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Loups-Garoux
''Loups-Garoux'' (French for werewolves) is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Plot In Brazil in the year 2080, the Fifth Doctor and Turlough are confronted by an ancient werewolf. Notes *This adventure takes place between the television stories ''Resurrection of the Daleks'' and ''Planet of Fire''. * Eleanor Bron previously appeared in the television series as an art critic in '' City of Death'' and Kara in ''Revelation of the Daleks''. Burt Kwouk previously appeared in the television series as Lin Futu in '' Four to Doomsday''. Derek Wright played a Roundhead that assailed the UNIT convoy in ''The Time Monster''. *The first scene quotes the real death sentence on Peter Stumpp from the documented report of his trial in Cologne in 1589. *The new spine design was based on the 1999 David Bowie album reissues. *Stubbe implies that he ate the Grand Duchess Anastasia, the only member of the Tsar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revelation Of The Daleks
''Revelation of the Daleks'' is the sixth and final serial of the 22nd season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in two weekly parts on 23 and 30 March 1985. This was the final serial to be broadcast in 45-minute episodes; this format would return 20 years later when the series resumed in 2005. ''Revelation of the Daleks'' is the only time the Sixth Doctor encountered the Daleks in a television story. The serial is set on the planet Necros. The galaxy is suffering from famine, but Davros ( Terry Molloy) is masquerading as the Great Healer and has commandeered a funeral home, the high-tech facility Tranquil Repose, as a base from which he can convert humans into either food for the starving or into Daleks for his new secret army. However, his manufacturing ally Kara (Eleanor Bron) wants his business and has hired the assassins Orcini (William Gaunt) and Bostock (John Ogwen) to kill him. Plot The TARDIS lands on Necros, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Bron
Eleanor Bron (born 14 March 1938) is an English stage, film and television actress, and an author. Her film roles include Ahme in the Beatles musical ''Help!'' (1965), the Doctor in '' Alfie'' (1966), Margaret Spencer in '' Bedazzled'' (1967), and Hermione Roddice in ''Women in Love'' (1969). She has appeared in television series such as '' Yes Minister'', ''Doctor Who,'' and '' Absolutely Fabulous''. Early life and family Bron was born on 14 March 1938 in Stanmore, Middlesex, into a Jewish family. Before her birth, her father Sydney had legally changed his name from Bronstein to Bron, in an effort to enhance his newly founded commercial enterprise, Bron's Orchestral Service. Her elder brother was the record producer Gerry Bron. She attended the North London Collegiate School and then Newnham College, Cambridge, where she read Modern Languages. She later characterised her time at Newnham as "three years of unparalleled pampering and privilege". Career Early work Bron began he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Kwouk
Herbert Tsangtse Kwouk, (; ; 18 July 1930 – 24 May 2016) was a British actor, known for his role as Cato in the ''Pink Panther'' films. He made appearances in many television programmes, including a portrayal of Imperial Japanese Army Major Yamauchi in the British drama series '' Tenko'' and as Entwistle in '' Last of the Summer Wine''. Early life Kwouk was born on 18 July 1930 in Warrington, Lancashire, to Chinese parents; his parents were on a business trip touring Europe. He was brought up in Shanghai; his father was a textile tycoon descended from a Tang dynasty general. Between the ages of 12 and 16, he attended the Shanghai Jesuit Mission School, which he described as "the Far East equivalent" of Eton College. He left China in 1947 when his parents returned to Britain, and was sent to the United States to complete his education. In 1953, he graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. The Kwouk family fortune was lost in the Chinese communist revolution in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minuet In Hell
''Minuet in Hell'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Unlike the other Eighth Doctor audio plays from this "season", ''Minuet in Hell'' was not broadcast on BBC 7 in 2005, primarily due to story references that were dropped for the broadcasts, and the more mature subject matter of this story. Plot The Brigadier finds the Eighth Doctor a patient of a medical institute. Meanwhile, Charley has lost her memory and is working in the Hell Fire Club under the direction of Francis Dashwood the Third, where a demonic creature called Marchosias has been summoned by the local dignitaries of Malebolgia. Are these demons real, or can the disturbed Doctor reclaim his wits and learn the truth? Cast *The Doctor — Paul McGann * Charley Pollard — India Fisher *Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart — Nicholas Courtney *Brigham Elisha Dashwood III — Robert Jezek *Dr Dale Pargeter — Maureen Oakley *Gide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four To Doomsday
''Four to Doomsday'' is the second serial of the 19th season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 18 to 26 January 1982. The serial is set almost entirely on the spaceship of the alien Urbankan Monarch (Stratford Johns). In the serial, Monarch plots to invade Earth for its minerals using a deadly toxin to wipe out humanity so he can continue to make improvements to his ship. Plot The TARDIS materialises on board a vast and advanced spacecraft, observed by a hovering surveillance device which conveys the arrival of the crew to an observing being in control of the vessel. The TARDIS crew become separated and the Fifth Doctor and Tegan reach the bridge where the green-skinned commander introduces himself as Monarch, ruler of Urbanka, and his associates and fellow Urbankans are the Ministers of Enlightenment and Persuasion. The leader is intrigued by talk of current Earth civilisation and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Stumpp
Peter Stumpp (c. 1535 – 1589; name is also spelled as Peter Stube, Peter Stubbe, Peter Stübbe or Peter Stumpf) was a German farmer and alleged serial killer, accused of werewolfery, witchcraft and cannibalism. He was known as 'the Werewolf of Bedburg'. Sources The most comprehensive source on the case is a 16-page pamphlet published in London in 1590, the translation of a German print of which no copies have survived. The English pamphlet, of which two copies exist (one in the British Museum and one in the Lambeth Library), was rediscovered by occultist Montague Summers in 1920. It describes Stumpp's life, alleged crimes and the trial, and includes many statements from neighbours and witnesses on the crimes. Summers reprints the entire pamphlet, including a woodcut, on pages 253 to 259 of his work ''The Werewolf''. Additional information is provided by the diaries of Hermann von Weinsberg, a Cologne alderman, and by a number of illustrated broadsheets, which were printed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dust Breeding
''Dust Breeding'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. The story marks the return of Caroline John to ''Doctor Who'' and the introduction of the Master to the Big Finish continuity. Plot The Seventh Doctor's diary has a strange entry that the painting "The Scream" by Edvard Munch is going to be destroyed in "mysterious circumstances". So he and Ace visit a colony of artists on the barren dust world of Duchamp 331 to find out more. He isn't expecting the return of one of his most personal enemies... Cast Notes #The Master spends the story in a state of decay similar to that shown in '' The Deadly Assassin'' and ''The Keeper of Traken''. His alias in the story, Mr. Seta, is, as is typical for the Master, an anagram of Master. #Caroline John previously played the Third Doctor's companion Liz Shaw in the 1970 season. She was married to Geoffrey Beevers, who had previously played the Master i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Pegg
Nicholas Pegg is a British actor, writer and director. Educated at Nottingham High School and graduating with a Master of Arts in English Literature from the University of Exeter, Pegg subsequently trained at the Guildford School of Acting. Acting Pegg's acting work in the theatre includes productions for Nottingham Playhouse, Scottish Opera, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Plymouth. His television roles include appearances in '' EastEnders'', '' Doc Martin'' and '' It's a Sin'', and he has appeared as a Dalek operator in numerous episodes of ''Doctor Who''. In his capacity as a Dalek operator he has also appeared in person on ''Blue Peter'' and in many editions of the documentary series '' Doctor Who Confidential''. In November 2013 he appeared as himself in the 50th anniversary comedy homage '' The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot''. Pegg has also worked on ''Doctor Who'' in the audio medium, acting, writing and directing for several ''Doctor Who'' audio pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Platt (writer)
Marc Platt (born 1953) is a British novelist and playwright. He is best known for his work with the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Career After studying catering at a technical college, Platt worked first for Trust House Forte, and then in administration for the BBC. After multiple attempts to work on the series, he wrote the 1989 ''Doctor Who'' serial '' Ghost Light'' based on two proposals, one of which later became the novel '' Lungbarrow''. That novel was greatly anticipated by fans as it was the culmination of the so-called " Cartmel Masterplan", revealing details of the Doctor's background and family. After the original series' cancellation, Platt wrote multiple tie-in novels for Virgin Publishing, and later would become a regular writer for Big Finish Productions. Among his most famous productions was the audio ''Doctor Who'' drama '' Spare Parts'', which told the origin of the Cybermen. The story was later the inspiration for the 2006 ''Doctor Who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vislor Turlough
Vislor Turlough is a fictional character played by Mark Strickson in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was a companion of the Fifth Doctor, being a regular in the programme from 1983 to 1984. Turlough appeared in 10 stories (33 episodes). Character history When Turlough first appears in the serial ''Mawdryn Undead'', he is a student of retired Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (himself a former companion of the Doctor) at the Brendon Public School, but it becomes apparent that he is not what he seems. He is contacted by the malevolent Black Guardian, who offers to take him home if he kills the Doctor. He also appears familiar with concepts of time travel and matter transmission. At the end of the serial, Turlough asks to accompany the Doctor. Despite Tegan and Nyssa's suspicions, the Doctor accepts Turlough as part of the TARDIS crew. During the course of the next two serials, ''Terminus'' and '' Enlightenment'' (collectively known, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifth Doctor
The Fifth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Peter Davison. 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. Davison portrays the Fifth Doctor as having a vulnerable side and a tendency towards indecisiveness, dressed as a boyish Edwardian cricketer. He travelled with a host of companions, including boy genius Adric ( Matthew Waterhouse), alien aristocrat Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) and Australian flight attendant Tegan Jovanka ( Janet Fielding), whom he had travelled alongside in his previous incarnation. He also shared later adventures alongside devious schoolboy Vislor Turlough ( Mark Strickson) and American college student Peri Brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourth Doctor
The Fourth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Tom Baker. 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 Fourth Doctor as a whimsical and sometimes brooding individual whose enormous personal warmth is at times tempered by his capacity for righteous anger. His initial companions were intrepid journalist Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen), who had travelled alongside his previous incarnation, and Surgeon-Lieutenant Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter) of UNIT. His later companions were savage warrior Leela ( Louise Jameson), robotic dog K9 ( John Leeson and David Brierly), Time Lady Romana (Mary Tamm and Lalla Ward), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
