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Post by nucleusofswarm on Sept 17, 2022 10:38:04 GMT
No Daleks or Master or anyone who's a repeater - this is for the one-hit wonders. Who was a memorable and delectable one off bad guy in the show, Classic or Nu?
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Post by grinch on Sept 17, 2022 10:40:43 GMT
I really liked Maureen Lipman as The Wire. Who knew Watch With Mother could make for the basis of an entertaining villain?
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Post by ollychops on Sept 17, 2022 11:25:38 GMT
Just sticking to New Who since I'm far more familiar with those stories: - Anthony Head as Brother Lassar
- Maureen Lipman as The Wire
- Harry Lloyd as Son of Mine
- Sarah Lancashire as Miss Foster
- Lesley Sharp as Sky Silvestry/Midnight Entity
- Dervla Kirwan as Miss Hartigan
- Helen McCrory as Rosanna Calvierri
- Toby Jones as the Dream Lord
- Michael Sheen as House
- Diana Rigg as Winified Gillyflower
- Keeley Hawes as Karabraxos
- Siobhan Finneran as the Morax Queen
- Anjli Mohindra as Queen of the Skithra
There's a couple of other performances that are debatable whether they're recurring - Jenna Coleman as Bonnie (she's a Zygon so technically recurring...), and Sam Spruell as Swarm and Rochenda Sandall as Azure (suppose they could be recurring if you count the stories individually or non-recurring if you count Flux as one story).
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Post by grinch on Sept 19, 2022 16:53:29 GMT
Slight cheat considering he’s of Big Finish and not the television series but I rather liked Andy Secombe’s turn as Mr Shift in The Mind Runners/The Demon Rises.
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Post by shallacatop on Sept 19, 2022 17:28:35 GMT
Tony Beckley as Harrison Chase instantly came to mind. Beckley pitches it perfectly, balancing both menacing and chewing the scenery, having the time of his life. A pure human villain who’s completely unhinged.
I know it’s not a favourite, although I adore it, but Reece Shearsmith as Rassmussen in Sleep No More is high up there for me.
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Post by shutupbanks on Sept 19, 2022 22:31:19 GMT
Also came here to say Harrison Chase. He was one of the few villains who you could genuinely imagine meeting: sane enough to achieve the wherewithal to carry through a completely bonkers plan.
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Post by masterdoctor on Sept 19, 2022 23:13:19 GMT
Tony Beckley as Harrison Chase instantly came to mind. Beckley pitches it perfectly, balancing both menacing and chewing the scenery, having the time of his life. A pure human villain who’s completely unhinged. I know it’s not a favourite, although I adore it, but Reece Shearsmith as Rassmussen in Sleep No More is high up there for me. I agree with both, but I also have to throw out John Sessions as Gus, who was always on my wishlist to return but sadly not to be. |
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Post by Kestrel on Sept 20, 2022 20:32:45 GMT
Picking one from each: I'd have to go with Eldrad from Classic -- specifically the first version, before they regenerated into a profoundly boring evil monster (such a disappointing twist -- but, perhaps, that disappointment is part of what makes them so memorable. Eldrad starts out full of potential, an uncharacteristically nuanced antagonist. And then....); and the "Dream Lord" from New -- not exactly the most interesting or original of characters (he's basically the Master by another name) but, goddamn, it's Toby Jones, an actor who never fails to deliver an incredible performance, particularly as smarmy villains.
Gonna try to think of one from Big Finish, too, but that's a bit harder as it's all-but-impossible to discern who is and who is not a one-off character (and for those that are one-offs, there's that looming inevitability that it's only a matter of time). Those that most immediately leap to my mind don't feel like they'd qualify, despite being one-off characters, because they're portrayed by actors with famous recurring roles: the treacherous Lord Burner (Colin Baker); the vampire Lord Prydon (Geoffrey Beevers); the mad Isaac Newton (David Warner).
Hm....
Yeah, I can't think of one. Best I can come up with is the Word Lord (love that concept, back when Big Finish was really playing around with the audio format) but he appears in two different stories.
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Post by masterdoctor on Sept 20, 2022 21:28:35 GMT
Big Finish wise, Jack Frost in the most recent 9DA set is ripe for returning.
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Post by shallacatop on Sept 20, 2022 21:36:58 GMT
Tony Beckley as Harrison Chase instantly came to mind. Beckley pitches it perfectly, balancing both menacing and chewing the scenery, having the time of his life. A pure human villain who’s completely unhinged. I know it’s not a favourite, although I adore it, but Reece Shearsmith as Rassmussen in Sleep No More is high up there for me. I agree with both, but I also have to throw out John Sessions as Gus, who was always on my wishlist to return but sadly not to be. Good shout, always thought it was a shame that they never got a rematch. I loved the original idea for Oxygen. |
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Post by tuigirl on Sept 24, 2022 9:25:40 GMT
Agreed, "Gus" has to be up there, and I hope we see more of him.
Mrs. Gilliflower was also pretty creepy.
The Dream Lord was fantastic, but not as good as Toby Jones is as Culverton Smith in Sherlock- because that was even more amazing.
The Zygon rebel leader from Zygon Inversion.
The "Family of Blood" of course!
I would also like to mention "Salamander" because I really like Enemy of the World.
And how could we forget the villains in "War Games"?
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Post by Kestrel on Sept 25, 2022 14:49:08 GMT
Agreed, "Gus" has to be up there, and I hope we see more of him. Mrs. Gilliflower was also pretty creepy. The Dream Lord was fantastic, but not as good as Toby Jones is as Culverton Smith in Sherlock- because that was even more amazing. The Zygon rebel leader from Zygon Inversion. The "Family of Blood" of course! I would also like to mention "Salamander" because I really like Enemy of the World. And how could we forget the villains in "War Games"? The guy who played the teenager in the Family of Blood was great -- like the platonic ideal of a prep school villain. Really great casting there. Can't say I remember much of Toby Jones in Sherlock (think I've memory-holed most of that show) but I remember seeing Toby Jones in some other show from approximately the same era... a spy show, I think? Something about conspiracies? And he was phenomenal. Would love to rewatch it someday. |
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Post by mbt66 on Sept 25, 2022 16:37:17 GMT
Slight cheat considering he’s of Big Finish and not the television series but I rather liked Andy Secombe’s turn as Mr Shift in The Mind Runners/The Demon Rises. And I am surprised he hasn’t made a re-appearance. I thought it was stated at the time of release we would hear more from him…but if it continues being in the Fourth Doctor Adventures he could have already recorded multiple stories… |
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Post by tuigirl on Sept 25, 2022 16:53:30 GMT
Agreed, "Gus" has to be up there, and I hope we see more of him. Mrs. Gilliflower was also pretty creepy. The Dream Lord was fantastic, but not as good as Toby Jones is as Culverton Smith in Sherlock- because that was even more amazing. The Zygon rebel leader from Zygon Inversion. The "Family of Blood" of course! I would also like to mention "Salamander" because I really like Enemy of the World. And how could we forget the villains in "War Games"? The guy who played the teenager in the Family of Blood was great -- like the platonic ideal of a prep school villain. Really great casting there. Can't say I remember much of Toby Jones in Sherlock (think I've memory-holed most of that show) but I remember seeing Toby Jones in some other show from approximately the same era... a spy show, I think? Something about conspiracies? And he was phenomenal. Would love to rewatch it someday. Well it is not surprising you might not remember Toby Jones from Sherlock- because he appears in the episode where the show goes, after a few previous near de-railments, completely off the rails.
I mean, after the elaborate and most awesome car chase headed by Mrs. Hudson- not much is going to stick anymore (and we do not speak of the ending of the episode).
But Toby Jones is fantastic as a sadistic and deeply unsettling serial killer. I loved every second of it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2022 6:48:57 GMT
There can be only one! They say the Inuits have 40plus words for snow. Kevin Stoney as Tobias Vaughan in The Invasion has 347 different ways to say "Packer", and each means somethin different. Absolutely wonderful.  |
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