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We
have now entered into the final of our three Doctor Who sidesteps “The Last of
the Time Lords” where we find our hero, Captain Jack Harkness, tied up on the
Valiant (don’t think he’s enjoying it though), along with the good Doctor, who
has been aged by the Master. Meanwhile Martha is traveling the earth sharing a
secret on how to defeat the Master.
So
what do we have for issue 17 of ‘Doctor Who and Torchwood Connections’? In this
issue it’s all about the people rather than objects or places. Firstly we have
a shared crew member, Mike Hopkins and then we have not one but two actors who
have appeared in both shows. Toclafane voice Zoe Thorne and the boy who looked
into the Untempered Schism and lost it, William Hughes.
And
one final add on. I don’t normally do four, but whilst looking up something
else, I made a discovery. So I’ll make an exception and we’ll also look at the
connection between the Valiant and Torchwood!
Mike Hopkins - Film
Editor
Doctor Who
Mike
has been the film editor for numerous episodes of Doctor Who, as well as for
The Sarah Jane Adventures.
His
other work for the series has also included 4 episodes of Doctor Who: The
Doctors Revisited which was a short TV Mini-Series documentary. These were
made to help celebrate the 50th anniversary and were mostly shown in the US.
The Eleventh
Doctor (2013) - off-line editor
The Seventh
Doctor (2013) - off-line editor
The Sixth Doctor
(2013) -
off-line editor
The Fourth
Doctor (2013) - off-line editor
Torchwood
Mike
has done the film editing for four of the episodes of Torchwood. They are:
Greeks Bearing
Gifts (2006)
Ghost Machine
(2006)
Meat (2008)
Sleeper
(2008)
Zoe Thorne
Doctor Who
And
as you can see by my previous note, she was one of three voice actors used for
the Toclafane in the last two episodes of the season 29/3’s three part story, ‘The Sound of Drums’
and ‘the Last of the Time Lords.’ The other two voice actors were Gerard Logan
and Johnnie Lyne-Pirkis.
She
was also the voice of The Gelth in the season 27/1 episode ‘The Unquiet Dead’.
Torchwood
As
I was watching the Doctor Who episode ‘The Sound of Drums’ the female voice of
the Toclafane sounded familiar. So I had a look and I was right!
Zoe
was the voice of the nasty fairies in the 2006 episode ‘Small Worlds’
William Hughes
Doctor Who
William
is the young actor who played the equally young master of only 8 years of age.
Though he said nothing he did a whole lot of stuff with his eyes, showing fear
and the start of madness as the boy Master is forced to look into the Untempered
Schism. Maybe he should have done what the Doctor did...Run away!
Torchwood
In
season 02 of Torchwood (which we shall be making a start on in the next issue
of Project: Torchwood), William played a boy in the episode ‘Sleeper.’ In the
cast list his character is only referred to as ‘boy, but when you watch the
episode his characters name is actually Alex Grainger. How odd that’s he’s not
listed as that.
The Valiant
Doctor Who
A
large Earth-bound aircraft carrier that was used by UNIT and appeared in season
29/3 in the episodes “The Sound of Drums” and “The Last of the Timelords.”
The
Valiant was said to have been designed by Harold Saxon aka the Master who was
then the minister of defence.
Torchwood
The
interior of the Valiant was detailed and intricate. If when you watched the
second season of Torchwood and looked at the boardroom walls thinking, ‘Haven’t
I seen you somewhere before?’ Well you have as it’s the walls that were part of
the interiors of the Valiant, which were reworked and used to create the new
boardroom.
Bibliography
Books:
Torchwood:
The Encyclopedia by Gary Russell
Doctor
Who: The Encyclopedia A Definitive Guide to Time and Space
by
Gary Russell
Doctor
Who - A History of the Universe in 100 Objects
by
James Goss and Steve Tribe
Web Sites:
Doctor
Who Items
TARDIS
Data Core
IMDBs:
Mike
Hopkins
Zoe
Thorne
William
Hughes
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