Doctor Who Vs. Coronation Street @ 65, Part 7: 1976-1978

By 1976, Corrie was in decline, so Bill Podmore was

appointed to give the series a facelift and soon a new,

now iconic title sequence starred a cat for the first

time. Established as a kitchen-sink drama in the

Sixties, the show received a much needed injection

 of humour - under Podmore's producership ratings stabilised. An episode in April 1977 gained almost

21 million viewers, the highest figure of the decade.

These three years on the Street featured Geoffrey Beevers (as Liston in episode 1768), and a total of

twenty-six Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Geoffrey Bateman (Lightfoot) was Dymond in Nightmare of Eden
• Lois Baxter (Marie) was Lamia in The Androids of Tara
• Mary [Veronica] Healey (Thelma here; Yvonne, 1990) was a Killjoy in The Happiness Patrol
• William [Denys] Hoyland (Hardcastle) voiced Premier Jaeger for Big Finish's Live 34 (2005)
• Philip Bretherton (Rod here; Weston, 1991; Ian Davenport, 2005) voiced Plenipotentiary Suskind for Arrangements for War (2004), Scrivener for Recorded Time, D'Urberville, Heathcliff and Darcy for A Most Excellent Match (both 2011), and Vituperon for The Devil's Armada (2014)
• Colin Farrell (Holmes) was Benni in Orphan 55
• Arthur Kelly (Monkey) was Smithy in The Witchfinders
• John [Arthur] Duttine (Baker) voiced Hector for Exotron (2007)
• Derek Francis (Beaumont) and Barry Jackson (Garfield) both appeared in The Romans, as Nero and Ascaris - Jackson was also Jeff Garvey in Mission to the Unknown, and Drax in The Armageddon Factor
• Graham [Robert] Weston (Livesley) was Russell in The War Games, and De Haan in Planet of Evil
• Roy Boyd (Franklyn) was Driscoll in (part 2 of) The Hand of Fear
• Leslie [Gilbert] Dwyer (Dugdale) was Vorg (pictured) in Carnival of Monsters
• Sylvia Coleridge (Sonia) was Amelia Ducat in The Seeds of Doom
• Christopher [born Thomas] Coll (Goodwin here; Victor Pendlebury, 1982-1992) was Phipps in The Seeds of Death, and Stubbs in The Mutants
• Geoffrey Leesley (Cox here; Clegg, 2002) voiced Paramount Minister Mortund for Arrangements for War, and Harold for Audio- Go's The Broken Crown (2011)
• John Tordoff (Hill here; Hesketh, 1999) was Alec Leeson in Colony in Space (4)
• Daphne Heard (Lizzie) was Martha Tyler in Image of the Fendahl
• Angela Bruce (Janice) was Brigadier Winifred Bambera in Battlefield, a role reprised for Animal (2011), Seabird One, Visitants, The War Factory, Fractures (all 2022) and Knightfall (2026) - she also voiced Mother for The Persistence of Dreams (2018), Herb for Conversion (2019), and Oya/Andarta for Consequences (2021)
• [Edward Charles] Jimmy Gardner (Hargreaves) was Chenchu in Marco Polo, and Idmon in Underworld
• Alan [James] Bromly was also director of The Time Warrior and Nightmare of Eden
• Tristan de Vere Cole was director of The Wheel in Space too
• Matthew Robinson was also director of Resurrection of the Daleks and Attack of the Cybermen
• Darrol Blake was director of The Stones of Blood too
• John Black was also director of The Keeper of Traken, Four to Doomsday and K9 and Company
• director Roger Cheveley had been the production designer on The War Games

Doctor Who On This Day #129

1940 - Director John Black born

in Britain

1964 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode

5: Sentence of Death first screened

on BBCtv

1966 - The Web Planet, Episode 6:

The Centre and The Crusade, Episode

2: The Knight of Jaffa both repeated

on ABC

1968 - The Gunfighters, Episode 2: Don't Shoot the Pianist,

The Savages, Episode 2, The War Machines, Episode 2, The

Smugglers, Episodes 2 and 4 and The Power of the Daleks,

Episode 2 all repeated on ABC

1969 - The Evil of the Daleks, Episode

2 and The Abominable Snowmen, Episode

5 both repeated on ABC

1970 - Inferno, Episode 1 first screened on BBC1

1971 - The Space Pirates, Episodes 1, 4 and 5 repeated 

and The War Games, Episode 1 repeated and Episode 2

first screened, all on ABC

1972 - The Krotons, Episode 1, The Space Pirates,

Episode 1 and The War Games, Episodes 3 and

4 all repeated on ABC

1973 - The Space Pirates, Episode 3 and

The Silurians, Episode 3 both repeated on ABC

1974 - Spearhead from Space, Episode

4, The Ambassadors of Death, Episode

4 and The Claws of Axos, Episode 4 all

repeated on ABC

1975 - The Silurians, Episode 5 first screened on TV1; 

and The Time Warrior, Part 4 and Death to the Daleks,

Part 2 both repeated and The Monster of Peladon, Part

1  repeated and Part 2 first screened, all on ABC

1976 - Robot, Part 4 repeated on ABC
1978 - Spearhead from Space, Episode 1 and

The Face of Evil, Part 4 both repeated on ABC

1979 - The Androids of Tara, Part 4 repeated

and The Power of Kroll, Part 2 first screened,

both on ABC

1980 - The Hand of Fear, Part 1 first

screened on WTTW 11
1981 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part

6 repeated on KQED Plus

1982 - Genesis of the Daleks Omnibus

 repeated on KQED Plus
1983 - Kinda, Part 1 first screened on TV1 and Omnibus 

repeated on WTTW 11; and Mawdryn Undead, Part 2
repeated and Part 3 first screened, both on ABC

1984 - The Face of Evil, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus;
and The Keeper of Traken, Part 4 repeated on ABC

1985 - The Green Death, Episode

5 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - Warriors' Gate, Part 3 repeated

on KQED Plus

1987 - Inferno, Episode 2 repeated on

KQED Plus; The Brain of Morbius, Parts

1 and 2 both repeated on ABC; and

Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD screened

on BBC1

1988 - The Brain of Morbius, Part 4 repeated

 on TV de Galicia; and The Keeper of Traken

Omnibus repeated on WTTW 11

1989 - The Monster of Peladon, Part

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1990 - The Pirate Planet, Part 4 repeated

on ABC; and Attack of the Cybermen, Part

3 (of 4) repeated on KQED Plus

1991 - The Armageddon Factor, Part 

5 repeated on KQED Plus

1992 - The Curse of Peladon, Episode

1 and The Masque of Mandragora

Omnibus both repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - Colony in Space Omnibus repeated

 on UK Gold; and Enlightenment, Part 4

repeated on ABC

1994 - The Leisure Hive, Part 1 repeated

 on UK Gold; and Mindwarp Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1995 - The Daemons, Episode 1 repeated

 on UK Gold; and Revelation of the Daleks,

Part 4 repeated on VOX
1997 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part

1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode 2: The Velvet Web 
repeated on Space; and The Twin Dilemma and Attack 
of the Cybermen Omnibuses both repeated on UKTV

(Aus)
1999 - The Tomb of the Cybermen,

Episode 1 first screened on WQED;

The Dominators, Episode 4 repeated

on Space; The Ambassadors of Death,

Episodes 6 and 7 both repeated on

KBTC; Colony in Space, Episodes 2 and

3 both repeated on WCET; Day of the

Daleks, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated on NHPTV; Planet 

of the Spiders, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on LPB; Robot, Part
1 repeated on Twin Cities PTV; The Ark in Space, Part 2 repeated
on Lakeshore PTV; The Sontaran Experiment Omnibus repeated
on KNME; Terror of the Zygons, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on
MiND; The Android Invasion, Part 3 repeated on WQED; The 
Seeds of Doom, Part 5 and 6 both repeated on MPBN; The 
Robots of Death Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; State of Decay 
Omnibus repeated on KSPS; and Terminus, Parts 3 and 4 both
repeated on WUSF

2000 - The Dominators, Episode 4 repeated on UKTV
(Aus); and Inferno, Episode 3 repeated on TG4

2001 - The Ark in Space, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on
BBC America; The Pirate Planet, Part 1 repeated on UKTV
 (Aus); and The Armageddon Factor, Part 1 repeated on 
Prime
2002 - The Face of Evil, Part 4 repeated

on BBC Kids (Can); and Silver Nemesis,

Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2003 - The Ark in Space Omnibus repeated

on UK Gold; Warriors' Gate, Parts 3 and 4

both repeated on BBC Kids (Can); and Shada,

Episode 2 released on BBCi

2004 - The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episodes 3 and 4 both
repeated on WCET; The Seeds of Death, Episodes 1 and 2
both repeated on KBTC; Inferno Omnibus repeated on MPT; 
The Daemons, Episodes 4 and 5 both repeated on Colorado
PTV; The Sun Makers Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; The 
Armageddon Factor, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Iowa
PTV; Four to Doomsday, Part 2 repeated on WILL; Black
 Orchid Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can); Snakedance,
Part 4 repeated on KUED; and Vengeance on Varos, Parts
1 and 2 (of 4) both repeated on MiND
2005 - The Power of Kroll, Part 1 repeated on ABC
2007 - World War Three and Doctor Who Confidential: 
Why On Earth? both first screened on KQED Plus; and 
Boom Town and Bad Wolf both first screened on KOCE
2008 - The War Games, Episode 10 and Spearhead from
Space, Episode 1 both first screened on MTV3 SciFi and
TV4; Boom Town repeated on ABC2; School Reunion

and Doctor Who Confidential: 
Friends Reunited both first screened on WGVU; The Girl in the 
Fireplace and Doctor Who Confidential: From Script to Screen 
both first screened on KQED Plus; The Lazarus Experiment 
repeated on Syfy (US); and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: 
The Dark Side repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2009 - The Dominators, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated
 on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; New Earth and Doctor Who 
Confidential: New New Doctor both repeated on UNC-MX;
 School Reunion and Doctor
Who Confidential: Friends Reunited both repeated on WTTW 11;
The Satan Pit repeated on KQED Plus and Syfy (Rus); Last of the 
Time Lords and Doctor Who Confidential: The Valiant Quest both
repeated on WGVU; The Family of Blood repeated on OETA; and
Doctor Who Confidential: Religion, Myths and Legends repeated 
on KQED Plus

2010 - Gridlock repeated on WTTW 11;

Blink first screened on WVPB; Partners

in Crime and Doctor Who Confidential:

A Noble Return both first screened on

WXXI; The Doctor's Daughter repeated

 on Idaho PTV; The Unicorn and the

Wasp and Doctor Who Confidential:

Nemesis both first screened on KERA;

Silence in the Library and Doctor Who

Confidential: Shadow Play both first

screened on MPTV; The Next Doctor first screened on Houston

PM; The Beast Below and Greatest Moments: The Companions both
first screened on Prime; The Time of Angels first screened on Space
and ABC1; The Vampires of Venice repeated on BBC3; and Doctor

Who Confidential Cutdown: Eyes Wide Open first screened on ABC1

2011 - The Hand of Fear, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on
BBC4; The Leisure Hive, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; and The Curse of the Black

Spot repeated on BBC3

2012 - Galaxy 4, Episode 3: Airlock, and

The Underwater Menace, Episode 2 both

screened by BAFTA Cymru at Chapter,

Cardiff; The Mysterious Planet, Parts 1

and 2 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi and

TV4; The Unquiet Dead repeated on YLE TV2; World War Three
 and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Why On Earth? both
repeated on ABC2; School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, Rise
of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel all repeated on France 4;
The Vampires of Venice repeated on BBC America; and Doctor 
Who Confidential Cutdown: Making Manhattan, Sontar-Ha!

and Monsters Inc. all repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2013 - Aliens of London repeated on Syfy

 (Port); 42 repeated on BBC Entertainment

 AP; Human Nature repeated on Watch; The

Next Doctor first screened on

YLE TV2; The Lodger repeated on DR3; The Almost
People and A Good Man Goes to War both repeated on
BBC America; Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS first
screened on Prime; and Doctor Who Confidential

Cutdown: About A Boy repeated on UKTV

2014 - Planet of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2 both first
screened on Horror; Warriors' Gate, Part 2, Earthshock,
Part 3, Gridlock and The Vampires of Venice all repeated 

on Syfy (Aus); Boom Town repeated on KCPT2;

Doomsday repeated on BBC America; The Runaway

Bride repeated on BBC America and Syfy (Aus); The 

Waters of Mars repeated on KLRU; The God Complex repeated
on Fox (FRG); Closing Time repeated on Syfy (Port) and Fox;
The Wedding of River Song repeated on BBC3 and Ztélé; The 
Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe repeated on Syfy (Port);
The Power of Three and The Angels Take Manhattan both
repeated on France 4; The Rings of Akhaten repeated on
WGVU; The Best of the Doctor repeated on BBC Nordic HD
and BBC Polska HD; and Doctor Who Proms (2010) repeated
on BBC Entertainment LA HD
2015 - The Green Death, Episodes 1 to 4 and The Seeds 
of Doom, Parts 3 and 4 repeated and Warriors of the
Deep, Parts 1 and 2 both first screened, all on Retro 

TV; The Stones of Blood Omnibus repeated on Horror; 

The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, Tooth 
and Claw, School Reunion and Girl in the Fireplace all repeated on
Syfy (Aus); Rise of the Cybermen and Doctor Who Confidential: 
Cybermen both repeated on UNC-MX; Human Nature, The Family
 of Blood, Blink, Utopia, The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time 
Lords all repeated on Fox (FRG); The Poison Sky repeated on
 UKTV (NZ); The End of Time, Parts 1 and 2, The Eleventh Hour,
The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks all repeated on BBC
Entertainment LA; The Time of Angels and Doctor Who
Confidential: Eyes Wide Open both repeated on BBC

 Entertainment EU, Romania and ME; Flesh and Stone 

repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Rom, ME and Jeem

 TV (ME); The Doctor's Wife repeated on OETA; The 

Rebel Flesh repeated on Jeem TV (ME); Let's Kill Hitler, 

Night Terrors and The Girl Who Waited all repeated 

on UKTV (Aus); The Power of Three repeated on

WGVU; The Angels Take Manhattan repeated on RAI4; 

Cold War, Hide, The Crimson Horror and Nightmare in 

Silver all repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska 

HD; Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on 

BBC Nordic HD, BBC Polska HD and Space; Listen, 

Time Heist, The Caretaker and Kill the Moon all 

repeated on BBC America; Flatline and In the Forest of

the Night both repeated on France 4; Death in Heaven

repeated on TLC TV; and Doctor Who Confidential: The
Writer's Tale repeated on BBC Entertainment AP

2016 - The Monster of Peladon, Parts 3 and 4 both
repeated on WETA-UK; Tooth and Claw and School
Reunion both repeated on France 4; The Idiot's Lantern
repeated on BBC Polska HD; Utopia and The God 

Complex both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Doctor's
 Daughter repeated on TV Cultura; The Time of Angels 

and Doctor Who Confidential: Eyes Wide Open both 

repeated on ABC2; The Curse of the Black Spot repeated 

on BBC Entertainment AP; The Day of the Doctor repeated

 on Syfy (Bra); Flatline repeated on LPB; Dark Water

repeated on KUAC; Before the Flood repeated on BBC 

First (ME); and An Adventure in Space and Time

repeated on Syfy (LA)

2017 - The Ark in Space, Part 4 repeated on The Zone; 
Dragonfire, Part 3 and The Happiness Patrol, Part 1 both 
repeated on Retro TV; The Long Game repeated on BBC
Polska HD; Boom Town repeated and Class, Episode 6 first
screened, both on One ARD; Cold Blood repeated on Syfy
 (LA); Vincent and the Doctor repeated on BBC Polska HD
and Syfy (LA); The Lodger repeated on FX (Ind); A Good 
Man Goes to War repeated on Syfy (Aus); A Town 

Called Mercy, The Power of Three, The Angels Take 

Manhattan, The Snowmen, The Bells of Saint John

and The Rings of Akhaten all repeated on BBC 
America; and Listen and Time Heist both repeated 

on Syfy (Bra)

2018 - The Gunfighters, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated 
on Retro TV; Forest of the Dead repeated on W; Time
Heist and The Caretaker both repeated on Fox (FRG);
In the Forest of the Night repeated on ABC; Dark Water
repeated on ABC ME; The Pilot, Smile and Knock Knock
 all repeated on Sony SciFi; and Oxygen repeated on

Syfy (Bra)
2019 - Inferno, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated

 on Retro TV; and Father's Day repeated on ABC
2020 - The Green Death, Episodes 4 and 5 and The Ribos
Operation Omnibus all repeated on Retro TV; The Angels
Take Manhattan repeated on RAI4; Last Christmas and
The Magician's Apprentice both repeated on BBC Polska
HD; and The Pilot, Thin Ice and Knock Knock all repeated

on BBC Entrtainment EU

2021 - The Krotons Omnibus repeated

on Retro TV; Underworld Omnibus

repeated on MPTV; Time and the Rani,

Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC;

Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of

Steel both repeated on One ARD; The

Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead, The

Waters of Mars and The End of Time,

Part 1 all repeated on BBC First Turkey;

and The Lodger, The Pandorica Opens,

The Big Bang, The Impossible Astronaut,

Day of the Moon and The Curse of the

Black Spot all repeated on W

2022 - Turn Left repeated on Fox

SciFi; A Good Man Goes to War

 repeated on BBC Polska HD; and

The Time of the Doctor repeated

on BBC America

2023 - The  Haunting of Villa Diodati

and Ascension of the Cybermen both

repeated on Fox SciFi

2025 - The Ambassadors of Death,

 Episodes 6 and 7 and Inferno,

Episodes 1 and 2 all repeated on

U&Eden; Hide repeated on ABC

Entertains; and Lucky Day repeated

on BBC2