Doctor Who Vs. James Bond, Part 16: The Timothy Dalton Era

ITV4's latest Bond season continued last night with the sixteenth instalment in Eon's

iconic series. Following the lacklustre

financial and critical performance of Roger

Moore's swansong, A View to a Kill, Pierce

Brosnan, the Irish-born star of Remington

Steele, was offered the lead role in 1986. 

However, due to contractual obligations to

his employers at NBC, Brosnan was forced

to remain on the failing TV show and the

Welsh actor Timothy Dalton was cast

instead (Brosnan would eventually adopt

007's mantle in 1994).

The Living Daylights became the fourth 
most successful entry in the franchise, 
but Licence to Kill did not perform well 
in the all important American market. 

Due to a four-year legal battle between

MGM and Eon, Dalton's intended third

film was ultimately cancelled, and he relinquished the role. Dalton's

two assignments featured a total of twenty-eight Doctor Who cast

and crew connections:

THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987)

• Maryam d'Abo (Kara) voiced Genevieve for Big Finish's Frozen Time (2007)
• Art [born Athar Ul Haque] Malik (Kamran Shah) was Ilim in The Ghost Monument, and voiced Abbot Absolute for The Skull of Sobek (2008)
• Virginia [Robyn] Hey (Rubavitch) voiced Senior Tutor Bengel for White Ghosts (2014)
• for Nadim Sawalha see The Spy Who Loved Me
• Alan Talbot (Minder) was an Extra on (part 1 of) Black Orchid, Snakedance (4) and The Mark of the Rani
• Graham Cole[man Smith] (Agent) was a Krarg in Shada, Player in The Leisure Hive (1), Marshman in Full Circle, the Melkur in The Keeper of Traken and Time Flight (2), titular Kinda, Cyberman in Earthshock and The Five Doctors, Crewman in Resurrection of the Daleks (1), and Jacondan in The Twin Dilemma (1)
• Carl [born Barry] Rigg (Imposter) was Varlin in The Power of Kroll
• [John] Antony Carrick (Secretary) was Captain Rossini in The Masque of Mandragora
• Leslie [Richard] French (Attendant) was the Mathematician in Silver Nemesis
• Michael Percival (Chef) was the Inspector in The Vampires of Venice
• Kerry Shale (Voice) was Dr. Renfrew in Day of the Moon, and Narrator of BBC Audio's The Lost Angel
• Alan Harris (Q's Man) was a Sevateem in The Face of Evil, and titular alien in Terror of the Vervoids
• Gary Dean (Technician) was Technician in The Ice Warriors (1), German Soldier in The War Games (3), Army Soldier in Spearhead from Space (4), and UNIT Soldier in The Silurians (3)
• stuntman Steve Whyment was an Extra in The Keeper of Traken and Snakedance
• for Bill Weston, Chris Webb and Marc Boyle see You Only Live Twice
• for Walter Henry (Technician) see Casion Royale
• for Ron Gregory (Technician) see On Her Majesty's Secret Service
• for Harry Van Engel (Guest) see For Your Eyes Only
• for Michael Moor, Gertan Klauber, and Tina Simmons see Octopussy
• for Paul Heasman (Soldier) see A View to a Kill

LICENCE TO KILL (1989)

• Dalton played President Rassilon in The End of Time
• Christopher Neame (Fallon) was Skagra in Shada
• for Nick Wilkinson see For Your Eyes Only
• for Valentino Musetti see Never Say Never Again