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)

Doctor Who Vs. Hannay, Series 1

This adventure series was the TV spin-off from

Rank's 1978 film version of The Thirty Nine

Steps. Both productions starred Robert Powell as

Edwardian hero Richard Hannay, created in 1915

by Scottish novelist, historian and politician, John Buchan (1875-1940). Hannay appeared in four

further books, and has been portrayed by over

twenty actors across all media since Hitchcock's

first adaptation in 1935. Thames Television's

period thriller (co-produced by Robert Banks

Stewart), set before the Great War, had little

in common with Buchan's novels, but used

character names from his other works.

A repeat run of the six-part drama (first shown

on ITV in early 1988) continued on Talking

Pictures TV tonight, and featured a total of

thirty Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

The Fellowship of the Black Stone (TX: January 6 1988)

• Powell voiced the eponymous role for Big Finish's Time Lord Immemorial (2023)
• David Gooderson (Steward) and Tim [born Michael John Leigh] Barlow (Taverner) both starred in Destiny of the Daleks, as Davros and Tyssan respectively
• Philip McGough (Kupitt) was Sergeant [Graham] Calder in Resurrection of the Daleks 
• Davyd Harries (Harrap) was Shapp in The Armageddon Factor
• Timothy Block (Bennett) was Tanner in Black Orchid
• Stuart Fell (Todd) was UNIT Soldier in The Claws of Axos, [the body of] Alpha Centauri in both Peladon stories, titular reptile in (episode 4 of) The Sea Devils, Functionary in Carnival of Monsters (1), Tramp in Planet of the Spiders (2), Wirrn operator in The Ark in Space, Styre's double in The Sontaran Experiment (1), Kraal in The Android Invasion (3), Monster in The Brain of Morbius, Guard/Peasant/ Entertainer in The Masque of Mandragora, Guard in The Face of Evil (1) and The Sun Makers, Sontaran in The Invasion of Time, Roga in State of Decay (3), fight arranger on The Talons of Weng-Chiang, and stuntman on Terror of the Autons (1) and The Ribos Operation (1)
• Derek Ware (Guard/stunt arranger) was an uncredited fight arranger on 100,000 BC, The Aztecs (4), The Crusade (1), The Daleks' Master Plan (7), The Underwater Menace (3), The Web of Fear (1), stuntman on Terror of the Autons (1), then appeared as Bus Conductor in The Chase (6), Trojan Soldier in The Myth Makers (4), Tuthmos in The Daleks' Master Plan, Spaniard in The Smugglers, UNIT Soldier in The Ambassadors of Death, Private Wyatt in Inferno, and Pigbin Josh in The Claws of Axos (1)

A Point of Honour
(TX: January 13/based on the short story by Dornford Yates)

• [Thomas] Kevin [Harvest] Stoney (Brim) was Mavic Chen in The Daleks' Master Plan, Tobias Vaughn in The Invasion, and Tyrum in Revenge of the Cybermen
• Terrence Hardiman (Harman) was Hawthorne in The Beast Below, and voiced King Sitirc for The Book of Kells (2010), Reverend Dobbs for AudioGo's The Broken Crown, the Grypthon for Aladdin Time (both 2011), Lord Richard Pollard for The Fall of the House of Pollard (2014), Hepworth Stackhouse for The English Way of Death (all 2015), and Rassilon for Time War 2 (2019)
• Martyn Read (Privitt) was a Security Guard in Silver Nemesis

Voyage Into Fear (TX: January 20)

• John [Henry] Ringham (Manners) was Tlotoxl in The Aztecs, Josiah Blake in The Smugglers, and Robert Ashe in Colony in Space
• Stephen [George] Churchett (Kennedy) was Bill in Attack of the Cybermen

Death With Due Notice (TX: January 27)

• Malcolm Tierney (Latimer) was Doland in Terror of the Vervoids
• [Frank] Denis Lill (DI Bristow) was Dr. Fendelman in Image of Fendahl, and Sir George Hutchinson in The Awakening
• Colin [Abel] Jeavons (Wotton) was Damon in The Underwater Menace, and George Tracey in K9 and Company
• [Albert] Frank Mills (Peter) was the Telescope Director in Terror of the Autons (1)
• Brett Forrest (Hailey) was a Guard in The Face of Evil (2)

Act of Riot (TX: February 3)

• Iain Cuthbertson (Elliston) was Garron in The Ribos Operation
• Martin Cochrane (Crombie) was General Chellak in The Caves of Androzani
• David Ashton [born Scott] (Cauldshaw) was cast as Tomas in The Face of Evil, but was replaced by Brendan Price - he later appeared as Kendron in Timelash
• Angus [Wilson] Lennie (Drummond) was Storr in The Ice Warriors, and Angus McRanald in Terror of the Zygons
• Nicola [Kathleen] Stapleton (Betty) reprised her EastEnders role of Mandy Salter for Dimensions in Time

The Hazard of the Die (TX: February 10)

• Edward [James] de Souza (Di Castigliani) was Marc Cory in Mission to the Unknown, and voiced Lord Mortimer Davey for The Roof of the World (2004)
• Michael [Lawson] Sheard [born Perkins] (Perrin) was Rhos in The Ark (2), Dr. Roland Summers in The Mind of Evil, Laurence Scarman in Pyramids of Mars, Lowe in The Invisible Enemy, Mergrave in Castrovalva, the Headmaster [Harvey Parson] in Remembrance of the Daleks, Chief Baxter in Fury from the Deep (2002), then voiced Orsino for The Stones of Venice (2001)
• Gary [born Garrowby Cawthorne] Watson (Strickland) was Arthur Terrall in The Evil of the Daleks
• Albert Welling (Meredith) played the Fuhrer in Let's Kill Hitler
• Victoria Burgoyne (Maisie) was Clare Keightley in Shada
• John [Richard] Rolfe (Ross) was the Captain in The War Machines, Sam Becket in The Moonbase, and Ralph Fell in The Green Death
• Harry Van Engel (Croupier) was a Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks

Doctor Who On This Day #54

 

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 KQED Plus

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 to 3 all 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 14 first

screened on VOX
1996 - The Ghosts of N-Space, Episode

6 first broadcast on Radio 2

1997 - The Time Monster Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus;

The Curse of Peladon, Episode 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus);

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); 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 (Spa); 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 Ztélé

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;

Dalek repeated on Watch; 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, Doctor Who Confidential: Open All Hours and 
When Time Froze all repeated on BBC Entertainment AP

2016 - Planet of Evil Omnibus repeated on

Horror; Boom Town and Doctor Who Confidential:

Unsung Heroes and Violent Death both repeated

on ABC2; Evolution of the Daleks repeated on Syfy (Aus)

 and France 4; 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); Listen repeated on KLRU;
Kill the Moon repeated on WGVU; Flatline repeated on TV Cultura;
The Magician's Apprentice repeated on BBC First (ME); and

Sleep No More repeated on BBC Entertainment AP

2017 - The Mind Robber, Episode 5 repeated on The Zone;

Kinda, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on Retro TV; Doomsday 

repeated on FX (Ind); The Beast Below, Nightmare in Silver, 

The Name of the Doctor and Deep Breath all repeated on Syfy 

(Aus); Asylum of the Daleks, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and

Heaven Sent all repeated on Syfy (Bra); Dark Water repeated 

on KLRU; and Class, Episode 6 first screened on Prime

2018 - The Invasion of Time, Part 6, The

Ribos Operation, Part 1 and The Mysterious

Planet, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on Retro

TV; World War Three, Dalek, The Long Game

and The Zygon Invasion all repeated on Syfy

(Aus); The Fires of Pompeii and Planet of the

Ood both repeated on Star World Premiere;

The Angels Take Manhattan, The Bells of Saint 

John and The Rings of Akhaten all repeated on

Syfy (LA); Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS,

The Crimson Horror, Nightmare in Silver, The 

Name of the Doctor and The Day of the Doctor 

all repeated on BBC Polska HD; and The Oseidon

Adventure repeated on Radio 4 Extra

2019 - Writer Graeme Curry died in Britain, aged 54; The Keys

of Marinus, Episode 6 and The Aztecs, Episode 1: The Temple of 

Evil both repeated on Retro TV; The Seeds of Doom, Parts

5 and 6 both repeated on KBTC and Omnibus repeated

on WSRE; The Face of Evil Omnibus repeated on MPTV;

Destiny of the Daleks, Part 2 repeated on KPTS; Black

 Orchid Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; Dinosaurs

 on a Spaceship, A Town Called Mercy and The

Power of Three all repeated on BBC Polska HD;

The Rings of Akhaten and Cold War both repeated

on One ARD; Arachnids in the UK repeated on Fox

(FRG); and The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos and

Resolution both first screened on RAI4

2020 - The Romans Omnibus first screened on KVCR; The War
Machines, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV; The
Rings of Akhaten repeated on Syfy (Fra); Extremis repeated on
Star World Premiere HD; The Pyramid at the End of the World
and The Lie of the Land both repeated on Fox (FRG); Empress
 of Mars repeated on ABC; and Ascension of the Cybermen first

screened on BBC America and CTV SciFi

2021 - The Time Monster, Episodes 3

and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;

Utopia repeated on ABC2; and Into

the Dalek repeated on BBC Polska HD

2022 - The War Games, Episode 9

repeated on ONS; Genesis of the Daleks,

Parts 4 and 5 both repeated on Forces TV;

The Horns of Nimon, Parts 3 and 4 both

repeated on Retro TV; The Empty Child

repeated on Syfy (Fra); Dark Water and

Death in Heaven both repeated on One

ARD; Spyfall, Part 2 repeated on BBC

First Turkey; Can You Hear Me?

repeated on ABC2; and The Haunting of

Villa Diodati, Ascension of the Cybermen

and The Timeless Children all repeated

 on NRJ12

2024 - Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150

AD screened on Film4

2025 - The Armageddon Factor, Parts

1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; and 

The Satan Pit repeated on ABC Entertains