* . . . . | . --*-- _________ | . _|_ /_ _ _______ _ | |_| | . | \ _ |_ |_/ |_| . . _____ ____ _________ _____ _____________ \ \/ \/ \__/ V ____ | \ _ /| __ | |____| | . . \____/ \___/ |_____| |_____|_____________| . . . * . : . . . "DOCTOR WHO" FAQ POSTING - The rec.arts.drwho Frequently Asked Questions List - Updated: May. 2005 FAQ maintained and updated by: Siobahn (Shabang) Morgan morgans@uni.edu Please send all suggestions, corrections, contributions, and flames to her. Huge thanks to Shannon Patrick Sullivan for updating/proofreading this huge thing. This FAQ does NOT contain any specific details about the new series of Doctor Who, mainly because many US fans haven't yet seen the new series (myself included) and it would not be fair to spoil it for them by revealing items about the new series in this FAQ. ================================================================================ Updates: Updated too much to talk about - but still SPOILER FREE! Added information on New Doctor Who show, Internet dramas Incorporated Convention information into this FAQ (removed FAQ #6) Removed/changed FTP references ================================================================================ CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE: Where to get Who material 0.1 Pictures from Doctor Who (GIFs,Jpgs, etc.) 0.2 The Video and Audio Lists 0.3 WWW Sites 0.4 Author's e-mail addresses 0.5 Mailing List information 0.6 Doctor Who Newsgroups 0.7 IRC discussions What is "Doctor Who"? 1.1 What is the series "Doctor Who"? 1.2 Why is the series called "Doctor Who" if that's not his name? 1.3 Just who is The Doctor? 1.4 What is regeneration? 1.5 How many actors have portrayed the Doctor? 1.6 What is the TARDIS? 1.7 Best and favorite "Who" episodes - survey results 1.8 What are the Doctor Who movies starring Peter Cushing? 1.9 What is this "K9 and Company" show we keep seeing? 1.10 What was the "Dimensions in Time" 30th Anniversary Special? 1.11 What is the "Curse of Fatal Death" about? 1.12 What is the name of the 1996 movie? The present and future of "Doctor Who" 2.1 Is "Doctor Who" still on the air? Where? When? 2.2 What were the last words spoken on "Doctor Who"? 2.3 What were the circumstances of the original cancellation? 2.4 What about "Doctor Who" on the radio? 2.5 What are the "New Adventures" or "Telos Novellos"? 2.6 And what are the "Missing Adventures" (Past Doctor Adventures)? 2.7 What about Doctor Who on-line/audio adventures? 2.8 How do I keeping up with the current books? The Lost "Doctor Who" Episodes 3.1 What are the "missing" or "lost episodes"? 3.2 I know something about missing episodes. What do I do? 3.3 What are the reconstructions/restorations? 3.4 What are the "missing novelizations"? 3.5 What are the "missing episodes" that I see as novelizations? 3.6 What is "Shada"? "Doctor Who" Fandom 4.1 How can I write to the actors who have played "Doctor Who"? 4.2 I write "Doctor Who" fiction in my spare time. Who can I show it to? 4.3 What is "Storm God Rising" and "Net_Decalog"? 4.4 How can I get a "New Adventure"/"Missing Adventure" published? 4.5 What "Doctor Who" reference books can I consult? 4.6 I can't find any videotapes or New Adventures anywhere. Help me! 4.7 Where can I find "Doctor Who" merchandise? 4.8 What about "Doctor Who" Role Playing Games? 4.9 Hey I just moved to town - is there a fan club nearby? 4.10 Are there any Doctor Who trading cards available? 4.11 What about a Doctor Who carding playing game? 4.12 Are there any Doctor Who conventions? Random Items concerning "Doctor Who" 5.1 Which big celebrities/famous people have appeared in "Doctor Who"? 5.2 Who is this fellow in the "Stranger Videos"? What are they about? 5.3 What are these "Mythmaker" series videos I keep seeing? 5.4 Who is this female Doctor that I keep hearing about? 5.5 What about all of those faces that are seen in the "Brain of Morbius"? 5.6 Which companion has posed nude in an adult magazine? 5.7 What are the real names of stories? 5.8 Is Susan REALLY the Doctor's granddaughter? 5.9 Is there a Pink Floyd song that sounds like the Doctor Who theme music? 5.10 What is Romana's full name? 5.11 Did John Byrne, writer for comics (X-Men) ever work on Doctor Who? 5.12 Is that Tom Baker? Was that Tom Baker on the "Simpsons"? 5.13 Is the Master the War Chief/Meddling Monk/The Doctor/The Valeyard? 5.14 What fonts are used in the title sequences? ========================================================================= ****** WHERE DO I GET "WHO" MATERIAL? *********************************** ========================================================================= FAQ Item 0.1 - Doctor Who Images Main web site: http://www.shillpages.com/dw/dwia.htm - Doctor Who Image archive. There are also many more images available at WWW sites (see section 0.4 below) Apart from the stuff available at Nitro9 in the old ftp site - (http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/ftp/ ), there are some more Doctor Who Pictures available in .gif format from: ftp://ftp.sunet.se [130.238.127.3] (Login: anonymous in directory: /pub/pictures/tv.film/Dr.Who ) =========================================================================== FAQ Item 0.2 - The Video/DVD and CD/Audio Lists For US releases check Steve Manfred's web site - http://www.pressenter.com/~stevenma/ For UK releases check Dan O'Malley's web site - http://www.timelash.com/ A list of "Who"-related music releases, once a part of this FAQ, has been passed into the hands of Daniel O'Malley, who updates it as well as the video lists and is available at the web site listed above. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 0.4 - Doctor Who WWW Sites There is my own WWW Doctor Who Page, the address of which is http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/homepage.html All of the following have links located at my site Other Prime information WWW sites include the following: http://www.gallifreyone.com Outpost Gallifrey - Latest News Page also here - Very Good Site! http://www.unitnews.co.uk UNIT News - More news http://www.timelash.com Dan O'Malley's page, with information on books/videos/etc http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/ BBC Doctor Who site with current information about the show If you are looking for a particular site, the link list of Paul "Ozzy" Harman includes hundreds of links - (the list is also posted on rec.arts.drwho and rec.arts.drwho.moderated) http://www.doctorwhowebguide.net/ And another large link list is at my own site at http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/websites.html =========================================================================== FAQ Item 0.4 - Doctor Who Author E-mail addresses Several authors of recent (and not so recent) Doctor Who books and stories who have computer accounts. These folks occasionally post items on rec.arts.drwho and rec.arts.drwho.moderated and have participated in many discussions about their own works and those of others. Many also have web sites where they can be contacted. In an effort to reduce spam and since author's e-mail addresses tend to change quite a bit, this section has been deleted. Look for the authors in the newsgroup mentioned above or as participants in on-line forums, such as the one at Outpost Gallifrey (http://www.gallifreyone.com/) =========================================================================== FAQ Item 0.5 - Doctor Who Mailing lists A fairly full listing can be found at http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/websites.html#mail Some long standing ones are: Doctor Who discussion list---- manager is Chuck Foster (Chuck.Foster@uk.uu.net) Subscription Address: listproc@lists.pipex.com Subsciption info: subscribe drwho-l FirstName SurName List Address: drwho-l@lists.pipex.com List queries: admin-drwho-l@lists.pipex.com General listproc enquiries: listmaster@lists.pipex.com WWW site: http://serendipity.drwho.org/drwho-l/ ----------------------------- Moderated Doctor Who discussion list - setup by Kate Orman (korman@zip.com.au) Subscription Address and Info: subscribe@reuben.net Unsubscribe : unsubscribe@reuben.net List Address: allenrd@reuben.net WWW site: http://www.reuben.net/allenroad.html ------------------------------ Totterslane mailing list Maintained by Adam Stone Subscription to list: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/totterslane ------------------------------- Paul McGann Estrogen Brigade Mailing list - managed by Stephanie Linz-Gould WWW site: http://www.pmeb.org ------------------------------- There are also many discussion groups at Yahoo Groups - so many that I can't list them here. Just go to http://groups.yahoo.com and search for "Doctor Who" =========================================================================== FAQ Item 0.6 - What Doctor Who newsgroups are there? There are currently six Doctor Who USENET newsgroups. The original one is rec.arts.drwho, where all general discussion and such takes place. Since this is a "free-for-all" kind of group, it is prone to flame-wars, trolling and spam. Another group, rec.arts.drwho.moderated is also available and since it is moderated, it doesn't suffer many of the problems that plague rec.arts.drwho. However, since it is relatively new, it may not be available on all news servers. Information about it can be found at http://www.robomod.net/~robomod/rec.arts.drwho.moderated/ There is also alt.drwho.creative, which is exclusively for the posting of Doctor Who fan fiction. There is also the information group, rec.arts.drwho.info. This group deals with information about the show, as well as the people in it, conventions, news items, etc. Since it is a moderated group, posts will not appear immediately, but are checked for relevancy before being posted. There is also a alt.binaries.drwho group, though it is not available on all systems. For people who can get the uk. newsgroups (mainly the people in the UK) there is also uk.media.tv.sf.drwho. Accessing newsgroups can be through a browser (sort of like how you can configure your mail system) or through the Google Groups or other web site that has newsgroups. On Google you can start at http://groups.google.com ========================================================================== FAQ Item 0.7 - What about Doctor Who IRC groups? Check the postings in the newgroup (rec.arts.drwho/rec.arts.drwho.moderated) for IRC information - there are some discussions of IRC meetings there. There are several different Doctor Who based groups. The best thing is to check the IRC FAQ at http://www.pagefillers.com/faq.html This has a fairly comprehensive listing of the IRC groups and information on using IRC. There are also some chat groups at various web sites, such as the BBC Doctor Who web site. =========================================================================== ****** What is "Doctor Who"? ********************************************** =========================================================================== FAQ Item 1.1 - Who, and what, is Doctor Who Doctor Who is the longest-running science-fiction series in the history of television. Created by the BBC in 1963 as a children's sci-fi series, Doctor Who eventually expanded its boundaries to just about every possible genre of television except for the musical. Spanning 26 seasons, the original BBC series had seven different actors taking on the lead role. Doctor Who was famous for its infinite flexibility and wide, dedicated, fan following. The show celebrated its 30th anniversary on November the 23rd, 1993. The 158th and final BBC production of the original series, "Survival", aired in December of 1989. Since that time there have been many novels written, radio plays, internet dramas, CD dramas and a TV movie (1996). The TV movie introduced another actor into the roll, but there wasn't enough support to re-start the show at that time. In 2003, the BBC announced that it will be making new episodes of Doctor Who, which started airing in March 2005. These stories will feature another actor in the role and will be a continuous series just like the original show. Details about the new show can be found at the BBC Doctor Who web site, or at Outpost Gallifrey - http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/ http://www.gallifreyone.com So far the show is very successful in the UK and has been renewed for the 2006 season, though another actor will take on the role of the Doctor. (see items 1.4 and 1.5 below). =========================================================================== FAQ item 1.2 - Why is the series called Doctor Who if that's not his name? In "An Unearthly Child", the very first Doctor Who episode, aired on November 23, 1963. William Hartnell, the show's main character, was introduced simply as "The Doctor", a cranky old man with a time machine shaped like a British Police Box. Because his character was shrouded in mystery, the title Doctor Who merely referred to the fact that we were never to know exactly who this man is. At various times in the show, different names for the "Doctor" were mentioned: "The Doctor" - the name he introduces himself as in every single story, and the (proper) name many people call him by. "Doctor Foreman" - Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright refer to him as this initially when they are investigating their unusual student Susan Foreman, the Doctor's granddaughter. "Doctor Who" - WOTAN in "The War Machines" referred to the Doctor by this name; it was acknowledged as an error by the writing staff. "Dr. John Smith" - alias used while working for U.N.I.T. during his exile on Earth. "Theta Sigma" - Used twice, in "The Armageddon Factor" and "The Happiness Patrol"; apparently, a Time Lord nickname given to the Doctor during his time at the Academy on Gallifrey. "Merlin" - It's revealed in "Battlefield" that, in a future (?) incarnation, the Doctor will become Merlin, adviser to King Arthur. The time reference is uncertain since it involves parallel universes. There are also various word plays on his name "Sir the Doctor is here to see you" "Doctor? Doctor Who?".... and so forth. Apart from what he was called, the series did present us, over the past 30-some years, with much more information. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 1.3 - Just who is the Doctor? The Doctor is a Time Lord, one of the elite of the planet Gallifrey, a world located in a distant galaxy. The Time Lords are an immensely old and powerful society who have the ability to travel through time in their TARDISes (their time travel machines), but whose policy is not to interfere with the rest of the universe. Instead, they simply observe and act only when absolutely necessary. Gallifreyan society, ruled by the High Council, is a dull and stagnant affair; some might even say that it is slowly decaying. The Doctor, of the Prydonian group of Time Lords, fled Gallifrey at some point (ostensibly because of boredom, though there is a great deal of speculation on the real reason) and is currently living the life of a renegade. His interference with other worlds and cultures is in direct contravention to Time Lord policy, and he has twice been tried on this point. Despite this, the Doctor continues to traverse the galaxy, often with a companion or two, battling evil and oppression in all its many guises. As a Time Lord, the Doctor has two hearts and can withstand physical extremes better than humans. They have a symbiotic link with their time machines. They can also regenerate when their present body is worn out or dying. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 1.4 - What is Regeneration? In 1966, an ill William Hartnell decided to leave the program, in the middle of its fourth season (there are conflicting reasons; it was either illness or a contract dispute). In order to keep the series going, it was decided to draw on the Doctor's unknown abilities as an alien and have him "regenerate". Regeneration is a type of bodily renewal, during which the Time Lord gains a completely new form, and often undergoes a moderate personality change. In this fashion, the elderly William Hartnell gave way to the younger Patrick Troughton. The Doctor has regenerated eight times, and is in his ninth incarnation (this is including the most recent regeneration in the 1996 movie and the upcoming new series). In the series, the cause of the regeneration has been varied, but is usually some event that would kill a mere human (except in the case of Colin Baker's regeneration). Here is a short summary of the regeneration events ordered by the actor that left the series ("died") - William Hartnell - weakened in a battle with the Cybermen (episode: The Tenth Planet). Patrick Troughton - forced regeneration when he was exiled to Earth by the Time Lords (episode: War Games) Jon Pertwee - radiation overdose (episode: Planet of the Spiders) Tom Baker - fell off Jodrell Bank radio telescope walkway (episode: Logopolis) Peter Davison - poisoned with Spectrox Toxaemina (episode: Caves of Androzani) Colin Baker - Rani's hijacking of the Tardis using a navitational guidance system distorter causes enough damage to the Doctor - though Mel is not so bad off (episode: Time and the Rani) Sylvester McCoy - Shot by hoodlums, then dies on the operating table (episode: The 1996 Television movie) Paul McGann - We don't know yet, since this has yet to be revealed in the new 2005 series. Chris Eccleston - He will be leaving the show at the end of the 2005 series, so we'll know then. But I might not put it in here, since not everyone will want to know the circumstances of his death before they see it. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 1.5 - How many actors have portrayed the Doctor? Well, there are the 9 listed above. Here are some others - Peter Cushing - in two theatrical movies (see FAQ Item 1.8) Richard Hurndall - portrayed the first Doctor in the "Five Doctors" Trevor Martin - stage play in the mid 1970's David Banks - stage play in the 1989 Richard E. Grant - internet drama on BBC "Scream of Shalka" And several others in the "Curse of Fatal Death" (see FAQ Item 1.11) - I don't want to give this one away, so I'm not going to tell you who plays the Doctor(s) in it.... There have also been many short-term roles of the Doctor in comedy skits that have happened over the years. After Chris Eccleston finishes his tenure as the Doctor, the role will be taken over by David Tennant for the 2006 season. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 1.6 - What is the TARDIS? The TARDIS (an acronym for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) is the time machine that the Doctor and other Time Lords travel in; it is the main vehicle for the series, which takes us to any number of times and places. It's "dimensionally transcendental" - bigger inside than out -, and, in the Doctor's case, it sometimes doesn't work properly. The Doctor's TARDIS is generally stuck in the shape of a Police Call Box, a familiar shape in England in 1963 but now obsolete. The version of the TARDIS that the Doctor uses is known as a "type 39", (though the Doctor usually refers to it as a "type 40" or as a "Mark I") as with the British Police Call Box, the type 40/39 is considered an obsolete and outdated version of a TARDIS. For reference a Police Call Box is like a phone booth with wooden walls - you can get inside it, but it isn't much bigger than a good sized phone booth from the outside. On numerous occasions the Doctor has attempted to repair his ship, with humorous and disastrous results. There is evidently some sort of telepathic link between the Doctor and his ship; they share a symbiotic relationship, and, as in the New Adventures (FAQ Item 2.5), when the TARDIS malfunctions, so does the Doctor. The TARDIS is perhaps the second-most important character in the series; it is our "passport to adventure", and, in many ways, is as important as the Doctor himself. ========================================================================== FAQ Item 1.7 - What are some of the best, or most popular Doctor Who episodes? (From the Outpost Gallifrey 40th Anniversary Poll - http://www.gallifreyone.com/pollres2003.php ) The 20 most popular shows, in order of broadcast, "The Daleks Master Plan" Hartnell "Power of the Daleks" Troughton "Evil of the Daleks" Troughton "Tomb of the Cybermen" Troughton "The Web of Fear" Troughton "Fury from the Deep" Troughton "War Games" Troughton "Inferno" Pertwee "Ark in Space" Tom Baker "Genesis of the Daleks" Tom Baker "Pyramids of Mars" Tom Baker "The Seeds of Doom" Tom Baker "The Deadly Assassin" Tom Baker "The Robots of Death" Tom Baker "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" Tom Baker "City of Death" Tom Baker "Earthshock" Davison "The Caves of Androzani" Davison "Remembrance of the Daleks" McCoy "The Curse of Fenric" McCoy ========================================================================== FAQ Item 1.8 - What are the Doctor Who movies starring Peter Cushing about? During the 1960's when the show really took off, two movies were produced which starred Peter Cushing (of horror film fame) as the Doctor. Unlike the television show, the Doctor was a kindly old human inventor, Susan and Barbara were both shown to be his granddaughters, and Ian was Barbara's boyfriend. All three companions were significantly younger than their television counterparts. The cast of companions in the second movie was altered to omit Barbara and Ian, and to introduce Doctor Who's niece Louise and a bumbling police officer named Tom Campbell. The two films were titled "Doctor Who and the Daleks" based upon the episode entitled `The Daleks', and "Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD" based upon the episode `The Dalek Invasion of Earth'. Although considerably shortened, the movies generally followed the plotlines of the TV episodes. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 1.9 - What is this "K-9 & Company" Special I keep seeing? This was a one-hour story pilot, an intended spinoff of Doctor Who aired on December 28, 1981, featuring Sarah Jane Smith and K-9, two former companions of the Doctor, teaming up as a dynamic crime-fighting duo. The pilot did not sell, but the story is generally repeated every so often as a special Doctor Who story and is often aired in the United States to help raise pledge money when the public T.V. stations which air Doctor Who hold fiscal drives. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 1.10 - What was the "Dimensions in Time" 30th Anniversary Special? The 1993 "Children in Need" charity appeal on the BBC coincided with Doctor Who's 30th anniversary. In commemoration of the event, the BBC aired "Dimensions in Time", a short adventure consisting of two 14-minute episodes. "DiT" featured five of the actors who portrayed the Doctor and a number of companions battling the evil Time Lord (Lady) known as the Rani, who is interfering with the Doctor's own personal time line and has recruited many of his greatest foes to aid her. "DiT" was aired in a 3-D format, and took place on the set of the BBC soap opera "EastEnders". Characters from "EastEnders" made brief appearances in the story. It is not commercially available. ========================================================================== FAQ Item 1.11 - What is "The Curse of Fatal Death"? Another charity event, this one was part of Comic Relief (1999) and starred Rowan Atkinson (The Blackadder and Mr Bean guy) as the Doctor, with Julia Sawalha (Saffron from "Absolutely Fabulous") as his companion. Also featured are Jonathan Pryce as the Master and Hugh Grant, Joanna Lumley (Patsy from "Ab Fab"), Richard E. Grant and Jim Broadbent. A DVD of this is available in the UK, but only a VHS version is available in the US. ========================================================================== FAQ Item 1.12 - What was the name of the 1996 TV movie? There was no alternate title given in the movie itself, or any subtitle, but most fans refer to it as the "Enemy Within". Why? Philip Segal, the movie's producer, used this title at a fan convention and it has been adopted by others since then. Generally it is refered to as the "Television movie" by retailers, or "Doctor Who - The Movie", or simply as "Doctor Who". At this time a DVD for the TV movie is only available in the UK and other countries (not the US). ========================================================================== ****** The present and future of "Doctor Who" **************************** ========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.1 - Is Doctor Who still on the air? The last episode to air from the original BBC series was "Survival", airing in December of 1989 as the last story of Season 26. While no official cancellation announcement was made, the BBC stopped production of the series. In 1996, a TV-movie was made and shown in North America, the UK and Australia. The movie was a continuation of the original series, and it was hoped that a new series will come from the film, though that didn't happen since the ratings for the movie weren't that spectacular. The BBC started showing a new series of Doctor Who in March 2005, with thirteen 45-minute episodes as well as a Christmas Special. The role of the Doctor was taken over by Christopher Eccleston and his companion "Rose" is played by Billie Piper. Currently the new series is being broadcast in the UK, Canada and Australia. The new series has also been sold to New Zealand, the Netherlands, South Korea, Italy and Finland. THE NEW SERIES IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE US! Only two TV markets in the US have episodes of the old series (1963-1989 shows), these are Iowa Public TV and Maryland Public TV. Apparently the BBC is still trying to sell the series in the US but has yet to get a buyer. They may have also stopped selling the rights to the old series, so eventually the folks in Iowa and Maryland will not even see the old series. For the latest on where and when the series is showing, go to This Week in Doctor Who - compiled by Benjamin Elliott http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho/ =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.2 - What were the last words spoken on Doctor Who? From the Original Series (ended in 1989): Part 3 of "Survival" ended with this quote by the Doctor; it's widely- quoted in this newsgroup and in .sig files everywhere. For your convenience: There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, the seas sleep, and the rivers dream; people made of smoke, and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger; somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea is getting cold! Come on Ace, we've got work to do! From the 1996 TV Movie: "Oh no, not again!" From the new series: Yet to be determined - those aren't the final words, but with any luck, there won't be any "final words" ever again. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.3 - What were the circumstances of the original cancellation? After Season 22, the first Colin Baker season, the show was put on "hiatus". When Doctor Who returned, season length was shortened, from 13 45-minute episodes, to 14 25-minute episodes. Colin Baker was fired after one more season and Sylvester McCoy became the seventh Doctor. McCoy's tenure as the Doctor was not a big ratings success, however. Despite tenuous signs that the public was coming back to Doctor Who, there were a number of strikes against it. Most notable was its competition with ITV's "Coronation Street", which constantly placed within the top five television programs each week. Finally, after Season 26, the BBC announced that Doctor Who was again being placed on hiatus. But of course with the new series starting up again, we can hope that I don't have to add any more information to this part of the FAQ. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.4 - What about Doctor Who on the radio? "The Paradise of Death", broadcast in the fall of 1993, was a special radio story featuring Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen and Nicholas Courtney reprising their roles as the Third Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, in an adventure scripted by former Doctor Who producer Barry Letts. It consisted of five half-hour episodes which were subsequently released on audio tape. The BBC was very happy with the success of "Paradise" and subsequently commissioned a sequel, also featuring Pertwee, Sladen and Courtney and again written by Letts. This was entitled "The Ghosts of N-Space", and aired in 1995. Both stories have been novellized. Before that there were two other radio broadcasts - "The Time Machine" with Tom Baker and Elizabeth Sladen (1976), and "Slipback" with Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant (1985). =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.5 - What are the "New Adventures" or "Telos Novellos"? "Doctor Who - The New Adventures" are a series of authorized, full- length Doctor Who novels, continuing from the end of "Survival", the final Sylvester McCoy story. They were published monthly by Doctor Who Books, a division of Virgin Publishing Co. and are now being produced by BBC books. The novels are written by both established Doctor Who authors like Terrance Dicks, John Peel and Ben Aaronovitch, as well as newcomers such as Paul Cornell and Kate Orman. Originally, the books featured the adventures of the Seventh Doctor and Ace, but Ace has since departed, and the Doctor has traveled with several others including archeologist Bernice "Benny" Summerfield. These books are often refered to as the "Eighth Doctor Adventures" (or EDA for short) since they currently feature the Paul McGann (TV movie) version of the Doctor. With the new series starting up soon, the Doctor portrayed in this series of books will become the new one (Christopher Eccleston based character), while the 8th Doctor will become part of the "Missing Adventures" or "PDAs" (see next FAQ item). The New Adventures promise to deliver stories "too big and broad for the small screen; full length science fiction novels". In some cases, the traditional Doctor Who format has been reworked, such as books not really featuring the Doctor himself. Some of the novels have been linked together, though the majority stand alone. Many of the books are aimed at hard-core science fiction fans, and some Who traditionalists do not find them totally satisfying. With BBC books taking over the publication of the novels (May, 1997), the folks at Virgin publishing continued on in an off-shoot, with stories still taking place in the Doctor Who universe, but not featuring the Doctor but instead companion Benny Summerfield. This series has continued until the present day, though another company has taken over production. There is also a series of books known as the Telos Novellos, which are a bit more expensive and harder to get, but are also original stories. A complete list of all books that have been released to date appears in the third FAQ (not in this document). =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.6 - And what are the "Missing Adventures" (Past Doctor Adventures)? As a tandem to the New Adventures, Virgin Books started releasing a set of adventures featuring the first ncarnations of the Doctor and his old companions; these are stories that take place between the original televised episodes. Like the early "New Adventures", a mix of established and new authors will tackle the "Missing Adventures". As with the New Adventures, the publication of these were taken over by BBC books in May, 1997. These are generally refered to as the "Past Doctor Adventures" (or PDAs). Currently they feature adventures of Doctors 1-7, while the 8th Doctor is featured in the main series of books. With the new series coming up, the 8th Doctor will become part of the PDAs and new books in the main BBC book series will feature the 9th Doctor. A complete listing of current and scheduled Missing Adventure novels is included in the third FAQ (not in this document). =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.7 - What about audio (CD) or on-line adventures? There are currently many on-line and/or audio adventures that can be obtained. Some of the audio adventures can be purchased on-line or listened to on the internet. These include dramas staring Doctor Who actors. Check the fourth FAQ for a list of current audio dramas and where to obtain them. The BBC has also put a few dramas on line at their Doctor Who web site, again these star actors who have appeared in the tv series, and some others. There have been several internet productions, "Scream of Shalka", and "Real Time" . There was also a new production of the untransmitted original story "Shada". You can hear/see these at http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/webcasts/index.shtml One of the dramas, "Death comes to Time", is no longer available on line but is available as a CD. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.8 - How do I get back in the groove with the current books, since they seem so different from the tv show? Things have changed over the years since the publication of the first Doctor Who book by Virgin (see FAQ Item 2.5). If you haven't been keeping up with them and decide to jump in, quite a bit has changed in the Whovian universe. To find out about these things, without having to re-read the dozens of previous books, you may want to go to the Doctor Who Reference Guide - http://www.drwhoguide.com/who.htm - which provides details about books and short stories. There is also a very helpful time-line so that you can figure out where you want to jump into the current fiction out there. =========================================================================== ****** The Lost "Doctor Who" Episodes ************************************* =========================================================================== FAQ Item 3.1 - What are the "missing episodes" or "lost episodes"? During the early seventies many Doctor Who stories were destroyed by the BBC, along with vast amounts of other material kept by the BBC, in order to cut costs in storage. This was in the age before home video, when the material appeared useless due to the limitations on televised repeats in Britain. Many of the lost episodes are of the later William Hartnell and much from the Patrick Troughton era. 108 episodes are still missing. There are also audios of the shows made by fans which are of varying quality. The BBC has copies of these. In addition to the lost Hartnell and Troughton episodes, some Pertwee episodes exist only in black and white versions. Recently, several episodes from "The Silurians", "Terror of the Autons", "The Daemons" and "The Ambassadors of Death" have had their color restored using low-quality color video tapes recorded in the U.S. A complete list of the Missing Doctor Who episodes appears below: Episode Title Parts Missing Author Story Code -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marco Polo all John Lucarotti D The Reign of Terror 4-5 Dennis Spooner H The Crusades 2,4 David Whitaker P Galaxy Four all William Emms T Mission to the Unknown all Terry nation T/A The Myth Makers all Donald Cotton U The Dalek Masterplan 1,3,4,6-9,11-12 Nation & Spooner V The Massacre all John Lucarotti W The Celestial Toymaker 1-3 Brian Hayles Y The Savages all Ian Stuart Black AA The Smugglers all Brian Hayles CC The Tenth Planet 4 Kit Pedler DD Power of the Daleks all David Whitaker EE The Highlanders all Gerry Davis FF & Elwyn Jones The Underwater Menace 1,2,4 Geoffrey Orme GG The Moonbase 1,3 Kit Pedler HH The Macra Terror all Ian Stuart Black JJ The Faceless Ones 2,4-6 David Ellis KK & Malcolm Hulke Evil of the Daleks 1,3-7 David Whitaker LL The Abominable Snowmen 1,3-6 Mervyn Haisman MM & Henry Lincoln The Ice Warriors 2,3 Brian Hayles OO The Enemy of the World 1,2,4-6 David Whitaker PP The Web of Fear 2-6 Mervyn Haisman QQ & Henry Lincoln Fury From The Deep all Victor Pemberton RR The Wheel in Space 1,2,4,5 David Whitaker SS The Invasion 1,4 Derrick Sherwin VV The Space Pirates 1,3-6 Robert Holmes YY Further information about missing episodes can be found at various websites, including http://archive.whoniversity.co.uk/ http://www.restoration-team.co.uk/ =========================================================================== FAQ Item 3.2 - I know something about missing episodes. What do I do? Here's the name and address of who to contact with missing episode information: Christine Slattery, Television Archivist, BBC Film and Videotape Library, Reynard Mills Industrial Estate, Windmill Road, Brentford, Middlesex, England TW8 9NF Tel:020 8567 6655 Reports on whether the supplier of these lost episodes will be reimbursed have varied from source to source. The most substantial report I have received so far has been: "There is an amnesty, and no questions at all will be asked if private collectors do have some of the missing episodes; all the BBC wants to do is to copy the film print (or whatever), the original being retained by the donor. " (Thanks to Steve Roberts, http://www.restoration-team.co.uk) =========================================================================== FAQ Item 3.3 - What are the reconstructions/restorations? Some "lost" shows have been reconstructed using a variety of methods, including clips from the shows, still photos, sound tracks and such to fill in the gaps where original material no longer exists. Such reconstructions have been made by several different groups and they do make copies of their work available. Restorations generally refer to existing episodes that need to be repaired to return them to their original format, for example stories that were originally broadcast in color but are currently only available in black & white, or where copies of the prints are very poor quality that needs to be repaired to a clearer image. Most notably there are the following groups/web sites that have information about the projects to restore or reconstruct stories - Restoration Team - http://www.restoration-team.co.uk/ Loose Cannon Productions - http://www.recons.com/ Telesnaps - http://www.telesnaps.com/ The Doctor Who project - http://missingdrwho.tripod.com/ =========================================================================== FAQ Item 3.4 - What are the "missing novelizations"? W.H. Allen and Target Books, between the years 1973 and 1991, published a set of novelizations for just about every Doctor Who story ever produced. 155 in number, they span the Doctor Who era from "An Unearthly Child" all the way to "Survival", some greatly expanded on the original stories, others basically verbatim transcripts. A few serials, however, have never been novelized. They include Douglas Adams' "The Pirate Planet", "City of Death" and "Shada" and Eric Saward's "Resurrection of the Daleks" and "Revelation of the Daleks". In the case of the Adams' serials, he has refused to novelize his stories because a writer of his caliber would never stoop to churning out a novelization for a low fee. Furthermore, several plot elements from "City of Death" and "Shada" were reused in Adams' two Dirk Gently novels. The Dalek episodes never reached print because of royalties disputes between Terry Nation, the original creator of the Daleks, and Eric Saward, who penned many of the later Dalek serials and deviated greatly from Nation's original concept of the Daleks. ========================================================================== FAQ Item 3.5 - What are these Missing Episodes that I see in bookstores? To further confuse the issue, during season 22, the show was temporarily pulled off the air and the stories that were planned for season 23 were shelved and never filmed. There are novelizations of 3 of the stories that were intended for that season. The stories and the novelizations are as follows - Title Author ISBN # The Nightmare Fair Graham Williams 0 426 20334 8 Mission to Magnus Philip Martin 0 426 20347 X The Ultimate Evil Wally K. Daly 0 426 20338 0 Eric Saward was also supposed to novelize Robert Holmes' planned "Yellow Fever". Like his two Dalek novelizations, however, it is uncertain when or if this will see the light of day. These have been out of print for a while, so you might have trouble finding copies of them - check used book sellers or on-line sellers. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 3.6 - What is Shada? Shada was the name of a six part story, which would have been the last one of the 1979 season. The story was scripted by Douglas Adams and many scenes were shot on location in Cambridge England. However during production, a strike by television personnel at the BBC prevented the completion of the show. While large amounts of filming were complete, various aspects such as special effects and large parts of studio filming were not completed. This particular show was then considered dead in the water. Interest in Shada did not let up, and various attempts to save the story were made. Finally, in 1992 the BBC released the extant material for "Shada" on videotape, with new special effects added and Tom Baker providing the links for missing material. "Shada" is also the name of one of the internet dramas broadcast by the BBC, however, they put Paul McGann (8th Doctor) in the role rather than Tom Baker. Lalla Ward and John Leeson were also in this production, as in the original "Shada". =========================================================================== ****** "Doctor Who" Fandom ************************************************ =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.1 - How can I write to the actors who have played the Doctor and companions? Things change - so if you find that one of these addresses is no longer valid, please tell me, I may or may not be able to find the new address. Tom Baker c/o London Management Noel House 2-3 Noel Street London, England W1V 3RB Another Tom Baker address Tom Baker c/o Edward Hill Management Teddington Televisino and Film Studies Broom Road London, England TW11 9NT Peter Davison (new address that I came across - July 25, 1998) C/O Conway Van Gelder Robinson 18-21 Germyn Street 3rd Floor London England SWIY 6HP Colin Baker c/o Lindsay Granger Barry Burnett Organisation Ltd. Suite 42-43 2-3 Golden Square London, England W1R 3AD Sylvester McCoy c/o James Sharkey Associates, 3rd Floor Suite, 15 Golden Square, London, England W1R 3AG Another Sylvester McCoy address that I've come across Sylvester McCoy C/O Silvester Management 122 Wardour St. London England W1V 31A And yet another Sylvester McCoy address Sylvester McCoy 11 Southwick mews London England W2 1JG Paul McGann c/o Gordon and French 12-13 Poland Street London England W1F 8QB And another Paul McGann address Paul McGann C/O Viv Gurney The McGann Information Service 27 Feldon Close Garston, Waterford, Herts WD2 6QW And a Christopher Eccleston contact (June 2004) Christopher Eccleston C/O Hamilton Hodell 24 Hanway Street London, UK W1T 1UH http://www.hamiltonhodell.co.uk And a US contact for Christopher Eccleston Christopher Eccleston C/O Endeavor Talent Agency 9701 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor Beverly Hills CA 90212 The actor who will be playing the 10th Doctor (starting in 2006) can be contacted through this address (from the http://www.david-tennant.com website) David Tennant c/o I C M Oxford House 76 Oxford Street London W1D 1BS Again, if you find any new or working addresses for these folks, please let me know. Some of the actors have web sites for them, though like Hollywood agents, they seem to come and go quite a bit. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.2 - I write Doctor Who fiction in my spare time. Who can I show it to? Many news sites now carry the separate newsgroup "alt.drwho.creative". On this group, you can post the original Doctor Who stories, of any nature and with any Doctor, to the rest of USENET for everybody to read. If you'd like to take your writing to a more serious level, you might consider penning a "New" or "Missing Adventure". Another option is to submit your story to Everlasting Films, a group who produces audio dramas for Doctor Who - they are always interested in new writers. Check out their web site at http://www.onepost.net/~dwad/ There is also a directory of fan fiction, the Panatropic Network http://www.panatropic.net =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.3 - What is Storm God Rising, Net_Decalog and Perfect Timing? Over the past couple of years, there have been a number of attempts to publish collections of Doctor Who short stories written purely by fans on the Internet -- veteran and novice Who authors alike. The first, "Storm God Rising", was edited by Rich Salter and Jason Miller and concerned the Doctor's encounters with the Storm-Demon Achmael. The second, referred to simply as Net_Decalog would have been the third "Decalog" book had it been accepted, and used the running theme of the Ten Commandments. It was edited by Salter, Miller and Lou Anders. Sadly, both of these efforts were rejected by Virgin books. Currently, Salter, Miller and Anders are putting together a new Net_Decalog proposal with the running theme of "networks" as suggested by Virgin editor Rebecca Levene. The Storm God Rising stories are available at my nitro9 web site (formerly the FTP site) at http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/ftp/matrix/Net_Adventures/SGR/ There have been several for-charity compilations of stories written by both long-standing Doctor Who authors, fan-fiction authors and some of the actors from the series. These have appeared in some analogies entitled "Perfect Timing (1 and 2)" and others. Availability is usually by mail-order (not generally found in stores). ======================================================================== FAQ Item 4.4 - How can I get a Doctor Who novel published? BBC, who publishes the current Doctor Who novels is NOT taking submissions from new authors, though other publications (like those mentioned previously in this FAQ) may accept submissions. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.5 - What Doctor Who reference books can I consult? Numerous Doctor Who reference books have been published in the past. Many of the earlier ones contain inaccuracies and errors, and have been supplanted by more recent texts. The most worthwhile books include: "The Programme Guide"/"The Terrestrial Index"/"The Universal Databank", by Jean-Marc Lofficier. Recently the "Universal Databank" has been placed on-line at http://www.perfectworldusa.com/dwindex.html This "reference trilogy" is probably the most comprehensive guide to the television stories themselves ever published. "The Programme Guide" lists every story, including cast lists and story information. A recent updated edition also provides details on New Adventures up to "All-Consuming Fire". "The Terrestrial Index" features a hypothetical history of the Doctor Who universe and a guide to all official Doctor Who fiction ever released (up to the point of publication). "The Universal Databank" is an encyclopaediac listing of people, places, things and more that have appeared on Doctor Who. "The Sixties"/"The Seventies"/"The Eighties", by David J. Howe, Mark Stammers and Stephen James Walker These hard cover books give a detailed overview of the first two decades of Doctor Who's existence. They are aimed primarily at the casual fan, but contain a wealth of information and photographs for all. "The Handbooks", by David J. Howe, Mark Stammers and Stephen James Walker A series of paperback analyzing the era of each Doctor individually. These contain a vast array of details on every story and Doctor, including reviews of all the stories. Also check some of the web sites for reference material (section 0.3) =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.6 - Where to find videotapes/dvds and books? Videos/DVDs are generally available from most video vendors and regular on-line sources, such as www.amazon.com. Most national (U.S.) bookstore chains (Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, B. Dalton Booksellers) now carry most of the BBC books upon their release, and generally have back copies of older books floating around for several months. They will also order copies of books they no longer have in stock; when doing this, be sure to specify that this as a "Doctor Who" book along with the title, and supply the ISBN code, which is provided in FAQ Part 3 for every Eight Doctor and Previous Doctor book currently released. Several WWW and telephone ordering options are also available. Among them are Ambrosia (in Los Angeles) http://www.gallifreyone.com - provides access Amazon Books http://www.amazon.com Barnes & Noble http://www.bn.com Bookpages (in UK) http://www.bookpages.co.uk Some of these sites also have "used" book sections, which might be the only place you can find an older book. Some books are also available on on-line auction sites such as e-bay. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.7 - Where can I find other Doctor Who merchandise? One of the best on-line stores in the US is Doctor Who North America. http://www.whona.com WHO Enterprises in Toronto also a major suppliers of Doctor Who (and other sci-fi) merchandise in North America. They sell both the magazines, books (BBC novels also), and video as well as other forms of merchandise. A current catalogue can be downloaded. Web site: http://www.whoenterprises.com/ They seem to have a good variety of merchandise and prompt service. Another source, of mainly the hard to find merchandise, is Intergalactic Trading Co. P.O. Box 1516 Longwood FL 32752 Tel:(407)-831-8344 http://www.intergalactictrading.com They don't have the new stuff (books, videos), but they do have posters, pins, magazines and other hard to find merchandise. (This information provided by Brian Leggett) There are also the following sites - DoctorWho store.com http://www.doctorwhostore.com/ - VERY GOOD Inventory Tenth Planet http://www.tenthplanet.co.uk - Popular UK vendor BBC Shop http://bbcshop.com - BBC's own store =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.8 I play role-playing games. Are there any for "Doctor Who"? There are two commercial role-playing games, and many fans play Doctor Who adopting (usually generic) systems to the Doctor Who universe. This first is "The Doctor Who Role Playing Game" (FASA, Chicago, 1985), Ed. Wm. John Wheeler. This comprises three books in a box with Tom Baker's Doctor & Leela on the cover. Player characters were usually from the Gallifreyan Celestial Intervention Agency and similar to the Doctor/companions in that they were usually a Time Lord/Lady and some humans traveling around in a TARDIS. The mechanics were a reworking of FASA Star Trek role-playing game. This was followed by several, usually good, adventures, and three source books of varying quality. The second is "Time Lord" (Doctor Who Books, London, 1991), by Ian Marsh and Peter Darvill-Evans, ISBN 0426 203623. Players are the Doctor and companions - there is no character generation system, although there is an appendix on how to produce stats for yourself (!). This game suffered from very bad placement (in other words, it was sold with Doctor Who books, not with the RPGs) and there have been no official supplements other than a couple of Doctor Who magazine articles. ========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.9 - Hey I just moved to town - is there a fan club nearby? There is a list of fan clubs located at my web site (http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/sucaduc.html) as well as at Chuck Foster's site - in fact Chuck has set up a clickable image map for fan clubs around the world, and includes information about each club. The map is located at http://serendipity.drwho.org/cgi-bin/dwcia To get your club included in the list (both mine and Chuck's) just send us a message at dwcia@serendipity.drwho.org with all of the details. Chuck hasn't been able to work much on the atlas lately, so some of the information is quite out of date. There are also national, and international fan clubs. Among them are: The Doctor Who Appreciation Society - UK based DWAS Web site: http://dwas.drwho.org/ Local Groups: http://dwas.drwho.org/lg/ e-mail: LG-net@dwas.drwho.org Doctor Who Information Network - Canada based e-mail contact: Michael J. Doran (admin@dwin.org, or info@dwin.org) s-mail: PO Box 912 Station F Toronto ON Canada M4Y 2N9 http://www.dwin.org/ There is no national US club at this time. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.10 - Are there any Doctor Who trading cards available? Trading cards were produced by Strictly Inc. and Cornerstone. They may be hard to find, but one place with a lot of them, and their peripherals is http://www.doctorwhostore.com/ ========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.11 - Are there any Doctor Who card playing games? A game came out in 1996 called, oddly enough, "The Doctor Who Collectable Trading Card Game". There are 302 cards available but you might have a hard time finding any of the cards today. A good place with information on the game and cards is http://www.visi.com/~tjbuege/skaro/ =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.12 - Are there any Doctor Who Conventions? Yes, several yearly ones take place in the US and the UK (and else where), and many times Doctor Who celebrities appear at "general" science fiction conventions. Here are some web sites of the "regular" Doctor Who conventions - or cons that regularly have a Doctor Who guest. Dates can change so check the websites for the latest news. Gallifrey One - February, Los Angeles USA http://www.gallifreyone.com Destiny - Northampton UK http://www.vortex-events.freeserve.co.uk Whovention - Sydney Australia http://www.drwhoaustralia.org/whovention/ PanoptiCon - Manchester UK http://www.dominitemporal.co.uk/ Cult TV - October, Liverpool area, UK (A general "Cult TV" con) http://www.cult.tv/ Dimensions on Tyne - November, Stockton on Tees, UK http://www.tenthplanet.co.uk/dimensions/ Ascension - November, Cardiff, UK http://www.scifiheaven.net/main/ascensionevents/ United Fan Con - November, USA (A general Sci-Fi con) http://www.unitedfancon.com/ Chicago TARDIS - November, USA http://www.chicagotardis.com/ SF Cruise - USA - Yes, this is a boat cruise http://www.scificruise.com/ =========================================================================== ****** Random Items concerning "Doctor Who" ******************************* =========================================================================== FAQ Item 5.1 - Which big celebrities have appeared on Doctor Who? John Cleese appeared, with Eleanor Bron, as an art critic in "City of Death". A clip of The Beatles performing "Ticket to Ride" was seen in "The Chase". "Queen Elizabeth" was seen walking her dogs in "Silver Nemesis" (this was not the real queen). American stage actor Stubby Kaye (from the original Broadway and movie version of "Guys & Dolls") appeared as a bumbling yet lovable U.S. secret agent in "Delta & The Bannermen". Julian Glover appeared as King Richard the Lionheart in "The Crusade", and as Scaroth in the popular "City of Death". Jean Marsh briefly played companion Sara Kingdom in "The Daleks' Master Plan", and was also Joanna in "The Crusade" and Morgaine in "Battlefield". Honor Blackman, from "The Avengers" and "Goldfinger", played Professor Lasky in "Terror of the Vervoids" (a portion of the "Trial of a Time Lord" season). The body (but not the voice) of Darth Vader was provided by Doctor Who alumnus David Prowse, who was in the "Time Monster". And in a strange, yet almost appropriate career move, Patricia Quinn (Magenta in "Rocky Horror Picture Show") appeared as Belazs in "Dragonfire". For fans of the "Young Ones", Alexei Sayle appeared as the DJ in "Revelation of the Daleks", and Christopher Ryan was Lord Kiv in "Mindwarp". There are also some celebrities in the new 2005 series, but I'm not going to tell you who they are, since that might spoil it for you if you have yet to see the new shows. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 5.2 - What are "The Stranger" videos? The Stranger videos are a series of high quality stories made by Who fan Bill Baggs. They star Colin Baker as Soloman or "The Stranger". Originally, the Stranger was a very Doctor-like being who was unaware of his own past. More recently, the truth about the Stranger's past has been revealed. Concurrently, the series has seen a shift away from being such an out-and-out Doctor Who imitation and taken on a style of its own. A plethora of Who celebrities have also appeared in the Stranger videos, such as Nicola Bryant (Peri), Louise Jameson (Leela) and Sophie Aldred (Ace). There have been six Stranger videos so far: "Summoned by Shadows", "More Than a Messiah", "In Memory Alone", "The Terror Game", "Breach of the Peace" and the two-part "Eye of the Beholder". There have also been Stranger audio tapes. Bill Baggs has also produced other videos starring Doctor Who cast in non-Who roles, among them "The Airzone Solution" and "The Zero Imperative". The latter features the return of Caroline John as Liz Shaw, though the Doctor himself is not present. Further details and ordering information are available in the UK from: BILL BAGGS VIDEO 3 Douglas Crescent Bitterne, Southampton SO19 5JP UK http://www.bbvonline.co.uk =========================================================================== FAQ Item 5.3 - What is the "Mythmaker" Series? Another independently produced series of videos, which highlight the actors and actresses who have appeared in the show. These are sort of mini- biographies, where the performer usually takes you on a tour of some location that they live in, grew up in, went to school at, etc. These are recommended only if you *really* want to see what these people are like when they are not in front of the camera. The video list is rather extensive and should be consulted for the currently available editions. The "Mythmakers" videos are made by Reeltime Pictures, who have also made two adventures featuring Doctor Who characters, called "Wartime" and "Downtime". =========================================================================== FAQ Item 5.4 - What is this I hear about a female Doctor Who? In the 1980s, a Seattle-based filmmaker named Ryan K. Johnson produced four movies with a female Doctor. They were: Doctor Who: The Wrath of Eukor (1984) 30 minutes Doctor Who: Visions of Utomu (1986) 32 minutes Pentagon West (1987) 28 minutes Doctor Who: Broken Doors (1988) 20 minutes He has also made another short film staring Colin Baker, Nicholas Courtney (the Brigadeer), Frazer Hines (Jamie) and Wendy Padbury (Zoe). You can get copies of that movie as well. You can still get copies directly from Ryan by sending him a blank VHS tape and enough money for return postage to: Ryan K. Johnson 7025 27th Ave NE Seattle WA 98115 e-mail: rkj@eskimo.com URL: http://www.eskimo.com/~rkj/ Foreign requests will of course have to add extra money to cover the extra postage. Ryan can make copies in the American video standard (NTSC) or PAL. Details on getting copies are at the website. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 5.5 - Were those the Doctor's faces in "The Brain of Morbius"? At the climax of the Tom Baker story "The Brain of Morbius", the Doctor and Morbius engage in a mental duel. At a point when the Doctor appears to be losing, the faces of the First Doctor appears, followed by several other adult male faces in various period clothing. The suggestion appears to be that these are previous incarnations of the Doctor prior to William Hartnell's version. Indeed, this was the idea at the time the story was broadcast (the faces themselves were those of various production members). However, this directly conflicts with various other statements in the series. In "The Deadly Assassin", it is said that a Time Lord can only regenerate twelve times, but by this count, Peter Davison's should have been the final Doctor. Furthermore, in "The Five Doctors", the Fifth Doctor specifically states that he is the fourth regeneration. This has led to the assumption that the faces are Morbius', though this is not borne out by what appears on-screen. There is also an explanation in the New Adventure "Lungbarrow" but I don't know what it is - you'll have to read it for yourself. Of course purists may not consider an explanation provided by a non-broadcast story as canon. This is one of those subjects which is essentially unanswerable, but seems to be particularly persistent on the newsgroup. The real answer, of course, is that there *is* no answer -- just lots of debates amongst fans. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 5.6 - Which companions have posed nude? Following the end of her tenure as Jo Grant in the 70s, Katy Manning posed naked for an issue of a magazine called "Girl Illustrated" ... with a Dalek! A portion of the article including these photos was reprinted in David Howe's book "Timeframe" in 1993. The only other companion said to have posed nude is Lalla Ward, who played the second Romana. Apparently, however, this was actually a body double used for a film Lalla filmed; stills (presumably taken from this movie) have popped up in magazines now and then. Some of the actors/actresses in the series have done film work where they had to show more flesh than they could on Doctor Who. If you want to see any of these pictures, well you are a naughty, naughty person. I know some of these images are out there on the internet and I'll just leave it at at that. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 5.7 - What are the proper story titles? Following the painstaking research of people like David Howe, Mark Stammers, Stephen James Walker and Andrew Pixley, it has come to light that many of the titles commonly used by fans are not, in fact, the correct story titles. This has become a bone of contention for many fans, some of whom prefer to use the customary titles while others favor the "proper" titles. Stories referred to by a number of titles are: There are also debates about spellings as can be seen in "Crusade", "Galaxy 4" and "The Daleks' Master Plan" . Many thanks to Tim Roll-Pickering for providing a great deal of this information. Serial A: "An Unearthly Child" (common title) "100,000 B.C." (proper title) "The Tribe of Gum" (once commonly used, now becoming obsolete) Serial B: "The Daleks" (common title) "The Mutants" (proper title -- not used to avoid confusion with the Pertwee story of the same name) "The Dead Planet" (title of the first episode, occasionally used to refer to the whole story) Serial C: "The Edge of Destruction" (common title) "Inside the Spaceship" (proper title) "Beyond the Sun" (actually a working title for the first episode of Serial B, confused with Serial C due to BBC documentation) Serial D: "Marco Polo" (title) "A Journey to Cathay" (working title) Serial E: "The Keys of Marinus" (title) "The Sea of Death" (first episode title) Serial G: "The Sensorites" (title) "Strangers in Space" (first episode title) Serial H: "The Reign of Terror" (title) "The French Revolution" (Radio Times article title) Serial K: "The Dalek Invasion of Earth" (title) "World's End" (first episode title) Serial N: "The Web Planet" (title) "The Zarbi" (novelization title) Serial P: "The Crusade" (title) "The Crusaders" (novelization title) "The Crusades" (common misspelling) Serial T: "Galaxy 4", "Galaxy Four" Serial DC (aka Serial T/A, Ta, T): "Mission to the Unknown" (generally accepted correct title) "Dalek Cutaway: Mission to the Unknown" (another title) Serial U: "The Myth Makers" (title) "The Trojan War" (working title, Radio Times article title) Serial W: "The Massacre" (common title) "The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve" (proper title) Serial X: "The Ark" (title) "The Space Ark" (Radio Times article title) Serial Z: "The Gunfighters" (title) "The Gunfighter" (used for a compilation sold in 1980s) "A Holliday for the Doctor" (first episode title) Serial BBB: "The Silurians" (common title) "Doctor Who and the Silurians" (proper title, albeit an accident by the production staff, this is used most often nowadays) Serial WWW: "Invasion of the Dinosaurs" (title) "Invasion" (first episode title only) Trial of a Time Lord (Season 23) Individual stories and episodes are referred to in a variety of ways including Trial episodes (or parts) 1-14 (counting each individual segment), or episodes 1-4 (counting only the story arcs, "Mysterious Planet", "Mindwarp", etc.) Individually: 7A: "The Mysterious Planet" (working title) 7B: "Mindwarp" (working title) 7C1: (parts 9-12), "Terror of the Vervoids" (title) "The Ultimate Foe" (working title) "The Vervoids" (working title) 7C2: (parts 13-14) "The Ultimate Foe" (title) "Time Inc" (working title) The Paul McGann Movie "Enemy Within" (name given by Philip Segal, producer) "The Enemy Within", "TV Movie", "Doctor Who: The Movie", "The Return of Doctor Who", "McGann film", "US Telemovie with the Pertwee logo" - (various ways of referring to it) =========================================================================== FAQ Item 5.8 - Is Susan REALLY the Doctor's granddaughter? Despite having no legitimate evidence to support their arguments, many fans profess the belief that Susan is not really the Doctor's (biological) granddaughter. Like the question of whether the Monk, Master and War Chief are really the same Time Lord, there is nothing in the series itself to make us think that Susan is not the Doctor's granddaughter. Indeed, the Doctor makes reference to having a "family" in both "The Tomb of the Cybermen" and "The Curse of Fenric". However, it has never been conclusively stated that Susan _is_ the Doctor's granddaughter either, so these fans are not necessarily completely out in left field. Some of the recent Doctor Who novellizations have more details about the Doctor's background and family, but since they aren't part of the TV show, some fans don't consider these as valid. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 5.9 Is there a Pink Floyd song that sounds like the Doctor Who theme music? Yes there are. One version can be found in "One Of These Days" which is on the album "Meddle". You should also check out the albums "Delicate Sound of Thunder", and "Animals". ======================================================================== FAQ Item 5.10 What is Romana's full name? Romanadvoratrelundar. ======================================================================== FAQ Item 5.11 Did John Byrne, writer for such comics as X-Men, Fantastic Four and She-Hulk, ever work on Doctor Who? No - there is writer for the show named Johnny Byrne, who wrote "Keeper of Traken", "Arc of Infinity" and "Warriors of the Deep". This is an entirely different person. No known relation. Though John Byrne has not worked on Doctor Who, he has included some Doctor Who items in his comic book work. There are instances of Daleks and other items appearing. ========================================================================= FAQ Item 5.12 Is that Tom Baker? Well, maybe. People think that Tom Baker made a cameo appearance in a music video "Don't Pay the Ferryman" by Chris DeBerg. He did not. However Tom Baker did a bit on an album by the English rock group Mansun. The album is called Six and the song is "Witness to a Murder (Part Two)". In several episodes of the "Simpsons", a cartoon version of Tom Baker appears - doesn't say anything, but is clearly seen. This is the episode known as "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming", and has the evil Sideshow Bob threatening to blow up a bomb if all television broadcasts don't cease. Episode number 3F08 (seventh season). He is also seen briefly at the Bi-mon-sci-fi-con signing autographs (with early Baker era logo and Tardis). This is the episode where Homer becomes a bodyguard ("Mayored to the Mob", number AABF05, 10th season). And most recently he was in the 10th Halloween special episode (the one featuring "The Collector" and Lucy (Xena) Lawless). One of the actors on "Dead Ringers" does an excellent voice impersonation of Tom Baker, so again, no, that's not the real Tom Baker. ========================================================================= FAQ Item 5.13 - Just who is the Master and what relation does he have with the Doctor? There has been a lot of speculation about the Master, particularly as to whether he was another character or character in the series. Is he the Meddling Monk (from the "Time Meddler" and "Daleks Masterplan")? The Meddling Monk is a Time Lord, and had interfered with history on the Earth, but doesn't seem all that "evil", though of course a Time Lord's personality does change with regeneration. Not a likely early version of the Master? Is he the War Chief (from "War Games")? He is involved in some rather nasty stuff and does kill someone, but his inferior technology doesn't really go with the Master's who is more of a contemporary of the Doctor. There is the rather strange aspect that the War Chief is "killed" and didn't, apparently, regenerate like a regular Time Lord. Is he the Valeyard? Not likely since the Valeyard is part of the Doctor, from his future regenerations. And the Master helped the Doctor defeat the Valeyard, so that doesn't make sense (of course trying to make sense of a lot of Doctor Who doesn't make sense either). Is he a future version of the Doctor? Since he seems to be more of a contemporary persona rather than a future persona, this idea isn't likely, though some fans like to speculate on the possibility. There have been some ideas bandied about that the Master could be the 13 and greater personas that the Doctor has, since those would be beyond the normal run of regenerations. But again, no "evidence" for this is present. Is he a relative of the Doctor? This is a possibility and gives a whole new twist to the idea. He could be the Doctor's brother, son, father, cousin, uncle, 4th cousin 3 times removed, etc., but there is no evidence for this one way or another. Just a bunch of speculation. There is also the question about the Rani's relation to the Doctor, and the Master, but that is even harder to nail down, since there is less information about her. ========================================================================= FAQ Item 5.14 - What fonts are used in the title sequences? See the FAQ item below from the Restoration Team's Forum. http://www.btinternet.com/~iant.williams/rtfaq/faqpage.html#1.21 ========================================================================= End of FAQ Part 1. Other FAQs are available at http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/homepage.html#FAQ