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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Vorg (Leslie Dwyer) and Shirna (Cheryl Hall) in Carnival of Monsters (1973)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Some reading from elsewhere if anyone is interested.

The Story of Doctor Who from the BBC Archives

https://www.bbc.co.uk/articles/cz7x0lk9218o

And the sixty greatest stories ranked by The Telegraph.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/doc...ed-best-worst/

I was thinking to myself "No Talons?" "Must be too un-PC" I was wrong

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in NIGHTMARE IN SILVER who have previously appeared in the show:

• Jenna-Louise Coleman (Clara)
• Eve De Leon Allen (Angie Maitland)
• Kassius Carey Johnson (Artie Maitland)
• Aiden Cook (Cyberman)
• Nicholas Briggs (Cyberman Voices)

Who: Before And After #1310 / Nu-Who #369

Name: Jason Watkins [1963 - ]
Year(s): 2013
Stories: Nightmare In Silver
Character(s): Impresario Webley

Note(s): Appeared in a number of Big Finish Productions audio adventures:

• In the 'Doctor Who Main Range' stories 'The Destroyer of Delights' / 'The Chaos Pool'
• In the 'Peladon' story 'The Truth of Peladon'

Before Who:
Films: High Hopes (1988), Split Second (1992), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Bostock's Cup (1999), Onegin (1999), Sex 'n' Death (1999), Circus (2000), Sabotage! (2000), The Russian Bride (2001), State of Mind (2003), She Stoops to Conquer (2003), In Denial of Murder (2004), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt (2005), My Family and Other Animals (2005), Confetti (2006), Fear of Fanny (2006), Sixty Six (2006), Casualty 1906 (2006), Housewife, 49 (2006), The History of Mr Polly (2007), Miss Austen Regrets (2007), The Golden Compass (2007), Wild Child (2008), Nativity! (2009), Mid Life Christmas (2009), Lost Christmas (2011), Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (2012)
Television: EastEnders [11 episodes as Gerry (1987–1988)] / Soldier Soldier: Battlefields (1991) / The Good Guys: All That Sparkles (1993) / Between the Lines: Manslaughter (1993) / The Buddha of Suburbia [2 episodes as Terry (1993)] / Casualty: Love And Affection (1994) / Pie in the Sky: Brown Bread (1995) / The Bill [2 episodes, different characters (1995–1999)] / Annie's Bar [2 episodes as Stephen Hanningford (1996)] / Grown Ups [6 episodes as Bob (1997)] / Scene: Skinny Marink (1997) / Duck Patrol [8 episodes as Kevin 'Taz' Delaney (1998)] / Family Business (2004) / William and Mary (2004) / Conviction [6 episodes as Jason Buliegh (2004)] / Sex Traffic [2 episodes as Inspector Lucas Reese (2004)] / Bodies (2005) / All About George [3 episodes as Roger (2005)] /Funland [6 episodes as Bradley Stainer (2005)] / The Romantics: Liberty (2006) / The Virgin Queen [3 episodes as Christopher Hatton (2006)] / Blue Murder: In Deep (2006) / Five Days [5 episodes as Francis Cross (2007)] / New Street Law (2007) / Life on Mars (2007) / The Last Detective: Once Upon A Time On The Westway (2007) / The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle [6 episodes as Dr. Jonathan Fowler (2007)] / Coming Up: A Man In A Box (2007) / Inspector Lewis: The Great And The Good (2008) / Hotel Babylon (2008) / Casualty 1907 (2008) / Holby Blue (2008) / Wired [3 episodes as Mart (2008)] / Little Dorrit [6 episodes as Plornish (2008)] / Lark Rise to Candleford [2 episodes as Constable Arthur 'Cabbage' Patterson (2008–2009)] / May Contain Nuts (2009) / Personal Affairs: A Decent Proposal (2009) / Murderland [2 episodes as Ed Croom (2009)] / Poirot: The Clocks* (2009) / Being Human* [13 episodes as Herrick (2009–2011)] / Dirk Gently [3 episodes as DI Gilks (2010–2012)] / The Hour: Pilot (2011) / The Body Farm (2011) / Psychoville [5 episodes as Peter Bishop (2011)] /Trollied [67 episodes as Gavin (2011–2018)] / Prisoners Wives [3 episodes as Will (2012)] / Twenty Twelve: Boycott (2012) / Miranda: It Was Panning (2012) / Call the Midwife (2013)

After Who:
Films: Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! (2014), Hampstead (2017), The Children Act (2017), The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018), The Trick (2021), Wicked Little Letters (2023)
Television: The Wrong Mans: The Wrong Mans (2013) / Atlantis: The Price Of Hope (2013) / Playhouse Presents: The Cruise (2014) / Our Zoo [4 episodes as Ronald Tipping (2014)] / The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies [2 episodes as Christopher Jefferies (2014)] / W1A* [15 episodes as Simon Harwood (2014–2020)] / Silent Witness: One Of Our Own (2015) / The Secret [2 episodes as Pastor Hansford (2016)] / The Hollow Crown [2 episodes as Suffolk (2016)] / Love, Nina [5 episodes as Malcolm (2016)] / Friday Night Dinner: The Two Tonys (2016) / Are You Being Served? [as Mr. Humphries] (2016) / Inside No. 9: The Bill (2017) / Taboo [6 episodes as Solomon Coop (2017)] / Decline and Fall (2017) / Line of Duty [3 episodes as Tim (2017)] / Safe House [4 episodes as Simon Duke (2017)] / A Very English Scandal [2 episodes as Emlyn Hooson (2018)] / Midsomer Murders: Send In The Clowns (2018) / Watership Down [4 episodes as the voice of Captain Orchis (2018)] / Hold the Sunset [13 episodes as Roger (2018–2019)] / The Crown [7 episodes as Harold Wilson (2019)] / Hitmen: Birthday (2020) / Des [3 episodes as Brian Masters (2020)] / McDonald & Dodds [8 episodes as DS Dodds (2020–2022)] / Around the World in 80 Days [8 episodes as Bernard Fortescue (2021)] / Rogue Heroes [as Winston Churchill] (2022) / A Ghost Story For Christmas: Count Magnus (2022) / The Catch [4 episodes as Ed (2023)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Rose was a novel based on the 2005 television episode Rose, written by Russell T Davies. It was the first release under the Target Books banner since The Paradise of Death in 1994.

Artist Anthony Dry painted the cover in the style of classic Target artist Chris Achilleos. Featuring the Doctor as played by Christopher Eccleston, Rose Tyler as played by Billie Piper and the deadly Autons.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Been watching The Robots of Death on Blu-ray these last couple of days.

What a genuinely brilliant story it is. A nice take on Christie's Ten Little Indians tale for the first couple of episodes before it becomes straight up robophobia horror with the most sinister robots i think i've ever seen.

As a child it scared the life out of me. As an adult it's just a joy to watch.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Been watching The Robots of Death on Blu-ray these last couple of days.

What a genuinely brilliant story it is. A nice take on Christie's Ten Little Indians tale for the first couple of episodes before it becomes straight up robophobia horror with the most sinister robots i think i've ever seen.

As a child it scared the life out of me. As an adult it's just a joy to watch.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1311 / Nu-Who #370

Name: Warwick Davis [1970 - ]
Year(s): 2013
Stories: Nightmare In Silver
Character(s): Emperor Ludens Nimrod Kendrick Cord Longstaff XLI [aka Porridge]

Before Who:
Films: Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), The Ewok Adventure (1984), Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985), Labyrinth (1986), Willow* (1988), Leprechaun (1993), Leprechaun 2 (1994), Leprechaun 3 (1995), Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996), Prince Valiant (1997), A Very Unlucky Leprechaun (1998), Jamboree (1998), Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1999), The White Pony (1999), Leprechaun 5: In the Hood (2000), Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Capone's Boys (2002), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood (2003), Skinned Deep (2004), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Ray (2004), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [as the body of Marvin] (2005), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire* (2005), Small Town Folk (2007), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Monsters of the Id (2007), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), Agent One-Half (2008), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011), Chingari (2012), The Unbroken (2012), Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

Television: Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader [6 episodes as Reepicheep (1989)] / The Silver Chair [3 episodes, different characters (1990)] / Zorro: The Jewelled Sword (1991) / Gulliver's Travels (1996) / The 10th Kingdom* [5 episodes as Acorn (2000)] / The Fitz: The Wake (2000) / Murder Rooms - Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes: The Kingdom Of Bones (2001) / Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible: Scream Satan Scream!* [as Tygon] (2001) / Carrie & Barry: Duncan (2004) / Comedy Lab: FM (2006) / Extras: Daniel Radcliffe (2006) / M.I.High: The Visit (2009) / Merlin: The Eye Of The Phoenix (2010) / Life's Too Short [8 episodes as Warwick Davis (2011–2013)]

After Who:
Films: Saint Bernard (2013), From Leicester to Hollywood [as the Narrator] (2014), Get Santa (2014), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens* (2015), Billionaire Boy (2016), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), The Entire Universe (2016), Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi* (2017), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans (2019), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Double Trouble (2021)

Television: The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains! [3 episodes as the Newsreader (2013)] / Dwarves Assemble [7 episodes as Oberon the Ufgood (2013)] / Bookaboo: Dustbin Dad (2013) / Catherine Tate's Nan: Nanger Management (2015) / The Dumping Ground: Perfect Match (2016) / Jonathan Creek: Daemon's Roost (2016) / Tenable [280 episodes as the Presenter (2016–2021)] / Star Wars - Rebels [6 episodes as the voice of Rukh (2017–2018)] / Moominvalley [39 episodes as the voice of Sniff (2019–2022)] / JJ Villard's Fairy Tales: Rumpelstiltskin [voice only] (2020) / Moley [32 episodes as the voice of Moley (2021-2023)] / Willow [8 episodes as Willow Ufgood (2022–2023)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Zoe (Wendy Padbury) and the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) menaced by one of The Krotons (1969)

[Susan Foreman]

I've not seen anything official, but apparently Disney have stated that the 2023 Christmas Special will be entitled 'The Church on Ruby Road'!

[Susan Foreman]

Doctor Who legends confirmed for 60th anniversary radio programme / Radio Times

"With the 60th anniversary fast approaching, Doctor Who has confirmed two new radio programmes looking back at the show's history - with some very special guests set to feature.

First up, on Sunday 19th November at 4:30pm, BBC Radio 4 will air Doctor Who: The Wilderness Years, a half-hour programme presented by Matthew Sweet which will look at the period between 1989 and 2005, when the show was off the air.

The Wilderness Years will dive into the show's cancellation, the fan campaigns to bring it back, the advent of new novels, animations, computer games and more, and, finally, its revival by Russell T Davies.

This will be followed on Friday 24th November at 9pm by Doctor Who: 60 Years of Friends and Foes, an hour-long programme presented by Sue Perkins which will feature a host of special guests.

Among these guests will be former showrunner Steven Moffat, script editor Andrew Cartmel, former companions including Anneke Wills, Katy Manning and Janet Fielding, and the voice of the Daleks, Nicholas Briggs, along with Dalek operator Barnaby Edwards.

The programme will also include analysis from academics who have published books on the subject, and will explore how Doctor Who has reflected our social history across the decades, from advances in technology to politics, violence, gender and sexuality."