Doctor Who Vs. James Bond, Part 2: From Russia With Love

Ian Fleming's fifth spy novel (pub-

lished in 1957) was adapted for

 Eon Productions second Bond

feature. Following the success of

Dr. No, United Artists greenlit a sequel and doubled the budget.

Released in late 1963, the film

was a commercial and critical hit,

and the future of the franchise

was assured. Sean Connery would appear in five further Bond assign-

ments.

Shown on ITV1 today, this prod-

uction marked the debut of

Desmond Llewellyn as Q (a role

he would play until The World is

Not Enough in 1999), the return of Lois Maxwell (Moneypenny), and

featured these twenty-nine Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Francis [Marie] De Wolff (Vavra) was Vasor in (episode 4 of) The Keys of Marinus, then Agamemnon in The Myth Makers
• George Pastell [born Nino Pastellides] (Conductor) was Eric Kleig in The Tomb of the Cybermen
• Fred [Thomas] Haggerty (Krilencu here; stunts on The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill) was a stuntman on The Time Meddler (2)
• Neville Jason [born Jacobson] (Chauffeur) was Prince Reynart in The Androids of Tara
• Peter Brayham (Rhoda) was stunt co-ordinator on The Christmas Invasion, New Earth and School Reunion
• Jan Williams (Masseuse) was a Guardian in The Ark
• [Musa] Moris Farhi (Gypsy here; Technician in You Only Live Twice) submitted two scripts in 1964 - Farewell Great Macedon and The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance were both adapted by Big Finish in 2010
• Elizabeth Counsell (Woman) voiced Abigail Woburn for The Hourglass Killers (2012)
• Aileen [Mary] Lewis [born Halsey] (Spectator here; Delegate in Live and Let Die; Woman in Octopussy; Patron in Never Say Never Again) was an Extra in The Silurians (6)
• Tex Fuller [born Albert Charles Baseley] (Henchman) was an Exxilon in Death to the Daleks (3), and stuntman on The Masque of Mandragora (1)
• Gordon [Gerhard Paul] Sterne (Kessler) was Professor Heldorf in The Ambassadors of Death (according to IMDB, he was booked as Cyberman in The Moonbase but was replaced by Peter Greene)
• Sonny [born Charles William] Willis (Officer) was Cyberman in The Moonbase, TV Crewman in The Daemons, and Time Lord in The Deadly Assassin
• Stuntmen [Cathal] Max[well Parnell Macaulay Lloyd] Faulkner, Peter [Alexander] Diamond and Bob [James Gilbert] Anderson all worked on the classic run too
• Roy [Edwin] Scammell (Stunts here, Casino Royale, The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, Goldeneye) was Technician/UNIT Soldier in The Ambassadors of Death, RSF Soldier in Inferno, stunt- man on Terror of the Autons (1), UNIT Motorcyclist/Prison Officer in The Mind of Evil, and stunt arranger on Delta and the Bannermen (1)
• Bill Brandon (Gypsy here; Gangster in Goldfinger) was Mongol Warrior in Marco Polo
• Ernest Blyth (Spectator) was Villager in The Daemons
• Jim Brady [born George Clifford Watkin] (Henchman), Alf Mangan (Gypsy here; Man in Casino Royale, 1967) and Fred [Thomas] Wood (Gypsy) all appeared in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD, as Extras
• for Rocky Taylor, Peter Brace, Rick Lester, Dinny Powell, Eddie Powell, Gerry Crampton, Arthur Howell and Juba Kennerley see Dr. No