Post by Lucy of Ravenscar on Jan 12, 2023 15:33:34 GMT
The programme: Doctor Who - Resurrection of the Daleks parts 1-2
The date: Thursday 12th January 2023
The time: 8.15pm (GMT)
The place: right here!
A time corridor forces the Doctor to the London docklands on present-day Earth where a bomb squad watches over some strange, alien canisters. At the other end, a battle cruiser launches an assault on a prison space station that holds just one prisoner - Davros, creator of the Daleks.
This 1984 story features Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, along with companions Tegan and Turlough. You can also spot lots of familiar faces: Rula Lenska (RoS!) - Leslie Grantham (Eastenders!), Rodney Bewes (Likely Lads!), Maurice Colbourne (Howard's Way!) and Chloe Ashcroft (Play School!). It also features Terry Molloy as Davros, who played several parts (Prior/ Old Prisoner/ Priest) in Knights of the Apocalypse.
Here are a few interesting facts from Tardis Wiki (tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Resurrection_of_the_Daleks_(TV_story):
-This story has an unusually high body count, even for Doctor Who, at 76.
-As with most of his other acting work after The Likely Lads (1964-66) and its sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973-74), Rodney Bewes took the role of Stien mostly just to pay his bills, as his former co-star James Bolam was refusing to allow the BBC to broadcast reruns of either series due to a royalties dispute. In his later years, Bewes joked that the royalties he got from this story — and the 1976 movie The Likely Lads, whose rights Bolam had less control over — were mostly what kept food on his table until Bolam eventually relented and allowed for repeats and VHS releases of the shows.
-Davros's new mask, sculpted by Stan Mitchell, was nicknamed "Ena Sharples" by the production team due to its perceived similarity to the legendary Coronation Street character.
-Leslie Grantham went on to play the notorious "Dirty" Den Watts in EastEnders, again being cast on the recommendation of Matthew Robinson. Following Den's return to the soap opera in 2004, the character addressed another character, a temporarily wheelchair-bound Ian Beale, as "Davros"; and encountered a police officer named "Kiston".
You can watch the episodes on Dailymotion: www.dailymotion.com/search/resurrection%20of%20the%20daleks/videos
The date: Thursday 12th January 2023
The time: 8.15pm (GMT)
The place: right here!
A time corridor forces the Doctor to the London docklands on present-day Earth where a bomb squad watches over some strange, alien canisters. At the other end, a battle cruiser launches an assault on a prison space station that holds just one prisoner - Davros, creator of the Daleks.
This 1984 story features Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, along with companions Tegan and Turlough. You can also spot lots of familiar faces: Rula Lenska (RoS!) - Leslie Grantham (Eastenders!), Rodney Bewes (Likely Lads!), Maurice Colbourne (Howard's Way!) and Chloe Ashcroft (Play School!). It also features Terry Molloy as Davros, who played several parts (Prior/ Old Prisoner/ Priest) in Knights of the Apocalypse.
Here are a few interesting facts from Tardis Wiki (tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Resurrection_of_the_Daleks_(TV_story):
-This story has an unusually high body count, even for Doctor Who, at 76.
-As with most of his other acting work after The Likely Lads (1964-66) and its sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973-74), Rodney Bewes took the role of Stien mostly just to pay his bills, as his former co-star James Bolam was refusing to allow the BBC to broadcast reruns of either series due to a royalties dispute. In his later years, Bewes joked that the royalties he got from this story — and the 1976 movie The Likely Lads, whose rights Bolam had less control over — were mostly what kept food on his table until Bolam eventually relented and allowed for repeats and VHS releases of the shows.
-Davros's new mask, sculpted by Stan Mitchell, was nicknamed "Ena Sharples" by the production team due to its perceived similarity to the legendary Coronation Street character.
-Leslie Grantham went on to play the notorious "Dirty" Den Watts in EastEnders, again being cast on the recommendation of Matthew Robinson. Following Den's return to the soap opera in 2004, the character addressed another character, a temporarily wheelchair-bound Ian Beale, as "Davros"; and encountered a police officer named "Kiston".
You can watch the episodes on Dailymotion: www.dailymotion.com/search/resurrection%20of%20the%20daleks/videos