Doctor Who Vs. Adam Adamant Lives! @ 60: Series 1 [Part 1]

June 23 1966 saw the debut of this

cult fantasy series on BBC1. The

show chronicled the adventures of

the eponymous hero (played by

Gerald Harper), an Edwardian

transported to the swinging

Sixties, having been frozen in ice

by his nemesis, the Face (Peter Duckrow). Adamant was joined

in his crime fighting by Georgina

Jones (Juliet Harmer).

Contemporary observers viewed
the programme makers as "what
Doctor Who did next" because
Sydney Newman, Verity 
Lambert, and Donald Cotton
all had input in the pilot episode,

A Vintage Year for Scoundrels,

and would be credited as co-creators. Adam Adamant Lives!

was actually the replacement for an intended adaptation of the Sexton Blake canon.

The sixteen-part season was originally shown from June to October 1966
 (the unaired pilot remains lost) - the first eight episodes featured a total

of fifty-nine further Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Duckrow was Guard in (episode 1 of) Fury from the Deep
• Ivor [Charley] Salter (Hoggett) was the Morok Commander in The Space Museum, Odysseus in The Myth Makers, and Sergeant Markham in Black Orchid
• Frank Jarvis [born John Francis Train] (Hicks) was a Corporal in The War Machines (3), Ankh in Underworld, and Skart in The Power of Kroll
• [William] Bartlett Mullins (Gramps) and Ilona [Jeanette] Rodgers (Susan) both appeared in The Sensorites, as an Elder and Carol
• Gordon Faith and Arnold [born Abraham] Chazen (Foreigners) were the Guard Captain in The Enemy of the World; and Scientist [John Stacey] in The Moonbase, and Auton in Spearhead from Space (4)
• [Charles] Kenneth [Anton] Benda (Sir James) was the Minister in The Claws of Axos
• John [Peter] Greenwood (Doctor) was D'Artagnan and Sir Lancelot in The Mind Robber (5)
• Alan [Louis] Cassell (Villain), Gloria Forstner, Diana Hallows, Chris Reck and Victor Munt (Partygoers) were all Inferno Customers in The War Machines (1) - Munt was also Guardian in The Ark, and UNIT Soldier in The Silurians (3)
• John Clamp and Roland Robinson (Reporters) were Guard in The Masque of Mandragora (2), and Militiaman in The Smugglers (4)
• Sheelagh McGrath (Disco Girl) was also Guardian in The Ark
• Charles O'Rourke (Lackey), David Ronowski (Passerby) and Emmett Hennessy (Partygoer) were all Tavern Patrons in The Massacre (1) - Hennessy was also an Inferno Customer in The War Machines (1), Roman Soldier in The War Games (2), Guerilla/American Aide in Day of the Daleks, and Prison Guard in Frontier in Space
• Jack [Wynne] May (Simms) was General Nicolai Hermack in The Space Pirates
• Stephanie Bidmead (Madame) was Maaga in Galaxy 4
• Michael [Anthony] Robbins (Jeffreys) was Richard Mace in The Visitation
• Geoffrey Hinsliff (Parky) was Jack Tyler in Image of the Fendahl, and Fisk in Nightmare of Eden
• Patrick O'Connell (Danny) was Ashton in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (4)
• John [Richard] Rolfe (Kelvin) was Captain in The War Machines, Sam Becket in The Moonbase, and Ralph Fell in The Green Death
• Dave Carter (Partygoer) was a Rebel in The Power of the Daleks (1), IE Guard in The Invasion (1), titular monster 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 Officer in The Time Monster (3), Sergeant Duffy in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1), and Grierson in The Android Invasion
• Philip Ryan (Jackson) was a Soldier in The Web of Fear (4), Redcoat in The Mind Robber, and Primord in Inferno
• Peter Baldwin and Denise Brown were Children in The Savages (1) too
• Laurie [Philip] Goode (Partygoer/Tourist) was a Mutt in The Mutants, Time Lord in The Invasion of Time, Bandit in The Creature from the Pit, Tigellan in Meglos, Sailor in Enlightenment, and UNIT Trooper in Battlefield
• Barry Jackson (Various/Stunts) was Ascaris in The Romans, Jeff Garvey in Mission to the Unknown, and Drax in The Armageddon Factor - a role reprised for Big Finish's The Trouble With Drax (2016)
• Roger [Alec] Jacombs (Partygoer/Tourist/Workman/Thug) was a Yeti in The Web of Fear (6)
• David James (Partygoer/Tourist) was Arab Sheikh in The Feast of Steven
• Arthur McGuire (Partygoer/Tourist) was Guard in The Massacre (4) and The Enemy of the World (4), and UNIT Soldier in The Silurians (3)
• Eric Mills (Student) was an Egyptian Warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (9), and Parisian in The Massacre (3)
• Dennis Chin (Guard) and Basil Tang (Bellboy/Photographer/Business- man) were Coolies in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (5) - Tang was also Foreman in Marco Polo, and Diplomat in Day of the Daleks (4)
• Derek Ware (Samurai) was an uncredited fight arranger on 100,000 BC, The Aztecs (4), The Crusade (1), The Feast of Steven, The Underwater Menace (3) and The Web of Fear (1), stuntman on Terror of the Autons (1), then starred as Bus Conductor in The Chase (6), Trojan Soldier in The Myth Makers (4), Tuthmos in The Daleks' Master Plan, Spaniard in The Smugglers, UNIT Soldier in The Ambassadors of Death, Private Wyatt in Inferno, and Pigbin Josh in The Claws of Axos (1)
• [William] Pat Gorman (Guard) appeared in eighty-three instalments of the classic series (from The Dalek Invasion of Earth to Attack of the Cybermen)
• Adrienne Corri [born Riccoboni] (Shani) was Mena in The Leisure Hive
• William Hurndell (McLintock) was Ike Clanton in The Gunfighters
• John [born Bertie Wyn] Hollis (Calvert) was Sondergaard in The Mutants
• David [born De Saram] Spenser (Ahmed) was Thonmi in The Abominable Snowmen
• John [Edward Arthur] Woodnutt (the Sheik) and [Richard Hugh] Hamilton Dyce (George) both starred in Spearhead from Space, as George Hibbert and Major General Scobie - Woodnutt was also the Draconian Empero in Frontier in Space, the Duke of Forgill/Broton in Terror of the Zygons, and Seron in The Keeper of Traken
• Andrew Andreas (Croupier) was an Egyptian Warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (10), Guard in The Enemy of the World, and German Soldier in The War Games (3)
• Norman Hartley (Florist) was Ulf in The Time Meddler, and Sergeant Peters in The Invasion 
• Valerie Stanton (Girl) was a Parisian in The Massacre (3), and  Secretary in The Space Pirates
• George [William] Tovey (Cabbie) was Ernie Clements in Pyramids of Mars
• Jeremy Young (Wilson) was Kal in 100,000 BC, and Gordon Lowery in Mission to the Unknown
• Ernest Blyth (Pallbearer) was a Villager/Coven member in The Daemons
• Colin [Abel] Jeavons (Clair) was Damon in The Underwater Menace, and George Tracey in K9 & Company
• Keith Anderson (Charles) was Maximilien Robespierre in The Reign of Terror
• John Dawson (Minister) was a Time Lord in The Deadly Assassin
• Ian [Fulton] Fairbairn (Barber) was Questa in The Macra Terror (1), Gregory in The Invasion, Bromley in Inferno, and Dr. Chester in The Seeds of Doom (3)
• Kenneth [Ainsworth] Ives (Man) was Toba in The Dominators
• stuntman Peter [Alexander] Diamond was stunt double and fight arranger on twelve episodes (from The Daleks to The Daemons)
• designer Darrol Blake was director of The Stones of Blood

Doctor Who On This Day #116

1928 - Writer Donald Cotton born

in England

1965 - The Daleks, Episode 3: The Escape repeated and

Marco Polo, Episode 3: Five Hundred Eyes first screened,

both on ABC

1968 - The Reign of Terror, Episode 5:

A Bargain of Necessity and Planet of

Giants, Episode 2: Dangerous Journey

both repeated and The Romans, Episode

3: Conspiracy first screened, all on TV1

1969 - The War Games, Episode

2 first screened on BBC1

1970 - The Dominators, Episode

1 repeated on ABC

1975 - Death to the Daleks, Part 3 repeated

on ABC; and Revenge of the Cybermen, Part

2 first screened on BBC1

1976 - Planet of the Spiders, Part

5 repeated on ABC

1978 - The Hand of Fear, Part 3 repeated and The Talons 

of Weng-Chiang, Part 1 first screened, both on ABC

1979 - The Stones of Blood, Part 1 repeated

and Part 3 first screened, both on ABC

1982 - State of Decay Omnibus repeated on WTTW

 11; and Logopolis, Part 4 repeated and Castrovalva,

Part 1 first screened, both on ABC

1983 - The Ark in Space, Part 4 repeated on KQED

Plus; and Arc of Infinity, Part 1 repeated and Part

2 first screened, both on ABC

1984 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part 4 repeated on 

KQED Plus; and State of Decay, Part 3 repeated on ABC

1985 - The Mind Robber, Episode 5 and The Krotons,

Part 1 both first screened on TV2; and The Three

Doctors, Episode 4 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - Full Circle, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - The Android Invasion, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on ABC; and Kinda Omnibus repeated

on KQED Plus

1988 - Robot, Part 1 first screened on

TV3 (Spa); The Android Invasion, Part

1 repeated on TV de Galicia; Nightmare

of Eden, Part 3 repeated on TV2; and

Meglos, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus

1989 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Part 

3 repeated on KQED Plus

1990 - The Invasion of Time, Part 5 repeated

on ABC; and The Caves of Androzani, Part 2

repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - Carnival of Monsters, Episode 1 repeated on UK

Gold; and Mawdryn Undead, Part 3 repeated on ABC

1994 - The Creature from the Pit, Part

4 repeated on UK Gold; and The Paradise

 of Death, Episode 3 repeated on Radio 2

1995 - The Claws of Axos, Episode 2 repeated on UK Gold;

and Terror of the Vervoids, Part 9 repeated on VOX

1997 - Planet of the Spiders Omnibus repeated on UKTV

(Aus); and Pyramids of Mars, Part 2 repeated on ZTV

1998 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode 3:

The Screaming Jungle repeated on Space;

and The Two Doctors Omnibus repeated

on UK Gold

1999 - The Romans, Episode 3: Conspiracy repeated on 

UKTV (Aus); The Gunfighters, Episode 3: Johnny Ringo 

repeated on Space; The Monster of Peladon, Parts 3 and

4 both repeated on Colorado PTV; and Pyramids of Mars 

Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus

2000 - The War Machines, Episode 3 repeated on UKTV

(Aus); and Spearhead from Space, Episode 2 repeated on 

TG4

2001 - The Deadly Assassin, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

on BBC America; The Invasion of Time, Part 2 repeated on

UKTV (Aus); The Stones of Blood, Part 3 repeated on Prime;

and Mawdryn Undead, Part 2 repeated on BBC Prime

2002 - The Hand of Fear, Part 3 repeated

on BBC Kids (Can); Mawdryn Undead, Parts

3 and 4 both repeated on NHPTV; Dragonfire,

Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus); and Death

Comes to Time, Part 11 released on BBCi

2003 - Death to the Daleks and The Monster of Peladon

Omnibuses both repeated on UK Gold; The Leisure Hive,

Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can); The

Visitation Omnibus repeated on KERA; Time and the

 Rani, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Colorado PTV;

and The Ghosts of N-Space, Episode 2 repeated on

Radio 7

2004 - Inferno, Episode 5 repeated on ABC; and Four 

to Doomsday Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2005 - The Stones of Blood, Part 2 repeated on ABC
2007 - Aliens of London and Doctor Who Confidential:

I Get a Sidekick Out of You both first screened on WLIW

 21; and The Long Game first screened on SVT2

2008 - The Mind Robber, Episode 5 and The Krotons,

 Episode 1 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; Rose

 and Doctor Who Confidential: Bringing back the Doctor

both repeated on WLIW 21; The Christmas Invasion

 repeated on WTTW 11; The Girl in the Fireplace

first screened on OETA; Partners in Crime first

screened on Syfy (US); The Sontaran Stratagem

first screened on BBC1; and Doctor Who

Confidential: Send in the Clones first screened

on BBC3

2009 - Rise of the Cybermen repeated on Ozarks PTV;

The Satan Pit and Doctor Who Confidential: Religion,

 Myths and Legends both repeated on KERA; The

Sound of Drums and Doctor Who Confidential: The

 Saxon Mystery both first screened on Idaho PTV;

Last of the Time Lords first screened on WXXI; and

Human Nature repeated on Syfy (Rus)

2010 - The Age of Steel repeated on Syfy (FRG); The

Impossible Planet and The Fires of Pompeii both repeated

on Syfy (Spa); The Shakespeare Code repeated on WTTW

11; Turn Left repeated on HRT2; and The Time of Angels 

repeated on BBC HD

2011 - City of Death, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on MTV3 

SciFi, TV2 and TV4; Fear Her repeated on Space; The End of 

Time, Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus); and Greatest Moments:

The Daleks repeated on ABC2

2012 - Frontios, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Syfy (Aus);

The Two Doctors, Parts 1 and 2 (of 6) both repeated on
MTV3 SciFi; The Stolen Earth repeated on BBC America;
The Vampires of Venice repeated on BBC Entertainment
AP; and The Girl Who Waited and Doctor Who Confidential
Cutdown: What Dreams May Come both repeated on ABC2

2013 - Doomsday repeated on Watch; The Sontaran
Stratagem first screened on YLE TV2; The Beast Below
repeated on DR3; Amy's Choice and The Hungry Earth
 both repeated on BBC America; The Impossible

Astronaut repeated on BBC Nordic; Night Terrors

 repeated on Syfy (Port); and Hide repeated on BBC3

2014 - The End of the World repeated on KCPT2;

The Unquiet Dead and Aliens of London both

repeated on Space; School Reunion, The Girl in

the Fireplace and Rise of the Cybermen all repeated

on Syfy (Aus); The Age of Steel and The Idiot's Lantern 

both repeated on TV3 (Spain) and Syfy (Aus); The Runaway 
Bride repeated on Really Scary TV; Smith and Jones and The 
Shakespeare Code both repeated on RAI4; Blink repeated on
BBC America; Utopia, The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time 
Lords all repeated on BBC America and Really Scary TV; Planet 
of the Dead repeated on BBC Nordic HD, BBC Polska HD and
Fox (FRG); The Waters of Mars and The End of Time, Part 1
both repeated on Fox; The End of Time, Part 2 repeated on
France 4 and Fox; The Almost People repeated on BBC Nordic
and Jeem TV (ME); The Wedding of River Song repeated on
BBC Nordic; The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe repeated
on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; A Town Called Mercy 
repeated on France 4; The Snowmen repeated on WGVU and
UKTV (NZ); The Bells of Saint John and The Rings of Akhaten

 both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Rom, ME and
France 4; Cold War repeated on France 4; The Crimson
 Horror repeated on OETA; and The Name of the Doctor 
repeated on Syfy (Ben)

2015 - The Silurians, Episodes 1 to 4 all repeated on Retro
TV; The Ambassadors of Death Omnibus repeated on KERA;
The Android Invasion, Part 3 repeated on KPTS; The Ribos
Operation Omnibus repeated on Horror; City of Death, 

Part 1 and The God Complex both repeated on Syfy (Aus); 

Black Orchid Omnibus repeated on KBTC; The Girl in the Fireplace and Doctor Who Confidential: From Script to 

Screen both repeated on UNC-TV; The Age of Steel and 

Doctor Who Confidential: From Zero to Hero both 

repeated on Iowa PTV; Fear Her repeated on KNCT;
The Runaway Bride, The Shakespeare Code and Gridlock 

all repeated on EBRU; Smith and Jones repeated on BBC 

Entertainment AP, EBRU and WILL; The Unicorn and the 

Wasp repeated on KCPT2; Silence in the Library, Forest 

of the Dead and Midnight all repeated on Watch and 

KCPT2; Turn Left and The Angels Take Manhattan both 

repeated on Watch; Victory of the Daleks repeated on 

BBC Entertainment EU, Rom and ME; The Hungry 

Earth repeated on KCPT; Day of the Moon repeated 

on OETA; Hide repeated on WVPB and KLRU; Deep

Breath repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; and

Flatline, In the Forest of the Night, Dark Water

 and Death in Heaven all repeated on France 4

2016 - Resurrection of the Daleks, Parts 

3 and 4 (of 4) both repeated on Retro TV;

Boom Town and Bad Wolf both repeated on

BBC Polska HD; The Shakespeare Code, Day

 of the Moon and The Rings of Akhaten all

repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Sound of Drums

repeated on TV Cultura; Journey's End repeated

on ABC2; The Hungry Earth repeated on BBC 

Entertainment AP; Vincent and the Doctor

repeated on Syfy (LA) and Syfy (Bra); The

Almost People repeated on Einsfestival; The

Crimson Horror repeated on Syfy (Port); Kill

 the Moon repeated on BBC First (ME); Dark

Water repeated on WGVU; The Zygon Inversion

repeated on Syfy (LA); and Hell Bent repeated

on RAI4

2017 - The Green Death, Episode 5 repeated on 

The Zone; Terror of the Vervoids, Part 10 and 11 

both repeated on Retro TV; Silence in the Library,

Forest of the Dead, Midnight, Turn Left, The Stolen

 Earth and Journey's End all repeated on BBC

America; The Waters of Mars, The End of Time,

Part 1, Doctor Who Extra: Listen and Time Heist

 all repeated  on BBC Polska HD; The Beast Below

repeated on FX (Ind); Dinosaurs on a Spaceship 

and A Town Called Mercy both repeated on Syfy

 (Bra); The Girl Who Died repeated on Syfy (Aus);

Face the Raven repeated on Syfy (LA); Heaven

Sent repeated on Fox (FRG) and Syfy (LA); and

Hell Bent and The Husbands of River Song both

repeated on Fox

2018 - The Space Museum, Episodes 2

and 3 both repeated on Retro TV; Love &

Monsters repeated on W; Let's Kill Hitler

repeated on Star World Premiere; Deep

Breath repeated on ABC; Into the Dalek

repeated on ABC ME; The Magician's

Apprentice repeated on Sony SciFi; and 

The Lie of the Land repeated on Syfy (Bra)
2019 - Spearhead from Space, Episodes 1 and 2 both
repeated on Retro TV; The Sun Makers, Parts 1 to 3 all
repeated on Jones! too; and The Doctor Falls repeated

on BBC Polska HD
2020 - 100,000 BC Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; The
Time Warrior Omnibus repeated on Retro TV; The Deadly
Assassin Omnibus repeated on WSRE; Castrovalva, Parts 3
and 4 both repeated on KBTC; The Two Doctors Omnibus
repeated on Idaho PTV; New Earth, Tooth and Claw, School
Reunion, The Crimson Horror, Nightmare in Silver and The 
Name of the Doctor all repeated on W; Cold Blood and
Vincent and the Doctor both repeated on One ARD; Kill
the Moon, Mummy on the Orient Express and Flatline all 
repeated on BBC Polska HD; and The Ghost Monument

repeated on Fox (FRG)

2021 - The Waters of Mars repeated

on BBC America; and Let's Kill Hitler

repeated on ABC2

2022 - Timelash, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4)

both repeated on Retro TV; The Fires

of Pompeii repeated on Fox SciFi; The

Sontaran Stratagem, The Doctor's

Daughter and The End of Time, Part

1 all repeated on Syfy (Fra); The Big

Bang repeated on BBC Polska HD;

Night Terrors and Eve of the Daleks

both repeated on BBC First Turkey; and

Revolution of the Daleks repeated on

BBC America

2025 - The God Complex repeated on

ABC Entertains; The Well first screened

on BBC1 and released on Disney+ and

BBC iPlayer; Doctor Who: Unleashed,

Episode 17 first screened on BBC3;

and A Thing of Guile repeated on

Radio 4 Extra

2026 - The Romans, Episodes 1

and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;

and Resurrection of the Daleks,

Parts 3 and 4 (4 part version) both

repeated on KBTC