Doctor Who Vs. King Ralph

Released by Universal in 1991, this minor box-

office hit was shown on Sky Comedy tonight. 

When the entire House of Wyndham is 

electrocuted to death in a freak accident,

the only survivng heir to the British throne

 is revealed as the long-lost, working-class

American, Ralph Jones (played by John

Goodman).

Installed in London, Ralph is then schooled 

as the new monarch by (the real heir)

Willingham (Peter O'Toole) and Phipps

 (Richard Griffiths), but is frustrated by
the traitorous heir apparent, Lord Graves

(John Hurt). The cast of King Ralph also
featured Camille Coduri (pictured as
Miranda) and fifteen other Doctor Who
cast and crew connections:

• Julian Glover (King Gustav) played King Richard in The Crusade, and Scaroth in City of Death
• Ian Gelder (Instructor) was Dekker in Torchwood: Children of Earth, then provided the Remnant voices in The Ghost Monument, was Zellin in Can You Hear Me?, and voiced the Commander for Legend of the Cybermen (2010)
• Leslie Phillips (Halliwell) voiced Robert Knox for Medicinal Purposes (2004) and Assassin in the Limelight (2008) - Phillips also appeared with Hurt in Scandal
• Ann Beach (Mum) voiced the Deacon for Night Thoughts (2006)
• Rudolph Walker (King Mulambon) was Harper in The War Games
• Dallas Adams (MC) was Professor Howard Foster in Planet of Fire
• Angus MacKay (Tailor) was Lord Cardinal Borusa in The Deadly Assassin, and the Headmaster in Mawdryn Undead
• Roger Ashton-Griffiths (Photographer) was Quayle in Robot of Sherwood
• Rodney Cardiff (Servant) was a Draconian Guard in (episode 5 of) Frontier in Space
• Henry Roberts (Researcher) was a Jousting Judge in The King's Demons (1)
• Tina Simmons (Dignitary) began her career as an Inferno Customer in The War Machines (1)
• stunt co-ordinator Greg Powell was the Knight in The Time Monster
• cinematographer Kenneth MacMillan had been a film cameraman on Planet of Evil
• Peter Walpole was also the set decorator on Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London and World War Three
• associate editor William Webb also edited Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures