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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

I hope Mark Gatiss comes back to write for Doctor Who again.

His stories are usually solid, often very good with a couple of classics in there as well.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Peter Davison) and Turlough (Mark Strickson) in Planet of Fire (1984)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1058a / Nu-Who #137a

Name: Thelma Barlow [1929 - ]
Year(s): 2007
Stories: The Lazarus Experiment
Character(s): Sylvia Thaw

Before Who:
Films: The Desk Set (1958), Creche Landing (1998), Sweet Charity (2002), Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
Television: Theatre Night: Celebration (1961) / Vanity Fair [2 episodes as Miss Briggs (1967)] / A Stranger on the Hills [3 episodes as Mistress Fetterlock (1970) / Coronation Street* [1277 episodes as Mavis Wilton / Mavis Riley (1971-1997)] / A Ghost Story At Christmas: The Stalls of Barchester (1971) Love Story: Two Tame Oats (1973) / Adam Smith (1973) / Dinnerladies [16 episodes as Dolly (1998-2000)] / Murder Most Horrid: Dinner at Tiffany's (1999) / David Copperfield (1999) / Fat Friends: Fat Chance (2000) / Stig of the Dump: Undercover (2002) / Doctors: Swing Out Sister (2002) / The Royal: Holding on Tight (2004) / Where the Heart Is: Stormy Weather (2004) / My Dad's the Prime Minister: Election (2004) / Marple: The Moving Finger* (2006) / Midsomer Murders: Last Year's Model (2006)

After Who:
Films: Is Anybody There? (2008), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
Television: Doc Martin: Nowt So Queer (2007)

Who: Before And After #1058b / Nu-Who #137b

Name: Lucy O'Connell [? - ]
Year(s): 2007
Stories: The Lazarus Experiment
Character(s): Party Guest

Before Who:
Films: Ice Planet (2001), Color Me Kubrick (2005)
Television: The Bill: Lies of Silence (2001) / The Office: Training (2001) / Spooks: Nest of Angels* (2003) / Hustle: The Con Is On (2004) / Murphy's Law: Bent Moon on the Rise (2004) / Bad Girls* (2005) / Casualty: Antisocial Behaviour (2005)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

Who: Before And After #1058c / Nu-Who #137c

Name: Bertie Carvel [1977 - ]
Year(s): 2007
Stories: The Lazarus Experiment
Character(s): Mysterious Man

Before Who:
Films: Hawking (2004), Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (2004)
Television: Beethoven [2 episodes as Ferdinand Ries (2005)] / Bombshell [7 episodes as Lieutenant Roddy Frost (2006)] / Holby City: Looking After Number One (2006)

After Who:
Films: Les Misérables (2012), Restless (2012), Coalition [as Nick Clegg] (2015), The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2012)

Television: John Adams: Reunion (2008) / Primeval: Haunted House (2009) / Waking the Dead: End Game (2009) / Midsomer Murders: The Great and the Good (2009) / Sherlock: The Blind Banker (2010) / Just William: Parrots for Ethel (2010) / The Crimson Petal and the White [3 episodes as Ashwell (2011)] / Hidden [4 episode as Alexander Wentworth (2011)] / Babylon [7 episodes as Finn Kirkwood (2014)] / The Wrong Mans: White Mans (2014) / Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell [7 episodes as Jonathan Strange (2015)] / Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned [10 episodes as Simon Foster (2015-2017)] / Revolting Rhymes [2 episodes (2016)] / The Crown [3 episodes as Tony Blair / Robin Day (2017-2022)] / Baghdad Central [6 episodes as Frank Temple (2020)] / The Pale Horse [2 episodes as Zachariah Osborne (2020)] / The Sister [4 episodes as Bob (2020)] / Dalgliesh [6 episodes as DCI Adam Dalgliesh (2021)]
Theatre: Matilda: The Musical* (as Agatha Truchball) (2011-2013)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Matt Smith) face to face with a Silent during The Wedding of River Song (2011)

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in 42 who have previously appeared in the show:

• Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones)
• Adjoa Andoh (Francine Jones)

Who: Before And After #1059 / Nu-Who #138

Name: Michelle Collins [1962 - ]
Year(s): 2007
Stories: 42
Character(s): Captain Kathryn McDonnell

Note(s): Appeared in the Big Finish Productions audio adventure 'Damaged Goods'

Before Who:
Films: Personal Services (1987), Empire State (1987), Hidden City (1987), A Place to Be Loved (1983), Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996), Perfect (2001), Lloyd & Hill (2001), Ella and the Mothers (2002), The Illustrated Mum (2003), Can't Buy Me Love (2004), The Family Man (2006), Don't Stop Dreaming (2007)
Television: Scene: Good Neighbours (1984) / Morgan's Boy (1984) / Marjorie and Men [2 episodes as Debbie (1985)] / Bergerac: Chrissie (1985) / The Bill: Loan Shark (1986) / Gems [10 episodes as Pru Murphy (1986)] / Full House: The First Day of School (1987) / Running Wild [13 episodes as Stephanie Wild (1987-1989)] / Family Ties: Sign of the Times (1988) / Screen Two: Lucky Sunil (1988) / EastEnders [557 episodes as Cindy Beale (1988-1998)] / Gabriel's Fire: Birds Gotta Fly (1991) / Baywatch: Big Monday (1992) / Blossom [2 episodes as Jennie (1993)] / Champs: Home Alone (1996) / Verdict: Neighbours from Hell (1998) / Real Women [8 episodes as Susie Ball (1998-1999)] / Sunburn [14 episodes as Nicki Matthews (1999-2000)] / Daylight Robbery [8 episodes as Kathy Lawrence (1999-2000)] / Up Rising [5 episodes as Maxine Gaines (2000)] / The Sleeper (2000) / Two Thousand Acres of Sky [22 episodes as Abby Wallace (2001-2003)] / Single [6 episodes as Sarah Barton (2003)] / Sea of Souls: Mind Over Matter (2004) / French and Saunders (2004) / The Last Detective: Willesden Confidential (2005)

COLOR="magenta"]After Who[/COLOR]:
Films: To Provide All People (2018), Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins (2021)
Television: Rock Rivals [8 episodes as Karina Faith (2008)] / Hotel Babylon (2009) / Marple: The Secret of Chimneys* (2010) / Casualty [8 episodes, different characters (2008-2019)] / Coronation Street* [447 episodes as Stella Price / Stella Munro (2011-2014)] / Death in Paradise: She Was Murdered Twice (2015) / SunTrap: Casino (2015) / Midsomer Murders: The Incident at Cooper Hill (2016) / Sparebnb: Derek (2017) / The Mayoress (2017) / The Dumping Ground [4 episodes as Fiona (2018)] / Queens of Mystery: Death by Vinyl (2019) /

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The youth center clients about to set upon some unfortunate soul in Survival (1989)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1060 / Nu-Who #139

Name: William Ash [1977 - ]
Year(s): 2007
Stories: 42
Character(s): Riley Vashtee

Note(s): Appeared in the Big Finish Productions audio adventure 'The Condemned'

Before Who:
Films: The Sign of Four (1987), Raining Stones (1993), The Bare Necessities (1996), Anorak of Fire (1998), Fanny and Elvis (1999), All the King's Men (1999), Mad About Mambo (2000), Daddy's Girl (2002), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), Magnolia (2006), Until Death (2007)
Television: How We Used to Live [4 episodes as Peter Hodgkins (1987)] / Screen Two: Love Birds (1988) / Children's Ward [22 episodes as Darren Walsh (1989-1991)] /Making Out [21 episodes as Nicky (1991)] / Soldier Soldier [7 episodes as Jack Stubbs (1993-1994)] / Heartbeat [2 episodes as Joe Norton (1995)] / Beck [6 episodes as Ralph (1996)] / Born to Run (1997) / Where the Heart Is [16 episodes as Stephen Snow (1997-1998)] / Dark Realm: Organizer 2000 (2001) / Clocking Off [14 episodes as Nick Anderson (2001-2002)] / Coronation Street (2002) / Having It Off [6 episodes as David (2002)] / Burn It [13 episodes as Jon Moore (2003)] / Conviction [6 episodes as Chrissie Fairburn (2004)] / Jericho: The Killing of Johnny Swan (2005) / ShakespeaRe-Told: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005) / Surviving Disaster: Munich Air Crash (2006) / Lilies: The Sea (2007)

After Who:
Films: Hush (2008), Lapland (2011), The Last Witch (2013), The Flea (2013), Man in the Moon (2013), Habit (2017), Perfect 10 (2019), The Invisible (2019)
Television: Sold (2007) / Waterloo Road [46 episodes as Christopher Mead (2009-2011)] / Shameless: Comebacks (2011) / Legacy - High Green Walls (2011) / Life Stories: Toby's Dad (2012) / Great Night Out [6 episodes as Beggsy (2013)] / Being Eileen [6 episodes as Ray Cooper (2013)] / Scott & Bailey: Undermined (2013) / Inspector George Gently: Gently with Honour (2014) / Vera: The Deer Hunters (2014) / Father Brown: The Sign of the Broken Sword (2015) / Death in Paradise: Until Death Do You Part (2015) / Moving On: Scratch (2016) / Paranoid [5 episodes as Henry Appley (2016)] / The Tunnel [14 episodes as Boleslaw 'BB' Borowski (2016-2018)] / The Loch [4 episodes as Leighton Thomas (2017)] / Wanderlust [3 episodes as Marvin Walters (2018)] / Silent Witness: The Greater Good (2020) / The Accidental Medium [6 episodes as Frank (2020)] / Casualty (2021) / War of the Worlds (2021) / Wolfe [2 episodes as Jeff (2021)] / The Rising [8 episodes as Michael Wyatt (2022)] / The Window [4 episodes as John Maslin (2022)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover for the Big Finish audio anthology The Eighth Of March: Strange Chemistry. Featuring Missy, Leela, Amelia Pond and the Doctor as played by Michelle Gomez, Louise Jameson, Caitlin Blackwood and Tom Baker, and was released on the eighth of March, 2023 to celebrate International Women's Day.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I hope Mark Gatiss comes back to write for Doctor Who again.

His stories are usually solid, often very good with a couple of classics in there as well.

The Mirror are reporting that Steven Moffat will be writing new episodes of Doctor Who.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1061 / Nu-Who #140

Name: Anthony Flanagan [1972 - ]
Year(s): 2007
Stories: 42
Character(s): Orin Scannell

Before Who:
Films: Real Men (2003), Trauma (2004), Lie with Me (2004), Instinct (2007)
Television: Holby City (2002) / Buried (2003) / M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team (2003) / State of Play [2 episodes as the Young Guy (2003)] / Red Cap (2004) / Shameless [17 episodes as Tony 2004–2006)]/ All About George [2 episodes as Luke (2005)] / Foyle's War: Bad Blood (2006) / Life on Mars (2006) / The Gil Mayo Mysteries (2006) / Cracker [2 episodes as Kenny Archer 2006)] / Vincent (2006) / Spooks: Aftermath (2006)

After Who:
Films: Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009), Glorious 39 (2009), Private Peaceful (2012), The Arbiter (2013), The List (2013), The People Next Door (2016), Care (2018), Stardust (2020)
Television: Heroes and Villains: Spartacus [as Spartacus] 2008) / Spooks: Code 9 (2008) / Coming Up: The Circle (2008) / Survivors [3 episodes as Dexter (2008–2010] / The Bill: Conviction – Cover Up (2009) / Casualty: Dawn Of The ED (2009) / Blue Murder (2009) / New Tricks: Tiger Tiger (2011) / Appropriate Adult (2011) / Being Human [3 episodes as Fergus (2012)] / Prisoners Wives [5 episodes as Andy (2012)] / Silent Witness: Domestic (2012) / Rocket's Island [3 episodes as Peter (2012)] / Moving On: Hush Little Baby (2013) / The Village [12 episodes as Arnold Hankin (2013–2014)] / Shetland [2 episodes as Ewan Ross (2014)] / In the Flesh [2 episodes as Julian (2014)] / The Secrets: The Visitor (2014) / Inspector George Gently: Gently Among Friends (2015) / Scott & Bailey [2 episodes as Kenny Medford (2016) / The Crown: Act Of God (2016) / Humans [2 episodes as Jansen (2016)] / The White Princess [3 episodes as Francis Lovell (2017)] / The Terror [6 episodes as John Morfin (2018)] / Versailles [9 episodes as Bastien (2018)] / Wild Bill [6 episodes as PC Sean Cobley (2019)] / I Am...: I Am Kirsty (2019) / Gentleman Jack [4 episodes 2019–2022) / Dracula: Blood Vessel (2020) / Cobra [3 episodes as Dan Goddard (2020)] / Endeavour: Terminus (2021) / Around the World in 80 Days [5 episodes as Thomas Kneedling (2021)] / House of the Dragon* [3 episodes as Ser Steffon Darklyn (2022)] / Happy Valley [3 episodes as Victor (2022)]