#counter-measures

[thedoctorwhocompanion]

An MCU-Like Universe? 10 Doctor Who Spin-Offs We'd Like To See

An MCU-Like Universe? 10 #DoctorWho Spin-Offs We'd Like To See

When it was announced that Russell T Davies was set to return as the showrunner in 2023, one interesting thing that came out of all the interviews he gave was how he believed that Doctor Who could match things like the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in terms of its multi-series/storytelling aspects. I have to agree: Doctor Who has so much rich mythology to be explored and so many great…

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#Ace #Alex Kingston #Counter-Measures #Eighth Doctor #Fugitive Doctor #Gallifrey #Ingrid Oliver #Jemma Redgrave #Jenny Flint #Jo Martin #Kate Stewart #madame vastra #Marvel #Marvel Cinematic Universe #Osgood #Paul McGann #River Song #Sophie Aldred #Strax #Survivors of the Flux #The Doctor&039;s Wife #The Paternoster Gang #The Sarah Jane Adventures #Torchwood #UNIT #What If?

[miloscat]

Doctor Who: Classic era spin-offs, low-res pixel style!

Continuing my big series of pixel arts of the Doctor Who universe, here’s a selection of the spin-offs that evolved from Classic characters and situations. A lot of characters are lacking in visual reference material so I had to scour book/audio covers, promotional art, and occasionally fanart (especially from Paul Hanley, again). It was fun! Of course there’re many more spin-offs I didn’t cover, so sorry to Graceless, Big Finish’s Charlotte Pollard and other companion works, various Dalek and Cybermen audios and comics, other BBV and Reeltime video and audio productions, Kaldor City, other UNIT stories, Alan Moore’s Special Executive characters, Olive Hawthorne, The Forge, etc, etc. (And don’t worry, modern spin-offs will be coming later!)

See below for breakdowns of each image!

1: Reeltime Pictures and BBV Productions home videos of the 90s. Some of the defenders of Earth during Doctor Who’s wilderness years, several of them companions of the Second, Third, and Fourth Doctors: Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, Victoria Waterfield, and Sarah Jane Smith from Downtime, Kate Lethbridge-Stewart from Downtime and Daemos Rising, John Benton from Wartime, Liz Shaw from P.R.O.B.E., Lockwood from the Auton trilogy, Lauren Anderson from Cyberon and Zygon.

2: The Lethbridge-Stewart and Lucy Wilson Mysteries novels. Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, Anne Travers, William Bishop, Samson Ware, Lucy Wilson, Hobo Kostinen.

3: K9 and Company (the TV pilot and accompanying material) and Big Finish’s Sarah Jane Smith audio series. Sarah Jane Smith, K9, Aunt Lavinia, Brendan Richards, Josh Townsend, Natalie Redfern.

4: Big Finish’s Gallifrey audio series. Romana II (I and III also show up), Leela, K9, Narvin, Irving Braxiatel, Darkel.

5: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul (and the unfinished Salmon of Doubt), Douglas Adams’ novel series that reused ideas from the cancelled Fourth Doctor serial Shada. Richard MacDuff, Urban Chronotis/Reg/Salyavin, Dirk Gently, Kate Schechter.

6: Counter-Measures, the Big Finish audio series based on a team seen in Seventh Doctor serial Remembrance of the Daleks. Rachel Jensen, Allison Williams, Ian Gilmore, Toby Kinsella.

7: Bernice Summerfield, the Seventh Doctor’s companion in the Virgin New Adventures, got her own follow-up novel series and Big Finish audio series. Bernice Summerfield, Jason Kane, Peter Summerfield, Irving Braxiatel, Joseph, Bev Tarrant, Adrian Wall, Ruth Leonidas.

8: The Minister of Chance co-starred in the Seventh Doctor wilderness years webcast Death Comes to Time, then had his own self-titled audio spin-off. The Minister, Sala, Tannis, Kitty, Professor Cantha, the Horseman, Durian.

9: Faction Paradox spun off from the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels into its own franchise of prose and audios. Cousin Justine, Cousin Eliza, and Lolita from the two audio series, Compassion/Laura Tobin (who got her own prose series), Sabbath, Chris Cwej after regeneration/Cwej-Plus, Isobel/Scarlette (as seen in the comics), Miranda Dawkins (a tangentially related EDA character who got her own comic series).

10: Iris Wildthyme popped up in the EDAs and got her own series of prose and audios. Iris Wildthyme, the Celestial Omnibus (not to scale), Panda, Jenny Winterleaf, Tom, Edwin Turner, Señor 105.

#doctor who #Classic Doctor Who #lethbridge-stewart #reeltime pictures #bbv productions #gallifrey #dirk gently #counter-measures #sarah jane smith #k9 and company #bernice summerfield #minister of chance #faction paradox #iris wildthyme

[petervintonjr]

In the aftermath of this week’s brilliant Rosa episode of Doctor Who, there of course accumulate the inevitable complaints and bouts of whining from the self-appointed “purist” fans of the show who lament its supposedly newfound emphasis on “political correctness” and “social justice.” It strikes me as funny (I use that descriptor instead of the word “depressing”) that so many of these comments bring to mind the trappings and the settings of one of Doctor Who’s greatest-ever episodes: Ben Aaronovitch’s Remembrance of the Daleks, originally broadcast in October 1988 (happy 30th anniversary!) and starring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred.

The episode is most remembered for its reliance on action set pieces, reinvigorating the series with an old adversary and plenty of chases and escapes, rich supporting characters with actual things to contribute to the plot, a dash of nostalgia in the form of Coal Hill School and the possible origins of UNIT, and the first hints of a darker, more sinister nature to the titular hero we all thought we knew. And of course there’s the iconic scenes that everyone remembers: a Dalek chasing the Doctor OMG UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS, and Ace cheerfully beating the stuffing out of Daleks with a baseball bat!

Since their very introduction in 1963, Terry Nation’s Daleks have never been subtle in their role as stand-in for the lessons of unchecked racism, if carried to its logical conclusion. Most tellingly in their 1974 origin story, Genesis of the Daleks, we learn that the Daleks are literally race hatred made flesh and given unstoppable armour and weapons. “Remembrance” drove home this point even further by pitting two factions of Daleks against one another, literally one side black and the other side white. Aldred’s character of Ace, still new to the show but already making a lifetime mark on the series, quickly brings her streetwise late-1990’s sensibilities to bear on early 1960’s London and recognizes not only the Daleks for exactly what they are, but also the subtler racist "dogwhistles" quietly sounding all around her. Hints of a romantic interest in the character of handsome blond-and-blue-eyed Mike Smith later turn cold when he tries to explain away his association with racists like Mr. Ratcliffe, with tired excuses like “needing to look after your own,” and “keeping the outsiders out.” When Ace discovers the blatant “No Coloureds” sign hanging in the window of Mike’s mother’s boarding house, it becomes obvious from where Mike soaked up his particular flavour of racism. Ratcliffe is himself, in turn, also an unapologetic bigot who saw meaning in the Third Reich’s arguments, even to the point of willing to be locked up for it. The nature of Ratcliffe's "The Association" is never made completely clear, but it's probably safe to assume it does not employ people of colour! Being 1963, the ghosts of WWII are still fresh in many minds, nevertheless Ratcliffe is quite content to throw in his lot with a group of alien interlopers who think nothing of enslaving children and using them for their own ends. Of course when the Daleks ultimately turn on Ratcliffe (and, eventually, Mike), it is at once familiar and inevitable: they are getting a well-deserved comeuppance but inexplicably, we still pity them –heck, we even stick around for the funeral, which is not AT ALL like the Doctor.

The parallels to Rosa are obvious: though it is 1963, Ratcliffe and Mike still very much embody the sensibilities of 1955 Alabama, complete with its bullying deputy sheriffs and municipal bus drivers. It is obvious that Mike’s mother would be just as comfortable refusing service in a Montgomery diner to Ryan and Yaz. They are only too happy to use what little power they have, to crush down those with still less. The ostensible villian of the piece, Krasko, a mysterious time-traveller with dangerous foreknowledge and a grudge (perhaps a disaffected member of some future iteration of Ratcliffe's "Association?"), might be thought of as a stand-in for the Daleks themselves. Certainly his views align with the mutants from Skaro who “hate each other’s chromosomes.” And of course the Doctor himself/herself (still getting used to that!) has repeatedly warned us of the dangers of meddling in the causality of history. McCoy’s Doctor muses over the potential fallout from such interference over a quiet mug of tea with John, a Jamaican whose own family history was beset by its own disturbing strand of racism. Similarly, Whittaker’s Doctor commits herself to protecting events as they are supposed to happen, even when ultimately the only thing she and her companions can do is remain exactly as they are, quietly sitting (or in Graham’s case, awkwardly standing).

Rosa hearkens back to this fondly-remembered (see what I did there?) story at so many levels. And even though one episode ends with the total destruction of the Dalek homeworld (yeah, there’ll be a price exacted for that later), and the other merely ends with a quiet act of seated defiance, the ripples sent out into history are equally powerful. I would add that both of these episodes also cement relatively new Doctors and their new companions as among the all-time best in the series’ history.

So, the point to all this rambly exposition? Doctor Who as a social justice warrior is nothing new. He/She has always been on the side that opposes bigotry and everything it can lead to –be it a homicidal screeching green blob in polycarbide armour, or a mean-spirited bus driver who relishes the opportunity to yell at a soft-spoken seamstress. There is no inconsistency: the Doctor remains Time’s Champion, fighting to stop the monsters.

#daleks #doctor who #sylvester mccoy #jodie whittaker #sophie aldred #rosa parks #montgomery alabama #race relations #tosin cole #mandip gill #bradley walsh #simon williams #karen gledhill #pamela salem #counter-measures

[seven-times-champion]

Wondering how they’re gonna handle Seven and Ace meeting Counter-Measures again...

The Assassination Games pretty explicitly said that it was the only time after Remembrance of the Daleks that they met each other.

I assume either Gilmore didn’t include the new meeting in his book because he’d been told he didn’t, or Seven and Ace lied about the book saying it was their only other meeting for some unknown reason?

Either way I can’t wait for them to meet again, but I’m pretty disappointed that since it’s such a big celebration of the audios history they couldn’t’ve sprung to have Hex in it and meet the team too.

#Counter-Measures #Seventh Doctor #Ace McShane #Big Finish #Classic Who #Doctor Who

[eideard]

Hypothetical Asteroid crashes into Earth even with 6 months lead-time

Hypothetical Asteroid crashes into Earth even with 6 months lead-time

It’s the Doomsday event that reigns supreme over all others: An asteroid, on a collision course with Earth, is discovered with very little time to prevent a possible impact. In addition to being wonderful fodder for blockbuster movies, this scenario was also the inspiration for a tabletop exercise with NASA scientists at the International Academy of Astronautics’ Planetary Defense Conference last…

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#counter-measures #doomsday impact #hypothetical asteroid impact #lead-time #NASA scientists #solution

[thatonestoreguy]

1963: The Assassination Games

The Seventh Doctor and Ace have integrated themselves into the political world of 1963 Britain as a vast alien conspiracy threatens to ignite the Cold War. The Doctor’s not alone in his attempt to reveal and defeat this threat because he has help from some old friends, Counter-Measures.

Counter-Measures first appeared in Remembrance of the Daleks. Though technically Silver Nemesis was the anniversary story, Remembrance is the more classic story and, like this trilogy, took the Doctor back to his on screen origins of 1963. Counter-Measures is a secret organization meant to protect Britain, and Earth in general, from strange threats outside the scope of normal agencies. They’re a precursor to UNIT, though they are more like Torchwood due to their secretive nature. This makes them a pretty great team to tackle the sort of Cold War spy action that makes up most of the story here. This James Bond approach allows them to stand out from the other government agencies that have aided the Doctor and makes them really feel like they fit in the 60s era presented in the story. Big Finish had, by this point, started to release (and continues to release) a series of Counter-Measure audio dramas. They had already reassembled the original actors from 25 years previous which makes this adventure feel all the more special.

The story in general is a type of story Doctor Who doesn’t tell very often, the spy drama. As Doctor Who is want to do, they put some very fun sci-fi twists on the idea. The secret organization that has wormed their way into different branches of the government are aliens doing so with some cool sci-fi devices. Though my favorite aspect of this story is that to fight them the Doctor has to fight them in the arena they’ve chosen. Which means we get to see the Doctor as an MP. It’s fun to see the Doctor out of his element like this and yet still acting exactly like the Doctor. He’s still the charismatic and manipulative figure of the Seventh Doctor, which makes you think he could pull off a political life.

Altogether this trilogy of adventures, and this one in particular, have done a great job of celebrating the show’s long history. Revisiting the era that spawned Doctor Who has been extremely fun. The three adventures each tackled a unique aspect of the decade. Whether it was the music, technology, or politics of the time, Big Finish has managed to twists them into some very fun stories.

#big Finish #doctor who #Seventh Doctor #Ace #Counter-Measures #The Assassination Games

[mrburnsnuclearpussy]

Betazoids GOFFIK version

This version of them are giant, nocturnal scavengers. They eat bone and other decaying matter.

#the cryptids of space #what if Deanna was the big intimidating one of the group ?????? hm??? #what if she was 8 ft tall #star trek #tng #my art #st tng #Betazoid #alien redesign #goths #🖤 #trek #a few notes: #they move in a slow measured way which looks quite odd- but is because they have very little muscle mass and are evolved to constantly save #as much energy as possible for the rare incidents where they must flee (still a prey species) where they can use a burst of incredible speed #but not for long and it takes days to weeks to recover! #that’s also why they’re legs are built like that- and the tails are for counter balance (and also because I took inspo from #borzois and fresian horses) (did I spell that right?) #as with the previous versions they still live in huge groups of thousands or millions at once-all sharing telepathy bla bla I’ve said befo #before* #they are omnivores but not hunters since they scavenge- so many animals find their colonies/herds safe to be around #they have evolved to live amongst and side by side with many animals -not domesticated just evolved to be symbiotic #they are known to be incredible stewards of the natural world-what with connecting telepathically with the world around them #it gives them a unique vantage point- and a huge amount of energy and recourses go toward caring for every species #it’s created an finely balanced and incredibly curated ecosystem-that would collapse if the betazoids left for whateve reason #etc etc I should stop #they’re also great because they eat all the detritus! so they clean the planet of decaying stuffs :3 #and they are incredibly quiet- many go their whole lives without vocalising once #also makes them easy to sneak up on you-which is terrifying because they are like 10 ft tall and look like That #oh yeah also they are incredible long range sense of smell for detecting dead things n stuff

[robiinjason]

(Truth & Justice #11)

Just-out-of-his-grave Jason looks so tiny next to Dick and i feel like this counts as evidence that he would've been shorter than Dick if it wasn't for the lazarus pit

Also this is so funny

#jason rly went 'i'm going to counter my insecurities over not measuring up to the first robin by remembering my brother is a huge nerd' #this isn't the actual dick btw for anyone who hasn't read it this is fear toxin stuff #jason todd #dick grayson #toma reads comics #truth & justice #dick n jason

[elveny]

Guess who caught the 'Rona. 😑

#after three vaxxes and being so careful for so long #but my kid brought it home from school THE SAME month that all counter measurements were kicked to the curb #thanks for nothing government #corona virus #corona

[thedoctorwhocompanion]

Remembrance of the Daleks' Counter Measures Team Return in Two New Novels

Remembrance of the Daleks' Counter Measures Team Return in Two New Novels from @Candy_Jar

The Counter Measure team, characters who debuted in 1988’s Remembrance of the Daleks, are returning in two new novels from Candy Jar Books! Birds of Passage is the first book in a two-novel even, featuring characters Group Captain Gilmore, Professor Rachel Jensen and Dr Allison Williams. Created by Ben Aaronovitch, the characters were expanded on in Aaronovitch’s novelisation of Remembrance of…

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#Andrew Cartmel #Ben Aaronovitch #Birds of Passage #Birds of Prey #Counter-Measures #I Alastair #Lethbridge-Stewart #Remembrance of the Daleks #Robert Mammone

[motherwasapapafucker]

“Throughout the Nineteen-Seventies and Eighties, Lethbridge-Stewart’s unit was characterised by many within the government as having an over-reliance on what one MP described as “a revolving-door of dubiously qualified ‘scientific advisors.’” All of whom he would go on to note, were directly financed by the General Public. In some instances these concerns were evidently fuelled by bigotry and prejudice; Doctors Jensen, Williams, and Shaw are all particularly suited to this category for a number of reasons. However, even ‘traditional’ figures such as Dr. Adam Royston -whose short time with the group was almost expressly designed to placate Westminster- found themselves unfairly hounded due to involvement in incidents well beyond their control.

However when examining official documents it is hard to pretend that the Government's concerns were completely baseless  A number of the listed advisors would raise-eyebrows even without the spectre of Michael Magister hanging overhead and it is difficult to understand exactly what possessed Stewart to recruit them given the ready availability of less overtly questionable figures. Blatant aliases such as John St.Myth,  L.Z. Sundae, and Capt. C are difficult to excuse, even with Lethbridge-Stewart’s unambiguous praise of Sundae’s decisive actions during the so-called ‘Wenley Moor Incident.’ But these pale in comparison to his inexplicable, and infamously public recruitment of glam-rock icon Vince Cosmos.

For tabloids it was a goldmine, for the government it was an embarrassment, and for fans of the musician it was a sign that he had sold out. Within a month Comos was back in the charts, Lethbridge-Stewart however was not so lucky.” - Extract from James Stevens’ “A Post-War History of the SCS” 

#doctor who #eda #unit #post-war universe #caballistics inc #fan fic #counter-measures #vince cosmos #faction paradox #sabbath

[garfleas]

every new suf episode is more tiring than the last bro, can i pls pretend things are fine for a hot minute and only think about love 🥺 [DO NOT REPOST]

#steven universe #steven universe future #suf #connie maheswaran #connverse #jam buds #stevonnie #much art very draw #watching homeworld bound was just like.... now we dont have time to unpack all of that! #i drew this like a week ago before fragments happened but i was too scared to post it #now im just like... fuck it bro we need fluff #desperate times call for desperate measures #counter kisses are cute uwu #is this suggestive? idk i hope not

[seven-times-champion]

Marathon: Remembrance of the Daleks

“Your species has the most amazing capacity for self-deception, matched by only its ingenuity when trying to destroy itself.”

An absolute classic. Ace and the Doctor already work great as a team and seem to be the best of friends.

The Counter-Measures team of later audio fame also get off to a great start, all the characters shine and it makes you wonder why it took so long for them to start doing audios with them.

The first TV story to head into the darker Doctor territory and it does it well. Especially the implication that the Doctor was involved in Gallifrey’s discovery of time travel and the cut, but later reused line about being more than just a time lord.

Gotta pity the kid who was turned into a Dalek battle computer. Love the scene of Ace comforting her after her recovery at the end.

Glad Mike and Ace didn’t work out, she deserves better than that awful Nazi wannabe.

Love the Cafe scene, simply iconic.

The Doctor worrying about Ace’s boombox giving future technology away works well as foreshadowing for the audio Colditz.

Love this story, don’t know what else to say about it though.

Up next: The Light at the End

#Remembrance of the Daleks #marathon #Seventh Doctor #Ace McShane #Counter-Measures #Classic Who #Doctor Who

[chickenmcnuggies]

went to the gynecologist today lads, the news isn’t good

my pussy broke, needs to be replaced 😔

#ramblings #for real tho they're like 'okay the pills aren't working even tho they're like. max legal strength so lets look at other counter measures'

[rascheln]

“Alright, I guess we can at least take you guys to the arcade on our way-” “Are you fucking kidding me?! These brats are gonna stay glued to our sides and ruin our date again!” “Oh come on, I’m sure last time was just a misunderstanding.”

#stranger things #harringrove #harringrove edits #st edits #meanwhile dustin has roped the entire party into sabotaging their date again #steve's just too sweet to realize it's happening #meanwhile billy sees through the kids' unsubtle scheming and is already coming up with counter measures

[militaryhistoryvisualized]

German AA Missiles / SAMs / Flakraketen in WW2. Look at efficiency and counter-measures

#SAM #Surface to Air Missiles #WW2 #German Military History #Flakraketen #Flarak #efficiency #Counter-Measures #Rheinbote #Schmetterling #Enzian #Wasserfall