Day 4716: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #49: SIR IAN CHESTERTON KNIGHT OF JAFFA CAKE

Friday:

Age: Hasn’t aged since the Sixties
Stories: 37
Awesomeness: Knighted by King Richard; can defeat Aztecs with only his thumb; married Barbara and lived happily ever after
Cuddles: Barbara Wright, the one and only
AKA: Sir Lancelot, the magnificent William Russell Enoch

Day 4715: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #47: SPECIAL SPACE SECURITY SERVICE AGENT SARA KINGDOM

Thursday:

Age: Tragically Time Destructed
Stories: 6
Awesomeness: Thwarted the Daleks’ Master Plan. In leather.
Cuddles: Loves her brother Brett Vyon. Also shot him.
AKA: Princess Joanna (The Crusade); Rose the Lady’s Maid; co-creator of Upstairs Downstairs; and of House of Eliot; Morgaine, the Sunkiller, Dominator of the Thirteen Worlds and Battle Queen of the S'rax; the divine Jean Marsh

Day 4711: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #39: JO GRANT

Sunday:

Age: Younger than Liza Minelli
Stories: 39
Awesomeness: Trained UNIT agent; able to resist the Master’s hypnotism; blew up the Devil; told the Brigadier he’d have to chain her up and fling her into a dungeon.
Cuddles: Traded in third Dr Woo for a younger trendier model. Still got patronized. Huge extended family; we’ve shared a lift with her, you know.
AKA: Jo Jones; Miss Bette Davis; the utterly fantabulous Miss Katy Manning

Day 4710: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #38: THE DOCTOR

Day of the Doctor:

Age: 756, er 759, er, you’ve lost count
Stories: television 42 (if you count Shada); audio 42 (if you count John Culshaw doing ‘im in The Kingmaker); books 42 (okay 25 actually, but come on Douggie Adams was his script editor!)
Awesomeness: IS the Doctor! IS Tom Baker!
Cuddles: Marry the girl, Doctor
AKA: Meglos (the lush aggressive vegetation); Captain Rum; Prince Koura; the former Mrs Lalla Ward; that bloke that does Little Britain; Shirley Williams

Now… enjoy the Anniversary Special and we’ll be back tomorrow… it’s faaaaar from being all over! Keep Warm!

Day 4709 BONUS: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #37: DUGGAN

Friday Again:

Age: He’s the detective; he can work it out
Stories: 1
Awesomeness: Never Mind the Most Important Punch in History… he’s IN A JAMES BOND FILM!
Cuddles: Wedded to mindless violence
AKA: Harry’s Brother (Sarah Jane, Big Finish); Le Chiffre’s stockbroker (Casino Royalle… did I mention IN A JAMES BOND FILM!); the suave super-sleuth Tom Chadbon

Day 4709: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #36: ROMANA

Friday:

Age: Ageless
Stories: 76
Awesomeness: Lush! Aggressive! Vegetation! Impudent Worm! Lady Lord President of the Time Lords and Ladies; hand-picked by the White Guardian (but never mind); triple first from the academy (but never mind); Magnificent (with medal to prove it)
Cuddles: The Time Traveller’s Wife; Mr Professor Richard Dawkins
AKA: Princess Astra; her supreme divinity, Mistress Lalla the Hon Sarah Ward

Day 4708 BONUS: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #35: K-9 (Mark I through IV)

Another Thursday:

Age: 5000 A.D.
Stories: 84
Awesomeness: Dr Woo’s second best friend!
Cuddles: Cuddles are unnecessary, mistress [hug me!]
AKA: Dugeen (The Power of Kroll); it’s the irrepressible John Leeson

Day 4708: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #34: LEELA of the SEVATEEM

Thursday:

Age: the Wisdom of the Elders
Stories: 64
Awesomeness: That’s Silly! More Crowning Moments of Awesome than an entire European Monarchy.
Cuddles: Marry In Haste, Repent When He Regenerates; BFF’s with Romana; K-9 (Mark I)
AKA: Blanche Simmons in Tenko; Susan Young in Bergerac; Rosa di Marco in Eastenders; the beyond multi-talented Janice Thorn, er, I mean Louise Jameson (please forgive us, Lou!)

Day 4707: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #33b: PROFESSOR GEORGE LITEFOOT

Wednesday:

Age: Academic
Stories: 28
Awesomeness: He may have had a bash on the head but it’s STILL a damned queer story
Cuddles: Not sos you’d notice; Oscar Wilde
AKA: Dr Jennings (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow); Dr Albrigtsen (Maelstrom); member of the RSC; playwright and bon viveur; the ineffable, unforgettable, unspeakably outrageous Mr Sir Trevor Baxter

Day 4707: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #33a: HENRY GORDON JAGO Esq

Wednesday:

Age: Theatrical
Stories: 28
Awesomeness: A tiger when his dander’s up (but we’ll forgive him)
Cuddles: Jago in Love; Sigmund Freud; Merry Wiffes of Winsor (Horns are HILARIOUS)
AKA: Sir Keith Gold (Inferno), Sir Colonel Hugh Curbishly (The Unicorn and the Wasp); the evanescent, effervescent, indescribably adorable Mr Sir Christopher Benjamin

Day 4707: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #33: A CASE FOR JAGO & LITEFOOT

Wednesday:

Age: Eighteen-Nineties
Stories: 28
Awesomeness: Their exploits have come to the attention of the Queen Empress herself! (Or have they!)
Cuddles: Confirmed bachelors. (Not for want of trying on Mr Jago’s part.) Best friend Ellie might be a bit, er, vampirey. (And/or her aging papa works in refuse collection.)
AKA: Investigators of Infernal Incidents, Dynamic Duo of Dastardly Dealings, Fabulous Foilers of Fantastical Fiends; Avuncular Vacationing Visitors to Venus; Prodigious Pair of Promethean Protectors (that’s enough, ed.)

Day 4706: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #32: PHILIP von HINCHCLIFFE

Tuesday:

Age: Friend From The Future
Stories: 18
Awesomeness: Deadly Assassin
Cuddles: Mary Whitehouse… not!
AKA: eyebrow-wielding, unstoppable godlike force who was producer of the golden age of Doctor Who

Day 4704: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #29: THE MASTER

Sunday:

Age: A New Body… At Last!
Stories: 7 (in this incarnation)
Awesomeness: Keeper of Traken (a win on points)
Cuddles: A bit Skull Beneath The Skin. Without the Skin.
AKA: Mrs Liz Shaw; Mr Tolliver (Poirot’s Problem at Sea, with Carrie); the nicest man in the World, Geoffrey Beevers.

Day 4703: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #28: THE DOCTOR

Saturday:

Age: 800-and-something
Stories: 96
Awesomeness: Saves the Universe twice but gives his life for a friend he’s only just met. Often at his best in Caves
Cuddles: Moffat: Time Crash. Gatiss: Can We Kiss Peter?
AKA: Omega; Dr Stephen Daker (A Very Peculiar Practice); Albert Campion; Inspector Christmas (Mrs Bradley Mysteries); Dangerous Davis (The Last Detective); David Tennant’s father-in-law; Peter Davidstone… it’s the always-pleased-to-see-the-fans Peter Davison

Day 4702 BONUS: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #27: NYSSA OF TRAKEN

More Friday:

Age: doesn’t age like a human and that’s before she gets a Big Finish rejuvenation
Stories: 58
Awesomeness: Doctor’s favourite
Cuddles: Shares a room with Tegan. I’m just saying. The TARDIS is infinite and they’re sharing a room, is all. Other close family relationships keep getting messed with by the Doctor. Leaves to spend more time with the Big Bang Dog.
AKA: Ann Talbot (Black Orchid); Alice in Wonderland; Diana Purwell (The Moon Stallion); the ever sweet Sarah Sutton

Day 4700 BONUS: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #23: JUSTIN RICHARDS

Still lost Wednesday:

Age: 8DA
Stories: 38 (and a bit of range editing)
Awesomeness: Destroyed Gallifrey (first time around)
Cuddles: alleged to be impressive
AKA: editor of the Eighth Doctor’s Adventures post-Ancestor Cell (aka Time’s Grumpy Amnesiac); producer of the continuing adventures of Jago & Litefoot for Big Finish; creative consultant to BBC books, author of “Theatre of War” and many, many more. Possibly responsible for “The Ancestor Cell”.

Day 4699 BONUS: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #20: KALENDORF

More Tuesday:

Age: Blake’s 7
Stories: 15
Awesomeness: Knight of Valyshaa
Cuddles: Mental contact only
AKA: Lord Tamworth (Storm Warning), Ed Morgan (Torchwood), Owen Edwards (Knights of God), Workman (Quatermass and the Pit), some bloke in a space opera… tis the other grand hero of seventies sci-fi Gareth Thomas

Day 4696: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #16: THE DOCTOR

Saturday:

Age: Over 900 years
Stories: 101
Awesomeness: Weather You Like It Or Not
Cuddles: Makes Auntie Jennie Swoon
AKA: Commander Maxil, Bayban the Butcher, Paul Merroney, of course it’s the unforgettable Colin Baker

Day 4695 BONUS: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #14: MISS VICTORIA WATERFIELD

Friday again:

Age: Very Late Victorian
Stories: 17
Awesomeness: Scream Queen Supreme
Cuddles: We Will Now Change the Subject.
AKA: ageless Debbie Watling

Day 4695: Millennium’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Top Trunks #13: JAMES ROBERT McCRIMMON

Friday:

Age: Messed with by the Time Lords
Stories: 58
Awesomeness: World Shaper. Yes, that is a big one! Creag an tuire!
Cuddles: Samantha Briggs, Victoria, Zoe, the Doctor mostly…
AKA: Joe Sugden, our hero Frazer Hines