Doctor Who Vs. All Creatures Great and Small, Series 2

A repeat run of this much-loved

period drama concluded on

U&Drama today. Set in 1930s Yorkshire, the programme was

based on the works of Northern

vet, Alf Wight (1916-1995) - he wrote under the pen-name of James Herriot, and was portrayed

here by Christopher Timothy.

The second, fourteen part series

(originally shown from September

to Christmas Eve 1978) featured

Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater, and a total of thirty-eight Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• for Johnny Byrne, Terence Dudley, Bill Sellars, John Nathan Turner, Peter Moffatt, Anthony Steven, Brian Finch, Bob Gell, David Hughes (crew), Rio Fanning, Colin Fay and Terry Pearson (cast) see Series 1
• William [Arthur] Squire (Perowne) was the Shadow in The Armageddon Factor
• [Albert] Frank Mills (Ingledew) was the Telescope Director in (episode 1 of) Terror of the Autons
• Edward Peel (Skelton here; Dobbs, 1988) was Kane in Dragonfire, and Visitor in 24 Carat
• Eric [Norman] Dodson (Colonel) was the Headman in The Visitation
• Richard [born Leslie Mitford] Steele (Hopgood) was Commandant Gorton in The War Games (2), Sergeant Hart in The Silurians, and Guard in The Mark of the Rani
• George [Villirs] Little (Barnett) was Haroun ed-Din in The Crusade
• Glyn [Griffith] Owen (Tavener) was Rohm-Dutt in The Power of Kroll
• André [Gaston] Maranne [born Maillol] (Jacques) was Roger Benoit in The Moonbase
• Mark Blackwell Baker (George) was one of The Robots of Death
• James [David] Grout (Bennet) voiced Ian Chesterton for Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?
• Pamela Salem (Zoe) auditioned for the role of Leela, then provided a Xoanon voice for The Face of Evil (3), was [Lish] Toos in The Robots of Death (a role reprised for Big Finish's The Robots), and Professor Rachel Jenson in Remembrance of the Daleks - also reprised for Counter Measures, 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), The Reesinger Process (2014) and The Split Infinitive (2019) - she also voiced Loretta Waldorf for The Silent Scream (2017)
• Reg Lever [born Stanley Edward Russell] was the Joker in The Celestial Toymaker
• [Albert] Geoffrey Bayldon (Partridge) was Organon in The Creature from the Pit, then voiced the Doctor for Auld Mortality (2003) and A Storm of Angels (2005)
• [Colin] David Daker (Barratt) was Irongron in The Time Warrior
• Fiona Walker (Mrs. Barratt) was Kala in The Keys of Marinus, and Lady Peinforte in Silver Nemesis
• Martin Matthews (Denham here, Lawrence in Series 7) was Kurster in The Androids of Tara
• Colin [Martin] Douglas (Horner) was Donald Bruce in The Enemy of the World, and Reuben in Horror of Fang Rock
• Timothy [Dingwall] Bateson (Beckwith) was Binro in The Ribos Operation
• Mary Wimbush (Mrs. Allenby) was Aunt Lavinia Smith in K9 and Company
• Cynthia [Maude] Etherington [born Bowles) was the Old Woman in The Massacre
• Stephen Riddle (PC Leach) voiced Killian Holm for Reverse Engineering (2022)
• Christopher Barry was also director on ten adventures (from The Daleks to The Creature from the Pit) and Downtime
• director Kenneth Ives was Toba in The Dominators
• Joyce Hawkins was costune designer on Horror of Fang Rock too
• Roselyn Parker (production assistant) was AFM on The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear, The Claws of Axos and The Monster of Peladon, then production manager on The Visitation 
• John Burkill was editor on K9 and Company too

Doctor Who On This Day #41

  

1939 - Actor Peter Purves born in New

Longton, Lancs

1968 - The Web of Fear, Episode 2

first screened on BBC1

1970 - Writer Robert Shearman born

 in London

1973 - Carnival of Monsters, Episode

3 first screened on BBC1

1978 - Terror of the Zygons, Part

4 first screened on ABC

1979 - The Armageddon Factor, Part

4 first screened on BBC1

1982 - The Masque of Mandragora,

Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus; and

Kinda, Part 4 first screened on BBC

Cymru

1983 - Destiny of the Daleks, Part

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1984 - Enlightenment, Part 2

repeated on KQED Plus

1985 - The Ark in Space Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - The Krotons, Episode 2

repeated on ABC

1987 - The Time Meddler, Episode 2: The Meddling

Monk repeated on KQED Plus; and Revenge of the

Cybermen, Part 3 repeated on TV1

1988 - The Invasion of Time, Part 3 repeated on KQED

Plus; and The Armageddon Factor, Part 2 repeated on

TV2

1989 - Day of the Daleks, Episode 4 repeated on KQED

 Plus; and The Ark in Space, Part 1 repeated on ABC

1990 - Earthshock, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus
1993 - The War Games, Episode 7 repeated on UK Gold

1994 - Horror of Fang Rock, Part 3 repeated on UK Gold;

and Attack of the Cybermen, Part 1 (of 4) repeated on

ABC
1996 - The Ghosts of N-Space,

Episode 4 first broadcast on Radio 2

1997 - The Sea Devils Omnibus repeated 

on KQED Plus; Day of the Daleks, Episode

1 repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The Time

Monster Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

1998 - The Dominators, Episode 2 first screened

on Space; and The Visitation, Part 1 repeated on

UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Dominators, Episode 2 repeated on

Space; and Survival, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2000 - The Aztecs, Episode 2: The Warriors of Death

repeated on UKTV (Aus); The War Games, Episode 1

repeated on Space; and Colony in Space, Episode 1

 first screened on TG4

2001 - Pyramids of Mars Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus);

The Androids of Tara, Part 1 first screened on Prairie PTV;

Nightmare of Eden, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Colorado 

PTV; The Horns of Nimon, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on

Iowa PTV; and Time Flight, Part 3 repeated on BBC Prime

2002 - The Silurians Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; The Green 
Death Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Robots of Death, Part 3
repeated on WILL; The Horns of Nimon, Part 3 repeated on Twin
Cities PTV; Warriors' Gate, Part 4 and The Keeper of Traken, Part
1 both repeated on WCET; Four to Doomsday, Parts 1 and 2 both
repeated on Lakeshore PTV; Kinda, Part 2 repeated on WQED;
The Visitation, Parts  3 and 4 both repeated on NHPTV; Mawdryn
Undead, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Colorado PTV; and

Resurrection of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) both repeated
on Iowa PTV

2004 - The Tomb of the Cybermen,

Episode 4 repeated on ABC

2005 - The Robots of Death, Part 4

repeated on ABC

2006 - The Christmas Invasion repeated

 on BBC3

2007 - The Age of Steel repeated on UK Gold

2008 - Aliens in London repeated on WXXI;

and The Sound of Drums and Last of the

Time Lords both repeated on France 4

2009 - The Long Game and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: 
The Dark Side both repeated on UKTV (Aus); Tooth and Claw

and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Fear Factor both

repeated on ABC1; and The Idiot's Lantern and Doctor Who 

Confidential: The Writer's Tale both repeated on BBC3

2010 - The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on Syfy (FRG);

and Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Doctor

Who Confidential: Meet Martha Jones and Greatest

Moments: Rose all repeated on BBC3

2011 - Terror of the Zygons, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on 

MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; Human Nature repeated on Space;

and Greatest Moments: The Companions repeated on UKTV

(Aus)

2012 - The Christmas Invasion repeated on BBC

America; The Idiot's Lantern and The Impossible

Planet both repeated on BBC3; The Shakespeare

Code repeated on BBC Entertainment Ind and

ABC2; and The Sound of Drums repeated on Watch

2013 - The Dominators Omnibus repeated on UKTV; The 

Eleventh Hour and Doctor Who Confidential: Call Me The Doctor

 both repeated on Iowa PTV; The Lodger and The Pandorica Opens 

both repeated on Fox (FRG); The Almost People and Doctor Who 

Confidential: Take Two both repeated on MPTV; The God Complex

 and Doctor Who Confidential: Heartbreak Hotel both first screened

 on WPT; and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Here Comes the

Girls repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2014 - The Deadly Assassin, Parts 3 and 4 and Frontios, Parts
3 and 4 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Utopia repeated on France 4;
Silence in the Library, Forest of the Dead and Midnight all repeated
on Syfy (Port); The Big Bang repeated on Watch; Day of the Moon
repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; Night Terrors 
repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Bells of Saint John repeated 

on Ztélé; and Nightmare in Silver repeated on WPT

2015 - Planet of Evil, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on Horror;
Horror of Fang Rock, Part 4, Army of Ghosts and The Impossible Astronaut all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Sun Makers, Parts 1

and 2 both first screened on Retro TV; The Empty Child repeated

on KCPT2; The Vampires of Venice and Amy's Choice both 

repeated on BBC America; The Curse of the Black Spot repeated 

on Syfy (Ben); Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on BBC

 Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Hide repeated on Watch; and 

The Name of the Doctor and Doctor Who Confidential: River 

Runs Wild both repeated on BBC Entertainment AP

2016 - The Power of Kroll, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro
TV; Silver Nemesis, Part 3 and The Greatest Show in the Galaxy,
Part 1 both repeated on Horror; Rose and Doctor Who Confid-

ential: Bringing Back the Doctor both repeated on ABC2; The 

Fires of Pompeii and Planet of the Ood both repeated on BBC

America; The Rebel Flesh repeated on BBC Polska HD; The 

Angels Take Manhattan repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Day of 

the Doctor repeated on TV Cultura; Into the Dalek repeated 

on KLRU; Listen repeated on BBC First (ME); Time Heist 

repeated on WGVU; Sleep No More, Face the Raven,

Death in Heaven and The Husbands of River Song all

repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; and The Woman

 Who Lived repeated on FX (Ind)

2017 - The War Machines, Episode 3 repeated on The Zone; 
Warriors' Gate, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on Retro TV;

Tooth and Claw and School Reunion both repeated on FX

(Ind); Midnight, A Town Called Mercy, The Power of Three, 

The Angels Take Manhattan, The Snowmen and The Bells of 

Saint John all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Cold Blood, Vincent

and the Doctor and Sleep No More all repeated on Syfy (Bra);

The Impossible Astronaut, In the Forest of the Night and Dark 

Water all repeated on France 4; The God Complex and Closing 

Time both repeated on BBC Polska HD; Flatline repeated on

KLRU; Aladdin Time, Part 1 first broadcast on Radio 4 Extra;

and Class, Episode 4 first screened on Prime

2018 - Underworld, Parts 2 and 3 and The Twin Dilemma, 

Parts 3 and 4 all repeated on Retro TV; Rose, Heaven Sent, 

Hell Bent and The Girl Who Died  all repeated on Syfy

(Aus); The Lazarus Experiment, 42 and Human Nature all 

repeated on Star World Premiere; The Almost People 

and A Good Man Goes to War both repeated on Syfy

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

A Town Called Mercy, The Power of Three and The

 Angels Take Manhattan all repeated on BBC Polska

HD; The Pyramid at the End of the World, The Lie

 of the Land and Empress of Mars all repeated on

Fox (FRG); The Eaters of Light repeated on Fox

and Syfy (LA); World Enough and Time repeated

on Fox and RAI4; The Doctor Falls repeated on

RAI4 and Syfy (LA); and Energy of the Daleks

repeated on Radio 4 Extra

2019 - The Daleks, Episode 7: The Rescue and The Edge of 
Destruction, Episode 1 both repeated on Retro TV; The Android 
Invasion Omnibus repeated on WSRE; The Seeds of Doom, 

Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; The Hand of Fear

Omnibus repeated on MPTV; Kinda Omnibus repeated on 

Idaho PTV; Flesh and Stone, The Vampires of Venice, Amy's 

Choice, The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, Vincent and the Doctor

 and The Lodger all repeated on W; The Rebel Flesh and The 

Almost People both repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Power of

Three and The Angels Take Manhattan both repeated on One

 ARD; The Ghost Monument repeated on Fox (FRG); and 

Demons of the Punjab and Kerblam! both first screened

 on RAI4

2020 - 100,000 BC Omnibus first screened

on KVCR; The Ark Omnibus repeated on

Retro TV; Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare

Code and 42 all repeated on One ARD;

Closing Time repeated on Syfy (Fra); Knock

Knock repeated on Fox (FRG); and Can You

Hear Me? first screened on BBC America and

CTV SciFi

2021 - The Daemons, Episodes 3 and 4

both repeated on Retro TV; Smith and

Jones repeated on ABC2; The Hungry

Earth and A Christmas Carol both

repeated on Syfy (Fra); and The Rings

of Akhaten repeated on BBC Polska HD

2022 - The Power of Kroll, Parts 1 and 2

both repeated on Retro TV; Sleep No More

repeated on BBC Polska HD; Arachnids in

the UK repeated on BBC First Turkey; and

It Takes You Away repeated on ABC2

2023 - Day of the Moon repeated on Fox

SciFi; and The Power of Three repeated on

ABC2