Doctor Who Vs. James Bond, Part 2: From Russia With Love

Ian Fleming's fifth spy novel
(published in 1957) was
adapted for Eon Productions

 second Bond feature. Following

the success of Dr. No, United

Artists greenlit a sequel and

doubled the budget.

Released in late 1963, the film

was a commercial and critical

hit, and the future of the

franchise was assured. Sean

Connery would appear in five

further Bond assignments.

Shown on ITV4 last night, this

production marked the debut of

Desmond Llewellyn as Q (a role he would play until The World is Not Enough in 1999), the return of Lois Maxwell (Moneypenny), and featured twenty-nine Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Francis [Marie] De Wolff (Vavra) was Vasor in (episode 4 of) The Keys of Marinus, then Agamemnon in The Myth Makers
• George Pastell [born Nino Pastellides] (Conductor) was Eric Kleig in The Tomb of the Cybermen
• Fred [Thomas] Haggerty (Krilencu here; stunts on The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill) was a stuntman on The Time Meddler (2)
• Neville Jason [born Jacobson] (Chauffeur) was Prince Reynart in The Androids of Tara
• Peter Brayham (Rhoda) was stunt co-ordinator on The Christmas Invasion, New Earth and School Reunion
• Jan Williams (Masseuse) was a Guardian in The Ark
• [Musa] Moris Farhi (Gypsy here; Technician in You Only Live Twice) submitted two scripts in 1964 - Farewell Great Macedon and The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance were both adapted by Big Finish in 2010
• Elizabeth Counsell (Woman) voiced Abigail Woburn for The Hourglass Killers (2012)
• Aileen [Mary] Lewis [born Halsey] (Spectator here; Delegate in Live and Let Die; Woman in Octopussy; Patron in Never Say Never Again) was an Extra in The Silurians (6)
• Tex Fuller [born Albert Charles Baseley] (Henchman) was an Exxilon in Death to the Daleks (3), and stuntman on The Masque of Mandragora (1)
• Gordon [Gerhard Paul] Sterne (Kessler) was Professor Heldorf in The Ambassadors of Death (according to IMDB, he was booked as Cyberman in The Moonbase but was replaced by Peter Greene)
• Sonny [born Charles William] Willis (Officer) was Cyberman in The Moonbase, TV Crewman in The Daemons, and Time Lord in The Deadly Assassin
• Stuntmen [Cathal] Max[well Parnell Macaulay Lloyd] Faulkner, Peter [Alexander] Diamond and Bob [James Gilbert] Anderson all worked on the classic run too
• Roy [Edwin] Scammell (Stunts here, Casino Royale, The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, Goldeneye) was UNIT Soldier/ Technician in The Ambassadors of Death, RSF Soldier in Inferno, stuntman on Terror of the Autons (1), UNIT Motorcyclist/Prison Officer in The Mind of Evil, and stunt arranger on Delta and the Bannermen (1)
• Bill Brandon (Gypsy here; Gangster in Goldfinger) was Mongol Warrior in Marco Polo
• Ernest Blyth (Spectator) was Villager in The Daemons
• Jim Brady [born George Clifford Watkin] (Henchman), Alf Mangan (Gypsy here; Man in Casino Royale, 1967) and Fred [Thomas] Wood (Gypsy) all appeared in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD, as Extras
• for Rocky Taylor, Peter Brace, Rick Lester, Dinny Powell, Eddie Powell, Gerry Crampton, Arthur Howell and Juba Kennerley see Dr. No