Ron Jones (died 1993 aged 47) would be 75 today - 6 credits, including Director for Frontios

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Barbara Windsor is 83 today - credited as Peggy Mitchell in Army of Ghosts / Doomsday
Katharine Schofield (died 2002 aged 63) - credited as Sabetha in The Keys of Marinus

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Barry Justice (died 1980 aged 39) - credited as Charles IX in The Massacre

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William Mervyn (died 1976 aged 64) - credited as Sir Charles Summer in The War Machines

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Big Finish has today revealed its final contribution to the Doctor Who multi-platform adventure Time Lord Victorious with a new limited edition vinyl – starring David Tennant and Paul McGann.  Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious - Echoes of Extinction comprises of two separate adventures that listeners can play in any order and form a greater narrative.   This very special double-A side vinyl Doctor Who release features a different incarnation of the Doctor on each side and will be released on split red/blue vinyl.   Trapped, a haunted monster waits to consume new victims. It needs help. It needs a doctor. Unfortunately, it also needs to kill whoever it meets. Thrust into immediate danger, and on the back-foot, it will take all of the Doctor’s ingenuity to triumph.   Two interlinked adventures. Two Doctors. One foe.   The supporting cast also includes Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who, Broadchurch), Burn Gorman (Torchwood, The Expanse), Mina Anwar (The Thin Blue Line, The Sarah Jane Adventures), Kathryn Drysdale (Benidorm, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps) and Paul Clayton (The Crown, Him and Her).     David Tennant said: The Doctor in Time Lord Victorious is a different character. He's slightly lonelier, slightly scratchier, when he doesn't have one of his pals to hold him back.   But it's nice to tell stories from different times of his life. You just have to try and make sure you're in the right mindset. The script is fascinating. I've only got one side of it, but I'm very aware there's more to this story, that there's another Doctor on the other side of the disc. I look forward to getting my LP so I can listen to it all. Paul McGann added:   I've read this script twice through and I'm still none the wiser. I'm more confused after the second time than I was after the first. It's only while working on it that I've become aware of how it's going to be structured.   It really appeals to me, the idea that it's in two parts, on two sides of vinyl. I think it's fun for people listening. Part of the excitement is when the different incarnations meet... or nearly meet. Writer and Producer Alfie Shaw said Director Scott Handcock has pulled together an amazing who’s who of Doctor Who for the cast. We’ve got alumni from the series as well as Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. It’s been an honour to create Big Finish’s first commissioned-for-vinyl story, and utterly thrilling to write for both the Eighth and Tenth Doctors. The vinyl will launch in selected UK ASDA stores on 27 November 2020.   A digital download of the story will be released from the Big Finish website on 04 December 2020, and is now available for pre-order at £8.99.  
6 Aug

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Time Lord Victorious #1
Titan has released the covers for the first in their upcoming contribution to the Time Lord Victorious series.  The comic, which pits the Tenth Doctor against the Daleks will be released on 2nd September 2020   Time Lord Victorious #1
5 Aug

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Obverse Books have announced two new charity anthologies   The Curse of Fanfic Rraising funds for Parkinson's UK. Available to order now, with the usual limited window for ordering (until 1st September), Have you ever made up your own stories based on favourite telly shows, or wondered what would happen if two or more of your most loved characters came together in one great mash-up of an adventure? Between these covers you’ll find such unexpected bedfellows as Basil Brush and Larry Grayson, Steve Zodiac and the Alien Facehuggers, Doomwatch and Tomorrow’s World, Inspector Gadget and the Cybermen, and many more. Edited by Paul Castle, creator of legendary fanzine Shooty Dog Thing, with new fiction from the likes of Iain McLaughlin, Paul Magrs, John Dorney and many others!   Available for ordering until 1st September 2020.   Forgotten Lives A short story anthology from Obverse Books in aid of Alzheimer’s Research UK
5 Aug

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  Paul McGann has just done his first-ever podcast interview,   The Eighth Doctor talked to  Follow Your Curiosity, a podcast where people talk about their creative journeys.   The majority of the conversation is Doctor Who related and is being released it in two parts, on the 5th and 19th of August.   The podcast can be found here.   
5 Aug