Doctor Who Vs. The New Avengers, Series 1 [Part 2]

In 1969, Dennis Spooner (1932

-1986) said that The Avengers had

gone as far as it could in terms of

parody.

Producer Brian Clemens there-

fore aimed for espionage-based

narratives for the sequel series

- the first, thirteen-part season

also included sci-fi themes.

The titular Avengers were now a

triumvirate, but John Steed (again

portrayed by Patrick Macnee) now

acted more like the Mother figure

from the parent show.

A repeat run of the cult drama

continued on Great! TV last night

- these seven episodes featured

a total of thirty-six Doctor Who

cast connections:

To Catch A Rat

(UK TX: December 3 1976)

• Barry Jackson (Cledge) was Ascaris in The Romans, Jeff Garvey in Mission to the Unknown, and Drax in The Armageddon Factor
• [Norman] Dallas Cavell (Farmer here; Manager in The Avengers: Box of Tricks) was the Overseer in (episode 2 of) The Reign of Terror, Bors in The Daleks' Master Plan (3), Jebb Trask in The Highlanders, Sir James Quinlan in The Ambassadors of Death, and Head of Security in Castrovalva (1)
• Anita Graham (Helga) was Bollitt in Delta and the Bannermen

The Tale of the Big Why (UK TX: December 10)

• Derek Waring [born Barton Chapple] (Harmer) was Shardovan in Castrovalva
• George [Alphonsus] Cooper (Brandon here; Barker in White Dwarf; Burgess in The Curious Case of the Countless Clues) was Cherub in The Smugglers
• Roy [Anthony] Marsden [born Mould] (Turner) was Dr. [Bryan] Stoker in Smith and Jones, and voiced Todd Hulbert for Big Finish's Human Resources (2007)
• Geoffrey Toone (Minister) was Temmosus in Dr. Who and the Daleks, and Hepesh in The Curse of Peladon
• Willy Bowman (Verslashky) was an Extra in The Silurians (6), and Time Lord in The Deadly Assassin

Faces (UK TX: December 17)

• [Rafael] David de Keyser (Prater) provided the Atraxi voice in The Eleventh Hour, and voiced the Cybermen for The Eternity Clock
• Richard [Leeper] Leech [born McClelland] (Terrison here; Franks in Traitor in Zebra; Policeman in Dressed to Kil; Drew in Mission Highly Improbable) was Gatherer Hade in The Sun Makers
• Neil Hallett [born John Neil] (Clifford here; Roberts in Medium Rare; Weber in Dead of Winter; Packer in The Winged Avenger; Ryder in Get-a-Way!) was Maylin Renis in Timelash
• Donald [Marland] Hewlett (Torrance here; Waversham in The Thirteenth Hole) was George Hardiman in The Claws of Axos
• Michael [Lawson] Sheard [born Perkins] (Peters) 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, then voiced Orsino for The Stones of Venice (2001)
• David Webb (Bilston here; Pheeney in The Springers) was Alec Leeson in Colony in Space (1)

Dirtier by the Dozen (UK TX: January 7 1977)

• Stephen [Vincent] Moore (Prentice) was Eldane in Cold Blood, and voiced Clark Goodman for The Eight Truths and Worldwide Web (2009)
• Michael [John] Barrington (Stevens here; Waiter in The Yellow Needle; Todhunter in Dial a Deadly Number) and John [Spurley] Challis (Soldier) both appeared in The Seeds of Doom, as Sir Colin Thackeray and Scorby respectively
• Brian [Henry] Croucher (Terry) was Borg in The Robots of Death, and Kurt in Shakedown, then voiced Cotton for Kaldor City (2001-03)
• David [Lawrence] Purcell (Orderly) was Abbott in The Hand of Fear
• Richard Derrington (Turner) voiced Dr. Farrer for The Harvest, Landscar for The Last (both 2004), and Commander Burton for Storm of the Horofax (2017)

Sleeper (UK TX: January 14)

• Mark Jones (Chuck) was Arnold Keeler in The Seeds of Doom
• [Walter] Prentis Hancock (Bart) was a Reporter [Jimmy] in Spearhead from Space, Vaber in Planet of the Daleks, Salamar in Planet of Evil, and the Captain in The Ribos Operation
• David Schofield (Penrose) was Odin in The Girl Who Died, and voiced Billy for Death in Blackpool (2009), Nostradamus/Conclave Leader for The Doomsday Quatrain (2011), Narrator of The House of Winter (2015), Parval for The Sorcerer of Albion (2020), and Gostak for The End of the Beginning (2021)
• Walter Henry [born Israel Nagelkop] (Officer here; Security Man in Obsession) was an Extra in The Myth Makers (2), The Highlanders, The Macra Terror, The Silurians (6), The Masque of Mandragora, The Deadly Assassin and City of Death, and Primord in Inferno
• Reg Woods (Gang member here; Soldier in Dirtier by the Dozen; Wigmore in Medium Rare; Journalist in The Lion and the Unicorn) was an Extra in The Androids of Tara, The Creature from the Pit, The Leisure Hive, State of Decay (1), Black Orchid, Time Flight and Enlightenment, and Krarg in Shada
• Jim [Derek Christopher] Dowdall (Gang member) had uncredited roles in Day of the Daleks, Genesis of the Daleks and Frontios
• Tex Fuller [born Albert Charles Baseley] (Motorist here; Taylor in Toy Trap) was an uncredited Exxilon Messenger in Death to the Daleks (3)
• Maxwell Craig (Gang member here; Guard in Trap; Wilson in Murdersville; Thug in Homicide and Old Lace) was Fighter in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD

Three Handed Game (UK TX: January 21)

• Stephen [John] Greif (Juventor) voiced Kwundaar for Primeval (2001), Donald Wakefield for Sarah Jane Smith 2 (2006), Ken Temple for The Pelage Project (2012), Sabaoth for Ghost Walk (2018), and Gurney for The Infinite Quest
• Annie Lambert [born Hole] (Helen) was Enlightenment in Four to Doomsday
• Hugh Morton [Eden] (Professor here; Admiral in Esprit De Corps) and Ronald Leigh-Hunt (General here; Reddington in Dragonsfield; Lambert in The Cybernauts) both appeared in The Seeds of Death, as Sir James Gregson and Radnor - the latter was also Commander Stevenson in Revenge of the Cybermen

Gnaws (UK TX: January 28)

• Julian [Robert Stanley] Holloway (Thornton) was Paterson in Survival
• Peter [Francois] Cellier (Carter) was Andrews in Time Flight
• Jeremy Young (Chislenko here; Frant in A Touch of Brimstone; Penrose in Never, Never Say Die; Burton in The Forget-Me-Knot) was Kal in 100,000 BC, and Gordon Lowery in Mission to the Unknown
• Keith Marsh (Tramp) was Conway in the second Dalek film
• William Morgan Sheppard (Walters) was the Older Canton in The Impossible Astronaut