Saturday 12 March 2022

On This Day... 12th March

 
The second episode of The Ark was The Plague, and it made its debut today in 1966.
In 1977, The Talons of Weng-Chiang reached its mid-point with Part Three.
During the period when Doctor Who was off the air, it was not forgotten. A certain sitcom writer named Steven Moffat, known to be a fan of the series, was given the opportunity to write a comic adventure which would form part of the 1999 Comic Relief night. He came up with The Curse of Fatal Death, which featured Rowan Atkinson as a ninth incarnation of the Doctor, with Jonathan Pryce as the Master and Julia Sawalha as his companion. Daleks featured as well - voiced for the final time by Roy Skelton.
The Doctor regenerated into other guest stars - Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent and Richard E Grant, before settling on the first ever female Doctor - Joanna Lumley.
Finally, in 2008, Torchwood's second series delivered From Out Of The Rain, which was written by Sapphire & Steel's PJ Hammond and featured Julian Bleach (the new Davros) as the creepy Ghostmaker.

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