Tuesday, 29 March 2022

Doctor Who Vs. Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

Accident prone detective 'Dangerous'
Davies appeared in four comic crime
novels by Leslie Thomas, published
between 1976 and 1998.
The first case, The Last Detective, was
adapted by ITC in 1981, followed by
Granada's TV version in 2003 - Davies
was played by Peter Davison.
The film was shown on Talking Pictures
TV last night - it featured Bernard
Cribbins (the titular DC), Colin Baker,
Bill Maynard, Joss Ackland, and nine
Doctor Who cast connections:

  • Frank Windsor [Higgins] (Fennell) was Sir Ranulf Fitzwilliam in The King's Demons, and Inspector Mackenzie in Ghost Light
  • Maureen [Diane] Lipman (Ena) was the Wire in The Idiot's Lantern
  • Eric Francis (Albert) was the First Elder in The Sensorites
  • Sam Dastor (Longton) voiced Professor Narayan for The Emerald Tiger (2012)
  • Roy Stewart (Pomeroy) was Toberman in The Tomb of the Cybermen, and Tony in Terror of the Autons
  • [John] Frank Jarvis [born Train] (Heavy) was the Corporal in (episode 3 of) The War Machine, Ankh in Underworld, and Skart in The Power of Kroll
  • Mike Reynell (Officer) was an Exxilon in Death to the Daleks, and Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks (6)
  • Charles Pemberton (Evans) was a titular alien in The Tomb of the Cybermen, and Alien Technician in The War Games (5)
  • Pam [Ann] St. Clement (Mrs. Norris) reprised her EastEnders role of Pat Butcher for Dimensions in Time

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