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[iank]

Looks every bit as awful as I imagined.

[Susan Foreman]

September 21st: Today in WHO-story

Births
1919 - Nigel Stock (Professor Hayter in Time-Flight)

1945 - Tariq Anwar (film editor on The Face of Evil, The Sun Makers and the untransmitted story Shada)

Deaths
2006 - Tony Lambden (Court Messenger in The Romans and an extra in The Dalek Invasion of Earth) aged 72

2010 - Geoffrey Burgon (music composer on Terror of the Zygons and The Seeds of Doom) aged 69

Episodes
1968 - The Mind Robber, Episode Two: 6.5 million viewers
1987 - Time and the Rani, Part Three: 4.3 million viewers

Releases
1995 - Toy Soldiers and Managra (Virgin Books)

2000 - Issue 296 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini Comics UK)

2006 - The Nightmare of Black Island, The Art of Destruction and The Price of Paradise (BBC Books)
2009 - The Keys of Marinus (DVD - region 2)
2017 - The Official Annual 2018 (Penguin Group); issue 517 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini)

Behind-the-Scenes
2002 - Recording of the Big Finish Productions audio Jubilee took place
2005 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Pier Pressure took place
2008 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Death in Blackpool took place

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

"We're gonna' need a bigger glass!"

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor has a closer look at one of the Androids of Tara (1978)

[Susan Foreman]

Rare colour picture taken during the filming of 'The Smugglers'

Interesting to note that, unless it a very realistic looking set, this was filmed on an actual boat, which I don't think has ever been acknowledged before

[Susan Foreman]

September 22nd: Today in WHO-story

Births
1905 - Meriel Hobson (Woman in the Woods in The Dalek Invasion of Earth)
1915 - Emrys Jones (Master of the Land of Fiction in The Mind Robber)

1917 - Edward Dentith (Major-General Rutlidge in The Invasion)
1925 - William Franklyn (Amenhotep III in the Big Finish audio The Roof of the World); Stratford Johns (Monarch in Four to Doomsday)
1927 - Alf Joint (stunt arranger on Battlefield and an extra/stuntman on The Ambassadors of Death and Colony in Space)

1937 - Tony Caunter (Thatcher in The Crusade, Morgan in Colony in Space and Jackson in Enlightenment)
1944 - Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon [Second Doctor companion]: Second Doctor in Big Finish Productions' audio adventures)

1959 - Ian Brooker (regular actor for Big Finish's Doctor Who-related audio adventures)
1966 - Ruth Jones (Nikki Bevan in the Torchwood episode Adrift)
1979 - MyAnna Buring (Scooti Marista in The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit)
1982 - Billie Piper (Rose Tyler [Ninth & Tenth Doctors' companion]; the Moment in The Day of the Doctor)

1984 - Samantha Béart (Big Finish actress - Marinka Talanov & Female Worker in 1963: The Space Race, Kate Prendersly & Azazroth in All-Consuming Fire, Chamu in Ruler of the Universe and Orr in the Torchwood story Aliens Among Us)

Deaths
1974 - Stephanie Bidmead (Maaga in Galaxy 4) aged 45

2015 - Derek Ware (Saracen Warrior in The Crusade, Tuthmos in The Daleks' Master Plan, Spaniard in The Smugglers, UNIT Sergeant in The Ambassadors of Death, Private Wyatt in Inferno and Pigbin Josh in The Claws of Axos; fight arranger [1963-1972]; extra & stuntman on An Unearthly Child, The Chase, The Myth Makers, The Smugglers, The Web of Fear, The Ambassadors of Death, Terror of the Autons, The Claws of Axos and The Sea Devils) aged 77

Episodes
1979 - Destiny of the Daleks, Episode Four: 14.4 million viewers
2012 - The Power of Three: 7.67 million viewers

Releases
2011 - Issue 236 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines); issue 439 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini Comics UK)

2016 - Issue 504 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini)

Behind-the-Scenes
2002 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Jubilee took place
2005 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Pier Pressure took place

2008 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Mahogany Murderers took place
2016 - Recording of the Big Finish box set The Ninth Doctor Chronicles took place

[Demoncrat]

Likes all round!!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Prisoner Zero from The Eleventh Hour (2010)

[Susan Foreman]

September 23rd: Today in WHO-story

Births
1941 - Colin Eggleston (film editor on The Smugglers)
1949 - Floella Benjamin (Professor Rivers in the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures)

Deaths
2006 - Patrick Tull (Kroton voice in The Kroton) aged 65

Episodes
1967 - The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episode Four: 7.4 million viewers
1978 - The Ribos Operation, Part Four: 8.2 million viewers

Releases
1999 - Issue 283 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)

2010 - Issue 185 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines); issue 426 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini Comics UK)
2013 - The Beast of Babylon (Puffin Books)

2015 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 139 (Big Finish Productions)
2016 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 186 (Big Finish)

Behind-the-Scenes
2000 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Mutant Phase took place
2009 - Recording of Big Finish's audio adaptation of the unmade TV story The Song of Megaptera took place

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Vikings Attack in The Time Meddler (1965)

I rewatched The Time Meddler last night.

Such a superb performance by William Hartnell, especially in the first episode (Not so impressive in the second ). The Doctor absolutely adores Vicki who is so much more than a replacement for Susan, she's also so much better. The way the two interact is lovely. As for the first Doctor, well he's a sexist pig - no he's not Moffat you dick! - He's the Doctor i'd most like to travel around with.