The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A Tritovore from Planet of the Dead (2009)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Revised artwork for the series 3 steel book.

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Revised artwork for the series 3 steel book.

That looks a lot better with moving the master and being the right one.

Now watching some first doctor with the unearthly child.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

That looks a lot better with moving the master and being the right one.

Now watching some first doctor with the unearthly child.

In terms of the correct Master it looks better but in terms of artwork i think it's horrendous.

[Susan Foreman]

March 14th: Today in WHO-story:

Births
1912 - Hamilton Dyce (Major-General Scobie in Spearhead from Space)
1920 - Pamela Stirling (Louvre Guide in City of Death)
1922 - Joe Greig (Sensorites [Second Sensorite, Second Scientist & Warrior] in The Sensorites)
1931 - Gordon Faith (Guard Captain in The Enemy of the World)
1932 - Carey Blyton (music composer for Doctor Who and the Silurians, Death to the Daleks and Revenge of the Cybermen)

1938 - Eleanor Bron (Art Gallery Visitor in City of Death, Kara in Revelation of the Daleks and Ileana de Santos in the Big Finish audio Loups-Garoux)
1955 - Helen Atkinson-Wood (Ms. Tevez in the Big Finish audio I.D.)
1972 - Ben Jones (Captain Pargrave in the Big Finish audio The Chaos Pool)

Deaths
2007 - Gareth Hunt (Arak in Planet of the Spiders) aged 65

2014 - Martin Friend (Styggron in The Android Invasion) aged 82

Episodes
1964 - Marco Polo, Episode Four ('The Wall of Lies'): 9.9 million viewers
1970 - Doctor Who and the Silurians, Episode Seven: 7.5 million viewers
1981 - Logopolis, Part Three: 5.8 million viewers

Releases
1985 - The Caves of Androzani (Target Books)
1996 - Issue 247 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
2007 - Issue 25 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines)

2011 - The Gemini Contagion (AudioGO)
2013 - Issue 311 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.); Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 10 (Big Finish Productions)
2014 - Scavanger, The Crooked Man and Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 48 (Big Finish)
2016 - Erimem: Prime Imperative (Thebes Publishing)
2017 - Torchwood: Visiting Hours (Big Finish)

Behind-the-Scenes
1973 - The role of Sarah Jane Smith was initially given to April Walker. However, Jon Pertwee stated he was unimpressed with the casting and Elisabeth Sladen was then offered

1999 - Recording of Big Finish's audio adaptation of the Doctor Who novel Just War took place. As the story was adapted for the Bernice Summerfield spin-off range, the Doctor was edited out of the adaptation as the story was commissioned before Big Finish were granted a licence by the BBC to produce Doctor Who audio adventures
2012 - Big Finish announced in a podcast that they were to adapt the Doctor Who novel Love and War to commemorate 20 years of Bernice Summerfield
2013 - Recording of Big Finish's audio documentary Benjamin & Baxter took place, going behind-the-scenes of the Doctor Who spin-off Jago & Litefoot

[Susan Foreman]

Daily Mirror rumour alert!

Rumour: Series 11 Features “Educational” Episodes in US & India

"New Doctor Who boss Chris Chibnall is keen to make the show as educational as it is entertaining – just as it set out to be in the 1960s.

With that in mind he has embarked on a mission for the Doctor’s new friends Ryan and Yasmin to be transported back in time to witness historical events that are particularly relevant to their own ethnic backgrounds.

The next series of 10 episodes, which hits BBC1 in the autumn, will see three stories set in the future, three in the past, and the rest in the present day."

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

In terms of the correct Master it looks better but in terms of artwork i think it's horrendous.

like the front not too keen on the back

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Kate O'Mara as the Rani in 1987's Time and the Rani.

[Susan Foreman]

From Joe Orton's diaries, February 5th 1967 ('The Underwater Menace', episode 4):

"Yesterday I was watching an episode of Dr Who and I spotted a little boy in that called Frazer Hines."

And for April 15th 1967 ('The Faceless Ones', episode 2):

"Watched Dr Who on television. Rubbish, but there's a young boy in it who is worth looking at... I mentally undress him. I'm sure the BBC would be horrified if they realised that even a science fiction series can be used erotically."

He also overheard two women on a bus talking about an unknown Dalek story (but presumably it was 'The Evil Of The Daleks'). One thought it was too far-fetched. The other agreed: 'You know where you are with human beings, don't you,' she said.

Finally, in January 1967 an excerpt from Orton's play Loot is televised. The director was a young Peter Moffat (State of Decay, The Visitation, Mawdryn Undead, The Five Doctors, The Twin Dilemma and The Two Doctors). He told Orton how much he'd like to have a go at doing Entertaining Mr Sloane on TV too, although nothing came of this because Rediffusion were too timid to broadcast a play about a man and woman competing over a young man!

[Demoncrat]

Ah, he's nae feart that Orton. The diaries for me are partly just that ... and also some real flights of fancy. An extension of his work if you like ...