|
The Shadow Heart
''The Shadow Heart'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot The Doctor returns to the fallen Drashani Empire, just as The Wrath look to conquer the Earth Empire. But he finds his own past coming back to haunt him in the worst possible way, as the galaxy's greatest bounty hunter is assigned with the task of hunting him down. Cast * The Doctor – Sylvester McCoy *Vienna Salvatori – Chase Masterson *Talbar – Eve Karpf *Talbar – Alex Mallinson *Captain Webster / Starbaff / Wrath Emperor – John Banks *Lt Dervish – Jaimi Barbakoff *Prince Kylo – James Wilby *Princess Aliona – Kirsty Besterman Continuity *This is the last in a trilogy of stories, following the Fifth Doctor in ''The Burning Prince'' and the Sixth Doctor in '' The Acheron Pulse''. *Five decades have passed since the Doctor's last visit. *A month before this story's release, Big Finish announced that Chase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on cult science fiction properties. These include ''Doctor Who'', the characters Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog from '' 2000 AD'', ''Blake's 7'', ''Dark Shadows'', '' Dracula'', ''Terrahawks'', ''Sapphire & Steel'', ''Sherlock Holmes'', '' Stargate'', '' The Avengers'', ''The Prisoner'', ''Timeslip'' and ''Torchwood''. History Founded in 1996, Big Finish in late 1998 began releasing audio plays adapted from the New Adventures, a series of novels from Virgin Books which had originally been licensed ''Doctor Who'' stories, but by then had become officially independent from the show and were based around the character of Bernice "Benny" Summerfield. In 1999, Big Finish obtained a non-exclusive licence to produce official ''Doctor Who'' plays, beginning with the multi-Doctor story ''The Sirens of Time''. ''Docto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve Karpf
Eve Karpf (born 2 August 1947) is a British actress. Among her roles was the voice of Weed for the 2001 ''Bill and Ben'' reboot. She was a voice of Dennis' mum, Matilda in the 1996 '' Dennis the Menace'' television series, Mrs. Bird in ''The Adventures of Paddington Bear'' and The Voice in Trapped!. Karpf also featured in several audiobooks, among them ''A Creepy Company'' who was praised as being "a marvelous performer whose storytelling talents keep the listener spellbound." She is known for being the voice of the Ferrero Rocher commercial line, "Monsieur, with these Rocher, you're really spoiling us." She has numerous minor roles in video games from various franchises based on other media, including ''James Bond'' and ''Star Wars''. Her credits include Minerva McGonagall in the ''Harry Potter'' video games, including ''Philosopher's Stone'' (released in the US as Sorcerer's Stone), ''Chamber of Secrets'', ''Prisoner of Azkaban'', '' Order of the Phoenix'', ''Half-Blood Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNIT Dominion
''UNIT: Dominion'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It is a special four-hour-long story in a five disc CD box set. Plot UNIT, and their current Scientific Adviser, Elizabeth Klein, are fending off a spate of unusual alien invasions. Assisting her is a man she's never seen before, claiming to be the Doctor. Cast * The Doctor – Sylvester McCoy * Klein – Tracey Childs * Raine Creevey – Beth Chalmers *The Other Doctor/ The Master – Alex MacQueen *Colonel Lafayette – Julian Dutton *Sergeant Pete Wilson – Bradley Gardner *Sylvie / Liz Morrison – Miranda Keeling *Private Phillips / John Starr – Ben Porter *Major Wyland-Jones – Sam Clemens *Private Maynard / Arunzell – Alex Mallinson *Ace – Sophie Aldred Continuity *The Seventh Doctor first met Klein in the audio story ''Colditz''. She was a scientist from an alternate time line, a version of the 1960s where the Nazis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Architects Of History
''The Architects of History'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It contains a four-part story. The story was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in 4 episodes on 30 May, 31 May, 1 June and 4 June 2012. Plot In 2044, the Selachians attack Earth’s Moonbase. And the Galactic Reich is threatened. Cast * The Doctor — Sylvester McCoy * Klein — Tracey Childs * Rachel Cooper — Lenora Crichlow *Sam Kirke — Ian Hayles *Major Richter — Jamie Parker *Generalleutnant Tendexter — Lloyd McGuire Lloyd McGuire (born 2 September 1947) is an English actor in film and television. Education Born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, McGuire attended Bournville Grammar-Technical School for Boys. He began work as a Commercial Apprentice at the Austin ... *Selachian Leader — Chris Porter *Feldwebel/Computer Voice — Rachel Laurence *Pilot/Selachian — David Dobson References External links''The Archit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Acheron Pulse
''The Acheron Pulse'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot The Doctor returns to The Drashani Empire, which is now under attack from alien invaders known as The Wrath. Cast * The Doctor – Colin Baker *Tenebris – James Wilby *Dukhin – Joseph Kloska *Teesha – Jane Slavin *Vincol – Chris Porter *Boritz – John Banks *Athrid – Chook Sibtain *Olerik – Carol Noakes *Empress Cheni – Kirsty Besterman Continuity *This is the second in a trilogy of stories that began with the Fifth Doctor in ''The Burning Prince ''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 ...'' and concludes with the Seventh Doctor in '' The Shadow Heart''. *Three decades have passed since the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixth Doctor
The Sixth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Colin Baker. Although his televisual time on the series was comparatively brief and turbulent, Baker has continued as the Sixth Doctor in Big Finish's range of original ''Doctor Who'' audio adventures. 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 sixth such incarnation: an arrogant and flamboyant character in brightly coloured, mismatched clothes whose brash and often patronising personality set him apart from all his previous incarnations. The Sixth Doctor appeared in three seasons. His appearance in the first of these was at the end of the final episode of ''The Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Burning Prince
''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] |
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 (Nico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsty Besterman
Kirsty Besterman (born 1980) is a British actress of the stage and screen. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduating in 2002. Filmography Film Television Theatre *"Arcadia" (English Touring Theatre) *"Separate Tables" (Salisbury Playhouse) *"Tonight at 8.30" (English Touring Theatre) *"Private Lives" ( Royal Lyceum Edinburgh) *"Playhouse Creatures" ( Chichester Theatre) *"Foxfinder" (Finborough Theatre) *"The Importance of Being Earnest" ( The Rose Theatre Kingston) *"Amy's View" (Nottingham Playhouse) *''Plunder'' (Watermill Theatre) *''The Rivals'' (Theatre Royal, Bath) *''Othello'' (Cheek by Jowl), as Bianca. *''King Lear'' (RSC Academy), as Cordelia. *'' Holding Fire!'' (Shakespeare's Globe). *''The Merchant of Venice'' (Shakespeare's Globe), as Portia. *''Macbeth'' (National Theatre tour), as Lady Macbeth. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wilby
James Jonathon Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English actor. Early life and education Wilby was born in Rangoon, Burma to a corporate executive father. He was educated at Terrington Hall School, North Yorkshire and Sedbergh School in Cumbria (prior to 1974 in West Riding of Yorkshire), and from there went on to study for a degree in Mathematics at Grey College, University of Durham, and then at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Career Wilby's first appearance on screen was in the Oxford Film Company 1982 production '' Privileged'' alongside Hugh Grant. He is known to an international audience for roles in ''Maurice'' (1987), for which he received Venice Film Festival's Best Actor award with co-star Hugh Grant. He then starred in ''A Handful of Dust'' (1988), for which he won the Bari Film Festival Best Actor award. Then came ''A Tale of Two Cities'' (1989), ''Howards End'' (1992), the critically acclaimed ''Regeneration'' (1997), Ismail Merchant's ''Cotton Mary'' (1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chase Masterson
Chase Masterson (born Christianne Carafano on February 26, 1963) is an American actress and singer. Early life Chase Masterson was born Christianne Carafano in Colorado Springs, Colorado. As her father was in the Army,''Trek Stars Open Destination Star Trek Germany'' startrek.com, April 27, 2018 she grew up in several places, among them and three years in Germany. Her family settled in |
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. The TARDIS exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. With various companions, the Doctor combats foes, works to save civilisations, and helps people in need. Beginning with William Hartnell, thirteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor; in 2017, Jodie Whittaker became the first woman to officially play the role on television. The transition from one actor to another is written into the plot of the series with the concept of regeneration into a new incarnation, a plot device in which a Time Lord "transforms" into a new body when the current one is too badly harmed to heal normally. Each acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Doctor Who")