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Did he perhaps mean another Ivan Ivanov?

Burmese is still an in use (within the country) description for people from Mynamr/country formerly known as Burma, as apparently both names predate colonialism and stem from the name of the majority ethnic group in the country, the Bamar. Thought cool, so sharing.

No, I wouldn't say it qualify, sorry. And hah Grim, but true, even the most obscure pics have brought up fruitful obits in the past, like the chap who managed T. Rex.

Clint, Hackman, Connery, Duvall, etc will be on the list before long anyhow - need a new generation to replace Kirk's generation of Deathlist mainstays. Like how Eli Wallach and co replaced the Geilgud generation on the main list.

charon called that the charon couldn't even wait 10 seconds for me to finish typing.

I wish Channel 4 would actually release most of the After Darks online. Especially the one where Patricia Highsmith turns out to be a psychopath. PS I was thinking on their Iplayer but any sod with a YouTube account will do, this isn't a Deathray/Corrie thing.

Called it (or what will happen) ages ago, YWillz.

It is? Adding Mira Sorvino, Donald Trump and Topher Grace, all in their main headlines just now, to my shortlist then.

All valuable contributions to the human race, but I'll mostly remember him for his role as my great aunt.

Perhaps, though I suggest the chat goes here before poor old Handrejka has nightmares...

"I'm telling you, we need to ban plague mums from next year's DDP!" "But... there's no other candidates!"

I thought Ant was the taller one? I don't watch any of their shows though.

In retrospect, more of us should have taken more notice of that "he has advanced cancer but I'm talking him into alternative treatments" blog bit from his daughter.

He counts because I said he counts and this here thing ain't a democracy. Also, no, that doesn't count as an obit. Awaiting Bailey and Kleese obits.

He's the billionaire owner in Jurassic World.

Not a very popular man, even before his issues become widely known. Or so I hear.

I presumed it WAS in the Who thread! See, you bring up one 92 year old French comic actor...

There's a newish doc about Joan Didion on Netflix. The Centre Will Not Hold. Anyhow, reminds me that Didion is still breathing and highly obitable. I was going to put her in the "Will be around for a while" thread, but while her voice is still clear, she does struggle over her words at points. She's also skeletal, but always has been, so that might not say much. Anyhow, one to watch. Or not.

Oh the cookbook forum is infamous! If you watch the Peladon stories (which are dull) or Green Death, Pertwee's Doctor is a sort of aristocrat who spends a lot of time siding with the "honourable working class" against big business. So, perhaps he's actually Tony Benn. A lot of that era is influenced by Letts, though.

Hey, if you got rid of it, he'd be back.

Aha, forget DDP obit chances, finally I'm in my element here! There's many reasons the Troughton episodes get more love. For one thing, they were harder to see, so the fans of the 1980s rated a lot of the big episodes missing holy grail stories. Like Tomb of the Cybermen, a lost Cyberman classic. Then in the 90s it got found and people realised it was just ... not bad. Whereas the Pertwee stories have always been there. Also, there was a backlash because his Doctor was seen as a bit Tory. There's a bit in Terror of the Autons where he bullies the civil servant into helping the Brig by talking up his friendship with the chaps boss, and Paul Cornell wrote an entire article in a fanzine circa 1992 about how Tory this made the Doctor, and how un-Doctor. Now, your mileage may vary, but that scene's always struck me more as him bullshitting his arse off. Hah. Also yer man Pertwee gets far less leeway for being a bit tetchy than Troughton gets for the whole 2nd family thing or Tom Baker gets for the being a bit of a cunt at times thing. Terror of the Autons is the comic book sequel to the more serious Spearhead from Space. It's not as good, as it was signed quickly on the success of the first story, but it has a lot of set pieces that, if you see for the first aged 6, were bloody terrifying. The policemen for once, pretty sure one of our members would have loved the "all policemen are secret wrong uns" subtext there. Mary Whitehouse did go to town on it, which usually helped ratings considerably. One thing to note. That bit where UNIT crash a jeep into the Auton policeman, and it falls 50 feet down a quarry ledge only to immediately rise again and start climbing? A fucking stuntman did that. Bloody impressive, and it's a throwaway moment in a kids show! The telephone cord bit is brilliantly naff. As for Daemons, if you don't like the stuff they're nicking the plot from, you likely wont like it. It is very much Hammer Horror (for kids) by numbers. Apparently it was Jon Pertwee and Nicholas Courtney's favourite story to film! I suspect this is not due to the quality of the story, and more because they spent 3 weeks in the local pub. PS The white witch is Damaris Hayman, previously mentioned on this forum. 89 this year and I'd presume on her acting CV highly obitable.

For the record, I would rather WAGs weren't picked unless famous in their own right like a Victoria Beckham, and will advise against Tiffany Youngs being picked in the Quarters now this error has been spotted. Consider this the closing of an accidental loophole. Now, watch sods law see her snuff it in the next 13 days.

Thought you'd mentioned this a few weeks ago. Watched first episode and half of episode 2 last night. It's very good. Bit weird seeing Martin Freeman with a middle of America accent, but Billy Bob plays a psycho very well. Mr Numbers is one of those actors - Adam Goldberg - you suddenly realise has been in everything, too.

Sods law, everyone and the Deathlist went for Aretha in 2011, and she was fine. Now she looks properly fucked and everyone has ignored her. Except YWillz.

That's because Pertwee is the best, clearly. Well, he's my favourite anyhow. Ice Warriors is a lot better on screen than in the book, probably because of the quality of cast - not just Sallis, but Peter Barkworth (as his aforementioned wanker of a boss) and Angus Lennie too. Also the camera has more of a visual flair, it was directed by my 2013 DDP unique Derek Martinus, who at the time was one of the best TV directors working for the BBC.