Doctor Who Vs. Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Part 1

This British TV fantasy drama

starred Mike Pratt (1931-1976)

and Kenneth Cope (1931-2024)

as London-based private det-

ectives Jeff Randall and Marty

Hopkirk, and Annette Andre

(born 1939) as Jeannie Hopkirk.

When Marty was murdered in the

pilot episode, he returned as a

ghost, and his partner was the

only character able to interact

with him.

Conceived by Dennis Spooner

in 1967, ITC Entertainment pro-

duced this single, twenty-six part

season. He wanted to incorporate

a keen interest in the paranormal

into a new crime drama. Spooner

(1932-1986) had worked with Pratt

and Andre on The Baron, and with Cope on The Avengers. The pilot

was first shown on seven ITV regions on September 19 1969, in London

two days later, then in the rest of the UK from October 5th. Only LWT

screened the whole series. The programme was broadcast as My Partner

the Ghost in America, and entitled The Phantom Detective on Spanish TV.

The BBC remake of 2000 endured for two seasons, and the Syfy channel

announced a planned revival in 2010.

A repeat run of the first thirteen instalments began on Rewind TV today

- they featured Roger Delgado, Nicholas Courtney, Gerald Flood,

and a total of thirty-three Doctor Who cast connections:

My Late Lamented Friend and Partner (UK TX: September 21 1969)

• Frank Windsor [Higgins] (Sorrenson) was Sir Ranulf Fitzwilliam in The King's Demons, and Inspector Mackenzie in Ghost Light
• Harold [Sidney] Innocent (Assassin) was Gilbert M in The Happiness Patrol, then voiced Freeth for The Paradise of Death
• Dave Carter (Electrician) was a Rebel in (episode 1 of) The Power of the Daleks, IE Guard in The Invasion (1), titular reptile in The Silurians, Primord in Inferno, Attendant in Terror of the Autons (1), Prison Officer in The Mind of Evil, Skybase Guard in The Mutants (1), Roundhead in The Time Monster (3), Sergeant Duffy in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1), and Grierson in The Android Invasion

A Disturbing Case (TX: September 28)

• William Mervyn [Pickwoad] (Whitty) was Sir Charles Summer in The War Machines
• Charles [Walter] Morgan (Phillips) was Songsten in The Abominable Snowmen, and Gold Usher in The Invasion of Time
• [Cathal] Max [Parnell Macaulay Lloyd] Faulkner (Nurse) 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, and Nesbin in The Invasion of Time

All Work and No Pay (TX: October 5)

• Adrienne Corri [born Riccoboni] (Laura) was Mena in The Leisure Hive
• Michael [Brabazon] Rathbone (Man) was Taxi Driver in The War Machines (2)

Never Trust a Ghost (TX: October 12)

• Donald Morley (DI Clayton) was Jules Renan in The Reign of Terror
• Philip [Arvon] Madoc [born Jones] (Rawlins) was Brockley in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD, 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, then voiced Victor Schaeffer for Big Finish's Master (2003), and Rag Cobden for Return of the Krotons (2009)

That's How Murder Snowballs (TX: October 19)

• Luan Peters [born Carol Ann Hirsch] (Dancer) was Chicki [as Karol Keyes] in The Macra Terror, and Sheila in Frontier in Space (3)

Just For The Record  (TX: October 26)

• Clifford Cox (Attendant) was Sergeant in Spearhead from Space (3)
• Jack [William] Woolgar (Old Man) was Sergeant Arnold in The Web of Fear
• Kenneth [Murray] Watson (Sergeant) was Bill Duggan in The Wheel in Space, and Craddock in the second Dalek film

Murder Ain't What it Used to Be! (TX: November 2)

• stuntman Harry Fielder was Guard (in PP, ZZZ, 4L, 4P, 5A, 5F, 5Z), Crewman (SS, 4T), Vogan (4D), Assassin (4Q), Tigellan (5Q), and Krarg in Shada

Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying? (TX: November 9)

• John [Alexander] Fraser (Hellingworth) was the Monitor in Logopolis
• Paddy Ryan [born Frank Ryan McCree Singletary] (Larry) was Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks
• Sean Barry Weske (Dancer) was a Paramilitary in Silver Nemesis
• Michael Stevens (Sergeant) was a Soldier in The Myth Makers (1), Daffodil Man in Terror of the Autons (3), UNIT Motorcyclist/ Prisoner in The Mind of Evil, and Guard in The Curse of Peladon (1)

The House on Haunted Hill (TX: November 16)

• George [Alphonsus] Cooper (Webster) was Cherub in The Smugglers
• Duncan [William Ferguson] Lamont (Langford) was Dan Galloway in Death to the Daleks

When Did You Start to Stop Seeing Things? (TX: November 23)

• Keith Barron (Jarvis) was Captain Straker in Enlightenment, and voiced Isaac Barclay for Plague of the Daleks (2009), and Lord Tulip for The Bad Penny (2018)
• Peter Stephens (Grange) was Cyril/the Knave of Hearts/Kitchen Boy in The Celestial Toymaker, and Lolem in The Underwater Menace
• John Garvin (Tully) was Carney in Fury From the Deep (1)

The Ghost Who Saved the Bank at Monte Carlo (TX: November 30)

• Brian Blessed (Lawsey) was King Yrcanos in Mindwarp
• Nicholas Chagrin (Andre) was Quillam in Vengeance on Varos
• Hans [Ernest] De Vries [born Weerdmeester] (Hibert) was a titular alien in The Tomb of the Cybermen
• Clive [Benabu] Cazes (Claude) was the Guard Captain in The Massacre
• Mike Reid (Man) was Soldier in The Myth Makers (3) and The War Machines, and Guard in The Massacre (4)

For the Girl Who Has Evertyhing (TX: December 7)

• Eric [Norman] Dodson (Vicar) was the Headman in The Visitation
• George Lee (Sergeant) was Corporal Forbes in Spearhead from Space, and Farm worker in The Time Monster (4)
• [Ernest] Michael Coles (Wentworth) was Ganatus in Dr. Who and the Daleks

But What a Sweet Little Room (TX: December 14)

• Chris [James] Gannon (Salesman) was Casey in The Talons of Weng-Chiang