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Battlefield (Doctor Who)
''Battlefield'' is the first serial of the 26th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 6 to 27 September 1989. It was the last to feature Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in ''Doctor Who''. In the serial, Morgaine (Jean Marsh), a sorceress from another dimension, summons the planet-devouring Destroyer (Marek Anton) in England, where she also seeks to take the sword Excalibur for herself. The plot is loosely based on Arthurian legend. Part 1's 3.1 million viewers remain the lowest ratings of any full episode of ''Doctor Who''. Plot In response to a distress signal, the Seventh Doctor and Ace materialise the TARDIS near Lake Vortigern in England. At the Gore Crow hotel, they meet a young woman called Shou Yuing and a knight, Ancelyn, who addresses the Doctor as "Merlin". The Doctor shows interest in a scabbard which hangs over the mantelpiece in the hotel. The party is s ...
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Doctor Who Magazine
''Doctor Who Magazine'' (abbreviated as ''DWM'') is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Launched in 1979 as ''Doctor Who Weekly'', the magazine became a monthly publication the following year. Now with 13 issues a year, as well as currently producing triannual deluxe Special Editions (2002–) and Bookazines (2013–), the publication features behind the scenes articles on the TV show and other media, as well as producing its own world famous comic strip. Its founding editor was Dez Skinn, and the incumbent editor is Marcus Hearn, who took over from the magazine's longest-serving editor, Tom Spilsbury, in July 2017. ''DWM'' is recognised by ''Guinness World Records'' as the longest running TV tie-in magazine, celebrating 40 years of continuous publication on 11 October 2019. History Originally geared towards children and predominately featuring comic strips, ''DWM'' slowly transformed into a mature magazine, expanding ...
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Paul Tomany
Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer *Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church *Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire *Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general *Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist *Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary *Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer *Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon Royals *Paul I of Russia (1754–1801), Tsar of Russia *Paul of Greece (1901–1964), King of Greece Other people *Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (c. 720 – c. 799), Italian Benedictine monk *Paul (father of Maurice), the father of Maurice, Byzan ...
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Andrew Cartmel
Andrew J. Cartmel (born 6 April 1958) is a British author and journalist. He was the script editor of '' Doctor Who'' during the Sylvester McCoy era of the show between 1987 and 1989. He has also worked as a script editor on other television series, as a magazine editor, as a comics writer, as a film studies lecturer, and as a novelist. Biography Raised in Canada, Cartmel returned to England in order to complete his education. He took a post-graduate course in computer studies and worked on computer-aided design for Shape Data Ltd (now UGS Corp) in Cambridge, England during the mid-1980s. He then turned more to writing and managed to gain an agent on the strength of two unproduced scripts, also attending workshops run by the BBC Television Drama Script Unit. In late 1986, when he was in his late twenties, Cartmel was hired as the script editor for the twenty-fourth season of the science-fiction programme '' Doctor Who'', having been recommended to the producer John Nathan-Tu ...
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Ben Aaronovitch
Ben Dylan Aaronovitch (born 22 February 1964) is an English author and screenwriter. He is the author of the ''Peter Grant (book series), Rivers of London'' series of novels. He also wrote two ''Doctor Who'' serials in the late 1980s and spin-off novels from ''Doctor Who'' and ''Blake's 7''. Biography Family Born in London Borough of Camden, Camden, Aaronovitch is the son of the Economics, economist Sam Aaronovitch who was a senior member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and the younger brother of actor Owen Aaronovitch and journalist David Aaronovitch. He attended Holloway School.The Old Camdenians Club
Retrieved 31 January 2015
Aaronovitch lives in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon.


''Doctor Who'' and television work

Aaronovitch wrote two ''Doctor Who'' serials, ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' (1988) and ' ...
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Michael Kerrigan
Michael Kerrigan (2 November 1952 – 7 August 2014) was a British television director noted for directing ''The Famous Five'' TV series and the children's show ''No. 73''. He also directed the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''Battlefield'' in 1989. In 2008 he returned to the ''Doctor Who'' universe to direct four episodes of the spin-off series ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. Kerrigan spent several years on the staff of the ITV network's south of England franchise-holder TVS, and his first credit was as a "Programme Associate" on the first edition of ''No. 73'' to be made at the company's Maidstone studios. Filmography *''Jackanory'' (1965) *''Angels'' (1975) *''Spine Chillers'' (1980) *'' A Little Silver Trumpet'' (1980) *''Maggie'' (1981 to 1982) *''Secrets'' (1982) *''Brookside'' (1982) *''The Baker Street Boys'' (1983) *''Dramarama'' **"The Universe Downstairs" (1985) *''Knights of God'' (1987) *'' Jim Henson Presents Mother Goose Stories'' (1987 and 1989) *'' Mr Majeika'' (1988) ...
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Stefan Schwartz
Stefan Schwartz (born 1 May 1963) is an English and Canadian film and television director, writer and actor, most known for the feature film ''Shooting Fish'' and his work on the BBC's '' Spooks'' and ''Luther'', AMC's '' The Walking Dead'' and Fear The Walking Dead as well as ''The Americans'' and '' The Boys''. Career 1992–2007 Stefan Schwartz teamed up with Richard Holmes at The University of York and formed The Gruber Brothers. The duo made a number of films together including their feature film debut ''Soft Top Hard Shoulder'' (1992) starring Peter Capaldi and Phyllis Logan, which won two BAFTAs in Scotland and the London Film Festival's prestigious audience award. Building on this success in 1995 he directed ''Giving Tongue'', shown as part of BBC2′s Wicked Women series and in 1997 wrote and directed ''Shooting Fish'', a crime-caper comedy starring Kate Beckinsale which won several awards and made over twenty million dollars worldwide. He then signed a thre ...
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Marek Anton
Marek is the West Slavic (Czech, Polish and Slovak) masculine equivalent of Marcus, Marc or Mark. The name may refer to: * Marek (given name) * Marek (surname) * Marek, the pseudonym of Bulgarian communist Stanke Dimitrov (1889–1944) * The title character of '' Oberinspektor Marek'', an Austrian television series See also * * Marek's disease * VC Marek Union-Ivkoni, Bulgarian professional men's volleyball team, based in Dupnitsa * Marek i Wacek (meaning Marek and Wacek), a musical duo of Polish pianists Marek Tomaszewski and Wacław "Wacek" Kisielewski * Marrick * Merrick (other) * Mereg Mereg ( fa, مرگ; also known as Mark, Merek, Merk, and Mirg) is a village in Sarkal Rural District, in the Central District of Marivan County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. As of the 2006 census, it had a population of 372, distributed among 80 f ...
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Marcus Gilbert (actor)
Marcus Gilbert (born 29 July 1958) is a British actor. Since 1984 he has appeared in films, including '' The Masks of Death'' (1984), ''Biggles'' (1986), ''A Hazard of Hearts'' (1987), ''Rambo III'' (1988), '' A Ghost in Monte Carlo'' (1990), '' Legacy'' (1990), '' Army of Darkness'' (1992) and '' Freebird'' (2008), on television (Including Doctor Who in Battlefield in 1989), and in commercials. He has also worked in the theatre, including playing the young Viscount Goring in Oscar Wilde's '' An Ideal Husband'' with the Middle Ground Theatre Company on their national tour in 2000. In 2006, Gilbert starred as Jordan Power in the world premiere of ''Starry Starry Night'', at The Mill at Sonning. Career After graduating from the Mountview Theatre School in 1981, Gilbert became a founder member of the original Odyssey Theatre Company, touring London schools with productions of contemporary classics. This was followed by seasons working in the Dundee Repertory Theatre and the ...
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Christopher Bowen
Christopher Bowen (born 20 October 1959) is a British actor. Bowen was educated at the Cathedral School, Llandaff, Radley College, and Magdalene College, Cambridge University. He trained at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol and spent three years with the RSC in the 1980s. Other theatre credits include the title role in " Macbeth" at the Southwark Playhouse, Laertes in "Hamlet" at the Young Vic, Veit Kunz in "Franziska" at the Gate Theatre, Oberon in " A Midsummer Night's Dream" for the City of London Festival, Maecenas in " Antony and Cleopatra" at the Haymarket Theatre. His television credits include: Mr Briggs in "Jane Eyre" for the BBC, Alastair Campbell in ''"Why We Went to War"'' for C4, Ant Johnson in " Holby City", Richard Carey in "Murder in Mesopotamia" (Poirot), ''Dempsey and Makepeace'', ''Knights of God'', John Dexter in '' Tanamera – Lion of Singapore'', Mordred in the '' Doctor Who'' serial "Battlefield", ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'', '' Waiting for God'', ...
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List Of Doctor Who Villains
This is a list of villains from the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. For other, related lists, see below. See also * List of ''Doctor Who'' supporting characters * List of ''Doctor Who'' henchmen * List of ''Doctor Who'' universe creatures and aliens * List of ''Doctor Who'' robots * List of ''Torchwood'' characters * List of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' minor characters External links The Bumper Book of ''Doctor Who'' Monsters, Villains & Alien Species {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Doctor Who Villains Villains Doctor Who Doctor Who villains Villains A villain (also known as a "black hat" or "bad guy"; the feminine form is villainess) is a stock character, whether based on a historical narrative or one of literary fiction. ''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'' defines such a character a ...
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Jean Marsh
Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean Pierre Polnareff, a fictional character from ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' Places * Jean, Nevada, USA; a town * Jean, Oregon, USA Entertainment * Jean (dog), a female collie in silent films * "Jean" (song) (1969), by Rod McKuen, also recorded by Oliver * ''Jean Seberg'' (musical), a 1983 musical by Marvin Hamlisch Other uses * JEAN (programming language) * USS ''Jean'' (ID-1308), American cargo ship c. 1918 * Sternwheeler Jean, a 1938 paddleboat of the Willamette River See also *Jehan * * Gene (other) * Jeanne (other) * Jehanne (other) * Jeans (other) * John (other) John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Test ...
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Ling Tai
Ling Tai is a Chinese actress, remembered for being a presenter on the final year of children's programme '' Crackerjack!'' as well as playing Lily in the first series of children's comedy ''Spatz''. Early life In 1960, she was found abandoned as a baby on the streets of Hong Kong. Rescued by a policeman, she was taken to an orphanage. Aged six months, the girl was brought to Britain with nine other babies, where she was adopted by a couple from Eastcote. Aged 18, Ling planned to return home to China with her adoptive parents but decided to enter the world of acting. Acting career Acting work includes appearances in ''The Two Ronnies'', '' Bergerac'', ''Dramarama'', ''Never the Twain'', ''Alas Smith and Jones'', ''Coronation Street'' and ''Soldier Soldier''. ''Doctor Who'' fans recall Ling for her part as Shou Yuing in the 1989 story ''Battlefield'' (after previously being an uncredited extra in ''The Leisure Hive'' and ''Warriors of the Deep''). On stage, the actress has ...
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