The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Philip Madoc as the War Lord in The War Games (1969)

[Susan Foreman]

28 year old 'Billy' Hartnell, as featured in the Summer 1936 edition of The Spotlight casting directory

[Susan Foreman]

June 13th: Today in WHO-story

Births
1928 - Leonard Grahame (Darcy Tranton in The Daleks' Master Plan)
1930 - Gary Watson (Arthur Terrall in The Evil of the Daleks)
1943 - Peter Benson (Bors in Terminus)
1949 - Simon Callow (Charles Dickens in The Unquiet Dead and The Wedding of River Song and Tree Lorn Acre Slitheen-Blathereen in the Sarah Jane Adventures story The Gift)

Episodes
1964 - The Aztecs, Episode Four ('The Day of Darkness'): 7.4 million viewers
1970 - Inferno, Episode Six: 6.7 million viewers

Releases
1985 - Issue 102 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)

1991 - Issue 175 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
2014 - The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield and Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 60 (Big Finish Productions)
2016 - The Two Masters (Big Finish)

2017 - Shadow Planet/World Apart (Big Finish)

Behind-the-Scenes
2003 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Deadline took place
2008 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Magician's Oath took place
2016 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Contingency Club took place
2017 - Recording of Big Finish's UNIT story Encounters took place

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Daleks with the Genesis Ark in Doomsday (2006)

[trebor8273]

noticed season 12 blu ray which was supposed to be out Monday coming has been put back to 2nd of July.

[Susan Foreman]

HMV exclusive

The Tenth Doctor and Rose get limited edition vinyl release exclusive to HMV | Doctor Who TV

"In an exclusive deal with high street retailer HMV, Doctor Who: Infamy of the Zaross produced by Big Finish Productions and starring David Tennant and Billie Piper will be available for the first time on vinyl record.

From Saturday 16th June, HMV will be stocking a strictly limited pressing of Infamy of the Zaross on yellow 180GM heavyweight vinyl. This will be available in participating stores only, limited to 750 units.

To quote the Tenth Doctor... "OH YES!"

David Tennant played the Tenth Doctor on screen from December 2005 until December 2009, returning in 2013 for the 50th Anniversary Special The Day of the Doctor alongside Matt Smith and John Hurt, and in 2016 on audio for Big Finish with Catherine Tate.

Billie Piper portrayed the Doctor’s much-loved companion Rose in 2005 and 2006, returning for a number of stories in 2008. She also appeared as The Moment – which had taken Rose’s form – in The Day of the Doctor. This new story was Billie’s eagerly-awaited debut for Big Finish.

Infamy of the Zaross guest stars Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler who is Rose Tyler's mum. When Jackie takes a trip to visit her old friend Marge in Norwich, she finds her holiday immediately interrupted in the worst way possible - an alien invasion! The infamous Zaross have come to take over Earth. Or have they?

David Tennant previously reprised his role for Big Finish in The Tenth Doctor Adventures Volume 1, released in May 2016, which saw him back together with Catherine Tate's Donna.

The Tenth Doctor Adventures Volume 2, was released in November 2017 and includes Infamy of the Zaross and two further Tenth Doctor adventures. CDs and downloads are available to buy now from the Big Finish website."

[Susan Foreman]

More talk, or worth getting excited by?

Doctor Who archivist says there is hope for the 97 lost episodes | Radio Times

"BBC Doctor Who archivist Paul Vanezis, who recovered four “missing” episodes in the 1980s, has revealed he knows where more of the remaining episodes are located...“There is absolutely no question that there are missing Doctor Who films out there with private film collectors,” Vanezis says

“I know some of these collectors, and at some point they may be interested in handing over their films. But they’re not the kind of people that you should be pressuring to hand things over.”

The archivist clarified: “I don’t want to make this sound like there are lots of tins of missing Doctor Who out there that I know about. You know, we’re talking about one or two episodes. But they’re there and if something happens at some point in the future for them to be revealed then great.”

If it’s two episodes we’re talking about, they could be the ones that were borrowed from the archives by children’s show Blue Peter – and never returned. Those were episode four of The Daleks’ Masterplan, and episode four of The Tenth Planet."

Vanezis himself is part of the 'Doctor Who Restoration Team', and was directly involved in the recovery of "The Temple of Evil", "The Bride of Sacrifice", and "The Day of Darkness" [from the story 'The Aztecs'], all episodes of The Sensorites, and "A Land of Fear", "Guests of Madame Guillotine" , "A Change of Identity", and "Prisoners of Conciergerie" [from the story 'The Reign Of Terror']

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

More talk, or worth getting excited by?

Doctor Who archivist says there is hope for the 97 lost episodes | Radio Times

"BBC Doctor Who archivist Paul Vanezis, who recovered four “missing” episodes in the 1980s, has revealed he knows where more of the remaining episodes are located...“There is absolutely no question that there are missing Doctor Who films out there with private film collectors,” Vanezis says

“I know some of these collectors, and at some point they may be interested in handing over their films. But they’re not the kind of people that you should be pressuring to hand things over.”

The archivist clarified: “I don’t want to make this sound like there are lots of tins of missing Doctor Who out there that I know about. You know, we’re talking about one or two episodes. But they’re there and if something happens at some point in the future for them to be revealed then great.”

If it’s two episodes we’re talking about, they could be the ones that were borrowed from the archives by children’s show Blue Peter – and never returned. Those were episode four of The Daleks’ Masterplan, and episode four of The Tenth Planet."

Vanezis himself is part of the 'Doctor Who Restoration Team', and was directly involved in the recovery of "The Temple of Evil", "The Bride of Sacrifice", and "The Day of Darkness" [from the story 'The Aztecs'], all episodes of The Sensorites, and "A Land of Fear", "Guests of Madame Guillotine" , "A Change of Identity", and "Prisoners of Conciergerie" [from the story 'The Reign Of Terror']

Talk, every few years seems something like this that comes too nothing

[Susan Foreman]

I don't know if these will be easily readable, but the History of Target Books, as featured in DWB Magazine

[iank]

The media has taken comments made by Paul in a podcast the other week that a couple of missing episodes are in private hands and rather oversensationalised them.