Doctor Who Vs. Space 1999, Series 1

  

This Anglo-Italian production was the final science-fiction TV series

 from the prolific Gerry and Sylvia Anderson partnership, and owed

much of its visual design to pre-production for the unrealised second

run of Century 21's UFO (shown from 1970 to 1973). The Andersons

reworked the UFO: 1999 premise, and the project (the most

expensive made for British television up to then) was picked up by 

Group Three Productions, ITC and RAI.

The American married couple Martin Landau and Barbara Bain were

cast as leads John Koenig and Helena Russell, and shooting began in

late 1973. The drama premiered on ITV in September 1975, but

 wasn't broadcast in all UK regions until 1998 when repeated on 

BBC2.

A repeat run of the first, twenty-four part season began on the

Rewind classic TV channel this week - it also featured Nick Tate (as

Alan Carter), Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Zienia Merton (Sandra

Benes), Louise Jameson, Peter Cushing, and a total of forty-one

Doctor Who cast connections:

• Johnny [Christopher] Byrne was also writer of The Keeper of Traken, Arc of Infinity and Warriors of the Deep
• Hancock was a Reporter in (episode 1 of) Spearhead from Space, Vaber in Planet of the Daleks, Salamar in Planet of Evil, and the Captain in The Ribos Operation
• Merton was Ping Cho in Marco Polo, and the Registrar in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith
• Catherine Schell [born Katherina Freiin Schell von Bauschlott] (Servant here; Maya in Series 2) was Countess Scarlioni in City of Death
• Philip [Arvon] Madoc (Gorski) was Brockley in Daleks' Invasion 2150 AD, Eelek in The Krotons, the War Lord in The War Games, Dr. Mehendri Solon in The Brain of Morbius, Fenner in The Power of Kroll, then voiced Rag Cobden for Big Finish's Return of the Krotons (2009), and Victor Schaeffer for Master (2003)
• Shane Rimmer (Pilot/Voice of Bannion/Kelly here; Section Voice in Series 2) was Seth Harper in The Gunfighters
• Alan Harris (Alphan/Operative here; Prisoner in Series 2) was a Sevateem in The Face of Evil, and a titular alien in Terror of the Vervoids
• Alf [Charles Richard] Joint (Steiner/Alphan/Guard) was a Heavy in The Ambassadors of Death (1), and stunt arranger on Battlefield
• Roy [Edwin] Scammell (Nordstrom) was UNIT Soldier/Peterson/ Technician in The Ambassadors of Death, RSF Soldier/Sentry in Inferno, Technician in Terror of the Autons (4), Prison Officer, UNIT Motorcyclist/Soldier in The Mind of Evil, and stunt arranger on Delta and the Bannermen (1)
• Christopher Matthews (Operative) was Radar Technician in The Tenth Planet
• Maxwell Craig (Guard/Operative/Astronaut) was Fighter in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
• John Hamill (Dominix) was Shrieve in The Ribos Operation
• Andy [George] Dempsey (Operative) was Atlantean Guard in The Time Monster, and Lugo's Warrior in The Face of Evil
• Vincent Wong [born Vivian Warren Chen] (Medic/Fujita) was Ho in The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Chinese Delegate in Day of the Daleks, and Captain in Enlightenment
• Annie Lambert (Operative) was Enlightenment in Four to Doomsday
• Michael Stevens (Operative) was a Soldier in The Myth Makers (1), Daffodil Man in Terror of the Autons (3), UNIT Motorcyclist/Prisoner in The Mind of Evil, and Guard in The Curse of Peladon (1)
• Isla Blair (Alien here; Carla in Series 2) was Lady Isabella Fitzwilliam in The King's Demons, and voiced Paula for Exotron (2007)
• Brian Blessed (Dr. Rowland here; Mentor in Series 2) was King Yrcanos in Mindwarp
• John [Morley] Shrapnel (Captain Tanner) voiced Thomas Cromwell for Doom Coalition 3 (2016), and Nigel Colloon for The False Guardian and Time's Assassin (both 2019)
• Barbara [Rosalind] Bermel (Thulian) was Villager in Planet of the Spiders (1) and The Android Invasion (1), Masquer in The Masque of Mandragora (4), Sevateem in The Face of Evil (1), Rebel in The Sun Makers (1), Court Lady in The Androids of Tara (1), and Lazar in Terminus (1)
• Adrienne Burgess (Revered One) was Veet in The Sun Makers
• Dave Murphy (Thulian) was a studio engineer on Warriors' Gate (1)
• Julian Glover (Jarak) was King Richard in The Crusade, and Scaroth in City of Death
• Rula Lenska [born Roza Maria Leopoldyna Lubienska] (Joan) was [Dr. Elizabeth] Styles in Resurrection of the Daleks
• Susan Jameson (Mackie) was cast as Morgan in Colony in Space but was replaced by Tony Caunter - she voiced Mrs. Moynihan for The Spectre of Lanyon Moor (2000), then Mrs. Wibsey for AudioGo's Hornets' Nest (2009), Demon Quest (2010) and Serpent Crest (2011)
• Michael [Lawson] Sheard [born Perkins] (Dr. King) was Rhos in The Ark (2), Dr. Roland Summers in The Mind of Evil, Laurence Scarman in Pyramids of Mars, Lowe in The Invisible Enemy, Mergrave in Castrovalva, the Headmaster in Remembrance of the Daleks, Chief Baxter in Fury from the Deep (2002), then voiced Orsino for The Stones of Venice (2001)
• Robert Rietty [born Lucio Herbert Rietti] (Voice of Cellini/Voice of Mateo/Voice of Ferro here; Sphere Voice in Series 2) voiced Bedloe for Death Comes to Time
• Robert Russell (Hadin) was a Guard in The Power of the Daleks, and the Caber in Terror of the Zygons
• Ron Tarr (Survivor) was a Prisoner in Destiny of the Daleks
• Jon [St. Alban] Laurimore [born Livermore] (Smitty) was Count Federico in The Masque of Mandragora
• Gareth [born Alan Leonard] Hunt (Pilot) was Arak in Planet of the Spiders
• John Gleeson [born Quatermaine] (Voice of Davis) was a Thal Soldier in Genesis of the Daleks (6), and Charles Winlett in The Seeds of Doom
• Martin [Ryan] Grace (Guard) was a Thal in Dr. Who and the Daleks
• Joy Harrison (Operative) was Jill Tarrant in Death to the Daleks
• Oliver Cotton (Spearman) voiced Sir Gideon Hale for 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), and Major Callahan for Quicksilver (2017)
• [Frederick] Alan Meacham (Sandos) was Servant in The Massacre (4), and Technician in The Silurians (1)
• [Cathal] Max [Parnell Macaulay Lloyd] Faulkner (Clifford) was a UNIT Soldier in The Ambassadors of Death, Exxilon in Death to the Daleks (1), Miner in The Monster of Peladon (6), Guard Captain in Planet of the Spiders (4), Thal Guard in Genesis of the Daleks (3), Crewman in Planet of Evil (1), Corporal Adams in The Android Invasion, and Nesbin in The Invasion of Time
• James Snell (Cousteau) was Harry in The Daemons
• Valentino Musetti (Mateo) was Mongol Bandit in Marco Polo (5), Saracen Warrior in The Crusade (1), Egyptian in The Daleks' Master Plan, Prisoner in The Mind of Evil, and Extra in Colony in Space (1) and The Time Monster (1)
• [Thomas] Kevin [Harvest] Stoney (Talos) was Mavic Chen in The Daleks' Master Plan, Tobias Vaughn in The Invasion, and Tyrum in Revenge of the Cybermen
• stuntman Rick Lester stunts was an Ogron in Day of the Daleks, Carnival of Monsters (2) and Frontier in Space