Doctor Who Vs. The Fourth Protocol

This British Cold War spy film

was based on the 1984 novel

by Frederick Forsyth. Michael

Caine led the cast as John

Preston, the MI5 officer

tasked with preventing a

Russian plot to detonate a

nuclear bomb in the UK.

Pierce Brosnan was KGB

agent, Petrofsky.

Released by Rank in 1987, the thriller was shown on Drama today

- it also featured Ray McAnally, Ian Richardson, Ned Beatty, and fourteen Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Julian [Wyatt] Glover (Harcourt-Smith) was King Richard in The Crusade, and Scaroth in City of Death
• [Francis] Michael Gough (Hemmings) was the titular entity in The Celestial Toymaker, and Councillor Hedin in Arc of Infinity
• Michael J Jackson (Pavlov) was Sir Geoffrey de Lacey in The King's Demons
• Ronald [Alfred] Pickup (Wynne-Evans) made his TV debut as the Physician in (episode 4 of) The Reign of Terror, then voiced Kestorian for Big Finish's Time Works (2006), Elder Bones for Spaceport Fear (2013), the Old One for Jago & Litefoot 12 (2016), and Jacob Harmer for The Wizard of Time (2023)
• [Robert] Michael Bilton (Kim Philby) was Charles de Teligny in The Massacre, Collins in Pyramids of Mars, and Time Lord in The Deadly Assassin
• Peter Cartwright (Marais) was Arnold Underwood in The Power of Three
• Philip Jackson (Burkinshaw) voiced Laxton for Valhalla (2007), Peabody for The Contingency Club (2017), and Harry Price for The Dalby Spook (2022)
• Terry Sartain (Mourner) was an Alien Technician in The War Games (3), Warrior in The Mutants (1), UNIT Soldier in The Three Doctors (1) and The Android Invasion, Prison Guard/Draconian in Frontier in Space, Exxilon in Death to the Daleks, Bouncer in Robot, Brother in The Masque of Mandragora (3), Time Lord in The Deadly Assassin, Customer in City of Death, Gundan in Warriors' Gate (3), and Market Man in Snakedance (1)
• Tariq Yunus (Officer) was Cass in The Robots of Death
• Robert Rietty [born Lucio Herbert Rietti] (Kay) voiced Bedloe for Death Comes to Time
• James Muir (PC) and Harry Van Engel (Mourner) both appeared in Genesis of the Daleks, as Muto and Kaled Scientist - Muir was also UNIT Soldier in The Time Monster (1), Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1) and Terror of the Zygons (1), Brother in The Masque of Mandragora (3), Worker in The Sun Makers, Technician in The Pirate Planet, Druid in The Stones of Blood, Detective in City of Death, Mandrel in Nightmare of Eden, Krarg in Shada, Foamasi in The Leisure Hive (1), Gaztak in Meglos (1), Tharil in Warriors' Gate (1), Driver in Black Orchid (2), Policeman in Time Flight (1), and Extra in Remembrance of the Daleks
• Eddie Powell (Motorist) was Thompson in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
• Patsy [Doris] Smart (Housekeeper) was the Ghoul in The Talons of Weng-Chiang