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The Doctor (Colin Baker) can't believe he's being put on trial at the end of The Mysterious Planet - Parts 1-4 of Trial of a Time Lord (1985)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

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

Interestingly (or not) and this is a first. The Doctor Who Magazine preview runs into the next issue which is on sale Oct 15th priced £10.99.

This means the date quoted above could be correct. Or simply guess work as there still has been no official televised date.

I'm guessing the celebratory stuff will begin to get previewed once the Queen's funeral is over. Or a few days later anyway.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE GREATEST SHOW IN THE GALAXY who have previously appeared in the show:

• Sophie Aldred (Ace)
• Dean Hollingsworth (Bus Conductor)
• Hugh Spight (Robot Clown)

Who: Before And After #888

Name: T. P. McKenna [1929 - 2011] [Born Thomas Patrick McKenna]
Year(s): 1988 - 1989
Stories: The Greatest Show In The Galaxy part 1 – The Greatest Show In The Galaxy part 4
Character(s): Captain Cook

Note(s): Was previously considered for the roles of Lord Ravensworth in the 1985 story 'The Mark of the Rani', Orcini in the 1985 story 'Revelation of the Daleks' and the Chief Caretaker in the 1987 story 'Paradise Towers

Before Who:
Films: Broth of a Boy (1959), Home Is the Hero (1959), Shake Hands with the Devil (1959), The Night Fighters (1960), The Siege of Sidney Street (1960), Das schwarze Schaf (1960), Johnny Nobody (1961), Freedom to Die (1961), The Quare Fellow (1962), Girl with Green Eyes (1964), Ferry Cross the Mersey (1964), Young Cassidy (1965), Deirdre (1965), Ulysses (1967), The Charge of the Light Brigade* [as William Russel] (1968), Combination (1968), Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), The Fifth Day of Peace (1970), Perfect Friday (1970), Percy (1971), The Beast in the Cellar (1971), Villain (1971), Straw Dogs* (1971), A Warm December (1973), Fixation (1973), Percy's Progress (1974), Cause for Concern (1974), All Creatures Great and Small (1975), A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977), Exposure (1978), The Outsider (1979), Silver Dream Racer (1980), Britannia Hospital (1982), The Scarlet and the Black [as Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler] (1983), To the Lighthouse (1983), Memed My Hawk (1984), Honour, Profit & Pleasure (1985), The Doctor and the Devils (1985), Behind Enemy Lines (1985), Strong Medicine (1986), The Christmas Tree (1986), Pascali's Island (1988), Red Scorpion (1988)

Television: BBC Sunday-Night Play: The Fly Sham (1963) / First Night: The Strain (1963) / Festival: Stephen D (1963) / Espionage: He Rises on Sunday and We on Monday (1963) / The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: Downfall (1964) / The Avengers: Trojan Horse (1964) / Love Story [5 episodes, different characters (1964-1968)] / Thursday Theatre: Write Me a Murder (1964) / Dixon of Dock Green: Edward the Confessor (1965) / No Hiding Place: The Link (1965) / Story Parade: The Bachelors (1965) / The Sullavan Brothers: The Humanist (1965) / The Avengers: Death at Bargain Prices (1965) / Danger Man: To Our Best Friend (1965) / The Troubleshooters: This Is Where I Came In (1966) / Knock on Any Door: We Don't Often Lose a Boffin (1966) / The Saint: The Angel's Eye (1966) / Adam Adamant Lives!: A Sinister Sort of Service (1967) / Theatre 625: The Winner (1967) / Armchair Theatre: Quite an Ordinary Knife (1967) / The Fellows: No Cage for This Bird (1967) / Man in a Suitcase: Day of Execution (1967) / Sam and Janet (1968) / Detective: Born Victim (1968) / The Saint: Legacy for the Saint (1968) / The Avengers: Noon Doomsday* (1968) / Dr. Finlay's Casebook: Action, Dr. Cameron (1969) / The Wednesday Play: Blood of the Lamb (1969) / Manhunt: Break-Up (1970) / Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased): Money to Burn (1970) / Jason King: A Thin Band of Air (1972) / Callan [4 episodes as Richmond (1972)] / Stage 2: The Duchess of Malfi (1972) / Justice: Conspiracy (1973) / Omnibus: The British Hero (1973) / Thriller: Lady Killer (1973) / The Wide World of Mystery [2 episodes (1973-1975)] / BBC Play of the Month: The Changeling (1974) / Napoleon and Love [3 episodes as Barras (1974)] / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Geography of a Horse Dreamer (1974) / Fall of Eagles: Indian Summer of an Emperor* (1974) / Comedy Playhouse: Pygmalion Smith (1974) / Father Brown: The Dagger with Wings (1974) / The Venturers: The Rich Lunch (1975) Crown Court [17 episodes as Patrick Canty QC (1975-1982)] / Rooms: Peter (1975) / The Sweeney: Night Out (1975) / Churchill's People: The Whip of Heaven (1975) / Looking for Clancy [3 episodes as Marcus Selby (1975)] / Quiller: Sacrifice to Survival (1975) / Making Faces: Trinity Term 1960 - Paradise Lost (1975) / Thriller: The Next Victim (1976) / Beasts: Baby* (1976) / Fathers and Families [2 episodes as Charles Matthews (1977)] / The Mackinnons: Working Weekend (1977) / The Duchess of Duke Street: The Passing Show (1977) / Target: Lady Luck (1977) / Blake's 7: Bounty (1978) / Holocaust* [3 episodes as Blobel (1978)] / ITV Playhouse: Forty Weeks (1978) / Strangers: Marriages, Deaths and Births (1979) / The Onedin Line [2 episodes as Fergus Doyle (1979)] / Premiere: Deasey (1979) / Ladykillers: Not for the Nervous (1980) / The Greeks: A Journey in Space and Time: Heroes and Men [as Agamemnon] (1980) / Jackanory: Celtic Tales [5 episodes as the Storyteller (1980)] / Levkas Man [6 episodes as Holroyd (1981)] / BBC2 Playhouse: Random Moments in a May Garden (1981) / Goodbye Darling: Barbara (1981) / The Manions of America (1981) / Nancy Astor: A House in Buckinghamshire (1982) / Play for Tomorrow: Crimes (1982) / The Brack Report (1982) / The Year of the French (1982) / Sweet Sixteen (1983) / Partners in Crime: The Ambassador's Boots (1983) / Minder: Sorry Pal, Wrong Number (1984) / Play for Today: Moving on the Edge (1984) / Give us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle (1984) / Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House [5 episodes as Harold Skimpole (1985)] / C.A.T.S. Eyes: Fingers (1985) / My Brother Jonathan [2 episodes as Lloyd Moore (1985)] / Boon: Northwest Passage to Acock's Green (1986) / All in Good Faith [3 episodes as Oscar Randolph (1987)] / Ten Great Writers of the Modern World: James Joyce's 'Ulysses' (1988) / Jack the Ripper [2 episodes as O'Connor (1988)]

After Who:
Films: Valmont (1989), Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989), Shoot to Kill (1990), The American (1998), Longitude (2000), Monarch [as Henry VIII] (2000), The Boys & Girl from County Clare (2003), The Libertine [as Black Rod] (2004), Raphael: A Mortal God [as Pope Julius II] (2004)
Television: Parnell & the Englishwoman [2 episodes as Justin McCarthy (1991)] / Screenplay: Events at Drimaghleen (1991) / The Chief [10 episodes as Colin Fowler (1991-1994)] / Rumpole of the Bailey: Rumpole a la Carte (1991) / Screen Two: The Law Lord (1992) / Lovejoy: Irish Stew (1993) / Heartbeat: Going Home (1993) / Scarlet and Black [3 episodes as the Marquis de la Mole (1993)] / Kurtulus [6 episodes as Lloyd George, P.M. of England (1994)] / Testament - The Bible in Animation: Abraham [as the voice of God] (1996) / Kavanagh QC: A Stranger in the Family (1996) / Casualty: Out of Control (1997) / The Ambassador: Innocent Passage (1998) / Kings in Grass Castles [2 episodes as Lord Dunraven (1998)] / DDU: Unforgiven(1999) / Inspector Morse: The Remorseful Day* (2000) / Ballykissangel: Smoke Signals (2001) / The Bill: The Jury's Out (2001) / Any Time Now (2002) / Rockface (2003) / Waking the Dead: Anger Management (2004) / Fair City [2 episodes as Tom Mitchell (2004)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The oddball cover art to The Crooked World. A BBC novel featuring Paul McGann as the Doctor that was released in 2002.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A huge message to the BBC that The Abominable Snowmen charted at number 2 in the dvd and Blu-ray chart and number 1 on the Blu-ray only chart.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The oddball cover art to The Crooked World. A BBC novel featuring Paul McGann as the Doctor that was released in 2002.

In case you are scratching your head, this is the synopsis for the book:

"The people of the Crooked World lead an idyllic existence.

Take Streaky Bacon, for example. This jovial farmer wants nothing more from life than a huge blunderbuss, with which he can blast away at his crop-stealing nemesis. And then there’s Angel Falls, a racing driver with a string of victories to her name. Sure, her trusted guardian might occasionally put on a mask and menace her for her prize money, but that’s just life, right? And for Jasper the cat, nothing could be more pleasant than a nice, long nap in his kitchen – so long as that darn mouse doesn’t jam his tail into the plug socket again.

But somebody is about to shatter all those lives. Somebody is about to change everything – and it’s possible, that no one on the Crooked World will ever be happy again.

The Doctor’s TARDIS is about to arrive. And when it does. . . That’s all folks!

This is another in the series of original adventures for the Eighth Doctor."

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #889

Name: Ricco Ross [1960 - ]
Year(s): 1988 - 1989
Stories: The Greatest Show In The Galaxy part 1 – The Greatest Show In The Galaxy part 4
Character(s): The Ringmaster

Before Who:
Films: Scarred (1983), The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission* (1985), Death Wish 3 (1985), Spies Like Us (1985), Aliens* (1986), The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987), Body Contact (1987), Crusoe (1988)

Television: Hill Street Blues [3 episodes as Tyler Bragg (1982)] / American Playhouse: Displaced Person (1985) / C.A.T.S. Eyes: Love Byte (1985) / The Play on One: Airbase (1988)

After Who:
Films: Slipstream (1989), Murder by Moonlight (1989), The Return of Sam McCloud (1989), Shadowchaser (1992), Passport to Murder (1993), Project Shadowchaser III (1995), Hackers (1995), Proteus* (1995), Mission: Impossible (1996), Timelock (1996), Fierce Creatures (1997), Wishmaster (1997), Octopus (2000), Nate and the Colonel (2003), The Least Among You (2009), Hydra (2009), Apocalypse According to Doris (2011), Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (2012), An Average American Marriage (2012), Potluck (2012), Bermuda Tentacles (2014), Hidden in the Woods (2014), Story of Eva (2015), Stormageddon (2015), Opening Night (2016), A Husband for Christmas (2016), Fat Camp (2017), The Possessed (2017), Bobbi Kristina (2017), The Sandman (2017), Night Walk (2019), The Wrong Boy Next Door (2019), A Brother's Honor (2019), The Shinjuku Five (2019), She's in Portland (2020), A Christmas for Mary (2020), Do Something (2021)

Television: The Bill: Duty Elsewhere (1989) / CBS Summer Playhouse: American Nuclear (1989) / Sleepers [4 episodes as Karl Richfield (1991)] / Magic (1991) / Murder Most Horrid: Mrs Hat and Mrs Red (1991) / Jeeves and Wooster [3 episodes as Liftman Coneybear (1992)] / The Tomorrow People: The Origin Story (1992) / Westbeach [10 episodes as Greg Dacosta (1993)] / Sitting Pretty: Wills of Fire (1993) / Gulliver's Travels (1996) / Highlander: Promises (1996) / JAG: Washington Holiday (1997) / Babylon 5: The Face of the Enemy (1997) / The Pretender: Back from the Dead Again (1997) / The Practice [2 episodes as the Reporter (1997)] / Beverly Hills, 90210: Agony (1999) / Days of Our Lives (2000) / ER: Scoop and Run (2006) / Bite Me [10 episodes as General Joseph McRuby (2012)] / Caper [3 episodes as Psycho (2014)] / Family Time: Powering Down (2014) / Match: Secret Lives (2014) / Escorts [2 episodes as Charles Stone, Sr. (2015)] / K.C. Undercover: The Love Jinx (2016) / P-Valley [5 episodes as Pastor Gilfield (2020-2022)]

Music Video: Whitney Houston (1985): Saving All My Love For You [as the record producer]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Donna (Catherine Tate) and the Doctor (David Tennant) explore the market place in The Fires of Pompeii (2008)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #890a

Name: Jessica Martin [1962 - ]
Year(s): 1988 - 1989
Stories: The Greatest Show In The Galaxy part 1 – The Greatest Show In The Galaxy part 4
Character(s): Mags

Note(s):

• Would later provide the voice of Queen Elizabeth II in the 2007 story 'Voyage of the Damned'
• Reprised the role of mags in the 'Big Finish Doctor Who' audio stories 'The Monsters of Gokroth', 'The Moons of Vulpana' and 'An Alien Werewolf in London'
• Appeared in the 'Doctor Who Main Range' adventures 'Signs and Wonders' and in the 'Fourth Doctor Adventures' story 'Last of the Colophon'
• Is the artist of the Titan Comics 'Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor' story 'Hill of Beans'

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Spitting Image [25 episodes, Various Voices(1985-1988)] / Copy Cats [8 episodes as Various Impressions (1985-1986)] / Bobby Davro on the Box [6 episodes, Various Characters (1986)] / Lift Off (1986) / Screenplay: White Lady (1987) / Roland Rat - The Series (1988) / PC Pinkerton [13 episodes, voice only(1988)]

After Who:
Films: The Garden (1990), Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar [voice only] (1999), Faeries [voice only] (1999), Enchanted the Musical (2016), Jeepers Creepers [voice only] (2020)
Television: Tonight at 8.30 [2 episodes, different characters (1991)]

Who: Before And After #890b

Name: Ian Reddington [1957 - ]
Year(s): 1988 - 1989
Stories: The Greatest Show In The Galaxy part 1 – The Greatest Show In The Galaxy part 4
Character(s): Chief Clown

Note(s): Appeared in the 'Big Finish Doctor Who' audio adventures 'A Death in the Family' and 'The Psychic Circus'

Before Who:
Films: Highlander (1986)
Television: Sharon and Elsie (1984) / Play for Today: Hard Feelings (1984) / Three Up Two Down: It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (1986) / Casualty: Cross Fingers* (1987)

After Who:
Films: Crimestrike (1990), Who Needs a Heart (1991), Speak Like a Child (1998), Our House: A Musical Love Story (2004), The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2013), Fanged Up (2017), The Spiritualist (2018), Zoe and the Astronaut (2018), The Sisters Brothers (2018), Red Devil (2019), Invasion Planet Earth (2019), Original Gangster (2020)
Television: Boon: Big Game Hunt (1989) / Making News: Three Kinds of Poison (1990) / Yellowthread Street: Slicing the Dragon (1990) / The Bill [4 episodes, different characters (1990-1999)] / The Sharp End (1991) / Inspector Morse: Cherubim & Seraphim (1992) / EastEnders* [152 episodes as 'Tricky Dickie' Richard Cole (1992-1994)] / The Sculptress (1996) / Cadfael: The Devil's Novice (1996) / Snap [6 episodes as Paul (1997)] / Screen Two: Mothertime (1997) / The Queen's Nose [5 episodes as Grobbler (1998-2000)] / Peak Practice: Close to Home (2000) / Playing the Field [2 episodes as Billy West (2002)] / Being April [5 episodes as Big Bob (2002)] / Holby City: When Lightning Strikes Twice (2004) / Doctors [6 episodes, different characters (2005-2021)] / Shameless [2 episodes as Tommy (2005-2006)] / Coronation Street* [235 episodes as Vernon Tomlin (2005-2008)] / Jane Hall [6 episodes as Barry Ramsey (2006)] / Robin Hood: Bad Blood (2009) / Benidorm (2011) / Sex, Drugs & Veggie Spring Rolls (2014), Father Brown: The Penitent Man (2017) / Outlander [2 episodes as Harry Tompkins (2017)] / The Dumping Ground [2 episodes as Grant (2018)] / Lore: Prague Clock - The Curse of the Orloj (2018) / Vera: The Seagull (2019) /

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A promotional photo of Ingrid Oliver as U.N.I.T. scientific advisor Petronella Osgood, for 2013's The Day of the Doctor.