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Robophobia
''Robophobia'' is a Big Finish Productions List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish, audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who.'' It is a four-part story. Plot The Doctor arrives on a spaceship transporting over a hundred thousand potentially List of Doctor Who robots#Sandminer Robots, deadly robots. Cast *The Doctor (Doctor Who), The Doctor – Sylvester McCoy *Liv Chenka – Nicola Walker *Farel – Toby Hadoke *Bas Pellico – William Hazell (actor), William Hazell *Selerat – Nicholas Pegg *Cravnet – Dan Starkey (actor), Dan Starkey *Tal Karus – Matt Addis *Leebar/Computer Voice – John Dorney Continuity *For the people of Kaldor, this story picks up a few months after the events of the Fourth Doctor television story, ''The Robots of Death''. *The Doctor's TARDIS is black in this story. It remains this way through subsequent stories and is resolved in ''Black and White (Doctor Who a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black And White (Doctor Who Audio)
''Black and White'' is a Big Finish Productions List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish, audio play based on the long-running British science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot The search for the Doctor continues. The Black TARDIS brings Ace and Aristedes to the setting of the classic, epic, Anglo-Saxon poem, ''Beowulf''. The White TARDIS brings Hex and Sally to the same location, but sixteen years later. Cast *Seventh Doctor – Sylvester McCoy *Ace (Doctor Who), Ace – Sophie Aldred *Hex (Doctor Who), Hex – Philip Olivier *List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs#Aristedes, Captain Aristedes – Maggie O'Neill *List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs#Sally Morgan, Private Sally Morgan- Amy Pemberton (British actress), Amy Pemberton *Grendel, Garundel – Stuart Milligan *Beowulf (hero), Young Beowulf – Michael Rouse *Beowulf (hero), Old Beowulf – Richard Bremmer *Weohstan – John Banks (actor), John Banks *Wiglaf †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Robertson
Jamie Robertson (born May 30, 1981) is an English film score composer. Born in Essex, Robertson studied music from a very young age. With a theatrical background from just 10 he grew up knowing his love of music was to aim for film, TV and radio. Robertson's style includes the use of choirs, orchestral with a contemporary feel. His past work has included ambient soundtracks for both game and screen and orchestral sound tracks for film including ''Beneath the Mask: Portrait of an American Ninja''. In 2006 Robertson was a keen paranormal investigator and was asked to attend some filming for the TV series ''The Secret Life of Suburbia'' where he investigated a house in Dover claimed to have been haunted by a mysterious figure. The programme was produced by the company Shine TV. Robertson has extensive music and sound design in Audio Drama including Doctor Who and the VETO NIX. In 2007 Robertson began working with Big Finish Productions on the Official Doctor Who spin offs Dalek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lurkers At Sunlight's Edge
''Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot In 1934, off the coast of Alaska, a mysterious four-year-old island is stirring. Within it is a vast citadel, where the Dreamers sleep. Also on the island is an institute, where a Lovecraftian horror writer has a terrible secret that even he doesn't know. Cast *Seventh Doctor – Sylvester McCoy *Ace – Sophie Aldred * Hex – Philip Olivier *CP Doveday – Michael Brandon *Dr Freya Gabriel – Kate Terence *Emerson Whytecrag – Stuart Milligan *Professor August Corbin – Alex Lowe *Slade – Sam Clemens *Captain Akins – Duncan Wisbey Continuity *''Black and White'' contains a few scenes that take place directly after ''Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge'', including one that leads into ''Robophobia ''Robophobia'' is a Big Finish Productions List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish, audio drama based on the long-r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Doomsday Quatrain
''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish Productions and starring one of the original actors to play The Doctor on television in the classic era of the programme. The main audio series currently feature the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, and have since developed the pattern of thirteen releases per year, one every month with two in September or December. In May 2020, Big Finish announced that the Main Range would conclude with its 275th release in March 2021, to be replaced with regular releases of each Doctor in their own boxsets throughout the year from January 2022. With 275 releases over 22 years, in 2021 the series received the Guinness World Record for longest running science fiction audio play series. Big Finish Productions began producing audio dramas featuring the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Doctor Who Robots
The long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' has featured many robots. The Daleks and Cybermen are not listed as they are depicted as organic beings that become cyborgs as opposed to true robots. A Anne Droid Auton B Bracewell C Cleaners Clockwork Robot D Davinadroid Drathro E Emojibot H Handbot Heavenly Host K K1 The Doctor's first enemy in his fourth incarnation. He is the main villain during ‘’Robot’’. K9 The Doctor's faithful robotic dog companion, from the middle to end of his fourth incarnation. The original model was acquired by the Doctor during '' The Invisible Enemy''. Kamelion A shape-shifting android acquired by the Fifth Doctor as a companion at the end of the two-part story ''The King's Demons'' (1983). Kamelion was weak-willed, so The Master was able to take control of him twice. Kandyman Kerb!am Man M Mechonoid Mechonoids are large, multifaceted, spherical robo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Walker
Nicola Jane Walker (born 15 May 1970) is an English actress, known for her starring roles in various British television programmes from the 1990s onwards, including that of Ruth Evershed in the spy drama '' Spooks'' (2003–2006 and 2009–2011) and DCI Cassie Stuart in ''Unforgotten'' (2015–2021). She has also worked in theatre, radio and film. She won the 2013 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for the play ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'', and was twice nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for the BBC drama ''Last Tango in Halifax''. Early life Walker was born in Stepney in the East End of London and has an elder brother. She attended Saint Nicholas School at Old Harlow in Essex, and Forest School, Walthamstow, and undertook acting classes from the age of 12 in order to speak to boys. Interviewed in 2014 by ''The Daily Telegraph'', she said, "I was really encouraged by my mother. My dad thought it was a ridiculous thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liv Chenka
This is a list of fictional characters who were companions of the Doctor, in various spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series, '' Doctor Who''. A Amy Amy, portrayed by Ciara Janson, is a companion of the Fifth Doctor in the ''Key 2 Time'' series, which includes the plays ''The Judgement of Isskar'', '' The Destroyer of Delights'' and '' The Chaos Pool''. She is a human "tracer", a device designed to track down the segments of the Key to Time across the universe. When the Doctor meets Amy, she is just a few seconds old and recruits the Doctor as her companion to find the Key. At the end of ''The Chaos Pool'', Romana invites Amy to live on Gallifrey and enroll in their Academy. Amy (now renamed Abby) and her sister Zara return in their own mini-series '' Graceless''. Antimony Antimony was a companion of the Seventh Doctor and appeared in the webcast story '' Death Comes to Time'' by Colin Meek (widely understood to be a pseudon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Robots Of Death
''The Robots of Death'' is the fifth serial of the 14th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 29 January to 19 February 1977. In the serial, the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) and Leela (Louise Jameson) arrive on a sandminer whose crew, from a robot-dependent civilisation, are being murdered. Influenced by the works of Agatha Christie, Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert, ''The Robots of Death'' was the second script written for the series by Chris Boucher, Philip Hinchcliffe's penultimate story as producer and Michael E. Briant's final contribution to the series as a director. It has been described by ''Radio Times'' as a "fan favourite", "suspenseful" and "beautifully designed" serial featuring Tom Baker "in his prime". It was chosen to represent the era of the Fourth Doctor at the British Film Institute's 50th anniversary celebration of ''Doctor Who''. Plot The Fourth Doctor and Leela a ... [...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 plays produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Starkey (actor)
Dan Starkey (born 27 September 1977) is an English actor known for making numerous appearances in the BBC One science-fiction TV series ''Doctor Who''. He has portrayed a number of different Sontaran characters, most notably Strax, who has come across the Eleventh and Twelfth incarnations of the Doctor, played by Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi respectively. In 2016 joined the CBBC sketch show, '' Class Dismissed'' and has appeared in 36 episodes (every episode of Series 1,2 & 3) He left the show after Series 3. Early life He studied at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and graduated in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic before training at the Bristol Old Vic (graduating in 2006). Career He played the enraged loner Simon in ''Muswell Hill'' by Torben Betts at Richmond's Orange Tree Theatre (Feb/March 2012) and was nominated as Best Male Performance at the 2012 Off West End Theatre Awards (Offies). In November 2013 Starkey appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage ''The Five(ish) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sontarans
The Sontarans ( ) are a fictional race of extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial humanoids principally portrayed in the British science fiction on television, science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. A warrior race characterised by their ruthlessness and fearlessness of death, they were conceived by writer and future story editor Robert Holmes (screenwriter), Robert Holmes and first appeared in the 1973 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Time Warrior''. Characteristics Culture The Sontarans are a race of humanoids with a stocky build, greenish brown skin, a distinctive dome-shaped head, and they have only three fingers on each hand, though some members of their species do have five fingers. Their musculature is designed for load-bearing rather than leverage, because of the high gravity on their home planet. Ross Jenkins in "The Sontaran Stratagem" describes the main Sontaran villain, General Staal, as resembling "a talking baked potato", whilst in sequel episode "The Pois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TARDIS
The TARDIS (; acronym for "Time And Relative Dimension In Space") is a fictional hybrid of the time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and its various spin-offs. Its exterior appearance mimics a police box, an obsolete type of telephone kiosk that was once commonly seen on streets in Britain. Paradoxically, its interior is shown as being much larger than its exterior, commonly described as being "bigger on the inside". Due to the significance of ''Doctor Who'' in popular British culture, the shape of the police box is now more strongly associated with the TARDIS than its real-world inspiration. The name and design of the TARDIS is a registered trademark of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), despite the fact that the design was originally created by the Metropolitan Police Service. Name TARDIS is an acronym of "Time And Relative Dimension(s) in Space". The word "Dimension" is alternatively rendered in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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