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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Chris Achilleos' cover for the Target novelisation of The Ark in Space featuring Tom Baker's fourth Doctor battling the insect like Wirrn, published in 1977.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The perfect New Years Eve image from Doctor Who (1996) Even if it was a bit controversial back then as the Doctor (Paul McGann) and Grace (Daphne Ashbrook) welcome it in style.

Happy New Year to all contributors and readers of this thread.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #632a

Name: Paul Lavers [1950 - ]
Year(s): 1978
Stories: The Androids Of Tara part 1 – The Androids Of Tara part 4
Character(s): Farrah

Before Who:
Films: The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974), Moll Flanders (1975),
Television: The Onedin Line [2 episodes, different characters (1972-1979)] / Dickens of London [3 episodes as James Lamert (1976)] / When the Boat Comes In: A Pillowful of Buttercups (1976) / Brensham People: Master of Many Parts (1976) / Leap in the Dark: Dream Me a Winner (1977) / Wings: Business as Usual (1977) / Fathers and Families: Ancient Scars (1977) / Wilde Alliance: Affray in Amsterdam (1978) / You're Only Young Twice: The Operation (1978)

After Who:
Films: The Flame Is Love (1979), The Pump (1980), Photo Shoot (2009), Fired (2010), Incognito (2012), The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2013), Tainted Love (2014), SuperBob (2015), Incognito (2015), Housefull 3 (2016), The Lorelei (2016), Last Laugh (2017), Dawning of the Dead (2017)

Television: Love in a Cold Climate: Coming Out (1980) / Into the Labyrinth: The Circle (1981) / John Keats: This Living Hand (1981) / Rosamunde Pilcher: Entscheidung des Herzens (2009) / Doctors: The Player (2012)

Who: Before And After #632b

Name: Martin Matthews [? - ]
Year(s): 1978
Stories: The Androids Of Tara part 2 – The Androids Of Tara part 4
Character(s): Kurster

Before Who:
Films: The Curse of the Werewolf * (1961), The Leather Boys (1964), Macbeth (1966), Steven (1974), The Birth of Television (1976)

Television: Armchair Mystery Theatre: Cul de sac (1960) / Probation Officer (1960) / ITV Play of the Week: The Buried Man (1963) / Z Cars [4 episodes, different characters (1963-1976)] / BBC Sunday-Night Play: A Little Bit of Gold Said 'Jump' (1963) / Television Club: The Wade Family - A Visit to Grandmother (1963) / Moonstrike: Rush Job (1963) / No Hiding Place: The Best Years of Your Life (1965) / Our Man at St. Mark's: Storm in a Cocoa Cup (1965) / Compact [2 episodes as Mr. Jenkins (1965)] / Volpone [3 episodes as Corvino (1965)] / Serjeant Musgrave's Dance [3 episodes as Pugnacious Collier (1965)] / Redcap: The Moneylenders (1966) / No, That's Me Over Here!: Neighbours (1970) / Macbeth [2 episodes, different characters (1970)] / Dixon of Dock Green [2 episodes, different characters (1971)] / General Hospital (1973) / Shoulder to Shoulder: The Pankhursts (1974) / The Venturers: Sentimental Journey (1975) / Spy Trap: A Nice Place to Live (1975) / Days of Hope: 1926 - General Strike (1975) / Scene: Gulpin (1976) / BBC2 Playhouse: The Chauffeur (1976) / Spring & Autumn (1976) / Play for Today: Housewives' Choice (1976) / When the Boat Comes In: Roubles for the Promised Land (1976) / The Velvet Glove: Beyond This Life (1977) / BBC2 Play of the Week: True Patriot (1977) / The Duchess of Duke Street: Ain't We Got Fun (1977) / Enemy at the Door: The Jerrybag (1978) / People Like Us: Happy Returns (1978) / All Creatures Great and Small [2 episodes, different characters (1978-1990)]

After Who:
Films: North Sea Hijack* (1980), John Wycliffe: The Morning Star (1984), Bad Company (1993), Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995)

Television: Prince Regent: Father and Son (1979) / Shelley: Elders and Betters (1980) / Juliet Bravo [2 episodes, different characters (1980-1984)] / Brideshead Revisited: Orphans of the Storm (1981) / Break Point (1982) / Emmerdale Farm [9 episodes as Ezra Brearly (1983-1988)] / Angels (1983) / The Tripods: Help from Friends (1985) / Auf Wiedersehen, Pet [2 episodes as Sgt. Ives (1986)] / The Bretts: The King Shall Not Die (1987) / Piece of Cake: September 1939 (1988) / The Bill [4 episodes, different characters (1988-1995)] / Joint Account (1989) / Waterfront Beat [6 episodes as Brian Dawes (1990-1991)] / The Sharp End (1991) / Boon: Trial and Error (1991) / Alleyn Mysteries: The Nursing Home Murder (1993) / Prime Suspect: Inner Circles (1995) / Backup: Cut and Dried (1995) / The Wackers: Up the Reds (2013)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Coming soon - Legend of the Sea Devils

Legend of the Sea Devils finds the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Dan (John Bishop) in 19th century China, where a small coastal village is under threat – from both the fearsome pirate queen Madame Ching (Crystal Yu) and a monstrous alien force which she unwittingly unleashes. Will the Doctor, Yaz and Dan emerge from this swashbuckling battle with the Sea Devils to save the planet?

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Coming soon - Legend of the Sea Devils

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_co...ature=emb_logo

I wish the Sea Devils had been left for RTD’s next series. I wasn’t always a huge fan of his stories, but there’s no doubt he was brilliant at bringing back and upgrading classic era monsters. Wish he’d brought back the Zygons as well.
As for Eve Of The Daleks - sorry, but I thought it was f*cking dreadful.

[gag]

Originally Posted by Mojo

I wish the Sea Devils had been left for RTD’s next series. I wasn’t always a huge fan of his stories, but there’s no doubt he was brilliant at bringing back and upgrading classic era monsters. Wish he’d brought back the Zygons as well.
As for Eve Of The Daleks - sorry, but I thought it was f*cking dreadful.

100% agree it was embarrassing to watch, badly acted terrible dialogue, ridiculous every time you watch it you think well can’t be as bad as last episode, and it somehow manages to be, I gave up around half way mark had enough.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

As a Chibnall episode it was good but in the whole Doctor Who universe take away the Daleks and we are talking Fear Her territory. It would have worked better as a 45 min episode as an hour was too long.

I should add that Fear Her although poor is better than 80% of the Chibnall Whitaker era.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE POWER OF KROLL who have previously appeared in the show:

• Mary Tamm (Romana I)
• John Leeson (Dugeen)
• Neil McCarthy (Thawn)
• John Abineri (Ranquin)
• Philip Madoc (Fenner)
• Frank Jarvis (Skart)
• Terry Walsh (Mensch)

Who: Before And After #633

Name: Glyn Owen [1928 - 2004]
Year(s): 1978 - 1979
Stories: The Power Of Kroll part 1 – The Power Of Kroll part 3
Character(s): Rohm-Dutt
Note: Provided the voice of Commander Harlon in the 2003 Big Finish Doctor Who audio story 'Nekromanteia'

Before Who:
Films: The Assassin (1957), A Santa for Christmas (1957), Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959), Inn for Trouble (1960), The Keep (1962), A Chance to Shine (1962), Attack on the Iron Coast* (1968), One More Time (1970), The Firefighters (1975), Mr. Lollipop, MA (1978)

Television: The Trollenberg Terror [4 episodes as George Brett (1956-1957)] / Emergency-Ward 10 [133 episodes as Dr. Patrick O'Meara (1957-1961)] / Behind Closed Doors: The Brioni Story (1958) / William Tell [2 episodes as Anton (1958-1959)] / BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: Where the Wind Blows (1959) / The Invisible Man: The Rocket (1959) / Probation Officer (1960) / Interpol Calling: Eight Days Inclusive (1960) / On Trial: Governor Wall (1960) / Armchair Theatre: My Representative (1960) / Family Solicitor: The Meeting (1961) / You Can't Win: The One That Got Away (1961) / Top Secret: Shakedown at Saramino (1961) / Out of This World: Impostor (1962) / BBC Sunday-Night Play: Something to Hide (1962) / Suspense: The Uncertain Witness (1963) / 24-Hour Call: Man Alone (1963) / Richard the Lionheart [4 episodes as Hugo (1963)] / Moonstrike: A Girl Friend (1963) / Bud (1963) / The Saint: The Fellow Traveller (1963) / First Night: The Strain (1963) / Thirty Minute Theatre: The Dig (1963) / Festival: The Keep (1964) / No Hiding Place: Greeting from a 12-Bore (1964) / Catch Hand: Five Per Cent of Trouble (1964) / Danger Man: Colony Three (1964) / Thorndyke [2 episodes as Superintendent Morton (1964)] / R3: The Critical Moment (1965) / Coronation Street [10 episodes as Norman Lindley (1965)] / Dr. Finlay's Casebook: The End of the Season (1965) / The Rat Catchers [26 episodes as Richard Hurst (1966-1967)] / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Mystery of Cader Ifan (1967) / The Revenue Men: You Can't Win (1967) / BBC Play of the Month: The Corn Is Green (1968) / BBC Play of the Month: St. Joan (1968) / The First Lady: A Very Dear Friend (1968) / Letters from the Dead [6 episodes as Chief Insp. Reaygo (1968)] / The Troubleshooters: Doctor Liebling, I Presume (1969) / The Expert: The Yellow Torrish (1969) / Who-Dun-It: A Matter of Honour (1969) / Hadleigh: The Wrong Side of the Hill (1969) / Detective: The Tea-Leaf (1969) / Parkin's Patch: The Link (1970) / The Wednesday Play: No Trams to Lime Street (1970) / Crime of Passion: Celine (1970) / The Misfit: On Not Being Lost (1970) / Sentimental Education [4 episodes as Arnoux (1970)] / Softly Softly - Task Force: Ground Level (1971) / Play for Today: The Piano (1971) / Doomwatch: The Web of Fear* (1971) / Paul Temple: Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1971) / Z Cars [2 episodes a sBannion (1971)] / Dixon of Dock Green [2 episodes, different characters (1971-1972)] / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: The Midsummer Dream of Chief Inspector Blossom (1972) / The Brothers [10 episodes as Edward Hammond (1972)] / Man at the Top: How to Make a Fortune (1972) / Full House (1973) / Hunter's Walk: Incident (1973) / Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: Money to Burn (1973) / The Black Arrow [6 episodes as Will Lawless (1973-1974)] / Centre Play: Dummy Run (1974) / The Adventures of Black Beauty: Race Against Time (1974) / Bedtime Stories: Jack and the Beanstalk (1974) / Marked Personal [6 episodes as Security Chief Nolan (1974)] / Whodunnit?: Teddy Bears' Picnic (1974) / The Capone Investment [6 episodes as Reaygo (1974)] / You're on Your Own: No One Wants Any Trouble (1975) / Rooms: Mike (1975) / Survivors: The Future Hour (1975) / Oil Strike North [9 episodes as Jack Mullery (1975)] / The Melting Pot (1975) / Crown Court: Ends and Means (1976) / Blake's 7* [2 episodes as Commander Leylan (1978)] / The Sweeney: Money, Money, Money (1978) / A Horseman Riding By [2 episodes as Doctor O'Keefe (1978)] / All Creatures Great and Small: Faint Hearts (1978) / The Professionals: Rogue (1978) / Everyman: Coal and Prayer (1978)

After Who:
Films: Pandaemonium (2000)
Television: High Road (1980), The Enigma Files: The Sweeper (1980) / Bull Week: Friday (1980) / For Maddie with Love (1980) / Ennal's Point [6 episodes as Animal Morgan (1982)] / The Bounder: Howard at the Majestic (1982) / Juliet Bravo: You Can Go Home Again (1982) / Squadron: One of Our Harriers Is Missing (1982) / Scene: Simulation Exercise (1984) / The District Nurse [3 episodes as Shamps (1984)] / Howards' Way [78 episodes as Jack Rolfe (1985-1990)] / Heartbeat [2 episodes as DCI Paddy Merton (1992)] / The Life and Times of Henry Pratt (1992) / Casualty: Relative Values (1996) / Peak Practice: New Horizons (1996) / Get Real: Leg (1998) / Extremely Dangerous [4 episodes as Fleming (1999)] / In Defence (2000)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Toberman (Roy Stewart) fights with a Cyberman in Tomb of the Cybermen (1967)

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

As a Chibnall episode it was good but in the whole Doctor Who universe take away the Daleks and we are talking Fear Her territory. It would have worked better as a 45 min episode as an hour was too long.

I should add that Fear Her although poor is better than 80% of the Chibnall Whitaker era.

Thing is, the initial getting killed and suddenly being revealed as a time loop was a really good idea. If it had been done a couple of times to set up the rest of the story, it would have been great.
But to repeat the same scenario over and over and over and over and over again for the next hour was tedious.
The Dalek dialogue was pretty crap too :
It’s cold isn’t it?
THE DALEKS DO NOT FEEL COLD!
Would you like a sweet?
THE DALEKS DO NOT LIKE SWEETS!
Think I’ll wallpaper the bedroom when I get back.
THE DALEKS DO NOT NEED WALLPAPER!!
Etc
I know this wasn’t actual dialogue, but you get my gist.
And to think, we used to get Christmas specials like The Next Doctor. Seems like a lifetime ago.