network of ‘ice volcanos’, they have put a vast assault force into long-term suspended animation. Fortunately the Doctor is able to sabotage their plans, triggering an ice eruption that floods the entire Dalek base of operations.

It seems clear that, had the Daleks been successful launching a concerted surprise attack of such scale, it would have been difficult for any of the major space-going powers to have survived.

TACTICAL ANALYSIS

During this space-time event, the Doctor is successful in the use of sub-zero temperatures to defeat Dalek units, lowering their operating temperature at such speed that the Dalek creatures inside are killed by the sudden shock.

Whilst we have no reason to disbelieve this, it raises a possible operational inconsistency in Dalek functions, as we also know that they seem capable of functioning in the sub-zero temperatures of deep space without any obvious impairment of function. One theory is that Daleks must undergo special training for low-temperature operations; a more likely one is that the casings of Dalek forces on Spiridon had been specially modified either for experiments with invisibility or in order that they could be successfully placed into suspended animation.

Despite the Doctor’s success, it must be noted that the Dalek arsenal was not actually destroyed, merely rendered inoperable and the Daleks may yet muster enough resources to excavate this frozen army for use in the war against Gallifrey. It is recommended that reconnaissance TARDISes make regular sweeps of the Spiridon system, and that any increase in Dalek activity on the planet is reported to the War Council immediately so that appropriate action can be taken."

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #318a

Name: Terence Brown
Year(s): 1968
Stories: The Krotons episode 1
Character(s): Abu
NOTE: Also appeared in an uncredited role as a UNIT soldier in Day of the Daleks

Before Who:
Film: None
Television: Life with Father: Father Writes a Letter to the Editor

After Who:
Films: None
Television: London's Burning [2 episodes as Mr. Argent] / On the Other Hand / To the Waters and the Wild

Who: Before And After #318b

Name: Madeline Mills
Year(s): 1968-1969
Stories: The Krotons episode 1 – The Krotons episode 4
Character(s): Vana

Before Who:
Film: The Hellfore Club (1961)
Television: Drama 61-67: Drama '63: The Double Doll / The Plane Makers: Any More for the Skylark? / No Hiding Place: Death of a Breadwinner / Swizzlewick [22 episodes as Wendy Yapp] / The Flying Swan: Shock Tactics / Love Story: And It Wasn't Just the Feathers / The Newcomers / The Rat Catchers: Return of Evil / Sergeant Cork: The Case of the Vanishing Victim / Quick Before They Catch Us [4 episodes as Lolita] / Softly Softly [3 episodes as Daphne] / Comedy Playhouse: Loitering with Intent / Mickey Dunne: The Stationary Tenants / Haunted: Many Happy Returns / City '68: The Waiting Game / Mr. Rose: The Dead Commercial

After Who:
Films: None
Television: The Doctors / If It Moves, File It: Surveillance / The Adventures of Don Quick: The Quick and the Dead / On the Buses [3 episodes as Sally, Christine (1970-1971)] / Softly Softly: Task Force: Final Score / The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Dixon Torpedo / Please Sir!: Blodwyn All Over / Bright's Boffins [3 episodes as Nurse] / Albert!: Trouble at t'Mill / Z Cars: Haggar / The Fenn Street Gang: The Loneliest Night of the Week / Late Night Drama: Just Fine

Who: Before And After #318c

Name: Gilbert Wynne
Year(s): 1968-1969
Stories: The Krotons episode 1 – The Krotons Episode 4
Character(s): Thara
NOTE: Also appeared as an old man in the 2011 Torchwood episode Miracle Day: The Gathering

Before Who:
Film: Mix Me a Person (1962), Heavens Above! (1963)
Television: Studio 4: The Imbroglio / Z Cars: Never on Wednesdays / Emergency-Ward 10 / ITV Television Playhouse: Nuncle / First Night: Sticks / Teletale: Catherine / Thursday Theatre: When We Are Married / The Villains: Ask Me No Questions / The Sullavan Brothers: Incident / ITV Play of the Week: The Image / Front Page Story: Official Opening / Hereward the Wake [3 episodes as Morcar / Narrator] / Sergeant Cork: The Case of the Rogue Regiment / Public Eye: No, No, Nothing Like That / Softly Softly [43 episodes as Det. Con. Reg Dwyer (1966-1967)] / Television Theatre From...: Sinking Fish Move Sideways / The Expert: The Long Hate / Jackanory [11 episodes as Storyteller] / Mystery and Imagination: Uncle Silas

After Who:
Film: Night After Night After Night (1969), The Bullet Machine (1970), Permissive (1970), The Duchess (2008)
Television: Thicker Than Water: The Visit / The Troubleshooters: Don't Ask, Take / The Wednesday Play: Blodwen, Home from Rachel's Marriage / The Main Chance: Copper-Bottomed Cert / Jackanory [5 episodes as Storyteller] / Hawkeye, the Pathfinder [5 episodes as Arrowhead] / ITV Playhouse: What Would You Do? / Follow You Follow Me / The Life and Times of David Lloyd George: He Is Wise, and Merciful / Cribb: The Choir That Wouldn't Sing / Ladykillers: Miss Elmore / Coronation Street [8 episodes as Maurice Dodds] / Murder of a Moderate Man: At the Frontier / Bergerac: Off Shore Trades / The District Nurse: A Blind Eye / The Bill: The Chain of Command / Prime Suspect 3 / Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Heartstones / Kavanagh QC: Bearing Witness / The Courtroom: Bookends / Eight Items / Casualty: I'll See You in My Dreams / Da Vinci's Demons: The Devil / Doctors: False Friend

[Susan Foreman]

'Doctor Who' audio book narrator Jon Culshaw is one of the contestants on this weeks edition of 'Celebrity Mastermind', where he will be answering questions on... 'Doctor Who'!

BBC1 - Saturday, February 20th. 5:35pm - 6:10pm

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The text free version of the Radio Times cover that introduced Jon Pertwee's first season as the Doctor in January 1970.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #319

Name: Philip Madoc
Year(s): 1968-1969 / 1969 / 1976 / 1979
Stories: The Krotons episode 1, The Krotons episode 3 – The Krotons episode 4 / The War Games episode 7 – The War Games episode 10 / The Brain Of Morbius part 1 – The Brain of Morbius part 4 / The Power Of Kroll part 1 – The Power Of Kroll part 4
Character(s): Eelek / The War Lord / Mehendri Solon / Fenner
NOTE: Also appeared in the 1966 feature film 'Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.' as Brockley. Was considered for the role of Johnny Ringo in the William Hartnell story 'The Gunfighters'. Appeared in the Big Finish audio stories 'Master' and Return of the Krotons'. Appeared in the Magic Bullet audio stories 'Kaldor City 6: Storm Mine' and the Faction Paradox stories 'Body Politic' and Words from Nine Divinities'

Before Who:
Film: On The Fiddle (1961), The Court Martial of Major Keller (1961), Operation Crossbow* (1965), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), A High Wind in Jamaica (1965), The Quiller Memorandum (1966), The Secret Agent (1967), Berserk* (1967), Deadfall (1968)

Television: Amelia / Top Secret: The Death of Stefano / Top Secret: Escape to Danger / Out of This World: Target Generation / BBC Sunday-Night Play: Six Men of Dorset / The Avengers: The Decapod / The Sword in the Web: The Senegalese / The Monsters [3 episodes as Richard] / The Avengers: Six Hands Across a Table / Moonstrike: Danger by Appointment / The Avengers: Death of a Batman* / ITV Television Playhouse: Money with Menaces / Maupassant: Husbands and Wives / Festival: The Duel / Thirty Minute Theatre: The Dig / Maigret: A Man Condemned / Catch Hand: A Time for Grass / The Count of Monte Cristo [8 episodes as Fernand Mondego] / The Scarlet and the Black: A Question of Style / Cluff: The Village Constable / R3: It's Better to Know / Moulded in Earth [5 episodes as Justin Peele] / For Whom the Bell Tolls [3 episodes as Fernando] / The Big Spender [6 episodes as Trevor (1965-1966)] / The Power Game [3 episodes as Ted Newar] / The Baron: There's Someone Close Behind You / Redcap: Rough Justice / Dixon of Dock Green: Within the Law / Dixon of Dock Green: The Golden Year / ITV Play of the Week: A Drug on the Market / The Saint: The Counterfeit Countess / Armchair Theatre: Any Number Can Play / The Gamblers: When the Chips Are Down / The Gambler [2 episodes as Marquis de Grieux] / The Avengers: The Correct Way to Kill / Man in a Suitcase : Somebody Loses, Somebody... Wins?* / Man in a Suitcase: Who's Mad Now? / The Avengers: My Wildest Dream / The Tyrant King [6 episodes as Scarface]

After Who:
Films: The Assassination Bureau (1969), Journey to the Far Side of the Sun* (1969), The Spy Killer (1969), Hell Boats (1970), Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde* (1971), The Nelson Affair (1973), Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974), Operation: Daybreak (1975), Alien Attack (1976), Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985), Zina (1985), The Bourne Identity (1988), A Mind to Kill (1991), Macbeth (1998), Best (2000), Thin Ice (2000), The Biographer (2002), Den of Lions (2003),

Television: The Champions: Get Me Out of Here! / Detective: Prisoners' Plea / Randall And Hopkirk: Decease: Never Trust a Ghost* / The Wednesday Play: The Mark II Wife / Z Cars: In and Out / Manhunt [11 episodes as Lutzig] / UFO: Destruction / UFO: A Question of Priorities / The Last of the Mohicans [8 episodes as Magua] / Paul Temple: Cue Murder! / The Case of the Midwife Toad / Jason King: A Page Before Dying / The Troubleshooters: Personally I Think He Looks Like Me / The Man Outside: The Last Target / New Scotland Yard: Nothing to Live For / Thirty Minutes Worth / Woodstock [4 episodes as Trusty Tomkins] / The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Holst / The Regiment: North West Frontier / Dad's Army: The Deadly Attachment [as the U Boat Captain] / Late Night Theatre: The Peak / The Zoo Gang: The Counterfeit Trap / Armchair Cinema: The Prison / Hunter's Walk: Witness / The Inheritors [5 episodes as Elliott Morris] / Public Eye: They All Sound Simple at First / Barlow [3 episodes as Rizzi] / The Goodies: South Africa / Churchill's People: Mutiny / The Squirrels: Man Most Likely to / Space: 1999: Breakaway* / The Sweeney: Golden Fleece / Porridge: Disturbing the Peace / Poldark / Crown Court: Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil / Rogue's Rock [4 episodes as Spinetti] / BBC2 Playhouse: The Button Man / Survivors: The Chosen / The Expert: A Family Affair / Horizon: The Mystery of King Arthur and His Round Table / Another Bouquet [4 episodes as Dr. Evan Lewis] / Good Neighbors: Suit Yourself / The Sunday Drama: The Man Who Liked Elephants / Hawkmoor [5 episodes as Vicar Davyd] / Emmerdale Farm [5 episodes as Paul Pargrave] / Target [17 episodes as Det. Chief Supt. Tate] / Jackanory Playhouse: The Wizard of Crumm and the Giant Tomato / Spy!: Cynthia / Flickers [6 episodes as Jack Brewer] / Cowboys: Bell, Book and Candle / The Life and Times of David Lloyd George [9 episodes as David Lloyd George] / Jackanory [5 episodes as Storyteller (The Black Horn 1981)] / Ennal's Point [6 episodes as Jack Tustin] / Hilary [12 episodes as George (1984-1986)] / The Man from Moscow / TV Eye: Paid to Kill the Pope? / If Tomorrow Comes / Monte Carlo / Fortunes of War: Romania: June 1940 / King & Castle: Hams / A Very British Coup [3 episodes as The Media - Fison] / First Born [3 episodes as Lancing] / Singles: The Charmer / Capital City: Ethical Investments / Casualty: If It Isn't Hurting / Moonacre [6 episodes as Sir Benjamin] / A Mind to Kill [21 episodes as DCI Noel Bain (1994-2002)] / Fun at the Funeral Parlour / High Hopes: To Catch a Thief / Doctors: Famous Last Words / Spine Chillers: Bradford in My Dreams / He Knew He Was Right / World's Worst Century / Midsomer Murders: The Axeman Cometh / Y Pris [6 episodes as Y Llywydd] / Here Comes the Queen