Doctor Who Vs. ITV @ 70: Coronation Street, Part 2: 1962-1964

Despite a critical start in December 1960 (when

the Daily Mirror said the programme was unreal-

istic and "doomed"), the popularity of Corrie was

cemented within weeks. The soap topped the TV

ratings chart for the first time in March 1961, and

reached a 1960s peak of over 21 million viewers in December 1964.

Coronation Street soon became noted for its
depiction of a working class community, and
established the use of Northern English language

and dialect, widely heard on British television for

the first time. The show first aired in Australia in

1963, and began in New Zealand a year later.

These three years on the Street featured Jackie

Lane (under her stage name Jackie Lenya, as

Cheryl in episode 322 in January 1964) and a

total of sixteen Doctor Who cast connections:

• Fred [William] Ferris (Appleby) was Bert Rowse in (episode 3 of) Planet of Giants
• [Dilys] Rhoda Lewis (Miss Welch here; Lilian, 1969) was Marta in State of Decay
• Judy [Valerie] Cornwell (Georgina) was Maddy in Paradise Towers
• Roy [Trevor] Holder (Butterworth here; Lister, 1987) was Krelper in The Caves of Androzani
• Susan Jameson (Myra) was cast as Morgan for Colony in Space but was replaced by Tony Caunter - she later voiced Mrs. Moynihan for Big Finish's The Spectre of Lanyon Moor (2000), then Fenella Wibsey for the Hornets' Nest (2009), Demon Quest (2010) and Serpent Crest (2011)
• Geoffrey Hinsliff (Vincent here; Don Brennan, 1987-97) was Jack Tyler in Image of the Fendahl, and Fisk in Nightmare of Eden
• Derek Benfield (Baker here; Joe; Greenhalgh, 1967) voiced John Hallam for Catch 1782 (2005)
• Alan Curtis (Thornley) was Major Green in The War Machines
• Jon [Roger] Rollason [born Rollinson] (Robbins, 1963, 1969, 1971) was Harold Chorley in The Web of Fear
• Michael [John] Barrington (Nuttall) was Sir Colin Thackeray in The Seeds of Doom
• Ray [Michael] Brooks (Phillips) was David in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD, and voiced the titular Time Lord for The Trouble With Drax (2016)
• Jerome [Barry] Willis (Interviewer) was Stevens in The Green Death
• Stephanie Bidmead (Lily) was Maaga in Galaxy 4
• Neville Smith (Workman here; Driver, 1968) was D'Argenson in The Reign of Terror (1)
• George [Alphonsus] Cooper (Piggott, 1964, 1971) was Cherub in The Smugglers
• Noel [Frank] Johnson (Braithwaite) was King Thous in The Underwater Menace, and Charles Grover MP in Invasion of the Dinosaurs 

Doctor Who On This Day #295

 

1938 - Actor Derek George Jacobi

born in Leytonstone

1965 - Marco Polo, Episode 7: Assassin

 at Peking and The Reign of Terror,

Episodes 4 and 5 all repeated on ABC

1966 - The Tenth Planet, Episode 3 first

screened on BBC1

1970 - The Seeds of Death, Episode

4 repeated on ABC

1974 - The Claws of Axos, Episode 3, Colony in Space, Episode

 3, Day of the Daleks, Episode 3, The Sea Devils, Episode 2 and

 The Mutants, Episode 3 all repeated on ABC

1975 - Terror of the Autons, Episode

1 first screened on WTTW 11

1977 - The Invisible Enemy, Part 4 

first screened on BBC1

1979 - The Seeds of Doom, Part 5 and

The Masque of Mandragora, Part 2 both

repeated on ABC

1980 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang,

Part 3 repeated on WTTW 11

1981 - Nightmare of Eden, Part 3

repeated on KQED Plus

1982 - The Face of Evil, Part 1

repeated on KQED Plus

1983 - Nightmare of Eden, Part

1 repeated on KQED Plus

1984 - The Curse of Peladon, Part

1 repeated on KQED Plus; and Kinda

Omnibus repeated on WTTW 11

1985 - Planet of Evil, Part 2 repeated

on KQED Plus

1986 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part 1 repeated

on ABC; and The Mark of the Rani, Part 1 (of 4)

repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus

1988 - The Mysterious Planet, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus

1989 - The Curse of Peladon Omnibus repeated on KQED

Plus

1990 - Silver Nemesis, Part 1 repeated

 on ABC

1991 - The Caves of Androzani, Part

 3 repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - The Deadly Assassin, Part 1 repeated on UK Gold

1994 - The Keeper of Traken Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1995 - The Android Invasion Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold

1996 - The War Machines, Episode 2

repeated on UKTV

1997 - 100,000 BC, Episode 3: The Forest of Fear first

screened on Space; and  The Androids of Tara, Part 1

repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - 100,000 BC, Episode 4: The Firemaker repeated on

Space; and The War Games, Episode 9 repeated on UKTV

1999 - The Time Meddler Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;

The Silurians, Episodes 3 and 4 both first screened on TG4 and

 Episode 6 repeated on Space; and The Talons of Weng-Chiang, 

Part 4 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2000 - Terror of the Autons, Episode 1 repeated

on Prime; Day  of the Daleks Omnibus repeated

on UK Gold; The Seeds of Doom, Part 2

repeated on KUED; The Masque of Mandragora,

Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; The Deadly

Assassin, Part 4 and The Face of Evil, 

Part 1 both repeated on WCET; The Robots of Death, Parts 1 and 2 

both repeated on NHPTV; The Invisible Enemy, Part 4 repeated on 

Twin Cities PTV; The Sun Makers, Part 1 repeated on Lakeshore PTV; 

The Androids of Tara, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Colorado PTV; 

Castrovalva, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on MiND; Four to Doomsday, 

Part 2 repeated on BBC Prime and Omnibus repeated on MiND; The 

Caves of Androzani Omnibus repeated on MPT; Terror of the Vervoids, 

Part 12 repeated on WUSF; Remembrance of the Daleks Omnibus 

repeated on WQED

2001 - The Mind of Evil, Episodes 2 and

3 both repeated on KQED Plus; and The

King's Demons, Part 2 repeated on UKTV

2002 - Meglos, Part 4 repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2003 - The Aztecs, Episode 4: The Day of Darkness repeated on

 ABC; Horror of Fang Rock, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC 

Kids (Can); and The Stones of Blood, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

on UK Gold

2005 -Snakedance Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; and

The Stones of Venice, Episode 4 first broadcast on Radio 7

2006 - The Monster of Peladon, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on

KBTC; The Ark in Space, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on WCET; 

Pyramids of Mars Omnibus repeated on MPT; World War Three 

repeated on UKTV (Aus) and Jimmy; The Long Game first

screened on YLE TV2; and Totally Doctor Who (#1.1)

repeated on CBBC

2007 - The Daemons, Episodes 4 and

5 both repeated on BBC4; and New Earth

repeated on UK Gold

2008 - The Androids of Tara, Part 4 and The

Power of Kroll, Part 1 both first screened on

MTV3 SciFi; and School Reunion first screened

on Syfy (FRG)

2009 - Turn Left and Doctor Who Confidential:

Here Come the Girls both repeated on BBC3

2010 - School Reunion repeated on Syfy (FRG); Gridlock

repeated on Space; Cobwebs, Episode 2 repeated on Radio 4 

Extra; and Doctor Who Live moved to MEN Arena, Manchester

2011 - The Stolen Earth repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2012 - The Mutants, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated on Syfy

 (Aus); The Doctor's Wife repeated on BBC America; and Doctor

Who Confidential Cutdown: Stage Fright repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2013 - The Invasion of Time, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

on Syfy (Aus); World War Three repeated on UKTV (Aus);

The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on EBRU; The Age of

Steel repeated on BBC America; The Lazarus Experiment

repeated on Syfy (Port); Utopia, The Sound of Drums and

Doctor Who Confidential: Cybermen all repeated on BBC 

Entertainment AP; The Fires of Pompeii repeated on BBC

Entertainment LA; Forest of the Dead and The Girl Who

Waited both repeated on Watch; Flesh and Stone repeated

 on France 4; The Doctor's Wife repeated on TV3 (Spa);

The Rebel Flesh repeated on ABC2; Dinosaurs on

a Spaceship repeated on RAI4; The Angels Take

Manhattan first screened on Karusel; and Cold

War repeated on Ztélé

2014 - The Claws of Axos, Episodes 2 and 3 both first screened on Retro

 TV; Carnival of Monsters, Episodes 1 and 2 both first screened on Horror; 

Full Circle, Part 1 and The Wedding of River Song both repeated on Syfy

 (Aus); School Reunion repeated on Watch; The Satan Pit repeated on 

UKTV (NZ); The Sound of Drums repeated on KCPT2; A Christmas Carol 

repeated on YLE TV2; The Curse of the Black Spot repeated on KLRU and

 Really Scary TV; The Snowmen and The Bells of Saint John both repeated 

on BBC America; Mummy on the Orient Express and Flatline both 

repeated on Fox (FRG); and The Doctor and the Dalek released online

2015 - Terror of the Autons, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on Horror;

The Time Monster, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; Planet of 

Evil, Part 3 and Tooth and Claw repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Impossible 

Planet and The Satan Pit both repeated on BBC America; Love & Monsters 

repeated on TV Cultura; Human Nature repeated on BBC Entertainment 

AP; Last of the Time Lords and Doctor Who Confidential: The 

Valiant Quest both repeated on UNC-MX; The God Complex repeated 

on KCPT2; The Name of the Doctor and The Best of the Doctor both 

repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; and Robot of 

Sherwood repeated on WTTW Prime

2016 - Paradise Towers, Parts 3 and 4 and Delta

and the Bannermen, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on

Retro TV; The Unquiet Dead, Tooth and Claw, The

Shakespeare Code, The Unicorn and the Wasp, Vincent and 

the Doctor and The Caretaker all repeated on Space; The Empty Child, 

The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways 

all repeated on BBC Polska HD; Fear Her, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday 

and The Runaway Bride all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The End of Time, 

Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on RAI4; The Beast Below repeated on 

Syfy (Bra); Victory of the Daleks repeated on Space and Syfy (Bra); 

The Time of Angels repeated on Syfy (Bra); Flesh and Stone repeated 

on The Zone and Syfy (Bra); Hide, Journey to the Centre of the 

TARDIS, The Crimson Horror and Nightmare in Silver all repeated on 

Syfy (Spa); Robot of Sherwood repeated on Space and Fox (FRG);

Listen repeated on BBC Entertainment EU and Fox; Time Heist 

repeated on BBC Entertainment EU; The Magician's Apprentice 

and The Witch's Familiar both repeated on Syfy (LA); Under

the Lake, Before the Flood, The Girl Who Died, The Woman 

Who Lived and The Zygon Invasion all repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP and Syfy (LA); The Zygon Inversion

repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Husbands

of River Song repeated on BBC First (Ben); and

Class, Episodes 1 and 2 both released on BBC3

and first screened on BBC First (ME)

2017 - The Silurians, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on KCTC;

Robot Omnibus repeated on Retro TV; The Sontaran Experiment

Omnibus repeated on MPTV; The Face of Evil Omnibus repeated

on WILL and Iowa PTV; The Invisible Enemy Omnibus repeated

on WFWA; The Power of Kroll, Part 3 repeated on KPTS; The

Armageddon Factor, Parts 3 to 6 all repeated on PBS North;

Meglos Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; Full Circle Omnibus 

repeated on WYCC; Frontios Omnibus repeated on KERA; 

Mindwarp Omnibus repeated on WSRE; The End of the World 

and Bad Wolf both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Runaway Bride

and The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe both repeated on 

W; Flesh and Stone, The Vampires of Venice and Amy's Choice 

all repeated on One ARD; The Caretaker repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU; and Under the Lake and Before the

Flood both repeated on Fox (FRG)

2018 - The Time Meddler, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro

 TV; Black Orchid Omnibus repeated on WETA-UK; The Doctor, the

 Widow and the Wardrobe, The Snowmen and The Bells of Saint 

John all repeated on BBC America; Under the Lake, Before the

Flood and The Girl Who Died all repeated on Fox (FRG); and Rosa

first screened on BBC America, ABC and Space

2019 - Time Flight, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV; Rise

of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel and Demons of the Punjab all

repeated on One ARD; The Big Bang repeated on BBC Polska HD

and Sony SciFi; and The Impossible Astronaut repeated on Sony

SciFi

2020 - The Mysterious Planet, Parts

3 and 4 and Mindwarp, Parts 1 and

2 all repated on Retro TV; The Woman

Who Lived repeated on BBC Polska HD;

The Lie of the Land repeated on NRJ12;

Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror repeated

on Fox (FRG); and The Haunting of Villa

Diodati repeated on BBC First Turkey

2021 - The Silurians, Episodes 3 and

4 both repeated on Retro TV; and The

Big Bang repeated on ABC2

2022 - The Masque of Mandragora

Omnibus and The Sun Makers,

Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on Retro

 TV; Planet of the Ood repeated on

ABC2; The Girl Who Waited, The God

Complex and Closing Time all repeated

on BBC Polska HD; The Power of Three

repeated on BBC First Turkey; Kill the

Moon and Mummy on the Orient Express

both repeated on Fox SciFi; and Ascension

of the Cybermen and The Timeless Children

both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU

2023 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Parts

3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC

2024 - The Name of the Doctor repeated

on ABC Family and ABC Entertains

2025 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episodes

4 to 7 and The Claws of Axons Omnibus all

repeated on U&Eden