Sunday, 27 November 2022

Doctor Who On This Day #331


1935 - Producer Verity Ann Lambert
born in London; and Writer John
Christopher Byrne born in Dublin
1963 - The BBC Programme Review
board made the decision to repeat the
first episode of their newest TV drama
series - AUnearthly Child was reshown
before episode two
1964 100,000 BC, Episode 4: The Firemaker
repeated and The Daleks, Episode 1 repeated
and Episode 7 first screened, all on TV1
1965 - The Daleks' Master Plan, Episode
3: Devil's Planet first screened on BBC1
1970 The Abominable Snowmen,
Episodes and 4 both repeated on TV1
1974 Carnival of Monsters, Episode
3 and The MutantsEpisode 5 both
repeated on ABC
1976 Pyramids of Mars Omnibus
screened on BBC1
1977 The Silurians, Episode 4 first
screened on KBS1; and Death to the
Daleks, Part 3 repeated on ABC
1981 Logopolis, Part 1 repeated
on KQED Plus
1982 - Pyramids of Mars Omnibus
repeated on WTTW 11
1984 - The Mutants, Episode
repeated on KQED Plus
1985 The Hand of Fear, Part
2 repeated on KQED Plus
1986 - The Daleks, Episode 5:
The Expedition repeated on KQED
Plus
1987 - The Brain of Morbius, Part
2 repeated on KQED Plus
1988 Four to Doomsday Omnibus
repeated on KQED Plus
1989 The Seeds of Doom, Parts 4 to 6 all repeated on
WTTW 11; and Silver Nemesis, Part 3 first screened on ABC
1990 Genesis of the Daleks, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus
and Parts 4 to 6 all repeated on WTTW 11
1991 Meglos, Part 2 repeated on ABC; and
TimelashPart 3 (of 4) repeated on KQED Plus
1992 - The Sensorites, Episode 1: Strangers in Space repeated
on UK Gold; and The Daemons, Episode 2 repeated on BBC2
1993 - Day of the Daleks, Episode 1 repeated on TV2 (NZ);
Survival Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus; and Dimensions
in Time, Part 2 first screened on BBC1
1994 Planet of Fire Omnibus repeated on UK Gold
1995 Attack of the Cybermen Omnibus repeated on 
KQED Plus
1996 The Seeds of Death, Episode
3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1997 The Sensorites, Episode 6: A Desperate Venture
first screened on Space; and City of Death, Part 4 repeated 
on UKTV (Aus)
1998 Planet of Giants, Episode 1 repeated on Space;
Genesis of the Daleks, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
and Part 6 repeated on BBC Choice; and The Curse
of Fenric, Part 4 and The Antique Doctor Who Show
both repeated on BBC Choice
1999 The Sensorites, Episode 3: Hidden Danger repeated on
Space; The Dominators Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; Invasion
of the Dinosaurs, Parts 4 and 5 both repeated on Iowa PTV; The 
Hand of Fear, Parts 1 and 2 both first screened on BBC America;
The Deadly Assassin, Part 1 first screened on Prairie PTV; City
 of Death, Part 3 repeated on BBC Prime; and The Five Doctors
(4 part version) repeated on UK Gold
2000 - The Curse of Peladon, Episode 3 repeated on Prime;
The Monster of Peladon, Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus);
The Ark in SpaceParts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC
 America; and Silver Nemesis Omnibus repeated on
KQED Plus
2001 Genesis of the Daleks, Part 6 repeated on BBC Kids
(Can); and The Twin Dilemma, Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2002 The Ark in Space, Part 1 repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2003 The Romans, Episode 4: Inferno repeated on ABC; 
Destiny of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC
Kids (Can); The Keeper of Traken, Parts 1 and 2 both
repeated on UK Gold; and Scream of the ShalkaEpisode
 3 released online
2004 Silver Nemesis Omnibus repeated on UK Gold
2005 Planet of the Spiders Omnibus repeated on
MPT; and Paradise Towers Omnibus repeated on UK Gold
2006 Aliens of London and World War Three both repeated
on France 4; and Dr. Who and the Daleks screened on Syfy
(UK)
2007 New Earth repeated on NHK BS3; Rise of the Cybermen 
and Doctor Who Confidential: Cybermen both repeated on BBC3;
and The Impossible Planet repeated on UKTV (Aus)
 2008 The Keeper of Traken, Parts 2 and 3 both first screened
 on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The Long Game and Father's Day both
 repeated on France 4; and Gridlock repeated on Prime
2009 - World War Three repeated on Syfy (Rus); The Doctor
Dances repeated on Syfy (FRG); Fear Her repeated on Syfy
(Spa); and Smith and Jones repeated on Prime
2010 - The Unicorn and the Wasp repeated on OETA
2011 The War Games, Episodes 9 and 10 both repeated
on KBTC; The Leisure Hive, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
Syfy (Aus); Terminus and Enlightenment Omnibuses both
repeated on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; The Beast Below
and The Vampires of Venice both repeated on Boing; and
Cold Blood repeated on Idaho PTV
2012 Planet of the Spiders, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on
Syfy (Aus); The End of the World repeated on BBC America;
and The Wedding of River Song repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2013 The Leisure Hive, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated
on Syfy (Aus); World War Three repeated on France 4;
 Rise of the Cybermen repeated on Watch; Evolution
of the Daleks repeated on UKTV (Aus); Utopia 
repeated on BBC America; The End of Time, Part 2 repeated on Syfy
(Port); Let's Kill Hitler repeated on BBC Nordic; The God Complex and
Closing Time both repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD;
The Rings of Akhaten repeated on Fox (FRG); The Day of the Doctor 
repeated on Ztélé; and Doctor Who: Legacy released
2014 - The Time Warrior, Parts 1 and 2 both first screened on Retro 
TV; Enlightenment, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The 
Greatest Show in the GalaxyParts 1 and 2 both first screened on
Horror; The Poison Sky repeated on Watch; The Unicorn and the Wasp 
repeated on UKTV (NZ); The Lodger repeated on KCPT2; The Rings 
of Akhaten repeated on WTTW Prime; Journey to the Centre of the 
TARDIS repeated on YLE TV2; and The Destinations of Doctor Who 
repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2015 The Mutants, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on UNC-MX; 
The Ark in SpaceParts 3 and 4 both repeated on Horror and Retro 
TV; Terror of the Zygons and Pyramids of Mars Omnibuses both 
repeated on BBC America; The Visitation, Part 1, Voyage of the
Damned, Midnight, Turn Left, The Stolen EarthJourney's End and 
The Next Doctor all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Army of Ghosts and
Doomsday both repeated on EBRU; Silence in the Library repeated 
on TV Cultura; The End of Time, Part 2, The Eleventh Hour and
Victory of the Daleks all repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;
Asylum of the Daleks and The Best of the Companions both repeated 
on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; A Town Called Mercy and The 
Angels Take Manhattan both repeated on Syfy (Port); Deep Breath
 repeated on KUAC; In the Forest of the Night repeated on KLRU; 
The Woman Who Lived first screened on DR3; The Zygon Inversion 
repeated on FX (Ind); and Face the Raven repeated on BBC2
2016 The Aztecs, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC;
The Power of the Daleks, Episode 2 first screened on BBC
America; The Androids of Tara Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV;
 The Horns of Nimon Omnibus repeated on WYCC; The Curse
of Fenric, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; The Doctor
Dances, Boom Town, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways and
The Day of the Doctor all repeated on Watch; Blink repeated
 on BBC Polska HD; The Pandorica Opens first screened on
TLC TV; The Doctor's Wife repeated on BBC Entertainment
AP; A Good Man Goes to War, Let's Kill Hitler, Night Terrors,
The Girl Who WaitedThe God Complex and Closing Time all 
repeated on Syfy (LA); Flatline repeated on BBC Entertainment 
EU; In the Forest of the Night repeated on BBC Entertainment
EU and Syfy (Aus); Sleep No More repeated on Syfy (Aus);
and ClassEpisode 7 first screened on Space
2017 - Kinda, Part 4 repeated on Jones! too; Doctor Who
TV Movie repeated on WETA-UK; World War Three repeated
on ABC; The Idiot's Lantern repeated on The Box; The
Sound of Drums repeated on Syfy (Aus); Last of the Time
Lords repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Time of Angels
and Flesh and Stone both repeated on BBC America;
The Vampires of Venice repeated on BBC America and 
Syfy (Bra); Amy's ChoiceThe Day of the Doctor and 
An Adventure in Space and Time all repeated on Syfy (Bra);
The Rings of Akhaten and Cold War both repeated on DR3;
and The Magician's Apprentice repeated on BBC First (ME)
2018 - The Lodger and The Pandorica Opens both repeated on 
One ARD; The Husbands of River Song repeated on Syfy (Aus);
The Ghost Monument first screened on BBC Polska HD; and
The Witchfinders repeated on ABC ME
2019 The Crimson Horror repeated on BBC Polska
HD; and The Doctor Falls repeated on BBC America
2020 Evolution of the Daleks repeated on ABC
 ME; and Planet of the DeadThe Waters of Mars,
and The End of Time, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated
on ABC2
2021 - The Three Doctors, Episodes
and 4 and State of Decay, Parts 1
and 2 all repeated on Retro TV; The
Girl Who WaitedThe God Complex
and Closing Time all repeated on W
and +1; Extremis repeated on ABC
ME; SpyfallParts 1 and 2 both repeated
on BBC Entertainment EU; and Village of
the Angels repeated on BBC2
2022 The Silurians, Episodes 5 and
6 both repeated on KBTC; and Thin
Ice and Knock Knock both repeated
on Fox SciFi

Thursday, 24 November 2022

Doctor Who Vs. Sherlock, Series 2

The long-awaited second series of
Sherlock - created by co-executive producers Steven Moffat and
Mark Gatiss - consolidated the
success of it's initial 2010 run by
increasing it's viewing figures and
audience share, garnering further
critical acclaim, and massive inter-
net traffic.
Holmes and Watson (again port-
rayed by Benedict Cumberbatch
and Martin Freeman) were joined
by Una Stubbs (as Mrs. Hudson),
Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper),
Rupert Graves (DI Lestrade),
Andrew Scott (Moriarty), and
Gatiss (who played Mycroft Holmes, and wrote part two). Lara Pulver debuted as Irene Adler (pictured) in the first mystery.
A repeat run of the second season concluded on Drama last night
- it featured twenty-four other regular crew members with Doctor
Who links:

  • James DeHaviland was also second assistant director on seventy-four instalments of the revived show (from Planet of the Dead to The Doctor Falls)Torchwood: Children of Earth and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
  • Rhys Griffiths was also the unit manager on fifty-seven adventures (from Tooth and Claw to The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe) and Torchwood: Children of Earth
  • Francesco Reidy was also first assistant director on The Sontaran StratagemThe Poison Sky and The Husbands of River Song
  • Heddi Joy Taylor was also third assistant director on forty-six stories (from The Next Doctor to The Time of the Doctor) and second assistant on another nine (The Girl Who Waited to The Day of the Doctor), after serving as floor runner on twenty-six earlier episodes (The Runaway Bride to Journey's End)
  • Abdulqader Amoud was sound assistant on the 2011 Christmas special too
  • David Jones was also VFX artist on forty-three episodes (from The Next Doctor to The Return of Doctor Mysterio)The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Enemy of the Bane and Class
  • sound mixer John Mooney assisted on Remembrance of the Daleks, Silver NemesisThe Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Battlefield and Ghost Light
  • VFX supervisor Jean-Claude Deguara was SFX artist on forty-three episodes (from Rose to The Vampires of Venice)
  • Frank Hanna was also the compositor on ten stories (from part 2 of The End of Time to Revolution of the Daleks)
  • Jon Best (gaffer here) and Dai Hopkins both worked on Love & Monsters as best boy and grip respectively - Hopkins was also grip on Let's Kill Hitler and The Wedding of River Song
  • Owen Charnley was also assistant grip on twenty-eight stories (from The Impossible Astronaut to The Day of the Doctor)
  • Svetlana Miko was also camera assistant on fourteen episodes (from A Christmas Carol to Survivors of the Flux)
  • Becky Trotman was also assistant editor on sixty-three instalments (from The Vampires of Venice to The Doctor Falls)
  • production runner Sandra Cosfield assisted on sixty-one episodes (from 2011's festive special to Eve of the Daleks)
  • Geraint Williams was also unit manager on ten stories, and location assistant on another thirteen (from Planet of the Dead to Hide)
  • script supervisor Non Eleri Hughes worked on series continuity for fifty-four stories (from The End of the World to The Big Bang) and Torchwood
  • Gareth Skelding was location manager on forty-four episodes (from The Christmas Invasion to The Big Bang) and Torchwood
  • production co-ordinator Sian Warrilow [now Reynish] was a runner on twenty-one editions (from Silence in the Library to Closing Time) and Music of the Spheres
  • Gareth Webb was also a runner on HideJourney to the Centre of the TARDISNightmare in Silver and The Name of the Doctor
  • Blaanid Maddrell was production buyer on Love & Monsters, Gridlock and The Lazarus Experiment too, and assistant designer on The Sarah Jane Adventures and Attack of the Graske
  • props master Phil Shellard worked stand-by props on eighty-eight episodes (from Rose to The Angels Take Manhattan), Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
  • props assistant Jackson Pope worked on thirty-two stories (from Turn Left to The Wedding of River Song) and Torchwood: Children of Earth in various posts
  • Dafydd Shurmer was also art director on BlinkThe Beast Below, Victory of the DaleksLet's Kill Hitler and Torchwood, supervising art director on six stories (from Sleep No More to Kerblam!), and production designer on FluxEve of the DaleksLegend of the Sea Devils and the Centenary special
For Danny Hargreaves, Arwel Jones, Jeremy Child, Doug Sinclair,
Dewi Thomas, Will Everett and Paul Jones (crew) see Series 1.
The three feature-length mysteries first aired in the winter of
2012, and featured a total of twenty-six Doctor Who cast/crew
connections:

 A Scandal In Belgravia
(BBC TX: New Year's Day, January 7, February 25 2012/July 12, November
29 2013/November 15 2014/May 25 2015 - Alibi TX: January 21, January
22, January 26, June 1, June 2, Boxing Day 2014/January 30, January 31,
April 4, Boxing Day 2015/January 27, January 28, February 21, March 26
2016/September 9, September 10, December 19 2017/March 4, October 6, October 7, December 30 2018 - Watch TX: June 26, June 27 2015/August 20, August 21 2016 - Drama TX: July 21 2018/May 1, November 9 2022)
  • Andrew Havill (Equerry here & Sherlock Uncovered) was the Chief Steward in Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Aleister Portillon/ Squire Claude for Big Finish's The Witch in the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
  • Danny Webb (DI Carter here; Lestrade in The Hound of the Baskervilles) was John Jefferson in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, and voiced Byron for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), and Ori for The Dark Husband (2008)
  • Anthony Cozens (Geek here; Constable in The Case of the Silk Stocking) was the Concierge in The Husbands of River Song
  • Freeman's stunt double Paul Kulik was stuntman on Rose too
  • Greg Bennett (Driver) was a Sycorax Warrior/UNIT Soldier in The Christmas Invasion, and Guest in The Lazarus Experiment
  • stunt co-ordinator Gareth Milne was George Cranleigh in Black Orchid, Peter Davison's double on Warriors of the Deep, and Mortuary Attendant in Vengeance on Varos
  • Ruben Mayor (technical director) and Dan Newlands (matchmove artist) both worked on The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe too
The Hounds of Baskerville
(BBC TX: January 8, January 14, March 2 2012/July 19, December 6 2013/
November 22 2014 - Alibi TX: January 28, January 29, February 2, June 8,
June 9, December 27 2014/February 6, February 7, April 5, December 27
2015/February 3, February 4, February 21, March 26 2016/September 9, September 10, December 19 2017/March 11, October 13, October 14,
December 31 2018 - Watch TX: July 3, July 4 2015/August 27, August 28
2016 - Drama TX: July 28 2018/May 8, November 16 2022)
  • Clive Mantle (Frankland here; Thug in Without a Clue) voiced Oliver Cromwell for The Settling (2006), Tuvold for The Burning Prince (2012), Tillegat/Lieutenant Treeves for Destroy the Infinite (2014), and Chuke for Genetics of the Daleks (2020)
  • Sasha Behar (Dr. Mortimer) was Spurrina in The Fires of Pompeii, then voiced Aide for Songs of Love, Tessno/Ladonne for Stop the Clock (both 2017), Admiral Eno for The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (2019), Talarn/Bullet 2/Thayla for Dust Devil, and Diana Hendry for The Seas of Titan (2022)
  • Simon Paisley Day (Barrymore) was the Steward in The End of the World, and Rump in Face the Raven
  • Russell [George] Tovey (Knight) was Midshipman Alonso Frame in Voyage of the DamnedThe End of Time (part 2) and reprised for The Lives of Captain Jack (2017)
  • Stephen Wight [born Gray] (Fletcher) voiced Unsworth for The Flying Dutchman (2020)
  • Chipo Chung (Presenter) was Chantho in Utopia, and Fortune Teller in Turn Left
  • Kevin Trainor (Billy) voiced both Lucern/Cornet Swallow for The Witch in the Well
  • Peter Bennett was also first assistant director on fourteen episodes (from Bad Wolf to The End of Time and Attack of the Graske), production manager on four others, then producer on a further six and Torchwood: Children of Earth
  • Alexandra Merchant was also stand-by art director on The Sontaran StratagemThe Poison Sky and The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Reichenbach Fall
(BBC TX: January 15, January 21, March 21 2012/August 2, December 13
2013/November 29 2014 - Alibi TX: February 4, February 5, February 9,
June 15, June 16, December 28 2014/February 13, February 14, April 6, December 28 2015/February 10, February 11, February 21, March 27 2016/
September 9, September 10, December 19 2017/March 18, October 20,
October 21, December 31 2018/January 1 2019 - Watch TX: July 10, July
11 2015/September 3, September 2016 - Drama TX: August 4 2018/May
15, November 23 2022)
  • Toby Haynes was also director of The Pandorica OpensThe Big BangA Christmas CarolThe Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon
  • for Vinette Robinson (DS Donovan) see Series 1
  • Katherine [Jane] Parkinson (Kitty) voiced Danika Meanwhile for The Death Collectors (2008)
  • Sydney Wade (Claudia) was the Little Girl [Melody Pond] in The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon
  • Jaye Griffiths (Barrister [Sorrel]) was Jac in The Magician's Apprentice and The Zygon Invasion, and voiced Daylin for The Neverwhen (2016), Til Rork for The Sentient (2019), and Sister Ursula for Abbey of Heretics (2020)
  • Malcolm [Forbes] Rennie (Judge) voiced Anzor for Mission to Magnus (2009)
  • Paul Leonard (Director) was James Stonehouse in The Halloween Apocalypse
  • Tony Way (Warder) was Alf in Deep Breath
  • Ifan Huw Dafydd (Clerk) voiced Bishop Parrash for Faith Stealer (2004)
  • prolific Big Finish actor Ian Hallard (Barrister [Crayhill]) voiced Sabian for Primeval (2001), the Matrix for Neverland (2002), Mouse/Winkler/Luigi/Heavy for Invaders from MarsZeuro for A Storm of AngelsCastellan Wynter for Gallifrey (all 2005), Joseph Banks for The Transit of Venus, Suit/Captain Cannibal for Izzy's Story, John Polidori for Mary's Story, Duncan for An Earthly Child, Chessman for Cyberman 2 (all 2009), Comtech Bron Kell for Dark Eyes 2, and Davent/Warrior for Destroy the Infinite (both 2014) - he was also Gary Talbot in Global Conspiracy?, depicted Richard Martin for An Adventure in Space and Time, then Alan-a-Dale in Robot of Sherwood