The Doctor Who Thread

[iank]

I've paid for Disney+ solely to see this grand new version of Who, so I'm going to watch it now! If it's shit I won't be renewing, but I'm watching and I'm not going to not review it because some people can't take criticism!

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1320a / Nu-Who #379a

Name: Philip Buck [? - ]
Year(s): 2013
Stories: The Day Of The Doctor
Character(s): Arcadia Father

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: River City (2010)

After Who:
Films: Alleycats (2016), The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital (2017)
Television: Londongrad [5 episodes as Superintendent Rice (2015)] / Emmerdale Farm [2 episodes as the Doctor (2015–2017)] / Silent Witness: Duty Of Candour (2018) / EastEnders (2018) / Honour (2020) / Grantchester (2022) / This England [6 episodes as Martin Reynolds (2022)]

Who: Before And After #1320b / Nu-Who #379b

Name: Sophie Margan-Price [? - ]
Year(s): 2013
Stories: The Day Of The Doctor
Character(s): Time Lord

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: The Indian Doctor: The Gold Rush (2013)

After Who:
Films: A Wonderful Christmas Time (2014) / Black Mountain Poets (2015)
Television: None

Who: Before And After #1320c / Nu-Who #379c

Name: Joanna Page [1978 - ] [Note – some sources give her birth year as 1977]
Year(s): 2013
Stories: The Day Of The Doctor
Character(s): Queen Elizabeth I

Note(s): Provided tha audiobook reading of the 'Time Lord Fairy Tales' story 'The Garden of Statues'

Before Who:
Films: Miss Julie (1999), Very Annie Mary (2001), From Hell* (2001), Love Actually (2003), Ready When You Are Mr. McGill (2003), Gideon's Daughter (2005), Bye Bye Harry! (2006), Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (2012)

Television: David Copperfield [2 episodes as Dora Spenlow (1999)] / The Cazalets [6 episodes as Zoe Cazalet (2001)] / The Lost World [2 episodes as Gladys (2001)] / Making Waves [2 episodes as OM Rosie Bowen (2004)] / Mine All Mine [5 episodes as Candy Vivaldi (2004)] / To the Ends of the Earth [2 episodes as Marion Chumley (2005)] / Gavin & Stacey* [22 episodes as Stacey (2007–2019)] / Love Soup: Who's God Is It Anyway? (2008) / Mist: Sheepdog Tales [6 episodes as the voice of Fly (2009)] / Marple: The Blue Geranium* (2010) / Bedlam: Hide And Seek (2011) / White Van Man: Turf (2011) / Poppy Cat [15 episodes as the voice of Poppy Cat (2011)] / The Syndicate [5 episodes as Leanne Powell (2012)] / Gates [5 episodes as Helen (2012)] / Breathless [96 episodes as Lily Enderbury (2013)] / Q Pootle 5 [52 episodes as the voice of Oopsy (2013–2014)]

After Who:
Films: Dial M for Middlesbrough (2019), Dolittle (2020), Dream Horse (2020)
Television: Home from Home: Pilot (2016) / Midsomer Murders: The Miniature Murders (2019) / Dog Squad [3 episodes as the voice of Tinks (2022)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A slightly bemused looking Doctor (Matt Smith) as seen in The God Complex (2011)

[Susan Foreman]

BBC4 schedule for November 23rd, 2023

From what I am hearing, the screening of 'An Adventure In Space And Time' has been edited, possibly by as much as 6 minutes, in order to remove any mention of the first 'An Unearthly Child' story!

[Demoncrat]

Why?

[Susan Foreman]

*IF* it is true, I would imagine it is because of this:

BBC Blocked From Releasing First Doctor Who Episodes After Vicious - And Public - Rights Dispute / Screen Rant

"The BBC has been blocked from releasing the first Doctor Who story by the son of writer Anthony Coburn due to disputes over the show's rights.

The omission of the four episodes comprising An Unearthly Child from the BBC iPlayer's Doctor Who library is a blow to the preservation and accessibility of the show's classic era.

Stef Anthony Coburn claims that the BBC disrespected his father's contributions and took the episode's trademark without permission, leading to a decline in his father's health. He blames the BBC for not allowing viewers to watch the episode..."

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

*IF* it is true

The running time suggests it is.

[Susan Foreman]

I wonder how they will get round it

The recording and broadcasting of 'An Unearthly Child' is a major part of 'Doctor Who' history, and therefore a main plot-point in 'An Adventure In Space And Times'

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1321a / Nu-Who #380a

Name: Orlando James [? - ]
Year(s): 2013
Stories: The Day Of The Doctor
Character(s): Lord Bentham

Note(s): Appeared in a handful of Big Finish Productions audio adventures:

• In the 'Sixth Doctor Adventures' story 'Stage Fright'
• In the 'Early Adventures' story 'The Fifth Traveller'

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: None

After Who:
Films: There's Always One (2016), The Winter's Tale (2017), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), The Laureate (2021)
Television: Six Wives with Lucy Worsley: Divorced (2016) / Chloe: There Is A Light (2022)

Who: Before And After #1321b / Nu-Who #380b

Name: Jonjo O'Neill [1978 - ]
Year(s): 2013
Stories: The Day Of The Doctor
Character(s): McGillop

Before Who:
Films: Thin Ice (2000), First Degree (2002), Fakers (2004), The Year London Blew Up: 1974 (2005), Defiance* (2008), As You Like It (2010), Bad Sugar (2012)

Television: Extremely Dangerous (1999) / Sunburn (2000) / Holby City (2000) / Band of Brothers: Points (2001) / A Touch of Frost: Mistaken Identity (2002) / Murphy's Law: Manic Munday (2003) / I Fought the Law [5 episodes as Dessie (2003)] / Doctors: One Life (2007) / The Bill: Collateral Damnage (2007)

After Who:
Films: Oasis (2017), On Chesil Beach (2017), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), Rare Beasts (2019), The Drifters (2019), Here Before (2021), Operation Mincemeat (2021), All the Old Knives (2022), The Last Rifleman (2023)
Television: The Assets: Trip To Vienna (2014) / Constantine* [3 episodes as Gary Lester (2014–2015)] / The Fall [7 episodes as Tom Stagg (2014–2016)] / Fortitude [7 episodes as Ciaran Donnelly (2015)] / Vera: The Blanket Mire (2017) / Patrick Melrose: Mother's Milk (2018) / Pennyworth* [5 episodes as Aleister Crowley (2019–2021)] / Homeland: Deception Indicated (2020) / The Queen's Gambit: Openings (2020) / The Irregulars [2 episodes as Mycroft (2021)] / Stephen [3 episodes as DI Shaun Keep (2021)] / Dalgliesh: The Black Tower (2021) / Bad Sisters [9 episodes as Donal Flynn (2022)] / Bloodlands [3 episodes as Ryan Savage (2022)]

Who: Before And After #1321c / Nu-Who #380c

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

Before Who:
Films: L.A. Streetfighters (1985), Ladybird Ladybird (1994), Presence of Mind (1999), Maybe Older (1999), Uprising (2001), Reuniting the Rubins (2010), National Theatre Live: Travelling Light (2012)
Television: Grange Hill (1986) / The Bill [4 episodes, different characters (1995–2006)] / EastEnders [3 episodes, different characters (1995–2010)] / Kavanagh QC: Men Of Substance (1996) / Melissa (1997) / Peak Practice: A Test Of Faith (2000) / Bad Girls: Appearances Sake* (2002) / The Queen's Nose (2002) / Dream Team: Dead Man Walking (2003) / Judge John Deed: Defence Of The Realm (2005) / Hustle: Whittaker Our Way Out (2006) / The Ten Commandments [2 episodes as Yitzchak (2006)] / Doctors: Life Support (2006) / Wire in the Blood: From The Defeated (2008) / The Borgias [2 episodes as Gamaliel (2013)]

After Who:
Films: Winter (2015), 1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz? (2019), The Moment Trap: The Lennon Dream (2021)
Television: Cilla (2014) / Call the Midwife (2017) / People Just Do Nothing: The Wedding (2017) / Back to Life [2 episodes as the voice of the Chief Inspector (2021)] / Pennyworth: Hedgehunter (2022)

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I see the new colourised version of The Daleks is up for preorder at HMV, Amazon and the like on steel book, blu-ray and dvd

Amazon has pre-orders for DVD - £14:99 / Bu-Ray - £19:99 / Steelbox - £29:99

Release date: February 19

"Originally transmitted from December 1963 to February 1964, The Daleks introduced one of the Doctor’s most formidable and enduring foes.

The story follows the very first crew of the TARDIS as they land in a petrified forest on an alien planet. Determined to explore, the Doctor (William Hartnell) leads his companions into the metal city, where they discover danger at every corner and what will become his deadliest enemy, the mutant Daleks.

The seven original 25 minute episodes have now been colourised and weaved together into a 75 minute blockbuster. With brand new sound and a new score - created by Mark Ayres - The Daleks has been gloriously updated, whilst ensuring the original classic story remains as thrilling as it was when it was first seen back in 1963.

This release also includes the original seven episodes on DVD in black & white, as they were first broadcast plus a 15 minute exclusive featurette and all special features from the previous release."

Presumably the 'special features from the previous release' are the ones from the 'Doctor Who: The Beginning' Daleks DVD: Commentary [Episode 2 – Verity Lambert (Producer), Christopher Barry (Director), Gary Russell (Moderator)] / Commentary [Episode 4 – William Russell (Ian Chesterton), Carole Anne Ford (Susan Foreman), Christopher Barry (Director), Gary Russell (Moderator)] / Commentary [Episode 7 – William Russell (Ian Chesterton), Carole Anne Ford (Susan Foreman), Richard Martin (Director), Gary Russell (Moderator)] / Information Text / Creation Of The Daleks / Photo Gallery