Doctor Who Vs. Oliver Twist (1982)

Victorian literary classic Oliver Twist (also

known as The Parish Boy's Progress, and

 originally published monthly in Bentley's Miscellany from 1837-39) was only Charles

 Dickens' second novel.

David Lean's acclaimed film version of the

book in 1948 was followed by the BBC's first adaptation in 1962, then the Oscar winning

Oliver! in 1968. The most recent TV drama-

tisation was broadcast in 2007.

Originally transmitted on CBS in 1982, this

TV movie production was shown on Talking

Pictures TV today - it featured Richard Charles (pictured as the eponymous orphan),

George C Scott (Fagin), Tim Curry (Sikes),

Michael Hordern, and thirteen Doctor Who

cast connections:

• Cherie [Mary] Lunghi (Nancy) voiced Lady Adela Forster for Big Finish's The Emerald Tiger (2012)
• Lysette [Ann Chodzko] Anthony (Oliver's mother) voiced Clara Harris for Assassin in the Limelight (2008), Hazel Bright for Hothouse (2009), and Sophia for The Secret History (2015)
• Timothy [Lancaster] West (Bumble) voiced Kai Tobias for Phobos (2007), Turvey for Cuddlesome (2008), and Dr. Magnus Soames for House of Blue Fire (2011)
• Oliver Cotton (Monks) voiced Sir Gideon Vale/Handler for 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), and Major Callahan/Vilal Captian/Crook for Quicksilver (2017)
• [Roy James] Philip Locke (Mortimer) was Bigon/Control voice in Four to Doomsday
• Ann Beach (Mrs. Sowerberry) voiced the Deacon for Night Thoughts (2006)
• Phil Davis (Claypole here; Smallweed in Bleak House; Scott in Mr. Quilp; Brooker in Nicholas Nickleby) was Lucius Petrus Dextrus in The Fires of Pompeii, and voiced Titus for The Cannibalists (2009)
• John [Frederick Joseph] Savident (Fang) was the Squire in (part 1 of) The Visitation, then voiced Pendle for Order of the Daleks (2016)
• Anne Tirard (Mrs. Corney) was Locusta in The Romans (3), and the Seeker in The Ribos Operation
• Robert Russell (Constable) was Guard in The Power of the Daleks, and the Caber in Terror of the Zygons
• Harry Fielder (Man) was Guard (in PP, ZZZ, 4L, 4P, 5A, 5F, 5Z), Crewman (SS, 4T), Vogan (4D), Assassin (4Q), Tigellan (5Q), and Krarg in Shada
• [Thomas] Declan Mulholland (Publican) was Clark in The Sea Devils, and Till in The Androids of Tara
• Roy Evans (Man here; Coachman in Scrooge) was Trantis in The Daleks' Master Plan, Bert in The Green Death, and Miner in The Monster of Peladon