#terry nation

[science70]

Screenwriter Terry Nation at his home with some Daleks, 1973.

Photography: Allan Ballard

#science fiction #photography #photojournalism #Terry Nation #Doctor Who #Daleks #Radio Times #UK #1973

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Paul Darrow and Glynis Barber - Blake's 7 (1981)

#paul darrow #glynis barber #blake's 7 #80s sci-fi #kerr avon #soolin #terry nation #british sci-fi #80s tv series #1980s #1981

[thethirdromana]

Rewatching The Dalek Invasion of Earth

Is this the first moment when we get a glimpse of how long this series could go on for? The seed of the idea that the main cast could and would come and go? Obviously it's nowhere near as significant as the Tenth Planet, but it still feels like the start of something.

Also, it's bloody good.

My thoughts:

DO NOT DUMP BODIES IN THE RIVER would be a lovely, sinister bit of environmental storytelling if they didn't focus on it quite so much. But probably that would have been a bit more subtle on a smaller, fuzzier TV screen.

"What do you do?" "I eat" is an amazing Susan moment that gives an insight into how great her characterisation could have been.

I'm struck by the practicality of "What I need is an acetylene torch". Ian knows how to deal with Daleks and metal girders alike.

Ian is, incidentally, very hot in this.

The whole storyline is staggeringly bleak. You can feel the shadow of WW2 and the Cold War hanging over it all. When they do this kind of thing to Earth in modern Doctor Who (see: the Last of the Time Lords) it gets magically reversed, but I guess they were made of sterner stuff in the 60s.

So much of the hope in this rests on Susan's excitement to rebuild the planet, and Carole Ann Ford sells it perfectly.

Barbara driving a van into a Dalek is fabulous. Her attempt to bamboozle the Daleks with a fake plot is great. And I appreciate the way her hair gets steadily more dishevelled as this story goes on. I think this might be all three companions at their best.

It's a Terry Nation story, and there's a countdown, down your drinks.

The incidental music in episode six is fab.

Susan is definitely too young to be getting married, and the ending is distressingly melancholy for what should, I think, be a moment of hope and excitement. It feels like the focus is the viewers' and the Doctor's feelings about leaving Susan behind, and not the joy at her getting to start a new life.

But she and David are genuinely cute together. Good luck, kids.

#doctor who #classic doctor who #terry nation #william hartnell #the dalek invasion of earth #first doctor #romana rewatches doctor who

[mariocki]

Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus (1.5, BBC, 1964)

"I want to speak of your father. You know, he was a very wise and brilliant man and I know how you felt when you learned of his death."

"And his life's work destroyed."

"Oh, no, no, no, no, I wouldn't say that. His work will go on, only not quite in the same way. But I don't believe that man was made to be controlled by machines. Machines can make laws, but they cannot preserve justice; only human beings can do that."

#doctor who #classic doctor who #the keys of marinus #1964 #bbc #terry nation #john gorrie #william hartnell #jacqueline hill #william russell #carole ann ford #george coulouris #robin phillips #katherine schofield #donald pickering #fiona walker #henley thomas #stephen dartnell #francis de wolff #edmund warwick #raf de la torre #another old favourite from childhood. i distinctly remember first watching this with my bro as a nipper; he hated it (boring and naff) but #i was entranced; something about all those mini adventures strung together‚ the different locations and traps and menaces. it.. doesn't #entirely hold up to my childhood memories (tho I'm surprised to read so much antipathy towards the serial) but considering the complete #lack of money available (post Marco Polo extravagance) and the ambitious multiple sets and costume changes‚ i think the team did fairly #well. surprised to find that‚ despite Coulouris' Arbitan being seared into my mind as a main player of this story‚ he only actually appears #in part 1. the script isn't Nation at his best (but as ever i love his imagination in alien world building‚ with acid seas and glass #beaches) and the plot does Susan dirty (reduced to quivering child for much of the story‚ where's the alien brilliance of the first story?) #but Barbara gets a good showing here‚ particularly in part 2 (the brains with eyes! they shouldn't be adorable but they are). the trial ep #is a little clunkier‚ slowing down the pace as the story starts to wrap up‚ but I'm still quite fond of this silly story

[misswho1963]

Happy birthday doctor who and thanks you To everyone who created doctor who thank you Sydney Newman, Verity Lambert, Delia Derbyshire, Ron grainer, Terry nation for the Daleks . Without forgetting William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, William Russell and Jacqueline Hill .

#doctor who #dr who #the doctor #classic who #classic doctor who #david tennant #tardis #60th doctor who #catherine tate #donna noble #Sydney Newman #delia derbyshire #terry nation #ron grainer #verity lambert #william russell #carole ann ford #william hartnell #jacqueline hill

[pers-books]

New wasp species named after Doctor Who villain

‘Dalek’ wasps are among 815 new species described by Natural History Museum scientists in 2023

Nilima Marshall - 4 hours ago

Fourteen newly discovered species of wasps have been named after the villainous Daleks from Doctor Who to mark the 60th anniversary of the popular sci-fi series.

The insects, which bear the genus “Dalek”, are among the 619 new wasp species described this year by London’s Natural History Museum (NHM).

An alien warrior race of mutants, the Daleks are the formidable bad guys in BBC’s long-running TV show.

I thought it was a good name for a genus and a bit of fun having been a big fan of Doctor Who in my early years

Dr John Noyes, NHM

One particular species of wasp from Costa Rica called Dalek nationi also honours Terry Nation, the Welsh screenwriter and novelist who created the mutant race that terrified children for the past six decades.

Dr John Noyes, scientific associate at the NHM, said: “I thought it was a good name for a genus and a bit of fun having been a big fan of Doctor Who in my early years.”

A total of 815 new species were described by NHM scientists in 2023, including a 407-million-year-old parasitic fungus named after children’s author Beatrix Potter.

Potteromyces asteroxylicola was discovered infecting the roots of ancient plants and is thought to be the earliest disease-causing fungus ever discovered.

The researchers said they wanted to honour Potter’s reputation as a dedicated mycologist – someone who studies and works with fungi.

Dr Christine Strullu-Derrien, scientific associate at the NHM, who helped identify the new Potter fungus, said: “Naming this important species after Beatrix Potter seems a fitting tribute to her remarkable work and commitment to piecing together the secrets of fungi.”

Highlights also include fossil remains of a new dinosaur species found on the Isle of Wight, which was named Vectipelta barretti after NHM Professor Paul Barrett who worked there for two decades.

It is first the dinosaur discovered on the island for 142 years.

Other notable discoveries also include fossil remains of a giant penguin called Kumimanu fordycei – believed to be the largest penguin that ever lived – and nine new species of bristle worms including two bone-eating worms.

The researchers also report new species being discovered in “unremarkable” urban environments, including a stick insect called Micropodacanthus tweedae that was found on the side of a bin in Australia, and a moth that was located in Ealing, west London, called Tachystola mulliganae, which turned out be a new species native to Western Australia.

T. mulliganae is named after Barbara Mulligan, a lifelong moth enthusiast who discovered the species.

Mark Sterling, a scientific associate at NHM, described the finding as “real coup for citizen science”.

The new species descriptions contributed to the 722 new research papers released by the NHM over the past 12 months.

#Dalek wasps! #Natural History Museum #Science #Terry Nation

[pluralzalpha]

Tim Buckle has gone on to create three more "Morbius" Doctors:

First up is a swashbuckling Barry Letts

This one is actually feasible in a world where Doctor Who started earlier, as Letts was an actor in the 40s and 50s.

Next is old Uncle Terrance Dicks, captain of his ship

And finally, at my suggestion, Terry Nation

I always thought he had a Doctorish look to him.

I think in my headcanon it now runs:

Jo Martin

Verity Lambert

Waris Hussein

Barry Letts

Terrance Dicks

Terry Nation

Christopher Barry

and all the rest.

Now to ponder why the Doctor shifted from a more variable regenerative style to a long run of white blokes (with the brief respite of the unique Graeme Harper Doctor).

#doctor who #forgotten lives #morbius doctors #barry letts #terrance dicks #terry nation

[blakes7maximumpower]

Blake's 7 Series B Episode 2

"Shadow"

More GIFs in our episode GIF Galleries!

#blakes 7 #blake's 7 #Blakes7 #scifi #terry nation #paul darrow #michael keating #Jan chappell #david jackson

[please-attend-carefully]

Thanks to everyone who listened to Series 1 of Please Attend Carefully, it's been a truly overwhelming response so far. Behind the scenes we've been working hard to bring you more and we thought today would be the perfect day to announce we're leaving The Master and the Whoniverse behind for our true passion project:

What do the fans love just as much, if not more than Doctor Who? Blake's 7! The timeless Sci-fi drama about thieves, and smugglers fighting against a totalitarian regime. We hope you'll be as excited as us for our new show all about that sardonic scoundrel Kerr Avon:

"Not Expendable, Not Stupid, Not Going"

Please enjoy our first of many new episodes "Avon Calling" available now! Link in our blog header.

#blakes 7 #kerr avon #paul darrow #avon #roj blake #garath thomas #terry nation #vila restal #jenna stannis #olag gan #brian blessed #blakes 7 podcast #;) #april fool's day #april fools

[gurumog]

Blake’s 7 S02E10 - Voice from the Past (1979) Created by Terry Nation BBC Television Dir. George Spenton-Foster

Brian Croucher as Travis Paul Darrow as Avon Jan Chappell as Cally

#blake's 7 #paul darrow #avon #brian croucher #travis #jan chappell #cally #voice from the past #shivan #1970s science fiction #1970s television #terry nation

[nerds-yearbook]

The Doctor (Doctor 11) and Amy are called back to 1941 to discover Winston Churchill has employed the Daleks to battle on behalf of Brittan. As usual, all is not as it seems. (Victory of the Daleks “Doctor Who” vlm 3 TV

#nerds yearbook #sci fi tv #1941 #time travel #dw #doctor who #ww2 #wwii #world war 2 #world war ii #daleks #alien #mark gatiss #terry nation #andrew gunn #11th doctor #doctor 11 #matt smith #karen gillan #amy pond #ian mcneice #winston churchill #bill paterson #bracewell #nina de cosimo #tim wallers #nicholas pegg #barnaby edwards #nicholas briggs #susannah fielding

[nkp1981]

Alan Whicker Interviewed Terry Nation, Creator Of The Daleks In The Program: "A Handful of Horrors: I Don't Like My Monsters to Have Oedipus Complexes" 1968

#1st doctor #william hartnell #susan foreman #carole ann ford #ian chesterton #william russell #barbara wright #jacqueline hill #the daleks #daleks #terry nation #classic who #doctor who

[bassic-ally]

DONE WATCHING BLAKES 7 S1 EP10

Smiling blake 🤭

Assistant doc rizzler- 😉

Avon said staying with blake because he's cool is unreasonable?!

#blakes 7 #terry nation #scifi art #art #traditionalart #scifi #scifiart #kerr avon #blake's 7 #vila restal #roj blake #jenna stannis #cute #Smiling blake omg

[thethirdromana]

Rewatching the Daleks

It's been a year since I did one of these posts. With 99% of Classic Who now on iPlayer, I had a yearning to watch the first episode of the Daleks. Literally just the first episode, calling it a day here:

My husband decided to join me. He's watched maybe 20 episodes of Doctor Who, which is basically the background radiation level of life in the UK.

But like an 8-year-old in December 1963, he was gripped. So we ended up watching the lot.

My thoughts:

The credit for the Daleks really should go to Raymond Cusick as much or more as Terry Nation. It's the design that matters, not the concept.

The Doctor and friends don't actually go back and forth between the forest and the city that often, but it certainly feels like it.

It's a pity that the series has effectively retconned the way that Ian and Barbara took an old misanthrope and gradually turned him into a better person, because it's delightful.

Ian and Barbara hold hands a lot for a storyline in which Barbara does a lot of flirting with someone else.

I enjoyed the process whereby Ian gradually strips off his tie and cardigan and Barbara ends up in a pair of those funky cut-out Thal men's trousers.

It's a Terry Nation story and it's got a countdown, *drink*

If you're braced for "you should have let a MAN do it!" then the rest of the script isn't that sexist.

Boy is it anti-pacifist though, I'd forgotten that. WW2 had happened 18 years ago at this point.

My dad watched this live aged 12. I should ask him how it all felt.

#doctor who #classic doctor who #terry nation #william hartnell #the daleks #first doctor #romana rewatches doctor who

[downthetubes]

Charity Blake's 7 first series Production Diary set for release this weekend

A not-for-profit book offering an in-depth look at the production of the first series of Terry Nation's SF adventure series, Blake's 7, the Blake's 7 Series A Production Diary, will be available to order this weekend

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#Blake&039;s 7 #Cult Edge #Grahame Robertson #Jonathan Helm #Sally Knynette #Terry Nation

[familyparadox]

THE YEAR 1965

For over a Year now Doctor Who has had a consistent canon, but today that changes. Three men have come together with one goal, these men are:

GERRY ANDERSON: the Puppet Master, the brains behind the plot

TERRY NATION: the geneticists, the only man with the connections to put this plan into actions

DAVID WHITAKER: the Emperor, the one who puts the plan in to action.

The goal these three men share is the same for all of them know that soon or letter things must change. These men are:

THE CANON KILLERS!!!!

#doctor who #dweu #doctor who eu #daleks! #terry nation #gerry anderson #David Whitaker #canon