Doctor Who Vs. The Skull

Shown again on the Talking Pictures TV

channel last night, this British horror

film was produced by Amicus founders

Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg

to challenge rival Hammer's dominance

in the genre.

Subotsky's screenplay was based on
Robert Bloch's short story, The Skull 
of the Marquis de Sade, and was the
writer's first collaboration with Amicus.

The Skull was released by Paramount in
late 1966, as a double bill with The Idol -
it featured horror icons Peter Cushing,

Christopher Lee and twenty-five Doctor

Who cast and crew alumni:

• Michael Gough (Auctioneer) played the titular villain in The Celestial Toymaker, and was Councillor Hedin in Arc of Infinity
• George Coulouris (Londe) was Arbitan in (episode 1 of) The Keys of Marinus
• Maurice Good (Pierre) was Phineas Clanton in The Gunfighters
• Peter Woodthorpe (Travers) voiced Joey Oxford for Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?
• Geoffrey Cheshire (Guard) was the Viking Leader in The Time Meddler, Garge in The Daleks' Master Plan, Tracy in The Invasion, and Roboman in Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD
• Jack Silk (Driver) was a stuntman on The Daemons (4)
• stuntman Peter Diamond was regular stunt double and fight arranger on the classic run (from The Daleks to The Daemons)
• Oswald Hafenrichter (film editor), Bill Constable (art director), Scott Slimon (set decorator), Ted Lloyd (production manager), Tom Priestley (sound editor), Jill Carpenter (make-up artist) and Henry Montsash (hairdresser) all worked on Dr. Who and the Daleks too
• John Wilcox (cinematographer), Anthony Waye (assistant director), Buster Ambler (sound recordist), John Cox (sound supervisor), Ted Samuels (SFX), David Harcourt (camera operator), Ray Jones (grip), Maurice Gillett (electrician), Jackie Cummins (wardrobe), Pamela Davies (continuity) and Bill Waldron (construction manager) all worked on both Dalek films too