This adventure series was a TV spin-off fromRank's 1978 film version of The Thirty Nine
Steps. Both productions starred Robert Powell
(born 1944) as Edwardian action-hero Richard
Hannay, created in 1915 by John Buchan
(1875-1940), the Scottish novelist, historian
and politician.
(born 1944) as Edwardian action-hero Richard
Hannay, created in 1915 by John Buchan
(1875-1940), the Scottish novelist, historian
and politician.
Hannay appeared in four further books, and
has been portrayed by over twenty actors
across all media, since Hitchcock's first
adaptation in 1935.
has been portrayed by over twenty actors
across all media, since Hitchcock's first
adaptation in 1935.
Thames Television's period drama (co-
produced by Robert Banks Stewart) was
set before the Great War, and had little in
common with Buchan's novels, but used
character names from his other works.
produced by Robert Banks Stewart) was
set before the Great War, and had little in
common with Buchan's novels, but used
character names from his other works.
A repeat run of the first, six-part series (originally shown from
1988) began on Talking Pictures TV today - it featured a total of
twenty-nine Doctor Who cast and crew connections:
The Fellowship of the Black Stone (TX: January 6 1988)
- David Gooderson (Steward) and Tim [born Michael John Leigh] Barlow (Taverner) both starred in Destiny of the Daleks, as Davros and Tyssan respectively
- Philip McGough (Kupitt) was Sergeant Calder in Resurrection of the Daleks
- Davyd Harries (Harrap) was Shapp in The Armageddon Factor
- Timothy Block (Bennett) was Tanner in Black Orchid
- Stuart Fell (Todd) was UNIT Soldier in The Claws of Axos, [the body of] Alpha Centauri in both Peladon stories, titular reptile in (episode 4 of) The Sea Devils, Functionary in Carnival of Monsters (1), Tramp in Planet of the Spiders (2), Wirrn operator in The Ark in Space, Styre's double in The Sontaran Experiment (1), Kraal in The Android Invasion (3), Monster in The Brain of Morbius, Guard, Peasant and Entertainer in The Masque of Mandragora, Guard in The Face of Evil (1) and The Sun Makers, Sontaran in The Invasion of Time, Roga in State of Decay (3), fight arranger on The Talons of Weng-Chiang, and stuntman on Terror of the Autons (1) and The Ribos Operation (1)
- Derek Ware (Guard/stunt arranger) was an uncredited fight arranger on 100,000 BC, The Aztecs (4), The Crusade (1), The Daleks' Master Plan (7), The Underwater Menace (3), The Web of Fear (1), stuntman on Terror of the Autons (1), then appeared 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)
(TX: January 13/based on the short story by Dornford Yates)
- [Thomas] Kevin [Harvest] Stoney (Brim) was Mavic Chen in The Daleks' Master Plan, Tobias Vaughn in The Invasion, and Tyrum in Revenge of the Cybermen
- Terrence Hardiman (Harman) was Hawthorne in The Beast Below, and voiced King Sitirc for Big Finish's The Book of Kells (2010), Reverend Dobbs for AudioGo's The Broken Crown, the Grypthon for Aladdin Time (both 2011), Lord Richard Pollard for The Fall of the House of Pollard (2014), Hepworth Stackhouse for The English Way of Death (all 2015), and Rassilon for Gallifrey: Time War 2 (2019)
- Martyn Read (Privitt) was a Security Guard in Silver Nemesis
- John [Henry] Ringham (Manners) was Tlotoxl in The Aztecs, Josiah Blake in The Smugglers, and Robert Ashe in Colony in Space
- Stephen [George] Churchett (Kennedy) was Bill in Attack of the Cybermen
- Malcolm Tierney (Latimer) was Doland in Terror of the Vervoids
- [Frank] Denis Lill (DI Bristow) was Dr. Fendelman in Image of Fendahl, and Sir George Hutchinson in The Awakening
- Colin [Abel] Jeavons (Wotton) was Damon in The Underwater Menace, and George Tracey in K9 and Company
- [Albert] Frank Mills (Peter) was the Telescope Director in Terror of the Autons (1)
- Brett Forrest (Hailey) was a Guard in The Face of Evil (2)
- Iain Cuthbertson (Elliston) was Garron in The Ribos Operation
- Martin Cochrane (Crombie) was General Chellak in The Caves of Androzani
- David Ashton [born Scott] (Cauldshaw) was cast as Tomas in The Face of Evil, but was replaced by Brendan Price - he later appeared as Kendron in Timelash
- Angus [Wilson] Lennie (Drummond) was Storr in The Ice Warriors, and Angus McRanald in Terror of the Zygons
- Nicola [Kathleen] Stapleton (Betty) reprised her EastEnders role of Mandy Salter for Dimensions in Time
- Edward [James] de Souza (Di Castigliani) was Marc Cory in Mission to the Unknown, and voiced Lord Mortimer Davey for The Roof of the World (2004)
- Michael [Lawson] Sheard [born Perkins] (Perrin) was Rhos in The Ark (2), Dr. Roland Summers in The Mind of Evil, Laurence Scarman in Pyramids of Mars, Lowe in The Invisible Enemy, Mergrave in Castrovalva, the Headmaster in Remembrance of the Daleks, then voiced Orsino for The Stones of Venice (2001)
- Gary [born Garrowby Cawthorne] Watson (Strickland) was Arthur Terrall in The Evil of the Daleks
- Albert Welling (Meredith) played the Fuhrer in Let's Kill Hitler
- Victoria Burgoyne (Maisie) was Clare Keightley in Shada
- John [Richard] Rolfe (Ross) was the Captain in The War Machines, Sam Becket in The Moonbase, and Ralph Fell in The Green Death
- Harry Van Engel (Croupier) was a Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks
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