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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

An imprisoned Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) and the Doctor (Peter Davison) from Snakedance (1983)

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by iank

According to the Radio Times, the BBC were looking at colourising An Unearthly Child for the 50th, but there wasn't time with the available tech then. I think this is actually happening, people...
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi...ising-comment/

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The most boring story they could colourise

Disagree

'An Unearthly Child' is one of the best episodes in the shows history. However, 'The Cave of Skulls ' / 'The Forest of Fear' / 'The Firemaker' *are* a bit on the tedious side!

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE AGE OF STEEL who have previously appeared in the show:

• Billie Piper (Rose Tyler)
• Camille Couduri (Jackie Tyler)
• Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith)
• Shaun Dingwall (Pete Tyler)
• Roger Lloyd Pack (John Lumic)
• Andrew Hayden-Smith (Jake Simmons)
• Helen Griffing (Mrs. Moore)
• Colin Spaull (Mr. Crane)
• Duncan Duff (Newsreader)
• Paul Kasey (Cyber-Leader)
• Nicholas Briggs (Cyber-Voice)

Guest actors appearing in THE IDIOT'S LANTERN who have previously appeared in the show:

• Billie Piper (Rose Tyler)
• Margaret John (Grandma Connolly)

Who: Before And After #1004 / Nu-Who #73

Name: Maureen Lipman [1946 - ]
Year(s): 2006
Stories: The Idiot's Lantern
Character(s): The Wire

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

Before Who:
Films: Up the Junction (1968), School for Unclaimed Girls (1969), The Battle of Britain (1969), Gumshoe (1971), You'll Never Walk Alone (1974), The Evacuees (1975), Rogue Male (1976), The Knowledge (1979), The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980), Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective* (1981), P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang [voice only] (1982), Outside Edge (1982), Educating Rita (1983), Perishing Solicitors (1983), See How They Run (1984), On Your Way Riley (1985), Love's Labour's Lost (1985), Water (1985), National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), Absurd Person Singular (1985), Re: Joyce! - A Celebration of the Work of Joyce Grenfell [as Joyce Grenfell] (1991), Carry on Columbus* (1992), Call up the Stars [as Joyce Grenfell] (1995), Interview Day (1996), Cold Enough for Snow (1997), Solomon & Gaenor (1999), Captain Jack (1999), Oklahoma! (1999), The Discovery of Heaven (2001), The Pianist (2002), The King's Beard [voice only] (2002), George Eliot: A Scandalous Life (2002), SuperTex (2003), Winter Solstice (2003), Lighthouse Hill (2004)

Television: Codename; A Walk with the Lions (1970) / Don't Ask Us - We're New Here [9 episodes, Various Characters (1970)] / The Lovers; Brainwashing (1970) / ITV Play of the Week; Special Co-respondent (1970) / Doctor at Large; Saturday Matinee* (1971) / ITV Sunday Night Theatre; Long Day's Journey Into Night (1973) / Thriller: File It Under Fear* (1973) / Casanova '73 (1973) / Crown Court [6 episodes as Sarah Lewis (1973-1975)] / Sykes; Fancy Dress (1973) / Armchair Cinema; Regan (1974) / Rooms; Sarah (1974) / Three Comedies of Marriage; Bobby Bluesocks (1975) / Couples [51 episodes as Marian Steinberg (1975-1976)] / The Sweeney; Selected Target (1976) / A Soft Touch [6 episodes as Alison Holmes (1978)] / Play for Today; Dinner at the Sporting Club (1978) / Agony [20 episodes as Jane Lucas (1979-1981)] / The Other 'Arf: Away from It All [as the voice of Margaret Thatcher] (1981) / ITV Playhouse: Last Night Another Dissident... (1981) / Jackanory: The Mona Lisa Mystery [5 episodes as the Storyteller] (1981) / Jackanory Playhouse; The Witching Hour (1982) / Smiley's People [2 episodes as Stella Craven (1982)] / Alan Bennett's Objects of Affection; Rolling Home (1982) / The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog (1983) / Theatre Night; Absent Friends (1985) / Screenplay; Shift Work (1986) / All at Number 20 [12 episodes as Sheila Haddon (1986-1987)] / A Little Princess [6 episodes as Miss Minchin (1987)] / British Telecom Adverts [31 adverts as Beattie Bellman] (1987-2019)] / First Sight: Exclusive Yarns (1987) / About Face [12 episodes, different characters (1989-1991)] / Bookmark: Sunny Stories [as Enid Blyton] (1992) / Coronation Street [282 episodes as Evelyn Plummer (2002-2022)] / Jonathan Creek; The Tailor's Dummy (2003) / Where the Heart Is; Body & Soul (2004) / The Fugitives [4 episodes as Maggie Wych (2005)]

After Who:
Films: He Kills Coppers (2008), The Agent (2008), Caught in the Act (2008), Run for Your Wife (2012), Metamorphosis (2012)
Television: Sensitive Skin [2 episodes as Sue Shortstop (2007)] / Casualty; Behind Closed Doors (2007) / Skins; Thomas (2009) / Minder; The Art of the Matter (2009) / Ladies of Letters [20 episodes as Irene Spencer (2009-2010)] / Tinga Tinga Tales: Why Hummingbird Hums (2011) / Holby City; Half Empty (2011) / Midsomer Murders: Written in the Stars (2012) / Bull [3 episodes as Beverley Bull (2015)] / The Job Lot (2015) / The Crystal Maze; SU2C Special [as Mumsy] (2016) / Plebs [8 episodes as the Landlady (2016-2019)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Disagree

'An Unearthly Child' is one of the best episodes in the shows history. However, 'The Cave of Skulls ' / 'The Forest of Fear' / 'The Firemaker' *are* a bit on the tedious side!

Stop being pedantic. Episode one, as in the pilot episode, is good, the rest is boring as hell. As a story An Unearthly Child is not great at all.

If this is how the colourised episodes would look then sign me up.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1005 / Nu-Who #74

Name: Ron Cook [1948 - ]
Year(s): 2006
Stories: The Idiot's lantern
Character(s): Mr. Magpie

Before Who:
Films: It's Getting Harder All the Time (1976), The Merry Wives of Windsor ( (1982), The First Part of King Henry VI (1983), The Second Part of King Henry VI (1983), The Third Part of King Henry VI (1983), Richard III (1983), Scandalous (1984), Number One (1984), Day to Remember (1986), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover* (1989), The Fool (1990), Turbulence (1991), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy* [as Richard D'Oyly Carte] (1999), Quills (2000), 102 Dalmatians (2000), Chocolat (2000), Lucky Break (2001), Charlotte Gray (2001), 24 Hour Party People (2002), Fields of Gold (2002), Dead Gorgeous (2002), The Hound of the Baskervilles [as Barrymore] (2002), The Lost Prince (2003), The Other Boleyn Girl [as Thomas Cromwell] (2003), Thursday the 12th (2003), Thunderbirds [as Parker] (2004), The Merchant of Venice (2004), On a Clear Day (2005), Land of the Blind (2006), Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (2006), Confetti (2006)

Television: Ballet Shoes (1975) / Will Shakespeare [6 episodes as Jack Rice (1978)] / The Dick Francis Thriller - The Racing Game; Trackdown (1979) / Whoops Apocalypse; Road to Jerusalem (1982) / Blackadder: The Black Seal* (1983) / The Young Ones; Nasty (1984) / Girls on Top; Staying Alive (1985) / The Singing Detective [6 episodes as the First Mysterious Man (1986)] / Bergerac: Whatever Lola Wants (1988) / Theatre Night: The Miser (1988) / Les Girls: Meat Market (1988) / Boon: Best Left Buried (1990) / Maigret: The Patience of Maigret (1992) / Bunch of Five: Dead at Thirty (1992) / Boys from the Bush: If England Means as Much to You (1992) / The Chief (1993) / The Detectives; Collared (1994) / The Bill: Bodyguard of Lies (1994) / Sharpe: Sharpe's Honour [as Napoleon] (1994) / Hawkeye: Hester (1995) / Bramwell (1996) / The Odyssey [2 episodes as Eurybates (1997)] / The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling [5 episodes as Benjamin Partridge (1997)] / Armadillo [2 episodes as Phil (2001)] / Hornblower [2 episodes as Steward James Doughty] (2003) / Seven Wonders of the Industrial World; The Great Ship [as Isambard Kingdom Brunel] (2003) / He Knew He Was Right [4 episodes as Mr. Bozzle (2004)] / Casanova [2 episodes as the Prisoner (2005)] / Funland [7 episodes as a Hitman (2005)]

After Who:
Films: Berry's Way (2006), Hot Fuzz* (2007), Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story (2008), Summerhill (2008), Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009), Whatever It Takes (2009), National Theatre Live: King Lear (2011), Bert & Dickie (2012), 18% Grey (2020), The King's Man [as Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria] (2021), Empire of Light (2022)

Television: Foyle's War: Bleak Midwinter (2007) / 10 Days to War: A Simple Private Matter (2008) / Waking the Dead; Pieta: (2008) / Burn Up (2008) / Silent Witness; Judgement (2008) / Little Dorrit [9 episodes as Chivery (2008)] / The Diary of Anne Frank [5 episodes as Hermann Van Daan (2009)] / Personal Affairs [4 episodes as Bernie Lerner (2009)] / Garrow's Law (2010) / Midsomer Murders: Echoes of the Dead (2011) / The Mystery of Edwin Drood [2 episodes as Durdles (2012)] / Vera; The Ghost Position (2012) / Mrs Biggs [2 episodes as Peter (2012)] / Mr Selfridge [40 episodes as Mr. Crabb (2013-2016)] / The City and the City [4 episodes as Commissar Gadlem (2018)] / Les Misérables [2 episodes as the Hair and Teeth Dealer (2019)] / Death in Paradise: Wish You Weren't Here (2019) / Chernobyl [2 episodes as the Old Maternity Doctor (2019)] / The Witcher: Rare Species (2019) / The Salisbury Poisonings [2 episodes as Stan Sturgess (2020)] / Des [3 episodes as DSI Chambers (2020)] / Life After Life [2 episodes as Dr. Fellowes (2022)] / Inside No. 9; Wise Owl (2022) / Grenfell: Scenes from the Inquiry (2022), Andor [2 episodes as Willi (2022)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover art of the upcoming Big Finish audio story Daleks! Genesis of Terror. Based on Terry Nation’s first draft script of his original storyline for Genesis of the Daleks (1975)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1006 / Nu-Who #75

Name: Jamie Foreman [1958 - ]
Year(s): 2006
Stories: The Idiot's lantern
Character(s): Eddie Connolly

Before Who:
Films: Sky Pirates (1977), McVicar (1980), Empire State (1987), The Moneymen (1987), Tank Malling (1989), First and Last (1989), I.D. (1995), Nil by Mouth* (1997), Our Boy (1997), Elizabeth* (1998), This Year's Love (1999), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Saving Grace (2000), Gangster No. 1 (2000), Remember a Day (2000), Breathtaking (2000), Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001), Out of Control (2002), Danielle Cable: Eyewitness (2003), I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003), The Football Factory (2004), Layer Cake (2004), Oliver Twist [as Bill Sykes] (2005)

Television: Holding On [2 episodes as Charlie as a youth (1977)] / A Bunch of Fives [14 episodes as Chris Taylor (1977-1978)] / King of the Castle [6 episodes as Ripper / Warrior (1977)] / Wings [2 episodes as Airman Bates (1978)] / ITV Playhouse: The Quiz Kid (1979) / Testament of Youth; 1915 (1979) / Armchair Thriller; Dead Man's Kit (1980) / Kinvig; Creature of the Xux (1981) / Squadron; Mascot (1982) / Johnny Jarvis [5 episodes as Manning (1983)] / Letty [2 episodes as Pete Sloan (1984)] / Shine on Harvey Moon: Fools Rush In (1984) / Relative Strangers (1985) / The Bill [5 episodes, different characters (1985-1997)] / Dempsey and Makepeace: No Surrender (1985) / London's Burning (1988) / Witness; Linda's Secret (1988) / Inspector Morse: Happy Families (1992) / Between the Lines; Out of the Game (1992) / Get Back: Drive My Car (1993) / The House of Eliott [6 episodes as Gerry Althorpe (1994)] / Screen One; Doggin' Around (1994) / The Detectives; Cardiac Arrest (1997) / Melissa (1997) / The Hunger: The Swords (1997) / Bugs; Identity Crisis (1997) / Murder Most Horrid; Whoopi Stone (1999) / Without Motive [12 episodes as DC Jim Boulter (2000-2001)] / High Stakes [4 episodes as Brian Wallis (2001)] / Micawber; Micawber Learns the Truth (2001) / Rescue Me (2002) / Murder in Mind: Flashback (2002) / Family [6 episodes as Dave Cutler (2003)] / Family Business [6 episodes as Marky Brooker (2004)] / The Last Detective; Willesden Confidential (2005) / My Family: An Embarrassment of Susans (2006)

After Who:
Films: Botched (2007), Inkheart (2008), Just for the Record (2010), Baseline (2010), Ironclad (2011), Screwed (2011), The Grind (2012), St George's Day (2012), Dead End (2012), The Hooligan Factory (2014), Rise of the Footsoldier 3 (2017), The Bromley Boys (2018), Degenerates (2018), Once Upon a Time in London (2019), Break (2020)
Television: Hustle; Signing Up to Wealth (2007) / Heroes and Villains; Spartacus (2008) / The City Speaks; Pushing (2008) / Casualty; Took a Long Time to Come (2008) / Minder; Thank Your Lucky Stars (2009) / Law & Order - UK; Samaritan (2009) / EastEnders [144 episodes as Derek Branning (2011-2012)] / Birds of a Feather [3 episodes as Lenny (2014-2016)] / Porters (2017)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Lady Peinforte (Fiona Walker) and her loyal servant Richard (Gerard Murphy) in Silver Nemesis (1988)

[iank]

Saw The Rescue last night. Weird, I've struggled to watch any Hartnells for the last couple of years - and this one I haven't seen since 2010! - but for some reason I just felt in the mood. The fact it's a quickie at just two parts may have helped - less intimidating than a 7 parter lol - as did the improved PQ on the Blu, but I think Vicki pushed it over the edge. I like Vicki. I like Bill and Ian and Babs, but Susan always irritated me the piss out of me to be honest. The Vickster is adorable though and cements one of the best TARDIS teams. Season 2 is also a lot more fun than 1 IMO. I really enjoyed this.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by iank

Saw The Rescue last night. Weird, I've struggled to watch any Hartnells for the last couple of years - and this one I haven't seen since 2010! - but for some reason I just felt in the mood. The fact it's a quickie at just two parts may have helped - less intimidating than a 7 parter lol - as did the improved PQ on the Blu, but I think Vicki pushed it over the edge. I like Vicki. I like Bill and Ian and Babs, but Susan always irritated me the piss out of me to be honest. The Vickster is adorable though and cements one of the best TARDIS teams. Season 2 is also a lot more fun than 1 IMO. I really enjoyed this.

I'm with you here, Ian. Much prefer Vicki over Susan.