Happy Birthday Anthony
Anthony is no stranger
to Doctor Who having appeared in the series as the Headmaster in ‘School
Reunion’ when the teachers really did sleep in the school, as the Krillitane. It was down to the 10th Doctor and
his companions Sarah Jane Smith, Rose Tyler and Mickey Smith with the help of
K-9 to save the day.
Did
you know on this day in 2008 Torchwood Episode 7: Dead Man Walking was broadcast. It was Season
2 and starred John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Naoko Mori and Burn Gorman and
Gareth David-Lloyd. Freema Agyeman also
starred in this episode as Doctor Martha Jones.
It was written by Matt Jones and Directed by Andy Goddard. It featured
Paul Kasey as weevil, Skye Bennett as tarot girl and Kai Owen as Rhys.
Owen had been killed in
the previous episode and now lay on the slab in the mortuary about to undergo
an autopsy by Dr. Martha Jones when Jack called for her to halt proceedings, to
do nothing till he returned. After
meeting with a mysterious girl, a fortune teller who shows Jack a card with his
face on, he returns from the abandoned church where the weevils call home with
a small wooden chest. Jack brings back
Owen with the second resurrection glove only this time he brings more than Owen
and the team have to race to stop Death taking 13 souls in order to remain on
Earth.
Also on this day in 1965, The Web Planet, Episode 2: The
Zarbi was broadcast. It was Season 2 and starred William Hartnell
as the First Doctor, with companions Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki.
It also featured Martin Jarvis as Hilio.
It was written by Bill Strutton and Directed by Richard Martin.
The Tardis lands on
Vortis a planet where ant like Zarbi and butterfly like Menoptra used to live,
however an evil force known as the Animus gained control of the planet using
the Zarbi against its neighbour, forcing the Menoptra to leave the planet. When
the Doctor and his companions discover this, they resolve to save the planet
from the Animus.
In
1971, Episode 4 of The Mind of Evil
was broadcast. It was Season 8 and Jon Pertwee was the Doctor
with Jo Manning his companion and the UNIT team. Roger Delgado also starred in this series as
Keller/The Master and Michael Sheard played Summers.
The story was written by
Don Houghton and Directed by Timothy Combe.
The Master plans on
destroying peace talks by using the Thunderbolt Missile, containing a deadly
nerve gas, by using prisoners from Stangmoor Prison.
Others
from the Whovian world celebrating their birthday today are Lauren Ambrose, 36, who played Jilly
Kitzinger in Torchwood’s Miracle Day series and Aniji Mohindra, 24, who played
Rani in Sarah Jane Adventures.
Picture
and resource
M. Campbell. (2000). The
Pocket Essential Doctor Who.
