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#7431
9th February 2018, 03:46 AM
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February 9th: Today in WHO-story Births 1918 - Morris Barry (director of The Moonbase, The Tomb of the Cybermen and The Dominators; Tollund in The Creature from the Pit)  1935 - Michael Imison (director of The Ark) 1936 - Clive Swift (Jobel in Revelation of the Daleks and Mr. Copper in Voyage of the Damned) 1937 - Alan Rothwell (Byzar Janto in the Big Finish audio The Twilight Kingdom) 1956 - Sally Knyvette (Doctorman Allen in the Big Finish audio Spare Parts) 1973 - Shaun Parkes (Captain Zachary Cross Flane in The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit) 1984 - Craig Gallivan (Jonathan Penn in the Torchwood story From Out of the Rain) Deaths 1980 - Heron Carvic (Morpho voice in The Keys of Marinus) aged 67 1999 - Bryan Mosley (Malpha & Prop Man in The Daleks' Master Plan) aged 67  2007 - Ian Richardson (narrator of Reeltime Pictures' Doctor Who spin-off Dæmos Rising; father of regular Big Finish Productions actor and Dæmos Rising co-star Miles Richardson) aged 72 2012 - Michael Burble (costume designer on Colony in Space and The Armageddon Factor) aged 69 Episodes 1974 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Part Five: 9.0 million viewers 1982 - Kinda, Part Four: 8.9 million viewers 1983 - Mawdryn Undead, Part Four: 7.7 million viewers 1985 - The Mark of the Rani, Part Two: 7.3 million viewers Releases 1984 - Issue 86 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)  1989 - Issue 146 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel) 2010 - Hornets' Nest (AudioGO) 2012 - Issue 255 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.); issue 444 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini UK) 2017 - The Squire's Crystal and The Glass Prison (Big Finish); issue 509 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini) Behind-the-Scenes 2003 - BBC Three was launched; recording of the Big Finish audio Auld Mortality 2011 - Recording of Big Finish's audio adaptation of the unmade TV story The Masters of Luxor 2012 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Final Phase took place 2015 - Read-through for The Magician's Apprentice took place 2016 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Fiesta of the Damned took place
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#7432
9th February 2018, 10:14 AM
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| Pic of the Day # 388 Jacondans from the 1984 story The Twin Dilemma.  bizarre_eye@Cult Labs and nosferatu42 like this. |
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#7433
10th February 2018, 03:47 AM
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February 10th: Today in WHO-story Births 1924 - Terence Brook (Braun in Planet of Evil and an extra in The King's Demons and Frontios) 1927 - Barry Newbery (designer on An Unearthly Child, Marco Polo, The Aztecs, The Crusade, The Time Meddler, The Daleks' Master Plan, The Ark, The Gunfighters, The Dominators, Doctor Who and the Silurians, The Brain of Morbius, The Masque of Mandragora, The Invisible Enemy and The Awakening) 1928 - John Ringham (Tlotoxl in The Aztecs and the DVD-exclusive mini-episode Making Cocoa, Josiah Blake in The Smugglers and Robert Ashe in Colony in Space) 1932 - Barrie Ingham (Paris in The Myth Makers and Alydon in the movie Dr. Who and the Daleks) 1939 - Peter Purves (Steven Taylor [First Doctor companion]; Morton Dill in The Chase and the First Doctor in Big Finish Productions' audio adventures)  1945 - Conrad Asquith (PC Quick in The Talons of Weng-Chiang and Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off Jago & Litefoot) 1947 - Michael Keating (Goudry in The Sun Makers; Big Finish actor - Major Koth in The Twilight Kingdom, Inspector Chardalot in Year of the Pig, Calvert in The Evil One and Kreekpolt in the Graceless story The End) 1958 - Bridget Lynch-Blosse (Natasha in Revelation of the Daleks) 1970 - Robert Shearman (writer of Dalek and several Doctor Who-related books and audio adventures) Deaths 2005 - Leonard Trolley (Reynolds in The Faceless Ones) died aged 87 2017 - Carl Conway (US Correspondent in The War Machines and Control Room Assistant in The Ambassadors of Death) died aged 95 Episodes 1968 - The Web of Fear, Episode Two: 6.8 million viewers 1973 - Carnival of Monsters, Part Three: 9.0 million viewers 1979 - The Armageddon Factor, Part Four: 8.6 million viewers 1996 - The Ghosts of N-Space, Part Four (BBC Radio 2) Releases 1983 - Issue 74 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel) 2000 - Issue 288 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini UK) 2005 - The Audio Scripts: Volume Four (Big Finish)  2011 - The Jade Pyramid (AudioGO); issue 204 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines); issue 431 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini) 2014 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 41 (Big Finish) 2016 - Torchwood: More Than This (Big Finish); issue 6 of Tenth Doctor Year Two (Titan Comics) 2017 - Sins of the Father (Titan Comics); A Clockwork Iris and Tales of the Civil War (Obverse Books) Behind-the-Scenes 1981 - John Nathan-Turner sent a memo to costume designer Colin Lavers to request question marks to be added to the Fifth Doctor's costume 1999 - The recovery of the first episode of The Crusade ('The Lion') was discussed on The National Lottery Amazing Luck Stories 2006 - Shooting scripts for The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit were prepared 2011 - Recording for Big Finish's audio adaptation of the unmade TV story Hexagora took place 2013 - Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman recorded a special mini-episode for the BAFTA ceremoney
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#7434
10th February 2018, 10:59 AM
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| Pic of the Day # 390
The Zarbi (ants) and Venom Grub (nail brush) from the 1965 story The Web Planet.  |
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#7435
10th February 2018, 09:44 PM
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Classic Who is the third most popular cult TV show in terms of DVD/Blu ray sales, well ahead of New Who which languishes down at no. 10! The Official Top 10 entertainment franchises of 2017 revealed No wonder the BBC is keen on special editions and animations!  Demdike@Cult Labs likes this. |
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#7436
10th February 2018, 09:56 PM
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The only nu-Who that came out in 2017 was a Christmas special which don't sell that well and series 10 in late Nov. |
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#7438
10th February 2018, 10:09 PM
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#7439
10th February 2018, 10:15 PM
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I did notice this just now in the blurb. Quote:
Nu-Who at #10 must have sold about 17 box sets.  (I know i didn't buy it)
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#7440
11th February 2018, 04:04 AM
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February 11th: Today in WHO-story Births 1931 - Alan Mason (Corporal Nutting in Doctor Who and the Silurians) 1938 - Brian Hodgson (Doctor Who sound designer [1963-1973])  1939 - Bernard Finch (Mentiad in The Pirate Planet) Deaths 2004 - Hugh Cecil (extra in The Daleks' Master Plan, The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve, The War Machines and Doctor Who and the Silurians) aged 90 Episodes 1967 - The Moonbase, Episode One: 8.1 million viewers 1978 - The Invasion of Time, Part Two: 11.4 million viewers Documentaries 2006 - Dalek, I Love You (BBC Radio 7) Releases 1982 - Issue 62 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel) 1988 - Issue 134 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel) 1999 - Issue 275 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel) 2008 - The Time Meddler (DVD - region 2)  2010 - Issue 253 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines) 2013 - Spaceport Fear and The Sands of Life (Big Finish Productions) 2015 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 107 (Big Finish) Behind-the-Scenes 2011 - Recording of Big Finish's audio adaptation of the unmade TV story Hexagora took place 2013 - Recording of the Big Finish audio 1963: The Assassination Games took place  bizarre_eye@Cult Labs and nosferatu42 like this.
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