British Science Fiction Series

[themaninblack 2,112]

It stopped being fun, Doctor... 

I share those sentiments...

[Bibliogryphon 9,509]

1 hour ago, msc said:

 

It stopped being fun, Doctor...

 

Yes, because Adric dying, her aunt dying, possession by snake, and watching a galaxy explode earlier were just a bundle of laughs.

It is interesting because at the start of Planet of Fire the Doctor seems much more upset about Tegan leaving than he ever did about Adric giving up his life to save an entire planet.

[msc 18,397]

It is possible the only person upset about Adric dying was Young Willz though, tbh.

[YoungWillz 20,916]

1 hour ago, msc said:

It is possible the only person upset about Adric dying was Young Willz though, tbh.

You are bloody correct there. Even as a young lad, I saw Tegan snickering...

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

Tom Baker looking good at nearly 84 ! https://twitter.com/hashtag/TomBaker?src=hash

[YoungWillz 20,916]

Meic Povey who appeared in the Eccleston era The Unquiet Dead (the Charles Dickens one) has died. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-42245482

 

Rather better known as co-creator of Pobol Y Cwm and as the sidekick Welsh detective (and imaginatively named!) Jones in Minder. But hey, I'm a Who geek, so it goes here.

 

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0693945/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t6

[Toast 16,062]

Ooh, I remember him well from Minder but had no idea that he was a playwright, nor that he created Pobol Y Cwm.

 

btw Shocking that that BBC obit wouldn't count as a DDP QO.  I would urge Spade to reconsider the matter.

[Bibliogryphon 9,509]

Earl Cameron is part of the cast of Neil Gaiman's Anzai Boys radio adaptation which airs at Christmas. 

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218]

On 12/6/2017 at 01:18, Toast said:

Ooh, I remember him well from Minder but had no idea that he was a playwright, nor that he created Pobol Y Cwm.

 

btw Shocking that that BBC obit wouldn't count as a DDP QO.  I would urge Spade to reconsider the matter.

Me too.

His boss Sgt Chisholm ( Patrick Malahide ) was probably one of the best characters in it.

[YoungWillz 20,916]

One of Mastermind's specialist subjects is Doctor Who. On now for you.

 

Over to you...

[msc 18,397]

34 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

One of Mastermind's specialist subjects is Doctor Who. On now for you.

 

Over to you...

 

A mere 10/15 , though it was all New Who which I am less familiar with.

 

 

Which character searched for the 12th Doctor when Davros was dying?

 

Me - Uh, Davros, Capaldi? Did that happen again?

 

[YoungWillz 20,916]

With tears streaming, here is Doctor Who's In Memoriam 2017:

 

 

[RolandDeschain 91]

Very nice tribute there YoungWillz.  So many, especially from Classic Who gone.  I didn't know that Kismet Delgado had died - I always found that segment where her and Barry Letts talked about Roger when he died in that car crash really sad on the DVD extras - Roger sounded like such a nice bloke (can't remember which story it was from though). Hopefully she's reunited with him now (if you believe in that sort of thing of course).

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

Leaving aside the comic squint, Sylvester McCoy's looking bloody awful these days:

 

 

Could be a close run thing between him, Tom and Colin.

[Bibliogryphon 9,509]

DW & B7 actress (&RSC) Helen Blatch died back in 2015 but it has only recently been reported.

[msc 18,397]

Doctor Who writer David Fisher has died aged 88.

 

He wrote The Stones of Blood (nicely gothic), Androids of Tara (bloody brilliant imo), Creature from the Pit (less brilliant) and The Leisure Hive (big favourite with serious fans), all for the Tom Baker era. His drafts for A Gamble with Time were turned into City of Death by Douglas Adams.

 

He also wrote the Hammer House of Horror episode Guardian of the Abyss, about the antiques dealer and the devil worshippers!

 

He had been ill for some time in a care home, and had been on my long list since 2015, but you can never quite tell with these long term cases. But away from that, he was a writer with a great imagination, albeit one which a BBC Dr Who budget really struggled to work with, and he gave real wit to his characters.

 

RIP.

[Bibliogryphon 9,509]

18 minutes ago, msc said:

Doctor Who writer David Fisher has died aged 88.

 

He wrote The Stones of Blood (nicely gothic), Androids of Tara (bloody brilliant imo), Creature from the Pit (less brilliant) and The Leisure Hive (big favourite with serious fans), all for the Tom Baker era. His drafts for A Gamble with Time were turned into City of Death by Douglas Adams.

 

He also wrote the Hammer House of Horror episode Guardian of the Abyss, about the antiques dealer and the devil worshippers!

 

He had been ill for some time in a care home, and had been on my long list since 2015, but you can never quite tell with these long term cases. But away from that, he was a writer with a great imagination, albeit one which a BBC Dr Who budget really struggled to work with, and he gave real wit to his characters.

 

RIP.

His adaptations of his own scripts were a joy. In Creature From The Pit he manages a joyous romp not constrained by the budget of Seventies TV.

My theme team off the mark.

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

On 11/01/2018 at 13:47, msc said:

Doctor Who writer David Fisher has died aged 88.

 

He wrote The Stones of Blood (nicely gothic), Androids of Tara (bloody brilliant imo), Creature from the Pit (less brilliant) and The Leisure Hive (big favourite with serious fans), all for the Tom Baker era. His drafts for A Gamble with Time were turned into City of Death by Douglas Adams.

 

He also wrote the Hammer House of Horror episode Guardian of the Abyss, about the antiques dealer and the devil worshippers!

 

He had been ill for some time in a care home, and had been on my long list since 2015, but you can never quite tell with these long term cases. But away from that, he was a writer with a great imagination, albeit one which a BBC Dr Who budget really struggled to work with, and he gave real wit to his characters.

 

RIP.

Stones of Blood was one of my favourite  stories, although I recall that on the DVD commentary David Fisher seemed to be half asleep and didn't contribute much ! I thank him for his contribution to Dr Who though. i will eat a sausage sandwich in his memory.

[YoungWillz 20,916]

Awful news. RIP.

 

The Leisure Hive is such a clever story, definitely one of my favourites, including an early appearance of that guy who was the inspector in The Thin Blue Line.

 

Stones Of Blood was broadcast during the fifteenth anniversary, remember it well.

[Bibliogryphon 9,509]

37 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Awful news. RIP.

 

The Leisure Hive is such a clever story, definitely one of my favourites, including an early appearance of that guy who was the inspector in The Thin Blue Line.

 

Stones Of Blood was broadcast during the fifteenth anniversary, remember it well.

That would be David Haig

[themaninblack 2,112]

3 hours ago, msc said:

Doctor Who writer David Fisher has died aged 88.

 

He wrote The Stones of Blood (nicely gothic), Androids of Tara (bloody brilliant imo), Creature from the Pit (less brilliant) and The Leisure Hive (big favourite with serious fans), all for the Tom Baker era. His drafts for A Gamble with Time were turned into City of Death by Douglas Adams.

 

He also wrote the Hammer House of Horror episode Guardian of the Abyss, about the antiques dealer and the devil worshippers!

 

He had been ill for some time in a care home, and had been on my long list since 2015, but you can never quite tell with these long term cases. But away from that, he was a writer with a great imagination, albeit one which a BBC Dr Who budget really struggled to work with, and he gave real wit to his characters.

 

RIP.

I'll repeat what I said about Androids of Tara - it's City of Death for hipsters! RIP...

[msc 18,397]

6 minutes ago, themaninblack said:

I'll repeat what I said about Androids of Tara - it's City of Death for hipsters! RIP...

 

Given City of Death is Who for hipsters...

 

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,328]

On 04/03/2015 at 19:35, Toast said:

 

Same here. My mum had a bit of a thing for Patrick McGoohan.

Gosh I can't believe it's nine years to the day since Patrick died. Makes me feel old! 

[The Happy Reaper 223]

I know the main thread will be elsewhere but Bella Emberg did a cameo in a Doctor Who episode (the one with Peter Kay).

[YoungWillz 20,916]

On ‎5‎/‎3‎/‎2017 at 15:15, msc said:

A clean up of that list from November 2015 then, given the number of folk on it who have decided to snuff it in the last 18 months.

UPDATED: A few lists of living actors from cult British SF. Tried for the twenty living actors who appeared in most episodes. Credited cast members only. There's a lot of actors out there with no dates who stopped acting decades ago, so stuck with those known to be alive.

 

 

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

 

1.     Jeremy Wilkin (Ochre) b. 1930
2.     Gary Files c. 1944
3.     Shane Rimmer b. 1929

 

 

Jeremy Wilkin reportedly dead in December 2017: http://gerryanderson.co.uk/jeremy-wilkin-died/

 

Kellman in the Doctor Who story Revenge of the Cybermen.