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Happy Birthday Peter, Bruno and Timothy!

March 21, 2012 0 Comments

The march of the March babies just keeps parading in, and today we celebrate another two-fer.

Today marks what would have been the late Peter Pratt’s 89th birthday.  Pratt was the second actor to play the Master, following Roger Delgado.  He was buried under a lot of make up and ping-pong ball eyes in 1975’s “The Deadly Assassin”.

Also celebrating today is Bruno Langley who played short-term companion Adam Mitchell in “Dalek” and “The Long Game”.  He turns 29 today.

Rounding out the birthday list is Rassilon himself (from End of Time) Timothy Dalton! How fitting that with all our James Bond tangenting of late about the secret agent. One of the 007s himself turns 68. Happy birthday to him!

 

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Happy Birthday Shaun and John!

March 15, 2012 0 Comments

Beware the Ides Of March!

Well that’s a fine birthday wish if ever I heard one.  Today marks Shaun’s 39th (gulp!) birthday.

March is also the birth month for John Leeson, who famously played the voice of K9.

For some reason, no one knows the actual day of his birth,  (though the year was 1943, so he’s 69 this month) so I figured he could celebrate with me!  Happy birthday, John!

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Quadruple Birthday Wishes!

March 11, 2012 0 Comments

Today marks a bevy of birthdays in the Whoniverse, two onscreen, and two off.

Let’s start with the off-screen birthdays.  First up, today marks what would have been the late great Douglas Adams’ 60th Birthday.  Adams, of course is best known for THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, but he also wrote the episodes “City Of Death”, “The Pirate Planet”, and the never fully produced “Shada”, as well as serving as a script editor for the show.

Also celebrating today is Greame Harper who has been associated with Doctor Who in various capacities since the Pertwee years, but Harper is best known for his directing duties.  He is responsible for “Army Of Ghosts / Doomsday”, “The Stolen Earth / Journey’s End” and “The Waters Of Mars” to name a few, as well as several episodes of the spinoff The Sarah Jane Adventures, but he is renowned for helming “The Caves Of Adrozoni”.  Today Harper turns 67.

Our two on-screen birthday kids include John Barrowman, who plays everyone’s favorite rouge Captain Jack Harkness on both Doctor Who and Torchwood.  He celebrates birthday number 45 today.

And last but certainly not least is the Doctor’s wife herself, River Song.  Alex Kingston turns 49 today, though we don’t think she looks a day over 29.

Please join Traveling The Vortex in raising a glass to toast best wishes to all of them!

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Happy Birthday Simon Pegg!

February 14, 2012 0 Comments

SHAUN OF THE DEAD and SPACED creator/writer/star Simon Pegg is no stranger to Doctor Who. Although primarily known as The Editor, from the 2005 episode “The Long Game” Pegg also narrated the first season of Doctor Who Confidential, voiced Don Cheney in the Big Finish Audio “Invaders From Mars” and was originally tapped to play Rose’s father, Pete Tyler.

We hope he can take a break from his current work as Scotty in Star Trek 2 to celebrate his 42 birthday properly.

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Happy Birthday Elisabeth Sladen

February 1, 2012 2 Comments

 

 

A bittersweet birthday announcement, as today would have been Elisabeth Sladen’s 64th Birthday.  Sladen of course, played quintessential companion Sarah Jane Smith not only on Doctor Who, but also K9 And Company and The Sarah Jane Adventures.

She continues to be missed, but we would very much like to take a moment to celebrate her life.  Happy Birthday, Lis..

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