Shown again on the Talking Pictures TVchannel last night, this British horror film
was produced by Amicus founders Milton
Subotsky and Max Rosenberg to
challenge rival Hammer's dominance in the
genre. Subotsky's screenplay was based on
Robert Bloch's short story, The Skull of the
Marquis de Sade, and was the writer's first collaboration with Amicus.
The Skull was released by Paramount in late
1966, as a double bill with The Idol - it
featured horror icons Peter Cushing,
Christopher Lee and twenty-five Doctor
Who cast and crew connections:
- Michael Gough (Auctioneer) played the titular villain in The Celestial Toymaker, and was Councillor Hedin in Arc of Infinity
- George Coulouris (Londe) was Arbitan in (episode 1 of) The Keys of Marinus
- Maurice Good (Pierre) was Phineas Clanton in The Gunfighters
- Peter Woodthorpe (Travers) voiced Joey Oxford for Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?
- Geoffrey Cheshire (Guard) was the Viking Leader in The Time Meddler, Garge in The Daleks' Master Plan, Tracy in The Invasion, and Roboman in Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD
- Jack Silk (Driver) was a stuntman on The Daemons (4)
- stuntman Peter Diamond was regular stunt double and fight arranger on the classic run (from The Daleks to The Daemons)
- Oswald Hafenrichter (film editor), Bill Constable (art director), Scott Slimon (set decorator), Ted Lloyd (production manager), Tom Priestley (sound editor), Jill Carpenter (make-up artist) and Henry Montsash (hairdresser) all worked on Dr. Who and the Daleks too
- John Wilcox (cinematographer), Anthony Waye (assistant director), Buster Ambler (sound recordist), John Cox (sound supervisor), Ted Samuels (SFX), David Harcourt (camera operator), Ray Jones (grip), Maurice Gillett (electrician), Jackie Cummins (wardrobe), Pamela Davies (continuity) and Bill Waldron (construction manager) all worked on both Dalek films too
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