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Time-Flight
''Time-Flight'' is the seventh and final 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 22 to 30 March 1982. The serial is set at the site of Heathrow Airport in the 1980s and 140 million years ago. In the serial, the alien time traveller the Master (Anthony Ainley) attempts to use the power of the psychic gestalt being the Xeraphin to power his damaged time machine. Plot The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, and Tegan, still mourning the loss of their former companion Adric, arrive at Heathrow and learn from Department C19 that one of their Concordes mysteriously vanished just before landing. Using another Concorde with the TARDIS aboard, the Doctor and his companions join Captain Stapley and his crew to fly the same landing path. They appear to land at Heathrow, but the Doctor determines they have flown through a time corridor to 140 million years in the past, the illusion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who DVD Releases
This is a list of ''Doctor Who'' serials and episodes that have been released on DVD and Blu-ray. DVD Release Most ''Doctor Who'' DVDs have been released first in the United Kingdom with Region 2, and released later in Australia and New Zealand ( Region 4) and in North America ( Region 1). Aside from differences in the external packaging, special features and commentaries are mostly identical in all versions. All Region 1 releases prior to September 2005 included a "Who's Who" feature that identified key cast members and gave brief biographies and filmographies. The Region 1 releases of ''The Robots of Death'', ''The Ark in Space'', ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'', and ''Pyramids of Mars'' also include a featurette with the syndicated Time Life introductions and closings narrated by Howard da Silva. There are also minor variations having to do with technical glitches that occurred in the Region 2 discs but were corrected in time for the Region 1 release (''The Caves of And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who (season 19)
The nineteenth season of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' began on 4 January 1982 with '' Castrovalva'', and ended with ''Time-Flight''. John Nathan-Turner produced the series, with three script editors: Christopher H. Bidmead for the first story, Anthony Root for the next three and Eric Saward for the last three. Casting Main cast * Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor * Matthew Waterhouse as Adric * Sarah Sutton as Nyssa * Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka Season 19 saw the introduction of Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor. Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding), Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) and Adric (Matthew Waterhouse) were his companions. Adric is killed off in the climax of ''Earthshock''; a rare instance in the series of a companion dying. Recurring stars * Anthony Ainley as The Master Anthony Ainley returns in '' Castrovalva'' and ''Time-Flight'' as the Master. Guest stars David Banks makes the first of four appearances in the show as a Cyber-leader begi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyssa (Doctor Who)
Nyssa is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. She is played by Sarah Sutton. Although Nyssa was created by writer Johnny Byrne for the single Fourth Doctor serial ''The Keeper of Traken'', the production team subsequently decided she should be retained as a continuing character. Nyssa returned in the following serial, ''Logopolis'', in which the Fourth Doctor regenerated, and remained as a companion of the Fifth Doctor. She was a regular in the programme from 1981 to 1983. Character history Nyssa is an aristocrat of Traken, the daughter of Tremas (a consul of the Traken Union) and stepdaughter of Kassia. She aids the Doctor and Adric when the Master wrests control of the Keepership by first manipulating and then murdering her stepmother, but is herself hypnotised and kidnapped by him after he takes control of her father's body. After being freed from the Master's control, she is brought to Logopolis by the Wa ... [...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] |
Arc Of Infinity
''Arc of Infinity'' is the first serial of the 20th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 3 to 12 January 1983. The serial is set in Amsterdam and on the planet Gallifrey. In the serial, the Time Lord traitor Hedin (Michael Gough) seeks to bring the founder of the Time Lords Omega (Ian Collier) out of the universe of antimatter by making him bond with the body of the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) in the universe of matter. Plot On Gallifrey, the Fifth Doctor's home planet, a Time Lord traitor steals the bio-data code of another Time Lord and provides it to the Renegade, a creature composed of antimatter. The High Council of the Time Lords issue a Warrant of Termination on the Doctor to ensure the Renegade can no longer bond with him. The Doctor is taken for execution, despite Nyssa's attempts to save him, and placed in a dispersal chamber. Unbeknownst to the High Council, The Doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earthshock
''Earthshock'' is the sixth 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 8 to 16 March 1982. This serial marks the final regular appearance of Matthew Waterhouse as Adric and his climactic death, with the final episode featuring unique silent credits in memory of the character. It is also the first to feature the Cybermen since ''Revenge of the Cybermen'' in 1975. The serial is mainly set on Earth and a deep space freighter in 2526. In the serial, the Cybermen plot to wipe out Earth, where a conference of multiple planets are planning to form a military pact to defeat the Cybermen in a war. Plot As the TARDIS materialises in Earth's future, Adric argues with the Fifth Doctor about the lack of attention and respect he receives compared to Nyssa or Tegan. They explore a series of caves and are caught by soldiers led by Lieutenant Scott; Professor Kyle, accompanying Scot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Grimwade
Peter Grimwade (8 June 1942 – 15 May 1990) was a British television director and screenwriter, known for his work as a director and writer of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' in the 1980s. Career After joining the BBC in the late 1960s, Grimwade first worked on ''Doctor Who'' as a production assistant on Jon Pertwee's first serial, ''Spearhead from Space'' (1970). He occupied this position on a further five serials. He got his first chance to direct when he was asked to film some model shots for the serial ''The Robots of Death'' (1977) while the serial's actual director, Michael E. Briant, directed the rest of it in the studio. Tom Baker, meanwhile, used Grimwade's name to replace the scripted "Grimwold's Syndrome" illness mentioned in the script. George Gallaccio, producer of ''The Omega Factor'' (1979), gave Grimwade his full directorial debut on the episode "Out of Body, Out of Mind" in the series. Grimwade was also around this time a product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegan Jovanka
Tegan Jovanka is a fictional character played by Janet Fielding in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. An Australian airline stewardess and a native of Brisbane who was a companion of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, she was a regular in the programme from 1981 to 1984. Tegan appeared in 20 stories (65 episodes). According to producer John Nathan-Turner, when he was thinking of a name for the character, it was either going to be Tegan, after his partner's niece in Australia, or Jovanka, after Jovanka Broz, the widow of Yugoslavian President Josip Broz Tito, so he wrote both down on a piece of paper. Script editor Christopher H. Bidmead mistakenly believed that Jovanka was the character's last name rather than an alternative, and so christened her ''Tegan Jovanka''. Character history Tegan first appears in the Fourth Doctor's last serial, ''Logopolis''. En route to Heathrow Airport to start her new job as a stewardess with Air Australia, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adric
Adric is a fictional character played by Matthew Waterhouse in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was a young native of the planet Alzarius, which exists in the parallel universe of E-Space. A companion of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, he was a regular in the programme from 1980 to 1982 and appeared in 11 stories (40 episodes). The name Adric is an anagram derived from Nobel Prize-winning physicist Paul Dirac. Character history Adric first appears in the Fourth Doctor serial '' Full Circle''. Attempting to escape from the mistfall threatening his community, he stumbles across and finds refuge in the TARDIS, which has been drawn into E-Space via a wormhole-like phenomenon known as a Charged Vacuum Emboitment. He stows away when the Doctor, Romana and K-9 Mark II leave Alzarius and becomes a companion in the following serial, ''State of Decay'', accompanying them on the rest of their adventures in E-Space. He remains with the Doctor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Master (Doctor Who)
The Master, is a recurring character in the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' and its associated spin-off works. He is a renegade alien Time Lord and the childhood friend and later archenemy of the title character, the Doctor. He is most recently portrayed by Sacha Dhawan. Multiple actors have played the Master since the character's introduction in 1971. Within the show's narrative, the change in actors and subsequent change of the character's appearance is sometimes explained as the Master taking possession of other characters' bodies or as a consequence of regeneration, which is a biological attribute that allows Time Lords to survive fatal injuries or old age. The Master was originally played by Roger Delgado from 1971 until his death in 1973. The role was subsequently played by Peter Pratt, Geoffrey Beevers, and Anthony Ainley, with Ainley reprising the role regularly through the 1980s until the series was cancelled in 1989. Eric Roberts to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Drinkel
Keith Drinkel (born 14 November 1944) is an English actor. Drinkel was born in York, educated at St Michael's College, Leeds, and is now based in Brighton. His notable appearances in film and television include ''A Family at War'' (1970), '' Yellow Dog'' (1973), a minor role in the BBC's adaptation of the ''Lord Peter Wimsey'' story ''The Nine Tailors'' (1974), '' Looking For Clancy'' (1975), '' A Bridge Too Far'' (1977), ''Gandhi'' (1982) and the ''Doctor Who'' story ''Time-Flight'' (1982). He co-starred in series three and four of Peter Tinniswood's long-running comedy ''I Didn't Know You Cared'', and appeared as Mark Gaskell in ''The Body in the Library'' (1984). Drinkel appeared in Eastenders in 1999 as a Prison Officer and twice in ''Coronation Street'', in 2001-02 as Maurice Gregory, father of barmaid Geena on ''Rovers Return'', and most recently, in 2005, as Bob, who dated Liz McDonald for a short time. In 2006, Drinkel starred in ''Rock-A-Hula Rest Home'' as "Jesse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Limb
Roger James Limb is a British composer, specialising in electronic music. He is best known for his work on the television series ''Doctor Who'' whilst at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. He joined the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ... ... as a studio manager, before going on to become a television announcer. In 1972 he left this position to join the Radiophonic Workshop, where he remained until 1995. Although he had received formal music training, he also spent much time in pop and jazz bands, the influence of which can be heard in much of his music. Limb is best known for his work on ''Doctor Who'', for which, between 1981 and 1985, he composed the music for the serials ''The Keeper of Traken'', ''Four to Doomsday'', ''Black Orchid (Doctor Who), Black Orchid'', ''Time-Fli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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