Doctor Who Vs. Flash Gordon

This cult science fiction action film

was based on the King Features

comic strip created in 1934 by Alex

Raymond. After a long development

process, Universal released the film

in late 1980. Although a box office

success in the UK, the Anglo-US

production performed poorly abroad,

and is notable for the soundtrack

composed and sung by Queen. 

A sequel was planned but never

produced, and several television

adaptations appeared before and

since. Sam Jones, Melody Anderson

and Topol portrayed Steven Gordon,

Dale Arden and Professor Zarkov,

whilst Max Von Sydow played Ming.

Shown on ITV4 last night, the

adventure featured thirty-six

Doctor Who cast connections:

• Timothy [Peter] Dalton (Barin) was Lord President Rassilon in The End of Time
• Brian Blessed (Vultan) and Deep Roy [born Mohinder Purba] (Pet) both starred in Mindwarp - as King Yrcanos and Possican Delegate - Blessed also voiced the titular role for Cutaway Comics' Omega (2022), whilst Roy was also Mr. Sin in The Talons of Weng-Chiang
• Peter Wyngarde [born Cyril Louis Goldberg] (Klytus) was Timanov in Planet of Fire
• John [William Francis] Hallam (Luro) was Light in Ghost Light
• John [born Bertie Wyn] Hollis (Observer) was Sondergaard in The Mutants
• [Donald] Burnell Tucker (Co-Pilot) was Old Garner in The Angels Take Manhattan
• David [Henry] Neal (Captain) was the President in The Caves of Androzani
• Rusty Goffe and Peter Burroughs (Dwarves) were Little John in Robot of Sherwood; and the Jester in (part 1 of) The King's Demons respectively
• Terry [Philip Julian] Forrestal (Hawkman) was Tractor Driver in K9 and Company
• Leonard Hay and Glen Whitter (Ardentians) were an Aboriginal Man in Four to Doomsday; and Slave in The Daleks' Master Plan (10), and Aide in Day of the Daleks (4)
• Roy [Edwin] Scammell (Hawkman) was UNIT Soldier/Technician in The Ambassadors of Death, RSF Soldier in Inferno, Prison Officer/ UNIT Motorcyclist in The Mind of Evil, and stunt arranger on Delta and the Bannermen (1)
• Stephen Calcutt (Azurian) was Muto in Genesis of the Daleks, Mute in The Armageddon Factor, Marshman in Full Circle, and titular Man in Kinda
• Stuart Blake [born Bruce Gore Stewart] (Azurian) was Zoldaz in State of Decay (3), Commander in The Five Doctors, and Scibus in Warriors of the Deep
• Jim [Edward] Carter (Azurian) voiced Brother Bernard for Big Finish's The Book of Kells (2010)
• Paul Barton (Fishman) was UNIT Soldier/Silurian in The Silurians, Roundhead in The Time Monster (3), Courtier in The Masque of Mandragora (1), Guard in The Face of Evil and The Horns of Nimon, Attendant in The Sun Makers, Rebel in State of Decay (1), Citizen in Planet of Fire (2), and Pallbearer in Remembrance of the Daleks (4)
• Chris [John] Webb and Peter Brace (Brutes) both appeared as Guards in The Curse of Peladon - Webb was also Monoid in The Ark, and Brace a Soldier in The Android Invasion
• Eddie Powell (Brute) was Thompson in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
• Alan Austen (Man) was Kara's Guard in Revelation of the Daleks
• Sean Barry Weske (Rabbi) was Paramilitary in Silver Nemesis
• [Rafael] David de Keyser (Colonel) was the voice of the Atraxi for The Eleventh Hour, and provided the Cybermen voices for The Eternity Clock
• Ralph G Morse (Arborian) was Foster Guardian in The Keeper of Traken
• Suzanne Danielle [born Morris] (Serving Girl) was Agella in Destiny of the Daleks
• Derek Chafer (Guard) appeared in forty episodes (from The Time Meddler to Warriors' Gate)
• Kevin Hudson (Hawkman) had uncredited roles in twenty-nine stories (from The Long Game to The Timeless Children)
• Jill Goldston (Friend) was Extra in The Masque of Mandragora (4), and Peasant in State of Decay (1)
• Alan Harris (General) was a Sevateem in The Face of Evil, and titular alien in Terror of the Vervoids
• Peter Ross Murray (Police) was Lakertyan in Time and the Rani (4)
• Maurice Connor (Treeman) was Gundan in Warriors' Gate (3)
• Richard Bonehill (Extra) was the Flight Engineer in Time Flight, First Officer in Enlightenment, Guardolier in Timelash, and Guard in Revelation of the Daleks and Terror of the Vervoids
• stuntman Jim [Derek Christopher] Dowdall was Guerilla in Day of the Daleks, Guard in Genesis of the Daleks, and Warnsman in Frontios (1)
• stuntman Royston [Michael John] Farrell was Guardian in The Ark, Elder in The Savages (1), Technician in The Seeds of Death and The Claws of Axos (4), and Guard in The Curse of Peladon (1)
• Richard [Adrian] Hammatt was stuntman on The Runaway Bride too