Monday, 21 February 2022

Doctor Who Vs. Chimera

Stephen Gallagher's sci-fi
thriller (published in 1982) was
adapted for Radio 4 in 1984,
followed by this Anglia Television
 version, broadcast in July 1991.
A rare repeat run of the four-
part drama (shown in America
as the TV movie, Monkey Boy)
concluded on Forces TV last
night - it featured John Lynch,
David Calder, and fifteen Doctor
Who cast and crew connections:

  • Kenneth Cranham (Hennessey) voiced Tom Cardwell for Big Finish's Blood of the Daleks (2007)
  • Christine [Mary] Kavanagh (Alison) was Aram in Timelashand voiced Patience for Cold Fusion (2016), Dora Muse for Muse of Fire (2018), and Magog and Juno for The Iron Legion (2019) 
  • George Costigan (Schaffer) was Max Capricorn in Voyage of the Damned
  • Pip [Dean] Torrens (Windeler) was Headmaster Rocastle in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, then voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die! (2013)
  • Fred Pearson (Stonehill) was the Barista in The Bells of Saint John
  • Pippa Haywood (Diane) voiced the Prime Minister for Seed of Chaos and The Destructive Quality of Life (both 2017), Jaxa for Seizure, Teremon for The War Master 2 (both 2018), and Captain Graff for Genetics of the Daleks (2020)
  • Bhasker Patel (Doctor) was Jival Chowdry in Turn Left
  • Debra Gillett (Julie) was Rita Connolly in The Idiot's Lantern
  • Liza Tarbuck (Girl) voiced Captain Kaliko for The Infinite Quest, and Lysette Barclay for Plague of the Daleks (2009)
  • Vivien Parry (Manager) voiced Captain Tysus for The Twilight Kingdom (2004)
  • Paul [James] O'Grady (Donaldson) made a cameo appearance in The Stolen Earth
  • cinematographer Ken Westbury was film cameraman on The Gunfighters, The Abominable Snowmen, Fury from the Deep and The Invasion of Time
  • Ken Cumberland was first assistant director on Cold War too
  • Gary Bunn (fabricator) was unit co-ordinator on Heaven Sent
  • Marc [Raymond] Boyle (stunt adviser) was UNIT Motorcyclist and Prisoner in The Mind of Evil, Kronos in The Time Monster, Exxilon in Death to the Daleks (1), and fight arranger on The Time Warrior

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