Doctor Who Vs. Carry On Doctor & Carry On Again Doctor

The fifteenth production (and the 
second with a medical theme) from

the Carry On stable was released

 in 1968. Series stalwarts Kenneth
Williams, Sid James, Joan Sims,
 Bernard Bresslaw, Charles Hawtrey,
Jim Dale, and Peter Butterworth 
were joined here by newcomer 
Frankie Howerd (1917-1992). 
Hattie Jacques, Barbara Windsor,
and Anita Harris all returned to 
the series.

The comedy was the third biggest
release at the UK box office that
year (after The Jungle Book and
Barbarella), and a sequel (shown again on ITV3 today) followed a year
later - they featured a total of twenty-five Doctor Who cast alumni:

• Stephen Garlick (Boy) was Ibbotson in Mawdryn Undead
• Bart Allison (Grandad here and Carry On Loving) was Maximus Pettulian in (episode 1 of) The Romans
• Cheryl Molineaux (Nurse) was Miss Rutherford in The Ambassadors of Death
• Jay McGrath (Visitor) was Worker in The War Machines (3), UNIT Soldier in The Silurians (3), Coven Member in Image of the Fendahl, and Dead Androgum in The Two Doctors (1)
• Derek Francis (Burke here; Farmer in Carry On Camping and Carry On Henry; Bishop in Carry On Loving; Arthur in Carry On Matron; Brother in Carry On Abroad) was Emperor Nero in The Romans
• Robin Scott (Patient) was Charlie Wise in The Moonbase, and Resistance Man in The War Games (7)
• for Walter Henry (Visitor), Peter Gilmore (Henry here and sequel), Gertan Klauber (Orderly), and Jill Goldston (Nurse here and sequel) see Carry On Cleo
• for Bresslaw (Biddle), Julian Holloway (Simmons) and Simon Cain (Orderly here; X-Ray Man in the sequel) see Carry On At Your Convenience
• stuntman Ken Norris was a Morok Guard in The Space Museum

Carry On Again Doctor (the franchise's eighteenth title) was released

 in 1969, and again starred regulars James, Williams, Hawtrey, Sims, 

Windsor, Jacques, and Butterworth. Patsy Rowlands (1931-2005) 

debuted here, and featured in eight further titles, whilst Jim Dale

made his final series appearance until Carry On Columbus (1992).

• William Mervyn (Paragon here; Ponsonby in Follow That Camel; Physician in Carry On Henry) and Lewis Alexander (Partygoer) both appeared in The War Machines, as Sir Charles Summer and Army Officer (3)
• Donald Bisset (Patient) was Colin McLaren in The Highlanders
• Heather Emmanuel (Girl) was Tessa in The Android Invasion (4)
• Anthony Lang (Sick man) was an Egyptian Slave in The Daleks' Master Plan, Extra in The Highlanders (1) and The Faceless Ones (1), Time Lord in The Three Doctors (1), and Kaled Councillor in Genesis of the Daleks
• Claire Davenport (Guest here; Blonde in Carry On Emmannuelle) was the Empress in Marco Polo (7)
• for Alan Harris (Man) and Aileen Lewis (Lady) see Carry On Cruising
• for Billy Cornelius (Patient) see Carry On Screaming
• for Hugh Futcher (Cabbie) see Carry On At Your Convenience
• for Michael Stevens (Ordely) see Carry On Cowboy
• for Elizabeth Knight (Nurse) see Carry On Camping