The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Horror of Fang Rock and Image of the Fendahl are two of my favourite stories ever.

This whole season terrified me as a child. That nasty prawn thing, Leela's steaming, the glowing skull and best of all (although not the best story by any means) the greatest cliffhanger in all of classic Doctor Who, other than part three of Caves of Androzani, in part four of Invasion of Time.

Meanwhile Underworld was chilling all through with the scary masked guys.

[will graham]

I know it's just an ad but that does leave it open for her to return.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE GIRL WHO DIED who have previously appeared in the show:

• Jenna Coleman (Clara)
• Jon Davey (Mire)

Who: Before And After #1376a / Nu-Who #435a

Name: Maisie Williams [1997 - ] [Birth name: Margaret Constance Williams]
Year(s): 2015
Stories: The Girl Who Died – The Woman Who Lived / Face The Raven / Hell Bent
Character(s): Ashildr / Me

Before Who:
Films: Heatstroke (2013), Gold (2014), The Falling (2014), Cyberbully (2015)
Television: Game of Thrones* [59 episodes as Arya Stark (2011–2019)] / The Secret of Crickley Hall [3 episodes as Loren Caleigh (2012)] / Robot Chicken [2 episodes, voice only (2014)] / Supreme Tweeter: #WakingTheDragon (2015)

Music Video: Seafret (2015): Oceans
Music Video: Pentatonix (2015): Sing
Music Video: The Vamps (2015): Rest Your Love

After Who:
Films: The Book of Love (2016), iBoy (2017), Mary Shelley (2017), Early Man [voice only] (2018), Then Came You (2018), I and You (2018), The New Mutants* (2020), The Owners (2020)

Television: Gen: Lock [15 episodes as the voice of Cameron 'Cammie' MacCloud (2019–2021)] / Two Weeks to Live [6 episodes as Kim Noakes (2020)] / Pistol* [6 episodes as Jordan (2022)] / The New Look (2023)

Music Video: Freya Ridings (2019): You Mean The World To Me
Music Video: Madeon (2020): Miracle

Who: Before And After 1376b / Nu-Who #435b

Name: Simon Lipkin [1986 - ]
Year(s): 2015
Stories: The Girl Who Died
Character(s): Nollarr

Before Who:
Films: Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! (2014)
Television: The Bill: Growing Pains (2009) / Casualty [2 episodes, different characters (2009–2023)] / The Amazing World of Gumball [38 episodes, different characters (2014–2019)]

After Who:
Films: The Wind in the Willows: The Musical (2018), Show Dogs (2018), Nativity Rocks! (2018), I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (2021), First Date (2021), Christmas on Mistletoe Farm (2022)
Television: Ricky Zoom [34 episodes as the voice of the DJ (2019–2020)] / The Beaker Girls [13 episodes as Si Martin (2021–2023)] / Silent Witness: History (2022) / Unforgotten (2023)

Who: Before And After #1376c / Nu-Who #435c

Name: Ian Conningham [? - ]
Year(s): 2015
Stories: The Girl Who Died
Character(s): Einarr [Chuckles]

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

• In the 'Lost Stories' adventure 'Nightmare Country'
• In the 'Fourth Doctor Adventures' story 'The Primeval Design'
• In the 'Eighth Doctor: Time War' story 'Previously, Next Time'
• In the 'Ninth Doctor Adventures' story 'Northern Lights'
• In the 'First Doctor Adventures' story 'The Hollow Crown'
• In the 'Third Doctor Adventures' story 'Storm of the Horofax'
• In the 'Diary of River Song' story 'The Lady in the Lake
• In the 'Robots' story 'Toos and Poul'

Before Who:
Films: Going Off Big Time (2000), Millions (2004), The Wake (2006), Muppets Most Wanted (2014), Moomins on the Riviera (2014)
Television: The Courtroom: Dicky Heart (2004) / Casualty 1909 (2009) / The Bill: Innocence Betrayed (2009) / Hotel Trubble: Bridezilla (2010) / The Hollow Crown [2 episodes as Peto (2012)] / EastEnders [2 episodes as Graham Avens (2012)] / Da Vinci's Demons: The Hierophant (2013) / Doctors: Waiting For Gordon (2015)

After Who:
Films: The Dresser (2015), Lady Macbeth (2016), Denial (2016), Peterloo (2018), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Widow Clicquot (2023), The Great Escaper (2023)
Television: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret [2 episodes as Mandy (2016)] / Grantchester (2016) / The Musketeers: The Hunger (2016) / Peaky Blinders (2016) / The Windsors (2016) / The Royals: Aye, There's The Rub (2016) / Taboo (2017) / Broken: Andrew (2017) / Outlander [2 episodes as Barton (2017)] / Coronation Street [6 episodes as D.C. Macmillan (2017)] / Britannia [2 episodes as Tiberius (2018)] / Silent Witness: A Special Relationship (2018) / Trust: White Car In A Snowstorm (2018) / The Last Kingdom [3 episodes as Offa (2018)] / Cleaning Up (2019) / Top Boy: Bonfire Night (2019) / A Confession (2019) / Manhunt [4 episodes as Richard Moore (2021)] /The Girl Before [4 episodes as DI James Clarke (2021)] / Litvinenko [2 episodes as Dr. Nick Gent (2022)] / The Long Shadow (2023)

[Rob4]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Horror of Fang Rock and Image of the Fendahl are two of my favourite stories ever.

This whole season terrified me as a child. That nasty prawn thing, Leela's steaming, the glowing skull and best of all (although not the best story by any means) the greatest cliffhanger in all of classic Doctor Who, other than part three of Caves of Androzani, in part four of Invasion of Time.

Meanwhile Underworld was chilling all through with the scary masked guys.

Weren't Horror and Image development leftovers from the previous producers - what's referred to as the Gothic period? I agree they were standouts, but I felt this was the season the Tom Baker years started to dip in quality. Still pretty good, but not the heights of the previous two seasons.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rob4

Weren't Horror and Image development leftovers from the previous producers - what's referred to as the Gothic period? I agree they were standouts, but I felt this was the season the Tom Baker years started to dip in quality. Still pretty good, but not the heights of the previous two seasons.

They certainly feel like ideas from the Hinchcliffe era. I'm sure i'll find out (without the use of Google) when i watch the extras on the box set.

Yes, i agree it did begin to dip in quality somewhat. There were more average stories than what had gone before in the Baker era, although back then even the worst stories remained watchable and always had their 'moments'.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Colin Baker (The Sixth Doctor) and Nicola Bryant (Peri) explore the new TARDIS set sometime late last year.

Sorry the pics are small, that's why i used both.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1377 / Nu-Who #436

Name: David Schofield [1951 - ]
Year(s): 2015
Stories: The Girl Who Died
Character(s): Odin

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

• In the 'Doctor Who Main Range' stories 'The Doomsday Quatrain' / 'The End of the Beginning'
• In the 'Eighth Doctor Adventures' story 'Death in Blackpool'
• In the 'Donna Noble: Kidnapped!' story 'The Sorcerer of Albion'

Provided the Audiobook Readings of:

• The BBC Audio story 'The House of Winter'

Before Who:
Films: The Dogs of War (1980), An American Werewolf in London* (1981), Praying Mantis (1982), Innocent Victim (1989), Somewhere to Run (1989), Jekyll and Hyde (1990), The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Anna Karenina (1997), Tangier Cop (1997), Joan of Arc (1999), Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999), Junk (1999), The Miracle Maker [voice only] (2000), Gladiator (2000), Chunky Monkey (2001), The Musketeer (2001), From Hell* (2001), Superstition (2001), Fields of Gold (2002), The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (2003), Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster [as Frankenstein's Monster (2003), Unstoppable (2004), The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End* (2007), Kirill (2008), Valkyrie (2008), Lightning Strikes (2009), The Wolfman* (2010), Devil's Bridge (2010), F (2010), Burke and Hare (2010), Super Tanker (2011), Ghosted (2011), All Things to All Men (2013), Last Passenger (2013), Lord of Tears (2013)

Television: Z Cars: The Attackers (1972) / Softly Softly - Task Force: As Good Cooks Go... (1976) / The New Avengers: Sleeper* (1976) / Rock Follies of '77: The Empire (1977) / ITV Playhouse: It's Only Rock N' Roll (1977) / Kids [4 episodes as Peter Judd (1979)] / Funny Man [13 episodes as Davey Gibson (1981)] / Icebound in the Antarctic [4 episodes as Sir Ernest Shackleton (1983)] / Studio [6 episodes as Manville (1983)] / Mozart: His Life with Music [4 episodes as Mozart (1985)] / A Killing on the Exchange [3 episodes as Rupert Tyndall (1987)] / Boogie Outlaws [3 episodes as Flash (1987)] / Bergerac [2 episodes, different characters (1987–1989)] / Rockliffe's Babies: Looking After Your Own (1988) / Shadow of the Noose: Turn Again (1989) / Van der Valk: The Little Rascals (1991) / Zorro: The Old Flame (1991) / Boon: Message In A Bottle (1992) / The Secret Agent [3 episodes as Ossipon (1992)] / The Bill [7 episodes, different characters (1992–2010)] / Mr. Wroe's Virgins: Hannah's Story (1993) / Taggart [3 episodes as Joseph Durrant (1993)] / The English Programme [3 episodes as the Manchester DJ (1994)] / Heartbeat [2 episodes, different characters (1994–2006)] / The Biz (1995) / Wycliffe: Happy Families (1995) / Correlli: Spoons (1995) / The Famous Five: Five Get Into Trouble (1995) / Band of Gold [10 episodes as DCI Newall (1995–1996)] / Our Friends in the North [4 episodes as John Salway (1996)] / Testament - The Bible in Animation: Elijah [voice only] (1996) / Casualty: Trapped (1996) / The Prince and the Pauper [2 episodes as the Arresting Officer (1996)] / Kavanagh QC: The Ties That Bind (1997) / Real Women [2 episodes as Max (1998)] / Our Mutual Friend [2 episodes as Gaffer Hexam (1998)] / Amongst Women [2 episodes as Jack Simpson (1998)] / Cleopatra [2 episodes as Casca (1999)] / The Vice [2 episodes as Harrison (2000)] / Lock, Stock...: ...And Two Sips (2000) / Holby City [5 episodes, different characters (2001–2005)] / The Forsyte Saga [2 episodes as Polteed (2002)] / In Deep [2 episodes as Vincent Hunter (2003)] / 40 [2 episodes as Brenman (2003)] / Blue Murder [6 episodes as DCS Hackett (2003–2004)] / Footballers' Wives [3 episodes as Graham The Bookie (2004)] / Beethoven: The Rebel (2005) / Julian Fellowes Investigates - A Most Mysterious Murder: The Case Of George Harry Storrs (2005) / Goldplated [8 episodes as John White (2006)] / The Street [3 episodes as John Roberts (2006–2007)] / Waking the Dead [2 episodes as Michael Kelleher (2008)] / The Take (2009) / The Fixer (2009) / Merlin: Sweet Dreams (2009) / Injustice [4 episodes as ACC Stephen Packard (2011)] / The Shadow Line [5 episodes as Sergeant Foley (2011)] / Land Girls [9 episodes as Vernon Storey (2011)] / Shameless [2 episodes as Louis (2013)] / Da Vinci's Demons [19 episodes as Piero da Vinci (2013–2015)] / The Great Fire [3 episodes as The Duke of Hanford (2014)] / Safe House [2 episodes as Eddie Reynolds (2015)] / New Tricks: The Wolf Of Wallbrook (2015)

After Who:
Films: Mindhorn (2016), Darkest Hour [as Clement Atlee] (2017), Mary Magdalene (2018), Six Minutes to Midnight (2020), Mad Heidi (2022)
Television: Father Brown: The Mask Of The Demon (2016) / Undercover [4 episodes as Alex Brady (2016)] / Rovers [2 episodes as Roger Small (2016)] / The Coroner: Life (2016) / The Last Kingdom [3 episodes as Abbot Eadred (2017)] / Press [3 episodes as Chris Cartwright (2018)] / /The Adventures of Paddington [4 episodes as the voice of Mr. Gruber (2019–2020)] / Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators: See Thyself, Devil (2020) / Unforgotten [2 episodes as Clive Walsh (2021)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Kari (Liza Goddard), the Doctor (Peter Davison) and friend, in a publicity still for Terminus (1983)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1378a / Nu-Who #437a

Name: Tom Stourton [1987 - ]
Year(s): 2015
Stories: The Girl Who Died
Character(s): Lofty

Note(s): Appeared in the Big Finish Productions 'Early Adventures' story 'An Ideal World'

Before Who:
Films: The Wind in the Willows (1995), The Willows in Winter (1996), About Time (2013), Space Ark (2014), Captain Webb (2015)
Television: Comedy Lab: Totally Tom (2011) / Comedy Blaps [5 episodes, various charactes (2011–2012)] / Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul [4 episodes (2012)] / Common Ground [2 episodes as Fergus (2013)] / BBC Comedy Feeds [2 episodes as Scott (2013)] / Lovesick: Cressida (2014) / Siblings [12 episodes as Dan (2014–2016)] / Up the Women: The Romance (2015) / Count Arthur Strong: Fame At Last (2015)

After Who:
Films: Hail Mary (2016), Revived (2016), The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018), Tales from the Lodge (2019), A Christmas Carol [voice only] (2020), All My Friends Hate Me (2021), Barbie (2023), Poor Things (2023), Arthur's Whisky (2024)
Television: Crackanory: The Catchment Area & the Frogbeast of Pontfidd (2015) / Drunk History - UK [5 episodes, different characters (2015–2016)] / Murder in Successville [2 episodes, different characters (2015–2016)] / Horrible Histories [21 episodes, various characters (2015–2023)] / Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge: Massage + Royal Visit (2016) / Decline and Fall [2 episodes as Alistair Digby-Vaine-Trumpington (2017)] / Loaded [2 episodes as Greg (2017)] / What Would Diplo Do?: The Beef (2017) / Pls Like [7 episodes as DumpGhost (2018–2021)] / Stath Lets Flats* [9 episodes as Robbie (2018–2021)] / The Windsors [3 episodes as Jack Brooksbank (2018–2023)] / Trying: Maddest, Sweetest Thing (2021) / Buffering: Throuple Goals (2021) / Spitting Image [6 episodes, voice only (2021)] / Mood: Hannibal (2022) / A Small Light [2 episodes as Daniel Van Dijk (2023)] / Dreaming Whilst Black: The Dream (2023)

Who: Before And After #1378b / Nu-Who #437b

Name: Alastair Parker [? - ]
Year(s): 2015
Stories: The Girl Who Died
Character(s): Limpy

Before Who:
Films: National Theatre Live: People (2013)Treasure Island (2015)
Television: Masterpiece: The Merchant Of Venice (2001) / White Teeth: The Return of Magid Iqbal (2002) / Spooks*[2 episodes as a Policeman (2002–2003)] / Sinchronicity (2006)

After Who:
Films: National Theatre Live: The Crucible (2023)
Television: I Hate Suzie (2020) / Whitstable Pearl: Random Acts (2021) / The Witcher: Redanian Intelligence (2021) / Carnival Row: Reckoning (2023)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover art to the Big Finish audio story The Dark Husband, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor. It was released in March 2008.