Doctor Who Vs. Carry On Nurse

After the unexpected success
of Carry On Sergeant in 1958,
producer Peter Rogers (1914-
2009), director Gerald Thomas
(1920-1993), and writer
Norman Hudis (1922-2016)
promptly devised a second
feature, now set in a NHS
hospital.
Based on the play Ring for Catty,

 the comedy was the top grossing

film at the UK box office in 1959.

 It became the most successful

title in the run, and was a surprise hit in America. Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Bill Owen, Hattie Jacques, Shirley Eaton and

Norman Rossington all returned from Sergeant. Joan Sims, Bernard

Bresslaw, Leslie Phillips, June Whitfield, Joan Hickson and Rosaling Knight

all made their series debuts here - Sims would appear in twenty-three

further films, Bresslaw in fourteen others, and Hickson in another four.

Shown on 5 Select today, the comedy also featured Wilfrid Hyde White,

Irene Handl, and six Doctor Who cast connections:

• Sims (Nurse Dawson here; Sarah in Carry On Teacher; Passworthy in Carry On Constable; Lily in Carry On Regardless; Calpurnia in Carry On Cleo; Belle in Carry On Cowboy; Emily in Carry On Screaming!; Desirée in Don't Lose Your Head & Carry On Dick; Zig Zig in Follow That Camel; Chloé in Carry On Doctor & Carry On at Your Convenience; Lady Ruff Diamond in Up the Khyber; Joan in Carry On Camping; Ellen in Carry On Again Doctor; Evelyn in Up the Jungle; Esme in Carry On Loving; Queen Marie in Carry On Henry; Mrs. Tidey in Carry On Matron; Cora in Carry On Abroad; Various in Carry On Stuffing, Carry On Christmas & Carry On Laughing; Connie in Carry On Girls; Daphne in Carry On Behind; Jennifer in Carry On England; Mrs. Dangle in Carry On Emmannuelle) was Katryca in The Mysterious Planet
• Bresslaw (York here; Little Heap in Carry On Cowboy; Sockett in Carry On Screaming!; Sheikh in Follow That Camel; Biddle in Carry On Doctor; Bungdit Din in Up the Khyber; Lugg in Carry On Camping; Various in Carry On Christmas (1969/1973) & Carry On Laughing; Upsidaisi in Up the Jungle; Gripper in Carry On Loving; Rollicky Bill in Carry On Again Christmas; Hulke in Carry On at Your Convenience; Bragg in Carry On Matron; Brother in Carry On Abroad; Potter in Carry On Girls; Daley in Carry On Dick; Upmore in Carry On Behind) was Varga in The Ice Warriors
• Phillips (Bell here; Grigg in Carry On Teacher; PC Potter in Carry On Constable; King Ferdinand in Carry On Columbus) voiced Robert Knox for Big Finish's Medicinal Purposes (2004) and Assassin in the Limelight (2008)
• Whitfield (Meg here; Evelyn in Carry On Abroad; Augusta in Carry On Girls; Queen Isabella in Carry On Columbus) was Minnie Hooper in The End of Time
• for Martin Boddey, Reg Thomason and Joan Ellacott see Carry On Sergeant