British Science Fiction Series

[YoungWillz 21,071]

Arnold Yarrow.

 

Ton up!

[YoungWillz 21,071]

On ‎16‎/‎09‎/‎2015 at 20:57, themaninblack said:

It's hard to know where "Clara" or Louise Coleman actually starts as a companion. She first appears as Oswin Oswald in Aug 2012, then pops up again at Xmas 2012 in Victorian London, before finally getting on board in March 2013.

 

For the record, Lis Sladen started in December 1973 and left in October 1976. Janet Fielding entered the Tardis in February 1981 before deciding it wasn't fun any more in February 1984, three years later.

 

Then there's Frazier Hines, who started in December 1966 and left (with Wendy Padbury and Patrick Troughton) in June 1969, clocking up an incredible 116 episodes! Hamish Wilson appeared as Jamie in 2 episodes in 1969's The Mind Robber.

Hamish Wilson Herald Obit: https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/18412592.obituary-hamish-wilson-pioneering-radio-drama-producer-gifted-character-actor/

[YoungWillz 21,071]

On ‎18‎/‎01‎/‎2017 at 21:47, msc said:

Well, here's the list I ran up for YW in more detail:

 

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John Black (b. 1940) – The Keeper of Traken, Four to Doomsday

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John Black is 80 today!

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2 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

John Black is 80 today!

 

Is there a more worrisome browser notification pop up to receive than "YoungWillz has quoted you in British Science Fiction Series"? Nope, can't think of one.

 

[Bibliogryphon 9,592]

Ysanne Churchman is 95 today.

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SF special of Celebrity Pointless tonight has a few old DL forum favourites.

 

Team 1 was some youngsters from Harry Potter. Not that interesting.

Team 2 was Sandra Dickinson (Trillian from Hitchhikers Guide, ex Mrs Peter Davison) and actor John Duttine who should need no introduction (Day of the Triffids, etc). Somehow Duttine is now in his 70s!

Team 3 was Clive Mantle who only is 63 and Kiran Shah the midget actor from LOTR/Hobbit etc. The latter was in a seat and looking old.

Team 4 was Sophie Aldred () and Carole Ann Ford, Classic Dr Who's last and first companions respectively. Ford is now 80, needed the dreaded chair, and appears to have lost a lot of weight since I last saw in interviews a few years ago.

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219]

I saw John Duttine on a train when we were travelling from Monaco to Cannes.

I think he knew that I recognised him. He looks a bit older in the flesh.

[Handrejka 1,904]

I saw Sandra Dickinson at a Doctor Who Exhibition. She asked to get in for free because she  was once married to Dr Who, spent ages staring at her ex husbands regeneration scene then whizzed round the rest very quickly. She was actually quite nice when we spoke  to her though. 

 

Clive Mantle looked old and rather gaunt I thought. I used to really fancy him years ago. 

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21 minutes ago, Handrejka said:

I saw Sandra Dickinson at a Doctor Who Exhibition. She asked to get in for free because she  was once married to Dr Who, spent ages staring at her ex husbands regeneration scene then whizzed round the rest very quickly. She was actually quite nice when we spoke  to her though. 

 

Clive Mantle looked old and rather gaunt I thought. I used to really fancy him years ago. 

 

Eh.... that's a bit weird.....

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15 minutes ago, Miracle Aligner said:

 

Eh.... that's a bit weird.....

 

Yes it was. Even weirder that she had her new husband with her, so the two of them were watching it. 

[Bibliogryphon 9,592]

13 hours ago, msc said:

SF special of Celebrity Pointless tonight has a few old DL forum favourites.

 

Team 1 was some youngsters from Harry Potter. Not that interesting.

Team 2 was Sandra Dickinson (Trillian from Hitchhikers Guide, ex Mrs Peter Davison) and actor John Duttine who should need no introduction (Day of the Triffids, etc). Somehow Duttine is now in his 70s!

Team 3 was Clive Mantle who only is 63 and Kiran Shah the midget actor from LOTR/Hobbit etc. The latter was in a seat and looking old.

Team 4 was Sophie Aldred () and Carole Ann Ford, Classic Dr Who's last and first companions respectively. Ford is now 80, needed the dreaded chair, and appears to have lost a lot of weight since I last saw in interviews a few years ago.

She doesn't look too bad in that picture but I think she is avoiding scrutiny while William Russell lives and breathes. 

There was a run down of the top ten oldest living Who actresses and writers on Twitter the other day CAF got nowhere near.

Claire Bloom didn't make the list and she worked with Charlie Chaplin

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47 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

She doesn't look too bad in that picture but I think she is avoiding scrutiny while William Russell lives and breathes. 

There was a run down of the top ten oldest living Who actresses and writers on Twitter the other day CAF got nowhere near.

Claire Bloom didn't make the list and she worked with Charlie Chaplin

 

They list Wendy Danvers as born 1927 which seems...roughly accurate but I've not seen a source...

[YoungWillz 21,071]

German actress Suzanne Roquette, who is probably best known here for playing Tanya Alexandr in Space 1999, being reported dead on the Twitteroutputter:

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740694/

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On 17/04/2020 at 13:42, YoungWillz said:

Arnold Yarrow.

 

Ton up!

 

He's well, "for an old oldie"

 

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Here you go, Willz, a quick who's who on Sapphire and Steel:

 

Written by PJ Hammond (born circa 1929)

 

Regulars:
Joanna Lumley (Sapphire) 1946-

David McCallum (Steel) 1933-

David Collings (Silver) 1940-2020

Opening Credits Voice – David Suchet 1946-

 

Assignment 1 (Annoying Kids/Clocks)

Steven O’Shea (Robert) – c. 1966

Tamasin Bridge (Helen) b. 1970 (now an artist)

Felicity Harrison (Mother) b. 1946

John Golightly (Father) b. 1936

Ronald Goodale (Countryman) died in 1984

Charles Pemberton (PolicemanI 1929-2007

Val Pringle (Lead) 1937-1999

 

Assignment 2 (Ghosts/Train Station)

Gerald James (Tully) 1917-2006

Tom Kelly (Ghost Soldier) born c 1952

David Woodcock (Submariner) b. 1954

David Cann (Pilot) b. 1956

 

Assignment 3 (Weird Apartment block one)

Catherine Hall (Rothwyn) b. circa 1960 (made her stage debut aged 19)

David Gant (Eldred) b. 1943

Russell Wooton (Changeling/Baby) 1947-2016

 

Assignment 4 (The Man with no face)

Alyson Spiro (Liz) b. 1955

Philip Bird (Shape) born circa 1951

Natalie Hedges (young girl) – only credit, born c 1970

Bob Hornery (Older Shape) 1931-2015

Shelagh Stephenson (Ruth) b. 1955

 

Assignment 5 (Dr McDee Must Die)

Written by Don Houghton (1933-91) and Anthony Read (1935-2015)

Patience Collier (Emma) 1910-87

Davy Kaye (Lord Mullrine) 1916-98

Nan Munro (Felicity) 1905-92

Jeffry Wickham (Felix) 1933-2014

Jeremy Child (Howard) b.1944

Jennie Stoller (Annabelle) 1946-2018

Peter Laird (Greville) b. 1936

Stephen Howard (Dr McDee) born circa 1950

Christopher Bramwell (Tony) born circa 1950

Patricia Shakesby (Anne) b. 1938

Debbie Farrington (Veronica) b. circa 1957 (58 in 2015 on old BritMovies forum)

 

Assignment 6 (the trap)

Edward de Souza (Creepy man) b. 1932

Johanna Kirby (Woman) born circa 1955

Christopher Fairbank (Johnny Jack) b. 1953

John Boswall (Old Man) 1920-2011

 

Producer – Shaun O’Riordan 1927-2018

[YoungWillz 21,071]

What you can do on television!

 

Not many sets, the special effects were ropey at best but the acting in an episodic show is truly what carries Sapphire & Steel through!

 

I have to say, the set for The Railway Station in particular is magnificent.

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1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

What you can do on television!

 

Not many sets, the special effects were ropey at best but the acting in an episodic show is truly what carries Sapphire & Steel through!

 

I have to say, the set for The Railway Station in particular is magnificent.

 

Yes, it is a standout. As is the Man with No Face (seriously, the cliffhanger to part 3 is a brilliant example of No Budget Horror done very creepily). And the last one, mostly because Edward de Souza is very creepy in it.

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3 hours ago, msc said:

 

Yes, it is a standout. As is the Man with No Face (seriously, the cliffhanger to part 3 is a brilliant example of No Budget Horror done very creepily). And the last one, mostly because Edward de Souza is very creepy in it.

Blimey, I thought all Scots were as hard as fuck and not even scared of their own mothers.

Wimp.

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11 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:

Blimey, I thought all Scots were as hard as fuck and not even scared of their own mothers.

Wimp.

 

Hah. Aye, that's our PR. Cept the mum bit of course.

 

(Although one can enjoy somethings inherent creepiness without being scared of the thing, surely?)

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3 minutes ago, msc said:

 

Hah. Aye, that's our PR. Cept the mum bit of course.

 

(Although one can enjoy somethings inherent creepiness without being scared of the thing, surely?)

That is the sensible answer.

Unfortunately, I am not sensible.

[YoungWillz 21,071]

Well, there's nothing to indicate it is the same guy except the full name.

 

It does look like Philip Latham, a DDP Pick for me, has died if this death notice is anything to go by: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/242684/latham

 

Lord President Borusa in The Five Doctors.

 

Maybe msc or Bibliogryphon could use their contacts to confirm?

[YoungWillz 21,071]

4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Well, there's nothing to indicate it is the same guy except the full name.

 

It does look like Philip Latham, a DDP Pick for me, has died if this death notice is anything to go by: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/242684/latham

 

Lord President Borusa in The Five Doctors.

 

Maybe msc or Bibliogryphon could use their contacts to confirm?

Interestingly his IMDB says he was living on Stow On The Wold in 2009 - mention of Stow Surgery in the Death Notice seems to confirm it is him?

 

One of our great character actors gone if so.

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6 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Interestingly his IMDB says he was living on Stow On The Wold in 2009 - mention of Stow Surgery in the Death Notice seems to confirm it is him?

 

Yes, that information came off his daughter, Amanda, who replied to fans on BritMovie in 2009. He retired in 1989 having saved his money and lived happily and privately, basically.

 

The info in that obit does suggest that yes it is the actor, sadly.

[YoungWillz 21,071]

7 minutes ago, msc said:

 

Yes, that information came off his daughter, Amanda, who replied to fans on BritMovie in 2009. He retired in 1989 having saved his money and lived happily and privately, basically.

 

The info in that obit does suggest that yes it is the actor, sadly.

Bugger.

 

Points for me perhaps in due course, but I'm really sad.

[TheKeysOfMarinus 390]

I can't seem to access the entire announcement. For me it cuts out at "He is survived by his daughter...".

Sad news anyway - he was a fine actor and was very memorable as Borusa in "The Five Doctors". I was always pleased he was still going, and was hoping maybe Toby Hadoke would get him to do an interview sometime!