Doctor Who Vs. Sherlock Holmes, Series 2 (1968)

Conan Doyle aficinado Peter
 Cushing reprised his cine-

matic portrayal of the Great

Detective in 1968 for the

BBC's second series of

Sherlock Holmes when he

replaced Douglas Wilmer.

Nigel Stock again played Dr.

Watson. After a three year

hiatus, the show (now broad-

cast in colour) consolidated

its initial success by increasing

ratings to 15.5 million viewers.

Cushing debuted as Holmes in

Hammer Film's 1959 version of

The Hound of the Baskervilles,

and the TV adaptation of the

mystery was the first to be filmed in its Dartmoor setting.

Cushing (1913-1994) returned to the role one last time for The Masks

of Death in 1984, and even appeared as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The

Great Houdini (1976). Only six episodes from the sixteen-part season

exist in the archives and were first issued on DVD in 2004 - the whole

run starred a total of fifty-eight Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

The Second Stain (UK TX: September 9 1968)

• Clifford Cox (PC MacPherson) was the Sergeant in (episode 3 of) Spearhead from Space
• Cherie [Mary] Lunghi (Emily here; Mary Morstan in The Sign of Four, 1983) voiced Lady Adela Forster for Big Finish's The Emerald Tiger (2012)
• Derek Waring [born Barton-Chapple] (Fournaye here; Emsworth for The Blanched Soldier, 1994) was Shardovan in Castrovalva 
• Freddie Earlle (Mitton here, Cab Driver in A Study in Scarlet) was Aldo in Warriors' Gate

The Dancing Men (UK TX: September 16)

• Brenda Bruce (Saunders) was Tilda in Paradise Towers
• Henry [Godfrey] Gilbert (Armstrong) was Torbis in The Curse of Peladon
• Richardson Morgan (Martin) was Corporal Blake in The Web of Fear, and Rogin in The Ark in Space
• David [John] Simeon [born Townsend] (Constable) was Private Latimer in Inferno, and Alastair Fergus in The Daemons

A Study in Scarlet (UK TX: September 23)

• George [Alphonsus] Cooper (DI Gregson here & The Greek Interpreter) was Cherub in The Smugglers
• William [Thomas] Lucas [born Clucas] (Lestrade) was Range in Frontios
• Ed [born George Victor] Bishop (Stangerson here; Drebber, 1989; Agent for His Last Bow, 1994) voiced General Finch for Full Fathom Five (2003)
• Michael [John] Goldie (Murcher here; Artist in The Final Problem, 1985) was Jack Craddock in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, and Elton Laleham in The Wheel in Space
• Heather Stewart was also the make-up artist on Day of the Daleks and The Talons of Weng-Chiang
• Charles Parnall was a film cameraman on The Chase too
• Alan Fogg was also sound mixer on Planet of Giants, The Celestial Toymaker, Image of the Fendahl and Warriors' Gate
• film editor Larry Toft edited Genesis of the Daleks too

The Hound of the Baskervilles (UK TX: September 30 & October 7)

• Gerald [Robert] Flood (Sir Hugo) provided the voice of Kamelion for The King's Demons and Planet of Fire
• Philip Bond (Stapleton) was Ganatus in The Daleks
• Christopher Burgess (Barrymore) was Swann in The Enemy of the World, Professor Phillips in Terror of the Autons, and Barnes in Planet of the Spiders
• Penelope [Jane] Lee (Laura) was the Computer voice in Revelation of the Daleks (2)
• [Harold] Tony Rohr (Convict) was an uncredited Colonist in The Power of the Daleks (6)
• John Baker was also a film camerman on twenty-nine instalments (from The Evil of the Daleks to The Twin Dilemma)
• technician John Summers was lighting director on Frontios and Planet of Fire
• Sheila S Tomlinson was film editor on Revenge of the Cybermen too

The Boscombe Valley Mystery (UK TX: October 14)

• director Viktors Ritelis was production assistant on The Crusade and The Daleks' Master Plan (12)
• [George] Gertan Klauber (Fat Man) was the Galley Master in The Romans, and Ola in The Macra Terror
• Jack [William] Woolgar (Moran) was Sergeant Arnold in The Web of Fear
• Michael Godfrey [born Collins] (DI Lanner) was Captain Pike in The Smugglers
• Donald Tosh was also script editor on twenty-seven episodes (from The Time Meddler to The Massacre)

The Greek Interpreter (UK TX: October 21)

• Steve [born Phokion Stavros] Plytas (Manikuros here; Venucci in The Six Napoleons, 1986) was Wigner in The Tenth Planet
• Clive [Benabu] Cazes (Melas) was the Guard Captain in The Massacre
• [Peter] Nigel Terry (Latimer) was General Cobb in The Doctor's Daughter
• Peter Woodthorpe (Kemp) voiced Joey Oxford for Whatever Happened to Susan?

The Naval Treaty (UK TX: October 28)

• Peter [John] Bowles (Harrison) was Lionel Carson in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Man Who Never Was
• Patrick Tull (Groot) voiced the titular aliens in The Krotons
• Robin Wentworth [born Victor Roy Wheeler] (Tangey) was Professor Horner in The Daemons (1)

Thor Bridge (UK TX: November 4)

The Musgrave Ritual (UK TX: November 11)

• Dominic Allan (Sergeant) was a Policeman in The Invasion (5)

Black Peter (UK TX: November 18)

• John [Gordon] Baskcomb (Landlord) was Luigi Rossini in Terror of the Autons
• John De Marco (Lancaster) was Lynch Mob Man in The Gunfighters, and Mexican Bandit in The War Games (8)
• Ilona [Jeanette] Rodgers (Rachel) was Carol in The Sensorites

Wisteria Lodge (UK TX: November 25)

• Philip Anthony [born Johnson] (Walters here; Porter for The Missing Three Quarter; Old Randall for The Abbey Grange, both 1993; Castle for The Red Circle; DI Morton for The Dying Detective, both 1994; Graves for The Star of the Adelphi, 2002) was Roald in The Daleks' Master Plan (1)
• for Derek Francis (Eccles) see Series 1
• Tutte [born Isak Samuel] Lemkow (Jose) was Kuiju in Marco Polo, Ibrahim in The Crusade (4), and Cyclops in The Myth Makers 
• Roy Stewart (Mulatto) was Toberman in The Tomb of the Cybermen, and Tony in Terror of the Autons

Shoscombe Old Place (UK TX: December 2)

• Kevin [Alan] Lindsay (Norlett) was Commander Linx in The Time Warrior, Cho Je in Planet of the Spiders, then Field Major Styre and the Marshal in The Sontaran Experiment
• John Lawrence and Maurice [Herbert] Quick (Racegoers) were Parisian Man in The Massacre, and the Gold Usher in The Deadly Assassin respectively
• Peter Miles (Brewer here, Williamson in The Solitary Cyclist) was Dr. Charles Lawrence in The Silurians, Professor Whitaker in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, then Nyder in Genesis of the Daleks, a role reprised for The Trial of Davros (2005) and Guilt (2006) - he also voiced Tragen for The Paradise of Death, and Curator Gantman for Whispers of Terror (1999)

The Solitary Cyclist (UK TX: December 9)

• Ysanne Churchman (Mrs. Bainbridge) voiced Alpha Centauri for both Peladon stories then Empress of Mars, and the titular arachnids for Planet of the Spiders
• [Robert] Clyde Pollitt (Trivett here, and Sergeant in The Blue Carbuncle) was Time Lord in The War Games, and Lord Chancellor in The Three Doctors
• Alan Tucker (Clerk) was Latep in Planet of the Daleks

The Sign of Four (UK TX: December 16)

• Ann [Forrest] Bell (Mary Morstan) voiced Sylvia O'Donnell for A Thousand Tiny Wings (2010), Professor Gesima Cazalet for Night of the Stormcrow (2013), and Lisa Burrows for Five Twenty-Nine (2017)
• John [Wilson] Stratton (DI Jones) was Shockeye of the Quawncing Grig in The Two Doctors
• Ahmed Khalil (Lal Rao) was Latoni in Black Orchid
• Ves Delahunt (Policemen) was a Thal in The Daleks (7), and UNIT Soldier in The Silurians
• David James (Policeman) was the Sheik in The Daleks' Master Plan (7)

The Blue Carbunkle (UK TX: December 23)

• Edna [Lillian] Dore [born Gorring] (Mrs. Oakshott) was Maeve in Fear Her
• Ian Watson was also the production designer on The Space Pirates and Terror of the Autons, then art director on Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

Doctor Who On This Day #273

  

1967 - The Abominable Snowmen,

Episode 1 first screened on BBC1

1974 - Terror of the Autons, Episode 1 and Day

of the Daleks, Episode 1 both repeated on ABC

1975 - The Mutants, Episode 2 first screened

on WTTW 11; and Carnival of Monsters, Episode

1 first screened on TV2

1977 - The Monster of Peladon,

Part 4 repeated on ABC

1978 - Terror of the Zygons, Part 4 first screened

on TV2; and The Pirate Planet, Part 1 first screened

on BBC1

1980 - The Android Invasion, Parts 2 and 4 and

 The Seeds of Doom, Part 2 all repeated on ABC;

and The Deadly Assassin, Part 2 repeated on

WTTW 11

1981 - The Armageddon Factor, Part

5 repeated on KQED Plus

1982 - The Seeds of Doom, Part 4

 repeated on KQED Plus

1983 - The Armageddon Factor, Part

3 repeated  on KQED Plus

1984 - Four to Doomsday Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1985 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Parts 1 to 3 all

repeated on WTTW 11; and Four to Doomsday, Part

1 first screened on TROS

1986 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Part 5 first

screened on TV1; Planet of the Spiders, Part 2

repeated on ABC; and Revelation of the Daleks,

Part 1 (of 4) repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - Planet of the Spiders, Part 2 repeated

on KQED Plus; and The Invisible Enemy, Part

4 repeated on TV2

1988 - Kinda, Part 4 repeated on TV2; and

The Two Doctors, Part 4 (of 6) repeated on

KQED Plus

1989 - The Invasion of Time, Part 4 repeated

 on KQED Plus

1990 - The Horns of Nimon Omnibus repeated

 on KQED Plus; and Terminus Omnibus repeated

on WTTW 11

1992 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 3 repeated on

KQED Plus

1993 - The Brain of Morbius, Part 3 repeated

on UK Gold; and The Face of Evil, Part 1

repeated on ABC

1994 - The Twin Dilemma, Part 3 repeated

 on UK Gold

1996 - The Web Planet, Episode 1 repeated

on UKTV (Aus); and The Dominators Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1997 - The Sun Makers, Part 2 repeated on UK 

Gold; and The Invasion of Time, Part 3 repeated

on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Silurians, Episode 4 repeated on Space

1999 - The Seeds of Death, Episode 4 repeated on

Space; and City of Death, Part 2 repeated on UKTV

(Aus)

2000 - The Time Monster Omnibus repeated on

UKTV (Aus); The Invasion of Time, Part 2 first

screened on Prairie PTV; The Pirate Planet, Parts

3 and 4 both repeated on Iowa PTV and Colorado

PTV; and Castrovalva, Part 2 repeated on BBC Prime

2001 - The War Games, Episodes 6 to 10 all repeated 

on MPT; The Seeds of Doom, Part 6 repeated on WILL; 

Image of the Fendahl, Part 

2 repeated on KUED; City of Death, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on 

WCET; Destiny of the Daleks, Part 2 repeated on Twin Cities PTV; 

The Leisure Hive, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; Meglos, 

Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on NHPTV; State of Decay, Parts 1 and 

2 both repeated on WQED; Time Flight Omnibus repeated on UK 

Gold; and The Happiness Patrol, Part 3 and Silver Nemesis, Part 

1 both repeated on MiND

2002 - The Creature from the Pit, Part 4 and State

 of Decay Omnibus both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2003 - The Daleks, Episode 6: The Ordeal repeated

on ABC; The Seeds of Doom, Parts 1 and 2 both

 repeated on BBC Kids (Can); and The Invisible

Enemy, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on UK Gold

2004 - The Monster of Peladon, Part

6 repeated on ABC

2005 - Boom Town repeated on BBC3

2006 - Rose repeated on Jimmy; Bad

Wolf repeated on UK Gold; The Christmas

Invasion and New Earth both first screened

 on Syfy (US); and Army of Ghosts first

screened on ABC1

2007 - The Sun Makers, Parts 1 and 2 both

 repeated on WCET; Rose repeated on KTWU

and WXXI; The End of the World and Doctor

Who Confidential: Aliens, the Good, the Bad

and the Ugly both repeated on NHPTV; The

Unquiet Dead repeated on WLVT; Aliens of London 

repeated on WLVT and Idaho PTV; World War Three repeated on 

WUCF; Dalek repeated on WUCF and MPTV; Father's Day and Doctor

 Who Confidential: Time Trouble both repeated on WPBT2, WJCT 

and UNC-TV; The Empty Child repeated on KOCE, WEDU, KSPS and 

Oregon PB; The Doctor Dances repeated on KOCE; Boom Town 

repeated on Ozarks PTV and S Dakota PB; Bad Wolf repeated on 

WTVP; The Parting of the Ways repeated on WQLN and UKTV (Aus); 

The Lazarus Experiment first screened on Prime; Doctor Who

Confidential: The Daleks repeated on MPTV; Doctor Who Confidential: 

Special Effects repeated on WEDU and Oregon PB; and Doctor Who 

Confidential: The Last Battle repeated on WQLN

2008 - The Sun Makers, Parts 2 and 3 both first screened on MTV3 

SciFi and TV4; Gridlock first screened on Syfy (Ben); and Last of the

 Time Lords and Doctor Who Confidential: The Valiant Quest both

 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2009 - Daleks in Manhattan and Last of the Time Lords both repeated 

on France 4; and The Sound of Drums repeated on BBC3 and France 4

2010 - Rose repeated on Syfy (FRG); School Reunion repeated on 

Space; and Hellblossom staged by the Battered Suitcase Theatre

Co. at the Charles Cryer Studio Theatre, Carshalton, London

2011 - Boom Town repeated on Space; Love & Monsters

repeated on Watch; The Sontaran Stratagem repeated on

UKTV (Aus); The Waters of Mars and The Eleventh Hour

both repeated on BBC America; and Closing Time

 repeated on BBC3

2012 - The Reign of Terror, Episodes 4 and 5, The Ambassadors

of Death and The Claws of Axos Omnibuses all screened at Recon,

Riverside Studios, Hammersmith; The Green Death, Episodes 1

and 2 both repeated on KBTC; Gridlock and Daleks in Manhattan

both repeated on Fox (FRG); The Big Bang repeated on Watch;

The Curse of the Black Spot and Doctor Who Confidential:

Ship Ahoy! both repeated on MPTV; Let's Kill Hitler and Doctor 

Who Confidential: River Runs Deep both first screened on

Idaho PTV; The Angels Take Manhattan first screened on 

BBC America and Space; and Doctor Who in the US

repeated on BBC America

2013 - The Robots of Death, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Syfy 

(Aus); Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of 

London, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways and The Doctors

Revisited: The Eighth Doctor repeated and The Doctors Revisited:

 The Ninth Doctor first screened, all on BBC America; Tooth and 

Claw, School Reunion and The Girl in the Fireplace all repeated 

on Syfy (Port); The Lazarus Experiment repeated on Watch; The 

Poison Sky and The Doctor's Daughter repeated on France 4; 

Victory of the Daleks repeated on ABC2; The Lodger repeated 

on RAI4; The God Complex first screened on Karusel; The 

Wedding of River Song repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; and 

Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Breaking the Silence repeated 

on UKTV (Aus)

2014 - The Silurians, Episodes 1 and 2 both first screened on Retro 

TV; The Robots of Death, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Horror; 

The Armageddon Factor, Parts 5 and 6 and The Lodger all repeated 

on Syfy (Aus); The Long Game repeated on UKTV (NZ); Forest of 

the Dead repeated on Really Scary TV; Turn Left and The Stolen 

Earth both repeated on BBC America; The Waters of Mars repeated 

on YLE TV2; Closing Time repeated on Watch; The Wedding of River 

Song repeated on Karusel; The Snowmen repeated on Ztélé; The 

Bells of Saint John repeated on RAI4; Cold War repeated on DR3; 

Hide repeated on BBC Polska, DR3 and KCPT2; and The Name of 

the Doctor and Doctor Who Confidential: The Born Identity both 

repeated on BBC Entertainment AP

2015 - The Daleks, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on Horror; 

The Mind of Evil, Episode 6 and The Claws of Axos, Episode 1 both

repeated on Retro TV; The Ark in Space, Part 2 repeated on Syfy 

(Aus); Father's Day repeated on TV Cultura; The Satan Pit repeated 

on Disney XD (US); Utopia repeated on KCPT2; The Almost People

 repeated on Watch; A Good Man Goes to War and The Best of the Doctor both repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; 

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on Syfy (Port); A Town Called 

Mercy repeated on BBC America; The Power of Three repeated on 

BBC America and Syfy (Ben); The Bells of Saint John repeated on 

Syfy (Ben); The Time of the Doctor repeated on Syfy (Aus) and 

Part 1 (of 2) first screened on FX (Ind); Deep Breath repeated on 

KLRU; Robot of Sherwood repeated on WGVU; and Death in

 Heaven repeated on RAI4

2016 - Carnival of Monsters, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated on

 Retro TV; Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways, The Christmas

 Invasion, New Earth, Doomsday and A Christmas Carol repeated 

on Syfy (Aus); Smith and Jones and The Shakespeare Code both

 repeated on RAI4; Silence in the Library repeated on The Zone;

Turn Left, The Stolen Earth, Journey's End, Planet of the Dead

and The Waters of Mars all repeated on EBRU; Into the Dalek

and Robot of Sherwood both repeated on Syfy (LA); The

Caretaker repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; Hell Bent and

The Best of the Companions both repeated on BBC Polska HD;

 and The Doctors Revisited: The Sixth Doctor repeated on Watch

2017 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Parts 4 to 6 and Death to the 

Daleks, Part 1 all repeated on Retro TV; The Deadly Assassin, 

Frontios and The Mysterious Planet Omnibuses all repeated on 

WYCC; School Reunion and The Girl in the Fireplace both repeated

 on Space; Asylum of the Daleks, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, A Town

 Called Mercy, The Power of Three and The Angels Take Manhattan

 all repeated on Syfy (Bra); and Into the Dalek and Robot of 

Sherwood both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU

2018 - The Daleks Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; The Aztecs,

Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; The Rescue Omnibus 

repeated on KERA; Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Parts 5 and 6 both 

repeated on KBTC; The Creature From the Pit, Part 4 repeated on 

KPTS; Warriors' Gate Omnibus repeated on MPTV; Arc of Infinity

Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; The King's Demons and Warriors 

of the Deep Omnibuses both repeated on WSRE; Army of Ghosts, 

Doomsday, The Runaway Bride, Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Gridlock, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, The 

Lazarus Experiment, 42, Human Nature and The Family of Blood all

 repeated on BBC America; Flesh and Stone, The Vampires of Venice, 

Amy's Choice, The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, Vincent and the Doctor,

The Lodger and The Pandorica Opens all repeated on W; Last

Christmas, The Magician's Apprentice, The Witch's Familiar,

Under the Lake and Before the Flood all repeated on Sony

SciFi; Thin Ice repeated on Prime; and Oxygen and

Extremis both repeated on One ARD

2019 - Enlightenment, Parts 3 and

4 both repeated on Retro TV; and

The Witchfinders  repeated on BBC

Polska HD

2020 - Robot of Sherwood repeated

on BBC Polska HD; and Rosa and The

Haunting of Villa Diodati both repeated

on BBC First Turkey

2021 - The Tomb of the Cybermen,

Episodes 3 and 4 and The Dominators,

Episodes 1 and 2 all repeated on Retro

TV; Planet of the Dead repeated on ABC

2; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated

on ABC ME; and It Takes You Away

repeated on BBC Entertainment EU

2022 - 42 repeated on ABC2; and

The Rebel Flesh repeated on W HD

2023 - Rosa, Arachnids in the UK,

The Tsuranga Conundrum and Demons

of the Punjab all repeated on Fox SciFi

2024 - Closing Time repeated on ABC

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