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Doctor Who (season 26)
The twenty-sixth season of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' began on 9 September 1989 with the serial ''Battlefield'', after a regular series of four serials was broadcast finishing with ''Survival'' which was the final episode of ''Doctor Who'' to air before a 16-year absence from episodic television following its cancellation. John Nathan-Turner produced the series, with Andrew Cartmel script editing. Casting Main cast * Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor * Sophie Aldred as Ace Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred both continue their roles as the Seventh Doctor and Ace for their final season. Recurring stars * Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart * Anthony Ainley as the Master Nicholas Courtney returned to play Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in ''Battlefield''. He first appeared with the Second Doctor in 1968 in ''The Web of Fear'' before becoming a recurring character throughout the Second Doctor to the Fifth Doctor and last app ...
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Sylvester McCoy
Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith (born 20 August 1943), known professionally as Sylvester McCoy, is a Scottish actor. Gaining prominence as a physical comedian, he became best known for playing the seventh incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' from 1987 to 1989—the final Doctor of the original run—and briefly returning in a television film in 1996. He is also known for his work as Radagast in ''The Hobbit'' film series (2012–2014). Early life McCoy was born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith in Dunoon, on the Cowal peninsula, to an Irish mother and an English father who had been killed in action in World War II a couple of months before his son was born. He was brought up by his maternal grandmother and aunts and met his father's family at the age of 17. He was raised religious, but is now an atheist. He was brought up primarily in Dunoon, where he attended St. Mun's School; he then studied for the priesthood at Bla ...
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The Master (Doctor Who)
The Master, is a recurring character in the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' and its associated spin-off works. He is a renegade alien Time Lord and the childhood friend and later archenemy of the title character, the Doctor. He is most recently portrayed by Sacha Dhawan. Multiple actors have played the Master since the character's introduction in 1971. Within the show's narrative, the change in actors and subsequent change of the character's appearance is sometimes explained as the Master taking possession of other characters' bodies or as a consequence of regeneration, which is a biological attribute that allows Time Lords to survive fatal injuries or old age. The Master was originally played by Roger Delgado from 1971 until his death in 1973. The role was subsequently played by Peter Pratt, Geoffrey Beevers, and Anthony Ainley, with Ainley reprising the role regularly through the 1980s until the series was cancelled in 1989. Eric Roberts to ...
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Alan Wareing
Alan Wareing (born 16 August 1943 in Chorley, Lancashire) is a British television director. He became interested in directing through amateur theatre. He directed many plays before he started working in BBC Television, firstly as an assistant floor manager and then as a production assistant, before training to be a director at the corporation. His early work as a director included three ''Doctor Who'' serials from Sylvester McCoy's era as the Seventh Doctor, and he has directed hundreds of episodes of the ITV soap operas ''Coronation Street'' and ''Emmerdale''. Filmography Director *'' London's Burning'' - 1988 *''Doctor Who'' **''The Greatest Show in the Galaxy'' - 1988 **'' Ghost Light'' - 1989 **''Survival'' - 1989 *'' Notaufnahme'' - 1995 *'' Wycliffe'' **Strangers - 1997 **Bad Blood - 1997 **Time Out - 1998 **Feeding the Rat - 1998 **Scope - 1998 **Land's End - 1998 *''Casualty'' **Cry for Help - 1987 **Cross Fingers - 1987 **Fun Night - 1987 **These Thi ...
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Ghost Light (Doctor Who)
''Ghost Light'' is the second serial of the 26th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in three weekly parts on BBC1 from 4 to 18 October 1989. Set in a mansion house in Perivale in 1883, Josiah Smith ( Ian Hogg), a cataloguer of life forms from another planet, seeks to assassinate Queen Victoria and take over the British Empire. Plot Thousands of years ago, an alien expedition came to Earth to catalogue life. After completing its task and collecting samples which included Nimrod, a being known as Light, the leader, went into slumber. By 1881, Josiah Smith gained control and kept Light in hibernation and imprisoned the creature known as Control on the ship, which is now the cellar of the house. Smith began evolving into the era's dominant life-form – the Victorian gentleman – and also took over the house. By 1883, Smith, having "evolved" into forms approximating a human and casting off his old husks as an insect ...
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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
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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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Doctor Who (season 25)
The twenty-fifth season of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' began on 5 October 1988. It comprised four separate serials, beginning with ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' and ending with ''The Greatest Show in the Galaxy''. To mark the 25th anniversary season, producer John Nathan-Turner brought back the Daleks and the Cybermen. The American New Jersey Network also made a special behind-the-scenes documentary called ''The Making of Doctor Who'', which followed the production of the 25th anniversary story ''Silver Nemesis''. Andrew Cartmel script edited the series. Background Season 25 saw script editor Andrew Cartmel, who had joined for the previous season, exert a greater influence on the style of the series. He had watched serials from the Philip Hinchcliffe and Robert Holmes era such as ''The Seeds of Doom'' and ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'' in preparation for it and concluded that the series should return to a more serious and dramatic approach. The season ...
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The Daleks' Master Plan
''The Daleks' Master Plan'' is the Doctor Who missing episodes, mostly missing third serial of the Doctor Who (season 3), third season in the British Science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in twelve weekly parts from 13 November 1965 to 29 January 1966. This twelve part serial is the longest with a single director and production code. ''(The Trial of a Time Lord'' was longer but was made in three production blocks, with separate codes, and with four separate story lines each with their own authors and working titles) This serial marks the final appearance of Adrienne Hill as companion (Doctor Who), companion Katarina (Doctor Who), Katarina, the only appearance of Jean Marsh as Sara Kingdom. Katarina and Sara Kingdom both died during the serial, marking the first two companion deaths in the show. Episode 1, "The Nightmare Begins", marks the first appearance of Nicholas Courtney in ''Doctor Who'', here playing sp ...
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Sara Kingdom
Sara may refer to: Arts, media and entertainment Film and television * ''Sara'' (1992 film), 1992 Iranian film by Dariush Merhjui * ''Sara'' (1997 film), 1997 Polish film starring Bogusław Linda * ''Sara'' (2010 film), 2010 Sri Lankan Sinhala thriller directed by Nishantha Pradeep * ''Sara'' (2015 film), 2015 Hong Kong psychological thriller * ''Sara'' (1976 TV series), 1976 American western series * ''Sara'' (1985 TV series), 1985 American situation comedy * ''Sara'' (Belgian TV series), 2007–08 Flemish telenovella on Belgian television * "Sara" (''Arrow'' episode), an episode of Arrow Music * Sara (band), a Finnish band * "Sara" (Bob Dylan song), a song by Bob Dylan for the 1976 album ''Desire'' * "Sara" (Fleetwood Mac song), a song by Fleetwood Mac from the 1979 LP ''Tusk'' * "Sara" (Starship song), a song by Starship from the 1985 album ''Knee Deep in the Hoopla'' *"Sara", a song by Bill Champlin from the 1981 LP '' Runaway'' * "Sarah" (other)#Music, s ...
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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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Destiny Of The Doctors
''Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors'' is an action video game based on the BBC British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was released on 5 December 1997 by BBC Multimedia. Overview A collaboration between BBC Multimedia and the British developer Studio Fish, ''Destiny of the Doctors'' is a CD-ROM which received an 11+ age rating from ELSPA. It is supported by Microsoft Windows 95 and works on all subsequent forms of Windows, though some PCs running XP and Vista experience compatibility issues. It was released in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia, as well as some countries in Europe, and found modest acclaim from some magazines, including the now defunct '' PC Planet''. The game featured extensive, newly recorded audio dialogue by Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Nicholas Courtney. William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton were represented by a voice actor impersonating their portrayals of the First and Second Doctors. The s ...
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