The fifteenth production (and the second with a medical theme) from
the Carry On stable was released in
1968. Series stalwarts Kenneth
Williams, Sid James, Joan Sims,
Bernard Bresslaw, Charles Hawtrey,
Peter Butterworth, and Jim Dale
were joined here by newcomer
Frankie Howerd (1917-1992), whilst
Hattie Jacques, Barbara Windsor, and
Anita Harris all returned to the run
here.
Shown on ITV3 today, the comedy
(the third biggest release at the UK
box office that year after The Jungle Book and Barbarella) - a sequel followed in 1969 - and featured these
eighteen Doctor Who cast connections:
- for Sims see Carry On Nurse
- for Bresslaw and Julian Holloway see Carry On At Your Convenience
- for Windsor see Carry On Spying
- for Butterworth and Simon Cain see Carry On Cowboy
- Derek Francis (Burke here; Farmer in Carry On Camping & Carry On Henry; Bishop in Carry On Loving; Arthur in Carry On Matron; Brother in Carry On Abroad) and Bart Allison [born Henry James Patrick] (Grandad here & Carry On Loving) both appeared in The Romans, as Nero and Maximus Pettulian
- Stephen Garlick (Boy) was Ibbotson in Mawdryn Undead
- Cheryl Molineaux (Nurse) was Miss Rutherford in The Ambassadors of Death
- Jay McGrath (Visitor here; Audience in Carry On Girls) was Worker in (episode 3 of) The War Machines, UNIT Soldier in The Silurians (3), Coven Member in Image of the Fendahl, and Dead Androgum in The Two Doctors (1)
- Robin Scott (Patient) was Charlie Wise in The Moonbase, and Resist- ance Man in The War Games (7)
- Peter [Geoffrey Carey] Jones (Chaplain here; Brigadier in Carry On England) was Narrator of Adventures in Space and Time
- for Walter Henry, Peter Gilmore, Gertan Klauber, and Jill Goldston see Carry On Cleo
- stuntman Ken Norris was a Morok Guard in The Space Museum
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