The Doctor Who Thread

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in SILVER NEMESIS who have previously appeared in the show:

• Sophie Aldred (Ace)
• Fiona Walker (Lady Peinforte)
• David Banks (Cyber-Leader)
• Mark Hardy (Cyber-Lieutenant)
• Brian Orrell (Cyberman)

Who: Before And After #884

Name: Anton Diffring [1916 - 1989]
Year(s): 1988
Stories: Silver Nemesis part 1 – Silver Nemesis part 3
Character(s): Hans De Flores

Note(s): Had previously been considered for the role of Commander Vorshak in the 1984 story 'Warriors of the Deep'

Before Who:
Films: Convoy (1940), Neutral Port (1940), The Great Manhunt (1950), Highly Dangerous (1950), Hotel Sahara (1951), Island Rescue (1951), Bachelor in Paris (1952), The Woman's Angle (1952), Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow (1952), Never Let Me Go (1953), Paratrooper (1953), Norman Conquest (1953), Break to Freedom (1953), Operation Diplomat (1953), Betrayed (1954), The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954), The Colditz Story (1955), I Am a Camera (1955), Doublecross (1956), The Black Tent (1956), Reach for the Sky* (1956), Triple Deception (1956), The Queen and the Rebels (1957), The Accursed (1957), The Crooked Sky (1957), Lady of Vengeance (1957), The Beasts of Marseilles (1957), A Question of Infidelity (1958), Mark of the Phoenix (1958), The Man Who Could Cheat Death* (1959), Circus of Horrors (1960), Dear Charles (1961), Quadrille (1961), Enter Inspector Duval (1961), A Mission for Mr. Dodd (1964), Lana, Queen of the Amazons (1964), Operation Crossbow (1965), Shots in 3/4 Time (1965), The Heroes of Telemark (1965), The Blue Max (1966), Fahrenheit 451 (1966), The Double Man (1967), Counterpoint (1967), Where Eagles Dare* (1968), Michael Kohlhaas - Der Rebell (1969), Kill Rommel! (1969), The Boodle (1969), Piggies (1970), Zeppelin (1971), The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire [directed by Riccardo Freda] (1971), The Stuff That Dreams Are Made of (1972), The Day the Clown Cried (1972), Woman of the Year (1973), Mark of the Devil Part II (1973), Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes [directed by Antonio Margheriti] (1973), The Battle of Sutjeska (1973), No Way Out (1973), The Beast Must Die* (1974), Borsalino and Co. (1974), Only the Wind Knows the Answer (1974), Shatter (1974), Lehmanns Erzählungen (1975), Operation Daybreak (1975), H.P. Lovecraft: Schatten aus der Zeit (1975), The Swiss Conspiracy (1976), Montana Trap (1976), Vanessa (1977), Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977), The Indians Are Still Far Away (1977), Waldrausch (1977), Valentino (1977), The Accuser (1977), Io sono mia (1978), Plutonium (1978), The Unicorn (1978), Son of Hitler (1979), It Can Only Get Worse (1979), Tusk (1980), Escape To Victory (1981), S.A.S. San Salvador (1982), Ein Winter auf Mallorca (1982), Der Schnüffler (1983), Der Besuch (1984), Weltuntergang (1984), Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984), Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie (1985), Operation Dead End (1986), Wahnfried (1986), The Summer of the Samurai (1986), Faceless [directed by Jess Franco] (1987), Anna (1988)

Television: London Playhouse: Summer in Normandy (1955) / Colonel March of Scotland Yard [2 episodes, different characters (1956)] / My Friend Charles (1956) / Rheingold Theatre: Someone Outside (1956) / Assignment Foreign Legion [2 episodes, different characters (1956)] / Wire Service: The Death Merchant (1957) / Hour of Mystery: The Man in Half Moon Street (1957) / Overseas Press Club – Exclusive!: The Billion Franc Mystery (1957) / Hancock's Half Hour: The Continental Holiday (1957) / O.S.S.: Operation Eel (1958) / Tales of Frankenstein [as Baron Frankenstein] (1958) / Armchair Theatre: Wedding Day (1959) / BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: A Small Revolution (1959) / ITV Play of the Week: The Last Hours (1959) / The Invisible Man: The Prize (1959) / Saturday Playhouse: The Four Poster (1961) / One Step Beyond: The Prisoner (1961) / Ghost Squad: Death from a Distance (1961) / BBC Sunday-Night Play: Cross of Iron (1961) / Studio 4: Doctor Korczak and the Children (1962) / The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: Incident at Midnight (1963) / Interpol: Geld, Geld, Geld (1965) / BBC Play of the Month: The Joel Brand Story (1965) / Dixon of Dock Green: Routine Check (1966) / The Baron: Enemy of the State* (1966) / The Lost Peace [5 episodes, voice only (1966)] / Theatre 625: Firebrand (1967) / The Troubleshooters: The Wrecking of the Sierra Nevada (1968) / The £1, 000, 000 Bank Note [3 episodes as Prince Alex (1968)] / Scobie in September [6 episodes as Pandorus (1969)] / Strange Report: Report 4977 - Swindle - Square Root of Evil (1969) / Der Kommissar: Tödlicher Irrtum (1970) / A Place in the Sun: At the Villa Pandora (1972) / Tatort: Tote Taube in der Beethovenstraße (1972) / Assignment: Vienna [8 episodes as Insp. Hoffman (1972-1973)] / Thriller: The Savage Curse* [aka Kiss Me and Die] (1974) / Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre: Briefe aus dem Dunkel (1974) / Motiv Liebe: Adieu Claude (1974) / Kommissariat IX: Die Pyramide (1975) / The Galton & Simpson Playhouse: Car Along the Pass (1977) / Zwei himmlische Töchter: Eine Prinzessin nach Hoftenstein (1978) / Le mutant [4 episodes as O'Brien (1978)] / Flambards [5 episodes as Mr. Dermot (1979)] / The Old Fox: Morddrohung (1980) / Arsène Lupin joue et perd [2 episodes as Guillaume II (1980)] / Derrick [3 episodes, different characters (1981-1987)] / The Winds of War [4 episodes as Joachim von Ribbentrop (1983)] / Opération O.P.E.N.: Le voleur de moutons (1984) / Messieurs les jurés: L'affaire Cerilly (1985) / Jane Horney: Kurirer dör ofta (1985) /

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Reverend Matthews (John Nettleton) and the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) in Ghost Light (1989)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #885

Name: Leslie French [1904 - 1999]
Year(s): 1988
Stories: Silver Nemesis part 1
Character(s): The Mathematician

Note(s):

• Was considered for the role of the First Doctor
• At the age of 94, he was the oldest actor to have appeared in Doctor Who at the time of his death.

Before Who:
Films: Radio Pirates (1935), Peg of Old Drury (1935), The Insect Play (1939), Table d'Hote (1939), This England (1941), The Wallet (1952), Orders to Kill (1958), The Scapegoat (1959), The Singer Not the Song (1961), The Leopard (1963), The Rescue Squad (1963), The Witches (1967), More Than a Miracle (1967), Death in Venice (1971), Miss Nightingale (1974), Henry IV Part II (1979), The Trial of Lady Chatterley [as E.M. Forster] (1980), Invitation to the Wedding (1983), The Living Daylights* (1987), Young Toscanini (1988)

Television: Robin Hood: The Silver Arrow (1953) / Television Playwright: The Commentator (1958) / Dixon of Dock Green [2 episodes, different characters (1958-1961)] / Armchair Theatre: Hand in Glove (1959) / Love and Mr Lewisham [3 episodes as Mr. Lagune (1959)] / BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: The Driving Force (1959) / Interpol Calling: Private View (1959) / Bleak House [7 episodes as Mr. Snagsby (1959)] / Emma [6 episodes as Mr. Woodhouse (1960)] / The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: The Malpas Mystery (1960) / ITV Television Playhouse: The Essay Prize (1960) / Maigret [2 episodes, different characters (1960-1963)] / International Detective: The Anthony Case (1961) / Knight Errant Limited: Troubled Waters (1961) / Deadline Midnight: Why George Brown Hanged (1961) / ITV Play of the Week: The Visitors (1961) / The Franchise Affair [4 episodes as Mr. Heseltine (1962)] / The Avengers: Death of a Great Dane* (1962) / Probation Officer (1962) / Somerset Maugham Hour: The Creative Impulse (1962) / Man of the World: The Mindreader (1962) / Z Cars: First Class Citizen (1964) / The Protectors: The Pirate (1964) / Taxi!: Three Bags Full, Sir (1964) / No Hiding Place: The Break Out (1964) / A Tale of Two Cities [9 episodes as Jarvis Lorry (1965)] / Gaslight Theatre [4 episodes, different characters (1965)] / Knock on Any Door: First Offender (1965) / The Informer: A Word in Your Ear Brother (1966) / The Troubleshooters: There's Always a Next Time (1967) / Emergency-Ward 10: The Loser (1967) / The Avengers: You Have Just Been Murdered (1967) / Mystery and Imagination: The Telltale Heart (1968) / Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Flag (1968) / Fraud Squad: Two Kinds of Crash (1969) / Manhunt: Better Doubt Than Die (1970) / Villette: The Long Summer (1970) / The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Witness Sensation (1971) / Jason King: All That Glisters... (1971) / The Frighteners: The Treat* (1972) / The Adventures of Black Beauty: Race Against Time (1974) / Ten from the Twenties: Mr Oddy (1975) / Village Hall: Silver Threads (1975) / Prometheus - The Life of Balzac [2 episodes as Pere Dablin (1975)] / Doctor on the Go: The War of the Wards (1977) / The Velvet Glove: Auntie's Niece (1977) / Crown Court: One for the Road (1977) / Supernatural; Lady Sybil (1977) / Target: Carve Up (1977) / Out of the Past: The King's Glaziers - A Blaze of Light (1978) / Ladykillers [2 episodes, different characters (1980)] / Shoestring: The Dangerous Game (1980) / The Glamour Girls (1982) / Tom, Dick and Harriet: Dog in the Manger (1982) / Lovejoy [2 episodes as Cuthie (1986)] / The Singing Detective [6 episodes as Noddy Tomkey (1986)] / Strike It Rich! [8 episodes as Albert Kingsley (1986-1987)]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Uncle Silas (1989) / 4 Play: The Book Liberator (1989) / Perfect Scoundrels; Party Games (1992) / Screen Two: O Mary This London (1994)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A threatened Jamie (Frazer Hines) in The Seeds of Death (1969)

[Susan Foreman]

The title of the BBC Centenary episode of the show has been revealed as... 'The Power of the Doctor'!

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #886

Name: Martyn Read [1944 - ]
Year(s): 1988
Stories: Silver Nemesis part 1
Character(s): Windsor Castle Security Guard

Before Who:
Films: Dracula (1974), Juggernaut (1974), Romeo and Juliet (1976), Operation Julie (1985)
Television: Dixon of Dock Green: The Fingerman (1972) / Nobody Is Norman Wisdom (1973) / Arthur of the Britons: The Marriage Feast (1973) / Village Hall: Friendly Encounter (1974) / The Inheritors: The Inheritors (1974) / Within These Walls: When the Door Opens (1975) / Z Cars [2 episodes as PC Fisk (1975)] / General Hospital [4 episodes as Dr. Philip Soper (1975-1977)] / Thriller: Mirror of Deception (1975) / The Sweeney [5 episodes as DC Jimmy Thorpe (1975)] / Poldark (1976) / Warship: The Ides of Mark (1976) / Clayhanger: Laid Aside (1976) / Murder: Nobody's Conscience (1976) / Softly Softly - Task Force: There's Always Tomorrow (1976) / Jubilee: Street Party (1977) / The Sunday Drama: The Cuckoo Calls (1977) / Target: Vandraggers (1977) / The Other One [3 episodes as Fred (1977)] / House of Caradus: Illuminations (1979) / Blake's 7: Voice from the Past (1979) / Maggie and Her: Reg and the Computer (1979) / Turtle's Progress (1979) / Spearhead [2 episodes as the Commanding Officer (1979)] / The Latchkey Children (1980) / Flesh and Blood [17 episodes as Les Turner (1980-1982)] / Buccaneer: Eldorado (1980) / ITV Playhouse: Sin with Our Permission (1981) / The Home Front: At the Grammar (1983) / The Cleopatras: 35 BC (1983) / Hi-de-Hi!: Save Our Heritage (1983) / Winter Sunlight (1984) / The Jewel in the Crown: The Division of the Spoils (1984) / Tucker's Luck: Going Through The Motions (1984) / Dramarama: Snoop! (1984) / The Brief: Landscape (1984) / Yes Minister: Party Games (1984) / Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984) / Oscar: De Profundis (1985) / The Collectors: The Great Ice-Cream War (1986) / C.A.T.S. Eyes: Hit List (1986) / Hannay: A Point of Honour (1988) / London's Burning (1988)

After Who:
Films: The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990), Beyond Reason (1995), The Miracle Maker (2000), Gangster No. 1 (2000), Lady Godiva (2008)
Television: Rumpole of the Bailey: Rumpole and Portia (1988) / Streets Apart [2 episodes as Michael Blake (1989)] / The Chief (1991) / The Darling Buds of May [6 episodes as Sergeant Wilson (1991-1993)] / The Bill [6 episodes, different characters (1991-2002)] / Minder: A Bouquet of Barbed Wine (1991) / Love Hurts: Crawling from the Wreckage (1992) / Inspector Morse: The Day of the Devil (1993) / Over the Rainbow: Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (1993) / The House of Eliott [3 episodes as Barney Kemp (1994)] / The Governor (1995) / Chandler & Co: Money for Nothing (1995) / The 10%ers: Every Cloud (1996) / Kavanagh QC: End Game (1999) / Casualty: Truth or Dare (1999) / Coronation Street (2001) / Doctors [3 episodes, different characters (2005-2012)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A promotional image of fifth Doctor Peter Davison.

[Susan Foreman]

No idea how genuine this is, but it suggests that 'The Power Of The Doctor' is being screened on October 23rd

[iank]

A better title would have been Thank Christ It's Nearly Over.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #887a

Name: Metin Yenal [? - ]
Year(s): 1988
Stories: Silver Nemesis part 1 – Silver Nemesis part 3
Character(s): Karl

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: None

After Who:
Films: The Pied Piper (1989), The March (1990), One Against the Wind (1991), Swing Kids (1993), Dirty Old Town (1995)
Television: Poirot: The Mystery of the Spanish Chest (1991) / Screen Two: The Long Roads (1993) / Minder: The Immaculate Contraption (1994) / Grange Hill [2 episodes as Dieter (1994)] / The Wanderer: Rebirth (1994)

Who: Before And After #887b

Name: Gerald Murphy [1948 - 2013]
Year(s): 1988
Stories: Silver Nemesis part 1 – Silver Nemesis part 3
Character(s): Richard Maynarde

Before Who:
Films: The Playboy of the Western World (1974), Thank You, Comrades (1978), Sacred Hearts (1984)
Television: Z Cars [2 episodes, different characters (1972-1973)] / A Picture of Katherine Mansfield (1973) / Crown Court: Vermin (1974) / Play for Today: Catchpenny Twist (1977) / The Devil's Crown: When Cage-Birds Sing (1978) / The Chiffy Kids: It Pays to Advertise (1978) / My Son, My Son [5 episodes as Rory O'Riorden (1979)] / Jukes of Piccadilly: The Case of the Arabian Kidnap (1980) / ITV Playhouse: Facing the Sun (1980) / BBC2 Playhouse: Shaping Up (1980) / John Keats [2 episodes as John Keats (1981)] / Natural World: The Garden of Inheritance (1984) / Minder: A Well Fashioned Fit-Up (1984) / Charters & Caldicott [6 episodes as Insp. Snow (1985)] / The Theban Plays by Sophocles: Oedipus the King (1986)

After Who:
Films: Waterworld* (1995), Batman Begins* (2005), Pumpgirl (2009), The Comedian (2012)

Television: Saracen: Tooth and Claw (1989) / Taggart; Prayer for the Dead Part One (1995) / McCallum [9 episodes as D.I. Bracken (1995-1998)] / The Governor (1996) / Father Ted: Flight into Terror (1996) / Vanity Fair [3 episodes as Lord Steyne (1998)] / Heartbeat: Full Circle (1999) / The Scarlet Pimpernel [5 episodes as Planchet (1999-2000)] / The Bill [2 episodes, different characters (2000-2001)] / I Was a Rat [3 episodes as Dr. Bullman (2001)] / The Afternoon Play: The Good Citizen (2005) / Waking the Dead: Towers of Silence (2005) / Trial & Retribution: The Lovers (2005) / Dalziel and Pascoe: Demons on Our Shoulders (2007) / Spooks (2009)

Who: Before And After #887c

Name: Dolores Gray [1924 - 2002]
Year(s): 1988
Stories: Silver Nemesis part 3
Character(s): Mrs. Remington

Before Who:
Films: Lady for a Night (1942), Mr. Skeffington (1944), It's Always Fair Weather (1955), Kismet (1955), The Opposite Sex (1956), Designing Woman (1957)
Television: The Ed Sullivan Show [4 episodes, different characters (1951-1961)] / The Buick Circus Hour: Premiere Show (1952) / The Eddie Fisher Show (1958) / The United States Steel Hour: Famous (1961)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

Who: Before And After #887d

Name: Chris Chering [1967 - ]
Year(s): 1988
Stories: Silver Nemesis part 2
Character(s): Skinhead

Note(s): Had previously appeared in an uncredited role as a Tetrap in the 1987 story 'Time And The Rani'

Before Who:
Films: It Couldn't Happen Here (1987), A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Television: Casualty: Hooked* (1987) / The One Game [2 episodes as Punk (1988)]

After Who:
Films: Nuns on the Run (1990), The Innocent Sleep (1995)
Television: The Bill [3 episodes, different characters (1988-1995)] / Sob Sisters: Streetwise (1989)

Who: Before And After #887e

Name: Symond Lawes [1965]
Year(s): 1988
Stories: Silver Nemesis part 2
Character(s): Skinhead

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole [2 episodes as Skinhead in Barry Kents Gang (1987)] / Dear John; Kate Returns (1987) / The One Game [2 episodes as Punk (1988)]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Screenplay: Seeing in the Dark (1989) / The Bill: Legacies (1990) / The Troubleshooters (1990) / Meades Eats [2 episodes, different characters (2003)]