Honor Blackman (born 22 August 1925) is an English actress, who is perhaps best known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers and as Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger. In 1986, she had a role as Professor Lasky in Terror of the Vervoids.
Sunday 31 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - Honor Blackman
Honor Blackman (born 22 August 1925) is an English actress, who is perhaps best known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers and as Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger. In 1986, she had a role as Professor Lasky in Terror of the Vervoids.
Saturday 30 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - Jeff Stewart
Jeff Stewart (born 28 October 1955) is a Scottish actor probably best known as PC Reg Hollis in the ITV drama The Bill. In 1982 he played Dukkha in the Doctor Who story "Kinda".
Friday 29 May 2009
Doctor Who's new companion
Karen Gillan will play the companion to Matt Smith's Doctor when he takes over from David Tennant later this year.
Celebrity Appearances - John Savident
John Savident (born 21st January 1938) played the Squire in The Visitation (1982).
Thursday 28 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - Beryl Reid
Beryl Reid (17th June 1920-13th October 1996) played Captain Briggs in Earthshock (1982).
Wednesday 27 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - Ingrid Pitt
Ingrid Pitt (born 21st November 1937) played Galleia in The Time Monster and Solow in Warriors of the Deep. She also co-authored a script for an unproduced story titled The Macros with her husband, Tony Rudlin.
Tuesday 26 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - Rula Lenska
Rula Lenska (born 30th September 1947) played Styles in Resurrection of the Daleks (1984).
Monday 25 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - Nerys Hughes
Nerys Hughes (born 8th November 1941) played Todd in "Kinda" (1982) and Brenda Williams in "Something Borrowed" (Torchwood). She also voiced Eris in "Phobos" (Audio Drama).
Sunday 24 May 2009
Saturday 23 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - Leslie Grantham
Leslie Grantham (born 30th April 1947) played Kiston in Resurrection of the Daleks.
Friday 22 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - Martin Clunes
Martin Clunes made an early TV appearance in the episode "Snakedance".
Thursday 21 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - Derek Martin
Derek Martin appears as David Mitchell in the 1977 episode "Image of the fendahl"
Wednesday 20 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - Janet Ellis
Janet Ellis' big break came in 1979, when she played Teka in the Doctor Who story The Horns of Nimon.
Tuesday 19 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - John Cleese
John Cleese (born 27th October 1939) played an art gallery visitor in City of Death, written by Douglas Adams
Monday 18 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - John Challis
John Challis (born 16th August 1942) played Scorby in The Seeds of Doom.
Sunday 17 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - Helen Worth
Helen Worth (born 7th January 1951) played Mary Ashe in Colony in Space. Wouldn't have needed any special make-up.
Saturday 16 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - Geoffrey Palmer
Geoffrey Palmer has played three Doctor Who characters - in 1970, 1972 and 2007 - and they have all come to horrible ends.
Friday 15 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - Matthew Corbett
Known as the Presenter of The Sooty Show, Matthew Corbett appeared in the 1971 Doctor Who serial The Dæmons.
Thursday 14 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - June Brown
June Brown (born 16th February 1927) played Lady Eleanor in The Time Warrior. Outside of Doctor Who, she is probably best known for playing Dot in EastEnders.
Wednesday 13 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - Leslie Schofield
Leslie Schofield played Leroy in The War Games and Caleb in The Face of Evil.
Tuesday 12 May 2009
Lily Allen wants to become Doctor Who's assistant
Lily Allen thinks she'd be ideal to assume the role when Matt Smith takes on the role of the Doctor in the eponymous BBC drama next year. Lily said she thinks she can bring an "edge" to the part and would be a perfect fit as at 24, Matt is only two years older than her. Lily told Britain's New Magazine: "Oh yeah, I have my eye on that project. I'm a massive fan of 'Doctor Who', and me and Matt are in the same age bracket, so it would look far better if they had someone like me."
Celebrity Appearances - Michael Sheard
Michael Sheard (18 June, 1938 – 31 August, 2005) starred in various series of Doctor Who from 1963-88 - The Ark (as Rhos), The Mind of Evil (as Dr. Roland Summers), Pyramids of Mars (as Laurence Scarman), The Invisible Enemy (as Lowe), Castrovalva (as Mergrave) and Remembrance of the Daleks (as Headmaster)
Monday 11 May 2009
Celebrity Appearances - Bryan Mosley
Bryan Mosley (25th August 1931-9th February 1999) played both a Prop Man and Malpha in The Daleks' Master Plan. In the former role, he was credited as Buddy.
Sunday 10 May 2009
The Optera
The Optera resembled humanoid woodlice, with a heavy carapace and six arms. They moved by hopping. They had large eyes, sensitive to the light and ring of tendrils around their head.
The Optera were a primitive culture, with no advanced technology. They feared the Animus, who they called Pwodarauk, as well as anything from the surface world and light. They worshipped the Monoptera as gods and painted their images on the walls.
Much of their language was metaphorical or poetic in basis. For example, the walls were "silent walls", to dig was to "open mouths" and acid was the "water that killed"
When the Animus came to Vortis, most of the Menoptera left the planet, but some stayed behind. They moved underground, eventually losing their wings and gaining the characteristics necessary for subterranean life.
Many years after this, Ian and Vrestin were being chased by the Zarbi when they fell into a cave. They were captured by the Optera, who planned to kill them, but when they realized that Vrestin was a Monoptera, they agreed to help them. Hetra, leader of the Optera, led them to the centre of the Carsinome, though Nemini gave her life to block an acid flow. When the Animus were defeated, the Optera joined the Menoptera on the surface, hoping to regain their wings.
