Monday, 28 February 2022

Doctor Who On This Day #59B


February 29th
1964 Marco Polo, Episode 2: The
 Singing Sands first screened on BBCtv
1968 - The Crusade, Episode 4: The WarlordsThe Space 
MuseumEpisode 4: The Final PhaseThe Chase, Episode 4:
Journey into TerrorThe Time Meddler, Episode 2: The 
Meddling Monk and Galaxy 4, Episode 2: Trap of Steel all 
repeated on ABC
1980 - Robot, Part 4 first screened
on WTTW 11
1984 - The Sontaran ExperimentPart 1 repeated on KQED 
Plus; and Image of thFendahl, Part 2 repeated on ABC
1988 Destiny of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on WTTW 11;
and The Sontaran Experiment, Part 1 repeated on TV de Galicia
1992 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episode 2 and Genesis of the 
Daleks Omnibus both repeated on KQED Plus; and Terror of the
Autons, Episode 3 repeated on TV2 NZ)
2000 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Episode 2: The Daleks
repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Silurians, Episode 6 repeated on 
Space; Day of the Daleks, Episode 2 first screened on TG4; and
Genesis of the Daleks, Part 6 repeated on BBC2
2004 The War MachinesEpisodes 1 and 2 both repeated on
KBTC; The Tomb of the Cybermen Omnibus repeated on MPT;
The Claws of AxosEpisodes 2 and 3 both repeated on Colorado
 PTV; The Sontaran Experiment Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; 
Pyramids of Mars, Part 1 repeated on NHPTV; The Brain of 
MorbiusPart 4 repeated on WCNY; The Pirate PlanetParts 3
and 4 both repeated on Iowa PTV; Logopolis, Part 1 repeated
on WILL; Kinda Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can); Time
FlightPart 4 repeated on KUED; Resurrection of the Daleks
Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) both repeated on MiND; and The Curse
of FenricParts 1 and 2 both repeated on WCET
2008 Rose repeated on ABC2; The Empty Child and Doctor 
Who Confidential: Time Trouble  both repeated on WGVU;
and The Family of Blood repeated on Syfy (US)
2012 Army of Ghosts repeated on BBC America; Partners
 in Crime repeated on BBC Entertainment India and ABC2;
Journey's End repeated on Watch; The Beast Below repeated
 on France 4; Good Man Goes to War and Let's Kill Hitler both
 first screened on Fox (FRG); Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown:
Monsters Inc. repeated on UKTV (Aus); and Doctor Who
Confidential Cutdown: A Noble Return repeated on ABC2
2016 The Web Planet, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on
Retro TV; The Green DeathEpisodes 5 and 6 both repeated on
 WETA; The Ribos Operation Omnibus repeated on Horror; The
Christmas Invasion repeated on ABC2; Human Nature and Into
the Dalek both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Eleventh Hour and
The Beast Below both repeated on Einsfestival; The Time of
Angels and Flesh and Stone both repeated on BBC America;
The Power of Three and The Angels Take Manhattan both
repeated on BBC Polska HD; Cold War repeated on Syfy (Spain); Deep Breath repeated KUAC; Robot of Sherwood
repeated on LPB; Death in Heaven repeated on TV Cultura;
Before the Flood repeated on BBC First (ME); Sleep No More
first screened on TLC TV; and Hell Bent repeated on BBC
Entertainment AP
2020 The Faceless Ones Omnibus screened at BFI Southbank;
The Mind RobberEpisodes 3 and 4 and The Deadly Assassin,
Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on Retro TV; The Pandorica Opens,
The Big BangPraxeus and Can You Hear Me? all repeated on
BBC Polska HD; The Rings of AkhatenCold WarHideJourney
to the Centre of the TARDIS and The Crimson Horror all
repeated on Syfy (Fra); The Pyramid at the End of the World
and The Lie of the Land both repeated on BBC Entertainment
EU; and Ascension of the Cybermen repeated on BBC2

Friday, 25 February 2022

Doctor Who Vs. Hard Sun

This co-production from Euston
Films and American streaming
service Hulu debuted on BBC1
(then iPlayer) in January 2018.
The thriller (a pre-apocalyptic
conspiracy, set in contemporary
London) starred Jim Sturgess and
former model Agyness Deyn as
DCI Charlie Hicks and DI Elaine
Renko.
Series creator and writer Neil
Cross (Luther) devised a potential
five-year story arc, but a sequel
remains unmade. The six-part
drama featured Varada Sethu, and
seventeen Doctor Who cast and
crew connections:

  • Nikki Amuka Bird (Grace) was the Glass Woman [Helen Clay] in Twice Upon a Time, then voiced Tamasan for Big Finish's The Time War 2 (2018)
  • Derek Riddell (DCS Bell) and Jamie Sives (Chapel) both appeared in Tooth and Claw, as Sir Robert MacLeish and Captain Reynolds - Riddell also voiced Lt. Comm. Sandy McNish for The Oncoming Storm (2016)
  • Joplin [Chook] Sibtain (DS Sarafian) was Mark Grantham in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Warriors of Kudlak, and Tarak Ital in The Waters of Mars, then voiced David Brock for The Feast of Axos (2011), Athrid for The Acheron Pulse (2012), Sanjaya Starr for The Case of the Gluttonous Guru (2013), and Brian and Koggnossenti for Technophobia (2016)
  • Adrian Rawlins (DS Mooney) was Dr. Ryder in Planet of the Ood, then voiced Abberline for Jago & Litefoot 7 (2014)
  • Lorraine Burroughs (Simone) was Thalina in The Fires of Pompeii
  • Robin Weaver (Fran) voiced Edwige Ponzi for Nothing to See Here (2016), and Arianda for Storm of the Horofax (2017)
  • David Seddon (Buckley) voiced Irving, Garm, Mercenary and Tashan for The King of Sontar (2014), Quisling and Tarn 2 for The Lady in the Lake (2018), and Lendrik for The Day of the Comet (2021)
  • Kae Alexander (Angie) voiced Waywalker for The Becoming (2016), and Mia Chan for Solitary Confinement (2023)
  • Caroline Lawrie (Moira) voiced Queen Jabule for Cry of the Vultriss (2020)
  • Teri Ann Bobb Baxter (Lily) voiced Passion for Master! 2 (2022), and Esther for Redacted
  • Aisling Bea [born O'Sullivan] (Mari) was Sarah in Eve of the Daleks
  • Martin Mayger (Man) was UNIT Soldier in The Day of the Doctor
  • Richard Senior was also director of Let's Kill Hitler, Meanwhile in the TARDIS, Space and TimeNight and the Doctor, and Doctor Who at the Proms (2013), then second unit director on The Day of the Doctor
  • line producer Debbi Slater was production manager on Blink, Planet of the OodThe Sontaran StratagemThe Poison SkyThe Unicorn and the WaspSilence in the Library and Forest of the Dead, then associate producer on Planet of the DeadThe Waters of MarsThe Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood
  • Matthew Tabern was also film editor on Smith and JonesThe Shakespeare CodeHuman NatureThe Family of Blood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
  • Andy Pryor has also worked as casting director on the revived run since 2005, as well as The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood

Monday, 21 February 2022

Doctor Who Vs. Chimera

Stephen Gallagher's sci-fi
thriller (published in 1982) was
adapted for Radio 4 in 1984,
followed by this Anglia Television
 version, broadcast in July 1991.
A rare repeat run of the four-
part drama (shown in America
as the TV movie, Monkey Boy)
concluded on Forces TV last
night - it featured John Lynch,
David Calder, and fifteen Doctor
Who cast and crew connections:

  • Kenneth Cranham (Hennessey) voiced Tom Cardwell for Big Finish's Blood of the Daleks (2007)
  • Christine [Mary] Kavanagh (Alison) was Aram in Timelashand voiced Patience for Cold Fusion (2016), Dora Muse for Muse of Fire (2018), and Magog and Juno for The Iron Legion (2019) 
  • George Costigan (Schaffer) was Max Capricorn in Voyage of the Damned
  • Pip [Dean] Torrens (Windeler) was Headmaster Rocastle in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, then voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die! (2013)
  • Fred Pearson (Stonehill) was the Barista in The Bells of Saint John
  • Pippa Haywood (Diane) voiced the Prime Minister for Seed of Chaos and The Destructive Quality of Life (both 2017), Jaxa for Seizure, Teremon for The War Master 2 (both 2018), and Captain Graff for Genetics of the Daleks (2020)
  • Bhasker Patel (Doctor) was Jival Chowdry in Turn Left
  • Debra Gillett (Julie) was Rita Connolly in The Idiot's Lantern
  • Liza Tarbuck (Girl) voiced Captain Kaliko for The Infinite Quest, and Lysette Barclay for Plague of the Daleks (2009)
  • Vivien Parry (Manager) voiced Captain Tysus for The Twilight Kingdom (2004)
  • Paul [James] O'Grady (Donaldson) made a cameo appearance in The Stolen Earth
  • cinematographer Ken Westbury was film cameraman on The Gunfighters, The Abominable Snowmen, Fury from the Deep and The Invasion of Time
  • Ken Cumberland was first assistant director on Cold War too
  • Gary Bunn (fabricator) was unit co-ordinator on Heaven Sent
  • Marc [Raymond] Boyle (stunt adviser) was UNIT Motorcyclist and Prisoner in The Mind of Evil, Kronos in The Time Monster, Exxilon in Death to the Daleks (1), and fight arranger on The Time Warrior

Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Doctor Who Vs. Ripper Street, Series 4


Following cancellation by the BBC in late 2013, this period drama was
resurrected by Tiger Aspect for Amazon Video a year later. The series
was then renewed for another two seasons in 2015. The fourth run
premiered on Amazon UK in early 2016, and shown on BBC America
then BBC2 that summer.
1897, the year of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Three years on
since the events of series three, and former inspector Edmund Reid
(portrayed by Matthew Macfadyen) is drawn back to Whitechapel to
investigate a case that condemns Isaac Bloom to death. Meanwhile,
Long Susan (MyAnna Buring) awaits her execution in Newgate prison.
Jerome Flynn (as DI Drake), Adam Rothenberg (Captain Jackson),
and Charlene McKenna (Rose Erskine) were now joined by Matthew
Lewis (as Sergeant Drummond), Killian Scott (Commissioner Dove), Benjamin O'Mahony (DS Thatcher), and David Threlfall (Croker).
The fourth season of Ripper Street (now available on Britbox) also
featured David Warner and eleven Doctor Who cast connections:

  • for Buring, Derek Riddell, Justin Avoth, Lucy Cohu, Mark Dexter and Waldo Mason
  • Andrew Brooke (Teague) was Kahler-Tek, aka the Gunslinger, in A Town Called Mercy
  • Stewart Scudamore (Risaldar) voiced Danvers for Hounded (2016)
  • Ian Gelder (Chamberlain) voiced the Commander and the Pirate for Legend of the Cybermen (2010), then provided the voice of the Remnants in The Ghost Monument
  • Jamie Ballard (Wilde) voiced Guiliano de Medici for The Ravelli Conspiracy (2016)
  • Owen Teale (Hackman) was Maldak in Vengeance on Varos, and voiced Hayton for The Mind's Eye (2007)

Friday, 11 February 2022

Doctor Who Vs. Ripper Street, Series 2

This dark period drama (a joint
production from Tiger Aspect and
BBC America) was created by 
Richard Warlow and was filmed
entirely in Dublin which doubled
for the East End of London.
Whitechapel, 1890 - over a year
since the last killing by Jack the
Ripper - H Division is responsible
for policing the deprived district.
Here, real-life DI Edmund Reid,
portrayed by Matthew Macfayden,
served with fictional detectives,
Drake (Jerome Flynn) and Jackson
(Adam Rothenberg), whilst the most
prominent figure in the infamous
murder investigation, DCI Abberline
was played by Clive Russell.
Series two was originally broadcast
in the autumn of 2013 and won a BAFTA Craft Award, but the programme was cancelled even before the run concluded. However,
by February 2014 it was confirmed that Amazon Prime (formerly
Lovefilm) would revive Ripper Street. The third season began
streaming in the UK in November 2014, then aired on BBC America
 in April 2015, and a fourth British run followed in January 2016.
The second, eight part season (now available on Britbox) featured
Neve McIntosh, and a total of fourteen Doctor Who cast and crew
connections:

  • for Myanna Buring and Justin Avoth see Series 1
  • Nicholas [Robin Frank] Woodeson (Dr. Corcoran) voiced the Clocksmith for Big Finish's Doom Coalition 3 (2016), and the title character for The Quest of the Engineer (2020)
  • James Wilby (Broadwick) voiced Tenebris for The Acheron Pulse and The Shadow Heart (both 2012), Professor John Torrance for The Sontaran Project, and Pascal for Blind Summit (both 2018)
  • Andrew Tiernan (Self) was Jim Purcell in Night Terrors
  • Paul Kaye (Cain) was Albar Prentis in Under the Lake and Before the Flood
  • Robert Goodman (Werner) was Mandrel in Nightmare of Eden, Citizen in (part 4 of) Full Circle, Time Lord in Arc of Infinity (1), Guest in Enlightenment, Colonist in Frontios, Crewman in Resurrection of the Daleks (1), The Mysterious Planet and Mindwarp, Officer in Terror of the Vervoids, then Reg in Listen
  • Keith Skinner (Skinner) was Rondel in Vengeance on Varos (1)
  • Craige Els (Brother) was Karvanista in Flux
  • Justin Salinger (Hinchcliffe) was Tasker in Oxygen
  • Alexander Cobb (Nuttal) voiced Foreman, UNIT Courier and Sergeant Lowe for Old Friends (2022)
  • Glenn Spears (Refuge Man) was Sergeant Major Peach in Empress of Mars
  • Balazs Bolygo was also the cinematographer on The Rebel Flesh, The Almost People and Closing Time
  • Matthew Tabern was also film editor on Smith and JonesThe Shakespeare CodeHuman NatureThe Family of Blood, and The Sarah Jane Adventures

Wednesday, 9 February 2022

Doctor Who Vs. Ripper Street, Series 1

This dark period drama, a joint
production  from Tiger Aspect
and BBC America, was created
by Richard Warlow and was
filmed entirely in Dublin which
doubled for London's East End.
Set in Victorian Whitechapel,
the series opens in April 1889,
just six months since the last
killing by Jack the Ripper, and
H Division is responsible for
policing this poor and over-
crowded district.
Here, the real-life head of CID,
DI Edmund Reid (1846-1917),
portrayed by Matthew Macfayden, was joined by fictional detective, Sergeant Drake
(Jerome Flynn) and former Pinkerton agent, Captain Jackson (Adam
Rothenberg). The most prominent figure in the Whitechapel Murders
investigation, DCI Frederick Abbeline (1843-1929), also appeared in
four episodes, and was played by Clive Russell.
The first, eight part season of Ripper Street (now available on Britbox) featured Paul McGann, and twenty Doctor Who cast and
crew connections:

I Need a Light (UK TX: December 30 2012/US TX: January 19 2013)
  • Julian Bleach (Creighton) was the eponymous entity in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Nightmare Man, then Davros in The Stolen Earth, Journey's EndThe Magician's ApprenticeThe Witch's Familiar and Lego Dimensions
  • Steven Robertson (Thwaites) was Pritchard in Under the Lake and Before the Flood
  • Mark [Lee] Dexter (Donaldson) was Dad in Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead, and Charles Babbage in Spyfall
  • prosthetics designer Waldo Mason was in the SFX crew on Aliens of London
In My Protection (UK TX: January 6 2013)
  • Michael Smiley (George Lusk) was Colonel Morgan Blue in Into the Dalek, and voiced Seedleson for Big Finish's Creatures of Beauty (2003)
The King Came Calling (UK TX: January 13)
  • Simon Gregor (Claxton) was the Steward in The Vampires of Venice
  • Patrick [Bashir] Baladi (Ressler) was cast in The War Between the Land and the Sea
The Good of this City (UK TX: January 20)
  • MyAnna [Margaretha] Buring [Rantapaa] (Long Susan) was Scooti Manista in The Impossible Planet
The Weight of One Man's Heart (UK TX: January 27)
  • Colm McCarthy was director of The Bells of Saint John too
  • Iain [Alan Sutherland] Glen (Faulkner) was Father Octavian in The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone
Tournament of Shadows (UK TX: February 3)
  • Peter Ferdinando (Morris) was Half-Face Man in Deep Breath
  • Edward Peel (Norwood) was Kane in Dragonfire, and Visitor in 24 Carat
  • Derek Riddell (Constantine) was Sir Robert MacLeish in Tooth and Claw, and voiced Lt. Commander Sandy McNish for The Oncoming Storm (2016)
  • David Verrey (Volsky) was Joseph Green in Aliens of London and World War Three
  • Justin Avoth (Bloom) voiced Mikhail for Who Killed Toby Kinsella?, Robert Murphy for The Unknown (both 2016), and Cain for The Demon Rises (2018)  
  • Ferdinand Kingsley (Bloom) was Captain Catchlove in Empress of Mars
A Man of My Company (TX: February 17)
  • Oliver Cotton (Goldman) voiced Sir Gideon Hale for 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), and Major Callahan for Quicksilver (2017)
  • Ian McElhinney (Swift) was Ko Sharmus in Ascension of the Cybermen and The Timeless Children
  • Luke Allen Gale (Bruton) voiced Joe Carnaby for Blood on Santa's Claw and Other Stories (2019)
What Use Our Work? (TX: February 24)
  • Lucy Cohu (Deborah Goren) was Alice Carter in Torchwood: Children of Earth