And for the last post in this year's blog-A-thon, the saddest one to present, the traditional look back at the people who helped create the Whoniverse for our enjoyment and who left this world in the past year....
WHOBITUARIES 2024
DAVID SOUL - Bob (Mission Control), “Death Comes To Time” - Episode 5
GEORGINA HALE - Daisy K., “The Happiness Patrol” E. 1-3
CLIFFORD NORGATE - Voice of the Nimon, “The Horns of Nimon” E. 1-4, Voice of the Generator, “The Leisure Hive” E. 2 & 3
NICK SPENDER (Illustrator of ‘Doctor Who’ novels by Target)
DAVID TWILLEY (Series Assistant Floor Manager)
LES CONRAD “Atmosphere Actor” in about 18 episodes
MICHAEL JAYSTON - The Valeyard, “Trial of a Time Lord” E. 1-14
PAUL NEARY (Comic book editor, illustrator) “Doctor Who Weekly” & Marvel’s “Doctor Who”
GEORGINE ANDERSON - May Cassini, “Gridlock”
PAMELA SALEM - Toos, “The Robots of Death E. 1-4” + Xoanon, “The Face of Evil E. 3”, Professor Rachel Jensen “Remembrance of the Daleks E. 1-4”
Big Finish Doctor Who:
Counter Measures: 27 stories (2012-20) — Rachel Jensen
Main Range: "1963: The Assassination Games" (2013) — Rachel Jensen
The Worlds of Doctor Who: "The Reesinger Process" (2014) — Rachel Jensen
The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Silent Scream" (2017) — Lorretta Waldorf
The Legacy of Time: "The Split Infinitive" (2019) — Rachel Jensen
JOHN SAVIDENT - The Squire, “The Visitation”, Pendle, “Order of the Daleks” [Podcast]
STUART ORGAN - Bazin, “Dragonfire” E. 1 & 3, Helgart Tevelar, Kenneth, Trooper, Docking, all in “The Seeds Of War”
RUSSELL BROOK - Schoolboy, “Mawdryn Undead” E. 1, Man-At-Arms, “The King’s Demons” E. 1 & 2, Seabase Crew, “Warriors of the Deep” E. 1-3, Soldier, “Caves of Androzani”, Attendant, “Revelation of the Daleks” E. 1, Lakertyan, Tetrap, Genius, “Time and the Rani” E. 1 & 4, Chimeron, “Delta and the Bannermen” E. 1
JOHN HOBBS (Production Assistant on “The Smugglers”)
ROGER NOEL COOK (Comic strip writer, illustrator & musician)
STUART LINDLEY (Cameraman for “Evil of the Daleks”, “Tomb of the Cybermen”, and “The Web of Fear”)
KAREN POOLMAN - Shopper, “Closing Time”, In-Law, “The Power of Three”, Passerby, “The Wedding of River Song”
CHRISTIAN RODSKA - Laan Carder, “Faith Stealer” + Reverend Small, “The Dead Shoes” [‘Hornet’s Nest’]
ANGHARAD WALSH (Make-up artist - “The Woman Who Fell To Earth”, “It Takes You Away”
CY TOWN - Dalek Operator (1973-1988)
ADRIAN SCHILLER - Uncle, “The Doctor’s Wife”, Maurice Le Bon, ‘Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures’ [S1, E5] “Fright Motif”, Zenith, ‘Doctor Who Adventures’ [S7, E3] “Time Works”
ROY BOYD - Driscoll, “The Hand of Fear”
JANET RADENKOVIC (Unit Manager) “Planet of Evil”, “Brain of Morbius”, “Android Invasion”, “Seeds of Doom”
BRIAN MCARDLE - Alan Weir, “Masters of Earth” (Big Finish)
IAN GELDER - Dekker, ‘Torchwood’ - “Children of Earth” (1-5), Count Dracula & Long John Silver, ‘Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures”, Remnants, “The Ghost Monument”, Zellin, “Can You Hear Me?”
COLIN FAY - Condo, “The Brain of Morbius”
DAVE OULD - Sea Devil, “Warriors of the Deep”, Walkman, “Silver Nemesis”
WILLIAM RUSSELL - Original Companion Ian Chesterton
JULIAN FORSYTH - Grei Potemic, “Rewind” (audio story)
JON-PAUL ROWDEN - Soldier, “Reflections” (audio story)
YSANNE CHURCHMAN - Alpha Centauri, “Curse of Peladon”, “Monster of Peladon”, “Empress of Mars”, and Lupton’s Spider, “Planet of the Spiders”
ROBERTA TAYLOR - Berengaria, “The Holy Terror”, Angela Wisher, “Cuddlesome”, Maid, “I Was Churchill’s Double”
IAN FROST - Baccu, “The Ark”, Draconian Messenger, “Frontier In Space”
BRETT JAMES - (3D Generalist - Graphic Design), “The God Complex”
JAMIE BAUGHAN - Father Dinsdale, “Ascension” (Audio Drama)
KEN LEDSHAM - (Designer) “The Ribos Operation”, “The King’s Demons”, “Destiny of the Daleks”
MARINA MARTIN - Drahvin One, “Galaxy 4”
LISA WESTCOTT (Makeup) “Black Orchid”
ROBERT SIDAWAY - Avon, “The Savages”, Captain Jimmy Turner, “The Invasion”
RICHARD MORRIS - (Designer) “Invasion of the Dinosaurs”
KENNETH COPE - Packard, “Warrior’s Gate”
NIGEL LAMBERT - Hardin, “The Leisure Hive”
GEOFFREY HINSLIFF - Jack Tyler, “Image of the Fendahl”, Fisk, “Nightmare of Eden”
DAVID GRAHAM - Charlie, “The Gunfighters”, Mechanoids “The Chase”, Professor Fyodor Nikolai Kerensky “City of Death”, Daleks “Mission To The Unknown”, “The Daleks”, “The Chase”, “The Daleks’ Master Plan”, plus Daleks in the movies “Doctor Who and The Daleks” & “Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD”
CLEO SYLVESTRE - Concubine, “The Crusade”, Minton “The Lower Road” & Beryl Finch “Dead Plates” (Audio Dramas)
RICHARDSON MORGAN - Corporal Blake “The Web of Fear”, Rogin “The Ark in Space”
ERNIE VINCZE - Most frequent Director of Photography (seen on “The Unquiet Dead” set)
SHEELAGH WELLS - (Makeup designer from “Christmas Invasion” to “Doomsday”
ANTONY CARRICK - Rossini “The Masque of Mandragora”
TIMOTHY WEST - Dr. Magnus Soames “House of Blue Fire”, Ronald Turvey “Cuddlesome”, Kai Tobias “Phobos” (All audio dramas. He was considered for the role of Didius in “The Romans”. I wish he did get cast in the TV series at some point.)
ARNOLD YARROW - Bellal, ‘Death To The Daleks’ Parts 2-4
DAVID A. MCINTEE - Writer of many ‘Doctor Who’ novels, short stories and audio plays
JOANNA TOPE - Tish “Serpent Crest” (Audio Drama)
MARTIN MUNCASTER - Tannoy Voice “Terminus”
HEATHER EMMANUEL - Tessa “The Android Invasion”
NICK HOBBS - Aggedor “Curse of Peladon” & “Monster of Peladon”, Wirrn Operator “The Ark In Space”, Mr. Nainby “Amy’s Choice”, Auton Daffodil Man “Terror of the Autons”, UNIT Driver “Claws of Axos”
ROBIN STUBBS - (Costume Assistant) “The Green Death” & “The Time Warrior”
JENNIFER CROXTON - Ludella “I, Davros” (Audio Drama) Note: The picture is from “The Avengers” but it has a kind of Whovian feel to it.
JULIA BURNETT - Technician “The Hand of Fear”
DIANA BROOKES - (Production Assistant) “Arc of Infinity”
DAVE JERVIS - (Video Effects for 14 stories)
I hope you enjoyed this year's "Who's On First".....
