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Ghost Light is the second serial of the 26th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three weekly parts on BBC1 from 4 to 18 October 1989. Set in a mansion house in Perivale in 1883, Josiah Smith ( Ian Hogg ), a cataloguer of life forms from another planet, seeks to assassinate Queen ...
The series four two-part finale saw numerous cast members return including Piper, Barrowman, Agyeman, Sladen, and Leeson, [31] while also featuring the departure of Tate. [32] Tennant decided to leave the role following a series of specials [ 33 ] which featured David Morrissey , Michelle Ryan , and Lindsay Duncan as one-time companions in ...
The 26th season of Doctor Who premiered on 6 September 1989 with the serial "Battlefield," and consisted of four serials, ending with "Survival," which was the final episode of Doctor Who for over 15 years, until the show was revived in 2005. John Nathan-Turner produced the series, with Andrew Cartmel script editing.
The Doctor is usually accompanied in his travels by one to three companions (sometimes called assistants). These characters provide a surrogate with whom the audience can identify, and further the story by asking questions and getting into trouble, (similar to Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.)
A still from the 1964 Doctor Who episode ‘The Aztecs’, starring from left to right: John Ringham, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, William Hartnell and Keith Pyott (Moore/Fox Photos/Getty)
Fourteen actors have portrayed The Doctor in a leading role in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The series' protagonist , the Doctor is an extraterrestrial Time Lord . The transition to each succeeding actor is explained within the narrative through the plot device of regeneration , which allows Time Lords a change of ...
Elisabeth Clara Heath-Sladen [2] (1 February 1946 [3] – 19 April 2011) [4] was an English actress. She became best known as Sarah Jane Smith in the British television series Doctor Who, appearing as a regular cast member from 1973 to 1976, alongside both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, and reprising the role many times in subsequent decades, both on Doctor Who and its spin-offs, K-9 and Company ...
Freema Agyeman (/ ˈ f r iː m ə ˈ æ dʒ ɪ m ən /; [1] born Frema Agyeman; 20 March 1979) [2] [failed verification] is an English actress. She rose to fame with her role as the Doctor's companion Martha Jones in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2007–2010) and its spin-off Torchwood (2008), and received further recognition for playing Crown Prosecutor Alesha Phillips in the ITV ...