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''The Eighth Doctor Adventures'' is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. It sees the return of Paul McGann reprising his role as the Eighth Doctor from the 1996 television movie. History In 2001, Paul McGann became involved with Big Finish Productions producing adventures as the Eighth Doctor, a role he originated in the 1996 TV movie ''Doctor Who'', as part of their ongoing '' Main Range''. However, in 2007, due to the popularity of several of these titles on BBC Radio 7 (now known as BBC Radio 4 Extra), the BBC partnered with Big Finish to produce a series called ''The Eighth Doctor Adventures'' for BBC Radio 7 beginning with '' Blood of the Daleks'', co-starring Sheridan Smith as the Doctor's latest companion Lucie Miller and featuring a guest appearance from a then fairly unknown Hayley Atwell. This range would go on for a further three seasons of stories, with Lucie initially departing in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and radio drama, audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on science fiction properties. These include ''Doctor Who'', the characters Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog from ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'', ''Blake's 7'', ''Thunderbirds (TV series), Thunderbirds'', ''Dark Shadows#Audio drama, Dark Shadows'', ''Dracula'', ''Terrahawks'', ''Sapphire & Steel'', ''Sherlock Holmes'', ''Stargate'', ''The Avengers (TV series)#Audio, The Avengers'', ''The Prisoner'', ''Timeslip'', and ''Torchwood''. History Founded in 1996, Big Finish in late 1998 began releasing audio plays adapted from the Virgin New Adventures, 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 Summerfield, Bernice "Benny" Summerfield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death In Blackpool
''The Eighth Doctor Adventures'' is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. It sees the return of Paul McGann reprising his role as the Eighth Doctor from the 1996 television movie. History In 2001, Paul McGann became involved with Big Finish Productions producing adventures as the Eighth Doctor, a role he originated in the 1996 TV movie ''Doctor Who'', as part of their ongoing '' Main Range''. However, in 2007, due to the popularity of several of these titles on BBC Radio 7 (now known as BBC Radio 4 Extra), the BBC partnered with Big Finish to produce a series called ''The Eighth Doctor Adventures'' for BBC Radio 7 beginning with '' Blood of the Daleks'', co-starring Sheridan Smith as the Doctor's latest companion Lucie Miller and featuring a guest appearance from a then fairly unknown Hayley Atwell. This range would go on for a further three seasons of stories, with Lucie initially departing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time War (Doctor Who)
The Time War, also called the Last Great Time War, is a conflict within the fictional universe of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. The war occurs between the events of the 1996 film and the 2005 revived series, with the Time Lords fighting the Daleks until the apparent mutual destruction of both races. The war was frequently mentioned when the show returned, but was not directly seen until the show's 50th anniversary special. Over the course of several episodes, the conflict is only implied by short clues and comments, particularly the discussion in the 2007 episode " The Sound of Drums", and part two of the 2010 episode " The End of Time". The Time War is finally depicted in the 50th anniversary special " The Day of the Doctor", featuring the climax of the final battle and the Time Lords' fate. The Last Great Time War Origins The Last Great Time War pitted the Time Lords of Gallifrey against the Daleks of Skaro. The specific incident that spar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Song (Doctor Who)
River Song is a fictional character created by Steven Moffat and played by Alex Kingston in the British science fiction on television, science-fiction series ''Doctor Who''. River Song was introduced to the series as an experienced future companion (Doctor Who), companion of series protagonist the Doctor (Doctor Who), Doctor, an alien Time Lord who time travel in fiction, travels through time in his TARDIS. Because River Song is a time traveller herself, her adventures with the Doctor occur out of synchronisation; their first meeting (from the audience's perspective) is with the Tenth Doctor (played by David Tennant), the Doctor's first and apparently her last. Kingston plays her in 15 episodes, as River becomes a companion, romantic interest and eventual wife of the Doctor in his Eleventh Doctor, eleventh incarnation portrayed by Matt Smith (actor), Matt Smith. From a production perspective, the Twelfth Doctor (played by Peter Capaldi) is the last incarnation to meet her, spendi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Kingston
Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Elizabeth Corday, Dr. Elizabeth Corday in the NBC medical drama ''ER (TV series), ER'' (1997–2004) and her title role in the ITV (TV network), ITV miniseries ''The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders'' (1996), which earned her a British Academy Television Awards, BAFTA nomination for British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, Best Actress. Kingston's later credits include the recurring role of River Song (Doctor Who), River Song in the BBC science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' (2008–2015), Bennet family#Mrs. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet in the ITV period-drama fantasy ''Lost in Austen'' (2008), List of supporting Arrow characters#Dinah Lance, Dinah Lance in The CW's superhero fiction drama series ''Arrow (TV series), Arrow'' (2013–2016), and Sarah Bishop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hattie Morahan
Harriet Jane Morahan (born 7 October 1978), better known as Hattie Morahan, is an English actress. Her roles include Sister Clara in ''The Golden Compass'' (2007), Gale Benson in '' The Bank Job'' (2008), Alice in ''The Bletchley Circle'' (2012–2014), Ann in '' Mr. Holmes'' (2015), Rose Coyne in ''My Mother and Other Strangers'' (2016), Agathe/The Enchantress in ''Beauty and the Beast'' (2017), Corinne Aldrich in '' Luther: The Fallen Sun'', Louise in '' Hijack'', and Caroline Burkett in '' Fool Me Once''. Early life Morahan was born in 1978, the younger daughter of director Christopher Morahan and actress Anna Carteret. Her older sister Rebecca is a theatre director, and her half-brother Andy is a music video and film director. As a child, she attended parties thrown by Sir Laurence Olivier, who once helped her with her mathematics homework. Morahan was educated at Frensham Heights School. She wanted to attend Newcastle University, but her father encouraged her to fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Sinclair
This is a list of fictional characters who were companion (Doctor Who), companions of the Doctor (Doctor Who), Doctor, in various Doctor Who spinoffs, spinoff media based on the long-running British science fiction on television, science fiction television series, ''Doctor Who''. A Abby Amy, portrayed by Ciara Janson, is a companion of the Fifth Doctor in the ''Key 2 Time'' series, which includes the plays ''The Judgement of Isskar'', ''The Destroyer of Delights'' and ''The Chaos Pool''. She is a human "tracer", a device designed to track down the segments of the Key to Time across the universe. When the Doctor meets Amy, she is just a few seconds old and recruits the Doctor as her companion to find the Key. At the end of ''The Chaos Pool'', Romana (Doctor Who), Romana invites Amy to live on Gallifrey and enroll in their Academy. Amy (now renamed Abby) and her sister Zara return in their own mini-series ''Graceless (Big Finish series), Graceless'', and reunite with the Doct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |