The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

General Staal (Christopher Ryan) with the treacherous Luke Rattigan (Ryan Sampson) in The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky (2008)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR who have previously appeared in the show:

• William Hartnell (The First Doctor)
• Patrick Troughton (The Second Doctor)
• Jon Pertwee (The Third Doctor)
• Tom Baker (The Curator)
• Peter Davison (The Fifth Doctor)
• Colin Baker (The Sixth Doctor)
• Sylvester McCoy (The Seventh Doctor)
• Paul McGann (The Eighth Doctor)
• John Hurt (The War Doctor)
• Christopher Eccleston (The Ninth Doctor)
• David Tennant (The Tenth Doctor)
• Jenna Coleman (Clara)
• Billie Piper (Rose Tyler)
• Jemma Redgrave (Kate Stewart)
• Aiden Cook (Zygon)
• Paul Kasey (Zygon)
• Nicholas Briggs (Dalek and Zygon Voices)
• Barnaby Edwards (Dalek)
• Nicholas Pegg (Dalek)

Who: Before And After #1317a / Nu-Who #376a

Name: Tristan Beint [? - ]
Year(s): 2013
Stories: The Day Of The Doctor
Character(s): Tom

Before Who:
Films: A Woman in Love and War: Vera Brittain (2008), Shadows in the Sun (2009)
Television: Afterlife: Misdirection (2005) / The Bill: Trail Of Blood (2007) / Holby City: My Aim Is True (2007) / New Tricks: The Last Laugh (2009) / Doctors [4 episodes, different characters (2009–2018)] / EastEnders [3 episodes as David Dessler (2013)] / Downton Abbey* (2013)

After Who:
Films: Where the Skin Lies (2017), Pilgrim's Progress (2019), Elton John: Ten Days That Rocked (2019)
Television: The Musketeers: Through A Glass Darkly (2015) / Father Brown: The Brewer's Daughter (2016) / The Great [7 episodes as Soldier Alexi (2021)]

Who: Before And After #1317b / Nu-Who #376b

Name: Ingrid Oliver [1977 - ]
Year(s): 2013 / 2014 / 2015
Stories: The Day Of The Doctor / Death In Heaven / The Zygon Invasion – The Zygon Inversion
Character(s): Petronella Osgood

Note(s): Very active in the Whoniverse

• Appeared in the 'Doctor Who: Lockdown' mini-episode 'The Zygon Isolation'
• Appeared in the mobile video game 'The Lonely Assassins
• Appeared in the 'Doctor Who: Infinity' video games 'The Dalek Invasion of Time' / 'The Horror of Flat Holm'

Appeared as Petronella Osgood in a number of Big Finish Productions audio adventures

• In the 'Doctor Who: Redacted' stories 'Recruits' / 'Requiem'
• In the 'Special Releases' story 'The Legacy of Time' ['The Sacrifice of Jo Grant']
• In the 'Once and Future' story 'Past Lives'
• In the 'Twelfth Doctor Chronicles' story 'Field Trip'
• In the 'UNIT: The New Series' stories 'Extinction' ['Vanguard' / 'Earthfall' / 'Bridgehead' / 'Armageddon'] / 'Shutdown' / ['Power Cell' / 'Death in Geneva' / 'The Battle of the Tower' / 'Ice Station Alpha'] / 'Silenced' / ['House of Silents' / 'Square One' / 'Silent Majority' / 'In Memory Alone'] / 'Assembled ' / 'Call to Arms' ['Tidal Wave' / 'Retrieval' / 'United'] / 'Encounters' ['The Dalek Transaction' / 'Invocation' / 'The Sontaran Project' / 'False Negative'] / 'Cyber-Reality' ['Game Theory' / 'Telepresence' / 'Code Silver' / 'Master of Worlds'] / 'Revisitations' ['Hosts of the Wirrn' / 'Breach of Trust' / 'Open the Box'] / 'Incursions' ['This Sleep of Death' / 'Tempest' / 'The Power of River Song']
• In the 'UNIT: Nemesis' stories 'Between Two Worlds' ['The Enemy Beyond' / 'Fire and Ice' / 'Eleven's Eleven' / 'The Curator's Gambit'] / 'Agents of the Vulpreen' ['The Man from Gallifrey' / 'Power of the Dominators' / 'The War Factory' / 'Ten Minutes in Hell'] / 'Objective: Earth' ['The Vulpreen Encounter' / 'By Jacqui McGee' / 'Axos Unleashed' / 'Time of the Vulpreen'] / 'Masters of Time' ['One Way or Another' / 'Traitors' Gate' / 'The Destiny Labyrinth' 'True Nemesis']
• In the 'Eighth of March' story 'Narcissus'

Appeared in Big Finish Production audio adventures as other characters:

• In the 'Doctor Who Main Range' story 'Project: Destiny'
• In the 'Lost Stories' adventure 'Earth Aid'
• In the 'UNIT: The New Series' adventure 'False Negative'

Provided the Audiobook Reading:

• For the 'Time Lord Fairy Tales' story 'Cinderella and the Magic Box'

Before Who:
Films: Footprints in the Snow (2005), Biffovision (2007), Watson & Oliver (2007), Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)
Television: Transference: Aromatherapy (2019) / Vital Signs (2006) / Comedy Showcase: Plus One (2007) / The Gym (2008) / Peep Show: Jeremy's Mummy* (2008) / Tonightly (2008) / The Wrong Door [6 episodes Various characters(2008)] / Plus One [5 episodes as Rebecca Black (2009)] / The Fixer (2009) / The Persuasionists: The Australianess (2010) / Material Girl [6 episodes as Mimi Throckmorton (2010)] / Twenty Twelve: Equestrian Controversy (2011) / Lead Balloon: Pig (2011) / Watson & Oliver [12 episodes, Various Characters (2012–2013)] / The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret [4 episodes, different characters (2012–2016)]

After Who:
Films: GameFace (2014), You, Me and Him (2017), The Hustle (2019), Last Christmas (2019), Transference (2019)
Television: Plebs: Justin Junior (2016) / The Magicians: The Rattening (2017) / Silent Witness: Betrayal (2019) / Defending the Guilty [3 episodes as Fiona (2019)] / The Watch* [4 episodes as Dr Cruces (2021)] / Beyond Paradise (2023)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Chief Clown (Ian Reddington) captures Ace (Sophie Aldred) at The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (1988)

[Susan Foreman]

Doctor Who Fans Have Crowned the Best Episode / Den Of Geek

"Choosing your favourite Doctor Who episode feels a bit like choosing your favourite child, except you probably don’t have 800-plus children, so maybe it’s even worse.

But that’s exactly what Doctor Who Magazine inflicted on fans earlier this year, sugaring the pill ever so slightly by combining all the multiple-episode stories into one, which helpfully narrowed the choice from over 800 episodes to 300 “TV adventures”.

Who fans were tasked with rating all episodes out of ten – narrowing it down to 37 stories – and then asked to pick their top five from this list. After much number crunching, the top 10 TV adventures were revealed"

1. Heaven Sent (2015) – Peter Capaldi
2. World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls (2017) – Peter Capaldi
3. Genesis of the Daleks (1975) – Tom Baker
4. The Caves of Androzani (1984) – Peter Davison
5. The Day of the Doctor (2013) – Matt Smith / David Tennant / John Hurt
6. Blink (2007) – David Tennant
7. Human Nature / Family of Blood (2007) – David Tenannt
8. City of Death (1979) – Tom Baker
9. Remembrance of the Daleks (1988) – Sylvester McCoy
10. Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead (2008) – David Tennant

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

I found that result pretty bizarre as Heaven Sent didn't actually win the Best 12th Doctor story poll. World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls won.

The top three from each Doctor went into the final vote, the results of which you've just posted, Susan.

[iank]

Yeah there were some serious shenanigans going on with that thing.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1318a / Nu-Who #377a

Name: Chris Finch [1979 - ]
Year(s): 2013
Stories: The Day Of The Doctor
Character(s): Time Lord Soldier

Note(s): Had previously appeared in the prequel to 'The Day Of The Doctor' mini-episode 'The Last Day'

Before Who:
Films: Dead Man's Cards (2006), Valerie's Orchard (2007), A Wedding Most Strange (2011), Tash Force (2012), A Can Full of Nothing (2013)
Television: Coronation Street* [46 episodes as Karl Foster (2003–2004)] / In the City (2006) / The Innocence Project (2006) / Grange Hill [3 episodes as Mr. Lydon (2007)] / Waterloo Road* [5 episodes as Colin Scott (2007–2008)] / Spooks - Code 9 (2008) / Paradox (2009) / Doctors [4 episodes, different characters (2011–2022)] / Stepping Up: Home Games (2012)

After Who:
Films: Bar Stewards (2020)
Television: The Dumping Ground [3 episodes as Jack (2014)] / Home Fires (2016)

Who: Before And After #1318b / Nu-Who #377b

Name: Peter De Jersey [? - ]
Year(s): 2013
Stories: The Day Of The Doctor
Character(s): Androgar

Before Who:
Films: Out of Depth (2000), Instinct (2007), The Bank Job (2008), Hamlet (2009)
Television: The Bill [17 episodes, different characters (1990–2004)] / The Choir [2 episodes as Mike (1995)] / Urban Gothic: Cry Wolf (2000) / Trial & Retribution IV (2000) / Holby City* [70 episodes as Steve Waring (2000–2003)] / Masterpiece: The Merchant Of Venice (2001) / Doctors [2 episodes, different characters (2003–2006)] / Waking the Dead [2 episodes as Dr. Chris Reed (2004)] / Dalziel and Pascoe [2 episodes as William Courtney (2005)] / Sugar Rush [3 episodes as Ted (2006)] / New Tricks: Father's Pride (2007) / Without You (2011) / Silk (2012) / Simon Schama's Shakespeare [2 episodes (2012)] / The Hollow Crown: Richard II (2012) / Coronation Street [3 episodes as D.S. Garrett (2013)] / The Bible: Homeland (2013) / Lightfields (2013) / Broadchurch* [9 episodes as SOCO Brian Young (2013–2017)]

After Who:
Films: Coriolanus (2014), Exposed (2015), National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera (2016), Resurrection (2021)
Television: The Smoke (2014) / Secrets of the Dead: The Lost Diary Of Dr. Livingstone [as the Narrator] (2014) / Atlantis [11 episodes as Goran (2014–2015)] / A.D. The Bible Continues: The Wraith (2015) / Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned [3 episodes as Nick Stanford (2015)] / Inspector Lewis [2 episodes as Andrew Dimmock (2015)] / Catastrophe (2015) / Agatha Raisin: Witch of Wyckhadden (2016) / This Time with Alan Partridge (2019) / Line of Duty [2 episodes as Joel Rossport (2019)] / Death in Paradise: Now You See Him, Now You Don't (2020) / Warrior Nun [13 episodes as Kristian Schaefer (2020–2022)] / Midsomer Murders: The Stitcher Society (2021) / The Underground Railroad [2 episodes as John Valentine (2021)] / The Wheel of Time: The Flame Of Tar Valon (2021) / The Sandman [2 episodes as Mr. Holdaway (2022)] / Staged [2 episodes as Dominic (2022)] / Beyond Paradise (2023)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover of The Clockwise War. Released in 2019 this was the twenty-eighth volume of the Panini Publishing series of Doctor Who Magazine comic collections, and the fifth collection to feature the Twelfth Doctor as portrated by Peter Capaldi.

[Rob4]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Doctor Who Fans Have Crowned the Best Episode / Den Of Geek

"Choosing your favourite Doctor Who episode feels a bit like choosing your favourite child, except you probably don’t have 800-plus children, so maybe it’s even worse.

But that’s exactly what Doctor Who Magazine inflicted on fans earlier this year, sugaring the pill ever so slightly by combining all the multiple-episode stories into one, which helpfully narrowed the choice from over 800 episodes to 300 “TV adventures”.

Who fans were tasked with rating all episodes out of ten – narrowing it down to 37 stories – and then asked to pick their top five from this list. After much number crunching, the top 10 TV adventures were revealed"

1. Heaven Sent (2015) – Peter Capaldi
2. World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls (2017) – Peter Capaldi
3. Genesis of the Daleks (1975) – Tom Baker
4. The Caves of Androzani (1984) – Peter Davison
5. The Day of the Doctor (2013) – Matt Smith / David Tennant / John Hurt
6. Blink (2007) – David Tennant
7. Human Nature / Family of Blood (2007) – David Tenannt
8. City of Death (1979) – Tom Baker
9. Remembrance of the Daleks (1988) – Sylvester McCoy
10. Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead (2008) – David Tennant

It's a good set of stories, but these surveys are always problematic as they are overly influenced by the demographics of the voters. Hence the skew towards Nu-Who. Still, two Capaldi stories at the top, was to say the least, unexpected!

Personally, I'd have had The Talons of Weng Chiang in there...and 100000 BC, simply because where would we be without it?