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March 16th: Today in WHO-story Births 1904 - Clive Morton (Colonel Trenchard in The Sea Devils) 1909 - Campbell Singer (Joey the Clown, the King of Hearts & Sergeant Rugg in The Celestial Toymaker) 1915 - Eric Hillyard (Doctor Reeves in The Dæmons) 1926 - Victor Maddern (Robson in Fury from the Deep) 1929 - John Breslin (Captain Munro in Spearhead from Space) 1935 - Tristan de Vere Cole (production assistant on The Gunfighters and director of The Wheel in Space) 1937 - Ben Aris (Lieutenant Shears in Invasion of the Dinosaurs); Peter Rutherford (Roth in The Sontaran Experiment) 1939 - Katherine Schofield (Sabetha in The Keys of Marinus) 1952 - Graham Cole OBE (extra in Shada, The Leisure Hive, Full Circle, The Keeper of Traken, Kinda, Earthshock, Time-Flight, The Five Doctors, Resurrection of the Daleks and The Twin Dilemma; Melkur & Autolycus Ebbko in the Big Finish audio The Guardians of Prophecy) Episodes 1968 - Fury from the Deep, Episode One: 8.2 million viewers 1974 - Death to the Daleks, Part Four: 9.5 million viewers 1982 - Earthshock, Part Four: 9.6 million viewers 1983 - The King's Demons, Part Two: 7.2 million viewers 1984 - The Caves of Androzani, Part Four: 7.8 million viewers 1985 - Timelash, Part Two: 7.4 million viewers Introductions 1968 - First appearance of the Sonic Screwdriver 1984 - Colin Baker's first appearance as the Sixth Doctor 1995 - First appearance of the Sixth Doctor's companion Grant Markham Departures 1982 - Matthew Waterhouse's final regular appearance as Adric 1984 - Peter Davison's final regular appearance as the Fifth Doctor Releases 1989 - Dragonfire (Target Books) 1995 - Infinite Requiem and Time of Your Life (Virgin Books); issue 224 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel) 2006 - Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition: Ninth Doctor Collected Comics (Panini UK) 2007 - The Completed Second Series (DVD box set - region 1) 2009 - Attack of the Cybermen (DVD - region 2) 2016 - The Paradox Planet (Big Finish Productions) Behind-the-Scenes 2003 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Flip-Flop took place 2009 - Edinburgh's police department announced plans to relaunch TARDIS-style Police Boxes; recording of the Big Finish audio Patient Zero took place 2010 - Recording of the Big Finish audio A Town Called Fortune took place 2011 - Big Finish confirmed that Tom Baker was to reprise the role of the Fourth Doctor for their Doctor Who audio adventures; recording of the Big Finish audio anthology Recorded Time and Other Stories took place
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Pic of the Day # 422 The Weed Creature from the 'lost' story Fury from the Deep (1968) There aren't any official photos of the creature, these are telesnaps from when it first aired - images taken from a tv screen. |
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This is one of my most wanted 'lost' stories.
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Me too. I've longed for this ever since reading the old Target novel. It comes across as a pure horror story. I'd love to have it animated even though it would lack the chilling atmosphere i suspect the televised episodes had. |
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New Target covers, |
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watching the daemons, which i never grow bored of and makes perfect Friday night viewing.
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March 17th: Today in WHO-story Births 1937 - Michael Napier-Brown (Arturo Villar in The War Games; husband of The Doctor Dances guest actress Vilma Hollingbery) 1942 - Ken Grieve (director of Destiny of the Daleks) 1947 - Petra Markham (Safiya in The Crusade and Annie in the fourth series of Big Finish Productions's Doctor Who spin-off Graceless; sister of Doctor Who make-up artist Sonia Markham) 1963 - Jane Tranter (BBC Head of Fiction who was instrumental in Doctor Who's 2005 TV comeback) 1976 - Stephen Gately Official (Tommy Tomorrow in the Big Finish audio Horror of Glam Rock) Deaths 1984 - John Dearth (BOSS in The Green Death and Lupton in Planet of the Spiders) aged 63 2011 - Michael Gough (Toymaker in The Celestial Toymaker and Hedin in Arc of Infinity; former husband of Polly Wright actress Anneke Wills Official) aged 94 Episodes 1973 - Frontier in Space, Episode Four: 7.1 million viewers Releases 1994 - Tragedy Day and Decalog (Virgin Books); issue 211 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel) 2011 - Issue 209 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines) 2015 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 112 (Big Finish) Behind-the-Scenes 2003 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Flip-Flop took place 2006 - Rewrites to The Impossible Astronaut were made 2008 - Russell T. Davies completed his script for The Next Doctor; recording of the Big Finish audio The Death Collectors took place 2010 - Via his website, Tom Baker declared an interest in reprising the role of the Fourth Doctor for Big Finish's Doctor Who audio adventures; recording of the first series of Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off Graceless took place 2011 - Recording of the Big Finish audio anthology Recorded Time and Other Stories took place
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Pic of the Day # 423 Haemovores from the 1989 story The Curse of Fenric. |
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March 18th: Today in WHO-story Births 1931 - John Fraser (Monitor in Logopolis) 1940 - Lyn Ashley (Drahvin in Galaxy 4) 1964 - Courtney Pine (Himself in Silver Nemesis) 1980 - Sophia Myles (Madame de Pompadour in The Girl in the Fireplace) 1982 - Chiké Okonkwo (Ballon in the Class episode The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did) Deaths 1998 - Peter Lawrence (Vizier in Marco Polo) 2003 - Lewis Griefer (writer of the original storyline for Pyramids of Mars) aged 83 2006 - Michael Bates (Isbur in The Ice Warriors and Bates in Attack of the Cybermen) aged 63 Episodes 1967 - The Macra Terror, Episode Two: 7.9 million viewers 1972 - The Sea Devils, Episode Four: 7.8 million viewers 2011 - Space/Time (Comic Relief) Releases 1976 - The Ice Warriors (Target Books) 1993 - The Pit (Virgin Books); The Power of the Daleks (Titan Books); issue 198 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel) 2004 - The Tunnel at the End of the Light and The Dalek Factor (Telos Publishing); Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition: The First Doctor (Panini UK) 2010 - Issue 158 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines) Behind-the-Scenes 2000 - Recording of the Big Finish Productions audio Winter for the Adept took place 2002 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Excelis Decays took place 2004 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Medicinal Purposes took place 2008 - Recording of the Big Finish audios The Death Collectors and Spider's Shadow took place 2009 - In a speech for BAFTA members, Russell T. Davies confirmed a third series of the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures, despite it almost being cancelled three times due to the BBC's budget cut backs; recording of the Big Finish audio Patient Zero took place 2010 - During the press screening of the Eleventh Doctor's first full episode The Eleventh Hour, producer Piers Wnger officially confirmed a Christmas special for that year and a 2011 series 2013 - Recording of the Big Finish audio 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men took place
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