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Part 1: General Information
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"DOCTOR WHO" FAQ POSTING
- The rec.arts.drwho Frequently Asked Questions List -
Updated: Sept. 2001
FAQ maintained and updated by: Siobahn (Shabang) Morgan morgans@uni.edu
Please send all suggestions, corrections, contributions,
and flames to her. Huge thanks to Shannon Patrick Sullivan
<shannon@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> for updating/proofreading this huge thing.
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Updates: Changed Who website links (0.4, etc.)
Changed Ryan Johnson's address (5.4)
Added another Simpsons reference, and changed the Who-news link
Added the BBC FAQ link about more Doctor Who (2.1, 2.4)
Some items updated to the proper tense (was-will-were, etc)
Card Collecting Mailing list removed (0.6) - extinct
Add Lofficier "Universal Database" on-line (4.5)
Update lost episode section with recovery of Crusade, part 1 (3.1)
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CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE:
Where to get Who material
0.1 List of Doctor Who FTP site
0.2 Pictures from Doctor Who (GIFs,Jpgs, etc.)
0.3 The Video and Audio Lists
0.4 WWW Sites
0.5 Author's e-mail addresses
0.6 Mailing List information
0.7 Doctor Who Newsgroups
0.8 IRC discussions
What is "Doctor Who"?
1.1 What is the series "Doctor Who"?
1.2 Why is the series called "Doctor Who" if that's not his name?
1.3 Just who is The Doctor?
1.4 What is regeneration?
1.5 What is the TARDIS?
1.6 Best and favorite "Who" episodes - survey results
1.7 What are the Doctor Who movies starring Peter Cushing?
1.8 What is this "K9 and Company" show we keep seeing?
1.9 What was the "Dimensions in Time" 30th Anniversary Special?
1.10 What is the name of the 1996 movie?
The present and future of "Doctor Who"
2.1 Is "Doctor Who" still on the air?
2.2 What were the last words ever spoken on "Doctor Who"?
2.3 What were the circumstances of the cancellation?
2.4 Will there ever be more "Doctor Who"?
2.5 What about "Doctor Who" on the radio?
2.6 What are the "New Adventures"?
2.7 And what are the "Missing Adventures"?
The Lost "Doctor Who" Episodes
3.1 What are the "missing" or "lost episodes"?
3.2 I know something about missing episodes. What do I do?
3.3 What are the "missing novelizations"?
3.4 What are the "missing episodes" that I see as novelizations?
3.5 What is "Shada"?
"Doctor Who" Fandom
4.1 How can I write to the actors who have played "Doctor Who"?
4.2 I write "Doctor Who" fiction in my spare time. Who can I show it to?
4.3 What is "Storm God Rising" and "Net_Decalog"?
4.4 How can I get a "New Adventure"/"Missing Adventure" published?
4.5 What "Doctor Who" reference books can I consult?
4.6 I can't find any videotapes or New Adventures anywhere. Help me!
4.7 Where can I find "Doctor Who" merchandise?
4.8 What about "Doctor Who" Role Playing Games?
4.9 Hey I just moved to town - is there a fan club nearby?
4.10 Are there any Doctor Who trading cards available?
4.11 What about a Doctor Who carding playing game?
Random Items concerning "Doctor Who"
5.1 Which big celebrities/famous people have appeared in "Doctor Who"?
5.2 Who is this fellow in the "Stranger Videos"? What are they about?
5.3 What are these "Mythmaker" series videos I keep seeing?
5.4 Who is this female Doctor that I keep hearing about?
5.5 What about all of those faces that are seen in the "Brain of Morbius"?
5.6 Which companion has posed nude in an adult magazine?
5.7 What are the real names of stories?
5.8 Is Susan REALLY the Doctor's granddaughter?
5.9 Is there a Pink Floyd song that sounds like the Doctor Who theme music?
5.10 What is Romana's full name?
5.11 Did John Byrne, writer for comics (X-Men) ever work on Doctor Who?
5.12 Is that Tom Baker? Was that Tom Baker on the "Simpsons"?
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WHERE DO I GET "WHO" MATERIAL?
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FAQ Item 0.1 - Doctor Who Archives
The Doctor Who FTP Archives are located at:
nitro9.earth.uni.edu [134.161.240.51] in /pub/doctor/
Contains original fan stories, listings of all available Dr. Who Audio
and Video tapes (updated monthly), a copy of this FAQ, an episode guide,
the official Bloopers list, and some other cool stuff. Anonymous guest login
available. Write the Keeper if you're not familiar with mucking about in FTP
sites. The Keeper is:
Siobahn Morgan
Associate Professor of Astronomy
University of Northern Iowa
morgans@uni.edu
Some small locations (with perhaps only 1 or 2 items) include the following:
shark.cse.fau.edu [131.91.80.13] in pub/text
ftp.wustl.edu [128.252.135.4] in pub/multimedia/images/gif/d
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FAQ Item 0.2 - Doctor Who Gifs
Apart from the stuff available at Nitro9 (Main FTP site), there are some
more Doctor Who Pictures available in .gif format from:
grind.isca.uiowa.edu [128.255.200.3] *** Warning - slow system, not a lot
(Login: anonymous in directory: /image/gif/scifi ) there ***
ftp.sunet.se [130.238.127.3]
(Login: anonymous in directory: /pub/pictures/tv.film/Dr.Who )
Main website: http://www.shillpages.com/dw/dwia.html - Doctor Who Image
archive. There are also many more images available at WWW sites (see section
0.4 below)
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FAQ Item 0.3 - The Video and Audio Lists
For US releases check Steve Manfred's website -
http://www.pressenter.com/~stevenma/Video_FAQ.html
For UK releases check Dan O'Malley's website -
http://www.netsoc.ucd.ie/Doctor_Who/Videos/
also accessible via http://www.timelash.com/
A list of "Who"-related music releases, once a part of this
FAQ, has been passed into the hands of Daniel O'Malley, who updates it
as well as the video lists and is available at the website listed
above.
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FAQ Item 0.4 - Doctor Who WWW Sites
There is my own WWW Doctor Who Page, the address of which is
http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/homepage.html
All of the following have links located at my site
Other Prime information WWW sites include the following:
http://www.gallifreyone.com
Outpost Gallifrey - Latest News Page also
http://www.unitnews.co.uk
UNIT News
http://www.timelash.com
Dan O'Malley's page, with oodles of stuff (Ireland)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/
BBC Doctor Who site
If you are looking for a particular site, the link list of Paul "Ozzy"
Harman includes hundreds of links - (the list is also posted
on rec.arts.drwho)
http://www.kasterborus.demon.co.uk/
And another large link list my own at
http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/websites.html
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FAQ Item 0.5 - Doctor Who Author E-mail addresses
Several authors of recent (and not so recent) Doctor Who books and stories
who have computer accounts. These folks occasionally post items on
rec.arts.drwho and have participated in many discussions about their
own works and those of others. They do change their addresses also, so
don't expect them all to be correct.
Peter Anghelides peter-anghelides@mcmail.com
Jon Blum jblum@access.digex.net
Daniel Blythe daniel@drblythe.freeserve.co.uk
Mark Clapham mclapham@ssees.ac.uk
Paul Cornell paul@cornell.demon.co.uk
Martin Day marty@dial.pipex.com
Keith R. A. DeCandido krad@ix.netcom.com
Craig Hinton craggles@timeword.demon.co.uk
David J. Howe howe@which.net
Ben Jeapes bjeapes@aol.com
Matt Jones mat.jones@virgin.net
Andy Lane andylane@goldfinch.win-uk.net
Paul Leonard 100773.3554@compuserve.com
Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier jmlofficier@worldnet.att.net
Steve Lyons steve@jslyons.globalnet.co.uk
Paul Magrs P.Magrs@uea.ac.uk
David A. McIntee master@sol.co.uk
Jim Mortimore jimmortimore@compuserve.com
Kate Orman korman@start.com.au
Lance Parkin ljparkin@aol.com
John Peel johnpeel@usa.pipeline.com
Neil Penswick 101772.3516@compuserve.com
Justin Richards justinr@ibm.net
Gary Russell gaz-john@dircon.co.uk
Richard "Halibut" Salter etlrdsr@etl.ericsson.se
Mark Stammers mark.stammers@yuma.tpd.co.uk
Dave Stone dave@sgloomi.demon.co.uk
Keith Topping Keith@tooon.demon.co.uk
Nick Walters nwalters.gosw@go-regions.gov.uk
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FAQ Item 0.6 - Doctor Who Mailing lists
A fairly full listing can be found at
http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/websites.html#mail
Some long standing ones are:
Doctor Who discussion list---- manager is Chuck Foster
(Chuck.Foster@uk.uu.net)
Subscription Address: listproc@lists.pipex.com
Subsciption info: subscribe drwho-l FirstName SurName
List Address: drwho-l@lists.pipex.com
List queries: admin-drwho-l@lists.pipex.com
General listproc enquiries:
listmaster@lists.pipex.com
WWW site: http://serendipity.drwho.org/drwho-l/
Web Archives: http://www.lists.pipex.com/cgi-bin/listproc?list=drwho-l
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Moderated Doctor Who discussion list - moderated by Kate Orman
(korman@zip.com.au)
Subscription Address and Info: subscribe@reuben.net
Unsubscribe : unsubscribe@reuben.net
List Address: allenrd@reuben.net
WWW site: http://www.zip.com.au/~korman/who/allenrd.html
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Totterslane mailing list
Maintained by Adam Stone
Subscription to list: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/totterslane
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Gaming Mailing List - list manager is Ian MacDonald
Subscription Address: listproc@lists.pipex.com
Subscription info: subscribe who-rpg-l FirstName SurName
List Address: who-rpg-l@lists.pipex.com
Contact Address: admin-who-rpg-l@lists.pipex.com
Web Archives: http://www.lists.pipex.com/cgi-bin/listproc?list=who-rpg-l
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A Doctor Who/Star Trek Mailing list - managed by Clyde Meli
(cmeli@cis.um.edu.mt)
List-Name: trekwho-l@cis.um.edu.mt
Subscription Address: majordomo@cis.um.edu.mt
Subscription Details: subscribe trekwho-l - in body of message
Information: List for both Doctor Who and Star Trek
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Paul McGann Estrogen Brigade Mailing list - managed by Stephanie Linz-Gould
List-Name: pmeb@orbit.crawford.com
Subscription Address: majordomo@orbit.crawford.com
Subscription Details: subscribe pmeb your-e-mail-address
Inquiries: slgould@crawford.com or elsaf@pipeline.com or
skyeisis@mindspring.com
Web subscription: http://www.maidenhaist.com/pmeb/subscrib.htm
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FAQ Item 0.7 - What Doctor Who newsgroups are there?
There are currently five Doctor Who USENET newsgroups. The primary one is
rec.arts.drwho, where all general discussion and such takes place.
Another newsgroup is alt.drwho.creative, which is exclusively for the
posting of Doctor Who fan fiction.
There is also the information group, rec.arts.drwho.info.
This group deals with information about the show, as well as the people
in it, conventions, news items, etc. Since it is a moderated group,
posts will not appear immediately, but are checked for relevancy
before being posted.
A new group has recently been approved, that of rec.arts.drwho.moderated
which will be similar to rec.arts.drwho, but will be moderated. Since
this is a relatively new group it is not yet universally available.
There is also a alt.binaries.drwho group, though it is not available
on all systems.
For people who can get the uk. newsgroups (mainly the people in the UK)
there is also uk.media.tv.sf.drwho.
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FAQ Item 0.8 - What about Doctor Who IRC groups?
Check the postings in the newgroup (rec.arts.drwho) for IRC information -
there are some fairly frequent discussions. Generally people tend to meet
at 4 PM EST daily at #doctorwho, as well as Fridays at 10 PM EST, but
anytime at all is also fine. Another irc group is #drwho, which meet on
DALnet (10 pm EST). Go to which ever trips your trigger.
Also check the #drwho channels on Icenet and Newnet.
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What is "Doctor Who"?
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FAQ Item 1.1 - Who, and what, is Doctor Who
Doctor Who is, or was, the longest-running science-fiction series in
the history of television. Created by the BBC in 1963 as a children's
sci-fi series, Doctor Who eventually expanded its boundaries
to just about every possible genre of television except for the musical.
Spanning 26 seasons, the original BBC series had seven different actors
taking on the lead role. Doctor Who was famous for its infinite
flexibility and wide, dedicated, fan following. The show celebrated
its 30th anniversary on November the 23rd, 1993.
The 158th and final BBC produced Doctor Who story, "Survival", aired in
December of 1989. No further episodes have been produced by the BBC over
the past six years, even though the show was never officially cancelled.
In spite of this, Doctor Who lives on today, on the radio and in a popular
series of full-length novels.
In 1996, a television movie, made by Universal and the BBC continued the
story line. It was hoped that this would lead to another series of shows,
but the fate of Doctor Who is still undecided at this time.
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FAQ item 1.2 - Why is the series called Doctor Who if that's not his name?
In "An Unearthly Child", the very first Doctor Who episode, aired on
November 23, 1963. William Hartnell, the show's main character, was
introduced simply as "The Doctor", a cranky old man with a time machine
shaped like a British Police Box. Because his character was shrouded in
mystery, the title Doctor Who merely referred to the fact that we were
never to know exactly who this man is.
At various times in the show, different names were referred to:
"The Doctor" - the name he introduces himself as in every single story, and
the (proper) name many people call him by.
"Doctor Foreman" - Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright refer to him as this
initially when they are investigating their unusual
student Susan Foreman, the Doctor's granddaughter.
"Doctor Who" - WOTAN in "The War Machines" referred to the Doctor by this
name; it was acknowledged as an error by the writing staff.
"Dr. John Smith" - alias used while working for U.N.I.T. during his exile
on Earth.
"Theta Sigma" - Used twice, in "The Armageddon Factor" and "The Happiness
Patrol"; apparently, a Time Lord nickname given to the Dr.
during his time at the Academy on Gallifrey.
"Merlin" - It's revealed in "Battlefield" that, in a future (?) incarnation,
the Doctor will become Merlin, adviser to King Arthur. The time
reference is uncertain since it involves parallel universes.
There are also various word plays on his name "Sir the Doctor is here
to see you" "Doctor? Doctor Who?".... and so forth. Apart from what he
was called, the series did present us, over the past 30-some years, with
much more information.
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FAQ Item 1.3 - Just who is the Doctor?
The Doctor is a Time Lord, one of the elite of the planet Gallifrey. The
Time Lords are an immensely old and powerful society who have the ability
to travel through time in their TARDISes, but whose policy is not to
interfere with the rest of the universe. Instead, they simply observe and
act only when absolutely necessary. Gallifreyan society, ruled by the
High Council, is a dull and stagnant affair; some might even say that it
is slowly decaying.
The Doctor, of the Prydonian group of Time Lords, fled Gallifrey at some
point (ostensibly because of boredom) and is now living the life of a
renegade. His interference with space and time is in direct contravention
to Time Lord policy, and he has twice been tried on this point. Despite
this, the Doctor continues to traverse the galaxy, often with a companion
or two, battling evil and oppression in all its many guises.
As a Time Lord, the Doctor has two hearts and can withstand temperature
extremes better than humans. They have a symbiotic link with their time
machines. They can also regenerate when their present body is worn out or
dying.
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FAQ Item 1.4 - What is Regeneration?
In 1966, an ill William Hartnell decided to leave the program, in the
middle of its fourth season (there are conflicting reasons; it was
either illness or a contract dispute). In order to keep the series going,
it was decided to draw on the Doctor's unknown abilities as an alien and
have him "regenerate". Regeneration is a type of bodily renewal, during
which the Time Lord gains a completely new form, and often undergoes a
moderate personality change. In this fashion, the elderly William
Hartnell gave way to the younger Patrick Troughton. The Doctor has
regenerated seven times, and is in his eighth incarnation (this is
including in the movie).
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FAQ Item 1.5 - What is the TARDIS?
The TARDIS (an acronym for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space)
is the time machine that the Doctor and other Time Lords travel in; it is
the main vehicle for the series, which takes us to any number of times
and places. It's "dimensionally trancendental" - bigger inside than out -,
and, in the Doctor's case, it sometimes doesn't work properly. The Doctor's
TARDIS is generally stuck in the shape of a Police Call Box, a familiar
shape in England in 1963 but now obsolete. The version of the TARDIS that
the Doctor uses is known as a "type 39", (though the Doctor usually refers
to it as a "type 40") as with the British Police Call Box, the type 39 is
considered an obsolete and outdated version of a TARDIS.
On numerous occasions the Doctor has attempted to repair his ship, with
humorous and disastrous results. There is evidently some sort of
telepathic link between the Doctor and his ship; they share a symbiotic
relationship, and, as in the New Adventures, when the TARDIS malfunctions,
so does the Doctor. The TARDIS is perhaps the second-most important
character in the series; it is our "passport to adventure", and,
in many ways, is the Doctor himself.
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FAQ Item 1.6 - What are some of the best, or most popular Doctor Who episodes?
(Based on a poll in r.a.dw Nov. 96 - Feb. 97)
The 13 most popular shows, in order of broadcast,
"Tomb of the Cybermen" Troughton
"Inferno" Pertwee
"Genesis of the Daleks" Tom Baker
"Pyramids of Mars" Tom Baker
"The Deadly Assassin" Tom Baker
"The Talons of Weng-Chiang" Tom Baker
"City of Death" Tom Baker
"Kinda" Davison
"The Caves of Androzani" Davison
"Remembrance of the Daleks" McCoy
"Ghostlight" McCoy
"The Curse of Fenric" McCoy
"Enemy Within" McGann
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FAQ Item 1.7 - What are the Doctor Who movies starring Peter Cushing about?
During the 1960's when the show really took off, two movies were produced
which starred Peter Cushing (of horror film fame) as the Doctor. Unlike
the television show, the Doctor was a kindly old human inventor, Susan
and Barbara were both shown to be his granddaughters, and Ian was Barbara's
boyfriend. All three companions were significantly younger than their
television counterparts. The cast of companions in the second movie
was altered to omit Barbara and Ian, and to introduce Doctor Who's niece
Louise and a bumbling police officer named Tom Campbell.
The two films were titled "Doctor Who and the Daleks" based upon the
episode entitled `The Daleks', and "Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD" based
upon the episode `The Dalek Invasion of Earth'. Although considerably
shortened, the movies generally followed the plotlines of the TV episodes.
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FAQ Item 1.8 - What is this "K-9 & Company" Special I keep seeing?
This was a one-hour story pilot, an intended spinoff of Doctor Who
aired on December 28, 1981, featuring Sarah Jane Smith and K-9, two
former companions of the Doctor, teaming up as a dynamic crime-fighting
duo. The pilot did not sell, but the story is generally repeated every
Christmas as a special Doctor Who story and is aired every so often
in the United States to help raise pledge money when the public
T.V. stations which air Doctor Who hold fiscal drives.
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FAQ Item 1.9 - What was the "Dimensions in Time" 30th Anniversary Special?
The 1993 "Children in Need" charity appeal on the BBC coincided with
Doctor Who's 30th anniversary. In commemoration of the event, the BBC
aired "Dimensions in Time", a short adventure consisting of two 14-minute
episodes. "DiT" featured all five living Doctors and a number of
companions battling the evil Time Lord (Lady) known as the Rani, who is
interfering with the Doctor's own personal timeline and has recruited
many of his greatest foes to aid her. "DiT" was aired in a 3-D format,
and took place on the set of the BBC soap opera "EastEnders". Characters
from "EastEnders" made brief appearances in the story. It is not commercially
available.
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FAQ Item 1.10 - What was the name of the 1996 TV movie?
There was no alternate title given in the movie itself, or any subtitle,
but most fans refer to it as the "Enemy Within". Why? Philip Segal,
the movie's producer, used this title at a fan convention and it has
been adopted by others since then. Generally it is refered to
as the "Television movie" by retailers, or "Doctor Who - The Movie".
At this time a video for the TV movie is only availalbe in the UK
and other countries (not the US).
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The present and future of "Doctor Who"
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FAQ Item 2.1 - Is Doctor Who still on the air?
No. The last episode to air from the original BBC series was "Survival",
airing in December of 1989 as the last story of Season 26. While no
official cancellation announcement was made, the BBC stopped production
of the series.
In 1996, a TV-movie was made and shown in North America, the UK and
Australia. The movie was a continuation of the original series, and it is
hoped that a new series will come from the film, though that doesn't seem
likely now.
The original series does live on in re-runs. A complete list of stations
that carry Doctor Who is given in FAQ #5 (for those who
would like to extract, print it out and keep it with them as they travel
across the country). It is available on certain cable tv stations in
the US, Canada and Europe. You might also want to check Ben Elliots
weekly posting "This Week" which provides information on the specific
episodes that are airing.
The official BBC position can be found in their FAQ -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/info/frequent-4.shtml
It basically says nothing has changed since 1989.
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FAQ Item 2.2 - What were the last words ever spoken on Doctor Who?
From the Original Series:
Part 3 of "Survival" ended with this quote by the Doctor; it's widely-
quoted in this newsgroup and in .sig files everywhere. For your convenience:
There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, the seas
sleep, and the rivers dream; people made of smoke, and cities made of
song. Somewhere there's danger; somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere
else the tea is getting cold! Come on Ace, we've got work to do!
From the TV Movie:
"Oh no, not again!"
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FAQ Item 2.3 - What were the circumstances of the cancellation?
After Season 22, the first Colin Baker season, the show was
put on "hiatus". When Doctor Who returned, season length was shortened,
from 13 45-minute episodes, to 14 25-minute episodes. Colin Baker was
fired, after one more season and Sylvester McCoy became the seventh Doctor.
McCoy's tenure as the Doctor was not to be ratings success, however.
Despite tenuous signs that the public was coming back to Doctor Who,
there were a number of strikes against it. Most notable was its
competition with ITV's "Coronation Street", which constantly placed
within the top five television programs each week.
Finally, after Season 26, the BBC announced that Doctor Who was again
being placed on hiatus. While it has returned in the form of a
television movie, the future of the show is still uncertain.
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FAQ Item 2.4 - Will there be more Doctor Who?
The BBC has heard this question so much that they have put it into
their own FAQ
http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/info/frequent-4.shtml
The answer is basically "nothing has changed, we'll tell you when it does".
The TV movie seemed like the best hope for the series, but it did not do well.
In the US its ratings were rather low, and FOX did not put it on its
schedule of new shows. The ratings in the UK and Australia were better,
but apparently not enough to tip the scales.
There are several things which could be done to try to put it back
on the air, including writing to the various network executives.
There are several efforts to bring it back, with quite a bit of
information to found at The Save Doctor Who website:
http://www.cris.com/~perval/who.htm
(courtesy of the Doctor Who Fan network)
For any good authoritative news check the Gallifrey One news site -
http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.htm
They tend to give you the latest reliable news.
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FAQ Item 2.5 - What's this Doctor Who radio special?
"The Paradise of Death", broadcast in the fall of 1993, was a special
radio story featuring Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen and Nicholas Courtney
reprising their roles as the Third Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith and Brigadier
Lethbridge-Stewart, in an adventure scripted by former Doctor Who
producer Barry Letts. It consisted of five half-hour episodes which were
subsequently released on audio tape. The BBC was very happy with the
success of "Paradise" and subsequently commissioned a sequel, also
featuring Pertwee, Sladen and Courtney and again written by Letts. This
was entitled "The Ghosts of N-Space", and aired in 1995. Both stories
have been novellized.
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FAQ Item 2.6 - What are the "New Adventures"?
"Doctor Who - The New Adventures" are a series of authorized, full-
length Doctor Who novels, continuing from the end of "Survival", the final
Sylvester McCoy story. They were published monthly by Doctor Who Books,
a division of Virgin Publishing Co. and are now being produced by
BBC books. The novels are written by both established Doctor Who
authors like Terrance Dicks, John Peel and Ben Aaronovitch, as well
as newcomers such as Paul Cornell and Kate Orman. Originally, the books
featured the adventures of the Seventh Doctor and Ace, but Ace has since
departed, and the Doctor has travelled with several others including
archaeologist Bernice "Benny" Summerfield.
The New Adventures promise to deliver stories "too big and broad
for the small screen; full length science fiction novels". In some cases,
the traditional Doctor Who format has been reworked, such as books not
really featuring the Doctor himself. Some of the novels have been linked
together, though the majority stand alone. Many of the books are aimed at
hard-core science fiction fans, and some Who traditionalists do not find
them totally satisfying.
With BBC books taking over the publication of the novels (May, 1997),
the folks at Virgin publishing continued on in an off-shoot, with
stories still taking place in the Doctor Who universe, but not featuring
the Doctor but instead companion Benny Summerfield. Also with the
television movie introducing a new Doctor, that character is the
current version presented in the novels.
A complete list of The New Adventures that have been released to date
appears in the third part of the FAQ.
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FAQ Item 2.7 - And what are the "Missing Adventures"?
As a tandem to the New Adventures, Doctor Who Books is now releasing a
set of adventures featuring the first seven incarnations of the Doctor and
his old companions; these are stories that take place between the
televised episodes. Like the early "New Adventures", a mix of established
and new authors will tackle the "Missing Adventures".
As with the New Adventures, the publication of these were taken over
by BBC books in May, 1997.
A complete listing of current and scheduled Missing Adventure novels
is included in the third part of the FAQ.
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The Lost "Doctor Who" Episodes
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FAQ Item 3.1 - What are the "missing episodes" or "lost episodes"?
During the early seventies many Doctor Who stories were destroyed by
the BBC, along with vast amounts of other material kept by the BBC, in
order to cut costs in storage. This was in the age before home video,
when the material appeared useless due to the limitations on televised
repeats in Britain.
Many of the lost episodes are of the later William Hartnell and much
from the Patrick Troughton era. 109 episodes are still missing.
There are also audios of the shows made by fans which are of varying
quality. The BBC has copies of these.
In addition to the lost Hartnell and Troughton episodes, some Pertwee
episodes exist only in black and white versions. Recently, several
episodes from "The Silurians", "Terror of the Autons", "The Daemons"
and "The Ambassadors of Death" have had their color restored using
low-quality color video tapes recorded in the U.S.
A complete list of the Missing Doctor Who episodes appears below:
Episode Title Parts Missing Author Story Code
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Marco Polo all John Lucarotti D
The Reign of Terror 4-5 Dennis Spooner H
The Crusades 2,4 David Whitaker P
Galaxy Four all William Emms T
Mission to the Unknown all Terry nation T/A
The Myth Makers all Donald Cotton U
The Dalek Masterplan 1-4,6-9,11-12 Nation & Spooner V
The Massacre all John Lucarotti W
The Celestial Toymaker 1-3 Brian Hayles Y
The Savages all Ian Stuart Black AA
The Smugglers all Brian Hayles CC
The Tenth Planet 4 Kit Pedler DD
Power of the Daleks all David Whitaker EE
The Highlanders all Gerry Davis FF
& Elwyn Jones
The Underwater Menace 1,2,4 Geoffrey Orme GG
The Moonbase 1,3 Kit Pedler HH
The Macra Terror all Ian Stuart Black JJ
The Faceless Ones 2,4-6 David Ellis KK
& Malcolm Hulke
Evil of the Daleks 1,3-7 David Whitaker LL
The Abominable Snowmen 1,3-6 Mervyn Haisman MM
& Henry Lincoln
The Ice Warriors 2,3 Brian Hayles OO
The Enemy of the World 1,2,4-6 David Whitaker PP
The Web of Fear 2-6 Mervyn Haisman QQ
& Henry Lincoln
Fury From The Deep all Victor Pemberton RR
The Wheel in Space 1,2,4,5 David Whitaker SS
The Invasion 1,4 Derrick Sherwin VV
The Space Pirates 1,3-6 Robert Holmes YY
Further information about missing episodes and transcripts for some
of them can be found at various web sites, including
http://freespace.virgin.net/dominic.jackson/coi/audio-video-faq.html
http://www.mcs.dundee.ac.uk:8080/~ggreig/Dr_Who/MissingEps.html
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Union/BTS/Scripts/intro.html
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FAQ Item 3.2 - I know something about missing episodes. What do I do?
Here's the name and address of who to contact with missing episode
information:
Christine Slattery,
Television Archivist,
BBC Film and Videotape Library,
Reynard Mills Industrial Estate,
Windmill Road,
Brentford,
Middlesex,
England TW8 9NF
Tel: 0181-567 6655
Reports on whether the supplier of these lost episodes will be reimbursed
have varied from source to source. The most substantial report I have
received so far has been:
"There is an amnesty, and no questions at all will be asked if private
collectors do have some of the missing episodes; all the BBC wants to do
is to copy the film print (or whatever), the original being retained by
the donor. "
(Thanks to Steve Roberts,
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/steveroberts/restorat.htm)
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FAQ Item 3.3 - What are the "missing novelizations"?
W.H. Allen and Target Books, between the years 1973 and 1991, published
a set of novelizations for just about every Doctor Who story ever produced.
155 in number, they span the Doctor Who era from "An Unearthly Child" all the
way to "Survival", some greatly expanded on the original stories, others
basically verbatim transcripts.
A few serials, however, have never been novelized. They include Douglas
Adams' "The Pirate Planet", "City of Death" and "Shada" and Eric Saward's
"Resurrection of the Daleks" and "Revelation of the Daleks".
In the case of the Adams' serials, he has refused to novelize his stories
because a writer of his caliber would never stoop to churning out a novelization
for a low fee. Furthermore, several plot elements from "City of Death"
and "Shada" were reused in Adams' two Dirk Gently novels.
The Dalek episodes never reached print because of royalties disputes between
Terry Nation, the original creator of the Daleks, and Eric Saward, who penned
many of the later Dalek serials and deviated greatly from Nation's original
concept of the Daleks.
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FAQ Item 3.4 - What are these Missing Episodes that I see in bookstores?
To further confuse the issue, during season 22, the show was temporarily
pulled off the air and the stories that were planned for season 23 were
shelved and never filmed. There are novelizations of 3 of the stories
that were intended for that season.
The stories and the novelizations are as follows -
Title Author ISBN #
The Nightmare Fair Graham Williams 0 426 20334 8
Mission to Magnus Philip Martin 0 426 20347 X
The Ultimate Evil Wally K. Daly 0 426 20338 0
Eric Saward was also supposed to novelize Robert Holmes' planned "Yellow
Fever". Like his two forthcoming Dalek novelizations, however, it is
uncertain when or if this will see the light of day.
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FAQ Item 3.5 - What is Shada?
Shada was the name of a six part story, which would have been the last
one of the 1979 season. The story was scripted by Douglas Adams and
many scenes were shot on location in Cambridge England. However during
production, a strike by television personnel at the BBC prevented
the completion of the show. While large amounts of filming were
complete, various aspects such as special effects and large parts of studio
filming were not completed. This particular show was then considered
dead in the water. Interest in Shada did not let up, and various
attempts to save the story were made. Finally, in 1992 the BBC released
the extant material for "Shada" on videotape, with new special effects
added and Tom Baker providing the links for missing material.
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"Doctor Who" Fandom
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FAQ Item 4.1 - How can I write to the actors who have played the Doctor
and companions?
Things change - so if you find that one of these addresses is
no longer valid, please tell me, I may or may not be able to
find the new address.
Tom Baker
c/o London Management
Noel House
2-3 Noel Street
London, England
W1V 3RB
Peter Davison (new address that I came across - July 25, 1998)
C/O Conway Van Gelder Robinson
18-21 Germyn Street
3rd Floor
London England
SWIY 6HP
Colin Baker
c/o Lindsay Granger
Barry Burnett Organisation Ltd.
Suite 42-43
2-3 Golden Square
London, England
W1R 3AD
Sylvester McCoy
c/o James Sharkey Associates,
3rd Floor Suite,
15 Golden Square,
London, England
W1R 3AG
Another Sylvester McCoy address that I've come across
Sylvester McCoy
C/O Silvester Management
122 Wardour St.
London England
W1V 31A
And yet another Sylvester McCoy address
Sylvester McCoy
11 Southwick mews
London England
W2 1JG
(if you have had any recent successes with these McCoy
addresses, or failures, please tell me)
(I don't know if this is correct - not so easy to check mail address
as e-mail addresses - but if it isn't please tell me)
Paul McGann
c/o Marina Martin Associates
12-13 Poland Street
London England
W1V 3DE
And another Paul McGann address
Paul McGann
C/O Viv Gurney
The McGann Information Service
27 Feldon Close
Garston, Waterford, Herts
WD2 6QW
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FAQ Item 4.2 - I write Doctor Who fiction in my spare time.
Who can I show it to?
Many news sites now carry the separate newsgroup "alt.drwho.creative".
On this group, you can post the original Doctor Who stories, of any nature
and with any Doctor, to the rest of USENET for everybody to read.
If you'd like to take your writing to a more serious level, you might
consider penning a "New" or "Missing Adventure".
Another option is to submit your story to Everlasting Films, a group who
produces audio dramas for Doctor Who - they are always interested
in new writers. Check out their website at
http://www.onepost.net/~dwad/
There is also a directory of fan fiction, the Panatropic Network
http://www.panatropic.net
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FAQ Item 4.3 - What is Storm God Rising, Net_Decalog and Perfect Timing?
Over the past couple of years, there have been a number of attempts to
publish collections of Doctor Who short stories written purely by fans on
the Internet -- veteran and novice Who authors alike. The first, "Storm God
Rising", was edited by Rich Salter and Jason Miller and concerned the
Doctor's encounters with the Storm-Demon Achmael. The second, referred to
simply as Net_Decalog would have been the third "Decalog" book had it
been accepted, and used the running theme of the Ten Commandments. It was
edited by Salter, Miller and Lou Anders. Sadly, both of these efforts
were rejected by Virgin.
Currently, Salter, Miller and Anders are putting together a new
Net_Decalog proposal with the running theme of "networks" as suggested by
Virgin editor Rebecca Levene.
The stories are avaiable at the FTP site nitro9.earth.uni.edu
under the directory pub/doctor/matrix/Net_Adventures/SGR/
There have been several for-charity compilations of stories written
by both long-standing Doctor Who authors, fan-fiction authors and
some of the actors from the series. These have appeared in some
analogies entitled "Perfect Timing (1 and 2)" and others. Availability
is usually by mail-order (not generally found in stores).
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FAQ Item 4.4 - How can I get a New Adventure published?
There has been a change in publishers for the New and Missing Adventures.
Virgin Publishing will no longer be producing the New and Missing
Adventures featuring the Doctor and his companions as of May 1997
when BBC Books takes over. The Doctor in the NA books is based
upon Paul McGann (the 8th Doctor), while older versions are in
the MAs.
Virgin is still publishing its own version of the New Adventures
which feature former companion Bernice Summerfield.
NOTE: In a message dated August 8, 1998, BBC books will not be accepting
anymore unsolicited New Adventure (8th Doctor) stories. They will
still accept short stories and Missing Adventures (previous Doctors).
If you would like to get in touch with BBC Books, the following address is
available:
Doctor Who Books
A3008
Woodlands
80 Wood Lane
London
W12 0TT
UK
or you can e-mail:doctorwho.books@bbb.co.uk
or on the web, check the Broadsword Web site:
http://www.broadsword.org/
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FAQ Item 4.5 - What Doctor Who reference books can I consult?
Numerous Doctor Who reference books have been published in the past.
Many of the earlier ones contain inaccuracies and errors, and have been
supplanted by more recent texts. The most worthwhile books include:
"The Programme Guide"/"The Terrestrial Index"/"The Universal Databank",
by Jean-Marc Lofficier. Recently the "Universal Databank" has
been placed on-line at http://www.perfectworldusa.com/dwindex.html
This "reference trilogy" is probably the most comprehensive guide to the
television stories themselves ever published. "The Programme Guide" lists
every story, including cast lists and story information. A recent updated
edition also provides details on New Adventures up to "All-Consuming
Fire". "The Terrestrial Index" features a hypothetical history of the
Doctor Who universe and a guide to all official Doctor Who fiction ever
released. "The Universal Databank" is an encyclopaediac listing of
people, places, things and more that have appeared on Doctor Who.
"The Sixties"/"The Seventies"/"The Eighties", by David J. Howe, Mark
Stammers and Stephen James Walker
These hardcover books give a detailed overview of the first two decades
of Doctor Who's existence. They are aimed primarily at the casual fan,
but contain a wealth of information and photographs for all.
"The Handbooks", by David J. Howe, Mark Stammers and Stephen James Walker
A series of paperback analyzing the era of each Doctor individually.
These contain a vast array of details on every story and Doctor,
including reviews of all the stories.
Also check some of the websites for reference material (section 0.4)
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FAQ Item 4.6 - Where to find videotapes and New Adventures
Many fans in the United States have had trouble getting access to the
CBS/Fox Doctor Who videos released, and have had problems with bookstores
obtaining the New Adventures and recent Dalek novelizations.
Here's a quick reference guide on where to find this stuff.
Videos
SunCoast Video, a national (U.S.) retail video chain, with
stores just about everywhere at this point, carries every CBS/Fox video
ever released through the BBC. They generally carry at least one copy
of every video at all times, and have information on when the newest
set of videos are to be released (generally, every 6 months).
If there's no Suncoast Video store near you, the following video
catalog has been seen carrying several Doctor Who, as well as other
fairly obscure sci-fi videos:
The Video Catalog
P.O. Box 64428
St. Paul, MN 55163-0428
1 (800) 733-2232
Books
Most national (U.S.) bookstore chains (Barnes & Noble, Waldenbooks,
B. Dalton Booksellers) now carry all New Adventures upon their release,
and generally have back copies of older books floating around
for several months. They will also order copies of books they no longer
have in stock; when doing this, be sure to specify that this as a "Doctor
Who: The New Adventures" book along with the title, and supply the ISBN
code, which is provided in FAQ Part 3 for every New and Missing Adventure
currently released.
Several WWW and telephone ordering options are also available.
Among them are
Ambrosia (in Los Angeles)
http://www.gallifreyone.com - provides access
Amazon Books
http://www.amazon.com
Bookpages (in UK)
http://www.bookpages.co.uk
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FAQ Item 4.7 - Where can I find other Doctor Who merchandise?
WHO Enterprises in Toronto was one of the foremost suppliers of Who (and
other sci-fi) merchandise in North America. After a bit of downsizing,
they are now back with more stuff as well as on-line ordering. They
sell both the magazines, books (BBC novels also), and video as well
as other forms of merchandise. A current catalogue can be downloaded.
Here is their mail order address:
Who Enterprises
1644 Bayview Ave., #1927
Toronto, Ontario
M4G 3C2
CANADA
Website: http://www.whoenterprises.com/
telephone:
(416) 423-6828 - Voice (limited hrs.) or leave a message and/or FAX (24hrs.)
Sorry, they don't have a 1-800 number.
They seem to have a good variety of merchandise and prompt service.
Another source, of mainly the hard to find merchandise, is
Intergalactic Trading Co.
P.O. Box 1516
Longwood FL 32752
Tel:(407)-831-8344
They don't have the new stuff (books, videos), but they do have posters,
pins, magazines and other hard to find merchandise.
(This information provided by Brian Leggett)
If you are looking for the Dapol figurines, you can now find them on the
Web at
http://www.dapol.co.uk/
where they also have books, pictures, videos, keychains, coffe cups,
and a rathe wide assortment of merchandise available for mailorder.
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4.8 I play role-playing games. Are there any for "Doctor Who"?
There are two commercial role-playing games, and many fans play Doctor Who
adopting (usually generic) systems to the Doctor Who universe. There is a
mailing list for role-playing in the Doctor Who universe, who-rpg-l,
and it has a web page at
<http://www.tardis.ac.uk/~type40/who-rpg.html>.
This first is "The Doctor Who Role Playing Game" (FASA, Chigaco, 1985), Ed. Wm.
John Wheeler
This comprises three books in a box with Tom Baker / Leela on it. Player
characters were usually from the Gallifreyan Celestial Intervention Agency
and similar to the Doctor/companions in that they were usually a Time Lord/Lady
and some humans travelling around in a TARDIS. The mechanics were a reworking
of FASA Star Trek role-playing game. This was followed by several, usually
good, adventures, and three sourcebooks of varying quality.
The second is "Time Lord" (Doctor Who Books, London, 1991), by Ian Marsh and
Peter Darvill-Evans, ISBN 0426 203623
Players are the Doctor and companions - there is no character generation
system, although there is an appendix on how to produce stats for yourself
(!). This game suffered from very bad placement (in other words, it was
sold with Doctor Who books, not with the RPGs) and there have been no
official supplements other than a couple of Doctor Who magazine articles.
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FAQ Item 4.9 - Hey I just moved to town - is there a fan club nearby?
There is a list of fan clubs located at my web site
(http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/sucaduc.html)
as well as at Chuck Foster's site - in fact Chuck has set up a
clickable image map for fan clubs around the world, and includes
information about each club. The map is located at
http://serendipity.drwho.org/dw/cgi-bin/dwcia
To get your club included in the list (both mine and Chuck's) just
send us a message at dwcia@serendipity.drwho.org with all of the
details.
Another resource for fans in the UK is the list of UK addresses
periodically posted by Marcus Durham.
There are also national, and international fan clubs. Among them are:
The Doctor Who Appreciation Society - UK based
e-mail contact: Doctor Who Appreciation Society (DWAS@DWAS.DrWho.Org)
s-mail: DWAS, PO Box 519, London SW17 8BU
DWAS Website: http://DWAS.DrWho.Org/dwas/
DWAS Local Groups Info Website: http://DWAS.DrWho.Org/dwas/lg/
DWAS Local Groups Info e-mail: LG-NET@DWAS.DrWho.Org
Doctor Who Information Network - Canada based
e-mail contact: Michael J. Doran (mjdoran@pmihrm.com)
s-mail: PO Box 912
Station F
Toronto ON Canada M4Y 2N9
http://home.korax.net/~schrist/dwin/
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FAQ Item 4.10 - Are there any Doctor Who trading cards available?
Yes the 3rd edition of the Cornerstone cards is out,
and if you would like more information about them, just drop them some
e-mail at cornercard@aol.com .
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FAQ Item 4.11 - Are there any Doctor Who card playing games?
A Doctor Who card collecting game (CCG), akin to such popular games
as "Magic" or "Middle Earth" is available. It is comprised of a
300+ set of cards sold in various assortments - you would have to buy
quite a few booster packs to get the entire set. There are lists of
card rarity as well as other general information about the CCG posted
on rec.arts.drwho and available at the ftp site nitro9.earth.uni.edu.
There is also a mailing list for the card collecting game. See section
0.6 above.
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Random Items concerning "Doctor Who"
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FAQ Item 5.1 - Which big celebrities have appeared on Doctor Who?
John Cleese appeared, with Eleanor Bron, as an art critic in "City of
Death". A clip of The Beatles performing "Ticket to Ride" was seen in "The
Chase". "Queen Elizabeth" was seen walking her dogs in "Silver Nemesis"
(this was not the real queen). American stage actor Stubby Kaye (from
the original Broadway and movie version of "Guys & Dolls") appeared as
a bumbling yet lovable U.S. secret agent in "Delta & The Bannermen".
Julian Glover appeared as King Richard the Lionheart in "The Crusade",
and as Scaroth in the popular "City of Death". Jean Marsh briefly
played companion Sara Kingdom in "The Daleks' Master Plan", and was
also Joanna in "The Crusade" and Morgaine in "Battlefield". Honor
Blackman, from "The Avengers" and "Goldfinger", played Professor Lasky
in "Terror of the Vervoids" (a portion of the "Trial of a Time Lord" season).
The body (but not the voice) of Darth Vader was provided by Doctor Who
alumnus David Prowse, who was in the "Time Monster".
And in a strange, yet almost appropriate career move, Patricia Quinn (Magenta
in "Rocky Horror Picture Show") appeared as Belazs in "Dragonfire".
For fans of the "Young Ones", Alexei Sayle appeared as the DJ in
"Revelation of the Daleks", and Christopher Ryan was Lord Kiv in
"Mindwarp".
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FAQ Item 5.2 - What are "The Stranger" videos?
The Stranger videos are a series of high quality stories made by
Who fan Bill Baggs. They star Colin Baker as Soloman or "The Stranger".
Originally, the Stranger was a very Doctor-like being who was unaware of
his own past. More recently, the truth about the Stranger's past has been
revealed. Concurrently, the series has seen a shift away from being such
an out-and-out Doctor Who imitation and taken on a style of its own. A
plethora of Who celebrities have also appeared in the Stranger videos,
such as Nicola Bryant (Peri), Louise Jameson (Leela) and Sophie Aldred (Ace).
There have been six Stranger videos so far: "Summoned by Shadows", "More
Than a Messiah", "In Memory Alone", "The Terror Game", "Breach of the
Peace" and the two-part "Eye of the Beholder". There have also been
Stranger audio tapes.
Bill Baggs has also produced other videos starring Doctor Who cast in
non-Who roles, among them "The Airzone Solution" and "The Zero Imperative".
The latter features the return of Caroline John as Liz Shaw, though the
Doctor himself is not present.
Further details and ordering information are available in the UK from:
BILL BAGGS VIDEO
53 South Road
Beeston, Nottingham NG9 1LY
http://www.bbvonline.co.uk
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FAQ Item 5.3 - What is the "Mythmaker" Series?
Another independently produced series of videos, which highlight the actors
and actresses who have appeared in the show. These are sort of mini-
biographies, where the performer usually takes you on a tour of some
location that they live in, grew up in, went to school at, etc. These are
recommended only if you *really* want to see what these people are like
when they are not in front of the camera. The video list is rather
extensive and should be consulted for the currently available editions.
The "Mythmakers" videos are made by Reeltime Pictures, who have also made
two adventures featuring Doctor Who characters, called "Wartime" and
"Downtime".
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FAQ Item 5.4 - What is this I hear about a female Doctor Who?
In the 1980s, a Seattle-based filmmaker named Ryan K. Johnson produced
four movies with a female Doctor. They were:
Doctor Who: The Wrath of Eukor (1984) 30 minutes
Doctor Who: Visions of Utomu (1986) 32 minutes
Pentagon West (1987) 28 minutes
Doctor Who: Broken Doors (1988) 20 minutes
You can still get copies directly from Ryan by sending him a blank VHS tape
and $2 for return postage to:
Ryan K. Johnson
7025 27th Ave NE
Bothel WA 98115
e-mail: rkj@eskimo.com
URL: http://www.eskimo.com/~rkj/
Foreign requests will of course have to add extra money to cover the
extra postage. Ryan can only make copies in the American video standard
(NTSC). If you are in the UK or Australia and want PAL copies, you'll
have to look around in your own country for copies - they're there, just
ask around.
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FAQ Item 5.5 - Were those the Doctor's faces in "The Brain of Morbius"?
At the climax of the Tom Baker story "The Brain of Morbius", the Doctor
and Morbius engage in a mental duel. At a point when the Doctor appears
to be losing, the faces of the First Doctor appears, followed by several
other adult male faces in various period clothing. The suggestion appears
to be that these are previous incarnations of the Doctor prior to William
Hartnell's version. Indeed, this was the idea at the time the story was
broadcast (the faces themselves were those of various production members).
However, this directly conflicts with various other statements in the
series. In "The Deadly Assassin", it is said that a Time Lord can only
regenerate twelve times, but by this count, Peter Davison's should have
been the final Doctor. Furthermore, in "The Five Doctors", the Fifth
Doctor specifically states that he is the fourth regeneration. This has
led to the assumption that the faces are Morbius', though this is not
borne out by what appears on-screen. There is also an explanation in
the New Adventure "Lungbarrow" but I don't know what it is - you'll
have to read it for yourself. Of course purists may not consider an
explanation provided by a non-broadcast story as canon.
This is one of those subjects which is essentially unanswerable, but
seems to be particularly persistent on the newsgroup. The real answer, of
course, is that there *is* no answer -- just lots of debates amongst fans.
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FAQ Item 5.6 - Which companions have posed nude?
Following the end of her tenure as Jo Grant in the 70s, Katy Manning
posed naked for the first issue of a magazine called "Girl"... with a
Dalek! A portion of the article including these photos was reprinted in
David Howe's book "Timeframe" in 1993.
The only other companion said to have posed nude is Lalla Ward, who
played the second Romana. Apparently, however, this was actually a body
double used for a film Lalla filmed; stills (presumably taken from this
movie) have popped up in magazines now and then.
Some of the actors/actresses in the series have done film work where
they had to show more flesh than they could on Doctor Who. If you
want to see any of these pictures, well you are a naughty, naughty
person. I know some of these images are out there on the internet
and I'll just leave it at at that.
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FAQ Item 5.7 - What are the proper story titles?
Following the painstaking research of people like David Howe, Mark
Stammers, Stephen James Walker and Andrew Pixley, it has come to light
that many of the titles commonly used by fans are not, in fact, the
correct story titles. This has become a bone of contention for many fans,
some of whom prefer to use the customary titles while others favor the
"proper" titles. Stories referred to by a number of titles are:
There are also debates about spellings as can be seen in
"Crusade", "Galaxy 4" and "The Daleks' Master Plan" . Many thanks
to Tim Roll-Pickering for providing a great deal of this information.
Serial A:
"An Unearthly Child" (common title)
"100,000 B.C." (proper title)
"The Tribe of Gum" (once commonly used, now becoming obsolete)
Serial B:
"The Daleks" (common title)
"The Mutants" (proper title -- not used to avoid confusion with the
Pertwee story of the same name)
"The Dead Planet" (title of the first episode, occasionally used to refer
to the whole story)
Serial C:
"The Edge of Destruction" (common title)
"Inside the Spaceship" (proper title)
"Beyond the Sun" (actually a working title for the first episode of
Serial B, confused with Serial C due to BBC documentation)
Serial D:
"Marco Polo" (title)
"A Journey to Cathay" (working title)
Serial E:
"The Keys of Marinus" (title)
"The Sea of Death" (first episode title)
Serial G:
"The Sensorites" (title)
"Strangers in Space" (first episode title)
Serial H:
"The Reign of Terror" (title)
"The French Revolution" (Radio Times article title)
Serial K:
"The Dalek Invasion of Earth" (title)
"World's End" (first episode title)
Serial N:
"The Web Planet" (title)
"The Zarbi" (novelization title)
Serial P:
"The Crusade" (title)
"The Crusaders" (novelization title)
"The Crusades" (common mispelling)
Serial T:
"Galaxy 4", "Galaxy Four"
Serial DC (aka Serial T/A, Ta, T):
"Mission to the Unknown" (generally accepted correct title)
"Dalek Cutaway: Mission to the Unknown" (another title)
Serial U:
"The Myth Makers" (title)
"The Trojan War" (working title, Radio Times article title)
Serial W:
"The Massacre" (common title)
"The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve" (proper title)
Serial X:
"The Ark" (title)
"The Space Ark" (Radio Times article title)
Serial Z:
"The Gunfighters" (title)
"The Gunfighter" (used for a compilation sold in 1980s)
"A Holliday for the Doctor" (first episode title)
Serial BBB:
"The Silurians" (common title)
"Doctor Who and the Silurians" (proper title, albeit an accident by the
production staff, this is used most often nowadays)
Serial WWW:
"Invasion of the Dinosaurs" (title)
"Invasion" (first episode title only)
Trial of a Time Lord (Season 23)
Individual stories and episodes are referred to in a variety of
ways including Trial episodes (or parts) 1-14 (counting each
individual segment), or episodes 1-4 (counting only the story
arcs, "Mysterious Planet", "Mindwarp", etc.)
Individually:
7A: "The Mysterious Planet" (working title)
7B: "Mindwarp" (working title)
7C1: (parts 9-12), "Terror of the Vervoids" (title)
"The Ultimate Foe" (working title)
"The Vervoids" (working title)
7C2: (parts 13-14) "The Ultimate Foe" (title)
"Time Inc" (working title)
The Paul McGann Movie
"Enemy Within" (name given by Philip Segal, producer)
"The Enemy Within", "TV Movie", "Doctor Who: The Movie",
"The Return of Doctor Who", "McGann film",
"US Telemovie with the Pertwee logo" - (various ways of referring to it)
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FAQ Item 5.8 - Is Susan REALLY the Doctor's graddaughter?
Despite having no legitimate evidence to support their arguments, many
fans profess the belief that Susan is not really the Doctor's (biological)
granddaughter. Like the question of whether the Monk, Master and War
Chief are really the same Time Lord, there is nothing in the series
itself to make us think that Susan is not the Doctor's granddaughter.
Indeed, the Doctor makes reference to having a "family" in both "The
Tomb of the Cybermen" and "The Curse of Fenric". However, it has never
been conclusively stated that Susan _is_ the Doctor's granddaughter
either, so these fans are not necessarily completely out in left field.
The New Adventure "Lungbarrow" is also supposed to explain this, but
again, I don't know what the explanation is, so you'll have to find
out for yourself.
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FAQ Item 5.9 Is there a Pink Floyd song that sounds like the Doctor
Who theme music?
Yes there are. One version can be found in "One Of These Days" which
is on the album "Meddle". You should also check out the albums
"Delicate Sound of Thunder", and "Animals".
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FAQ Item 5.10 What is Romana's full name?
Romanadvoratrelundar.
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FAQ Item 5.11 Did John Byrne, writer for such comics as X-Men,
Fantastic Four and She-Hulk, ever work on Doctor Who?
No - there is writer for the show named Johnny Byrne, who wrote "Keeper of
Traken", "Arc of Infinity" and "Warriors of the Deep". This is an
entirely different person. No known relation.
Though John Byrne has not worked on Doctor Who, he has included some
Doctor Who items in his comic book work. There are instances of
Daleks and other items appearing.
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FAQ Item 5.12 Is that Tom Baker?
Well, maybe. People think that Tom Baker made a cameo appearance
in a music video "Don't Pay the Ferryman" by Chris DeBerg. He did not.
However Tom Baker will be doing a bit on an upcoming album by the
English rock group Mansun. The album is called Six and the song
is "Witness to a Murder".
In several episodes of the "Simpsons", a cartoon version of Tom Baker
appears - doesn't say anything, but is clearly seen. This is the
episode known as "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming", and has the evil
Sideshow Bob threatening to blow up a bomb if all television
broadcasts don't cease. Episode number 3F08 (seventh season).
He is also seen briefly at the Bi-mon-sci-fi-con signing autographs
(with early Baker era logo and Tardis). This is the episode where
Homer becomes a bodyguard ("Mayored to the Mob", number AABF05, 10th
season). And most recently he was in the 10th Halloween special
episode (the one featuring "The Collector" and Lucy (Xena) Lawless).
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End of FAQ Part 1.
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