The Unsung Heroes of Doctor Who

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Fantom Events is thrilled to announce a brand-new lockdown project celebrating the “unsung heroes” of BBC TV’s Doctor Who.

Hosted by Alex Moore, this series of YouTube videos aims to tell the behind the scenes story of those members of the cast and crew whose perspective might normally go untold.

The series will be launched with a special live stream from 20:00 on 20th May with four episodes featuring Lee Sheward (stunt co-ordinator for Doctor Who and Torchwood); Shaunna Harrison (provided the make-up for Terror of the Vervoids, The Ultimate Foe and Paradise Towers); Philip Brown (who played the Seventh Doctor double in The Day of the Doctor) and Gareth Milne (who played George Cranleigh in Black Orchid and stunt doubled for both Michael Cochrane and Peter Davison. Other credits include Warriors of the Deep, The Caves of Androzani and Vengeance on Varos).

Each subsequent episode will go live weeknights at 18:00 from 25th May and will occasionally feature as part of our regular virtual conventions Time Space Visualiser.

Series highlights include:

Nick Joseph (Supporting Artist on The Creature from the Pit, The Leisure Hive, Black Orchid, Terminus and The Mark of the Rani.)

Ralph Wilton (Production Assistant for Shada and the Production Manager on Arc of Infinity.)

Jim Dowdall (Stunt Performer on Day of the Daleks, Sea Devils, Time Monster, Genesis of the Daleks, Frontios.)

Rocky Taylor (Stunt Performer on The Idiot’s Lantern. He also has uncredited roles in The Daleks’ Master Plan and The Curse of Peladon.)

Alan Spalding (Designer for Revelation of the Daleks.)

Damon Jeffery (The Curse of Fenric and Survival.)

Matthew Savage (Design assistant for series 1 and 2 of Doctor Who. He was also an associate designer and assistant art director for series 1 of Torchwood.)

Mickey Lewis (Dalek Operator in Asylum of the Daleks and Into the Dalek, an alien in The Rings of Akhaten, Third Doctor’s body double in The Day of the Doctor and a Cybermen in The Doctor Falls, Ascension of the Cybermen and The Timeless Children.)

“It is wonderful to speak to so many people about the making of Doctor Who and their wider careers,” says host Alex Moore. “We can bring new perspectives from different voices”.

All our YouTube content is available for FREE on our channel www.youtube.com/c/fantomonline where there is over 40 hours of brand new and archive material created during the pandemic.