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[Susan Foreman]

In memory of Murray Melvin (1932 - 2023)

Appeared as Bilis Manger in the 'Torchwood stories ''Captain Jack Harkness' and 'End Of Days'

He also appeared in the Big Finish Productions 'Torchwood' audio adventures 'Deadbeat Escape' / 'Dead Man's Switch' / 'Curios' / 'Dead Plates' and in the 'Torchwood: The Story Continues' adventure 'A Kill to a View'

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1097a / Nu-Who #176a

Name: Sue Kelvin [? - ]
Year(s): 2008
Stories: Partners In Crime
Character(s): Suzette Chambers

Before Who:
Films: Brazen Hussies (1996), Anxiety (2000), Song of Songs (2005)
Television: Love Hurts [4 episodes as Shelley Levy (1994)] / Red Dwarf: Back In the Red* (1999) / Coupling: Gotcha (2001) / Keen Eddie: Who Wants To Be In A Club Who Would have Me As A Member? (2004) / Casualty: Family Day (2005) / Mike Bassett - Manager: Going Dutch (2005) / The Worst Week of My Life: Friday (2005)

After Who:
Films: Reuniting the Rubins (2010), National Theatre Live: Travelling Light (2012), Noel Coward's Private Lives (2013)
Television: Love Soup: Who's God Is It Anyway? (2008) / The Legend of Dick and Dom: Dick's Brain (2010) / Doctors: Lord Letherbridge (2011) / Silent Witness: And Then I Fell In Love (2012)

Who: Before And After #1097b / Nu-Who #176b

Name: Jonathan Stratt [? - ]
Year(s): 2008
Stories: Partners In Crime
Character(s): Taxi Driver

Before Who:
Films: Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil (1985), Christmas Present (1985), Eat the Rich* (1987), London Suite (1996), Love and Death on Long Island (1997), Room to Rent (2000), Station Jim (2001), Bodywork (2001)

Television: The Bill [7 episodes, different characters (1984–2000)] / Moving (1985) / Dempsey and Makepeace: The Squeeze (1985) / Mog: A Night Out (1985) / Up the Elephant and Round the Castle: Wide Eyed And Legless (1985) / Bergerac: The Tennis Racket (1985) / All in Good Faith: Exodus (1986) / Fresh Fields: A Nose For Trouble (1986) / Mixed Doubles: It's In The Book (1986) / EastEnders [39 episodes as Brad Williams (1986–1989)] / Relative Strangers (1987) / Home James! [2 episodes, different characters (1987–1989)] / Clarence (1988) / The Comic Strip Presents: More Bad News (1988) / The Return of Shelley: The Return Of Shelley (1988) / Shadow of the Noose: The Camden Town Murder (1989) / Saracen: Proof of Death (1989) / Screenplay: A Safe House (1990) / The Comic Strip Presents: South Atlantic Raiders1990) / Drop the Dead Donkey: The Big Day (1990) / The Paradise Club: Snow Business (1990) / Poirot: The Million Dollar Bond Robbery (1991) / No Job for a Lady: Poetic Justice (1991) / Birds of a Feather: Business (1991) / The Upper Hand: The Honeymooners (1992) / The Brittas Empire: Safety First (1992) / The Comic Strip Presents: The Crying Game (1992) / Hope It Rains: Television (1992) / Keeping Up Appearances: Richard's New Hobby (1992) / Bottom: Burglary (1992) / Terry and Julian: Julian's Safe Deposit (1992) / Mr. Bean: Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean (1992) / Minder: Bring Me The Head Of Arthur Daley (1994) / Pie in the Sky: We Only Stand And Wait (1994) / Between the Lines: Blooded (1994) / The Glam Metal Detectives [2 episodes as Alan (1995) / Goodnight Sweetheart: Don't Fence Me In (1995) / Shine on Harvey Moon (1995) / Porkpie: Spend, Spend, Spend (1995) / Game-On: Double Hard Bastards & Girly Shirt-Lifting Tosspieces (1996) / Screen Two: Crossing The Floor (1996) / The Boss [2 episodes, different characters (1997) / The Alan Clark Diaries: Leaving Home (2004)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

[iank]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

In memory of Murray Melvin (1932 - 2023)

Appeared as Bilis Manger in the 'Torchwood stories ''Captain Jack Harkness' and 'End Of Days'

He also appeared in the Big Finish Productions 'Torchwood' audio adventures 'Deadbeat Escape' / 'Dead Man's Switch' / 'Curios' / 'Dead Plates' and in the 'Torchwood: The Story Continues' adventure 'A Kill to a View'

He's also the butler in the excellent Jonathan Creek Christmas special Black Canary. . RIP.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The SS Pentallian on the verge of plunging into the sun during 42 (2007)

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE FIRST OF POMPEII who have previously appeared in the show:

• Catherine Tate (Donna Noble)

Who: Before And After #1098 / Nu-Who #177

Name: Karen Gillan [1987 - ]
Year(s): 2008 / 2010 – 2012 / 2013
Stories: The Fires Of Pompeii / The Eleventh Hour – The Angels Take Manhattan / The Time Of The Doctor
Character(s): Mira The Soothsayer / Amy Pond [36 episodes]

Note(s):

• Was the first companion actress since Billie Piper to appear as a regular in two consecutive series and the first since Sophie Aldred to appear with the same Doctor for more than one series
• She is one of only a handful of actors to return to televised Doctor Who in an ongoing role after previously appeared in a guest role. Others have included Colin Baker, Peter Purves, Jean Marsh, Nicholas Courtney, Ian Marter, Lalla Ward, Freema Agyeman, and Peter Capaldi
• Is the cousin of Who actress Caitlin Blackwood
• At 5'10, she is the tallest actress to be cast as a companion
• Appeared as Amy Pond in the mini-episodes 'Meanwhile in the TARDIS', 'Prequel: Let's Kill Hitler', 'Pond Life'
• Was a presenter at the 2010 'Doctor Who at the Proms' event

Appeared in a number of 'Doctor Who' video games:

• In 'The Adventure Games' stories 'City of the Daleks' / 'Blood of the Cybermen' / 'TARDIS' / 'Shadows of the Vashta Nerada' / 'The Gunpowder Plot'
• In the 'Console' stories 'Evacuation Earth' / 'Return to Earth'

Before Who:
Films: Stacked (2008)
Television: Rebus: A Question Of Blood (2006) / Harley Street (2008) / Coming Up: Thinspiration (2008)

After Who:
Films: New Town Killers (2008), Outcast (2010), We'll Take Manhattan [as Jean Shrimpton] (2012), Not Another Happy Ending (2013), Oculus* (2013), Guardians of the Galaxy* [as Nebula] (2014), 7 Days in Hell (2015), Fun Size Horror: Volume Two (2015), The Big Short (2015), In a Valley of Violence (2016), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 [as Nebula] (2017), The Circle (2017), Alex & The List (2017), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle* [as Martha / Ruby Roundhouse] (2017), The Party's Just Beginning (2018), Avengers: Infinity War [as Nebula] (2018), All Creatures Here Below (2018), Stuber (2019), Avengers: Endgame [as Nebula] (2019), Spies in Disguise [voice only] (2019), Jumanji: The Next Level [as Martha / Ruby Roundhouse] (2019), The Call of the Wild (2020), Gunpowder Milkshake* (2021), Dual (2022), The Bubble (2022), Next Exit (2022), Thor: Love and Thunder [as Nebula] (2022)

Television: The Kevin Bishop Show [12 episodes, various characters (2008–2009)] / The Well [4 episodes as Coll (2009)] / In Love With...: Coward (2012) / NTSF-SD-SUV: [9 episodes as Daisy (2013)] / A Touch of Cloth [2 episodes as Kerry Newblood (2014)] / Selfie* [13 episodes as Eliza Dooley (2014)] / Robot Chicken: Zero Vegetables [voice only] (2015) / The Devil You Know: Pilot (2015) / Emo Dad [5 episodes as Jessica (2016)] / Neurotica: Eureka (2019) / Calls: The End [voice only] (2021) / The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special: [as Nebula] (2022)

Music Video: David Hasslehoff (2017): Guardians Of The Galaxy: Inferno

Music Video: Nick Jonas & Jack Black (2017): Jumanji Jumanji

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover art of Timeless. The 65th novel in the eighth Doctor series of books from the BBC. It was released in August 2003.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1099 / Nu-Who #178

Name: Phil Cornwall [1957 - ]
Year(s): 2008
Stories: The Fires Of Pompeii
Character(s): Stallholder

Note(s):

• Appeared in the Big Finish Productions audio adventures 'Serpent in the Silver Mask' / 'Spinvasion'
• Appeared as the Ninth Doctor in the 2009 Dead Ringers sketch 'Christmas at Doctor Who's
• Away from The Whoniverse, he provides the voice of Murdoc Faust Niccals, bass player in the virtual rock band Gorillaz

[Selected videography]
Before Who:
Films: Drunk and Disorderly (1995), The Imitators (1996), Out of Depth (2000), Blood (2000), Large (2001), Churchill: The Hollywood Years [as Martin Boorman] (2004), Chromophobia (2005), Color Me Kubrick (2005), Scoop (2006), I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007), The Shadow in the North* (2007), Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle (2007)

Television: Spitting Image [11 episodes, voice only (1986–1994)] / Saturday Live (1987) / The Corner House [2 episodes as Harry (1987)] / Get Fresh [81 episodes as the voice of Gilbert the Alien (1987–1988)] / What's Up Doc? [2 episodes (1992)] / The Comic Strip Presents [8 episodes, different haracters (1992–2012)] / Lovejoy: Last Tango In Levanham (1994) / The Bill [9 episodes, different characters (1994–2002)] / The Glam Metal Detectives [5 episodes, various characters (1995)] / WOW! [16 episodes as the voice of Sidney the Fly (1996)] / Only Fools and Horses: Modern Men (1996) / Roger and the Rottentrolls [34 episodes, voice only (1996–2000)] / Stella Street [37 episodes, various characters (1997–2001)] / I'm Alan Partridge [12 episodes as Dave Clifton (1997–2002) / The Broker's Man: Kith And Kin (1998) / Big Train [6 episodes, voice only (1998)] / Trial & Retribution: Trial And Retribution 3 (1999) / Gormenghast (2000) / Sunburn (2000) / Happiness: Chained To An Idiot (2001) / World of Pub [6 episodes, various characters (2001)] / Clocking Off: Julie's Story (2002) / Murder in Mind: Regrets (2002) / Dead Ringers [12 episodes, various characters (2002–2006)] / Holby City [2 episodes, different characters (2002–2015)] / Meg and Mog* [14 episodes as the voice of Mog (2003–2004)] / Twisted Tales: Whacked (2005) / 55 Degrees North (2005) / Stupid [10 episodes as King Stupid (2005)] / King Arthur's Disasters [26 episodes as the voice of Sir Lancelot (2005–2006)] / Ronni Ancona & Co. [2 episodes, various characters (2007) / M.I.High: Asteroid Attack (2008)

Music Video: Gorillaz (2005): Dare [as Murdoc Niccals]

After Who:
Films: Made in Dagenham* (2010), Unlawful Killing (2011), Cockneys vs Zombies* (2012),

Television: Headcases [2 episodes, various characters (2008)] / Dani's House: House For Sale (2008) / Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul [4 episodes, various characters (2008–2010)] / Hotel Trubble: A Sisterly Mystery (2009) / Bear Behaving Badly [2 episodes (2008–2009)] / Missing (2009) / The Legend of Dick and Dom: Hag Puss (2010) / Skins: Everyone (2011) / Hustle: Curiosity Killed The Kat (2012) / Pixelface: Rock Star (2012) / Starlings (2012) / Mrs Biggs [2 episodes as DS Jack Slipper (2012)] / Pramface: Supermum And The Hardguy (2013) / Great Night Out [2 episodes as Tonky (2013)] / Misfits (2013) / Midsomer Murders: The Flying Club (2014) / Doctors: Shadow Of Doubt (2014) / The Midnight Beast [2 episodes as the 80s Metaller (2014)] / The Life of Rock with Brian Pern: Jukebox Musical (2014) / Puppy Love (2014) / Not Going Out: Wedding (2014) / All at Sea: Santa (2015) / Bob the Builder [9 episodes, voice only (2015–2017)] / Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge [2 episodes, different characters (2016)] / Jericho [8 episodes as Joe Capstick (2016)] / Porridge: The Listener (2017) / Damned (2018) / Still Open All Hours (2018) / Urban Myths: Paul McCartney's Scrambled Eggs (2019) / Murder, They Hope: Dales Of The Unexpected (2021) / Call the Midwife (2022) / Dodger: Carnival (2022) / Man vs. Bee (2022) / C.B. Strike: Troubled Blood (2022) / Mrs. Brown's Boys: Shining Mammy (2022)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Who: Before And After #1099 / Nu-Who #178

Name: Phil Cornwall [1957 - ]

CornWELL. He's called Phil Cornwell. Not Cornwall.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) joins the homeless children for dinner in The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances (2005)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1100a / Nu-Who #179a

Name: Sasha Behar [1971 - ]
Year(s): 2008
Stories: The Fires Of Pompeii
Character(s): Spurrina

Note(s): Appeared in numerous Big Finish Production audio adventures:

• In the 'Doom Coalition' stories 'Songs of Love' / 'Stop the Clock'
• In the 'Ninth Doctor Adventures' story 'The Seas of Titan'
• In the 'Doctor Who Unbound' story 'Dust Devil'
• In the 'Diary of River Song' story 'The Lifeboat and the Deathboat'

Before Who:
Films: The Government Inspector (2005), Incendiary (2008)
Television: Poirot: Hercule Poirot's Christmas* (1994) / Bugs: The Revenge Effect (1997) / Thief Takers: After The Goldrush (1997) / The Bill: Pillow Talk (1999) / North Square [8 episodes as Stevie Goode (2000)] / Rescue Me [6 episodes as Emma Peters (2002)] / Doctors: Appearances (2003) / Coronation Street* [123 episodes as Maya Sharma (2003–2004)] / Casualty [7 episodes, different characters (2005–2018)] / Inspector Lewis: Whom The Gods Would Destroy (2007) / Sold (2007)

After Who:
Films: A Working Mom's Nightmare (2019)
Television: Messiah: The Rapture [2 episodes as Salma Al Fulani (2008)] / Jonathan Creek: The Judas Tree (2010) / New Tricks: It Smells Of Books (2010) / Strike Back [4 episodes, different characters (2010–2011)] / The Shadow Line [3 episodes as Laing (2011)] / Injustice [5 episodes as Natalie Chandra (2011)] / Sherlock [The Hounds Of Baskerville [as Dr. Mortimer] (2012) / Holby City [7 episodes as Alex Broadhurst (2012)] / Case Histories: Jackson And The Women (2013) / Luther [2 episodes as Dani Lane (2013)] / Da Vinci's Demons [7 episodes as the Seer (2014–2015)] / Modus [5 episodes as Raja Cooper (2017)] / Unforgotten* [6 episodes as Jamila Faruk (2018)] / Foundation* [9 episodes as Mari (2021)] / Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators: Too Much Of Water (2022) / Code 404 (2022)

Who: Before And After #1100b / Nu-Who #179b

Name: Lorraine Burroughs [1981 - ]
Year(s): 2008
Stories: The Fires Of Pompeii
Character(s): Thalina

Before Who:
Films: Red Rose (2004), Wide Sargasso Sea (2006), This Is What It Is (2007), Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: Othello (2008)
Television: Doctors [2 episodes as Macy Holyoake (2003)] / Down to Earth: Unfinished Business (2004) / Hex: Pilot – The Story Begins* (2004) / Casualty [2 episodes, different characters (2004–2007)] All About George [6 episodes as Jess (2005)]

After Who:
Films: Excluded (2010), The Glass Man (2011), Fast Girls (2012), Trendy (2017), Muscle (2019), Spell (2020)
Television: Spooks: Code 9 [6 episodes as Sarah Yates (2008)] / Identity: Second Life (2010) / New Tricks: Good Morning Lemmings (2010) / Lip Service [4 episodes as Fin (2010–2012)] / DCI Banks [14 episodes as DS Winsome Jackman (2010–2012)] / The Shadow Line (2011) / Law & Order - UK: Deal (2011) / Ice Cream Girls [3 episodes as Serena (2013)] / Top Boy [4 episodes as Rhianna Parkes (2013–2022) / Silent Witness: Protection (2015) / The Five [5 episodes as Jennifer Kenwood (2016)] / Last Tango in Halifax [2 episodes as Olga (2016)] / Fortitude [2 episodes as Spindoe (2017)] / Hard Sun [5 episodes as Simone Hicks (2018)] / Moving On: Neighbour (2018) / Midsomer Murders: Send In The Clowns (2018) / Butterfly [3 episodes as Paula (2018)] / Carnival Row: Some Dark God Wakes (2019) / Death in Paradise: Pirates Of The Murder Scene (2020) / Strike Back [2 episodes as Carolyn Fortier (2020)] / Maxxx: Death (2020) / Close to Me [4 episodes as Helen (2021)] / Red Election [8 episodes as Etta Cornwell (2021)] / On the Edge: Superdad (2021) / Pennyworth [4 episodes as Virginia Devereaux (2022)]

Who: Before And After #1100c / Nu-Who #179c

Name: Tracey Childs [1963 - ]
Year(s): 2008
Stories: The Fires Of Pompeii
Character(s): Metella

Note(s):

• Appeared in the Doctor Who: Lockdown! Webcast 'The Descendants of Pompeii'

Appeared in a number of Big Finish Productions audio adventures:

• In the 'Doctor Who Main Range' stories 'Colditz' / 'A Thousand Tiny Wings' / 'Klein's Story' / 'Survival of the Fittest' / 'The Architects of History' / 'Persuasion' / 'Starlight Robbery' / 'Daleks Among Us' / 'Warlock's Cross' / 'Time Works'
• In the 'UNIT' story 'Dominion' Doctor Who Main Range
• In the 'Bernice Summerfield' story 'The Bone of Contention'
• In the 'Iris Wildthyme' stories 'Murder at the Abbey' / An Extraterrestrial Werewolf in Belgium'

Provided the Audiobook Readings for:

• The Telos Publishing releases 'The Clockwork Woman' / 'Echoes' / 'The Sideways Door'

Before Who:
Films: The Snow Queen (1976), A Christmas Carol (1977), Richard's Things (1980), Baal (1982), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982), Aladdin and the Forty Thieves (1984), A Talent for Murder (1984), The Shell Seekers (1989)
Television: Upstairs, Downstairs: Wanted – A Good Home (1975) / Prometheus - The Life of Balzac: Apprenticeship Of A Genius (1975) / The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie [5 episodes as Rose Stanley (1978)] / The Devil's Crown: The Hungry Falcons (1978) / The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris [3 episodes as Mary Harris (1979)] / Strangers: You Can't Win The All (1980) / BBC2 Playhouse: The Happy Autumn Fields (1980) / Flesh and Blood [11 episodes as Betty McKellar (1980–1982)] / Jackanory Playhouse: The Maze Of Mistra (1981) / Sense and Sensibility [7 episodes as Marianne Dashwood (1981)] / Omnibus: Landseer – A Victorian Comedy (1981) / Play for Tomorrow: Shades (1982) / Bergerac: A Perfect Recapture (1983) / A Married Man [2 episodes as Jilly Mascall (1983)] / Jane Eyre: A Death In The Family (1983) / Captain Zep - Space Detective [6 episodes as Professor Vana (1984)] / Cold Warrior: Hook, Line And Sinker (1984) / Morgan's Boy (1984) / Deceptions[2 episodes as Rita Macmillan (1985)] / Dempsey and Makepeace [2 episodes as Lucy Gartrell (1985)] / Howards' Way [36 episodes as Lynne Howard / Lynne Dupont (1985–1990)] / Gems [30 episodes as Jessica (1988)] / Streetwise: Money Talks (1989) / Runaway Bay: Sink Or Swim (1993) / If You See God, Tell Him (1993) / The Bill [2 episodes, different characters (1996–1998)] / Born and Bred [36 episodes as Linda Cosgrove (2002–2005)] / Hollyoaks [7 episodes as Mrs. Cornwell (2003–2004)]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Doctors [7 episodes as Paula Malone (2012)] / Broadchurch* [4 episodes as CS Elaine Jenkinson (2013)]

Who: Before And After #1100d / Nu-Who #179d

Name: Francesca Fowler [1985 - ]
Year(s): 2008
Stories: The Fires Of Pompeii
Character(s): Evelina

Note(s): Appeared in the Doctor Who: Lockdown! Webcast 'The Descendants of Pompeii'

Before Who:
Films: Like Father Like Son (2005), Closure (2007)
Television: Last Rights [3 episodes as Liz (2005)] / Bad Girls* (2005) / Rome: Egeria* (2005) / The Golden Hour [4 episodes as Lillian Harris (2005)] / The Fixer (2008)

After Who:
Films: The Possession of David O'Reilly (2010), Schism (2016), Macbeth (2018)
Television: Locked Up Abroad: Taiwan (2008) / Doctors [4 episodes, different characters (2009–2018)] / Casualty [2 episodes, different characters (2011–2017)] / People Just Do Nothing: Dubplate (2016)