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[Susan Foreman]

This is something I've never heard before

20 Things You Didn’t Know About Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade / 80's Kids

16. Gregory Peck could have played Indy’s dad

"Going into Last Crusade, Sean Connery was always Spielberg’s first choice to play Henry Sr, Indiana’s stern professor father.

It was an interesting pick, considering there are only 12 years between Connery and Ford in real life, though Spielberg did have another, more age-appropriate actor in mind to play the older Jones as a plan B.

Had Connery turned the part down, Spielberg’s list of potential replacements for Henry Sr included a couple of big names.

One was the English actor Jon Pertwee, at the time best known for playing the title character in Doctor Who.

The director’s top pick other than Connery, however, was Gregory Peck – an actor who, as the square-jawed all-American hero of his day, was very much a forebear of Ford’s."

Just imagine what might have been...

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Should have gone for Charlton Heston.

Here he is in Secret of the Incas (1954)

At least Spielberg acknowledges his inspiration for Indy.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1174 / Nu-Who #253

Name: David de Keyser [1927 - 2021]
Year(s): 2010
Stories: The Eleventh Hour
Character(s): Voice Of The Atraxi
Note(s): Provided the voices of the Cybermen in the BBC Worldwide video game 'The Eternity Clock'

Before Who:
Films: The Secret Place (1957), The Power and the Glory (1957), Body Found (1959), The Castle of the Living Dead [as the voice of Eric] (1964), Catch Us If You Can* (1965), Bang! Bang! You're Dead! (1966), King Kong Escapes [voice only] (1967), Separation (1968), The Vengeance of She [voice only] (1968), The Blood of Fu Manchu [voice only] (1968), The Castle of Fu Manchu [voice only] (1969), Murder by Music (1969), On Her Majesty's Secret Service [as the voice of Draco] (1969), Leo the Last (1970), You Can't Win 'Em All (1970), The Horsemen (1971), Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), Vampire Circus [as the voice of Mitterhaus's Curse] (1972), The Nelson Affair (1973), A Touch of Class (1973), Zardoz [voice only] (1974), The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires [as the voice of Count Dracula] (1974), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Brannigan(1975), Paper Tiger (1975), The Romantic Englishwoman (1975), The Hiding Place (1975), The Message (1976), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Valentino (1977), The Chosen (1977), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), Superman (1978), All Quiet on the Western Front (1979), Collision Course (1979), Flash Gordon (1980), A Woman Called Golda (1982), The Last Day (1983), The Ploughman's Lunch (1983), Martin Luther, Heretic (1983), Yentl (1983), Lassiter (1984), Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1984), King David (1985), Duet for One (1985), Out of the Shadows (1988), A Dry White Season (1989), Red King, White Knight (1989), Leon the Pig Farmer (1992), Detonator (1993), The Designated Mourner (1997), Simon Magus (1999), Sunshine (1999), The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (2000), The Poet (2003), The Statement (2003), God on Trial (2008), Good (2008)

Television: ITV Television Playhouse: Box Thirteen (1955) / Lilli Palmer Theatre: The Case Of Dr. Crippen (1956) / William Tell: The Unwelcome Stranger (1959) / Interpol Calling: The Thirteen Innocents (1959) / Armchair Theatre [2 episodes, different characters (1959–1962)] / Suspense: Decision At Nine (1960) / The Wednesday Play [2 episodes, different characters (1964–1966)] / Six: The Logic Game (1965) / Sunday Night: Portrait Of A Man As A Paralysed Artist (1966) / Omnibus: I Regret Nothing (1970) / Scene: Hijack (1971) / The Strauss Family [3 episodes as Hirsch (1972)] / Madigan: The Lisburn Beat (1973) / ITV Saturday Night Theatre: The Death Of Adolf Hitler (1973) / Thriller: Someone At The Top Of The Stairs* (1973) / Crown Court [6 episodes, different characters (1973–1974)] / The New Avengers: Faces (1976) / BBC2 Playhouse [2 episodes, different characters (1976–1981)] / BBC2 Play of the Week [2 episodes, different characters (1977–1978)] / Disraeli - Portrait of a Romantic [2 episodes as Baron de Rothschild (1978)] / Ike - The War Years [2 episodes as Field Marshall Sir Alan Brooke (1979)] / The Professionals: Servant Of Two Masters (1979) / Dick Turpin: Sentence Of Death (1980) / The Far Pavilions [2 episodes as the voice of The Rana (1984)] / Robin Hood: The Children Of Israel (1984) / Christopher Columbus [4 episodes (1985)] / Theatre Night: Thunder Rock (1985) / Yes, Prime Minister: A Victory For Democracy (1986) / Screenplay: The Trial Of Klaus Barbie (1987) / London Embassy: The Honorary Siberian (1987) / Confessional [3 episodes as Professor Cherny (1989)] / Bergerac: Something To Hide (1991) / The House of Eliott [9 episodes as Sir Desmond Gillispie (1991–1992)] / Between the Lines: Lies And Damned Lies (1992) / Poirot: The Chocolate Box (1993) / Under the Hammer [2 episodes as Roy Deracott (1994)] / Oscar's Orchestra [37 episodes as the Narrator (1995)] / Goodnight Sweetheart [2 episodes as Dr. Jakowitz (1995–1997)] / Have Your Cake and Eat It [4 episodes as Michael (1997)] / Original Sin (1997) / Casualty: Fall Out (2000) / Doctors: Home (2001) / Believe Nothing: Just A Minute (2002) / Waking the Dead [2 episodes as Marcus Freeman (2002)] / The Last Detective: Dangerous And The Lonely Hearts (2004) / Island at War: Eve Of The War (2004) / New Tricks: Creating Problem Solving (2005) / Rome: Caesarion* (2005) / Holby City [2 episodes, different characters (2005–2011)] / Silent Witness: Schism (2006) / Ancient Rome - The Rise and Fall of an Empire: Nero (2006) / Casualty 1909 (2009)

After Who:
Films: Closer to the Moon (2014)
Television: Suspects [2 episodes as Derek Collins (2014)] / Lucky Man: Evil Eye (2016)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

K-9 comes under attack in the 1977 story The Invisible Enemy.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE BEAST BELOW who have previously appeared in the show:

• Karen Gillan (Amy Pond)

Who: Before And After #1175 / Nu-Who #254

Name: Sophie Okonedo CBE [1968 - ]
Year(s): 2010
Stories: The Beast Below / The Pandorica Opens
Character(s): Liz 10

Note(s): Provided the voice of companion Alison Cheney, in the 2003 BBC animated webcast story 'Scream of the Shalka'

Before Who:
Films: Young Soul Rebels (1991), Age of Treason (1993), Go Now (1995), Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), Deep Secrets (1996), The Jackal (1997), This Year's Love (1999), Mad Cows (1999), Peaches (2000), Dead Casual (2002), Dirty Pretty Things (2002), Alibi (2003), Cross My Heart (2003), Hotel Rwanda [Oscar nominated- Best Supporting Actress] (2004), Whose Baby? (2004), Born with Two Mothers (2005), Blitz: London's Firestorm [as the Narrator] (2005), Æon Flux (2005), The True Voice of Rape (2006), Stormbreaker (2006), Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006), Celebration (2007), Martian Child (2007), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), Skin (2008), Mrs Mandela [as Winnie Mandela] (2010)
Television: Spatz: Talent Contest (1991) / Casualty: Judgement Day (1991) / Screen Two: Maria's Child (1992) / The Bill: Darkness Before Dawn (1994) / The Governor [6 episodes as Moira Levitt (1995)] / Murder Most Horrid: Dead On Time (1996) / Staying Alive [12 episodes as Kelly Booth (1996–1997)] / In Defence [4 episodes as Bernie Kramer (2000)] / Never Never [2 episodes as Jo Weller (2000) / Table 12: Opera Lovers (2001) / Clocking Off [5 episodes as Jenny Wood (2002)] / The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: In The Presence Of The Enemy (2003) / Spooks: Blood And Money* (2003) / Tsunami: The Aftermath [2 episodes as Susie Carter (2006)] / Oliver Twist [5 episodes as Nancy (2007)] / Father & Son [4 episodes as Connie Turner (2009)] / Criminal Justice [5 episodes as Jack Woolf (2009)]

After Who:
Films: After Earth (2013), War Book (2014), Wall Street (2014), Christopher Robin* [as the voice of Kanga] (2018), Wild Rose (2018), National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra [as Cleopatra] (2018), Hellboy (2019), Charlotte [voice only] (2021), Death on the Nile* (2022), Catherine Called Birdy (2022), Raymond & Ray (2022)

Television: Extraordinary Women [2 episodes as the Narrator (2011)] / Tinga Tinga Tales: Why Cheetah Has Tears [voice only] (2011) / The Slap [8 episodes as Aisha (2011)] / Sinbad: Queen Of The Water-Thieves (2012) / Mayday [5 episodes as Fiona Hill (2013)] / The Escape Artist [3 episodes as Maggie Gardner (2013)] / The Slap [7 episodes as Aisha (2015)] / Undercover [6 episodes as Maya Cobbina (2016)] / The Hollow Crown [3 episodes as Margaret (2016)] / Wanderlust [4 episodes as Angela Bowden (2018)] / Chimerica [4 episodes as Tessa Kendrick (2019)] / Flack [11 episodes as Caroline (2019–2020)] / Criminal - UK: Julia (2020) / His Dark Materials [4 episodes as the voice of Xaphania (2020)] / Modern Love: A Second Embrace, with Hearts and Eyes Open (2021) / Britannia [8 episodes as Hemple (2021)] / The Wheel of Time: The Flame Of Tar Valan (2021) / Inside No. 9: Nine Lives Kat (2022) / Ratched [4 episodes as Charlotte Wells (2020)] / Slow Horses [7 episodes as Ingrid Tearney (2022)]

[iank]

New gossip from a well-connected YTer (not confirmed of course) that, further to the Mirror story from Januaryish, there are FOUR new animations currently in production (new animation teams/studios) and a 90 minute special colourisation of a 60s story planned for broadcast on BBC 2 (followed by Blu ray/DVD release) in November...

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by iank

New gossip from a well-connected YTer (not confirmed of course) that, further to the Mirror story from Januaryish, there are FOUR new animations currently in production (new animation teams/studios) and a 90 minute special colourisation of a 60s story planned for broadcast on BBC 2 (followed by Blu ray/DVD release) in November...

I wonder what the colourised story could be?

I'd bet a cut down Dalek Invasion Of Earth or Tomb of the Cybermen.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The slightly annoying Whizzkid (Gian Sammarco) from The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (1988)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1176 / Nu-Who #255

Name: Terrence Hardiman [1937 - 2023]
Year(s): 2010
Stories: The Beast Below
Character(s): Hawthorne

Note(s):

• Had previously been considered for the role of Captain Stapley in the 1982 story 'Time-Flight'
• Is married to Sarah-Jane Adventures and Big Finish Productions Who actress Rowena Cooper.

Appeared in a number of Big Finish Productions audio adventures:

• In the 'Serpent Crest' story 'The Broken Crown'
• In the 'Eighth Doctor Adventures' story 'The Book of Kells'
• In the Novel Adaptation of 'The English Way of Death'
• As Rassilon in the 'Gallifrey: Time War' stories 'Havoc' / 'Collateral' / 'Assassins'
• In the 'Charlotte Pollard' story 'The Fall of the House of Pollard'
• In the 'Torchwood: Aliens Among Us' story 'Escape Room'

Before Who:
Films: Love's Labour's Lost (1965), Running Scared (1972), Pope Joan (1972), I'll Think About It (1975), The Story of David (1976), The Bunker* (1981), Loophole (1981), Rules of Justice (1981), Inside the Third Reich (1982), Gandhi [as Ramsay MacDonald] (1982), Sahara (1983), God's Outlaw [as Thomas Cromwell] (1986), Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (1987), Mask of Murder (1988), A Demon in My View (1991), Lethal Impact (1991), Detonator (1993), Circles of Deceit: Kalon (1996), The Moonstone (1996), Distant Shadow (2000), Fishtales (2007), Into the Storm (2009), The Fairy Queen (2009)

Television: Thursday Theatre: Traveller Without Luggage (1965) / Softly Softly - Task Force [7 episodes as Insp. Armstrong (1971)] / A Family at War: Flesh And Blood (1971) / Colditz: Name, Rank And Number (1972) / Dead of Night: Bedtime (1972) / Crown Court [57 episodes as Stephen Harvesty (1972–1983)] / Justice: The Whole Truth? (1973) / Late Night Theatre: The Death Of Captain Doughty (1973) / BBC Play of the Month: Caucasian Chalk Circle (1973) / The Carnforth Practice: The Last Roman (1974) / Horizon: The Lysenko Affair (1974) / Churchill's People: A Wilderness Of Roses (1975) / Edward the King: An Experiment In Education (1975) / When the Boat Comes In: Paddy Boyle's Discharge (1976) / BBC2 Playhouse: Practical Experience (1976) / Second Verdict: Who Killed The Princes In The Tower? (1976) / Wings: The Volunteer (1977) / Everyman: Blasphemy At The Old Bailey (1977) / BBC2 Play of the Week: The Sinking Of HMS Victoria (1977) / Out of the Past: A Blaze Of Light (1978) / Enemy at the Door: The Prussian Officer (1978) / Angels: Casualties (1978) / Rebecca [3 episodes as Frank Crawley (1979)] / Oresteia [2 episodes as Aegisthus (1979)] / Diary of a Nobody [9 episodes as Charles Pooter (1979)] / Secret Army [12 episodes as Major Hans Dietrich Reinhardt (1979)] / My Father's House [5 episodes as Alec Blake (1981)] / Lady Killers: The Darlingest Boy (1981) / Juliet Bravo: Heat (1982) / Skorpion [6 episodes as Chief Supt. Franks (1983)] / Natural World: The Garden Of Inheritance (1984) / Fresh Fields: A Brief Encounter (1984) / Late Starter (1985) / Storyboard: Ladies In Charge (1985) / Bergerac: Avenge O Lord (1985) / All in Good Faith: I Drempt I Dwelt In Parish Hills (1987) / The Charmer: Gorse In The Middle (1987) / Home to Roost: Getting On (1987) / The Bretts: The Actress And The Bishop (1987) / Hannay: A Point Of Honour (1988) / Inspector Morse: Last Bus To Woodstock (1988) / Wish Me Luck [8 episodes as General Stuckler (1990)] / This Is David Harper: Partners In Crime? (1990) / Minder: The Last Temptation Of Daley (1991) / Moon and Son: Past, Present And Future (1992) / The Brittas Empire: The Trial (1993) / Poirot: The Case Of The Missing Will (1993) / Grange Hill (1993) / Surgical Spirit: You Won't Feel A Thing (1993) / The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Palestine, October 1917 (1993) / Keeping Up Appearances: Looking At Properties (1993) / Casualty: Born Losers (1993) / Prime Suspect 3 (1993) / True Crimes: The Deepest Secret (1994) / Law and Disorder: The Cannibal (1994) / Magic Grandad: Famous People – Louis Braille (1994) / Cadfael [10 episodes as Abbot Radulfus (1994–1998)] / Goodnight Sweetheart: Don;t Get Around Much Any More (1995) / Ruth Rendell Mysteries: The Strawberry Tree (1995) / An Independent Man: The Italian Connection (1995) / Ellington: Matchmaker (1996) / Beck (1996) / The Demon Headmaster* [19 episodes as The Demon Headmaster (1996–1998)] / Crime Traveller: Jeff Lloyd And The Loop Of Infinity* (1997) / McLibel! (1997) / Strange But True?: Andrew Green The Ghosthunter (1997) / Heartbeat: Appearances (1998) / Wogan's Web [2 episodes as the Teacher (1998)] / Verdict: Split Second (1998) / The Worst Witch [5 episodes as the Grand Wizard Hellibore (1998–2001)] / Jonathan Creek: The Eyes Of Tiresais (1999) / Urban Gothic [3 episodes as Severin (2001)] / The Bill [3 episodes as Judge (2003)] / Doctors [5 episodes, different characters (2003–2015)] / Midsomer Murders: The Fisher King (2004) / The Courtroom [6 episodes as Judge Garrett Warburton James (2004)] / The Royal: Duty Bound (2005) / The Worst Week of My Life [4 episodes as Gerard (2005)] / The Slavery Business: How To Make A Million From Slavery (2005)

After Who:
Films: Mr. Turner (2014), Ein Sommer in Oxford (2018)
Television: The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff: Christmas Special (2011) / Holby City: Squeeze The Pips (2015) / Wallander* [2 episodes as Hakan von Enke (2015) / Agatha Raisin: The Day The Floods Came (2016) / Genius: Einstein (2017) / The Crown: A Company Of Men (2017) / The Demon Headmaster: Win-Day [as the Original Headmaster] (2019)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover of the 2004 BBC Past Doctor novel The Indestructible Man featuring the second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe.