Doctor Who Vs. Campion, Series 1

The only television adaptations of the classic crime stories of Margery 

Allingham were originally transmitted in 1989 and 1990, and starred 

Peter Davison as the gentleman sleuth Albert Campion, with Brian 

Glover (as his manservant Magersfontein Lugg, left), and Andrew Burt 

(as Inspector Stanislaus Oates, right).

Allingham (1904-1966) penned eighteen Campion novels and twenty 

short stories between 1929 and 1965, whilst her final work (Cargo of 

Eagles) was completed by her husband and published posthumously 

in 1968.

A repeat run of the first, eight-part series concluded on Drama on

Saturday - it featured a total of thirty-five Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

Look to the Lady (BBC1 TX: January 22 & 29 1989/BBC2

TX: December 27 2009/Published 1931)

• John [Harry] Gill (Peck) was Mr. Oak in Fury from the Deep
• Roy Evans (Branch) was Trantis in The Daleks' Master Plan, Bert in The Green Death, and a Miner in The Monster of Peladon
• Dinny Powell (King) was a stuntman on (episode 1 of) Terror of the Autons, and Guard in The Curse of Peladon (4) and Genesis of the Daleks (3)
• Paul Heasman (Taxi Driver) was a Nazi in Silver Nemesis, and the stunt arranger on Survival
• cinematographer John Baker was a film cameraman on The Evil of the Daleks, Terror of the Autons, The Three Doctors, The Masque of Mandragora, Castrovalva, Snakedance, The Five Doctors and The Twin Dilemma
• Ken Ledsham was also production designer on The Ribos Operation, Destiny of the Daleks and The King's Demons
• Suzan Broad was make-up designer on Kinda too
• Tony Harding was also VFX designer on The Invisible Enemy, The Power of Kroll, State of Decay, The King's Demons and The Awakening
• Diana Brookes was production assistant on Arc of Infinity too

Police at the Funeral (TX: February 5 & 12/Pub. 1931)

• Timothy [Lancaster] West (Faraday) voiced Kai Tobias for Phobos (2007), Turvey for Cuddlesome (2008), and Dr. Magnus Soames for House of Blue Fire (2011)
• Mary [Lilian Agnes] Morris (Caroline) was Panna in Kinda
• Gillian [Mary] Martell (Julia) was Lily Gregson in K9 and Company
• John Franklyn-Robbins (Seeley) was a Time Lord in Genesis of the Daleks (1)
• cinematographer here Ian Punter was a film cameraman on Planet of the Spiders (1) and Resurrection of the Daleks
• Howard Billingham was the film editor on The Mind of Evil too
• Dinah Collin was also costume designer on Earthshock, Enlightenment and The Mark of the Rani
• production manager Joanna Gueritz was an AFM (assistant floor manager) on Frontios
• Chris Ferriday was property buyer on Remembrance of the Daleks too
• film recordist Malcolm Campbell worked on film sound for The Caves of Androzani and The Twin Dilemma 

The Case of the Late Pig (TX: February 19 & 26/Pub. 1937)

• [Francis] Michael Gough (Hayhoe) played the titular entity in The Celestial Toymaker, and was Councillor Hedin in Arc of Infinity
• Moray [Robin Philip Adrian] Watson (Sir Leo) was Sir Robert Muir in Black Orchid
• Rob [Charlton] Edwards (Whippet) provided the voice of Xoanon for The Face of Evil, and was Chub in The Robots of Death (1)
• Voice artist Peter Tuddenham (Pepper) worked on The Ark in Space (1), The Masque of Mandragora and Time and the Rani
• Georgine Anderson (Turner) was May in Gridlock
• Philip Bird (Bathwick) made his TV debut as a Swampie in The Power of Kroll
• Joanna Newbery was AFMon Time and the Rani too
• film recordist here Richard Manton worked on film sound for The Daemons and The Mutants
• Dave Bezkorowajny was VFX designer on Battlefield too

Death of a Ghost (TX: March 5 & 12/Pub. 1934)

• Michael Owen Morris was PA (production assistant) on The Pirate Planet, then also director of The Awakening
• Milton Johns [born John Robert Milton] (Potter) was Benik in The Enemy of the World, Guy Crayford in The Android Invasion, and Kelner in The Invasion of Time
• Adrian Lukis (D'Urfey) voiced Officer Bragg for Cobwebs (2010), Byzan for The Children of Seth (2011), Professor Jeffrey Broderick for Counter Measures 1 (2012), Harvey Marsh for The Justice of Jalxar, Sigmund Freud for Return of the Repressed (both 2013), and Ansillon for Blood of the Time Lords (2022)
• Tom Lucy (Policeman) was the stunt co-ordinator on sixteen episodes (from Smith and Jones to The Next Doctor)
• Clare Graham was production manager on The Mysterious Planet too
• VFX assistant Mickey Edwards was the VFX designer on Four to Doomsday
• series stunt co-ordinator Gareth Milne was George Cranleigh in Black Orchid, Mortuary Attendant in Vengeance on Varos, and doubled for Davison on Warriors of the Deep