Sunday, 26 May 2024

Doctor Who Vs. James Bond, Part 9: The Man with the Golden Gun

The ninth entry in Eon's Bond
series (loosely based on Ian
Fleming's 1965 thriller) was the
last film co-produced by Harry
Saltzman, and the resultant legal
wrangle over the writer's estate
delayed production of the next instalment, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
This film was shot on location in
Hong Kong, Thailand and Macau
with interiors filmed at Pinewood studios, and Lulu provided the title theme song.
ITV4's latest Bond season continued last night with Moore's second
assignment, released in late 1974 - it featured Christopher Lee (as the
eponymous assassin, Scaramanga), Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, and ten
Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

  • Sonny Caldinez (Kra) was Kemel in The Evil of the Daleks, then Turoc in The Ice Warriors, Warrior in The Seeds of Death, Ssorg in The Curse of Peladon, and Sskel in The Monster of Peladon
  • Michael Osbourne (Lieutenant) was an Extra in (episode 2 of) The Myth Makers, Guardian in The Ark, and Sorak in The Horns of Nimon
  • Bob Raymond [born Herbert James Roberts] (Patron) was Priest in The Underwater Menace (1)
  • Jay McGrath (Technician here; Patron in The Spy Who Loved Me & Octopussy) was Worker in The War Machines (3), UNIT Soldier in The Silurians (3), Coven Member in Image of the Fendahl, and Dead Androgum in The Two Doctors (1)
  • Alan Harris (Technician here; Man in The Living Daylights) was a Sevateem in The Face of Evil, and titular alien in Terror of the Vervoids
  • for Ron Gregory see On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  • for Rocky Taylor and Rick Lester see Dr. No
  • for Eddie Powell and Roy Street see From Russia with Love and Goldfinger

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