Doctor Who Vs. The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, Series 1

Following Granada's The Return of Sherlock

Holmes, Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke

next portrayed the iconic duo in the West End

production of The Secret of Sherlock Holmes.

Specially written by TV screenwriter Jeremy 
Paul, the play was staged at the Wyndham 
Theatre in 1988 and 1989.

A repeat run of the fifth series of the acclaimed

period drama (bldramatised as The Casebook)

concluded on ITV4 today.

The final dozen (of fifty-six) Sherlock Holmes

short stories were originally published as The

Case-Book in The Strand magazine between

1921 and 1927.

These six cases originally aired in the winter of

1991 - they featured Michael Jayston, and a

total of fourteen Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (UK TX: February 21 1991)

• Cheryl Campbell (Frances) was Ocean Waters in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Vault of Secrets

The Problem of Thor Bridge (UK TX: February 28)

• Philip Bretherton (Cummings) voiced Shenn for The Draconian Rage (2003), Plenipotentiary Suskind for Arrangements for War (2004), Elliot Payne for Jago & Litefoot 3, Darcy/Heathcliffe/D'Urberville for A Most Excellent Match, Scrivener for Recorded Time (all 2011), the Vituperon for The Devil's Armada (2014), and Sir Keith Kordel for Rise and Shine (2015)

Shoscombe Old Place (UK TX: March 7)

• [Robert] Michael Bilton (Stephens) was Charles de Teligny in The Massacre, Collins in Pyramids of Mars, and Time Lord in The Deadly Assassin
• Denise Black [born Nixon] (Carrie) voiced Eva Jericho for Damaged Goods, Control for Rise and Shine (both 2015), and Mrs. Mountford for The Haunting of Malkin Place (2017)

The Boscombe Valley Mystery (UK TX: March 14)

• Leslie Schofield (McCarthy) was Leroy in (episode 4 of) The War Games, and Calib in The Face of Evil
• James [Brian Mark] Purefoy (James) voiced Count Dracula for Son of the Dragon (2007)
• stunt arranger Greg Powell was the Knight in The Time Monster

The Illustrious Client (UK TX: March 21)

• Roy [Trevor] Holder (Johnson) was Krelper in The Caves of Androzani
• Carol Noakes (Baroness) voiced Olerik for The Acheron Pulse (2012)

The Creeping Man (UK TX: March 28)

• for Colin Jeavons (Lestrade) see Series 2
• Charles Kay [born Piff] (Presbury) was Julius Quilter in BBV Prod- uctions' Unnatural Selection (1996), then voiced the Curator for Excelis Rising (2002)
• Adrian Lukis (Bennett) voiced Officer Bragg for Cobwebs (2010), Byzan for The Children of Seth (2011), Professor Jeffrey Broderick for Counter Measures 1 (2012), Harvey Marsh for The Justice of Jalxar, Sigmund Freud for Return of the Repressed (both 2013), Ansillon for Blood of the Time Lords (2022), then was Sir Jonathan Hynes in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Peter Guinness (Wilcox) voiced Childeric for The Holy Terror (2000), Baron Teufel/Zoff for The Beast of Orlok (2009), Rovus for The Star Men (2017), Garzan for The Dying Breed (2025), and Mr. Dread for Dreamland
• Sarah Woodward (Jenkins) voiced Theodora for Secret History (2015), Vesh Taralesh for Stolen Goods (2018), and Anla Jessick for The Quest of the Engineer (2020)
• Steve Swinscoe (Wilcox) began his TV career as David S. in The Happiness Patrol

Doctor Who Vs. James Bond, Part 4: Thunderball

Eon Productions intended to follow 1963's

From Russia With Love with an adaptation

of Casino Royale (the first Bond story from

1953), but were again thwarted by legal

issues. The alternative project, Thunderball

became the most successful feature in the

run to date. 

Based on Ian Fleming's eighth full length

novel (published in 1961), the film was

planned as the first entry in the franchise,

and was then reworked by Warner Bros as

Never Say Never Again in 1983 - Bond was

 played by Sean Connery in both versions.

Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewellyn, and Lois

Maxwell reprised their respective series

roles as M, Q, and Moneypenny. Released

in late 1965, the film was shown on ITV1

today - it featured eighteen Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Earl Cameron (Pinder) was Glyn Williams in The Tenth Planet
• Philip [born Roy James] Locke (Vargas) was Bigon/Control Voice in Four to Doomsday
• George [born Jiri] Pravda (Kutze) was Alexander Denes in The Enemy of the World, Professor Jaeger in The Mutants, and Castellan Spandrell in The Deadly Assassin
• Leonard [Meyer] Sachs (Captain) and Clive [Benabu] Cazes (Spectre 9) both appeared in The Massacre - as Admiral Gaspard de Coligny and the Guard Captain - Sachs was also Lord President Borusa in Arc of Infinity
• [Charles] Edward Underdown (Air Vice Marshal) was Zastor in Meglos
• Gabor Baraker (Spectre 13) was Wang-Lo in Marco Polo, and Luigi Ferrigo in (episode 2 of) The Crusade
• Neil Hallett [born John W H Neil] (Pilot) was Maylin Renis in Timelash
• André [Gaston] Maranne [born Maillol] (Spectre 10) was Roger Benoit in The Moonbase
• Peter [John Buckley] Forbes Robertson (Spectre 12) was Guard in The Power of the Daleks, Time Lord in Colony in Space (1), and titular reptile in The Sea Devils
• Jack Silk was a stuntman on The Daemons (4) too
• stuntman Bernard Barnsley was Monoid in The Ark, and UNIT Soldier in The Silurians (2)
• Peter Roy (006) was Greek Soldier in The Myth Makers, Sergeant in The Faceless Ones (1), UNIT Bunker Soldier in The Invasion (1), Guard in The Seeds of Death (1), The Space Pirates (1), The Face of Evil (1), The Invasion of Time (1), The Androids of Tara (1) and The Armageddon Factor (1), Technic Obarl in The Hand of Fear (1), Policeman in Logopolis (1), Ambulance Man in Castrovalva (1), Man in Snakedance (1), and Extra in The Highlanders (1), The Silurians (6), The Sun Makers (1) and Resurrection of the Daleks (1)
• for Tim Condren see Goldfinger
• for Robert Rietty, Rick Lester, Arthur Howell, Pat Judge and Cliff Culley see Dr. No

Doctor Who Vs. The Railway Children

Shown on BBC2 today,

this much loved period

drama was based on the classic children's novel

by socialist writer and

poet Edith Nesbit (1858

-1924). Published in

1906, the story centres on three Edwardian

siblings who embark on

a series of adventures

when they are forced to

move to rural Yorkshire

(after their father is wrongly accused of treason). The story has been adapted four times by the BBC (in 1951,

1957 and 1958), then by Carlton TV in 2000. The Corporation's 1968

adaptation starred Jenny Agutter who was later cast in this film remount,

which returned to UK cinemas in 2022. A BBC radio play and stage

musical followed in 1991 and 2005, and StudioCanal's sequel, The

Railway Children Return also opened in 2022.

Scripted and directed by Lionel Jeffries, the drama was released to great

acclaim in 1970, and starred Sally Thomsett, Gary Warren, Bernard

Cribbins, and eight other Doctor Who cast connections:

• Agutter (Bobbie here & The Railway Children Return; Mrs. Waterbury for ITV) voiced Sekhmet for Big Finish's The Bride of Peladon (2008)
• Dinah [Nadyejda Ginsburg] Sheridan (Mrs. Waterbury) was Chancellor Flavia in The Five Doctors
• William Mervyn [Pickwoad] (Old Gentleman) was Sir Charles Summer in The War Machines
• Iain Cuthbertson (Charles Waterbury) was Garron in The Ribos Operation
• Erik Chitty (Photographer) was Charles Preslin in (episode 1 of) The Massacre, and Co-ordinator Engin in The Deadly Assassin
• Dominic Allan (CID Man) was a Policeman in The Invasion (5)
• Richard [Leeper McClelland] Leech (Doctor) was Gatherer Hade in The Sun Makers
• Peter Russell [born Ellis] (Policeman) was Eldred in The Time Meddler

The BBC's eight-part series of 1957 featured Anneke

Wills (as Bobbie), and seven other Doctor Who links:

• Cavan Kendall (Peter) and Ivor Salter (Driver) both later appeared in The Myth Makers, as Achilles and Odysseus respectively - Salter was also Morok Commander in The Space Museum, and Sergeant Markham in Black Orchid
• John Baskcomb (Blacksmith) was Rossini in Terror of the Autons
• Alan Curtis (Farmhand) was Major Green in The War Machines
• Ysanne Churchman (Ruth) provided the voice of Alpha Centauri for both Peladon adventures and Empress of Mars, and voiced the titular arachnids for Planet of the Spiders
• Leonard Kingston (Extea) was a Militiaman in The Smugglers (4)
• Peter Sargent was also film cameraman on The Power of the Daleks, The Curse of Peladon (1) and The Sea Devils

The seven-part version of 1968 (placed 96th in the BFI's

100 Greatest British Television Programmes poll of 2000)

was directed by Julia Smith and starred another eight

Doctor Who guest actors:

• Gordon Gostelow (Perks) was Milo Clancey in The Space Pirates
• John Ringham (Dr. Forrest) was Tlotoxl in The Aztecs, Josiah Blake in The Smugglers, and Ashe in Colony in Space
• Frederick Treves (Father) was Lieutenant Brotadac in Meglos
• Mary Healey (Ruth) was a Killjoy in The Happiness Patrol (1)
• Bart Allison (Signalman) was Maximus Pettulian in The Romans (1)
• [William Aldred] Roy Denton (Valuer) was a Tribesman in 100,000 BC (2), and Extra in The Silurians (6)
• Colin Douglas (Farmer) was Donald Bruce in The Enemy of the World, and Reuben in Horror of Fang Rock
• Will Stampe (Driver) was the First Man in The Massacre (3)

Agutter even appeared in ITV's dramatisation (now as Bobbie's

mother), opposite Sir Richard Attenborough, Geoffrey Beevers 

and these seven further Doctor Who cast and crew links:

• director Catherine Morshead and writer Simon Nye both later held the same posts on Amy's Choice, the former also directed The Lodger
• Howard Burden was also costume designer on thirty adventures (from Asylum of the Daleks to Last Christmas)
• Jemima Rooper (Bobbie) voiced Izzy Sinclair for The Company of Friends (2009), and Mithia for The Time War 4 (2020)
• David Bamber (Dr. Forrest) was Captain Quell in Mummy on the Orient Express, and voiced Emperor Constantine for The Council of Nicaea (2005), and Colonel Ulrik and Whitmore for The Four Doctors (2010)
• JJ Field (Jim) voiced David McCallister for Blue Forgotten Planet (2009)
• Amanda Walker (Mrs. Ransome) was Old Ruby in 73 Yards

Doctor Who On This Day #57

1965 - The Daleks, Episodes 2 and

3 both repeated on ABC

1966 - The Massacre of St Bartholomew's

Eve, Episode 4: Bell of Doom first screened

on BBC1

1968 - The Crusade, Episode 1: The Lion,

The Chase, Episodes 1 and 5, The Space

Museum, Episode 1 and The Time Meddler,

Episode 3: A Battle of Wits all repeated on

ABC

1972 - The Sea Devils, Episode

1 first screened on BBC1

1977 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang,

Part 1 first screened on BBC1

1978 - The Mind of Evil, Episode

6 first screened on KBS1

1979 - The Invisible Enemy, Part

1 first screened on ABC 

1980 - Robot, Part 1 first screened

on WTTW 11; and City of Death, Part

2 first screened on ABC

1982 - The Face of Evil, Part 4 repeated

on KQED Plus

1983 - Image of the Fendahl Omnibus

repeated on WTTW 11; and Nightmare

of Eden, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus

1985 - The Caves of Androzani, Part

4 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - The Silurians, Episode 4 repeated

 on ABC; and The Power of Kroll, Part 2

repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - The War Machines, Episode

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1988 - The Stones of Blood, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus
1989 - Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated

 on Super Channel (UK); and The Five Doctors repeated on

KQED Plus
1991 - Horror of Fang Rock, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus
1992 - The Silurians, Episode 6 repeated on KQED Plus
1993 - The Caves of Androzani, Part 2 repeated on BBC2

1995 - Ghost Light Omnibus repeated on UK Gold
1996 - Delta and the Bannermen and

Dragonfire Omnibuses and 30 Years in

the TARDIS all repeated on KQED Plus

1997 - The Curse of Peladon, Episode

3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Krotons, Episode 4 first screened on

Space; and Time Flight, Part 4 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Space Museum Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; 

The Krotons, Episode 4 repeated on Space; and The

Invasion of Time, Parts 6 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2000 - The Sensorites Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus);

The Silurians, Episode 3 repeated on Space; The Sontaran

Experiment Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; The Deadly 

Assassin, Parts 1 and 2 both first screened on BBC 

America and Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Colorado

PTV; The Robots of Death, Part 2 first screened on 

Prairie PTV; The Horns of Nimon, Part 3 repeated on 

BBC Prime; Earthshock, Part 4, Terminus, Part 3, The 

Five Doctors, Resurrection of the Daleks, Part 2 (of 4), 

Planet of Fire, Part 3 and The Caves of Androzani,

Part 4 all repeated on KQED Plus

2001 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth Omnibus repeated on

KQED; Pyramids of Mars, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on

Prime; The Hand of Fear, Part 3 repeated on BBC America

and UKTV (Aus) and Part 4 repeated on BBC America

2002 - The Sontaran Experiment, Part

1 repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2003 - The Face of Evil, Parts 1 and

2 both repeated on BBC Kids

2004 - The Mind Robber, Episode 5 repeated on ABC; and

Arc of Infinity, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids
2005 - The Invisible Enemy Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold

2006 - The Ambassadors of Death Omnibus repeated on 

UK Gold; and The Mind of Evil Omnibus repeated on MPT

2007 - The Empty Child repeated on People+ Arts; Boom 

Town repeated on Prime; The Girl in the Fireplace repeated 

on Jimmy; and Rise of the Cybermen first screened on Yes 

Action

2008 - Army of Ghosts repeated on NHK BS3
2009 - Delta and the Bannermen, Parts 1 and 2 both first 

screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; and Gridlock and Doctor 

Who Confidential: Are We There Yet? both repeated on BBC3

2010 - The Impossible Planet repeated on Syfy (Spa);

Love & Monsters repeated on HRT2; and Voyage of the

Damned first screened on WGVU and repeated on BBC3
2011 - The Seeds of Doom, Part 6 repeated on MTV3 SciFi, 

TV2 and TV4; and Amy's Choice, The Hungry Earth and

Cold Blood all first screened on France 4

2012 - Inferno, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC;

Battlefield Omnibus, Ghost Light, Part 1 and Survival 

Omnibus all repeated on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; School

 Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace and Planet of the 

Dead all repeated on Watch; The Big Bang repeated
on MPTV; The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People 

both repeated on Fox (FRG); and The Girl Who Waited 

first screened on KBS2

2013 - The Sound of Drums repeated on UKTV (NZ); 

Silence in the Library repeated on Watch; The Waters

 of Mars repeated on BBC America; and the Doctor 

Who Symphonic Spectacular staged at the BBC 

Worldwide Showcase in Liverpool

2014 - Image of the Fendahl, Parts 1 and 2 and Kinda, Parts 

3 and 4 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Idiot's Lantern and 

The Impossible Planet both repeated on BBC America; The

 Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords both repeated

on TV3 (Spain); Forest of the Dead repeated on France 4;

The Time of Angels repeated on Syfy (Port); Vincent and the

Doctor repeated on Jeem TV (UK); Closing Time repeated

on Watch; The Snowmen repeated on Syfy (Ben); and The

Crimson Horror repeated on BBC Entertainment LA HD

2015 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Parts 2 and 3 both

repeated on
Horror; Underworld, Part 2 and Blink both repeated on Syfy (Aus);
The Stones of Blood, Parts 3 and 4 both first screened on Retro TV;
The Impossible Planet repeated on KCPT2; The Doctor, the Widow
and the Wardrobe and Asylum of the Daleks both repeated

on BBC America; Nightmare in Silver repeated on BBC Nordic

 HD and BBC Polska HD; Flatline and Doctor Who Confidential:

When Time Froze both repeated on BBC Entertainment

AP; and Death in Heaven repeated on BBC Brazil HD

2016 - The Sun Makers Omnibus repeated on Horror; The Horns 
of Nimon, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; The Parting
 of the Ways and Doctor Who Confidential: The Last Battle both 
repeated on ABC2; 42, The Caretaker, Kill the Moon, Mummy on 
the Orient Express, Flatline and In the Forest of the Night all
repeated on Syfy (Aus); Human Nature repeated on EBRU and
France 4; The Family of Blood repeated EBRU; A Town Called 
Mercy and The Power of Three both repeated on BBC Polska HD;
 The Rings of Akhaten repeated on Syfy (Spain); Deep Breath 
repeated on Syfy (Aus) and KUAC; Time Heist repeated on KLRU; 
Dark Water repeated on TV Cultura; Under the Lake and Before 
the Flood both repeated on BBC First (Ben); and Heaven Sent 

repeated on BBC Entertainment AP

2017 - The Web Planet, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on

KBTC; The Chase, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated on Retro

TV; The Mind 
Robber Omnibus repeated on The Zone; The Silurians Omnibus 
repeated on MPTV; Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 1 to 3 all repeated 
on WYCC; Terror of the Zygons, Part 4 repeated on KRWG; The 
Robots of Death Omnibus repeated on WVPB; The Invasion of 
Time, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on WXXI; The Pirate Planet 
Omnibus repeated on WILL; Nightmare of Eden Omnibus repeated
on KERA; State of Decay Omnibus repeated on WFWA; Warriors' Gate Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; Logopolis Omnibus repeated 
on WSRE; The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters, Fear Her, Army of 
Ghosts and Doomsday all repeated on FX (Ind); Voyage of the 
Damned repeated on W; The Beast Below and Vincent and the 
Doctor both repeated on Syfy (Aus); Closing Time repeated on
TLC TV; A Christmas Carol repeated on Syfy (LA); The Name

of the Doctor repeated on BBC Polska HD; Time Heist and 

The Caretaker both repeated on Fox (FRG); Dark Water 
repeated on KLRU; The Witch's Familiar and Under the Lake

 both repeated on Syfy (Bra); and The Zygon Invasion and 

The Zygon Inversion both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU

2018 - The King' s Demons Omnibus repeated on PBS North;

Terror of the Vervoids Omnibus repeated on WETA-UK; Rise of

the Cybermen repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Doctor's Daughter

repeated on Star World Premiere; The Vampires of Venice

repeated on ABC and ABC ME; Cold Blood and Vincent and the

Doctor both repeated on RAI4; Into the Dalek repeated on BBC

 First (ME); and Thin Ice and Knock Knock both repeated on

Syfy (Bra)

2019 - The Bells of Saint John repeated on BBC Polska HD;

 Hide and Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS both repeated

on One ARD; The Pyramid at the End of the World repeated

 on Syfy (Aus); and The Witchfinders repeated on BBC

First (ME)
2020 - The Dominators, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated on
Retro TV; Hide repeated on Syfy (Fra); The Lie of the Land 
repeated on Star World Premiere HD; and World Enough

and Time repeated on ABC

2021 - The Three Doctors, Episodes 1

and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; Last

of the Time Lords repeated on ABC2;

Listen repeated on BBC Polska HD; and

The Woman Who Fell to Earth repeated

on BBC America

2022 - The War Games, Episode

9 repeated on ONS; The Daemons,

Episode 5 and Genesis of the Daleks,

Parts 1 to 3 all repeated on Forces TV;

Meglos Omnibus and Planet of Fire,

Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro

TV; The Unquiet Dead, The Magician's

Apprentice, The Witch's Familiar, Under

the Lake, Before the Flood, The Girl

Who Died and The Woman Who Lived

all repeated on Fox SciFi; Smile, Thin

Ice, Knock Knock and Extremis all

repeated on BBC Polska HD; The

Woman Who Fell to Earth and The

Ghost Monument both repeated on

 BBC Entertainment EU; and Nikola

Tesla's Night of Terror repeated on

BBC First Turkey

2023 - The Mind of Evil, Episodes 5

and 5 both repeated on KBTC; The

Parting of the Ways and The Christmas

Invasion both repeated on Fox SciFi;

and Eve of the Daleks repeated on One

ARD

2025 - Army of Ghosts repeated on

ABC Entertains; and Flesh and Stone

and The Vampires of Venice both

repeated on ABC Family

2026 - Time and the Rani Omnibus

repeated on Retro TV