Doctor Who (2008–2010 Specials)
The 2008–2010 specials of the British science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who'' are five specials that linked the programme's fourth and fifth series. The specials were produced in lieu of a full series in 2009, to allow the new production team for the programme enough time to prepare for the fifth series in 2010, in light of Russell T Davies's decision to step down as showrunner. The first special was broadcast on 25 December 2008 with " The Next Doctor", with the last special, the two-part episode " The End of Time", broadcasting over two weeks on 25 December 2009 and 1 January 2010. The specials started production in April 2008 for "The Next Doctor", and filming for the final special "The End of Time" began in March 2009. Two supplemental episodes were also filmed alongside the specials. " Music of the Spheres" was filmed for the 2008 ''Doctor Who'' Prom in July 2008, and the animated six-episode serial '' Dreamland'' was produced for the BBC's Red Button se ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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David Tennant
David John Tennant ('' né'' McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He rose to fame for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor (2005–2010 and 2013) in the BBC science-fiction TV show '' Doctor Who'', reprising the role from 2022 to 2023 as the fourteenth incarnation. Other notable roles include Giacomo Casanova in the BBC comedy-drama serial '' Casanova'' (2005), Barty Crouch Jr. in the fantasy film '' Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' (2005), Peter Vincent in the horror remake '' Fright Night'' (2011), DI Alec Hardy in the ITV crime drama series '' Broadchurch'' (2013–2017), Kilgrave in the Netflix superhero series '' Jessica Jones'' (2015–2019), Crowley in the Amazon Prime fantasy series '' Good Omens'' (2019–present), and Phileas Fogg in '' Around the World in 80 Days'' (2021). Tennant has worked on stage, including a portrayal of the title character in a 2008 Royal Shakespeare Company production of ''Hamlet'', later filmed for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Planet Of The Dead
A planet is a large, rounded Astronomical object, astronomical body that is neither a star nor its Stellar remnant, remnant. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a young protostar orbited by a protoplanetary disk. Planets grow in this disk by the gradual accumulation of material driven by gravity, a process called accretion (astrophysics), accretion. The Solar System has at least eight planets: the terrestrial planets Mercury (planet), Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, and the giant planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. These planets each rotate around an axis axial tilt, tilted with respect to its orbital pole. All of them possess an atmosphere, although Atmosphere of Mercury, that of Mercury is tenuous, and some share such features as ice caps, seasons, volcano, volcanism, hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology. Apart from Venus and Mars, the Solar System pla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Doctor Who (season 26)
The twenty-sixth season of British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' began on 9 September 1989 with the serial ''Battlefield'', after a regular series of four serials was broadcast finishing with ''Survival'' which was the final episode of ''Doctor Who'' to air before a 16-year absence from episodic television following its cancellation. John Nathan-Turner produced the series, with Andrew Cartmel script editing. Casting Main cast * Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor * Sophie Aldred as Ace Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred both continue their roles as the Seventh Doctor and Ace for their final season. Recurring stars * Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart * Anthony Ainley as the Master Nicholas Courtney returned to play Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in ''Battlefield''. He first appeared with the Second Doctor in 1968 in ''The Web of Fear'' before becoming a recurring character throughout the Second Doctor to the Fifth Doctor and last a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Survival (Doctor Who)
''Survival'' is the final serial of the 26th season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in three weekly parts on BBC1 from 22 November to 6 December 1989. It is also the final story of the series' original 26-year run; it did not return regularly until 2005. It marks the final regular television appearances of Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace, and is also the final appearance of Anthony Ainley as the Master, the latter appearing alongside McCoy's Doctor for the only time. Journalist Matthew Sweet has described ''Survival'' as "a parable about Thatcherism" that shares multiple characteristics with the later David Tennant era of ''Doctor Who''. The Doctor brings Ace home to Perivale, where her friends have been transported to the planet of the Cheetah People. Plot The Seventh Doctor brings Ace back home to Perivale in west London. Ace becomes worried when most of her old friends seem to have ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Steven Moffat
Steven William Moffat (; born 18 November 1961) is a Scottish television writer, television producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work as showrunner, writer and executive producer of the science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' and the contemporary crime drama television series '' Sherlock'', based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. In the 2015 Birthday Honours, Moffat was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama.United Kingdom: Born in Paisley, Scotland, Moffat, the son of a teacher, was formerly a teacher himself. His first television work was the teen drama series '' Press Gang''. His first sitcom, '' Joking Apart'', was inspired by the breakdown of his first marriage. Later in the 1990s, he wrote ''Chalk'', inspired by his own experience as an English teacher. Moffat, a lifelong fan of ''Doctor Who'', wrote the comedic sketch episode '' The Curse of Fatal Death'' for the Comic Relie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Matt Smith
Matthew Robert Smith (born 28 October 1982) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC series ''Doctor Who'' (2010–2013), Daemon Targaryen in the HBO series ''House of the Dragon'' (2022–present) and Prince Philip in the Netflix series ''The Crown'' (2016–2017), the lattermost of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Smith initially aspired to be a professional footballer, but spondylolysis forced him out of the sport. After joining the National Youth Theatre and studying drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia, he became an actor in 2003, performing in plays including ''Murder in the Cathedral'', ''Fresh Kills'', ''The History Boys'' and ''On the Shore of the Wide World'' in London theatres. Extending his repertoire into West End theatre, he has since performed in the stage adaptation of ''Swimming with Sharks'' with Christian Slater, followed a year later by a critically a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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; ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elisabeth Sladen
Elisabeth Clara Heath-Sladen (1 February 1946 – 19 April 2011) was an English actress. She became best known as Sarah Jane Smith in the British television series '' Doctor Who'', appearing as a regular cast member from 1973 to 1976, alongside both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, and reprising the role many times in subsequent decades, both on ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs, '' K-9 and Company'' (1981) and '' The Sarah Jane Adventures'' (2007–2011). Sladen was interested in ballet and theatre from childhood, and began to appear on stage in the mid-1960s, although she was more often a stage manager at this time. She moved to London in 1970 and won several television roles, with her acting in the police drama ''Z-Cars'' leading to her being recommended for the role in ''Doctor Who''. After leaving the series, she had other roles on both television and radio before semi-retiring to bring up a family in the mid-1980s. Sladen returned to the public eye in the 2000s with more ''Doc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Barrowman
John Scot Barrowman (born 11 March 1967) is a Scottish-American actor, author, presenter, singer and comic book writer. He is known for his role as Captain Jack Harkness in '' Doctor Who'' and ''Torchwood'', and as Malcolm Merlyn in the Arrowverse. Born in Glasgow, Barrowman moved to the US state of Illinois with his family at the age of eight. Encouraged by his high school teachers there, he studied performing arts at the United States International University in San Diego before landing the role of Billy Crocker in Cole Porter's ''Anything Goes'' in London's West End. Since his debut, he has played lead roles in various musicals both in the West End and on Broadway, including ''Miss Saigon'', ''The Phantom of the Opera'', ''Sunset Boulevard'', and ''Matador''. After appearing in Sam Mendes' production of '' The Fix'', he was nominated for the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical and, in the early 2000s, returned to the role of Billy Crocker in the revival ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Noel Clarke
Noel Anthony Clarke (born 6 December 1975) is a British actor, screenwriter, director, and comic book writer. Rising to prominence for playing Mickey Smith in '' Doctor Who'' (2005–2010), he played Sam in the films ''Kidulthood'' (2006), '' Adulthood'' (2008) and '' Brotherhood'' (2016), which he also wrote and directed. He played Aaron Bishop in the TV series '' Bulletproof'' (2018–2021), which he also wrote and produced. Making his film debut in '' I'll Sleep When I'm Dead'' (2003), Clarke has gone on to star in films including ''Centurion'' (2010), ''4.3.2.1.'' (2010), ''Fast Girls'' (2012), ''Storage 24'' (2012), '' Star Trek Into Darkness'' (2013), ''I Am Soldier'' (2014), '' The Anomaly'' (2014), '' I Kill Giants'' (2017), '' Mute'' (2018), '' 10x10'' (2018), '' The Corrupted'' (2019), '' Twist'' (2021) and '' SAS: Red Notice'' (2021), some of which he also wrote, directed or produced. In 2015, Clarke founded the company Unstoppable Film and Television with friend a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Freema Agyeman
Freema Agyeman (; born Frema Agyeman; 20 March 1979) is a British actress. She rose to fame with her role as the Doctor's companion Martha Jones in the BBC science fiction series '' Doctor Who'' (2007–2010), and received further recognition for playing Crown Prosecutor Alesha Phillips in the ITV crime procedural '' Law & Order: UK'' (2009–2012), Amanita Caplan in the Netflix science fiction drama '' Sense8'' (2015–2018) and Dr. Helen Sharpe in the NBC medical drama ''New Amsterdam'' (2018–2022). Following her departure from ''Doctor Who'', Agyeman reprised her role as Martha Jones in the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off series '' Torchwood'' and had a part as Tattycoram in the BBC period miniseries '' Little Dorrit'' (both 2008). In 2013, she made her US television debut in The CW's ''Sex and the Cit''y prequel series, '' The Carrie Diaries'', as magazine editor Larissa Loughlin. Her other television appearances include '' Old Jack's Boat'' (2013), '' Silent Witness'' (200 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Billie Piper
Billie Paul Piper (born Leian Paul Piper; 22 September 1982) is an English actress and former singer. She initially gained recognition as a singer after releasing her debut single " Because We Want To" at age 15, which made her the youngest woman to ever enter at number one on the UK Singles Chart. Her follow-up single " Girlfriend" also entered at number one. In 1998, Piper released her debut studio album, '' Honey to the B,'' which was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. Her second studio album, ''Walk of Life'', was released in 2000 and spawned her third number one single, " Day & Night". In 2003, Piper announced that she had abandoned her music career to focus on an acting career. Piper appeared in the BBC One sci-fi series '' Doctor Who'' as Rose Tyler, companion to the Doctor as a regular between 2005 and 2006, and additionally in 2008, 2010, and 2013. She starred as Belle de Jour in the television drama series ''Secret Diary of a Call Girl'' (2007� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |