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Eye Of The Gorgon
''Eye of the Gorgon'' is the second serial of the first series of the British science fiction television series ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. It first aired in two weekly parts on the CBBC channel on 1 and 8 October 2007. The episode makes references to classical mythology. Plot Sarah Jane, Luke Smith, and Clyde investigate claims of sightings of a ghostly nun at Lavender Lawns Rest Home. One of the residents that saw the nun, former adventurer Bea Nelson-Stanley, gives Luke an ancient talisman, to prevent the ancient sisterhood now based at the St Agnes Abbey from getting hold of it. The sisters intend to use the talisman to connect Earth with the world of the Gorgons 100 million light-years away, an incorporeal parasitic race that inspired the Greek myth of the ugly woman with snakes for hairs, and take over the bodies of humanity. The Gorgon, the last survivor of the three based on Earth, has spent 3,000 years passing from host to host, and now controls the body of the abb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eye Of The Gorgon
''Eye of the Gorgon'' is the second serial of the first series of the British science fiction television series ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. It first aired in two weekly parts on the CBBC channel on 1 and 8 October 2007. The episode makes references to classical mythology. Plot Sarah Jane, Luke Smith, and Clyde investigate claims of sightings of a ghostly nun at Lavender Lawns Rest Home. One of the residents that saw the nun, former adventurer Bea Nelson-Stanley, gives Luke an ancient talisman, to prevent the ancient sisterhood now based at the St Agnes Abbey from getting hold of it. The sisters intend to use the talisman to connect Earth with the world of the Gorgons 100 million light-years away, an incorporeal parasitic race that inspired the Greek myth of the ugly woman with snakes for hairs, and take over the bodies of humanity. The Gorgon, the last survivor of the three based on Earth, has spent 3,000 years passing from host to host, and now controls the body of the abb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllida Law
Phyllida Ann Law (born 8 May 1932) is a British actress, known for her numerous roles in film and television. Early life Law was born in Glasgow, the daughter of Meg "Mego" and William Law, a journalist. Prior to the Second World War, her father was a journalist with the ''Glasgow Herald'' who "kept odd hours"; when the war broke out, he went into the air force and separated from his wife, later divorcing. Law would not see her father again until she was 18. Law's mother Meg worked in a dress shop in Glasgow during the war. The family also included Law's brother, James, her elder by five years, and their maternal grandmother, the wife of a Presbyterian minister, and "a fierce Presbyterian" herself whom Law "did not like as a child but can now admire." She attended Glasgow Girls High up to age seven. The war began in September 1939 and Law and her brother were evacuated to family friends outside Glasgow in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, and attended a local school there, before La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction Television
Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality. Story creation and scientific accuracy Science fiction tries to blend fiction and reality seamlessly so that the viewer can be immersed in the imaginative world. This includes characters, settings, and tools. Viewers often critique the scientific plausibility and accuracy of technology and technological concepts. In the 2020 series ''Away (TV series), Away'' a notable plot point in the eight episode, ''Vital Signs'' has astronauts listen intently for a sound boom picked up by a real-life Mars rover called InSight. Similarity, in 2022 scientists used InSight to listen for the landing of a real spacecraft. Visual production process and methods The need to portray imaginary settings or char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warriors Of Kudlak
''Warriors of Kudlak'' is the third serial of the first series of the British science fiction television series ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. It first aired in two weekly parts on the CBBC channel on 15 and 22 October 2007. Plot Sarah Jane investigates the disappearance of teenager Lance Metcalf three days ago. She discovers the day he disappeared, there was an unexpected but brief storm. Mr Smith cross-references 24 disappearances in the previous year with such weather conditions, all of them in towns and cities across the United Kingdom. Aided by Maria, Sarah Jane discovers shells that are the byproduct of teleportation, meaning that aliens abducted Lance. Meanwhile, Clyde takes Luke to the laser tag centre Combat 3000 to help him understand what games are for. Using Combat 3000 as war games, Mr Grantham and his business partner, the wounded Uvodni general Uvlavad Kudlak, are kidnapping young humans as warriors to fight in an interplanetary war with the Malakh Empire. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revenge Of The Slitheen
''Revenge of the Slitheen'' is the first serial of the first series of the British science fiction television series ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', and the second story of the show overall following the special episode "Invasion of the Bane". The first part aired on BBC One on 24 September 2007, with the second premiering immediately after the first on the CBBC Channel. This serial is notable for introducing Clyde Langer into the cast – he would remain for the rest of the series. Plot Maria Jackson, Luke Smith, and Clyde Langer begin their first day at Park Vale School. Maria and Clyde have recently moved to Ealing, and Luke, having been artificially created the previous day, has never attended school before. After discovering the food is mouldy and the school's new technology block has a strange metallic smell, Sarah Jane investigates a company that has created the school's new technology block the next day, discovering the same rotting of fresh food and the smell happened at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Sarah Jane Adventures Episodes
''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, it is a spin-off of the long-running science fiction programme ''Doctor Who''. 53 episodes and 1 short were produced between 2006 and 2011 across five series. In comparison to ''Doctor Whos family-orientated viewership, ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is aimed at a younger audience generally aged between 6–12 years old. The programme focuses on Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen), an investigative journalist and former companion to the Doctor, an alien time traveller whom Smith had numerous adventures with in her youth. Now living in modern-day Ealing, London, she investigates extraterrestrial matters and protects Earth against alien threats with a group of teenage accomplices: her adopted son Luke Smith, neighbour Maria Jackson and friend Clyde Langer. New neighbour Rani Chandra and adopted daughter Sky Smith later join t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Gardner
Julie Ann Gardner (born 4 June 1969) is a Welsh television producer. Her most prominent work has been serving as executive producer on the 2005 revival of '' Doctor Who'' and its spin-off shows ''Torchwood'' and ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. She worked on ''Doctor Who'' from 2003 to 2009 before moving to Los Angeles to work at BBC Worldwide. In 2015, Gardner co-founded the production company Bad Wolf, best known for the BBC TV series ''His Dark Materials'', on which Gardner also serves as an executive producer. Early life Gardner was born in Neath and grew up in the Pont Walby area of Glynneath, where her parents ran a local shop. She attended Llangatwg Comprehensive and Neath Port Talbot College, where she was an outstanding student of A Level English, History and Drama. She read English at Queen Mary University of London and initially worked as a teacher at Rhondda College, now part of Coleg Morgannwg, teaching English at GCSE and A Level, before in the mid-1990s she dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell T Davies
Stephen Russell Davies (born 27 April 1963), better known as Russell T Davies, is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer whose works include '' Queer as Folk'', '' The Second Coming'', ''Casanova'', the 2005 revival of the BBC One science fiction franchise ''Doctor Who'', ''Cucumber'', ''A Very English Scandal'', '' Years and Years'' and ''It's a Sin''. Born in Swansea, Davies had aspirations as a comic artist before focusing on being a playwright and screenwriter. After graduating from Oxford University, he joined the BBC's children's department, CBBC, in 1985 on a part-time basis and held various positions, which included creating two series, '' Dark Season'' and ''Century Falls''. He eventually left the BBC for Granada Television, and in 1994 began writing adult television drama. His early scripts generally explored concepts of religion and sexuality among various backdrops: '' Revelations'' was a soap opera about organised religion and featured a lesbian vicar; '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Collinson
Philip Collinson (born 26 August 1970) is a British television producer. He was initially an actor, before switching to working behind the cameras in the industry as a script editor and writer on programmes such as ''Springhill'' and ''Emmerdale'', later becoming the producer of ''Peak Practice'', ''Doctor Who'' and ''Coronation Street''. Career Collinson has produced several series for the BBC, including the comedy drama ''Linda Green'', and the first seasons of 1950s-set ''Born and Bred'' and paranormal thriller ''Sea of Souls''. In January 2004, he started work as the tenth full-time in-house producer of the BBC science-fiction programme ''Doctor Who''. While he was an actor, the role of Alexander in the 1999 Channel 4 drama '' Queer as Folk'' was written especially for him by his friend Russell T Davies. However, after Antony Cotton auditioned for the production team, Davies and his fellow producers felt they had no choice but to offer the role to him instead of Collinson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Bouch
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Matthew may refer to: * Matthew (given name) * Matthew (surname) * ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497 * ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith * Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Chinese Elm ''Ulmus parvifolia'' Christianity * Matthew the Apostle, one of the apostles of Jesus * Gospel of Matthew, a book of the Bible See also * Matt (given name), the diminutive form of Matthew * Mathew, alternative spelling of Matthew * Matthews (other) * Matthew effect * Tropical Storm Matthew (other) The name Matthew was used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, replacing Mitch after 1998. * Tropical Storm Matthew (2004) - Brought heavy rain to the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, causing light damage but no deaths. * Tropical Storm Matt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsey Alford
Lindsey may refer to : Places Canada * Lindsey Lake, Nova Scotia England * Parts of Lindsey, one of the historic Parts of Lincolnshire and an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 ** East Lindsey, an administrative district in Lincolnshire, and a parliamentary constituency between 1983 and 1997 ** West Lindsey, an administrative district in Lincolnshire ** Kingdom of Lindsey, an early medieval kingdom in the area of modern Lincolnshire ** Archdeaconry of Lindsey, created in 1933 and absorbed into the Archdeaconry of Stow & Lindsey in 1994 * Lindsey, Suffolk * Norton Lindsey, Warwickshire United States * Lindsey, Ohio * Lindsey, Wisconsin * Lake Lindsey, Florida * Mount Lindsey, Colorado People * Lindsey (name) * Earl of Lindsey * Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, 1st Marquess of Lindsey Other uses * , a United States Navy destroyer-minelayer in commission from 1944 to 1946 See also * * Lindsay (other) * Linsay * Linsey (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Ford (writer)
Phil Ford is a British television writer and producer. He was head writer and co-producer from the second series of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', broadcast in 2008, co-wrote with Russell T Davies "The Waters of Mars", one of the 2009 special episodes of ''Doctor Who'',''Doctor Who Magazine'' #398 and wrote the majority of the 2010s video game series '' Doctor Who: The Adventure Games''. In 2012, with Davies, he created ''Wizards vs Aliens ''Wizards vs Aliens'' is a British science fantasy television programme produced by BBC Cymru Wales and FremantleMedia Enterprises for CBBC and created by Russell T Davies and Phil Ford. The series focuses on the exploits of 16-year-old wiz ...'', which ran for three series and gave him an executive producer credit. He won a Hugo Award, a Writers' Guild Award and was four-times BAFTA nominated. Selected filmography References External links *Episode 126 - Phil and Daninterview for Starburst magazine's podcast {{DEFAULTSORT:For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
