Doctor Who Vs. The Avengers, Series 3

Wills (born 1941) as
Jane  Wentworth in
Dressed to Kill, her
first of two roles in
the series

This cult British fantasy show returned to the

ITV network in the autumn of 1963 - it again

starred Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman

as spies John Steed and Cathy Gale.

The duo even recorded the novelty song, Kinky

Boots in 1964 (reissued in 1990) - Blackman

 left the series at the end of this run to play

Pussy Galore in the third James Bond film,

Goldfinger.

Malcolm Hulke, Terrance Dicks and John Lucarotti again provided screenplays here.

Another repeat run of the third, twenty-six

part season concluded on the True Movies

channel last night today - it featured (former

actor) Barry Letts, Anneke Wills, and fifty-

four further Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

Brief For Murder (TX: September 28 1963)

• for Fred Ferris (Inspector) see Series 2: Bullseye
• Alec Ross (Wescott) was Bob Hall in (episode 1 of) The Evil of the Daleks
• Michael Goldie (Bart) was Jack Craddock in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, and Elton Laleham in The Wheel in Space

The Undertakers (TX: October 5)

• Valentino Musetti (Harper) see Series 2: The Decapod

Man With Two Shadows (TX: October 12)

• for designer Paul Bernard (here and Death of a Batman) and Geoffrey Palmer (Terence) see Series 1
• Paul Whitsun-Jones (Charles here and The Wringer) was Squire Edwards in The Smugglers, and the Marshal in The Mutants
• Philip Anthony (Cummings here; Sharp in The Outside-In Man) was Roald in The Daleks' Master Plan (1)
• George Little (Sigi) and Robert Lankesheer (Official) both appeared in The Crusade - as Haroun ed-Din and the Chamberlain respectively
• Terence Lodge (Borowski here; titular villain in The Wringer) was Medok in The Macra Terror, Orum in Carnival of Monsters and Moss in Planet of the Spiders

The Nutshell (TX: October 19)

• John Cater (Disco) was Professor Krimpton in The War Machines 

Death of a Batman (TX: October 26)

• Andre Morell (Teale) was Marshal Gaspard de Saux Tavannes in The Massacre
• for Philip Madoc (Van Doren) see Series 2: The Decapod and Six Hands Across a Table

November Five (TX: November 2)

• Aimee Delamain (Lady) was Dona Arana in The Two Doctors

The Gilded Cage (TX: November 9)

• for Alan Haywood (Westwood) see Series 2: A Chorus of Frogs
• Martin Friend (Hammond here; George in The White Elephant) was Styggron in The Android Invasion
• for Neil Wilson (Groves) see Series 1: Dance With Death and The Frighteners

Second Sight (TX: November 16)

• John Carson (Halvarssen) also appeared in A Chorus of Frogs
• for Steven Scott (Vilner) see Series 1: One For The Mortuary and Dragonsfield

The Medicine Man (TX: November 23)

• for Peter Barkworth (Willis) see Series 1: Kill the King
• Harold Innocent (Leeson) was Gilbert M in The Happiness Patrol

The Grandeur That Was Rome (TX: November 30)

• Hugh Burden (Luca) was Channing in Spearhead from Space
• John Flint (Dodds) was William des Preaux in The Crusade and Captain Urquhart in Time Flight

The Golden Fleece (TX: December 7)

• for Tenniel Evans (Ruse) see Series 2: The Big Thinker
• for Michael Hawkins (Jones) see Series 1: The Deadly Air

Don't Look Behind You (TX: December 14)

• for Maurice Good (Goodman) see Series 1: Hunt the Man Down
• Kenneth Colley (Man) voiced Cristophe Zarodnix for Sisters of the Flame and Vengeance of Morbius (2008)

Death a La Carte (TX: December 21)

• David Nettheim (Umberto) was Fedorin in The Enemy of the World
• for Robert James (Mellor) and Henry Lincoln (Emir) see Series 1: Hot Snow and A Change of Bait

Dressed to Kill (TX: December 28)

• for Richard Leech (Roberts) see Series 2: Traitor in Zebra
• Leon Eagles (Newman) was Jabel in The Face of Evil

The White Elephant (TX: January 4 1964)

• for Edwin Richfield (Lawrence) and Godfrey Quigley (Marshall) see the Series 1: Girl on the Trapeze and Hot Snow

The Little Wonders (TX: January 11)

• Mark Heath (Coalman) was Ralph Debayo in The Moonbase
• Christopher Robbie (Thug) was the Karkus in The Mind Robber (5), and the Cyberleader in Revenge of the Cybermen

The Wringer (TX: January 18)

• Peter Sallis (Anderson) was Penley in The Ice Warriors

Mandrake (TX: January 25)

• for Philip Locke (Hopkins) see Series 1: The Frighteners

The Secrets Broker (TX: February 1)

• John Ringham (Howard) was Tlotoxl in The Aztecs, Josiah Blake in The Smugglers, and Robert Ashe in Colony in Space
• Jack May (Waller) was General Nicolai Hermack in The Space Pirates
• Ronald Allen (Paignton) was Rago in The Dominators, and Ralph Cornish in The Ambassadors of Death

Trojan Horse (UK TX: February 8)

• TP McKenna (Heuston) was Captain Cook in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 
• Derek Newark (Johnson here; Crawford in Series 5A: From Venus With Love) was Za in 100,000 BC, and Greg Sutton in Inferno

Build a Better Mousetrap (UK TX: February 15)

• Dave Anderson (Gordon) was Warrior/Guard in Marco Polo, Captain in The Aztecs, Reynier de Marun in The Crusade (1), Sven in The Time Meddler, and Egyptian in The Daleks' Master Plan (9)

The Outside-In Man (UK TX: February 22)

• James Maxwell (Charter) was Jackson in Underworld
• Ronald Mansell (Jenkins) was a Council Member in The Dominators
• Eddie Powell (Guard) was Thompson in Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD

The Charmers (UK TX: February 29)

• Frank Mills (Harrap) was the Radio Telescope Director in Terror of the Autons (1)
• John Greenwood (Sam) was D'Artagnan and Lancelot in The Mind Robber (5)

Concerto (UK TX: March 7)

• Nigel Stock (Zalenko) was Professor Hayter in Time Flight
• Geoffrey Colville (Burns) was Perry in The Evil of the Daleks

Esprit De Corps (TX: March 14)

• Hugh Morton (Admiral here; Professor in The New Avengers: Three Handed Game) was Sir James Gregson in The Seeds of Death
• Tony Lambden (Drummer) was the Court Messenger in The Romans (2)

Lobster Quadrille (TX: March 21)

• Jennie Linden (Katie) was Barbara in Dr.Who and the Daleks
• for Burt Kwouk (Mason here) see Series 1: Kill the King
• for Gary Watson (Bush) see Series 1: Death on the Slipway