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Destination Nerva
In 2012, Big Finish Productions began producing audio dramas featuring ''Doctor Who''s fourth Doctor, as portrayed by Tom Baker. Baker had previously declined to feature in any Big Finish releases, but after recording a trilogy of full cast audio boxsets for BBC Audiobooks, he decided to participate. This was also part of a spin off series of the Monthly range. Cast and characters Cast Notable Guests * David Warner (actor), David Warner as Cuthbert * David Sibley (actor), David Sibley as The Eminence * Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon * David Troughton as The Black Guardian * Gabriel Woolf as Sutekh * Joe Sims (actor), Joe Sims as Mark Seven * Siân Phillips as The Director * John Heffernan (actor), John Heffernan as The Nine Episodes Season 1 (2012) This series of adventures is set between seasons Doctor Who (season 14), 14 and Doctor Who (season 15), 15 of the classic series, and features Louise Jameson reprising her role as Leela (Doctor Who), Leela. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infobox Audio Drama
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Ice Warrior
The Ice Warriors are a fictional extraterrestrial race of reptilian humanoids in the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. They were originally created by Brian Hayles, first appearing in the 1967 serial ''The Ice Warriors'' where they encountered the Second Doctor and his companions Jamie and Victoria. In ''Doctor Who'', the Ice Warriors originated on Mars, which within the series narrative is a dying world. Their early appearances depict the Ice Warriors as attempting to conquer the Earth and escape their planet as early as Earth's Ice Age. A frozen group are discovered by an Earth scientific team who dub them 'Ice Warriors' in their first appearance. Despite this not being the name of their species, an Ice Lord later refers to his soldiers as Ice Warriors in the 1974 serial '' The Monster of Peladon''. Similarly there is a fleeting reference to themselves as such in '' The Curse of Peladon''. Although originally appearing as villains, subse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Sims (actor)
Joe Sims (born 1980) is a British actor known primarily for his role in ITV's drama ''Broadchurch'' where he played plumber Nige Carter. Early life Sims was born in Southmead Hospital, Bristol in 1980, and raised in Kingswood. He attended Sir Bernard Lovell School, where he was inspired to act by a drama teacher who introduced him to the Bristol Old Vic company. Sims later attended Filton College before studying at Middlesex University and under scholarship at the University of San Francisco. Career In 2012, Sims he won an Offie award for "People's Favourite Male Performance" for his role as alleged Texan killer Lee Fenton in ''As We Forgive Them'' at the Arcola Theatre in London. Sims has appeared extensively on television and stage and has a real ear for voices and accents performing over 100 different characters for radio including radio drama ''The Archers'', whilst his varied TV appearances include Endeavour, Father Brown, Ultimate Force, Uncle, The Basil Brush S ... [...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] |
David Troughton
David Troughton (born 9 June 1950) is an English actor. He is known for his Shakespearean roles on the British stage and for his many roles on British television, including Dr Bob Buzzard in ''A Very Peculiar Practice'' and Ricky Hanson in ''New Tricks''. Early life and family David Troughton was born in Hampstead, London. He comes from an acting family of Jewish ancestry. He is the son of Patrick Troughton, elder brother of Michael Troughton, and father of actors Sam Troughton and William Troughton. He attended Orange Hill Grammar School in Edgware with his brother Michael. Another son is the Warwickshire cricketer Jim Troughton. Troughton is also an uncle of the actor Harry Melling. Career His memorable performances include King Richard in ''Richard III'' (RSC, 1996), Bolingbroke in ''Richard II'' (RSC, 2000) and Duke Vincentio in ''Measure for Measure'' ( Théâtre de Complicité, 2004). On television, his roles have included Ham Peggotty in ''David Copperfield''; gues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie McCrimmon
James Robert McCrimmon, usually simply called Jamie, is a fictional character played by Frazer Hines in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. A piper of the Clan MacLeod who lived in 18th-century Scotland, he was a companion of the Second Doctor and a regular in the programme from 1966 to 1969. The spelling of his surname varies from one script to another; it is alternately rendered as Macrimmon and McCrimmond. Jamie appeared in 20 stories (112 episodes). Character history James Robert McCrimmon was the son of Donald McCrimmon—a piper, like his father and his father's father. Jamie first appears in '' The Highlanders'', encountering the Doctor, Ben and Polly in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden in 1746. At the end of the story, Polly suggests that the Doctor take Jamie along with them. Jamie continues to travel with the Doctor even after Ben and Polly leave the TARDIS at the end of ''The Faceless Ones''. He appears in all, but the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frazer Hines
Frazer Simpson Frederick Hines (born 22 September 1944) is an English actor. He began his career as a child actor and appeared in ''A King in New York'' (1957) with Charlie Chaplin. He later played Jamie McCrimmon in '' Doctor Who'', appearing in 117 episodes of the series, more than any other companion. He was a regular in the series alongside Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor between 1966 and 1969, and made guest appearances in the 1980s stories ''The Five Doctors'' and ''The Two Doctors''. He also had a long-running role as Joe Sugden in ''Emmerdale Farm'' between 1972 and 1994. Early life and career Hines was born in Horsforth, a north-west suburb of Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the third son of Bill and Molly Hines. His mother was Scottish and came from Port Glasgow. Shortly after Hines was born, the family moved to Harrogate where his mother ran a boarding house. As a child, Hines went to the Western Board Primary School and then Norwood College. Through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sibley (actor)
David Sibley (born 16 July 1948) is an English actor. He is best known for character roles in several television series: as twisted radio DJ Tom Everett in BBC television detective series '' Shoestring'' (in the episode ''Mocking Bird''); and in ''Doctor Who'' as Pralix (in ''The Pirate Planet''). He appeared on a DVD extra when this story was released recently. His first regular television role was in Wings (BBC TV series) in 1977. Other appearances include ''Blake's 7'', '' Survivors'', ''Fun at the Funeral Parlour'', ''Target'', ''Minder'', ''Lovejoy'', and the film ''Gandhi''. He appeared as Eric Birling in the 1982 BBC adaptation of J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls. He returned to television in ''The Year That London Blew Up'' (1995), a dramatisation of the IRA attacks on London in 1974–75. He played John Carver in ''Midsomer Murders'' in 2010. Between 2001 and 2012 he played four different characters in ''Doctors''. In 2012 he was in ''New Tricks ''New Tricks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Warner (actor)
David Hattersley Warner (29 July 1941 – 24 July 2022) was an English actor who worked in film, television and theatre. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; after making his stage debut in 1962 he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), with whom he played Henry VI in ''The Wars of the Roses'' cycle at the West End's Aldwych Theatre in 1964. The RSC then cast him as Prince Hamlet in Peter Hall's 1965 production of ''Hamlet''. He attained prominence on screen in 1966 through his lead performance in the Karel Reisz film '' Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment'', for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Warner's lanky, often haggard appearance lent itself to a variety of villainous characters as well as more sympathetic roles across a range of media, often in science fiction or fantasy titles or period dramas, including ''The Omen'', '' Time After Time'' (as Jack the Ripper), '' A Christmas Carol'' (as Bob Cratchit opposit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sontaran
The Sontarans ( ) are a fictional race of extraterrestrial humanoids principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. A warrior race characterised by their ruthlessness and fearlessness of death, they were conceived by writer and future story editor Robert Holmes and first appeared in the 1973 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Time Warrior''. Characteristics Culture The Sontarans are a race of humanoids with a stocky build, greenish brown skin, a distinctive dome-shaped head, and they have only three fingers on each hand, though some members of their species do have five fingers. Their musculature is designed for load-bearing rather than leverage, because of the high gravity on their home planet. Ross Jenkins in "The Sontaran Stratagem" describes the main Sontaran villain, General Staal, as resembling "a talking baked potato", whilst in sequel episode "The Poison Sky", Colonel Alan Mace likens the Sontarans to "trolls". Sontarans come from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor George Litefoot
Professor George Litefoot is a character who appeared in the 1977 ''Doctor Who'' television serial ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang''. He was played by Trevor Baxter. He worked so well with Christopher Benjamin's character, Henry Gordon Jago, the production team briefly considered giving them their own spin-off series. In 2009 they reprised their roles for a Big Finish Productions audio drama, '' The Mahogany Murderers''. This led to their own audio series, Jago & Litefoot. Litefoot's character also appeared in a 1997 ''Doctor Who'' novel, '' The Bodysnatchers''. Character history George Litefoot was a pathologist, against the backdrop of Victorian era London. A learned, upper class, erudite English gentleman, he was raised in China, where his father was stationed as a soldier. In 1889, he met the Fourth Doctor and Leela, when a 51st Century fugitive tyrant named Magnus Greel was kidnapping helpless women. It was also at this time that Litefoot met theatre owner and Master of Cer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Gordon Jago
Henry Gordon Jago is a character who appeared in the 1977 ''Doctor Who'' television serial, ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang''. He was played by Christopher Benjamin. He worked so well with Trevor Baxter's character, Professor George Litefoot, the production team briefly considered giving them their own spin-off series. In 2009 they reprised their roles for the Big Finish Productions audio drama, '' The Mahogany Murderers''. This led to their own audio series, '' Jago & Litefoot''. Character history In Victorian London, Henry Gordon Jago was the owner and Master of Ceremonies at The Palace Theatre, a position he held for over thirty years. Jago was a charismatic character, comically cowardly, categorically crowing, constantly cash crunched and always adept at ample amounts of aureate alliteration. In 1889, Jago employed a Chinese illusionist named Li H'sen Chang, who often used a ventriloquist dummy called Mr. Sin. Chang was actually serving a fugitive tyrant from the 51st Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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