Doctor Who Vs. All Ceatures Great and Small, Series 2

A repeat run of this much-loved

period drama began on Drama

today. Set in 1930s Yorkshire,

the programme was based on

the works of Northern vet, Alf

Wight (1916-1995) - he wrote

under the pen-name of James

Herriot, and was portrayed here

by Christopher Timothy.

The second, fourteen part series

(originally shown from September

to Christmas Eve 1978) featured

Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater, and a total of thirty-eight Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• for Johnny Byrne, Terence Dudley, Bill Sellars, John Nathan Turner, Peter Moffatt, Anthony Steven, Brian Finch, Bob Gell, David Hughes (crew), Rio Fanning, Colin Fay and Terry Pearson (cast) see Series 1
• William [Arthur] Squire (Perowne) was the Shadow in The Armageddon Factor
• [Albert] Frank Mills (Ingledew) was the Telescope Director in (episode 1 of) Terror of the Autons
• Edward Peel (Skelton here; Dobbs, 1988) was Kane in Dragonfire, and Visitor in 24 Carat
• Eric [Norman] Dodson (Colonel) was the Headman in The Visitation
• Richard [born Leslie Mitford] Steele (Hopgood) was Commandant Gorton in The War Games (2), Sergeant Hart in The Silurians, and Guard in The Mark of the Rani
• George [Villirs] Little (Barnett) was Haroun ed-Din in The Crusade
• Glyn [Griffith] Owen (Tavener) was Rohm-Dutt in The Power of Kroll
• André [Gaston] Maranne [born Maillol] (Jacques) was Roger Benoit in The Moonbase
• Mark Blackwell Baker (George) was one of The Robots of Death
• James [David] Grout (Bennet) voiced Ian Chesterton for Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?
• Pamela Salem (Zoe) auditioned for the role of Leela, then provided a Xoanon voice for The Face of Evil (3), was [Lish] Toos in The Robots of Death (a role reprised for Big Finish's The Robots), and Professor Rachel Jenson in Remembrance of the Daleks - also reprised for Counter Measures, 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), The Reesinger Process (2014) and The Split Infinitive (2019) - she also voiced Loretta Waldorf for The Silent Scream (2017)
• Reg Lever [born Stanley Edward Russell] was the Joker in The Celestial Toymaker
• [Albert] Geoffrey Bayldon (Partridge) was Organon in The Creature from the Pit, then voiced the Doctor for Auld Mortality (2003) and A Storm of Angels (2005)
• [Colin] David Daker (Barratt) was Irongron in The Time Warrior
• Fiona Walker (Mrs. Barratt) was Kala in The Keys of Marinus, and Lady Peinforte in Silver Nemesis
• Martin Matthews (Denham here, Lawrence in Series 7) was Kurster in The Androids of Tara
• Colin [Martin] Douglas (Horner) was Donald Bruce in The Enemy of the World, and Reuben in Horror of Fang Rock
• Timothy [Dingwall] Bateson (Beckwith) was Binro in The Ribos Operation
• Mary Wimbush (Mrs. Allenby) was Aunt Lavinia Smith in K9 and Company
• Cynthia [Maude] Etherington [born Bowles) was the Old Woman in The Massacre
• Stephen Riddle (PC Leach) voiced Killian Holm for Reverse Engineering (2022)
• Christopher Barry was also director on ten adventures (from The Daleks to The Creature from the Pit) and Downtime
• director Kenneth Ives was Toba in The Dominators
• Joyce Hawkins was costune designer on Horror of Fang Rock too
• Roselyn Parker (production assistant) was AFM on The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear, The Claws of Axos and The Monster of Peladon, then production manager on The Visitation 
• John Burkill was editor on K9 and Company too