Doctor Who Vs. Van Der Valk, Series 1

This classic ITV crime drama starred Barry
Foster as the titular Dutch detective, and
was based on characters created by Nicolas
Freeling for his Van Der Valk books in 1962.
Produced at Thames Television's studios in
 London, location scenes were shot in
Amsterdam, and the series first aired in the
autumn of 1972. The show was was revived
in 1991, and Marc Warren was cast in the
recent modern remake.
A repeat run of the first, six-part season

(including an episode directed by Douglas

Camfield) began on Talking Pictures TV

tonight - it featured Richard Hurndall,

Trevor Martin, and a total of thirteen

Doctor Who cast connections:

• [John] Clifford Rose (Boersma here; De Groote in Series 3) was Rorvik in Warriors' Gate
• Michael [Pierce] Turner (Dr. Smeding) was Jarvis Bennett in The Wheel in Space
• Dave Carter (Stribos) was a Rebel in (episode 1 of) The Power of the Daleks, IE Guard in The Invasion (1), titular reptile in The Silurians, Primord in Inferno, Attendant in Terror of the Autons (1), Prison Officer in The Mind of Evil, Skybase Guard in The Mutants (1), Roundhead Officer in The Time Monster (3), Sergeant Duffy in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1), and Grierson in The Android Invasion
• [John] Colin McCormack (Sailor) was the Commander in The Sun Makers
• James Cairncross (Dr. Jagerman) was Lemaitre in The Reign of Terror, and Beta in The Krotons
• [Sarah] Patricia Quinn (Yvonne) was Belazs in Dragonfire
• Jonathan Newth (Chemist) was Orfe in Underworld
• [Albert] Geoffrey Bayldon (Kettner) was the oldest actor to portray the Doctor in any medium - he starred in Big Finish's Auld Mortality (2003) and A Storm of Angels (2005), and he was also Organon in The Creature from the Pit
• Peter [Wiliam] Pratt (Westermann) was the Master in The Deadly Assassin 
• John [Morgan] Rees (Mulhauzen) and Harold [born Israel] Goldblatt (Moen) both appeared in Frontier in Space, as Hardy and Professor Dale
• Michael [Lawson] Sheard [born Perkins] (Harkemer here; Ruytens in Series 3) was Rhos in The Ark (2), Dr. Roland Summers in The Mind of Evil, Laurence Scarman in Pyramids of Mars, Lowe in The Invisible Enemy, Mergrave in Castrovalva, the Headmaster in Remembrance of the Daleks, then voiced Orsino for The Stones of Venice (2001)
• Christopher Matthews (Receptionist) was Radar Technician in The Tenth Planet