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"The Three Doctors" Production RRR December 30, 1972 - January 20, 1973 The Time Lords call on all three incarnations of the Doctor to deal with a singularity that leads into another universe. Podcaster John S. Drew and writer/editor Jim Beard join forces once again to become the masters of time and space as they watch and review every single episode of the Classic Doctor Who series. In this episode, they are joined by fellow podcaster J.B. Anderton of the Doctor Who Gives a F*uck? podcast. They discuss the OTT performance of Stephen Thorne, the final performance of William Hartnell, and the MVP of the story, Nicholas Courtney. Please make sure you are subscribed to our podcast via any of the major popular podcasting apps. You can write and comment or ask questions of us via email at thedoctorsbeardpodcast@gmail.com or by joining our Facebook community. Join our Patreon community where your sponsorship earns you early access to new episodes as well as exclusive content. Click on the link here to take you to the Patreon page.
We raid Kenny's archives once again, to bring you an all-new talk with the late, great Nicholas Courtney. This was recorded at noon, on 31 May 1992, at the Doctor Who Roadshow, held in Paisley Arts Centre. Dave and Kenny were in the audience that day (but hadn't met), and they share their memories of meeting 'the Brig' over the years. Stand by for some slightly inaccurate memories, but lots of warmth and laughs. With thanks to Cameron Robertson for the digital clean-up on the soundtrack, lifted from a long-play VHS recording!
Sorry, is this thing still on?After a hospital-based interlude, Beth and David are back, and SO ARE THE DALEKS!There's thirsting over the very sexy Nicholas Courtney, a brief dive into David's childhood hallucinations, and Beth laughing at Katarina's floating corpse in space (RIP).Plus, some thoughts on Varada Sethu's announcement/the recent Millie Gibson press debacle, and a visit from Cheryl Tweedy in Greece.Beth and David are back next Wednesday (providing there's no hospital visits) - in the meantime, you can get in touch via @whowatchpodcast, or send them some love via email - thewhowatchpodcast@gmail.com.Plus, the gang are asking a favour - send this podcast on to three of your Who loving mates, and they'll be forever grateful!You can also tip The Who Watch Podcast via Ko-Fi, if you'd like!Find socials, the Song Of The Story playlists, and other fun things here, including Beth's ruddy quiz book!Music by Haydn WynnArtwork by Reece ConnollyPhotos from The Black Archive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tackling the first part of this mega 1st Doctor story, Dom Bettinellli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss Nicholas Courtney's first appearance on Who; the first Companion death; and the moral ambiguity surrounding charaters like Mavic Chen and Sarah Kingdom.
Tackling the first part of this mega 1st Doctor story, Dom Bettinellli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss Nicholas Courtney's first appearance on Who; the first Companion death; and the moral ambiguity surrounding characters like Mavic Chen and Sarah Kingdom. The post The Daleks’ Master Plan (Ep. 1-4) appeared first on StarQuest Media.
Welcome to our podcast series from The Super Network and Pop4D called Tubi Tuesdays Podcast! This podcast series is focused on discovering and doing commentaries/watch a longs for films found on the free streaming service Tubi, at TubiTV Your hosts for Tubi Tuesdays are Super Marcey, ‘The Terrible Australian' Bede Jermyn, Prof. Batch (From Pop4D & Web Tales: A Spider-Man Podcast) and Kollin (From Trash Panda Podcast), will take turns each week picking a film to watch and most of them will be ones we haven't seen before.Part One Starts Playing At: 00:07:56Welcome back to the final week of Classic Doctor Who Month at The Tubi Tuesdays Podcast, with thanks to Prof. Batch for the idea! All the hosts are here with Super Marcey, Bede Jermyn, Prof. Batch, Kollin and Doctor Who expert James Simpson. Each week during February a co-host will pick a Doctor and watch a story arc that goes around the length of a movie (90ish minutes) as Tubi has Classic Doctor Who available. For the final episode of Doctor Who month, Marcey decided to go with The Fifth Doctor and story arc 'The Five Doctors', which also serves as the shows 20th Anniversary Special. We hope you all have enjoyed Doctor Who month as much as we have!The Five Doctors is from Season 20 (Classic Who) and also a 20th Anniversary Special, it stars Peter Davison as the Doctor, Richard Hurndall, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, archival footage of Tom Baker, with the companions played by Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Elisabeth Sladen, Carol Ann Ford, Nicholas Courtney and archival footage of Lalla Ward, also starring Anthony Ainley and Phillip Latham.If you have never listened to a commentary before and want to watch the film along with the podcast, here is how it works. You simply need to grab a copy of the film or load it up on Tubi (you may need alcohol), and sync up the podcast audio with the film. We will tell you when to press and you follow along, it is that easy! Because we have watched the films on Tubi, it is a free service and there are ads, however we will give a warning when it comes up, so you can pause the film and provide time stamps to keep in sync.Highlights include:* Welcome to the final episode of Classic Doctor Who Month!* So it's called The Five Doctors, despite only four of them being there ...* Find out why Bede recorded the show from a safe!* The Fifth Doctor is played by Pete Davison, it's wild!* The Second Doctor looks like Kollin's nanna ... he said it!* How did Ninja Terminator Tubi get injured again?* The first three doctors look pissed that number five is young!* Raston Robot ... or Silver Surfer ... or Charlie Day ... we don't know ...* Plus much, much more!Check out The Super Network on Patreon to gain early access to The Tubi Tuesdays Podcast!DISCLAIMER: This audio commentary isn't meant to be taken seriously, it is just a humourous look at a film. It is for entertainment purposes, we do not wish to offend anyone who worked on and in the film, we have respect for you all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In final episode of 2023, Dylan is joined by Conrad Westmaas to take a look at the 1977 Doctor Who Weetabix promotion. They also look at the 1996 BBC audio play ‘The Ghosts of N-Space' by Barry Letts and starring Jon Pertwee, Elizabeth Sladen and Nicholas Courtney. And as always answer the burning questions:Which fiend is entering Sandra Dickinson?Who is getting speared by Blor? Are brit-pop, boys and Prozac better than ‘The Ghosts of N-Space' ?
In our anniversary themed episodes leading up to the 60th, we take a look back at 1993 and the BBC Radio release, "Doctor Who - The Paradise of Death", starring Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen and Nicholas Courtney. Original theme composed by Joe Kraemer | http://www.joekraemer.com/about/ Email: sirensofaudio@gmail.com Website: https://www.sirensofaudio.com/ Audio Feedback: https://anchor.fm/sirensofaudio Twitter: http://twitter.com/audiosirens Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/audiosirens/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/audiosirens YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrU3MLlOeJTLnAbLl35QgeQ Clips and music are copyright BBC and Big Finish and are used for review purposes only. No infringement is intended. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sirensofaudio/message
Charles Skaggs & Jesse Jackson discuss "The Green Death", the fifth serial from Doctor Who Season 10 in 1973, featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier, Stewart Bevan as Prof. Clifford Jones, and the departure of Katy Manning as Jo Grant! Find us here:Twitter: @NextStopWho, @CharlesSkaggs, @JesseJacksonDFW Instagram: @nextstopeverywherepodcast Facebook: Facebook.com/Nextstopeverywherepodcast Email: NextStopWho@gmail.com Listen and subscribe to us in Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!
With 20 May being the anniversary of the passing of Jon Pertwee, we're celebrating his final two adventures as the Doctor. John, Steevie and Kenny dig out The Paradise of Death and The Ghosts of N-Space, as they go all 90s/70s/80s (we're not getting into the UNIT dating row here), and listen to Mr Pertwee with Elisabeth Sladen and Nicholas Courtney at his side.
New New Doctor! Stuck on Earth! UNIT years begin! Join your tour guides Jason Thomason and Justin Clark as they discuss the seventh season of Doctor Who starring the great John Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney and John Levene. The Diary of River Song 09: New Recruit is available at https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-diary-of-river-song-series-09-new-recruit-2503 Be sure to follow us on Facebook at Grand Circle Tour Magic Ticket Holders, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/grandcircletourpodcast/ and YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@grandcircletour The Grand Circle Tour Podcast is in no way part of, endorsed or authorized by, or affiliated with the Walt Disney Company, BBC, BBC America, Bad Wolf Productions or their affiliates. As to Disney artwork/properties: © Disney. Disclosure | Privacy Policy
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Jordan's TARDIS transports them sideways in time for this discussion of Nicholas Courtney's favourite story, Inferno. | Find us on Twitter and Instagram @GallifreyPod . Share your thoughts and voice memos via email at GallifreyanFilesPod@gmail.com .
Join Joe & Mark as they discuss the early interview releases from Big Finish. Which is the better format? Or more informative? Who gives better interview?
It's our 50th episode! To celebrate our golden jubilee we have a quick look back through our podcast archives to dig out some of our favourite and silly moments from the past 4 years. Surprise guests include: @hannahbeeblogs, Kieran Hodgson off Two Doors Down, and the Cailleach! Elsewhere, Nightmare of Eden and Invasion of the Dinosaurs are in the Time-Space Visualiser and the quiz focuses on the life and times of Nicholas Courtney in 'Courtney or Court-nay'. We also review the missing Hartnell historical Marco Polo. Alex has unwisely watched it all in one sitting, while Andy relied on a gatefold LP and Lou & Lalla acting out the entire story in a specially constructed pergola in his back garden while swigging back elderflower presse in straw hats. Several fascinating matters are also discussed in relation to early Who. While Alex suggests that John Lucarotti might actually have nicked Marco Polo due to his preference for radio, Andy recounts what may be the most important Doctor Who memo of all time, written by the director of episode 4 (The Wall of Lies) John Crockett. Andy also reminisces about the time he was almost found in contempt of court and Alex obsesses about horses and distances again. Yes it's exactly what you might expect from an episode of World Enough and Time, only a bit longer than usual - some might say bumper - and a bit more gilt-edged. See the finish! Enjoy! We love you. Andy & Alex xxx Next Time: Inferno (gosh!) Photo colourised and restored by Clayton Hickman.
Straight Outta Gallifrey talk about the late, great David Warner playing the Doctor in this Unbound saga, the return of Nicholas Courtney reprising his role as the The Brigadier Allistar Lethbridge-Stewart, and powerhouse performances by David Tennant and Mark Gatiss. Yep, believe it or not! We would love to hear from you. Write to us at www.wrightonnetwork.com Twitter @sogallifrey prydonian.post@gmail.com www.patreon.com/wrightonnetwork
Charles Skaggs & Jesse Jackson discuss "The Claws of Axos", the third serial from Doctor Who Season 8 in 1971, featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Katy Manning as Jo Grant, Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier, and Roger Delgado as the First Master! Find us here:Twitter: @NextStopWho, @CharlesSkaggs, @JesseJacksonDFW Instagram: @nextstopeverywherepodcast Facebook: Facebook.com/Nextstopeverywherepodcast Email: NextStopWho@gmail.com Listen and subscribe to us in Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!
Oooh, this episode exists! Hooray. Host Toby Hadoke remembers when it didn't, so it still all seems a bit new to him. And what a gorgeous episode it is, with its superb aliens and its even more superb human villain, Mavis Chen. Make sure you've worked out your special hand movements as Toby sits down with long term fan Ian McLachlan and see if there's a bigger candidate for Silliest Sod in the Universe than stroppy alien Zephon, marvel and the odd delivery of Katarina, and fall in love with Nicholas Courtney all over again. Please support these podcasts on Patreon, where you will get advance releases, exclusive content (including a patron only podcast - Far Too Much information), regular AMAs and more. Tiers start form as little as £3 per month. patreon.com/tobyhadoke Or there is Ko-fi for the occasionally donation with no commitments: ko-fi.com/tobyhadoke Follow Toby on Twitter @tobyhadoke And these podcasts @HadokePodcasts www.tobyhadoke.com for news, blog, mailing list and more.
A look at the Third Doctor's third episode. An investigation into a failed space rescue takes a turn when the returned astronauts seem to be something quite different than they were before. How does the Daleks Aren't Robots team react to it? Find out!Daleks Aren't Robots!? is a podcast in which two Whovian friends take two non-Whovians on a deep dive through the show from the very beginning.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daleksarentr...Twitter: https://twitter.com/daleksrntrobotsFind us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ngosXDOzVLrJe4KIcW8QgLook for us where all podcasts are found.See more at https://daleksarentrobots.com/Theme: Garage - Monplaisir
A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Joe & Fiona; in reminiscent mood! Spooks and scares all the way as the monster is slowly revealed, many convention anecdotes and a gorgeous tale of the time Fiona was married to Nicholas Courtney. We're convinced Sussex is Scotland because it all looks so cold!
It's our one year anniversary! We celebrate by looking at two Sarah Jane Smith stories, with our very own Sarah Jane, our sister Maisie. First up is Sarah Jane Smith: Test Of Nerve an audio play from Big Finish written by David Bishop. Then we revisit Enemy of the Bane from the TV show The Sarah Jane Adventures, written by Phil Ford and directed by Graeme Harper.
Brigadier Month concludes as Charles Skaggs & Jesse Jackson are joined by special guest companion Hannah Skorapa to discuss “Mawdryn Undead”, the third serial from Doctor Who Season 20 in 1983, featuring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, the introduction of Mark Strickson as Vislor Turlough, and the return of Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier and Valentine Dyall as the Black Guardian! Find us here:Twitter: @NextStopSMG, @CharlesSkaggs, @JesseJacksonDFW @HTeaSkorapa Instagram: @nextstopeverywherepodcast Facebook: Facebook.com/Nextstopeverywherepodcast Email: NextStopEverywhereSMG@gmail.com Listen and subscribe to us in Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!
Charles Skaggs & Jesse Jackson are joined by special guest companion DJ Nik from Happiness in Darkness: The Superhero Movie Podcast to discuss "The Ambassadors of Death", the third serial from Doctor Who Season Seven in 1970, featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Caroline John as Liz Shaw, Nicholas Courtney as The Brigadier, and John Abineri as General Charles Carrington! Find us here:Twitter: @NextStopSMG, @CharlesSkaggs, @JesseJacksonDFW @HIDarknesspod Instagram: @nextstopeverywherepodcast Facebook: Facebook.com/Nextstopeverywherepodcast Email: NextStopEverywhereSMG@gmail.com Listen and subscribe to us in Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!
Nick and Benji present… Reviews: Susan's War… Featured Release: UNIT … Behind-the-scenes: The Third Doctor Adventures Volume 6 . Drama Tease: Torchwood - Iceberg .
Charles Skaggs & Jesse Jackson discuss “The Web of Fear”, the fifth serial from Doctor Who Season Five in 1968, featuring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon, Deborah Watling as Victoria Waterfield, and the introduction of Nicholas Courtney as Colonel Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart! Find us here:Twitter: @NextStopSMG, @CharlesSkaggs, @JesseJacksonDFW @HIDarknesspod Instagram: @nextstopeverywherepodcast Facebook: Facebook.com/Nextstopeverywherepodcast Email: NextStopEverywhereSMG@gmail.com Listen and subscribe to us in Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!
In this months edition of the Who's He? Podcast.... The News In yet another quiet month of news, a nice surprise is to be had in the form of a special edition blu ray for Power of the Daleks and Big Finish continue to create content during the lockdown with a new 4th Doctor story starring Tom Baker Review - Mawdryn Undead This month Phil and Paul take a look at Mawdryn Undead in its written and televised formats. With a story that neither of them particular thought much of, did a rewatch and read of the Target novelisation change their opinion? And how did the story serve the introduction of Turlough to the Tardis crew? Well, there is one thing they can both agree on and that anything with added Nicholas Courtney is a bonus!
Coming soon to all podcast platforms. Written by Simon Barnard and Paul Morris. Performed by Nicholas Courtney and Terry Molloy.
Charles Skaggs is joined by Holly Mac from The Five(ish) Fangirls Podcast to discuss "Battlefield", the first serial from Doctor Who Season 26 in 1989, featuring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace, Nicholas Courtney as The Brigadier, and Jean Marsh as Morgaine! Find us here: Twitter: @NextStopSMG @CharlesSkaggs @hollymac_79 Facebook: facebook.com/NextStopEverywherePodcast Instagram: @nextstopeverywherepodcast Email: NextStopEverywhereSMG@gmail.com Listen and subscribe to us in Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!
Charles Skaggs is joined by returning special guest companion John Takacs to discuss "The Mind of Evil", the second serial from Doctor Who Season 8 in 1971, featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Katy Manning as Jo Grant, Nicholas Courtney as The Brigadier, and Roger Delgado as the First Master! Find us here: Twitter: @NextStopSMG @CharlesSkaggs @Jtakiss1390 Facebook: facebook.com/NextStopEverywherePodcast Instagram: @nextstopeverywherepodcast Email: NextStopEverywhereSMG@gmail.com Listen and subscribe to us in Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!
Nick and Benji are sifting through your emails once more. They delve behind-the-scenes with Doctor Who: The Scream of Ghosts and give it a good old drama tease.
Toby's back with a one-off special Who's Round, as he talks to cast and crews from 56 years of Doctor Who on television in these free podcasts.
Charles Skaggs is joined by special guest companion Lee Leonard to discuss “Inferno”, the classic fourth serial from Doctor Who Season 7 in 1970, featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Caroline John as Liz Shaw, Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier, and John Levene as Sgt. John Benton! Find us here:Twitter: @NextStopSMG, @CharlesSkaggs, @JesseJacksonDFW @leelinus75 Instagram: @nextstopeverywherepodcast Facebook: facebook.com/NextStopEverywherePodcast Email: nextstopeverywheresmg@gmail.com Listen and subscribe to us in Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!
Celebrating the 4th Anniversary of Next Stop Everywhere, Charles Skaggs & Jesse Jackson discuss "Robot" the first serial from Doctor Who Season 12 in 1974, featuring the first adventure of Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor, Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, Nicholas Courtney as The Brigadier, and introducing Ian Marter as Harry Sullivan! Find us here:Twitter: @NextStopSMG, @CharlesSkaggs, @JesseJacksonDFW Instagram: @nextstopeverywherepodcast Facebook: Facebook.com/Nextstopeverywherepodcast Email: NextStopEverywhereSMG@gmail.com Listen and subscribe to us in Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!
Charles Skaggs & Jesse Jackson discuss "The Five Doctors", the Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Special from 1983, featuring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Richard Hurndall as the First Doctor, Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka, Mark Strickson as Vislor Turlough, Nicholas Courtney as The Brigadier, Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, and Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman! Find us here:Twitter: @NextStopSMG, @CharlesSkaggs, @JesseJacksonDFW Instagram: @nextstopeverywherepodcast Facebook: Facebook.com/NextStopEverywherePodcast Email: NextStopeverywhereSMG@gmail.com Listen and subscribe to us in Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!
Charles Skaggs & Jesse Jackson discuss "Planet of the Spiders", the fifth serial from Doctor Who Season 11 in 1974, featuring the end of Jon Pertwee's era as the Third Doctor, Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, and Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart! And yes, we also discuss the announcement of Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor! Find us here:Twitter: @NextStopSMG, @CharlesSkaggs, @JesseJacksonDFW Instagram: @nextstopeverywherepodcast Facebook: Facebook.com/Nextstopeverywherepodcast Email: NextStopEverywhereSMG@gmail.com Listen and subscribe to us in Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!
It's Friday, and it's time for a brand new free podcast and download from Toby Hadoke, who has sought out the actor behind a couple of notable Doctor Who villains for a conversation today...
Nicholas Courtney's biographer & friend, Michael McManus joins us for a chat about his friendship with Nicholas, wirting the Brig's biography, 'Still getting away with it' which he gives us some readings from and also about Nicholas' life. We also hear how Michael knows Tom Baker & his work on some of the Doctor Who DVD extra's. This one gets emotional in places and talks about issues surrounding abuse, mental health issues and others emotive issues, so please be warned if these issues have affected you. GallifreyStands is sponsored by http://www.DottiesCharms.co.uk. Check out the Doctor Who range today. WhovianRound-Up is by http://indiemacuser.com/ GallifreyStands can be found at on twitter @DoctorSquee, by email GallifreyStandsPodcast@gmail.com, on stitcher, iTunes, The Tangent-Bound Network, Sachel Player & http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com & on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481026762176392/ You can buythe GallifreyStands lipbalm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired-by?ref=shop_home_active_12 Pleasesupport our Pod-Pals too: DisAfterDark Justgive me a few minutes AMAudioMedia TangentBoundNetwork
Ben and Mark pay tribute to those brave men and women of UNIT in another episode of Radio 4's premier Doctor Who discussion show; On the Time Lash The stories under discussion this week are The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky and The Invasion. Is The Sontaran Stratagem REALLY all that bad? And is The Invasion REALLY all that good? Does the memory cheat? Also; Explaining Doctor Who to a pissed off security guard as Ben visits some more Doctor Who locations, the perils of controlling a nuclear arsenal via a mobile app, and an examination of the Brigadier's management style that you've probably never heard before.
A simple challenge a few years back resulted in comedian, actor and TV expert Toby Hadoke scouring the land to speak to someone connected to every Doctor Who story from the first 50 years of the show. Since then he's presented 140 free podcasts of his informative, interesting interviews. Here's the latest...
In this edition of the Who's He? Podcast, Phil and Paul look at Minuet in Hell from Big Finish. In this tale of debauchery, lost identities and American politics, both Phil and Paul remain astounded at the bad accents on display but also the majesty of a Nicholas Courtney performance that lifts a very average Doctor Who story. But in the news this week, rumours that series 10 will not air in 2016 which leads Paul and Phil to discuss the many theories that tag along with this rumour, Reece Shearsmith is cast in series 9 of Doctor Who and NASA prove they have nothing better to do than name craters on a moon after their favourite sci-fi characters.
Toby Hadoke is a Doctor Who fan, as well as of a font of knowledge of TV in general - and he uses this to great effect in this series of informative interviews with people associated with the first 50 years of Doctor Who on TV...
… in which our fearless podcaster finishes his Companion Countdown with the top ten. Topics include free lists, the Fido method of acting, the Nicholas Courtney method of acting, messed up childhoods, and how to be sexy without even trying.
Toby Hadoke finds two more people to remember their time working on Doctor Who stories - all part of his 2013 challenge to find someone to talk about every story in Doctor Who's first 50 years on television...
@bigfinish #bigfinish #doctorwho #drwho #gally1 DOCTOR WHO - THE SIXTH DOCTOR: THE LAST ADVENTURE 4 February 2015 Categories: , , , , September 2015 sees the release of a very special story from Big Finish, as Doctor Who - The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure at last provides a heroic exit for Colin Baker's much-loved Time Lord... It's with some delight we can confirm some tweets and posts, photos and rumours, that something very extra special is coming for fans of the Sixth Doctor at Big Finish, with the September release of . Colin's last outing in the Doctor Who role on television was The Trial of a Time Lord in 1986, but there was no proper handover story to Sylvester McCoy when he joined the series in 1987. Now, 28 years later, the full details of the Sixth Doctor's death will be revealed - and it's part of an epic battle that spans many sections of his life, and involves many of his companions. ‘I spoke to Colin not long after Matt Smith's final outing, The Time of the Doctor, was broadcast on television,' says producer David Richardson. ‘I felt very strongly that regeneration stories, and each Doctor's final end, are very important to Doctor Who fans - these are stories that allow us to see the Doctor at his most courageous, making a sacrifice that only makes us love him more. And so I asked Colin if he might finally consider doing the Sixth Doctor's final story with us. To my huge delight, he said yes.' ‘I owe a lot to Big Finish,' says Colin. ‘They have given my Doctor the opportunity to live beyond those few episodes on television which were recorded during a time when the programme was under siege from various quarters. My Doctor did not benefit from that time. However at Big Finish the Sixth Doctor has lived and breathed anew and developed in a way that I am extremely happy with. ‘That would be the only reason I have agreed to bring my Doctor to an end - although it's not really an end, because Big Finish plucks stories from the whole era of every Doctor. But because I never actually filmed a regeneration, and left poor Sylvester floundering around in my empty clothing with a blond wig on, I have resolutely maintained the lie that I am still the Doctor and all the rest are imposters because I never regenerated!' (He laughs) 'So it's a tribute to the smooth talking people at Big Finish and the standard of the work completed thus far that I have cast aside my reluctance and joined all the other Doctors in actually having a regeneration. ‘And I can promise you: it's a cracker.' will be released in a lavish book-sized box set that contains special photography, bespoke illustrations and behind the scenes interviews, as well as four hour-long episodes. The stories are connected by the presence of Michael Jayston as the Valeyard, the entity that exists between the Doctor's twelfth and thirteen incarnations. The Sixth Doctor won't be alone in battle though, as he'll be joined across the adventures by Constance (Miranda Raison), Charlotte Pollard (India Fisher), Flip (Lisa Greenwood) and Mel (Bonnie Langford), as well as those dedicated detectives, Jago & Litefoot (Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter, alongside Lisa Bowerman as Ellie Higson!) The saga opens with The End of the Line by Simon Barnard and Paul Morris, in which the Doctor and his latest companion Constance (Miranda Raison) investigate a commuter train that has lost its way… In The Red House by Alan Barnes, the Doctor and Charlotte Pollard (India Fisher) arrive on a world that is populated by werewolves. Stage Fright by Matt Fitton takes the Doctor and Flip (Lisa Greenwood) to Victorian London, where investigators Jago (Christopher Benjamin) and Litefoot (Trevor Baxter) explore theatrical performances that have echoes of the Doctor's past lives… Finally, time is running out in The Brink of Death by Nicholas Briggs, as the Doctor and Mel (Bonnie Langford) face the final confrontation with the Valeyard - and the Doctor must make the ultimate sacrifice. ‘It's been such a pleasure to work with Colin on these, giving him a whistle-stop tour of his era,” says Nick, who is also directing. “I felt privileged to write his final moments too. But the wonderful thing for us at Big Finish is that even though this is the end of the Sixth Doctor, we have the luxury of continuing to tell as many stories about him for as long as the BBC allow us. AND UNIT - EXTINCTION 9 February 2015 Categories: , Big Finish is delighted to announce that Kate Stewart and her UNIT team from the Doctor Who TV series will be starring in a brand new series of audio dramas, in a licensing deal with BBC Worldwide. Kate is the daughter of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, and Head of Scientific Research at the Unified Intelligence Taskforce, which investigates and confronts alien attacks on the planet Earth. The role is portrayed by Jemma Redgrave (Dracula, Frankie, Cold Blood) who has appeared opposite Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi on television, and returns for the audio series. “We're thrilled that Jemma is on board for our brand new UNIT adventures,” says series producer David Richardson, “and we feel privileged to work within the universe of New Series Doctor Who for the first time. will showcase all the excitement, drama and wit that viewers of Doctor Who love.” “Having worked with the greatly missed Nicholas Courtney and his magnificent portrayal of the Brigadier since the early days of Big Finish, it is wonderful to see the return of UNIT under the Brig's daughter,” says executive producer Jason Haigh-Ellery. “We are all very excited about bringing UNIT back to Big Finish with the next generation and look forward immensely to working with Jemma again, who appears in this month's main range release .” “I'm really excited to hear Jemma and her team battling to save the Earth,” says executive producer Nick Briggs. “They've been such an important part of the many exciting things to come out of the Doctor Who TV series in recent years.” Additional cast members for the first box set, , will be revealed later. This first box set release comprises four hours of adventure, in which Kate and her team confront an alien invasion by the Nestene Consciousness and its army of plastic Autons. will be released in November 2015, and is available for specially-priced pre-order, with all pre-orders getting a copy of Nicholas Courtney's memoirs as a free download as Supplementary content in Big Finish accounts. Three additional box sets will be available at six monthly intervals, with all four available for a pre-order. For many more details, watch this space in coming months.
More random DOCTOR WHO goodness is ready for your listening pleasure as PROFESSOR ALAN MIDDLETON and his daughter EMILY MIDDLETON join host SHAWN ENGEL for a look at the much maligned Sylvester McCoy series, "BATTLEFIELD". This time out the Doctor and Ace get to blow up ancient ruins, immerge from lakes, and face off against one of the hammiest knights ever to grace the television airwaves. Add to that Jean Marsh channeling Bavmorda from "Willow" and not one, BUT TWO Brigadiers, and you've got one heck of a fun series, that has perhaps one of the best makeup effects in the entire run. Seriously, the Destroyer was genius! So what are you waiting for? Download the show and get ready for fun on this latest episode of Who True Freaks!Feedback for this show can be sent to: whotruefreaks@gmail.comTwo True Freaks! is a proud member of BOTH the Comics Podcast Network (http://www.comicspodcasts.com/) and the League of Comic Book Podcasts (http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league/)!! Follow the fun on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/113051642052970/ THANK YOU for listening to Two True Freaks!!
More random DOCTOR WHO goodness is ready for your listening pleasure as PROFESSOR ALAN MIDDLETON and his daughter EMILY MIDDLETON join host SHAWN ENGEL for a look at the much maligned Sylvester McCoy series, "BATTLEFIELD". This time out the Doctor and Ace get to blow up ancient ruins, immerge from lakes, and face off against one of the hammiest knights ever to grace the television airwaves. Add to that Jean Marsh channeling Bavmorda from "Willow" and not one, BUT TWO Brigadiers, and you've got one heck of a fun series, that has perhaps one of the best makeup effects in the entire run. Seriously, the Destroyer was genius! So what are you waiting for? Download the show and get ready for fun on this latest episode of Who True Freaks!Feedback for this show can be sent to: whotruefreaks@gmail.comTwo True Freaks! is a proud member of BOTH the Comics Podcast Network (http://www.comicspodcasts.com/) and the League of Comic Book Podcasts (http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league/)!! Follow the fun on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/113051642052970/ THANK YOU for listening to Two True Freaks!!
It's a new Who's Round, Toby Hadoke's Doctor Who 50th anniversary quest to get an anecdote about every single episode of Doctor Who to date. In this instalment, Toby begins a long chat taking in multiple Doctors...
Robert Ross is “the top chronicler of British comedy” (Howard Maxford, Film Review). Robert has written best-selling books such as the Monty Python Encyclopedia, Last of the Summer Wine the Finest Vintage and The Complete Goodies. As a consultant, researcher, writer and audio commentary moderator, Robert has worked on many dvd releases, recording with the likes of Jim Dale, Leslie Phillips, Norman Wisdom and June Whitfield. Robert has narrated documentaries for several Minder releases and was thrilled to re-live one of his childhood television memories when Fabulous Films dubbed the thirteen ‘lost’ episodes of Monkey! into English for the first time. He wrote the narration for the behind-the-scenes documentary Monkey Nuts and interviewed voice-over artistes including Andrew Sachs, Miriam Margolyes, David Collings and Burt Kwouk. Robert has also written sleeve notes for several compact disc collections of comedy tunes and songs, worked on interactive dvd quiz releases and acted as consultant for various Carry On franchise releases, including the most recent Slowdazzle calendars and a collection of Royal Doulton Character Toby Jugs! He was also the consultant for the official 31st anniversary Slowdazzle Monty Python and the Holy Grail calendar of 2005. Inaugurating the popular Carry On events at Pinewood Studios that reunited cast and crew alongside devoted fans of the series, Robert interviewed writer Norman Hudis, Liz Fraser, Patsy Rowlands and other stars of the series. Robert has also hosted sell-out events at the National Film Theatre, interviewing The Goodies and the League of Gentlemen on stage, as well as attending the Edinburgh Festival and interviewing classic comedy stars like Terry Jones and Melvyn Hayes. Robert was a regular guest at the Cult TV conventions from 2000 until 2004, interviewing such heroes as Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, Jack Douglas, Bill Oddie, Don Estelle, Nicholas Courtney and Colin Baker. He is now proud to be involved with the Telly Nation charity festivals as well as the signing conventions run by Showmasters. He was a judge, in the Best Comedy category, for the 2004 British Animation Awards and sat on the committee for the first Best of British Comedy luncheon at B.A.F.T.A. in aide of The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund. His passion for the best in British comedy also saw Robert contribute heavily to the best-selling part work The Classic Carry On Collection, as well as the part-work devoted to the popular situation comedy Dad’s Army. Robert co-wrote the television documentary, What’s A Carry On? and the radio special, Thou Art Awful?, a celebration of bawdy British humour through the centuries. More recently he has turned his attention to drama, writing Doctor Who for Big Finish; his star casts including sixth Doctor, Colin Baker, Leslie Phillips, Roy Hudd, Doug Bradley and David Tennant who thrilled as the Doctor from 2005 to 2010. He is a frequent guest on radio, taking part in hundreds of broadcasts and often being assigned a mammoth talkathon by the BBC during promotions for their latest dvd and cd releases. His many television credits include interviews for What’s A Carry On?, Top Ten: Comedy Records, Will the Real Basil Fawlty Please Stand Up?, Legends: Hattie Jacques, Legends: Terry-Thomas, What the Pythons Did Next, Richard & Judy and the BBC News. As an ‘actor’ he has made several appearances in perennial sitcom favourite, Last of the Summer Wine, playing a pub customer in ‘Last Post and Pigeon’ and a mourner at Compo’s funeral in ‘Just a Small Funeral’. Read about Robert’s latest project “The Forgotten Heroes of Comedy”: http://unbound.co.uk/books/forgotten-heroes-of-comedy www.robertross.co.uk @RobertWRossEsq - Sara Shulman is the Founder and Editor of Comedy Blogedy, TEDxUCL speaker on 'The Power of Funny', former Head of Comedy at UCLU Rare FM and produces the Humour Me Comedy Podcast. Sara is also a Classics Undergraduate at UCL and occasionally gigs on the comedy circuit. www.comedyblogedy.com www.twitter.com/comedyblog http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxUCL-SARA-SHULMAN-The-power;search%3Asara%20shulman UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at ucl.ac.uk.
The Ambassadors of Death is the third of the of the British series , which was first broadcast in seven weekly parts from 21 March to 2 May 1970. Contents Plot With the providing security, the under Professor Ralph Cornish oversees the launch of the Recovery Seven probe. This has been sent into Earth orbit to make contact with the missing Probe Seven and its two astronauts, who lost contact with Earth eight months earlier. The pilot of Recovery Seven, Van Lyden, makes contact with the Probe but is then silenced by a piercing unearthly sound. The noise troubles who travels with his assistant to the Space Centre to investigate the situation, offering insights into the origin and meaning of the sound, which he interprets as coded messages. He also identifies a reply message sent from Earth and this is pinpointed to be coming from a warehouse seven miles away. Led by , UNIT troops attack the warehouse and engage in a gun battle with troops organised by General Charles Carrington. Meanwhile Recovery Seven has returned to Earth and while UNIT is transporting it more of Carrington's troops stage an ambush and steal the vessel. The Doctor relocates it, by which time it is empty. Carrington has ensured the contents – three space suited astronauts – are detained elsewhere, feeding them radiation to keep them alive. Carrington is now introduced to the Doctor by Sir James Quinlan, the Minister for Technology, who explains that he is head of the newly formed Space Security Department, and that his actions were to protect the astronauts as they had been infected with contagious radiation. Quinlan states that they did not want the public to become panic-stricken and so Carrington had been acting with authority in his actions. By the time Carrington takes the Doctor and his friends to meet the astronauts the situation has changed again. A criminal named Reegan has organised their abduction, killing the soldiers and scientists protecting them. When the Doctor and Liz examine the situation they work out that human tissue could not have withstood the degree of radiation emitted to the astronauts, who are still in orbit, meaning the three space suits contain alien beings instead. Reegan now engineers the kidnapping of Liz Shaw to aid his own scientist, Lennox, a disgraced Cambridge professor, in maintaining the alien beings while they are incarcerated. Together they build a device to communicate with and control the aliens, who are sent on a killer rampage at the Space Centre, killing Quinlan and others. Liz later helps Lennox escape, but his bid for freedom is cut short by Reegan's merciless revenge. Despite the obstruction of the authorities, Ralph Cornish is determined to organise another space flight to Mars to investigate the situation. With Quinlan dead, the Doctor now decides to pilot the Recovery Seven probe ship himself. As he prepares to blast off Reegan tries to sabotage the probe by increasing the feed of M3 variant, but the Doctor survives the attempt on his life and succeeds in piloting the probe so that it connects with an enormous spacecraft orbiting Mars. Aboard the spaceship the Doctor discovers the three original astronauts are unharmed but mentally deluded into believing they are in quarantine. An alien being now reveals itself to the Doctor and explains the humans are being held aboard the craft pending the safe return of the Alien Ambassadors. They had been sent to Earth following a Treaty between the race and mankind, but the terms of this agreement have now been broken because of the detention of the Ambassadors. The Doctor offers his personal guarantee to help return the Ambassadors to their mother ship and resolve the conflict before a state of war is declared, and is permitted to leave the alien craft and return to Earth. When the Doctor touches down he is gassed and kidnapped by Reegan, who takes him to Liz. Reegan's real paymaster and the real organiser of the situation is revealed to them: General Carrington. The General reveals his actions have been prompted by xenophobia driven by his own encounter with the alien beings when he piloted Mars Probe Six some years earlier. His co-pilot, Jim Daniels, was killed on contact with the aliens and the General signed the treaty with the aliens to lure three of their number to Earth, where he hoped he could unveil their real agenda of alien invasion. The use of the ambassadors to kill people was similarly done to arouse public opinion against them. The next phase of his plan is to force the Ambassadors to confess their plot on public television. Leaving the Doctor and Liz working on a new and improved communication device to translate the aliens, Carrington departs for the Space Centre, where he aims to unmask the alien Ambassador before the eyes of the world – and then call on the powers of the Earth to blast the spaceship from the skies. UNIT soldiers raid the secret base and rescue the Doctor and Liz, apprehending Reegan and his thugs. The Doctor races to the Space Centre and he and the Brigadier apprehend Carrington before he can make his broadcast. Sadly, he is taken away, protesting he was only following his moral duty. The Doctor arranges for Cornish and Liz to send the Ambassadors back to their own people, after which the three human astronauts will be returned. Continuity In the first episode, the Doctor makes a reference to the Brigadier's destruction of the Silurians. Sergeant Benton has been promoted from Corporal since his appearance in (1968). The Mars Probe space programme appeared in two of Virgin's Doctor Who novels. revealed that the shuttles were developed from technology taken from . In , the programme was abandoned when Mars Probe 13 accidentally encountered the and it was agreed that Earth would stay away from their territory; however, a 1997 Mars Probe mission precipitates a Martian invasion and takeover. Production Serial details by episode EpisodeBroadcast dateRun timeViewership (in millions)Archive "Episode 1" 21 March 1970 24:33 7.1 PAL 2" colour videotape "Episode 2" 28 March 1970 24:39 7.6 16mm B&W t/r & Partial restoration "Episode 3" 4 April 1970 24:38 8.0 16mm B&W t/r & Partial restoration "Episode 4" 11 April 1970 24:37 9.3 16mm B&W t/r "Episode 5" 18 April 1970 24:17 7.1 PAL D3 colour restoration "Episode 6" 25 April 1970 24:31 6.9 16mm B&W t/r & Partial restoration "Episode 7" 2 May 1970 24:32 6.4 16mm B&W t/r & Partial restoration This story was initially developed to feature the and his last companions, and . As such, it was set well into the future, and did not include . When all three actors left the programme at the end of the sixth series, it was rewritten to fit the consequential revamp. Original proved incapable of writing for the incoming new format and cast, hence the contributions of , and . All concerned parties agreed to leave sole credit to Whitaker and this was the last Doctor Who serial with his name on it. In an interview years later, Terrance Dicks recounted the experience of rewriting Whitaker's story: “ One of the situations I inherited [as Doctor Who script editor] was Ambassadors of Death and the ongoing tangle with that. David Whitaker...had gone through four or five drafts and you come to a stage where you write so much it just gets worse. What was happening was that the need for the script was very urgent and I stormed into [producers] and and said, "Look, we've got five drafts of this. David's fed up with it, he doesn't know what to do. What we need to do is pay David in full and Mac [Hulke] and I will finish." And that's basically what we did. I made sure that David got a full script fee for all his episodes because he had been buggered about by the establishment and Mac and I took the bare bones of his story and almost did a "" - wrote new scripts very quickly - and it shows. It had its moments though. ” Working titles for this story included The Invaders from Mars (later the title of a ), and The Carriers of Death. The opening titles of this story start with the normal music and graphics, yet immediately fade after the Doctor Who title caption. There is a short "teaser" for episode one, and episodes 2-7 feature a reprise of the previous episode's cliffhanger. Starting with the "scream", followed by a zoom-in on the words "The Ambassadors", concluding with "of Death", and a "zap" effect. The experiment was not repeated after this story. This was the first story to feature the sting or "scream" into the end title theme. It was added by of the to improve and shape the closing credits. Cast notes Features a guest appearance by Ronald Allen. See also . Cyril Shaps, who plays Lennox in this serial, previously played Viner in . Reception Cultural historian has written about connections between this Doctor Who serial and earlier science-fiction TV programmes. (1953), for example, has a similar storyline concerning astronauts endangering humanity after coming into contact with extraterrestrials. Chapman also refers to the 1960s series , whose eponymous aliens are another race of malevolent . Patrick Mulkern of noted that the script revisions caused an "uneven plot" and anticlimax, and wrote that the "narrative feels extemporised, a bumpy, sometimes thrilling ride, but one with no clear end in sight". However, he praised the cliffhangers and direction as well as the acting of Pertwee and John. In print book The Ambassadors of Death Series Release number 121 Writer Publisher Cover artist ISBN Release date 21 May 1987 (Hardback) 1 October 1987 (Paperback) A novelisation of this serial, written by , was published by in May 1987 and was the final Third Doctor serial to be adapted. VHS, DVD and CD releases and restoration Although the entire story was made on colour videotape, only the first episode was retained in this format. In fact, it is the earliest episode that survives in the series' original videotaped format, either in colour or black and white. The remaining six episodes were retained only as black-and-white film recordings and poor-quality domestic colour recordings made from a US transmission in the 1970s. This recording was severely affected by rainbow-coloured patterns of interference that at times overtake the entire picture. In May 2002, a for the story's release combined the usable colour information from the domestic recordings with the black and white picture from the film prints, creating a high-quality colour picture. All told, over half of the serial's running time is presented in colour, including all of Episodes 1 and 5, and sections from 2, 3, 6 and 7. The remaining footage, including all of Episode 4, was deemed unsuitable for restoration, and so remained in black-and-white. In 2009, a commentary for the future DVD release was recorded, including Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, Michael Ferguson, Peter Halliday, Derek Ware and Terrance Dicks. The January 2011 edition of UK magazine, published in December 2010 carried a full-page article on the recolourisation of the story. It was stated in the article that the Restoration Team expect to deliver a fully restored colour version of the story to the BBC "within weeks". In issue 430 of the DVD was announced but later set back due to restoration difficulties. This was delayed until 2012 when Doctor Who Magazine issue 449 confirmed that the full colour version would soon be out on DVD. It was later announced that the story would be released on DVD on 1 October 2012 The original soundtrack for this serial was released on in the UK in August 2009. The linking narration was provided by Caroline John. References ^ Mulkern, Patrick (28 September 2009). . . Retrieved 23 September 2012. Shaun Lyon et al. (2007-03-31). . Outpost Gallifrey. Archived from on 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2008-08-31. . Doctor Who Reference Guide. Retrieved 2008-08-31. Sullivan, Shannon (2005-05-14). . A Brief History of Time Travel. Retrieved 2008-08-31. ^ (2006). "Earthbound: 1970-1974". Inside the TARDIS: the Worlds of Doctor Who: a Cultural History. London: . p. 84. . . Purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-12-14. Burton, Charlie (2010). 'Time Travel TV' WIRED UK, January 2011, p74. . Gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com. 2011-01-26. Retrieved 2011-12-14. Doctor Who Magazine, Panini UK Limited issue 449 published 28 June 2012, p9 . Timelash.com. Retrieved 2011-12-14. External links Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: at at at the - The Ambassadors of Death Fan reviews reviews at reviews at Target novelisation
During a storm that whips through the village of Devil's End in , a dog gets away from its owner. He pursues it into a graveyard, only to encounter something unseen and die. The local doctor says that it was a , but Olive Hawthorne, the local , insists that the man died of fright. She has cast the runes, and there is evil afoot. Near the village, an archaeological dig is excavating the infamous Devil's Hump, a . The dig is being covered by Three. The interviewer, Alistair Fergus, speaks to the cantankerous Professor Horner, who claims that the Hump holds the treasure and tomb of a warrior chieftain, and that he plans to open the tomb at the stroke of midnight on April 30, the festival of . The television coverage is being watched by the and at . While the Doctor scoffs at Jo's notions of the coming of the and the , he feels that something is wrong with the dig. On the television, they see Olive go to the dig to protest, warning of great evil and the coming of the horned one, but she is dismissed as a crank. The Doctor tells Jo that Olive Hawthorne is right — the dig must be stopped, and they start off to Devil's End. Olive returns to the village, and a strong wind whips up out of nowhere. She raises her hands to dismiss it, not knowing that the local , PC Groom, has gone into a trance behind her and is about to strike her with a stone. The wind dies down as she chants, and PC Groom regains his senses before he lands the blow. Olive then goes to see the , but he has been mysteriously replaced with a new one, Rev. Magister. Magister — actually — tries to assure her that her fears are unfounded, but his fails to overcome Olive's will, and she says she will find someone who will believe her. The Doctor and Jo, driving to Devil's End, get lost when a wind spins a signpost and points them in the wrong direction. Over at the Hump, tempers start to flare for no reason. When the Doctor and Jo stop by the village to get directions, one of the villagers goes and informs the Master of the Doctor's presence. The Master tells him to get dressed for the ceremony. On the way to the Hump, the Doctor's car, Bessie, is blocked by a fallen tree. Unable to budge it, the Doctor and Jo rush to the mound on foot. The Master, dressed in ceremonial robes and with a coven of thirteen acolytes, starts a summoning ritual in the church catacombs. As his chanting grows more frenzied, the Doctor and Jo reach the mound and the Doctor rushes inside to stop Horner, but it is too late. The tomb door opens and icy gusts of wind rush out and the ground begins to shake, toppling the camera crew and even the coven in the catacombs. The Master laughs triumphantly and calls the entity's name — , and the eyes of a , , flare with a reddish glow. Jo enters the mound to find Horner and the Doctor motionless, covered with frost. Horner is dead, and the Doctor seems dead as well. The Master uses a knife to indicate a stone covered in ritual markings as the "appointed place", dismissing the coven. Back at UNIT, and were watching the end of the broadcast as it went dead. They try to find out what's going on while attempting to contact the , who had earlier gone for a night at the opera. Meanwhile, the village doctor discovers that the Doctor may not be entirely dead after all, but is puzzled when he hears the beating of two hearts. Jo telephones Yates, who tells her he will be there by helicopter in the morning, just as the line is cut off from the outside. The Master prays in the church as Jo watches over the still unconscious Doctor in the pub. At the dig, the ground shakes and the constable on duty sees something gigantic with heavy footsteps, and falls. In the morning, Yates and Benton fly by to Devil's End, and see burn marks on the fields before the village that resemble enormous footprints. Once in Devil's End, Benton decides to look around the village while Yates finally manages to contact the Brigadier, who is not pleased that Yates has commandeered his helicopter, and calls for a car. Benton, looking around in the church, finds Olive trapped in a cupboard, where the Master's , Garvin, had locked her. Down in the cellar to hide from Garvin, she tells Benton about Magister. Garvin comes down with a , and Benton tries to disarm him. In the ensuing fight, Benton falls on the marked stone and seizes up. Garvin holds both of them at gunpoint and moves them outside, just as the ground starts to shake. Garvin fires up at something gigantic, but is engulfed in a fireball. The heat wave extends even into the village, knocking Jo and Yates down, just as the Doctor awakens with a start. Olive and Benton make their way back to the pub, and the Doctor discusses the incident with Olive, who says that she saw the , 30 feet high and with horns. The Doctor is told of the new vicar, and realises who is behind this, as "Magister" is for "Master". The Brigadier finds himself unable to enter the village, as there is a barrier surrounding it that causes anything trying to enter to heat up and burst into flame. He contacts Yates and is briefed on the situation while the Doctor and Jo return to the dig, an act the Master seems to be able to sense. They find the constable dead and a small in the mound the same shape as the Hump. Jo tries to lift it but cannot, as the Doctor explains that it weighs 750 tons. Suddenly, Bok leaps into the tent covering the entrance to the tomb, about to attack. The Doctor wards him off with some words in a strange language and an iron trowel. The Doctor explains to Jo that it was actually the words of a lullaby — it was the gargoyle's own superstition that drove it back. The Master, in the meantime, hypnotises the , Winstanley, as Olive and the Doctor debate about whether it is magic or science that is at work here. The Brigadier discovers that the heat shield is dome shaped, centred on the church, with a radius of ten miles out and one mile high. The Doctor shows the others pictures of various and from Olive's occult and history book collection, and explains that the creature Olive saw was an , one of the Dæmons from the planet Dæmos, 60,000 away, who came to one hundred thousand years before. The small spaceship's actual size is 200 feet long and 30 feet across, and the heat and cold waves they have been experiencing are the result of the energy displaced when the ship shrinks or grows. The Doctor further explains that the Dæmons have influenced Earth throughout its history, becoming part of human , and see the planet as a giant experiment. The Master has called the Dæmon up once, and right now, it is so small as to be invisible. The third summoning, however, could signal the end of the experiment, and the world. The Brigadier contacts Yates and says he is about to try attacking the heat shield from the air. The Doctor warns him not to, saying that it would only strengthen it, and suggests they use a diathermic energy exchanger. When UNIT technician Osgood fails to understand what the Doctor is getting at, he says he will come out and explain. When he does so, Tom Girton, one the villagers working with Master, hijacks the UNIT helicopter and uses it to attack the Doctor. The Doctor manages to swerve Bessie out of the way and the helicopter explodes against the heat shield. As the Doctor relates his instructions to Osgood, who protests that it goes against the laws of physics, the Master summons Azal again. A heat wave and an once again sweeps through the village as Azal curses the Master for daring to summon him again. The Master tries to dismiss Azal with an iron candlestick holder, but it does not seem to work. He demands that Azal give him the power that is his right, but Azal warns him that he is not the Master's servant. Azal also senses the presence of another like the Master, and wants to speak to the Doctor to see if he is worthy to take over the world. Azal says on his third appearance, he will decide if Earth deserves to continue existing. If so, he will give it to the Master. Azal then vanishes in another heat wave. After explaining the process of creating the exchanger to Osgood, the Doctor returns to the village. However, the Master's agents are at work, and he is soon captured by a mob of villagers and tied up to a , about to be burned alive. Olive goes to the mob and tells them that the Doctor is a mighty , and with some help from Benton's and a remote controlled Bessie, convinces the mob that the Doctor does indeed have magical powers. Jo and Mike, meanwhile, have returned to the church cellar and watch, hidden, as the Master gathers his coven to summon Azal one last time. Jo tries to interrupt the ritual, but it is too late. With another rush of heat, Azal manifests himself and Jo and Yates are taken prisoner. Outside, the Doctor explains that to the now calmer villagers that his "magic" was due to science, and so is the Master's trickery. The rituals are merely used to focus the psychokinetic energy of humans that the Master needs to summon the Dæmons. As Jo is prepared as a sacrifice to Azal, the exchanger finally works and UNIT forces go through the gap created in the heat shield, but the gap only lasts a few minutes and the exchanger soon overloads. Mike manages to escape and tell the Doctor about Jo, but Bok is guarding the entrance to the catacombs. The use of the exchanger momentarily weakens Bok and Azal, and the Doctor manages to rush by the gargoyle. He makes it down to the cellar, where the Master is expecting him. Outside, UNIT troops start firing at Bok, who can disintegrate objects and people with a wave of his hand, but he is also bulletproof. Even a does not work, as the pieces of the gargoyle reform almost instantly. Inside the church, the Master makes his case to the Dæmon that he will rule the Earth experiment's people for their own good. The Doctor argues that Man should be given a chance to grow up. Azal finally decides to give his power to the Master, and fires at the Doctor to kill him. However, Jo, steps in front of the Doctor, asking Azal to kill her instead. This act of self-sacrifice does not make sense to Azal, and the confusion sends him into an agony. He shouts for all of them to leave as he is dying. Bok reverts to his stone form, and as everyone runs out of the church, it blows up. The Master tries to escape in Bessie, but the Doctor's remote control brings the car back, and the Master is taken into custody, to be put in maximum security. Olive Hawthorne hears the sound of bird songs and the smell of flowers once again, as the Earth is reborn each . Olive takes Benton to dance around the with the rest of the townsfolk, while Yates and the Brigadier go off to the pub for a drink. The Doctor and Jo join the dance, as the May Day celebrations continue and the Doctor remarks to Jo that perhaps there is magic in the world after all. Continuity The television news programme filmed at Devil's End was depicted as broadcast on a fictional channel called BBC Three. Since 2003, has been an actual digital BBC channel. The Doctor uses the words of a Venusian lullaby to ward off Bok. He uses the lullaby again in & , singing the words to a tune which is actually the "". is the title of a 1994 novel by featuring the . In the 2007 episode "", two sound clips from this story ("Destroy him!" & "Then you will give your power to me!") were used when professor Yana prepares to open his . Fan myths associated with this story include the rumour that there was a sixth episode where the Master escaped from UNIT, recalled Azal, and killed everyone in Devil's End including the Doctor. This was actually an joke in the fan magazine . Guy Leopold, who is credited with writing the story, is a pseudonym for Robert Sloman and Barry Letts. Production Serial details by episode EpisodeBroadcast dateRun timeViewership (in millions)Archive "Episode One" 22 May 1971 25:05 9.2 PAL D3 colour restoration "Episode Two" 29 May 1971 24:20 8.0 PAL D3 colour restoration "Episode Three" 5 June 1971 24:27 8.1 PAL D3 colour restoration "Episode Four" 12 June 1971 24:25 8.1 PAL 2" colour videotape "Episode Five" 19 June 1971 24:04 8.3 PAL D3 colour restoration Working titles for this story included The Demons. Much of the serial was filmed on location in , . The last episode of the story contains footage of a model church being blown up, the scene was realistic enough to lead many viewers to believe that the BBC had actually blown up a church as part of the filming. The BBC received a number of letters complaining about this. Cast notes Features an appearance by television presenter and puppeteer, . See also . Outside references The clip of the Brigadier's helicopter blowing up as it crashes into the heat shield is borrowed from the James Bond film . Many have noted the similarities between this story's plot and that of the 1958 BBC serial and 1967 film . Both involve the unearthing of an extraterrestrial spaceship, an alien race that has interfered with human evolution and is the basis for legends of devils, demons and witchcraft, and places with "devilish" names - Devil's End in this case, and in Pit. The Master actually (and possibly deliberately) misquotes the occultist at one point saying "To do my will shall be the whole of the law". Crowley is famous for the similar "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law." The incantation that uses in summoning Azal is actually the nursery rhyme "" said backwards. The Doctor is briefly given the alias of "the Great Wizard Qui Quae Quod." This is actually the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of the relative pronoun "who", in . At one point the Doctor refers to the laws of aerodynamics proving that bumble bees should be incapable of flight, which is an urban legend. Broadcast and reception The story was repeated on BBC One as a condensed omnibus edition over Christmas 1971 (28/12/71 at 4.20pm). The omnibus's opening credits gave the title as Doctor Who and the Dæmons. The closing credits used were for those of episode 5, necessitating the BBC1 continuity announcer naming the cast and crew from earlier episodes. Of the original 625-line colour videotapes as an example of 1970s Doctor Who, all except Episode Four were wiped for reuse. However, a converted 525-line colour version recorded off-air from an broadcast was made available to the BBC. This version was abridged and unsuitable for transmission as it was not of broadcast standard (the original US recordings were made on a domestic Betamax VCR). In 1992 the colour signal from the NTSC tapes was used as the basis for restoring the colour to the of episodes one, two, three and five. These versions were subsequently repeated on on consecutive Fridays in November/December 1992 (20/11/92 to 18/12/92 at 7.15pm). Jon Pertwee stated numerous times over the years that this was his favourite Doctor Who serial. In 1993, Pertwee, along with several members of the cast and crew including , , and director returned to Aldbourne for the reunion documentary Return to Devil's End. Nicholas Courtney titled his 1998 volume of Five Rounds Rapid after a line from this story: “ Jenkins. Chap with the wings there. Five rounds rapid. ” Reviewing its DVD release, Ian Berriman of was more critical of the serial, giving it three and a half out of five stars. He derided it for being an "awful mess" with a plot that "doesn't make a shred of sense". Despite praising the "magnificent" characters of Hawthorne, Horner, and Fergus, he thought that other characters including the Doctor and the Master were "continually acting in a completely absurd way". In print book Doctor Who and the Dæmons Series Release number 15 Writer Publisher Cover artist ISBN Release date 17 October 1974 Preceded by ' Followed by ' A novelisation of this serial, written by , was published by in October 1974. There have been and editions. An unabridged reading of the novelisation by author Barry Letts was released on CD in August 2008 by BBC Audiobooks. VHS and DVD releases The final episode of this story was also issued as a b/w film recording on the VHS release The Pertwee Years, along with the final episodes of and In 1993, the episodes with restored colour (see "Broadcast and reception", above) were released on . A DVD of the serial was released on the 19th March 2012. References ; (1998). . Doctor Who: The Television Companion. London: . p. 211. . . Outpost Gallifrey. 2007-03-31. Archived from on 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2008-08-31. . Doctor Who Reference Guide. Retrieved 2008-08-31. Sullivan, Shannon (2008-08-31). . A Brief History of Time Travel. Retrieved 2008-08-31. ^ p196, Peter Haining, Doctor Who - A Celebration, W.H. Allen, 1983 . Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide. BBC. Retrieved 22 October 2009. John H. McMasters (March/April 1989). "The flight of the bumblebee and related myths of entomological engineering". 77: 146–169. cited in Jay Ingram (2001). The Barmaid's Brain. . pp. 91–92. . See also . Doctor Who: The Daemons (2012). BBC Warner DVD. ASIN: B0072BNJGC Berriman, Ian (17 March 2012). . SFX. Retrieved 6 April 2012. External links Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: at at at the Reviews reviews at reviews at
In this week’s podcast we take a look at three more Eight Doctor Big Finish Audios starring Paul McGann and India Fisher. First up is Minuet In Hell, featuring the return of Nicholas Courtney once again in the role of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. Then, the old time radio stylings of Invaders From Mars. Finally a glimpse into companion Charley Pollard’s past with a review of The Chimes of Midnight. Plus a look at the week’s news...Read more The post Episode 64 – Will You Still Need Me? appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
Reprinted from Wiki with thanks and respect A soldier walks, as if in a trance, through the woods, his right arm twitching spasmodically. Nearby, the materialises, and the Doctor and Sarah step out. The Doctor explains that the coordinates were set for Sarah's time but the linear coordinates were off, so they could be miles from London. In any case, Sarah is glad to be back on . The Doctor detects an odd reading of energy or radiation nearby. The Doctor and Sarah meet a group of four men in white suits and opaque helmets. When the Doctor asks them for directions, they start shooting at them with their index fingers. The Doctor and Sarah duck and run, with the four in pursuit. Sarah slips down a hillside and clings to a cliff ledge. The Doctor helps her up; at that point, they see the soldier, jerkily making his way towards the cliff's edge. The Doctor shouts at him to stop, but he pays no heed, running right over the cliff and falling to his death. The Doctor searches the body, finding a wallet full of shiny, freshly minted coins, all dated the same year. They also spot a casket-shaped pod nearby, which the Doctor finds familiar. Before he can identify it further, shots ring out: the white-suited men have found them again. They run once more through the countryside, avoiding their pursuers and reaching a village, which Sarah recognises as Devesham, which lies about a mile from a Space Defence Station. The village, however, is deathly quiet, and seems unpopulated. The Doctor decides to try the local pub, the , but it is also empty, and the Doctor finds the same freshly minted coins in the register. Sarah then spots the white suits coming down the street, accompanied by the "dead" soldier. A pick-up truck arrives, carrying what seem to be villagers, all in a trance-like state. They are helped off the vehicle by the white suits, and distribute themselves around the village. Mr Morgan, the landlord of the pub, enters it along with several other people while Sarah and the Doctor hide in the store room. The villagers take their seats silently, waiting motionless until the clock strikes eight, when they suddenly come to life, acting normally. The Doctor intends to get to the Space Defence Station and contact UNIT. He leaves, telling Sarah to meet him at the TARDIS if anything goes wrong. However, the "dead" soldier finds her in the store room and questions her. Morgan suggests that Sarah might be part of "the test". But when Sarah asks what test, he tells Sarah that she should go. Outside, Sarah hides behind the lorry, observing one of the white suits turn around. Behind the opaque visor is nothing but a slab of plastic and electronics. Sarah runs for the woods, reaching the TARDIS. She spots a similar pod just next to the time machine and goes to examine it, leaving the TARDIS key in the lock. Suddenly, the TARDIS dematerialises without her, and as Sarah is still trying to understand why, a hand reaches out from the pod. Startled, Sarah sees a man lying inside, but when she goes closer, he grabs her around the throat. She breaks free and runs. At the Defence Station, the Doctor asks a soldier on guard where the command officer is, but the soldier just stares ahead, unresponsive. Also inside the building, Senior Defence Astronaut Guy Crayford is addressed by a disembodied voice. The voice, named Styggron, tells him that there is a random "unit" within the complex and orders him to check. The Doctor enters an office marked with 's name, but it is empty. Crayford enters, and points a gun on him. The Doctor introduces himself as UNIT's scientific advisor. Crayford has heard of him, but as the Brigadier is in , and Colonel Faraday is in command, there is no one to confirm the Doctor's identity; he could be an impostor. Before Crayford can have the Doctor taken to detention, the Doctor flips the desk over and runs. However, despite making it outside, he is recaptured. Sarah sees this and sneaks into the building, going to the Doctor's cell and unlocks the door, unaware that from behind a wall a stony alien face is observing them. Styggron contacts Crayford again, complaining about a second random unit. Crayford identifies this random units as the Doctor and Sarah. At that moment, the alarm sounds indicating the Doctor's escape. Crayford sends his UNIT soldiers to stop them. Hiding in a storage cupboard, the Doctor tells Sarah about Crayford. She replies that it is impossible: Crayford was in deep space while testing the XK-5 Space Raider when it vanished, presumed destroyed. The Doctor and Sarah venture out to find standing in the reception area, who points a pistol at them. Styggron wants the Doctor captured alive. When Crawford cancels the kill order, Benton becomes dizzy, giving the Doctor and Sarah a chance to run away. Crayford orders to cordon off the perimeter road. The two decide to return to the village and warn London, while being pursued by tracker dogs. Sarah twists her ankle while running through the woods and this slows her down. The Doctor hides Sarah in a tree, taking her scarf to draw the dogs away. He then hides in a stream, the dogs losing his trail. Unfortunately, when the soldiers turn back, they spot Sarah, and capture her. Styggron tells Crayford to locate, but not seize the Doctor. He has other plans for him. Meanwhile, in an alien-looking room, Sarah is strapped down to a table. Harry tells her it is no use to struggle, and under Styggron's order, commences the scan. In the village, the Doctor finds the telephones are not working. He meets Morgan, who tells him the lines are down after a gale. Styggron speaks to another of his kind, Chedaki, who feels that the time for experiments are over, but Styggron insists that they must confirm their techniques are flawless if they are to conquer worlds other than Earth. Styggron contacts Crayford and tells him to commence the final test. In the pub, the Doctor finds more oddities: an unused dart board, plastic on the wall and a tear-off calendar with only one date on every page - Friday 6 July. The telephone rings, and the call is for the Doctor. It is Sarah, who tells the Doctor she was captured but managed to escape. She asks the Doctor to meet her by the Village shop and to be careful of the robots. He hangs up the call, then finds that the telephone has stopped working again. The Doctor meets Sarah, who explains how she escaped. The Doctor remarks on the providence of her finding the only telephone in the village that worked, and believes they are being tested to find out how smart they are. He decides to take Sarah to the TARDIS and use the radio there. However, the TARDIS is gone. The Doctor is puzzled: the ship is not programmed to auto-operate, unless... he asks Sarah for her TARDIS key, and when she claims she has lost it, the Doctor tells her she never had it. When Sarah put the key in the lock, she released the TARDIS's pause control and it continued its journey to Earth. This is not Earth, this is not a real forest, and she is not the real Sarah. Moreover, the real Sarah wasn't wearing a scarf, which the Doctor took off to draw the dogs away. The Doctor grabs the duplicate by the shoulders and demands to know where Sarah is. The duplicate pulls free, but falls to the ground, her face popping open and revealing the electronics underneath. The Sarah rises to its feet and starts to fire its pistol at the Doctor's retreating form. Chedaki tells Styggron that it was a foolish experiment. The Doctor could undo their plans. Styggron dismisses this; both the village and the Doctor will be destroyed by a matter dissolving bomb. The real Sarah is being kept alive so Styggron can test the virus he intends to use to cleanse the Earth of human life. All the while, Sarah is feigning unconsciousness and listening. When the coast is clear, she gets up and sneaks away. The Doctor watches the pick-up drive into the village and evacuate the androids to the Kraal base. The Doctor is grabbed from behind by Styggron, who gets two white suits to tie him up while the Kraal places the bomb at the Doctor's feet. Luckily, Sarah too has made it back to the village, and uses the Doctor's to cut his bonds. With seconds to spare, they run into the base and shut the door, as the village dissolves into a wasteland. However, the two are surrounded by androids, who escort them to a cell. The Doctor tells Sarah that he should have realised — the radiation levels he picked up when they landed were those of Oseidon, the Kraal planet. The levels are increasing and the planet will soon be uninhabitable, which is why the Kraals are invading Earth. The duplicated village and their androids were a training ground. Crayford enters the cell and tells the Doctor that it is all for the best. Soon, the Kraals will send his ship back by space-time warp so he can make a normal landing. He has recently established radio contact with Earth, and fed them a story of how his ship was trapped in an orbit around Jupiter and he survived by rationing his supplies and recycling his water. The world's attention focused on his landing, the space shells containing the androids will be taken for meteorites, who will emerge and pave the way for the main invasion fleet. He is helping the Kraals because while Earth left him for dead, they rescued his ship and reconstructed his body. The Kraals only want to survive, and have also promised him no humans will be harmed as long as they obey. Styggron gets "Harry" to place a drop of the virus in a jug of water to be taken to the cell. Meanwhile, although the sonic screwdriver is useless on the door, the Doctor has managed to remove a floor plate, intending to use the wiring below to electrocute their android guard. "Harry" enters with the water, and also to take the Doctor away. Before he goes, he tells Sarah not to waste the water and mentioned it is very good electrolyte. The Doctor is strapped down to the Kraal analysis table which will copy all his knowledge and experience. Despite what Styggron has told Crayford, he reveals that does intend . Earth's resources are too limited to be wasted on an "inferior species". The virus, distributed by androids, will wipe the Earth clean in three weeks, then burn itself out. Styggron will then signal the invasion fleet. Styggron leaves the machine to do its work, and when it finishes, the stimulation will make the Doctor's head explode. Sarah rigs the wiring beneath the cell floor, then sets a small fire to lure the android guard in. He steps in the puddle of water, and is electrocuted when Sarah applies the power cable. She makes her way to the Doctor and turns off the scan. She helps the disorientated Time Lord out of the base, heading for Crayford's rocket before it takes off. The rocket is launched, and the start to crush them. Sarah blacks out, but is awakened by the Doctor. He tells her that was nothing; there is a more dangerous ride ahead. Before the rocket lands, the pods will be ejected, and the Doctor and Sarah will ride two of them to Earth to warn the real Defence Station, although he cannot guarantee they will survive the trip down. As they talk, neither notices a nearby pod open slightly to reveal an android Doctor. On Earth, Matthews at the Defence Station's scanner room picks up Crayford's rocket. Grierson, the man in charge, informs Colonel Faraday. Meanwhile, having found the TARDIS in the woods near Devesham, Benton and Harry have been searching for the Doctor and Sarah, but to no avail. Benton is worried, as he has never known the Doctor to leave the TARDIS key in its lock. Faraday welcomes Crayford home on the radio, but the signal is broken up by the "meteor shower" of pods which, unusually, slow down as they enter the atmosphere. Some of the pods land in a nearby field, and one opens up to reveal the Doctor. However, he is unable to find Sarah. Sarah, having landed elsewhere, finds the TARDIS in the woods. As she looks around, the Doctor taps her on the shoulder. However, this Doctor is an android, and behind it a pod opens to disgorge another Sarah replica. The real Sarah runs for it. The XK-5 re-establishes contact and comes in for a landing. Harry and Faraday head for the rocket, not knowing that Styggron is there with Crayford. The real Doctor enters the Station, and recognises the "dead" soldier. Showing him a pass, the Doctor tells the soldier that if he sees the Doctor again today he is to report it to him immediately. The Doctor goes to the scanner room, leaving the soldier puzzled. When Benton tells him where Harry and Faraday are, the Doctor contacts them on the radio and urges them not to enter the rocket. He will meet them at the lift. While the Doctor gives Grierson some instructions for modifying the radar dish, an android Matthews has incapacitated Benton and introduced an android replacement. Grierson says that if the Doctor points the dishes down here, it will jam every piece of electronic equipment for miles. Faraday returns to the scanner room, demanding an explanation. The Doctor tells them about the Kraal invasion. However, the Doctor is too late: Harry and Faraday have been replaced, and the android Doctor is pointing a gun at him. He slams the door in the android's face and leaps through a window. Outside, he meets Sarah. The Doctor tells Sarah their only chance is to stop the androids before they take over the complex, and runs back towards the scanner room, bluffing his way past "Benton" by posing as his duplicate. Sarah climbs up the rocket towards the real Harry and Styggron. Grierson finishes his modifications, but is shot in the shoulder by the android Doctor before he can turn on the power. The android is about to shoot the original when Crayford enters, saying that Styggron promised no killing. The "Doctor" calls him a fool, and tells him about the virus. Crayford cannot believe this, but the real Doctor tells him that his rocket was actually hijacked by the Kraal, and they did not reconstruct but merely brainwashed him. Realising the truth, Crayford rushes out, distracting the android long enough for the Doctor to make his move. In the struggle, the Doctor manages to activate the power to the radar, jamming all the androids in mid-step. In the rocket, Sarah unties Harry and Faraday. Styggron enters, holding a ray gun on them, but Crayford appears and attacks him. The two grapple, and Styggron shoots Crayford. The Doctor makes his own entrance, punching the Kraal, who falls on the vial of virus, cracking it open. Styggron shoots the Doctor before he dies. Sarah is horrified, but the real Doctor shows up — he had programmed his duplicate to distract Styggron. As proof, the android disintegrates into its component parts. Sarah and the Doctor make their way back to the TARDIS. Sarah says she is going to take a taxi home, but when the Doctor offers to take her home instead, she smiles, "How can I refuse?" The two enter the ship and it vanishes. [] Continuity This story marks the last appearances of John Levene (Sergeant Benton) and Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan) in the series. The characters were mentioned (but did not appear) in (1983). Harry was said to be working with and doing something "hush-hush at ". Benton was said to have left the army and become a used car salesman. This story also marks the first appearance of The Doctor's grey coat, with its black elbow patches. This version of his costume would alternate with others for the next couple of seasons. [] Production Serial details by episode EpisodeBroadcast dateRun timeViewership (in millions) "Part One" 22 November 1975 24:21 11.9 "Part Two" 29 November 1975 24:30 11.3 "Part Three" 6 December 1975 24:50 12.1 "Part Four" 13 December 1975 24:30 11.4 Working titles for this story included The Kraals, The Kraal Invasion, and The Enemy Within. Location filming for the Kraal-replicated village of Devesham took place in , , a few miles from . The story was influenced by the film , and would be the last script for Doctor Who for four years until his final script for the series, (1979). This was the first script by Nation since (1964) that did not feature the Daleks. Nicholas Courtney was unavailable to play Lethbridge-Stewart, so his character was re-written as Colonel Faraday. briefly mentioned viewing episode two of this story in his diaries, writing on 29 November 1975 "Dr Who gets more and more silly."[] [] Cast notes Ian Marter would continue his acting career and go on to write several Doctor Who novelisations, an original novel featuring Harry and an unused screenplay, Doctor Who Meets Scratchman, the last with Tom Baker. He died in 1986 from diabetes-related health complications. ' had appeared as Benik in . His next appearance in Who would be as Castellan Kelner in . Only three Kraals are seen throughout the story. Styggron was played by Martin Friend. Marshal Chedaki, was played by . The silent Kraal underling that appears in one scene was played by the series' long time stuntman . [] Outside reference Near the end of Part Three just after Sarah frees the Doctor from the machine, the Doctor tells her, "Listen! Once upon a time, there were three sisters, and they lived in the bottom of a treacle well! Their names are Olga, Masha, and Irina." This is a conflation of the 's story in chapter seven of and 's play, . [] In print A novelisation of this serial, written by , was published by in November 1978. The novelisation was later designated number 2 when Target opted to number the first seventy-three novelisations alphabetically; however no edition using the number was ever released. book Doctor Who and the Android Invasion Series Release number (Assigned 2, but never used) Writer Publisher Cover artist ISBN Release date 16 November 1978 Preceded by ' Followed by ' DVD & VHS release This story was released on in March 1995. The story has been announced for DVD release on 9 January 2012 alongside , coupled as the "UNIT Files" box set. References Shaun Lyon et al. (2007-03-31). . Outpost Gallifrey. Archived from on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-08-30. . Doctor Who Reference Guide. Retrieved 2008-08-30. Sullivan, Shannon (2007-08-07). . A Brief History of Time Travel. Retrieved 2008-08-30. External links at at at the Reviews reviews at reviews at Target novelisation reviews at
Our one-off Nicholas Courtney tribute special, with the usual muppets plus contributions c/o Tim Drury, Graham Harper, Rob Sherman, Nev Fountain, Nick Briggs, and Frazer Hines.
This week's show is our much expected The Wedding of River Song review. What's the deal with eyepatch lady? Does the trailer give away too much or not enough? The great thing about Doctor Who is that there isn't a single story that is completely, 100% universally loved. With fans being very opinionated about what makes "great" Doctor Who, it is only right that we should get a podKast (with a "K") that features three very different attitudes... So join Christian Cawley, Brian A Terranova and James McLean as they discuss the Series 6 finale, The Wedding of River Song, how much of it made sense, whether there was really a wedding in it and just what the attraction is for the Doctor when it comes to humans... Meanwhile, we also praise the wonderful tribute to Nicholas Courtney, observe some initial similarities between the opening moments of The Wedding of River Song and the Time Leech comic strip and provide a brief preview of next week's podKast It's Your Turn: Review US! We need your reviews! Head to Apple Podcasts to leave a rating and review, and we'll read it out. Deal? Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter or Facebook or podkasterborous@gmail.com, and we'll read it out.
In der heutigen Folge des Whocastes geht es um die Klassikfolge "Battlefield", ganz zu Ehren des kürzlich verstorbenen Nicholas Courtney, der in dieser Folge seinen letzten Auftritt in Doctor im TV hatte. An dieser Stelle auch vielen Dank an die fleissigen Regenerationhelfer Bob und Solus, ohne die das alles nicht so einfach von Statten gegangen wäre.
In der heutigen Folge des Whocastes geht es um die Klassikfolge "Battlefield", ganz zu Ehren des kürzlich verstorbenen Nicholas Courtney, der in dieser Folge seinen letzten Auftritt in Doctor im TV hatte. An dieser Stelle auch vielen Dank an die fleissigen Regenerationhelfer Bob und Solus, ohne die das alles nicht so einfach von Statten gegangen wäre.
Elisabeth Claira Heath Sladen (1 February 1946 – 19 April 2011) was an actress best known for her role as in the television series . She appeared as a regular from 1973 to 1976, opposite both and , and reprised the role many times in subsequent decades, both on Doctor Who and its spin-off . Contents [] [] Early life Sladen was the only child of Tom Sladen, who fought in and served in the during .[] Her mother Gladys' maiden name was , which is a Northern Irish name commonly seen in Liverpool.[] Sladen developed an interest in performing at an early age, beginning dance lessons when she was five, and dancing in one production with the . She was a primary school contemporary of future politician (née Cohen), appearing in at least one school production with her; and a contemporary of , the future Attorney-General, when both attended Quarry Bank School (now ). [] Career [] Early career After attending drama school for two years, Sladen began work at the repertory company as an assistant stage manager. Her first stage appearance was as a corpse. However, she was scolded for giggling on stage, thanks to a young actor, , whispering the words, "Respiration nil, two" in her ear while he was playing a doctor. Sladen was so good as an assistant stage manager that she did not get many acting roles, a problem she solved by deliberately making mistakes on several occasions.[] This got her told off again, but she started to get more on-stage roles. Sladen made her first, uncredited, screen appearance in 1965 in the film as an extra. Sladen eventually moved into weekly repertory work, travelling around to various locations in England. Sladen and Miller, now married, moved to , spending three years there. She appeared in numerous roles, most notably as in , her first appearance as a leading lady. She also got the odd part on and , eventually appearing as a barmaid in 1970 in six episodes of the long-running soap opera . In 1971, Sladen was in two episodes of . Then, in 1972, she was appearing in a play that moved down to , and they had to move along with it. Her first television role in London was as a terrorist in an episode of . This was followed by guest roles in (again), , and . [] Sarah Jane Smith In 1973, Doctor Who actress , who was playing the 's assistant opposite , was leaving the series. Producer was growing increasingly desperate in his search for a replacement, when Z-Cars producer gave Sladen an enthusiastic recommendation. Sladen arrived at the audition not knowing it was for the new role, and was amazed at Letts's thoroughness. She was introduced to Pertwee, whom she found intimidating at the time. As she chatted with Letts and Pertwee, each time she turned to look at one of them the other would signal a thumbs-up. She was offered and accepted the part of investigative journalist . She stayed on Doctor Who for three and a half seasons, alongside Pertwee as the Third Doctor and as the , receiving both popular and critical acclaim for her role as Sarah Jane. When she left the series, in the 1976 serial , it made front page news,[] where previously only a change of Doctors had received such attention. In October, 2009, Sladen paid tribute to her boss and friend, Barry Letts, after he died. She said Letts was her closest friend on Doctor Who. Sladen returned to the character of Sarah Jane Smith on numerous occasions. In 1981, new Doctor Who producer asked her to return to the series to ease the transition between Tom Baker and new Doctor . She declined but accepted his second offer of doing a pilot for a spin-off series called , co-starring , the popular from Doctor Who. However, the pilot was not picked up for a series. Two years later Sladen appeared in the 20th anniversary special . She reprised the role in the 1993 special , and in the 1995 independently produced video alongside former co-star as and as Victoria Waterfield. This was her last on-screen appearance as Sarah Jane Smith for some time. Sladen played Sarah Jane in several . Two of them were produced for , (, 1993), and (, 1996), together with Jon Pertwee and Nicholas Courtney. has also produced two series of audio adventures set in the present day, released in 2002 and 2006. Her daughter Sadie has also appeared in the audios. In later years, Sladen had also participated re-visiting a few classic Doctor Who serials on DVD in doing audio commentaries and interviews (in the stories she starred in), but as of 2008 she stated in an interview that she was no longer doing them due to "contractual reasons with ". Following the successful revival of Doctor Who in 2005, Sladen guest starred as Sarah Jane in "", an episode of the , along with , who returned as the voice of the robot dog , and as the . Sladen was ever faithful to the character and worked a lot of the characterisation herself, in the lead-up to the broadcast of "School Reunion" she was quoted in as saying: "Sarah Jane used to be a bit of a cardboard cut-out. Each week it used to be, 'Yes Doctor, no Doctor', and you had to flesh your character out in your mind — because if you didn't, no one else would." She also spoke favourably of the characterisation in the new series. Following her successful appearance in the series, Sladen later starred in , a Doctor Who spin-off focusing on Sarah Jane, produced by for and created by . A aired on New Year's Day 2007, with a 10-episode series commencing broadcast in September 2007. The programme was nominated for a prestigious award and was recommissioned for a second 12-episode series which was broadcast in late 2008. The third series was broadcast in Autumn 2009, and again achieved audience ratings well in excess of the usual average figures for the time slot (sometimes even double). A fourth season began airing in October 2010. Sladen also read two original audio stories for The Sarah Jane Adventures, which were released in November 2007 on : The Glittering Storm by and The Thirteenth Stone by . This was the first time that BBC Audiobooks have commissioned new content for exclusive release on audio. Two new audio stories ("Ghost House" and "Time Capsule") were released in November 2008, both read again by Sladen. Sladen appeared in the final two episodes of Doctor Who's 2008 series (season 4) finale "" and "" and was credited in the title sequence of both episodes. Her final appearance in Doctor Who was a cameo in the concluding part of "", Tennant's last episode as the Doctor. [] Other work After Doctor Who, Sladen returned to Liverpool with her husband and performed in a series of plays. This included a two-hander with Miller in . Notable appearances following that include a two-year stint as a presenter for the children's programme , a lead role with Miller playing her husband in ITV drama , a BBC , a role as a stand-up comic's spouse in , and a small part in the movie as a bank secretary in 1980, only her second motion picture appearance. In 1981, former Doctor Who producer cast her as the female lead in the BBC Classics production of . She continued to appear in various advertisements and in another Letts production, (playing the Dormouse), as well as attending conventions in the . After the birth of her daughter in 1985, Sladen went into semi-retirement, placing her family first, but finding time for the occasional television appearance. In 1995, she played Dr Pat Hewer in 4 episodes of . In 1996, she played Sophie in , and appeared in 15 episodes of the BBC schools programme , which was repeated annually for around ten years. This was her last television acting appearance until the 2006 Doctor Who episode "". In 1991, she starred as Alexa opposite in audio adventure The Last Mission for Audio. Sladen also appeared in a audio drama, 's . In 2008–09, Sladen appeared in a production of at the , playing Mrs. Darling and a beautiful . [] Personal life Sladen married actor in 1968 in Liverpool; the marriage lasted until her death. Their daughter, , appeared with her in the range of Sarah Jane Smith audio plays by . As a child, Sadie appeared alongside Sladen in the 1996 documentary, Thirty Years in the TARDIS, wearing a replica of the overalls Sladen wore in . Sladen died early on 19 April 2011, after having cancer for several months. The first episode of series six of the revived version of Doctor Who "" aired on the Saturday following Sladen's death. The episode started with a screen announcing that it was dedicated to the memory of Elisabeth Sladen. Straight after 'Doctor Who', a special tribute called 'My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen' was aired on . Sladen had also been interested in being involved in the Doctor Who Fourth Doctor Big Finish series. [] References
Summary: Adam J Purcell, Jean Riddler and Keith Dunn talk about the Doctor Who: Inferno, reminisce about the wonderful Nicholas Courtney and his great Doctor Who character Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. 01:31 — Welcome! 02:37 – News: […]
Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 239 Running time: 1:21:25 Coverage of the Doctor Who: Podshock Meet & Greet at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel on the eve of Gallifrey One's Catch 22: Islands of Mystery. Plus the passing of Nicholas Courtney and the 2011 series start date. Hosted by Louis Trapani with Ken Deep, Billy Davis, Mike Doran, and Tara Wheeler. Presented to you by the Gallifreyan Embassy and is a production of Art Trap Productions. This podcast is made possible in part by and is brought to you by Podshock Supporting Subscribers and from donations from listeners like you. Get the DWP Podcast Companion App for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This episode is also brought to you by Audible. Visit http://www.audiblepodcast.com/arttrap for your FREE audio-book download with free trial. Do you need the MP3 file format? Get our MP3 version of this episode using our MP3 dedicated feed at http://www.gallifreyanembassy.org/podshock/podshockmp3.xml.
Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 239 Running time: 1:21:25 Coverage of the Doctor Who: Podshock Meet & Greet at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel on the eve of Gallifrey One's Catch 22: Islands of Mystery. Plus the passing of Nicholas Courtney and the 2011 series start date. Hosted by Louis Trapani with Ken Deep, Billy Davis, Mike Doran, and Tara Wheeler. Presented to you by the Gallifreyan Embassy and is a production of Art Trap Productions. This podcast is made possible in part by and is brought to you by Podshock Supporting Subscribers and from donations from listeners like you. Get the DWP Podcast Companion App for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This episode is also brought to you by Audible. Visit http://www.audiblepodcast.com/arttrap for your FREE audio-book download with free trial. Do you want the Enhanced Podcast AAC file format? Get our Enhanced Podcast version of this episode using our feed at http://www.gallifreyanembassy.org/podshock/podshock.xml.
No sooner had the recent Gallifrey 22 convention finished that we heard of the sad passing of Nicholas Courtney, most famous for playing Brigadier Alastair Lethbridge Stewart in the classic series of Doctor Who. Nicholas...
In honor of the wonderful Nicholas Courtney, we take a look at his work with Big Finish, including: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor by Nicholas Pegg Minuet in Hell by Alan W. Lear and Gary Russell Zagreus by Gary Russell and Alan Barnes Sympathy for the Devil by Jonathan Clements Masters of War by Eddie Robson […]
In honor of the wonderful Nicholas Courtney, we take a look at his work with Big Finish, including: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor by Nicholas Pegg Minuet in Hell by Alan W. Lear and Gary Russell Zagreus by Gary Russell and Alan Barnes Sympathy for the Devil by Jonathan Clements Masters of War by Eddie Robson […]
In the final stretch of their journey for the Key to Time, the two Time Lords get mixed up in several feuds. First, that between methane miners and a local tribe ("The Power of Kroll"), then in a nuclear war involving neighboring planets Atrios and Zeos ("The Armageddon Factor"). And finally, as the Key is assembled, the Black Guardian rears his head! Also, the hosts discuss the passing of Nicholas Courtney, the fondly remembered Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
In the final stretch of their journey for the Key to Time, the two Time Lords get mixed up in several feuds. First, that between methane miners and a local tribe ("The Power of Kroll"), then in a nuclear war involving neighboring planets Atrios and Zeos ("The Armageddon Factor"). And finally, as the Key is assembled, the Black Guardian rears his head! Also, the hosts discuss the passing of Nicholas Courtney, the fondly remembered Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
In the final stretch of their journey for the Key to Time, the two Time Lords get mixed up in several feuds. First, that between methane miners and a local tribe ("The Power of Kroll"), then in a nuclear war involving neighboring planets Atrios and Zeos ("The Armageddon Factor"). And finally, as the Key is assembled, the Black Guardian rears his head! Also, the hosts discuss the passing of Nicholas Courtney, the fondly remembered Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
This week we focus on the ninth Doctor stories, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London, and World War Three. Also a look back on the life of Nicholas Courtney, or as Doctor Who fans best know him Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. We recall our fondest memories of The Brig. And finally we lay out the stories we will review in next week’s podcast for those who might be watching along...Read more The post Episode 9 – Number Nine appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
The world of Doctor Who lost one of its icons this past week, and all fans are mourning the passing of our beloved Brigadier, Nicholas Courtney. The highs from Gallifrey came crashing down as the news of Courtney’s death hit earlier in the week, and it was only fitting that a Courtney tribute episode be recorded. We welcomed Doctor Who script editor, New Adventures author and Doctor Who Magazine editor, Big Finish producer and life-long Doctor Who fan Gary Russell on the show to reminisce about his experiences with the wonderful Mr. Courtney. Please join us as we remember Sir Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, the man who portrayed him as well as cover the news of the week. Check out the show notes at www.radiofreeskaro.com.
In this bumper episode of TMDWP we pay tribute to Nicholas Courtney who died this week. Also in this episode… A visit to several Doctor Who locations with some unexpected results. Thanks again to http://www.doctorwholocations.net/ for their sterling work. Plus a chance for those who didn't go to Gallifrey 22 to put some faces to the voices of Doctor … Continue reading 050 – Remembrance of the Androids of Blood
As The Doctor and Romana continue to look for the scattered segments of the Key to Time, they cross Cailleach, an ancient alien criminal hiding on Earth ("The Stones of Blood"), and Grendel, a Count with his murderous eyes on the crown ("The Androids of Tara"). Note: This episode was recorded before the passing of Nicholas Courtney, hence the reason his death isn't mentioned at the top of the show. Look for Dan and Mike's thoughts about the man and his character next episode.
As The Doctor and Romana continue to look for the scattered segments of the Key to Time, they cross Cailleach, an ancient alien criminal hiding on Earth ("The Stones of Blood"), and Grendel, a Count with his murderous eyes on the crown ("The Androids of Tara"). Note: This episode was recorded before the passing of Nicholas Courtney, hence the reason his death isn't mentioned at the top of the show. Look for Dan and Mike's thoughts about the man and his character next episode.
As The Doctor and Romana continue to look for the scattered segments of the Key to Time, they cross Cailleach, an ancient alien criminal hiding on Earth ("The Stones of Blood"), and Grendel, a Count with his murderous eyes on the crown ("The Androids of Tara"). Note: This episode was recorded before the passing of Nicholas Courtney, hence the reason his death isn't mentioned at the top of the show. Look for Dan and Mike's thoughts about the man and his character next episode.
The Five Doctors was a special feature-length of the series , produced in celebration of the programme's twentieth anniversary. It aired in the United Kingdom on , , although it had its world premiere in the , on the station and various other PBS affiliates on , the anniversary date. //<![CDATA[ if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } //]]> Synopsis Someone is plucking all the incarnations of out of time, and placing them in the Death Zone on where they will meet old friends and enemies and play out the deadly Game of Rassilon, for the ultimate prize. But to lose is to win, and he who wins shall lose... Plot The , and are taking a break on the Eye of Orion, one of the most tranquil spots in the universe, when the Fifth Doctor suddenly collapses. Tegan and Turlough bring the Fifth Doctor back into the , where they discover to their distress that he is literally fading away. The Fifth Doctor manages to set the TARDIS controls for a destination and the ship dematerializes. In a hidden chamber, a dark figure is manipulating the controls of a time scoop and kidnapping previous out of the time stream along with some of his former companions. The is taken while he is walking in a rose garden, the and from a reunion and the while he is out driving his roadster, Bessie. Also taken out of time are and the Doctor's granddaughter . The and are taken while along the , but whoever is doing this is frustrated as the two are trapped in the time vortex by a time eddy and unable to rematerialize. All of them, save the Fourth Doctor and Romana, are deposited on a desolate, rocky landscape — the Death Zone on . Meanwhile, in the Capitol on Gallifrey, the High Council of , headed by Lord President and consisting of Chancellor Flavia and the , watches in concern. The is being drained by whoever is taking the Doctor out of time, endangering all of Gallifrey. Despite Borusa's misgivings, the High Council has unanimously voted to call in the to assist by going into the Death Zone to help the Doctors. Offered a pardon and a new cycle of regenerations, the Master accepts, and is given a copy of the Seal of the High Council by the Castellan to prove his bona fides, and a matter transmitter (transmat) recall device. He is then teleported via transmat to the Death Zone. In the Zone, the Doctors face various dangers. The First Doctor and Susan are pursued by a through a hall of mirrors, finally escaping when they push the Dalek into a dead end, where the discharge of its energy weapon ricochets back and destroys it. The Second Doctor and the Brigadier escape from a squad of , and the Third Doctor rescues Sarah from her fall down an embankment. Sarah is mildly confused, as she had seen the Third Doctor regenerate into the Fourth (), but is glad to see the Doctor she once knew. The Second and Third Doctors explain to their companions that in Gallifrey's past, known as the Dark Time, the Time Lords misused their powers. A device called the Time Scoop was used to pluck beings out of their times and place them in the Death Zone, where they would fight each other in a sort of gladiatorial game. The Doctors' goal now is to reach the Dark Tower, where the Time Lord founder is entombed, although there is some doubt as to whether Rassilon is actually dead. The Master meets and tries unsuccessfully to convince the Third Doctor that he is there to help. He is then forced to flee when thunderbolts fall from the sky. The Third Doctor only sees this as confirmation that this is all a plot of the Master's. The First Doctor and Susan find the TARDIS and the presence of the First Doctor seems to stabilize the Fifth for the moment. Together, they scan the tower and find three entrances — one at the apex of the tower, the main gate at the base, and one underground, but a force field prevents the TARDIS's entry. The Fifth Doctor takes Tegan and Susan to go to the main gate, but encounters the Master, who has no better luck convincing the Fifth Doctor than he did the Third. At that moment, the two are surrounded by Cybermen, and when they try to run away, the Master is knocked out by a cybergun blast. The Fifth Doctor finds the Master's recall device on his unconscious body, and transmats himself to the Capitol. The Master, confronted by the Cybermen, offers himself as a guide to the Tower. In the Capitol, the Doctor is informed of the situation by the High Council. The Doctor realizes not only that he has done the Master an injustice, but also that they were found too easily by the Cybermen. He opens the recall device and finds a homing beacon inside. The Castellan, who gave the Master the device, is arrested and his quarters ordered to be searched. There is found a box containing the Black Scrolls of Rassilon — forbidden knowledge from the Dark Time. Borusa destroys the scrolls before anyone can examine them and orders the Castellan taken to the mind probe for interrogation. However, as the Castellan is escorted outside, there is a shot. The Doctor rushes out to find the Castellan dead, and the Captain of the guard reporting that he was shot while trying to escape. The Doctor voices his concerns to Chancellor Flavia: the Castellan was stubborn, but not a traitor. There is more to this than meets the eye. The Second Doctor and the Brigadier are exploring a series of caves when they encounter a left over from the games. Taking refuge in an alcove, the Doctor tries to chase the Yeti off with a , succeeding only in maddening it, and causing it to collapse the entrance to the alcove. However, the Doctor detects a breeze from further back and discovers the underground entrance to the Tower. On the surface, the Third Doctor and Sarah come across a , according to the Doctor the most perfect killing machine ever devised. Able to move with blinding speed and fire bolts of metal at its targets, it detects its victims by motion. The Doctor and Sarah are unable to move without attracting the robot's attention, but luck is on their side when a squad of Cybermen come over the ridge and are rapidly eliminated by the robot. Taking advantage of the distraction, the Doctor and Sarah run past the robot's position, taking some rope and spare bolts from the robot's cave. Reaching a cliff face just above the Tower, the Doctor uses the rope and bolts to form a grappling hook, and he and Sarah across to the top of the Tower. Tegan and Susan have told the First Doctor what happened to the Fifth Doctor. The First Doctor decides to head for the main gate himself, with Tegan insisting on accompanying him. Opening the main gate through the means of a keypad hidden under a bell, they find a chessboard floor pattern blocking their way. The First Doctor determines that the chessboard is a trap — electrical bolts will destroy anyone attempting to cross unless they find the safe path. The Master appears at this point, warning them that the Cybermen are close behind. While the Doctor and Tegan hide, the Master lures the Cybermen onto the chessboard where they are killed. The Master tells the Doctor, "It's as easy as pie", then blithely steps across the board and moves into the Tower. The Doctor realizes that the Master means the Greek letter , and that the safe path is calculated by means of the mathematical constant. He and Tegan make their way across the trap. In the Zone, the TARDIS is being surrounded by Cybermen who start to assemble a bomb to blow it up. Inside, Turlough and Susan watch helplessly. The Second and Third Doctors encounter more obstacles while moving separately through the Tower, with the mind of Rassilon exuding an intensifying feeling of fear. They also encounter what appear to be their previous companions: the Third meeting and ; the Second meeting and . The Doctors soon realize that the 'companions' are just phantoms designed to impede their progress through the Tower, and the spectres vanish with a scream. Finally, all three Doctors reach the tomb where Rassilon's casket lies. While the Brigadier, Sarah, and Tegan get re-acquainted, the three Doctors try to translate an inscription written in Ancient Gallifreyan on a pedestal near a control panel. The Fifth Doctor finds that Borusa has vanished from the Council chamber, but the guards insist that the President could not have gotten by them at the only entrance. The transmat is out of power, so the Doctor deduces that there must be a secret door. He finds it hidden behind a painting of Rassilon playing the harp. The key to opening the door is a series of notes played on the actual harp standing before the painting — notes indicated by the sheet music in the painting itself. The Doctor enters the secret chamber, finding the dark figure that had taken his other selves out of time: Borusa. The Lord President is not satisfied with ruling Gallifrey for his lifetimes — he wants to be President Eternal. Borusa has determined that Rassilon discovered the secret of immortality, and he means to claim it, sending the Doctors into the Zone to clear the way for him. Using the Coronet of Rassilon, Borusa overwhelms the Fifth Doctor's will, thus forcing the latter to obey his commands. In the tomb, the Doctors have deciphered the inscription: Rassilon had discovered immortality and will share it with whomever overcomes the obstacles to the tomb and takes the ring from his body. However, one line troubles the First Doctor: "To lose is to win and he who wins shall lose." The Master steps out of the shadows to claim immortality for himself, yet is jumped from behind by the Brigadier and tied up by Sarah and Tegan. The Third Doctor fixes the control panel by , allowing the TARDIS to transport itself to the tomb (just seconds before the Cybermen's bomb detonates). The Second Doctor contacts the Capitol and the Fifth Doctor answers, still under Borusa's control. He tells his other selves to await their arrival. He and Borusa transmat over to the tomb. Borusa paralyzes the Doctors' companions with a command and tries to control the minds of the Doctors as well, but fails as all four Doctors combine their wills against him. However, a booming voice echoes through the chamber — the voice of Rassilon, demanding to know who disturbs him. Borusa steps forward to claim immortality and while the other Doctors protest, the First Doctor holds the others back and says to the projection of Rassilon that Borusa deserves the prize. Borusa takes the ring from the body and puts it on. He finds himself paralyzed, then transformed into one of several stone faces carved into the side of the casket. Rassilon sends the Master back to his own time, then frees the Fourth Doctor from the time vortex and returns to eternal rest. The First Doctor smugly tells the Fifth that he finally understood the proverb. The 'prize' was yet another trap — a means for Rassilon to eliminate whoever sought immortality. The Doctors and the companions say their good-byes to each other and re-enter the TARDIS save for the Fifth Doctor, Tegan, and Turlough. As those three watch, the others are transported back to their proper times. Chancellor Flavia arrives with guards and tells the Doctor that with Borusa's disappearance, the Council has appointed the Doctor as President. The Doctor appears reluctant, but Flavia tells him he cannot refuse an order of the Council or it will attract the severest penalties. The Doctor orders Flavia back to the Capitol, saying that he will travel there in his TARDIS and that she has full powers until his return. Once in the TARDIS, though, he reveals to Tegan and Turlough that he has no intention of returning. Tegan asks if the Doctor really intends to go on the run from his own people in a rickety old TARDIS. The Doctor replies, smiling, "Why not? After all, that's how it all started." Cast — , , , , , — — — — — — — — Chancellor Flavia — The Castellan — — — — — — — — — Voice of — Voice — Dalek Operator — Sergeant — — Commander — Technician — Guard — — Cast notes The role of the First Doctor was played by Richard Hurndall, as William Hartnell, who originally played the role, died in 1975. William Hartnell does make an appearance, however, in a pre-titles sequence taken from the end of .Tom Baker declined to reprise his role as the , as he did not want to reappear in the series so recently after his departure (a decision he would later say that he regretted); so his appearance in the story was pieced together from footage filmed for the unaired serial .The scene with Jamie and Zoe was originally written with Zoe and in mind. The Doctor would have realised the truth when Victoria called Lethbridge-Stewart "Brigadier", since Victoria had only met the Brigadier when he was a Colonel in . However, was unable to make the filming dates. Frazer Hines was able to free himself up for a day's shooting, so Jamie was written in instead.In the original drafts of the script, the Doctor/companion combinations were very different. Before Tom Baker decided not to appear, the Fourth Doctor would have been paired with Sarah, the Third Doctor with the Brigadier and the Second Doctor with Jamie. When Baker declined to appear and Frazer Hines was unable to meet the production dates due to other commitments, the scripts had to be altered. However, Hines was able to step in later for a cameo appearance, as noted above. was asked to appear as but objected to the way in which the character interacted with the Second Doctor and declined to participate. The scene was filmed with an unnamed sergeant in place of Benton. Continuity This is only the second time in the series' history that there was a pre-credits sequence. (1982) was the first such story. Subsequently, (1987) and (1988) also featured pre-credits teasers. The pre-credits sequence became a regular occurrence starting with the 2005 series episode .This serial also featured the debut of the new TARDIS console and room, the first redesign since 1977. This console would remain until the end of series production in 1989.This serial ended fan speculation as to whether or not and Jon Pertwee's Doctors were regenerations or merely "changes of appearance". It also explicitly indicated in dialogue that the Davison incarnation of the Doctor was in fact the fifth, officially contradicting the speculation that had circulated since the serial that there had been additional incarnations of the Doctor prior to Hartnell.When asked by the Third Doctor as to whether he has regenerated again, the Master says, "Not exactly", referencing his stealing of Tremas's body as seen in the Fourth Doctor story (1981).This is the first time it is suggested that a new cycle of regenerations can be bestowed on a person (in this case the Master), implying that it could be possible to circumvent the twelve-regeneration limit established in . However, the Master is occupying a non-Time Lord body, so whether this can be applied to a Time Lord who has already reached his thirteenth incarnation is unclear. Years later, however, the episode "" shows the Master regenerating and in the following episode "" indicates that he had been "resurrected" (the Master's own word, left unexplained) by the Time Lords to fight in the , suggesting a new regeneration cycle was indeed bestowed upon him.Three incarnations of previously appeared in , and .Dinah Sheridan makes a guest appearance as Flavia. The character has subsequently been mentioned in spin-off fiction as becoming President of the High Council and then subsequently removed from office due to a scandal (as detailed in the novel, Happy Endings). In the new series, a musical cue composed by with ethereal sounding vocals is jokingly referred to as "Flavia's Theme" by the production team, who say it is Flavia's voice singing out from the .One of the jewels from the Coronet of Rassilion would later play an important part in the adventure .No explanation is given for 's absence from this story.The First Doctor does not quite recognise the Master ("Do I know you?"), and has to be reminded of their time at the Academy together. The Third Doctor does recognise him, however, though it seems not as easily as usual.The Mind Probe would later be used as a plot device in the Torchwood episode . Retroactive perspectives This story takes place after from the point of view of the First Doctor and Susan, given Susan's mature appearance and the implication that they have been separated for some time.Although it is never made clear exactly where this story takes place within the Second and Third Doctors' chronology, it is made clear that it takes place after the events of . The Second Doctor mentions while reminiscing with the Brigadier, and also makes a comment about his own replacement being "unpromising" when he is in UNIT headquarters and meets Lethbridge-Stewart's successor. The Third Doctor also refers to “that fellow in the check trousers and black frock-coat? when he meets the illusions of Mike Yates and Liz Shaw. The familiar and mock-antagonistic way that the Second and Third Doctors interact also suggests that The Five Doctors takes place after the events of The Three Doctors for them both. Since the First Doctor refers to the Second as "the little fellow", it is reasonable to assume that the story takes place later in his chronology as well.The Second Doctor's method of determining that Jamie and Zoe are phantoms, which references the events of , is, seemingly, a continuity error, (subsequently rendering the Second Doctor's earlier meeting with the Brigadier in this story a continuity error). The memories of Jamie and Zoe's travels with the Doctor, as opposed to their respective initial adventures with him in their own home eras ( and ) were wiped in The War Games when they were returned to their own times at a moment just after they had left in the TARDIS. There are various fan explanations for this and it is noted that it is the Brigadier only that they should not have recognised as neither of them would remember meeting him in and respectively. (see )This story takes place some time between and from the Third Doctor's point of view, as he recognises Sarah Jane, for whom events take place after K-9 and Company.The Third Doctor reacts to Sarah's mimed description of the Fourth Doctor by saying, "Teeth and curls?" and telling her the change has not happened yet for him. Although the Third Doctor may just be interpreting her gestures, his accuracy has led some fans to believe that it implies a previous unseen encounter with the Fourth Doctor. According to on the commentary, the line was supposed to be Sarah's, but Pertwee negotiated with Elisabeth Sladen for him to say it instead, leading to the problem. In the short story The Touch of the Nurazh by Stephen Hatcher from the anthology , an injury makes the Third Doctor begin to regenerate into the Fourth but the process is reversed. This is witnessed by Jo Grant, and the theory is that she subsequently describes the Fourth Doctor's appearance to the Third.This story occurs after from the Brigadier's point of view, given that he recognises Tegan and later the Fifth Doctor.At the start of the episode, Sarah Jane Smith is shown with K-9, a direct reference to the spin-off pilot of two years earlier, . The two characters later returned in the story . Production The working title for this story was The Six Doctors. It would have been written by former and would have featured the and their of the five incarnations of the Doctor; in their attempt to extract DNA to turn themselves into "Cyberlords", the twist being that the First Doctor and Susan would actually be impostors (the former being the "Sixth Doctor" of the title) and the Second Doctor would have saved the day. However, Holmes dropped out at an early stage and another former script editor, Terrance Dicks, was brought in instead. Some elements of this plotline would be reused in Holmes's own .The original script featured an appearance by the , last seen in . After being dropped into the Death Zone, Sarah would have been attacked by a group of them before being rescued by the Third Doctor. However, due to budgetary restrictions, the scene was dropped and replaced in the finished version.Just before she meets the Third Doctor, Sarah falls a few feet down what fans have generally considered a rather unconvincing slope. In the novelisation, Sarah actually steps off a cliff. This was what was originally intended in the script, but for budgetary reasons the sequence was changed.Nathan-Turner's first choice of director for the story was , who had directed the first ever Doctor Who serial, , in 1963. However, Hussein was in America at the time and was unable to accept the offer. Nathan-Turner then asked another veteran director, , to direct but he also declined. It has been suggested[] that Camfield was offended to be second choice or that he was angered that Nathan-Turner had not asked him back to Doctor Who before, but there is no known evidence to support this suggestion. Camfield was also very ill with , and this may have had an impact on his decision not to direct the production. He died of a early in 1984.The programme is officially a co-production with the , although the production team were not aware of this during production and the agreement in effect amounted to little more than a pre-production purchase pact.The story was prepared in two formats: the ninety-minute version and a four-part version, the latter designed for international distribution or repeat broadcasting in the ordinary series run. The episode breaks were, respectively: Sarah falling down the slope, the Cybermen placing their bomb outside the TARDIS while Susan and Turlough watch; and the Master appearing behind the and Tegan while in the Dark Tower.In the various publicity photos of the five Doctors from this story, a waxwork model of from a 1980 Doctor Who Exhibition in was used. According to producer John Nathan-Turner, Baker had agreed to do the photocall for the 20th anniversary but, suspecting that he might not turn up, Nathan-Turner organised for the waxwork to be on location.This is the only programme from the classic series of Doctor Who for which all recorded and filmed material, including alternate and unused takes, fluffed scenes and so forth, still exists in broadcast-quality format. This allowed for the creation of the 1995 version of the story.The end credits featured a specially mixed version of the theme music, which began with 's original 1960s arrangement and then segued into the arrangement being used by the series at the time. This arrangement was only used on this one occasion and was the last time that the Derbyshire version was heard during the show's original run. A unique arrangement of the opening credits music was also used, which ended in a brief coda phrase that was never used in any other serial. Outside references The Brigadier references "" and "".The 's line, "Scarecrow!" (aimed at the ), is an , referencing the fact that Jon Pertwee played .Some of the inscriptions on the tombstone when they reach Rassilon's Tower are mathematical symbols. In print Doctor Who book The Five Doctors Series Release number 81 Writer Publisher Cover artist ISBN 0 426 19510 8 Release date 24 November 1983 Preceded by Followed by A novelisation of this serial, written by , was published by in November 1983; it was the only Target novelisation to be published before its story was transmitted. Broadcast, VHS and DVD releases The Five Doctors was first broadcast in the on the actual date of the programme's 20th anniversary. The broadcast in the United Kingdom was delayed two days so it could coincide with the BBC's charity night. There were a few scenes in the BBC broadcast that had not been shown in the US airing.The story was first released and in September of 1985. This version was also released on in 1994.It was rereleased on VHS in 1990 without 2 minutes of edits present in the earlier tapes and discs. To date, this is the only release of the story as originally broadcast.A Special Edition of the episode, with updated special effects, surround-sound compatibility and an alternate editing of the raw material was released on VHS in 1995 in a box set with the video of and a limited edition postcard album. Since about 2000, this version has been turning up frequently in the syndication package instead of the original.This was the first Doctor Who serial to be released on , on , . Some of the special effects were further enhanced and the voice of Rassilon was noticeably different. The Region 1 version has a commentary track by Peter Davison and writer .On it was announced that The Five Doctors would be the first Doctor Who story to be made available to download to , in a deal between and the technology firm .This story will be rereleased on a 2 disc 25th Anniversary special edition DVD on 3rd March 2008. [] References Briggs, Nick, "Last Orders", , #229, 30th August 1995, , p.36, quote of Nicholas Courtney (who did not specify a companion for Troughton) Lyons, Steve and Chris Howarth, "The Good Soldier" (interview with John Levene) Doctor Who Magazine, #230, 27 September 1995, Marvel Comics UK Ltd., p.44 ; David J. Howe (2006). Talkback: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Doctor Who Interview Book: Volume One: The Sixties. England: , p. 30. . Rawson-Jones, Ben. "", , -. Retrieved on -. External links at at at the Reviews reviews at reviews at reviews at 130 - The Five Doctors telemovie The Doctors inside the Tomb of Rassilon () () () () (, archive footage only) (First Doctor, pre-titles clip) () () () () (, archive footage only) Writer ( segment) (uncredited) ( segments) (uncredited) Director (uncredited) (The Dalek Invasion of Earth segment) (uncredited) (Shada segments) (uncredited) Script editor Producer John Nathan-Turner Executive producer(s) None Production code 6K Series Length 90 mins Originally broadcast , (first global) , (first ) Chronology ? Preceded by Followed by →
Doctor Who: Podshock Episode 50 For the Week of the 7th of August 2006 Running Time: 1:36:43 In this episode: News - 2006 Series coming to the Sci-Fi Channel (this episode was recorded prior to their announcement), Another Spin-Off Series, Mark Strickson at United Fan Con, Nicholas Courtney on the DW Sea Cruise, Games on the BBC Site, Rani Rumours, Big Beginnings at Big Finish, Canadian Update, and more. Feedback - Tiggs Panther in the UK, Christian in Germany, Scott (x3) in the US, Kenneth in the UK. Promos - Doctor Who Sea Cruise promo. Guest - Canadian Corespondent Mike Doran. Hosted by James Naughton (UK), Ken Deep (US), and Louis Trapani (US) Do you need the MP3 file format? Get our MP3 version of this episode using our MP3 dedicated feed at http://www.gallifreyanembassy.org/podshock/podshockmp3.xml
Doctor Who: Podshock Episode 50 For the Week of the 7th of August 2006 Running Time: 1:36:43 In this episode: News - 2006 Series coming to the Sci-Fi Channel (this episode was recorded prior to their announcement), Another Spin-Off Series, Mark Strickson at United Fan Con, Nicholas Courtney on the DW Sea Cruise, Games on the BBC Site, Rani Rumours, Big Beginnings at Big Finish, Canadian Update, and more. Feedback - Tiggs Panther in the UK, Christian in Germany, Scott (x3) in the US, Kenneth in the UK. Promos - Doctor Who Sea Cruise promo. Guest - Canadian Corespondent Mike Doran. Hosted by James Naughton (UK), Ken Deep (US), and Louis Trapani (US) Do you want the Enhanced Podcast AAC file format? Get our Enhanced Podcast version of this episode using our feed at http://www.gallifreyanembassy.org/podshock/podshock.xml
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