Doctor Who Vs. Wycliffe, Series 4

Jack Shepherd returned as WJ Burley's Cornish
detective for the fourth and penultimate season (first broadcast in 1997) of HTV's popular crime drama, and

was again joined by Jimmy Yuill, Helen Masters, Tim

Wylton, Charlie Hayes, and Lynne Farleigh. Michael

Attwell joined the cast here as DCC Stevens.

A repeat run of the series (which now included a

Christmas special) continued on ITV3 last night - the

 nine cases featured David Bradley, Jane Slavin,

Geoffrey Bayldon, and a total of thirty one Doctor

 Who cast and crew connections:

Strangers Home (UK TX: June 29)

• Attwell was Isbur in The Ice Warriors, and Bates in Attack of the Cybermen
• Big Finish actor Michael Cochrane (Price) was Charles Cranleigh in Black Orchid, and Redvers Fenn-Cooper in Ghost Light, then voiced Lt. Col. Brook for No Man's Land (2006), Murgat for Brotherhood of the Daleks (2008), Colonel Hugh Spindleton for Trail of the White Worm and The Oseidon Adventure (both 2012), Professor Cedric Chivers for The Time Machine (2013), and Geralk for The Fate of Krelos and Return to Telos (both 2015)
• Frances White (Marian) was Cassandra in The Myth Makers
• Clive Kneller (Wisson) was Collier in (part 1 of) Enlightenment
• Alan Wareing was also director of The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Ghost Light and Survival - he was also production assistant (PA) on The Keeper of Traken, then manager (PM) on Timelash

Close to Home (UK TX: July 6)

• Elizabeth Rider (Trisha) provided the ATMOS voice for The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky, was Linda in The Time of the Doctor, Ellen in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Lost in Time, and voiced Galatea for The Well-Mannered War (2015)
• Sharon Duce (Supt. Le Page) was Control in Ghost Light
• Christopher [Denis] Driscoll (Owner) was the Security Guard in The Idiot's Lantern
• Steve Whyment (Tregeen) was an Extra on The Keeper of Traken and Snakedance
• Nick Wilkinson (Tyzack) was a stuntman on The Next Doctor

On Account (UK TX: July 13)

• Kevin Clarke was writer of Silver Nemesis too
• Judy Norman (Shirley) was Ma in Gridlock
• Paul Panting (Baldry) voiced Professor Maylon for Of Chaos Time The, Geoff Jennings/Llangragen for The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night Time, Brabbeko for Revenge of the Swarm (all 2014), Drell /Marshleader for Mistfall (2015), Fyrax for The Paradox Planet and Legacy of Death (both 2016), Freddie for Island of the Fendahl, Ravlos for The Ultimate Evil (both 2019), Smilax for The Doomsday Contract, Ilyani/Bailiff for A Tragical History, Karl Lamb for The First Son (all 2021), Vega for The End (2022), Nate Duffy/Fennec for The Wizard of Time, Brakow for Oodunnit (both 2023), Oppenheimer/ Division for Fast Times, Horseman for The Legend of Baba Yaga (both 2024), and Mortimer Stewart for Fallen Heroes (2025)

Lone Voyager (UK TX: July 20)

• Vincent Brimble (Davis) was Tarpok in Warriors of the Deep, then Gerald in Village of the Angels
• Richard [Sheridan] Willis (Brown) was Varsh in Full Circle
• Patrick Romer (Foreman) voiced Dr. Andrew Szabo for Thicker Than Water (2005)

Seen A Ghost (UK TX: July 27)

• Emily [Sian] Joyce (Morna) provided the voice of a Clockwork Droid in The Girl in the Fireplace, then voiced Lucy Pepperdine for The Quintessence (2024)
• Tamsin [Margaret Mary] Greig (Dr. Hinkley) was the Nurse in The Long Game, then voiced Overseer Amesus Vail for The Harrow (2026)
• Mark [Samuel] Kempner (Auctioneer) was Cabbie in Deep Breath

Bad Blood (UK TX: August 3)

• John [William Francis] Hallam (Penmore) was Light (pictured) in Ghost Light
• Nick Brimble (Durden) voiced Shreeni for Exotron (2007), Dudley Jackson for The Eternal Summer (2009), Kith for Max Warp (2008), Olaf Eriksson for The Book of Kells (2010), and Commander Harlan for The Conscript (2017)
• Peter Lee-Wilson (Kessell) was Tommo in The End of Time (1)

To Sup With the Devil (UK TX: August 10)

• Graeme Harper was also director of The Caves of Androzani and Revelation of the Daleks after serving as assistant floor manager on Colony in Space and Planet of the Spiders, and PA on The Seeds of Doom and Warriors' Gate - then was director of thirteen episodes of the revived series (from Rise of the Cybermen to The Waters of Mars), Time Crash and The Sarah Jane Adventures

Old Crimes, New Times (UK TX: August 17)

• Jim Norton (Owens) voiced Major Thomas Kennet for Scream of the Shalka
• John [Christopher] D Collins [born Dixon] (Armstrong) was Talor in Arc of Infinity
• Alan Rowe (Minister) was Dr. Evans/Space Control voice in The Moonbase, Edward of Wessex in The Time Warrior, Colonel James Skinsale in Horror of Fang Rock, and Garif in Full Circle

Dance of the Scorpions (UK TX: December 27)

• Leslie [Michael] Grantham (Durno) was Kiston in Resurrection of the Daleks
• Steven Rimkus (Parsons) was Captain Bates in The Curse of Fenric
• Marc Warren (DC Swarland) was Elton in Love & Monsters
• Tim Faraday (Cropman) was Tom's Dad in Fear Her
• cinematographer John Walker was a film cameraman on nine stories (from Horror of Fang Rock to Revelation of the Daleks)

Doctor Who Vs. The Avengers @ 65: Series 6 [Part 2]

This cult British fantasy drama

returned to ITV's seventeen regions

in the autumn of 1968 for an eight

month run, following it's debut on

American television that spring.

Patrick Macnee had portrayed John

Steed since 1961, and was now

joined for the last series by Toronto

born Linda Thorson (girlfriend of the

programme's new producer John

Bryce), whilst Patrick Newell now

took a regular role as Mother.

After completing production on only

three episodes, Bryce was fired -

former producers Brian Clemens

 and Albert Fennell resumed their

posts. Both were later nominated

for a Primetime Emmy Award. The

show was finally recognised with a

BAFTA Special Award in 2000.

The Avengers spawned a stage version in 1971 (Simon Oates starred as Steed), then Macnee (1922-2015) reprised his iconic role for The New Avengers in 1976. Warner Bros. released

a much maligned cinematic treatment in 1998, with Ralph Fiennes as Steed,

Uma Thurman as Dr. Peel, and Jim Broadbent as Mother. An audio iteration

from Big Finish followed in 2013, with Steed now played by Julian Wadham.

The final season included screenplays from  Terrance Dicks, Malcolm

Hulke, and Terry Nation. The final seventeen stories (from a total of

thirty-three) featured Roger Delgado, Kate O'Mara, and a total of

 seventy-five other Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Killer (UK TX: January 22 1969 & US TX: December 30 1968)

• Harry Towb (Paxton) was [Harry] Osgood in (episode 1 of) The Seeds of Death, and McDermott in Terror of the Autons
• Michael McStay (Trancer) was Derek Moberley in The Seeds of Doom
• for James Bree see Series 2
• for John Bailey see Series 1
• for William Franklyn see Series 4

The Morning After (UK TX: January 29 & US TX: Unknown)

• Donald [Macleod] Douglas (Parsons) was Vural in The Sontaran Experiment
• for Peter Barkworth see Series 1
• for Brian Blessed and Gerry Crampton see Series 5
• for Fred Haggerty, Arthur Howell and Alf Joint see Series 4 

The Curious Case of the Countless Clues 
(UK TX: February 5 1969 & US TX: April 3 1968)

• Tony [Samuel] Selby (Stanley) was Sabalom Glitz in The Mysterious Planet, The Ultimate Foe and Dragonfire
• [George] Reginald Jessup (Dawson) was a Servant in The Massacre, and Lord Savar in The Invasion of Time (1)
• for Peter Roy and John Timberlake see Series 4
• for Kenneth Cope see Series 5
• for Edward de Souza and George A Cooper see Series 2

Wish You Were Here (UK TX: February 12 1969 & US TX:

November 18 1968)

• Louise [Elizabeth] Pajo (Craven) was Gia Kelly in The Seeds of Death
• Martin [Willy] Lyder [born Leyde] (Waiter here; Straddlestoff in Fog) was Foot Soldier/Alien Guard in The War Games
• Tina Simmons (Guest) began her career as Inferno Patron in The War Machines (1), then Passenger in The Faceless Ones (1)
• for Ernest Blyth and Michael Stevens see Series 4
• for Derek Newark see Series 3
• for David Garth see Series 2
• for Gary Watson see Series 1

Love All (UK TX: February 19 & US TX: February 3)

• Peter Stephens (Bellchamber) was Cyril/the Knave of Hearts/Kitchen Boy in The Celestial Toymaker, and Lolem in The Underwater Menace
• for Terence Alexander and Juba Kennerley see Series 4
• for Frank Gatliff see Series 1
• David Baron [born Wilson] (Metcalfe) was Ralpachan in The Abominable Snowmen
• Zulema [Noel] Dene [born Walliker] (WPC Grimshaw) voiced Danna for Big Finish's Soldier Obscura (2018)
• Ann [Margaret Nicholson] Rye (Athene) voiced Lillian Dillane for Nocturne (2007)

Stay Tuned (UK TX: February 26 & US TX: February 24)

• Duncan [William Ferguson] Lamont (Wilks) was Dan Galloway in Death to the Daleks
• [Elizabeth] Denise Buckley (Sally) was cast as Victoria Waterfield in April 1967 but was replaced by Deborah Watling

Take Me to Your Leader (UK TX: March 5 & US TX: February 10)

• Patrick [David] Barr (Stonehouse) was Jack Hobson in The Moonbase
• for Michael Robbins and Michael Hawkins see Series 1
• Henry [Thomas] Stamper (Glasgow) was Anton in The Enemy of the World (1)

Fog (UK TX: March 12/US TX: February 17/Aus TX: April 29)

• for Paul Whitsun-Jones see Series 3
• Patsy [Doris] Smart (Mrs. Golightly) was the Ghoul in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1)
• John Barrard [born Jack Koppel Isaacson] (Valarti) was the Shop- keeper in The Reign of Terror

Who Was That I Saw You With? (UK TX: March 19 & US TX: March 3)

• William [James] Marlowe (Fairfax) was Harry Mailer in The Mind of Evil, and [Bill] Lester in Revenge of the Cybermen
• Alan Wheatley (Dangerfield) was Temmosus in The Daleks
• Ralph [Champion] Michael [born Shotter] (Hesketh) was Balaton in The Pirate Planet
• Ken [Jeffery] Barker (Powell) was the Mutant in Revelation of the Daleks (1)
• for Aimee Delamain see Series 3
• for Peter Brace see Series 5

Homicide and Old Lace (UK TX: March 26 & US TX: March 17)

• Edward [John] Brayshaw (Fuller) and Stephen [born Jeno Istvan] Hubay (Dubois) both appeared in The War Games, as the War Chief and Petrov - Brayshaw was also Leon Colbert in The Reign of Terror
• [George] Gertan Klauber (Kruger) was the Galley Master in The Romans (2), and Ola in The Macra Terror
• for Bryan Mosley see Series 4
• for Donald Pickering see Series 5
• for Derek Chafer and Sonnie Willis see Series 6
• Kevork Malikyan (Rossi) was Kemel Rudkin in The Wheel in Space
• for Dinny Powell see The Cybernauts
• [Henry] Kristopher Kum (Osaka) was Fu Peng in The Mind of Evil

Thingumajig (UK TX: April 2 & US TX: March 24)

• Iain Cuthbertson (Kruger) was Garron in The Ribos Operation
• for Vernon Dobtcheff see Series 4
• for Edward Burnham see Series 5
• John Moore (Greer) was a Trojan in The Myth Makers (2), and Prisoner in Frontier in Space (3)

My Wildest Dream (UK TX: April 9 & US TX: January 6)

• for Philip Madoc see Series 2
• John [Frederick Joseph] Savident (Winthrop) was the Squire in The Visitation (1), and voiced Pendle for Order of the Daleks (2016)

Requiem (UK TX: April 16 & US TX: March 31)

• Angela [Josephine] Douglas [born MacDonagh] (Miranda) was Doris Lethbridge-Stewart in Battlefield
• for John Baker see Series 6

Take Over (UK TX: April 23 & US TX: April 14)

• for Tom Adams see Series 1

Pandora (UK TX: April 30 & US TX: March 10)

• for Julian Glover see Series 4

Get-A-Way! (UK TX: May 14 & US TX: April 24 1968)

• for Andrew Keir see Series 5
• for Neil Hallett see Series 1
• Michael [Emrys] Elwyn [born Jones] (Edwards) was Lieutenant Algernon Ffinch in The Highlanders
• William [Ingham] Wilde (Baxter) was a Draconian Captain in Frontier in Space
• Robert Russell (Lubin) was a Guard in The Power of the Daleks, and the Caber in Terror of the Zygons

Bizarre (UK TX: May 21 & US TX: April 21 1969)

• for Ron Pember and Max Faulkner see Series 1
• for Fulton Mackay see Series 6

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. A Very Peculiar Practice

"It's the sight of the off-

kilter [nefarious] nuns

on campus that people

tend to remember about

this 1986 satire, rather

than that it was written

by Andrew Davies. So

associated did he be-

come with adapting the

classics that his original

 work is overlooked, but

this depiction of Thatcherite [era] cuts and the [privatisation of] higher education is well worth revisiting. Peter Davison is ideally suited to the lead role of

[Dr. Daker] a callow medic navigating a gallery of grotesques at the

fictional [Lowlands] University practice." - Radio Times

The first two episodes of the black comedy (first shown forty years ago

 this month) were repeated on BBC4 last night. The two seasons (con-

cluded by April 1988) featured David Troughton, John Bird, Hugh

Grant, Geoffrey Beevers,  and a total of thirty-eight Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

• [Clement] Graham Crowden (McCannon) was Soldeed in The Horns of Nimon
• Barbara [Jay] Flynn [born McMurray] (Dr. Marie) was Tecteun in Once, Upon Time and Survivors of the Flux, and also voiced Sister Chalice/Croc Trooper for Big Finish's The Skull of Sobek (2008), Anne Hartman for The Rockery (2019), and Professor Vansom for Secrets of Telos (2022)
• Trevor Cooper (Ackerman) was [Lancelot] Takis in Revelation of the Daleks, and Friar Tuck in Robot of Sherwood, and voiced Stenton Rull for Kaldor City (2001-4), Sir Ralph for The Doomwood Curse, Shanks for The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (both 2008), Judah for The Beast of Orlok, Smithy for Castle of Fear (both 2009), Captain Maddox/ Stennan/Sentries for Army of Death (2011), Colonel Burroughs/Kimball for The Emerald Tiger (2012), Preddle/Jonathan Jaggers for Judoon in Chains (2016), Sir Joseph Eagleton/Jonathan Mayfly for The Ghosts of Greenwich, Smallpiece for Merry Christmas Mr Jago (both 2019), Silas Keynes for The Ravencliff Witch (2022), and Captain Thaddeus Grey for Archipelago (2024)
• Liz [Ann] Crowther (Antonia) voiced Tessa Waylund for Something Inside (2003)
• [Anne] Harriet Reynolds (Deirdre) provided the Tannoy Voice for The Leisure Hive
• Kate Eaton (Megan) was Ange in (part 1 of) Survival
• Timothy [Lancaster] West (Furie) voiced Kai Tobias for Phobos (2007), Ronald Turvey for Cuddlesome (2008), and Dr. Magnus Soames for House of Blue Fire (2011)
• Joanna Hole (Secretary) voiced Tynax for The Day of the Comet (2021)
• Geraldine Alexander (Jeannie) was Areta in Vengeance on Varos
• Eiji Kusuhara (Interpreter) was a Chinaman in Four to Doomsday, and voiced Professor Toshio Shimura for Enemy of the Daleks (2010)
• Kathy [Lucy Bridget] Burke (Alice) was a Lazar in Terminus
• Christopher Good (Ember) was Morgan in The Beast Below
• Michael Shannon (Daniels) voiced Senior Prosecutor Uglosi for Nevermore (2010), and Dr. Hugo Macht for Shield of the Jotunn (2015)
• Joanna Kanska (Grete) voiced Rachel for Situation Vacant (2010)
• Anthony O'Donnell (Perks) 
• André [Gaston] Maranne [born Maillol] (Sieberman) was Roger Benoit in The Moonbase
• Colin Stinton (Dusenberry)
• Clive [Walter] Swift (Platt) was [Joshua] Jobel in Revelation of the Daleks, and [Bayldon] Copper in Voyage of the Damned
• Tim Wylton [born Higginson] (Lillicrap)
• James Grout (Bunn)
• Godfrey James (Sweet)
• Chris Jury (Wagstaff)
• Joseph Long (Eugenides)
• Tim Preece (Gregory)
• David Bamber (Middling)
• John Halstead (Waiter) provided a Monoid Voice for The Ark
• Clive Wood (Frith)
• Mark Addy [born Johnson] (Prentis)
• Perry Benson ( was the Ice cream man in The Eleventh Hour
• Tim Munro (Smallcott)
• Martyn Whitby (Guard) was a Drayman in The Mark of the Rani
• Marc Warren (Extra)
• Ian [Anthony] Brooker (Extra)
• Mike Houghton was also film editor on Full Circle, Castrovalva, Black Orchid, Earthshock and Time Flight
• Ken Trew was also costume designer on Terror of the Autons, Snakedance, The Mysterious Planet, Time and the Rani, Remembrance of the Daleks, Ghost Light, The Curse of Fenric, Survival and Dimensions in Time
• Chris Pemsel was production designer on The Enemy of the World too

Doctor Who Vs. The New Avengers, Series 1 [Part 1]

The sequel series to cult classic The

Avengers debuted in the autumn of

1976, and has since been re-run in

Wales (in 1981), on BBC2 (1995),

and ITV4 (2013).

I rediscovered the drama when BBC

Four began a repeat season in late

2008. Having since viewed the show

on DVD, I realised that the stories are

not listed in their actual transmission

order (probably in the original prod-

uction order), and (due to regional

variations) there are at least three

different sets of broadcast dates

online. The dates provided here are

courtesy of Wikipedia.

The programme (a joint Anglo-French

-Canadian production) was developed

for ITV by original series producers

Albert Fennell (1920-1988) and Brian Clemens (1931-2015), and was sold

to 120 countries. Patrick Macnee (1922-2015) reprised the iconic role of

Major John [Wickham Gascoyne Beresford] Steed from The Avengers

(1961-69), and was now joined by Gareth Hunt (1942-2007) as Mike

Gambit and Joanna Lumley (born 1946) as Purdey. Hunt had played

Arak in Planet of the Spiders, whilst Lumley would later appear in The

Curse of the Fatal Death as the first female incarnation of the Doctor.

Last of the Cybernauts? and The Midas Touch were both adapted as

comic strips for The New Avengers Annual 1978.

A repeat run of the first season began on Great Action last night, and

the first six stories featured Peter Cushing, and a total of thirty-three

Doctor Who cast connections:

The Eagle's Nest 
(RI TX: September 28 1976/UK TX: October 19 1976 [Anglia], April 5 1981

[HTV], November 13, November 14 2008, April 10 2009 [BBC4], January 2013

[ITV4], July 2018, January 2, June 17 2019 [True Ent], January 4, February 9

2021 [Sony], August 5, September 10 2024, January 3, April 30, July 14, July

20, July 29 2025, February 27 2026 [Great! TV], September 4, November 17 2025, January 5, May 18 2026 [Great! Action]/France TX: January 2 1977/

Aus TX: February 9 1977/US TX: September 5 1978)

• Frank Gatliff (Karl here; Dubois in The Avengers: One for the Mortuary, Harvey in The Sell-Out, Pitt-Norton in A Chorus of Frogs, Fryer in Love All) was Ortron in The Monster of Peladon
• Trevor Baxter (Brown-Fitch) first played Professor George Litefoot in The Talons of Weng-Chiang, a role reprised for Big Finish's Jago & Litefoot series (2010 to present)
• Derek Chafer (Monk here; Guest in Dead Man's Treasure; Packer in Homicide and Old Lace) appeared in forty episodes (from The Time Meddler to Warriors' Gate)

House of Cards (UK TX: October 29)

• Peter [Neville] Jeffrey (Perov here; Varnals in Room Without a View; Prendergast in The Joker; Bristow in Game) was the Pilot in The Macra Terror, and Count Grendel in The Androids of Tara
• Derek Francis (the Bishop) was Nero in The Romans
• [Gerhard Paul] Gordon Sterne (Vasil) was Professor Heldorf in (episode 3 of) The Ambassadors of Death [according to IMDB he was to play a Cyberman in The Moonbase but was replaced by Peter Greene]
• [David] Jeremy Wilkin (Dr. Tulliver here, Richards in Medium Rare) was Professor Kellman in Revenge of the Cybermen

Last of the Cybernauts? (UK TX: November 5)

• Martin Fisk (Guard) was Vargos in The Leisure Hive
• Ray Armstrong (Guard) was Grey in The Ambassadors of Death
• Eric Carte (Terry) voiced Arak Varren for The Robots of Life (2019)
• Rocky Taylor (stunt double on The Avengers & The Eagle's Nest, Cyber- naut here, Soldier in Dirtier by the Dozen) was an Egyptian in The Daleks' Master Plan (9), Guard in The Curse of Peladon (4), and stunt- man on The Idiot's Lantern

The Midas Touch (UK TX: November 12)

• John [Derek] Carson [Parker] (Freddy here, Ariston in A Chorus of Frogs, Halvarssen in Second Sight, Fitch in Dial a Deadly Number) was Director Ambril in Snakedance
• Pik Sen Lim (Sing) was Captain Chin Lee in The Mind of Evil then reprised for Open the Box, and voiced Dom-Ra for Neon Reign (both 2018)
• Chris [Peter John Small] Tranchell (Doctor) was Roger Colbert in The Massacre, Steven Jenkins in The Faceless Ones, and Andred in The Invasion of Time
• Geoffrey Bateman (Simpson) was Dymond in Nightmare of Eden
• Tim Condren (Boz) was a Saxon Warrior in The Time Meddler (4), Soldier in The Web of Fear (4), Guerilla in Day of the Daleks (1), and Roboman in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
• Kenneth Gilbert (Rostock) was Richard Dunbar in The Seeds of Doom
• [Abraham] Arnold Chazen (MO) was John Stacey in The Moonbase, and Auton in Spearhead from Space (4)
• Terry Sartain (MO here; Delegate in They Keep Killing Steed) was an Alien Technician in The War Games (3), Warrior in The Mutants (1), UNIT Soldier in The Three Doctors (1), Prison Guard/Draconian in Frontier in Space, Exxilon in Death to the Daleks, Brother in The Masque of Mandragora (3), Gundan in Warriors' Gate (3), and Market Man in Snakedance (1)
• Jay McGrath (Visitor) was Worker in The War Machines (3), UNIT Soldier in The Silurians (3), Coven Member in Image of the Fendahl, and Dead Androgum in The Two Doctors (1)
• John More (Visitor) was a Prisoner in Frontier in Space (3)
• John Tatham (Elliston here; Usher in Medium Rare; Operator in Room Without a View; Passenger in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station) was Villager/Coven member in The Daemons

Cat Amongst the Pigeons (UK TX: November 19)

• Peter [Francis Gabian] Copley (Waterlow here; Barker in White Dwarf; Sparhott in All Done With Mirrors) was Dr. Warlock in Pyramids of Mars
• Hugh [Thornton] Walters (Lewington here; Cowley in Medium Rare) was William Shakespeare in The Chase (1), Commentator Runcible in The Deadly Assassin, Vogel in Revelation of the Daleks, then voiced Roderick Allingham for The Fearmonger (2000)
• [Thomas] Kevin [Harvest] Stoney (Tomkins here; Bancroft in Mission Highly Improbable) was Mavic Chen in The Daleks' Master Plan, Tobias Vaughn in The Invasion, and Tyrum in Revenge of the Cybermen

Target! (UK TX: November 26)

• Keith Barron (Draker here; Technician in Dragonsfield) was Captain Straker in Enlightenment, and voiced Isaac Barclay for Plague of the Daleks (2009), and Lord Tulip for The Bad Penny (2018)
• Robert Beatty (Ilenko) was General Cutler in The Tenth Planet
• Roy Boyd (Bradshaw) was Driscoll in The Hand of Fear
• [Manfred] Frederick Jaegar (Jones here, Getz in Death of a Great Dane, Benson in The Cybernauts and Return of the Cybernauts) was Jano in The Savages, Sorenson in Planet of Evil, and Professor [Frederick] Marius in The Invisible Enemy
• Deep Roy [born Mohinder Purba] (Klokoe) is possiby the only actor to appear in Star Wars, Star Trek, The X Files and Doctor Who - he was the Possican Delegate in Mindwarp but is best known as Mr. Sin (also in serial 4S)
• [William Reginald] Bruce Purchase (Lopez) was the Captain in The Pirate Planet
• Peter Brace (Potterton here, Danvers in The Bird Who Knew Too Much, Opponent in The Correct Way to Kill, Guard in Who Was That Man I Saw You With?) was a Guard in the first Peladon serial (4), and Soldier in The Android Invasion (2)
• Marc Boyle (McKay here, Parr in Medium Rare, Stuntman on The Avengers movie) was stuntman on Terror of the Autons (1), Prisoner/ UNIT Motorcyclist in The Mind of Evil, Kronos in The Time Monster, Exxilon in Death to the Daleks, and fight arranger on The Time Warrior

Doctor Who Vs. James Bond, Part 13: Octopussy

ITV4's lastest Bond season continued last night

with Roger Moore's sixth and penultimate assign-

ment as Agent 007. The title of Eon's thirteenth

production was taken from Ian Fleming's 1966

anthology, Octopussy and the Living Daylights.

Although an original screenplay, this story was

loosely based on another short story, The

Property of a Lady.

Main location filming was undertaken in India,

England and Berlin, interiors were filmed at Pine-

wood studios, and Rita Coolidge provided the

opening theme song.

Following the death of Bernard Lee in 1981, Robert

Brown made his first of four appearances here as

M, and the film (released in 1983) featured twenty

-seven Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• [Leslie] Steven Berkoff [born Berks] (Orlov) played the Shakri in The Power of Three
• Philip [James] Voss (Auctioneer) was Acomat in Marco Polo, and Wahed in (episode 1 of) The Dominators
• Patrick [David] Barr (Ambassador) was Commander Jack Hobson in The Moonbase
• [George] Gertan Klauber (Bubi here; Café Owner in The Living Daylights) was the Galley Master in The Romans, and Ola in The Macra Terror
• Michael Moor (Thug here; Kamran's Man in The Living Daylights) and Aileen Lewis (Woman) were both Extras in The Silurians (6)
• Ronald James Bell (German) began his career as the Garm in Terminus
• Jennifer Hill (Wife) was Mrs. Peace in The Unquiet Dead
• Ingrid Pitt [born Ingoushka Petrov] (Mistress) was Queen Galleia in The Time Monster, and Dr. Solow in Warriors of the Deep - she also submitted a Doctor Who script in 1984 wirh husband Tony Rudlin, which was eventually produced as The Macros by Big Finish in 2010
• Russell Brook (Soldier here; Diner in View to a Kill; Customer in The Living Daylights) was Schoolboy in Mawdryn Undead (2), Man-at-arms in The King's Demons, Crewman in Warriors of the Deep, Attendant in Revelation of the Daleks (1), Lakertyan/Tetrap/Genius in Time and the Rani, and Chimeron in Delta and the Bannermen (1)
• Sneh Gupta (Guide) was [Fabian] Osborn in Resurrection of the Daleks (1)
• Eric Kent (Board member) was a Technician in The Seeds of Death, UNIT Soldier in The Ambassadors of Death (1), and Roundhead in The Time Monster (3)
• Jay McGrath (Patron) was Worker in The War Machines (3), UNIT Soldier in The Silurians (3), Coven Member in Image of the Fendahl, and Dead Androgum in The Two Doctors (1)
• Mike [Carew] Reynell (Patron) was an Exxilon in Death to the Daleks, and Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks (6)
• Peter Ross Murray (Soldier here; Villain in Never Say Never Again) was a Lakertyan in Time and the Rani (4)
• Cathy Munroe (Guest) was an Extra on The Horns of Nimon and Full Circle, and Maid in Ghost Light
• Tina Simmons (Woman here; Owner in A View to a Kill; Guest in Die Another Day; Spectre Member in No Time to Die) began her career as an Inferno Customer in The War Machines (1), and was Passenger in The Faceless Ones (1)
• Mark Heap (Juggler) voiced the Middleman for The Middle (2017)
• Barbara Denham [born Frankland] (Soldier) was an Extra on Arc of Infinity (1) and Frontios (1)
• Otto Friese (Patron) was Extra on The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1)
• John [Kenneth] Tatham (Passerby) was Villager/Coven member in The Daemons
• for Arnold Lee see Dr. No
• for Albert Moses, Jeremy Bulloch and Nick Hobbs see The Spy Who Loved Me
• for Walter Henry and Lewis Alexander see Casino Royale (1967)
• stuntman Timothy [Tip] Tipping was the stunt arranger on Remembrance of the Daleks, The Curse of Fenric and Survival
• Gary Russell (Teen in Car) wrote and directed Real Time, adapted and produced Shada for Big Finish, then directed The Infinite Quest and Dreamland, produced The Gunpowder Plot, and served as script editor on Music of the Spheres, City of the Daleks, Blood of the Cybermen, The Waters of Mars, The End of Time, The Sarah Jane Adventures pilot and Torchwood