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Silver Nemesis
''Silver Nemesis'' is the third serial of the 25th season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 in three weekly parts from 23 November (the 25th anniversary) to 7 December 1988. In New Zealand, all three parts were broadcast on TVNZ on 25 November. In the serial, the neo-Nazi De Flores ( Anton Diffring), the 17th-century sorceress Lady Peinforte (Fiona Walker), and the Cyberman vie for control of the Nemesis, a statue containing a living metal which crash-landed near Windsor Castle in 1988. The serial marks the final appearance of the Cybermen in the original run. Plot The Seventh Doctor and Ace visit England, where three rival factions—the Cybermen, a group of neo-Nazis, and a 17th-century sorceress named Lady Peinforte—are attempting to gain control of a statue made of a living metal, validium, that was created by Omega and Rassilon as the ultimate defence for Gallifrey. The statue's c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who Magazine
''Doctor Who Magazine'' (abbreviated as ''DWM'') is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Launched in 1979 as ''Doctor Who Weekly'', the magazine became a monthly publication the following year. Now with 13 issues a year, as well as currently producing triannual deluxe Special Editions (2002–) and Bookazines (2013–), the publication features behind the scenes articles on the TV show and other media, as well as producing its own world famous comic strip. Its founding editor was Dez Skinn, and the incumbent editor is Marcus Hearn, who took over from the magazine's longest-serving editor, Tom Spilsbury, in July 2017. ''DWM'' is recognised by ''Guinness World Records'' as the longest running TV tie-in magazine, celebrating 40 years of continuous publication on 11 October 2019. History Originally geared towards children and predominately featuring comic strips, ''DWM'' slowly transformed into a mature magazine, expanding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolores Gray
Dolores Gray (born Sylvia Dolores Finkelstein; June 7, 1924 – June 26, 2002) was an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical twice, winning once. Early life She was born as Sylvia Dolores Finkelstein (but known by Sylvia Dolores Vernon growing up) to Barbara Marguerite Gray (born Marguerite Gray) and Harry Vernon Finkelstein. Both her mother and father were vaudeville actors, which is how they met. Gray's parents divorced when she was a young child. She had an older brother, Richard Gray (born Richard Vernon), who also had a career in Hollywood. While attending Polytechnic High School she was in the Girls' Glee Club. She was discovered by Rudy Vallee, who gave her a guest spot on his nationwide radio show. Career Her career commenced as a cabaret artist in restaurants and supper clubs in San Francisco, and in Reno, Nevada.''Who's Who in the Theatre'' (1981) Gale, ''Gale Biography In Context'' In 1945 she appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keff McCulloch
Keff McCulloch is an English composer best known for his electronic music for ''Doctor Who'' in the late 1980s. In 1987, he was employed by producer John Nathan-Turner to arrange the ''Doctor Who'' theme music for the Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy. The theme, drawing on the original composed by Ron Grainer and arranged by Delia Derbyshire, was used for three years until the series was cancelled by the BBC in 1989. The new theme music was accompanied by new titles and logo. McCulloch also contributed incidental music scores to six stories during the McCoy era, namely: ''Time and the Rani''; ''Paradise Towers''; ''Delta and the Bannermen''; '' Remembrance of the Daleks''; ''Silver Nemesis''; ''Battlefield''; and also the later ''Dimensions in Time'' and '' Shada''. McCulloch also played a role on screen as one of the Lorells (a backing group) in ''Delta and the Bannermen'' (1987). Alongside his work on ''Doctor Who'', McCulloch was a musician and sound engineer, touring with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Cartmel
Andrew J. Cartmel (born 6 April 1958) is a British author and journalist. He was the script editor of '' Doctor Who'' during the Sylvester McCoy era of the show between 1987 and 1989. He has also worked as a script editor on other television series, as a magazine editor, as a comics writer, as a film studies lecturer, and as a novelist. Biography Raised in Canada, Cartmel returned to England in order to complete his education. He took a post-graduate course in computer studies and worked on computer-aided design for Shape Data Ltd (now UGS Corp) in Cambridge, England during the mid-1980s. He then turned more to writing and managed to gain an agent on the strength of two unproduced scripts, also attending workshops run by the BBC Television Drama Script Unit. In late 1986, when he was in his late twenties, Cartmel was hired as the script editor for the twenty-fourth season of the science-fiction programme '' Doctor Who'', having been recommended to the producer John Nathan-Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Clarke (writer)
Kevin Clarke is an English playwright and screenwriter of film and television. Early life Kevin Clarke spent his early childhood in care. He grew up in Birkenhead, Merseyside and left school at 16 to work as a guitarist. Later he studied Drama at Bretton Hall, Leeds. He taught in London for five years, writing in the evenings. He directed his first play ''The Jackpot'' at the Finborough Theatre; as a result he was invited to join the first BBC Television Writers training course and commissioned to write for the BBC TV series ''Casualty''. Career His subsequent theatre play ''Translantic'' written with Josh Goldstein ran for three months at the Dramatis Personae Theater in New York City, and his third, ''Charity's Child'' played the Riverside Studios. His original comedy screenplay, ''Albert and the Lion'' was produced by ITV. He has written more than 150 episodes of television drama, including scripts for ''Minder'', ''Wish Me Luck'', '' Doctor Who'', '' Wycliffe'', ''The Inspector ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Clough
Chris Clough (born 9 March 1951 in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England) is an English television producer and director. Clough studied English literature at Leeds University. He went there because they had a television studio available for the students. He used the material he created there to apply for jobs and he got a job as a researcher at Granada Television. He then started directing. In 1982 he went freelance and in that decade he directed episodes of the television soap operas ''Brookside'' and '' EastEnders''. While working on ''EastEnders'', Clough got to know one of the assistant directors, Gary Downie, who had also worked on '' Doctor Who''. He got an interview with ''Doctor Who'' producer John Nathan-Turner and he later directed six serials of the series — '' Terror of the Vervoids'', '' The Ultimate Foe'', ''Delta and the Bannermen'', '' Dragonfire'', ''The Happiness Patrol'' and '' Silver Nemesis''. In the 1990s, Clough directed several episodes of ''The Bill'' and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Tontoh
Frank Tontoh (born 22 May 1964) is a Ghanaian percussionist. Life and work Born into the world of music, his father being trumpeter Mac Tontoh, Frank began his musical studies at MIT in Los Angeles. Afterwards, he completed a degree in composition and arranging with school friend and fellow musician Courtney Pine at Trinity College London. In 1982, Tontoh toured with his father's band Osibisa, touring the world for four years. On returning to London in 1986, He formed the Jazz Warriors with Pine, the first of many bands he would become associated with. The friends also appeared as part of the jazz quartet in the first instalment of ''Doctor Whos twenty-fifth anniversary special ''Silver Nemesis''. Afterwards, Tontoh went on to form his own band, Desperately Seeking Fusion. He has worked for, and performed with, many others including Aztec Camera, Level 42, Tasmin Archer, Jason Donovan, Gary Barlow, Des'ree, Mis-Teeq and Gabrielle among others. In 1996, he worked with Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Mothle
Ernest "Shololo" Mothle (2 December 1942 – 2 May 2011) was a South African jazz musician (performing in double bass, electric bass and vocals) and composer. Life and work He attended St. Peter's College in Rosettenville, Johannesburg, listening to music happening all around him in the bustling township. After briefly dreaming of playing the clarinet or saxophone (taking up the latter in his teens due to fooling around), he discovered his voice in music after turning to double bass. As a result, Mothle began playing with various musicians active in his home area of Tshwane. At college, he played in the Father Huddlestone Band with Hugh Masekela and Jonas Gwangwa. In 1959, he found the vocal group Dominoes along with Francis and Cornelius Kekana and Gabriel Tladi. By 1962, Mothle had become an accomplished jazz musician, performing on Alf Herbert's ''African Jazz and Variety Show'' and with musicians and singers such as Barney Rachabane, Johnny Mekoa Tete Mbambisa, Pat Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Reid (musician)
Adrian Reid (born 10 March 1985) is a Jamaican former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Reid played for Waterhouse Kingston from 2004 to 2005, and then joined Portmore United. In 2008 and 2009 Reid had trials with Vålerenga, Aalesund and Lillestrøm in Norway. In August 2009 it was announced that Lillestrøm signed Reid on loan for the rest of the autumn. He returned to Portmore United in January 2010. On 17 March 2011, he signed a loan agreement with Vålerenga, the club he played a training match with against Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ... in 2008. He returned to Portmore United in summer 2011. International career Reid played for the Jamaican U20 national team from 2004 to 2005 and the U23 squad from 2005 to 2007. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Pine
Courtney Pine, (born 18 March 1964), is a British jazz musician, who was the principal founder in the 1980s of the black British band the Jazz Warriors. Although known primarily for his saxophone playing, Pine is a multi-instrumentalist, also playing the flute, clarinet, bass clarinet and keyboards. On his 2011 album, ''Europa'', he plays almost exclusively bass clarinet. Background Pine's parents were Jamaican immigrants, his father a carpenter and his mother a housing manager. As a child, he wanted to be an astronaut. Born in London, Pine lived in the ‘Avenues’ area of Kensal Green in north-west London, before moving to Wembley and attending Kingsbury High School, where he studied classical clarinet, teaching himself the saxophone from the age of 14.Maya Jaggi"Fusion visionary" ''The Guardian'', 30 September 2000. He began his music career playing reggae, touring in 1981 with Clint Eastwood & General Saint. Career In 1986 Pine's debut album '' Journey to the Urge With ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Orrell
Brian D. Orrell is a former British trade union leader. Born in Barrow-in-Furness, Orrell went to sea in 1965, training as an engineer with the Blue Funnel Line. He joined the Merchant Navy and Airline Officers Association (MNAOA), and from 1973 he worked full-time for the union as industrial officer of its Liverpool branch. While in this post, he studied with Ruskin College and then the Chelmer Institute Law School. In 1989, Orrell was elected as assistant general secretary of National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers (NUMAST), the successor to the MNAOA, and then he became general secretary in 1993. He represented the union at the International Transport Workers' Federation, and chaired its seafarers' group from 2000, achieving new agreements on working conditions, hours or work, and identity documents. Orrell negotiated an international merger, which led NUMAST to join the new Nautilus International in 2009. He stood down shortly before the merger t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Hardy (actor) (born 1959), Swiss-born Canadian hockey player
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Mark Hardy may refer to: * Mark A. Hardy, Columbia University surgeon * Mark Hardy (actor), actor in the 1988 ''Dr Who'' serial ''Silver Nemesis'' * Mark Hardy (baseball) (born 1988), Canadian baseball player *Mark Hardy (ice hockey) Mark Hardy (born February 1, 1959) is a Swiss-born Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers and Minnesota North Stars between 1979 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |