Doctor Who Vs. The Avengers (1998)

American film and television producer

Jerry Weintraub had acquired Thorn EMI's

entire library, including The Avengers, in

1986. He subsequently sold most of that

archive to PolyGram, but retained the

rights to ABC's influencial TV series as he

 believed it still had potential. Weintraub's

proposed cinematic remake was finally

released by Warner Bros in 1998.

Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman reprised

the iconic roles of John Steed and Emma

Peel. Shown on ITV4 tonight, this action

 adventure (an infamous critical and commercial flop) also featured Sean

Connery, Fiona Shaw, Eddie Izzard,

 Eileen Atkins, and these sixteen Doctor

Who cast and crew connections:

• Jim Broadbent (Mother) depicted the Doctor in the Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV sketch, Doctor Who and Crayola (1987) and The Curse of Fatal Death
• Keeley Hawes (Tamara) was Ms. Delphox/Madame Karabraxos in Time Heist
• Nicholas [Robin Frank] Woodeson (Darling) voiced the Clocksmith for Big Finish's Doom Coalition 3 (2016), and the titular role for The Quest of the Engineer (2020)
• Richard Lumsden (Porter) voiced Professor Landren for Burrowed Time (2019), and Dr. Vance for Antillia the Lost (2023)
• Nadim Sawalha (Minister) voiced Swapnil Khan for The Magic Mousetrap (2009), and the Old Man for 1001 Nights (2012)
• Roger Lloyd Pack (Professor) was John Lumic in Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel
• Peter Bennett was also assistant director on fourteen stories (from Bad Wolf to The End of Time), production manager on The Doctor's Daughter, Midnight, The Stolen Earth and Journey's End, then producer on another twenty-one instalments (from The Beast Below to Twice Upon a Time) and Torchwood: Children of Earth
• Marc Boyle (stunt co-ordinator) was Prisoner/UNIT Motorcyclist in The Mind of Evil, Kronos in The Time Monster, Exxilon in Death to the Daleks (1), and fight arranger on The Time Warrior
• Tony Lucken was also stuntman on Dalek, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways and The End of Time
• Jamie Edgell was also a stunt co-ordinator on Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, after performing stunts on The End of the World
• stuntman Lee [Michael] Sheward was stunt co-ordinator on eleven adventures (from The End of the World to The End of Time) and Torchwood: Miracle Day
• Paul Herbert was stuntman on The End of Time too
• Ray De Haan and Sarah Franzl also had stunt work on The Idiot's Lantern (the latter also on The End of the World and The End of Time)
• stunt performer Dorothy Ford was Double on The Wheel in Space (6)
• Gabe Cronnelly was stunt double on The Curse of Fatal Death too