Doctor Who Vs. Carry On Don't Lose Your Head

The thirteenth production in the
British film franchise was the first

Carry On feature produced by the

Rank Organisation, and was not

planned as part of the series.

Don't Lose Your Head and the

next title, Follow That Camel,

were both originally promoted

without the Carry On prefix.

Series veterans Sid James,

Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims,

Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, and

Peter Butterworth were joined here by French actress Dany Robin.

Released in late 1966 as a parody of Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet

Pimpernel, the comedy was shown on ITV3 today - it featured these nineteen Doctor Who cast connections:

• Jacqueline [Kay] Pearce (Lady) was Chessene of the Franzine Grig in The Two Doctors, and voiced Sherilyn Harper for Big Finish's The Fearmonger (2000), Admiral Mettna for Death Comes to Time, the Keeper for Sarah Jane Smith 2 (2006), Queen Zafira/Bev for Hexagora (2011), and Cardinal Ollistra for The War Doctor (2015-17), Day of the Vashta Nerada, and The Time War (2017/18)
• [Max] Richard Shaw (Captain) was Lobos in The Space Museum, Cross in Frontier in Space, and Lakh in Underworld
• Lewis Alexander [born Herbert Alexander Lewis] (Citizen here; Partygoer in Carry On Again Doctor; Councillor in Carry On Girls) was Army Officer in (episode 3 of) The War Machines
• Douglas Roe (Soldier) was Prisoner in The War Games (2), and titular alien in The Claws of Axos (1)
• Peter Brace (Soldier) was Guard in The Curse of Peladon (4), and Soldier in The Android Invasion (2)
• Tina Simmons (Citizen here; Camper in Carry On Camping; Nurse in Carry On Matron) began her career as Inferno Patron in The War Machines (1), then was Passenger in The Faceless Ones (1)
• Gerry Wain (Soldier here; Horseman in Carry On Dick) was Soldier in The Reign of Terror (1), Guard in The Romans (1), Sailor in The Chase (3), Blackbeard in The Mind Robber (5), and Sergeant/Alien Guard/Horseman in The War Games
• John [Ernest Clotworthy] More (Citizen here; Passenger in Carry On Emmannuelle) was Prisoner in Frontier in Space (3)
• Lee Fenton (Guest here; Man in Carry On Again Doctor) was Recruit/ Technician in The War Games
• for Sims (Désirée) see Carry On Nurse
• for Butterworth (Bidet) and Alf Mangan see Carry On Cowboy
• for Hugh Futcher see Carry On At Your Convenience
• for Aileen Lewis see Carry On Cruising
• for Peter Gilmore, Rita Tobin Weske and stuntman Peter Diamond see Carry On Cleo
• for Billy Cornelius see Carry On Screaming
• for Jim O'Brady and Martin Lyder see Carry On Jack