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Nev Fountain
Nev Fountain, born Steven John Fountain (born 12 August 1969), is an English writer best known for his comedy work with writing partner Tom Jamieson on the radio and television programme '' Dead Ringers''. Early life A native of Stamford, Fountain attended the University of Warwick. Career While working at a series of odd jobs in London, Fountain wrote a few fringe plays, including one called ''My Grandmother Is a Time Lord'', produced in 1995. In the same year, he began writing sketches for the radio programme ''Week Ending''. It was while working on ''Week Ending'' that he met Tom Jamieson, with whom he has written most of his subsequent radio and television work. Fountain and Jamieson contributed to many radio and television comedy programmes, including ''Have I Got News for You'', ''2DTV'', ''The News Quiz'', '' Loose Ends'' and ''Big Impression''. Their most notable work, however, has been for ''Dead Ringers'' in which Fountain occasionally makes cameo appearances. T ...
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Stamford, Lincolnshire
Stamford is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 19,701 and estimated at 20,645 in 2019. The town has 17th- and 18th-century stone buildings, older timber-framed buildings and five medieval parish churches. Stamford is a frequent film location. In 2013 it was rated a top place to live in a survey by ''The Sunday Times''. Its name has been passed on to Stamford, Connecticut, founded in 1641. Etymology The place-name Stamford is first attested in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, where it appears as ''Steanford'' in 922 and ''Stanford'' in 942. It appears as ''Stanford'' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means "stony ford". History Roman and Medieval Stamford image:Stamford features (32) - geograph.org.uk - 7139889.jpg, 250px, Stamford The Romans built Ermine Street across what is now Burghley Park and forded the River Welland to the west of Stamford, eventually reaching Lincoln, England, ...
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Peri Brown
Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown is a fictional character played by Nicola Bryant in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. An American botany major from Fell's Point in Baltimore, Maryland, Peri is a companion of the Fifth (Peter Davison) and Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) and a regular in the programme from 1984 to 1986, appearing in a total of 11 stories (33 episodes). Fictional biography Peri begins travelling with the Fifth Doctor in '' Planet of Fire''. Following the Doctor's regeneration into the Sixth Doctor in '' The Caves of Androzani'', she continues to travel with him. Production Casting English drama student Nicola Bryant had been spotted by an agent in a production of the musical comedy '' No, No Nanette'' at her drama school, the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, which was the last show she did before leaving the school. She had performed with an American accent during the show, and having mistaken her for a real American ...
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Adaptations Of The Picture Of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde's ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (1890) has inspired many cinematic, literary, and artistic adaptations. On screen Chronological by release or broadcast. Theatrical films *'' Dorian Grays Portræt'' (1910)Directed by Axel Strøm. Starring Valdemar Psilander as Dorian Gray. *''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (1913)Directed by Phillips Smalley. Starring Wallace Reid as Dorian Gray; Lois Weber, and Smalley. With the screenplay by Weber. * ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (1915)Directed by Eugene Moore. * ''The Picture of Dorian Grey'' (1915)Directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold and Mikhail Doronin. *''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (1916)Directed by Fred W Durrant; screenplay by Rowland Talbot. Starring Henry Victor as Dorian Gray; Sydney Bland as Basil Hallward; Jack Jordan as Henry Wotton; Pat O'Malley as Sibyl Vane. *'' Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray'' (1917)Directed by Richard Oswald; screenplay by Richard Oswald. Starring Bernd Aldor as Dorian Gray; Ernst Ludwig as Basil Hallward; ...
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Bernice Summerfield
Professor Bernice Surprise Summerfield, or simply Benny, is a fictional character created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishing's range of original full-length ''Doctor Who'' novels, the '' New Adventures''. The ''New Adventures'' were authorised novels carrying on from where the ''Doctor Who'' television series had left off, and Summerfield was introduced in Cornell's novel '' Love and War'' in 1992. History A 26th-century archeologist, Summerfield became a hugely popular character amongst fans of the books, and was present until their end in 1997. She officially stopped travelling with the Doctor in ''Happy Endings'' but returned a few times thereafter, including the last Virgin New Adventure, '' The Dying Days''. That year, Virgin had lost the licence to publish ''Doctor Who'' fiction, which was not renewed by the BBC. However, range editors Peter Darvill-Evans and Rebecca Levene decided to continue the series with Summerfield ...
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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 ...
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Shalford, Surrey
Shalford is a village and civil parish in the Guildford district, in Surrey, England on the A281 Horsham road immediately south of Guildford. It has a railway station which is between Guildford and Dorking on the Reading to Gatwick Airport line. In 2011 the parish had a population of 4,142. It has one named locality, occupying the west of the area, Peasmarsh. Shalford's village sign was designed by Christopher Webb and W H Randall Blacking in 1922, as part of a competition run by the ''Daily Mail''. It shows Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child over a shallow ford. History Shalford appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Scaldefor''. It was held by Robert de Wateville from Richard Fitz Gilbert. Its Domesday assets were: 4 hides; 1 church, 3 mills worth 16s, 11½ ploughs, of meadow, wood worth 20 hogs. It rendered £20. The village also became well known for "the Great Fair of Shalford" which was set up by a charter issued by King John. In its heyday, it was sa ...
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Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, humorist, and screenwriter, best known as the creator of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. Originally a 1978 BBC radio comedy, ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' evolved into a "trilogy" of six (or five, according to the author) books which sold more than 15 million copies in his life. It was made into a television series, several stage plays, comics, a video game, and a 2005 feature film. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame. Adams wrote ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'' (1987) and '' The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul'' (1988), and co-wrote '' The Meaning of Liff'' (1983), '' The Deeper Meaning of Liff'' (1990) and '' Last Chance to See'' (1990). He wrote two stories for the television series ''Doctor Who'', including the unaired serial '' Shada'', co-wrote '' City of Death'' (1979), and served as script editor for its 1 ...
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John Lloyd (producer)
John Hardress Wilfred Lloyd (born 30 September 1951) is an English producer and writer of television and radio comedy. His television work includes ''Not the Nine O'Clock News'', ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', ''Blackadder'', '' Spitting Image'' and '' QI''. He presents BBC Radio 4's '' The Museum of Curiosity''. Early life John Hardress Wilfred Lloyd was born on 30 September 1951 in Dover, Kent. His father, H. L. "Harpy" Lloyd, was an Anglo-Irish captain with the Royal Navy. As a child, Lloyd lived in several different places, owing to his father's job. This led him to attend school properly only at the age of 9. He was educated at West Hill Park School in Titchfield, Hampshire, a place where he claims bullying was "endemic", and later at The King's School, Canterbury. He read Law at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was a member of the Footlights. He became friends with fellow student Douglas Adams, with whom he later worked and shared a flat. Lloyd is the great ...
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Radio Times
''Radio Times'' is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in September 1923 by John Reith, then general manager of the British Broadcasting Company, it was the world's first broadcast listings magazine. In September 2023 it became the first broadcast listings magazine to reach and then pass its centenary. It was published entirely in-house by BBC Magazines from 8 January 1937 until 16 August 2011, when the division was merged into Immediate Media Company. On 12 January 2017, Immediate Media was bought by the German media group Hubert Burda. The magazine is published on Tuesdays and carries listings for the week from Saturday to Friday. Originally, listings ran from Sunday to Saturday: the changeover meant 8 October 1960 was listed twice, in successive issues. Since Christmas 1969, a 14-day double-duration issue has been published each December ...
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The Kingmaker (audio Drama)
''The Kingmaker'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. The drama was written by Nev Fountain, who is best known for his work on the BBC radio and television comedy series '' Dead Ringers'', and guest stars Jon Culshaw, who in that series is known for his impression of Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. The Doctor travels to the year 1485, to investigate the mystery of the Princes in the Tower, in order to fulfil a contract to write a series of children's books. Is there another time traveller on the loose? And just why is there a robot in the TARDIS? Plot This is a historical serial in four episodes, concerning the murder by Richard III of England of the Princes in the Tower, set mainly in the year 1485. The Doctor is investigating the death of the Princes because it is a genuine historical mystery. He visits William Shakespeare, in the 16th century, to learn as much background as he can from t ...
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Omega (audio Drama)
''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly subtitled as the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. They are produced by Big Finish Productions and star one or more of the original actors to play the Doctor on television in the classic era of the programme. ''Doctor Who'' revolves around the adventures of an alien called the Doctor, whose people are called the Time Lords. He travels in space and time using a spaceship called the TARDIS, which can travel in time as well as space. While travelling, the Doctor works to save lives and liberate oppressed peoples by combating foes. The Doctor often travels with companions. The programme has a concept of regeneration, in which, when a Time Lord is fatally injured, their cells regenerate and they are reincarnated into a different body with a different personality, but the same memories. The series originally ran from 1963 to ...
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