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 by

BAFTA with a 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. A repeat run of the sixth season continued on

Great! TV tonight - 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 On This Day #189

 

1966 - The Crusade, Episode 1:

The Lion repeated on ABC

1968 - The Moonbase, Episode 1, The

Macra Terror, Episode 1 and The Faceless

Ones, Episodes 1 and 5 all repeated on ABC

1976 - Planet of Evil, Part 4 repeated

on BBC1

1980 - The Sontaran Experiment, Part 1

repeated on WTTW 11; and The Pirate

Planet, Parts 2 and 4 both repeated on

ABC

1981 - The Face of Evil, Part 4 repeated

on KQED Plus
1982 - The Ark in Space Omnibus repeated

on ABC; and Full Circle, Part 4 repeated on

KQED Plus

1983 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 4 and 5 both

repeated on ABC; and The Face of Evil, Part

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1984 - Day of the Daleks Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1985 - Terror of the Zygons Omnibus

repeated on WTTW 11

1986 - Carnival of Monsters, Episode 3 repeated

on ABC; The Green Death, Episode 2 repeated

on TV1; and Snakedance, Part 3 repeated on

KQED Plus

1987 - The Sea Devils, Episode 4 repeated

on KQED Plus; and The Deadly Assassin,

Part 2 repeated on TV2

1988 - Planet of Evil, Part 3 first screened

on TV3 (Spa); and Arc of Infinity, Part 4

repeated on KQED Plus

1989 - The Android Invasion, Part

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1990 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Episode

 4: The End of Tomorrow repeated on BSB;

Underworld Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus;

The Keeper of Traken Omnibus repeated on

WTTW 11; and Battlefield, Part 4 first

screened on RTL TV

1991 - The Ultimate Foe Omnibus

repeated on WTTW 11

1992 - The Green Death, Episode

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Part

 4 repeated on UK Gold; and The Two

Doctors, Part 4 (of 6) repeated on ABC

1994 - Black Orchid, Part 1 repeated

on UK Gold
1995 - The Happiness Patrol Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1996 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus; and Day of the Daleks

Omnibus repeated on WTTW 11

1997 - The Ark in Space, Part 3 repeated on ZTV; 

Planet of Evil, Part 3 repeated on UK Gold; and The 

Android Invasion, Part 3 repeated onnUKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Chase, Episode 4: Journey into Terror 

repeated on Space; and Remembrance of the Daleks, 

Part 4 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - 100,000 BC, Episode 2: The Cave of Skulls

repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The Keys of Marinus,

Episode 1: The Sea of Death repeated on Space

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

The Daemons, Episode 1 repeated on TG4; The Talons

of Weng-Chiang, Parts 1 to 3 all repeated on Iowa PTV;

Underworld, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Colorado

PTV; Image of the Fendahl, Part 3 first screened on

Prairie PTV; and Warriors' Gate, Part 2 repeated

on BBC Prime

2001 - The Space Museum Omnibus repeated on MPT;

The Android Invasion, Part 2 repeated on WILL; The

Invisible Enemy, Part 3 repeated on KUED; The Ribos

Operation Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; The Stones

of Blood, Part 4
and The Androids of Tara, Part 1 both repeated on WCET;
The Power of Kroll, Part 1 repeated on Twin Cities PTV; The
Armageddon Factor, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC; 
Nightmare of Eden, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Lakeshore
PTV; The Horns of Nimon, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on WQED;
Destiny of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on NHPTV;
The Keeper of Traken Omnibus repeated on Colorado PTV;

The Twin Dilemma, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on MiND;

and Ghost Light Omnibus repeated on WUSF

2002 - Frontier in Space, Episodes 5 and

6 both repeated on KQED Plus; and The

Pirate Planet, Part 2 repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2003 - Robot, Part 2 repeated on Tele 5; and

Horror of Fang Rock, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

on BBC Kids (Can)

2004 - The Sea Devils, Episode 4 repeated on ABC
2006 - Actor Peter Hawkins died in London, aged 82;
World War Three first screened on Nederland 3; Dalek
first screened on People+ Arts (LA); The Long Game
repeated on Ztélé; The Christmas Invasion first
screened on ABC1; Doomsday first screened on BBC1;
Doctor Who Confidential: Finale first screened on BBC3;
and Totally Doctor Who (1.13) repeated on CBBC

2007 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on 
WCET; Rose repeated on UKTV (Aus), S Dakota PB and Ozarks PTV;
The End of the World repeated on WUCF and WTVP; The Unquiet Dead 
repeated on WUCF; Aliens of London first screened on WXXI; World War 
Three first screened on KTWU and repeated on YLE TV2 and Idaho PTV;
 Dalek and Doctor Who Confidential: The Daleks both repeated on NHPTV;
Father's Day repeated on WTTW 11; The Empty Child and Doctor Who 
Confidential: Special Effects both first screened on UNC-TV and repeated 
on MPTV; The Doctor Dances first screened on KSPS; Boom Town first
 screened on KERA and MPT and repeated on WLVT; Bad Wolf first
screened on WUFT and WPBT2 and repeated on Georgia PB and WLVT; 

The Parting of the Ways first screened on WSKG, WEDU, Georgia PB 
and WJCT and repeated on Oregon PB and KQED Plus; Tooth and Claw 
repeated on People+ Arts (LA); Doctor Who Confidential: Unsung
Heroes and Violent Death first screened on KERA and MPT; Doctor
Who Confidential: The World of Who first screened on WUFT and 
WPBT2 and repeated on Georgia PB; and Doctor Who Confidential: 
The Last Battle first screened on WEDU, WJCT and Georgia PB and 
repeated on Oregon PB and KQED Plus
2008 - Frontier in Space, Episodes 4 and 5 both first screened

 on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The End of the World first screened

on The Oregon Channel and repeated on Oregon PB; Bad

Wolf first screened on Syfy (FRG); The Parting of the

 Ways repeated on SVT 24; and Smith and Jones and

Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Meet Martha Jones

both repeated on UKTV

2009 - The Shakespeare Code repeated on UKTV

(Aus); The Poison Sky first screened on Syfy (Ben);

 and Journey's End and Doctor Who Confidential:

The End of an Era both repeated on BBC3
2010 - Bad Wolf and The Shakespeare Code

both repeated on AXN SciFi; The Age of Steel

repeated on Syfy (Rus); and The Satan Pit

first screened on Space

2011 - Planet of Fire, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on MTV3 
SciFi, TV2 and TV4; New Earth repeated on BBC America;
and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: All About the Girl
repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2012 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated

on KBTC; The Next Doctor repeated on Idaho PTV; The

Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks

and The Time of Angels all repeated on BBC America;

 Amy's Choice and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown:

Arthurian Legend both repeated on MPTV; and final 

performance of The Crash of the Elysium at the

Ipswich Arts Festival

2013 - The Unquiet Dead repeated on ABC2; Dalek and
The Long Game both repeated on RAI4; The Parting of the 
Ways and Tooth and Claw both repeated on Watch; The
Fires of Pompeii, Planet of the Ood and The Sontaran
 Stratagem all repeated on Syfy (Port); Amy's Choice,

The Hungry Earth and The Vampires of Venice

all repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; and The

Impossible Astronaut and Doctor Who Confidential:

Coming to America both repeated on WTTW

2014 - Terror of the Autons, Parts 3 and 4 both

repeated on Horror; The Brain of Morbius, Part

4, The Visitation, Part 1 and World War Three

all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Unquiet Dead

repeated on UKTV (NZ); Aliens of London

repeated on YLE TV2; Rise of the Cybermen

repeated on Watch; Fear Her and Army of

Ghosts both repeated on BBC America; The

Runaway Bride repeated on TV3 (Spa); The

Sontaran Stratagem repeated on KCPT2; The

Lazarus Experiment repeated on RAI4; The 

Big Bang repeated on Jeem TV (ME); Let's

 Kill Hitler repeated on Syfy (Spa) and Syfy

(Port); Night Terrors repeated on France 4;

 A Town Called Mercy and The Power of

Three both repeated on Fox (FRG); Journey

to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on

BBC Entertainment LA HD; and Nightmare

 in Silver repeated on WGVU and Syfy (Ben)

2015 - Planet of Evil, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on Horror; Four to Doomsday,

Part 1 and The Fires of Pompeii both

repeated on Syfy (Aus); Battlefield, Parts

 3 and 4 both first screened on Retro TV;

Father's Day repeated on Watch; School

Reunion repeated on Disney XD (US); The 
Sound of Drums first screened on FX (Ind);

  The Hungry Earth repeated on TV Cultura;

  The Big Bang repeated on ABC2; The

Girl Who Waited and Doctor Who Confidential:

What Dreams May Come both repeated on

BBC Entertainment AP; The Rebel Flesh and

The Almost People both repeated on BBC

Polska HD; A Town Called Mercy repeated

on KCPT2; Journey to the Centre of the

TARDIS repeated on BBC Nordic HD, BBC

Polska HD and WGVU; The Crimson Horror

repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska

HD; and Death in Heaven repeated on BBC

America

2016 - Planet of Giants, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated
on Retro TV; The Christmas Invasion, The Lodger, The
 Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang, A Christmas Carol

and Night Terrors all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Planet 
of the Ood, The Sontaran Stratagem, The

Poison Sky, The Doctor's Daughter and The

Unicorn and the Wasp all repeated on EBRU;

Cold Blood repeated on BBC Polska HD; The

Girl Who Waited and The God Complex both

repeated Syfy (LA); A Town Called Mercy 

repeated on TV Cultura; Deep Breath repeated

on Space; Listen repeated and Doctor Who

Extra: Listen first screened, both on ABC2; and

Under the Lake repeated on BBC Entertainment

AP

2017 - The Daemons, Episodes 1 to 4 all repeated on
Retro TV; The Sontaran Experiment, The Visitation and
Attack of the Cybermen 
Omnibuses all repeated on WYCC; The End of the World repeated on
 The Box; Love & Monsters and Fear Her both repeated on Syfy (Aus); 
The Eleventh Hour and The Beast Below both repeated on RAI4; The 
Caretaker, Kill the Moon, Mummy on the Orient Express and Flatline all 
repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Magician's Apprentice,

The Witch's Familiar and Under the Lake all repeated on

BBC Entertainment EU;
The Zygon Inversion, The Return of Doctor Mysterio and The Pilot all 
repeated on Syfy (LA); World Enough and Time first screened 
on DR3 and repeated on Syfy (LA); The Doctor Falls repeated 
on BBC2, BBC First (ME) and Syfy (Bra); and The Song of 
Megaptera, Episode 1 first broadcast on Radio 4 Extra

2018 - 100,000 BC Omnibus repeated on KERA; The Edge of 
Destruction Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; The Armageddon Factor, 
Part 6 repeated on KPTS; Destiny of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on 
MPTV; The Awakening Omnibus repeated on Retro TV and Iowa PTV; 
The Two Doctors Omnibuses both repeated on WSRE;

The Ultimate Foe Omnibus repeated on KBTC;

Evolution of the Daleks, The

 Lazarus Experiment, 42 and Human Nature all repeated on

 One ARD; A Christmas Carol repeated on Sky 5; The God

 Complex, Closing Time and The Wedding of River Song

 all repeated on W; The Witch's Familiar  repeated on

BBC First (RSA); and The Zygon Inversion and Sleep

No More both repeated on Star World Premiere

2019 - Full Circle, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

on Retro TV; The Sound of Drums repeated on

Syfy (Fra); The Snowmen repeated on BBC

Polska HD; Smile, Thin Ice and Knock Knock all

repeated on Sony SciFi; and Empress of Mars

 and The Eaters of Light both repeated on BBC

First (ME)

2020 - The Sun Makers, Part 4 and

Underworld, Part 1 both repeated on Retro

TV; Flesh and Stone and The Vampires of

Venice both repeated on NRJ12; The Wedding

of River Song repeated and Kerblam! first

screened, both on BBC First Turkey; and

Ascension of the Cybermen first screened

on BBC Polska HD

2021 - Cold War repeated on BBC

Polska HD; and The Zygon Inversion,

Sleep No More and Knock Knock all

repeated on ABC2

2022 - Cold War repeated on Fox SciFi;

Sleep No More and Face the Raven both

repeated on BBC Polska HD; Knock Knock

and Oxygen both repeated on BBC First

 Turkey; and Redacted, Episode 10:

Salvation first broadcast on Radio 4 Extra

2023 - The Rings of Akhaten, Cold War,

Hide and Journey to the Centre of the

TARDIS all repeated on Fox SciFi; and

Spyfall, Part 1 repeated on ABC Family

2024 - Army of Ghosts repeated on

ABC Family and ABC Entertains

2025 - Orphan 55 repeated on ABC

Entertains