Doctor Who On This Day #70

 

1945 - Director Graeme Harper born

in London
 1952 - Writer Douglas Adams born in

Cambridge
1963 - Actress Alexandra Elizabeth

Kingston born in Epsom

1966 - The Reign of Terror, Episode 3:

A Change of Identity and The Web Planet,

Episodes 3 and 4 all repeated on ABC

1967 - Actor John Scot Barrowman born

 in Glasgow; and The Macra Terror, Episode

1 first screened on BBC1

1968 - The Space Museum, Episode 1, The Chase,

Episodes 1 and 5, The Time Meddler, Episode 3:

A Battle of Wits, Galaxy 4, Episode 3: Air Lock

and The Myth Makers, Episode 3: Death of a Spy

all repeated on ABC

1972 - The Sea Devils, Episode 3 first

screened on BBC1

1977 - Terror of the Autons, Episode

4 repeated on WTTW 11

1978 - The Sontaran Experiment, Part 2 first

screened on TV1; and The Invasion of Time,

Part 6 first screened on BBC1

1980 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part 1 first

screened on WTTW 11; and Nightmare of

Eden, Part 2 first screened on ABC

1982 - The Leisure Hive, Part 3 repeated

and Part 4 first screened, both on ABC

1983 - The Leisure Hive, Parts 3 and

 4 both repeated on KQED Plus

1985 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 5

 and 6 both repeated on WTTW 11

1986 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episode

4 repeated on ABC; and Carnival of Monsters,

Episode 1 repeated on TV1

1987 - The Mind Robber, Episode 2 repeated

on KQED Plus; and Planet of Evil, Part 4

repeated on TV2

1988 - The Power of Kroll, Part 3 repeated

on KQED Plus

1989 - The Time Monster, Episode 5

repeated on KQED Plus

1990 - The Greatest Show in the Galaxy,

Part 1 first screened on RTL TV

1991 - Destiny of the Daleks Omnibus

repeated on WTTW 11

1992 - The Tomb of the Cybermen

Omnibus screened at BAFTA; and

Inferno, Episode 2 repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - Four to Doomsday, Part 1 repeated on ABC

1994 - The Ribos Operation, Part 1 repeated on UK Gold

1995 - Spearhead from Space, Episode 4 repeated on UK
Gold; and The Caves of Androzani Omnibus repeated on
KQED Plus

1996 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs and The Happiness
Patrol Omnibuses both repeated on KQED Plus

1997 - Planet of the Daleks, Episode

2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The War Games, Episode 3 first screened on Space;
and Mawdryn Undead, Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The War Games, Episode 3 repeated on Space; and
Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2000 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth Omnibus repeated

on UKTV (Aus); The Face of Evil, Parts 1 and 2 both

 first screened on BBC America; and The Leisure Hive,

Part 1 repeated on BBC Prime

2001 - Terror of the Zygons Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;
The Hand of Fear, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Prime; 
The Sun Makers, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC;
 The Ribos Operation, Part 3 repeated on Twin Cities PTV;
 The Androids of Tara Omnibus repeated on Lakeshore

PTV; Terminus, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on MiND;
Remembrance of the Daleks, Part 2 repeated on WUSF;
and Silver Nemesis Omnibus repeated on MPT

2003 - The Invisible Enemy, Parts 1

 and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2004 - The Seeds of Death, Episode 4 repeated on ABC; and 
The King's Demons Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2006 - The Mind of Evil Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;
Father's Day repeated on People+ Arts; and The Doctor 
Dances repeated on Ztélé
2007 - The Androids of Tara Omnibus repeated on MPT;
Rose first screened on WXXI, WSKG, Idaho PTV and Ozarks
PTV and repeated on WTVP; The End of the World first
screened on WXXI, WSKG and Idaho PTV and repeated

on WTVP; The Unquiet Dead first screened on WXXI;

and Fear Her first screened on Jimmy

2008 - The Aztecs, Episodes 1 and 2

both first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4

2009 - The Curse of Fenric, Parts 3 and

4 both first screened on MTV3 SciFi and

TV4; and The Shakespeare Code repeated

n Syfy (Ben)

2010 - Aliens of London repeated on Syfy

(Spa); Gridlock repeated on HRT2; and

Silence in the Library and Doctor Who

Confidential: Shadow Play both repeated

on BBC3

2011 - The Robots of Death, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; The Creature from the Pit, Episode
1 repeated on Radio 7; The Stolen Earth repeated on Space;
and The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks both repeated
 on BBC3

2012 - Inferno, Episode 7 and Terror of the Autons, Episode

1 both repeated on KBTC; The Age of Steel and The End of

Time, Part 1 both repeated on Watch; Midnight repeated on

Idaho PTV; Night Terrors and The Girl Who Waited both
repeated on Fox (FRG); and Closing Time first screened
on KBS2

2013 - Rose repeated on BBC America; The Unicorn and 
the Wasp on UKTV (NZ); and The Time of Angels repeated
on Watch

2014 - The Ribos Operation, Parts 1 and 2 and Arc of
Infinity, Parts 3 and 4 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Aliens
of London repeated on Watch; Voyage of the Damned and
Partners in Crime both repeated on BBC America; The
Unicorn and the Wasp and Silence in the Library both
repeated on TV3 (Spain); The Time of Angels repeated
on France 4; and The Big Bang repeated on Syfy (Port)

2015 - The Time Monster, Episodes 1 and 2 both

repeated and Destiny of the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4

both first screened, all on Retro TV; The Invasion

of Time, Part 5 and The Poison Sky both repeated

on Syfy (Aus); The Pirate Planet, Parts 2 and 3

both repeated on Horror; Rise of the Cybermen

repeated on Watch; Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code and Gridlock all repeated on BBC America;
The Almost People repeated on BBC Nordic HD and

BBC Polska HD; Flatline, In the Forest of the Night and

Dark Water all repeated on Fox (FRG); and Doctor

Who Explained repeated on BBC Entertainment EU,

Romania and ME

2016 - The Keeper of Traken, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on
Retro TV; The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Omnibus repeated
on Horror; Aliens of London, World War Three, Dalek, The 

Long Game and Planet of the Ood all repeated on Syfy 

(Aus); Father's Day repeated on TV Cultura and Syfy (Aus); 

The Idiot's Lantern repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; 

The Satan Pit and Doctor Who Confidential: Religion,

Myths and Legends both repeated on ABC2; The Sound

of Drums and Last of the Time Lords both repeated on 
EBRU; Robot of Sherwood repeated on KUAC; and The

Zygon Invasion and The Zygon Inversion both repeated

on BBC First (Ben)

2017 - The Time Meddler, Episodes 2 and 3 and Mawdryn
Undead, Parts 2 and 3 all repeated on Retro TV; The 

Visitation Omnibus repeated on WYCC; World War 

Three repeated on Space; Evolution of the Daleks, 

The Lazarus Experiment, 42, Human Nature and The 
Family of Blood all repeated on FX (Ind); Turn Left, Time Heist, 
The Caretaker and Kill the Moon all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Cold 
War and Hide both repeated on Syfy (Bra); In the Forest of the 
Night, Dark Water, Death in Heaven and Last Christmas all 

repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Magician's Apprentice repeated
 on BBC Polska HD and Syfy (LA); The Witch's Familiar 
repeated on Syfy (LA); Under the Lake, Before the Flood, The 
Girl Who Died, The Woman Who Lived and The Zygon Invasion
 all repeated on France 4; The Zygon Inversion and Sleep No 
More both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU; and Face the
Raven repeated on BBC Entertainment EU and BBC First (RSA)

2018 - Colony in Space, Episodes 4 and 5 both repeated on

KBTC; The Stones of Blood, Parts 2 and 3 and Nightmare of

Eden Omnibus all repeated on Retro TV; State of Decay

Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; The Runaway Bride repeated

 on Syfy (Aus); Gridlock, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the

Daleks and The Lazarus Experiment all repeated on W and W

HD; The Next Doctor, Part 1 (of 2) repeated on Star World

Premiere; The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar

 both repeated on One ARD; and Under the Lake repeated on

 BBC First (ME) and One ARD

2019 - The Face of Evil, Parts 3 and 4 both

 repeated on Retro TV; and Time Heist and

Doctor Who Extra: Mummy on the Orient

Express both repeated on BBC Polska HD

2020 - The War Games, Episodes 4 and 5

both repeated on Retro TV; The Almost

People repeated on BBC Polska HD; and

Listen repeated on Syfy (Fra)

2021 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Parts

1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;

Silence in the Library repeated on ABC2;

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and The Bells

of Saint John both repeated on Syfy (Fra);

Last Christmas repeated on BBC Polska

HD; and Oxygen and Extremis both

repeated on Fox (FRG)

2022 - Four to Doomsday, Parts 3

and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;

Bad Wolf repeated on Fox SciFi; The

Idiot's Lantern repeated on Syfy (Fra);

Rosa repeated on BBC Polska HD; Once,

Upon Time repeated on BBC First Turkey;

and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD

screened on Talking Pictures TV

2025 - Utopia repeated on ABC

Entertains

Doctor Who Vs. Hannay, Series 2

This adventure series was the

TV spin-off from Rank's 1978 film version of The Thirty Nine

Steps, shown on Talking Pictures

TV last night. Both productions

starred Robert Powell as John

Buchan's Richard Hannay.

This Thames Television period

drama (set before the Great

War) had little in common with

 Buchan's novels, but used

character names from his other

works.

Hannay followed two BBC adapt-

ations of The Three, Hostages, in

1952 and 1977, with Patrick Barr

then Barry Foster as  the hero. Rupert Penry Jones portrayed Hannay in BBC Scotland's remake of The 39 Steps in 2008.

In 2017, Polygon (Buchan's original publishers) released The Thirty-One

Kings - the first new Hannay story in eighty years, written by Scottish

children's author, Robert J Harris. 

This final seven-part season (originally shown from early 1989) featured

Alex Kingston, and a total of thirty-two Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

Coup de grace (TX: January 31 1989)

• Leslie Schofield (Tennant) was Leroy in (episode 4 of) The War Games, and Calib in The Face of Evil
• Joanna David [born Hacking] (Sybil) voiced Mr. Audley for Audio- Go's The Broken Crown (2011)
• for Leslie Adams see The Thirty Nine Steps
• stuntman Alf [Charles Richard] Joint was stunt arranger on Battlefield
• stuntman Rod [Paul] Woodruff was the stunt co-ordinator on Rose and World War Three 

The Terrors of the Earth (TX: February 7)

• Peter [George Haywood] Halliday (Dearth) was Packer and Cyber Director Voice) in The Invasion, voiced the Silurians in their debut story, and the Aliens in The Ambassadors of Death, then was Pletrac in Carnival of Monsters, Soldier in City of Death, and the Vicar in Remembrance of the Daleks (2), then voiced Derhaven for Magic Bullet's Checkmate (2003)
• stuntman Paul Heasman was an uncredited Nazi in Silver Nemesis, then stunt co-ordinator on Survival
• fight arranger Steve Whyment was an Extra on The Keeper of Traken and Snakedance 

Double Jeopardy (TX: February 14)

• Bernard [Frederic Bemrose] Kay (DCI Rodier) was Carl Tyler in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Saladin in The Crusade, DI Crossland in The Faceless Ones, and Caldwell in Colony in Space, then voiced Major Dickens for Big Finish's Night Thoughts (2006)
• Tom [Welsh] Watson (Leigh) was Ramo in The Underwater Menace
• Denys [Vernon] Hawthorne (Counsel) was Rudge in Terror of the Vervoids

The Good Samaritan (TX: February 21)

• David Haig [Collum Ward] (Smyth here; Sinclair in The 39 Steps) was Pangol in The Leisure Hive
• Sharon [Patricia] Maughan (Dore) voiced Whitfield for Cold Fusion (2016)
• Derek Smith (Colonel) was the Doorman in Human Nature
• Colin Prockter (Harker) was the Chef in The Long Game, and the Air Raid Warden in Victory of the Daleks
• prolific Big Finish actor Steven Wickham (Boris) was [uncredited] Soldier in The Caves of Androzani (1), and Gastropod in The Twin Dilemma (1), then voiced Dr. Samuel Holywell for Phantasmagoria (1999), Murranus for The Fires of Vulcan (2000), Ron Sharpe for The Tao Connection (2002), Joseph/Victor Farrison for The Dark Flame (2003), Valyes for Gallifrey (2005-13), Uviol for Red (2006), Harom for Urban Myths, Soldiers for Son of the Dragon (both 2007), Garm/ the Master of Karn for Seven Keys to Doomsday (2008), Gavin Walker for The Veiled Leopard (2013), and Grisk/Venorg for Memories of a Tyrant (2019)

The Confidence Man (TX: February 28)

• [Alexander] Martin Clunes (Amersham) was Lon in Snakedance
• Richenda Carey (Marigold) voiced Alexis Linfoot for Plague of the Daleks (2009), Gliss for Prisoners of the Sun (2011), Sister Frances Beckett for The Cloisters of Terror (2015), Mother Finsey for The Transcendence of the Ephros (2016) and The Last Day 1 (2023), Professor Blavatsky for The Wreck of the World (2017), Lady Crozion for Kingdom of Lies (2018), Darial for The Bekdel Test, and Admiral for Concealed Weapon (both 2019)

That Rough Music (TX: March 7)

• Andrew [Hugh] Woodall (Birbeck) depicted Rex Tucker in An Adventure in Space and Time
• Ron [Henry] Pember (Peterson) voiced Seedle for Slipback

Say the Bells of Shoreditch (TX: March 14)

• Karen Archer (Madge) voiced Professor Allen for Never Alone (2021), DCI Denise Walker for The Annihilators (2022), Vrull Peregrine for The Great Cyber War (2023), and Countess of Warminster for Anne of a Thousand Light Years (2024)
• Patrick Carter (Workman) was the Bosun in The Chase (3)