Showing posts with label the eleventh hour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the eleventh hour. Show all posts

Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Doctor Who Vs. Ordeal By Innocence (1984)

Published in late 1958,
Agatha Christie's fifty-
seventh mystery novel
was one of the author's favourite works and is
now considered a classic of the genre.
The book was first
adapted by Cannon
Films for this version
(which earned a Cannes
festival premiere in
1984), followed by ITV
Studio's treatment for
Marple in 2007, then
Mammoth Screen's production was shown on BBC1 in 2018.
Released in 1985, the film (screened last night on Sky Arts) featured Donald
Sutherland, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Plummer, Sarah Miles, Ian McShane, Michael Elphick, and these nine Doctor Who cast connections:

  • Big Finish actor Michael Maloney (Micky here; Dr. Waters in By the Pricking of My Thumbs, 2006; Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express, 2024) voiced Frederick Simonsson for Grand Theft Cosmos (2008), Adam Farrow for AudioGo's The Circus of Doom, Fratalin for Patient Zero, the Viryans for Blue Forgotten Planet (all 2009) and Charlotte Pollard 1 (2014), Rennol for Kiss of Death, Narrator of The Silent Stars Go By (both 2011), Hilary Hammond for Enemy Aliens (2013), Gregor Saraton for Zygon Hunt (2014), William Hogan for The Rocker(2019), and the Two for Two's Company and The Union (both 2023)
  • Diana [Marilyn] Quick (Gwenda here; Mrs. Welman in Sad Cypress, 2003) voiced Prime for Scream of the Shalka
  • Annette [Ross Mcleod] Crosbie (Kirsten) was Mrs. Angelo in The Eleventh Hour
  • Ron [Henry] Pember (Ferryman here; Jarrold in The Girl in the Train) voiced Seedle for Slipback
  • Billy McColl [born Collins] (Jacko) was Humker in The Mysterious Planet
  • [Thomas] Kevin [Harvest] Stoney (Solicitor here; Dr. Markwell in Murder at the Gallop) was Tobias Vaughn in The Invasion, as and Major General Billy Rutlidge respectively - Stoney also played Mavic Chen in The Daleks' Master Plan, and Tyrum in Revenge of the Cybermen
  • Brian Glover (Executioner) was Griffiths in Attack of the Cybermen
  • Martin [Ryan] Grace (stunt co-ordinator) was a Thal in Dr. Who and the Daleks
  • Rocky Taylor (stunt driver here; stunt advisor on The Secret Adversary, 1983) was a stuntman on The Idiot's Lantern

Saturday, 12 October 2024

Doctor Who Vs. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

Agatha Christie's sixteenth crime novel was
her most successful and dramatised book to
date, and it remains Hercule Poirot's most
renowned case. The book was serialised in
America as Murder in the Calais Coach in
 1933, then issued as Murder on the Train.
The Queen of Crime's inspiration for the
story's setting was personal - her own journey
on the train was delayed by flooding in 1931.
The background behind the titular crime was
based on the actual Lindbergh kidnapping
case of 1932.
The first cinematic adaptation of the mystery
(released by EMI in 1974) was shown on BBC2
today. The stellar cast was led by Albert Finney
(1936-2019) as Poirot, and featured Richard Widmark, Sean Connery, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid
Bergman, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York,
and these eight Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

  • George Coulouris (Dr. Constantine here; DI Hamstead in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 1939) was Arbitan in (episode 1 of) The Keys of Marinus
  • Big Finish actor Vernon [Alexandre] Dobtcheff (Concierge here; Lee in Hercule Poirot's Christmas; Deschanel in The Body in the Library, 2011/France 2) was Alien Scientist in The War Games, then voiced Dadda Desaka for The Cradle of the Snake (2010), Sibelius Crow for The Necropolis ExpressShamur for The Children of Seth (both 2011), Professor Heinrich Schumann for Threshold (2012), and Jorenzo Zorn for The Genesis Chamber (2016)
  • Andrew Andreas (Waiter) was an Egyptian Warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (10), Guard in The Enemy of the World, and German Soldier in The War Games (3)
  • David de Keyser (Ticket Collector here; Beaujeu in The Chocolate Box) provided the voice of the Atraxi for The Eleventh Hour, then voiced the Cybermen for The Eternity Clock
  • Robert [born Lucio Herbert] Rietty (Loudspeaker voice) voiced Bedloe for Death Comes to Time
  • Vic Tablian [born Varoujan Aintablian] (Hawker here; Guard for Radio 4 version, 1993/4) was Ahmed in Pyramids of Mars (1)
  • Richard Rodney Bennett (composer here & Murder with Mirrors) and Marcus Dods (conductor) both worked on The Aztecs too

Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Doctor Who Vs. Robin of Sherwood, Series 2

Ray Winstone, Clive Mantle, Phil Rose, Judi
Trott, Peter Llewellyn Williams, Mark Ryan, John Abineri, Nckolas Grace and Robert Addie all
returned for HTV's Robin Hood adventure series.
Robin of Loxley (portrayed by Michael Praed)
was killed at the conclusion of this series, and
Robert of Huntingdon (Jason Connery)
succeeded him as the legendary outlaw.
A repeat run of the seven-part season began
on ITV4 today - it featured a total of eighteen
Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

  • Phil Davis (Prince John) was Lucius Petrus Dextrus in The Fires of Pompeii, and voiced Titus for Big Finish's The Cannibalists (2009)
  • Simon Dutton (Mark) was Alistair in The Time of Angels
  • George [Morris] Baker (Sir Richard) was Decider Login in Full Circle
  • [Rafael] David de Keyser (Joshua) was the voice of the Atraxi for The Eleventh Hour, and provided Cybermen voices for The Eternity Clock
  • Richard Bonehill (Swordsman) was the Flight Engineer in Time Flight, First Officer in Enlightenment, Guardolier in Timelash, and Guard in Revelation of the Daleks and Terror of the Vervoids
  • Jeremy Bulloch (Edward) was Tor in (episode 4 of) The Space Museum, and Hal in The Time Warrior
  • Dallas Adams (Peter) was Professor Howard Foster in Planet of Fire
  • Rula Lenska [born Roza Maria Leopoldyna Lubienska] (Morgwyn) was [Dr. Elizabeth] Styles in Resurrection of the Daleks, then voiced the Swarm for AudioGo's A Sting in the Tale, and the Queen for Hive of Horror (both 2009)
  • Nick Brimble (Captain) voiced Shreeni for Exotron (2007), Kith for Max Warp (2008), Dudley Jackson for The Eternal Summer (2009), Olaf Eriksson for The Book of Kells (2010), and Commander Harlan for The Conscript (2017)
  • Victor McGuire (James) voiced Borton for In the Garden of Death (2018), and Huthro for Stone Cold (2023)
  • Marcus Gilbert (Lucifer) was Ancelyn in Battlefield
  • Glen Murphy (Sir William) was a titular Tribesman in Kinda, and Dibber in The Mysterious Planet
  • Robert Daws (Hubert) voiced Soren/Lord Jacobin for Through the Ruins, Anvar for The Sky Man (both 2017), Gaius Majorian for The Dalek Occupation of Winter (2018), Sir Basil Hexworthy for The Devil's Hoofprints (2021), Timble Feebis/Thug for The Tivolian Who Knew Too Much (2022), and the Quatermaster for Sunstrike (2024)
  • for Phillip Jackson, Terry Walsh and Max Faulkner see Series 1
  • second assistant director Jon Older was first assistant on The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, The Christmas InvasionNew Earth and School Reunion
  • Tom Maslen was camera grip on The Waters of Mars too

Wednesday, 3 April 2024

Doctor Who On This Day #93


1929 - Director Michael Hayes born
in London
1948 - Composer Peter Howell born
in Britain
1965 - The DaleksEpisode 3: The Escape
repeated on ABC; and The Crusade, Episode
2: The Knight of Jaffa first screened on BBC1
1967 - Marco Polo, Episode 3: Five Hundred
Eyes repeated on TV1
1968 - Galaxy 4Episode 1: Four Hundred DawnsThe Myth
MakersEpisode 1: Temple of SecretsThe Massacre, Episode
1: War of GodThe Ark, Episode 1The Steel SkyThe Celestial
Toymaker, Episode 1: The Celestial Toyroom and The
Gunfighters, Episode 1: A Holiday for the Doctor all repeated
on ABC
1971 - The Claws of Axos, Episode
4 first screened on BBC1
1977 - The Monster of Peladon, Part 3 first screened on TV2;
Planet of the Spiders, Part 2 and Genesis of the Daleks, Part
1 both repeated on ABCand The Lively Arts: Whose Doctor 
Who screened on BBC2
1979 The Invasion of Time, Part
1 repeated and Part 3 first screened,
both on ABC
1980 The Ark in Space, Parts 1, 2 and 4 all repeated on
ABC; and Planet of Evil, Part 3 first screened on WTTW 11
1982 - Image of the Fendahl, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus
1984 The Android Invasion, Part 1 repeated on KQED
Plus; and Planet of Fire, Part 2 first screened on ABC
1986 - Terror of the Autons, Episode 4 repeated on ABC;
and Nightmare of Eden, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus
1987 The War Games, Episode 4 repeated on KQED Plus; 
and The Ark in Space, Part 4 first screened on Super Channel
1988 - The Silurians Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus; and
Revenge of the CybermenPart 3 repeated on Super Channel
1989 Day of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on WTTW 11
1990 - Image of the Fendahl, Part 2 repeated on ABC;
 and Warriors of the Deep, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus
1991 - The Ribos Operation, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus
1992 - The Claws of Axos, Episode 3 repeated on KQED
Plus; and The Sea Devils, Episode 5 repeated on BBC2
1993 - The Daemons, Episode 1 repeated on TV2; and 
Warriors of the Deep Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus 
1994 Underworld Omnibus repeated on UK Gold
1995 Inferno, Episode 2 repeated on UK Gold; and
Attack of the CybermenPart 4 first screened on VOX
1997 Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Part 5 repeated on 
UKTV (Aus)
1998 - The Silurians, Episode 6 first screened on Space; 
and Warriors of the Deep, Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1999 - The Web Planet Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus);
The Silurians, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on Iowa PTV;
 Inferno Omnibus repeated on MPT; Death to the Daleks,
Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Colorado PTV; Genesis of
the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC America;
Terror of the Zygons, Part 3 first screened on Prairie PTV;
The Invasion of Time, Part 5 repeated on BBC Prime; and
Time and the Rani Omnibus repeated on WUFT
2000 The Chase, Episode 4: Journey Into Terror
repeated on UKTV (Aus); and Black Orchid Omnibus
 repeated on KQED Plus
2001 Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated
on BBC America; The Invisible Enemy, Part 3 repeated on
UKTV (Aus); and Underworld, Part 1 repeated on Prime
2002 The Android Invasion, Part 3 repeated on BBC Kids
(Can); Terror of the Vervoids, Part 9 repeated on UKTV
(Aus); and Time and the Rani, Part 3 repeated on BBC
Prime
2003 The Androids of Tara, Parts
1 and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids
2004 The Claws of Axos Omnibus repeated on Colorado
PTV; The Hand of Fear Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; and
The VisitationParts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC Kids
2005 - The Monster of Peladon Omnibus repeated on MPT;
Nightmare of Eden Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; Four to 
DoomsdayPart 4 repeated on KUED; SnakedanceParts 1
and 2 both repeated on Iowa PTV; and The End of the World
repeated on BBC3
2006 The Green Death, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
 on BBC4; and Dalek first screened on STS
2007 School Reunion repeated on UK Gold
2008 The Space Museum, Episode 4: The Final Phase and
The Chase, Episode 1: The Executioners both first screened
on MTV3 SciFi; and Voyage of the Damned and Doctor Who
Confidential: Kylie Special both repeated on BBC3
2009 The Sensorites, Episode 6: A Desperate Venture and
Planet of Giants, Episode 1 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi and
TV4; The Impossible Planet repeated on WVPB; Human Nature
 and Doctor Who Confidential: Alter Ego both first screened on WGVU; and Midnight repeated on Syfy (US)
2010 - Pyramids of MarsThe Face of EvilLogopolis and
Earthshock Omnibuses all repeated on Syfy (UK); Aliens of
London repeated on Syfy (Rus); Human Nature repeated on
OETA; Partners in Crime repeated on WGVU; The Eleventh
Hour first screened on BBC1; and Doctor Who Confidential: 
Call me the Doctor first screened on BBC3
2011 Planet of the Dead repeated on MPTV;
The Eleventh Hour first screened on KBS2 and
Idaho PTV; and Vincent and the Doctor repeated
on BBC HD and ABC1
2012 Time Flight, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Syfy
 (Aus); The Fires of Pompeii and Planet of the Ood both
repeated on Watch; The End of Time, Parts 1 and 2 both
repeated on UKTV (Aus); and Amy's Choice and Doctor
Who Confidential Cutdown: Arthurian Legend both
repeated on ABC2
2013 Dalek repeated on Watch; Evolution of the Daleks,
The Lazarus ExperimentSilence in the Library and Forest 
of the Dead all repeated on BBC America; The Doctor's 
Daughter and The Unicorn and the Wasp both repeated
on BBC America and France 4; The Sontaran Stratagem
and The Poison Sky both repeated on France 4; Victory of
the Daleks repeated on UKTV (NZ); The Vampires of Venice
repeated on Syfy (Port); The Wedding of River Song 
repeated on Fox (FRG) and Syfy (Ben); The Doctor, the 
Widow and the Wardrobe repeated on Fox; and Survival
of the Fittest, Episode 1 repeated on Radio 4 Extra
2014 The Creature from the Pit, Parts 1 and 2 and Aliens
 of London all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Rise of the Cybermen, 
The Age of Steel, The Idiot's Lantern and The Day of the
Doctor all repeated on Really Scary TV; Fear Her repeated
on Watch; Evolution of the Daleks and The Lazarus
Experiment both repeated on Fox (FRG); The End of Time,
Part 1 repeated on France 4; The Beast Below repeated on
Syfy (Port); The Lodger and The Pandorica Opens both
repeated on TV3 (Spa); The Impossible Astronaut 
repeated on UKTV (NZ); The Curse of the Black Spot
repeated on BBC Nordic; The Almost People and A Good 
Man Goes to War both repeated on BBC America; The 
Wedding of River Song repeated on KCPT2; and A Town 
Called Mercy and Doctor Who Confidential: What Dreams 
May Come both repeated on BBC Entertainment AP
2015 - The Monster of Peladon, Parts 1 and 2 both
repeated on Retro TV; The Time of Angels, The Curse
of the Black Spot and The Doctor's Wife all repeated on
Syfy (Aus); The Keeper of Traken, Parts 1 and 2 both
first screened on Retro TV; Frontios, Part 4 and
Resurrection of the Daleks, Part 1 (of 4) both repeated
on Horror; World War Three repeated on ABC2; Utopia
repeated on Watch and KCPT2; The Rebel FleshThe
Almost People and A Good Man Goes to War all
repeated on BBC America and Syfy (Aus); The Girl
Who Waited and The God Complex both repeated on
BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; The Bells of Saint
John repeated on KLRU;
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on Syfy
(Spa); The Name of the Doctor repeated on Syfy (Ben);
Listen repeated and Time Heist, The Caretaker and Kill
the Moon first screened, all on France 4; Dark Water 
repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; and The Science
 of Doctor Who repeated on BBC Knowledge
2016 - The Time Meddler, Episodes 3 and 4 and
The ArkEpisodes 1 and all repeated on Retro
TV; The Claws of Axos, Episodes 3 and 4 both
 repeated on WVPB; Robot Omnibus repeated on WFWA, WYCC and WSRE;
The Android Invasion, Part 2 repeated on KRWG; The Face of EvilPart 3 
repeated on KPTS; Terror of the Vervoids, Parts 11 and 12 both repeated 
on KBTC; Rose and The End of the World both repeated on France 4; The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, Bad Wolf and The Doctors Revisited: The Sixth Doctor all repeated on Watch; The Parting of the Ways repeated on Watch 
and Syfy (Aus); School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, Rise of the 
Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Doctor Who Confidential: Friends Reunited, 
From Script to Screen, Cybermen and From Zero to Hero all repeated on 
UNC-EX; Human Nature repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;
The Poison Sky and The Doctor's Daughter both repeated on EBRU; 
The Impossible Astronaut repeated on AXN Mystery; The Power of Three
repeated on Syfy (Aus); A Town Called Mercy repeated on BBC First
(ME); The Bells of Saint John repeated on Fox (FRG); The Rings 
of Akhaten repeated on Watch and Fox; The Crimson Horror repeated
 on Iowa PTV; Deep Breath repeated on WXXI; Listen repeated on Syfy
 (LA); The Caretaker repeated on MPTV; Mummy on the Orient Express 
repeated on KERA, KLRU and WPT; In the Forest of the Night repeated 
on KCPT; Death in Heaven repeated on BBC Polska HD and WILL; and
Before the Flood and The Girl Who Died both repeated on Syfy (Bra)
2017 The Sea Devils, Episode 2 repeated on The Zone;
Snakedance Omnibus repeated on WETA-UK; The Caves
of Androzani, Parts 2 and both repeated on Retro
TV; Love & MonstersFear Her and Behind the
Lens: The Time of the Doctor all repeated on
BBC Polska HD; Midnight repeated on FX (Ind);
The Eleventh Hour and The Beast Below both repeated
on Syfy (Bra); The Hungry Earth, Cold BloodVincent
and the Doctor, The Lodger, The Pandorica Opens and
The Big Bang all repeated on BBC America; The Snowmen
and The Name of the Doctor both repeated on DR3; Deep
Breath repeated on Syfy (Aus) and Syfy (LA); and The
Zygon Inversion repeated on BBC First (ME)
2018 - The Daleks, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated on Retro
 TV; Rose and An Adventure in Space and Time both repeated
on One ARD; The Shakespeare Code, Turn Left and The Stolen 
Earth all repeated on W; The Lazarus Experiment, 42 and
Human Nature all repeated on BBC America; The Hungry
Earth repeated on Star World Premiere; Asylum of the Daleks
 repeated on ABC ME; The Power of Three repeated on ABC;
 The Husbands of River Song repeated on Syfy (Aus); Smile 
repeated on BBC Polska HD; and Thin Ice repeated on Syfy
 (Bra)
2019 - The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episodes
1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; and Sleep
No More repeated on BBC Polska HD
2020 - Terror of the Autons, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated
on Retro TV; The Rings of Akhaten repeated on BBC Polska
HD; Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on W;
The Zygon Inversion repeated on Syfy (Fra); and Fugitive
of the Judoon repeated and Praxeus first screened, both 
on Sony SciFi
2021 The Krotons Omnibus and
Revenge of the CybermenParts 3
and 4 all repeated on Retro TV; The
War GamesEpisode 4 repeated on
ONS; Hell Bent and The Husbands of
River Song both repeated on BBC
Polska HD; and Knock Knock repeated
on BBC Entertainment EU