The Doctor Who Thread

[Susan Foreman]

Another TARGET book review, from the early 80's Marvel 'Doctor Who' comic

What's interesting is the fact that the novel 'The Tenth Planet' seems to contain more narrative from the following story, 'The Power Of The Daleks' including a description of the new Doctor and more dialogue. It's also worth noting that the Doctor's first words seem to have been changed. Here, he says 'hello' to Ben and appears lucid, while in the televised/animated story, his first words are 'slower, slower. Concentrate on one thing at a time'

Sadly, I don't have the paperback of 'Power Of The Daleks', so I am unable to check how it begins to see if it's the same as this, or whether the story has been re-written again!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The three Vampires (Camilla, Aukon and Ivo) who rule in State of Decay (1980)

[Susan Foreman]

Rumour has it...that one of the stories in the new series is going to be centered around Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights movement

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Rumour has it...that one of the stories in the new series is going to be centered around Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights movement

The second one isn't it. The one which possibly features Judoon. It's supposedly set in America but filmed in South Africa.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The second one isn't it. The one which possibly features Judoon. It's supposedly set in America but filmed in South Africa.

Shame such an important true event couldn't be done purely as a historical and educational story, without the use of alien interference

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Shame such an important true event couldn't be done purely as a historical and educational story, without the use of alien interference

I'm really not sure Doctor Who should be used to educate in such matters, to me it trivializes events such as this. Oh it was because the Doctor told her to do it.

[iank]

Judging by past evidence, it will be done with all the subtletly of a brick too...

[Susan Foreman]

February 12th: Today in WHO-story

Births
1902 - George Cross (Minister in The War Machines)
1921 - Peter Whitaker (Inspector Gascoigne in The Faceless Ones and an extra in The Seeds of Death, The Mutants, Genesis of the Daleks, The Pirate Planet, Logopolis and Remembrance of the Daleks)
1934 - Annette Crosbie (Mrs. Angelo in The Eleventh Hour)
1945 - Gareth Thomas (Edwin Morgan in the Torchwood story Ghost Machine; Big Finish Productions actor - Kalendorf in Return of the Daleks and the Doctor Who spin-off Dalek Empire, Tamworth in Storm Warning and Astaroth Morax in Last of the Colophon)
1953 - Nabil Shaban (Sil in Vengeance on Varos, The Trial of a Time Lord and the Big Finish audios Mission to Magnus and Antidote to Oblivion)

1958 - Michael Fenton-Stevens (Big Finish actor - William Shakespeare in The Kingmaker, Brooks in The Raincoud Man, Moorson & Controller in Destroy the Infinite and Douglas Bell in The Carrionite Curse)
1978 - Gethin Jones (Himself in the Sarah Jane Adventures story Invasion of the Bane)

Deaths
2013 - Rod Beacham (Corporal Lane in The Web of Fear) aged 72

Episodes
1966 - The Massacre of Sr. Bartholomew's Eve, Episode Two ('The Sea Begger'): 6.0 million viewers
1972 - The Curse of Peladon, Episode Three: 7.8 million viewers
1977 - The Robots of Death, Part Three: 13.1 million viewers

Releases
1981 - Issue 50 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)

1987 - Issue 122 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
1998 - Issue 262 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
2009 - The Nemonite Invasion (BBC Audio); issue 102 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines)
2013 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 5 (Big Finish)
2014 - Issue 339 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.); Dark Eyes 2 (Big Finish)
2015 - Equilibrium and The Darkness of Glass (Big Finish)

Behind-the-Scenes
1969 - Terrance Dicks commissioned Robert Holmes to write Facsimile (later retitled Spearhead from Space)
2007 - Recording of the Big Finish audio I.D. took place
2011 - Recording of Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield story Epoch took place
2013 - Recording of the Big Finish audio 1963: The Assassination Games took place
2015 - Production began on The Magician's Apprentice took place

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Another TARGET book review, from the early 80's Marvel 'Doctor Who' comic

What's interesting is the fact that the novel 'The Tenth Planet' seems to contain more narrative from the following story, 'The Power Of The Daleks' including a description of the new Doctor and more dialogue. It's also worth noting that the Doctor's first words seem to have been changed. Here, he says 'hello' to Ben and appears lucid, while in the televised/animated story, his first words are 'slower, slower. Concentrate on one thing at a time'

Sadly, I don't have the paperback of 'Power Of The Daleks', so I am unable to check how it begins to see if it's the same as this, or whether the story has been re-written again!

Good post. On a Cybertip at the moment ...rewatched Tomb in preparation for me Revenge/Silver Nemesis turning up (which it did just 30 minutes ago )

Also rererewatched Robots Of Death

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Good post. On a Cybertip at the moment ...rewatched Tomb in preparation for me Revenge/Silver Nemesis turning up (which it did just 30 minutes ago )

Also rererewatched Robots Of Death

Revenge of the Cybermen and Silver Nemesis have their merits even though both get a lot of stick from fans. I love the cliffhanger to the first episode of Nemesis.

Both are head and shoulders above dross like Nightmare in Silver.