The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

This has now sold out on the Character Options website.

A limited edition of 4000 - Sold out in six days!

At £40 each by my estimate Character have just raked in £160,000 in six days.

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

It's not just Davies. Moffat's preview trailers were great as well even for poor (imo) series.





When i say poor, they are still better than Whittaker's series.

Yeah - those were all great trailers, Dem. You couldn’t wait for the series to start.
The one I remember well is the one for series 2, when you saw a glimpse of the return of the Cybermen. Bloody hell, it was like being a kid again! Wonderful.
I personally couldn’t give a toss about the new series. And if that trailer was meant to sell it to potential audiences, they shouldn’t have bothered.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Mojo

Yeah - those were all great trailers, Dem. You couldn’t wait for the series to start.
The one I remember well is the one for series 2, when you saw a glimpse of the return of the Cybermen. Bloody hell, it was like being a kid again! Wonderful.
I personally couldn’t give a toss about the new series. And if that trailer was meant to sell it to potential audiences, they shouldn’t have bothered.

I was going to post the series 2 trailer but the one i found was poor quality.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #476

Name: Michael Hawkins (1928 - 2014)
Year(s): 1973
Stories: Frontier In Space episode 1 – Frontier In Space episode 3, Frontier In Space episode 5 – Frontier In Space episode 6
Character(s): General Williams

Before Who:
Films: Ordeal by Fire (1957), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), Dentist in the Chair (1960), The Terror of the Tongs* (1961), The Hill (1965), They Came from Beyond Space* (1967), Torture Garden (1967), Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968), The Laughing Stock of Television (1971)

Television: Solo for Canary (1958) / BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: The Stone Ship (1959) / Armchair Theatre: Pig's Ear with Flowers (1960) / Police Surgeon [2 episodes, different characters (1960)] / Knight Errant Limited: A Novel Case (1961) / Family Solicitor [3 episodes as Corby (1961)] / The Avengers: The Deadly Air (1961) / Drama 61-67: Drama '61 - Local Incident (1961) / Drama 61-67: Drama '62 - The Enemy (1962) / Out of This World: The Dark Star (1962) / Z Cars: Information Received (1962) / Boyd Q.C.: A Little Learning (1963) / The Avengers: The Golden Fleece* (1963) / Crane: The Death of Marie Vetier (1964) / Dr. Finlay's Casebook: The Hallelujah Stakes (1964) / The Protectors: The Pirate (1964) / Happily Ever After (1964) / ITV Play of the Week: The Witnesses (1964) / No Hiding Place: Aftertaste (1964) / Sergeant Cork: The Case of the African Murder (1964) / Fothergale Co. Ltd. [16 episodes as Tom Rudyard (1965)] / Emergency-Ward 10 [4 episodes, different characters (1965-1967)] / R3 [13 episodes as Philip Boult (1965)] / The Liars (1966) / This Man Craig: Tall, Fat and Ugly (1966) / Thirteen Against Fate: The Traveller (1966) / The Troubleshooters [2 episodes, different characters (1966-1967)] / Mr. Rose [2 episodes, different characters (1967-1968)] / The Baron: The Island (1967) / Champion House [13 episodes as Larry Grant (1967-1968)] / Man in a Suitcase: Which Way Did He Go, McGill? (1968) / Theatre 625: The Fall of Kelvin Walker (1968) / For Amusement Only: The Ticket (1968) / The Expert: Nobody's Going to Hurt You (1968) / Softly Softly: On Christmas Day in the Morning (1968) / The Avengers: Take Me to Your Leader (1969) / Coronation Street [2 episodes as Mr Palmer (1969)] / Codename: One for the Lobster Pot (1970) / Softly Softly - Task Force [2 episodes, different characters (1970-1975)] / Doomwatch: The Plastic Eaters* (1970) / Shadows of Fear: The Death Watcher (1971) / That's Your Funeral: The Last to Go (1971) / Brett [6 episodes as Spencer Griffiths (1971)] / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Some Distant Shadow (1971) / The Scobie Man [4 episodes as Matlock (1972)] / The Brothers [4 episodes as Frank Walker (1972)] / Doomwatch: Hair Trigger (1972) / Holly [2 episodes as Jonty Myerson (1972)] / The View from Daniel Pike: Pig in the Middle (1973)

After Who:
Films: 11 Harrowhouse (1974), The Trial of Lady Chatterley (1980)
Television: Menace: Valentine (1973) / Harriet's Back in Town [2 episodes as Mr. Sample (1973)] / Marked Personal [2 episodes as Marcus St. John Carter (1974)] / Play for Today: The Childhood Friend (1974) / Thriller: Who Killed Lamb?* (1974) / Nightingale's Boys [3 episodes as Hal Crowther (1975)] / ...And Mother Makes Five: Art for Art's Sake (1975) / The Main Chance: Coroner's Verdict (1975) / Rock Follies: The Blitz (1976) / The Duchess of Duke Street [2 episodes as Inspector Jason (1976-1977)] / I, Claudius* [2 episodes as Rufus (1976)] / Robin's Nest: The Bistro Kids (1977) / Survivors: Manhunt (1977) / King Cinder [6 episodes as Todd Edwards (1977)] / Crown Court: Cat in Hell (1978) / The Devil's Crown [5 episodes as Richard De Lacy (1978)] / Lillie: Emilie (1978) / Secret Army: The Hostage (1978) / George & Mildred: Just the Job (1978) / Everyday Maths: Fast and Furious (1979) / A Family Affair: A Bit of a Troublemaker (1979) / Buccaneer: Grounded (1980)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A promotional photo of William Russell as Ian Chesterton for the first series of Doctor Who (1963)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #477

Name: Peter Birrel (1935 - 2004)
Year(s): 1973
Stories: Frontier In Space episode 1 – Frontier In Space episode 2, Frontier In Space episode 5 – Frontier In Space episode 6
Character(s): Draconian Prince
Note: Was married to Big Finish actress Stephanie Cole

Before Who:
Films: What a Crazy World (1963), Freelance* (1970)

Television: Scotland Yard: Used in Evidence (1960) / Frontier Drums: The Claw of the Tiger (1961) / Studio 4: Stamboul Train (1962) / ITV Television Playhouse: The Morning After (1962) / Drama 61-67: Drama '63 - My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen (1963) / Drama 61-67: Drama '63 - The Freewheelers (1963) / Armchair Theatre: Always Ask for the Best (1964) / ITV Play of the Week: Find Yourself a Mug (1964) / Crane: The Third Bullet (1964) / Redcap: A Place of Refuge (1965) / Z Cars: The Long Spoon (1965) / No Hiding Place: The Grass (1965) / You Can't Win [5 episodes as Tom Jacobs (1966)] / BBC Play of the Month: Days to Come (1966) / Thirty-Minute Theatre: First Catch Your Hare... (1966) / Adam Adamant Lives!: Wish You Were Here (1967) / The Saint: Simon and Delilah* (1967) / Trapped: Quest (1967) / Dixon of Dock Green: The Party (1967) / Man in a Suitcase: The Bridge* (1967) / Honey Lane [11 episodes as Jacko Bennet (1967-1968)] / Virgin of the Secret Service: The Pyramid Plot (1968) / Boy Meets Girl: The Enchanted Shore (1968) / W. Somerset Maugham: Lord Mountdrago (1969) / Detective: The Poisoners (1969) / If It Moves, File It: Surveillance (1970) / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Tales of Piccadilly: Behind the Spearmint Sign (1971) / Budgie: Brains (1971) / Coronation Street (1971) / Crime of Passion: Camille (1971) / Alexander the Greatest [4 episodes as Murray (1971)] / Spyder's Web: An Almost Modern Man (1972) / Holly [2 episodes as Mike Underwood (1972)] / The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Secret of the Magnifique (1973) / The Main Chance [2 episodes, different characters (1972-1975)] / The Fenn Street Gang [2 episodes, different characters (1972-1973)]

After Who:
Films: The Terrorists (1974), Death of an Informer (1976), The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1979), Arch of Triumph (1984)
Television: The Adventurer: The Solid Gold Hearse* (1973) / The Upper Crusts: One Door Opens (1973) / Warship: The Drop (1973) / New Scotland Yard: Monopoly (1973) / Marked Personal [2 episodes as the Pilot (1974)] / Dial M for Murder: Frame (1974) / Steptoe and Son: Back in Fashion (1974) / Sadie, It's Cold Outside: Pilot (1974) / Crown Court: My Mother Said I Never Should... (1975) / Softly Softly - Task Force: Bargains (1975) / Don't Drink the Water: Fred (1975) / The XYY Man [2 episodes as Groot (1976)] / Marie Curie [3 episodes as Paul Langevin (1977)] / Target: Vandraggers (1977) / Rock Follies of '77 [2 episodes as Jeffrey Fisher (1977)] / Wilde Alliance: Things That Go Bump (1978) / People Like Us: Breakout (1978) / Lillie: The Sailor Prince (1978) / Blue Peter Special Assignment: Rudyard Kipling at Bateman's [as Rudyard Kipling] (1979) / George & Mildred: A Military Pickle (1979) / Cribb: Swing, Swing Together (1980) / BBC2 Playhouse: Mary's Wife (1980) / Square Mile of Murder: The Trials of Oscar Slater (1980) / The Gentle Touch: Something Blue (1980) / Hammer House of Horror: The Mark of Satan* (1980) / Une maison, une histoire: Kipling (1980) / Diamonds: Middle Game (1981) / Angels [4 episodes as Adrian Fitzpatrick (1982)] / The Consultant: Invitation to Tender (1983) / Bergerac: A Cry in the Night (1984) / Minder: The Second Time Around (1984) / Freud: Messiah (1984) / Ellis Island (1984) / Black Silk: Open and Shut (1985) / If Tomorrow Comes (1986) / One by One: The Monkey in Between (1987) / C.A.T.S. Eyes: Backlash (1987) / Melba [6 episodes as Lord de Grey (1988)] / Around the World in 80 Days [3 episodes as Brindisi Terminal Clerk (1989)] / War and Remembrance [2 episodes as Leon Carmel (1989)] / Lovejoy: Eric of Arabia (1992) / Sharpe: Sharpe's Company (1994) / London's Burning [14 episodes as Costas Estafis (1995-1998)] / David (1997) / The Jump [4 episodes as Pa Brunos (1998)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A fun but daft revelation that the Statue of Liberty is actually a Weeping Angel in The Angels Take Manhattan (2013)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #478

Name: Ray Lonnen (1940 - 2014)
Year(s): 1973
Stories: Frontier In Space episode 1 – Frontier In Space episode 2
Character(s): Gardiner

Before Who:
Films: Zeppelin (1971)
Television: Comedy Matinee: Ma's Bit O'Brass (1961) / 24-Hour Call: The Candidate (1963) / Love Story [2 episodes, different characters (1965-1966)] / The Power Game: The Chicken Run (1966) / The Saint: Flight Plan* (1966) / Mrs. Thursday: When My Boy Comes Home (1967) / The Fellows [2 episodes as Fletcher (1967)] / Sorry I'm Single: The Flute (1967) / Honey Lane [16 episodes as Dave Sampson (1967-1969)] / The Saint: The People Importers* (1968) / The Troubleshooters: The Slick and the Dread (1970) / Jackanory: Operation Smuggle [5 episodes as storyteller] (1970) / Menace: Something Cries Out (1970) / The Doctors [8 episodes as Philip Lane (1971)] / Paul Temple: Party Piece (1971) / The Guardians: Head of State (1971) / The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: A Message from the Deep Sea (1971) / Armchair Theatre: Man Charged (1971) / Justice: Witnesses Cost Extra (1971) / ITV Sunday Night Drama: The Crib (1971) / Holly [5 episodes as Det. Sgt. Wilmot (1972)] / The Pathfinders: Jonah Man (1972) / Z Cars [26 episodes as Det. Insp. Moffat (1972-1977)] / Harriet's Back in Town [2 episodes as Det. Sgt. Flood (1973)]

After Who:
Films: Murder Elite (1985), Wicked City (1987), Man Eaters (1988), Daddy's Girl (2002), Treasure of Albion (2006), The School That Roared (2009), Re-Evolution (2011), Run for Your Wife (2012), Ginger & Rosa (2012), For Love's Sake (2013)
Television: Softly Softly: Task Force: Signed Off (1973) / The Protectors: Zeke's Blues* (1973) / New Scotland Yard: For All Their Faults (1974) / Seven Faces of Woman: A Woman's Estate (1974) / Hunter's Walk: Visitors (1974) / 2nd House [2 episodes, different characters (1974)] / Melissa [3 episodes as Don Page (1974)] / Public Eye: Hard Times (1975) / Coronation Street [3 episodes as Maurice Gordon (1975)] / Crown Court: No Questions Asked (1976) / Rooms [3 episodes as Eamonn Brannigan (1977)] / Jubilee: The White Elephant (1977) / General Hospital: The Breakthrough (1977) / Send in the Girls: Beware the Gentle People (1978) / The Sandbaggers [20 episodes as Willie Caine (1978-1980)] / The Gentle Touch [2 episodes as Alan Lawson (1980)] / The Glamour Girls (1980) / Hammer House of Horror: Guardian of the Abyss* (1980) / Harry's Game [3 episodes as Harry Brown (1982)] / Tales of the Unexpected: Hit and Run (1983) / The Brief [13 episodes as Lucas Hellier (1984)] / Lovejoy: The Real Thing (1986) / Yellowthread Street [13 episodes as Chief Insp. Alex Vale (1990)] / Singles: Name Dropper (1991) / Rich Tea and Sympathy [6 episodes as Steve Merrygrove (1991)] / The Heroic Legend of Arislan [6 episodes English voice dubs (1991)] / Heartbeat: Bang to Rights (1993) / Harry [2 episodes as the Editor (1993)] / Budgie the Little Helicopter [34 episodes as the voice of the Smokey Controller (1994-1996)] / Johnny and the Dead [4 episodes as James Bowler (1995)] / Expert Witness: Written in Blood (1996) / Crime Traveller: Sins of the Father (1997) / CI5 - The New Professionals: Souvenir (1999) / Doctors: Poles Apart (2000) / Starhunter [3 episodes as Navarre (2001)] / The Bill [4 episodes as Benjamin Klein (2001)] / Crossroads [34 episodes as Vic Barnes (2001-2002)] / Midsomer Murders: King's Crystal (2007)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A promo image of Nicola Bryant when she got the role of Peri Brown, the companion of the fifth and sixth Doctors circa 1984.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall to leave in 2022

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57940451