The BFI observed that "althoughseemingly anarchic, the Carry On
films were always inherently conser-
vative. This is clearly demonstrated"
here.
This classic British romp was filmed
just after the Summer of Love, at
the height of global student unrest.
Series stalwarts Sid James, Joan
Sims, Bernard Bresslaw, Kenneth
Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie
Jacques, Barbara Windsor, Peter
Butterworth, and Terry Scott all
starred in the seventeenth entry in
the franchise. Released in 1972,
Carry On Camping was the most
successful film at the British box
office that year, and is now regarded as one the best loved titles in the
run. Shown today during ITV3's festive Carry On season, the comedy
featured these fifteen Doctor Who cast connections:
- for Windsor see Carry On Spying
- for Derek Francis see Carry On Abroad
- for Sims and Bresslaw see Carry On Nurse
- for Walter Henry see Carry On Cleo
- for Julian Holloway see Follow That Camel
- for Butterworth and Alf Mangan see Carry On Cowboy
- Georgina Moon (Joy here; Sally in Carry On Behind) voiced Theodosia Middlemint for Big Finish's The Behemoth (2017)
- Mike Lucas (Youth) was Tom in The Smugglers
- Leslie Weeks (Man) was Varga plant in Mission to the Unknown, Extra in The Highlanders and The Leisure Hive, Prison Officer/UNIT Soldier in The Mind of Evil, Vogan in Revenge of the Cybermen, Brother/ Villager in The Masque of Mandragora, Passenger in Time Flight, and Time Lord in The Mysterious Planet
- George [Clinton] Ballantine (Man) was Prisoner/Audience in The Mind of Evil, Scientist in The Time Warrior, Villager in The Android Invasion, Manservant in The Masque of Mandragora, Death Grade in The Sun Makers, Extra in Logopolis and Castrovalva, and Hawker in Snakedance
- Elizabeth Knight (Jane here; Nurse in Carry On Again Doctor) was considered for the role of Victoria Waterfield
- for Ricky Lansing see Carry On Jack
- for Tina Simmons see Don't Lose Your Head
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