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[iank]

And on the above note...



18 next then!

[iank]

Dr Who Online confirms the release date for February 25 2019 (so it is the next) and says the release also includes the spin-off K9 and Company, with Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith (which was broadcast between seasons 18 and 19, of course).

[Susan Foreman]

November 28th: Today in WHO-story

Births
1939 - Jonathan Burn (Silas P in The Happiness Patrol)

1961 - Martin Clunes (Lon in Snakedance)

1985 - Ryan Sampson (Luke Rattigan in The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky; Big Finish Productions actor - Brother Patrick & Brother Timothy in The Book of Kells, Father Thane in The Elite, Lenny Kruger in 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men, Ivan Putin in the Torchwood story The Torchwood Archive and Mr. Nichols in the Torchwood story Visiting Hours)

1987 - Karen Gillan (Amy Pond [Eleventh Doctor companion]; Soothsayer in The Fires of Pompeii)

Deaths
1978 - Andre Morell (Marshal Tavannes in The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve) aged 69

2007 - Tony Holland (Third Assistant in The Savages) aged 67

2015 - Fred Hamilton (film cameraman on The Enemy of the World, Doctor Who and the Silurians, Inferno, The Mind of Evil, The Daemons to The Curse of Peladon, The Mutants, Planet of the Spiders, The Deadly Assassin, The Talons of Weng-Chiang and Destiny of the Daleks)

Episodes
1964 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Episode Two ('The Daleks'): 12.4 million viewers
2015 - Heaven Sent: 6.19 million viewers

Releases
1991 - Issue 181 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)

2003 - Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition: The Complete Sixth Doctor (Panini Comics UK)

2014 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 78 (Big Finish)

Behind-the-Scenes
2005 - Editing for The Christmas Invasion was completed
2017 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Ravenous 1 took place

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by iank

And on the above note...



18 next then!

Originally Posted by iank

Dr Who Online confirms the release date for February 25 2019 (so it is the next) and says the release also includes the spin-off K9 and Company, with Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith (which was broadcast between seasons 18 and 19, of course).

Features the following stories from 1980/81:

• The Leisure Hive (four episodes)
• Meglos (four episodes)
• Full Circle (four episodes)
• State Of Decay (four episodes)
• Warriors’ Gate (four episodes)
• The Keeper Of Traken (four episodes)
• Logopolis (four episodes)
• Plus K9 & Company – A Girl’s Best Friend

Special Features exclusive to this set include:

• A new Making-Of documentary and updated special effects for Logopolis
• Revealing new 2019 commentaries moderated by Matthew Sweet (Tom Baker on The Leisure Hive, Lalla Ward & Rachel Davies on State Of Decay)
• Surround sound mix for Warriors’ Gate
• Rare behind-the-scenes footage from The Leisure Hive, Full Circle and Logopolis
• Eight more editions of Behind The Sofa
• Band new documentaries The Writers Room and Weekend With Waterhouse
• A new interview with K9 & Company’s Ian Sears
• Another dip into the Panopticon convention archives with Tom Baker
• HD photo galleries plus scripts, production files and rare documentation provided as PDFs
• The eight-disc box set also includes hours of extensive special features previously released on DVD

https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?artic...n-bluray-range

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Yeti as (almost) seen in The Five Doctors (1983)

[nosferatu42]

Ok this is probably wildly inappropriate but what are your top 5 sexiest companions?

[Gothmogxx]

Lalla Ward
Jenna Coleman
Elizabeth Sladen
Billie Piper
Wendy Padbury

[Rob4]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Features the following stories from 1980/81:

• The Leisure Hive (four episodes)
• Meglos (four episodes)
• Full Circle (four episodes)
• State Of Decay (four episodes)
• Warriors’ Gate (four episodes)
• The Keeper Of Traken (four episodes)
• Logopolis (four episodes)
• Plus K9 & Company – A Girl’s Best Friend

Special Features exclusive to this set include:

• A new Making-Of documentary and updated special effects for Logopolis
• Revealing new 2019 commentaries moderated by Matthew Sweet (Tom Baker on The Leisure Hive, Lalla Ward & Rachel Davies on State Of Decay)
• Surround sound mix for Warriors’ Gate
• Rare behind-the-scenes footage from The Leisure Hive, Full Circle and Logopolis
• Eight more editions of Behind The Sofa
• Band new documentaries The Writers Room and Weekend With Waterhouse
• A new interview with K9 & Company’s Ian Sears
• Another dip into the Panopticon convention archives with Tom Baker
• HD photo galleries plus scripts, production files and rare documentation provided as PDFs
• The eight-disc box set also includes hours of extensive special features previously released on DVD

https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?artic...n-bluray-range

i'd like to buy these season long sets but i don't want the fancy packaging, and no sign of Season 12 (Baker Season 1) coming out in standard packaging yet!!!

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by nosferatu42

Ok this is probably wildly inappropriate but what are your top 5 sexiest companions?

Mary Tamm
Mary Tamm
Mary Tamm ....

[nosferatu42]

Top 5 sexiest companions

Lalla Ward - Romana
Karen Gillan - Amy Pond
Sophie Aldred - Ace
Wendy Padbury - Zoe
Sarah Sutton - Nyssa