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Draconian (Doctor Who)
The Draconians are a fictional extraterrestrial race from the planet Draconia. They were featured in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Their only television appearance to date was in the 1973 serial ''Frontier in Space''. Unlike many "monster" races in ''Doctor Who'', the Draconians were articulate and portrayed as having a sophisticated and advanced culture like feudal Japan. In his 1996 memoir of his time on ''Doctor Who'', written just before his death, actor Jon Pertwee cited the Draconians as his favourite of all the monsters he had encountered during his time as the Third Doctor. Appearances Television In ''Frontier in Space'' (1973), the sole television appearance of the Draconians, the time traveller the Master escalates war between the humans and the Draconians' galactic empires in the 26th century, by using a sonic hypnosis device to make the human crews see the Ogron mercenaries as Draconians and the Draconian crews see them as human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draconian (Doctor Who)
The Draconians are a fictional extraterrestrial race from the planet Draconia. They were featured in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Their only television appearance to date was in the 1973 serial ''Frontier in Space''. Unlike many "monster" races in ''Doctor Who'', the Draconians were articulate and portrayed as having a sophisticated and advanced culture like feudal Japan. In his 1996 memoir of his time on ''Doctor Who'', written just before his death, actor Jon Pertwee cited the Draconians as his favourite of all the monsters he had encountered during his time as the Third Doctor. Appearances Television In ''Frontier in Space'' (1973), the sole television appearance of the Draconians, the time traveller the Master escalates war between the humans and the Draconians' galactic empires in the 26th century, by using a sonic hypnosis device to make the human crews see the Ogron mercenaries as Draconians and the Draconian crews see them as human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sarah Jane Adventures
''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is a British science fiction television programme that was produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies, and starring Elisabeth Sladen. The programme is a spin-off of the long-running BBC science fiction programme ''Doctor Who'' and is aimed at a younger audience than ''Doctor Who''. It focuses on the adventures of Sarah Jane Smith, an investigative journalist who, as a young woman, had numerous adventures across time and space with the Doctor. Following Sladen's sudden death from cancer, the BBC confirmed that the show would not return for a sixth series. The series debuted on BBC One with a 60-minute special, " Invasion of the Bane", on 1 January 2007, and broadcast until Sladen’s death in 2011. It was nominated for a British Academy Children's Award in 2008 in the Drama category, and for a BAFTA Cymru in 2009 in the Children's Drama category. The programme won a Royal Television Society 2010 award for Best Children' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixth Doctor
The Sixth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Colin Baker. Although his televisual time on the series was comparatively brief and turbulent, Baker has continued as the Sixth Doctor in Big Finish's range of original ''Doctor Who'' audio adventures. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who travels in time and space in the TARDIS, frequently with companions. At the end of life, the Doctor regenerates; as a result, the physical appearance and personality of the Doctor changes. Baker portrays the sixth such incarnation: an arrogant and flamboyant character in brightly coloured, mismatched clothes whose brash and often patronising personality set him apart from all his previous incarnations. The Sixth Doctor appeared in three seasons. His appearance in the first of these was at the end of the final episode of ''The C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Judas Gift
''The Judas Gift'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot The Collection is caught up in the war between the Draconians and the Mim. As Bev tries to ensure they stay neutral, it becomes apparent that the Draconian Ambassador may have other motives for seeing her... Cast *Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman * Bev Tarrant - Louise Faulkner * Kothar - Michael Fenner * Adrian - Harry Myers * Braxiatel - Miles Richardson *Reporter - Gary Russell *Doggles - Sam Stevens * Joseph - Steven Wickham * Hass - Paul Wolfe Paul Stuart Wolfe (born April 24, 1977) is an American NASCAR crew chief and former driver. The second son of Charles F. Wolfe, Jr. and Susan M. (Farmer) Wolfe. Wolfe graduated from Milford Central School in 1995. He competed in the NASCAR Bus ... Reception Steve Mollmann, writing for Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Draconian Rage
''The Draconian Rage'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. The story is a sequel to the ''Doctor Who'' audio adventure ''The Dark Flame''. Plot Bernice has been invited to the heart of the Draconian Empire to investigate why twenty million of their race have committed suicide as part of an ancient ritual. Soon, she discovers that the event is related to something that happened in her past. Cast *Bernice Summerfield — Lisa Bowerman *Irving Braxiatel — Miles Richardson *Emperor Shenn — Philip Bretherton *Lord Vasar — Johnson Willis *Lord Paranesh — 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 mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernice Summerfield
Bernice Surprise Summerfield (later Professor Bernice Summerfield or just Benny) is a fictional character created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishing's range of original full-length ''Doctor Who'' novels, the ''New Adventures''. The ''New Adventures'' were authorised novels carrying on from where the ''Doctor Who'' television series had left off, and Summerfield was introduced in Cornell's novel '' Love and War'' in 1992. History A 26th century archeologist, Summerfield became a hugely popular character amongst fans of the books, and was present right up until their end in 1997. She officially stopped travelling with the Doctor in '' Happy Endings'' but returned a few times thereafter, including the last Virgin New Adventure, ''The Dying Days''. That year, Virgin had lost the licence to publish ''Doctor Who'' fiction, which was not renewed by the BBC. However, range editors Peter Darvill-Evans and Rebecca Levene decided to con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mindgame (Doctor Who)
The ''Mindgame'' series is a series of direct-to-video spin-off productions based on the long running BBC science fiction series ''Doctor Who''. The two films in the series are ''Mindgame'' (1998), ''Mindgame Trilogy'' (1999). They were produced by the independent Reeltime Pictures company. All films have been reissued on DVD. All story elements relating to ''Doctor Who'' were licensed from their respective authors. Overview While ''Mindgame'' tells the story of a human, a Sontaran and a Draconian trapped together in a prison cell, the ''Mindgame Trilogy'' continues their story after they escaped. Mindgame is written by Terrance Dicks. The ''Mindgame Trilogy'' is separated into three little stories: Battlefield is written Terrance Dicks while Prisoner 451 is written by Miles Richardson and Scout Ship by Roger Stevens. The stories are directed by Keith Barnfather. The stories were released as Region 2 and 4 DVDs. Furthermore they were released on video in PAL and NTSC by Reeltime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reeltime Pictures
Reeltime Pictures Ltd is a British film, television and video production company and a distributor of the films of other companies, founded in 1984 by Keith Barnfather. As well as producing corporate and business television, it has made a number of broadcast documentary series including ''Lost Trains of Cyprus'' and ''Phoenix – A Story from the Diaspora''. The company is also known for its many documentaries about the long-running television series ''Doctor Who'' (Barnfather was a founding member of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society) and in particular for ''Myth Makers'', a series of interviews with people associated with the making of the series. Many of these programs were hosted by actor Nicholas Briggs, who provided the voice of the Daleks in the 2005 series of ''Doctor Who''. Reeltime Pictures also pioneered a technique of creating direct-to-video ''Doctor Who'' spin-offs, despite the BBC's close guarding of the series, by building the spin-offs around incidental chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Drama
Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story: "It is auditory in the physical dimension but equally powerful as a visual force in the psychological dimension." Radio drama includes plays specifically written for radio, docudrama, dramatized works of fiction, as well as Play (theatre), plays originally written for the theatre, including musical theatre, and opera. Radio drama achieved widespread popularity within a decade of its initial development in the 1920s. By the 1940s, it was a leading international popular entertainment. With the advent of television in the 1950s radio drama began losing its audience. However, it remains popular in much of the world. Recordings of OTR (old-time radio) survive today in the audio archives of collectors, libraries and mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who Spin-offs
''Doctor Who'' spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Both during the main run of the series from 1963 to 1989 and after its cancellation, numerous novels, comic strips, comic books and other material were generated based on the characters and situations introduced in the show. These spin-offs continued to be produced even without a television series to support them and helped keep the show alive in the minds of its fans and the public until the programme was revived in 2005. This entry mainly concentrates on "official" spin-offs, that is to say, material sanctioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation, which produces the series, as well as material sanctioned by the copyright holders of characters from the series. One aspect of ''Doctor Who'' spin-offs which makes them different from many spin-offs from other science fiction franchises is that many of the television writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleventh Doctor
The Eleventh Doctor is an incarnation of The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC Science fiction on television, science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. He is played by Matt Smith in three series as well as five specials. As with previous incarnations of the Doctor, the character has also appeared in other Doctor Who spin-offs, ''Doctor Who'' spin-offs. Smith's portrayal of the Eleventh Doctor has been critically acclaimed. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old Extraterrestrials in popular culture, alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who Time travel in fiction, travels in time and space in the TARDIS, frequently with Companion (Doctor Who), companions. At the end of life, the Doctor regeneration (Doctor Who), regenerates; as a result, the physical appearance and personality of the Doctor changes. Smith's incarnation is a quick-tempered but compassionate character whose youthful appearance is at odds with his more dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Time Of The Doctor
"The Time of the Doctor" is an episode of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', written by Steven Moffat and directed by Jamie Payne, and was broadcast as the ninth ''Doctor Who'' Christmas special on 25 December 2013 on BBC One. It features the final regular appearance of Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and the first full appearance of Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor following his brief cameo in the previous episode "The Day of the Doctor". The episode also features Jenna Coleman as the Doctor's companion Clara Oswald, plus several enemies of the Doctor, including the Daleks, Cybermen, Silence and Weeping Angels. The episode addresses numerous plot threads developed over the course of Smith's tenure, including the prophecy of the Silence, cracks in the universe, and the Doctor's fate on the planet Trenzalore, while also dealing with the regeneration limit established in the 1976 serial ''The Deadly Assassin''. "The Time of the Doctor" is S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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