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[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The Goblins - The Goblin Song



I expected a drunken knees up style song rather than a pop song performed by any singer knocking about at the moment.

Still a song about eating babies at Christmas can't be all bad.

New entry at #4 on the Capital Radio singles chart!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover art of The Chimes Of Midnight vinyl release.

A classic Christmas ghost story from Big Finish, starring Paul McGann as the Doctor and India Fisher as Charley Pollard. It was released in 2016. Fourteen years after the original story was first put out on cd.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1354 / Nu-Who #413

Name: John Sessions [1953 - 2020] [Birth name: John Gibb Marshall]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Mummy On The Orient Express
Character(s): Voice of Gus

Note(s):

• Provided the voice of General Tannis in the BBCI webcast 'Death Comes to Time'

Appeared in a number of Big Finish Productions audio adventures:

• In the 'Doctor Who Main Range' stories 'My Own Private Wolfgang' / 'Castle of Fear'
• In the 'Torchwood' story 'The Conspiracy'

Before Who:
Films: The Sender (1982), The Bounty (1984), Sky Bandits (1986), Whoops Apocalypse (1986), Castaway (1986), The Madness Museum (1986), Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People (1987), A Day in Summer (1989), Henry V (1989), Sweet Revenge (1990), Die Fledermaus (1990), The Pope Must Die (1991), Freddie as F.R.O.7. [voice only] (1992), Drug-Taking and the Arts [voice only] (1993), Citizen Locke (1994), Princess Caraboo (1994), David Macaulay: Roman City (1994), A Midwinter's Tale (1995), The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996), The Treasure Seekers (1996), Cousin Bette (1998), The Scarlet Tunic (1998), The Man (1999), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), Faeries (1999), Around the World in 80 Days (1999), One of the Hollywood Ten (2000), High Heels and Low Lifes (2001), George Eliot: A Scandalous Life (2002), Gangs of New York* (2002), The Lost Prince (2003), Stella Street (2004), The Legend of the Tamworth Two (2004), Hawking (2004), Lighthouse Hill (2004), The Merchant of Venice (2004) / Five Children and It (2004), Rag Tale (2005), The English Harem (2005), Low Winter Sun (2006), The Good Shepherd (2006), Reichenbach Falls (2007), Intervention (2007), Inconceivable (2008), Margaret [as Geoffrey Howe] (2009), Breaking the Mould (2009), The Last Station (2009), Nativity! (2009), The Making of Plus One (2010), Made in Dagenham* [as Harold Wilson] (2010), Spies and Lies (2010), The Real American: Joe McCarthy [as Joe McCarthy] (2011), The Iron Lady [as Edward Heath] (2011), The Domino Effect (2012), Filth (2013), The Trial (2014), Pudsey the Dog: The Movie (2014)

Television: Danger: Marmalade at Work [2 episodes, different characters (1984)] / Did You See..? (1984) / Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee [6 episodes, Various Roles (1984)] / The Lenny Henry Show (1985) / Happy Families: Cassie (1985) / Tender Is the Night: 1929 (1985) / Boon: Box 13 (1986) / Saturday Live (1986) / Spitting Image [19 episodes, voice only (1986-1987)] / Girls on Top: Who's Ya Uncle Shelley? (1986) / Porterhouse Blue [3 episodes as Zipser (1987)] / Menace Unseen [3 episodes as Larry Knight (1988)] / Whose Line Is It Anyway? [20 episodes as himself (1988–1991)] / Poirot: Four And Twenty Blackbirds [voice only] (1989) / Single Voices: Some Enchanted Evening (1990) / One Foot in the Grave: Dramatic Fever [voice only] (1990) / Jackanory: Dominick [5 episodes as the Storyteller (1990)] / The New Statesman: Let Them Sniff Cake (1991) / John Sessions' Tall Tales [6 episodes (1991)] / Jute City [3 episodes as McMurdo (1991)] / Screenplay: Boswell & Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles (1993) / John Sessions' Likely Stories [6 episodes (1994)] / Nice Day at the Office [6 episodes as Tippit (1994)] / Performance: My Night With Reg (1997) / The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling [5 episodes as Henry Fielding (1997)] / Stella Street [37 episodes, different characters (1997–2001)] / In the Red [3 episodes as Hercules Fortescue (1998)] / Gormenghast* [4 episodes as Dr. Prunesquallor (2000)] / Murder Rooms - Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes: The Kingdom Of Bones (2001) / Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased): Oh Happy Isle (2001) / The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Well Schooled In Murder (2002) / Dalziel and Pascoe: Dialogues Of The Dead (2002) / A World in Arms: Freedom (2002) / Judge John Deed [3 episodes as Brian Cantwell QC (2002–2005)] / Midsomer Murders: Painted In Blood (2003) / The Key [3 episodes as Spencer (2003)] / Animated Tales of the World: The Loch Ness Kelpie Gaelic [voice only] (2004) / Absolute Power: Spinning America (2005) / Marple: The Moving Finger* (2006) / Jackanory: Muddle Earth(2006) / New Tricks: Casualty (2007), Hotel Babylon (2007) / Ronni Ancona & Co. [2 episodes as a Special Guest (2007)] / Oliver Twist [3 episodes as Mr. Sowerberry (2007)] / Inspector Lewis: Falling Darkness (2010) / Sherlock: The Great Game (2010) / Just William: William Holds The Stage (2010) / Outnumbered: The Funeral (2011) / Rab C. Nesbitt: Broke (2011) / The Comic Strip Presents: The Hunt For Tony Blair (2011) / Skins [2 episodes as Geoff Fitzgerald (2011–2012)] / Dead Boss (2012) / Shameless: Business As Usual (2012) / Mr Selfridge [as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle] (2013) / Blandings: Necessary Rhino (2014)

After Who:
Films: The Silent Storm (2014), Mr. Holmes [as Mycroft Holmes] (2015), Legend (2015), We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story [as Arthur Lowe] (2015), The Rack Pack [as Ted Lowe] (2016), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), Whisky Galore (2016), Denial (2016), Loving Vincent [voice only] (2017), Finding Your Feet (2017), Intrigo: Dear Agnes (2019), Belfast (2021)
Television: Outlander [aArthur Duncan (2014–2015)] / Moon: 2 episodes as Boy: Unidentified Feckin' Objects (2015) / Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell [2 episodes as John Murray (2015)] / The Comic Strip Presents: Redtop (2016) / Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge: Foxhunter + Radio Play [voice only] (2016) / Upstart Crow: Love Is Not Love (2016) / Friday Night Dinner: The Carpet Cleaner (2016) / Father Brown: The Eve Of St. John (2017) / The Loch [6 episodes as DCI Frank Smilie (2017)] / Death in Paradise: Murder On The Day Of The Dead (2018) / Victoria [8 episodes as Lord John Russell (2019)] / The Great: Moscow Mule (2020)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Young Grant (Logan Hoffman) and the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) taking in the New York skyline during the 2016 Christmas special The Return of Doctor Mysterio

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Cover art for The Daleks in Colour. The first is the steelbook, the second the appalling regular version that looks like the Doctor has two Daleks as traveling companions along with Ian, Barbara and Susan.

[Susan Foreman]

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

• Jenna Coleman (Clara)
• Samuel Anderson (Danny)
• Michelle Gomez (Missy)

Who: Before And After #1355a / Nu-Who #414a

Name: Joivan Wade 1993? - ]
Year(s): 2014 / 2015
Stories: Flatline / Face The Raven
Character(s): Rigsy

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Casualty: #HolbyRiots (2012) / Big School [6 episodes as Manyou (2013)] / Youngers [16 episodes as Failia (2013–2014)] / Pompidou: Hoarder (2015) / The Interceptor (2015)

After Who:
Films: The Weekend (2016), The First Purge* (2018), VS. (2018), The Dare (2019)

Television: Walliams & Friend (2015) / EastEnders [13 episodes as Jordan Johnson (2016)] / BBC Comedy Feeds: JPD (2016) / The Break: Special Delivery (2017) / Doom Patrol* [45 episodes as Victor Stone - Cyborg (2019–2023)] / DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Crisis On Infinite Earths (2020) / Bel-Air: Under Pressure (2023) / Titans [2 episodes as Victor Stone - Cyborg (2023)]

Who: Before And After #1355b / Nu-Who #414b

Name: John Cummins [1978 - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Flatline
Character(s): Roscoe
Note(s): Appeared in the Big Finish Productions 'Doctor Who' audio story 'The Jupiter Conjunction'

Before Who:
Films: Shakespeare's Globe: All's Well That Ends Well (2012), Henry VIII at Shakespeare's Globe (2012)
Television: Doctors: Rescue Dog (2008) / Locked Up Abroad: Peru / Cuzco (2009) / Holby City: To Have And To Hold (2009) / EastEnders (2010) / The Hour [3 episodes, different characters (2011–2012)] / 24 - Live Another Day* [2 episodes as Parliament Member #1 (2014)]

After Who:
Films: Suffragette (2015), Royal Shakespeare Company: King John (2021)
Television: Midsomer Murders: The Ghost of Causton Abbey (2018) / The Witcher: The End's Beginning (2019) / Temple (2021) / Code 404 (2022) / The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies [2 episodes as JD (2023)] / Invasion: Chasing Ghosts (2023)

Who: Before And After #1355c / Nu-Who #414c

Name: Jessica Hayles [? - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Flatline
Character(s): P.C Forrest

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

• In the 'New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield' story 'Pride of the Lampian'
• In the 'Gallifrey: Time War' stories 'Partisans' / 'Havoc'
• In the 'Torchwood' story 'Expectant'
• In the 'God Among Us' story 'Hostile Environment'
• In the 'Lives of Captain Jack' story 'Mighty and Despair'

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: None

After Who:
Films: Swan Song (2021)
Television: Endeavour: Zenana (2020) / The Flash* [5 episodes as Arielle Atkins (2021–2022)] / Space Force: Mad (Buff) Confidence (2022) / Upload [3 episodes as Rejoyce (2022)] / Charmed* [8 episodes as Sunny (2022)] / Cruel Summer [4 episodes as Rebecca (2023)]

Music Video: Ebony Frainteso (2019): One [as the Handmaiden]

Who: Before And After #1355d / Nu-Who #414d

Name: Raj Bajaj [? - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Flatline
Character(s): George

Before Who:
Films: Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008), Do Dooni Chaar (2010)
Television: Doctors: Ring Of Truth (2013)

After Who:
Films: Treasure Island (2015), A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding (2018), A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby (2019)
Television: Killing Eve* [4 episodes as Mo Jafari (2020)] / Midsomer Murders: Scarecrow Murders (2021) / The Outlaws [2 episodes as Paparazzo (2021)] / Casualty [17 episodes as Adith 'Adi' Kapadia (2021–2022)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Miss Hartigan (Dervla Kirwan) with the Cybermen in the graveyard during the 2008 Christmas special The Next Doctor.

[Susan Foreman]

The BBC has confirmed that a trailer for the 2024 series will follow 'The Church on Ruby Road' on December 25

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1356 / Nu-Who #415

Name: Christopher Fairbank [1953 - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Flatline
Character(s): Fenton

Note(s): Appeared in a number of Big Finish Productions 'Doctor Who' audio adventures:

• In the 'Doctor Who Main Range' stories 'The Wreck of the Titan' / 'Iron Bright'
• In the 'Eighth Doctor Adventures' story 'The Scapegoat'

Before Who:
Films: Plain Murder (1978), Agatha (1979), The Awakening* (1980), Cry Wolf (1980), Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980), Murder with Mirrors (1985), Plenty (1985), Hanna's War (1988), Venus Peter (1989), Batman* (1989), Hands of a Murderer (1990), White Hunter Black Heart (1990), Hamlet (1990), Alien³ (1992), Royce (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), The Bunker (2001), Black Plague (2002), Below (2002), Valiant [voice only] (2005) / Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit [voice only] (2005), Goal! The Dream Begins (2005), A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets (2005), Cargo (2006), Almost Heaven (2006), Flushed Away [voice only] (2006), Five Days: Revised Final Episode (2007), MindFlesh (2008), Goal! III (2009), Lennon Naked (2010), Little Deaths (2011), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides* (2011), Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014), Hercules (2014)

Television: Z Cars: A Woman's Place (1978) / The Professionals: The Purging Of CI5 (1979) / The Old Curiosity Shop [7 episodes as Kit Nubbles (1979–1980)] / Noah's Castle [6 episodes as Cliff (1980)] / Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn [3 episodes as Tom Corder (1980)] / BBC2 Playhouse [2 episodes, different characters (1980–1982)] / Coronation Street [8 episodes as Ginger (1981)] / Going Out: Fourth Week (1981) / Sapphire & Steel: Assignment Six (1982) / Auf Wiedersehen, Pet [39 episodes as Albert Moxey (1983–2004)] / Bergerac: Root And Branch (1987) / The Two Mrs. Grenvilles [2 episodes as Horst Berger (1987)] / Casualty: A Drop Of The Hard Stuff* (1987) / Rockliffe's Babies: Easy Meat (1988) / South of the Border (1988) / The Bill: Grace Of God (1989) / Spender: Fly By Night (1992) / Framed (1992) / Stay Lucky: Down To Earth (1993) / Tropical Heat: Deal Of A Lifetime (1993) / Prime Suspect 3: Keeper Of Souls (1993) / A Pinch of Snuff [3 episodes as Sgt Wield (1994)] / Lovejoy: Day Of Reckoning (1994) / Finney [6 episodes as Bobo Jnr. (1994)] / Crocodile Shoes [3 episodes as Alan Clarke (1994)] / Space Precinct [2 episodes, different characters (1994–1995)] / Inspector Morse: The Way Therough The Woods (1995) / Into the Fire [3 episodes as Joyce (1996)] / Crocodile Shoes II [5 episodes as Alan Clarke (1996)] / True Tilda (1997) / Silent Witness: Friends Like These (1997) / Wokenwell (1997) / Underworld [5 episodes as Haynesie (1997)] / Invasion Earth [5 episodes as Wg. Cdr. Friday (1998)] / The Scarlet Pimpernel [3 episodes as Fumier (1999)] / London's Burning (2000) / City Central: History (2000) / In the Beginning [2 episodes as the Idol Worshipper (2000)] / In a Land of Plenty (2001) / Paradise Heights (2002) / In Deep [2 episodes as Harbinson (2003)] / Spooks: Spiders* (2003) / The Rotters' Club: The Chick And The Hairy Guy (2005) / New Tricks: Diamond Geezers (2006) / The Line of Beauty [3 episodes as Barry Groom (2006)] / Five Days [2 episodes as DS Mal Curling (2007)] / Rough Diamond: Old School Lies (2007) / Midsomer Murders: Death In A Chocolate Box (2007) / Ashes to Ashes (2008) / Never Better [6 episodes as Doug (2008)] / Tess of the D'Urbervilles [4 episodes as Groby (2008)] / Merlin: Excalibur [voice only] (2008) / Law & Order – UK: Buried (2009) / This Is Jinsy: Bandy Dog Red (2010) / Five Daughters [3 episodes as DCI John Quinton (2010)] / Hidden [3 episodes as George Venn (2011)] / Kidnap and Ransom [3 episodes as Chris Taylor (2012)] / Inspector George Gently: Gently With Class (2012) / Borgen: Fortidens sønner (2013) / Family Tree: The Box (2013) / Doc Martin: Hazardous Exposure (2013) / Jamaica Inn [3 episodes as Harry (2014)]

After Who:
Films: Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse (2015), Writers Retreat (2015), Orthodox (2015), Lady Macbeth (2016), Papillon (2017), Walk Like a Panther (2018), The Fight (2018), Iron Mask (2019), The Show (2020), All My Friends Hate Me (2021), Smierc Zygielbojma (2021), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), The Little Mermaid (2023)
Television: Wolf Hall [2 episodes as Walter Cromwell (2015)] / Wallander: The Troubled Man* (2015) / Dickensian [15 episodes as Silas Wegg (2015–2016)] / The Secret Agent (2016) / Taboo [3 episodes as Ibbotson (2017)] / Vera: Home (2018) / The Woman in White [2 episodes as Mr. Brown (2018)] / Grantchester (2019) / Hatton Garden [2 episodes as Billy Lincoln (2019)] / Outlander: Free Will (2020) / Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators: Die We Must (2022) / The Essex Serpent [2 episodes as Cracknell (2022)] / Sherwood (2022) / Andor [3 episodes as Ulaf (2022)]

[Susan Foreman]

Breakdown for the 60th anniversary Blu-ray release:

DISC ONE:
The Star Beast (56:58)
Audio commentary (In-Vision) with actor David Tennant, executive producer Phil Collinson and producer Viki Delow (with optional English subtitles) (2023)
Doctor Who Unleashed: The Star Beast (29:03)
Rachel Talalay's Scene Breakdown (6:10)
The Star Beast: Behind the Scenes (14:05)
David and Catherine's Flashbacks (4:35)
Star Beast Behind the Scenes Trailer (1:32)
The Fourteenth Doctor Reveal (2:31)
Yasmin Finny Introduces Rose Noble (0:49)
Designing the Fourteenth Doctor (1:12)
Set Tour with Yasmin Finny (3:11)
Trailer Reel (4:14)

DISC TWO:
Wild Blue Yonder (54:26)
Doctor Who Unleashed: Wild Blue Yonder (28:09)
Tom Kingsley's Scene Breakdown (4:40)
Wild Blue Yonder: Behind the Scenes (9:18)
David Tennant's Stand In: Video Diary(3:45)
Wild Blue Yonder: Behind the Scenes Trailer (1:34)
The Cast Introduce the Villains of Wild Blue Yonder (0:53)
Behind the Scenes Fun with David and Catherine (0:40)
TARDIS set Tour with David Tennant and Phil Sims (3:44)

DISC THREE:
The Giggle (61:03)
Audio commentary (In-Vision) with actor David Tennant, executive producer Phil Collinson and writer-executive producer Russell T. Davies (with optional English subtitles) (2023)
Doctor Who Unleashed: The Giggle (29:05)
Chanya Button's Scene Breakdown (4:57)
The Giggle: Behind the Scenes (14:46)
Becoming the Toymaker (5:14)
The Giggle: Behind the Scenes Trailer (2:13)
Ruth Madeley Introduces Shirley Bingham (0:48)
Neil Patrick Harris Introduces the Toymaker (0:46)

Note: Comes with a 6-page catalogue of current Doctor Who merchandise.