Doctor Who Vs. The Avengers @ 65: Series 6 [Part 2]

This cult British fantasy drama

returned to ITV's seventeen regions

in the autumn of 1968 for an eight

month run, following it's debut on

American television that spring.

Patrick Macnee had portrayed John

Steed since 1961, and was now

joined for the last series by Toronto

born Linda Thorson (girlfriend of the

programme's new producer John

Bryce), whilst Patrick Newell now

took a regular role as Mother.

After completing production on only

three episodes, Bryce was fired -

former producers Brian Clemens

 and Albert Fennell resumed their

posts. Both were later nominated

for a Primetime Emmy Award. The

show was finally recognised with a

BAFTA Special Award in 2000.

The Avengers spawned a stage version in 1971 (Simon Oates starred as Steed), then Macnee (1922-2015) reprised his iconic role for The New Avengers in 1976. Warner Bros. released

a much maligned cinematic treatment in 1998, with Ralph Fiennes as Steed,

Uma Thurman as Dr. Peel, and Jim Broadbent as Mother. An audio iteration

from Big Finish followed in 2013, with Steed now played by Julian Wadham.

The final season included screenplays from  Terrance Dicks, Malcolm

Hulke, and Terry Nation. The final seventeen stories (from a total of

thirty-three) featured Roger Delgado, Kate O'Mara, and a total of

 seventy-five other Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Killer (UK TX: January 22 1969 & US TX: December 30 1968)

• Harry Towb (Paxton) was [Harry] Osgood in (episode 1 of) The Seeds of Death, and McDermott in Terror of the Autons
• Michael McStay (Trancer) was Derek Moberley in The Seeds of Doom
• for James Bree see Series 2
• for John Bailey see Series 1
• for William Franklyn see Series 4

The Morning After (UK TX: January 29 & US TX: Unknown)

• Donald [Macleod] Douglas (Parsons) was Vural in The Sontaran Experiment
• for Peter Barkworth see Series 1
• for Brian Blessed and Gerry Crampton see Series 5
• for Fred Haggerty, Arthur Howell and Alf Joint see Series 4 

The Curious Case of the Countless Clues 
(UK TX: February 5 1969 & US TX: April 3 1968)

• Tony [Samuel] Selby (Stanley) was Sabalom Glitz in The Mysterious Planet, The Ultimate Foe and Dragonfire
• [George] Reginald Jessup (Dawson) was a Servant in The Massacre, and Lord Savar in The Invasion of Time (1)
• for Peter Roy and John Timberlake see Series 4
• for Kenneth Cope see Series 5
• for Edward de Souza and George A Cooper see Series 2

Wish You Were Here (UK TX: February 12 1969 & US TX:

November 18 1968)

• Louise [Elizabeth] Pajo (Craven) was Gia Kelly in The Seeds of Death
• Martin [Willy] Lyder [born Leyde] (Waiter here; Straddlestoff in Fog) was Foot Soldier/Alien Guard in The War Games
• Tina Simmons (Guest) began her career as Inferno Patron in The War Machines (1), then Passenger in The Faceless Ones (1)
• for Ernest Blyth and Michael Stevens see Series 4
• for Derek Newark see Series 3
• for David Garth see Series 2
• for Gary Watson see Series 1

Love All (UK TX: February 19 & US TX: February 3)

• Peter Stephens (Bellchamber) was Cyril/the Knave of Hearts/Kitchen Boy in The Celestial Toymaker, and Lolem in The Underwater Menace
• for Terence Alexander and Juba Kennerley see Series 4
• for Frank Gatliff see Series 1
• David Baron [born Wilson] (Metcalfe) was Ralpachan in The Abominable Snowmen
• Zulema [Noel] Dene [born Walliker] (WPC Grimshaw) voiced Danna for Big Finish's Soldier Obscura (2018)
• Ann [Margaret Nicholson] Rye (Athene) voiced Lillian Dillane for Nocturne (2007)

Stay Tuned (UK TX: February 26 & US TX: February 24)

• Duncan [William Ferguson] Lamont (Wilks) was Dan Galloway in Death to the Daleks
• [Elizabeth] Denise Buckley (Sally) was cast as Victoria Waterfield in April 1967 but was replaced by Deborah Watling

Take Me to Your Leader (UK TX: March 5 & US TX: February 10)

• Patrick [David] Barr (Stonehouse) was Jack Hobson in The Moonbase
• for Michael Robbins and Michael Hawkins see Series 1
• Henry [Thomas] Stamper (Glasgow) was Anton in The Enemy of the World (1)

Fog (UK TX: March 12/US TX: February 17/Aus TX: April 29)

• for Paul Whitsun-Jones see Series 3
• Patsy [Doris] Smart (Mrs. Golightly) was the Ghoul in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1)
• John Barrard [born Jack Koppel Isaacson] (Valarti) was the Shop- keeper in The Reign of Terror

Who Was That I Saw You With? (UK TX: March 19 & US TX: March 3)

• William [James] Marlowe (Fairfax) was Harry Mailer in The Mind of Evil, and [Bill] Lester in Revenge of the Cybermen
• Alan Wheatley (Dangerfield) was Temmosus in The Daleks
• Ralph [Champion] Michael [born Shotter] (Hesketh) was Balaton in The Pirate Planet
• Ken [Jeffery] Barker (Powell) was the Mutant in Revelation of the Daleks (1)
• for Aimee Delamain see Series 3
• for Peter Brace see Series 5

Homicide and Old Lace (UK TX: March 26 & US TX: March 17)

• Edward [John] Brayshaw (Fuller) and Stephen [born Jeno Istvan] Hubay (Dubois) both appeared in The War Games, as the War Chief and Petrov - Brayshaw was also Leon Colbert in The Reign of Terror
• [George] Gertan Klauber (Kruger) was the Galley Master in The Romans (2), and Ola in The Macra Terror
• for Bryan Mosley see Series 4
• for Donald Pickering see Series 5
• for Derek Chafer and Sonnie Willis see Series 6
• Kevork Malikyan (Rossi) was Kemel Rudkin in The Wheel in Space
• for Dinny Powell see The Cybernauts
• [Henry] Kristopher Kum (Osaka) was Fu Peng in The Mind of Evil

Thingumajig (UK TX: April 2 & US TX: March 24)

• Iain Cuthbertson (Kruger) was Garron in The Ribos Operation
• for Vernon Dobtcheff see Series 4
• for Edward Burnham see Series 5
• John Moore (Greer) was a Trojan in The Myth Makers (2), and Prisoner in Frontier in Space (3)

My Wildest Dream (UK TX: April 9 & US TX: January 6)

• for Philip Madoc see Series 2
• John [Frederick Joseph] Savident (Winthrop) was the Squire in The Visitation (1), and voiced Pendle for Order of the Daleks (2016)

Requiem (UK TX: April 16 & US TX: March 31)

• Angela [Josephine] Douglas [born MacDonagh] (Miranda) was Doris Lethbridge-Stewart in Battlefield
• for John Baker see Series 6

Take Over (UK TX: April 23 & US TX: April 14)

• for Tom Adams see Series 1

Pandora (UK TX: April 30 & US TX: March 10)

• for Julian Glover see Series 4

Get-A-Way! (UK TX: May 14 & US TX: April 24 1968)

• for Andrew Keir see Series 5
• for Neil Hallett see Series 1
• Michael [Emrys] Elwyn [born Jones] (Edwards) was Lieutenant Algernon Ffinch in The Highlanders
• William [Ingham] Wilde (Baxter) was a Draconian Captain in Frontier in Space
• Robert Russell (Lubin) was a Guard in The Power of the Daleks, and the Caber in Terror of the Zygons

Bizarre (UK TX: May 21 & US TX: April 21 1969)

• for Ron Pember and Max Faulkner see Series 1
• for Fulton Mackay see Series 6

Doctor Who On This Day #113

 

1965 - The Daleks, Episode 4 repeated on TV1

and Episode 6 repeated on ABC; and Marco Polo,

Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on ABC

1966 - The Celestial Toymaker, Episode

4: The Final Test first screened on BBC1

1968 - The Massacre, Episode 4: Bell of Doom, The Ark, 

Episode 4: The Bomb, The Celestial Toymaker, Episode

4: The Final Test, The Gunfighters, Episode 4: The OK

 Corral, The Savages, Episode 3 and The War Machines,

 Episode 4 all repeated on ABC

1972 - The Space Pirates, Episode

3 repeated on ABC

1975 - Actor William Henry Hartnell

died in Marden, Kent, aged 67

1976 - Robot, Part 1 repeated on ABC
1979 - The Pirate Planet, Part 2 repeated

 and Part 4 first screened, both on ABC

1980 - Revenge of the Cybermen, Parts

2 and 3 both repeated on ABC; and The

Seeds of Doom, Part 1 first screened on

WTTW 11

1981 - The Ark in Space, Part 4

repeated on KQED Plus

1982 - The Ribos Operation, Part

4 repeated on KQED Plus

1983 - The Ark in Space, Part 3

repeated on KQED Plus
1984 - Image of the Fendahl Omnibus

repeated on WTTW 11; and Full Circle,

Part 4 repeated on ABC

1985 - The Three Doctors, Episode

1 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - Colony in Space, Episode 1 repeated

 on ABC; and Full Circle, Part 1 repeated on

KQED Plus

1987 - The Silurians, Episode 4 repeated on KQED Plus
1988 - The Leisure Hive, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus;

and Warriors' Gate, Parts 1 and 2 and The Keeper of 

Traken Omnibus all repeated on KQED Plus

1989 - The Android Invasion, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated 

on Super Channel; and Attack of the Cybermen Omnibus 

repeated on KQED Plus
1993 - The Sea Devils, Episode 6 repeated on

UK Gold; and Battlefield, Part 1 repeated on BBC2

1995 - The Mind of Evil Omnibus repeated on UK Gold
1997 - Planet of the Spiders, Part 4 repeated on UKTV

(Aus)
1998 - 100,000 BC, Episode 4: The Firemaker repeated on

Space; and Planet of Fire, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Romans, Episode 2: All Roads Lead to Rome

 repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Ark, Episode 4: The Bomb

repeated on Space; and The Dominators Omnibus repeated

on UK Gold

2000 - The Monster of Peladon, Parts 5 and 6 both

repeated on KBTC; The Ark in Space, Part 4 and The 

Sontaran Experiment, Part 2 both repeated on WCET;

Genesis of the Daleks, Part 5 

repeated on NHPTV and Part 6 repeated on KUED and NHPTV; 
The Hand of Fear, Part 4 repeated on Twin Cities PTV; The Face 
of Evil, Part 4 repeated on Lakeshore PTV; The Robots of Death,
Part 4 repeated on WQED; The Invisible Enemy Omnibus repeated
on KRWG and KNME; Destiny of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2 both
repeated on MiND; The Leisure Hive Omnibus repeated on MPT; 
Meglos, Part 4 repeated on BBC Prime; The Mark of the Rani,

Part 4 (of 4) repeated on WUSF; and Revelation of the Daleks 
Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

2001 - The Gunfighters Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus; 

The Hand of Fear, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC 

America; Underworld, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus);

 and The Pirate Planet, Part 4 repeated on Prime

2002 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part 4 repeated on BBC

Kids (Can); and Delta and the Bannermen, Part 2 repeated

 on UKTV (Aus)

2003 - Nightmare of Eden, Parts 3 and

4 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2004 - The King's Demons Omnibus

repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2005 - State of Decay Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;

World War Three first screened on BBC1; and Doctor

Who Confidential: Why On Earth? first screened on BBC3

2006 - The Three Doctors Omnibus repeated on MPT; Invasion 

of the Dinosaurs Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; Aliens of London

repeated on People+ Arts; and Tooth and Claw repeated on BBC3

2007 - Rose first screened on WTTW 11; Aliens of London first
screened on NET and repeated on People+ Arts; Doomsday

first screened on Yes Action; and Doctor Who Confidential:

 I Get a Sidekick Out of You first screened on NET
2008 - The Mind Robber, Episodes 1 and 2

both first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4
2009 - The Chase, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on MTV3

SciFi and TV4; and The Idiot's Lantern and Doctor Who

Confidential: The Writer's Tale both repeated on BBC3

2010 - The Brain of Morbius, Episode 6 repeated

on Radio 7; Dalek repeated on Syfy (Rus);

The Idiot's Lantern repeated on Syfy (Spa);

The Sontaran Stratagem first screened on WGVU; Midnight 
repeated on HRT2; and Victory of the Daleks repeated on BBC3
2011 - The Impossible Astronaut first screened

on BBC1; Doctor Who Confidential: Coming to

America first screened on BBC3; My Sarah Jane:

A Tribute to Elizabeth Sladen first screened on

CBBC; and Greatest Moments: Martha first

screened on ABC1 

2012 - Warriors of the Deep, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Syfy
 (Aus); Attack of the Cybermen, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on 
MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The Beast Below and Victory of the

Daleks both repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Almost 
People repeated on BBC Entertainment Ind; A Good Man Goes
to War first screened on BBC Entertainment Ind and repeated on
ABC2; and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: The Born Identity 
repeated on ABC2

2013 - Love & Monsters repeated on Watch; Fear Her repeated
on BBC Entertainment AP; Partners in Crime first screened
on YLE TV2; The Eleventh Hour and The Beast Below both repeated
on BBC America; The Curse of the Black Spot repeated on UKTV
(NZ); The Almost People repeated on Syfy (Port); and Doctor Who 
Confidential Cutdown: Shadow Play and Heartbreak Hotel both
 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2014 - The Daleks, Episodes 5 and 6 both first screened on Horror;
Meglos, Part 2, Kinda, Part 1 and Rise of the Cybermen all repeated
on Syfy (Aus); The Unquiet Dead and Aliens of London both
repeated on BBC America; School Reunion repeated on TV3
(Spa); The Sound of Drums repeated on Really Scary TV; Voyage
 of the Damned repeated on France 4; The Eleventh Hour and The 
Beast Below both repeated on Fox (FRG); The Lodger and Doctor 
Who Confidential: Extra Time both repeated on BBC Nordic HD
and BBC Polska HD; The Impossible Astronaut repeated on Ztélé;
Day of the Moon repeated on Syfy (Port); The Curse of the Black 
Spot repeated on WSIU; The Doctor's Wife repeated on BBC
Nordic; The Snowmen repeated on BBC Entertainment LA;

Nightmare in Silver repeated on KCPT2; The Name of the

Doctor repeated on KLRU and Syfy (Ben); and Doctor Who

Confidential Cutdown: When Time Froze repeated on UKTV

2015 - Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated and 
Time Flight, Parts 3 and 4 both first screened, all on Retro TV; 
Destiny of the Daleks, Part 4 and The Doctor's Wife both repeated
on Syfy (Aus); The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Parts 2 and 3 
both repeated on Horror; The Christmas Invasion repeated on TV
Cultura; School Reunion and Doctor Who Confidential: Friends 
Reunited both repeated on UNC-MX; Rise of the Cybermen 
repeated on ABC2; The Runaway Bride repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP; Forest of the Dead repeated on KCPT2;

Closing Time, The Wedding of River Song and Asylum of

the Daleks all repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska

HD; and Listen, Time Heist and The Caretaker all repeated

on BBC America

2016 - Actress Pearl Mackie unveiled (as

Bill Potts) in Friend From the Future, during Match of the

Day Live; Four to Doomsday Omnibus and Resurrection of

the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) all repeated on Retro TV;

 Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day,

The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances all repeated

on BBC Polska HD; The Parting of the Ways, Smith

and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Gridlock, Daleks

in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks all repeated

on France 4; Love & Monsters, Fear Her, Army of Ghosts,
Doomsday and The Runaway Bride all repeated on Syfy

(Aus); The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, The

Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone and The Vampires

of Venice  all repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP; The Hungry Earth and The Zygon Invasion

both repeated on Syfy (LA); The Lodger, The Pandorica Opens

and The Big Bang all repeated on Syfy (LA) and Syfy (Bra); 
The Girl Who Waited repeated on Jeem TV (ME); Hide 
repeated on Syfy (Port); Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS 
repeated on Watch; Dark Water repeated on WGVU; Last 
Christmas repeated on BBC First (ME); The Zygon Inversion

first screened on Syfy (Bra); Face the Raven and Hell Bent

both repeated on Space; and Heaven Sent repeated on
Space and RAI4

2017 - The Time Meddler, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on 
KBTC and Omnibus repeated on Retro TV; Terror of the Autons 
Omnibus repeated on MPTV; Carnival of Monsters, Episodes 2 to 
4 and The Green Death, Episodes 1 and 2 all repeated on The 
Zone; Pyramids of Mars, Part 1 repeated on KRWG; The Masque 
of Mandragora Omnibus repeated on WYCC; Horror of Fang Rock 
Omnibus repeated on WVPB; Underworld, Parts 3 and 4 both 
repeated on KPTS; The Power of Kroll Omnibus repeated on WXXI; 
Destiny of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; City of Death Omnibus repeated on WILL; Meglos Omnibus repeated on
 KERA; Logopolis Omnibus repeated on WFWA; The Visitation 
Omnibus repeated on WSRE; Timelash Omnibus repeated on 
Idaho PTV; Blink, Voyage of the Damned and Partners in Crime 
all repeated on W; The Unicorn and the Wasp, Silence in the 
Library, Forest of the Dead, Midnight and Turn Left all repeated 
on BBC Polska HD; The Waters of Mars, Part 2 (of 2) and The 
End of Time, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) all repeated on FX (Ind); The 
Doctor's Wife and The Witch's Familiar both repeated on Syfy
(Aus); The God Complex, The Wedding of River Song, Asylum of
 the Daleks, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, A Town Called Mercy, The 
Power of Three, The Angels Take Manhattan, The Bells of Saint 
John, The Rings of Akhaten and The Pilot all repeated on Syfy 
(Bra); Closing Time repeated on W and Syfy (Bra); The Day of the 
Doctor repeated on BBC America; Robot of Sherwood and Listen 
both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU; The Zygon Invasion 
and The Zygon Inversion both repeated on Syfy (LA); Sleep

No More and Face the Raven both repeated on Fox (FRG); 
The Return of Doctor Mysterio repeated on DR3; Smile first
 screened on BBC America, ABC, ABC ME, Space, Prime, YLE

TV2 and Syfy (Bra); and Class, Episode 2 first screened on

BBC America and Episode 3 repeated on BBC First (ME)

2018 - The Web Planet, Episodes 2 and 3 and Castrovalva,

Parts 3 and 4 all repeated on Retro TV; Four to Doomsday

Omnibus repeated on PBS North; The Idiot's Lantern

repeated on W; The Rebel Flesh repeated on Star World

 Premiere; The Day of the Doctor repeated on ABC ME;

Under the Lake, Before the Flood, Kill the Moon and 

Mummy on the Orient Express all repeated on Sony

SciFi; Knock Knock and Oxygen both repeated on

Syfy (Bra); and Extremis and The Pyramid at the

End of the World both repeated on BBC Polska HD

2019 - The War Games, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated 

on Retro TV; The Day of the Doctor and Empress of Mars

both repeated on BBC Polska HD; and In the Forest of the

Night and Dark Water both repeated on One ARD
2020 - The Sea Devils, Episode 6 and The Mutants,
 Episode 1 both repeated on Retro TV; The Caretaker
repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Lie of the Land

repeated on Syfy (Fra); and The Ghost

Monument repeated on Fox (FRG)

2021 - The Invisible Enemy, Parts 3

and 4 both repeated on Retro TV; The

Unicorn and the Wasp and Silence in

the Library both repeated on BBC First

Turkey; A Good Man Goes to War

repeated on ABC2; and Arachnids in

the UK repeated on BBC Polska HD

2022 - The Daemons Omnibus repeated

on Forces TV; The Greatest Show in the

Galaxy Omnibus and The Two Doctors,

Parts 3 to 6 all repeated on Retro TV;

School Reunion and The Girl in the

Fireplace both repeated on Fox SciFi;

The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood and

Vincent and the Doctor all repeated on

BBC Polska HD; A Good Man Goes to

War, The Tsuranga Conundrum,

Demons of the Punjab and Kerblam!

all repeated on BBC First Turkey;

Orphan 55 and Nikola Tesla's Night

of Terror both repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU; and Legend of

the Sea Devils repeated on BBC2

and ABC2

2023 - The War Machines Omnibus

repeated on Retro TV; The Daemons,

Episode 5 and Day of the Daleks, Episode

1 both repeated on KBTC; The Invasion

of Time Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV;

and The Poison Sky and The Doctor's

Daughter both repeated on Fox SciFi

2026 - Colony in Space, Episodes

1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV