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Counter-Measures (audio Drama)
''Counter-Measures'' and ''The New Counter-Measures'' are Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the television series ''Doctor Who''. Continuing the story of several characters from the serial ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' (1988), the British government establishes a new organization called Counter-Measures to investigate reports of advanced technology, the supernatural and alien sightings. Cast * Simon Williams (actor), Simon Williams as Ian Gilmore – The Counter-Measures' group captain and a Royal Air Force officer, he served as the first leader of the Intrusion Counter-Measures Group. * Pamela Salem as Rachel Jensen – A professor and the scientific adviser for Gilmore, who becomes the head of Counter-Measures after him. * Karen Gledhill as Allison Williams – Jensen's research assistant in 1963. * Hugh Ross (actor), Hugh Ross as Toby Kinsella – A British civil servant who oversaw the original Intrusion Countermeasures Group. Production ''Counter-Measures'' ... [...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] |
Cavan Scott
Cavan Scott (born 18 April 1973) is a ''New York Times'' bestselling comic writer and author. He is best known for his work on a variety of spin-offs from both ''Doctor Who'' and ''Star Wars'', as well as comics and novels for ''Teen Titans'', ''Black Adam'', ''Ghostbusters'', ''Transformers'', ''Back to the Future'', ''Vikings'', ''Pacific Rim'', ''Sherlock Holmes'', and ''Penguins of Madagascar''. Cavan Scott, along with Justina Ireland, Claudia Gray, Daniel Jose Older, and Charles Soule are crafting a new era in the ''Star Wars'' publishing world called '' Star Wars: The High Republic''. Scott's first contribution to the era was a comic book series released through Marvel Comics titled '' Star Wars: The High Republic'', and he has also written two novels in the series, the ''New York Times'' bestseller, '' The Rising Storm'' and ''Path of Vengeance'', numerous short stories in ''Star Wars Insider'' and the ''Life Day Treasury'', a four issue mini-series for IDW, ''The Monster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalek
The Daleks ( ) are a fictional extraterrestrial race of extremely xenophobic mutants principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. They were conceived by writer Terry Nation and first appeared in the 1963 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Daleks'', in casings designed by Raymond Cusick. Drawing inspiration from the Nazis, Nation portrayed the Daleks as violent, merciless and pitiless cyborg aliens, completely absent of any emotion other than hate, who demand total conformity to the will of the Dalek with the highest authority, and are bent on the conquest of the universe and the extermination of any other forms of life, including other "impure" Daleks which are deemed inferior for being different to them. Collectively, they are the greatest enemies of ''Doctor Who''s protagonist, the Time Lord known as "the Doctor". During the second year of the original ''Doctor Who'' programme (1963–1989), the Daleks developed their own form of time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Intelligence
The List of longest-running British television programmes, long-running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' has an extensive Fictional universe, universe inhabited by a continuously expanding gallery of creatures and Extraterrestrial life, aliens. The series first aired on BBC in 1963 until its cancellation in 1989, with a Doctor Who (film), television movie aired in 1996 in an unsuccessful attempt to revive the show . The show was successfully revived in 2005, and continues to air episodes. The series stars an extraterrestrial known as The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor, who is capable of changing their appearance when they die in a process known as Regeneration (Doctor Who), regeneration. They travel through time and space in a machine known as the TARDIS. In the process, the Doctor often comes into contact with various alien species. This list only covers alien races and other fictional creatures and not specific characters. Several of these alien races re-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dorney
John Dorney is a British writer and actor best known for stage roles at theatres including the Royal National Theatre, National Theatre, the BBC Radio 4 sitcom ''My First Planet''; and his scripts for the Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' range. His script ''Solitaire'' was rated the most popular ''Doctor Who'' Companion Chronicle of 2010 on the Timescales website and was the runner up in Unreality Sci-fi net's poll for Story of the Year 2010–11. His script ''Iterations of I'' won the Scribe Award for best spin-off audio drama of 2014 and his script “The Red Lady” won the same award in 2015. His script “Absent Friends” won a BBC Audio Drama award, and the co-authored script for ‘Stranded 1’ won an Audie. As well as ''Doctor Who'', he has written for Big Finish's ''Sapphire and Steel'' series and on radio co-wrote three series of BBC Radio 4's ''Recorded for Training Purposes''. He won the BBC ''Show Me the Funny'' 'Sketch Factor' competition, was a finalist in the BBC 'La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Goss (producer)
James Goss (born 1974) is an English writer and producer, known both for his work in cult TV spin-off media, including tie-in novels and audio stories for ''Doctor Who'' and ''Torchwood'', and for his fictional works beyond established universes. ''Doctor Who'' Online content In 2000, Goss was made a BBC senior content producer and put in charge of the BBC's official ''Doctor Who'' website. Originally the site was part of the BBC's Cult TV website. Goss slowly expanded the content to include ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Farscape'', ''The Simpsons'', '' 24'' and ''Doctor Who''. He was subsequently voted Number 19 in TV Cream's 2004 poll of Top 50 Media Movers and Shakers. With the return of Doctor Who, the Cult site was slowly wound down in order to concentrate solely on the show. Goss moved to BBC Wales to oversee the production of the new show's web site, expanding the contents to include cast and crew interviews, games and spin-off sites based on the broadcast episodes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Richards
Justin Richards (born 14 September 1961) is a British writer. He has written science fiction and fantasy novels, including series set in Victorian or early-20th-century London, and also adventure stories set in the present day. He has written many spin-off novels, reference books and audio plays based on the long-running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', and he is Creative Consultant for the BBC Books range of ''Doctor Who'' novels. Life Richards was born in Epping, Essex, on 14 September 1961. After attending Dean Close School in Cheltenham he obtained a BA (Hons) in English and Theatre at the University of Warwick. As well as his literary career, Richards has worked as a technical writer, editor, programmer, and user interface designer at IBM, and as an errand boy in a hotel. Richards is married with two sons, Julian and Chris, and lives in Warwickshire. Work Richards' first published novels were based on ''Doctor Who'', published in the ''Virgin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Potter (writer)
Ian Potter (born 20th century) is a UK-based writer and broadcaster, known for a series of short stories in the Big Finish ''Short Trips'' collection, Doctor Who fiction range. He has also written for the BBC Radio 4 series '' Front Row'', '' The Way It Is'' and ''Week Ending''. Work Until September 2006, Potter was a television curator at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television. In television production he worked on ''Ads Infinitum'' for BBC Two, ''Trust Me I'm A Celebrity'' for BBC One, and ''Up Late'' for BBC Choice As a sound designer for the company Big Finish Productions, Potter worked on the ''Doctor Who'' releases ''The Time of the Daleks'', '' The Wormery'' and ''Unregenerate!''; and the ''Judge Dredd'' releases ''Get Karter!'' and ''Grud Is Dead''. As a writer for the company, he contributed the script "The Pelage Project" to the mini-series '' Counter-Measures'' and ''The Revenants'', ''The Alchemists'' and ''The Sleeping City'' for the Companion Chro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Finch
Paul Finch is an English author and scriptwriter. He began his writing career on the British television programme ''The Bill''. His early scripts were for children's animation. He has written over 300 short stories which have appeared in magazines, such as ''All Hallows'', the magazine of the Ghost Story Society and '' Black Static''. He also edits anthologies of Horror stories with the overall title of ''Terror Tales''. He has written variously for the books and other spin-offs from ''Doctor Who.'' He is the author of the ongoing series of DS Mark ''Heck'' Heckenberg novels. Early life and education Finch is the son of British television scriptwriter and dramatist Brian Finch. He was a police officer with the Greater Manchester Police until 1988 and later a journalist. Children's animation In 1998 Finch wrote one episode of ''Little Hippo: Hippos Ahoy'' for Siriol Productions. In 2002 he worked on fifty 6½ minute episodes of an animated TV series for children called ''Nora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNIT
Unit may refer to: General measurement * Unit of measurement, a definite magnitude of a physical quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law **International System of Units (SI), modern form of the metric system **English units, historical units of measurement used in England up to 1824 ** Unit of length Science and technology Physical sciences * Natural unit, a physical unit of measurement * Geological unit or rock unit, a volume of identifiable rock or ice * Astronomical unit, a unit of length roughly between the Earth and the Sun Chemistry and medicine * Equivalent (chemistry), a unit of measurement used in chemistry and biology * Unit, a vessel or section of a chemical plant * Blood unit, a measurement in blood transfusion * Enzyme unit, a measurement of active enzyme in a sample * International unit, a unit of measurement for nutrients and drugs Mathematics * Unit number, the number 1 * Unit, identity element * Unit (ring theory), an element that is inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who Magazine
''Doctor Who Magazine'' (abbreviated as ''DWM'') is a magazine devoted to the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Launched in 1979 as ''Doctor Who Weekly'', the magazine became a monthly publication the following year. In 1990 it switched to a four-weekly schedule, publishing 13 issues a year, along with triannual deluxe Special Editions (2002–) and Bookazines (2013–). Regular issues include interviews, behind-the-scenes articles on television episodes and ''Doctor Who'' in other media, as well as producing its own comic strip. Its founding editor was Dez Skinn, and the longest-serving editor was Tom Spilsbury who served from 2007 to 2017. He was succeeded by Marcus Hearn, who took over from Spilsbury in July 2017. The incumbent editor is Jason Quinn, who took over from Hearn in September 2023. ''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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Williams (actor)
Simon Williams (born 16 June 1946) is a British actor known for playing James Bellamy in the period drama '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. Frequently playing upper middle class or aristocratic upper class roles, he is also known for playing Charles Cartwright in the sitcom '' Don't Wait Up'' and Charles Merrick in medical drama ''Holby City''. Since 2014, he has played the character of Justin Elliott in the long-running BBC Radio 4 series ''The Archers''. Early life and education Simon Williams was born in Windsor, Berkshire, Windsor in 1946. His parents were the actor Hugh Williams and the actress and model Margaret Vyner. His sister Polly, an actress, married his ''Don't Wait Up'' co-star and friend Nigel Havers. She died in 2004. His brother is the poet Hugo Williams. Williams was educated at Harrow School. He trained in Repertory theatre, repertory at Worthing, Birmingham and Bath, Somerset, Bath, and later joined the Theatre Workshop. Career Williams has appeared on stage in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
