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[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #874

Name: William Thomas [? - ]
Year(s): Doctor Who: 1988 / 2005
Stories: Remembrance Of The Daleks part 2 / Boom Town
Character(s): Martin / Mr. Cleaver*

Year(s): Torchwood: 2008 / 2011
Stories: Something Borrowed / Miracle Day: The New World / Miracle Day: The Categories of Life / Miracle Day: The Middle Men / Miracle Day: The Gathering / Miracle Day: The Blood Line
Character(s): Geraint Cooper

Note(s): Is the first actor to appear in both classic Who and Nu-Who. Furthermore, he is the only actor to appear in both of those and also Torchwood.

Before Who:
Films: Antony and Cleopatra ( (1974), Casey's Shadow (1978), Dylan (1978), The Music Cupboard (1980), The Fasting Girl (1984), The Extremist (1984)
Television: Perils of Pendragon: A Fete Worse Than Death (1974) / Madame Bovary: Marriage (1975) / Everyman: Coal and Prayer (1978) / Grange Hill (1981) / The Life and Times of David Lloyd George [8 episodes as William George (1981)] / Taff Acre [2 episodes as Mr. Davis (1981)] / The Citadel (1983) / Night Beat News (1984) / The Magnificent Evans [6 episodes as Probert (1984) / The District Nurse [2 episodes sa Gryp (1984)] / Knights of God* (1987) / Foreign Bodies: False Start (1987) / Screen Two: Reasonable Force (1988)

After Who:
Films: Ballroom (1988), Trip Trap (1996), Darklands (1996), Twin Town (1997), Rhinoceros (1999), Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999), Solomon & Gaenor (1999), Longitude (2000), The Miracle Maker (2000), House! (2000), Marigold (2005), January 2nd (2006), The Baker (2007), Freebird (2008), Mr. Nice (2010), Y Syrcas (2013), The Devil's Vice (2014), Wild Honey Pie! (2018), Pluen Eira (2018), Bittersweet Symphony (2019), Concrete Plans (2020), La Cha Cha (2021)
Television: Only Fools and Horses: Yuppy Love (1989) / After the War: Friends and Enemies (1989) / We Are Seven [11 episodes as Matthew Thomas (1989-1991)] / Screen One: Sticky Wickets (1990) / Forever Green (1992) / Wales Playhouse: Dafydd (1995) / A Mind to Kill [2 episodes, different characters (1997-2002)] / Satellite City: Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1998) / Coronation Street (1999) / Fun at the Funeral Parlour [11 episodes as Ivor Thomas (2001-2002)] / Grass [6 episodes as Eric (2003)] / Pobol y Cwm [3 episodes, different characters (2004-2022)] / Con Passionate (2005) / Belonging [5 episodes, different characters (2006-2009)] / Midsomer Murders: Death and Dust (2007) / Y Pris [2 episodes as Davey Eddy (2007)] / Gavin & Stacey [3 episodes as Father Chris (2007-2010)] / Alys [16 episodes as Wiliam (2011-2012)] / Rosamunde Pilcher: Schlangen im Paradies (2013) / Hinterland [3 episodes as Robert Owen (2016)] / Requiem: Bessie (2018) / Hymns & Arias (2019) / Gangs of London (2020) / The Pembrokeshire Murders (2021) / Hidden [3 episodes as Dafydd (2021)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A damp looking Doctor (David Tennant) and Martha (Freema Agyeman) in Gridlock (2007)

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE HAPPINESS PATROL who have previously appeared in the show:

• Sophie Aldred (Ace)
• John Normington (Trevor Sigma)
• Leslie Dunlop (Susan Q)
• Tim Scott (Forum Doorman)

Who: Before And After #875

Name: Sheila Hancock [1933 - ]
Year(s): 1988
Stories: The Happiness Patrol part 1 – The Happiness Patrol part 3
Character(s): Helen A

Note(s):

• Was married to Who actor Alec Ross
• Is the mother-in-law Who Big Finish Productions actress of Abigail Thaw
• Was previously considered for the roles of Tanha in the 1983 story 'Snakedance' and Queen Katryca in the 1986 story 'The Trial Of A Time Lord: The Mysterious Planet'

Before Who:
Films: Skywatch (1960), Doctor in Love (1960), The Bulldog Breed* (1960), Twice Round the Daffodils (1962), The Girl on the Boat (1962), Night Must Fall (1964), The Moon-Spinners (1964), Carry on Cleo* [as Senna Pod] (1964), How I Won the War (1967), The Anniversary (1968), The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket (1968), All Star Comedy Carnival (1969), Take a Girl Like You (1970), The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980), Comedy Tonight (1980), The Daughter-in-Law (1985), The Love Child (1987), Hawks (1988), Buster (1988)

Television: Bootsie and Snudge; Bootsie's Punctured Romance (1960) / The Rag Trade* [21 episodes as Carol Taylor (1961-1962)] / BBC Sunday-Night Play: June Fall (1963) / Festival: Say Nothing (1964) / Thursday Theatre; Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1964) / ITV Play of the Week; A Fearful Thing (1965) / The Wednesday Thriller; The Regulator (1965) / The Bed-Sit Girl [12 episodes as Sheila Ross (1965-1966)] / Jackanory: Ameliaranne [5 episodes as the Storyteller (1966)] / / Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Devil and All His Mischief (1966) / Life with Cooper (1967) / Armchair Theatre: Compensation Alice (1967) / Release: Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures (1968) / Detective: Born Victim (1968) / ITV Playhouse; Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1968) / Mr. Digby Darling [19 episodes as Thelma Teesdale (1969-1971)] / The Mating Machine: Sealed with a Loving Kiss (1970) / Shadows of Fear; Sugar and Spice (1971) / Comedy Playhouse; Just Harry and Me (1971) / Now, Take My Wife [14 episodes as Claire Love (1971)] / Scoop [3 episodes as Mrs. Stitch (1972)] / Jackanory: Saturday and the Irish Aunt [5 episodes as the Storyteller (1972)] / Full House (1972) / Menace; Comfortable Words (1973) / Couples [12 episodes as Joan Skinner (1976)] / Whodunnit?; Dead Grass (1976) / Jackanory: The Little Bookworm [5 episodes as the Storyteller (1981)] / Play for Today: The Remainder Man (1982) / Dramarama: The Audition (1985) / Home to Roost; The Way We Were (1985) / Bulman; I Met a Man Who Wasn't There (1985) / Theatre Night: The Rivals (1988)

After Who:
Films: Three Men and a Little Lady* (1990), A Business Affair (1994), Love and Death on Long Island (1997), Alice in Wonderland* (1999), Hold Back the Night (1999), The Russian Bride (2001), Love or Money (2001), Bait (2002), Yes (2004), After Thomas (2006), The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008), Words of the Blitz (2010), Just Henry (2011), Delicious (2013), This Beautiful Fantastic (2016), The Dark Mile (2017), Edie (2017), The More You Ignore Me (2018)

Television: Bradley (1989) / Jumping the Queue [2 episodes as Matilda Poliport (1989)] / Single Voices: Royal Enclosure (1990) / Gone to the Dogs [4 episodes as Jean (1991)] / Inspector Morse: The Death of the Self (1992) / Gone to Seed [6 episodes as Mag (1992)] / The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends [voice only] The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding (1993) / Brighton Belles [12 episodes as Frances (1993-1994)] / The Buccaneers [5 episodes as the Dowager Duchess (1995)] / Dangerous Lady [4 episodes as Sarah Ryan (1995)] / Shooting Gallery; Love Hurts (1995) / Kavanagh QC; Blood Money (1997) / Close Relations [5 episodes as Dorothy (1998)] / The Thing About Vince [3 episodes as Pat (2000)] / EastEnders [3 episodes as Barbara (2000-2001)] / Bedtime [15 episodes as Alice Oldfield (2001-2003)] / Fortysomething [6 episodes as Gwendolen Hartley (2003)] / Feather Boy [6 episodes as Edith Sorrel (2004)] / Bleak House [2 episodes as Mrs. Guppy (2005)] / The Catherine Tate Show; Lauren Gets Hitched (2006) / New Tricks [4 episodes as Grace Pullman (2007-2011)] / Fallen Angel [2 episodes as Lady Youlgreave (2007)] / Moving On: The Rain Has Stopped (2009) / Hustle; Picasso Finger Painting (2012) / Playhouse Presents; Nellie and Melba (2012) / Remember Me (2014) / Toast of London; Global Warming (2015) / Casualty: A Life Less Ordinary (2016) / The Dumping Ground; Doris (2016) / Delicious [12 episodes as Mimi Vincent (2016-2019)] / Endeavour; Harvest (2017) / Urban Myths; The Dali and the Cooper (2018) / Housebound [3 episodes as Audrey (2020)] / A Discovery of Witches [5 episodes as Goody Alsop (2021)] / Unforgotten [5 episodes as Eileen Baildon (2021)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The absurdly attired Sorak (Michael Osborne) in The Horns of Nimon (1979)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #876

Name: Ronald Fraser [1930 - 1997]
Year(s): 1988
Stories: The Happiness Patrol part 1 – The Happiness Patrol part 3
Character(s): Joseph C

Note(s): Was previously considered for the role of Richard Mace in the 1982 story The Visitation

Before Who:
Films: Montserrat (1954), Black Ice (1957), Daphne Laureola (1958), Bobbikins (1959), In the Zone (1960), The Dark Pits of War (1960), There Was a Crooked Man (1960), The Sundowners (1960), Jungle Fighters (1961), Why Bother to Knock (1961), The Best of Enemies (1961), The Hellions (1961), The Ginger Man (1962), The Pot Carriers (1962), The Girl on the Boat (1962), In Search of the Castaways (1962), Private Potter (1962), The Punch and Judy Man (1963), The V.I.P.s (1963), The Model Murder Case (1963), Contest Girl (1964), Code 7, Victim 5 (1964), Crooks in Cloisters (1964), The Counterfeit Constable (1964), Daylight Robbery (1964), The Flight of the Phoenix* (1965), Major Barbara (1966), The Whisperers (1967), Fathom (1967), Sebastian (1968), Luther (1968), The Killing of Sister George (1968), Sinful Davey (1969), The Bed Sitting Room (1969), Too Late the Hero (1970), The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970), The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971), Rentadick (1972), Ooh... You Are Awful (1972), Swallows and Amazons (1974), Fallen Angels (1974), Percy's Progress (1974), A Man in the Zoo (1975), Paper Tiger (1975), Fiona (1977), Come Play with Me (1977), The Wild Geese* (1978), The House with the Green Shutters (1980), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), Tangiers (1982), Absolute Beginners (1986)

Television: Nom-de-Plume [2 episodes, different characters (1956)] / O.S.S.: Operation Death Trap (1957) / BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1958) / Murder Bag: Lockhart Reads a Map (1958) / The Invisible Man: Jailbreak (1958) / Theatre Night: The Long and the Short and the Tall (1959) / The Golden Spur [2 episodes as Simon Chandler (1959)] / Nick of the River (1959) / The History of Mr. Polly (1959) / The Flying Doctor: A Stranger in Distress (1959) / Somerset Maugham Hour: P and O (1960) / No Hiding Place; Six Eyes on a Stranger (1960) / Boyd Q.C.: Fiddlers Two (1960) / Probation Officer (1960) / Bootsie and Snudge; Claude Faust (1961) / Danger Man; The Brothers (1961) / Spy-Catcher; Stooping to Conquer (1961) / Drama 61-67: Drama '62 - The Lonesome Road (1962) / Out of This World; The Tycoons (1962) / The DuPont Show of the Week; The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon (1962) / ITV Television Playhouse; There's No Room for You Here for a Start (1963) / Sykes and A...: Sykes and a Phobia (1963) / Festival; John Bull's Other Island (1964) / First Night; Captain Rubian (1964) / ITV Sunday Night Drama: Suspense Hour - Nightmare on Instalments (1965) / Armchair Mystery Theatre; The Hunter (1965) / The Avengers; The Gravediggers* (1965) / This Man Craig: Sticks and Stones (1966) / Theatre 625: Sword of Honour [2 episodes as Apthorpe (1967)] / ITV Play of the Week: The New Assistant (1967) / The Troubleshooters: The Dispossessed (1968) / BBC Play of the Month; The Corn Is Green (1968) / Half Hour Story: The Fifty-Seventh Saturday (1968) / Conceptions of Murder; What Do They Know of England? (1970) / The Misfit [13 episodes as Basil Allenby-Johnson (1970-1971)] / The Man Outside; Murder Story (1972) / Omnibus; Max Beerbohm Remembers (1972) / The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes; The Looting of the Specie Room (1973) / BBC Play of BBC Play of the Month: Pygmalion [as Col. Pickering (1973]) / Between the Wars; Mr Loveday's Little Outing (1973) / Armchair Theatre: A Bit of a Lift (1973) / Comedy Playhouse; The Last Man on Earth (1974) / Dial M for Murder; Whatever's Peter Playing At? (1974) / BBC Play of the Month; The Wood Demon (1974) / Melissa [3 episodes as Felix Hepburn (1974)] / The Sweeney; Selected Target (1976) / Star Maidens; The Perfect Couple (1976) / The Crezz; Voices from the Past (1976) / Mr. Big [2 episodes as Mr. Oldenshaw (1977)] / ITV Playhouse; Ghosts (1977) / Follow Me [7 episodes as Sid Dawes (1977)] / The Dick Emery Show (1977) / Pennies from Heaven; Painting the Clouds (1978) / The Famous Five; Five Go to Smuggler's Top [2 episodes as Mr. Barling (1978)] / The Bass Player and the Blonde [ 3 episodes as Charlie (1978)] / Spooner's Patch [6 episodes as Inspector Spooner (1979)] / Nanny Knows Best (1980) / Brideshead Revisited [2 episodes as the Red-Haired Man (1981)] / Celebrity Playhouse: Pygmalion [as Colonel Pickering (1981)] / Lady Is a Tramp (1984) / Scotland's Story [2 episodes, different characters (1984)] / Screen Two: In the Secret State (1985) / Minder: Waiting for Goddard (1985) / The Practice [10 episodes as Dr. Reginald Biddy (1985)] / Lovejoy [2 episodes, different characters (1986-1991)] / Q.E.D.: Murder on the Bluebell Line (1987) / Fortunes of War: Romania - January 1940 (1987) / Life Without George [19 episodes as Harold Chambers (1987-1989)] / City Lights; The Melvin Diaries (1988)

After Who:
Films: Scandal* (1989), Let Him Have It (1991), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1993), Heavy Weather (1995), The Willows in Winter (1996)

Television: Minder: It's a Sorry Lorry Morrie (1989) / Arena: Oblomov (1990) / The Comic Strip Presents: Oxford (1990) / The Play on One; Obituaries (1990) / Boon; Burning Ambition (1990) / Taggart: Violent Delights (1992) / Virtual Murder: A Dream of Dracula [as Van Helsing (1992)] / The Blackheath Poisonings [3 episodes as Doctor Porter (1992)] / The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom (1993) / Class Act (1994) / The Vet; A Blind Eye (1996) / TFI Friday [7 episodes as The Lord of Love (1996)] / Madson (1996) / The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996)

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The Doctor Who website home page artwork for The Doctor Dances (2005)

the doctor looks super creepy and evil!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney) and Liz Shaw (Caroline John) in Spearhead from Space (1970)

[Susan Foreman]

Breakdown of the contents of the 'Abominable Snowmen' blu-ray

DISC ONE: B&W - 1.33:1
Episodes (with surviving "Episode Two") (Play All - 147:03):
- "Episode One" (23:46)
- "Episode Two" (surviving episode) (23:22)
- "Episode Three" (24:53)
- "Episode Four" (25:14)
- "Episode Five" (24:57)
- "Episode Six" (24:50)
Episodes (with animated "Episode Two") (Play All - 148:02):
- "Episode One" (23:46)
- "Episode Two" (24:21)
- "Episode Three" (24:53)
- "Episode Four" (25:14)
- "Episode Five" (24:57)
- "Episode Six" (24:50)
(1.) Audio commentary with assistant to the director Judy Shears (1), animation producer / director Gary Russell (2, 6), cameraman Bernard Newnham, actor Frazier Hines (4), film camera assistant John Walker, special sound designer Brian Hodgson (5), makeup designer Sylvia James (5) and moderator Toby Hadoke (1-6) (2022)
(2.) Audio commentary on "Episode Two" with actor Frazer Hines, film camera assisstant John Walker and moderator Toby Hadoke (2022)
(3.) Audio commentary on "Episode Two" with Deborah Watling and moderator Gary Russell (2004)
Surviving "Episode Two" (23:22)
Surviving Episode Four clip (0:17)
"31 Who" 1990 interview with Mervyn Haisman (3:27)
Frazer Hines 8mm Film Footage (1:42)
Gerald Blake 8mm Film Footage (3:42)

DISC TWO: Colour Animation - 1.78:1
Episodes (with animated "Episode Two") (Play All - 148:02):
- "Episode One" (23:46)
- "Episode Two" (24:21)
- "Episode Three" (24:53)
- "Episode Four" (25:14)
- "Episode Five" (24:57)
- "Episode Six" (24:50)
Audio commentary with assistant to the director Judy Shears (1), animation producer / director Gary Russell (2, 6), cameraman Bernard Newnham, actor Frazier Hines (4), film camera assistant John Walker, special sound designer Brian Hodgson (5), makeup designer Sylvia James (5) and moderator Toby Hadoke (1-6) (2022)

DISC THREE: Telesnap Reconstruction
Episodes (Telesnap Reconstruction and surviving "Episode Two") (Play All - 142:01):
- "Episode One" (22:53)
- "Episode Two" (24:22)
- "Episode Three" (23:54)
- "Episode Four" (24:14)
- "Episode Five" (23:54)
- "Episode Six" (23:42)
"Troughton in Tibet: Making The Abominable Snowmen" 2022 documentary (37:13)
The Abominable Snowmen Photo Gallery (6:18)
Teaser Trailer (0:45)
BD-ROM:
- Camera scripts for all six episodes
- Radio Times Listings for all six episodes

Comes with a 12-page liner notes booklet "Introduction" by Gary Russell, "Production Notes" by Andrew Pixley; also with disc contents and cast and crew information.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #877

Name: Georgina Hale [1943 - ]
Year(s): 1988
Stories: The Happiness Patrol part 1 – The Happiness Patrol part 3
Character(s): Daisy K

Note(s): Was previously considered for the role of Preston in the 1984 story 'Warriors of the Deep'

Before Who:
Films: The World Ten Times Over (1963), The Sandwich Man (1966), The Devils* (1971), The Boy Friend (1971), Eagle in a Cage (1972), The Love Ban (1973), Butley (1974), Mahler (1964), Occupations (1974), Lisztomania (1975), Voyage of the Damned (1976), East Lynne (1976), Sweeney 2* (1978), The World Is Full of Married Men (1979), The Watcher in the Woods (1980), McVicar (1980), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Castaway (1986)

Television: The Flying Swan: Open Day (1965) / The Newcomers (1965) / No Hiding Place [2 episodes, different characters (1965-1967)] / The Wednesday Play: Way Off Beat (1966) / Drama 61-67: Drama '67 - Cross My Heart and Hope She'll Die (1967) / United! (1967) / ITV Play of the Week: Stories of D.H Lawrence #9 - Strike Pay (1967) / Mickey Dunne: Come on In, the Water's Fine (1967) / Half Hour Story: Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To? (1967) / Public Eye: But What Good Will the Truth Do? (1968) / Detective: The Deadly Climate (1968) / Virgin of the Secret Service: Across the Silver Pass of Gusri Song (1968) / ITV Playhouse: Camille 68 (1968) / W. Somerset Maugham: The Back of Beyond (1969) / Plays of Today: Men of Iron (1969) / Special Branch: Love from Doris (1970) / The Main Chance: The Best Legal System in the World (1970) / Menace: Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1970) / Budgie [3 episodes as Jean Bird (1971-1972)] / The Strauss Family: Lili (1972) / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: A.D.A.M. (1973) / The Protectors: Shadbolt* (1974) / Notorious Woman [2 episodes as Solange Dudevant-Sand (1974)] / Affairs of the Heart [2 episodes, different characters (1974-1975)] / Upstairs, Downstairs: An Old Flame (1975) / Play for Today: Children of the Sun (1975) / Nouvelles d'Henry James: L'auteur de Beltraffio (1976) / Yes, Honestly [2 episodes as Georgina (1976-1977)] / Jubilee: Street Party (1977) / The Sunday Drama: The Late Wife (1977) / Piccadilly Circus [2 episodes, different characters (1977)] / BBC Play of the Month: The Seagull (1978) / Ladykillers: Lucky, Lucky Thirteen! [as Ruth Ellis] (1980) / Minder: The Beer Hunter (1980) / Hammer House of Horror: The Mark of Satan* (1980) / Celebrity Playhouse: Eden End (1981) / Boon: A Fistful of Pesetas (1987) / Gems [36 episodes as Lynne (1988)] / South of the Border (1988)

After Who:
Films: Murder by Moonlight (1989), T.Bag's Christmas Ding Dong (1990), T.Bag's Christmas Turkey (1991), The Honeymoon's Over (1994), Beyond Bedlam (1994), Treasure Island (1995), Preaching to the Perverted (1997), A Rather English Marriage (1998), Gamal Abd El Naser (1998), AKA (2002), Photo Finish (2003), Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005), The Commander: The Devil You Know (2007), Cockneys vs Zombies* (2012), Angel (2015)

Television: T.Bag and the Pearls of Wisdom [10 episodes as T. Bag (1990)] / One Foot in the Grave: Love and Death* (1990) / T. Bag and the Rings of Olympus [10 episodes as T. Bag (1991)] / Screen Two: The Count of Solar (1992) / T.Bag and the Sunstones of Montezuma* [10 episodes as T. Bag (1992)] / Take Off with T. Bag [10 episodes as T. Bag (1992)] / Performance: After the Dance (1992) / The Detectives: Strangers in Paradise (1993) / Murder Most Horrid: A Severe Case of Death (1994) / Crown Prosecutor (1995) / Casualty: Choked (2000) / Trial & Retribution: Trial & Retribution V (2002) / The Bill [3 episodes as Marilyn Costello (2002)] / M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team (2005) / Emmerdale Farm [4 episodes as Beryl Chugspoke (2006)] / Hollyoaks [7 episodes as Blanche Longford (2010-2011)] / Crime Stories (2012) / Holby City: On the Ropes (2016)

[MrBarlow]

T.Bag and the Sunstones of Montezuma* [10 episodes as T. Bag (1992)

Thats a blast from the past