#peter brachacki

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Who is most important to the history of Doctor Who?

TOURNAMENT MASTERPOST

propaganda under the cut

Raymond Cusick – designed the original Daleks

he designed the daleks, and was involved in many set designs of early doctor who. (anonymous)

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Audiobook Reviewed: Pull to Open -- The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who

Audiobook Reviewed: Pull to Open -- The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched #DoctorWho

Funny thing: the BBC have often been very sniffy about Doctor Who. Something that comes across very strongly in Pull to Open is that this nasal congestion goes way, way back: right back to the programme’s origins. The BBC just didn’t get it. What was the point, they huffed and puffed, of wasting the resources of the mighty corporation on a silly children’s science fiction series, which would…

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I want to do something different for the anniversary in late november, like with the story tournament I did last year. I'm thinking biggest influence on doctor who, originally I was thinking just with companions (which I might add to the list anyway) but I think it might be better with real people as a celebration of everyone who got the show where it is today. Obviously it would be a lot of nominations, which I might open up way in advance to give a really long nomination phase, I'm also going to put a starting list below. Idk, any thoughts on this as an idea I guess

Actors

all numbered doctor actors

Carole Ann Ford (i'm not going to start with all companion actors, I'm just going to focus on companions I think had a big influence on the show)

William Russell

Jacqueline Hill

Frazer Hines

Nicholas Courtney

Liz Sladen

John Leeson

Janet Fielding

Sophie Alderd

Billie Piper

Alex Kingston

Nicholas Briggs

Roger Delgado

Writers/Script Editors

David Whitaker

Terry Nation

Terrance Dicks

Robert Holmes

Douglas Adams

Eric Saward

Andrew Cartmel

RTD

Steven Moffat

Chris Chibnall

Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis (Tenth Planet)

Producers

Verity Lambert

Barry Letts

Philip Hinchcliffe

Graham Williams

JNT

Other

Sydney Newman

Delia Derbyshire

Michael Grade (this is a joke this is a joke this is a joke, well sort of, what would doctor who be if it hadn't been cancelled)

Peter Brachacki (production designer for unearthly child and therefor original tardis)

Raymond Cusick (dalek designer)

Waris Hussein (if more directors are nomintaed I'd happily give them a category, but Hussein is the only one I'm putting on the starting list)

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Do you like the original TARDIS interior? Then thank this man.

Happy birthday to the late, great Kazimierz Piotr "Peter" Brachacki, the production designer who brought the First Doctor’s TARDIS console room into being.

[lissy-strata]

Now THAT would be an interesting set design!

[Pictured: Barbara and Susan having a staring contest probably. Infotext reads: “Peter Brachacki had originally envisaged the ship’s bedrooms as octagonal in shape, with transparent walls which became opaque when the room was occupied.”]

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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 Clip - Escaping in the First Doctors TARDIS

New Post has been published on https://filmreviewonline.com/2017/12/18/doctor-who-christmas-special-2017-clip-escaping-in-the-first-doctors-tardis/

Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 Clip - Escaping in the First Doctors TARDIS

Here is a Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 Clip where our heroes escape in the first Doctor’s TARDIS.

In the Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 Clip we get our first look at what the production has done to re-make the first Doctor’s TARDIS interior. The clip just has the wall with the doors and a close-up of the central column. In the pictures released for the Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 we see a bit more.

Photo blowup wall missing

Despite them going to great lengths with having the TARDIS exterior as it was back in 1966 one thing inside is not as it was. Back then part of the walls was a photo blowup. I met BBC designer Peter Brachacki in 1976. He had designed the TARDIS interior for the first episode. He said he used a photo of the plastic packing for tablets. I seem to think is was a cost thing. However it was used right from the start and believe it continued in use into the Jon Pertwee years.

In the pictures where you might expect the photo blowup wall we have moulded circles in hexagons! Maybe it is a plot point?? Maybe the current designer thought Photo blowup wall looked naff? Maybe he wanted to link it to be current TARDIS interior? They seemed to have gone to a lot of trouble with other things so this is a bit of a puzzle!

The white hexagon circles have been seen before. Behind Tom Baker in the Art Gallery….

First Doctor’s Yellow Hair

One other thing you may note is the pictures show the first Doctors’s hair being a bit yellow. In An Adventure in Space and Time it is white. It’s the same wig but it’s been in storage. Apparently no one noticed until is was too late. Post production has involved them removing the yellow! Whoops!

The story will be aired on Christmas Day. This includes BBC America and BBC One in the UK.

Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 Clip

https://filmreviewonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Doctor-Who-Christmas-Special-Clip-Escaping-in-the-First-Doctors-TARDIS-FRO.mp4

Doctor Who “Twice Upon A Time” First Doctor’s interior Gallery

Click on an image for a larger view. Use arrow keys or swipe through the gallery.

The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) inside the first Doctor’s TARDIS in Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 ©2017 BBC, photo by Simon Ridgway

Bill (Pearl Mackie) and The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) inside the first Doctor’s TARDIS in Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 ©2017 BBC, photo by Simon Ridgway

The First Doctor (David Bradley) inside his TARDIS in the Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 ©2017 BBC, photo by Simon Ridgway

The Captain (Mark Gatiss) in Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 ©2017 BBC

The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) inside the first Doctor’s TARDIS in Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 ©2017 BBC, photo by Simon Ridgway

Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 – The Captain (Mark Gatiss), The First Doctor (David Bradley, The First Doctor (David Bradley) and Bill (Pearl Mackie) ©2017 BBC

Doctor Who “Twice Upon A Time” Official Lowdown

The magical final chapter of the Twelfth Doctor’s (Peter Capaldi) journey sees the Time Lord team up with his former self, the first ever Doctor (David Bradley – Harry Potter, Game of Thrones) and a returning Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie), for one last adventure.

Two Doctors stranded in an Arctic snowscape, refusing to face regeneration. Enchanted glass people, stealing their victims from frozen time. And a World War One captain destined to die on the battlefield, but taken from the trenches to play his part in the Doctor’s story.

An uplifting new tale about the power of hope in humanity’s darkest hours, “Twice Upon A Time” marks the end of an era. But as the Doctor must face his past to decide his future, his journey is only just beginning…

“Twice Upon A Time” is written by Steven Moffat, directed by Rachel Talalay, and executive produced by Brian Minchin. The 60 minute special guest stars Mark Gatiss as The Captain. Also Nikki Amuka-Bird as the voice of the glass woman. It will see Peter Capaldi’s Doctor regenerate into the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker).

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An Adventure in Space and Time

To be novelized as Doctor Who vs. the Cameramen.

Oh man oh man oh many you guys I can't wait for this I want it to air so badly YOU HAVE NO IDEA YOU GUYS I mean, I'm a sucker for origin stories AND behind-the-scenes trivia, so this thing is like a gold mine for me. Plus, Marco Polo playing Donald Baverstock. MARCO POLO PLAYING DONALD BAVERSTOCK. I mean, what more could you want? Okay, I should calm down. For those not in the know, An Adventure in Space and Time is a docudrama (a term which here means "film based on a true story but truer than that usually implies") about the William Hartnell years of Doctor Who, and more specifically about the show's origins. It's been written by Mark Gatiss, who you know for writing "Victory of the Daleks" and "Cold War", so I've got pretty high hopes for this. Other reasons I'm excited:

William Russel and Carole Ann Ford (who played companions Ian Chesterton and Susan Foreman respectively) will both have cameos. (Meanwhile, Jamie Glover will be playing Russel and Claudia Grant will be playing Ford. Here's a recent interview from Ford herself in which she discusses, amongst other things, how weird it is to see someone playing Ford playing Susan.)

Nicholas Briggs, the current voice of the Daleks, will be playing Peter Hawkins, the original voice of the Daleks. Which is just so wonderfully meta. 

As mentioned, Mark "Marco Polo" Eden will be playing Donald Baverstock, the man who commissioned the show from Sydney Newman which would eventually become Doctor Who. So that's three classic-series cameos on the actual 50th's none. Step it up, actual 50th. 

Here's some pictures from the set of an immaculate recreation of Peter Brachacki's original TARDIS set being shot with immaculate recreations of 1960s BBC cameras OH MY GOD YOU GUYS IT'S ALL SO PERFECT

And here's some pictures of their recreation of the '60s BBC offices and Brian-Cox-as-Sydney-Newman and Jessica-Raine-as-Verity-Lambert chilling together SQUEEEEEEE

And here's Mark Gatiss recreating the famous Daleks on the Westminster Bridge scene from The Dalek Invasion of Earth with authentic Dalek props

IT'S ALL JUST SO PERFECT I CAN'T WAIT I'M GOING TO CRYOGENICALLY FREEZE MYSELF UNTIL THIS THING AIRS BYE NOW

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Whostory - Peter Brachacki

Designer for An Unearthly Child, Peter Brachacki had a huge influence on the show going forward as he designed the original console room, which did not see any truly significant change for all of Classic Who, and TARDIS prop, which of course is still a police box to this day.

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Anniversary Tournament

Last year for Doctor Who's anniversary I ran a tournament between Doctor Who stories, and I wanted to so something different again this year. A tournament between real people important to the history of Doctor Who, actors, writers, producers, directors, composers, production designers. Technically it'll be a tournament for the most infuential person to Doctor Who and its development over the years, but really I want it to be a celebration of all of these people, and not just the winner.

To that end, the nomination form, you can also submit nominations normally, ie sending me an ask or replying to this post, however I won't be accepting propaganda through those methods.

I'm thinking I'll close nominations on the 18th of November, that might change but probably not by much

Current Nominations:

if green then at least one person has submitted propaganda for them

Actors

Arthur Darvil

Billie Piper

Carole Ann Ford

Christopher Eccleston

Colin Baker

David Graham and Peter Hawkins

David Tennant

Frazer Hines

Freema Agyeman

India Fisher

Jacqueline Hill

Jodie Whittaker

John Simm

Jon Pertwee

Lisa Bowerman

Liz Sladen

Matt Smith

Ncuti Gatwa

Nicholas Courtney

Pat Gorman

Patrick Troughton

Paul McGann

Peter Capaldi

Peter Davison

Rodger Delgado

Sean Carlsen

Sophie Aldred

Stuart Fell

Sylvester McCoy

Tom Baker

William Hartnell

William Russell

Composer

Delia Derbyshire

Dudley Simpson

Murray Gold

Paddy Kingsland

Peter Howell

Rob Harvey

Ron Grainer

Segun Akinola

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Designers

June Hudson

Peter Brachacki

Raymond Cusic

Directors

Christopher Barry

Graeme Harper

Paddy Russell

Rachel Talalay

Richard Martin

Waris Hussein

Fandom

Marnal Gate

TARDIS wiki creator

The Audience

Craig Ferguson

Producers

Barry Letts

Graham Williams

John Nathan Turner

Philip Hinchcliffe

Verity Lambert

Julie Gardner

Writers (including script editors and showrunners)

Alan Moore

Anthony Coburn

Chris Chibnall

David Whittaker

Donald Wilson

Douglas Adams

Eric Saward

Gerry Davis

Grant Morrison

John Lucarotti

Johnathan Blum

Justine Richards

Kate Orman

Kit Pedler

Lance Parkin

Lawrence Miles

Marc Platt

Paul Cornell

Robert Holmes

Robert Shearman

Rona Munro

Russell T Davies

Steven Moffatt

Terrance Dicks

Terry Nation

Other/impossible to categorise

all the thousands of people who've worked behind the scenes

Michael Grade (BBC higherup who hated doctor who so so much)

Peter Cregeen (actually cancelled Doctor Who)

Sydney Newman

Nicholas Briggs

Gary Russell

John F Kennedy

Sue from Catering

The real historical figures who've appeared in the show

Shakespeare

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Who is most important to the history of Doctor Who?

With 61 years under its belt, Doctor Who has changed a lot since it began all those years ago. Its continued survival has relied on that change and the countless people who made it happen. Trying to single out any one person as the most important to the history of the show would be near impossible, but hell if we aren't going to try.

bar a few of the most recognisable names, contestants for this tournament were decided by nomination only, so there are inevitably people missing who's contributions were just as valuable, please don't take anyone's absence as a slight against them or their work

the submission form for propaganda is still open

SEMIFINALS

Verity Lambert vs All the thousands of people who've worked behind the scenes

Sydney Newman vs Terry Nation

QUARTERFINALS

Verity Lambert vs Roger Delgado

Russell T Davies vs All the thousands of people who've worked behind the scenes

William Hartnell vs Sydney Newman

Terry Nation vs Murray Gold

previous rounds under the cut

ROUND 4

Verity Lambert vs Delia Derbyshire

June Hudson vs Roger Delgado

Russell T Davies vs Nicholas Courtney

David Whitaker vs All the thousands of people who've worked behind the scenes

William Hartnell vs Waris Hussein

Liz Sladen vs Sydney Newman

Terry Nation vs Christopher Eccleston

Jodie Whittaker vs Murray Gold

ROUND 3

Verity Lambert vs The BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Delia Derbyshire vs Gary Russell

Robert Shearman vs June Hudson

David Tennant vs Roger Delgado

Russell T Davies vs David Graham & Peter Hawkins

Nicholas Courtney vs Rona Munro

Paul McGann vs David Whitaker

Terrance Dicks vs All the theousands of people who've worked behind the scenes

William Hartnell vs Julie Gardner

Tom Baker vs Waris Hussein

Liz Sladen vs Nicholas Briggs

Billie Piper vs Sydney Newman

Terry Nation vs Alice Troughton

Ron Grainer vs Christopher Eccleston

Jodie Whitteker vs Kate Orman

Murray Gold vs Dudley Simpson

ROUND 2

DAY 2

William Hartnell vs Philip Hinchcliffe

Julie Gardner vs Ncuti Gatwa

Tom Baker vs Jacqueline Hill

Craig Ferguson vs Waris Hussein

Liz Sladen vs Colin Baker

Douglas Adams vs Nicholas Briggs

Sophie Aldred vs Billie Piper

Peter Davison vs Sydney Newman

Terry Nation vs Steven Moffat

Alice Troughton vs Marc Platt

Patrick Troughton vs Ron Grainer

Jonathan Blum vs Christopher Eccleston

Jodie Whittaker vs Lisa Bowerman

Anthony Coburn vs Kate Orman

Murray Gold vs Rachel Talalay

Dudley Simpson vs Sue from Catering

DAY 1

Verity Lambert vs Segun Akinola

Graeme Harper vs The BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Delia Derbyshire vs Robert Holmes

Gary Russell vs The Audience

Robert Shearman vs Peter Cregeen

June Hudson vs Raymond Cusick

David Tennant vs Sylvester McCoy

Kit Pedler vs Roger Delgado

Russell T Davies vs Barry Letts

David Graham & Peter Hawkins vs John F Kennedy

Paul Cornell vs Nicholas Courtney

Rona Munro vs the anonymous creator of TARDIS wiki

Paul McGann vs William Shakespeare

David Whitaker vs Lawrence Miles

Peter Capaldi vs Terrance Dicks

Justin Richards vs All the thousands of people who’ve worked behind the scenes

ROUND 1 (group stage)

Group 1

Carole Ann Ford

Jacqueline Hill

William Hartnell

William Russell

David Graham and Peter Hawkins

Group 2

Patrick Troughton

Frazer Hines

Nicholas Courtney

Jon Pertwee

Roger Delgado

Group 3

Liz Sladen

Pat Gorman

Stuart Fell

Tom Baker

Peter Davison

Colin Baker

Group 4

Sylvester McCoy

Sophie Aldred

Paul McGann

Lisa Bowerman

India Fisher

Sean Carlsen

Group 5

Christopher Eccleston

Billie Piper

David Tennant

Freema Agyeman

John Simm

Group 6

Matt Smith

Peter Capaldi

Jodie Whittaker

Ncuti Gatwa

Group 7

Michael Grade

Peter Cregeen

Sydney Newman

Gary Russell

Nicholas Briggs

Donald Wilson

Group 8

all the thousands of people who’ve worked behind the scenes

June Hudson

Peter Brachacki

Raymond Cusick

Group 9

John F Kennedy

Sue from Catering

the real people who have been portrayed in the show

William Russell

Group 10

Marnal Gate

Person who created TARDIS wiki

Craig Ferguson

The Audience

Group 11

BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Delia Derbyshire

Ron Grainer

Dudley Simpson

Paddy Kingsland

Peter Howell

Robert Harvey

Segun Akinola

Murray Gold

Group 12

Graeme Harper

Paddy Russell

Rachel Talalay

Waris Hussein

Christopher Barry

Richard Martin

Alice Troughton

Group 13

Barry Letts

Graham Williams

John Nathan Turner

Philip Hinchcliffe

Verity Lambert

Julie Gardner

Group 14

Alan Moore

Grant Morrison

Marc Platt

Paul Cornell

Kate Orman

Group 15

Justin Richards

Dave Stone

Lawrence Miles

Lance Parkin

Jonathan Blum

Robert Shearman

Group 16

David Whitaker

Terry Nation

Anthony Coburn

John Lucarotti

Gerry Davis

Kit Pedler

Terrance Dicks

Group 17

Robert Holmes

Douglas Adams

Eric Saward

Andrew Cartmel

Rona Munro

Russell T Davies

Steven Moffat

Chris Chibnall

links to previous tournaments

[lissy-strata]

Let’s play ‘I Spy: Who Edition’!

[Picture: One being all grumpy at Ian and Barbara. Infotext reads: “Peter Brachacki filled the control room set with an eclectic collection of items, intending them to suggest the souvenirs of a much-travelled man. See if you can spot them all: an astrolabe; a classical wooden pedestal; a throne from Knossos; an eagle pedestal, an ornate brass clock (now melted, of course!); and a Spanish armchair.”]

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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 Clip - Escaping in the First Doctors TARDIS

New Post has been published on https://filmreviewonline.com/2017/12/18/doctor-who-christmas-special-2017-clip-escaping-in-the-first-doctors-tardis/

Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 Clip - Escaping in the First Doctors TARDIS

Here is a Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 Clip where our heroes escape in the first Doctor’s TARDIS.

In the Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 Clip we get our first look at what the production has done to re-make the first Doctor’s TARDIS interior. The clip just has the wall with the doors and a close-up of the central column. In the pictures released for the Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 we see a bit more.

Photo blowup wall missing

Despite them going to great lengths with having the TARDIS exterior as it was back in 1966 one thing inside is not as it was. Back then part of the walls was a photo blowup. I met BBC designer Peter Brachacki in 1976. He had designed the TARDIS interior for the first episode. He said he used a photo of the plastic packing for tablets. I seem to think is was a cost thing. However it was used right from the start and believe it continued in use into the Jon Pertwee years.

In the pictures where you might expect the photo blowup wall we have moulded circles in hexagons! Maybe it is a plot point?? Maybe the current designer thought Photo blowup wall looked naff? Maybe he wanted to link it to be current TARDIS interior? They seemed to have gone to a lot of trouble with other things so this is a bit of a puzzle!

The white hexagon circles have been seen before. Behind Tom Baker in the Art Gallery….

First Doctor’s Yellow Hair

One other thing you may note is the pictures show the first Doctors’s hair being a bit yellow. In An Adventure in Space and Time it is white. It’s the same wig but it’s been in storage. Apparently no one noticed until is was too late. Post production has involved them removing the yellow! Whoops!

The story will be aired on Christmas Day. This includes BBC America and BBC One in the UK.

Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 Clip

https://filmreviewonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Doctor-Who-Christmas-Special-Clip-Escaping-in-the-First-Doctors-TARDIS-FRO.mp4

Doctor Who “Twice Upon A Time” First Doctor’s interior Gallery

Click on an image for a larger view. Use arrow keys or swipe through the gallery.

The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) inside the first Doctor’s TARDIS in Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 ©2017 BBC, photo by Simon Ridgway

Bill (Pearl Mackie) and The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) inside the first Doctor’s TARDIS in Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 ©2017 BBC, photo by Simon Ridgway

The First Doctor (David Bradley) inside his TARDIS in the Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 ©2017 BBC, photo by Simon Ridgway

The Captain (Mark Gatiss) in Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 ©2017 BBC

The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) inside the first Doctor’s TARDIS in Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 ©2017 BBC, photo by Simon Ridgway

Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 – The Captain (Mark Gatiss), The First Doctor (David Bradley, The First Doctor (David Bradley) and Bill (Pearl Mackie) ©2017 BBC

Doctor Who “Twice Upon A Time” Official Lowdown

The magical final chapter of the Twelfth Doctor’s (Peter Capaldi) journey sees the Time Lord team up with his former self, the first ever Doctor (David Bradley – Harry Potter, Game of Thrones) and a returning Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie), for one last adventure.

Two Doctors stranded in an Arctic snowscape, refusing to face regeneration. Enchanted glass people, stealing their victims from frozen time. And a World War One captain destined to die on the battlefield, but taken from the trenches to play his part in the Doctor’s story.

An uplifting new tale about the power of hope in humanity’s darkest hours, “Twice Upon A Time” marks the end of an era. But as the Doctor must face his past to decide his future, his journey is only just beginning…

“Twice Upon A Time” is written by Steven Moffat, directed by Rachel Talalay, and executive produced by Brian Minchin. The 60 minute special guest stars Mark Gatiss as The Captain. Also Nikki Amuka-Bird as the voice of the glass woman. It will see Peter Capaldi’s Doctor regenerate into the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker).