Whoniversaries 27 November

i) births and deaths

27 November 1918: birth of Peter Tuddenham, who was the voice of the computer in Ark in Space (1975), the voice of the Mandragora Helix in The Masque of Mandragora (1976), and the voice of the Brain in Time and the Rani (1987). Blake’s 7 fans remember him also as Orac, Zen and Slave.

27 November 1935: birth of Verity Lambert, who was the very first producer of Doctor Who.

ii) broadcast anniversaries

27 November 1965: broadcast of “Devil’s Planet”, third episode of the story we nowcall The Daleks’ Master Plan. The Doctor, Steven, Katarina and Bret Vyon escape Kembel but land on the prison planet Desperus; as they take off again, a deranged convict holds Katarina captive.

27 November 1993: broadcast of second episode of Dimensions in Time, but we don’t talk about that.

27 November 2003: webcast of third episode of Scream of the Shalka. The Doctor confronts the Shalka, who fling him into their wormhole.

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  1. I think the last paragraph of the article just about saves it because it shows she’s kind of understanding that her children are people too. Although I’d love to see the reply article in 10-20 years time where the kids are all “Mum tried, bless her, but there’s so many things she didn’t understand, not coming from Belgium.”

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