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[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #742

Name: Hilary Sesta [1931 - 2013]
Year(s): 1983
Stories: Snakedance part 1 – Snakedance part 2
Character(s): Fortune Teller
Note: The Target book 'Snakedance' gives the characters name as Madam Zara

Before Who:
Films: Without Love (1956), Town on Trial* (1957), The Night We Got the Bird (1961), The Roses of Eyam (1973), The Black Windmill (1974), Steven (1974), Jabberwocky (1977), Murder by Decree [as Catherine Eddowes] (1979), The Dybbuk (1980)

Television: Villette (1957) / Television World Theatre: The Cherry Orchard (1958) / Saturday Playhouse: The Ware Case (1958) / Our Mutual Friend [2 episodes (1958)] / Love and Mr Lewisham [2 episodes (1959)] / The Case Before You (1959) / Glencannon: The Mean Man from Genoa (1959) / Barnaby Rudge (1960) / BBC Sunday-Night Play: The Bergonzi Hand (1963) / Thursday Theatre: The Cocktail Party (1964) / Jack the Ripper: Double Event [as Catherine Eddowes] (1973) / A Pin to See the Peepshow (1973) / Shoulder to Shoulder: Lady Constance Lytton (1974) / Within These Walls: Remand Wing (1975) / Churchill's People: Shouts and Murmurs (1975) / Scene: Because I Say So (1975) / Clayhanger: The Adventure (1976) / The Fosters: Up in Arms (1977) / General Hospital: Sons and Daughters (1977) / Play for Today; Beyond the Pale (1981) / Maybury [2 episodes as Amelia (1981)] / The Woman in White [3 episodes as Madame Rubelle (1982)]

After Who:
Films: Out of the Darkness (1985), The Fool (1990), Don't Get Me Started (1994), The Great Kandinsky (1995), The Girl with Brains in Her Feet (1997), Esther Kahn (2000), Dirty Filthy Love (2004), I Really Hate My Job (2007), Kill Kill Faster Faster (2008), Franklyn (2008)
Television: Screen Two: Knockback (1985) / Uncle Silas [2 episodes as Lucy Wyatt (1989)] / The Gravy Train (1990) / The Paradise Club: Faces from the Past (1990) / Debut on Two: A Box of Swan (1990) / The Bill [3 episodes, different characters (1990-2006)] / Poirot: The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor (1991) / The Darling Buds of May (1991) / Moon and Son: Past, Present and Future (1992) / Jeeves and Wooster: Bertie Takes Gussie's Place at Deverill Hall (or, Right Ho! Jeeves) (1992) / Bookmark: Sunny Stories (1992) / London's Burning [2 episodes, different characters (1994-1996)] / Chandler & Co: High Pressure (1995) / Cadfael: St Peter's Fair (1997) / Ain't Misbehavin' (1997) / Jonathan Creek: Mother Redcap (1998) / Picking up the Pieces (1998) / Oliver Twist [2 episodes as Martha (1999)] / Last of the Summer Wine: Last Post and Pigeon* (2000) / My Hero: Thermoman's Greatest Challenge (2000) / Sweet Revenge (2001) / tlc: The Wrong Leg (2002) / The Last Detective: The Long Bank Holiday (2004) / Let's Write a Story: The Personal History of Charles Dickens (2004) / The City Speaks: Pushing (2008)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) and Sgt Benton (John Levene) in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #743a

Name: George Ballantine [1918 - 2014]
Year(s): 1983
Stories: Snakedance part 1
Character(s): Hawker

Note: Appeared in a number of uncredited roles – the 1971 story 'The Mind of Evil' (as a Prisoner / an Audience Member) / the 1973 story 'The Time Warrior' (as a Scientist) / the 1975 story 'The Android Invasion' (as an Android Villager) / the 1976 story 'The Masque of Mandragora' (as Federico's Servant) / the 1981 story 'Logopolis' (as a Logopolitan) / the 1982 story 'Castrovalva' (as a Castrovalvan)

Before Who:
Films: Emma (1972), Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair (1979).
Television: Middlemarch: Homecoming (1968) / BBC Play of the Month: Maigret at Bay (1969) / Pegasus: Out of the Frying Pan (1969) / Callan: A Village Called 'G' (1970) / Villains: Bernie (1972) / Whoops Baghdad!: The Caliph's New Concubine (as Sinbad the Sailor) (1973) / The Onedin Line [2 episodes, different characters (1973-1976)] / The Pallisers (1974) / Colditz: Chameleon (1974) / Microbes and Men: The Invisible Enemy (1974) / Play for Today: Eleanor (1974) / The Poisoning of Charles Bravo: Public Exposure (1975) / The Expert: A Family Affair (1976) / Doctor on the Go: Happy Ever After (1977) / Kilvert's Diary: Father Ignatius (1978) / Yes Minister: The Devil You Know (1981)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Jemima Shore Investigates: A Little Bit of Wildlife (1983) / Strangers and Brothers (1984) / Round and Round: Love Again (1984) / Fresh Fields: Get Me to the Church (1984) / Galloping Galaxies! (1985) / Grange Hill (1987) / Ffizz [8 episodes as Samson (1987-1989)] / Clarence (1988) /The Bill: The Quick and the Dead (1988) /

Who: Before And After #743b

Name: Johnathan Morris [1960 - ]
Year(s): 1983
Stories: Snakedance part 2 – Snakedance part 4
Character(s): Chela

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: The Professionals: Blood Sports (1980) / The Squad: Accident (1980) / Jackanory Playhouse: The Toy Princess (1981) / That Beryl Marston...! [6 episodes as Phil (1981)] / The Agatha Christie Hour: In a Glass Darkly (1982) / Beau Geste [7 episodes as John Geste (1982)]

After Who:
Films: Screamtime (1983), Torn Allegiance (1984), Vampire Journals ( (1997), Summer of Love (1997), Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998), The Fantasticks (2000)
Television: The Consultant [4 episodes as Jake Kennedy (1983)] / The Prisoner of Zenda [6 episodes as Rupert of Hentzau (1984)] / Jackanory: The Ring in the Rough Stuff [5 episodes as the Storyteller (1985)] / Ties of Blood: Attachments (1985) / Hell's Bells: Back Page Story (1986) / The Practice [4 episodes as Mick Forrester (1986)] / Bread [74 episodes as Adrian Boswell (1986-1991)] / Comedy Playhouse: Wild Oats (1993) / Adam's Family Tree: Singing with the Reins (1998)

Who: Before And After #743

Name: Barry Smith [1930 - 1989]
Year(s): 1983
Stories: Snakedance part 3
Character(s): Puppeteer
Note: Had previously been an uncredited puppeteer in the 1974 story ''Planet of The Spiders

Before Who:
Films: Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)
Television: The Chinese Detective: Oblomov (1982)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Paul McGann) as he appeared in the 1996 tv movie.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in MAWDRYN UNDEAD who have previously appeared in the show:

• Sarah Sutton (Nyssa)
• Janet Fielding (Tegan)
• Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart)
• Valentine Dyall (The Black Guardian)
• Angus MacKay (The Headmaster)
• Roger Hammond (Dr Runciman)
• David Collings (Mawdryn)

Who: Before And After #744

Name: Mark Strickson [1959 - ]
Year(s): 1983 - 1984
Stories: Mawdryn Undead part 1 – Planet Of Fire part 4
Character(s): Vislor Turlough [31 episodes]

Note:

• Was married to Who actress Julie Brennon
• Appeared in the 1985 'Doctor Who Children in Need skit
  Appeared in numerous audio stories:
• In the 'Doctor Who' Main Range: 'Phantasmagoria' / 'Loups-Garoux' / 'Zagreus' / 'Singularity' / 'Cobwebs' / 'The Whispering Forest' / 'The Cradle of the Snake' / 'Heroes of Sontar' / 'Kiss of Death' / 'Rat Trap' / 'The Emerald Tiger' / 'The Jupiter Conjunction' / 'The Butcher of Brisbane ' / 'Eldrad Must Die!' / 'The Lady of Mercia' / 'Prisoners of Fate' / 'Mistfall' / 'Equilibrium' / 'The Entropy Plague] / 'The Memory Bank and Other Stories' ['The Memory Bank' / 'The Last Fairy Tale' / 'Repeat Offender' / 'The Becoming'] / 'Devil in the Mist' / 'Black Thursday' / 'Power Game' / 'The Kamelion Empire' / 'The Blazing Hour' / 'The End of the Beginning
• In the 'Special Release' story 'The Light at the End'
• In the 'Lost Stories' story 'Nightmare Country'
• In the Companion Chronicles stories 'Ringpullworld' / 'Freakshow
• In the 'Short Trips' stories 'Gardens of the Dead' / 'Trap For Fools'
• Read the Audiobook version of the Target Novelisation of 'The King's Demons'
• Appeared as the Prosecutor in the spoof documentary 'Lust in Space'

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Strangers: The Lost Chord (1982) / Juliet Bravo: Nothing to Report (1982) / Angels [6 episodes as Terry (1982)]

After Who:
Films: A Christmas Carol [as the Young Scrooge] (1984), Cassidy (1989), The Saint: Fear in Fun Park (1989)
Television: Bergerac: Low Profile (1985) / David Copperfield (1986) / Strike It Rich!; Second Childhood (1987) / Flying Lady: The Test (1987) / Casualty: Absolution (1988) / Rafferty's Rules: A Fair Day's Work (1990) / Minder: For a Few Dollars More (1993) / Police Rescue: Speeding (1993)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Ian (William Russell) takes cover in a matchbox in Planet of Giants (1964)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #745a

Name: Stephen Garlick [1959 - ]
Year(s): 1983
Stories: Mawdryn Undead part 1 – Mawdryn Undead part 2
Character(s): Ibbotson

Before Who:
Films: Jack and the Witch (1967), Carry on Doctor* (1967), Headline Hunters (1968), Crossplot (1969) Scrooge (1970), The Hostages (1975), The Brothers Lionheart (1977), The Dark Crystal* [as the voice of Jen] (1982)

Television: Jackanory: Stories about Railways [5 episodes as Mick (1970)] / Macbeth (1970) / Look and Read: The Boy from Space [10 episodes as Dan (1971) / The Adventures of Black Beauty [13 episodes as Ned Lewis (1973-1974)] / The Tomorrow People: Into the Unknown [4 episodes as Kwaan (1976)] / Two People [6 episodes as Tim Moffatt (1979)] / Butterflies: Ruby's Crisis (1980) / The Boy from Space [10 episodes as Dan (1980)] / Minder: The Son Also Rises (1982) / ITV Playhouse: The Houseboy (1982)


After Who:
Films: Heather Ann (1983), 30 Door Key (1991)
Television: Lovejoy: The Real Thing (1986) / The Storyteller: Hans My Hedgehog (1987) / The Chef's Apprentice: The Mediaeval Apprentice (1989) / The Bill: Tottering (1989) / The Nicholas Craig Masterclass: Blow Winds and Crack Your Cheeks (1992)

Who: Before And After #745b

Name: Sheila Gill [1926 - 2005]
Year(s): 1983
Stories: Mawdryn Undead part 1
Character(s): Matron

Before Who:
Films: Without Vision (1956), The Soldier and the Gentlewoman (1957), Malatesta (1970), Do Rastey (1979)
Television: Probation Officer (1961) / The Sullavan Brothers: A Face in the Doorway (1964) / Front Page Story: Drop a Spot of Acid on It (1965) / Redcap: The Pride of the Regiment (1966) / Emergency-Ward 10: A Matter of Confidence (1966) / ITV Play of the Week: A Drug on the Market (1967) / Trapped; Quest (1967) / ITV Playhouse: Inventory for the Summer (1968) / Crossroads (1970) / The Mating Machine: Sealed with a Loving Kiss (1970) / Bachelor Father: Name This Child (1971) / Ten from the Twenties: An Adventure in Bed (1975) / Village Hall: Old Scores (1975) / Clayhanger: The Discovery (1976) / Jubilee: Almost Tomorrow (1977) / Supernatural: Dorabella (1977) / Together [4 episodes as Elsie Potts (1980)] / Ladykillers: Make It a Double (1981) / Dead Ernest (1982)

After Who:
Films: Personal Services (1987), U.F.O. (1993)
Television: American Playhouse: The Files on Jill Hatch (1983) / Never the Twain: The Welsh Connection (1983) / Shine on Harvey Moon: Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Down And... (1984) / Dramarama: Jessie's Place (1986) / Paradise Postponed: The Simcox Inheritance (1986) / The Bill [3 episodes, different characters (1987-1995)] / Crime Traveller: The Lottery Experiment (1997)

Who: Before And After #745c

Name: Peter Walmsley [? - ]
Year(s): 1983
Stories: Mawdryn Undead part 3 – Mawdryn Undead part 4
Character(s): First Mutant

Before Who:
Films: Othello (1981), Troilus & Cressida (1981), King Lear (1982),
Television: Time of My Life (1980) / We, the Accused (1980) / Juliet Bravo: Expectations (1980) / Sink or Swim: University or What? (1981) / Nancy Astor: The First Lady (1982) / Third Time Lucky: Change Partners (1982)

After Who:
Films: The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)
Television: Storyboard: Lytton's Diary (1983) / All the World's a Stage: Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On (1984) .

Who: Before And After #745d

Name: Brian Darnley [? - ]
Year(s): 1983
Stories: Mawdryn Undead part 3 – Mawdryn Undead part 4
Character(s): Second Mutant

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Juliet Bravo: Amenities (1982)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: The Fourth Arm [2 episodes as the Dispatcher (1983)]

[Demoncrat]

Well, I watched that last episode then. Easily the worst case of pandering that I've seen yet.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and Missy (Michelle Gomez) in a publicity image for season 9.

[iank]

Saw The Crimson Horror again last night. I like this one, weirdly underrated for some reason. The cast are on point, the gallows humour is refreshingly unNewWhoish, and it looks gorgeous (and I don't just mean Jenny).