January 1961 saw the debut of ITV's cultfantasy drama. Patrick Macnee (1922-
2015) and Ian Hendry (1931-1984) port-
rayed spy John Steed and Dr. David Keel.
Beginning with the murder of Keel's
fiance Peggy, and his sworn intent to
avenge her death, the initial run com-
prised twenty-six instalments.
Only two complete stories exist in the
archives, whilst just the final act of the
opening episode remain intact.
After 161 episodes, spanning six series,
The Avengers finished in 1969 and was
shown in ninety countries.
The programme spawned the television
sequel, The New Avengers (1976-77), a
British stage production (1971), the South
African radio series (1971-73), a cinema version (1998), and Big Finish's full
cast audio version (2014 to present).
The TV executive credited with conceiving Doctor Who in 1963, Sydney
Newman (1917-1997) also created The Avengers for ABC (later Thames),
and he assembled a team of writers that included Dennis Spooner, John
Lucarotti, Bill Strutton, and Peter Ling. The first season of The Avengers
featured Roger Delgado, Geoffrey Bayldon, and a total of sixty-four
Doctor Who cast and crew connections:
Hot Snow (UK TX: January 7 1961)- Robert James [born McAllister] (Vance, here & Brought To Book) was Lesterson in The Power of the Daleks, and the High Priest in The Masque of Mandragora
- Geoffrey [John] Quigley (Spicer here & next episode) was [Malcolm] Dortmun in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
- Charles [Roland Edward] Wade (Johnson) was Malik in (episode 3 of) Marco Polo
- Clifford Elkin (Boy) was the Earth Cruiser Captain in Frontier in Space (5)
- [Eugene] Neil McCarthy (Bart) was George Barnham in The Mind of Evil, and Thawn in The Power of Kroll
- Charles [Walter] Morgan (Mason) was Songsten in The Abominable Snowmen, and Gold Usher in The Invasion of Time
- Heron Carvic [born George Rupert William Harris] (Five) was the Voice of Morpho in The Keys of Marinus (2)
- John Woodvine (Bloom here, Harry in Dead of Winter) was the Marshall of Atrios in The Armageddon Factor
Crescent Moon (UK TX: February 4)
- Eric [Norman] Thompson (Paul) was Viscount Gaston de Levis in The Massacre
- Edwin [Ronld] Richfield (Stefan) was Captain [John] Hart in The Sea Devils, and Mestor in The Twin Dilemma
- Ivor [Charley] Salter (Sergeant) was the Morok Commander in The Space Museum, Odysseus in The Myth Makers, and Sergeant Markham in Black Orchid
- [John] David Grey [born Gregory] (Sterret here; Williams in All Done With Mirrors) was Rinchen in The Abominable Snowmen
- Julian [Robert Stanley] Holloway (Extra here & Tunnel of Love; Thornton in The New Avengers: Gnaws) was Sergeant Paterson in Survival
- Jack Le White [born Albert Arthur Whiteley] (Policeman) was Citizen in The Reign of Terror (3), and Criminal/Cameraman in The Daleks' Master Plan
- production designer Paul Bernard (here & Kill The King) was director of Day of the Daleks, The Time Monster and Frontier in Space
The Radioactive Man (UK TX: February 25)
- Paul [Willis] Grist (PC) was Bill Filer in The Claws of Axos
- George [born Jiri] Pravda (Ogrin) was Denes in The Enemy of the World, Professor Jaeger in The Mutants, and Castellan Spandrell in The Deadly Assassin
- Christine Pollon (Mary) provided the voice of the Oracle in Underworld
- Mark Eden [born Douglas John Malin] (Beronne here; Nicholson in Mission to Montreal) was the titular explorer in Marco Polo, then depicted Donald Baverstock in An Adventure in Space and Time
- [Ernest] Edward Dentith (Roffey) was Major General Rutlidge in The Invasion
- Maurice Good (Stacey her; Goodman in Don't Look Behind You; Mercer in Split!; Milroy in The New Avengers: Forward Base) was Phineas Clanton in The Gunfighters
Please Don't Feed The Animals (UK TX: April 1)
- [Walter] Tenniel Evans (Felgate here; Hurst in The Big Thinker; Ruse in The Golden Fleece; Carswell in All Done With Mirrors) was Major Daly in Carnival of Monsters
- Angela [Josephine] Douglas [born MacDonagh] (Beth here; Miranda in Requiem) was Doris Lethbridge-Stewart in Battlefield
- Geoffrey [Dyson] Palmer (Anthony here; Manning in Propellant 23; Terence in Man With Two Shadows; Smythe in A Surfeit of H2O) was Edward Masters in The Silurians, the Administrator in The Mutants, and Captain Hardaker in Voyage of the Damned
- Neil [Kingsley] Wilson (Sergeant here; Beppi in The Frighteners) was Seeley in Spearhead from Space
- Frank Gatliff (Dubois here; Harvey in The Sell-Out; Pitt-Norton in A Chorus of Frogs; Fryer in Love All; Karl in The New Avengers: The Eagle's Nest) was Ortron in The Monster of Peladon
- Dennis Edwards (Pallaine) was a Centurion in The Romans (2), and Lord Gomer in The Invasion of Time
- Steven Scott (Concierge here; Agent in Death on the Slipway; Boris in Dragonsfield; Vilner in Second Sight; Kartovski in Split!) was Kebble in The Power of the Daleks
- Eddie Powell (Henchman here; Guard in The Outside-In Man) was stuntman on Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
- Donald Morley (Neame) was Jules Renan in The Reign of Terror
- David Webb (Pheeney here; Bilston in The New Avengers: Faces) was Alec Leeson in Colony in Space (1)
- [Alan Edgar] Stratford Johns (Weller here; Sidney in Legacy of Death) and Philip [born Roy James] Locke (Moxon here; Primble in From Venus With Love) both appeared in Four to Doomsday, as Monarch and Bigon respectively
- Godfrey James (Boy) was Tarn in Underworld
- Eric [Bennett] Elliott (Butler) was the Commander of The Ark
- Eric [Norman] Dodson (Inspector here; One-Fifteen in Dragonsfield) was the Headman in The Visitation
- Michael [John] Barrington (Waiter here; Todhunter in Dial a Deadly Number; General Stevens in The New Avengers: Dirtier by the Dozen) was Sir Colin Thackeray in The Seeds of Doom
- Wolfe Morris [born Steinberg] (Ali) was Padmasambhava in The Abominable Snowmen
- Tom [born Anthony Frederick Charles] Adams (Butterworth here; Rayner in The Far Distant Dead) was Vorshak in Warriors of the Deep
- [Richard Hugh] Hamilton Dyce (Brodie here; Daniels in Death on the Rocks; Camrose in You'll Catch Your Death) was Major General Scobie in Spearhead from Space
- Gary [born Garrowby Cawthorne] Watson (Pardoe here; Marling in Immortal Clay; Bush in Lobster Quadrille; Kendrick in Wish You Were Here) was Arthur Terrall in The Evil of the Daleks
- Ron [Henry] Pember (Mills here; Charley for Bizarre) voiced Seedle for Slipback
- Peter [Gordon] Reynolds [born Horrocks] (Brady here; Tulip in Who's Who???) was Man in the second Dalek film
- Tex Fuller [born Albert Charles Baseley] (Taylor here; Motorist in Sleeper) was an uncredited Exxilon in Death to the Daleks (3)
- Anne [Mabel] Tirard (Mrs McCabe) was Locusta in The Romans (3), and the Seeker in The Ribos Operation
- [Frank] Morris Perry (Sergeant here; Technician in Dragonsfield) was Captain Dent in Colony in Space
- Nicky [Victor Leslie] Henson (Crowd) voiced Pieter Stubbe for Loups-Garoux (2001), Dick Turpin for The Doomwood Curse (2008), and Gregson Grenville for Deimos and The Resurrection of Mars (2010)
- [Cathal] Max [Parnell Macaulay Lloyd] Faulkner (Henchman here; Goon in Game) was UNIT Soldier in The Ambassadors of Death, Exxilon in Death to the Daleks (1), Miner in The Monster of Peladon (6), Guard Captain in Planet of the Spiders (4), Thal Guard in Genesis of the Daleks (3), Crewman in Planet of Evil (1), Corporal Adams in The Android Invasion, stuntman/fight arranger on The Hand of Fear, and Nesbin in The Invasion of Time
- Reed [Randolph] De Rouen (Garcia) was Pa Clanton in The Gunfighters
- Francis [Marie] De Wolff (Zeebrugge) was Vasor in The Keys of Marinus (4), and Agamemnon in The Myth Makers
- Peter [Wynn] Barkworth (Crichton-Bull here; Willis in The Medicine Men; Percival in The Correct Way to Kill; Merlin in The Morning After) was Leader Clent in The Ice Warriors
- [Herbert] Burt [Tsangtse] Kwouk (Tenuphon here; Mason in Lobster Quadrille; Tusamo in The Cybernauts) was Lin Futu in Four to Doomsday, then voiced Dr Hayashi for Loups-Garoux (2001)
- Neil Hallett [born John Neil] (Weber here; Packer in The Winged Avenger; Ryder in Get-a-Way!; Clifford in The New Avengers: Faces; Roberts in Medium Rare) was Maylin Renis in Timelash
- Ann [Forrest] Bell (Barbara) voiced Sylvia O'Donnell for A Thousand Tiny Wings (2010)
- Keith Anderson (Heneger) was Robespierre in The Reign of Terror
- Michael Hawkins (Karswood) was General Williams in Frontier in Space
- John [Wilson] Stratton (Craxton) was Shockeye in The Two Doctors
- Henry Lincoln [born Soskin] (Sampson) later co-wrote both Yeti stories and The Dominators with Mervyn Haisman
- John [Albert] Bailey (Potts here; Fernand in Killer Whale; Warner in Dial a Deadly Number; Bleech in Killer) was the Commander in The Sensorites (6), Edward Waterfield in The Evil of the Daleks, and Sezom in The Horns of Nimon (4)
- [Alfred] Graham Rigby (Fletcher) was Larry Madison in The Dalek Invasion of Earth
- Keith Barron (Technician here; Draker in The New Avengers: Target!) was Captain Straker in Enlightenment, and voiced Isaac Barclay for Plague of the Daleks (2009), and Lord Tulip for The Bad Penny (2018)
- Ronald [Frederick] Leigh-Hunt (Reddington here; Lambert in The Cybernauts; General in The New Avengers: Three Handed Game) was Commanders, Julian Radnor in The Seeds of Death, and Stevenson in Revenge of the Cybermen
- Michael [Anthony] Robbins (Landlord) was Richard Mace in The Visitation
- Barbara [Teresa] Shelley [born Kowin] (Susan here; Venus in From Venus With Love) was Sorasta in Planet of Fire
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