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Cold Fusion (novel)
''Cold Fusion'' is an original novel written by Lance Parkin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Fifth Doctor, with Adric, Nyssa, and Tegan, immediately after '' Castrovalva''. Also appearing is the Seventh Doctor, with Chris and Roz, from between the Virgin New Adventures novels '' Return of the Living Dad'' and '' The Death of Art''. It was the only one of the Virgin ''Doctor Who'' novels to feature more than one Doctor. Notes The story deliberately contrasts the characterisation of the Fifth Doctor and of the Seventh Doctor in the Virgin New Adventures.FTN interviews Doctor Who writer Lance Parkin 13 January 2013 In an interview for the BBC, in discussing ''Cold Fusion'', P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Parkin
Lance Parkin is a British author. He is best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular ''Doctor Who'' (and spin-offs including the Virgin New Adventures and Faction Paradox) and as a storyliner on ''Emmerdale''. Doctor Who Parkin first became known in ''Doctor Who'' fan circles, writing both criticism and fan fiction. His most notable work was for Seventh Door Fanzines, including the novella ''Snare'' in the ''Odyssey'' series (which he edited for a period) and 1994's ''The Doctor Who Chronology'', a detailed timeline of events in the ''Doctor Who'' universe. The ''Odyssey'' series later included novellas by Parkin's then-girlfriend Cassandra May and his later protégé Mark Clapham. Parkin's first professional novel, ''Just War'', published in 1996, for Virgin's New Adventures series of original fiction ''Doctor Who'' novels. This was followed by ''A History of the Universe'' (a re-working of his ''Chronology'') and a second novel, ''Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Death Of Art
''The Death of Art'' is a novel by Simon Bucher-Jones published in 1996 and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Seventh Doctor, Chris, Roz and Ace. It is part of the Psi Powers series of novels. Synopsis The Doctor and his assistants, Roz and Chris, travel to 1880s France, the corrupt world of the French Third Republic The French Third Republic (, sometimes written as ) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France durin .... A rip in time threatens Paris, a race struggles to free itself from oppression, and a strange brotherhood fights a battle for power. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Death of Art 1996 British novels 1996 science fiction novels Virgin New Adventures Novels by Simon Bucher-Jones British science fiction novels Seventh Doctor novels Novels set in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry And June
''Terry and June'' is a BBC television sitcom, broadcast on BBC1 from 1979 to 1987. The show was largely a reworking of '' Happy Ever After'', and starred Terry Scott and June Whitfield as a middle-aged, middle-class suburban couple, Terry and June Medford, who live in Purley. Most of the 65 episodes were written by John Kane, with seven other writers also contributing some episodes. Production Terry Scott and June Whitfield began their television partnership in '' Scott On'' in 1968. On 7 May 1974, a '' Comedy Playhouse'' pilot called "Happy Ever After" aired on BBC1 with Scott and Whitfield playing Terry and June Fletcher, a middle-class couple whose grown-up children have just left home. This was commissioned into a series of the same name, and five series and two Christmas specials were broadcast, ending on 25 April 1979. John T. Chapman, one of the original writers, said that the programme had run out of ideas and had to come to an end. BBC Comedy, however, was unwilli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Other (Doctor Who)
The twenty-fifth season of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' began on 5 October 1988. It comprised four separate serials, beginning with '' Remembrance of the Daleks'' and ending with ''The Greatest Show in the Galaxy''. To mark the 25th anniversary season, producer John Nathan-Turner brought back the Daleks and the Cybermen. The American New Jersey Network also made a special behind-the-scenes documentary called ''The Making of Doctor Who'', which followed the production of the 25th anniversary story '' Silver Nemesis''. Andrew Cartmel script edited the series. Background Season 25 saw script editor Andrew Cartmel, who had joined for the previous season, exert a greater influence on the style of the series. He had watched serials from the Philip Hinchcliffe and Robert Holmes era such as ''The Seeds of Doom'' and ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'' in preparation for it and concluded that the series should return to a more serious and dramatic approach. The sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Doctor (Doctor Who)
The Doctor, sometimes known as Doctor Who, is the protagonist of the long-running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. An Extraterrestrials in popular culture, extraterrestrial Time Lord, the Doctor travels the universe in a time travelling Spacecraft, spaceship called the TARDIS, often with Companion (Doctor Who), companions. Since the show's inception in 1963, the character has been portrayed by List of actors who have played the Doctor, fourteen lead actors. 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 Time Lords that allows a change of cellular structure and appearance with recovery following a mortal 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 also been featured in films and a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Camfield
Douglas Gaston Sydney Camfield (8 May 1931 – 27 January 1984) was a British television director, active from the 1960s to the 1980s. Early life Camfield studied at the York School of Art and aimed to work for The Walt Disney Company. He was commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps in 1951 during his national service. Later that year, he transferred to the West Yorkshire Regiment ( Territorial Army). He was promoted to lieutenant in 1952 and was training to be in the Special Air Service, but due to an injury he pulled out of the application process. It has often been noted by those who worked with him that Camfield always retained an affection for the army and brought military standards of organisation to the programmes he subsequently directed. Career His directing credits included ''Doctor Who,'' ''Z-Cars'', '' Paul Temple'', '' Public Eye'', '' The Lotus Eaters'', '' Van der Valk'', '' The Sweeney'', ''The Onedin Line'', ''Blake's 7'', '' Shoestring'', '' The Profess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brain Of Morbius
''The Brain of Morbius'' is the fifth serial of the Doctor Who (season 13), 13th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC One, BBC1 from 3 to 24 January 1976. The screenwriter credit is given to Robin Bland, a pseudonym for writer and former script editor Terrance Dicks, whose original script had been heavily rewritten by his successor as script editor, Robert Holmes (scriptwriter), Robert Holmes. It is the first serial to feature the Sisterhood of Karn. The serial is considered to have many thematic links to Mary Shelley's novel ''Frankenstein''. It is set on the planet Karn, where the surgeon List of Doctor Who villains#Mehendri Solon, Mehendri Solon (Philip Madoc) seeks to create a body for the Time Lord war criminal List of Doctor Who villains#Morbius, Morbius (Stuart Fell and Michael Spice) from parts of other creatures that have come to the planet. Plot The Time Lords drag the TARDIS to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallifrey
The Time Lords are a fictional ancient race of extraterrestrial people in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Time Lords are so named for their command of time travel technology and their non-linear perception of time. Originally, they were described as a powerful and wise race from the planet Gallifrey, from which the Doctor was a renegade; details beyond this were very limited for the first decade of the series. They later became integral to many episodes and stories as their role in the universe developed. For the first eight years after the series resumed in 2005, the Time Lords were said to have been destroyed during the Last Great Time War at some point in the show's continuity between the television movie in 1996 and the show's revival. In 2013, the 50th anniversary special " The Day of the Doctor" concerned this supposed destruction and their eventual survival. They developed a culture of custodianship and time-related technologies base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Other (Doctor Who)
The twenty-fifth season of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' began on 5 October 1988. It comprised four separate serials, beginning with '' Remembrance of the Daleks'' and ending with '' The Greatest Show in the Galaxy''. To mark the 25th anniversary season, producer John Nathan-Turner brought back the Daleks and the Cybermen. The American New Jersey Network also made a special behind-the-scenes documentary called ''The Making of Doctor Who'', which followed the production of the 25th anniversary story '' Silver Nemesis''. Andrew Cartmel script edited the series. Background Season 25 saw script editor Andrew Cartmel, who had joined for the previous season, exert a greater influence on the style of the series. He had watched serials from the Philip Hinchcliffe and Robert Holmes era such as '' The Seeds of Doom'' and '' The Talons of Weng-Chiang'' in preparation for it and concluded that the series should return to a more serious and dramatic approach. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Infinity Doctors
''The Infinity Doctors'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Lance Parkin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. The book was released to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the series, and features several references to the series' past. This book, along with a few others in the series, was reprinted in 2011. Synopsis During the Dark Time, the Gallifreyan scientist Omega leaves his wife to travel to the star that will give his people the power to become Lords of Time when he causes it to go supernova. But things do not go as planned and Omega is lost inside a black hole. Millions of years later, an unknown version of the Doctor, his friend the Magistrate and star pupil Larna, together with the rest of the Time Lords are preparing to host a peace conference between the Sontarans and the Rutans to end their thousand-year war. But behind the scenes a masked figure arranges a kidnapping and robbery in the Doctor's rooms and a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Past Doctor Adventures
The ''Past Doctor Adventures'' (sometimes known by the abbreviation ''PDA'' or ''PDAs'') were a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and published under the BBC Books imprint. For most of their existence, they were published side-by-side with the '' Eighth Doctor Adventures''. The novels regularly featured the First through Seventh Doctors. '' The Infinity Doctors'' had an ambiguous place in continuity and featured an unidentified incarnation of the Doctor. The Eighth Doctor co-starred with the Fourth Doctor in one novel ('' Wolfsbane'') and, after the Eighth Doctor Adventures had ceased publication, a novel ('' Fear Itself'') featuring the Eighth Doctor and set between two earlier Eighth Doctor Adventures ('' EarthWorld'' and ''Vanishing Point'') was published within the Past Doctor series. Publication history Between 1991 and 1997, Virgin Publishing produced successful spin-off novels under the New Adventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lungbarrow
''Lungbarrow'' is an original novel written by Marc Platt and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Published in Virgin Books' '' New Adventures'' range, it was the last of that range to feature the Seventh Doctor. When all stories of any media under any banner are listed chronologically, this is the last which features the Seventh Doctor as the "current" Doctor, although Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor had already made his televised appearance by the time the novel was published. Plot His mind occupied with thoughts of his coming regeneration, the Doctor accidentally returns to Gallifrey and the House of Lungbarrow, where for over 673 years his 44 cousins have been trapped, but mysteriously only six of them are still left. Meanwhile, Chris Cwej is having strange dreams of the past, when the family cast the Doctor out. The Doctor is accused of the murder of the head of the House, but he finds many allies in the form of former companio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
