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Friday, 16 January 2026

Doctor Who Vs. The Pale Horse (1997)

Agatha Christie's fifty-second crime
novel (published in 1961) featured
the novelist Ariadne Oliver. From
1936 to 1972, she appeared in
seven other books, but was omitted
from both television adaptations of
The Pale Horse, shown in 1997 and
2010. Mammoth Screen also drama-
tised the mystery for BBC1 in 2020.
BBC Radio 4 treatments aired in
1993 and 2014.
ITV's first version (show on Sky Arts
 last night) starred Colin Buchanan,
Michael Byrne, Andy Serkis, Ruth Madoc, Jean Marsh, Louise Jameson, Geoffrey Beevers, and these four
Doctor Who cast and crew connections:
  • Hermione [Jane] Norris (Hermia here; Celestine in Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan; Evelyn in A Caribbean Mystery, 2013) was Captain Lundvik in Kill the Moon
  • Leslie [Samuel] Phillips (Bradley here; Starke in By the Pricking of my Thumbsvoiced Robert Knox for Medicinal Purposes (2004) and Assassin in the Limelight (2008)
  • Judy Pepperdine was costume designer on Warriors of the Deep too
  • Steve Robinson was also first assistant director on The Beast Below and Victory othe Daleks

Thursday, 4 September 2025

Doctor Who Vs. Space 1999, Series 1

This Anglo-Italian production was the final science-fiction TV series
 from the prolific Gerry and Sylvia Anderson partnership, and owed
much of its visual design to pre-production for the unrealised second
run of Century 21's UFO (shown from 1970 to 1973). The Andersons
reworked the UFO: 1999 premise, and the project (the most
expensive made for British television up to then) was picked up by 
Group Three Productions, ITC and RAI.
The American married couple Martin Landau and Barbara Bain were
cast as leads John Koenig and Helena Russell, and shooting began
in late 1973. The drama premiered on ITV fifty years ago today, in
September 1975 - but wasn't broadcast in all UK regions until 1998
when repeated on BBC2.
The first, twenty-four part season also featured Nick Tate (as Alan
Carter), Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Zienia Merton (Sandra
Benes), Louise JamesonPeter Cushing, and a total of forty-
one Doctor Who cast connections:
  • Johnny [Christopher] Byrne was also writer of The Keeper of TrakenArc of Infinity and Warriors of the Deep
  • Hancock was a Reporter in (episode 1 of) Spearhead from Space, Vaber in Planet of the Daleks, Salamar in Planet of Evil, and the Captain in The Ribos Operation
  • Merton was Ping Cho in Marco Polo, and the Registrar in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith
  • Catherine Schell [born Katherina Freiin Schell von Bauschlott] (Servant here; Maya in Series 2) was Countess Scarlioni in City of Death
  • Philip [Arvon] Madoc (Gorski) was Brockley in Daleks' Invasion 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 Rag Cobden for Big Finish's Return of the Krotons (2009), and Victor Schaeffer for Master (2003)
  • Shane Rimmer (Pilot/Voice of Bannion/Kelly here; Section Voice in Series 2) was Seth Harper in The Gunfighters
  • Alan Harris (Alphan/Operative here; Prisoner in Series 2) was a Sevateem in The Face of Evil, and a titular alien in Terror of the Vervoids
  • Alf [Charles Richard] Joint (Steiner/Alphan/Guard) was a Heavy in The Ambassadors of Death (1), and stunt arranger on Battlefield
  • Roy [Edwin] Scammell (Nordstrom) was UNIT Soldier/Peterson/ Technician in The Ambassadors of Death, RSF Soldier/Sentry in Inferno, Technician in Terror of the Autons (4), Prison Officer, UNIT Motorcyclist/Soldier in The Mind of Evil, and stunt arranger on Delta and the Bannermen (1)
  • Christopher Matthews (Operative) was Radar Technician in The Tenth Planet
  • Maxwell Craig (Guard/Operative/Astronaut) was Fighter in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
  • John Hamill (Dominix) was Shrieve in The Ribos Operation
  • Andy [George] Dempsey (Operative) was Atlantean Guard in The Time Monster, and Lugo's Warrior in The Face of Evil
  • Vincent Wong [born Vivian Warren Chen] (Medic/Fujita) was Ho in The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Chinese Delegate in Day of the Daleks, and Captain in Enlightenment
  • Annie Lambert (Operative) was Enlightenment in Four to Doomsday
  • Michael Stevens (Operative) 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)
  • Isla Blair (Alien here; Carla in Series 2) was Lady Isabella Fitzwilliam in The King's Demons, and voiced Paula for Exotron (2007)
  • Brian Blessed (Dr. Rowland here; Mentor in Series 2) was King Yrcanos in Mindwarp
  • John [Morley] Shrapnel (Captain Tanner) voiced Thomas Cromwell for Doom Coalition 3 (2016), and Nigel Colloon for The False Guardian and Time's Assassin (both 2019)
  • Barbara [Rosalind] Bermel (Thulian) was Villager in Planet of the Spiders (1) and The Android Invasion (1), Masquer in The Masque of Mandragora (4), Sevateem in The Face of Evil (1), Rebel in The Sun Makers (1), Court Lady in The Androids of Tara (1), and Lazar in Terminus (1)
  • Adrienne Burgess (Revered One) was Veet in The Sun Makers
  • Dave Murphy (Thulian) was a studio engineer on Warriors' Gate (1)
  • Julian Glover (Jarak) was King Richard in The Crusade, and Scaroth in City of Death
  • Rula Lenska [born Roza Maria Leopoldyna Lubienska] (Joan) was [Dr. Elizabeth] Styles in Resurrection of the Daleks
  • Susan Jameson (Mackie) was cast as Morgan in Colony in Space but was replaced by Tony Caunter - she voiced Mrs. Moynihan for The Spectre of Lanyon Moor (2000), then Mrs. Wibsey for AudioGo's Hornets' Nest (2009), Demon Quest (2010) and Serpent Crest (2011)
  • Michael [Lawson] Sheard [born Perkins] (Dr. King) was Rhos in The Ark (2), Dr. Roland Summers in The Mind of Evil, Laurence Scarman in Pyramids of Mars, Lowe in The Invisible Enemy, Mergrave in Castrovalva, the Headmaster in Remembrance of the Daleks, Chief Baxter in Fury from the Deep (2002), then voiced Orsino for The Stones of Venice (2001)
  • Robert Rietty [born Lucio Herbert Rietti] (Voice of Cellini/Voice of Mateo/Voice of Ferro here; Sphere Voice in Series 2) voiced Bedloe for Death Comes to Time
  • Robert Russell (Hadin) was a Guard in The Power of the Daleks, and the Caber in Terror of the Zygons
  • Ron Tarr (Survivor) was a Prisoner in Destiny of the Daleks
  • Jon [St. Alban] Laurimore [born Livermore] (Smitty) was Count Federico in The Masque of Mandragora
  • Gareth [born Alan Leonard] Hunt (Pilot) was Arak in Planet of the Spiders
  • John Gleeson [born Quatermaine] (Voice of Davis) was a Thal Soldier in Genesis of the Daleks (6), and Charles Winlett in The Seeds of Doom
  • Martin [Ryan] Grace (Guard) was a Thal in Dr. Who and the Daleks
  • Joy Harrison (Operative) was Jill Tarrant in Death to the Daleks
  • Oliver Cotton (Spearman) voiced Sir Gideon Hale for 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), and Major Callahan for Quicksilver (2017)
  • [Frederick] Alan Meacham (Sandos) was Servant in The Massacre (4), and Technician in The Silurians (1)
  • [Cathal] Max [Parnell Macaulay Lloyd] Faulkner (Clifford) was a 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
  • James Snell (Cousteau) was Harry in The Daemons
  • Valentino Musetti (Mateo) was Mongol Bandit in Marco Polo (5), Saracen Warrior in The Crusade (1), Egyptian in The Daleks' Master Plan, Prisoner in The Mind of Evil, and Extra in Colony in Space (1) and The Time Monster (1)
  • [Thomas] Kevin [Harvest] Stoney (Talos) was Mavic Chen in The Daleks' Master Plan, Tobias Vaughn in The Invasion, and Tyrum in Revenge of the Cybermen
  • stuntman Rick Lester stunts was an Ogron in Day of the Daleks, Carnival of Monsters (2) and Frontier in Space

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