Doctor Who Vs. Carry On Sergeant

 

The series of low-budget British comedy features, the iconic Carry

On films, began in 1958 with Carry On Sergeant - shown on Great

TV tonight.

Based on the play, The Bull Boys, by English novelist RF Delderfield,

Sergeant was not intended to launch a franchise, but due to it's box-

office success, another production, Carry On Nurse, followed a year

later. A further twenty-seven films were released over the next

twenty years, and a final entry, Carry On Columbus was released in

1992.

The cast, led by William Hartnell (pictured as the titular officer,

Grimshawe, and joined here by his co-stars from Granada's The

Army Game, Norman Rossington and Charles Hawtrey), featured

Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Hattie Jacques, Shirley Eaton,

Bob Monkhouse, Bill Owen, Terry Scott, and ten future Doctor Who

guest actors:

• Gerald [Theron] Campion (Calloway) was Wilkin in Shada
• [Albert] Martin Boddey (Specialist here; Perkins in Carry On Nurse) was Robert Walker in The Sea Devils
• Bernard [Frederic Bemrose] Kay (Injured Recruit) was Carl Tyler in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Saladin in The Crusade, DI Crossland in The Faceless Ones, and Caldwell in Colony in Space, then voiced Major Dickens for Big Finish's Night Thoughts (2006)
• Leon Eagles (Recruit) was Jabel in The Face of Evil
• Derek Martinus [born Buitenhuis] (Recruit) was the director of Galaxy 4, Mission to the Unknown, The Tenth Planet, The Evil of the Daleks, The Ice Warriors and Spearhead from Space
• Ivor Danvers (Recruit) voiced Wendle Marr for Nekromanteia (2003), Dr. John Dee for A Storm of Angels (2005), and Professor Gareth Edmons for Buried Secrets (2006)
• Norman Huntley (Recruit) was Ulf in The Time Meddler, and Sergeant Peters in The Invasion
• Don McCorkindale (Recruit here; Tubby in Carry On Cabby) voiced Don Fabrizio for The Ghosts of N-Space, and Porthintus for The Wreck of the World (2017)
• Rodney Cardiff (Recruit here; Commuter in Carry On Cabby; Guest in Carry On Loving; Outpatient in Carry On Matron) was the Draconian Emperor in (episode 5 of) Frontier in Space
• Reg Thomason (Soldier here; Porter in Carry On Nurse; Operator in Carry On Constable; Passenger in Carry On Cruising; Officer in Carry On Jack; Citizen in Carry On Cleo; Patron in Carry On Cowboy; Guest in Carry On Loving; Councillor in Carry On Girls; Audience in Carry On Behind) was a Resistance Man in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
• Joan Ellacott (dress designer here & Carry On Nurse, then costume designer on Carry On Regardless; Carry On Cruising; Carry On Cabby; Carry On Jack) was assigned to The Deadly Assassin

Later Carry On films starred Jon Pertwee (4 appearances), and

series stalwarts also with Doctor Who connections are Joan Sims

(24), Peter Butterworth (16), Bernard Bresslaw (14), Peter Gilmore 

(11), Julian Holloway, Billy Cornelius (8 each), Gertan Klauber (7),

Derek Francis (6), Victor Maddern (5), June Whitfield, Angela

Douglas (4 each), Bernard Cribbins, Kenneth Cope (3 each), as 

well as Windsor Davies, Roy Castle, Francis De Wolff, Maureen 

Lipman, Nigel Planer, Alexei Sayle, Beryl Reid, Wanda Ventham, 

Ray Brooks, Jeremy Bulloch, Sheila Hancock, Tutte Lemkow,

William Mervyn, George Layton and many others.

Doctor Who On This Day #55

1968 - The Web of Fear, Episode

4 first screened on BBC1

1973 - Frontier in Space, Episode

1 first screened on BBC1

1978 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 4

 first screened on ABC

1979 - The Armageddon Factor,

Part 6 first screened on BBC1

1982 - The Face of Evil, Part 2

repeated on KQED Plus; and The 

Visitation, Part 4 first screened

on BBC Cymru

1983 - The Creature from the Pit,

Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus

1984 - The Ark in Space, Part 2

repeated on KQED Plus; The

Invisible Enemy, Part 3 repeated

on ABC; and Planet of Fire, Part 2

first screened on BBC1

1985 - Genesis of the Daleks

Omnibus repeated on WTTW 11

1986 - The Silurians, Episode 2 repeated

on ABC; Warriors' Gate Omnibus repeated

on WTTW 11; and Earthshock, Part 4 first

screened on TROS

1987 - The Gunfighters, Episode 4:

The OK Corral repeated on KQED

Plus; and Terror of the Zygons, Part

3 repeated on TV2

1988 - Robot, Part 3 repeated on TV de

Galicia; The Pirate Planet, Part 3 repeated

on KQED Plus; and The Armageddon

Factor, Part 6 repeated on TV2

1989 - The Sea Devils, Episode 6

repeated on KQED Plus; and Genesis

of the Daleks, Part 5 repeated on ABC

1990 - The Invasion of Time, Parts

1 and 2 both repeated on WTTW 11;

and Arc of Infinity, Part 3 repeated on

KQED Plus

1994 - Underworld, Part 1 repeated

on UK Gold; and Timelash, Part 1 (of

4) repeated on ABC

1995 - The Ultimate Foe, Part 2

first screeened on VOX

1996 - The Ghosts of N-Space, Episode

6 first broadcast on Radio 2

1997 - The Curse of Peladon, Episode

1 repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Time

Monster Omnibus repeated on KQED

Plus; and Planet of the Daleks Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold

1998 - The Krotons, Episode 2 first

screened on Space; and Time Flight,

Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Krotons, Episode 2 repeated

 on Space; and The Invasion of Time, Part

4 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2000 - Planet of Giants, Episode 2: Dangerous

Journey repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Silurians,

Episode 1 repeated on Space; and Day of the

Daleks, Episode 1 first screened on TG4

2001 - The Brain of Morbius Omnibus repeated

on UKTV (Aus); The Androids of Tara, Part 3

first screened on Prairie PTV; The Horns of

Nimon, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Iowa

PTV; and Arc of Infinity, Part 1 repeated on

BBC Prime

2002 - The Mind of Evil Omnibus repeated

 on UK Gold; Invasion of the Dinosaurs

Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Ark in Space,

Part 1 repeated on Lakeland PTV; Terror of

the Zygons, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on

 MiND; The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 1

repeated on WILL; The Leisure Hive, Part 1

repeated on Twin Cities PTV; The Keeper of

Traken, Part 4 and Logopolis, Part 1 both

repeated on WCET; Kinda, Part 4 repeated

on WQED; The Visitation, Parts 3 and 4

both repeated on KBTC; Earthshock, Parts 1

and 2 both repeated on NHPTV; and Planet

of Fire Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV

2003 - The Invasion of Time Omnibus

repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2004 - The Mind Robber, Episode 3 repeated

on ABC; and Time Flight, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2005 - Horror of Fang Rock, Part 2

repeated on ABC

2006 - The Doctor Dances and Boom

Town both first screened on ΣΚΑΙ

2007 - The Impossible Planet repeated

on UK Gold and Jimmy

2008 - The Armageddon Factor, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

 on WCET; The Unquiet Dead and Doctor Who Confidential: 

TARDIS Tales both repeated on NHPTV; Aliens of London

repeated on MPT

and WTVP; Dalek repeated on WXXI and Houston PM; Father's Day
and Doctor Who Confidential: Time Trouble both repeated on KERA 
and WGVU; The Doctor Dances and Doctor Who Confidential: Weird
 Science both repeated on KQED Plus; Boom Town repeated on Idaho 
PTV; Bad Wolf and Doctor Who Confidential: The World of Who both 
repeated on WEDU; The Parting of the Ways repeated on S Dakota 
PB; and Doctor Who Confidential: I Get a Sidekick Out of You 
repeated on MPT

2009 - Paradise Towers, Parts 1 and

2 both first screened on MTV3 SciFi and

TV4; The Empty Child and Doctor Who

Confidential Cutdown: Special Effects both

 repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Girl in the

Fireplace and Doctor Who Confidential

Cutdown: From Script to Screen both

repeated on ABC1; and The Shakespeare

Code and Doctor Who Confidential: Stage

Fright both repeated on BBC3

2010 - The Age of Steel repeated on Syfy

(Spa); and The Sound of Drums and Doctor

Who Confidential: The Saxon Mystery both

repeated on BBC3

2011 - The Seeds of Doom, Parts 3 and

4 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and

 TV4; and Planet of the Ood repeated on

Space

2012 - The Satan Pit repeated on BBC

America; The Sound of Drums repeated

on BBC Entertainment Ind and ABC2;

Smith and Jones and The Shakespeare

Code both repeated on BBC3; and Midnight

repeated on Watch

2013 - The Aztecs, Episodes 1 and 2 both

repeated on BBC America; The Seeds of Death

Omnibus repeated on UKTV; Revenge of the

Cybermen, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on

KBTC; 42 and Human Nature both repeated

on France 4; Blink repeated on UKTV (NZ);

The Eleventh Hour repeated on Idaho PTV;

Victory of the Daleks and Doctor Who

Confidential: War Games both repeated on

Iowa PTV; The Impossible Astronaut and

Day of the Moon both repeated on Fox (FRG);

Let's Kill Hitler repeated on MPTV; The

Wedding of River Song and Doctor Who

Confidential: When Time Froze both first

screened on WPT; and Doctor Who

Confidential Cutdown: The Born Identity

repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2014 - The Invisible Enemy, Parts 1 and

 2 and Four to Doomsday, Parts 3 and 4

all repeated on Syfy (Aus); School Reunion

and The Girl in the Fireplace both repeated

 on BBC America; Blink repeated on TV3;

The Unicorn and the Wasp repeated on

France 4; The End of Time, Part 2, The 

Eleventh Hour and The Beast Below all

repeated on Syfy (Port); The Almost People

repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; The

Girl Who Waited repeated on Watch; and

Cold War repeated on Z

2015 - The Robots of Death, Parts 2

and 3 both repeated on Horror; The

Sun Makers, Part 4, Human Nature

and The Curse of the Black Spot all

repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Pirate

Planet, Parts 3 and 4 both first

screened on Retro TV; The Age of

Steel repeated on KCPT2; The Girl

Who Waited and The God Complex

both repeated on BBC America;

The Wedding of River Song repeated

on Syfy (Ben); Cold War and Journey

to the Centre of the TARDIS both

repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC

Polska HD; and Kill the Moon repeated

on BBC Entertainment Asia

2016 - Planet of Evil Omnibus

repeated on Horror; Boom Town and

Doctor Who Confidential: Unsung

Heroes and Violent Death both

repeated on ABC Family; Evolution

of the Daleks repeated on France 4

 and Syfy (Aus); The Waters of Mars

and The Eleventh Hour both repeated on

BBC America; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Snowmen

repeated on Syfy (Spa); The Day of the

Doctor repeated on Syfy (Aus); Kill the

Moon repeated on WGVU; Listen

repeated on KLRU; Flatline repeated on

TV Cultura; The Magician's Apprentice

repeated on BBC First ME; and Sleep No

More repeated on BBC Entertainment

 Asia

2025 - Love & Monsters repeated

on ABC Entertains

2026 - Mindwarp, Parts 3 and 4

and Terror of the Vervoids, Parts

 1 and 2 all repeated on Retro TV

Doctor Who On This Day #48

 

1968 - The Web of Fear, Episode

3 first screened on BBC1

1973 - Carnival of Monsters, Episode

4 first screened on BBC1

1978 - Planet of Evil, Part 4 first

screened on ABC

1979 - The Armageddon Factor, Part

5 first screened on BBC1

1982 - The Deadly Assassin, Part 1 repeated

on KQED Plus; and The Visitation, Part 2 first

screened on BBC Wales

1983 - City of Death, Part 3

repeated on KQED Plus

1984 - Robot, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus;

and Horror of Fang Rock, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on ABC
1985 - The Sontaran Experiment

Omnibus repeated on KQED

1986 - Spearhead from Space, Episode

2 repeated on ABC; State of Decay

Omnibus repeated on WTTW 11; and

Earthshock, Part 3 first screened on TROS

1987 - The Ark, Episode 3: The Return

repeated on KQED Plus; and Terror of

the Zygons, Part 1 repeated on TV2

1988 - The Ribos Operation, Part 2 repeated on KQED

Plus; and The Armageddon Factor, Part 4 repeated on TV2
1989 - The Sea Devils, Episode 1 repeated on KQED Plus;
and The Sontaran Experiment, Part 2 repeated on ABC
1990 - Underworld Omnibus repeated

on WTTW 11; Time Flight, Part 2 repeated

on KQED Plus; and Remembrance of the

Daleks, Part 1 first screened on TV2

1993 - Spearhead from Space, Episode

2 repeated on UK Gold
1994 - The Sun Makers, Part 4 repeated

on UK Gold; and The Mark of the Rani,

Part 2 (of 4) repeated on ABC

1995 - Terror of the Vervoids, Part

9 first screened on VOX

1996 - The Ghosts of N-Space, Episode

5 first broadcast on Radio 2
1997 - The Sea Devils, Episode 2 repeated on UKTV

 (Aus); The Mutants Omnibus repeated on KQED; and

Frontier in Space Omnibus repeated on UK Gold
1998 - The Mind Robber, Episode 2 first screened on

Space; and Earthshock, Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Mind Robber, Episode 2 repeated on Space;

The Sontaran Experiment, Part 1 repeated on UKTV

(Aus); and Doctor Who TV Movie first screened on

HBO LA

2000 - The Sensorites, Episode 3: Hidden Danger repeated

 on UKTV (Aus); The War Games, Episode 8 repeated on
Space; and Colony in Space, Episode 4 first screened on TG4

2001 - The Android Invasion Omnibus repeated on UKTV
 (Aus); The Androids of Tara, Part 2 first screened on Prairie
PTV; The Horns of Nimon, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on 
Colorado PTV; and Time Flight, Part 4 repeated on BBC

Prime

2002 - Inferno Omnibus repeated on UK

Gold; The Time Warrior Omnibus repeated

on MPT; Revenge of the Cybermen, Parts 3

and 4 both repeated on MiND; The Robots

 of Death, Part 4 repeated on WILL; The Horns

of Nimon, Part 4 repeated on Twin Cities PTV;

The Keeper of Traken, Parts 2 and 3 both

repeated on WCET; Four to Doomsday, Parts 3

and 4 both repeated on Lakeshore PTV; Kinda,

Part 3 repeated on WQED; The Visitation, Parts

 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; Black Orchid

Omnibus repeated on NHPTV; Terminus, Parts

1 and 2 both repeated on Colorado PTV; and 

Resurrection of the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4 (of

4) oth repeated on Iowa PTV

2003 - The Sun Makers Omnibus repeated

on BBC Kids (Can)
2004 - The Dominators, Episode 4 repeated

on ABC; and Castrovalva, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2005 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part

4 repeated on ABC 
2006 - Father's Day and The Empty Child

both first screened on ΣΚΑΙ 
2007 - World War Three repeated on één;

Boom Town repeated on BBC America; and

The Idiot's Lantern repeated on UK Gold

and Jimmy

2008 - The Power of Kroll, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
WCET; 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 WTVP and MPT;

World War Three repeated on WXXI and Houston PM;

The Long Game and Doctor Who Confidential: The Dark

Side both repeated on WGVU and KERA; The Empty Child

repeated on KQED Plus; The Doctor Dances repeated on

Idaho PTV; Boom Town repeated on WEDU; Bad Wolf

repeated on S Dakota PB; and Doctor Who Confidential:

TARDIS Tales repeated on MPT

2009 - Terror of the Vervoids, Parts 9 and 10 both first
screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; Father's Day and Doctor
Who Confidential Cutdown: Time Trouble both repeated on
UKTV (Aus); School Reunion and Doctor Who Confidential 
Cutdown: Friends Reunited both repeated on ABC1; and
Army of Ghosts and Doctor Who Confidential: Welcome

to Torchwood both repeated on BBC3
2010 - New Earth repeated on Syfy (Spa); The Satan Pit 
repeated on Syfy (FRG); Fear Her repeated on Syfy (Rus);
and Human Nature and Doctor Who Confidential: Alter

Ego both repeated on BBC3

2011 - The Android Invasion, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated 
on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; and The Sound of Drums 
repeated on Space

2012 - Rise of the Cybermen repeated on BBC America;
Love & Monsters and Fear Her both repeated on BBC3;

42 repeated on BBC Entertainment Ind and ABC2;

The Poison Sky repeated on Watch; and Doctor Who 

Confidential Cutdown: 'Ello 'Ello 'Ello repeated on 

UKTV (Aus)

2013 - The Mind Robber Omnibus repeated

 on UKTV; Revenge of the Cybermen, Parts

 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; Daleks

 in Manhattan and The Lazarus Experiment

both repeated on France 4; Evolution of the

 Daleks repeated on UKTV (NZ) and France 4;

The Beast Below and Doctor Who Confidential:

All About the Girl both 

repeated on Iowa PTV; The Big Bang and A Christmas Carol both
repeated on Fox (FRG); Day of the Moon repeated on WTTW Prime;
 A Good Man Goes to War repeated on MPTV; Closing Time and 
Doctor Who Confidential: Open All Hours both first screened on 
WPT; 50 Years of Doctor Who event held at the Glasgow Film
Theatre; The Timey Wimey of Doctor Who repeated on BBC
America; and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: About a Boy 
and The Born Identity both repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2014 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Parts 1 and 2 and The 
Caves of Androzani, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on Syfy (Aus);
The Lazarus Experiment repeated on TV3 (Spa); The Fires
of Pompeii repeated on France 4; Planet of the Dead, The 
Next Doctor and Journey's End all repeated on Syfy (Port);
The Doctor's Wife repeated on BBC Entertainment LA;
The Rebel Flesh repeated on Watch; The Rings of Akhaten 
repeated on Ztélé; The Crimson Horror and Nightmare in
Silver both repeated on BBC America; and The Name 

of the Doctor repeated on WPT
2015 - The Brain of Morbius, Part 4 and The Masque of 
Mandragora, Part 1 both repeated on Horror; The Invisible 
Enemy, Part 3, Gridlock and Day of the Moon all repeated
on Syfy (Aus); The Invasion of Time, Parts 3 and 4 both first
screened on Retro TV; Rose repeated on Watch; New Earth 
repeated on KCPT2; A Christmas Carol and The Impossible 
Astronaut both repeated on BBC America; Let's Kill Hitler
repeated on Syfy (Ben); The Bells of Saint John repeated

on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; and Into the Dalek
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP
2016 - 100,000 BC Omnibus repeated on

Horror; Destiny of the Daleks, Parts 3 and

4 both repeated on Retro TV; The Horns

of Nimon, Part 2 and Hide both repeated on

Syfy (Aus); Dalek and Doctor Who Confidential:

The Daleks both repeated on ABC2; Love & Monsters

and Fear Her both repeated on France 4; Silence

in the Library and Forest of the Dead both repeated on 

BBC America; The Girl Who Waited repeated on BBC Polska

HD; Asylum of the Daleks repeated on Syfy (Spa); Robot of 
Sherwood repeated on KLRU; Listen repeated on TV Cultura;
The Caretaker repeated on WGVU; Flatline repeated on BBC
First (ME); Before the Flood repeated on BBC Entertainment
AP; and Heaven Sent repeated on FX (Ind)

2017 - The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episode 4 repeated on
The Zone; Logopolis, Part 4 and Castrovalva, Part 1 both
repeated on Retro TV; The Impossible Planet repeated on

FX (Ind); Planet of the ead, Cold War, Hide, Journey to

the Centre of the TARDIS and The Crimson Horror all

repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Rebel Flesh, 
The Almost People and Face the Raven all repeated on Syfy (Bra); 
The Bells of Saint John repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Rings of 
Akhaten repeated on BBC Polska HD and Syfy (Aus); In the Forest 
of the Night repeated on KLRU; Survivors in Space, 
Part 2 first broadcast on Radio 4 Extra; and Class,

Episode 5 first screened on Prime
2018 - The Invasion of Time, Parts 2 and

3 and The Two Doctors, Parts 1 and 2 (of 6)

 all repeated on Retro TV; The End of the

World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London

and The Woman Who Lived all repeated on

Syfy (Aus); Closing Time, The Wedding of

River Song and The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe all 
repeated on Syfy (LA); The Snowmen, The Bells of Saint John, 
The Rings of Akhaten, Cold War and Hide all repeated on BBC
Polska HD; Twice Upon a Time repeated on Fox and RAI4;
and Trail of the White Worm repeated on Radio 4 Extra

2019 - The Daleks Omnibus streamed on Twitch TV;

 The Keys of Marinus, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated 

on Retro TV; The Seeds of Doom, Parts 3 and 4 both

repeated on KBTC;

The Deadly Assassin Omnibus repeated on MPTV; Destiny
of the Daleks, Part 1 repeated on KPTS; Logopolis Omnibus
screened at BFI Southbank; The Visitation Omnibus repeated
on Idaho PTV; The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang, Asylum of
the Daleks, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and A Town Called Mercy
all repeated on W; The Power of Three and The Angels Take 
Manhattan both repeated on W and BBC Polska HD;

 The Snowmen and The Bells of Saint John both

repeated on One ARD; Rosa repeated on Fox (FRG);

 and The Witchfinders and It Takes You Away

both first screened on RAI4
2020 - The Daleks Omnibus first screened on KVCR; The
Gunfighters, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;
A Town Called Mercy repeated on Syfy (Fra); The Pilot
repeated on Star World Premiere HD; Thin Ice

repeated on ABC; Extremis repeated on Fox (FRG);

and The Haunting of Villa Diodati first screened on

BBC America

2021 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 3 and 4

both repeated on Retro TV; The Lazarus

 Experiment repeated on ABC2; The

Rebel Flesh repeated on Syfy (Fra); and

Nightmare in Silver repeated on BBC

Polska HD

2022 - The Daemons, Episodes 1 and

2 both repeated on Forces TV; The

 Creature from the Pit, Parts 1 and 2

both repeated on Retro TV; and Orphan

55 repeated on ABC2

2023 - A Good Man Goes to War

repeated on Fox SciFi; and The

Bells of Saint John repeated on ABC

Family

2025 - School Reunion repeated on

ABC Entertains

2026 - The Mark of the Rani

Omnibus repeated on Retro TV