Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Doctor Who Vs. Ordeal By Innocence (1984)

Published in late 1958,
Agatha Christie's fifty-
seventh mystery novel
was one of the author's favourite works and is
now considered a classic of the genre.
The book was first
adapted by Cannon
Films for this version
(which earned a Cannes
festival premiere in
1984), followed by ITV
Studio's treatment for
Marple in 2007, then
Mammoth Screen's production was shown on BBC1 in 2018.
Released in 1985, the film (screened last night on Sky Arts) featured Donald
Sutherland, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Plummer, Sarah Miles, Ian McShane, Michael Elphick, and these nine Doctor Who cast connections:

  • Big Finish actor Michael Maloney (Micky here; Dr. Waters in By the Pricking of My Thumbs, 2006; Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express, 2024) voiced Frederick Simonsson for Grand Theft Cosmos (2008), Adam Farrow for AudioGo's The Circus of Doom, Fratalin for Patient Zero, the Viryans for Blue Forgotten Planet (all 2009) and Charlotte Pollard 1 (2014), Rennol for Kiss of Death, Narrator of The Silent Stars Go By (both 2011), Hilary Hammond for Enemy Aliens (2013), Gregor Saraton for Zygon Hunt (2014), William Hogan for The Rocker(2019), and the Two for Two's Company and The Union (both 2023)
  • Diana [Marilyn] Quick (Gwenda here; Mrs. Welman in Sad Cypress, 2003) voiced Prime for Scream of the Shalka
  • Annette [Ross Mcleod] Crosbie (Kirsten) was Mrs. Angelo in The Eleventh Hour
  • Ron [Henry] Pember (Ferryman here; Jarrold in The Girl in the Train) voiced Seedle for Slipback
  • Billy McColl [born Collins] (Jacko) was Humker in The Mysterious Planet
  • [Thomas] Kevin [Harvest] Stoney (Solicitor here; Dr. Markwell in Murder at the Gallop) was Tobias Vaughn in The Invasion, as and Major General Billy Rutlidge respectively - Stoney also played Mavic Chen in The Daleks' Master Plan, and Tyrum in Revenge of the Cybermen
  • Brian Glover (Executioner) was Griffiths in Attack of the Cybermen
  • Martin [Ryan] Grace (stunt co-ordinator) was a Thal in Dr. Who and the Daleks
  • Rocky Taylor (stunt driver here; stunt advisor on The Secret Adversary, 1983) was a stuntman on The Idiot's Lantern

Doctor Who On This Day #324


1964 100,000 BC, Episodes 3 and 4
both repeated and The Daleks, Episode
6: The Ordeal first screened, all on TV1
1965 The Daleks' Master Plan, Episode 2:
Day of Armageddon first screened on BBC1
1970 The Abominable SnowmenEpisodes
1 and 3 both repeated on TV1; and The Seeds
of Death, Episode 5 repeated on ABC
1974 The Curse of Peladon, Episode 4, Carnival of Monsters,
Episode 1, Frontier in Space, Episode 4, The Mutants, Episode
4 and The Time MonsterEpisode 4 all repeated on ABC
1975 The Sea Devils, Episode 3 first screened on WTTW 11
1976 - The Deadly Assassin, Part 4 first
screened on BBC1
1977 The Silurians, Episode 3 first
screened on KBS1; and Death to the
Daleks, Part 2 repeated on ABC
1978 - The Face of Evil, Part 4 repeated on ABC
1981 Warriors' Gate, Parts 2 to 4 all
repeated on KQED Plus
1984 The Sea Devils, Episode 4 repeated
on KQED Plus
1985 The Masque of Mandragora, Part
1 repeated on KQED Plus
1986 100,000 BC, Episode 4:
The Firemaker repeated on KQED
Plus
1987 - The Android Invasion, Part
1 repeated on KQED Plus
1988 Castrovalva Omnibus repeated
on KQED Plus; and Dr. Who and the
Daleks screened on TV2
1989 - The Greatest Show in the
 GalaxyPart 2 first screened on ABC
1990 The Ark in Space, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus
1991 - The Leisure Hive, Part 2 repeated on ABC; and The
Mark of the RaniPart 2 (of 4) both repeated on KQED Plus
1992 - The Rescue, Episode 2: Desperate Measures repeated
on UK Gold; and The Daemons, Episode 1 repeated on BBC2
1993 - The Chase, Episode 4: Journey into TerrorThe War
Games, Episode 10, Planet of the Spiders, Part 6, The Horns
of Nimon and Warriors' Gate Omnibuses and Logopolis, Part
4 all repeated on UK Gold; and Doctor Who: 30 Years
first broadcast on Radio 2
1994 - Writer John Vincent Lucarotti died in Paris, aged 68;
Resurrection of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;
and Dr. Who and the Daleks screened on Channel 4
1995 The Deadly Assassin, Part 3 repeated on UK Gold;
and The Twin Dilemma Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus
1996 The Krotons, Episode 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1997 The Sensorites, Episode 1: Strangers in Space
 first screened on Space; and Invasion of the Dinosaurs,
Part 4 repeated on UKTV
1998 - The Sensorites, Episode 2: The Unwilling
Warriors repeated on Space; and The Five
Doctors, Part 2 (of 4) repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1999 The Keys of Marinus, Episode 6 repeated on Space;
The Tomb of the Cybermen Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;
 Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on
Iowa PTV; Genesis of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on
UKTV (Aus); The Android Invasion, Parts 3 and 4 both
repeated on Colorado PTV; The Masque of Mandragora,
 Parts 3 and 4 both first screened on BBC America;
The Hand of Fear, Part 4 first screened on Prairie PTV;
and City of Death, Part 1 repeated on BBC Prime
2000 - Day of the Daleks, Episode 1 repeated on Prime; 
Death to the Daleks, Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus);
Revenge of the Cybermen, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated
 on BBC America; and The Happiness Patrol Omnibus
repeated on KQED Plus
2001 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part 1 repeated on BBC Kids;
and The Caves of Androzani, Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2002 Logopolis, Part 4 repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2003 The Rescue, Episode 2 repeated on ABC; The Power
of Kroll, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can); Full
Circle, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on UK Gold; and Scream
of the Shalka, Episode 2 released on BBCi
2004 Dragonfire Omnibus repeated on UK Gold
2005 The Caves of Androzani Omnibus and
Adventures in Space and Time both repeated
on UK Gold  
2006 The End of the World and The
Unquiet Dead both repeated on France 4
2007 The Christmas Invasion repeated on
BBC3 and NHK BS3; The Idiot's Lantern repeated
on UKTV (Aus); and Love Monsters repeated on
UK Gold
2008 Meglos, Part 4 and Full Circle, Part 1 both first
screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; and The Shakespeare
Code repeated on Prime
2009 Aliens of London repeated on Syfy (Rus); World War 
Three repeated on Syfy (FRG); The Age of Steel repeated on
Syfy (Spa); The Idiot's Lantern and Doctor Who Confidential:
The Writer's Tale both repeated on WGVU; Fear Her repeated
on WVPB; and Partners in Crime repeated on Syfy (US)
2010 Planet of the Ood repeated on WGVU; The Doctor's
 Daughter repeated on OETA; and Doctor Who Confidential: 
The Italian Job repeated on BBC3
2011 The War Games, Episodes 7 and 8 both repeated on
KBTC; Nightmare of Eden, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Syfy
 (Aus); Arc of Infinity and Mawdryn Undead Omnibuses both
 repeated on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; The Time of Angels and
Doctor Who Confidential: Eyes Wide Open both repeated on
MPTV; and The Hungry Earth repeated on Idaho PTV
2012 Death to the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Syfy
 (Aus); Closing Time and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Open 
All Hours both repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The Power of Three 
repeated on BBC America
2013 Nightmare of Eden, Parts
1 and 2 both repeated on Syfy (Aus);
Boom TownThe Christmas InvasionThe Runaway BrideBlink,
Voyage of the DamnedPartners in CrimeThe Fires of Pompeii,
Planet of the OodThe Sontaran StratagemThe Poison SkyThe 
Doctor's DaughterThe Unicorn and the WaspSilence in the Library,
Forest of the DeadMidnightTurn LeftThe Stolen EarthThe Next
 Doctor and Planet of the Dead all repeated on BBC America; Bad 
Wolf and The Parting of the Ways both repeated on Watch and BBC
America; Doomsday repeated on UKTV (Aus); Journey's End 
repeated on BBC America and Syfy (Port); Vincent and the
Doctor and Nightmare in Silver both repeated on BBC
Entertainment LA; The Impossible Astronaut and Day
of the Moon both repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC
Polska HD; The Rebel
Flesh repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania and ME;
 Closing Time repeated on France 4; The Power of Three
repeated on UKTV (NZ); The Bells of Saint John and The
Rings of Akhaten both repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on Really
Scary TV; The Crimson Horror repeated on ABC2 and
Really Scary TV; The Name of the Doctor first screened
on Ztélé and repeated on BBC Entertainment LA HD; The 
Doctors Revisited: The Eighth Doctor and The Ninth Doctor
both repeated on Watch; and Farewell Great Macedon,
Episodes 1 and 2 first broadcast and A Thousand Tiny
Wings, Episodes 1 to 3 repeated, all on Radio 4 Extra
2014 - Carnival of Monsters, Episodes 1 and 2 both first screened 
on Retro TV; Earthshock, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); 
Frontios, Parts 1 and 2 both first screened on Horror; Last of the Time
 LordsThe Doctors Revisited: The Eighth Doctor and The Ninth Doctor
 all repeated on Watch; The Fires of Pompeii repeated on UKTV (NZ);
MidnightTurn Left and The Stolen Earth all repeated on BBC America;
 The Vampires of Venice repeated on KCPT2; The Snowmen repeated
 on YLE TV2; and The Bells of Saint John repeated on WTTW Prime
2015 The Mutants, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on UNC-MX;
Death to the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Horror; Planet 
of the Spiders, Parts and 4 both repeated on Retro TV; Four to 
Doomsday, Part 4, The Family of Blood, The Poison Sky, The 
Doctor's Daughter and The Unicorn and the Wasp, Silence in the 
Library and Forest of the Dead all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Fear Her 
and Army of Ghosts both repeated on EBRU; Planet of the Ood 
repeated on TV Cultura; The Stolen EarthJourney's End and
The Waters of Mars all repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The 
Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone both repeated on BBC America;
The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People both repeated on BBC Nordic
HD and BBC Polska HD; Nightmare in Silver repeated on Syfy (Port); 
Flatline repeated on KLRU; In the Forest of the Night repeated on
KCPT2; The Girl Who Died first screened on DR3; The Zygon Invasion 
repeated on FX (India); Sleep No More repeated on BBC2 and Space;
 and Dr. Who and the Daleks screened on Movie Mix (UK)
2016 The Keys of Marinus, Episode 6 and The Aztecs, Episode 1: 
The Temple of Evil both repeated on KBTC; The Power of the Daleks
Episode first screened and The Time of the Doctor repeated, both
on BBC America; Frontier in Space Omnibus repeated on MPTV; 
Genesis of thDaleks, Part 3 repeated on KRWG; Terror of the Zygons Omnibus repeated on WVPB; The Robots of Death Omnibus repeated on WXXI; The Talons of Weng-Chiang Omnibus repeated
 on WILL; Underworld Omnibus repeated on KERA; The Invasion of 
Time, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on KPTS; The Stones of Blood 
Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; The Power of Kroll Omnibus 
repeated on WFWA; Destiny of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on 
WSRE; Nightmare of Eden Omnibus repeated on WYCC; Logopolis 
Omnibus repeated on KAKM; BattlefieldParts 1 and 2 both repeated 
on Retro TV; The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty Child and The
 Culture Show Special: Me, You and Doctor Who all repeated on Watch;
The Shakespeare Code, Gridlock, Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution 
of the Daleks all repeated on BBC Polska HD; Amy's Choice, The 
Hungry EarthCold BloodVincent and the Doctor and The Pandorica Opens all repeated on Syfy (LA); The Lodger first screened on
TLC TV and repeated on Syfy (LA); Time Heist and The Zygon
 Inversion both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Caretaker repeated on 
KLRU; Mummy on the Orient Express and Flatline both repeated
on BBC Entertainment EU; and Class, Episode 6 first screened on
Space
2017 - The Keeper of Traken, Part 3 repeated on Jones! too; The 
King's Demons Omnibus repeated on WETA-UK; Tooth and Claw
 repeated on The Box; Human Nature repeated on BBC Polska HD; 
42 repeated on Syfy (Aus); The End of Time, Parts 1 and 2 both
repeated on BBC America; The Eleventh Hour and The Beast
Below both repeated on Syfy (Bra); The Doctor, the Widow
and the Wardrobe repeated on DR3; and Mummy on the
Orient Express repeated on BBC Entertainment EU
2018 Cold Blood and Vincent and the Doctor both repeated
on One ARD; The Eaters of Light repeated on BBC Polska HD;
and Kerblam! repeated on ABC ME
2019 The Twin Dilemma, Parts
1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;
and The Bells of Saint John repeated
on BBC Polska HD
2021 A Good Man Goes to WarLet's
Kill Hitler and Night Terrors all repeated
on W and W +; The Return of Doctor
Mysterio epeated on ABC ME; and Once,
Upon Time repeated on BBC2
2022 The Silurians, Episode 3 and
4 both repeated on KBTC; and Hell
Bent and The Husbands of River
Song both repeated on Fox SciFi
2023 Witness History: Making Doctor
Who first broadcast and Cold Vengeance,
Episode 1 repeated, both on Radio 4 Extra
2024 - Utopia and The Sound of Drums
both repeated on ABC Family; and The
Woman Who Lived repeated on ABC
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