Doctor Who Vs. James Bond, Part 13: Octopussy

Another Bond season continued on ITV4 tonight

with Roger Moore's sixth and penultimate assign-

ment as Agent 007. The title of Eon's thirteenth production was taken from Ian Fleming's 1966

anthology, Octopussy and the Living Daylights.

Although an original screenplay, this story was

loosely based on another short story, The

Property of a Lady.

Main location filming was undertaken in India,

England and Berlin, interiors were filmed at

Pinewood studios, and Rita Coolidge provided the

opening theme song.

Following the death of Bernard Lee in 1981, Robert

Brown made his first of four appearances here as

M, and the film (released in 1983) featured twenty

-seven Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• [Leslie] Steven Berkoff [born Berks] (Orlov) played the Shakri in The Power of Three
• Philip [James] Voss (Auctioneer) was Acomat in Marco Polo, and Wahed in (episode 1 of) The Dominators
• Patrick [David] Barr (Ambassador) was Commander Jack Hobson in The Moonbase
• [George] Gertan Klauber (Bubi here; Café Owner in The Living Daylights) was the Galley Master in The Romans, and Ola in The Macra Terror
• Michael Moor (Thug here; Kamran's Man in The Living Daylights) and Aileen Lewis (Woman) were both Extras in The Silurians (6)
• Ronald James Bell (German) began his career as the Garm in Terminus
• Jennifer Hill (Wife) was Mrs. Peace in The Unquiet Dead
• Ingrid Pitt [born Ingoushka Petrov] (Mistress) was Queen Galleia in The Time Monster, and Dr. Solow in Warriors of the Deep - she also submitted a Doctor Who script in 1984 wirh husband Tony Rudlin, which was eventually produced as The Macros by Big Finish in 2010
• Russell Brook (Soldier here; Diner in View to a Kill) was Schoolboy in Mawdryn Undead (2), Man-at-arms in The King's Demons, Crewman in Warriors of the Deep, Attendant in Revelation of the Daleks (1), Lakertyan/Tetrap/Genius in Time and the Rani, and Chimeron in Delta and the Bannermen (1)
• Sneh Gupta (Guide) was [Fabian] Osborn in Resurrection of the Daleks (1)
• Eric Kent (Board member) was a Technician in The Seeds of Death, UNIT Soldier in The Ambassadors of Death (1), and Roundhead in The Time Monster (3)
• Jay McGrath (Patron) 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)
• Mike [Carew] Reynell (Patron) was an Exxilon in Death to the Daleks, and Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks (6)
• Peter Ross Murray (Soldier here; Villain in Never Say Never Again) was a Lakertyan in Time and the Rani (4)
• Cathy Munroe (Guest) was an Extra on The Horns of Nimon and Full Circle, and Maid in Ghost Light
• Tina Simmons (Woman here; Owner in A View to a Kill; Guest in Die Another Day; Spectre Member in No Time to Die) began her career as an Inferno Customer in The War Machines (1), and was Passenger in The Faceless Ones (1)
• Mark Heap (Juggler) voiced the Middleman for The Middle (2017)
• Barbara Denham [born Frankland] (Soldier) was an Extra on Arc of Infinity (1) and Frontios (1)
• Otto Friese (Patron) was Extra on The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1)
• John [Kenneth] Tatham (Passerby) was Villager/Coven member in The Daemons
• for Arnold Lee see Dr. No
• for Albert Moses, Jeremy Bulloch and Nick Hobbs see The Spy Who Loved Me
• for Walter Henry and Lewis Alexander see Casino Royale (1967)
• stuntman Timothy [Tip] Tipping was the stunt arranger on Remembrance of the Daleks, The Curse of Fenric and Survival
• Gary Russell (Teen in Car) wrote and directed Real Time, adapted and produced Shada for Big Finish, then directed The Infinite Quest and Dreamland, produced The Gunpowder Plot, and served as script editor on Music of the Spheres, City of the Daleks, Blood of the Cybermen, The Waters of Mars, The End of Time, The Sarah Jane Adventures pilot and Torchwood