The Master,or "Missy " in their female incarnation,is a recurring character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its associated spin-off works. They are a renegade alien Time Lord and the childhood friend and later enemy of the title character,the Doctor. They were most recently portrayed by Sacha Dhawan.
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based,primarily,on science fiction properties. These include Doctor Who,the characters Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog from 2000 AD,Blake's 7,Dark Shadows,Dracula,Terrahawks,Sapphire &Steel,Sherlock Holmes,Stargate,The Avengers,The Prisoner,Timeslip,and Torchwood.
Inferno is the fourth and final serial of the seventh season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who,which was first broadcast in seven weekly parts on BBC1 from 9 May to 20 June 1970. The serial remains the last time a Doctor Who story was transmitted in seven episodes. This serial was also the last regular appearance of Caroline John in the role of Liz Shaw.
Leela is a fictional character played by Louise Jameson in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. She was a companion of the Fourth Doctor and a regular in the programme from 1977 to 1978. Leela appeared in nine stories.
The Tenth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor,the protagonist of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is played by David Tennant in three series as well as nine specials. The character has also appeared in other Doctor Who spin-offs.
The Talons of Weng-Chiang is the sixth and final serial of the 14th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who,which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 26 February to 2 April 1977. In the serial,which is set in 19th-century London,the 51st century criminal Magnus Greel travels to the city and poses as an ancient Chinese god to find his missing time machine.
Lisa Bowerman is a British actress. She is best known for portraying Sandra Mute,the paramedic,in the BBC One medical drama Casualty,in the first two series (1986–1987). She also stars as Doctor Who companion Professor Bernice Summerfield in a series of the same name and many Doctor Who audios for Big Finish Productions productions,as well as directing many series for the company.
Justin Richards is a British writer. He has written science fiction and fantasy novels,including series set in Victorian or early-20th-century London,and also adventure stories set in the present day. He has written many spin-off novels,reference books and audio plays based on the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who,and he is Creative Consultant for the BBC Books range of Doctor Who novels.
The Virgin Missing Adventures were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who,which had been cancelled in 1989,featuring stories set between televised episodes of the programme. The novels were published from 1994 to 1997,and featured the First through Sixth Doctors. The Missing Adventures complemented the Virgin New Adventures range,which had proved successful.
The Sixth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor,the protagonist of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is portrayed by Colin Baker. Although his televisual time on the series was comparatively brief and turbulent,Baker has continued as the Sixth Doctor in Big Finish's range of original Doctor Who audio adventures.
The Fourth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor,the protagonist of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is portrayed by Tom Baker.
Christopher Benjamin is an English retired actor with many stage and television credits since the 1960s. His television roles include three appearances in Doctor Who,portraying Sir Keith Gold in Inferno (1970),Henry Gordon Jago in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977) and Colonel Hugh Curbishley in The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008). He also provided the voice of Rowf in the animated film The Plague Dogs (1982). His radio acting career included two BBC Radio adaptations of Christopher Lee's crime drama Colvil and Soames.
Trevor Baxter was a British actor and playwright. He was educated at Dulwich College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
The Bodysnatchers is an original novel written by Mark Morris and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
The fourteenth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 4 September 1976 with The Masque of Mandragora,and ended with The Talons of Weng-Chiang. The third Fourth Doctor series,it was the final series of Philip Hinchcliffe's production,whilst Robert Holmes stayed till The Sun Makers in the next series.
"Whose Doctor Who" is a 60-minute television documentary,which was first transmitted on Sunday,3 April 1977,on BBC 2. It was produced and directed by Tony Cash;Bill Morton was Executive Producer. Melvyn Bragg presented the episode.
The Butcher of Brisbane is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It's the second sequel to the 1977 story The Talons of Weng-Chiang following after The Shadow of Weng-Chiang.
Madame Vastra,Jenny Flint,and Strax,are a trio of recurring fictional characters in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who,created by Steven Moffat and portrayed,respectively,by Neve McIntosh,Catrin Stewart,and Dan Starkey.
The Sixth Doctor:The Last Adventure is a British audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
The Sixth Doctor Adventures is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the television series Doctor Who. It sees the return of Colin Baker reprising his role as the Sixth Doctor.
