Monday 18 March 2024

Doctor Who Vs. Agatha Christie's Poirot, Series 1

London Weekend Television's acclaimed
period crime drama began in 1989 - David
Suchet's portrayal of the Queen of Crime's
creation is now regarded as the definitive Hercule Poirot.
Hugh Fraser, Phillip Jackson and Pauline
Moran also joined the series as Captain
Hastings, Inspector Japp and Miss Lemon. 
The programme endured until late 2013,
when ITV Studios concluded their adapt-
ations of all seventy of Christie's works with Curtain, the Belgian's last case.
Suchet (born 1946) was later cast as the Landlord for Knock Knockwhilst Fraser
and Jackson both starred in Big Finish plays.
Five of the serials here were based on short stories from Poirot's Early Cases (published
in 1974), three more from Murder in the
Mews and Other Stories  (1937), and two from The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960). A repeat run of the first, ten-part season began on ITV3 last night - the mysteries featured Geoffrey BeeversCaroline JohnMary
Tamm, and a total of thirty-eight Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

The Adventure Of The Clapham Cook (UK TX: January 8 1989)
  • Brigit Forsyth (Mrs. Todd) was Ruth Maxtible in The Evil of the Daleks
  • Danny Webb (Porter here; Mutti in At Bertram's Hotel, 2007; Garroway in Elephants Can Remember) was John Jefferson in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, then voiced Byron for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), and Ori for The Dark Husband (2008)
  • [John] Antony Carrick (Todd) was Captain Rossini in The Masque of Mandragora
Murder In The Mews (UK TX: January 15)
  • David [William] Yelland (West here; Warrender in Spider's Web, 1982; George in Taken at the FloodMrs. McGinty's DeadThird GirlThree Act TragedyHallowe'en PartyThe Big FourCurtain; Hastings in Black Coffee, 2012; Robarts in Witness for the Prosecution, 2017; Wargrave in And Then There Were None, 2023) voiced Walter Pritchett for The Red Lady (2015)
  • Christopher Brown (Golfer) was Marriner in Enlightenment
The Adventure Of Johnnie Waverly (UK TX: January 22)
  • Geoffrey Bateman (Waverly) was Dymond in Nightmare of Eden
  • Jonathan Magnanti (PC) voiced Lawrence Yeadon for Nightshade (2016)
  • Jamie Harcourt was also a camera operator on The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit
Four And Twenty Blackbirds (UK TX: January 29)
  • Clifford Rose (Makinson) was Rorvik in Warriors' Gate
  • Philip [born Roy James] Locke (Cutter) was Bigon and the voice of Control in Four to Doomsday
  • Cheryl Hall (Molly) was Shirna in Carnival of Monsters
  • John [Gibb Marshall] Sessions (Radio Voice here; Pye in The Moving Finger, 2006) provided the voice of Gus for Mummy on the Orient Express, and voiced General Tannis for Death Comes to Time, Mozart for My Own Private Wolfgang (2007), and Roland/Mummer for Castle of Fear (2009)
  • Charles Pemberton (Stooge here; Rose in A Pocketful of Rye, 1985) was a Cyberman in Tomb of the Cybermen, and Technician in The War Games
  • Denys [Vernon] Hawthorne (Bonnington) was Rudge in Terror of the Vervoids
  • Holly De Jong (Dulcie) voiced Amelia Doory for Project: Twilight (2001)
The Third Floor Flat (UK TX: February 5)
  • George Little (Dicker here, Triangle at RhodesThe DreamDouble Sin) was Haroun ed-Din in The Crusade
  • Robert Hines (Jimmy) voiced Minister Tralfinial for The Last (2004)
  • Josie Lawrence (Mrs. Grant here; Hannah for By the Pricking of My Thumbs, 2006) voiced Gaznak for Salvation Nine (2022)
  • Valentino Musetti (stuntman here, The Incredible TheftThe Veiled Lady; co-ordinator on Thirteen at Dinner) was Mongol Bandit in (episode 5 of) Marco Polo, Saracen Warrior in The Crusade (1), Egyptian in The Daleks' Master Plan, Pirate in The Smugglers, Prisoner in The Mind of Evil and Colony in Space (1), and Stuntman in The Time Monster (1)
Triangle at Rhodes (UK TX: February 12)
  • Annie Lambert (Valentine here; Vere in Finessing the King) was Enlightenment in Four to Doomsday
  • Martyn Whitby (Postman) was a Drayman in The Mark of the Rani
Problem At Sea (UK TX: February 19)
  • Ben [Patrick] Aris (Fowler) was Lieutenant Shears in Invasion of the Dinosaurs 
  • John Normington (Clapperton) was Morgus in The Caves of Androzani, and Trevor Sigma in The Happiness Patrol
The Incredible Theft (UK TX: February 26)
  • Albert Welling (Carlile) played the titular Fuhrer in Let's Kill Hitler
  • John [Derek] Carson [Parker] (Carrington here; Abernethie in After the Funeral) was Director Ambril in Snakedance
  • Phyllida [Ann] Law (Julia here; Mrs. Smythe in Hallowe'en Party) was Bea Nelson-Stanley in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Eye of the Gorgon, and voiced Belldonia for The Bride of Peladon (2008)
The King Of Clubs (UK TX: March 12)
  • Niamh Cusack (Valerie here; Emma in 4.50 from Paddington, 2004) voiced Clarimonde for Zaltys (2017)
  • Gawn Grainger (Walton) was George Stephenson in The Mark of the Rani
  • Cathy Murphy (Maid) was Mum in The Christmas Invasion
  • Sean [Carl] (Oglander here; Griffith in The Moving Finger, 2006; Stubbs in Dead Man's Folly, 2013; DI Lejeune in The Pale Horse, 2020) made a cameo appearance in The Five(ish) Doctors
  • David [Bernard] Swift (Reedburn here; Wanstead for Nemesis, 1998) was cast as Count Federico in The Masque of Mandragora but was replaced by Jon Laurimore
The Dream (UK TX: March 19)
  • Christopher Saul (Tremlett) was a Trooper in The Awakening
  • Tommy Wright (Workman) was the Guardmaster in The Creature from the Pit
  • Donald [Harold Gunn] Bisset (Mayor) was Colin McLaren in The Highlanders
  • Paul Lacoux (Stillingfleet) voiced Dr. Mathias for The Harvest (2004)
  • Arthur Howell (Instructor here; PC in Murder Most Foul; stuntman on The Mystery of the Spanish Chest) was a Confederate Horseman in The War Games  
  • Marc Boyle was stuntman on Terror of the Autons too, then Prisoner/ UNIT Motorcyclist in The Mind of Evil, Kronos in The Time Monster, Exxilon in Death to the Daleks, and fight arranger on The Time Warrior
  • Bill Weston (stuntman here, The ABC MurdersDead Man's Mirror) was a Militiaman in The Smugglers (4), where Hugh Fraser made his TV debut as an Extra

Doctor Who On This Day #77


1966 - The Reign of TerrorEpisode
4: The Tyrant of France and The Web
PlanetEpisodes 4 and 5 all repeated
on ABC
1967 - The Macra Terror, Episode
 2 first screened on BBC1
1968 - The Chase, Episodes 1 and 5, The Time Meddler,
 Episode 3: A Battlof WitsGalaxy 4Episode 3: Air
LockThe Myth Makers, Episode 3Death of a Spy and
The Massacre, Episode 3: Priest of Death all repeated
on ABC
1972 - The Sea Devils, Episode
 4 first screened on BBC1
1978 The Ark in Space, Part 1
first screened on TV2
1980 Genesis of the Daleks, Part 6 first screened on WTTW
11; and The Horns of Nimon, Part 2 first screened on ABC
1982 The Invisible Enemy, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus;
and Meglos, Part 3 repeated and Part 4 first screened, both
on ABC
1983 - Full Circle, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus
1984 - Castrovalva Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus
1985 - The Mutants, Episodes 1 to 3 all repeated on WTTW 11
1986 Inferno, Episode 1 first screened on ABC; Carnival
of Monsters, Episode 2 repeated on TV1; and Destiny of
 the Daleks, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus
1987 The Krotons, Episode 2 repeated
on KQED Plus; and Pyramids of Mars, Part
 2 repeated on TV2
1988 The Armageddon Factor, Part
4 repeated on KQED Plus
1989 The Three Doctors, Episode 4
repeated on KQED Plus
1990 - Planet of Evil Omnibus repeated
on KQED Plus; and The Greatest Show
in the Galaxy, Part 2 first screened on
RTL TV
1991 - City of Death Omnibus repeated
on WTTW 11
1992 Inferno, Episode 7 repeated
on KQED Plus
1993 Kinda, Part 2 repeated on ABC
1994 The Pirate Planet, Part 3 repeated
on UK Gold
1995 The Silurians, Episode 5 repeated
 on UK Gold; and The Twin Dilemma
Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus
1996 - Silver Nemesis Omnibus repeated 
on KQED Plus
1997 The Green DeathEpisode 2
repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1998 - The War Games, Episode 8 first
screened on Space; and Terminus, Part
 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1999 - The War Games, Episode 8 repeated 
on Space; and Earthshock, Part 3 repeated
on UKTV (Aus)
2000 - The Rescue and The Romans Omnibuses both repeated
on UKTV (Aus); Genesis of the Daleks, Part 1 and K9 & Company 
both repeated on Iowa PTV; The Face of Evil, Parts 3 and 4 both
first screened on BBC America; The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 1
first screened on Prairie PTV; and The Leisure Hive, Part 2 repeated
on BBC Prime
2001 Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 2 repeated on WILL;
Planet of Evil Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; The Face
 of Evil, Part 1 repeated on KUED; The Robots of Death
Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Prime; UnderworldParts 
1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; The Power of Kroll 
Omnibus repeated on Lakeshore PTV; Enlightenment
Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on MiND; Remembrance
 of the Daleks, Part 3 repeated on WUSF; and The 
Greatest Show in the Galaxy Omnibus repeated on
MPT
2002 Attack of the Cybermen, Part
 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2003 - Writer Lewis Greifer died in London,
aged  87; and The Sun MakersParts 3 and
both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2004 Spearhead from Space, Episode 2 repeated on ABC;
and Frontios, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2006 Colony in Space Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;
Rose and The End of the World both first screened on
Syfy (US); The Empty Child repeated on People+ Arts;
 and Boom Town repeated on Ztélé
2007 - The Web of Fear, Episode 1 repeated
on BBC4; and The Power of Kroll Omnibus
repeated on MPT
2008 Planet of Giants, Episodes 1 and
2 both first screened on MTV3 SciFi and
TV4
2009 Ghost Light, Parts 2 and 3 both first screened on
MTV3 SciFi and TV4; Gridlock repeated on Syfy (Ben);
and Voyage of the Damned and Doctor Who Confidential:
Kylie Special both repeated on BBC3
2010 The Empty Child repeated on Syfy (Spa); Human
Nature repeated on HRT2; and The Stolen Earth and Doctor
Who Confidential: Friends and Foe both repeated on BBC3
2011 - The Invisible Enemy, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated
on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; The Unquiet Dead repeated
on Space; The Time of Angels repeated on BBC3; and
Space and Time first screened on BBC1
2012 Terror of the Autons, Episodes 2 and
3 both repeated on KBTC; Turn Left repeated
on Idaho PTV; The Waters of Mars repeated
on BBC America; The God Complex repeated
on Fox (FRG); and The Wedding of River Song
first screened on KBS2
2013 Boom Town and Bad Wolf both repeated on BBC America;
The Stolen EarthDoctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Coming to 
America and Extra Time all repeated on UKTV (Aus); Cold Blood 
repeated on Watch; and The Impossible Astronaut repeated on
Ztélé
2014 The Stones of Blood, Parts 3 and 4 and Terminus, Parts
1 and 2 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Empty Child repeated
on Watch; Midnight and Turn Left both repeated on BBC
America; The Next Doctor and Planet of the Dead both repeated
 on TV3 (Spa); The Hungry Earth repeated on France 4; The
Doctor's Wife repeated on Syfy (Port); A Town Called Mercy
repeated on Really Scary TV; and The Rings of Akhaten
repeated on Syfy (Ben)
2015 Carnival of Monsters, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated and
Nightmare of Eden, Parts 1 and 2 both first screened, all on Retro
TV; The Ribos Operation, Part 4 and Midnight both repeated on
Syfy (Aus); The Androids of Tara, Part 4 and City of Death, Part 1
both repeated on Horror; Army of Ghosts repeated on Watch and
KCPT2; Partners in Crime, The Fires of Pompeii and Planet of the 
Ood all repeated on BBC America; The Girl Who Waited repeated
on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; A Town Called Mercy 
repeated on Syfy (Ben); and Death in Heaven and Last
Christmas both repeated on Fox (FRG)
2016 - Castrovalva, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;
Aliens of LondonThe Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Boom 
TownBad Wolf and Silence in the Library all repeated on Syfy
(Aus); The Parting of the Ways repeated on Syfy (Aus) and TV
Cultura; The Satan PitLove & Monsters and Army of Ghosts all
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Runaway Bride 
repeated on ABC2; Partners in Crime and The Fires of Pompeii 
both repeated on EBRU; The Stolen Earth and Journey's End both 
repeated on France 4; Robot of Sherwood repeated on BBC Polska
 HD; Listen repeated on KUAC; and Sleep No MoreFace the Raven
 and The Husbands of River Song all repeated on BBC First (ME)
2017 - The Ark, Episodes 2 to 4 and The Gunfighters, Episode 1: 
A Holiday for the Doctor all repeated on Retro TV; Kinda Omnibus 
repeated on WYCC; The End of the World and Doctor Who Extra: 
Into the Dalek both repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Doctor 
Dances repeated on Space; Blink, Utopia, The Sound of Drums,
Last of the Time Lords and Voyage of the DamnedPart 1 (of 2) 
all repeated on FX (Ind); The Stolen EarthMummy on the Orient ExpressFlatline and In the Forest of the Night all repeated on Syfy
 (Aus); A Good Man Goes to War and Let's Kill Hitler both repeated 
on Syfy (Bra); Under the Lake and Before the Flood both repeated 
on Syfy (LA); The Zygon Invasion and The Zygon 
Inversion both repeated on BBC Polska HD and France 4; Sleep 
No More and Face the Raven both repeated on BBC Entertainment 
EU, BBC Polska HD and France 4; Heaven Sent repeated on
BBC Entertainment EU, BBC Polska HD, BBC First (RSA) and
France 4; Hell Bent repeated and The Return of Doctor Mysterio
 first screened, both on France 4; and The Husbands of River 
Song repeated on BBC First (ME)
2018 - Colony in Space, Episode 6 and The Daemons, Episode
both repeated on KBTC; The Horns of Nimon Omnibus repeated
on Retro TV; Full Circle Omnibus repeated on WILL; Warriors' Gate
 repeated onIowa PTV; The Age of SteelThe Idiot's Lantern, 42,
Human NatureThe Family of BloodBlink and Planet of the Ood
all repeated on W; Evolution of the Daleks repeated on Syfy (Aus);
 Before the Flood, The Girl Who Died and The Woman Who Lived
all repeated on One ARD; and Face the Raven repeated on BBC
First (ME)
2019 - Horror of Fang RockParts 3 and
both repeated on Retro TV; and Flatline
and In thForest of the Night both
repeated on BBC Polska HD
2020 - The Silurians, Episode 1 repeated
on Retro TV; The Girl Who Waited repeated
on BBC Polska HD; and Flatline repeated on
Syfy (Fra)
2021 The War Games, Episode 2 repeated
on ONS; The Monster of Peladon, Parts 1
and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; Journey's
End repeated on ABC2; The Crimson Horror
repeated on Syfy (Fra); The Girl Who Died
repeated on BBC Polska HD; and The Pyramid
at the End of the World and The Lie of the
Land both repeated on Fox (FRG)
2022 Time Flight, Parts 1 and 2 both
repeated on Retro TV; School Reunion
repeated on Fox SciFi; The Next Doctor
repeated on BBC First Turkey; and The
Witchfinders repeated on BBC Polska HD
2023 The Satan Pit and Love & Monsters
both repeated on Fox SciFi; Listen repeated
on ABC2; and The Lady of Obsidian, Part 1
repeated on Radio 4 Extra