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Graceless (Big Finish Series)
This is a list of audio productions based on spin offs from the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' produced by Big Finish Productions. Overview These are the season and episode counts for all seasons and series released , ordered by the date that they were initially released. Ranges ''Bernice Summerfield'' (1998–2018) Season 1 (1998–2000) Season 2 (2000–2001) Season 3 (2002–2003) Season 4 (2003–2004) Season 5 (2004–2005) Season 6 (2005–2006) Season 7 (2006) Season 8 (2007–2008) Season 9 (2008) Season 10 (2009) Season 11 (2010) Boxset 1: ''Epoch'' (2011) Boxset 2: ''Road Trip'' (2012) Boxset 3: ''Legion'' (2012) Boxset 4: ''New Frontiers'' (2013) Boxset 5: ''Missing Persons'' (2013) Boxset 6: ''The Story So Far'' (2018) Specials (1998–2012) ''Dalek Empire'' (2001–2008) Series 1 (2001) Series 2 (2003) Series 3 (2004) Series 4 (2007–2008) ''Sarah Jane Smith'' (2002–2006) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction On 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] |
Ace (Doctor Who)
Ace is a fictional character played by Sophie Aldred in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. A 20th-century Earth teenager from the London suburb of Perivale, she is a companion of the Seventh Doctor and was a regular in the series from 1987 to 1989. She is considered one of the Doctor's most popular companions. Ace appeared in nine stories (31 episodes), and was the final companion in the original run of the classic series. ''Doctor Who'' script editor Andrew Cartmel said that the character was written to be a "fighter and not a screamer". In the television series Ace reveals that her real given name is Dorothy. Her family name is never explicitly stated in the series but spin-off media refer to her as both Dorothy Gale and Dorothy McShane. Character history Ace is a 16-year-old human who first appears in the 1987 serial '' Dragonfire'', where she is working as a waitress in the frozen food retail complex of Iceworld on the planet Svarto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francine Jones
Over the course of its many years on television, the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' has not only seen changes in the actors to play the Doctor, but in the supporting cast as well. Companions The Doctor is usually accompanied in his travels by one to three companions (sometimes called assistants). These characters provide a surrogate with whom the audience can identify, and further the story by asking questions and getting into trouble, (similar to Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.) The Doctor regularly gains new companions and loses old ones; sometimes they return home, or find new causes on worlds they have visited. A few of the companions have died during the course of the series. Recurring characters UNIT personnel * Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney) * Kate Stewart ée Lethbridge-Stewart(Beverley Cressman, Jemma Redgrave) * Captain Mike Yates ( Richard Franklin) * Captain Erisa Magambo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Time Monster
''The Time Monster'' is the fifth and final serial of the ninth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 20 May to 24 June 1972. The serial is set in a village near Cambridge as well as the mythical city of Atlantis. In the serial, the alien time traveller the Master (Roger Delgado) seeks the power of Kronos (Marc Boyle and Ingrid Bower), a being that exists outside of time and space, so that he can control the universe. Plot The Master, posing as a professor, gains access to a physical science research unit in the village of Wootton, near Cambridge. He conducts time experiments focused around transmitting matter by breaking it down into light waves. He is particularly interested in examining a trident-shaped crystal in his possession, using it to attract a being he addresses as Kronos. The Third Doctor and Jo Grant visit the institute, following his hunch that the Master is back on Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Grant
Josephine "Jo" Grant, later Jo Jones, is a fictional character played by Katy Manning in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Jo was introduced by Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks in the first episode of ''Doctor Who''s eighth season (1971) as a new companion of series protagonist the Doctor, in his third incarnation (Jon Pertwee). After the Doctor's previous companion Liz Shaw (Caroline John), a scientist and intellectual, the production team looked to introduce a less experienced companion to act as an audience surrogate. Jo appeared in 15 stories (77 episodes). Within the series narrative, Jo is a junior civilian operative for United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, an international organisation that defends the Earth from alien threats, assigned as an assistant to the Doctor, who is initially stranded on earth. Once he regains use of his time machine, the TARDIS, she accompanies him in travels across time and space. Jo departs the Doctor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rani Chandra (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
Rani Chandra is a fictional character played by Anjli Mohindra in the British children's science fiction television programme ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', a spin-off from the long-running series ''Doctor Who''. She first appeared in ''The Day of the Clown''. Conception Rani was introduced into ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' as a replacement for departing character Maria Jackson, played by Yasmin Paige. Paige left the series as a regular due to her wanting to complete her GCSEs, thus, Maria moved to America because her father had been offered a job there. Rani's parents, Haresh and Gita Chandra, replace Maria's parents, Alan and Chrissie Jackson, as Alan departs with their daughter and Chrissie no longer has reason to show up. Rani shares her name with the Rani, a recurring villain from the classic series of ''Doctor Who''. Russell T Davies told readers of ''Doctor Who Magazine'' that Rani is "not ''the'' Rani". Appearances Television Rani first appears in the second stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny (Doctor Who)
Jenny, portrayed by Georgia Moffett, is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. She appeared in the episode "The Doctor's Daughter", originally broadcast 10 May 2008. Jenny is the daughter of the series protagonist the Doctor, a product of altered DNA extracted from a tissue sample of his hand. The character was created by writer Stephen Greenhorn. Georgia Moffett was cast as Jenny after auditioning for a smaller part in the episode "The Unicorn and the Wasp", and impressing the series producers. The character was generally well received by reviewers, with many speculating that she would return to the franchise. Moffett also expressed an interest in this possibility. The actress is the daughter of the actor Peter Davison, who portrayed the Doctor's fifth incarnation from 1981 to 1984. Then named Georgia Moffett (her father's legal surname), she met David Tennant – playing the tenth incarnation of the Doctor – o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Christina De Souza
"Planet of the Dead" is the second of Doctor Who (2008–2010 specials), five special episodes of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' broadcast between Christmas 2008 and New Years Day 2010. It was simulcast, simultaneously broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD on 11 April 2009. The specials served as lead actor David Tennant's denouement as the Tenth Doctor. He is joined in the episode by actress Michelle Ryan, who plays Lady Christina de Souza, a one-off companion (Doctor Who), companion to the Doctor. The episode was co-written by Russell T Davies and Gareth Roberts (writer), Gareth Roberts, the first writing partnership since the show's revival in 2005. "Planet of the Dead" serves as the 200th story of ''Doctor Who''. The episode depicts Christina fleeing the police from a museum robbery by boarding a bus that accidentally travels from London to the desert planet of San Helios, trapping her, the Doctor, and several passengers on board the damaged vehicle. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K9 (Doctor Who)
K9, occasionally written K-9, is the name of several fictional robotic canines (dogs, the name being a pun on the pronunciation of "canine") in the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', first appearing in 1977. K9 has also been a central character in three of the series' television spin-offs: the one-off ''K-9 and Company'' (1981), ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' (2007–2011) and '' K-9'' (2009–2010). Although not originally intended to be a recurring character in the series, K9 was kept in the show following his first appearance because he was expected to be popular with younger audiences. There have been at least four separate K9 units in the series, with the first two being companions of the Fourth Doctor. Voice actor John Leeson has provided the character's voice in most of his appearances, except during season 17 of ''Doctor Who'', in which David Brierley temporarily did so. The character was created by Bob Baker and Dave Martin, to wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romana (Doctor Who)
Romana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar (), is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. A Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey, she is a companion to the Fourth Doctor. As a Time Lord, Romana is able to regenerate, having had two on-screen incarnations with somewhat different personalities (dubbed Romana I and Romana II by fans). Romana I was played by Mary Tamm from 1978 to 1979. When Tamm chose not to sign on for a second season, the part was recast. Romana II was played by Lalla Ward from 1979 to 1981. A third incarnation of Romana has been depicted in some of the spin-off novels, and a fourth (performed by Juliet Landau) has been featured in several audio dramas released by Big Finish Productions in 2013 and 2014, and appeared again in early 2015. Romana is one of only two members of the Doctor's own race to travel with him in the original television series, the first being his granddaughter Susan Foreman (though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petronella Osgood
UNIT stands for United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, a fictional entity in ''Doctor Who''. UNIT first appeared in the Second Doctor serial ''The Invasion (Doctor Who), The Invasion'', (1968), although Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart had appeared earlier in ''The Web of Fear'' (1968) as a Colonel (United Kingdom), colonel. UNIT went on to feature in many Third Doctor stories, as the Doctor is shown being exiled to Earth in ''Spearhead from Space'' (1970), and becomes UNIT's Scientific Advisor following the Auton attack. The Doctor would maintain this post in subsequent incarnations. UNIT is a large organisation and many personnel have featured in ''Doctor Who'' over the years. Some lead, supporting and recurring characters have worked for or have been affiliated with the organisation. The most notable personnel include Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, The Brigadier, Sergeant Benton, Mike Yates, Petronella Osgood, Kate Stewart (Doctor Who), Kate Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
