Sid James depicted Henry VIII forthe twenty-first chapter in the Carry
On film franchise - he was joined by
Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey,
Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Terry
Scott, Kenneth Connor, and Peter Butterworth. Series producer Peter Rogers had originally planned on casting Harry Secombe as the king.
Released by Rank in early 1971,
the production was based on a
fictional manuscript by William
Cobbler, which revealed that the
monarch actually had two more
wives (Marie of Normandy and
Bettina of Bristol) before he
married Katherine Howerd.
The comedy, shown on ITV3
today, featured twenty-one
Doctor Who cast connections:
- for Sims (Marie) see Carry On Nurse
- for Windsor (Bettina) and Gertan Klauber (Bidet) see Carry On Spying
- Alan Curtis (Conte di Pisa here; Police Chief in Carry On Abroad) and [Alfred Harold] John Doye (Lord) both appeared in The War Machines, as Major Green and Interviewer - Doye was also an Extra in (episode 1 of) The Romans, and Cowboy in The Gunfighters
- for Derek Francis (Farmer) see Carry On Doctor
- for Julian Holloway, illiam Mervyn and Harry Fielder see Follow That Camel
- for Peter Gilmore see Carry On Cabby
- for Alan Harris and Aileen Lewis see Carry On Cruising
- for Butterworth and Michael Stevens see Carry On Cowboy
- for Billy Cornelius and Cliff Culley see Carry On Cleo
- David [Charles] Prowse (Torturer) was the Minotaur in The Time Monster
- Bill McGuirk (Flunkey) and Les Clark (Man) both starred in Terror of the Autons (3), as Policeman and Daffodil Man - McGuirk was also Guard in The Enemy of the World, whilst Clark was Daniel in The Smugglers, and Prison Officer in The Mind of Evil (4)
- Otto Friese (Courtier) was an Extra in The Dalek Invasion of Earth
- Mick [Patrick] Dillon (Man here; Rider in Carry On Cowboy) was a Dalek operator on Dr. Who and the Daleks
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