Showing posts with label fury from the deep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fury from the deep. Show all posts

Monday, 1 December 2025

Doctor Who Vs. Coronation Street @ 65, Part 3: 1965/66

Hines appeared in three
episodes as Roger Wain
in March 1965. From
1972, he spent 22
years on ITV's rival
soap Emmerdale Farm
1965 saw the first Corrie spin-off, when Arthur
Lowe's character, Leonard Swindley, appeared in
 Pardon My Expression, also from Granada TV
(Dennis Spooner even scripted an episode).
After two seasons Lowe moved onto another sit-
com called Dad's Army.
The Street became a huge success in Australia
by the mid sixties, then started on Canadian and
Dutch TV in 1966.
More attempts were made to counter further
criticism that the programme's portrayal of urban
life was a "nostalgic fantasy" but controversial
issues were not addressed for fear of alienating
viewers.
These two years on the Street featured Fraser
Hines, Trevor Martinand a total of sixteen
other Doctor Who cast connections:
  • Glyn [born Griffith] Owen (Lindley) was Rohm-Dutt in The Power of Kroll
  • [Albert] Edward [Walker] Evans (Petty) was Ted Moss in Image of the Fendahl
  • Rhys McConnochie (DI Lucas here; Toni, 1977) was Rod in (episode 1 of) The Enemy of the World
  • [Michael] Griffith Davies (Tony) and Windsor Davies (Officer) both starred in The Evil of the Daleks, as Kennedy and Toby respectively
  • Andrew [Fraser] Downie (Charlesworth) was Willie Mackay in The Highlanders
  • Dennis [Arthur Robert] Chinnery (Nigel here; Bassett, 1977) was Albert C. Richardson in The Chase (3), Gharman in Genesis of the Daleks, and Professor Sylvest in The Twin Dilemma (1)
  • Donald [Marland] Hewlett (Maxwell) was Hardiman in The Claws of Axos
  • David Valla [born Halliwell] (Syms) was Lieutenant Crane in The War Games (3)
  • Margaret John (Mrs. Nathan) was Megan Jones in Fury from the Deep, and Grandma Connolly in The Idiot's Lantern
  • John Woodvine (Driver here; Hoyle, 2010) was the Marshal in The Armageddon Factor
  • Tom [Welsh] Watson (Turner) was Ramo in The Underwater Menace
  • Derek Pollitt (Ambulance man) was Driver [Gwynfor Ivor] Evans in The Web of Fear, Private Wright in The Silurians (6), and Professor Caldera in Shada (4)
  • [Mary Irene] Colette O'Neil [born McCrossan] (Ruth) was Tanha in Snakedance
  • Derek Smith (Bishop) was the Doorman in Human Nature
  • Kevin [Alan] Lindsay (Dr. Connor) was Commander Linx in The Time Warrior, Cho Je in Planet of the Spiders, then Field Major Styre and the Marshal in The Sontaran Experiment

Thursday, 18 September 2025

Doctor Who Vs. Carry On Constable

Released in early 1960, the fourth
production from the popular Carry
On stable focused on the exploits on four bungling London police
recruits, played by Kenneth
Williams, Kenneth Connor, Charles
Hawtrey, and Leslie Phillips. Hattie
Jacques, Joan Sims, and Shirley
Eaton also returned here. 
Sid James (1913-1976) made his
series debut here when he re-
placed comedian Ted Ray, star of
Carry On Teacher. James (born
Solomon Joel Coen in Johannes-
burg) appeared in eighteen further titles. Shown on Great! TV tonight, this
gentle British comedy featured Eric Barker, Joan Hickson, and ten future
Doctor Who cast connections:
  • Victor [Jack] Maddern (DS Liddell here; Passenger in Carry On Regardless; Milchmann in Carry On Spying; Sergeant Major in Carry On Cleo; Various in Carry On Laughing; Man in Carry On Emmannuelle) was Chief [John] Robson in Fury from the Deep
  • Joan [born Cecilia Frances Wragge] Young (Suspect) was Catherine de Medici in The Massacre
  • Colin [Fraser] Gordon (Extra) was the Commandant in The Faceless Ones 
  • Tex Fuller [born Albert Charles Baseley] (Van Man) was the Exxilon Messenger in (part 3 of) Death to the Daleks, and stuntman on The Masque of Mandragora (1)
  • Arthur Howell and Jack [James] Silk (Constables) were Confederate Horseman in The War Games (3) and stuntman on The Daemons (4)
  • Frederick [William] Treves (Announcer) was Lieutenant Brotadac in Meglos
  • for Phillips and Sims see Carry On Nurse
  • for Reg Thomason see Carry On Sergeant

Sunday, 13 July 2025

Doctor Who Vs. Miss Marple: The Moving Finger

Agatha Christie's thirty-third crime novel (one of her
favourites) was serialised (heavily abridged) in 1942
for the American magazine, Collier's Weekly, then
issued in the British Woman's Pictorial later that year.
The third Marple mystery was faithfully adapted by
BBC1 as their second Miss Marple serial, and was first
shown in February 1985. Joan Hickson again portrayed
Jane Marple. An ITV Studios version followed in 2006.
The two-part period thriller was repeated on BBC4 last
night - it featured Andrew Bicknell, Michael Culver, and
fifteen Doctor Who cast and crew connections:
  • Elizabeth Counsell (Angela) voiced Abigail Woburn for Big Finish's Jago in Love and The Hourglass Killers (both 2012)
  • Sabina Franklyn (Joanna here; Rosamund for Evil Under the Sun, 1998) voiced Dr. Eleanor Harcourt for Bang-Bang-A-Boom! (2002), Wanda Rothman for Situation Vacant (2010), and President Beel/Aetius/Herculania for Judoon in Chains (2016)
  • John [Edwin] Arnatt (Calthrop) was Chancellor Borusa in The Invasion of Time
  • Martin Fisk (Griffith) was Vargos in The Leisure Hive
  • Penelope [Jane] Lee (Partridge here; Operator for Personal Call, 1960) auditioned (then was offered and turned down) the role of Barbara Wright on June 25 1963, then provided the Computer Voice for Revelation of the Daleks
  • Imogen Bickford-Smith (Elsie) was Tal (pictured) in Underworld 
  • Victor [Jack] Maddern (PC Johnson here; Paravicini in The Mousetrap, 1976) was Chief [John] Robson in Fury from the Deep
  • Patsy Smart (Mrs. Cleat) was the Ghoul in The Talons of Weng-Chiang
  • production associate George Gallaccio was an uncredited production assistant (PA) on (part 6 of) Planet of the Daleks and Invasion of the Dinosaurs (6), then production unit manager on eight other stories (from Robot to The Seeds of Doom)
  • Bernard Ashby was film editor on Arc of Infinity too
  • Graham Walker was also film editor on DalekFather's DayBoom TownBad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways
  • Alexandra Bridcut was assistant floor manager (AFM) on Full Circle (4) too
  • Juley Harding was also the PA on Black Orchid and The Caves of Androzani
  • location manager Tony Redston was production manager on The Mark of the Rani and Time and the Rani
  • Paul Allen was also production designer on The Seeds of Death, Spearhead from Space and Horror of Fang Rock
BBC Radio 4 transmitted an adaptation of The Moving Finger
in May 2001. June Whitfield again voiced Miss Marple, and was
joined by these Doctor Who cast links:
  • Nicholas Boulton (Burton here; Nicholas for Hallowe'en Party; Dennis for The Murder at the Vicarage, both 1993; Allerton for Death on the Nile, 1997; Cavendish for The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 2005) was Businessman in Gridlock, then voiced Chule for Capture the Chronovore! (2022), Vice for Meanwhile, Elsewhere (2023), Captain Saint/Photographer/Soldier for The Children of the Future, Reverend Horlock/Angel for Last Words, Bryans/Pilot for Pater Noster, and Commander Stelkor for Kippers (all 2024)
  • Clare Corbett (Joanna here; Ginevra for Appointment With Death, 2001; Narrator of Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World) voiced Ernestina Stott for AudioGo's The Dead Shoes, Nun for A Sting in the Tale (both 2009), Narrator of The Hounds of ArtemisDead of Winter, The Way Through the WoodsTouched by an Angel (all 2011), Summer Falls (2013), The Drosten's Curse (2015), The Good DoctorThe Fires of Pompeii (2022) and The Romans (2023), Harriet/Technician for The Rise of the New Humans, Lukaku for Stolen Goods (both th 2018), Cherilyn Dankworth for The Unzal Incursion, Ravager for Cataclysm and Food Fight (all 2021), and Carmella for Sunstrike (2024)
  • Annabelle Dowler (Megan here; Bridget for The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, 2004; Cynthia/Annie for The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 2005; Receptionist for Towards Zero, 2010) was Walter's Mother in The Snowmen, then voiced Jasdar Crick for The Robots of LifeRobot for Love Me Not (both 2019), Integers/Contingent/Queen for Barrister to the Stars (2020), Gemma Houlbrooke for The Long Way Round, and Burr for Elevation (both 2021)

Monday, 30 June 2025

Doctor Who Vs. Wycliffe, Series 2

Jack Shepherd returned as WJ Burley's Cornish
detective for the second season of HTV's popular
crime drama, joined again by Helen Masters,
Jimmy Yuill, Aaron Harris, Adam Barker, and Tim
Wylton.
Unlike the mysteries in the first series (all based
on Burley's novels) original screenplays were
produced here. A repeat run of the eight-part
series (first shown in the summer of 1995) began
 on ITV3 last night - it featured Louise Jameson,
Geoffrey Bayldon, and a total of twenty-nine
Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

All For Love (UK TX: June 18 1995)
  • John [Frederick] Abineri (DCI Turner) was Pieter Van Lutyens in Fury from the Deep, General George Carrington in The Ambassadors of Death, Richard Railton in Death to the Daleks, and Ranquin in The Power of Kroll
  • Kenneth Sharp was also production designer on The Macra Terror, The Claws of Axos and The Robots of Death, whilst John Bleasdale (Warder) was a titular Robot in the latter story
The Trojan Horse (UK TX: June 25)
  • Peter Bennett was also first assistant director on fourteen stories (from Bad Wolf to The End of Timeand Attack of the Graske, production manager (PM) on The Doctor's DaughterMidnightThe Stolen Earth and Journey's End, then produced twenty-one episodes (from The Beast Below to Twice Upon a Time)
Charades (UK TX: July 2)
  • David Haig [Collum Ward] (Miller) was Pangol in The Leisure Hive
  • Andrew Bullivant (PC) was Milkman in The Stolen Earth, and PC Ferguson in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith
  • Nigel Peever (Treglowen) was Rassilon in Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?, BBC Executive in The Auton Diaries 2, McCutheon in Zygon, and Reporter in Boom Town, then voiced Jethro for BBV Productions' The Barnacled Baby (2001), Paul Wight for In 2 Minds (2002), and Quail/the Deputy for Big Finish's The Transcendence of Ephros (2016)
  • Michael Fenton Stevens (Howell) voiced Shakespeare for The Kingmaker (2006), Brooks for The Raincloud Man (2008), Moorson/ Controller for Destroy the Infinite (2014), Douglas Bell for The Carrionite Curse (2017), and Charles Jamrach/Wombat Commodore for The Caged Assassin (2024)
  • David [Henry] Neal (Thorne) was the President in The Caves of Androzani
  • Tom Eastwood (Barman) voiced Requiem for The Last (2004)
Lost Contact (UK TX: July 9)
  • Eleanor Bron (Edwina) was an Art Lover in City of Death, and Kara [Seddle] in Revelation of the Daleks, and voiced Ileana De Santos for Loups-Garoux (2001)
  • Richard Dempsey (Coryn) was Tsar Nicholas II in The Power of the Doctor
  • Simon Paisley Day (SOCO) was the Steward (pictured) in The End of the World, and Rump in Face the Raven
Four and Twenty Black Birds (UK TX: July 16)
  • director Steve Goldie began his career as an AFM on (part 6 of) The Armageddon Factor, then was PM on Terminus
  • Lennox Greaves (Rowland) voiced Brian Hughes for The Shadow of the Scourge (2000), Professor Patrick Trethui for Last of the Titans (2001), Edward the Confessor for Seasons of Fear, Shaughnessy for The Chimes of Midnight (both 2002), Dr. Joseph Aldrich for The Condemned (2008), and Anulf/Taker for The Whispering Forest (2010)
  • Charles [Lawrence] De'ath (Ling) was Adelaide's Father in The Waters of Mars
  • Christopher [Denis] Driscoll (DI Perry here; Owner in Close to Home) was Security Guard in The Idiot's Lantern
  • René Zagger (Mills) was Padra in Utopia
Happy Families (UK TX: June 23)
  • Dominic Guard (Brandon) was Olvir in Terminus
  • David Schofield (Penrose) was Odin in The Girl Who Died, and voiced Billy for Death in Blackpool (2009), Nostradamus/Conclave Leader for The Doomsday Quatrain (2011), Narrator of The House of Winter (2015), Parval for The Sorcerer of Albion (2020), and Gostak for The End of the Beginning (2021)
Wild Oats (UK TX: July 30)
  • Michael Owen Morris was a production assistant (PA) on The Pirate Planet, then director on The Awakening too
  • Christian Rodska (Rawle) voiced Laan Carder for Faith Stealer (2004), and Reverend Small for AudioGo's The Dead Shoes (2011)
  • Dido Miles (Tynk) voiced Arva for Living Darkness (2025)
  • John [Edward Arthur] Woodnutt (Dr. Angwin) was George Hibbert in Spearhead from Space, the Draconian Emperor in Frontier in Space, the Duke of Forgill/Broton in Terror of the Zygons, and Seron in The Keeper of Traken
  • Susie Liggat was also first assistant director on Love & Monsters, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday, then producer on eight instalments (from Human Nature to The Next Doctor)
Breaking Point (UK TX: August 6)
  • Leslie Schofield (Treen) was Leroy in The War Games (4), and Calib in The Face of Evil
  • Linda Broughton (Mrs. Nankervis) was the Woman in Hell Bent
  • for Steve Slocombe, Elaine Matthews and Barbara Southcott see Series 1

Sunday, 15 June 2025

Doctor Who Vs. James Bond, Part 7: Diamonds are Forever

Following the departure of George Lazenby
after just one assignment as James Bond in
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), United
Artists secured the return of Sean Connery for
the seventh entry in the franchise.
The production was adapted from Ian Fleming's fourth spy novel of 1956, and was released in
late 1971. Shirley Bassey performed vocals on
her second Bond theme song (see Goldfinger).
When Connery (1930-2020) relinquished the
lead role again, co-producer Albert R Broccoli
insisted that another British actor replace him,
and London-born Roger Moore (1927-2017)
was cast for Live and Let Die in 1972.
Another Bond season continued on ITV1 today
with Connery's official series swansong (he would reprise Bond yet again for Warner Bros' non canonical Never Say Never Again in 1971) - it featured these sixteen
Doctor Who cast connections:

  • Joseph Furst (Dr. Metz) was Professor Hermann Zaroff in The Underwater Menace
  • John [Frederick] Abineri (Airline Rep) was Van Lutyens in Fury from the Deep, General Carrington in The Ambassadors of Death, Richard Railton in Death to the Daleks, and Ranquin in The Power of Kroll
  • [Kenneth] Clifford Earl (Officer) was the Sergeant in The Daleks' Master Plan (7), and Major Branwell in The Invasion
  • Bill Hutchinson (Controller) and Martin [Willy] Lyder [born Leyde] (Croupier) both appeared in The War Games, as Sergeant Thompson (4) and Foot Soldier/Alien Guard
  • Michael Stevens (CIA Agent) was 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)
  • Dorothy Ford (stunt performer here, The Spy Who Loved MeFor Your Eyes OnlyOctopussy The Living Daylights; Woman in Moonraker) was Double on The Wheel in Space (6)
  • for Rick Lester see Dr. No
  • for Eddie Powell see From Russia With Love
  • for Vincent Wong and Roy Street see Goldfinger
  • for Ed Bishop, Shane Rimmer and Chris Webb see You Only Live Twice
  • for Ron Gregory and David de Keyser see O.H.M.S.S.

Friday, 30 May 2025

Doctor Who Vs. Wycliffe, Series 1

HTV (Harlech Television until
2004, and now ITV Cymru/
Wales and ITV West Country)
produced this police proced-
ural drama based on the crime
novels of William John Burley
 (1914-2002).
Between 1968 and 2000, the
writer created twenty-two
traditional whodunnits - all set
in his native Cornwall, they
featured detective Charles
Wycliffe -  portrayed here by
Jack Shepherd (pictured
centre). The programme was filmed in the historic county (with a
production office based in Truro), and the cast included Jimmy Yuill
(right, as DI Kersey), and Helen Masters (left, DI Lane).
The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction (2003) notes that Wycliffe
was just one of a group of 1990's crime dramas that contrasted older
detectives with their younger colleagues who are not only better
equipped with newer techniques, but are more politically correct (see
Inspector MorseA Touch of FrostVera). Regionally based series like
Wycliffe were the opposite of socially realist fare like CrackerPrime SuspectWhitechapel and Luther.
Following a pilot episode, the show endured for five series from 1994
 to 1998, and won an RTS award for best TV theme. In 2006, ITV's
Super Sleuths strand examined the legacy of Wycliffe and his literary
peers.
All seven mysteries here were adapted from Burley's books, whilst
all later stories were original screenplays. A repeat run of the first
season began on ITV3 last night - it featured a total of thirty-three
Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

The Cycle of Death (UK TX: August 7 1993/Published 1990)
  • [John] Pennant Roberts was also director of The Face of EvilThe Sun MakersThe Pirate PlanetThe Five DoctorsWarriors of the Deep, Timelash and (the VHS release of) Shada
  • Siri O'Neal (Christine) voiced Colonel Emily Chaudhry for Big Finish's UNIT (2004/5), and Ruth for Full Fathom Five (2003)
  • [Eve Lucinda] Lucy Fleming (Helen) voiced Lady Catherine Waverly for Manhunt (2013), Alice Donelly for UNIT: Invocation (2017), and Veronica Holmes for The Auton Infinity (2022)
  • Carla Mendonca (DS Lane) voiced Waltraud Raither for Better Watch Out, Imp for Fairytale of Salzburg (both 2018), Evangeline Horton for The House on the Edge of Chaos (2019), and Mildred Harbin/Miss Price for The Ministry of Death (2026)
  • John [Edward] Cater (Glynn) was Professor Krimpton in The War Machines 
  • Tim Munro (Sergeant Fox) was Ainu in The Creature from the Pit, and Sigurd in Terminus
  • Herbert [Thomas Morgan] Rees (Dr. Rees) was the Chief Engineer in Fury from the Deep, Captain Ransom in The War Games, and John Stevenson in The Seeds of Doom 
  • April Walker (Florence) was originally cast as Sarah Jane Smith in 1973, and even attended rehearsals for The Time Warrior
  • John Robinson was also the grip on ninety-six adventures (from Rose to The Husbands of River Song) and Torchwood
  • Steve Slocombe was also the electrician on sixty-five stories (from Army of Ghosts to Death in Heaven)
The Four Jacks (UK TX: July 24 1994/Published 1985)
  • Bill [Francis] Nighy (Cleeve) was Dr. Black in Vincent and the Doctor
  • Nicholas Gecks (Surgeon) was Albert Dumfries in The Sound of Drums
  • Georgine Anderson (Barbara) was May Cassini in Gridlock
  • Pandora [Beatrice Ormsby Gore] Colin (Millie) voiced Fash for Prisoner of the Su(2011)
  • series script supervisor Elaine Matthews held that post on The Girl Who Waited and The God Complex too
The Dead Flautist (UK TX: July 31/Published 1991)
  • Kenneth [Murray] Watson (Carter) was Craddock in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD, and Bill Duggan in The Wheel in Space
  • Mary Wimbush (Mrs. Christopher) was Aunt Lavinia Smith in K9 and Company
  • [Michael Thomas] Jeremy Clyde (Bottrell) voiced George Sinclair for Absent Friends (2016), Lord Braye for Planet of the Drashigs (2019), and Tony Clare for Stranded (2020-22)
  • David [James] Bamber (Bottrell) was Captain Quell in Mummy on the Orient Express, and voiced Emperor Constantine for The Council of Nicaea (2005), and Colonel Ulrik/Whitmore for The Four Doctors (2010)
  • Dee Sadler (WPC) was Flowerchild in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
The Scapegoat (UK TX: August 7/Published 1978)
  • Susan Penhaligon (Mariah) was Lakis in The Time Monster, then voiced Shayla for Primeval (2001), Dorka/Mummy Voc for Circuit Breaker (2020), Florence Harding for A Ghost of Alchemy, and Mrs. Bevell for The Colour of Terror (both 2023)
  • series make-up designer Barbara Southcott also worked on ninety-one instalments (from The Runaway Bride to The Doctor Falls), and Music of the Spheres
The Tangled Web (UK TX: August 14/Published 1988)
  • Robert Demeger (Clemo) was the Preacher in The Shakespeare Code
  • Eric [Cecil] Deacon (Innes) was Mykros in Timelash
  • Richenda Carey (Jane) voiced Alexis Linfoot for Plague of the Daleks (2009), Gliss for Prisoner of the Sun, Sister Frances Beckett for The Cloisters of Terror (2015), Mother Finsey for The Transcendence of Ephros (2016) and The Last DayProfessor 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)
The Last Rites (UK TX: August 21/Published 1992)
  • Jeff Rawle (Jordan) was Plantagenet in Frontios, Lionel Harding in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Mona Lisa's Revenge, and depicted Mervyn Pinfield in An Adventure in Space and Time - he then voiced Toby Brokesmith for Chapel of Night (2017), Chad Caramel for The Tyrants of Logic (2018), and Captain Miles Rozann for Here Lies Drax (2022)
  • [Peter] Nigel Terry (Vinter) was General Cobb in The Doctor's Daughter
  • Ellie Haddington (Katherine) was Professor Docherty in Last of the Time Lords
  • Julia Deakin (Stephanie) voiced Harriet Griffin for Terror Firma (2005), and Old Anita for Burrowed Time (2019)
  • Geoffrey Leesley (Glynn) voiced Paramount Minister Mortun for Arrangements for Wa(2004), and Harold for AudioGo's The Broken Crown (2011)
The Pea Green Boat (UK TX: August 28/Published 1975)
  • Barry Jackson (Greaves) was Ascaris in The Romans, Jeff Garvey in Mission to the Unknown, and Drax in The Armageddon Factor
  • David Westhead (Tremaine) was Kempe in The Shakespeare Code
  • Brigit Forsyth (Ella) was Ruth Maxtible in The Evil of the Daleks

Wednesday, 23 April 2025

Doctor Who: The Pescatons Review


Written by Victor Pemberton (1931-2017), this two-part
adventure is notable for being the first Doctor Who audio
drama ever produced, and was released by Argo (Decca) on
vinyl LP in 1976 (between TV seasons thirteen and fourteen)
and cassette in 1986. Silva Screen Records issued the first
CD version in 1991, followed by BBC releases in 2005, 2011,
and 2026, and Demon Records' remastered edition (2025).
Running at forty-six minutes (the equivalent of two television
episodes), the story starred the current Doctor and companion,
Tom Baker and Elizabeth Sladen (as Sarah Jane), with
Canadian voice actor Bill  Mitchell as the Pescaton leader, Zor.
Overlooked by the parent programme, The Pescatons is worthy
of further interest beyond it's novelty value, due to it's Doctor
Who credentials, and it could even be argued that this release
is a precursor of the later Big Finish dramas.
Pemberton's lost TV story, Fury from the Deep, was itself loosely
based on his own 1966 radio serial, The Slide, which itself
originated as a submission to David Whitaker for the classic
series in 1964. This seven-part play saw an English coastal
community under attack from sentient mud, released from
fissures after an earthquake, and was rejected by Whitaker as
being too similar to Nigel Kneale's work. Indeed, both The Slide
and The Pescatons clearly display their Quatermass roots. The
former play featured Roger Delgado, Maurice Denham, David
Spenser, Miriam Margolyes, and Michael Kilgarriff.
Pemberton also had a minor acting role (as Jules Faure) in The
Moonbase, and went on to story edit The Tomb of the Cybermen
(both 1967). He novelised The Pescatons for the Target book
range in 1991.

Sunday, 20 April 2025

Doctor Who On This Day #110

  

1951 - Actress Louise Jameson born
in Wanstead
1968 - Fury from the Deep, Episode
first screened on BBC1
1969 - The Myth Makers, Episodes 3 and 4 and The Ark,
Episode 2: The Plague repeated and The Celestial Toymaker,
Episode 2: The Hall of Dolls first screened, all on TV1; and
Fury from the DeepEpisodes 3 to 6 repeated and The Wheel
in SpaceEpisode repeated and Episode 2 first screened, all 
on ABC
1973 - Colony in Space, Episode 4 and Day of the Daleks
Episode 1 both repeated and The Sea Devils, Episode 2
first screened, all on ABC
1974 - The Monster of Peladon, Part
first screened on BBC1
1976 Planet of the Spiders, Part
repeated on ABC
1978 - The Hand of Fear, Part 1 repeated
and The Robots of DeathPart 3 first
screened, both on ABC
1981 The Brain of Morbius Omnibus
repeated on WTTW 11
1982 - The Ribos Operation, Part 1 repeated on KQED
Plus; and LogopolisPart 1 repeated and Part 2 first
screened, both on ABC
1983 Robot, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus; and
Time FlightParts 1 and 2 both repeated on ABC
1984 The Seeds of Doom, Part 6 repeated on
KQED Plus; and Full CirclePart 3 repeated on ABC
1985 The Time Monster, Episode 6 repeated on KQED
Plus; and Dr. Who and the Daleks screened on BBC1
1986 The Three Doctors Omnibus
repeated on KQED Plus
1987 Frontier in Space, Episodes 5 and 6 both first 
screened on WTTW 11; and Terror of the Zygons,
Part 2 first screened on Super Channel (UK)
1988 Planet of Evil, Part 2 repeated on TV de Galicia;
Nightmare of EdenPart 2 repeated on TV2; and The 
Leisure HivePart 1 repeated on KQED Plus
1989 The Time Warrior, Part 2 repeated on KQED
Plus; and TerminusPart 1 first screened on TV2
1990 - The Invasion of Time, Part 3 repeated
on ABC; and Planet of FirePart 2 repeated on
KQED Plus
1991 The Seeds of Death, Episode
4 repeated on TV2
1993 The Sea Devils, Episode 3 repeated
 on UK Gold; and SnakedancePart 3 repeated
on ABC
1994 City of Death, Part 4 repeated on UK Gold
1995 The Mind of Evil, Episode 4 repeated
on UK Gold; and MindwarpPart 5 repeated
on VOX
1997 Pyramids of Mars, Part 1 repeated
 on ZTV; and The Brain of Morbius Omnibus
repeated on UK Gold
1998 100,000 BC, Episode 1: An Unearthly Child
repeated on Space; The Keeper of Traken Omnibus
repeated on KQED Plusand Resurrection of the
DaleksPart 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1999 The Aztecs, Episode 3: The Bride
of Sacrifice repeated on UKTV (Aus); The
Ark, Episode 1: The Steel Sky repeated
on Space; and The Monster of Peladon,
Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Colorado
PTV
2000 - The Gunfighters, Episode 3: Johnny
 Ringo repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The
Mutants, Episode 6 first screened on TG4
2001 - Underworld, Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus); The 
Pirate Planet, Part 2 repeated on Prime; and The Stones 
of Blood, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on NHPTV
2002 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Omnibus repeated on
UK Gold; Planet of the Spiders Omnibus repeated on
KERA; The Masque of Mandragora, Part 2 repeated on
BBC Kids (Can); Warriors of the DeepParts 1 and 2
both repeated on Colorado PTV; and Paradise Towers,
 Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC Prime and Omnibus
repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2003 Invasion of the Dinosaurs Omnibus
repeated on UK Gold; Terror of the Zygons,
Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Iowa PTV;
Pyramids of MarsPart repeated on
WSKG; The Seeds of DoomPart 4 repeated 
on WCNY; The Armageddon Factor, Part 5
repeated on WILL; The Horns of NimonParts
and 3 both repeated on MiND; Full Circle,
Part 1 repeated on KUED; State of Decay
Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can); The Awakening Omnibus
 repeated on MPT; The Twin DilemmaParts 3 and 4 both repeated
on WCET; Time and the RaniParts 1 and 2 both repeated on 
Colorado PTV; Dragonfire, Parts 2 and both repeated on KBTC;
Doctor Who TV Movie and Dalekmania both repeated on Syfy
 (UK); and The Ghosts of N-Space, Episode 1 repeated on Radio 7
2004 Inferno, Episode 2 repeated on ABC; and
TerminusParts 3 and both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2005 The Pirate Planet, Part 3 repeated on ABC
2006 - Aliens of London repeated on People+ Arts;
and Totally Doctor Who (1.2) first screened on BBC1
2007 - The Unquiet Dead and Doctor Who
 Confidential: TARDIS Tales both first screened
on NET; Gridlock repeated on BBC3; and Totally
 Doctor Who (2.3) first screened on BBC1
2008 City of Death, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on WCET; 
The End of the World repeated on Jimmy; Dalek and Doctor 
Who Confidential: The Daleks both repeated on NHPTV;
Father's Day  first screened on ProSieben; The Empty
Child reeated on WTVP and MPT; Boom Town repeated 
on Houston PB; Bad Wolf repeated on KERA and WXXI; 
The Christmas Invasion first screened on WTTW 11; New 
Earth and Doctor Who Confidential: New New Doctor
both repeated on WGVU and KQED Plus; Tooth and Claw 
first screened on Ozarks PTV; School Reunion first screened on 
Idaho PTV; Planet of the Ood repeated on BBC3; Doctor Who 
Confidential: The World of Who repeated on KERA; and Doctor 
Who Confidential: Special Effects repeated on MPT
2009 The Space Museum, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated 
on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; New Earth and Doctor Who
Confidential: New New Doctor both repeated on
WTTW 11; The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on
BBC3; Army of Ghosts repeated on KVCR; and
Doctor Who Confidential: The New World of Who
repeated on KQED Plus
2010 - The Brain of Morbius, Episodes 3 repeated and 4
first broadcast, both on Radio 7; School Reunion repeated
on Syfy (FRG) and UKTV (Aus); The Girl in the Fireplace 
repeated on Syfy (Spa); Silence in the Library repeated
on HRT2; and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Friends
Reunited both repeated on UKTV
2011 The Armageddon Factor, Parts 3 and 4 both
repeated on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; and The
Impossible Planet repeated on Space
2012 - Warriors of the Deep, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
on Syfy (Aus); Attack of the Cybermen, Part 1 repeated
on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; Forest of the Dead and Doctor
Who Confidential: River Runs Deep both repeated on
BBC3;The Beast Below repeated on BBC Entertainment
AP; The Almost People first screened on BBC
Entertainment Ind and repeated on ABC2; and 
Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Take Two 
repeated on ABC2
2013 The Robots of Death Omnibus screened at the 
Doctor Who at 50 event held at BFI Southbank; The Age
 of Steel and The Idiot's Lantern both repeated on BBC 
Entertainment AP; Army of Ghosts repeated on UKTV
 (NZ); The Lazarus Experiment and The Sound of Drums
both repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; The Impossible
Astronaut repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania,
ME and Fox (FRG); Day of the MoonThe Curse of the 
Black Spot and The Doctor's Wife all repeated on Fox; 
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on Syfy (Ben); Cold
War repeated on BBC America, BBC Entertainment RSA
and BBC Polska; Hide first screened on BBC1; The Best
 of the Monsters repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC 
Polska HD; and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown:
A New York Story and Open All Hours both
repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2014 Revenge of the Cybermen Omnibus repeated
on KPTS; The Brain of Morbius, Parts 3 and 4 both
first screened on Horror; Image of the FendahlParts
3 and both repeated on KBTC; The Leisure Hive,
Part 3 repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Caves of 
AndrozaniAttack of the Cybermen and Remembrance of the 
Daleks Omnibuses all first screened on Horror; The Long Game
 repeated on KNCT; The Christmas Invasion repeated on TV3;
Smith and Jones and The Shakespeare Code both repeated on 
RAI4; The Sontaran Stratagem repeated on WPT Flagship; 
Human Nature and The Family of Blood both repeated on Really 
Scary TV; MidnightTurn Left, The Stolen Earth, Journey's End
 and The Next Doctor all repeated on Fox (FRG); The Pandorica 
Opens repeated on France 4; The Almost People repeated on 
MPB; The Girl Who Waited repeated on LPB and Idaho PTV;
Asylum of the Daleks repeated on WVPB and KUED; A Town 
Called Mercy repeated on WILL; The Bells of Saint John repeated 
on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania, ME and KCPT2; The
Rings of Akhaten repeated on KCPT2; Cold War and Hide both 
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP and KCPT2; Journey to 
the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on BBC Entertainment AP
and OETA; The Crimson HorrorThe Day of the Doctor and
The Time of the Doctor all repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;
Nightmare in Silver repeated on BBC Entertainment AP, Iowa 
PTV and Syfy (Ben); The Name of the Doctor repeated on BBC 
Entertainment AP and KLRU; Doctor Who Prom (2010) repeated 
on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Doctor Who Explained
Greatest Moments: The DoctorThe Companions and The
Enemies all repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; Doctor Who 
in the US repeated on Prime; and Doctor Who Confidential: 
What Dreams May Come repeated on LPB
2015 - Destiny of the Daleks, Part 1, A Christmas Carol
and The Impossible Astronaut all repeated on Syfy (Aus);
The Mark of the Rani, Part 4 (of 4) and Remembrance
 of the Daleks, Part 1 both repeated on Horror; Boom 
Town repeated on TV Cultura; Tooth and Claw repeated
on ABC2; Fear Her and Doctor Who Confidential: From
Script to Screen both repeated on BBC Entertainment 
AP; Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks both
 repeated on EBRU; The Beast Below repeated on BBC
Entertainment LA; The Girl Who Waited and The God 
Complex both repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC
Polska HD; The Wedding of River Song repeated on
WPT; and The Name of the Doctor and The Day
of the Doctor both repeated on BBC America
2016 The Awakening Omnibus repeated on Retro TV;
The Long Game and Father's Day both repeated on BBC
Polska HD and France 4; Army of Ghosts and The 
Pandorica Opens both repeated on Syfy (Aus);
Human Nature repeated on TV Cultura;
 Forest of the Dead repeated on ABC2; The Time of Angels 
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Hungry Earth
 repeated on Syfy (LA) and Syfy (Bra); The Almost People
repeated on Einsfestival; The Rings of Akhaten repeated on
Syfy (Port); Robot of Sherwood repeated on BBC First (ME); 
In the Forest of the Night repeated on KLRU; Dark Water 
repeated on WGVU; and Dr. Who and the Daleks and
Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD both screened on
Moviemix (UK)
2017 - The Green Death, Episode 1 repeated on 
The Zone; The Mysterious Planet, Parts 2 and 3 both
 repeated on Retro TV; Daleks in Manhattan, The
Lazarus Experiment, 42Human Nature, The Family 
of Blood and The Day of the Doctor all repeated on
BBC America; Evolution of the Daleks repeated on 
BBC America and Space; Silence in the Library and Forest of
 the Dead both repeated on BBC Polska HD; The End of Time
Part 3 (of 4) repeated on FX (Ind); The Magician's Apprentice 
repeated on Syfy (Aus); Before the Flood and The Girl Who 
Died both repeated on Syfy (LA); The Zygon Inversion 
and Sleep No More both repeated on Syfy (Bra); and 
Face the Raven and Heaven Sent both repeated on DR3
2018 - The Romans, Episode 4: Inferno and The Web
PlanetEpisode both repeated on Retro TV; The Ribos
OperationParts 3 and 4 both repeated on Jones! too;
Rise of the Cybermen repeated on W; The Doctor's Wife 
repeated on Star World Premiere; The Name of the Doctor
repeated on ABC ME; Robot of Sherwood and Listen both 
repeated on Sony SciFi; and Knock Knock repeated on 
Syfy (Bra)
2019 - The Time Meddler Omnibus and The War Games,
Episodes 3 and 4 all repeated on Retro TV; The Girl in the
Fireplace repeated on BBC America; The Return of Doctor
Mysterio repeated on BBC Entertainment EU; Thin Ice and
Knock Knock both repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Pyramid
 at the End of the World and The Lie of the Land both
repeated on France 4; The Woman Who Fell to Earth
repeated on BBC America and Fox (FRG); and The Ghost
MonumentRosaArachnids in the UK and The Tsuranga
Conundrum all repeated on Fox (FRG)
2020 Amy's Choice repeated on BBC
Entertainment EU; and Oxygen repeated
on Syfy (Fra)
2021 - Horror of Fang Rock, Parts 1 and
2 both repeated on Retro TV; The Doctor's
Wife repeated on ABC2; Mummy on the
Orient ExpressFlatlineIn the Forest of
the NightDark WaterDeath in Heaven
and Before the Flood all repeated on Syfy
(Fra); and The Woman Who Fell to Earth
repeated on BBC Polska HD
2022 Attack of the Cybermen, Parts
3 and 4 (of 4) both repeated on Retro
TV; The Sound of Drums repeated on
Fox SciFi; Journey's End repeated on
Syfy (Fra); Cold Blood repeated on
BBC Polska HD; and The Rebel Flesh
and Revolution of the Daleks both
repeated on BBC First Turkey
2023 The Girl Who Died repeated
on ABC2; and The Lie of the Land and
Empress of Mars both repeated on Fox
SciFi
2024 - The Brain of Morbius, Parts
3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC
2025 The Rebel Flesh repeated on
ABC Entertains; and Legion of the
LostPart 2 repeated oRadio 4 Extra