The Doctor Who Thread

[Susan Foreman]

January 7th: Today in WHO-story

Births
1913 - Francis de Wolff (Vasor in The Keys of Marinus and Agamemnon in The Myth Makers)
1924 - Geoffrey Bayldon (Organon in The Creature from the Pit and the alternative First Doctor in the Big Finish audios Auld Mortality and A Storm of Angels)
1943 - Valentino Musetti (Saracen Warrior in The Crusade and an extra in Marco Polo, The Daleks' Master Plan, The Smugglers, The Mind of Evil, Colony in Space and The Time Monster)
1951 - Helen Worth (Mary Ashe in Colony in Space)

Deaths
1994 - Llewellyn Rees (President in The Deadly Assassin) aged 92
2001 - Lorne Cossette (Captain Maitland in The Sensorites) aged 75
2006 - Richard McNeff (Baker in The Dalek Invasion of Earth) aged 84

Episodes
1967 - The Highlanders, Episode Four: 7.3 million viewers
1978 - Underworld, Part One: 8.9 million viewers

2007 - Blood of the Daleks, Part Two

Releases
2002 - Mad Dogs and Englishmen and Relative Dementias (BBC Books); The Caves of Androzani (DVD - region 4)

2004 - The Three Doctors, The Two Doctors and The Curse of Fenric (DVD - region 4)
2010 - The Last Voyage (BBC Audio); issue 148 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines); issue 417 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini UK)
2013 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 1 (Big Finish Productions); The Legacy Collection (DVD - region 2)
2016 - Issue 495 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini)

Behind-the-Scenes
1969 - The BBC announced that Patrick Troughton was to leave Doctor Who
1996 - Paul McGann participated in his first photoshoot as the Eighth Doctor
2013 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Lady of Mercia took place
2014 - Recording of Big Finish's audio adaptation of the novel The Highest Science took place
2016 - Recording of the Big Finish box set The Second Doctor: Volume One took place

[Demoncrat]

Rewatched Planet Of Evil. Still one of my favourites. A total slaughter and when the companion is 'stranded' she is up on her feet sharpish. No doubt a scene like this now would be heralded by a 3 minute speech with a stirring ST. Ahem.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

What a pile of shit!

Doctor Who: Who is the best Doctor? David Tennant, Peter Capaldi, Tom Baker and others ranked by Whovian fans - Radio Times

Yeah it's click bait. Click on it and enrage yourself as i did. Bloody Radio Times.

Capaldi - the second best Doctor ever? The two million viewers who departed the show since he took over obviously didn't think so.

[Demoncrat]

I hath nae need of clickbait to do that D

Sod RT. £4.50 for the Xmas issue etc. PASS.

[Demoncrat]

Great posts by the way Susan!! A mine of information etc ....

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

I hath nae need of clickbait to do that D

Sod RT. £4.50 for the Xmas issue etc. PASS.

I almost spilled my Lemsip when John Hurt was listed as better than Jon Pertwee, Troughton and Hartnell.

I mean, he's not even a Doctor, just bollocks from Moffat when he couldn't lure Eccleston back.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Kamelion from the 1983 story The Kings Demons.

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I almost spilled my Lemsip when John Hurt was listed as better than Jon Pertwee, Troughton and Hartnell.

I mean, he's not even a Doctor, just bollocks from Moffat when he couldn't lure Eccleston back.

Oooh I'll avoid that then. The hammer twitched severely at that 'fact'

[Demoncrat]

Watching Underworld. Enjoying it more this time.

[Demoncrat]

Enjoyed Underworld. Now ... The Creature From The Pit. Easily one of my favourites ... as there is a massive miscarriage to be sorted out. Venality be damned!!