Doctor Who Vs. All Creatures Great and Small, Series 4

A repeat run of this much-loved

period drama concluded 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. Lynda

Bellingham replaced Carol

Drinkwater as Helen Herriot.

The fourth, ten part series

(originally shown from January

to March 1988) featured Robert

Hardy, Peter Davison, John McGlynn, and a total of twenty-six Doctor

Who cast and crew connections:

• for Peter Moffatt, Johnny Byrne, Bill Sellars, Pamela Salem, James Bree, James Grout and Eric Dodson see Series 1
• Bellingham was the Inquisitor [Darkel] during The Trial of a Time Lord, a role reprised for Big Finish's Gallifrey (2004-06) then Trial of the Valeyard (2014)
• Kevin [Harvest] Stoney (Massingham) was Mavic Chen in The Daleks' Master Plan, Tobias Vaughn in The Invasion, and Tyrum in Revenge of the Cybermen
• Edwin [Ronald] Richfield (Whithorn) was Captain Hart in The Sea Devils, and Mestor in The Twin Dilemma
• Jenny Laird [born Phyllis Edith Mary Blythe] (Mrs. Whithorn) was Neska in Planet of the Spiders
• Donald Morley (Gregson) was Jules Renan in The Reign of Terror
• Rebecca [Jayne] Callard [born Atkinson] (Jane) voiced Connie Winter for A Perfect World (2008), and Shadrak for Harvest of the Sycorax (2016)
• Sabina Franklyn (Susan) voiced Dr. Eleanor Harcourt for Bang-Bang-A-Boom! (2002), Wanda Rothman for Situation Vacant (2010), and President Beel/Aetius/Herculania for Judoon in Chains (2016)
• David [John] Quilter (Bruce) was Greeves in The Unicorn and the Wasp
• Alan Rothwell (Merrick) voiced Janto for The Twilight Kingdom (2004)
• for Edward Peel see Series 2
• for Graham Rigby see Series 3
• [Laura] June Hudson was also costume designer on eight stories (from The Ribos Operation to Logopolis)
• Ray London was also production designer on The War Machines, The Krotons and The Mind of Evil
• Christopher Moss (production associate) was AFM (assistant floor manager) on (part 4 of) The Power of Kroll
• Angela Beveridge was vision mixer on The Deadly Assassin too
• Rodney Taylor (studio camera supervisor) was senior cameraman on The Creature from the Pit
• Andrew Stacey worked on studio sound for Attack of the Cybermen too
• Kevan Van Thompson was production manager on Mindwarp too
• Mike Kelt was also VFX designer on Enlightenment, The Five Doctors and The Mysterious Planet