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Arrangements For War
''Arrangements for War'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Synopsis The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn become involved in a tricky political situation on the planet Világ. Cast * The Doctor — Colin Baker *Evelyn Smythe — Maggie Stables *Plenipotentiary Suskind — Philip Bretherton *Paramount Minister — Geoffrey Leesley *Princess Krisztina — Katarina Olsson *Corporal Reid — Lewis Rae *Commander Pokol — Kraig Thornber *Governor Rossiter — Gabriel Woolf Gabriel Woolf (born 2 October 1932) is a British film, radio and television actor. Career Among Woolf's leading parts was his performance as the Apostle John in a frequently repeated BBC adaptation of The Man Born to Be King where he also intr ... Continuity *In '' Thicker Than Water'', it is revealed that the Doctor eventually brings Evelyn back to Világ, where she decides to part company with him and marry Rossiter. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on cult science fiction properties. These include ''Doctor Who'', the characters Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog from '' 2000 AD'', ''Blake's 7'', ''Dark Shadows'', '' Dracula'', ''Terrahawks'', ''Sapphire & Steel'', ''Sherlock Holmes'', '' Stargate'', '' The Avengers'', ''The Prisoner'', ''Timeslip'' and ''Torchwood''. History Founded in 1996, Big Finish in late 1998 began releasing audio plays adapted from the New Adventures, a series of novels from Virgin Books which had originally been licensed ''Doctor Who'' stories, but by then had become officially independent from the show and were based around the character of Bernice "Benny" Summerfield. In 1999, Big Finish obtained a non-exclusive licence to produce official ''Doctor Who'' plays, beginning with the multi-Doctor story ''The Sirens of Time''. ''Docto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction On Television
Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality. Story creation and scientific accuracy Science fiction tries to blend fiction and reality seamlessly so that the viewer can be immersed in the imaginative world. This includes characters, settings, and tools. Viewers often critique the scientific plausibility and accuracy of technology and technological concepts. In the 2020 series ''Away (TV series), Away'' a notable plot point in the eight episode, ''Vital Signs'' has astronauts listen intently for a sound boom picked up by a real-life Mars rover called InSight. Similarity, in 2022 scientists used InSight to listen for the landing of a real spacecraft. Visual production process and methods The need to portray imaginary settings or char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thicker Than Water (Doctor Who Audio)
''Thicker Than Water'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It is a sequel to the earlier audio play '' Arrangements for War''. Plot It is three years since the Sixth Doctor helped repel the Killoran invasion of Világ, and he brings a new friend, Mel, to meet an old one. Evelyn Smythe, his former companion is now married to Principal Triumvir Rossiter. But Evelyn has made political enemies, among them her own stepdaughter Sofia, and the reunion takes a deadly turn when Evelyn and Mel are kidnapped. Cast *The Doctor — Colin Baker *Evelyn Smythe — Maggie Stables *Mel — Bonnie Langford *Principal Triumvir Rossiter — Gabriel Woolf *Dr Sofia Rossiter — Rachel Pickup *Dr Andrew Szabó — Patrick Romer *Dr Sebastian Lawrence — Simon Watts *Jenner — Matt Dineen *TV Interviewer — James Parsons Continuity *This story revisits the world Világ, first heard in '' Arrangements for War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Woolf
Gabriel Woolf (born 2 October 1932) is a British film, radio and television actor. Career Among Woolf's leading parts was his performance as the Apostle John in a frequently repeated BBC adaptation of The Man Born to Be King where he also introduced each play. His film roles include Sir Percival in the 1953 film, ''Knights of the Round Table'' and Sutekh in the 1975 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''Pyramids of Mars''. Woolf renewed his association with ''Doctor Who'' in 1981 by reading three novelisations of Doctor Who stories for the Royal National Institute of Blind People. The books were '' The Three Doctors'', '' Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters'' and '' Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster'', all written by Terrance Dicks. He joined up with the Doctor again by performing in the Big Finish Productions audio play '' Arrangements for War'' and its sequel, '' Thicker than Water''. He appeared on the ''Pyramids of Mars'' DVD in a sketch called ''Oh Mummy: Sutekh's Story'' and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraig Thornber
Kraig Thornber (born 1961) is a British actor, singer and choreographer best known for playing the handyman Riff Raff in '' The Rocky Horror Show'' and Grandpa George in the musical '' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''. He is a former member of the National Theatre. Early life Born as Craig Thornber in Leicester in 1961, the son of Terence A. Thornber and Sheila (née Baxter), Kraig 'Pix' Thornber attended Bosworth Community College in his native Leicester before training for three years at East 15 Acting School, graduating in 1987. Theatre career In the West End he has appeared in '' Guys and Dolls'', '' Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'', '' Oh, What a Lovely War'' at the National Theatre, Ariel in the original production of '' Return to the Forbidden Planet'' (1989) at the Cambridge Theatre and Riff Raff in '' The Rocky Horror Show'' at the Duke of York's Theatre (1994) and on the national tour. Thornber's other theatre credits include '' The Beggar's Opera'' ( T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Bretherton
Philip Bretherton (born 30 May 1955) is an English actor best known for his role as Alistair Deacon in the long-running British television series '' As Time Goes By''. Early life Bretherton was born in Preston, Lancashire, and studied English and drama at the University of Manchester, where he decided to become an actor. As a young man, Bretherton was in an episode of the BBC TV series ''Miss Marple'': "At Bertram's Hotel", playing Detective Inspector Campbell in 1987. Another early screen role came in ''The Balance of Nature'' (1983). Career Bretherton appeared in ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' in "The Barrow Boy" in November 1988 and made a brief appearance as "Rod" in ''Coron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Stables
Maggie Stables was a British actress who played the part of the companion Evelyn Smythe in a range of audio dramas by Big Finish Productions based on the BBC television series ''Doctor Who''. Career Stables began acting as a second career after retiring from a long-held position as a French teacher. After some experience in musical theatre, in 1991 she acted in a production of ''Jane Eyre'', with Nicholas Briggs. This led to Briggs' later casting Stables as Ruthley in Big Finish's first ''Doctor Who'' play, ''The Sirens of Time'', and as Evelyn the following year. Stables appeared in several Big Finish audio roles beyond Evelyn. In addition to Ruthley, Stables appeared in ''Zagreus'' as the Great Mother, in '' Sarah Jane Smith: The TAO Connection'' as Mrs Lythe, and the Bernice Summerfield audio drama ''Just War'' as Ma Doras. Stables also portrayed Evelyn Smythe in the webcast ''Doctor Who'' story '' Real Time''. Stables was a justice of the peace A justice of the peace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Baker
Colin Baker (born 8 June 1943) is an English actor who played Paul Merroney in the BBC drama series '' The Brothers'' from 1974 to 1976 and the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' from 1984 to 1986. Baker's tenure as the Doctor proved to be a controversial era for the series, which included a hiatus in production and his subsequent replacement on the orders of BBC executive Michael Grade. Early life Colin Baker was born in Waterloo, London, England. He moved north to Rochdale with his family when he was three years old. He was educated at St Bede's College, Manchester, where he passed A' Levels in French, Latin and Greek. Particularly strong in Latin and Greek, Baker achieved 2 A grades. He studied law at a London college and subsequently trained to become a solicitor. At the age of 23, Baker enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Career Early work in television Baker's numer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor (Doctor Who)
The Doctor is the title character in the long-running BBC science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who''. Since the show's inception in 1963, the character has been portrayed by thirteen lead actors. In the programme, "the Doctor" is the alias assumed by a millennia-old humanoid alien, a Time Lord who travels through space and time in the TARDIS, frequently with companions. The transition to each succeeding actor is explained within the show's narrative through the plot device of "regeneration", a biological function of the Time Lord race that allows a change of cellular structure and appearance with recovery following a fatal injury. A number of other actors have played the character in stage and audio plays, as well as in various film and television productions. The Doctor has been well-received by the public, with an enduring popularity leading ''The Daily Telegraph'' to dub the character "Britain's favourite alien", while abroad the character has come to be seen as a B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Doctor Who Audio Plays By Big Finish
This is a list of audio productions based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' produced by Big Finish Productions. Overview These are the season and episode counts for all seasons and series released , ordered by the date that they were initially released. Cast The dramas feature both former actors who portrayed the Doctor and his companions, and new continuing characters as well as elements from other spin-off media. The canonicity of the audio dramas, as with other ''Doctor Who'' spin-off media, is unclear. To date, productions have featured the Fourth (Tom Baker), Fifth (Peter Davison), Sixth (Colin Baker), Seventh (Sylvester McCoy), Eighth (Paul McGann), War ( Sir John Hurt), Ninth ( Christopher Eccleston) and Tenth (David Tennant) Doctors portrayed by their original actors. In April 2022, it was confirmed Jo Martin would reprise her role as the Fugitive Doctor in a series of audio adventures. Big Finish's current licence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. The TARDIS exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. With various companions, the Doctor combats foes, works to save civilisations, and helps people in need. Beginning with William Hartnell, thirteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor; in 2017, Jodie Whittaker became the first woman to officially play the role on television. The transition from one actor to another is written into the plot of the series with the concept of regeneration into a new incarnation, a plot device in which a Time Lord "transforms" into a new body when the current one is too badly harmed to heal normally. Each acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medicinal Purposes
''Medicinal Purposes'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot Edinburgh, 1827. Body snatchers William Burke and William Hare are on the loose while the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn take an interest in the work of Dr Robert Knox. Cast *The Doctor – Colin Baker *Evelyn Smythe – Maggie Stables *Doctor Robert Knox – Leslie Phillips *Daft Jamie – David Tennant *Mary Patterson – Glenna Morrison * William Burke – Kevin O'Leary * Billy Hare – Tom Farrelly *Old Woman – Janie Booth Continuity Knox meets the Doctor and Evelyn again in ''Assassin in the Limelight''. Notes This is one of the last stories, and the last ''Doctor Who'' story, that David Tennant would record for Big Finish before being cast as the Tenth Doctor. After leaving the TV series, Tennant was cast as William Burke in the film ''Burke and Hare The Burke and Hare murders were a series of sixteen killings commit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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