Thursday 29 February 2024

Doctor Who On This Day #59B

 

Leap Year
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 Ind 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 (Spa); 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

Doctor Who Vs. Trial & Retribution XI

Lynda La Plante's acclaimed crime
drama returned to ITV in January
2008 - David Hayman, Dorian
Lough, Victoria Smurfit, and Vince
Leigh reprised their respective
roles (as DCS Walker, DSatchell,
DCI Connor, and DS Palmer).
Like La Plante's earlier hit series
Prime Suspectthe programme
employed distinctive split
screen technique. A repeat run
of the penultimate, ten-part
season began on ITV3 last night
the five cases featured Gemma
Jones, Jamie GloverHattie
MorahanGugu Mbatha Rawand fifteen Doctor Who cast and crew
connections:

The Rules of the Game
  • Simon Hepworth (Billington) voiced Miles McLellan/Pandora/Server/ Orderly/Pilot for Big Finish's Open the Box (2018)
  • Adrian Rawlins (Plaskett) was Dr. Ryder in Planet of the Ood, then voiced Abberline/Fox for Jago & Litefoot 7 (2014), and Gilman Hari for Antillia the Lost 2023)
  • Nigel Pilkington was a voice artist on An Adventure in Space and Time too
  • Damian Bromley was also cinematographer on The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone, Thin Ice and Knock Knock
Kill the King
  • Shelley Conn (Neelah) voiced Asha Qureshi for Situation Vacant (2010), and Tina Drake for The Gates of Hell (2021)
Conviction
  • Paul Wilmhurst was also director of Kill the Moon, Mummy on the Orient Express and Last Christmas
  • Tom [John] Ellis (Fisher) was Dr. Thomas Mulligan in Last of the Time Lords 
  • [John] Maurice Roeves (Randle) was Stotz in The Caves of Androzani
  • Nigel [Patrick] Betts (Barrister) was Frank Armitage in Into the Dalek, The Caretaker, Dark Water and Class
  • Eleanor Matsuura (Angela) was Jo Nakashima in The Sontaran Stratagem, and voiced Dana Tanaka for Shadows of the Vashta Nerada
  • Sakuntala Ramanee (Barrister  made her TV debut in Survival as Shreela Govindia, then was Erica Larnier in Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor, and voiced Hatshepsut for The Eye of Horus (2015), and Athena for The Wrath of Medusa (2022)
The Box
  • Jamie Sives (Reid) was Captain Reynolds in Tooth and Claw
Tracks
  • Roy [Anthony] Marsden [born Mould] (Harper) was [Bryan] Stoker in Smith and Jones, and voiced Todd Hulbert for Human Resources (2007)
  • Bob Shipsey was also camera operator on The Doctor's Wife and Night Terrors
  • for Clare Mahoney see Series 6

Wednesday 28 February 2024

Doctor Who On This Day #59


1912 - Director Reginald Mervyn
Pinfield born in Evesham, Worcs.
1966 - The Dalek Invasion of EarthEpisode
6: Flashpoint and The RomansEpisode 3:
Conspiracy both repeated and The Web
 PlanetEpisode 3: Escape to Danger first
screened, all on ABC
1968 - The Crusade, Episode 3: The Wheel of Fortune,
The Space Museum, Episode 3: The SearchThe Chase,
Episode 3: Flight Through EternityThe Time Meddler,
Episode 1: The Watcher and Galaxy 4, Episode 1: Four
Hundred Dawns all repeated on ABC
1969 - Composer Murray Gold born in
Portsmouth
1970 - Doctor Who and the Silurians,
Episode 5 first screened on BBC1
1976 The Seeds of Doom, Part 5
first screened on BBC1
1978 Pyramids of Mars, Part 2 repeated 
and The Android Invasion, Part 1 first
screened, both on ABC
1979 - The Invisible Enemy, Part 1 repeated 
and Part 3 first screened, both on ABC
1980 Robot, Part 3 first screened on
WTTW 11; and City of DeathPart first
screened on ABC
1981 - Logopolis, Part 1 first screened
 on BBC1
1983 The Leisure Hive Omnibus
repeated on WTTW 11
1984 - The Ark in SpacePart 4 repeated
 on KQED Plus; and Image of thFendahl,
Part 1 repeated on ABC
1985 Inferno, Episode 2 repeated
on KQED Plus
1986 - The Power of Kroll, Part 4
repeated on KQED Plus
1987 The War Machines, Episode 4 repeated on KQED Plus;
and Mindwarp, Parts 7 and 8 both first screened on ABC
1988 The Krotons Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus; and 
The Ark in SpacePart 2 repeated on Super Channel UK
1989 The Mutants, Episode 2 repeated on KQED Plus;
and Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 1 repeated on ABC
1990 Snakedance, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus
1991 - The Invisible Enemy, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus
1992 - The Mind Robber, Episode 5 repeated on BBC2; and 
The Ambassadors of Death, Episode 1 repeated on KQED Plus
1993 Spearhead from Space Omnibus repeated on UK Gold
1994 Underworld, Part 3 repeated on UK Gold; and
TimelashPart 4 (of 4) and Revelation of the Daleks,
Part 1 (of 4) both repeated on ABC
1995 Revelation of the Daleks, Part 2 first screened on VOX; 
and Delta and the Bannermen, Part 2 repeated on UK Gold
1997 The Mutants, Episode 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1998 The Seeds of Death, Episode 1 first screened on
Space; and Time Flight Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1999 Inferno, Episode 7 and Terror of the Autons, Part
1 both repeated on WCET; The Mind of Evil Omnibus
repeated on NHPTV; Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Parts 4
and 5 both repeated on LPB; Robot, Part 1 repeated on
Lakeshore PTV; Terror of the Zygons Omnibus repeated
on UK Gold; Horror of Fang Rock Omnibus repeated on
WQED; The Armageddon Factor Omnibus repeated on
KSPS; Snakedance, Part 1 repeated on WUSF; and 
Survival, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on KBTC
2000 The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Episode 1: World's
End repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The Silurians, Episode
5 repeated on Space
2001 The Android Invasion, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on 
Prime; The Deadly Assassin, Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus) and
Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC America; and Arc of Infinity,
Part 2 repeated on BBC Prime
2002 - Genesis of the DaleksPart 1 repeated on BBC
Kids (Can); and MindwarpPart 8 repeated on BBC Prime
2003 - The Robots of Death, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
 on BBC Kids (Can)
2004 The Ark in Space Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;
The Mind of Evil, Episode 6 repeated on Colorado PTV; and 
SnakedanceParts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2005 Horror of Fang Rock, Part 3 repeated on ABC
2007 - The Parting of the Ways first screened on BBC America
2009 Time and the Rani, Parts 3 and 4, Paradise Towers and 
Delta and the Bannermen Omnibuses and Dragonfire, Part 1 all 
repeated on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The Empty Child and Doctor 
Who Confidential Cutdown: Special Effects both repeated on 
UKTV (Aus); Bad Wolf repeated on Syfy (FRG); The Parting
 of the Ways repeated on WQLN, Syfy (Rus) and Syfy (FRG);
The Christmas Invasion repeated on KQED Plus; The Idiot's LanternThe Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit all
repeated on Syfy (Spa); Doomsday repeated  on OETA;
Evolution of the Daleks and Doctor Who Confidential: 
Making Manhattan both repeated on WGVU; and The
Lazarus Experiment repeated on HRT2
2010 The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on WTVP; The Satan
 Pit repeated on Ozarks PTV; Gridlock first screened on WVPB; 
Human Nature repeated and Doctor Who Confidential: Alter
Ego first
screened, both on WXXI; The Family of Blood repeated on WTTW 
11; The Fires of Pompeii and Doctor Who Confidential; The Italian 
Job both first screened on MPTV; The Poison Sky and Doctor Who 
Confidential: Sontar-Ha! both first screened on KERA; The Unicorn
 and the Wasp and Doctor Who Confidential: Nemesis both first 
screened on Houston PM; Forest of the Dead and Doctor Who 
Confidential: River Runs Deep both first screened on Idaho PTV;
and Planet of the Dead repeated on Syfy (Ben)
2011 The Brain of Morbius, Episode 1 repeated on Radio 7;
The Masque of Mandragora, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on
MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; The Stolen Earth repeated on 
WGVU; and Journey's End and Doctor Who Confidential:
The End of an Era both repeated on WTTW 11
2012 Fear Her repeated on BBC America; Voyage of the 
Damned repeated on ABC2; The Stolen Earth repeated on 
Watch; Christmas Carol and Doctor Who Confidential 
Cutdown: The End of an Era both repeated on UKTV (Aus);
and Resistance is Useless repeated on MTV3 SciFi and TV4
2013 -  Voyage of the Damned repeated on UKTV (NZ);
Midnight repeated on Watch; and Amy's Choice and
The Beast Below both repeated on BBC America
2014 The Sun Makers, Parts 1 and 2 and The Visitation,
 Parts 3 and 4 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Fear Her and
Army of Ghosts both repeated on BBC America; Blink and
Utopia both repeated on Really; Turn Left both repeated
on France 4; The Eleventh Hour and The 
Beast Below both repeated on BBC3; The Vampires of Venice 
repeated on Syfy (Port); The Hungry Earth and Doctor Who
Confidential: After Effects both repeated on BBC Nordic HD
and BBC Polska HD; The Girl Who Waited repeated on Watch;
and Cold War repeated on Ztélé
2015 - Colony in Space, Episodes 2 to 5 all repeated on Retro
 TV; The Time Warrior Omnibus repeated on Horror; Genesis 
of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2, The Poison Sky, The Doctor's 
Daughter, The 
Unicorn and the Wasp, Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead
all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Androids of Tara, Parts 3 and 4 both
first screened on Retro TV; Love & Monsters repeated on KCPT2;
Blink repeated on UKTV (NZ); The End of Time,  Parts 1 and 2 both 
repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania and ME; The
Hungry Earth repeated on Jeem TV (ME); The Impossible 
AstronautThe Curse of the Black Spot and The Doctor's Wife
 all repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; The Girl Who 
Waited and The God Complex both repeated on Space; Into the 
Dalek repeated on TLC TV; The Caretaker repeated on RAI4;
and Doctor Who Confidential: River Runs Wild repeated on BBC
Entertainment AP
2016 The Romans, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro
 TV; The Mind of EvilEpisodes 3 to 6 all repeated on WVPB; 
Pyramids of Mars, Part 4 repeated on KRWG; The Hand of Fear,
Parts 3 and 4
both repeated on KPTS; The Mysterious Planet, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; Human Nature and The Family of Blood both 
repeated EBRU; The Wedding of River Song repeated on Syfy (Aus);
 Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on Watch; A Town Called Mercy 
and The Power of Three both repeated on BBC Polska HD; Hide 
repeated on Iowa PTV; Deep Breath repeated on Idaho PTV and 
Syfy (Aus); Robot of Sherwood repeated on MPTV; Time Heist 
repeated on KLRU; The Caretaker repeated on WPT; Kill the Moon 
repeated on KERA; Mummy on the Orient Express repeated on 
KCPT; In the Forest of the Night repeated on WILL and WXXI;
Death in Heaven repeated on OETA; The Witch's Familiar and 
Under the Lake both repeated on BBC First (ME); Before the
Flood repeated on BBC First (Ben); Sleep No More and Face the 
Raven both repeated on BBC America; Heaven Sent repeated 
on BBC Entertainment AP; and An Adventure in Space and 
Time repeated on RAI4
2017 The Silurians, Episode 2 repeated on The Zone; The
Visitation, Parts and 3 both repeated on Retro TV; Smith
and Jones repeated on FX (Ind); The Time of Angels repeated
on Syfy (Aus); Amy's Choice, 
The Hungry EarthCold Blood, Vincent and the Doctor and The 
Pandorica Opens all repeated on BBC America; The Lodger repeated 
on BBC America and Syfy (Aus); The Angels Take Manhattan, The 
Bells of Saint John and The Zygon Invasion all repeated on Syfy 
(Bra); Into the Dalek and Robot of Sherwood both repeated on
BBC Polska HD; and Last Christmas repeated on France 4
2018 The Idiot's Lantern repeated on Syfy (Aus); Silence in
the Library repeated on Star World Premiere; The Hungry Earth
 repeated on ABC and ABC ME; The Big Bang and The Impossible 
Astronaut both repeated on RAI4; Into the Dalek repeated on 
BBC Polska HD; Listen repeated on BBC First (ME); and
Extremis repeated on Syfy (Bra)
2019 - The Tsuranga Conundrum first
screened on Fox (FRG); and The Battle of
Ranskoor Av Kolos repeated on BBC First
(ME)
2020 The Mind Robber, Episodes 1 and
2 both repeated on Retro TV; The Crimson
Horror repeated on Syfy (Fra); The Eaters
of Light repeated on Star World Premiere;
The Doctor Falls repeated on ABC; and
Ascension of the Cybermen first screened
on YLE TV2 and repeated on ABC ME
2021 The Time Meddler, Episodes 3 and
4 and The Curse of FenricParts 1 and 2 all
repeated on Retro TV; The Two Doctors,
Parts and 6 (of 6) both repeated on
KBTC; New EarthTooth and Claw,
Kerblam!The Witchfinders and It Takes
You Away all repeated on W; The Battle
of Ranskoor Av Kolos repeated on W and
 One ARD; and Resolution repeated on
One ARD