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Aliens Of London
"Aliens of London" is the fourth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television show ''Doctor Who'' after its revival in 2005. First broadcast on 16 April 2005 on BBC One, it was written by Russell T Davies and directed by Keith Boak. It is the first in a two-part story, concluding with "World War Three". The episode is set in London one year after the 2005 episode "Rose". In the episode, the alien crime family the Slitheen fake a spaceship crash-landing in the River Thames, putting the Earth on high alert. The Slitheen use the crashed spaceship to lure experts of extraterrestrial life including the "ultimate expert", the alien time traveller the Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston), into a trap inside 10 Downing Street. This episode introduced the character of Harriet Jones, played by Penelope Wilton, who would reprise her role in the episodes "The Christmas Invasion" and " The Stolen Earth". It also featured an appearance by actress Naoko Mori, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston (; born 16 February 1964) is an English actor. A two-time BAFTA Award nominee, he is best known for his television and film work, which includes his role as the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC sci-fi series ''Doctor Who'' (2005), playing Matt Jamison in '' The Leftovers'' (2014–2017), and his collaborations with filmmakers Danny Boyle and Michael Winterbottom. Eccleston trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London and made his professional acting debut onstage in a Bristol Old Vic production of ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. He garnered attention for his film roles as Derek Bentley in ''Let Him Have It'' (1991) and David Stevens in '' Shallow Grave'' (1994), and for his television performances in ''Cracker'' (1993–1994) and '' Hillsborough'' (1996). His BAFTA Award-nominated performance as Nicky Hutchinson in the BBC miniseries ''Our Friends in the North'' (1996) established him as a household name in the United Kingdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupert Vansittart
Rupert Nicholas Vansittart (born 10 February 1958) is an English character actor. He has appeared in a variety of roles in film, television, stage and radio, often playing comic characters. He is best known for his role as Lord Ashfordly in the ITV drama '' Heartbeat'' and for playing Lord Yohn Royce in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' (2014–2019). Life and career Vansittart is of partial Dutch ancestry and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Vansittart is known to fans of the 1995 ''Pride and Prejudice'' serial as the actor who portrayed Mr Hurst, the brother-in-law of Charles and Caroline Bingley. He has also worked with Rowan Atkinson on a number of occasions, appearing as a guest star in two episodes of '' Mr. Bean'' in addition to '' The Thin Blue Line'', and '' Johnny English Reborn''. In 1993, he appeared in '' Remains of the Day'' as Sir Geoffrey Wren, a character based on the 1930s British fascist Sir Oswald Mosley. In 1994, he appeared in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell T Davies
Stephen Russell Davies (born 27 April 1963), better known as Russell T Davies, is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer whose works include ''Queer as Folk'', '' The Second Coming'', ''Casanova'', the 2005 revival of the BBC One science fiction franchise ''Doctor Who'', ''Cucumber'', '' A Very English Scandal'', '' Years and Years'' and '' It's a Sin''. Born in Swansea, Davies had aspirations as a comic artist before focusing on being a playwright and screenwriter. After graduating from Oxford University, he joined the BBC's children's department, CBBC, in 1985 on a part-time basis and held various positions, which included creating two series, ''Dark Season'' and ''Century Falls''. He eventually left the BBC for Granada Television, and in 1994 began writing adult television drama. His early scripts generally explored concepts of religion and sexuality among various backdrops: '' Revelations'' was a soap opera about organised religion and featured a lesbian vicar; '' S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Boak
Keith Boak is a British film and television director, best known for his work on several popular continuing drama series. He currently resides and works in the United States. Early life Born in Edinburgh, he attended the John Hampden High School, High Wycombe High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe ( ), is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England. Lying in the valley of the River Wye, Buckinghamshire, River Wye surrounded by the Chiltern Hills, it is west-northwest of Charing Cross in London, ... and graduated in law at the University of Bristol in 1984. His career began in the theatre, directing 'In Nomine Patris' by Paula Maggee which won a Scotsman Fringe First Award at the 1985 Edinburgh Festival and transferred to the King's Head Theatre, Kings Head Theatre, London. He subsequently trained as an Assistant Director at Riverside Studios under David Gothard running a writer's group with Hanif Kureishi and directing new work by Stephen Lowe (playwright), Stephen Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slitheen
The Slitheen are a fictional family of massive, bipedal extraterrestrials from the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and are adversaries of the Ninth Doctor and later Sarah Jane Smith. The Slitheen are of the egg-laying calcium-based Raxacoricofallapatorian race native to Raxacoricofallapatorius, though many use "Slitheen" in referring to the race in general. Instinctive hunters trained to kill at a young age, Slitheen are a ruthless criminal sect whose main motivation is profit. They are also convicted on their home world, not willing to return to their planet due to a death sentence. The Slitheen first appeared in the 2005 series episodes "Aliens of London" and "World War Three", and subsequently recur in later episodes of both ''Doctor Who'' and spin-off series ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. Physical characteristics Adult Slitheen are tall with overweight but muscular builds, long forearms, powerful sharp claws and baby-like faces. They have pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Ruscoe
Alan Ruscoe is a British actor who is best known for his work as various aliens, monsters and androids in the '' Star Wars'' films and the television series '' Doctor Who''. Career On television, he has played Baraquel, Sariel and Araquiel in Sky One's '' Hex'' season 2, as well as a number of characters in the 2005 series of ''Doctor Who'': Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen in " Aliens of London" and " World War Three" (and briefly in " Boom Town"), lead Auton in "Rose", the Anne Droid in "Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways", Trine-E in "Bad Wolf", and Lute of the Forest of Cheem in " The End of the World". Ruscoe has also appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' audio dramas ''The Veiled Leopard'', ''The Settling'', ''Gallifrey: Annihilation'' and ''Bernice Summerfield: Paradise Frost'' for Big Finish Productions. He also played Andrew Stone, a Mars colonist later taken over by an alien lifeform in the November 2009 '' Doctor Who'' special "The Waters of Mars". In films, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kasey
Paul Kasey (born 5 August 1973) is an English actor who frequently plays monsters on ''Doctor Who'', ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' and ''Torchwood''. Kasey was born in Chatham, Kent. He has played the Cybercontroller, the Cyber Leader, Cybermen, a clockwork android, the Hoix, an Auton, a Slitheen, an Ood, the Anne-Droid and a member of the Forest of Cheem in ''Doctor Who'', and Janet the Weevil, Alien Blowfish and a Hoix in ''Torchwood''. He has also made many appearances in ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' as aliens, and frequent appearances as himself on '' Totally Doctor Who'', usually in costume. Kasey has also appeared as a zombie in ''28 Days Later'' and has appeared in the Star Wars film series as Ello Asty in ''The Force Awakens'', Admiral Raddus and '' Edrio Two Tubes'' in ''Rogue One'', and C'ai Threnalli in ''The Last Jedi''. Filmography ''Doctor Who'' ''Torchwood'' ''The Sarah Jane Adventures ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is a British science fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Speirs
Steve Speirs (born Steven Roberts, 22 February 1965) is a Welsh actor and writer who has appeared in films such as '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' and '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest''. Early life He was born as Steven Roberts in Troed-y-rhiw, a village now in the borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and went to school at Afon Taf High School where he found a taste for drama. He joined the National Youth Theatre of Wales and studied drama at Loughborough University. He says he took his stage name, Speirs, from the surname of a lecturer at college. Career Since graduating from university, Speirs has played Sloan in ''Eragon'', Andy Fellows in '' Making Waves'' and with Ricky Gervais in '' Extras'', as well as playing Captain Tarpals in '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' and having a small role in '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest''. He appears in ''Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire'', a comedy fantasy series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Vee
James Vee (born 3 February 1959) is a Scottish actor, puppeteer and stunt performer. He is best known for playing a number of ''Doctor Who'' monsters and aliens including Bannakaffalatta in the 2007 Christmas special '' Voyage of the Damned'', as well as the Graske in the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off series '' The Sarah Jane Adventures''. He is also well known as the actor for R2-D2 in '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'', replacing the late Kenny Baker, who died in August 2016. Career Vee started his career as a stunt double/performer for various small actors and extras in films such as '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''. Vee also starred as Cheeky the dwarf in the King's Theatre, Glasgow adaptation of '' Snow White and the Seven Dwarves''. Vee originally auditioned for R2-D2 R2-D2 () or Artoo-Detoo is a fictional robot character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas. He has appeared in ten of the eleven theatrical ''Star Wars'' films to date. At vario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Potts
Eric Potts (born 13 September 1965) is a Scottish actor, writer and director, who appeared in ''Coronation Street'' as the eccentric baker Diggory Compton after playing four smaller parts, the father of Molly Compton, and ''Brookside'' as Wrexham Football Club Supporter, Mr Moore.corrie.net Eric Potts bio, Retrieved 1 September 2009 Originally from Irvine, Ayrshire, , Eric transferred from law studies at to train at the |
Toshiko Sato
is a fictional character from the television series ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-off ''Torchwood'', played by Naoko Mori. After a one-off appearance in the ''Doctor Who'' episode "Aliens of London" (2005), Toshiko is re-introduced as a series regular in the ''Torchwood'' 2006 premiere episode " Everything Changes". The character appears in every episode of the show's first two series as well as Expanded Universe material including ''Torchwood'' novels, audiobooks and comic strips. Within the series narrative, Toshiko is the Cardiff branch of Torchwood's "technical expert", described as "quiet but highly intelligent", and a "computer genius". Aside from lead character Jack Harkness, she is the regular character with the longest history with the Torchwood Institute, having been recruited three years prior to the series. Her characterisation explores the differences between her nature and that of her colleagues and her difficulty in romantic relationships. A general backstory rela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoko Mori
(born 29 November 1971) is a Japanese actress based in the United Kingdom. She is known for her roles as Toshiko Sato in ''Doctor Who'' and ''Torchwood'', Yasuko Namba in ''Everest'', Sarah in ''Absolutely Fabulous'' and Nicola in '' Spice World''. Early life Naoko Mori was born on 29 November 1971 in Nagoya, Japan, to a Ryukyuan mother and a Japanese American father. When Mori was four years old, she moved to New Jersey due to her father's work. She returned to Japan when she was ten and moved to London two years later. When her parents were posted back to Japan, Mori was given the choice of either moving back to Japan with her parents or remaining in London on her own."The Wright Stuff – Naoko Mori and the papers" YouTube video She chose to stay in London, partly because she wanted to finis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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