Doctor Who Vs. Adam Adamant Lives! Series 1 [Part 1]

On this day in 1966, this fantasy series debuted on BBC1, and Big Finish have announced that their next audio series is based on the cult classic. The show chronicled the adventures of the eponymous hero (played by Gerald Harper),
an Edwardian transported to the
swinging Sixties, having been
frozen in ice by his nemesis, the
Face (Peter Duckrow). Adamant
(the Corporation's own version
of John Steed, mainstay of The 
Avengers) was joined in his crime
fighting by Georgina Jones (Juliet
Harmer).

Contemporary observers viewed
the programme makers as "what
Doctor Who did next" because
Sydney Newman, Verity 
Lambert, and Donald Cotton
all had key roles in the pilot episode, A Vintage Year for Scoundrels, and
would be credited as co-creators. Adam Adamant Lives! was actually the replacement for an intended adaptation of the Sexton Blake canon.

The sixteen-part season was originally shown from June to October 1966
 (the unaired pilot remains lost) - the first eight episodes featured fifty-
nine further Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Ivor Salter (Hoggett) was the Morok Commander in The Space Museum, Odysseus in The Myth Makers, and Sergeant Markham in Black Orchid
• Duckrow (the Face) was Guard in (episode 1 of) Fury from the Deep
• Frank Jarvis (Hicks) was a Corporal in The War Machines (3), Ankh in Underworld, and Skart in The Power of Kroll
• Bartlett Mullins (Gramps) and Ilona Rodgers (Susan) both appeared in The Sensorites, as an Elder and Carol
• Gordon Faith and Arnold Chazen (Foreigners) were the Guard Captain in The Enemy of the World; and Scientist [John Stacey] in The Moonbase, and Auton in Spearhead from Space (4)
• Kenneth Benda (Sir James) was the Minister in The Claws of Axos
• John Greenwood (Doctor) was D'Artagnan and Sir Lancelot in The Mind Robber (5)
• Alan Cassell (Villain), Gloria Forstner, Diana Hallows and Chris Reck (Partygoers) were all Inferno Customers in The War Machines (1)
• John Clamp and Roland Robinson (Reporters) were Guard in The Masque of Mandragora (2); and Militiaman in The Smugglers (4)
• Sheelagh McGrath (Disco Girl) and Victor Munt (Partygoer/Tourist) were Guardians in The Ark - Munt was also an Inferno Customer, and UNIT Soldier in The Silurians (3)
• Charles O'Rourke (Lackey), David Ronowski (Passerby) and Emmett Hennessy (Partygoer) were all Tavern Patrons in The Massacre (1) - Hennessy was also an Inferno Customer in The War Machines (1), Roman Soldier in The War Games (2), Guerilla and American Aide in Day of the Daleks, and Prison Guard in Frontier in Space
• Jack May (Simms) was General Nicolai Hermack in The Space Pirates
• Stephanie Bidmead (Madame) was Maaga in Galaxy 4
• Michael Robbins (Jeffreys) was Richard Mace in The Visitation
• Geoffrey Hinsliff (Parky) was Jack Tyler in Image of the Fendahl, and Fisk in Nightmare of Eden
• Patrick O'Connell (Danny) was Ashton in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (4)
• John Rolfe (Kelvin) was Fell in The Green Death
• Dave Carter (Partygoer) was a Rebel in The Power of the Daleks (1), IE Guard in The Invasion (1), titular monster in The Silurians, Primord in Inferno, Attendant in Terror of the Autons (1), Prison Officer in The Mind of Evil, Skybase Guard in The Mutants (1), Roundhead Officer in The Time Monster (3), Sergeant Duffy in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1), and Grierson in The Android Invasion
• Philip Ryan (Jackson) was a Soldier in The Web of Fear (4), Redcoat in The Mind Robber, and Primord in Inferno
• Peter Baldwin and Denise Brown were Children in The Savages (1) too
• Laurie Goode (Partygoer/Tourist) was a Mutt in The Mutants, Time Lord in The Invasion of Time, Bandit in The Creature from the Pit, Tigellan in Meglos, Sailor in Enlightenment, and UNIT Trooper in Battlefield
• Barry Jackson (Executioner/Samurai/Victor/Guard/Fight Arranger) was Ascaris in The Romans, Jeff Garvey in Mission to the Unknown, and Drax in The Armageddon Factor - a role reprised for Big Finish's The Trouble With Drax (2016)
• Roger Jacombs (Partygoer/Tourist/Workman/Thug) was a Yeti in The Web of Fear (6)
• David James (Partygoer/Tourist) was Arab Sheikh in The Feast of Steven
• Arthur McGuire (Partygoer/Tourist) was Guard in The Massacre (4) and The Enemy of the World (4), and UNIT Soldier in The Silurians (3)
• Eric Mills (Student) was an Egyptian Warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (9), and Parisian in The Massacre (3)
• Dennis Chin (Guard) and Basil Tang (Bellboy/Photographer/Business- man) were Coolies in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (5) - Tang was also Foreman in Marco Polo, and Diplomat in Day of the Daleks (4)
• Derek Ware (Samurai) was an uncredited fight arranger on 100,000 BC, The Aztecs (4), The Crusade (1), The Feast of Steven, The Underwater Menace (3) and The Web of Fear (1), stuntman on Terror of the Autons (1), then starred as Bus Conductor in The Chase (6), Trojan Soldier in The Myth Makers (4), Tuthmos in The Daleks' Master Plan, Spaniard in The Smugglers, UNIT Soldier in The Ambassadors of Death, Private Wyatt in Inferno, and Pigbin Josh in The Claws of Axos (1)
• Pat Gorman (Guard) appeared in eighty-three instalments of the classic series (from The Dalek Invasion of Earth to Attack of the Cybermen)
• Adrienne Corri (Shani) was Mena in The Leisure Hive
• William Hurndell (McLintock) was Ike Clanton in The Gunfighters
• John Hollis (Calvert) was Sondergaard in The Mutants
• David Spenser (Ahmed) was Thonmi in The Abominable Snowmen
• John Woodnutt (the Sheik) was George Hibbert in Spearhead from Space, the Draconian Emperor in Frontier in Space, the Duke of Forgill and Broton in Terror of the Zygons, and Seron in The Keeper of Traken
• Andrew Andreas (Croupier) was an Egyptian Warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (10), Guard in The Enemy of the World, and German Soldier in The War Games (3)
• Norman Hartley (Florist) was Ulf in The Time Meddler, and Sergeant Peters in The Invasion 
• Valerie Stanton (Girl) was a Parisian in The Massacre (3), and  Secretary in The Space Pirates
• George Tovey (Cabbie) was Ernie Clements in Pyramids of Mars
• Jeremy Young (Wilson) was Kal in 100,000 BC, and Gordon Lowery in Mission to the Unknown
• Hamilton Dyce (George) was Major General Scobie in Spearhead from Space
• Ernest Blyth (Pallbearer) was a Villager/Coven member in The Daemons
• Colin Jeavons (Clair) was Damon in The Underwater Menace, and George Tracey in K9 & Company
• Keith Anderson (Charles) was Maximilien Robespierre in The Reign of Terror
• John Dawson (Minister) was a Time Lord in The Deadly Assassin 
• Ian Fairbairn (Barber) was Questa in The Macra Terror (1), Gregory in The Invasion, Bromley in Inferno, and Dr. Chester in The Seeds of Doom (3)
• Kenneth Ives (Man) was Toba in The Dominators 
• stuntman Peter Diamond was stunt double and fight arranger on twelve episodes (from The Daleks to The Daemons)
• designer Darrol Blake later directed The Stones of Blood