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[iank]

Yes. It's wonderful. Glorious fun, wonderful characters and dialogue, radiating with charm. What's not to love? If you want a borefest the story that comes after it is the charm.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by iank

Yes. It's wonderful. Glorious fun, wonderful characters and dialogue, radiating with charm. What's not to love? If you want a borefest the story that comes after it is the charm.

Yeah, The Leisure Hive isn't wonderful is it. It is a million times better than the story that follows it - Meglos.

[iank]

Actually, I kinda like Meglos...

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by iank

Actually, I kinda like Meglos...

I watched it on Blu a couple of weeks ago. Parts are okay, i actually like the cactus (Remember seeing it at the Blackpool Doctor Who exhibition) but the Tigellans (Jackie Hill aside) are terrible. They appear to be reading off cue cards.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #548

Name: John Challis [1942 - 2021]
Year(s): 1976
Stories: The Seeds Of Doom part 1 – The Seeds Of Doom part 6
Character(s): Scorbie

Before Who:
Films: Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? (1964), Say Hello to Yesterday (1971), Dracula (1974)
Television: Z Cars [13 episodes, different characters (1967-1975)] / The Newcomers [5 episodes as Harry Kapper (1967) ] / City '68: The Old Country (1968) / Virgin of the Secret Service: The Rajah and the Suffragette (1968) / Mr. Rose: The Frozen Swede (1968) / Softly Softly [2 episodes as Det. Con. Rankin (1968)] / For Schools and Colleges - Drama: The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (1969) / Big Breadwinner Hog: Self-Discipline Is Its Own Reward (1969) / ITV Playhouse: The John Hilarian Salt Exhibition and Numerous Illustrated Slides (1969) / Who-Dun-It: An Embarrassment of Murder (1969) / Dixon of Dock Green: Obsession (1969) / Canterbury Tales: The Shipman's Tale/The Nun's Priest's Tale (1969) / Strange Report: Report 7931 - Sniper - When Is Your Cousin Not? (1969) / The Misfit: On Not Being Lost (1970) / Brett: All the King's Horses... (1971) / Crossroads [9 episodes as Jim Wright (1971)] / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: The Last Journey (1972) / Coronation Street [8 episodes as Detective Phillips (1974-1977)] / Whodunnit?: Goodbye Sarge (1974) / Crown Court: The Messenger Boy (1974) / Thriller: Who Killed Lamb?* (1974) / Nightingale's Boys: Decision (1975) / The Sweeney: Stay Lucky Eh? (1975) / The Legend of Robin Hood (1975)

After Who:
Films: Burning an Illusion (1981), The Tichborne Claimant (1998), Five Seconds to Spare (2000), Dream (2001), Subterrain (2001)
Television: Open All Hours: Well Catered Funeral (1976) / Thriller: Sleepwalker (1976) / The Cedar Tree [2 episodes as Leonard Barnet (1976)] / The New Avengers: Dirtier by the Dozen (1976) / The Law Centre: Millstone (1978) / Doctor Snuggles [voice only] (1979) / Bloomers (1979) / Citizen Smith: The Letter of the Law (1980) / Play for Today: Before Water Lilies (1981) / Sink or Swim: Ecology (1981) / Only Fools and Horses* [33 episodes as Boycie (1981-2003)] / Beau Geste [4 episodes as Cpl. Dupre (1982)] / Relative Strangers (1985) / Late Starter (1985) / Storyboard: King & Castle (1985) / In Sickness and in Health (1985) / Juliet Bravo: Hostage to Fortune (1985) / Howards' Way [2 episodes as Morris (1985)] / Chance in a Million: And What Shall We Do for a Ring? (1986) / Strike It Rich!: Suspicions (1986) / Roland Rat - The Series (1986) / C.A.T.S. Eyes: A Naval Affair (1987) / Ratman: The Fall and Rise of a Superhero (1987) / Ever Decreasing Circles: Half an Office (1987) / Wish Me Luck [5 episodes as Victor Travussini (1988)] / Don't Wait Up (1988) / The Bill: Runaround (1988) / Casualty: Living Memories (1988) / The New Statesman: A Bigger Splash (1992) / Then Churchill Said to Me: Nanny by Searchlight (1993) / Get Back: Money (1993) / Soldier Soldier: Delayed Action (1996) / Wing and a Prayer: The Ties That Bind (1997) / Heartbeat: Where There's a Will (1998) / The Green Green Grass [32 episodes as Boycie (2005-2009)] / The Impressionists (2006) / My Family: Ho Ho No (2007) / Last of the Summer Wine: Is Jeremy Quite Safe? (2008) / Doctors: Vapour Trail (2015) / Benidorm [15 episodes as Monty Staines (2015-2018)] / Are You Being Served? [as Captain Peacock (2016)] / Sooty: Just Desserts (2018)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Commodore (Michael Craig) doesn't know where to look whilst the Doctor (Colin Baker) looks bemused as Mel (Bonnie Langford) explains what the Vervoids remind her of in Terror of the Vervoids - The Trial of a Time Lord Parts 9-12 (1986)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #549

Name: Harry Fielder [1940 - 2021]
Year(s): 1976 / 1979 / 1980
Stories: The Seeds Of Doom part 3 – The Seeds Of Doom part 4 / The Armageddon Factor part 2 / Shada
Character(s): Guard* / Guard / Krarg

Note: Also appeared in uncredited roles in 'The Enemy of the World' as a Central European Guard / 'The Wheel in Space' as a Wheel Crewmember / 'Planet of the Spiders' as a Guard / 'Revenge of the Cybermen' as a Vogan / 'The Deadly Assassin'* as a Guard / 'The Face of Evil' as the Second Assassin / 'The Invisible Enemy' as a Titan Base Crewman / 'The Ribos Operation' as a Levithian Guard / 'Meglos' as a Tigellan / 'Castrovalva'* as a Security Guard

Note: Most film and television roles were uncredited 'man-in-crowd' scenes
Before Who:
Films: A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967), The Magnificent Two (1967), Quatermass and the Pit* (1967), Billion Dollar Brain (1967), Carry on Follow That Camel (1967), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), The Vengeance of She (1968), Attack on the Iron Coast (1968), Inadmissible Evidence (1968), Salt and Pepper (1968), Star! (1968), The High Commissioner (1968), The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968), Oliver! (1968), Carry on Up the Khyber (1968), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Where Eagles Dare (1968), The Assassination Bureau (1969), Otley (1969), Hostile Witness (1969), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), The Battle of Britain (1969), The Adding Machine (1969), Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), One More Time (1970), The Revolutionary (1970), Cromwell (1970), Cry of the Banshee (1970), Trog (1970), Three Sisters (1970), Husbands (1970), Freelance (1970), Murphy's War (1971), Say Hello to Yesterday (1971), The Music Lovers (1971), The Last Valley (1971), Percy (1971), When Eight Bells Toll (1971), Carry on Henry (1971), The Devils (1971), Twins of Evil* (1971), Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971), The Blood on Satan's Claw* (1971), Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Steptoe & Son (1972), Frenzy (1972), The Pied Piper (1972), Mutiny on the Buses* (1972), Savage Messiah (1972), All Coppers Are... (1972), Pope Joan (1972), Made (1972), Bless This House (1972), Carry on Abroad (1972), Double Take (1972), Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1973), The MacKintosh Man (1973), Diamonds on Wheels (1973), Love Thy Neighbour (1973), Holiday on the Buses (1973), Undercovers Hero (1974), The Tamarind Seed (1974), Carry on Dick (1974), Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974), The Mutations (1974), Great Expectations (1974), Brannigan (1975), Lisztomania (1975), Moll Flanders (1975), The Picnic (1975), The Likely Lads (1976), A Dirty Knight's Work (1976), The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976),The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Voyage of the Damned (1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

Television: Z Cars [6 episodes, different characters (1967-1977)] / Man in a Suitcase* [2 episodes, different characters (1967-1968)] / The Avengers: Split! (1968) / The Saint: Legacy for the Saint (1968) / The Champions [2 episodes, different characters (1968)] / Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased): My Late Lamented Friend and Partner (1969) / The Persuaders! [2 episodes, different characters (1971)] / The Adventures of Black Beauty: The Horse Thieves (1972) / Madigan: The London Beat (1972) / Nobody Is Norman Wisdom (1973) / Harriet's Back in Town (1973) / A Pin to See the Peepshow (1973) / Moonbase 3 [3 episodes, different characters (1973)] / The Protectors: Dragon Chase (1973) / Murder Must Advertise (1973) / Helen - A Woman of Today: Helen (1973) / The Zoo Gang: Revenge - Post Dated (1974) / The Prince of Denmark (1974) / Steptoe and Son: Porn Yesterday (1974) / Cakes and Ale (1974) / The Sweeney* [3 episodes, different characters (1976)] / Public Eye: Hard Times (1975) / Poldark (1975) / The Crezz: The Spanish Succession (1976) / Softly Softly: Task Force [2 episodes, different characters (1976)] / I, Claudius: A God in Colchester (1976) / Space: 1999 [7 episodes, different characters (1976-1977)]

After Who:
Films: Sweeney! (1977), Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope* (1977), The Spy Who Loved Me* (1977), Valentino (1977), Sweeney 2 (1978), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), The Thirty Nine Steps (1978), Superman (1978), Agatha (1979), Quadrophenia (1979), Yanks (1979), The Bitch (1979), Birth of the Beatles (1979), Henry IV Part II (1979), A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979), Breaking Glass (1980), Murphy's Stroke (1980), The Long Good Friday (1980), McVicar (1980), The Elephant Man (1980), Superman II (1980), The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs (1981), Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981), History of the World: Part I (1981), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Troilus & Cressida (1981), Ragtime (1981), Reds (1981), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982), Oliver Twist (1982), Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982), The Final Option (1982), Walter (1982), King Lear (1983), Saigon: Year of the Cat (1983), Fords on Water (1983), Lassiter (1984), Where Is Parsifal? (1984), The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984), Top Secret! (1984), The Life and Death of King John (1984), Dance with a Stranger (1985), The Bride (1985), Plenty (1985), Family Ties Vacation (1985), The Doctor and the Devils (1985), Thirteen at Dinner (1985), Dead Man's Folly (1986), Highlander (1986), Mona Lisa (1986), Empire State (1987), Cause célèbre (1987), Hawks (1988), Nightbreed* (1990), First Knight (1995), Loch Ness (1996), Mary Reilly (1996), Mission: Impossible (1996), True Blue (1996), 101 Dalmatians (1996), Evita (1996), The Apocalypse Watch (1997), Wilde (1997), FairyTale: A True Story (1997), The Fix (1997), The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), The Jackal (1997), Incognito (1997), Diana & Me (1997), Entrapment (1999)

Television: Jackanory Playhouse: The Princess and the Hedgehog (1977) / Survivors: The Peacemaker (1977) / Target: Blow Out (1977) / 1990 [3 episodes as the PCD Man (1977)] / Secret Army* [5 episodes, different characters (1977-1979)] / The Duchess of Duke Street: Shadows (1977) / Law & Order: A Detective's Tale (1978) / The Onedin Line: The Reverend's Daughter (1978) / A Horseman Riding By: 1905 - The Hollow Victory (1978) / The Voyage of Charles Darwin: My Mind Was a Chaos of Delight (1978) / BBC Play of the Month: Kean (1978) / Blake's 7 [10 episodes, different characters (1978-1981)] / The Professionals [2 episodes, different characters (1978-1980)] / The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin: Communal Social Evenings (1978) / Potter (1979) / Fawlty Towers: The Kipper and the Corpse (1979) / Crime and Punishment (1979) / Terry and June* [2 episodes, different characters (1979-1982)] / Minder [3 episodes, different characters (1979-1982)] / Rumpole of the Bailey: Rumpole and the Course of True Love (1979) / Two People: Home and Away (1979) / Shoestring [2 episodes, different characters (1979)] / Armchair Thriller: Dying Day - Mr. Skipling is Sentenced to Death (1980) / Fox: King Billy (1980) / Enemy at the Door: Escape (1980) / A Question of Guilt: Mary Blandy (1980) / Citizen Smith: Casablanca Was Never Like This (1980) / Cowboys: Two Right Casanovas (1980) / A Tale of Two Cities [2 episodes as the Gaoler (1980)] / Yes Minister: The Death List (1981) / When the Boat Comes In: Comrades in Arms (1981) / The Chinese Detective: Washing (1981) / Goodbye Darling: Mavis (1981) / Strangers: The Moscow Subway Murders (1981) / Great Expectations (1981) / The Borgias (1981) / CBTV Channel 14 (1984) / Seconds Out: The Final Round (1982) / Goodbye, Mr. Kent (1982) / Q.E.D.: Target - London (1982) / Holding the Fort: A Place in the Sun (1982) / The Agatha Christie Hour: The Girl in the Train (1982) / Beau Geste [4 episodes as a Legionnaire (1982)] / Hi-de-Hi!: It's a Blue World (1982) / The Winds of War: The Winds Rise (1983) / Play for Today: The Falklands Factor (1983) / Jemima Shore Investigates: A Splash of Red (1983) / Maybury: Love's Labour (1983) / Hart to Hart: Two Harts Are Better Than One (1983) / The Entertainers: Jeff Stevenson (1983) / Partners in Crime: The Secret Adversary (1983) / The Young Ones: Summer Holiday (1984) / Cold Warrior: What's Good for General Bullmoose (1984) / Mitch: Postman's Knock (1984) / Juliet Bravo: Lost and Found (1984) / Big Deal: One Good Turnover (1984) / The Optimist: The Light Fantastic (1985) / The Man from Moscow (1985) / The Pickwick Papers (1985) / By the Sword Divided: Cruel Necessity (1985) / Dempsey and Makepeace: The Squeeze (1985) / Grange Hill (1985) / Oscar: Trials (1985) / A.D. (1985) / Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (1985) / Deceptions (1985) / EastEnders [3 episodes, different characters (1985-1995)] / Storyboard: King & Castle (1985) / In Sickness and in Health (1985) / The Tripods: The White Mountains - 2090 AD (1985) / Oliver Twist (1985) / Girls on Top: C.O.D. (1985) / Chance in a Million: And What Shall We Do for a Ring? (1986) / Prospects: Follow the Yellow Brick Lane (1986) /C.A.T.S. Eyes: Freezeheat (1986) / Paradise Postponed: The Temptation of Henry Simcox (1986) / Brush Strokes (1986) / The Diary of Anne Frank [2 episodes as the Vegetable Man (1987)] / A Sort of Innocence (1987) / The Bill [4 episodes, different characters (1987-1991)] / All in Good Faith: The Patience of Job (1987) / Casualty: Anaconda (1987) / The Fear (1988) / The Manageress: One of Us (1989) / Home James!: Con an' Chips (1989) / The Return of Shelley: The Bug (1990) / London's Burning [3 episodes as the Pub Landlord (1990-1993)] / Hope It Rains: Cover Girl (1991) / Then Churchill Said to Me: Those Who Loot We Shoot (1993) / The Knock [2 episodes as Henry Mitchell (1996)] / Kavanagh QC: The Ties That Bind (1997) / See How They Run (1999)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Davros (Julian Bleach) as seen in The Stolen Earth / Journey's End (2008)

[Susan Foreman]

Doctor Who announces Halloween air date for season 13 / Radio Times

"Doctor Who fans finally have a date for the return of the long-running sci-fi series, with Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor now confirmed to make her comeback on a spookily auspicious Sunday: 31st October, AKA Halloween.

Specifically, the first episode of Doctor Who series 13 will air on that Sunday, followed by new episodes on the five Sundays following, through to the finale on 5th December. And while this six-episode sprint is a shorter run than usual fans won’t have long to wait for more, with a festive special expected less than a month later around New Year’s Day.

This in turn will be followed by two more specials in the spring and then the autumn for the BBC’s centenary"

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

You sure about this Susan.

You said it was Dec 5th a few days ago. If you suggest every Sunday from now until Christmas i'm sure you'll get one of them correct.