Doctor Who Vs. Casualty @ 40: Series 6

Series regulars Derek Thompson,

Cathy Shipton, Ian Bleasdale, Nigel

Le Vaillant, Robson Green, Mamta

Kaash, Patrick Robinson and Caroline

Webster returned for the next season

of BBC1's flagship medical drama.

Joining the programme here were
Maureen Beattie (as staff nurse
Sandra Nicholl), Adie Allen (student
nurse Kelly Liddle), Anne Kristen (receptionist Norma Sullivan), and
Maria Friedman (social worker Trish
Baynes). Both Allen and Friedman

had left the show by the series'

conclusion, whilst Green and Kaash

chose to depart after three and two

 years service respectively.

This fifteen part run (originally broad-

cast from September to December

1991, with the final instalment only

shown in February 1992) featured

Siobhan Redmond, and a total of sixty-two Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Kenneth Colley (Paddy) voiced Cristophe Zarodnix for Sisters of the Flame and The Vengeane of Morbius (both 2008)
• Charlie [Lomax David] Condou (Williamson here; McGregor, 1995; Gal, 2009; Ben Sherwood in Holby City, 2019/20) voiced Crabhead/ System/Jarl for Ravenous 1 (2018), Chris for Five Hundred Ways to Kill Your Lover (2025), and Marty for Cloud Eight (2026), then was Gary Gabbastone in The Interstellar Song Contest
• Marc Warren [born Stephens] (Nick) was Elton Pope in Love & Monsters
• Karl Collins [born Myers] (Roy) was Shaun Temple in The End of Time and The Star Beast
• Christien [Alexis] Anholt (Jude) was Perkins in The Curse of Fenric
• Roderick Smith (DS Spalding here; Hadley/McRae in Holby City) was Cruikshank in The Invisible Enemy
• Sophie Okonedo (Gina) was Queen Liz 10 in The Beast Below and The Pandorica Opens, and voiced Alison Cheney for Scream of the Shalka
• Tom Georgeson (Talbot) was Kavell in Genesis of the Daleks, and an Inspector in Logopolis
• Richard [Dyas Beverley] Hampton (Pathologist) was Villager in The Visitation
• Debra Gillett (Reporter) was Rita Connolly in The Idiot's Lantern
• Jim [Edward] Carter (Charlton) voiced Brother Bernard for The Book of Kells (2010)
• David [John] Quilter (Dr. Graves) was Greeves in The Unicorn and the Wasp
• Jo Stone-Fewings (Sutton) was the Male Programmer [Davitch Pavale] in The Parting of the Ways, and voiced Major Wheatley for Hounded (2016)
• Rob [Charlton] Edwards (McBride here; Drake, 1995) provided the Male Voice of Xoanon for The Face of Evil, and was Chub in The Robots of Death (1)
• William [Denys] Hoyland (Adamson) voiced Premier Jaeger for LIVE 34 (2005)
• Roger Griffiths (Philip) was Commander Kess in Planet of the Ood
• Polly James [born Pauline Devaney] (Sylvia) and Jack [Stewart] Galloway (Dryden) both starred in The Awakening, as Jane Hampden and Captain Joseph Willow
• Ian [Clive] Talbot (Vaughan) was Travis in The Silurians (4), and Klout in The Leisure Hive
• Vincent Brimble (PC Devonshire) was Tarpok in Warriors of the Deep
• Philip Anthony [Johnson] (Dr. Phillips) was Roald in The Daleks' Master Plan (1)
• Duncan Duff (Policeman) was Newsreader in Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel, and voiced Joe Hartley for Night Thoughts (2006)
• Iain Rattray (Sergeant) was Habris in State of Decay
• Gillian Kearney (Mandy here; Jessica Harrison, 2008-10) voiced Mina Challis for Zygon Hunt ( 2014)
• Rupert Holliday Evans (Cook here; Tom, 1995; Harkins, 2006; Frank, 2009; Healey, 2015; Black in Holby City) was Colonel [Alan] Mace in The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky, then reprised for Big Finish's Rise of the Valiant (2026) - he also voiced Celtic Warrior for The Relics of Time, Artist for The Demon of Paris, and Cop for Starfall (all 2010)
• Geoffrey Toone (Bridges) was Hepesh in The Curse of Peladon
• Julia Sawalha (Nikki) was Emma in The Curse of Fatal Death
• Janet Henfrey (Sister) was Miss Hardaker in The Curse of Fenric, Mrs. Pitt in Mummy on the Orient Express, and the Adjudicator in Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor - she then voiced Mrs. Vanguard for The Spirit Trap (2010), Dr. Petherbridge for An Eye for Murder, Mrs. Jefferies for The Concrete Cage, Woman for The Forgotten Village (all 2014), Dorothy for The Screaming Ceiling (2019), Sister Magdalene for Abbey of Heretics (2020), Verkuvia for The Day of the Comet (2021), and Narrata for Morbius (2024)
• Timothy Walker (Burrows) made his TV debut as Grell in The Mysterious Planet
• Maureen [Jane] Beattie (Sandra Nicholl, 1991-93) was Rona Bellows in Last Christmas
• Hermione [Jane] Norris (Abby, 1991; Bobbie, 1994) was Captain Lundvik in Kill the Moon
• Gerard [James Pertwee] Horan (Wilkinson here; Mark, 1994; Denning, 2007; O'Connor, 2010) was Clark/Father of Mine in Human Nature and The Family of Blood
• Christian Rodska (Dr. Bailer here; Carver, 1995; Coyne, 2015) voiced Laan Carder for Faith Stealer (2004) and Reverand Small for Audio- Go's The Dead Shoes (2011)
• Colin [David] Tierney (Letts) voiced King Dega for Genesis of the Cybermen (2025)
• Wendy Gifford [born Thompson] (Mrs. Cox) and Michael [John] Attwell (Jones here; Reed, 1997) both appeared in The Ice Warriors, as Jan Garrett and Isbur - Attwell was also Bates in Attack of the Cybermen
• Daniel Peacock (Leathers) and Peggy [Margaret Rose] Mount (Eliza) both starred in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, as Nord and the Stallslady
• Dominic Guard (Turner here; Hall, 1995) and Kathy [Lucy Bridget] Burke (Lorraine) both appeared in Terminus, as Olvir and Lazar
• Mary [Veronica] Healey (Doreen) and Annie Hulley (Jan here; Lorna, 1995) both appeared in The Happiness Patrol, as Killjoy and News- reader (3)
• Nicholas Farrell [born Frost] (Byron) was Brian Green PM in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced Gammades for Time Reef, Phil for A Perfect World (both 2008), Captain Frank for Last of the Cybermen (2015), and Browman for Strange Chemistry (2023)
• David [John] Ryall (Gash here; Harley, 1993; Dr. Baker, 1998) voiced Carthok for Phantasmagoria (1999)
• [Albert] Geoffrey Bayldon (Frain here; Ellington, 1997; Michaels, 2004; Simpson, 2006) was Organon in The Creature from the Pit, then voiced the Doctor for Auld Mortality (2003) and A Storm of Angels (2005)
• Frank Windsor [Higgins] (Smith here; Samuels, 2003/4) was Sir Ranulf Fitzwilliam in The King's Demons, and Inspector Mackenzie in Ghost Light
• Peter [Francis Gabain] Copley (Woods here; Phipps, 1993; Ellis, 1999) was Dr. Warlock in Pyramids of Mars
• Christine Kavanagh (Helen) was Aram in Timelash, and voiced Patience for Cold Fusion (2017)
• Brian Hibbard (Cadell here; Wolf, 1999; Robert, 2009) was Kellor in Delta and the Bannermen
• Simon Shepherd (Ferris) voiced Boolin for Tsar Wars, Bewley for The Broken Crown, and the Magician for Aladdin Time (all 2011), Pal Andrews for Break the Ice (2022), and Hudson Sage for Vespertine (2023)
• Louis [Felix Danner] Mahoney (Olu Ajayi here; Cavanagh, 2007) was Newscaster in Frontier in Space, Ponti in Planet of Evil, and Older Billy Shipton in Blink
• Tim Preece (Gilchrist) was Codal in Planet of the Daleks, and voiced the President for He Jests at Scars (2003)
• Davyd Harries (Felton here; Hoyle, 1993; Leyland, 1998; Frey, 2002) was Shapp in The Armageddon Factor
• Mandi Symonds (Dr. Fuller here; Mrs. Marriott, 2001; Avis, 2018) voiced Erica MacMillan for Night of the Stormcrow (2012), Bridget for The Fifth Citadel, Lily Finnegan for Afterlife (both 2013), Shafira for Revenge of the Swarm, One for The Abandoned, Mrs. Targate for The Ghosts of Gralstead (all 2014), Alitha for The Lost Fairy Tale, Inspector Jill Sveinsdóttir for Repeat Offender (both 2016), Captain for Relative Time, Maude for The Web of Time (both 2019), Mary Seacole for The Charge of the Night Brigade (2020), Vengis for The Day of the Comet, Mary Claypole/Time Lord Emissary for The God of Phantoms (both 2021), Sky Bennett for The Rotting Deep, Patricia Lockwood for The Inheritance (both 2022) and Spirit of the Season (2023), Mum for Vampire Weekend, and Betty for The Last Days of the Powell Estate (both 2025)
• Patricia Maynard (Brenda) was Hilda Winters in Robot, a role reprised for Big Finish's Sarah Jane Smith (2002)
• Robert James [born McAllister] (Mitchell) was Lesterson in The Power of the Daleks, and the High Priest in The Masque of Mandragora
• James Saxon [born William James Smyth] (Marcus) was Oscar Botcherby in The Two Doctors
• stunt arranger Gareth Milne was George Cranleigh in Black Orchid, Mortuary Attendant in Vengeance on Varos, and doubled for Peter Davison on Warriors of the Deep
• Edwina Craze was also production associate on The Tenth Planet, The Krotons, The War Games (10) and Terror of the Zygons, and AFM on The Enemy of the World and The Mind Robber
• production manager Pennie Bloomfield was AFM on Attack of the Cybermen
• Mike Tucker was also VFX assistant on ten stories (from The Mysterious Planet to Survival) and Dimensions in Time, and model unit supervisor on fourteen episodes of the revived series (from Rose to The Time of the Doctor)

Doctor Who Vs. Agatha Christie's Poirot, Series 3

David Suchet (as the definitive Hercule Poirot), Hugh

Fraser, Philip Jackson, and Pauline Moran all returned

for eleven period crime dramas, first broadcast on ITV through the autumn and winter of 1990/91.

 The opening feature-length mystery was based on

the Queen of Crime's debut novel, written in 1916

and published in 1920. Five of the cases were based

on short stories from Poirot's Early Cases (issued in

1974), three derived from Poirot Investigates (1924),

 and two originated from The Adventure of the

Christmas Pudding (1960).

A repeat run of the third season continued on ITV3

today - it featured Peter Capaldi (pictured in Wasps'

Nest), and a total of forty-nine Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

The Mysterious Affair At Styles (UK TX: September 16 1990)

• Joanna McCallum (Evie here; Laura for A Murder is Announced, 1999; Mrs. Olivera for One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, 2004; Princess in Murder on the Orient Express, 2022) voiced the Bursar for Big Finish's Night Thoughts (2006)
• David Savile (Summerhaye) was Lieutenant Jeremy Carstairs in The War Games, Professor Winser in The Claws of Axos, and Colonel Charles Crichton in The Five Doctors
• Anthony Calf (Cavendish) was Charles in The Visitation, Colonel Godsacre in Empress of Mars, and voiced Lord Barset for Frozen Time (2007), and Cal for Zero Space (2018)
• [Frank] Morris Perry (Wells) was Captain Dent in Colony in Space
• Tim Munro (Mace) was Ainu in The Creature from the Pit, and Sigurd in Terminus
• Tim Preece (Philips) was Codal in Planet of the Daleks, then voiced the President for He Jests at Scars (2003)
• Donald Pelmear (Judge) was Professor Rubeish in The Time Warrior
• Robert Vowles (Driver) was a Gundan in Warriors' Gate
• David Rintoul [born Wilson] (Cavendish) voiced Lord Henry Balfour for The Phoenix Strain (2016), Professor Andus Renwick for The Helm of Awe (2017), Galla Posca for Escape from Kaldor (2018), Dr. Leon Jessel for Fever Island (2019), Roger Hodgkiss for Barrister to the Stars (2020), Kinade/Priest/Bishop for The Curse of Lady Macbeth (2021), Garron for The Ribos Inheritance, and Butler for The House that Hoxx Built (both 2022)

How Does Your Garden Grow? (UK TX: January 6 1991)

• Elizabeth Waller was costume designer on The Robots of Death too

The Million Dollar Bond Robbery (UK TX: January 13)

• David [John] Quilter (Shaw here; Laidlaw in The Crackler) was Greeves in The Unicorn and the Wasp
• Christopher Owen (Purser) was an Earthling in Meglos
• Jonathan Stratt (Passenger) was the Taxi Driver in Partners in Crime
• Dallas Adams (Hood) was Professor Howard Foster in Planet of Fire
• Edward Phillips (Seller) was Parisian in (episode 3 of) The Massacre, and Scientist [Bob Anders] in The Moonbase
• Lizzie McInnerny (Nurse here; Alex in Philomel Cottage, 2002; Jenny in The ABC Murders, 2018) voiced Harriet Quilp for The Yes Men (2015)

The Plymouth Express (UK TX: January 20)

• writer Rod Beacham made his TV acting debut as Corporal Lane in The Web of Fear
• Julian [Neil Rohan] Wadham (Carrington here; Champneys in The Manhood of Edward Robinson; Halliday in Sleeping Murder, 2006) voiced Augustus Scullop for The Fourth Wall (2012), Joseph Holman for The Darkness of Glass (2015) and The Crowmarsh Experiment (2018), and Judge Perigold Trent for The Doomsday Contract (2021)
• Steven Mackintosh (Newsboy) was Gazak in Timelash
• Leon Eagles (Manager) was Jabel in The Face of Evil
• John Abbott (Detective) was Vince Hawkins in Horror of Fang Rock
• Reg [George] Thomason (Doorman here; Club member in The Mystery of the Spanish Chest; Drinker in The Chocolate Box; Audience in Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan; Barristr in Witness for the Prosecution, 1982) was Resistance Man in Daleks' Invasion 2150 AD

Wasps' Nest (UK TX: January 27)

• Julian Forsyth (Waiter) voiced Grei Potemic for Rewind (2022)
• Hilary Tindall (Compere) played Marion Clements in The Curse of the Daleks

The Tragedy At Marsdon Manor (UK TX: February 3)

• Ian McCulloch (Maltravers) was Nilson in Warriors of the Deep
• Geraldine Alexander (Susan here; Gwenda in Sleeping Murder, 1987; Blanche for Absent in the Spring) was Areta in Vengeance on Varos
• Ralph Watson (Danvers) was the Generator Scientist in The Underwater Menace, Captain Knight in The Web of Fear and The Web of Time (2019), Ettis in The Monster of Peladon, and Ben Travers in Horror of Fang Rock (1)
• Hilary [Sophia] Sesta (Receptionist) was the Fortune Teller in Snakedance

The Double Clue (UK TX: February 10)

• David [James] Bamber (Parker) 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)
• Mark Fletcher (Constable) was a Crewman in Earthshock
• stuntman Martin Grace was a Thal in Dr. Who and the Daleks
• for Jill Goldston (Waitress) see The Adventure of the Western Star

The Mystery of the Spanish Chest (UK TX: February 17)

• Caroline Langrishe (Marguerite here; Sally in Dead Man's Folly, 1986) voiced Shira for The Burning Prince (2012), and Lady Farina/the Red Lady for Doom Coalition 1 (2015)
• Pip [Dean] Torrens (Rich here; Cloade in Taken at the Flood; Noel Coward in 4.50 from Paddington) was Headmaster Rocastle in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, then voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), and Kenton for Break the Ice (2022)
• Peter Copley (Burgoyne) was Dr. Warlock in Pyramids of Mars
• Metin Yenal (Umpire) was Karl in Silver Nemesis

The Theft of the Royal Ruby (UK TX: February 24)

• Frederick [William] Treves (Lacey here; Dr. Kennedy in Sleeping Murder, 1987) was Brotadac in Meglos
• Gordon Reid (Shopkeeper here; Littledale for Sad Cypress, 1992) was Phillips in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1)
• [Patricia] Stephanie Cole (Mrs. Lacey here; Miss Casewell in The Mousetrap, 1968/9; Anna in Jane in Search of a Job; Ariadne Oliver for Hallowe'en Party, The Pale Horse & Cards on the Table) voiced Lady Marianna for The Abandoned (2014), and Narrator of Bessie Come Home
• Iain Rattray (Waiter) was Habris in State of Decay
• stuntman Jim Dowdall had uncredited roles in Day of the Daleks, Genesis of the Daleks, Genesis of the Daleks and Frontios

The Affair at the Victory Ball (UK TX: March 3)

• Andrew Burt (Ackeley here; Dr. Quimper in 4. 50 from Paddington, 1987) was Valgard in Terminus
• Harry Van Engel (Engineer here; Juror in Witness for the Prosecution, 1982) was a Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks
• stuntman Steve Whyment was an extra in The Keeper of Traken and Snakedance

The Mystery of the Hunter's Lodge (UK TX: March 10)

• Roy Boyd (Stoddard) was Driscoll in The Hand of Fear
• Bernard [Arthur Gordon] Horsfall (Pace) was Lemual Gulliver in The Mind Robber, Time Lord in The War Games, Taron in Planet of the Daleks, Chancellor Goth in The Deadly Assassin, and voiced Arnold Baynes for Davros (2003)
• Victoria Alcock (Ellie) was Angela in Planet of the Dead, then voiced Marion for Power Play, and Winnie O'Connor for The Lonely Clock (both 2012)
• Raymond Trickitt (Cooke) was the Ancient Haemovore in The Curse of Fenric
• Jim Norton (Havering) voiced Major Thomas Kennet for Scream of the Shalka

Doctor Who Vs. Miss Marple: 4.50 From Paddington

Agatha Christie's seventh Miss

Marple case (and her forty-ninth

crime novel) was published in

1957, then issued in America as

What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!

Serialised versions appeared in

John Bull weekly (UK), Canada's

Star Weekly (subtitled Eyewitness

to Death), and Chicago Tribune

(as Eyewitness to Murder).

Adapted in 1961 for MGM's first

Miss Marple feature film, Murder

She Said (Margaret

Rutherford's Jane co-starred with

future incarnation, Joan Hickson),

the book was then dramatised for

 this television version in 1987 -

BBC1's ninth Marple serial first aired on Christmas Day. An ITV Studios production followed in 2004. Repeated on U&Drama today, the mystery

featured David Horovitch, Ian Brimble, and these sixteen Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

• [William] Maurice Denham (Crackenthorpe here; Vladirovsky in The Man Who Was Number Sixteen; DI Japp in The Alphabet Murders; Parker Pyne in The Agatha Christie Hour; Poirot for The Mystery of the Blue Train, 1985; Pennyfather for At Bertram's Hotel, 1995) was Azmael in The Twin Dilemma, then voiced the President for The Paradise of Death
• Joanna David [born Hacking] (Emma here; Claire in The Red Signal; Grace in Greenshaw's Folly) voiced Mrs. Audley for AudioGo's The Broken Crown (2011)
• Andrew Burt (Dr Quimper here; Ackerley in The Affair at the Victory Ball) was Valgard in Terminus
• John [William Francis] Hallam (Cedric) was Light in (part 3 of) Ghost Light
• Richard Ashley (Sergeant) was an Orderly in Frontios
• Jean Boht [born Dance] (Mde. Joliet) voiced Hilda Schofield for Big Finish's Afterlife (2013)
• Leslie Adams (Sergeant here; Partygoer in In a Glass Darkly) was Passenger in Time Flight
• Nicholas Blane (Porter) was Millington in Survivors of the Flux
• Katy Jarrett (Mary) was Extra in The Horns of Nimon (1), Tourist in Silver Nemesis (1), and Maid in Ghost Light (1)
• for Rhoda Lewis see A Pocket Full of Rye
• for Raymond Cusick see A Murder is Announced
• Patricia Greenland was also production assistant on Full Circle and Logopolis
• make-up designer Sylvia Thornton was a make-up artist on The Android Invasion
• for George Gallaccio, John Walker and Bernard Ashby see The Body in the Library
• for Judy Pepperdine and Malcolm Campbell see Sleeping Murder

BBC Radio 4's treatment of 4.50 From Paddington was first

broadcast in March 1997 - it featured June Whitfield and:

• [Irene] Joan [Marion] Sims (Elspeth here; Amy in A Murder is Announced) was Katryca in The Mysterious Planet
• Susannah Harker (Lucy) voiced Clare Keightley for Shada
• John [Edward Arthur] Woodnutt (Luther here; Carbury for Appointment With Death, 2001) was George Hibbert in Spearhead from Space, the Draconian Emperor in Frontier in Space, the Duke of Forgill and Broton in Terror of the Zygons, and Seron in The Keeper of Traken

Doctor Who Vs. Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Series 1

Before Doctor Who was reimagined

for the twenty-first century, another

cult Sixties TV drama, Randall and

Hopkirk (Deceased) was deftly

brought back from the dead for BBC1

by Working Title Television. Writer and director Charlie Higson made Hitch-

cockesque cameos in all thirteen

episodes.

Originally shown on ITV from Septem-

ber 1969 to March 1970, the original twenty six part series was created by

Dennis Spooner.

Comic duo Vic Reeves (stage name of

James Moir) and Bob Mortimer reprised

the roles of detective partners Marty

Hopkirk and Jeff Randall, whilst Emilia

Fox and Tom Baker played Jeannie

and Wyvern.

Murray Gold composed the show's

incidental music, whilst the theme tune was provided by David Arnold who later arranged Ron Grainer's iconic com-

position for Big Finish's Eighth Doctor adventures. The first, six-part run

featured David Tennant, Mark Gatiss, Charles Dance, Hugh Laurie, and

a total of twenty-nine other Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Drop Dead (UK TX: March 18 2000)

• Jessica Hynes [nee Stevenson] (Felia) was Joan Redfern in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, then (that character's great grand-daughter) Verity Newman in The End of Time, and voiced Glory Bee for Big Finish's Invaders from Mars (2002)
• Steve Pemberton (DS Liddel) was Strackman Lux in Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead
• Gemma Page (Woman) voiced an Agent for The Flood (2019)
• Paul Shearer (Man) voiced King Henry VIII for Recorded Time, and Cranston for A Most Excellent Match (both 2011)
• Laurie [Philip] Goode (Removal Man) was 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
• series ADR editor Paul McFadden was sound supervisor on eighty-two stories (from Rose to The Power of Three), The Infinite Quest, Time Crash, Music of the Spheres, The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood

Mental Apparition Disorder (UK TX: March 25)

• [Alexander] Martin Clunes (Nash) was Lon in Snakedance
• Richard [Andrew Palethorpe] Todd (Waterman) was Sanders in Kinda
• Wanda Ventham (Alice) was Jean Rook in The Faceless Ones, Thea Ransone in Image of the Fendahl, and Faroon in Time and the Rani
• [Leslie] Steven Berkoff [born Berks] (the Mouth) was the Shakri in The Power of Three
• Rachel Talalay was also director of seven episodes (from Dark Water to Twice Upon a Time) and The Star Beast

The Best Years of Your Death (UK TX: April 1)

• Rory Jennings (Daniel) was Tommy Connolly in The Idiot's Lantern, and voiced Davros for Innocence (2006)
• Peter [John] Bowles (Graves) was Lionel Carson in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Man Who Never Was
• Phyllis Logan (Harriet) was Andinio in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
• Mark Straker (Dawkins) was a Trooper in Earthshock

Paranoia (UK TX: April 8)

• Arabella Weir (Judith) was Bilis in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, and voiced the Doctor for Exile (2003), then Angie Glazebrook for Prisoner of the Ood (2018)
• Tim Wallers (Lacey here & Series 2: Painkillers) was Childers in Victory of the Daleks, and Felix Gladstock in The War Between the Land and the Sea, and voiced Justinian for The Secret History (2015), and Commander Roxita/Chief Raldon for Day of the Vashta Nerada (2017)
• Simon [John] Pegg [born Beckingham] (Pope) was the Editor in The Long Game, voiced Don Chaney for Invaders from Mars, and was Narrator of the first run of Doctor Who Confidential
• Paul Rhys (Milton) was Max Paul for The Scapegoat (2009)
• Joanna Kanska (Magda) voiced Rachel for Situation Vacant (2010)
• Tony Way (Hammer) was Alf in Deep Breath

Blast from the Past (UK TX: April 15)

• Mark Benton (Wallis) was Clive [Finch] in Rose (a role reprised by Big Finish for The Dimension Cannon), and voiced Ellis for Invaders from Mars, and Jack Coulson for Energy of the Daleks (2012)
• prolific Big Finish actor Susan [Elizabeth] Brown (Deirdre) was Bridget Spears in Torchwood: Children of Earth
• Patrick [Geoffrey] Ryecart (Posh Man) was Dr. Crozier in Mindwarp

A Man of Substance (UK TX: April 22)

• Elizabeth [Jean] Spriggs [born Williams] (Mrs. Glauneck) was Tabby in Paradise Towers
• Gareth [Daniel Noake] Thomas (Bechard) voiced Lord Tamworth for Storm Warning (2001), Kalendorf for Dalek Empire and Return of the Daleks (2006), and Astaroth Morax for Last of the Colophon (2014)
• Tony Bluto (Banks) was Driver Joe in Midnight
• Rachel Weaver (Mrs Banks) was Inga in Terminus
• Hugh [Lewis] Lloyd (Seth) was Garonwy in Delta and the Bannermen

Doctor Who Vs. James Bond, Part 13: Octopussy

ITV4's lastest Bond season continued last night

with Roger Moore's sixth and penultimate assign-

ment as Agent 007. The title of Eon's thirteenth

production was taken from Ian Fleming's 1966

anthology, Octopussy and the Living Daylights.

Although an original screenplay, this story was

loosely based on another short story, The

Property of a Lady.

Main location filming was undertaken in India,

England and Berlin, interiors were filmed at Pine-

wood studios, and Rita Coolidge provided the

opening theme song.

Following the death of Bernard Lee in 1981, Robert

Brown made his first of four appearances here as

M, and the film (released in 1983) featured twenty

-seven Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• [Leslie] Steven Berkoff [born Berks] (Orlov) played the Shakri in The Power of Three
• Philip [James] Voss (Auctioneer) was Acomat in Marco Polo, and Wahed in (episode 1 of) The Dominators
• Patrick [David] Barr (Ambassador) was Commander Jack Hobson in The Moonbase
• [George] Gertan Klauber (Bubi here; Café Owner in The Living Daylights) was the Galley Master in The Romans, and Ola in The Macra Terror
• Michael Moor (Thug here; Kamran's Man in The Living Daylights) and Aileen Lewis (Woman) were both Extras in The Silurians (6)
• Ronald James Bell (German) began his career as the Garm in Terminus
• Jennifer Hill (Wife) was Mrs. Peace in The Unquiet Dead
• Ingrid Pitt [born Ingoushka Petrov] (Mistress) was Queen Galleia in The Time Monster, and Dr. Solow in Warriors of the Deep - she also submitted a Doctor Who script in 1984 wirh husband Tony Rudlin, which was eventually produced as The Macros by Big Finish in 2010
• Russell Brook (Soldier here; Diner in View to a Kill; Customer in The Living Daylights) was Schoolboy in Mawdryn Undead (2), Man-at-arms in The King's Demons, Crewman in Warriors of the Deep, Attendant in Revelation of the Daleks (1), Lakertyan/Tetrap/Genius in Time and the Rani, and Chimeron in Delta and the Bannermen (1)
• Sneh Gupta (Guide) was [Fabian] Osborn in Resurrection of the Daleks (1)
• Eric Kent (Board member) was a Technician in The Seeds of Death, UNIT Soldier in The Ambassadors of Death (1), and Roundhead in The Time Monster (3)
• Jay McGrath (Patron) was Worker in The War Machines (3), UNIT Soldier in The Silurians (3), Coven Member in Image of the Fendahl, and Dead Androgum in The Two Doctors (1)
• Mike [Carew] Reynell (Patron) was an Exxilon in Death to the Daleks, and Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks (6)
• Peter Ross Murray (Soldier here; Villain in Never Say Never Again) was a Lakertyan in Time and the Rani (4)
• Cathy Munroe (Guest) was an Extra on The Horns of Nimon and Full Circle, and Maid in Ghost Light
• Tina Simmons (Woman here; Owner in A View to a Kill; Guest in Die Another Day; Spectre Member in No Time to Die) began her career as an Inferno Customer in The War Machines (1), and was Passenger in The Faceless Ones (1)
• Mark Heap (Juggler) voiced the Middleman for The Middle (2017)
• Barbara Denham [born Frankland] (Soldier) was an Extra on Arc of Infinity (1) and Frontios (1)
• Otto Friese (Patron) was Extra on The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1)
• John [Kenneth] Tatham (Passerby) was Villager/Coven member in The Daemons
• for Arnold Lee see Dr. No
• for Albert Moses, Jeremy Bulloch and Nick Hobbs see The Spy Who Loved Me
• for Walter Henry and Lewis Alexander see Casino Royale (1967)
• stuntman Timothy [Tip] Tipping was the stunt arranger on Remembrance of the Daleks, The Curse of Fenric and Survival
• Gary Russell (Teen in Car) wrote and directed Real Time, adapted and produced Shada for Big Finish, then directed The Infinite Quest and Dreamland, produced The Gunpowder Plot, and served as script editor on Music of the Spheres, City of the Daleks, Blood of the Cybermen, The Waters of Mars, The End of Time, The Sarah Jane Adventures pilot and Torchwood

Doctor Who On This Day #54

1965 - The Daleks, Episode 3: The

Escape first screened on ABC

1968 - The Reign of Terror, Episode 5:

A Bargain of Necessity first screened

on TV1

1969 - The Time Meddler, Episodes

3 and 4 and The Myth Makers, Episode

2: Small Prophet, Quick Return repeated

and The Massacre, Episode 2: The Sea

Beggar first screened, all on TV1; and

The Evil of the Daleks, Episodes 2 to 6

repeated and Episode 7 first screened,

all on ABC

1970 - The Macra Terror, Episode 4

repeated on TV1

1973 - The Claws of Axos, Episode 4

and Colony in Space, Episode 4 repeated

and Episode 5 first screened, all on ABC

1974 - Death to the Daleks, Part 1

first screened on BBC1

1976 - Planet of Evil, Part 3

first screened on TROS

1978 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 1

repeated and Part 3 first screened,

both on ABC

1979 - The Green Death, Episode 5

first screened on TV2

1981 - Genesis of the Daleks, Parts

1 to 3 all repeated on WTTW 11; and

The Horns of Nimon, Part 4 first

 screened on TV2

1982 - The Face of Evil, Part 1

repeated on KQED Plus; and The

Visitation, Part 4 first screened

on BBC1

1983 - The Creature from the Pit,

Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus; and

Terminus, Part 4 first screened on BBC1

1984 - The Ark in Space, Part 1

repeated on KQED Plus; The

Invisible Enemy, Part 2 repeated

on ABC; and Planet of Fire, Part 1

first screened on BBC1