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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Peter Elson's cover art for the Virgin New Adventures novel The Pit, by Neil Penswick which featured the Doctor as played by Sylvester McCoy. It was published in 1993.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE DOCTOR'S WIFE who have previously appeared in the show:

• Karen Gillan (Amy Pond)
• Arthur Darvill (Rory Williams)
• Paul Kasey (Nephew)

Who: Before And After #1231a / Nu-Who #310a

Name: Suranne Jones [1978 - ]
Year(s): Doctor Who: 2011
Stories: The Doctor's Wife
Character(s): Idris / The Doctor's TARDIS

Year(s): The Sarah-Jane Adventures: 2009
Stories: Mona Lisa's Revenge
Character(s): Mona Lisa

Before Who:
Films: Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley (2007), Love and a Long Shot (2009)
Television: City Central: A Quiet Evening In (1998) / My Wonderful Life [5 episodes as Linda (1999)] / Coronation Street* [374 episodes as Karen McDonald / Karen Phillips (2000–2004)] / Celebrate 'Oliver!' [as Nancy] (2005) / Vincent [8 episodes as Beth (2005–2006)] / Strictly Confidential [6 episodes as Linda Nelson (2006)] / Strictly Confidential [6 episodes as Linda Nelson (2006)] / Harley Street [6 episodes as Dr Martha Elliot (2008)] / Unforgiven [3 episodes as Ruth Slater (2009)] / Five Days [5 episodes as PC Laurie Franklin (2010)] / Single Father [4 episodes as Sarah (2010)] / Scott & Bailey [33 episodes as Rachel Bailey (2011–2016)]

After Who:
Films: Broken Hearts (2012), Beautiful Thing (2013), Lawless (2013), A Christmas Star (2017), Brian Pern: A Tribute (2017), Christmas Carole (2022)
Television: The Secret of Crickley Hall [3 episodes as Eve Caleigh (2012)] / A Touch of Cloth [6 epiosdes as DI Anne Oldman (2012–2014)] / Playhouse Presents: Stage Door Johnnies (2013) / The Crimson Field* [6 episodes as Sister Joan Livesey (2014)] / Doctor Foster - A Woman Scorned [10 episodes as Dr. Gemma Foster (2015–2017)] / The Life of Rock with Brian Pern: Festivals And Fans (2016) / Vanity Fair [2 episodes as Miss Pinkerton (2018)] / Save Me [13 episodes as Claire McGory (2018–2022)] / Gentleman Jack [16 episodes as Anne Lister (2019–2022)] / I Am...: Victoria (2021) / Maryland [3 episodes as Becca (2023)] / Vigil [6 episodes as Amy Silva (2021)]

Who: Before And After #1231b / Nu-Who #310b

Name: Adrian Schiller [1964 - ]
Year(s): 2011
Stories: The Doctor's Wife
Character(s): Uncle

Note(s): Also appeared in Big Finish Productions audio adventures:

• In the 'Doctor Who Main Range' story 'Time Works'
• In the 'Ninth Doctor Adventures' story 'Fright Motif'

Before Who:
Films: RKO 281 (1999), The Kidnap (2000), Surrealissimo: The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dali (2002), Fields of Gold (2002), George Eliot: A Scandalous Life (2002), Nostradamus (2006), Good (2008), Bright Star (2009), Wild Target (2010), Brighton Rock (2010)
Television: Prime Suspect 2: Operation Nadine (1992) / Screen One: Wide Eyed And Legless (1993) / Prime Suspect 3: Keeper Of Souls (1993) / Ghosts: The Chemistry Lesson (1995) / The Bill [2 episodes, different characters (1995–2009)] / Bugs: Blackout (1996) / Silent Witness [3 episodes, different characters (1996–2007)] / A Touch of Frost: Line Of Fire (2000) / My Family: All Roads Lead To Ramon (2001) / Judge John Deed: Abuse Of Power (2002) / The Ten Commandments [2 episodes as Shemaiah (2006)] / The IT Crowd: The Work Outing (2007) / Suburban Shootout: Bring Me the Head of Joyce Hazeldine (2007) / The Devil's Mistress [2 episodes as John Thurloe (2008)] / Ashes to Ashes (2009) / Being Human* [3 episodes as Hennessey (2010)] / Going Postal [2 episodes as Mr. Gryle (2010)] / Coming Up: Dip (2010) / New Tricks: Left Field (2010) / Zen [2 episodes as Giuseppe Bini (2011)] / Silk [3 episodes as Noah Zeigler (2011)]

After Who:
Films: Son of God (2014), A Little Chaos (2014), The Crucible (2014), Residue (2015), Suffragette [as David Lloyd George] (2015), The Danish Girl (2015), The Secret Agent (2015), Remainder (2015), Victor Frankenstein (2015), A Cure for Wellness* (2016), Beauty and the Beast (2017), The Mercy (2018), Ashes in the Snow (2018), Tolkien (2019), Censor (2021)

Television: Holby City: Wolf's Clothing (2012) / The Hollow Crown: Richard II (2012) / The Bible [4 episodes as Caiaphas (2013)] / Talking to the Dead [2 episodes as Dr. Price (2013)] / The Musketeers: The Good Soldier (2014) / Endeavour: Sway (2014) / Residue [3 episodes as DS 'Fat Freddy' Pierce (2015)] / Spotless: True Love Weighs (2015) / Undercover (2016) / Victoria [25 episodes as Mr. Penge (2016–2019)] / Man in an Orange Shirt (2017) / Genius [4 episodes as Jaime Sabartes (2018)] / Black Earth Rising [4 episodes as Daniel Drewe (2018)] / The Last Kingdom* [25 episodes as Aethelhelm (2018–2022)] / Raised by Wolves [3 episodes as the voice of Otho (2020)] / Death in Paradise [2 episodes as Pasha Verdinikov (2021)] / Van der Valk: Payback In Amsterdam (2022) /

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Who: Before And After #1231a / Nu-Who #310a

Name: Suranne Jones [1978 - ]
Year(s): Doctor Who: 2011
Stories: The Doctor's Wife
Character(s): Idris / The Doctor's TARDIS

After Who:
Films: A Christmas Star (2017),

A Christmas Star is a truly hideous film.

It's gobsmacking that a cast of Jones, Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Rob Collier, Julian Fellowes and Kylie could be in something so horrendously bad.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A grinning Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) during The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances (2005)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1232 / Nu-Who #311

Name: Michael Sheen [1969 - ]
Year(s): 2011
Stories: The Doctor's Wife
Character(s): Voice Of House

Note(s):

• Is the cousin of 'Torchwood' actor Caroline Sheen
• Is the cousin-in-law of Big Finish Productions voice actor Michael Jibson

Before Who:
Films: Othello (1995), Mary Reilly (1996), Wilde (1997), Lost in France (1998), Doomwatch: Winter Angel (voice only] (1999) / Heartlands (2002), The Four Feathers* (2002), Bright Young Things (2003), Underworld* (2003), The Deal [as Tony Blair] (2003), Timeline [as Lord Oliver] (2003), Laws of Attraction (2004), Dirty Filthy Love (2004), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005), Underworld: Evolution (2006), Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! [as Kenneth Williams] (2006), The Queen* [as Tony Blair] (2006), HG Wells' War with the World [as H.G. Wells] (2006), Dead Long Enough (2006), Blood Diamond (2006), Music Within (2007), Frost / Nixon [as David Frost] (2008), Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009), The Damned United [as Brian Clough] (2009), My Last Five Girlfriends (2009), The Twilight Saga: New Moon* (2009), A Child's Christmases in Wales [as the narrator] (2009), Alice in Wonderland [voice only] (2010), Unthinkable (2010), The Special Relationship [as Tony Blair (2010), Beautiful Boy (2010), TRON: Legacy (2010), Jesus Henry Christ (2011), Midnight in Paris (2011)

Television: Gallowglass [3 episodes as Joe (1993)] / Maigret: Maigret And The Night Club Dancer (1993) / Sean's Show (1993) / The Grand (1997) / Ancient Rome - The Rise and Fall of an Empire: Nero (2006) / Arena: Harold Pinter – A Celebration (2010) / 30 Rock [4 episodes as Wesley (2010)]

After Who:
Films: Few Options, All Bad (2011), Resistance (2011), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011), The Gospel of Us (2012), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012), Admission (2013), The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2013), Under Milk Wood (2014), Kill the Messenger (2014), 7 Days in Hell (2015), Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Alice Through the Looking Glass* [voice only] (2016), Nocturnal Animals (2016), Norman (2016), Passengers* (2016), Home Again (2017), Brad's Status (2017), The Missing Crown Jewels (2017), To Provide All People (2018), Apostle (2018), Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018), The War of the Worlds: The Musical Drama [as The Journalist] (2018), How to Build a Girl (2019), Dolittle (2020), Old Vic: In Camera - Faith Healer (2020), Last Train to Christmas (2021)

Television: Masters of Sex* [46 episodes as Dr. William Masters (2013–2016)] / The Spoils of Babylon [2 episodes as Chet Halner (2014)] / The Spoils Before Dying [4 episodes as Kenton Price (2015)] / The Simpsons: Kamp Krustier [voice only] (2017) / Animals [2 episodes, voice only (2018)] / The Good Fight [7 episodes as Roland Blum (2019)] / Prodigal Son [33 episodes as Dr. Martin Whitly (2019–2021)] / Quiz [3 episodes as Chris Tarrant (2020)] / The Sandman: Dream of a Thousand Cats / Calliope [voice only] (2022) / Staged [22 episodes as himself (2020–2022)] / Vardy v Rooney - A Courtroom Drama [2 episodes as David Sherborne (2022)] / Good Omens* [12 episodes as Aziraphale (2019-2023)] / Best Interests [4 episodes as Andrew (2023)]

Music Video: Kelly Lee Owens (2020): Corner of My Sky

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Tom Baker), Romana (Lalla Ward) and Duggan (Tom Chadbon) atop the Eiffel Tower overlooking the City of Death (1979)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1233 / Nu-Who #312

Name: Elizabeth Berrington [1970 - ]
Year(s): 2011
Stories: The Doctor's Wife
Character(s): Auntie

Before Who:
Films: Naked (1993), Secrets & Lies (1996), The Moonstone (1996), Urban Ghost Story (1998), 8 ½ Women (1999), Onegin (1999), Mad Cows (1999), The Little Vampire (2000), Quills* (2000), Large (2001), The Deal [as Cherie Blair] (2003), Vera Drake (2004), Spivs (2004), Tristram Shandy (2005), Nanny McPhee (2005), Missing (2006), Love Lies Bleeding (2006), Scoop (2006), Are You Ready for Love? (2006), The Dinner Party (2007), Fred Claus (2007), In Bruges* (2008), May Contain Nuts (2009)

Television: Between the Lines: Shoot To Kill (1994) / Staying Alive (1996) / The Bill [3 episodes, different characters (1996–2001)] / The Lakes [11 episodes as Ruth (1997–1999)] / My Wonderful Life [23 episodes as Marina (1997–1999)] / Casualty: Degrees Of Separation (1998) / Silent Witness: Brothers In Arms (1998) / Let Them Eat Cake [3 episodes as Marie Antoinette (1999)] / The Vice [2 episodes as Julie Evans (2000)] / Nature Boy (2000) / Rhona: The Haircut (2000) / The Grimleys: An Inspector Calls (2001) / Sam's Game: Slogan (2001) / Chambers: Survival Trek (2001) / Rescue Me (2002) / Bodily Harm [2 episodes as Belinda Chalk (2002)] / The Office [2 episodes as Anne (2003)] / Family Business [6 episodes as Jessica Brooker (2004)] / Shane [7 episodes as Myrtle (2004)] / Where the Heart Is: Never Can Say Goodbye (2004) / The Rotters' Club [3 episodes as Irene Anderton (2005)] / Rose and Maloney: Annie Johnson (2005) / Drop Dead Gorgeous [10 episodes as Val (2006–2007)] / Annually Retentive (2007) / A Touch of Frost: Mind Games (2008) / Poirot: Cat Among The Pigeons* (2008) / Apparitions (2008) / Moving Wallpaper [18 episodes as Mel Debrou (2008–2009)] / The Street: Smoke (2009) / Psychoville [5 episodes as Nicola (2009)] / Waterloo Road [38 episodes as Ruby Fry (2009–2011)] / The Crimson Petal and the White [4 episodes as Lady Constance Bridgelow (2011)]

After Who:
Films: Lapland (2011), Hard Boiled Sweets (2012), Eggbox (2012), Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013), Mr. Turner (2014), Swallows and Amazons (2016), Deliverers (2016), Teen Spirit (2018), Yesterday (2019), Spencer [as Princess Anne] (2021), Last Night in Soho (2021), Grey Matter (2023)
Television: New Tricks: Blue Flower (2012) / Stella [26 episodes as Paula (2012–2017)] / Being Eileen [6 episodes as Paula Cooper (2013)] / Playhouse Presents: Stage Door Johnnies (2013) / Midsomer Murders: The Christmas Haunting (2013) / Pramface: A Proper Little Family (2014) / The Smoke [3 episodes as Pauline Pynchon (2014)] / W1A (2014) / Trying Again [8 episodes as Gail (2014)] / Cuckoo: Funeral (2014) / Babylon: Cravenwood (2014) / The Syndicate [6 episodes as Dawn Stevenson (2015)] / Camping [6 episodes as Kerry (2016)] / Doctors [5 episodes as Nic Katchevski (2016)] / The Living and the Dead [4 episodes as Maud Hare (2016)] / Wasted: Come Down Day (2016) / Black Mirror: Hated In The Nation (2016) / Marley's Ghosts [2 episodes as Jill (2016) / Tracey Ullman's Show [9 episodes (2016–2017)] / Father Brown: The Lepidopterist's Companion (2017) / Little Boy Blue [4 episodes as Debra Taylor (2017)] / Loaded: The Boat (2017) / Borderline: Inspection (2017) / Death in Paradise: Murder From Above (2018) / Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators: This Promised End (2018) / Patrick Melrose: At Last (2018) / Vanity Fair [3 episodes as Lady Bareacres (2018)] / Vera: Cold River (2019) / Sanditon [7 episodes as Mrs Griffiths (2019)] / Good Omens [4 episodes as Dagon, Lord of the Files (2019-2023)] / The Nevers* [7 episodes as Lucy Best (2021–2022)] / The Responder [3 episodes as Lynne Renfrew (2022)] / Ridley: The Peaceful Garden (2022) / The Pact [5 episodes as Kate (2022)] / Fifteen-Love [6 episodes as Carol Pearce (2023)] / Henpocalypse! [6 episodes as Bernadette (2023)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover of the 2018 audio book of Mawdryn Undead (1983). It's read by David Collings who played Mawdryn in the televised story.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE REBEL FLESH / THE ALMOST PEOPLE who have previously appeared in the show:

• Karen Gillan (Amy Pond)
• Arthur Darvill (Rory Williams)
• Frances Barber (Eye-Patch Lady)

Who: Before And After #1234a / Nu-Who #313a

Name: Mark Bonnar [1968 - ]
Year(s): 2011
Stories: The Rebel Flesh – The Almost People
Character(s): Jimmy Wicks
Note(s): Appeared in a number of Big Finish Productions audio adventures:

• In the 'Doctor Who Main Range' story 'Dark Universe'
• In the 'Sixth Doctor Adventures' stories 'The Eleven' / 'One for All' / 'The Murder of Oliver Akkron' / 'Elevation'
• In the 'Doom Coalition' stories 'Doom Coalition 1' ['The Eleven' / 'The Galileo Trap' / 'The Satanic Mill'] / 'Doom Coalition 2' ['Scenes from Her Life' / 'The Sonomancer'] / 'Doom Coalition 4' ['Songs of Love' / 'The Side of the Angels' / 'Stop the Clock']
• In the 'Ravenous' stories 'Ravenous 1' ['World of Damnation' / 'Sweet Salvation'] / 'Ravenous 2' ['Seizure'] 'Ravenous 3' ['Deeptime Frontier' / 'L.E.G.E.N.D.' / 'The Odds Against'] / 'Ravenous 4' ['Whisper' / 'Planet of Dust' / 'Day of the Master']
• In the 'UNIT: Nemesis' stories 'Between Two Worlds' ['The Enemy Beyond' / 'Eleven's Eleven' / 'The Curator's Gambit'] / 'Agents of the Vulpreen' ['The Man from Gallifrey' / 'The War Factory' / 'Ten Minutes in Hell'] / 'Objective: Earth' ['Axos Unleashed' / 'Time of the Vulpreen'
• In the 'Fourth Doctor Adventures' story 'The Labyrinth of Buda Castle'
• In the Novel Adaptation of 'The English Way of Death'

Before Who:
Films: Loving You (2003), The Trial of Tony Blair (2007)
Television: Rebus: Dead Souls (2001) / Wire in the Blood [2 episodes as Stevie McTeer (2002)] / Taggart [2 episodes, different characters (2003–2010)] / Afterlife: Misdirection (2005) / Casualty @ Holby City [2 episodes as Bruno Jenkins (2005)] / Casualty* [23 episodes as Bruno Jenkins (2005–2006)] / Spies, Lies and the Superbomb: The Spy From Moscow (2007) / The Bill [8 episodes as Ray Moore (2007)] / The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Know Thine Enemy (2007) / Britz [2 episodes as Richard (2007)] / Paradox [5 episodes as D.S. Ben Holt (2009)] / PhoneShop: Salesman Of The Month (2010)

After Who:
Films: National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard (2011), X Moor (2014), Camera Trap (2014), All the Ordinary Angels (2015), Sunset Song (2015), Billionaire Ransom (2016), Porridge (2016), Eric, Ernie and Me [as Eric Morecambe] (2017), Say My Name (2018), The Kid Who Would Be King (2019), Zog and the Flying Doctors [voice only] (2020), Operation Mincemeat (2021), Calamity James (2023)
Television: Psychoville* [6 episodes as Detective Finney (2011)] / Playhouse Presents: The Minor Character (2012) / Twenty Twelve: Clarence House (2012) / The Paradise [2 episodes as Peter Adler (2012)] / Silent Witness: Trust (2013) / Case Histories: Nobody's Darling (2013) / The Great Scott: Waverly [as Rob Roy] (2013) / Shetland [30 episodes as Duncan Hunter (2013–2022)] / Line of Duty [6 episodes as DCC Michael Dryden (2014)] / Law & Order – UK: Hard Stop (2014) / Grantchester (2014) / Midsomer Murders: A Vintage Murder (2015) / Vera: Muddy Waters (2015) / Home Fires [3 episodes as the Reverend Adam Collingborne (2015)] / Jekyll and Hyde [5 episodes as Lord Protheroe (2015)] / Catastrophe [20 episodes as Chris (2015–2019)] / Undercover [5 episodes as John Halliday (2016)] / New Blood [5 episodes as Peter Mayhew (2016)] / Apple Tree Yard [4 episodes as Gary Carmichael (2017)] / Unforgotten [6 episodes as Colin Osborne (2017)] / Porridge [6 episodes as Officer Meekie (2017)] / Urban Myths: Agatha Christie (2018) / Humans [7 episodes as Neil (2018)] / Summer of Rockets [6 episodes as Field (2019)] / Defending the Guilty [3 episodes as Miles (2019)] / Guilt [12 episodes as Max McCall (2019–2023)] / Quiz [3 episodes as Paul Smith (2020)] / The Brilliant World of Tom Gates [10 episodes as Mr. Fullerman (2021)] / Litvinenko [4 episodes as DSU Clive Timmons (2022)] / The Rig [2 episodes as Alwyn (2023)]

Who: Before And After #1234b / Nu-Who #313b

Name: Marshall Lancaster [1974 - ]
Year(s): 2011
Stories: The Rebel Flesh – The Almost People
Character(s): Buzzer Edwards

Before Who:
Films: Aberdeen (2000), The Wedding Tackle (2000)
Television: The Lakes [8 episodes as Ged Hodgson (1999)] / Where the Heart Is: Reach For The Stars (1999) / Shockers: Ibiza - £99 Return (1999) / Holby City [4 episodes, different characters (1999–2006)] / Peak Practice: Once Too Often (2000) / Bob Martin [12 episodes as Timmy (2000–2001)] / Lee Evans - So What Now?: Sofa, So Good (2001) / Clocking Off [10 episodes as Gary Dugdale (2002–2003)] / Grease Monkeys: Double Vision (2003) / The Royal: All The Fun Of The Fair (2004) / Family Affairs [3 episodes as Shane (2004)] / Outlaws: Three Monkeys (2004) / The Street: Stan (2006) / The Bill: The Quiet One (2006) / Life on Mars* [16 episodes as DC Chris Skelton (2006–2007)] / Coronation Street [19 episodes as Slug (2006–2009)] / Doctors [2 episodes, different characters (2006–2010)] / Casualty [5 episodes, different characters (2007–2012)] / Ashes to Ashes [24 episodes as DC Chris Skelton (2008–2010)] / Boy Meets Girl [4 episodes as Pete (2009)]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The statue carved from ice of Kane's long dead love Xana, as seen in Dragonfire (1987)