Doctor Who Vs. The Avengers @ 65: Series 2

When production on the initial run of
The Avengers was curtailed by a strike

at ABC Television, lead actor Ian Hendry

quit the series to pursue a cinema

career, and Patrick Macnee's role of

John Steed then became the new focus. 

The cult fantasy show returned to ITV
in the autumn of 1962, with Steed now
joined by fellow agent, Dr. Cathy Gale, portrayed by Honor Blackman (1925-

2020). She was unlike any female

character seen before on British TV,
and was ultimately emulated by every
actress in similar roles since.

John Lucarotti, Malcolm Hulke,

Terrance Dicks, Peter Ling and

Geoffrey Orme all provided screen-

plays here. These twenty-six episodes

 featured Nicholas Courtney, and a

total of eighty Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Mr. Teddy Bear (TX: September 29 1962)

• Blackman later found global fame as Bond girl, Pussy Galore in Goldfinger, and was Professor Sarah Lasky in Terror of the Vervoids, then voiced Queen Anahita for Big Finish's The Children of Seth (2011)
• for Michael Robbins see Dragonsfield

Propellant 23 (TX: October 6)

• for Geoffrey Palmer see Dance With Death
• Barry Wilsher (Pierre) was Heslington in The Faceless Ones
• John Dearth [born Paton] (Siebel) provided the Voice of BOSS for The Green Death, then was [Rex] Lupton in Planet of the Spiders
• John [Harry] Gill (Martan) was Oak in Fury from the Deep
• Graham [Thomas] Ashley [born Brown] (Gendarme) was the Overseer in The Underwater Menace
• for Paul Bernard see Series 1

The Decapod (TX: October 13)

• Philip [Arvon] Madoc [born Jones] (Stepan here; Seabrook in Six Hands Across a Table; Van Doren in Death of a Batman; Peppitoperoff in The Correct Way to Kill; Slater in My Wildest Dream) was Eelek in The Krotons, the War Lord in The War Games, Dr. Mehendri Solon in The Brain of Morbius, Fenner in The Power of Kroll, Brockley in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD, then voiced Rag Cobden for Return of the Krotons (2009), and Victor Schaeffer for Master (2003)
• for Wolfe Morris see The Yellow Needle
• Valentino Musetti (Sarkoff) was a Saracen Warrior in (episode 1 of) The Crusade, then eight further uncredited parts in the classic era
• Valerie Stanton (Girl) was Citizen in The Keys of Marinus (5), Parisian in The Massacre (3), and Secretary in The Space Pirates

Bullseye (TX: October 20)

• Bernard [Frederic Bemrose] Kay (Karl) was Carl Tyler in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Saladin in The Crusade, Inspector Crossland in The Faceless Ones, and Caldwell in Colony in Space, then voiced Major Dickens for Night Thoughts (2006)
• Robin Wentworth [born Victor Roy Wheeler] (George) was Professor Horner in The Daemons (1)
• Fred [William] Ferris (Inspector) was PC Bert Rowse in Planet of Giants (3)

Mission to Montreal (TX: October 27)

• Jon [Roger] Rollason [born Rollinson] (King) was Harold Chorley in The Web of Fear
• for Mark Eden see Ashes of Roses
• John [David] Bennett (Marson) was General Finch in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and Li H'sen Chang in The Talons of Weng-Chiang
• Alan Curtis (Brand) was Major Green in The War Machines
• Alan [Stewart] Casley (Barman) was the uncredited Miro in Planet of the Daleks (1)
• [Robert] Malcolm Taylor (Reporter) was Walters in The Ice Warriors
• Terence Woodfield (Reporter here; Green in School For Traitors) was Celation in The Daleks' Master Plan, and Maharis in The Ark
• Leslie Pitt (Reporter) was an uncredited Citizen in The Macra Terror (1)
• Pamela Ann Davy (Peggy) was Janley in The Power of the Daleks

The Removal Men (TX: November 3)

• for Edwin Richfield and Reed De Rouen see Series 1
• George [Villiers] Little (Waiter) was Haroun ed-Din in The Crusade

The Mauritius Penny (TX: November 10)

• Anthony Rogers (Boy) was a titular alien in The Sensorites

Death of a Great Dane (TX: November 17)

• [Manfred] Frederick Jaeger (Getz here; Benson in The Cybernauts and Return of the Cybernauts; Jones in The New Avengers: Target!) was Jano in The Savages, Sorenson in Planet of Evil, and Professor [Frederick] Marius, in The Invisible Enemy
• Leslie [Richard] French (Gregory) was the Mathematician in Silver Nemesis
• Dennis Edwards (Assistant) was a Centurion in The Romans (1), and Lord Gomer in The Invasion of Time
• for Eric Elliott see The Frighteners

The Sell-Out (TX: November 24)

• for Frank Gatliff see One For The Mortuary
• Arthur [Reginald] Hewlett (One-Twelve) was Kalmar in State of Decay, and Kimber in Terror of the Vervoids

Death On The Rocks (TX: December 1)

• [Thomas] Gerald Cross (Fenton) voiced the Megara for The Stones of Blood
• for Hamilton Dyce see Death on the Slipway

Traitor in Zebra (TX: December 8)

• Richard [Leeper] Leech [born McClelland] (Franks here; Policeman in Dressed to Kill; Drew in Mission Highly Improbable; Terrison in The New Avengers: Faces) was Gatherer Hade in The Sun Makers
• Noel [Philip] Coleman (Nash) was Smythe in The War Games
• William [Charles Anthony] Gaunt (Graham) was Orcini in Revelation of the Daleks
• [Kathleen] June Murphy (Maggie) was Maggie Harris in Fury from the Deep, and Officer Jane Blythe in The Sea Devils

The Big Thinker (TX: December 15)

• David Garth [born John Basil Gal-Vine] (Farrow) was Solicitor Grey in The Highlanders, and Time Lord in Terror of the Autons (1)
• [Walter] Tenniel Evans (Hurst) was Major Daly in Carnival of Monsters
• Penelope [Jane] Lee (Clarissa) was the Computer voice in Revelation of the Daleks
• [Sheila] Marina Martin (Janet) was Drahvin One in Galaxy 4

Death Dispatch (TX: December 22)

• Alan [Grey] Mason (Pasco) was Corporal Nutting in The Silurians

Dead On Course (TX: December 29)

• Janet [Elizabeth] Hargreaves (Sister) was Mum in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
• Edward [Harry] Kelsey (Gerry) was a Slave Buyer in The Romans (1), Resno in The Power of the Daleks (2), and Edu in The Creature from the Pit

Intercrime (TX: January 5 1963)

• Jerome [Barry] Willis (Lobb) was [Jocelyn] Stevens in The Green Death and Global Conspiracy?

Immortal Clay (TX: January 12)

• James [Rutherford Worsford] Bree [born Thomson] (Miller here; Wilkington in Killer) was the Security Chief in The War Games, Nefred in Full Circle, the Keeper of the Matrix in The Ultimate Foe, and the Lama in Downtime
• for Gary Watson see Death On The Slipway
• Steve [born Phokion Stavros] Plytas (De Groot) was Wigner in The Tenth Planet

Box of Tricks (TX: January 19)

• [Norman] Dallas Cavell (Manager here; Farmer in The New Avengers: To Catch a Rat) was the Overseer in The Reign of Terror (2), 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)
• Royston Tickner (Maitre D') was Steinberger P Green in The Daleks' Master Plan (7), and Robbins in The Sea Devils (1)

Warlock (TX: January 26)

• John [born Bertie Wyn] Hollis (Markel) was Sondergaard in The Mutants
• Brian [Edward] Vaughan (Doctor) was Commander Watts in The Sea Devils (4)

The Golden Eggs (TX: February 2)

• Donald [Yarrow] Eccles (Ashe) was Krasis in The Time Monster

School For Traitors (TX: February 9)

• John [Ronald] Standing [born Leon] (East) voiced Fenric for Gods and Monsters (2012), and Professor Threadstone for Vampire of the Mind (2016)
• Ronald [Warburton] Mayer (Jackson) was a Villager in The Daemons

The White Dwarf (TX: February 16)

• George [Alphonsus] Cooper (Maxwell here; Burgess in The Curious Case of the Countless Clues; Brandon in The New Avengers: The Tale of the Big Why) was Cherub in The Smugglers
• [Charles] Philip Latham (Cartright) was President Borusa in The Five Doctors
• Peter [Francis Gabain] Copley (Barker here; Sparshott in All Done With Mirrors; Waterlow in The New Avengers: Cat Amongst the Pigeons) was Dr. Warlock in Pyramids of Mars
• Keith [Malcolm Rule] Pyott (Richter) was Autloc in The Aztecs
• Paul Anil (Rahim) was Jacko in The Underwater Menace
• George Roubicek (Doctor) was Captain Hopper in The Tomb of the Cybermen

Man in the Mirror (TX: February 23)

• Ray [Charles] Barrett (Strong) was Bennett/Koquillion in The Rescue
• [Dilys] Rhoda Lewis (Jean) was Marta in State of Decay
• Hayden [Morse] Jones (Trevelyan) was Lenny Vosper in The Mind of Evil
• David [Michael] Graham (Peter) was Charlie in The Gunfighters, Professor Fyodor Kerensky in City of Death and voiced the Daleks in five TV serials

Conspiracy of Silence (TX: March 2)

• Robert [born Lucio Herbert] Rietty (Carlo) was the voice of Bedloe for Death Comes to Time 
• Roy [Douglas] Purcell (Gutman) was CPO Powers in The Mind of Evil, and the President in The Three Doctors
• Willie Shearer (Professor) was a Chumblie in Galaxy 4

A Chorus of Frogs (TX: March 9)

• John [Derek] Carson [Parker] (Ariston here; Halvarssen in Second Sight; Fitch in Dial a Deadly Number; Freddy in The New Avengers: The Midas Touch) was Director Ambril in Snakedance
• Alan [James] Haywood (Jackson) was Prince Hector in The Myth Makers

Six Hands Across a Table (TX: March 16)

• Campbell [born Jacob Kobel] Singer (Stanley) was Joey the Clown, King of Hearts and Sergeant Rugg in The Celestial Toymaker
• Edward [James] de Souza (Collier) was Marc Cory in Mission to the Unknown, and voiced Lord Mortimer Davey for The Roof of the World (2004), and Sir Henry Irving for The Woman in White (2016)
• Ilona [Jeanette] Rodgers (Receptionist) was Carol in The Sensorites
• Ian Cunningham (Thomas) was Dr. Meredith in The Silurians (1)

Killer Whale (TX: March 23)

• for John Bailey and Morris Perry see Series
• Christopher [born Thomas] Coll (Assistant) was Phipps in The Seeds of Death, and Stubbs in The Mutants