Doctor Who Vs. The Gorgon

This production marked a departure from the

 typically gothic fare of the Hammer stable by 

turning to Greek mythology for inspiration.

Here, the legendary Gorgon sisters terrorise
the villagers of Vandorf in turn-of-the-century

Germany.

Released in cinemas in a double bill with The 
Curse of the Mummy's Tomb in 1964, the cast 
was headed by studio stalwarts Christopher 

Lee, and Peter Cushing.
Shown on the Sony Movies Classic channel

last night, the film featured Patrick

Troughton (as Inspector Kanof, his second

of five Hammer roles) and seven other

 Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Troughton also appeared in The Phantom of the Opera (1962), The Viking Queen (1967), Scars of Dracula (1970), and was reunited with Cushing in Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
• Barbara Shelley (Carla) was Sorastra in Planet of Fire
• Michael Peake (Constable) was Tavius in The Romans
• Arthur Howell and Jim O'Brady (Angry Mob) were a Confederate Horseman in (part 3 of) The War Games, and Escapee in Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD
• Ron Hyde was sound editor on Dr. Who and the Daleks too
• music supervisor Marcus Dods was the conductor on The Aztecs
• stunt co-ordinator Peter Diamond was a regular stunt double and fight arranger on the classic series (from The Daleks to The Daemons)