Doctor Who Vs. Coronation Street at 60, Part 3: 1965/66

Hines appeared in three
episodes as Roger Wain
in March 1965. From
1972, he spent 22
years on rival soap
Emmerdale Farm

1965 saw the first Corrie spin-off, when Arthur
Lowe's character, Leonard Swindley, appeared
 in Pardon My Expression, also from Granada
TV (Dennis Spooner even scripted an
episode). After two seasons Lowe moved
onto another sitcom called Dad's Army.
The Street became a huge success in
Australia by the mid sixties, then started 
on Canadian and Dutch TV in 1966.
More attempts were made to counter
further criticism that the programme's
portrayal of urban life was a "nostalgic
fantasy" but controversial issues were not
addressed for fear of alienating viewers.

These two years on the Street featured
Fraser Hines, and seventeen other Doctor
Who cast connections:

• Glyn Owen (Lindley) played Rohm-Dutt in The Power of Kroll
• Edward Evans (Petty) was Ted Moss in Image of the Fendahl
• Rhys McConnochie (DI Lucas here; Toni, 1977) was Rod in (episode 1 of) The Enemy of the World
• Griffith Davies (Tony) and Windsor Davies (Officer) both starred in The Evil of the Daleks, as Kennedy and Toby respectively
• Andrew Downie (Charlesworth) was Willie Mackay in The Highlanders
• Dennis Chinnery (Nigel here; Bassett, 1977) was Albert C. Richardson in The Chase (3), Gharman in Genesis of the Daleks, and Professor Sylvest in The Twin Dilemma (1)
• Donald Hewlett (Maxwell) was Hardiman in The Claws of Axos
• David Valla (Syms) was Lieutenant Crane in The War Games (3)
• Margaret John (Mrs. Nathan) was Megan Jones in Fury from the Deep, and Grandma Connolly in The Idiot's Lantern
• John Woodvine (Driver here; Hoyle, 2010) was the Marshal in The Armageddon Factor
• Tom Watson (Turner) was Ramo in The Underwater Menace
• Derek Pollitt (Ambulance man) was Driver [Gwynfor Ivor] Evans in The Web of Fear, Private Wright in The Silurians (6), and Professor Caldera in Shada (4)
• Colette O'Neil (Ruth) was Tanha in Snakedance
• Derek Smith (Bishop) was the Doorman in Human Nature
• Kevin Lindsay (Dr. Connor) was Commander Linx in The Time Warrior, Cho Je in Planet of the Spiders, then Field Major Styre and the Marshal in The Sontaran Experiment
• Trevor Martin (DC Rogers here; Whittaker, 1984) was the first actor to portray the Doctor on stage in Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday, and for the subsequent Big Finish adaptation (2008) - he was the second Time Lord in The War Games (10), and also voiced multiple roles for The Paradise of Death, then Professor Capra for Flip-Flop (2003)