Doctor Who Vs. James Bond, Part 18: Tomorrow Never Dies

The eighteenth entry in the Bond franchise, and the second to star

Pierce Brosnan as Ian Fleming's

British spy, was released by United

Artists and Eon Productions in

1997. Since no original stories

were left to adapt, this film was

the first to bear no relation to the

writer's estate, so screenplay was provided by Goldeneye writer, Bruce Feirstein. The title was inspired by the Beatles' Revolver track, Tomorrow Never Knows.

Judi Dench and Desmond Llewelyn both returned to their long-running
roles as M and Q. The feature was shot on location in France, Thailand,
Germany, Mexico and England with interiors filmed at the custom-built
007 Stage (opened in 1976) at Pinewood studios. The theme song by
Sheryl Crow was nominated for a Golden Globe and a Grammy award.

ITV4's latest Bond season continued tonight -  this assignment featured

Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Joe Don Baker, and these twenty-five

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Jonathan Pryce [born John Price] (Carver) was the Master (pictured) in The Curse of Fatal Death
• Colin Salmon (Robinson here, The World in Not Enough & Die Another Day) was Dr. Moon in Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead, then voiced Trooper Salway for Big Finish's Wirrn Dawn (2009)
• Geoffrey [Dyson] Palmer (Roebuck) was Edward Masters in The Silurians, the Administrator in (episode 1 of) The Mutants, then Captain Hardaker in Voyage of the Damned
• Colin Stinton (Greenwalt) and Nichola [Teresa Mary] McAuliffe (BMW Voice) both appeared in The Sound of Drums, as President Arthur Winters and Vivien Rock - McAuliffe also voiced Otia/Guide for Time Killers (2022)
• Christopher Bowen (Commander) was Mordred in Battlefield
• Pip [Dean] Torrens (Captain) was Headmaster [George] Rocastle in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, then voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), Kenton for Break the Ice (2022), and Thomas Browne for 1901: The Unknown Mirror (2025)
• Julian [Alistair] Rhind-Tutt (Yeoman) voiced Lexhan for The Paradise of Death, and Berkhoff for The Skies of New Earth (2018)
• Hugh [Richard] Bonneville [Williams] (Officer) was Captain Henry Avery in The Curse of the Black Spot, and voiced Tsar Nicholas/Sir Sidney Herbert for The Angel of Scutari (2009)
• Jason Watkins (Officer) was Webley in Nightmare in Silver, voiced the Legate of the Caliph for The Destroyer of Delights, and was the White Guardian in The Chaos Pool (both 2009)
• Bruce [John] Alexander (Captain) voiced Hingus for Emissary of the Daleks (2019), Jadzis for The Golden Child (2024), and Scratch for Missy (2025)
• David Ashton [born Scott] (First Sea Lord) was Kendron in Timelash
• Neil Finnighan (Thug) was a stuntman on Dalek
• Dennis Matsuki (Guest) began his acting career as a Coolie in The Talons of Weng-Chiang
• Curtis Rivers (German/Guard) doubled for John Barrowman in Utopia, The Sound of Drums and Torchwood
• for both Dinny Powell and Rocky Taylor see Dr. No
• composer David Arnold had also provided a new arrangement of the Doctor Who theme tune for Big Finish's Eighth Doctor releases
• sound effects editor Peter Baldock was Acolyte in The Face of Evil (4)
• Dani Biernat was also a stunt performer on The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, The Sound of Drums and Amy's Choice
• stuntmen Ray De-Haan, Tom Lucy, Crispin Layfield and Derek Lea all worked on the revived run whilst Jim Dowdall was an Extra on the classic series

Doctor Who Vs. Marple: The Body in the Library

This classic murder mystery was dramatised as the first episode of

Marple (a co-production from ITV Studios, Agatha Christie Ltd and

WGBH Boston) and debuted in

December 2004. Geraldine McEwan (1932-2015) now adopted the

 mantle of the Queen of Crime's

Jane Marple. The second television adaptation of the mystery followed

the BBC's (more faithful) three part

version of 1984.

There's a rare example of Christie

name checking herself (and peer,

Dorothy L Sayers) here, whilst another of her characters wrote

 a book entitled The Body in the

Library (Ariadne Oliver in Cards on the Table). Both the Lewis and Doctor Who and episodes (And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea and The Unicorn and

the Wasp respectively) refer to "the body in the library." Loosely based on

the writer's second Marple novel (published in 1942), the mystery was

repeated on ITV3 today - it featured Ian Richardson, Tara Fitzgerald, and

these twenty-one Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Ben [Evan] Miller (Blake) was the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robot of Sherwood
• Florence Hoath (Pamela) was Nancy in The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances 
• Joanna [Lamond] Lumley (Dolly Bantry, here & The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side; Narrator of The Agatha Christie Code) was the Doctor in The Curse of the Fatal Death
• James [born William] Fox (Bantry here; Colonel Race in Death on the Nile, 2004) voiced Professor Chronotis for Big Finish's Shada
• Simon [Philip Hugh] Callow (Melchett here; Dr. Lutz in The Labours of Hercules; Narrator of The Hollow, 2020) was Charles Dickens in The Unquiet Dead and The Wedding of River Song, then provided the voice of Tree Blathereen in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Gift, and also voiced Don Quixote for The Ingenious Gentlemen (2025)
• Robin Soans (Dr. Haydock) was Luvic in The Keeper of Traken, and the Chronolock Guy in Face the Raven
• Adam [Gabriel] Garcia (Starr here; Italian in Murder on the Orient Express, 2017; Syd in Death on the Nile, 2022) was Alex Klein in The Christmas Invasion
• David [Edward] Walliams (Bartlett here; Tommy Beresford in Partners in Crime) appeared in Doctor Who Night sketches, voiced Quincy Flowers and Ned Cotton for Phantasmagoria (1999), then was Gibbis in The God Complex 
• Zoe Thorne (Florence) provided the voice of the Gelth in The Unquiet Dead, and the Toclafane in The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords
• Miles Richardson (Jefferson here; Myers in Witness for the Prosecution, 2021) was Captain Douglas Cavendish in Reeltime's Downtime and Daemos Rising, Draconian in Mindgame, and Soldier in White Witch of Devil's End, then voiced Black Rod for The Gunpowder Plot, Charles Darwin for Bloodtide (2001), and Irving Braxiatel from Zagreus (2003) to The Questing Beast (2024)
• Marc Warren (Ainsworth here; Blake in Five Little Pigs) was Elton Pope in Love & Monsters
• Greg Bennett (PC here, Ordeal by Innocence, A Pocket Full of Rye; Villager in The Blue Geranium) was Sycorax Warrior/UNIT Soldier in The Christmas Invasion, and Guest in The Lazarus Experiment
• Sean Clayton was also second assistant director on Dalek and Father's Day
• Francesco Reidy was also first assistant director on The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky 
• Holly Lumsden and Kim McGarrity were also stunt performers on the revived series (the former on Rose, and the latter on five stories (from The Empty Child to New Earth)
• Nigel Squibbs (assistant dubbing mixer) and producer Damien Timmer both worked on An Adventure in Space and Time
• Richard Magrin was also SFX technician on twelve episodes (from The Girl in the Fireplace to Last of the Time Lords), The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood
• digital compositors James D Etherington and Melissa Butler Adams both worked on the recent series (the former on Midnight, The Next Doctor, and The Big Bang, and the latter on twenty other instalments from The Christmas Invasion to Last of the Time Lords)

Doctor Who On This Day #71

 

1965 - 100,000 BC, Episode 2: The Cave

of Skulls repeated on TV2; and The Daleks,

Episodes 4 and 5 both repeated on ABC

1966 - The Ark, Episode 2: The Plague

first screened on BBC1

1968 - The Space Museum, Episode 2: The Dimensions

of Time, The Chase, Episodes 2 and 6, The Time Meddler,

Episode 4: Checkmate, Galaxy 4, Episode 4: The Exploding

Planet and The Myth Makers, Episode 4: Horse of Destruction

all repeated on ABC

1972 - The Seeds of Death, Episode 3 repeated on ABC

1976 - Planet of the Spiders, Part 1 repeated on ABC

1977 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang,

Part 3 first screened on BBC1

1978 - Colony in Space, Episode 2

first screened on KBS1 

1979 - Image of the Fendahl, Part 3 repeated

and The Sun Makers, Part 1 first screened,

both on ABC

1980 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part 2 first

screened on WTTW 11; and Nightmare of

Eden, Part 3 first screened on ABC

1983 - Underworld Omnibus repeated on

WTTW 11; and The Leisure Hive, Part 4 and

Meglos, Part 1 both repeated on KQED Plus

1984 - The Robots of Death Omnibus

repeated on WTTW 11; and The Awakening,

Part 2 first screened on ABC

1985 - The Claws of Axos, Episode

3 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - The Ambassadors of Death,

Episode 5 repeated on ABC
1987 - The Mind Robber, Episode

3 repeated on KQED Plus

1988 - The Ark in Space, Part 3 repeated on Super 

Channel; The Power of Kroll, Part 4 repeated on

KQED Plus; and The Horns of Nimon Omnibus

repeated on ABC

1989 - Terror of the Zygons, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated
on Super Channel; and The Awakening Omnibus repeated
on KQED Plus

1992 - Inferno, Episode 3 repeated

on KQED Plus

1993 - The Caves of Androzani, Part 4 repeated on BBC2
1994 - The Ribos Operation, Part 2 repeated on UK Gold

1995 - Survival Omnibus repeated on UK Gold
1997 - Planet of the Daleks, Episode

3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The War Games, Episode 4 first screened

on Space; and Mawdryn Undead, Part 2 repeated

on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The War Games, Episode 4 repeated on Space;
Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 3 repeated on UKTV

(Aus); and The Curse of Fatal Death first screened on

BBC1 and BBC Prime

2000 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Episodes 3 and 4 both
repeated on KBTC; Robot, Part 1 repeated on WCET; The 
Masque of Mandragora, Part 2 repeated on Twin Cities 

PTV and Omnibus repeated on KRWG; The Robots of 

Death Omnibus repeated on KNME; The Armageddon 

Factor Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Leisure Hive, 

Part 2 repeated on BBC Prime; The Twin Dilemma 

Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; Vengeance on Varos, 

Part 2 (of 4) repeated on WUSF; and Silver Nemesis

Omnibus repeated on KSPS

2001 - The Romans Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus;

The Sontaran Experiment Omnibus repeated on BBC

America; The Hand of Fear, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

on Prime; and The Robots of Death, Part 1 repeated on

UKTV (Aus)

2002 - Revenge of the Cybermen,

Part 3 repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2003 - The Invisible Enemy, Parts 3

and 4 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2004 - Warriors of the Deep, Parts 1

and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2005 - Invasion of Time Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold

2006 - The Claws of Axos Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold; and Colony in

Space Omnibus repeated on MPT

2007 - Boom Town repeated on People+

Arts; The Parting of the Ways repeated on

Prime; and The Idiot's Lantern first screened

on Yes Action

2008 - The Aztecs, Episodes 3 and 4

both first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4

2009 - Battlefield, Parts 1 and 2 both first screened

on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; Rose, The Unquiet Dead,

Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty

Child, The Doctor Dances and Boom Town all

repeated on Syfy (US); and Utopia and Doctor Who 
Confidential: 'Ello 'Ello 'Ello both repeated on BBC3

2010 - Rose repeated on Syfy (Rus); World War

 Three repeated on Syfy (Spa); and Daleks in

Manhattan repeated on HRT2

2011 - The Robots of Death, Part 4 repeated on

MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; and The Pandorica

Opens and The Big Bang both first screened

on France 4

2012 - Black Orchid Omnibus repeated on MTV3 SciFi and
 TV4; Fear Her repeated on Watch; Evolution of the Daleks
and The Lazarus Experiment both repeated on BBC

America; Forest of the Dead and Doctor Who Confidential

Cutdown: River Runs Deep both repeated on ABC1; Doctor

Who Confidential Cutdown: Sins of the Fathers repeated

on UKTV (Aus); and Doctor Who Concert performed at

BBC Haddinott Hall, Cardiff Bay

2013 - The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead

and Aliens of London all repeated on BBC America;

Silence in the Library repeated on UKTV (NZ);

Flesh and Stone repeated on Watch; and Doctor

Who Confidential Cutdown: Shadow Play repeated
on UKTV (Aus)

2014 - The Ribos Operation, Parts 3 and

 4 and Snakedance, Parts 1 and 2 all

repeated on Syfy (Aus); World War Three

repeated on Watch; Smith and Jones repeated

on Fox (FRG); The Fires of 
Pompeii and Planet of the Ood both repeated on BBC America;
Forest of the Dead repeated on TV3 (Spa); Flesh and Stone 
repeated on France 4; A Christmas Carol repeated on Syfy (Port);

The Rings of Akhaten repeated on Syfy (Ben); The Name of the 
Doctor repeated on BBC Entertainment LA HD; and Doctor
Who Confidential: The Italian Job repeated on BBC

Entertainment ME

2015 - The Time Monster, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated
and City of Death, Parts 1 and 2 both first screened, all on
Retro TV; The Invasion of Time, Part 6 and The Doctor's
Daughter both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Pirate Planet,
Part 4 and The Stones of Blood, Part 1 both repeated on
Horror; The Age of Steel repeated on Watch; Daleks in
Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks and The Lazarus
 Experiment all repeated on BBC America; and A Good
Man Goes to War repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC
Polska HD

2016 - The Daleks, Episode 4: The Ambush repeated

 on KMOS; The Keeper of Traken, Parts 3 and 4 and

Full Circle, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on Retro TV;

Aliens of London, World War Three, Dalek and The

Long Game all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Tooth and Claw,

School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, Rise of the Cybermen, 
The Age of Steel and The Idiot's Lantern all repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP; The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky, 
Night Terrors, The Girl Who Waited, The God Complex, Closing 
Time and The Wedding of River Song all repeated on France 4;

The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, Vincent and the Doctor and The 
Lodger all repeated on Einsfestival; The Pandorica Opens repeated
on Einsfestival and Jeem TV (ME); The Power of Three, The
Doctors Revisited: The Second Doctor, A Farewell to Matt Smith and Me, You and Doctor Who all repeated on Watch;
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, The Crimson Horror, 
Nightmare in Silver and The Name of the Doctor all repeated
 on BBC Polska HD; Listen, Kill the Moon and The Magician's 
Apprentice all repeated on Syfy (LA) and Syfy (Bra); Time
Heist and The Caretaker both repeated on BBC First (RSA)
and Syfy (LA); In the Forest of the Night and Dark Water both
repeated on BBC Entertainment EU; The Witch's Familiar first 
screened on Syfy (LA) and Syfy (Bra); The Girl Who Died 
repeated on RAI4; and The Zygon Invasion and The Zygon 
Inversion both repeated on BBC First (Ben); and Face the
Raven repeated on TLC TV

2017 - The Web Planet, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated on
 KBTC; The Time Meddler, Episode 4: Checkmate and The

Ark, Episode 1: The Steel Sky both repeated on Retro TV;

The Silurians, Episodes 6 and 7 and Terror of the Autons,

Episodes 1 to 3 all repeated on The Zone; Pyramids of Mars Omnibus repeated on WYCC; Logopolis Omnibus

repeated on Idaho PTV; Evolution of the Daleks, The 

Lazarus Experiment, 42, Human Nature and The Family of Blood 
all repeated on FX (Ind); Victory of the Daleks and The Time of 
Angels both repeated on W; The Pandorica Opens repeated on 
Syfy (Aus); Asylum of the Daleks repeated on TLC TV; Journey to 
the Centre of the TARDIS and The Crimson Horror both repeated 
on Syfy (Bra); Robot of Sherwood and Listen both repeated on 
BBC First (ME); Flatline and In the Forest of the Night both
repeated on Fox (FRG); The Witch's Familiar, Under the Lake, 
Before the Flood, The Girl Who Died, The Woman Who Lived and 
Doctor Who Extra: Deep Breath all repeated on BBC Polska HD;
Sleep No More repeated on BBC Entertainment EU and Syfy
(Bra); and Face the Raven repeated on BBC Entertainment EU
2018 - The Awakening Omnibus repeated on PBS North;
 Delta and the Bannermen, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on
Retro TV; The Runaway Bride and Smith and Jones both 
repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Next Doctor, Part 2 (of 2) 
repeated on Star World Premiere; Day of the Moon repeated 
on ABC and ABC ME; A Town Called Mercy and The Power
of Three both repeated on RAI4; Flatline and In the Forest 
of the Night both repeated on BBC Polska HD; Before the
Flood repeated on BBC First (ME); The Woman Who Lived, 

The Zygon Invasion and The Zygon Inversion all repeated 
on BBC America; and The Return of Doctor Mysterio and 
The Pilot both repeated on Syfy (Bra)
2019 - The Web Planet, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated 
on Retro TV; The Name of the Doctor and The Day of the
Doctor both repeated on One ARD; The Caretaker and 
Doctor Who Extra: Flatline both repeated on BBC Polska
HD; and Empress of Mars repeated on Syfy (Aus)

2020 - The War Games, Episodes 6 and 7 both repeated on

Retro TV; A Good Man Goes to War repeated on BBC Polska

HD; Time Heist repeated on Syfy (Fra); and The Woman Who

Fell to Earth and The Ghost Monument both repeated on Fox

(FRG)

2021 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Parts

3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV

2022 - City of Death, Parts 2 to 4 and

Logopolis, Part 1 all repeated on Forces

TV; Kinda Omnibus and The Twin

Dilemma, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on

Retro TV; The Doctor Falls and Twice

Upon a Time both repeated on BBC

Polska HD; The Woman Who Fell to Earth

and Rosa both repeated on BBC Polska HD

and Fox SciFi; The Ghost Monument and

Arachnids in the UK both repeated on Fox

SciFi; The Tsuranga Conundrum and

Demons of the Punjab both repeated on

BBC Entertainment EU and Fox SciFi; and

Once, Upon Time repeated on BBC First

Turkey

2023 - The Claws of Axos, Episodes 3 and

4 both repeated on KBTC; and The Idiot's

Lantern and The Impossible Planet both

repeated on Fox SciFi

2025 - The Sound of Fear repeated

on ABC Entertains; and Cold Blood

and Vincent and the Doctor repeated

on ABC Family