The Doctor Who Thread

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #835a

Name: Glen Murphy [? - ]
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
Character(s): Dibber
Note(s): Had previously appeared as an uncredited Kinda tribesman in the 1982 story 'Kinda'

Before Who:
Films: Quadrophenia (1979), Victor/Victoria (1982), Harry Carpenter Never Said It Was Like This (1982), Those Glory Glory Days (1983)
Television: Triangle [2 episodes as an Engineer (1981)] / The Other 'Arf: A Man of Property (1981) / Bergerac: Late for a Funeral (1981) / Seconds Out: Round 10 (1981) / Gulliver in Lilliput (1982) / Murphy's Mob: (1982) / Play for Tomorrow: Crimes (1982) / Whoops Apocalypse [2 episodes as Gi Antonio (1982)] / We'll Meet Again [2 episodes, different characters (1982)] / The Chinese Detective: Trials (1982) / BBC Play of the Month: The White Guard (1982) / The Gentle Touch: Joker (1982) / Mr. Right [4 episodes as the Man in pub (1983)] / Luna [2 episodes as the Chauffeur (1983)] / Skorpion (1983) / Play for Today: A Matter of Choice for Billy (1983) / Now and Then (1983) / Tucker's Luck [3 episodes as Roy (1984)] / Robin Hood: The Swords of Wayland (1984) / Shine on Harvey Moon [5 episodes as Alfie (1985)] / Prospects; Frying Tonight (1986)

After Who:
Films: Tai-Pan (1986), Empire State (1987), The Last Emperor (1987), Cry Freedom (1987), Tank Malling (1989), Clockwork Mice (1995), Over Exposed: A Royal Scandal (1995), Shoreditch (2003), Fathers of Girls (2009), The Ice Cream Wars (2012), Lords of London (2014)
Television: Rockliffe's Babies [2 episodes, different characters (1987)] / The Lenny Henry Show: Money's Too Tight to Mention (1987) / Rockliffe's Folly: Nine-Tenths of the Law (1988) / London's Burning [170 episodes as George Green (1988-2002)] / Casualty: Love Over Gold (1999) / Dream Team [11 episodes as Alan Rothman (2001-2003)] / The Bill [2 episodes as Frank Magorian (2002)] / Midsomer Murders: The Noble Art (2010)

Who: Before And After #835b

Name: David Rodigan [1951 - ]
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
Character(s): Broken Tooth

Before Who:
Films: The Office Party (1976), Under the Bed (1977), The Boy with the Transistor Radio (1980), C.Q. (1984)
Television: Horse in the House: Strangles (1979) / For Maddie with Love [4 episodes as Peter Harrison (1980)] / Icebound in the Antarctic [4 episodes as Frank Wild (1983)] / The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Naval Treaty* (1984)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Rockliffe's Babies: In Too Deep (1988) / Streets Apart (1989)

Who: Before And After #835c

Name: Adam Blackwood [1959 - ]
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
Character(s): Balazar

Before Who:
Films: The Last Visitor (1982), A Passage to India (1984), Love Song (1985)
Television: Blake's 7: Assassin (1981) / Stalky & Co. [2 episodes as Flint (1982)] / Play for Tomorrow: Bright Eyes (1982) / Radio Phoenix (1982) / Play for Today: The Last Term (1983) / By the Sword Divided [3 episodes as Ensign Peter Crane (1983)] / Sharing Time: Together Forever (1984) / Ties of Blood: The Military Wing (1985)

After Who:
Films: Cause célèbre (1987), Diana: Her True Story (1993), The Old Curiosity Shop (1995), Kidnapped (1995), A Candle in the Dark: The Story of William Carey (1998), The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999)
Television: A Killing on the Exchange [4 episodes as Sgt. Ballantyne (1987)] / Bulman: Death by Misadventure (1987) / London's Burning (1988) / Crossbow: Trolls (1988) / Great Expectations: Chapter One (1989) / Jeeves and Wooster [4 episodes as Barmy Fotheringay Phipps (1990)] / The Bill: No Comment (1993) / The Tomorrow People: The Culex Experiment [3 episodes as Dr. Poole (1994)] / .Crucial Tales: Phoenix (1996) / EastEnders (1999) / Midsomer Murders: Dark Autumn (2001) / Cambridge Spies (2003) / My Dad's the Prime Minister [5 episodes as a Backbencher (2004)]

[Susan Foreman]

In memory of David Warner (1941 - 2022)

Has a big connection with Doctor Who, including:

Appeared as an 'alternate version' of the Doctor [the 'Unbound Doctor'] in a series of audio adventures produced by Big Finish between 2003 - 2018...

...appeared as Professor Grisenko in the 2013 story 'Cold War'...

...provided the voice of Professor Boston Schooner in the 2010 Big Finish Eighth Doctor Adventure 'Deimos, and the voice of Lord Azlok in the 2009 animated story 'Dreamland'

He considered for the part of Borusa in a television project that eventually became the 1996 release 'Doctor Who: The Movie' and writers Pip and Jane Baker suggested him for the role of the Seventh Doctor

Was considered for the roles of Valgard in the 1983 story 'Terminus, Commander Vorshak in the 1984 story ''Warriors of the Deep'[, Orcini in the 1985 story 'Revelation of the Daleks' and Merdeen in the 1986 story 'The Trial Of A Time Lord: The Mysterious Planet'

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Mel (Bonnie Langford) is cheered up by the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) as Faroon (Wanda Ventham) and Beyus (Donald Pickering) look on in bemusement in 1987's Time and the Rani

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #836a

Name: Timothy Walker [? - ]
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
Character(s): Grell

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: None

After Who:
Films: Four Weddings and a Funeral [Angus the Groom - Wedding One] (1994), Crush (2001), The Gospel of John (2003), Looking for Victoria (2003), Hannibal Rising (2007), The Commander: Windows of the Soul (2007), Bel Ami (2012)
Television: Casualty: Sins of Omission (1991) / The Bill [2 episodes, different characters (1993)] / Soldier Soldier [2 episodes as Captain James Mercher (1993)] / Pie in the Sky: Irish Stew (1996) / Rhodes [2 episodes as The Reverend C.D. Helm (1996)] / Where the Heart Is: Summoned by Bells (1997) / Monsignor Renard [4 episodes as Antoine Cabache (2000)] / Peak Practice (2001) / Nuremberg = Nazis on Trial [2 episodes as Baldur von Schirach (2006)] / The Last Kingdom (2017)

Who: Before And After #836b

Name: Billy McColl [? - ]
Year(s): 1986
Stories: The Trial Of A Time Lord part 2: The Mysterious Planet part 2 – The Trial Of A Time Lord part 4: The Mysterious Planet Part 4
Character(s): Humker

Before Who:
Films: The One and Only Phyllis Dixey (1978), The Music Machine (1979), Ordeal by Innocence (1984). Shoot for the Sun (1986)
Television: ITV Playhouse: Cold Harbour (1978) / Play for Today: The Slab Boys (1979) / Airport Chaplain: Arrivals and Departures (1980) / Holding the Fort: Twelve Good Men and Pooh (1980) / Grandad (1980) / Cloud Howe [4 episodes as Dod Cronin (1982)] / Murder Not Proven?: Death on the Mountain (1984)

After Who:
Films: Dream Baby (1989), Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1992), Strictly Sinatra (2001), Death Defying Acts (2007), The Untold Tommy Cooper (2011)
Television: Jute City [2 episodes as Tierney (1991)] / Rab C. Nesbitt [2 episodes, different characters (1993-1999)] / Between the Lines: Free Trade (1994) / The Bill [2 episodes, different characters (1994-1996)] / 99-1; Getting Wise (1995) / Hamish Macbeth: Wee Jock's Lament (1995) / Pie in the Sky: Doggett's Coat and Badge (1996) / Looking After Jo Jo [3 episodes as Billy (1998)] / Taggart [3 episodes, different characters (1998-2010)] / Oktober [2 episodes as Billy (1998)] / The Jump [4 episodes as Ricky Brett (1998)] / Picking up the Pieces (1998) / Psychos (1999)] / Dangerfield: Gas Man (1999) / Murder City: Under the Skin (2004) / Rebus: Let It Bleed (2006) / Vera: A Certain Samaritan (2012)

Who: Before And After #836c

Name: Sion Tudor-Owen [? - ]
Year(s): 1986
Stories: The Trial Of A Time Lord part 2: The Mysterious Planet part 2 – The Trial Of A Time Lord part 4: The Mysterious Planet Part 4
Character(s): Tandrell

Before Who:
Films: Experience Preferred... But Not Essential (1982), McCabe's Wall (1985), Highlander (1986)
Television: Jackanory Playhouse: The Princess and the Inventor (1982) / Now and Then (1983) / One Summer [2 episodes as Griffiths (1983)] / The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady: April (1984) / I Thought You'd Gone (1984) / Grange Hill [2 episodes as Mr. Dean (1985)] / Jenny's War [4 episodes (1985)] / Ties of Blood: McCabe's Wall (1985)

After Who:
Films: The Return of Sam McCloud (1989), Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors (1992), Night of the Golden Brain (1993), Staggered (1994), Twin Town (1997), The Tichborne Claimant (1998), A Candle in the Dark: The Story of William Carey (1998), Aberdeen (2000), Outlanders (2007), Submarine (2010), Desi Boyz (2011), One Chance (2013), The Girl from the Song (2017), La Cha Cha (2021)
Television: C.A.T.S. Eyes: Twelve Bar Blues (1987) / Screen Two: Run for the Lifeboat (1988) / Boon: One Reborn Every Minute (1989) / 'Allo 'Allo!: Land Mines for London (1989) / The Endless Game (1989) / Surgical Spirit: Doubting Thomas (1990) / The Bill [7 episodes, different characters (1991-2009)] / Van der Valk: The Ties That Bind (1992) / A Touch of Frost: Care and Protection (1992) / The Detectives: Acting Constables (1993) / Anna Lee: The Cook's Tale (1994) / Ruth Rendell Mysteries; Master of the Moor (1994) / Just William [2 episodes as Mr. Hanley the vet (1994)] / Rumble [2 episodes as Mr. Taylor (1995)] / An Independent Man: Market Forces (1995) / The Famous Five: Five Go Adventuring Again (1995) / The Brittas Empire; Snap Happy (1996) / Crime Traveller: Jeff Slade and the Loop of Infinity* (1997) / Drovers' Gold (1997) / Mortimer's Law (1998) / Babes in the Wood (1999) / Dirty Work [5 episodes as Sgt. Norman Butts (2000)] / Holby City: Repercussions (2002) / Doctors [3 episodes, different characters (2003-2015)] / Casualty [2 episodes, different characters (2005-2007)] / Rough Diamond: Old School Lies (2007) / Roman Mysteries: The Dolphins of Laurentum (2007) / Midsomer Murders: Death in a Chocolate Box (2007) / Coronation Street [2 episodes, different characters (2007-2015)] / M.I.High: You Can Call Me Al (2008) / Emmerdale Farm (2008) / Outlander: La Dame Blanche (2016)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover art of the eighth Doctor novel, The Adventuress of Henrietta Street, published by BBC Books in 2001.

[Susan Foreman]

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

• Nicola Bryant (Perpugilliam 'Peri' Brown)
• Michael Jayston (The Valeyard)
• Lynda Bellingham (The Inquisitor)
• Nabil Shaban (Sil)
• Ernest Jennings (Verne)

Who: Before And After #837

Name: Brian Blessed [1936 - ]
Year(s): 1986
Stories: The Trial Of A Time Lord part 5: Mindwarp part 1 – The Trial Of A Time Lord part 8: Mindwarp Part 4
Character(s): King Yrcanos

Note(s):

• Had been considered for the role of the Second Doctor
• Had previously been considered for the roles of Richard Mace in the 1982 story 'The Visitation', Captain Stapley in the 1982 story 'Time-Flight', Commander Vorshak in the 1984 story 'Warriors of the Deep', Russell in the 1985 story 'Attack of the Cybermen' and both Merdeen and Sabalom Glitz in the 1986 story 'The Trial Of A Time Lord: The Mysterious Planet'
• Appeared as Omega in the Cutaway Comics' audio story 'Omega'
• Is the father of Big Finish Who actress Rosalind Blessed

Before Who:
Films: The Valiant (1962), The Christmas Tree (1966), Till Death Us Do Part (1968), The Story of Christ, Son of Man (1969), Barrister at Law (1969), Brotherly Love (1970), Whom God Hath Joined (1970), The Last Valley (1971), The Trojan Women (1971), The Bristol Entertainment (1971), Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972), The Venturers (1972), Man of La Mancha (1972), The Great Alfred (1975), King Arthur, the Young Warlord (1975), The Story of David (1976), The Day After Tomorrow (1976), A Christmas Carol (1977), Flash Gordon* [as Prince Vultan] (1980), Cosmic Princess (1982), High Road to China (1983), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983), The Master of Ballantrae (1984),

Television: Saturday Playhouse: Last Day in Dreamland (1959) / Ghost Squad: Catspaw (1962) / Z Cars* [131 episodes as PC Fancy Smith (1962-1978)] / The Three Musketeers [10 episodes as Porthos (1966-1967)] / The Avengers: The Superlative Seven (1967) / The Further Adventures of the Musketeers [16 episodes as Porthos (1967)] / The Troubleshooters: Stop It, You're Breaking My Heart (1968) / Cold Comfort Farm [3 episodes as Reuben Starkadder (1968)] / The Avengers: The Morning After* (1969) / Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased): The Ghost Who Saved the Bank at Monte Carlo (1969) / Crime of Passion: Pierre (1970) / The Wednesday Play: Wine of India (1970) / Jackanory: Turkish Stories [5 episodes as the Storyteller (1971)] / The Expert; A Clear and Easy Duty (1971) / Owen, M.D.: I Love You, But... (1971) / Shirley's World: Knightmare (1971) / Horizon: Rail Crash (1972) / Public Eye: Egg and Cress Sandwiches (1973) / Justice; The Whole Truth? (1973) / Love Story: Reflections (1973) / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Lorna and Ted (1973) / Hadleigh: The Last Rent Dinner (1973) / Arthur of the Britons [7 episodes as Mark of Cornwall (1972-1973)] / BBC Play of the Month: The Recruiting Officer (1973) / Boy Dominic [13 episodes as William Woodcock (1974)] / Notorious Woman [3 episodes as Albert Grzymala (1974)] / The Sweeney: Ringer (1975) / Churchill's People: King Alfred (1975) / Jackanory Playhouse: The Dragon in the Dungeon (1975) / Thriller: A Midsummer Nightmare (1975) / NBC Special Treat: Into Infinity (1975) / Space - 1999: Death's Other Dominion (1975) / Space - 1999: The Metamorph (1976) / Nobody's House: Nobody's Perfect (1976) / I, Claudius* [6 episodes as Augustus (1976)] / The Basil Brush Show: Basil in Neverland (1976) / Survivors; Law of the Jungle (1977) / Blake's 7; Cygnus Alpha (1978) / The Aphrodite Inheritance [7 episodes as Basileos (1979)] / Tales of the Unexpected; Lamb to the Slaughter (1979) / ITV Playhouse: Saint Vitus' Dance (1979) / Leap in the Dark: Room for an Inward Light (1980) / The Little World of Don Camillo [13 episodes as Peppone (1981)] / Blackadder* [6 episodes as King Richard IV (1983)] / The Last Days of Pompeii [3 episodes as Olinthus (1984)] / Return to Treasure Island [10 episodes as Long John Silver (1986)]

After Who:
Films: Once in a Life Time (1988), Asterix and the Big Fight [English dubbed version only] (1989), Henry V (1989), Blood Royal: William the Conqueror (1990), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* [as Lord Locksley] (1991), Prisoner of Honor (1991), Waiting for Godot (1991), Back in the U.S.S.R. (1992), Exam Conditions (1992), Freddie as F.R.O.7. [voice only] (1992), Blood and Dust (1992), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis (1994), Chasing the Deer (1994), Catherine the Great (1995), Kidnapped (1995), The Bruce (1996), Hamlet [as the Ghost of Hamlet's Father] (1996), Macbeth (1997), Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace* [as the voice of Boss Nass] (1990), Tarzan [as the voice of Clayton] (1990), King Lear [as King Lear] (1999), The Mumbo Jumbo (2000), Winter Solstice (2003), Devil's Harvest (2003), The Legend of the Tamworth Two [voice only] (2004), 448 BC: Olympiad of Ancient Hellas [voice only] (2004), Alexander (2004), Midsummer Dream (2005), Day of Wrath (2006), As You Like It (2006), The Conclave (2006), Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy (2006), Back in Business (2007), Agent Crush [voice only] (2008), Beheading Buddha (2010), Re-Evolution (2011), The Pirates! Band of Misfits [voice only] (2012), Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return [voice only] (2013), Decline of an Empire (2014), Robin Hood: The Rebellion [as Friar Tuck] (2018), Shed of the Dead [voice only] (2019), The Apeman of the Amazon (2020), Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans [voice only] (2021)

Television: Crossbow [3 episodes as Gaston (1987)] / My Family and Other Animals [10 episodes as Spiro (1987)] / War and Remembrance [2 episodes as Gen. Yevlenko (1988-1989)] / Boon: Banbury Blue (1989) / Minder: The Last Video Show (1989) / The Castle of Adventure [8 episodes as Sam (1990)] / Lovejoy [2 episodes as Harry Catapodis (1991)] / Lady Chatterley (1993) / Johnny and the Dead [4 episodes as William Stickers (1995)] / The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling [5 episodes as Squire Western (1997)] / Dennis the Menace: Skull and Crossbones [voice only] (1998) / Adam's Family Tree: A Cavalier Spirit (1999) / The Big Knights (1999) / Fun at the Funeral Parlour: The Mountains of Doom (2001) / Rosamunde Pilcher (2003) / Let's Write a Story (2004), Franny's Feet; Season's Greetings / Opening Night Jitters (2007) / Doctors: Rebel, Rebel (2007) / Kika & Bob [26 episodes as the voice of Bob (2007-2008)] / The Wrong Door [2 episodes as Captain Goiter (2008)] / Family Guy: Road to Germany [voice only] (2008) / The Royal: Pastures New (2008) / The Legend of Dick and Dom [2 episodes as the King (2010-2011)] / Peppa Pig [4 episodes as the voice of Grampy Rabbit (2010-2016)] / Little Princess [2 episodes as Great Uncle Walter (2010-2011)] / Doctors: The Devil's Daughter (2011) / Sooty: Pranks and Presents (2013) / The Amazing World of Gumball [6 episodes as the voice of Santa Claus (2012-2013)] / Wizards vs. Aliens [26 episodes as the voice of the Nekross King (2012-2013)] / Henry Hugglemonster [11 episodes as Eduardo Enormomonster (2013-2015)] / Toast of London: Hamm on Toast (2015) / Danger Mouse [2 episodes as the voice of Santa Claus (2015-2016)] / The Lodge: No Hard Feelings (2017) / Wizards: Dragon's Den (2020) / Worzel Gummidge: Saucy Nancy (2020) / Close Enough: Bridgette the Brain / Never Meet Your Heroes (2022)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Colin Baker) ponders his own existence in The Twin Dilemma (1984)

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The Doctor (Colin Baker) ponders his own existence in The Twin Dilemma (1984)

Or - Colin Baker wonders why he’s been given such a crap first story.
Jon Pertwee had Spearhead From Space and I get this!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Mojo

Or - Colin Baker wonders why he’s been given such a crap first story.
Jon Pertwee had Spearhead From Space and I get this!

Troughton had the best first story for me with Power of the Daleks.

Spearhead is a close second.

[Mojo]

Other way round for me, but good call 👍