Escape to L.A. premiered on BBC One in 2011 at 9:01pm BST, watched by 5.19 million viewers.

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Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor premiered on BBC One in 2013 at 7:00pm BST
Lucinda Dryzek is 29 today - credited as Melissa in School Reunion

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Dani Biernat is 51 today - 35 credits, including Stunt coordinator for Into the Dalek

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Fenella Woolgar is 51 today - 7 credits, including Agatha Christie in The Unicorn and the Wasp

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Russ Karel (died 1995 aged 46) would be 71 today - 3 credits, including Assistant Floor Manager for The Sontaran Experiment

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Ian Liston (died 2016 aged 68) would be 72 today - credited as 'Hero' in The Armageddon Factor

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Georgina Hale is 77 today - credited as Daisy K. in The Happiness Patrol

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John Atterbury is 79 today - 2 credits, including Robot in The Mind Robber

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Martin Jarvis is 79 today - 5 credits, including Butler in Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Janet Hargreaves (died 2018 aged 81) - credited as Mum in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

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John Alderson (died 2006 aged 90) - credited as Wyatt Earp in The Gunfighters

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Maurice Colbourne (died 1989 aged 49) - 2 credits, including Lytton in Resurrection of the Daleks

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BBC Studios have revealed the artwork and extras for Doctor Who: Fury From The Deep   Starring Patrick Troughton as The Doctor, the new animated release will be available on DVD, Blu-ray and Steelbook from 14th September 2020. Pre-orders are available now from Amazon. Following the success of existing animations The Power of the Daleks, The Faceless Ones, Shada and The Macra Terror, Fury From The Deep fills another gap in missing Doctor Who content lost in the purge of the BBC’s archive in 1975.    The three-disc release gives fans the opportunity to enjoy Fury From The Deep in high definition, either in full colour or in black & white. The release will include the surviving clips from the original 1968 production as well. Fury From The Deep is told across six episodes and stars Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling. The storyline concerns a colony of sentient, parasitic seaweed, last seen in the eighteenth century, returning to attack a number of gas instillations in the North Sea in an attempt to take over humanity. Animated episodes from Big Finish Creative Limited in association with Digitoonz Media & Entertainment and Thaumaturgy are joined by a wealth of extras. A making-of featurette ‘The Cruel Sea - Surviving Fury From The Deep’ sees original cast members Frazer Hines, June Murphy and Brian Cullingford revisit filming locations with production assistant Michael Briant, assistant floor manager Margot Hayhoe and helicopter pilot Mike Smith.  Other contributors to this segment include writer Victor Pemberton and actress Deborah Watling. There’s also an archive audio interview with director Hugh David.   Additional material includes:  ·         Audio commentaries ·         The Cruel Sea – Surviving Fury From The Deep ·         Original surviving footage ·         Behind The Scenes 8mm footage ·         Animating Fury From The Deep ·         Archive interviews with Peter Day and Victor Pemberton ·         Teaser Trailer ·         Photo Gallery ·         The Slide Audio Drama ·         PDF scripts RRP: DVD – £20.42 / Blu-Ray - £25.52 / Blu-Ray Steelbook - £40.84  
3 Aug

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Big Finish have released the audio adventure Doctor Who: Time Apart starring Fifth Doctor Peter Davison   The Doctor puts some social distance between himself and his companions in this brand-new four-part full-cast audio drama from Big Finish. But can he survive without them?     Although the Fifth Doctor is going it alone, without his regular TARDIS team, there’s no shortage of guest stars to join in the excitement. Peter Davison is joined by Kate Harbour (Bob the Builder, Shaun the Sheep), Laura Aikman (Gavin & Stacey, Casualty) and Wayne Forester (Captain Scarlet, Space Precinct) and Tim Blore in four separate adventures.     Doctor Who: Time Apart is now available to own as a collector's edition boxset (on CD at £14.99) and as a digital download (at £12.99) exclusively from www.bigfinish.com.    Separated from his companions, the Doctor attempts to find solace in the history of his favourite planet – Earth – but instead discovers new threats lying in wait.  Travelling from twentieth-century East Berlin to sixteenth-century Strasbourg, the Doctor encounters creatures from other realities: monsters beneath the waves, and human beings determined to exploit their fellow man.  But how long can he survive without a friend?    Actor Peter Davison said   These are four different takes on the Doctor in the four different stories of this collection. In one I'm quite jaunty and jolly and in another one I'm slightly more baffled.   But I've enjoyed all the four stories. They're very different. I've always been rather fond of the stories in which the Doctor fiddles in history. But of course it's also nice to meet the odd alien.   This anthology contains four half-hour adventures, as follows:     Ghost Station by Steve Lyons   Deep beneath the streets of East Berlin, Peter Meier patrols the border in an old underground station. But when the TARDIS materialises nearby, Peter realises he is far from alone.  The Bridge Master by Jacqueline Rayner  When the Doctor’s shadow is sacrificed by villagers, he brushes it off as medieval superstition —until he begins to grow weak. Can he uncover the truth behind the bridge master’s curse before it’s too late?  What Lurks Down Under by Tommy Donbavand On the waves of the Indian Ocean, all the prisoners aboard the Lady Juliana have fallen into a trance... except a single girl. Mary Wade desperately needs a doctor –and only one will help her.  The Dancing Plague by Kate Thorman Arriving in Strasbourg at the height of the Dancing Plague, the Doctor finds himself thrust into a world of paranoia. Can he bring peace to a city at odds with its own people?    Doctor Who: Time Apart is now available to own as a collector's edition boxset (on CD at £14.99) and as a digital download (at £12.99) exclusively from www.bigfinish.com. 
2 Aug

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Penguin Random House Children’s and BBC Studios have announced the publication of Doctor Who: The Official Annual 2021 which includes an exclusive tie-in to the Time Lord Victorious story.   Time Lord Victorious is a brand-new multi-platform Doctor Who story told across audio, novels, comics, vinyl, digital, immersive theatre, escape rooms and games. Time Lord Victorious will launch in September 2020, with products and experiences releasing until early 2021.   The 2021 annual is packed with activities, puzzles, stories, facts and illustrations, including apeek into the world of the TARDIS with a TARDIS Tour and TARDIS Trip Reviewer. Plus more in depth fact files on episodes like Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror and multiple opportunities to get to know your enemies better with breakdowns of monsters like the Skithra, the Dregs, the CyberMasters and much more. The 2021 annual will publish on 3rd September 2020 in hardback priced £7.99 and is the perfect collectable gift for Doctor Who fans of all ages. Fans can pre-order the annual on Amazon.
31 Jul

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Following the wildly successful series of free downloadable audio dramas made available during lockdown, Big Finish today begins a new series of weekly freebies and discounts.
27 Jul