Doctor Who Vs. James Bond, Part 12: For You Eyes Only

ITV4's lastest Bond season
continued tonight with Roger

Moore's fifth assignment (the
twelfth in the franchise) as the

famous spy. Released in 1981,

the film took its title from Ian
Fleming's Bond anthology

(published in 1960), and

contained elements from the

short stories For Your Eyes Only and Risico. 

The production was shot on

location in the Bahamas, Italy,

Spain, Greece, and the North

Sea, with interiors filmed at Pinewood studios. The theme song by Sheena

Easton (nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe) replaced original choice Blondie. The film featured Topol (pictured left), and twenty-three Doctor

Who cast and crew connections:

• Julian [Wyatt] Glover (Kristatos, right) played King Richard in The Crusade, and Scaroth in City of Death
• [Clement] Graham Crowden (First Sea Lord) was Soldeed in The Horns of Nimon
• Noel [Frank] Johnson (Vice Admiral) was King Thous in The Underwater Menace, and Charles Grover MP in Invasion of the Dinosaurs
• William [Denys] Hoyland (McGregor) voiced Premier Jaeger for Big Finish's Live 34 (2005)
• Paul Brooke (Bunky) voiced Toby for Year of the Pig (2006)
• John [Juan] Moreno (Ferrara) was Dobson in (episode 2 of) The Ambassadors of Death
• Laurie Goode (Skier) was a Mutt in The Mutants (1), Time Lord in The Invasion of Time (3), Bandit in The Creature from the Pit (1), Tigellan in Meglos (2), Sailor in Enlightenment, and UNIT Trooper in Battlefield (1)
• Tony Alleff (Captain here; Auctioneer in Never Say Never Again) was Gaztak in Meglos (1)
• [Bertie Wyn] John Hollis (Blofeld) was Sondergaard in The Mutants
• Harry Van Engel (Technician here; Guest in The Living Daylights) was a Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks
• for Jeremy Bulloch (Smithers) and Ralph G Morse (Skier) see The Spy Who Loved Me
• for Tim Condren see Goldfinger
• for Robert Rietty see Dr. No
• Elizabeth Waller was the costume designer on The Robots of Death too
• Anthony Waye (assistant director here & Octopussy; production manager on A View to a Kill, The Living Daylights, Licence to Kill, Skyfall; producer on Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace) was assistant director on both Dalek films
• Gareth Milne (stunts here & Skyfall) was George Cranleigh in Black Orchid, Mortuary Attendant in Vengeance on Varos (2), and Peter Davison's double on Warriors of the Deep (1)
• Stuart Fell (stunts here, Octopussy, A View to a Kill) was a stunt- man on Terror of the Autons (1) and The Ribos Operation (1), then fight arranger on The Talons of Weng-Chiang and State of Decay, and had roles in thirty-three other episodes (from The Claws of Axos to The Invasion of Time)
• Nick Wilkinson (stunts here, Octopussy, Never Say Never Again, Licence to Kill; Russian Soldier in The Living Daylights) was a stunt- man on The Next Doctor too
• for Greg Powell, Chris Webb and Jim Dowdall see The Spy Who Loved Me
• for Bill Weston see You Only Live Twice
• for Peter Bennett see Moonraker