The Doctor Who Thread

[Susan Foreman]

From 'Ariel', the internal BBC magazine, November 1975

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Prentis (Paul Kaye) points something out to the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) watched by Tim (Zaqi Ismail), in the two part story Under the Lake / Before the Flood (2015)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Watched the exhaustive Blu-ray of Terror of the Vervoids across recent nights.

It's certainly the best story from the whole Trial of a Time Lord season. With it's clever take on an Agatha Christie murder mystery and dubious looking monsters, the plant based Vervoids.

Towards the end of the Behind the Sofa feature Fraser Hines asks "What would you do if a Vervoid appeared?"

To which Matthew Waterhouse replied "I'd water it!"

There's also an unaired French and Saunders Trial of a Time Lord sketch. It's not particularly funny apart from the Vervoid substitutes called Pod People which look like large green veiny penis which is ironically amusing when you consider what the Vervoids themselves look like.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1062 / Nu-Who #141

Name: Vinette Robinson [1981 - ]
Year(s): 2007 / 2018
Stories: 42 / Rosa
Character(s): Abi Lerner / Rosa Parks

Note(s): Appeared in the Big Finish Productions adventure 'Dead To The World'

Before Who:
Films: Vera Drake (2004), Imagine Me & You (2005)
Television: City Central: Justice To Be Done (1998) / Stanton Blues (1998) / Cold Feet (1999) / This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000) / Fat Friends: Face The Fat (2000) / Always and Everyone (2001) / Between the Sheets [6 episodes as Tracy Ellis (2003)] / Murphy's Law: Jack's Back (2004)] / Blue Murder: Hit And Run (2004) / Casualty: Truth Will Out (2005) / Party Animals [2 episodes as Kerry (2007)] / Hustle: A Designers Paradise (2007) / Doctors: Hero (2007)

After Who:
Films: Powder (2011), Assistance (2013), Morgan (2016), Frankie (2019), Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), Say Your Prayers (2020), Boiling Point (2021), The Amazing Mr Blunden (2021)

Television: The Passion (2008) / Hope Springs [8 episodes as Josie Porritt (2009)] / Waterloo Road [8 episodes as Helen Hopewell (2009)] / Sherlock* [4 episodes as Sgt Sally Donovan (2010–2014)] / Vera: Castles In The Air (2013) / Death in Paradise: An Artistic Murder (2014) / The Red Tent [2 episodes as Bilhah (2014)] / Black Work [2 episodes as Zoe Nash (2015)] / Black Mirror: Hated In The Nations (2016)] / Close to the Enemy[5 episodes as Rita (2016)] / Delicious [3 episodes as Rosa (2016–2017)] / The A Word [12 episodes as Nicola Daniels (2016–2017)] / Year Million [6 episodes as Eva (2017)] / Soon Gone - A Windrush Chronicle: Yvonne 1981 (2019) / I Am...: I Am Kirsty (2019) / A Christmas Carol [3 episodes as Mary Cratchit (2019)] / The Lazarus Project [5 episodes as Janet (2022)] / Code 404 [5 episodes as Professor Sarah McAllister (2022)

[Demoncrat]

Listening to The Paradise Of Death. Enjoying it so far.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Jo (Katy Manning) is found by Vaber (Prentis Hancock) and Taron (Bernard Horsfall) on the Planet of the Daleks (1973)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1063a / Nu-Who #142a

Name: Matthew Chambers [1968 - ]
Year(s): 2007
Stories: 42
Character(s): Hal Korwin

Note(s):

Before Who:
Films: Final Demand (2003), Attack Force (2006)
Television: Mile High [13 episodes as John Bryson (2003)] / Holby City [2 episodes, different characters [2003–2006]/ As If [2 episodes as Christian (2004)] / The 4 Musketeers [2 episodes as the Duke of Buckingham (2005)] / Family Affairs [2 episodes as PC Will Richards (2005)]

After Who:
Films: Lady Godiva (2008), Patient 17 (2011)
Television: The Time of Your Life (2007) / Doctors [1713 episodes as Dr. Daniel Granger (2007–2022)]

Who: Before And After #1063b / Nu-Who #142b

Name: Gary Powell [1963 - ]
Year(s): 2007
Stories: 42
Character(s): Dev Ashton

Before Who:
Films: The Widowmaker (1990), Crush (2001), From Hell (2001), Aka Albert Walker (2002), Fallen (2004), Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005)
Television: Inspector Morse [2 episodes, different characters (1987–1995) / Blind Justice: White Men Listen (1988) / Rules of Engagement (1989) / EastEnders [33 episodes as Laurie (1989–1990)] / Minder: Three Coins Make A Mountain (1991) / Between the Lines: A Watch & Chain Of Course (1992) / The Bill [8 episodes, different characters (1993–2008)] / She's Out (1995) / Thief Takers: Wild Card (1996) / Sharman (1996) / Kavanagh QC: The Ties That Bind (1997) / Lock, Stock...: ...And Two Sips (2000) / Beech Is Back [6 episodes as Steve Keating (2001)] / Helen West: Shadow Play (2002) / A Touch of Frost: Hidden Truth (2003) / Judge John Deed: Lost And Found (2005) / The Golden Hour (2005) / Holby City [3 episodes, different characters (2005–2010)] / Five Days: Day One (2007)

COLOR="magenta"]After Who[/COLOR]:
Films: Another Year (2010), King Lear (2014), Creation Stories (2021)
Television: Law & Order - UK: Defence (2010) / New Tricks: The Gentleman Vanishes (2011) / Grimm: Stories We Tell Our Young (2013) / The Librarians: And The Sword In The Stone (2014) / ilent Hours (2017)

Who: Before And After #1063c / Nu-Who #142c

Name: Rebecca Oldfield [? - ]
Year(s): 2007
Stories: 42
Character(s): Erina Lessak

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Holby City (2006) / Silent Witness [4 episodes, different characters (2006–2020)]

After Who:
Films: Powder Room (2013), Beautality (2014)
Television: The Silence [4 episodes as Sophie (2010)] / Doctors: Matter Of Choice (2014) / Witless (2017)

Who: Before And After #1063d / Nu-Who #142d

Name: Elize du Toit [? - ]
Year(s): 2007
Stories: 42 / The Sound Of Drums
Character(s): Miss Dexter

Before Who:
Films: Flirting with Flamenco (2006)
Television: Hollyoaks [5 episodes as Izzy Cornwell (2001–2003)] / Dalziel and Pascoe [2 episodes as Abigail Stewart (2006)] / The Line of Beauty: The Love Chord (2006)

After Who:
Films: The Devil's Chair (2007), In Your Dreams (2008), Homeland (2009), Ghost Town (2009), Skyfall* (2012)

Television: The Bill: In Deep (2008) / Casualty [3 episodes as Nicola Westland (2008)] / Waterloo Road (2009) / Material Girl (2010) / M.I.High: High School Spy Movie (2010) / Waking the Dead [2 episodes as Young Bonnie Yorke (2011)] / Inspector Lewis: The Gift Of Promise (2011) / Coronation Street (2011)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The villainous Sil (Nabil Shaban) in Vengeance on Varos (1985)

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in HUMAN NATURE who have previously appeared in the show:

• Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones)

Who: Before And After #1064 / Nu-Who #143

Name: Jessica Hynes [? - ] [also credited as Jessica Stevenson]
Year(s): 2007 / 2010
Stories: Human Nature – The Family Of Blood / The End Of Time Part Two
Character(s): Joan Redfern / Verity Newman

Note(s): Appeared in the Big Finish Productions 'Doctor Who' audio adventure 'Invaders from Mars'

Before Who:
Films: Swing Kids (1993), The Baby of Macon (1993), The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999), Born Romantic (2000), Dick Whittington (2002), Tomorrow La Scala! (2000), Pure (2002), Pure (2002),, Bosom Pals [voice only] (2004), Shaun of the Dead* (2004),Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Pinochet's Last Stand (2006), Confetti (2006), Four Last Songs (2007), Son of Rambow (2007)

Television: The House of Eliott (1994) / Tears Before Bedtime [4 episodes as Maggie (1995)] / Crown Prosecutor [10 episodes as Jackie South (1995)] / Asylum [6 episodes as Nurse McFadden (1996)] / Staying Alive [12 episodes as Alice Timpson (1996–1997)] / Midsomer Murders: The Killing At Badger's Drift* (1997) / The Royle Family [13 episodes as Cheryl Carroll (1998–2010)] / People Like Us: The Estate Agent (1999) / Spaced [14 episodes as Daisy Steiner (1999–2001)] / Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) [3 episodes as Felia Siderova (2000)] / Bob & Rose [6 episodes as Holly Vance (2001)] / Comedy Lab: Knife And Wife (2001) / Black Books: Hello Sun (2002) / According to Bex [8 episodes as Rebecca 'Bex' Atwell (2005) / Agatha Christie's Marple: The Moving Finger* (2006)

After Who:
Films: Magicians (2007), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* [voice only] (2007), Learners (2007), Faintheart (2008), Lizzie and Sara (2010), Burke and Hare (2010), Chalet Girl (2011), Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (2012), Pudsey the Dog: The Movie (2014), Cider with Rosie (2015), Winter (2015), Swallows and Amazons (2016), Bridget Jones's Baby (2016), Paddington 2 (2017), Alright Now (2018), The Fight (2018), Nativity Rocks! (2018), Seagull (2019), Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse [as Sofie Dahl] (2020),

Television: Little Crackers: Santa's Hoof (2010) / Skins: Everyone (2011) / The Hour: Crisis At Home And Abroad (2011) / Twenty Twelve [13 episodes as Siobhan Sharpe (2011–2012)] / One Night [4 episodes as Carol (2012)] / Moone Boy: Another Prick In The Wall (2012) / Common Ground: Patricia (2013) / Blandings: Problems With Drink (2013) / Up the Women [9 episodes as Margaret (2013–2015)] / W1A [14 episodes as Siobhan Sharpe (2014–2017)] / Hoff the Record: Divorce (2016) / Hooten & the Lady [8 episodes as Ella Bond (2016)] / Jack and Dean of All Trades [13 episodes as Marv (2016–2018)] / The Keith and Paddy Picture Show: Dirty Dancing (2017) / The Crystal Maze [4 episodes as the Knight (2017–2018)] / Hang Ups [4 episodes as Katherine Pitt (2018)] / There She Goes [10 episodes as Emily (2018–2020)]/ Years and Years [6 episodes as Edith Lyons (2019)] / Mood [4 episodes as Laura (2022)] / The Witchfinder [6 episodes as Old Myers (2022)] / Life After Life [4 episodes as Mrs. Glover (2022)] / Inside No. 9: A Random Act Of Kindness (2022) / Am I Being Unreasonable? (2022)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

In May 2003 issue 330 of Doctor Who Magazine featured a new interview with eighth Doctor Paul McGann in which he starred alongside Lalla Ward (Romana) in an internet premiere of BBCi's Shada - an audio drama remount of Douglas Adams' lost Season Seventeen finale.