Wednesday 13 March 2024

Doctor Who Vs. The Avengers, Series 6 [Part 2]

This cult British fantasy drama
returned to ITV's seventeen regions
in the autumn of 1968 for an eight
month run, following it's debut on
American television that spring.
Patrick Macnee had portrayed John
Steed since 1961, and was now
joined for the last series by Toronto
born Linda Thorson (girlfriend of the
programme's new producer John
Bryce), whilst Patrick Newell now
took regular role as Mother.
After completing production on only
three episodes, Bryce was fired -
former producers Brian Clemens
 and Albert Fennell resumed their
posts. Both were later nominated
for a Primetime Emmy Award. The show was finally recognised by
BAFTA with a Special Award in 2000.
The Avengers spawned a stage version in 1971 (Simon Oates starred as Steed), then Macnee (1922-2015) reprised his iconic role for The New Avengers in 1976. Warner Bros. released
a much maligned cinematic treatment in 1998, with Ralph Fiennes as Steed,
Uma Thurman as Dr. Peel, and Jim Broadbent as Mother. An audio iteration
from Big Finish followed in 2013, with Steed now played by Julian Wadham.
The final season included screenplays from  Terrance DicksMalcolm
Hulke, and Terry NationA repeat run of the sixth season continued on
Great!TV tonight - the final seventeen stories (from a total of thirty-three)
featured Roger DelgadoKate O'Mara, and a total of seventy-five other
Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Killer (UK TX: January 22 1969 & US TX: December 30 1968)
  • Harry Towb (Paxton) was Osgood in (episode 1 of) The Seeds of Death, and McDermott in Terror of the Autons
  • Michael McStay (Trancer) was Derek Moberley in The Seeds of Doom
  • for James Bree see Series 2
  • for John Bailey see Series 1
  • for William Franklyn see Series 4
The Morning After (UK TX: January 29 & US TX: Unknown)
  • Donald [Macleod] Douglas (Parsons) was Vural in The Sontaran Experiment
  • for Peter Barkworth see Series 1
  • for Brian Blessed and Gerry Crampton see Series 5
  • for Fred Haggerty, Arthur Howell and Alf Joint see Series 4 
The Curious Case of the Countless Clues 
(UK TX: February 5 1969 & US TX: April 3 1968)
  • Tony [Samuel] Selby (Stanley) was Sabalom Glitz in The Mysterious PlanetThe Ultimate Foe and Dragonfire
  • [George] Reginald Jessup (Dawson) was a Servant in The Massacre, and Lord Savar in The Invasion of Time (1)
  • for Peter Roy and John Timberlake see Series 4
  • for Kenneth Cope see Series 5
  • for Edward de Souza and George A Cooper see Series 2
Wish You Were Here (UK TX: February 12 1969 & US TX:
November 18 1968)
  • Louise [Elizabeth] Pajo (Craven) was Gia Kelly in The Seeds of Death
  • Martin [Willy] Lyder [born Leyde] (Waiter here; Straddlestoff in Fog) was Foot Soldier/Alien Guard in The War Games
  • Tina Simmons (Guest) began her career as Inferno Patron in The War Machines (1), then Passenger in The Faceless Ones (1)
  • for Ernest Blyth and Michael Stevens see Series 4
  • for Derek Newark see Series 3
  • for David Garth see Series 2
  • for Gary Watson see Series 1
Love All (UK TX: February 19 & US TX: February 3)
  • Peter Stephens (Bellchamber) was Cyril/the Knave of Hearts/Kitchen Boy in The Celestial Toymaker, and Lolem in The Underwater Menace
  • for Terence Alexander and Juba Kennerley see Series 4
  • for Frank Gatliff see Series 1
  • David Baron [born Wilson] (Metcalfe) was Ralpachan in The Abominable Snowmen
  • Zulema [Noel] Dene [born Walliker] (WPC Grimshaw) voiced Danna for Big Finish's Soldier Obscura (2018)
  • Ann [Margaret Nicholson] Rye (Athene) voiced Lillian Dillane for Nocturne (2007)
Stay Tuned (UK TX: February 26 & US TX: February 24)
  • Duncan [William Ferguson] Lamont (Wilks) was Dan Galloway in Death to the Daleks
  • [Elizabeth] Denise Buckley (Sally) was cast as Victoria Waterfield in April 1967 but was replaced by Deborah Watling
Take Me to Your Leader (UK TX: March 5 & US TX: February 10)
  • Patrick [David] Barr (Stonehouse) was Jack Hobson in The Moonbase
  • for Michael Robbins and Michael Hawkins see Series 1
  • Henry [Thomas] Stamper (Glasgow) was Anton in The Enemy of the World (1)
Fog (UK TX: March 12/US TX: February 17/Aus TX: April 29)
  • for Paul Whitsun-Jones see Series 3
  • Patsy [Doris] Smart (Mrs. Golightly) was the Ghoul in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1)
  • John Barrard [born Jack Koppel Isaacson] (Valarti) was the Shop- keeper in The Reign of Terror
Who Was That I Saw You With? (UK TX: March 19 & US TX: March 3)
  • William [James] Marlowe (Fairfax) was Harry Mailer in The Mind of Evil, and Lester in Revenge of the Cybermen
  • Alan Wheatley (Dangerfield) was Temmosus in The Daleks
  • Ralph [Champion] Michael [born Shotter] (Hesketh) was Balaton in The Pirate Planet
  • Ken [Jeffery] Barker (Powell) was the Mutant in Revelation of the Daleks (1)
  • for Aimee Delamain see Series 3
  • for Peter Brace see Series 5
Homicide and Old Lace (UK TX: March 26 & US TX: March 17)
  • Edward [John] Brayshaw (Fuller) and Stephen [born Jeno Istvan] Hubay (Dubois) both appeared in The War Games, as the War Chief and Petrov - Brayshaw was also Leon Colbert in The Reign of Terror
  • [George] Gertan Klauber (Kruger) was the Galley Master in The Romans (2), and Ola in The Macra Terror
  • for Bryan Mosley see Series 4
  • for Donald Pickering see Series 5
  • for Derek Chafer and Sonnie Willis see Series 6
  • Kevork Malikyan (Rossi) was Kemel Rudkin in The Wheel in Space
  • for Dinny Powell see The Cybernauts
  • [Henry] Kristopher Kum (Osaka) was Fu Peng in The Mind of Evil
Thingumajig (UK TX: April 2 & US TX: March 24)
  • Iain Cuthbertson (Kruger) was Garron in The Ribos Operation
  • for Vernon Dobtcheff see Series 4
  • for Edward Burnham see Series 5
  • John Moore (Greer) was a Trojan in The Myth Makers (2), and Prisoner in Frontier in Space (3)
My Wildest Dream (UK TX: April 9 & US TX: January 6)
  • for Philip Madoc see Series 2
  • John [Frederick Joseph] Savident (Winthrop) was the Squire in The Visitation (1), and voiced Pendle for Order of the Daleks (2016)
Requiem (UK TX: April 16 & US TX: March 31)
  • Angela [Josephine] Douglas [born MacDonagh] (Miranda) was Doris Lethbridge-Stewart in Battlefield
  • for John Baker see Series 6
Take Over (UK TX: April 23 & US TX: April 14)
  • for Tom Adams see Series 1
Pandora (UK TX: April 30 & US TX: March 10)
  • for Julian Glover see Series 4
Get-A-Way! (UK TX: May 14 & US TX: April 24 1968)
  • for Andrew Keir see Series 5
  • for Neil Hallett see Series 1
  • Michael [Emrys] Elwyn [born Jones] (Edwards) was Lieutenant Algernon Ffinch in The Highlanders
  • William [Ingham] Wilde (Baxter) was a Draconian Captain in Frontier in Space
  • Robert Russell (Lubin) was a Guard in The Power of the Daleks, and the Caber in Terror of the Zygons
Bizarre (UK TX: May 21 & US TX: April 21 1969)
  • for Ron Pember and Max Faulkner see Series 1
  • for Fulton Mackay see Series 6

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