Saturday 27 March 2021

Doctor Who Vs. Zeppelin

Shown on BBC2 
today, this
British war film was based on
Germany's fledgling bombing
campaign, launched against
Britain from early 1915. Here,
the Admiralty dispatch an
officer of German descent
(played by Michael York) to
infiltrate a Zeppelin raid on
his native Scotland.
Released by Warner Bros. in
late 1971, the production
featured Elke Sommer, Frazer Hines, Richard Hurndall, John
Leveneand another thirteen mjh Doctor Who cast connections:

  • Marius Goring (Altschul) was Theodore Maxtible in The Evil of the Daleks
  • Anton Diffring [born Alfred Pollack] (Hirsch) was De Flores in Silver Nemesis
  • Andrew Keir [Buggy] (Von Gorian) was Wyler in Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD
  • William [James] Marlowe (Anderson) was Harry Mailer in The Mind of Evil, and Lester in Revenge of the Cybermen
  • Michael [Anthony] Robbins (Sergeant) was Richard Mace in The Visitation
  • [Francis] Clive Morton (Delford) was Trenchard  in The Sea Devils
  • Alan Rothwell (Brandner) voiced Janto for Big Finish's The Twilight Kingdom (2004)
  • John Gill (Meier) was Mr. Oak in Fury from the Deep
  • Ben Howard (Fergusson) was Hinks in The Green Death
  • John Baskcomb (Henderson) was Luigi Rossini in Terror of the Autons
  • Robert [Chattey] Cawdron (Officer) was Taltalian in The Ambassadors of Death
  • Peter Fraser (Marine) was David Campbell in The Dalek Invasion of Earth
  • Cliff Culley (matte photographer) was VFX designer on Planet of the DaleksInvasion of the Dinosaurs and Robot

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