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Oh No It Isn't!
''Oh No It Isn't!'' is a novel published in 1997 by Paul Cornell from the Virgin New Adventures featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. Writing and development The New Adventures were a series of novels based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', made by the BBC. They had originally been licensed ''Doctor Who'' stories, but in the wake of the return of ''Doctor Who'' to television screens with the 1996 movie, the BBC did not renew publisher Virgin Books' licence. Virgin had for some time planned for a spin-off series based on the characters and settings created in the ''Doctor Who'' New Adventures. With the licence gone, they continued the monthly release schedule of the New Adventures, but switched to stories featuring the character of Bernice Summerfield (known as Benny), beginning with ''Oh No It Isn't!''. The author, Paul Cornell, had originally created Benny as a companion for the Doctor. He attended a mid-July 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Cornell
Paul Douglas Cornell (born 18 July 1967) is a British writer. He has worked in television drama and ''Doctor Who'' fiction, being the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield. Other British television dramas for which he has written include ''Robin Hood'', '' Primeval'', '' Casualty'', ''Holby City'' and ''Coronation Street''. For American television, he has contributed an episode to the modern-day set Sherlock Holmes series '' Elementary''. Cornell has also written for a number of British comics, as well as Marvel Comics and DC Comics in the United States, and has had six original novels published. He is one of only two people to be nominated for Hugo Awards in prose, comics and TV. Career Cornell's professional writing career began in 1990 when he was a winner in a young writers' competition and his entry, ''Kingdom Come'', was produced and screened on BBC Two. Soon after, he wrote '' Timewyrm: Revelation'', a novel for the Virgin New Adven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantomime
Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment, generally combining gender-crossing actors and topical humour with a story more or less based on a well-known fairy tale, fable or folk tale.Reid-Walsh, Jacqueline. "Pantomime", ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature'', Jack Zipes (ed.), Oxford University Press (2006), Pantomime is a participatory form of theatre developed in England in the 18th century, in which the audience is encouraged and expected to sing along with certain parts of the music and shout out phrases to the performers. The origins of pantomime reach back to ancient Greek classical theatre. It developed partly from the 16th century commedia dell'arte tradition of Italy and partly from other European and British stage traditions, such as 17th-century masques and music hall. An important part of the pantomime, until the late 19th century, was the harlequinade. Modern pantomime is perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernice Summerfield Audio Plays
Bernice may refer to: Places In the United States * Bernice, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Bernice, Louisiana, a town * Bernice, Nevada, a ghost town * Bernice, Oklahoma, a town * Bernice Coalfield, a coalfield in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania Elsewhere * Bernice, Manitoba, Canada, a community * Bernice, an Old English name for Bernicia, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the 6th and 7th centuries Other uses * Bernice (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Hurricane Bernice (other) The name Bernice has been used for five tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. * Tropical Storm Bernice (1962), made landfall in Baja California * Tropical Storm Bernice (1965), formed south of Puerto Angel, Mexico, and moved parallel to ..., tropical cyclones in the eastern Pacific Ocean * USS ''Mary Alice'' (SP-397), a patrol vessel originally a private steam yacht named ''Bernice'' See also * Berenice (other) {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Science Fiction Novels
Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 16 – Murder of Ennis Cosby: Near Interstate 405 (California) on a Los Angeles freeway, Bill Cosby's son Ennis is shot in the head in a failed robbery attempt. * January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. * January 18 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 6 Spanish aid workers and three soldiers, and seriously wound another. * January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (→ Hebron Agreement) * January 23 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State of the United States, after confirmation by the United States Senate. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatiss (; born 17 October 1966) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer and novelist. Best known for his acting work on stage and screen as well as for co-creating television shows with Steven Moffat, he has received several awards including two Laurence Olivier Awards, a BAFTA TV Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Peabody Award. Gatiss co-created, co-wrote and acted in BBC comedy series ''The League of Gentlemen'' (1999–2002). He co-created and portrayed Mycroft Holmes in the BBC series ''Sherlock (TV series), Sherlock'' (2010–2017) and Renfield, Frank Renfield in BBC One, BBC / Netflix miniseries ''Dracula (2020 TV series), Dracula'' (2020). He also wrote several episodes of ''Doctor Who'' during Moffat's tenure as showrunner, as well as two episodes during Russell T Davies's earlier tenure. His other TV roles include Tycho Nestoris in ''Game of Thrones'' (2014–2017), Stephen Gardiner in ''Wolf Hall (miniseries), Wolf Hall'' (2015), and Pete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, generally referred to simply as the Brigadier, is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', created by writers Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln and played by Nicholas Courtney. He is one of the founders of UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, later Unified Intelligence Taskforce), an international organisation that defends Earth from extraterrestrial life, alien threats, and serves as commander of the British contingent. Presented at first as reluctant to accept the continuing aid of the Doctor, over time the Brigadier became one of the Doctor's greatest friends and his principal ally in defending Earth. As one of the series' most prominent recurring characters over its history, the Brigadier appeared in 23 stories during the original run of ''Doctor Who'', first appearing in the 1968 serial ''The Web of Fear'' opposite the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton). The character made frequent a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Courtney
William Nicholas Stone Courtney (16 December 1929 – 22 February 2011) was an Egyptian-born British actor. He was best known for his long-running role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Early life Nicholas Courtney was born 16 December 1929 in Cairo, Egypt, the son of Major Geoffrey William Courtney, a British army officer and diplomat, and Evelyn (''née'' Stout).John Ainsworth (editor) (2016)Profile: Nicholas Courtney ''Doctor Who: The Complete History: Stories 38-41'', BBC Worldwide UK Publishing; Panini UK Ltd.; Hachette Partworks Ltd., page 144. His paternal grandparents were the Oxford academic and journalist William Leonard Courtney and his first wife, Cordelia (''née'' Place). His grandfather, W. L. Courtney, had been an amateur actor during his tenure at Oxford University and was involved in the early productions in the New Theatre by the Oxford University Dramatic Society.'Obituary: Mr. W. L. Courtney: Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Bowerman
Lisa Bowerman (born 1 February 1962) is a British actress. She is best known for portraying Sandra Mute, the paramedic, in the first two series of the BBC One medical drama '' Casualty'', and ''Doctor Who'' companion Professor Bernice Summerfield in a series of the same name and many related audio dramas for Big Finish Productions productions, as well as directing many series for the company. Career Bowerman trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and was a regular in the first two series of BBC medical drama '' Casualty'' playing Sandra Mute, the show's first female paramedic. Her other television work includes: ''Dodgem'', ''The Count of Solar'', ''Grange Hill'', ''The Vision Thing'', '' Doctors'', '' McCallum'', '' Bad Girls'' and '' Night and Day''. In 2007 she guest-starred as the home secretary's PA in '' Spooks'', and returned to ''Casualty'' for a one-episode cameo role as a patient. In 2011 and 2012, she appeared in five episodes of ''Coronation Street'' as soli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Haigh-Ellery
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 science fiction properties. These include ''Doctor Who'', the characters Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog from '' 2000 AD'', '' Blake's 7'', '' Thunderbirds'', ''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 Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Russell
Gary Russell (born 18 September 1963) is a British freelance writer, producer and former child actor. As a writer, he is best known for his work in connection with the television series ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs in other media. As an actor, he is best known for playing Dick Kirrin in the British 1978 television series '' The Famous Five''. Biography Russell was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire. His on-screen acting career included leading roles in the BBC's adaptation of E. Nesbit's novel ''The Phoenix and the Carpet'' as Cyril, ITV's adaptations of Enid Blyton's Famous Five novels (as Dick) and the BBC's ''Look & Read'' schools series, playing Lord Edward Dark in ''Dark Towers''. He also spent seasons performing with Prospect Theatre Company and the Royal National Theatre. He has written guide books, under the pseudonym Warren Martyn, to ''Frasier'' and ''The Simpsons'' for Virgin Publishing. He was editor of ''Doctor Who Magazine'' between 1992 and 1995. He was the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Briggs
Nicholas Briggs (born 29 September 1961) is an English actor, writer, director, sound designer and composer. He is associated with the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs, particularly as the voice of the Daleks and the Cybermen in the 21st century series. Briggs is also the executive producer of Big Finish Productions, for which he has produced, directed and written several audio plays, as well as acting in many of them. Education Briggs studied at Rose Bruford College with Barry Killerby, who is known for portraying Mr Blobby. Career ''Doctor Who'' Some of Briggs' earliest ''Doctor Who''-related work was as host of ''The Myth Makers'', a series of made-for-video documentaries produced in the 1980s and 1990s by Reeltime Pictures in which Briggs interviews many of the actors, writers and directors involved in the series. When Reeltime expanded into producing original dramas, Briggs wrote some stories and acted in others, beginning with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
