Tuesday 30 June 2020

Doctor Who Vs. Casualty, Series 16


Series regularAdjoa AndohDerek Thompson, Cathy Shipton, Ian 
Bleasdale, Kwame Kwei Armah, Zita Sattar, and Will Mellor all returned
for the sixteenth season of BBC One's long-running medical drama -
shown from September 2001 to June 2002.
Joining the programme here were Dan Rymer (as Nurse Dillon Cahill),
Louise Brealey (student nurse Roxy Bird), Christine Adams (nurse
Melanie Phillips), Christopher Colquhoun (registrar Simon Kaminski),
Kelly Harrison (technician Nikki Marshall), Martina Laird (paramedic
 Comfort Jones), Judy Loe (CEO Jan Goddard), Christine Stephen Daly
(SHO Lara Stone), Simon MacCorkindale (Dr. Harry Harper), and Emily
Dormer (receptionist Gilly). Robert Gwilym, Ian Kelsey, Jan Anderson,
 and Ben Keaton all left during this year.
Another repeat run of the series (now extended to forty episodes)
began on the Drama channel today - it featured Sylvester McCoy,
Noel Clarke, Jo Martinand forty-four other Doctor Who cast
and crew connections:

  • Big Finish actor Glynn Sweet (Foreman) voiced Dexion for The Curse of the Daleks (2008), Professor Lyle Woodruff for Return of the Krotons (2009), Horgan for The Guardians of Prophecy, Paul Dessay for Wirrn Isle (both 2012), Elgin Vanser for The Brood of Erys, Harcross, Pheen-Tu and Flunkey for The Widow's Assassin (both 2014), and Sir Geoffrey Balsam for The Behemoth (2017)
  • Joanna Monro (Maggie here; Debs, 2004) was Rega in Planet of the Spiders, then voiced Mrs. Moloney for The Entropy Composition, Johanna Bourke and Carlotta for Special Features (both 2010), and Eleanor Naismith and Time Eater for Jago & Litefoot 3 (2011)
  • Rachel Bavidge (Leanne) voiced the European Leader for The Defectors, and Seru for The Isos Network (both 2015)
  • John Breslin (Arthur) was Captain Munro in Spearhead From Space
  • Charles Kay (Weinberg) voiced the Curator for Excelis Rising (2002)
  • Alisdair Simpson (Dave) voiced Sir Francis White and David Ritchie for 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), Cleon for Mask of Tragedy (2014), Colonel Lifford for The Boundless Sea (2015), Sidney Wheeler and Field Marshal Brooke for Churchill Victorious (2018), and Damadus for Return to Skaro (2020)
  • Bernard Holley (Clarke here; Larwood, 2014) was Peter Haydon in (episode 1 of) The Tomb of the Cybermen (a role reprised in 2015 for Big Finish's Return to Telos), and Axon Man in The Claws of Axos, then voiced the titular alien for The Feast of Axos (2011), Brother Phaedrus for Love and War (2012), and Karswell for The Trans- cendence of Ephros (2016)
  • William Ilkley (Dalton here; Kilbride, 2007; Lawrence in Casualty 1909, 2009) was Tim Bass in The Mark of the Rani
  • Zoe Thorne (Jenny) provided the voice of the Gelth for The Unquiet Dead, and was the Sphere Voice for The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords
  • Chrissie Cotterill (Shirley here; Rosie, 2006) was Madame Vernet in Vincent and the Doctor
  • Patsy Kensit (Charlotte here; Faye in Holby City, 2007-10)) voiced Mercenary for Kingdom of Lies (2018)
  • Anna Barry (Jane) was Anat in Day of the Daleks, and voiced Juniper Hartigan for The Lure of the Nomad (2018), and Aether Beauregarde for The Lost Resort (2021)
  • Christian Cooke (Booth here; Becket, 2006) was Ross Jenkins in The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky
  • Tom Smith (Simon here; Barber, 2005; Cooper, 2007) was the Host in Tooth and Claw
  • Angel Coulby (Sally) was Katherine in The Girl in the Fireplace
  • Niky Wardley (Louisa) voiced Tamsin Drew for seven audio adventures (from Situation Vacant until To the Death), then Rebecca Young for Technophobia, Hannah Bennet for School of Blood (both 2016), Stacey for Torchwood One: 9 to 5 (2018), Natalie Morrison for Kidnapped! (2020), and was Receptionist in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
  • Mark Anthony Brighton (Michael here; Marcus, 2005) was Colonel Albero in The Time of the Doctor
  • David Graham (Noga) provided Dalek voices for The Daleks, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Chase and The Daleks' Master Plan, was Charlie in The Gunfighters, Kerensky in City of Death, then voiced Percy Till for Static (2017)
  • Bridget Turner (Katia here; Mrs. Stirling, 2008; Barbara, 2010) was Alice in Gridlock
  • prolific Big Finish actor Steven Wickham (Barry here; Prior, 2006) was an uncredited Soldier in The Caves of Androzani, and Gastropod in The Twin Dilemma, then voiced Dr. Samuel Holywell for Phantasmagoria (1999), Murranus for The Fires of Vulcan (2000), Victor and Joseph Farrison for The Dark Flame (2003), Valyes for Gallifrey (2005-13), Uviol for Red (2006), Harom for Urban Myths, Soldier for Son of the Dragon (both 2007), Garm and Master of Karn for Seven Keys to Doomsday (2008), Gavin Walker for The Veiled Leopard (2013), and Grisk and Venorg for Memories of  a Tyrant (2019)
  • Richard Armitage (Parker) has been cast as Rassilon for Gallifrey: Time War 4 (2020)
  • Dominic Mafham (Mike here; Sands, 2006) voiced Moran for The Jigsaw War (2012), and Chidak for The Dalek Contract and The Final Phase (both 2013)
  • Tom Adams (Dr. Spiller) was Commander Vorshak in Warriors of the Deep
  • Sara Carver (Mrs. Dixon here; Yvonne, 2007) voiced Andrea Winnington for UNIT (2004/5), the Khellian Queen for Three's A Crowd (2005), Kim Kronotska for Memory Lane (2006), Kadiatu Lethbridge Stewart for The Final Amendment (2007), and Sylvia for City of the Daleks
  • Mina [Mumtaz] Anwar (Shelley) was Gita Chandra in The Sarah Jane Adventures and Farewell, Sarah Jane then reprised for Rani  Takes on the World, and Goodthing in Smile, then voiced Kurdi for The Rise of the New Humans, Varda for Empress of the Drahvins, Forsetti for The Trial of a Time Machine (all 2018), Horl for Tick Tock World, Valerie Pritchard for The Survivor (both 2019), Betty for Ghosts (2020), Joshi for Echoes of Extinction (2021), Kavita Aradhana for Broken Memories, and Rolko for Morbius 1 (both 2024)
  • Michael Praed (Meredith) voiced Slyde for The Dark Flame, and Ladiver for The Curse of the Daleks
  • Stirling Gallacher (Michelle here; Selena, 2012; Sally, 2014) voiced Isobel for The Dispossessed (2018)
  • Shelley Conn (Daljit) voiced Asha Qureshi for Situation Vacant (2010)
  • Alan Mason (Hallett here; McGowan, 2005) was Corporal Nutting in The Silurians
  • David Bamber (Dr. Campbell here; Kingston, 2014) was Captain Quell in Mummy on the Orient Express, and voiced Emperor Constantine for The Council of Nicaea (2005), and Colonel Ulrik and Whitmore for The Four Doctors (2010)
  • Mark Lockyer (Ray) voiced Sir Walter Raleigh for Voyage to the New World (2012)
  • Nicholas Khan (Jez) voiced Jimmy Lynch for The Sinestran Kill, Dalia for Collateral (both 2019), Jillix for The Sins of Captain John (2020), and Vez/Kol for The Ark (2023)
  • Toby Sawyer (Wood here; Embleton, 2007) voiced Daniel Applewhite for The Wishing Beast (2007), and Baalaka for The Cradle of the Snake (2010)
  • Jonathan Watson (Shears) was Ritskaw in The Halloween Apocalypse, and Skaak in War of the Sontarans
  • Lisa Palfrey (Melanie) was the Mum in Attack of the Graske
  • John Bennett (Ray) was General Finch in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and Li H'sen Chang in The Talons of Weng-Chiang
  • Bridgitta Roy (Pharmacist) voiced Dr. Throne/Opis PA for Far From Home (2023)
  • Matt Green (Student here; Monmouth, 2008) was BBC Reporter in The Star Beast
  • Irvine Iqbal (Ron) voiced Singh for Redacted
  • Paul Cornell was also writer of Father's Day, Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Scream of the Shalka
  • Jeremy Webb was also director of The Curse of the Black SpotThe Wedding of River Song and Death is the Only Answer
  • Marcus Price was also production manager on Tooth and Claw, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Idiot's Lantern, Fear Her and Torchwood
  • Gary Norman was also the grip on twenty-five stories (from A Christmas Carol to The Day of the Doctor)

Monday 29 June 2020

Doctor Who Vs. Coronation Street at 60, Part 1: 1960/61


"There was life before Coronation Street but it didn't add up
to much." Russell Harty

"Manchester produces what to me is the Pickwick Papers.
That is to say, Coronation Street, I live for it. Thank God.
Half past seven tonight and I shall be in paradise." 
Sir John Betjeman

L to R: Jessie Wallace, Dawson,
Celia Imrie & Lynda Baron
depicted Pat Phoenix (who
played Elsie Tanner), Warren
(1936-2016), Doris Speed
(Annie Walker) & Violet
Carson (Ena Sharples).
"Its Tony Warren. The writer.
Thought you were an actor.
That was yesterday."
The Road to Coronation Street

Shown again on ITV last night,
the BBC Four drama The Road to
Coronation Street documented the
creation of ITV's long-running soap opera, from inception (as Florizel 
Street in 1959) to first trans-
mission a year later.
Set mainly at Granada Studios in
Manchester, the biopic told the true
story of Tony Warren (born Anthony
Simpson in Salford, and played here
by David Dawson) - struggling actor
and scriptwriter who envisaged an
authentic Northern drama that
portrayed normal, working-class
life in a Salford terraced street.
After an initial commission to write thirteen pilot episodes, Warren con-
tributed to the soap - affectionately known as Corrie - until 1978, and even made a cameo appearance in
the show's fiftieth anniversary live edition in 2010.
Based in the fictional Northern town of Weatherfield, Corrie debuted
with a live episode on Friday December 9th 1960, and within six
months was Britain's most watched TV programme and a national
institution.
The show's first year on air included scripts from future Doctor Who 
writer Barbara Clegg, guest starred former actor Barry Letts,
and featured twenty-six other cast connections:

  • Alan Rothwell (David Barlow, 1960-1968) voiced Janto for Big Finish's The Twilight Kingdom (2004)
  • Daphne Oxenford (Esther Hayes, 1960-1972) was the Archivist in Dragonfire
  • Cyril Luckham (Dr. Tinsley) was the White Guardian from The Ribos Operation to Enlightenment
  • Frank Crawshaw (Arnold Tanner, 1961) was Arnold Farrow in Planet of Giants
  • June Barry (Joan) voiced Jo Grant for Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?
  • Campbell [Jakob Kobel] Singer (Mason) and Reg Lever (Davies) both appeared in The Celestial Toymaker - Singer was Joey the Clown, the King of Hearts and Sergeant Rugg, and Lever was the Joker
  • [Alfred] Graham Rigby (Thief here; Whitehead, 1963; Lambert, 1965/6; Wardle, 1995) was Larry Madison in The Dalek Invasion of Earth
  • Bryan Mosley (Alf Roberts, 1961-1999) and Phillip Anthony (Pilkington) both starred in The Daleks' Master Plan - Mosley was Prop Man (episode 7) and Malpha (11), whilst Anthony was Roald (1)
  • Fulton Mackay (Dr. Graham) was Dr. Quinn in The Silurians
  • Angela [Josephine MacDonagh] Douglas (Eunice) was Doris Lethbridge-Stewart in Battlefield
  • John [Colin Smith] Collin (Snape here; Pickens, 1969; Stringer, 1979) was Brock in The Leisure Hive
  • Robin Wentworth [Victor Roy Wheeler] (Dewhurst here; Greaves, 1969) was Professor Horner in The Daemons (1)
  • Donald Morley (Fletcher here; Bolton, 1974) and Keith Anderson (Constable) both appeared in The Reign of Terror - as Jules Renan and Robespierre respectively
  • Kenneth [Charles] Cope (Jed Stone, 1961-63, 1966, 2008-09) was Packard in Warriors' Gate
  • Keith Marsh (Foreman here; Chippendale, 1966; Marsden, 1980; Uncle Mervyn, 1999) was Conway in Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD
  • Neville Barber (Marsden) was Dr. Cook in The Time Monsters
  • Steve [Phokion Stavros] Plytas (Leo) was Wigner in The Tenth Planet
  • Anne Reid (Valerie Tatlock/Barlow, 1961-1971) was Nurse Crane in The Curse of Fenric, and Florence the Plasmavore in Smith and Jones
  • Jack [William] Woolgar (Stallholder here; Noblett, 1970) was Staff Sergeant Arnold in The Web of Fear
  • Harold [Israel] Goldblatt (Riley) was Professor Dale in Frontier in Space
  • Bernard [Frederic Bemrose] Kay (Foster) was Carl Tyler in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Saladin in The Crusade, Inspector Crossland in The Faceless Ones, and Caldwell in Colony in Space, then voiced Major Dickens for Night Thoughts (2006)
  • [Philip] Stephen Hancock (Assistant here; Spinks, 1962; Gordon Bishop, 1967; Ernest Bishop, 1969-78) voiced the First Mate for Here There Be Monsters (2008)
  • Stratford Johns (Powell) was Monarch in Four to Doomsday
First shown in September 2010 (and repeated on ITV3 in 2017),
The Road to Coronation Street also featured Jane Horrocks, Jessie
Wallace, Corrie veterans Michelle Holmes, John Thomson, and
seven Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

  • Lynda Baron (Violet Carson here; Renee in Corrie, 1997) recorded The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon (sung off screen) for The Gunfighters, was Captain Wrack in Enlightenment, then Val in Closing Time 
  • Steven Berkoff (Sidney Bernstein) provided the voice of the Shakri in The Power of Three
  • Celia Imrie (Doris Speed) was Miss Kizlet in The Bells of Saint John, and voiced Dr. Elizabeth Bradley for The Fifth Citadel (2013), Madame Tissot for Gallery of Ghouls, and Lady Livia Caralis for Gallifrey: Enemy Lines (both 2016)
  • Shaun Dooley (Bennett here; Fitzgerald in Corrie, 1997/8) was Epzo in The Ghost Monument
  • Tim Palmer was also the cinematographer on Let's Kill HitlerThe Wedding of River Song and Nightmare in Silver
  • Thomas Alibone was assistant director on An Adventure in Space and Time too
  • Adam Green also edited The Girl Who Died, The Woman Who Lived and The Husbands of River Song

Sunday 28 June 2020

Doctor Who Vs. Afterlife, Series 2

This supernatural drama returned to ITV for a
second, and final series in the autumn of 2006.
The cast was again led by Lesley Sharpe (as
psychic believer Alison Mundy) and Andrew
Lincoln (the sceptic academic, Dr. Robert
Bridge) - together they investigated para-
normal cases in Bristol.
The programme earned another acting prize
at the Monte Carlo TV Festival - Sharp won 
Outstanding Actress, whilst Lincoln won the 
Actor award in 2007.
Sharp later played Sky Silvestry in Midnight,
and this season featured twenty-four Doctor
Who cast and crew connections:

Roadside Bouquets (TX: September 16 2006)
  • Simon Fisher-Becker (Driver) was Dorium Maldovar in The Pandorica OpensA Good Man Goes to WarThe Wedding of River Song - a role reprised for Big Finish's The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles (2018)
  • Amanda Lawrence (Woman) was Mother Doomfinger in The Shakespeare Code
  • Emma Reid was unit manager on The End of the World and The Unquiet Dead too
  • Marcus Catlin was also first assistant director on The Hungry EarthCold BloodThe Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang 
  • James Scott was also focus puller on sixteen adventures, from Closing Time to The Day of the Doctor
  • Elaine Matthews was script supervisor on The Girl Who Waited and The God Complex too
The Rat Man (TX: September 23)
  • Michael Obiora (Olivets) was Billy Shipton (pictured) in Blink
Lullaby (TX: September 30)
  • series carpenter Roger Tarry worked on Midnight and The Lodger too
  • Steve Hopkins was also an electrician on twenty-three instalments of the revived series (from The End of the World to The Name of the Doctor)
Your Hand In Mine (TX: October 7)
  • Julie Graham (Lucy) was Ruby White in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith, and voiced Prime Minister 470 for Planet X (2016), and Carolyn for The Blood Furnace (2017)
  • Liam Cunningham (Jonathan) was Captain Zhukov in Cold War
  • Justine Mitchell (Claire) voiced Lucy Martin for Seasons of Fear (2002) 
Mirrorball (TX: October 21)
  • series electrician Paul Duffy also worked on Rise of the CybermenPlanet of the OodThe Doctor, the Widow and the WardrobeTorchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
Mind The Bugs Don't Bite (TX: October 28)
  • Kenneth Cranham (Mundy) voiced Tom Cardwell for Blood of the Daleks (2007)
  • Craig Kelly (Young Stan) voiced Joe for Scream of the Shalka
Things Forgotten (TX: November 4)
  • Claire Rushbrook (Jennifer) was Ida Scott in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, and voiced Tula Chenka, SV111 and SV23 for Ravenous 2 (2018)
  • Andrew Collins (Neurologist) voiced Drew Shahan for Live 34 (2005)
  • Clive Hayward (Director) voiced the Judge and Markus for Daybreak (2019), Emperor, Duke of Ferrox and Last of the Unnatural Children for Barrister to the Stars, Marty Stone for Carnival of Angels (both 2020), and Dax for Wink (2022)
  • Shirley Schumacher was clapper loader on The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks too
A Name Written In Water (TX: November 11)
  • Claudio Laurini (Man) was a Headless Monk in A Good Man Goes to War
  • series post-production supervisor Liz Pearson, composer Edmund Butt and music engineer Toby Wood all worked on An Adventure in Space and Time too
  • Chris Davies was also best boy/electrician on Rise of the CybermenThe Age of SteelFear HerArmy of GhostsDoomsdayBlinkTurn Left and The Sarah Jane Adventures

Friday 26 June 2020

Doctor Who Vs. Afterlife, Series 1

Produced for ITV by Clerkenwell Films, this
supernatural drama was created by Welsh
horror writer Stephen Volk, and ran for two
seasons in 2005 and 2006. John Hannah was
the executive producer on the first and final
instalments here.
Liverpool-born Lesley Sharpe won the RTS
Best Actress award and a Golden Nymph prize
for her role as psychic believer Alison Mundy.
Andrew Lincoln played sceptic academic, Dr.
Robert Bridge, and together they investigated
 paranormal cases in Bristol. 
Sharp (pictured as Sky Silvestry in Midnight)
was joined in the first six-part season by
twenty-nine Doctor Who cast and crew
connections:

More Than Meets The Eye (TX: September 24 2005)
  • Gail Clayton (Surgeon) voiced Rigan for Big Finish's Unregenerate (2005)
  • Kate Duchene (Barbara) voiced Regina and Seraphim for The High Price of Parking (2017), and Antonia Werner for Fairytale of Salzburg (2018)
  • Colin Prockter (Rose) was the Chef in The Long Game, and the ARP Warden in Victory of the Daleks
  • David Cromarty (Student) voiced Robersuun for Gallifrey 3 (2006), then was Soldier in Thin IceEmpress of Mars and Twice Upon a Time
  • Adam Ridge was boom operator on Music of the Spheres too
  • Rod Woodruff was also stunt co-ordinator on Rose and World War Three
  • Paul Kulik was a stuntman on Rose too
  • series composer Edmund Butt, Toby Wood (music engineer), and Liz Parson (post-production supervisor) all worked on An Adventure in Space and Time in those same capacities
Lower Than Bones (TX: October 1)
  • Clare Cathcart (Liz) voiced Mary Fitzgerald for The Settling (2006), Trooper for Urban Myths, Maria for Son of the Dragon (both 2007), Starling for The Phoenix Strain (2016), and Orla for The Blood Furnace (2017)
  • Jonathan Farmer was first assistant director on Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS too
Daniel One & Two (TX: October 8)
  • Steven Elder (Rabey) voiced Farrow for Jubilee (2003), Eric Rawden for Something Inside (2006), and Rudolph and Lord Lycaon for Blood on Santa's Claw (2019)
  • Rhodri Meilir (Daniel 2) was Rhodri in The Runaway Bride
  • John Owen (Patient) was Thorpe in The Daemons
  • Joanna Horton (Frankie) voiced Brooke for The Diary of River Song 3 (2018)
  • Saskia Reeves (Sheila) voiced Carmen Rega for Emissary of the Daleks (2019)
Misdirection (TX: October 15)
  • Richard Beale (Keyhoe) provided the Refusian Voice in The Ark, Bat Masterson in The Gunfighters, the Broadcaster Voice in The Macra Terror, and the Minister in (episode 3 of) The Green Death
  • Mark Benton (McClune) was Clive [Finch] in Rose (a role reprised by Big Finish for Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon), and voiced Ellis for Invaders From Mars (2002) and Jack Coulson for Energy of the Daleks (2012)
  • Mark Bonnar (Varcoe) was Jimmy in The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People, then voiced Porteus for The English Way of Death, Zoltan Frid for The Labyrinth of Buda Castle (2016) and the Eleven for Doom Coalition (2015-17), Ravenous (2018/19) and Dark Universe (2020)
  • Lisa Diveney (Girl) voiced Dr. Norma Vine for Time of the Intelligence (2017)
  • Susan Engel (Ellen) was Cessair in The Stones of Blood
  • Tristan Beint (Student) was Tom in The Day of the Doctor
Sleeping With The Dead (TX: October 22)
  • Nikki Amuka Bird (Sandra) was the Glass Woman [Helen Clay] in Twice Upon a Time, and voiced Tamasan for The Time War 2 (2018)
  • Elaine Matthews was also script supervisor on The Girl Who Waited and The God Complex
The 7:59 Club (TX: October 29)
  • Veronica Roberts (Jean) voiced Krelos Major for The Fate of Krelos, Relly for Return to Telos (both 2015), and Ohila for The War Doctor Begins 1 (2021)
  • Phyllida Law (Irene) was Bea Nelson-Stanley in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Eye of the Gorgon, and voiced Belldonia for The Bride of Peladon (2008)
  • Ewart James Walters (Abel) voiced Tucker for The Year of Martha Jones (2021)
  • James Scott was the focus puller on Closing Time too

Wednesday 24 June 2020

Doctor Who: Sound Effects CD


Following the successful re-issue of the Genesis of the Daleks
soundtrack in March 2011, AudioGo added the Doctor Who
Sound Effects CD to their Vintage Beeb range a year later.
Originally issued by BBC Records in 1978, this compilation album
was another BBC Radiophonic Workshop title: BBC Sound Effects
No. 19. Available on both vinyl LP and cassette formats, this was
 the first commercial release of Doctor Who music.
Running at 38 minutes, the updated CD version features thirty
tracks (five from Brian Hodgson, with all the others by Dick
Mills) covering eighteen serials from Seasons 11 to 15 (1974
to 1978).
Interestingly, the track-listing in the original sleeve notes
referenced some TV adventures by their working titles - The
Exxilons (became Death to the Daleks), The Destructors (The
 Sontaran Experiment), The ZygonsThe Curse of Mandragora,
 and The Enemy Within (The Invisible Enemy).

Sunday 21 June 2020

Doctor Who Vs. The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries

First shown in early 2000, this
BBC period crime drama was
based on the books of Gladys
Mitchell (1901-1983), and
starred Dame Diana Rigg as
the titular amateur sleuth and
Neil Dudgeon as her chauffeur
George  Moody.
Beatrice Adela Bradley was the
heroine of sixty-six detective
 novels (published from 1929
to 1984) by the Oxford-born
author, who also wrote under
the pseudonyms Stephen
Hockaby and Malcolm Torrie. She was feted during her career (called the
Great Gladys by Philip Larkin) and was an early member of the Detection
Club with Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers, but her work was largely
neglected after her death.
Another repeat run of these five cases (including the pilot episode) began
on the Alibi channel today - they featured Peter DavisonDavid
Tennant, and  a total of twenty-two Doctor Who cast and crew alumni:

  • Mal Young was also co-executive producer on the first season of the revived series and Doctor Who Confidential
  • James Hawes was also director of The Empty ChildThe Doctor Dances, The Christmas InvasionNew Earth and School Reunion
  • Rigg was Winifred Gillyflower in The Crimson Horror
  • Russell Tovey (Stable Boy) was Midshipman Alonso Frame in Voyage of the Deadand reprised in cameo for The End of Time, Part 2 and Big Finish's The Lives of Captain Jack (2017)
  • Michael Troughton (DI Starkey) was Professor Albert Smithe in Last Christmas, and voiced Quendril for Lords of the Red Planet (2013), Menlove Stokes for The Romance of Crime and The Well-Mannered War (both 2015), Roderick Purton for The Concrete Cage, Major General Beresford for The Forgotten Village (both 2014), and General Sharp for Primord (2019)
  • Lynda Baron (Mrs. MacNamara) recorded The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon (sung off screen) for The Gunfighters, then was Captain Wrack in Enlightenment, and Val in Closing Time 
  • Alec Linstead (Vicar) was Sergeant Osgood in The Daemons, Arnold Jellicoe in Robot, and Arthur Stengos in Revelation of the Daleks
  • Susan Wooldridge (Mrs. Simms) auditioned for the role of Leela in 1976 
  • Kenneth Colley (Burlington) voiced Cristophe Zarodnix for Sisters of the Flame and Vengeance of Morbius (2008)
  • Meera Syal (Marlene) was Nasreen Choudhry in The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood
  • Nicholas Woodeson (Forrester) voiced the Clocksmith for Doom Coalition 3 (2016), and the Engineer for The Quest of the Engineer (2020)
  • Phyllida Law (Isobel) voiced Belldonia for The Bride of Peladon (2008)
  • Isla Blair (Myrtle) was Lady Isabella Fitzwilliam in The King's Demons, and voiced Paula for Exotron (2007)
  • Rebecca Callard (Cecily) voiced Connie Winter for A Perfect World (2008), and Shadrak for Harvest of the Sycorax (2016)
  • Ronan Vibert (Prideux) voiced Ravener for Jago & Litefoot 12 (2016), and Zaal for The Perfect Prisoners (2019)
  • Pooky Quesnel (Delilah) was the Captain in A Christmas Carol
  • Sheila Steafel (Celestine) was the Young Woman in Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD
  • cinematographer John McGlashan was film cameraman on Pyramids of Mars and The Face of Evil
  • associate producer Nigel Taylor was AFM on The Stones of Blood
  • film editor Liana Del Giudice also edited The Empty ChildThe Doctor DancesThe Christmas InvasionNew EarthSchool Reunion and The Day of the Doctor
  • James Blackwell was first assistant director on Partners in Crime too
  • first assistant director Debbi Slater was production manager on seven stories (from Blink to Forest of the Dead), then associate producer on Planet of the DeadThe Waters of MarsThe Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood

Wednesday 17 June 2020

Doctor Who Vs. Moonbase 3

Between seasons ten and eleven of Doctor Who, the core prod-
uction team of producer Barry Letts (1925-2009) and script editor
Terrance Dicks
(1935-2019) created and launched a more adult sci-fi drama.
Commissioned in late 1972 and running to six, fifty-minute episodes,
Moonbase 3 began filming at Ealing Studios in April 1973 (concurrent
with The Green Death) and continued to the end of May (when The Time 
Warrior was recording). 
Here, the moon was first colonised by the five superpowers in 1995. Set
 in 2003, the series followed the lives of the European crew of the titular
settlement - four other lunar bases were crewed by America, Russia,
China and Brazil. The cast was led by Donald Houston, Ralph Bates,
Fiona Gaunt and Barry Lowe.
A co-production from BBC1, Fox and ABC, Moonbase 3 was originally
screened on Sunday nights in September and October 1973 - it garnered
disappointing ratings, and Dicks later considered the show a failure. The
programme featured seventy-three further Doctor Who cast and crew
connections:

  • Christopher Barry (1925-2014) was also director of ten adventures (from The Daleks to The Creature from the Pit) and Downtime
  • John Lucarotti (1926-1994) also scripted Marco Polo, The Aztecs, The Massacre and the original treatment of The Ark in Space
  • Dudley Simpson (born 1922) also composed incidental music for sixty-two stories (from Planet of Giants to The Horns of Nimon)
  • Dick Mills (born 1936) of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop also provided special sound for three-hundred and sixty episodes of the classic run (from 100,000 BC to Survival), K9 and Company, Dimensions in Time, then the revived series (from Rose to The Name of the Doctor)
  • Dee Robson was also costume designer on The Invasion of Time, Arc of Infinity and Terminus
  • Roger Liminton was also production designer on The Three Doctors and Carnival of Monsters
  • Michael Wisher (Sanders) was John Wakefield in The Ambassadors of Death, Rex Farrel in Terror of the Autons, Kalik in Carnival of Monsters, Davros in Genesis of the Daleks and The Trial of Davros, Magrik in Revenge of the Cybermen, Morelli in Planet of Evil, Father in Wartime, Robar in Shakedown, and provided Dalek voices for (episode 6 of) Frontier in SpacePlanet of the DaleksDeath to the Daleks and 30 Years in the TARDIS
  • Peter Bathurst (Director General) was Hensell in The Power of the Daleks, and Chinn in The Claws of Axos
  • Garrick Hagon (Ponti) was Ky in The Mutants, Abraham in A Town Called Mercy, and voiced the Jester for Big Finish's The Axis of Insanity (2004)
  • John Hallam (Conway) was Light in Ghost Light
  • Robert La Bassiere (Jackson) was a titular alien in The Krotons
  • Madhav Sharma (Rao) was Patel in Frontier in Space (3)
  • Peter Miles (Laubenthal) was Dr. Charles Lawrence in The Silurians, Professor Whitaker in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, then Nyder in Genesis of the Daleks (a role he reprised for The Trial of Davros and I, Davros: Guilt (2006) - he also voiced Tragan for The Paradise of Death, and Curator Gantman for Whispers of Terror (1999)
  • Michael Gough (Dyce) played the titular villain in The Celestial Toymaker, and was Councillor Hedin in Arc of Infinity
  • John Moreno (Benavente) and Joanna Ross (Jane) both appeared in The Ambassadors of Death, as Dobson (2) and Control Room Assistant
  • Edward Brayshaw (Blaney) was Leon Colbert in The Reign of Terror, and the War Chief in The War Games
  • George Pravda (Trenkin) was Denes in The Enemy of the World, Professor Jaeger in The Mutants, and Castellan Spandrell in The Deadly Assassin
  • Anne Ridler (Weyman) was Dr. Gemma Corwyn in The Wheel in Space
  • Edmund Pegge (Macadam) was Meeker in The Invisible Enemy (1)
  • Joe Santo (José) was Resistance Man in The War Games (7), and Tharil in Warriors' Gate (1)
  • Ken Barker (Foreman) was Mutant in Revelation of the Daleks (1)
  • Aubrey Danvers Walker (Hopkirk) was Council Member in The Dominators
  • Terrance Denville, Cy Town, Michael Stevens, Monique Bryant, David Waterman, Dennis Marlowe, Ann Plenty, Dennis Plenty, David Billa, Richard King, David Melbourne, Stuart Myers, Maureen Nelson, Steve Peters, Barry Summerford, Paul Barton, Leslie Bates, John Cannon, Geoffrey Brighty, James Griffin, Emmett Hennessy, Clinton Morris, Bill Weston, James Muir, Les Shannon, Ken Tracey, Kelly Varney, Lionel Wheeler, Bob Wilyman and Harry Fielder (Technicians) all appeared on the classic run
  • Brian Hiles also provided studio sound on The Crusade, The Chase, The Time Meddler, The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Ambassadors of Death (7), Frontier in SpacePyramids of Mars and The Hand of Fear
  • Andy Hunter and Linton Howell Hughes were grams operators on Planet of the Spiders (1) and Terror of the Autons (1) respectively
  • Andy Stacey was also grams operator on Vengeance on Varos, Timelash and Revelation of the Daleks
  • Graham Hare also worked on film sound for Inferno, The Invasion of Time and Terminus
  • John Holmes also provided studio sound for The Massacre, The Wheel in SpaceThe Mind Robber, The Krotons, Planet of the Spiders, Robot, The Seeds of Doom, Meglos, Full Circle, The Keeper of Traken and Logopolis
  • make-up artist Monica Ludkin began her career on The Time Meddler
  • Mat Irvine was also VFX assistant on The Curse of Peladon (1) and Planet of the Spiders (1), then VFX designer on The Face of EvilThe Invisible Enemy (1), The Stones of Blood, The Creature from the Pit, Warriors' Gate, Warriors of the Deep and K9 and Company
  • Ron Oates was also VFX designer on The Abominable Snowmen, The Ice Warriors, The Web of Fear, The Dominators and The Green Death
  • Colin Mapson was also VFX designer on The Green DeathThe Hand of FearImage of the FendahlThe Invasion of TimeThe Pirate Planet, Nightmare of Eden and Time and the Rani
  • Ron Bristow and Derek Slee also worked on studio lighting for the classic run
  • Peter Sargent was also film cameraman on The Power of the Daleks, The Curse of Peladon (1) and The Sea Devils
  • Mike Catherwood was vision mixer on Day of the Daleks too
  • John Barclay was also vision mixer on The Web of Fear, The Ambassadors of Death and The Time Warrior (4)
  • John Cook was assistant floor manager on Planet of the Daleks (6) too
  • Trina Cornwell was also AFM on The Seeds of Death and The Three Doctors
  • production assistant Caroline Walmsley was AFM on The Daleks' Master Plan and The War Games (10)
  • George Gallaccio was also production assistant then manager on 33 episodes (from Planet of the Daleks to The Seeds of Doom
  • Sue Upton was production assistant on The King's Demons too