Doctor Who Vs. All Creatures Great and Small, Series 5

A repeat run of the much-loved

BBC period drama continued on

Drama today. Now set in 1940s

Yorkshire, the programme was

based on the works of Northern

vet, Alf Wight (1916-1995) - he

wrote under the pen-name of

James Herriot, again portrayed

by Christopher Timothy.

 The fifth, twelve-part series

(first shown from September

to November 1988) featured

Peter Davison, Robert Hardy,

Lynda Bellingham, and a total

of thirty Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• for Johnny Byrne, Bill Sellars, Anthony Steven and James Grout see Series 1
• Donald [Ellis] Pickering (Robert) and Wanda Ventham (Mrs. Ridge) both starred in The Faceless Ones and Time and the Rani, whilst Pickering was Eyesen in The Keys of Marinus, and Ventham was also Thea Ransome in Image of the Fendahl
• Jack [Wynne] May (Henty) was General Nicolai Hermack in The Space Pirates
• Geoffrey Leesley (Roper) voiced Paramount Minister Mortund for Big Finish's Arrangements for War (2004), and Harold for AudioGo's The Broken Crown
• Norman Mitchell [born Driver] (Birtwhistle) was a Policeman in (episode 7 of) The Daleks' Master Plan
• [Ernest] Edward Dentith (Buttermere) was Major General Billy Rutlidge in The Invasion
• Peter [Henry] Benson (Wain) and Martin Potter (Elder) both appeared in Terminus, as Bor and Eirak
• Tony Virgo was director of The King's Demons too
• Nigel Curzon was production designer on Terror of the Zygons too
• Tony Redston (production associate) was production manager (PM) on The Mark of the Rani and Time and the Rani
• Riitta Lynn was PM on Battlefield too
• Shirley Coward was also vision mixer on thirty-seven episodes (from The Tenth Planet to The Happiness Patrol)
• Liz Mace (location manager) was PM on Time Flight
• Nick Barnett was also props buyer on Battlefield, Ghost Light and Survival (3)
• Ian Williams was VT editor on Meglos too
• Chris Reynolds was SFX technician on Terror of the Vervoids (2) and Battlefield too
• Perry Brahan was also VFX designer on The Happiness Patrol and Silver Nemesis
• Reg Poulter (co-ordinator) was senior cameraman on The Stones of Blood, Full Circle and Logopolis
• for Bellingham, David Quilter, Donald Morley (cast), Christopher Moss, Andrew Stacey, Rodney Taylor and Kevan Van Thompson (crew) see Series 4