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Danny Webb (actor)
Danny Webb (born 6 June 1958) is an English television and film actor. He is best known for his roles as the prisoner Morse in the movie ''Alien 3'', Thomas Cromwell in ''Henry VIII'' and as John Maynard Jefferson in the two part ''Doctor Who'' story ''The Impossible Planet'' and ''The Satan Pit'' in 2006. Early life Webb was born on 6 June 1958 to Eileen and Maurice Webb. He attended The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and graduated in 1977. Career Webb has appeared in many British television programmes, including ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'', ''Our Friends in the North'', ''A Touch of Frost'', ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', ''The Bill'', ''Midsomer Murders'', ''Silent Witness'' and '' Shackleton''. He also starred in two episodes of ''Doctor Who'' - "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit", alongside lead actors David Tennant and Billie Piper. He has also starred in ''Britannia High'' as Jack Tyler and in ''New Tricks'' as a DJ. In 1985 Webb starred alongside Jon P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien 3
''Alien 3'' (stylized as ''A''LIEN³) is a 1992 American science fiction horror film directed by David Fincher and written by David Giler, Walter Hill, and Larry Ferguson, from a story by Vincent Ward. It stars Sigourney Weaver, reprising her role as Ellen Ripley. It is the third installment of the ''Alien'' franchise and led to a sequel, ''Alien Resurrection'' (1997). Set right after the events of ''Aliens'' (1986), Ripley and an Alien organism are the only survivors of the Colonial Marine spaceship ''Sulaco'' following an escape pod's crash on a planet housing a penal colony populated by violent male inmates. Additional roles are played by Charles Dance, Brian Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Ralph Brown, Paul McGann, Danny Webb, Lance Henriksen, Holt McCallany, Pete Postlethwaite, and Danielle Edmond. The film faced problems during production, including shooting without a script and the attachment of various screenwriters and directors. Fincher, in his feature directorial deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Tricks
''New Tricks'' is a British television police procedural The police show, or police crime drama, is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the protagonist(s), as contrasted with other genres that focus on eit ... comedy drama, created by Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell, produced primarily by Wall to Wall Media (production company), Wall to Wall (until its final year, when it was handled by Headstrong Pictures), and broadcast on BBC One. The programme originally began with a pilot episode on 27 March 2003, before a full season was commissioned for 1 April 2004, with it concluding after twelve seasons on 6 October 2015. The show utilises an ensemble cast, of which Dennis Waterman was the only constant over all twelve series; this cast variously included Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Denis Lawson, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Tamzin Outhwaite, and Larry Lamb. The series focuses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valkyrie (film)
''Valkyrie'' is a 2008 historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ... political film, political war film, war thriller film directed by Bryan Singer, written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander, starring Tom Cruise. The film is set in Nazi Germany during World War II and depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to Coup d'état, take control of the country. The film was released by American studio United Artists and stars Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, one of the key plotters. The supporting cast includes Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Eddie Izzard, Terence Stamp, and Tom Wilkinson. Cruise's casting caused controversy among German politicians and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", alluded to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which Hitler and the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945 after just 12 years when the Allies defeated Germany, ending World War II in Europe. On 30 January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the head of gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotrek And Felix
After the creation of the ''Warhammer Fantasy'' universe by Games Workshop, novels were published by GW Books and Boxtree Limited, but subsequently novels have been published by the Black Library, including translations to French and German. More than 150 novels were set in the shared universe of ''Warhammer Fantasy'' between 1989 and 2015. According to Marc Gascoigne the idea of Chaos in ''Warhammer'' was inspired by ''The Eternal Champion'' and its sequels, written by Michael Moorcock, who made use of ideas from ''Three Hearts and Three Lions'' by Poul Anderson. The ''Warhammer'' elves were inspired by ''The Broken Sword'' by Poul Anderson as well the Middle-earth canon of J. R. R. Tolkien. Gotrek and Felix Gotrek & Felix: The First Omnibus These novels were collected in omnibus in 2003 and 2006 and with additional short stories in 2013 and 2018 (). *'' Trollslayer'' by William King (1999, incorporates ''Geheimnisnacht'' originally published 1989 in ''Warhammer: Ign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Library
The Black Library is a division of Games Workshop (formerly a part of BL Publishing) which is devoted to publishing List of Black Library novels, novels and audiobooks (and has previously produced art books, background books, and graphic novels) set in the ''Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer Age of Sigmar'' and ''Warhammer 40,000'' fictional universes. Some of Black Library's best known titles include the Gaunt's Ghosts and Eisenhorn series of novels by Dan Abnett and the Gotrek and Felix series by William King (author), William King and Nathan Long (author), Nathan Long. The authors of these novels, graphic novels, and comics created original storylines and characters that are based on playable armies in the main ''Warhammer 40,000'' game and its many Warhammer 40,000#Spin-offs, spin-offs (such as ''Inquisitor (game), Inquisitor'' or ''Epic (game), Epic''). These works are then promoted with contributions of stories, plot synopses, and rules in the White Dwarf (magazine), ''Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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