Thursday 7 March 2024

Doctor Who Vs. James Bond, Part 10: The Spy Who Loved Me

The tenth entry in the Bond film franchise, the
third (of seven) to star Roger Moore aAgent
007, was released by Eon Productions/United
 Artists in 1977. The film took its title from Ian
Fleming's ninth novel, published in 1962, but
contained no plot elements from the book.
Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, and Lois
Maxwell all reprised their respective roles as
M, Q, and Moneypenny.
Shot on location in Egypt, Sardinia, Malta,
Faslane, Nassau and Okinawa (and on the new
custom built sound stage at Pinewood studios),
the adventure was nominated for three Oscars,
and featured a theme song by Carly Simon.
Another Bond season continued on ITV4 last
night with this assignment (which introduced Jaws, played by Richard Kiel) - it featured a
total of forty-two Doctor Who cast connections:

  • Caroline [Jane] Munro (Naomi) voiced Sentia for Big Finish's Omega (2003)
  • Edward [James] de Souza (Sheikh) was Marc Cory in Mission to the Unknown, then voiced Lord Mortimer Davey for The Roof of the World (2004), and Sir Henry Irving for The Woman in White (2016)
  • Vernon [Alexandre] Dobtcheff (Kalba) was an Alien Scientist in The War Games, then voiced Dadda Desaka for The Cradle of the Snake (2010), Dr. Sibelius Crow for The Necropolis Express, Shamur for The Children of Seth (both 2011), Professor Heinrich Schumann for Threshold (2012), and Jorenzo Zorn for The Genesis Chamber (2016)
  • Nadim [Joakim] Sawalha (Aziz here; Police Chief in The Living Daylights) voiced Swapnil Khan for The Magic Mousetrap (2009), and Old Man for 1001 Nights (2012)
  • Cyril [Leonard] Shaps (Bechmann) was John Viner in The Tomb of the Cybermen, Dr. Lennox in The Ambassadors of Death, Professor Herbert Clegg in Planet of the Spiders, and the Archimandrite in The Androids of Tara
  • Albert Moses (Barman here; Sadruddin in Octopussy) was Indian Sailor in Carnival of Monsters
  • Garrick Hagon (USS Wayne Crewman) was Ky in The Mutants, Abraham in A Town Called Mercy, and voiced the Jester for The Axis of Insanity (2004)
  • Harry Fielder (Crewman) was Guard (PP, ZZZ, 4L, 4P, 5A, 5F, 5Z), Crewman (SS, 4T), Vogan (4D), Assassin (4Q), Tigellan (5Q), and Krarg in Shada
  • Jeremy Bulloch (Andrews here; Smithers in For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy) was Tor in The Space Museum (4) and Hal in The Time Warrior
  • Kevin [Robert] McNally (Crewman) was Hugo Lang in The Twin Dilemma, then Professor Eustacius Jericho in Flux - he also voiced Henry for Spider's Shadow (2008), Vakrass for The End of the Beginning, and Merrick Kingdom for Dalek Universe (both 2021)
  • Barry Andrews and John Sarbutt (Crewmen) were Stott in Nightmare of Edenand Extra in Genesis of the Daleks and Four to Doomsday respectively
  • Ralph G Morse (Skier here & For Your Eyes Only; Astronaut in Moonraker) was Foster Guardian in The Keeper of Traken
  • [David] Jeremy Wilkin (Forsyth) was Kellman in Revenge of the Cybermen
  • Nick Ellsworth (Crewman) voiced Gomphous/Auctioneer for And You Will Obey Me (2016), and Arkallax for The Dispossessed (2018)
  • Derek Suthern (Guard) was Technician in The Hand of Fear (1), Mentiad in The Pirate Planet, Guard in The Androids of Tara (1), The Creature from the Pit (1) and The Horns of Nimon (1), Mute for The Armageddon Factor (1), Mandrel in Nightmare of Eden (1), Krarg in Shada, Argolin in The Leisure Hive (1), PC Davis in Logopolis (1), Cricketer in Black Orcid (1), and Man in Market in Snakedance (1)
  • Nick Joseph (Officer) was Bandit in The Creature from the Pit (1), Aide in The Leisure Hive (1), Cricketer in Black Orchid (1), Lazar in Terminus, and Luddite in The Mark of the Rani (1)
  • Robert Goodman (Guard) was a Mandrel in Nightmare of Eden (1), Citizen in Full Circle (4), Time Lord in Arc of Infinity (1), Crewman in The Mysterious Planet, Officer in Terror of the Vervoids, and Reg in Listen
  • Dorothy Ford (stunts here, MoonrakerFor Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, The Living Daylightsbegan her career as Anne Ridler's double in The Wheel in Space (6)
  • Jim Dowdall (stunts here, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, Never Say Never Again, Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not EnoughDie Another Day) was a Guerilla in Day of the Daleks, Guard in Genesis of the Daleks, and a Warnsman in Frontios (1)
  • Greg [Owen] Powell (stunts here, Never Say Never Again, A View to a KillSkyfall; Henchman in For Your Eyes Only, Patron in The World is Not Enoughwas a Knight in The Time Monster (3)
  • stuntman Nick Hobbs made uncredited appearances in The Ambassadors of DeathTerror of the AutonsThe Mind of EvilThe Claws of AxosDay of the DaleksThe Time Monster, both Peladon stories (as Aggedor), The Ark in Space, then Mr. Nainby in Amy's Choice
  • Nick Gillard (stunts here, For Your Eyes Only, The Living Daylights, Goldeneye) was stunt arranger on Silver Nemesis (2)
  • Billy Horrigan (stunts here, Never Say Never AgainTomorrow Never Dies) was a stuntman on Terror of the Autons (1) and The Masque of Mandragora (1), and had uncredited roles in Spearhead from Space (4), Inferno (1), The Mind of EvilThe Curse of Peladon (4) and The Green Death (1)
  • Roy Scammell (stunts here, For Your Eyes OnlyGoldeneye) was a UNIT Soldier and Technician in The Ambassadors of Death, RSF Soldier in Inferno, Prison Officer and UNIT Motorcyclist in The Mind of Evil, and stunt arranger on Delta and the Bannermen (1)
  • Mark McBride (stunts here, A View to a Kill) was Van Driver in Mawdryn Undead (1)
  • Terry Walsh (stunts here, Never Say Never Againwas fight arranger on eleven stories, had ten credited roles, and made uncredited appearances (as stuntman, double or extra) in thirty-two adventures and Dimensions in Time
  • for Rocky Taylor, Rick Lester and Dinny Powell see Dr. No
  • for Eddie Powell and Fred Haggerty see From Russia With Love
  • for Tim Condren and Vincent Wong see Goldfinger
  • for George Baker, Shane Rimmer, George Roubicek, Marc Boyle, Martin Grace, Bill Weston and Chris Webb see You Only Live Twice
  • for Derek Meddings see Live and Let Die

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