The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Zoe (Wendy Padbury)and Jamie (Frazer Hines) at the TARDIS console during The War Games (1969)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

When Marcus Hearn became editor of Doctor Who Magazine i did wonder what direction it would slowly move in. Hearn being the official historian of Hammer Films and also a documentary maker for StudioCanal's Hammer Blu-rays.

Now that fellow horror expert Alan Barnes is assistant editor it's become clearer with the magazine looking at the history of the show more than the current series.

Since Hearn took the reigns we've had features by horror expert Jonathan Rigby semi regularly and in this current issue another Hammer expert in Kevin Lyons does a huge feature on Milton Subotsky and his company Amicus. Every issue there's some sort of nod to British horror but this issue is full of it with images from various Amicus films such as Torture Garden and Dr. Terror's House of Horrors.

This issues text free subscriber cover is a thing of beauty.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE TRIAL OF A TIME LORD: THE MYSTERIOUS PLANET who have previously appeared in the show:

• Nicola Bryant (Perpugilliam 'Peri' Brown)
• Tom Chadbon (Merdeen)
• Roger Brierley (Voice Of Drathro)
• Derek Hunt (Time Lord)
• Leslie Weeks (Time Lord)
• David Bache (Time Lord)
• Rodney Cardiff (Underground Guard)
• Peter Gates Fleming (Underground Guard)
• Laurie Goode (Worker)
• Christopher Holmes (Native)
• Peter Dukes (Native)

Who: Before And After #831

Name: Michael Jayston [1935 - ]
Year(s): 1986
Stories: The Trial Of A Time Lord part 1: The Mysterious Planet part 1 – The Trial Of A Time Lord part 4: The Mysterious Planet Part 4 / The Trial Of A Time Lord part 5: Mindwarp part 1 – The Trial Of A Time Lord part 8: Mindwarp Part 4 / The Trial Of A Time Lord part 9: Terror Of The Vervoids part 1 – The Trial Of A Time Lord part 12: Terror Of The Vervoids Part 4 / The Trial Of A Time Lord part 13: The Ultimate Foe part 1 – The Trial Of A Time Lord part 14: The Ultimate Foe Part 2
Character(s): The Valeyard

Note(s):

• Reprised the role of The Valeyard in the 2018 'Ewan's Doctor Who Series' episodes 'Lucas'

Appeared in a number of Big Finish audio adventure:

• In the 'BBC Audio' story 'Tsar Wars'
• In the 'Doctor Who Special Release' story 'Trial of the Valeyard'
• In the 'Sixth Doctor Adventures' stories 'The Last Adventure' / 'The End of the Line' / 'The Red House' / 'Stage Fright' / 'The Brink of Death'
• In the 'Eighth Doctor: The Time War' stories 'Fugitive in Time' / 'The War Valeyard'
• In the 'Doctor Who Unbound' story 'He Jests at Scars..'
• In the 'New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield' story 'Every Dark Thought'

Provided the Audiobook Reading for 'The Ultimate Foe'

Before Who:
Films: Love's Labour's Lost (1965), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968), The Hero of My Life [as Charles Dickens] (1970), Cromwell (1970), Nicholas and Alexandra [as Nicholas] (1971), The Public Eye (1972), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [as Lewis Carroll] (1972), The Nelson Affair [as Capt. Hardy] (1973), The Merchant of Venice (1973), The Homecoming (1973), Tales That Witness Madness* (1973), Craze (1974), The Internecine Project (1974), Dominique (1979), Zulu Dawn* (1979), From a Far Country (1981), Man of Letters (1984)

Television: Suspense: On the Night of the Murder (1962) / Julius Caesar (1963) / ITV Playhouse: The Curtis Affair (1968) / The Power Game [13 episodes as Lincoln Dowling (1969)] / Detective: Put Out the Light (1969) / The Wednesday Play: Mad Jack (1970) / Solo: Michael Jayston as Wilfred Owen (1970) / Callan: God Help Your Friends (1970) / Happy Ever After: Come Back Stranger (1970) / Biography: Beethoven [as Ludwig van Beethoven] (1970) / Macbeth [5 episodes as Macbeth (1970)] / UFO: The Sound of Silence (1971) / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Green Julia (1971) / Armchair Theatre: Competition (1971) / The Edwardians: Mr. Rolls and Mr. Royce (1972) / Jane Eyre [5 episodes as Edward Rochester (1973)] / Thriller: Ring Once For Death* (1973) / BBC Play of the Month: The Importance of Being Earnest (1974) / Thriller: A Coffin for the Bride (1974) / Churchill's People: Shouts and Murmurs (1975) / BBC Play of the Month: King Lear (1975) / Quiller [13 episodes as Quiller (1975)] / Crown Court [2 episodes as Keith Saunders QC (1977-1984)] / BBC2 Play of the Week: She Fell Among Thieves (1978) / ITV Sunday Night Drama: The Last Romantic (1978) / Screenplay: Gossip from the Forest (1979) / Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [7 episodes as Peter Guillam (1979)] / Flesh and Blood [9 episodes as Ross Brassington (1980)] / Ladykillers; The Root of All Evil (1981) / Tales of the Unexpected: The Best Chess Player in the World (1984) / There Comes a Time (1985) / Big Deal [3 episodes as Grover (1985)] / Time for Murder: Dust to Dust (1985) / C.A.T.S. Eyes: Crack Up (1986) / Room at the Bottom: The German Visitor (1986)

After Who:
Films: Still Crazy Like a Fox (1987), Somewhere to Run (1989), Highlander: The Final Dimension (1994), Element of Doubt (1996), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997), Albert's Memorial (2009)
Television: Worlds Beyond: Undying Love (1987) / Jack the Ripper (1988) / The Ruth Rendell Mysteries: A Guilty Thing Surprised (1988) / About Face: Stand by Your Man (1989) / A Bit of a Do [12 episodes as Neville Badger (1989)] / Haggard [3 episodes as Sir Joshua (1990)] / Stay Lucky: The Devil Wept in Leeds (1990) / The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes: The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax* (1991) / Cluedo [6 episodes as Colonel Mustard (1991)] / Casualty [3 episodes, different characters (1992-2017)] / Press Gang: UnXpected (1992) / The Good Guys: Verschwinden (1992) / The Darling Buds of May [4 episodes as Ernest Bristow (1993)] / 99-1: Shooting Party (1995) / Outside Edge [15 episodes as Bob Willis (1995-1996)] / Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's...: The Radio Ham (1996) / Heartbeat [2 episodes, different characters (1996-2006)] / Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's...; Sealed with a Loving Kiss (1996) / Only Fools and Horses: Time on Our Hands (1996) / Noah's Ark: Two of a Kind (1997) / Adam's Family Tree: Hassles with Castles (1998) / Heartburn Hotel: Christmas Special: Bash (1998) / Coronation Street (2000) / The Bill [3 episodes, different characters (2000-2006)] / A Dinner of Herbs [3 episodes as Justice Craig (2000)] / Holby City [4 episodes, different characters (2001-2010)] / EastEnders [4 episodes as Alistair (2002)] / Fun at the Funeral Parlour: A Pocket Full of Gravel (2002) / The Royal [3 episodes as Henry Appleton (2003-2007)] / Doctors [4 episodes, different characters (2003-2015)] / Murder in Suburbia: Golden Oldies (2005) / Foyle's War [2 episodes as AC Henry Parkins (2007-2008)] / Emmerdale Farm [82 episodes as Donald De Souza (2007-2008)] / Tracy Beaker Returns: Out of Control (2011) / Midsomer Murders: Let Us Prey (2014) / Borgia: 1496 (2014)

Radio: You Only Live Twice [as James Bond] (1990)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Jayston features regularly with Colin Baker in the Behind the Sofa series on the Blu-ray box sets.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) is viewed on screen by General Williams (Michael Hawkins) and the President of Earth (Vera Fusek) in 1973's epic Frontier in Space.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Jayston features regularly with Colin Baker in the Behind the Sofa series on the Blu-ray box sets.

At time of writing, I don't have a lot of the Blu-Ray collection releases

The ones I *do* have are:

Series 10 [The Three Doctors - The Green Death]
Series 12 [Robot - Revenge Of The Cybermen]
Series 14 [The Masque Of Mandragora - The Talons Of Weng Chiang]
Series 18 [The Leisure Hive - Logopolis + K-9 and Co.]
Series 23 [The Mysterious Planet - The Ultimate Foe]
Series 26 [Battlefield - Survival]

Unfortunately, both series 23 and 26 are giving me problems on my computer - 'The Mysterious Planet' and 'The Ultimate Foe' will not play from Series 23 and series 26 is a total non-starter!

I'm hoping that it is just the software I am using that is not up to the job, and when I either get a new computer (which I am not looking at doing at the moment) or when I am in a position to have a television and blu-ray player set up (God knows when that will be) they will play perfectly!!

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #832

Name: Lynda Bellingham [1948 - 2014]
Year(s): 1986
Stories: The Trial Of A Time Lord part 1: The Mysterious Planet part 1 – The Trial Of A Time Lord part 4: The Mysterious Planet Part 4 / The Trial Of A Time Lord part 5: Mindwarp part 1 – The Trial Of A Time Lord part 8: Mindwarp Part 4 / The Trial Of A Time Lord part 9: Terror Of The Vervoids part 1 – The Trial Of A Time Lord part 12: Terror Of The Vervoids Part 4 / The Trial Of A Time Lord part 13: The Ultimate Foe part 1 – The Trial Of A Time Lord part 14: The Ultimate Foe Part 2
Character(s): Inquisitor Darkel

Note(s):

• Narrated the audiobook version of 'The Mysterious Planet'
• Had previously been considered for the role of Preston in the 1984 story 'Warriors of the Deep'

Before Who:
Films: Confessions of a Driving Instructor* (1976), Sweeney!* (1977), Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977), Riding High (1981)

Television: The Misfit: On the New Establishment (1971) / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Mr. Pargiter (1971) / Kate [2 episodes as Hattie (1971)] / A Family at War* [3 episodes as Chrissie (1971)] / The Fenn Street Gang: From Sudbury with Love (1972) / General Hospital [27 episodes as Nurse Hilda Price (1972-1973)] / Tell Tarby [6 episodes as Nurse Norma Snockers (1973)] / A Little Bit of Wisdom: A Little Bit of Respect (1974) / Billy Liar: Billy and the New Life (1974) / Within These Walls: The Slap* (1975) / Z Cars [3 episodes as Irene (1975)] / The Sweeney: Trojan Bus (1975) / Couples [6 episodes as Jack (1976)] / Whodunnit?: Dead Ball (1976) / Yus My Dear' Woman Trouble (1976) / Yes, Honestly: Entertaining Mr. Roscoe (1977) / Doctor on the Go: What's in a Name? (1977) / Big Boy Now!: Supergirl (1977) / Cottage to Let: Second Opinion (1977) / The Fuzz [7 episodes as WPC Pamela 'Purrfect' Purvis (1977)] / The Pink Medicine Show [6 episodes, Various characters (1978)] / Don't Forget to Write!: Enter Hitler (1979) / Hazell: Hazell Gets the Part (1979) / Shoestring: Find the Lady (1979) / The Professionals: Slush Fund (1980) / Mackenzie [12 episodes as Ruth Isaacs (1980)] / Funny Man [11 episodes as Gwen (1981)] / Blake's 7: Headhunter (1981) / Murphy's Mob [12 episodes as Elaine Murphy (1982)] / Angels [5 episodes as Kathy Stone (1982)] / Educating Marmalade: Walkies (1982) / The Gentle Touch [2 episodes as Alice Fairbrother (1984)] / 42 Oxo adverts [1983-1999]

After Who:
Films: The Scarlet Tunic (1998), Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999), The Romanovs: An Imperial Family (2000), Bodywork (2001), Happy Together (2002), Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale (2003), Monkey Trousers (2004), Devil's Gate (2004), Re-extinct (2008), Just Rosie (2011)
Television: Filthy Rich & Catflap (1987) / Screen Two: The Vision (1987) / All Creatures Great and Small* [47 episodes as Helen Herriot (1988-1990)] / Second Thoughts [49 episodes as Faith (1991-1994)] / Jackanory [2 episodes as the Storyteller (1993)] / Martin Chuzzlewit [5 episodes as Mrs. Lupin (1994)] / Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde: A Fright for Aunt Cassandra (1995) / Faith in the Future [22 episodes as Faith (1995-1998)] / Casualty: Trust (1998) / Reach for the Moon [6 episodes as Penny Martin (2000)] / At Home with the Braithwaites [19 episodes as Pauline Farnell (2000-2003)] / Bob Martin: Mr. and Mrs. (2000) / Waking the Dead: A Simple Sacrifice (2001) / My Uncle Silas: The Widder / The Blue Feather (2001) / Midsomer Murders: The Fisher King* (2004) / Dalziel and Pascoe; Great Escapes (2004) / The Last Detective: The Long Bank Holiday (2004) / The Bill [19 episodes as Irene Radford (2004)] / Odd Socks (2004) / Murder in Suburbia: The Wedding (2005) / Holby City: Brother's Keeper (2006) / Bonkers [5 episodes as Mrs. Wadlow (2007)] / New Tricks: Casualty (2007) / Robin Hood: Treasure of the Nation (2007) / Love Soup: Whose God Is It Anyway? (2008) / Mister Eleven [2 episodes as Shirley (2009)] / Too Close for Comfort [4 episodes as Mary (2014-2015)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Amy (Karen Gillan), the Doctor (Matt Smith) and Rory (Arthur Darvill) in a promotional image for A Town Called Mercy (2012)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The BBC are in early talks with Disney+ in regards to the new series streaming on it's platform as well as BBC1.

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The BBC are in early talks with Disney+ in regards to the new series streaming on it's platform as well as BBC1.

Why Disney when Britbox has the Doctor Who saga already on their streaming service.