Doctor Who Vs. The New Avengers, Series 2

As with my previous blogs for The

Avengers sequel show, season two's

 original transmission dates are approx-

imate because the programme was never

truly networked - some TV regions didn't

adhere to the same transmission order.

Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, and Joanna

Lumley returned for thirteen episodes -

originally broadcast in the autumn of

1977. The team's final four assignments were filmed in Ontario, and marketed as

The New Avengers in Canada.

A repeat run of the second and final

series began on Great! TV last night - it

featured a total of thirty-five Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

Dead Men Are Dangerous

(UK TX: September 9)

• Michael [Pierce] Turner (Culver here; Crayford in The Avengers: Have Guns Will Haggle) was Jarvis Bennett in The Wheel in Space
• Roger Avon (Headmaster) was Saphadin in The Crusade, Daxtar in (episode 4 of) The Daleks' Master Plan, and Wells in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
• Gabrielle [Mary] Drake (Penny here; Angora in The Hidden Tiger) auditioned for the role of Victoria Waterfield in April 1967

Angels of Death (UK TX: September 16)

• Dinsdale [James] Landen (Coldstream here; Watney in All Done With Mirrors) was Dr. Judson in The Curse of Fenric
• Terence [Joseph] Alexander (Manderson here; Warren in The Town of No Return; Ponsonby in The Correct Way to Kill; Bromfield in Love All) was Lord Ravensworth in The Mark of the Rani
• Lindsay [Vere] Duncan (Jane) was Adelaide Brooke in The Waters of Mars
• Christopher [Denis] Driscoll (Martin) was the Security Guard in The Idiot's Lantern
• Caroline [Jane] Munro (Tammy) voiced Sentia for Big Finish's Omega (2003)

Medium Rare (UK TX: September 23)

• Maurice O'Connell (McBain) was Cockerill in Frontios
• Steve [John] Ubells (Man) was Boy Servant in The Aztecs
• for Neil Hallett, Jeremy Wilkin, Marc Boyle, John Tatham and Hugh Walters see Series 1

The Lion and the Unicorn (UK TX: September 30)

• for Reg Woods see Series 1

Obsession (UK TX: October 7)

• Roy [Douglas] Purcell (Controller here; Gutman in Conspiracy of Silence) was CPO Powers in The Mind of Evil, and the President in The Three Doctors
• Stuart Myers (Guest) was Technician in The Silurians (6), Draconian in Frontier in Space (5), and Photographer in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1)
• for Walter Henry see Series 1

Trap (UK TX: October 14)

• [Henry] Kristopher Kum (Tansing here; Osaka in Homicide and Old Lace) was Fu Peng in The Mind of Evil
• Vincent Wong [born Vivian Warren Chen] (Courier) and Dennis Chin (Pilot) both appeared in The Talons of Weng-Chiang as Ho and Coolie - Wong was also Delegate in Day of the Daleks (4), and Captain in Enlightenment
• Edward [Harry] Kelsey (Soo Choy voice here; Gerry in Dead on Course) was the Slave Buyer in The Romans (2), Resno in The Power of the Daleks, and Edu in The Creature from the Pit
• Robert Rietty [born Lucio Herbert Rietti] (Dom Carlos here; Carlo in Conspiracy of Silence) voiced Bedloe for Death Comes to Time

Hostage (UK TX: October 21)

• Barry Stanton (Packer) was Noma in The Twin Dilemma
• William [Leo] Franklyn [born Beare] (McKay here; Omrod in Silent Dust; Brinstead in Killer) voiced Pharaoh Amenhotep for The Roof of the World (2004)
• Richard [John] Ireson (Vernon) was a Soldier in The Mind Robber, and Axus in The Krotons
• Anna Palk (Suzy) auditioned for the role of Susan at Room 2119, TV Centre on June 25 1963, with Maureen Crombie, Waveney Lee, Heather Fleming, Camilla Hasse and Anne Castaldini (Christa Bergman and Bridget Wood were also considered)

K is For Kill, Part 1: The Tiger Awakes (UK TX: October 28)

• Diana Rigg (Emma Peel, archive footage from The Winged Avenger/The Hidden Tiger) was Winifred Gillyflower in The Crimson Horror

K is For Kill, Part 2: Tiger by the Tail (UK TX: November 11)

• Kenneth [Murray] Watson (Major) was Craddock in the second Dalek film and Bill Duggan in The Wheel in Space
• Tony Then (Monk) was Lee in The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Complex (UK TX: November 11)

• for Dennis Spooner see The Avengers, Series 1

Forward Base (UK TX: November 18)

• David Calderisi (Halfhide) was Charlie in The Mind of Evil (4)
• Maurice Good (Milroy here; Stacey in Hunt the Man Down; Goodman in Don't Look Behind You; Mercer in Split!) was Phineas Clanton in The Gunfighters

The Gladiators (UK TX: November 25)

Emily (UK TX: December 1)

• for Valentino Musetti see Series 1