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Phobos (audio Drama)
''Phobos'' is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions and was broadcast on BBC 7 on 28 January 2007. Plot The Doctor and Lucie land on Phobos, the moon of Mars, which has become popular with extreme sports fans in the future, due to a wormhole on the surface which is used for bungee jumping. The Doctor and Lucie listen to Kai Tobias's stories of monsters on the surface, although no-one takes him seriously. Later the monsters from Tobias's stories appear and begin attacking visitors. When The Doctor discovers that the monsters are just robots, Tobias reveals that an entity from another universe is in the wormhole and that it feeds on the pleasurable fear extreme sports fans feel. However, it is hurt by real fear and Tobias made the robots to create real fear. The Doctor enters the wormhole and shows the entity his fears, which kill it, and The Doctor and Lucie leave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on cult science fiction properties. These include '' Doctor Who'', the characters Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog from '' 2000 AD'', '' Blake's 7'', ''Dark Shadows'', '' Dracula'', ''Terrahawks'', '' Sapphire & Steel'', ''Sherlock Holmes'', ''Stargate'', '' The Avengers'', '' The Prisoner'', ''Timeslip'' and '' Torchwood''. History Founded in 1996, Big Finish in late 1998 began releasing audio plays adapted from the 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 "Benny" Summerfield. In 1999, Big Finish obtained a non-exclusive licence to produce official ''Doctor Who'' plays, beginning with the multi-Doctor story ''The Sirens of Time''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor (Doctor Who)
The Doctor is the title character in the long-running BBC Science fiction on television, science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. Since the show's inception in 1963, the character has been portrayed by thirteen lead actors. In the programme, "the Doctor" is the alias assumed by a millennia-old humanoid Extraterrestrials in popular culture, alien, a Time Lord who travels through space and time in the TARDIS, frequently with Companion (Doctor Who), companions. The transition to each succeeding actor is explained within the show's narrative through the plot device of "Regeneration (Doctor Who), regeneration", a biological function of the Time Lord race that allows a change of cellular structure and appearance with recovery following a fatal injury. A number of other actors have played the character in stage and audio plays, as well as in various film and television productions. The Doctor has been well-received by the public, with an enduring popularity leading ''The Dai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deimos (Doctor Who Audio)
''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 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memory Lane (Doctor Who Audio)
''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish Productions and starring one of the original actors to play The Doctor on television in the classic era of the programme. The main audio series currently feature the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, and have since developed the pattern of thirteen releases per year, one every month with two in September or December. In May 2020, Big Finish announced that the Main Range would conclude with its 275th release in March 2021, to be replaced with regular releases of each Doctor in their own boxsets throughout the year from January 2022. With 275 releases over 22 years, in 2021 the series received the Guinness World Record for longest running science fiction audio play series. Big Finish Productions began producing audio dramas featuring the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Warrior
The Ice Warriors are a fictional extraterrestrial race of reptilian humanoids in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. They were originally created by Brian Hayles, first appearing in the 1967 serial ''The Ice Warriors'' where they encountered the Second Doctor and his companions Jamie and Victoria. In ''Doctor Who'', the Ice Warriors originated on Mars, which within the series narrative is a dying world. Their early appearances depict the Ice Warriors as attempting to conquer the Earth and escape their planet as early as Earth's Ice Age. A frozen group are discovered by an Earth scientific team who dub them 'Ice Warriors' in their first appearance. Despite this not being the name of their species, an Ice Lord later refers to his soldiers as Ice Warriors in the 1974 serial '' The Monster of Peladon''. Similarly there is a fleeting reference to themselves as such in ''The Curse of Peladon''. Although originally appearing as villains, subseque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost Property
A lost and found (American English) or lost property (British English), or lost articles (also Canadian English) is an office in a public building or area where people can go to retrieve lost articles that may have been found by others. Frequently found at museums, amusement parks and schools, a lost and found will typically be a clearly marked box or room in a location near the main entrance. Some lost and found offices will try to contact the owners of any lost items if there are any personal identifiers available. Practically all will either sell, give away, or discard items after a certain period has passed to clear their storage. History In Japan, the lost-and-found property system dates to a code written in the year 718. The first modern lost and found office was organized in Paris in 1805. Napoleon ordered his prefect of police to establish it as a central place "to collect all objects found in the streets of Paris", according to Jean-Michel Ingrandt, who was appointed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fearmonger
''The Fearmonger'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot The Seventh Doctor and Ace are on the trail of a monster that not only knows their every move but appears to be able to anticipate their actions too. The head of the far right New Britannia party survives an assassination attempt, but the Doctor suspects there is far more to the affair than the failed slaying of a politician. As he and Ace fight their way through the prejudices which blind everyone touched by a very particular monster, they face the prospect of the entire world being plunged into a bitter war of mistrust and mutual loathing. Cast *The Doctor — Sylvester McCoy *Ace — Sophie Aldred *Sherilyn Harper — Jacqueline Pearce Jacqueline Pearce (20 December 1943 – 3 September 2018) was a British film and television actress. She was best known for her portrayal of the principal villain Servalan in the British sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake McGann
Jake McGann (born 1990) is an English voice actor who has appeared in ''Doctor Who'' audio dramas. ''Doctor Who'' In 2007, he appeared in two ''Doctor Who'' audio dramas starring his father as the Doctor: ''Immortal Beloved'' and ''The Girl Who Never Was'', before playing the title role in the 2009 audio, ''An Earthly Child'', where he played the Doctor's great-grandson Alex Campbell. He reprised his role in the audio dramas ''Relative Dimensions'' and '' To the Death''. Family He is the second and younger son of actor Paul McGann and Annie Milner. He has an elder brother, Joseph McGann, born in 1988. He is the nephew of actors Joe, Mark and Stephen McGann Stephen Vincent McGann (born 2 February 1963) is a British actor, best known for portraying Dr Patrick Turner in the BBC One medical period drama series ''Call the Midwife''. He is one of a family of acting brothers, the others being Joe, Pa .... References 1990 births 21st-century English male actors Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Schwab
John Schwab (born 15 September 1972) is an American actor, TV producer and musician who resides in London. He produced ''The Hide'' with Christopher Granier-Deferre, which was nominated for a BIFA 2010. He is best known for his film and television roles, such as lawyer Travis Tygart in the 2015 drama film '' The Program'' (2015), baseball player Lefty Grove in the 2018 biographical drama film '' The Catcher Was a Spy'' (2018) and television producer Jotham Starr in the television miniseries '' Dark Money'' (2019). He has worked on British television series such as ''Doctor Who'', '' Clone'', ''My Dad's the Prime Minister'', '' Hotel Babylon'' and ''The Mallorca Files''. His voice work in animation and video games include Dane in '' Crysis: Warhead'', Zeck in ''Boo, Zino & the Snurks'', Vinnie in '' Thomas & Friends: The Great Race'', Timo in '' Gladiators of Rome'', Jin in '' Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' and '' Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - The Golden Country'', Dandelion in ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Silverstone
Benjamin Maurice Silverstone (born 9 April 1979) is an English barrister and former actor. Silverstone's appeared in the 1998 Paramount Classics feature film, '' Get Real''. Early life and education Silverstone was born in Camden, London, the son of Beverly and Anthony Silverstone. He has one sister and one brother. He studied English at Trinity College, Cambridge, and law (LLM) at the London School of Economics. Career Prior to '' Get Real'', Silverstone appeared in Adrian Lyne's adaptation of ''Lolita'' in 1997 and Mike Figgis' '' The Browning Version'' in 1994. ''Get Real'' was based on Patrick Wilde's stage play '' What's Wrong with Angry?'', and is a love story between two British schoolboys. Silverstone made the front cover of ''Gay Times'' in May 1999 to mark the release of the film. The film achieved cult status with many fans, and even gave rise to two fan-organised gatherings in the filming locations around Basingstoke. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerys Hughes
Nerys Hughes (born 8 November 1941) is a Welsh actress and narrator, known primarily for her television roles, including her part in the BBC TV series ''The Liver Birds''. Biography She was born in Rhyl, Flintshire. Her parents were Myfi and Ted Kerfoot-Hughes, who raised her as a Methodist and sent her to Howell's School in Denbigh, where she took an interest in drama. Her first language was Welsh, although she said in 2009 that by then she had lost some competence. She studied drama at Rose Bruford College and in 1960 joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton Hobbs Bursary. at BBC.co.uk, accessed 23 January 2018 One of Hughes's early dramatic roles was in 's televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy West
Timothy Lancaster West, CBE (born 20 October 1934) is an English actor and presenter. He has appeared frequently on both stage and television, including stints in both ''Coronation Street'' (as Eric Babbage) and ''EastEnders'' (as Stan Carter), and also in '' Not Going Out'', as the original Geoffrey Adams. He is married to the actress Prunella Scales; since 2014 they have been seen travelling together on British and overseas canals in the Channel 4 series '' Great Canal Journeys''. Early life and education West was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, the only son of Olive (née Carleton-Crowe) and actor Lockwood West (1905–1989). He was educated at the John Lyon School, Harrow on the Hill, at Bristol Grammar School, where he was a classmate of Julian Glover, and at Regent Street Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster). Career West worked as an office furniture salesman and as a recording technician, before becoming an assistant stage manager at the Wimbledon Theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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