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Michael E . Briant Michael E . Briant direct ed several " Doctor Who " television stories . He had earlier been the uncredited production assistant on three television stories featuring William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton . He was invited to a meeting to view the new Cybermen costumes for " Revenge of the Cybermen " , and suggested the idea of them having inbuilt guns . This was incorporated into the design . ( INFO : " Revenge of the Cybermen " ) Briant had originally been an actor , working under the stage name Michael Tennant , as there was already a Michael Bryant registered with Equity . Having started using his own name as a director , Briant later added the initial " E " to avoid confusion with the aforementioned actor , after the pair apparently began receiving each other ' s mail . He also provided several voices on the serials he directed . He provided the voice of the IMC console in " Colony in Space " ( DWM 238 ) , a DJ in " The Sea Devils " ( DWM 192 ) and a Nerva Beacon console in " Revenge of the Cybermen " . ( DWM 297 ) He is married to Monique Briant , who had uncredited roles in several " Doctor Who " episodes .
Space / time conduit A space / time conduit was an access point for either time or the time vortex . It had the appearance of a mass of grey sky , the very matter of time . The ancestors of the Chronovore s created the Darkheart as a space / time conduit , which was capable of sending time energy to any point in space or time . They constructed this from dwarf star alloy from a neutron star , shaping the alloy into a planet near the star , the mass being divided by a dimensional bridge . This prevented the star from collapsing into a black hole . ( PROSE : " The Dark Path " )
Alan Willow Alan Willow was an illustrator on Target novelisation s of " Doctor Who " stories , for which he provided interior black and white illustrations , though not the cover art . Outside of Doctor Who , his work has also included comic and cover art for TV21 & Joe 90 for both their Gerry Anderson and " Star Trek " comics .
Sheila Sheila has several meanings pertinent to the " Doctor Who " universe and the real world . They are listed below in alphabetical order by surname . If no surname is available , alphabetization occurs by the disambiguation term — that is , the bit between the parentheses in a title like Waitress ( Random Shoes ) .
Eliza Applewhite Eliza Applewhite was the sister of Maria Applewhite and Daniel Applewhite . She invited Melanie Bush and the Sixth Doctor to her home . She said that she had sore eyes , and said it had been a long time since they had visitors . She said she heard ghosts , and took delight in destroying their souls . ( AUDIO : " The Wishing Beast " )
Ribosian Ribosians were a race of humanoid s native to Ribos . Externally , they appeared identical to human s . They were a relatively primitive species , hence they were not aware that life existed off their planet . Culture . The Ribosians had a vaguely medieval - Europe an culture . Possibly ruled by some sort of monarchy , Ribosians had crown jewels which were guarded by Shrivenzale s and Shrieve s in a relic - room and were greatly revered . The Shrieves performed a ceremonial opening of the relic - room each day , where they gave thanks " for the dawn of a new day , and the retreat of the night , and the powers of darkness " , and another locking it at night . Ribos had an elliptical orbit around its sun and only two seasons : Icetime and Suntime . Each lasted approximately thirty - two Levithia n years ; the Ribosians believed the Ice Gods and Sun Gods were fighting for control of the world . The Ice Gods were believed to live in the catacombs beneath Shur , along with the dead . They believed Ribos was flat and if they walked far enough they would fall off . They also believed the star s were ice crystals and there were no other planet s . Binro the Heretic was tortured for suggesting otherwise . The Ribosians also believed in the Seeker , a woman who appeared to have clairvoyant powers . ( TV : " The Ribos Operation " ) Technology . Though they generally used simple weaponry like spears , and had yet to invent the telescope , the Ribosians invented a type of cannon and used a type of currency called Opek s . The room housing the crown jewels was lit by " domes " , which could be lit and extinguished by a ceremonial eagle - topped staff kept by the Shrieve captain . ( TV : " The Ribos Operation " )
George Patrick Barnham George Patrick Barnham was an inmate of Stangmoor Prison . He was the first at the prison to be subjected to the Keller Machine , which extracted all the negative impulses from his brain . Due to this , his presence acted as a dampener on the machine . Working with the Third Doctor and Jo Grant , Barnham brought the machine to the site of the Thunderbolt rocket , which incapacitated and allowed the Doctor to fix the missile ' s abort mechanism and stop its launch . Barnham sat near the machine , allowing the Master to escape in a police van , and fatally running over Barnham . ( TV : " The Mind of Evil " )
Earth cruiser captain The Earth cruiser captain was the ranking officer of Earth Empire battle cruiser " X - 29 " . He apprehended the Third Doctor and the Draconian prince who were in the Earth police ship , " 2390 " , which had earlier been stolen by . When the Doctor tried to convince the captain to go after the Master , who was fleeing the vicinity in a different vessel , the captain refused . Instead , he brought the Doctor and the Prince back to Earth , to let Earth Security deal with them . ( TV : " Frontier in Space " ) Behind the scenes . This character was only seen on a flickering viewscreen .
Aaron Crossland Aaron Crossland was a tech entrepreneur who established the think - tank known as The Key . The Key eventually closed down , leaving Crossland desperate . He was contacted by the Reach , an alien creature who broke through a fissure in time and space into London . The Reach took control of Crossland , and created a trap for the Tenth Doctor , to use his emotions and experiences to create a feedback wave that would wipe out the Reach ' s species . Their plan was almost successful , but the Tenth Doctor , along with the help of Gabby Gonzalez and the Reach ' s species , interfered . As the Reach was about to kill the Doctor and Gabby , the Doctor told Crossland that half of London would be destroyed in the feedback wave . He convinced Crossland to regain control of himself , and Crossland threw himself at the Reach , severing the dimensional link and causing an explosion that killed them both . ( COMIC : " Revolving Doors " )
Council of State Council of State was a governing body aimed to replace King Charles I . John Thurloe considered it necessary to replace the king with a collective body to avoid the accusations of the Leveller s that one king is simply being replaced with another . Others in Oliver Cromwell ' s close circle , including Henry Ireton , Thomas Culpeper and Cromwell ' s own daughter thought that a figurehead was needed to successfully rule the land . In December 1648 , preparing the trial of the king , Cromwell was undecided between these two options and sought advice from the Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon , who were posing as seers able to tell the future . ( PROSE : " The Roundheads " ) Behind the scenes . In real universe , the Council of State was established after the execution of Charles I , but was soon replaced by Cromwell as the Lord Protector .
Secateurs Secateurs was a type of scissors gardeners used on plants . The Eighth Doctor stored his secateurs in the TARDIS library under " B " for Capability Brown . He wanted to use them to extricate himself from a bramble bush . ( AUDIO : " The Witch from the Well " ) The parents of Max and Tommy Collins kept secateurs for work on their garden . ( PROSE : " Joyride " )
God Encompasses ( short story ) Summary . The end has come for the City of the Saved . A wave of all consuming unknowableness is consuming the City and nothing , not even the last stand of the combined might of all of humanity ' s armed forces , could stop it . Standing before it is Compassion , the last human descendant . Does she have a plan to succeed ? Obviously . . .
The Iron Legion ( graphic novel ) Publisher ' s summary . Collected comic strips from the pages of " Doctor Who Weekly " Enter a dimension where the robot centurians of the mighty Roman Empire travel from planet to planet , crushing all in their path – driven by cruel gods of greed , destruction and despair . . . Explore a world where feelings are a crime , where love is punishable by death , and where the Nervous , the Brave and the Half Daft must unite with their ' Great Emoter ' in a desperate fight for freedom . . . Visit an ordinary street in an ordinary town , but one where aliens lurk in the coal shed and the cabbage patch , where good and evil travel in disguise , and where your best hope of escape is the 5A bus . . . Travel to a future where the colonists of New Earth are under attack by the vicious Wereloks – but the ferocity of these beasts is as nothing beside the calculated cruelty of their masters . . . Discover a realm where a crazed criminal can reshape creation to her will , where the laws of time and space mean nothing , and where a simple request for a cup of tea could lead to the end of everything . . . Join the Doctor , that immortal traveller in time and space , on five of his wildest and wittiest comic strip adventures . The Time Lord ' s courage and ingenuity is all that stands against evil and oppression – even though he ' d happily swap it all for a bag of jelly babies and a week in Benidorm ! . . . Featuring work from the award - winning DAVE GIBBONS ( Watchmen ) , PAT MILLS and JOHN WAGNER ( Judge Dredd , Strontium Dog ) , and STEVE MOORE ( Abslom Daak ) , this special collection celebrates forty years of the Doctor Who comic strip !
Geiger counter A Geiger counter was a piece of technology involving radiation that made a ticking noise . The First Doctor considered it to be advanced technology . It included a needle on a scale that could reach a " danger point " . ( TV : " The Survivors " ) Human s used the technology . In 2013 , Kate Sherrin monitored the changes in radiation on the shoreline of Ambermouth using a geiger counter . ( AUDIO : " Eldrad Must Die ! " ) A Geiger counter was used on " Recovery 7 " when it was brought back to Space Control . It detected levels of radiation in the ship ' s interior which were so high that its setting was on maximum . ( TV : " The Ambassadors of Death " ) The First Doctor had such a device , but it broke during his first travel with Ian and Barbara . ( TV : " An Unearthly Child " ) The Dalek s made use of one , and the Doctor , Susan Foreman and Ian once encountered it on Skaro . It showed them the excess radiation there , which resulted in a jungle being turned to stone , the soil becoming barren , and sickness among the three . ( TV : " The Survivors " ) The equipment of the soldiers of the Combined Galactic Resistance was provided with such technology . It helped to diagnose a radiation leak as the cause of malfunctioning of a Dalek . ( TV : " Into the Dalek " )
Sycorax chief ( Harvest of the Sycorax ) A Sycorax chief was the leader of the Sycorax that invaded the Blood Bank . He wanted a key to get into the Bank as it contained samples of blood for every human . ( AUDIO : " Harvest of the Sycorax " )
Kuresh Kuresh was a Turkish farmer . He and his friend Ahadi claimed to know the location of Noah ' s Ark . James Edward Allen hired them as guides for his 2003 expedition to find it at Mount Ararat . When Major Raykal was killed , distrust grew between his soldier s and the farmers . Finally Kuresh attacked Mehmet Ozer , who shot him . ( PROSE : " Eternity Weeps " )
Bill Anderson Bill Anderson was a colonist on a human colony planet . The colonists collected the rain , a lifeform resembling water , and drank it , not knowing it was alive . In revenge for the humans killing its kind , the rain sliced through the colonists , killing twenty of them in the first downpour , and causing the others to run for the mine s . Downpours lasted for days at a time , not ending until at least one or two people were killed . The rain fell in what appeared to be funnels on the colonists ' shelters . Despite not being a fan of music , Bill was drawn out from his shelter into the rain by its melodic downpour , glassy - eyed , not looking at anything , and was killed in seconds . ( PROSE : " Pitter - Patter " )
Captain Jack Harkaway Captain Jack Harkaway was a fictional character whose adventures appeared in " The Ensign " , a boys ' magazine . They were written by the Master of the Land before coming to the Land of Fiction . ( TV : " The Mind Robber " )
Finney Finney was a burglar who tried to steal the Doctor ' s TARDIS and use it to break into banks . He posed as a scientist to case the Third Doctor ' s house . He went into the cellar , but was confronted by the Time Lord . When Finney tried to distract him with a smoke bomb , a fire started , forcing them to take refuge in the TARDIS . Upon dematerialising , the time / space craft was transported to Skaro by a time vector controlled by the Dalek s , who planned to turn the Doctor into a humanoid Dalek . After they escaped from the Dalek city , Finney aided the Doctor in using a herd of dinosaur - like creatures to destroy the Daleks . He was then returned to Earth in the TARDIS . ( COMIC : " The Planet of the Daleks " )
Floriosophon Fidestra Although known throughout the galaxy as the " Picnic Planet " , Floriosophon Fidestra , was not the ideal planet to go with a hamper in hand to visit the local flora and fauna . While rich in plant life , the planet was also home to what might seem at first to be " cute " overgrown , Koala - like creatures . These creatures , however , preyed on off - worlders and visitors , capturing them in primitive traps and taking them back to their village where they were cooked up in a giant pot and eaten . ( COMIC : " If You Go Down to the Woods Today " )
Ugly animal The ugly animal was of a cat - like species . It antagonised John , who quickly scared it off . Later , after John and Gillian had been captured by giant bird s , it and the First Doctor rescued them . After this , John decided never to be unkind to animal s again . ( COMIC : " Kingdom of the Animals " )
Tom Berkeley Tom Berkeley was a friend of Jack Canning . He had been a member of UNIT . He was a patient at Kenstone Hall . He was paralysed . Jo Grant was surprised to notice that Tom had recovered from his paralysis . She later learned that he had been possessed by the Nurazh . ( PROSE : " The Touch of the Nurazh " )
Hotel manager ( Superiority Complex ) The hotel manager of Cardiff Bay Intelligent Hotel and Spa was a Sorvix separatist . He believed that human s should be completely segregated from the Sorvix and did not value human life at all . However , humans attracted him sexually , as was evidenced by Orr developing quite prominent human female characteristics near him . When murders of hotel guests had begun , he started writing fake threats from a non - existing " Humans against the Sorvix " terrorist group to shift the blame from the hotel management . He was a natural suspect as he was the only one able to programme the intelligent hotel and see the CCTV footage . After his subterfuge was discovered by Torchwood Three , he was invited to an audience by Lady Dakar , which the Torchwood team considered a harsh but adequate punishment . ( AUDIO : " Superiority Complex " )
Amy Barker Amy Barker was the sister of Tony Barker . She had a horrible fear of insect s and spider s . While playing hide and seek in a commons in 1966 , Amy and Tony came across the unlocked TARDIS and decided to investigate , only to be locked inside . After the First Doctor returned and travelled to the Sense Sphere , Amy and her brother helped the Doctor to escape punishment by the Sensorite s for killing one of their revered Zilgan s . After escaping back to the TARDIS , the Doctor fed the children and returned them home . ( PROSE : " The Monsters from Earth " )
Punishment platoon A punishment platoon was a type of military unit in the service of Emperor Ludens Nimrod Kendrick Cord Longstaff XLI . Such platoons consisted of servicemen and women who were being disciplined ; they were not expected to see much combat on their tours . One punishment platoon was sent to the abandoned theme park , Hedgewick ' s World of Wonders , where they fought the revived Cybermen . The group ' s equipment included five hand pulse s , one anti - cyber gun and a planet imploding bomb . After the Eleventh Doctor arrived on the planet , he made Clara Oswald the platoon ' s leader . Most of the platoon was wiped out by the Cybermen , but at least four survived to be transmat ted to the Imperial Flagship . ( TV : " Nightmare in Silver " ) Behind the scenes . Two non - individualised members of the platoon , namely : medic and soldier , were used as playable characters in the " Doctor Who : Legacy " mobile game .
Sins of the Fathers ( audio story ) Sins of the Fathers was the fourth and final audio story in Big Finish Productions ' second series of " Counter - Measures " . Publisher ' s summary . When a massacre results from the ruins of an old case , it poses more questions than it answers . But with Sir Toby stonewalling , Gilmore and Rachel are forced to investigate alone . The past is catching up with Counter - Measures . With decades old secrets about to be revealed , can anyone survive the fallout ? Plot . " to be added "
Match of the Deity ( short story ) Match of the Day was the sixth story in the Bernice Summerfield anthology " Something Changed " . It was written by Eddie Robson . Summary . Doggles consoles Benny after the funeral for Jason . They meet up eight years later and rekindle their relationship . Continuity . " to be added "
Scottish Border Wars The Scottish Border Wars were a series of territory conflicts fought between Scotland and England in the mid - 15th century . In 1447 , a minor battle was fought in Alnwick which was won by a Scottish warlord . ( PROSE : " Iris at the V & A " )
Pearl Introduces Valencia ( documentary ) Pearl Introduces Valencia was a documentary detailing " Series 10 " . It was part of a of " Doctor Who " . Main subject . Pearl talks about filming of episode 2 " Smile " in Valencia in Spain and how it was like to film there .
The Paradox Planet ( audio story ) Publisher ' s summary . Whilst travelling in the vortex , the TARDIS is struck by an advanced war machine — a Time Tank ! Losing Romana , the Doctor and K9 pursue the Tank to Aoris , a world quite literally at war with itself . Soldiers from the future are attacking the past of their own planet — gathering resources and stealing endangered species . But the past is not without weapons of its own — leaving deadly devices ready to trigger many years ahead after their enemies have been born . Trapped at opposite ends of a temporal war , the Time Lord s have two time zones to save . But who is in the right , and who in the wrong ? And when history itself is against you , can anybody actually win ? Plot . Part one . " to be added " Part two . " to be added " Notes . " to be added "
Herik Lofanu Herik Lofanu a Nooma n male . He was afraid his friend Epreto was going to destroy the world , and planned to stop him . Epreto knew this , and had him tied up in the childforest , where he was killed by the carnivorous children . ( PROSE : " Speed of Flight " )
The Audio Scripts The Audio Scripts was the official release of four scripts from early in Big Finish ' s run of full - cast " Doctor Who " audios : " Loups - Garoux " , " The Holy Terror " , " The Fires of Vulcan " and " Neverland " . Publisher ' s summary . Since 1999 , Big Finish Productions have produced regular , fully - licensed ongoing audio adventures for the Doctor and his companions on CD . Each four - part story stars members of the original " Doctor Who " cast in brand - new adventures through time and space . Presented in this book are the original scripts for four of Big Finish ' s most popular plays , one per Doctor . From the new run of Fifth Doctor adventures starring Peter Davison comes " Loups - Garoux " , penned by Marc Platt who wrote the very last " Doctor Who " story made by BBC Television in 1989 . Colin Baker returned as the Sixth Doctor in " The Holy Terror " , by award - winning playwright Robert Shearman . Representing the Seventh Doctor , played once again by Sylvester McCoy , is " The Fires of Vulcan " by acclaimed novelist Steve Lyons . Rounding this collection off is " Neverland " , the most recent Eighth Doctor audio adventure featuring Paul McGann and authored by comic strip writer and editor Alan Barnes . The scripts reprinted herein include dialogue and sequences missing from the finished releases . A must for ever fan of the Doctor ' s timeless adventures !
Narucchio Narucchio was a worker on the planet Karris . Like the other Jaftee , she worshipped several different religions . She was in charge of managing the storerooms where " religious artefacts " were kept . She mistakenly named the Cult of Shining Darkness the Cult of Flaming Shadows . ( PROSE : " Shining Darkness " )
Revna Revna was Lord Procurator Huldah ' s personal assistant on Kirith . She was the older sister of Darien and Kareena . Secretly in love with , she was intensely jealous of his friendship with Ace and warned her to stay away from him . While spying on them , she overheard their plans to explore the forbidden harbours and reported this to Huldah . That night , when Raphael fled from the Panjistri laboratory where the Homunculus was kept , he told Revna what they had found there , but left angry when he realised it was she who had betrayed them . Later , when the Kirithons who had learned the truth stirred up unrest by cutting off the zavát and power supplies and spreading the truth to others , Revna manipulated the situation to make Huldah look incompetent . The Panjistri arrived , put down the uprising and killed Huldah for his failure , promoting Revna in his place . After the Panjistri and the Kirithons were forced to live together , the Seventh Doctor predicted that she wouldn ' t last long . ( PROSE : " " )