Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Doctor Who Vs. Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes


In 2019, TV channel Gold remounted three episodes of the BBC's
beloved wartime sitcom for their UKTV Originals strand. Dad's Army
endured for eighty instalments over nine series (from 1968 to 1977),
but the source material remains lost from the archives.
Originally shown in late 1969, The Lonliness of the Long Distance
Walker, A Stripe for Fraser and Under Fire were recreated by Mercury
 Productions - makers of the network's fiftieth anniversary documentary,
Saluting Dad's Army. Captain Mainwaring and Sergeant Wilson were now
portrayed by Kevin McNally and Robert Bathurst (roles made famous by
 Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier), whilst Corporal Jones, Privates
 Fraser, Walker, Godfrey, and Pike were played by Kevin Eldon, David
Hayman, Matthew Horne, Timothy West (who replaced Bernard
Cribbins), and Tom Rosenthal.
Then in 2023, the missing episodes (and two Christmas specials)
 were animated by BBC Studios, and screened by Gold. repeat
 run of the reconstructed versions concluded on U&Gold today -
they featured these dozen Doctor Who cast and crew connections:
  • McNally was Lieutenant Hugo Lang in The Twin Dilemmaand Professor Eustacius Jericho in Flux - he also voiced Henry for Spider's Shadow (2008), Vakrass for The End of the Beginning, and Merrick Kingdom for Dalek Universe (both 2021)
  • Bathurst (also depicted Le Mesurier in Hattie) voiced Cardinal Padrac for Doom Coalition (2015-17), then was General Farquhar in Survivors of the Flux
  • Eldon voiced Antimony for Death Comes to Time, and was Ribbons in It Takes You Away
  • West voiced Kai Tobias for Phobos (2007), Ronald Turvey for Cuddlesome (2008), and Dr. Magnus Soames for House of Blue Fire (2011)
  • Simon Ludders (Hodges) was Patient in New Earth, and Overseer in Thin Ice, then voiced Luke Palmer for Outbreak (2016), Policeman for Instant Karma, Magister Feris for The Angel of History, Elliot King for The War Master 2 (all 2018), Monty/Ogron for The Uncertain Shore (2020), Control for Rogue State, Dr. Andrews for Time Flies, and Colin Carter for Dark Side of the Moon (all 2022)
  • Tracy Ann Oberman (Mavis) was Yvonne Hartman in Army of Ghosts and Doomsday - a role reprised for Big Finish's Torchwood - and also voiced Temperance Finch/Mrs. Grenville for Deimos and The Resurrection of Mars (both 2010), and the titular Tartarus (2019)
  • Christopher Villiers (Brigadier) was Hugh Fitzwilliam in The King's Demons, Professor Moorhouse in Mummy on the Orient Express, and voiced Cacothis for Absolution (2007)
  • Julia [Margaret] Deakin (Chairwoman) voiced Harriet Griffin for Terror Firma (2005), and Old Anita for Burrowed Time (2019)
  • Andrew Havill (Brigadier here; Meeks in Dad's Army, 2016) was the Chief Steward in Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Aleister Portillon /Squire Claude for The Witch From the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
  • Philip Pope (Murphy) voiced Father Harpin for The Foe from the Future (2011), Jovians for The Jupiter Conjunction, Pendolin for The Time Museum, John White/George Chapman for Voyage to the New World (all 2012), Templeton for Counter Measures (2013-15), Baker for The Monstrous Menagerie, Dr. Reginald Peacock for Murder at Moorsey Manor, John Rippon for The Wax Princess (all 2014), Boss/ William/Baron Worthing for Treason and Plot (2020), and Speaker/ Boss for Run (2023)
  • Tamzin Griffin (Mrs. Keen) voiced Negotiator Vresha for Dreamtime (2005)
  • Howard Burden was also costume designer on thirty adventures (from Asylum othe Daleks to Last Christmas)

Doctor Who On This Day #112

  

1966 - Planet of GiantsEpisode 3:
Crisis and The CrusadeEpisodes 3
and all repeated on ABC
1967 - The Faceless Ones, Episode
first screened on BBC1
1968 - The Massacre, Episode 3: Priest of DeathThe Ark,
Episode 3The ReturnThe Celestial Toymaker, Episode 3:
The Dancing FloorThe Gunfighters, Episode 3: Johnny
RingoThe Savages, Episode 2 and The War Machines
Episode 3 all repeated on ABC
1972 - The Mutants, Episode 3 first
screened on BBC1
1976 Planet of the Spiders, Part 4
repeated on ABC
1980 - Revenge of the Cybermen, Parts 1 and
2 both repeated on ABC; and The Brain of
 MorbiusPart 4 first screened on WTTW 11
1981 The Ark in Space, Part 3
repeated on KQED Plus
1982 - The Ribos Operation, Part 3 repeated on KQED
Plus; and LogopolisPart 3 repeated and Part 4 first 
screened, both on ABC
1983 The Ark in Space, Part 2 repeated 
on KQED Plus; and Time FlightParts 3
 and both repeated on ABC
1985 - Death to the Daleks Omnibus
repeated on WTTW 11
1986 - The Claws of Axos, Episode 4 repeated on
ABC; Frontier in SpaceEpisode 3 first screened
on TV1; and MeglosPart repeated on KQED Plus
1987 The Silurians, Episode 3 repeated on KQED
Plus; RobotPart 4 repeated on Super Channel (UK);
and The Brain of Morbius, Part 4 repeated on TV2
1988 The Leisure HivePart 3 repeated
on KQED Plus
1989 - Director Kenny McBain died in London,
aged 42; and The Time WarriorPart 4 repeated
on KQED Plus
1990 100,000 BC, Episode 4: The Firemaker repeated
on BSB; The Masque of Mandragora Omnibus repeated
on KQED Plus; and Silver NemesisPart 3 first screened
 on RTL TV
1991 The Keeper of Traken and Logopolis 
Omnibuses both repeated  on WTTW 11
1993 The Sea Devils, Episode 5 repeated
 on UK Gold; and Mawdryn UndeadPart 1
repeated on ABC
1994 The Creature from the Pit, Part 2
repeated on UK Gold
1995 Timelash Omnibus repeated on 
KQED Plus
1996 Survival Omnibus repeated on 
KQED Plus
1997 Planet of the Spiders, Part 3
repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1998 100,000 BC, Episode 3: The Forest of Fear 
repeated and I Was a Doctor Who Monster! first
screened, both on Space; and Planet of Fire,
Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1999 The Romans, Episode 1: The Slave
Traders repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The
Ark, Episode 3: The Return repeated on
Space
2000 The Ark Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus); Genesis 
of the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC America;
Planet of Evil Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; The Talons of 
Weng-Chiang, Parts 3 to 5 all repeated on Colorado PTV and
Part 6 first screened on Prairie PTV and repeated on Colorado
PTV; and Meglos, Part 3 repeated on BBC Prime
2001 100,000 BC Omnibus repeated on MPT;
Planet of Evil, Part 3 repeated on WILL; The
Masque of Mandragora Omnibus repeated on
UK Gold; The Robots of Death, Part 2 repeated
on KUED; The Ribos OperationParts 1 and 2
both repeated on KBTC; The Pirate Planet
Part 3 repeated on Prime and Twin Cities PTV; 
The Stones of Blood, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
on NHPTV; The Armageddon Factor, Part 5 repeated
 on Lakeshore PTV; Destiny of the DaleksParts 1 
and 2 both repeated on WQED; Warriors of the
DeepParts 3 and 4 both repeated on MiND; and
Silver Nemesis, Part 1 repeated on WUSF
2002 The Masque of Mandragora, Part 3 repeated on
BBC Kids (Can); and Delta and the Bannermen, Part 1 
repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2003 Nightmare of Eden, Parts 1 and 
2 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2004 Inferno, Episode 4 repeated on ABC; and 
EnlightenmentParts 3 and both repeated on BBC Kids
2006 - The Time Warrior Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;
The Long Game first screened on Syfy (US); Tooth and
Claw first screened on BBC1; Doctor Who Confidential:
Fear Factor first screened on BBC3; Tardisode: The 
Girl in the Fireplace released online; and Totally Doctor
 Who (1.2) repeated on CBBC
2007 Nightmare of Eden Omnibus repeated on MPT;
Rose first screened on KSPS; The End of the World
repeated on KQED Plus; The Unquiet Dead first
screened on KERA, WEDU, WJCT, WPBT2, Georgia
PB and Panhandle PBS; Aliens of London and Doctor
 Who Confidential: I Get a Sidekick Out of You both
first screened on
WUFT and Georgia PB; World War Three first screened on Ozarks 
PTV and S Dakota PB; Dalek first screened on WSKG; The Long 
Game first screened on WTVP, WLVT and Idaho PTV; Bad Wolf 
repeated on UK Gold; Daleks in Manhattan repeated on BBC3;
Doctor Who Confidential: Aliens, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly 
first screened on MPT and repeated on KQED Plus; and Doctor 
Who Confidential: TARDIS Tales first screened on KERA, WEDU, 
WICT and WPBT2
2008 The Dominators, Episodes 4 and 5 both first screened
on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The End of the World repeated on 
SVT 24; The Unquiet Dead repeated on Jimmy; and Tooth
 and Claw repeated on Prime
2009 The Chase, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on MTV3
 SciFi and TV4; The Age of Steel and Doctor Who Confidential: 
From Zero to Hero both repeated on BBC3; and Human Nature 
repeated on Syfy (Ben)
2010 The Brain of Morbius, Episodes 5 repeated and 6 first
broadcast, both on Radio 7; Rise of the Cybermen repeated 
on Syfy (FRG); The Age of Steel repeated on Syfy (Spa);
and Forest of the Dead repeated on HRT2
2011 The Creature from the Pit, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
 on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; Love & Monsters repeated on
Space; and Planet of the Dead repeated on ABC1
2012 The Claws of Axos, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated
on KBTC; Doomsday repeated on Watch; The End of Time,
Part 2 repeated on MPTV; Victory of the Daleks repeated on 
Idaho PTV; and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Alter Ego
 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2013 The Parting of the WaysThe Christmas Invasion,
The Curse of the Black SpotThe Doctor's Wife and The
Rebel Flesh all repeated on Syfy (Port); The Idiot's Lantern 
repeated on Watch; Love & Monsters repeated on 
BBC Entertainment AP; Voyage of the Damned first 
screened on YLE TV2; Flesh and Stone repeated on 
WPT; Day of the Moon repeated on UKTV (NZ); The
Almost People repeated on Ztélé; and Hide and
Greatest Moments: The Cybermen both repeated
 on ABC2
2014 The Daleks, Episodes 3 and 4 both first screened on
Horror; Meglos, Part 1, Four to Doomsday, Part 4 and The 
Girl in the Fireplace all repeated on Syfy (Aus); New 
Earth and Tooth and Claw both repeated on TV3 (Spa);
 Utopia repeated on Really Scary TV; The End of 
Time, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Fox (FRG); 
Vincent and the Doctor and Doctor Who Confidential: 
A Brush With Genius both repeated on BBC Nordic HD
 and BBC Polska HD; The Impossible Astronaut repeated 
on Syfy (Port); The Curse of the Black Spot repeated 
on BBC Nordic; The Wedding of River Song repeated on 
Prime; The Angels Take Manhattan repeated on WGVU;
 The Crimson Horror repeated on KCPT2; and Nightmare
in Silver repeated on Syfy (Ben)
2015 - Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated and 
Time FlightParts 1 and 2 both first screened, all on Retro TV; 
Destiny of the DaleksPart 3 and The Curse of the Black Spot both 
repeated on Syfy (Aus); Remembrance of the Daleks, Part 4 and 
The Greatest Show in the GalaxyPart 1 both repeated on Horror;
The Parting of the Ways repeated on TV Cultura; The Girl in the 
Fireplace repeated on ABC2; Doomsday and Doctor Who
Confidential: From Script to Screen both repeated on BBC 
Entertainment AP; Silence in the Library repeated on KCPT2;
Closing Time and The Wedding of River Song both repeated on
BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship 
repeated on WGVU; and Cold War repeated on KLRU
2016 Frontios, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV; The 
Empty Child and The Doctor Dances both repeated on BBC Polska
HD; Boom Town and Bad Wolf both repeated on France 4; Love 
Monsters, Fear Her, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday, The Runaway 
Bride and A Christmas Carol repeated on Syfy (Aus); Blink 
repeated on TV Cultura; Midnight repeated on EBRU; Turn Left 
repeated on ABC2 and EBRU; The Vampires of Venice repeated 
on BBC Entertainment AP; Vincent and the Doctor repeated
 on Syfy (LA) and Syfy (Bra); Night Terrors repeated on 
Jeem TV (ME); Cold War and Hide both repeated on Syfy
 (Port); Flatline repeated on KUAC; In the Forest of the Night 
repeated on Syfy (Bra); Dark Water repeated on KLRU; 
Before the Flood, The Girl Who Died and The Woman 
Who Lived all repeated on BBC First (ME); The Zygon 
Invasion repeated on BBC First (ME) and Syfy (Bra); and 
Doctor Who Confidential: Here Come the Girls repeated
on ABC2
2017 The Mind Robber, Episode 5 and The Krotons, Episodes
1 to 3 all repeated on Retro TV; Arc of Infinity Omnibus repeated 
on WETA UK; 42 repeated on Space; The Fires of Pompeii,
Planet of the OodThe Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky,
The Doctor's Daughter and Doctor Who Extra: Deep Breath and
Robot of Sherwood all repeated on BBC Polska HD; The End of 
Time (4 parts) repeated on FX (Ind); The Time of Angels, Face 
the RavenHeaven Sent and Hell Bent all repeated on Syfy
(Aus); Robot of Sherwood and Listen both repeated on BBC
Entertainment EU; The Woman Who Lived and The Zygon
Invasion both repeated on Syfy (LA); The Return of Doctor 
Mysterio first screened on DR3 and repeated on Syfy (LA);
The Pilot repeated on BBC2, BBC America and Syfy (LA);
and Smile first screened on BBC1, BBC HD and BBC
First (ME)
2018 The Sensorites Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; 
The Sea DevilsEpisodes 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC;
The Invasion of Time Omnibus repeated on MPTV; The 
Power of Kroll, Part 1 repeated on KPTS; Destiny of the 
Daleks Omnibus repeated on KAKM; Castrovalva, Parts 
1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; Kinda Omnibus
repeated on Iowa PTV; Black Orchid and Time Flight 
Omnibuses both repeated on WSRE; Dalek and The Long 
Game both repeated on One ARD; The Age of Steel, Victory of
 the DaleksThe Time of Angels, Flesh and StoneThe Vampires 
of Venice, Amy's Choice, The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood all
repeated on W; The Cursof the Black Spot and The Doctor's Wife both repeated on Star World Premiere; Robot of Sherwood,
ListenTime Heist and The Caretaker all repeated on Sony SciFi; 
and Oxygen repeated on BBC Polska HD
2019 The Ribos Operation, Parts 3 and
4 both repeated on Retro TV; and The Lie 
of the Land repeated on BBC Polska HD
2020 The Sea DevilsEpisodes 4 and
5 both repeated on Retro TV; Time Heist
repeated on BBC Polska HD; and The
Pyramid at the End of the World repeated
on Syfy (Fra)
2021 The War Games, Episode 7
repeated on ONS; The Invisible Enemy,
Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;
The Almost People repeated on ABC2;
Rosa repeated on BBC Polska HD; and
The Tsuranga Conundrum and Demons of
the Punjab both repeated on Fox (FRG)
2022 The Mark of the Rani, Parts
and 4 (of 4) and The Two Doctors,
Parts 1 and 2 (of 6) all repeated on
Retro TV; Voyage of the Damned
repeated on Fox SciFi; The Unicorn
and the Wasp and Planet of the Dead
both repeated on Syfy (Fra); The Lodger
repeated on BBC Polska HD; A Good Man
Goes to War repeated on BBC First
Turkey; and Legend of the Sea Devils
repeated on ABC
2023 The Visitation Omnibus repeated
on Retro TV; Planet of the Ood and The
Sontaran Stratagem both repeated on
Fox SciFi; and The Woman Who Lived
repeated on ABC Family

Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Doctor Who Vs. Messiah, Series 4

Now co-produced by BBC Northern Ireland
and Great Meadow, this thriller (the third sequel based on Boris Starling's Messiah),
was an original Edgar Award-nominated
screenplay from Terry Cafolla.
The serial saw the final appearance of Ken
Stott (as Red Metcalfe) and Neil Dudgeon
(DI Warren), and guest roles for Maxine
Peake and Hugo Speer (DS Clarke and DI
Price). A fifth and final serial aired in 2008.
First shown over three consecutive nights
in late August 2005, Messiah IV (subtitled
The Harrowing) featured seventeen Doctor
Who cast and crew connections:
  • Russell [George] Tovey (McManus) was Midshipman Alonso Frame in Voyage of the Damned [a role reprised for The End of Time (Part 2) and Big Finish's One Enchanted Evening (2017)], and was Barclay Pierre Dupont in The War Between the Land and the Sea
  • Helen [Elizabeth] McCrory (Dr. Price) was Rosanna Calvierri (pictured) in The Vampires of Venice
  • Harriet [Mary] Walter (Robb) voiced Beatrice Mapp for The Boy That Time Forgot (2008), then was Jo Patterson in Revolution of the Daleks
  • Aaron Neil (Cotter) and Anthony May (Brown) both starred in All-Consuming Fire (2015) as Tir Ram and Baron Maupertuis respectively - Neil was Dunlop in The Magician's Apprentice, and Varun Singh in Class, then voiced Surene Priest for The Boundless Sea (2015), Sanukuma Master for The Rulers of the Universe, Steven Godbold for Five Twenty-Nine, Computer for World Enough and Time, Aramatz for The Very Dark Thing, Stephano/Klossi/Setebos/Trink for Maker of Demons, David for UNIT: Silenced (all 2016), Gorky Sax for The Year After I Died (2017), Gobran for The Poison of Peladon (2022), and Kujad Stak for The Ruins of Kaerula (2025)
  • Ian Midlane (Giardello) was Tim Jeffrey/Kist Magg Thek Lutiven Day Slitheen in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Revenge of the Slitheen
  • Shane Zaza (Technician) was Atif in Tardisode 12, and Prem in Demons of the Punjab
  • Andrew McCulloch (Father James) co-wrote Meglos
  • Garry Marriott (Paramedic) had the same role in The Lazarus Experiment
  • Derek Ezenagu (CSO) voiced Tony for The Gift, and Ruslan/Ivo for The Sonomancer (both 2016)
  • David Malinowski was also a SFX make-up artist on The Time of Angels and The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, and was prosthetics technician on The Waters of Mars and The End of Time
  • camera operator Steve Lawes was focus puller on all five episodes (from Rose to World War Three)
  • Gerry O'Riordan was also music recordist on seventy-two stories (from The Christmas Invasion to The Doctor Falls) and Torchwood: Children of Earth
  • series prosthetics designer Waldo Mason was a SFX assistant on Aliens of London
  • Vince McGahon was also steadicam operator on The Vampires of Venice and Vincent and the Doctor
  • for Gareth Milne and Nigel Squibbs see Series 3