Doctor Who Vs. Bergerac, Series 6

The second Bergerac festive 

special (shown on Boxing Day

1987) was followed by another 

seven-part season, which first

aired on BBC1 from January to 

February 1988.

A repeat run of the series

 continued on Drama today - it

again featured John Nettles (as

the titular detective), Sean

Arnold, Terence Alexander,

Louise Jameson, and a total

of twenty-seven Doctor Who 

cast and crew connections:

• Ron [Graham] Cook (Betts) was Magpie in The Idiot's Lantern
• James Warwick (Lefevre) was Lieutenant Scott in Earthshock
• Ken Bones (Roussillon) was the General in The Day of the Doctor and Hell Bent, then reprised for Dreadshade (2020), The War Doctor Begins 4, War Room and A Genius for War (2023) - he also voiced Dreislav/Thomas Bloodchild for The Bloodchild Codex (2013), and David/Anders Kristiansen for Battleground (2022)
• Colin [Abel] Jeavons (Raquin) was Damon in The Underwater Menace, and George Tracey in K9 and Company
• [Sarah] Patricia Quinn (Dolly) was Belazs in Dragonfire
• Terry [Anthony] Walsh (Instructor) was a stunt/fight arranger, stunt double and uncredited extra on seventy instalments of the original run (from The Smugglers to The Creature from the Pit)
• Nick Burnell (Inspector) began his TV career as a Mummy in Pyramids of Mars
• Sue Wallace (Alice) voiced Mrs. Baddeley for The Chimes of Midnight, Edith for Season of Fear (both 2002), and Mertil for The Whispering Forest (2010)
• Ronald [Alfred] Pickup (Villiers) made his TV debut as the Physician in (episode 4 of) The Reign of Terror, then voiced Kestorian for 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)
• [Walter] Tenniel Evans (Sir Harold) was Major Daly in Carnival of Monsters
• Graham [Robert] Weston (Henderson) was Russell in The War Games, and De Haan in Planet of Evil
• David Gooderson (Le Blanc) was Davros in Destiny of the Daleks and Risen
• John [David] Bennett (Rosenbaum) was General Finch in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and Li H'sen Chang in The Talons of Weng-Chiang
• David John Pope (David) was the Kandy Man in The Happiness Patrol
• Jenny Funnell (Estate Agent) voiced Veronica Buchman for Wirrn Isle (2012), and Reaver for The King of Sontar (2014)
• Roger Ennals (Commando) was the Gorilla in The God Complex
• Jack [Stewart] Galloway (Hallowes) was Captain Joseph Willow in The Awakening
• George [Morris] Baker (Higgins) was Decider Login in Full Circle
• Donald [Macleod] Douglas (Philips) was Vural in The Sontaran Experiment
• William Simons (Chater) was Mandrel in The Sun Makers
• Valentino Musetti (Spaniard) was a Mongol Bandit in Marco Polo (5), Saracen Warrior in The Crusade (1), Egyptian in The Daleks' Master Plan, Prisoner in The Mind of Evil, and Extra in Colony in Space (1) and The Time Monster (1)
• Danny Webb (Grantham) was John Jefferson in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, then voiced Byron for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), and Ori for The Dark Husband (2008)
• Anthony Calf (Lorrilard) was Charles in The Visitation, Colonel Godsacre in Empress of Mars, and voiced Lord Barset for Frozen Time (2007), and Cal for Zero Space (2018)
• producer George Gallaccio was the PA (production assistant) on Planet of the Daleks (6) and Invasion of the Dinosaurs (6), then production manager on Planet of the Spiders (1) and eight stories (from Robot to The Seeds of Doom)
• Matthew Robinson was also director of Resurrection of the Daleks and Attack of the Cybermen
• Tristan de Vere Cole was director of The Wheel in Space too
• Geoffrey [Paul] Sax was director of the Doctor Who TV Movie too