Doctor Who Vs. Juggernaut

This British thriller was director
Richard Lester's attempt to exploit
the trend in Hollywood disaster
movies, and was inspired by real
events aboard the QE2 in May 1972.

Royal Marines from the SBS para-

chuted onto the ship during a bomb

hoax.

The production's location filming was

mainly shot onboard TS Hamburg

(which doubled as cruise liner SS

Britannic) in the North Sea.

Released by United Artists in 1974,
the cast was led by Richard Harris,
Anthony Hopkins, David Hemmings,
Omar Sharif, and Ian Holm.

Shown on Talking Pictures TV last night, the drama featured Cyril

Cusack, Michael Hordern, and eighteen Doctor Who cast links:

• Julian [Wyatt] Glover (Marder) and Tom Chadbon (Contact) both starred in City of Death, as Scaroth and Duggan - Glover was also King Richard in The Crusade, whilst Chadbon was Merdeen in The Mysterious Planet, and voiced Gordon for No More Lies (2007), and Embery for The Paradox Planet and Legacy of Death (2016)
• Kenneth Colley (Brown) voiced Cristophe Zarodnix for Sisters of the Flame and The Vengeance of Morbius (both 2008)
• Ben [Patrick] Aris (Walker) was Lieutenant Shears in (part 1 of) Invasion of the Dinosaurs
• Kenneth Cope (Bridgeman) was Packard in Warriors' Gate
• Victor [Stanley] Lucas, David [Lawrence] Purcell and Eric Mason (Detectives) were Andor in The Face of Evil, Abbott in The Hand of Fear (1), and Smedley in The Sea Devils and Green in The Mind of Evil respectively
• [Jane] Liza Ross (Laura) voiced Jarra To for The Axis of Insanity (2004)
• Michael Melia (Navigator) was a Terileptil in The Visitation
• Gareth [Daniel Noake] Thomas (Joiner) voiced Lord Tamworth for Storm Warning (2001), Kalendorf for Return of the Daleks (2006), and Morax for Last of the Colophon (2014)
• Ian [Clive] Talbot (Technician) was Travis in The Silurians (4), and Klout in The Leisure Hive
• Peter Roy (PC) was Greek Soldier in The Myth Makers, Extra in The Highlanders (1), The Silurians (6), The Sun Makers (1) and Resurrection of the Daleks (1), Sergeant in The Faceless Ones (1), UNIT Bunker Soldier in The Invasion (1), Guard in The Seeds of Death (1), The Space Pirates (1), The Face of Evil (1), The Invasion of Time (1), The Androids of Tara (1) and The Armageddon Factor (1), Technic Obarl in The Hand of Fear (1), Policeman in Logopolis (1), Ambulance Man in Castrovalva (1), and Market Man in Snakedance (1)
• Barry [John] Summerford (Steward) was Golden Age Man in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (6), Elite Guard in Genesis of the Daleks, Vogan in Revenge of the Cybermen (1), Private Thurston in Terror of the Zygons (2), UNIT Soldier in The Seeds of Doom (6), Security Guard in The Hand of Fear (2), Audience Member in The Sun Makers (4), Shrieve in The Ribos Operation (4), Guard in The Armageddon Factor (1) and The Creature from the Pit (1), and Foster in The Keeper of Traken (1)
• Eric Kent (PC) was Technician in The Seeds of Death, UNIT Soldier in The Ambassadors of Death (1), and Roundhead in The Time Monster (3)
• Stuart Myers (PC) was Technician in The Silurians (6), Draconian in Frontier in Space (5), and Photographer in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1)
• Charlie Gray (Crewman) was Trog in Underworld (4)
• Martyn Read (Kelsey) was a Security Guard in Silver Nemesis