Doctor Who Vs. Casualty @ 40: Series 2

While the inaugural series of

BBC1's medical drama had been

 filmed in London, a permanent

base for the set was now located

in Bristol.

However, publicity for the start

of the next season included

comments from producer Geraint

Morris, that there would be no

further instalments, stating that

the programme "should end on

a high after thirty episodes."

Following the events of Cry For

Help (in which paramedic Sandra

 Mute was stabbed), the show

regularly garnered more than ten

million viewers and subsequently, a secure future - Casualty has now

endured for forty years.

The majority of the regular cast remained unchanged - joining the show

here were Maureen O'Brien (as administrator Elizabeth Straker), Helena

 Little (Dr. Mary Tomlinson), Kate Hardie, Eddie Nestor (student nurses

Karen O'Malley and Cyril James), Ella Wilder and Geoffrey Leesley

 (paramedics Shirley Franklin and Keith Cotterill).

The fifteen part series (originally broadcast from September to

December 1987) featured a total of fifty-two Doctor Who cast

and crew connections:

• Leesley voiced Paramount Minister Mortund for Big Finish's Arrange- ments for War (2004), and Harold for AudioGo's The Broken Crown
• [John] Colin McCormack (Newman) was the Commander in The Sun Makers
• Stephanie Fayerman (Carole here; Wendy, 1996; Mother, 2006) was McLuhan in Dragonfire
• [Timothy] Tip Tipping (Driver here; Wayne, 1989) was stunt arranger on Remembrance of the Daleks, The Curse of Fenric and Survival
• Steve Whyment (Passenger) was an uncredited extra on The Keeper of Traken and Snakedance
• Richard Braine (Peter) voiced Percy Closed for The English Way of Death (2015), and Professor Linus Woolf for Entanglement (2018)
• Christopher Fairbank (Bryant) voiced Doc Baroque for The Scape- goat (2009), Pierre Arronax for The Wreck of the Titan (2010), Marc Brunel for Iron Bright (2018), then appeared as Fenton in Flatline
• Patrick [David] Newell (Goldman) was Colonel Faraday in The Android Invasion
• writer David Ashton [born Scott], David Chandler (Mike) and Eric [Cecil] Deacon (Tranter here; Sambrook, 2006) all starred in Timelash, as Kendron, HG Wells and Mykros respectively
• James Beckett (Drunk) and Stephen [George] Churchett (PC Geary) both appeared in Attack of the Cybermen, as Payne and Bill
• Tony [Samuel] Selby (Leon here; Kavanagh, 1995; Hazeldene, 2005) was Sabalom Glitz in The Mysterious Planet, The Ultimate Foe and Dragonfire
• Aimée [Margaret] Delamain (Eugenie) was Dona Arana in The Two Doctors
• Graham Turner (DC Lennox here; O'Keefe, 1995; Bainbridge, 2010; Trenton, 2013/14) was Amos in The Crimson Horror
• Harry Fielder (Bains) was a Guard (PP, ZZZ, 4L, 4P, 5A, 5F, 5Z), Crewman (SS, 4T), Vogan (4D), Assassin (4Q), Tigellan (5Q), and Krarg in Shada 
• Jared Morgan (Ambulanceman) was one of the titular mercenaries in Delta and the Bannermen (1)
• Dee Sadler (Maggie here; Irene, 1990), Ian Reddington (Dancer), David Ashford (Registrar) and Dean Hollingsworth (Jason) all starred in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, as Flowerchild, the Chief Clown (reprised for The Psychic Circus), Dad/Bus Conductor respectively - the latter was also an Android in Timelash
• Hubert [Thomas Morgan] Rees (Huggins) was Chief Engineer in Fury from the Deep, Captain Ransom in The War Games, and John Stevenson in The Seeds of Doom
• Pam Ferris (Linda) voiced Lizzie Corrigan for The Eternal Summer (2009), and Amanda Steele for Night of the Vashta Nerada (2017)
• Josh Elwell (Man) was a Lakertyan in Time and the Rani (4)
• Lloyd McGuire (Harry) was Lugo in The Face of Evil, and voiced Lieutenant Tendexter for The Architects of History (2010)
• [Albert] Frank Mills (Philips) was the Telescope Director in Terror of the Autons
• Anthony Donovan (Jeweller) was Guard in The Space Pirates (1)
• Stacy Davies (Craig) was Private Perkins in The Invasion (6), and Veros in State of Decay
• Edna [Lillian] Doré [born Gorring] (Mrs. Whiting here; Grace, 1991; Joan, 1997) was Maeve in Fear Her
• David John Pope (Malik) was the Kandyman in The Happiness Patrol
• Jon [St. Alban] Laurimore [born Livermore] (Ken here; Bevins, 2001; Thirlwell, 2004) was Count Federico in The Masque of Mandragora
• [John] Roger Hammond (Man) was Francis Bacon in The Chase (1), Dr. Runciman in Mawdryn Undead, and voiced Harold Withers for The Eternal Summer (2009)
• Chris Chering (Biker) was Tetrap in Time and the Rani, and Skinhead in Silver Nemesis
• Pete Lee Wilson (Mullett here; Newton, 1995; Reed, 1999; Foster, 2002; Warwick, 2011; Stenwood, 2015) was Tommo in The End of Time (1)
• Sakuntala Ramanee (Chitra here; Shaheera, 1996; Maryam, 2023) made her TV debut in Survival as Shreela Govindia, then was Erica Larnier in Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor, and voiced Hatshepsut for The Eye of Horus (2015), and Athena for The Wrath of Medusa (2022)
• John [William Francis] Hallam (Big Ted) was Light in Ghost Light
• Roy [Douglas] Purcell (Healey) was CPO Powers in The Mind of Evil, and the President in The Three Doctors
• [Thomas] Declan Mulholland (O'Grady) was Clark in The Sea Devils, and Till in The Androids of Tara
• Dadina Sagger (Leila) was an Alphan in Mindwarp (5)
• Edward [Harry] Kelsey (Pogson) was Slave Buyer in The Romans (1), Resno in The Power of the Daleks, and Edu in The Creature from the Pit
• RJ Bell (Fat Man) made his TV debut as the Garm in Terminus
• Kevin [Robert] McNally (Bennod) and Barry Stanton (Slim here; Waller, 1995) both starred in The Twin Dilemma, as Lieutenant Hugo Lang and Noma - McNally was also Professor Eustacius Jericho in Flux, and voiced Henry for Spider's Shadow (2008), Vakrass for The End of the Beginning, and Merrick Kingdom for The House of Kingdom and The Lost (all 2021)
• Judy Norman (Bingo player) was Ma in Gridlock
• [Christine] Janine Duvitski [born Drzewicki] (Joyce) voiced Alpha Wheeler for The Jabari Countdown (2018)
• Tim Faulkner (Registrar) voiced Highgate for The End of the Beginning, and Charles Hookham/Flindor/Wilbur Grits for The God of Phantoms (both 2021)
• Frank Rozelaar Green (Neighbour here; Bobo, 2003) was Sonny Hoskins in Father's Day
• [David] Roger Brierley (Coroner) was Trevor in The Daleks' Master Plan (8), and provided the voice of Drathro in The Mysterious Planet
• Robert Demeger (Statham) was the Preacher in The Shakespeare Code
• script editor Susan Box was a production assistant on Full Circle
• Alan Wareing was also director of The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Ghost Light and Survival

Doctor Who Vs. Robin of Sherwood, Series 3

Jason Connery (pictured), Judi Trott, Clive

Mantle, Ray Winstone, Phil Rose, Mark Ryan,

Peter Llewellyn Williams, Philip Jackson, John

Abineri, Nckolas Grace and Robert Addie all

returned for ITV's third and final round of

Robin Hood adventures. At the conclusion to

this series, makers Goldcrest pulled out of the

venture. Despite critical and commercial hits

(Chariots of Fire and Gandhi) Goldcrest Films

struggled after box office flops, Revolution

and Absolute Beginners.

The programme ultimately ceased production

because partner HTV could not finance it alone.

Richard Carpenter's script for the unmade story,

The Knights of the Apocalypse, was eventually

adapted by Bafflegab and was released in 2016

- Connery, Trott, Winstone, Mantle, Rose, Ryan,

Jackson and Grace all reprised their TV roles.

A repeat run of the thirteen-part season (originally broadcast from April

to June 1986) continued on ITV4 today - it featured William Russell,

Richard O'Brien, and a total of twenty-six Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

• Connery was Jondar in Vengeance on Varos
• Oliver Cotton (Owen) voiced Sir Gideon Vale/Handler for Big Finish's 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), and Major Callahan/Vilal Captian/Crook for Quicksilver (2017)
• Michael [Francis] Craig [born Gregson] (Huntingdon) was Commodore Travers in Terror of the Vervoids
• James [Southey] Coombes (Grendel) provided the Krarg voices for Shada, and was Paroli in Warriors of the Deep
• Daniel Peacock (Sparrow) was Nord in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
• Hywel [Thomas] Bennett (voice of Arthur) made his TV debut as Rynian in (episode 2 of) The Chase
• Brendan Price (Abbot) was Tomas in The Face of Evil
• Graham [Robert] Weston (Blacksmith) was Russell in The War Games, and De Haan in Planet of Evil
• Charlie [Lomax David] Condou (Marcus Dent, 2007-14) was Gary Gabbastone in The Interstellar Song Contest - he also voiced Crab- head/System/Jarl for Ravenous 1 (2018), Chris for Five Hundred Ways to Kill Your Lover (2025), and Marty for Cloud Eight (2026)
• Patrick Travis (Matthew) was a Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks
• Cory Pulman (Queen Isabella) was Kathleen Dudman in The Curse of Fenric
• Iain Armstrong (Villager) was Technician in The Armageddon Factor (3)
• Neville Watchurst (Carter) voiced Argot for Memory Lane (2006), and Manus/Stennar for The Song of Megaptera (2010)
• Peter [Alexander] Diamond (Monk here; Hangman in A Challenge for Robin Hood) was regular Extra/stunt double/fight arranger on the classic run (from The Daleks to The Daemons)
• Andrew McCulloch and John Flanagan co-wrote Meglos too
• Gerry Mill was director of The Faceless Ones too
• for Mantle, Grace, Jackson and Abineri see Series 1
• for Jeremy Bulloch, George Baker, Robert Daws, Phil Davis and Richard Bonehill see Series 2

Doctor Who On This Day #4

 

1964 - The Daleks, Episode 3:

The Escape first screened on BBC1

1966 - Marco Polo, Episode 4:

The Wall of Lies repeated on ABC

1967 - The Romans, Episode 3: Conspiracy,

The Crusade, Episode 1: The Lion, The Massacre,

Episode 2: The Sea Beggar and The Ark, Episode

2: The Plague repeated and The Celestial

Toymaker, Episode 2: The Hall of Dolls first

screened, all on ABC

1969 - The Krotons, Episode 2

first screened on BBC1

1971 - The Wheel in Space, Episode 4 and

The Dominators, Episode 4 both repeated

on ABC

1974 - The Three Doctors, Episodes 1 and

4 and Frontier in Space, Episodes 1 and 2

repeated and Planet of the Daleks, Episode

2 first screened, all on ABC

1975 - Robot, Part 2 first screened

on BBC1
1980 - The Ark in Space, Part 4

first screened on DR1

1982 - The Ribos Operation Omnibus

repeated on WTTW 11; and Castrovalva,

Part 1 first screened on BBC1

1983 - The Ribos Operation, Part

 2 repeated on KQED Plus

1984 - Black Orchid, Part 1

repeated on KQED Plus

1985 - Death to the Daleks, Part

1 and Terminus Omnibus both

repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - The Invisible Enemy, Part

3 repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - The Power of Kroll Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1988 - The Invasion of Time, Parts

4 to 6 all repeated on WTTW 11

1989 - Terror of the Autons, Episode 2 repeated

on KQED Plus; and The Greatest Show in the

Galaxy, Part 4 first screened on BBC1

1990 - Warriors' Gate, Part 4 repeated on

KQED Plus; and The Mysterious Planet,

Part 2 first screened on TV2

1991 - The Brain of Morbius, Part

3 repeated on KQED Plus

1992 - Inferno, Episode 6 repeated on TV2; and

The Time Warrior Omnibus and Delta and the

Bannermen, Part 1 both repeated on KQED Plus
1993 - The Gunfighters, Episode 3: Johnny Ringo 

repeated on UK Gold; and The Invisible Enemy 

Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus

1994 - Day of the Daleks, Episode 4 repeated on 

UK Gold; and Terminus, Part 3 repeated on ABC
1995 - The Greatest Show in the Galaxy,

Part 3 repeated on UK Gold

1996 - Underworld, Part 1 repeated on UK Gold
1997 - Inferno Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - Time Flight Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

1999 - The Chase, Episode 1: The Executioners

repeated on Space; The Sea Devils, Episode 1

repeated on UKTV (UK); and Dragonfire

Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus
2000 - The Time Meddler, Episode 4:

Checkmate repeated on Space; and

The Silurians, Episode 4 repeated on

BBC2

2001 - Frontier in Space, Episode 6 repeated on Prime; Genesis of
 the Daleks, Part  6 repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Seeds of Doom,
Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC America; and The Visitation,
Part 4 repeated on BBC Prime

2002 - The Brain of Morbius, Part 4 repeated on BBC Kids (Can); 
and Four to Doomsday, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on NHPTV
2003 - Horns of Nimon Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can) and
 KERA; The Mysterious Planet, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
Colorado PTV; and Paradise Towers Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

2004 - The Romans Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Chase, Episodes
 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC; Inferno, Episodes 5 and 6 both
 repeated on Colorado PTV; Terror of the Zygons, Part 3 repeated on
NHPTV; Pyramids of Mars, Part 3 repeated on WCNY; Underworld, 
Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Iowa PTV; The Horns of Nimon 
Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can); Warriors' Gate, Part 3 
repeated on WILL; Black Orchid, Part 2 repeated on KUED;

The Five Doctors, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) both repeated

on MiND; Silver Nemesis, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

on WCET; and Scream of the Shalka, Episode 6

released on BBC Red Button

2006 - Rose first screened on Ztélé
2007 - New Earth, Tooth and Claw

and School Reunion all first screened

on France 4

2008 - Rose and Doctor Who Confidential: Bringing Back the

Doctor both repeated on WGVU; Smith and Jones repeated on

 BBC3 and Syfy (US); and The Shakespeare Code and Doctor

Who Confidential: Meet Martha Jones both repeated on BBC3

2009 - Rose, The End of the World and The Unquiet Dead all

repeated on NET; Bad Wolf and Doctor Who Confidential: The

World of Who both repeated on KERA; The Parting of the Ways

repeated on Idaho PTV; The Girl in the Fireplace repeated

on Ozarks PTV; The Impossible Planet repeated on WTVP;

Love & Monsters and Doctor Who Confidential: The New

World of Dr. Who both repeated on MPTV; Fear Her

and Doctor Who Confidential: The Fright Stuff both

 repeated on UNC-TV; The Runaway Bride first screened

on WXXI; The Fires of Pompeii first screened on KBS2;

and Doctor Who Prom (2008) repeated on BBC HD

2010 - Love & Monsters, Gridlock and Daleks in Manhattan

repeated and Planet of the Ood first screened, all on Syfy

(Spa); Partners in Crime and The Fires of Pompeii both 

repeated on Syfy (Ben); The Doctor's Daughter and

 Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Sins of the

Fathers both repeated on ABC2; and The Next

Doctor repeated on BBC3

2011 - The Shakespeare Code repeated on Syfy (Ben);

Evolution of the Daleks and The Stolen Earth both repeated 

on UKTV (Aus); and Forest of the Dead repeated on AXN SciFi

2012 - The Mark of the Rani, Parts 3 and 4 (of 4) both repeated on 
MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The End of the World repeated on Watch; The 
Unquiet Dead repeated on ABC2; The Lazarus Experiment and The 
Eleventh Hour both repeated on BBC America; The Sound of Drums,

Last of the Time Lords and A Christmas Carol all repeated on France

4; Flesh and Stone and The Vampires of Venice both first screened

on Fox (FRG); and Greatest Moments: Time Travel repeated on ABC

2013 - Dalek and The Long Game both repeated on Watch;

The Impossible Planet repeated on BBC America; Let's Kill

Hitler repeated on ABC1; and Doctor Who Confidential:

River Runs Deep repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2014 - Four to Doomsday, Part 2 repeated on Syfy (Aus);

The End of the World repeated on TV3 (Spain); Bad Wolf,

The Parting of the Ways and The Christmas Invasion all

repeated on France 4; The Runaway Bride, Voyage of the

Damned, The Next Doctor and The End of Time, Parts

1 and 2 all repeated on Watch; The Eleventh Hour

repeated on BBC Nordic HD, BBC Polska HD and Jeem TV

(ME); Vincent and the Doctor repeated on BBC Nordic;

A Christmas Carol repeated on BBC Entertainment LA HD, 

Watch and RAI4; The Wedding of River Song, The Time of the 

Doctor, Doctor Who Proms (2010) and Doctor Who Confidential: 

Christmas Special all repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; The 

Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe repeated on BBC 

Entertainment LA HD, BBC Entertainment EU, Romania and 

ME, Watch and Really Scary TV; Asylum of the Daleks, 

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and A Town Called Mercy all 

repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Power of Three and The 

Angels Take Manhattan both repeated on BBC Entertainment 

EU, Rom, ME and UKTV (Aus); Cold War repeated on Syfy

(Spa); The Name of the Doctor repeated on RAI4; The Day of 

the Doctor and An Adventure in Space and Time both repeated 

on BBC Entertainment LA HD; Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide 

repeated on BBC3; and Doctor Who Confidential: Call Me the 

Doctor repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD

2015 - The Silurians, Episode 7 and The Ambassadors of Death, 
Episode 1 both repeated on Retro TV; Terror of the Zygons, Part 
2 repeated on KPTS; The Brain of Morbius, Parts 3 and 4 and The 
Wedding of River Song all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Sun Makers 
Omnibus repeated on Horror; Full Circle, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated 
on KBTC; The Long Game and Doctor Who Confidential: The Dark 
Side both repeated on UNC-TV; Bad Wolf repeated on KNCT; Tooth 
and Claw repeated on WILL; The Idiot's Lantern and Doctor Who 
Confidential: The Writer's Tale both repeated on Iowa PTV; The 
Doctor's Daughter and The Unicorn and the Wasp both repeated on 
KCPT; Amy's Choice, The Hungry Earth, Vincent and the Doctor, The 
Lodger, The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang all repeated on BBC 
Entertainment LA; Cold Blood repeated on BBC Entertainment

LA and Syfy (Aus); The Impossible Astronaut repeated on WPT;
 Day of the Moon repeated on Idaho PTV; A Good Man Goes to War 
repeated on UKTV (NZ); Let's Kill Hitler, Night Terrors, The Girl Who 

Waited and Closing Time all repeated on KCPT2; The God Complex

 repeated on KLRU; Asylum of the Daleks repeated on MPB; A Town 
Called Mercy repeated on OETA; The Day of the Doctor and The Time 
of the Doctor both repeated on RAI4; Listen repeated on BBC Brazil 
HD and BBC Entertainment LA HD; and Doctor Who Confidential:
 Breaking the Silence repeated on BBC Entertainment AP

2016 - 100,000 BC, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro

TV; The Invisible Enemy, Part 4 and The Vampires of Venice both 
repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Pirate Planet, Parts 1 and 2 both 
repeated on Horror; Silence in the Library repeated on UNC-TV; 
The Next Doctor and Last Christmas both repeated on France 4; 
Day of the Moon repeated on TV Cultura; The Bells of Saint John, 
Under the Lake and Before the Flood all repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP; Asylum of the Daleks and The Angels Take 
Manhattan both repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska

HD; Listen and Time Heist both repeated on BBC America;

The Caretaker repeated on KUAC; and The Magician's

Apprentice first screened on TLC TV

2017 - Director Rodney Bennett died in Britain,

aged 81; The Pirate Planet, Parts 2 and 3 both

repeated on Retro TV; Fear Her repeated on Syfy (Aus);

The Girl in the Fireplace, Rise of the Cybermen and 

The Age of Steel all repeated on BBC America; The Vampires

of Venice and Amy's Choice both repeated on Syfy (LA); 
The Snowmen and The Bells of Saint John both repeated on Fox
 (FRG); The Day of the Doctor repeated on BBC Entertainment
EU; Robot of Sherwood repeated on Syfy (Bra); The Magician's 

Apprentice repeated and An Adventure in Space and Time first 
screened, both on One ARD; Face the Raven repeated on BBC 

First (ME); and Behind the Lens: The Day of the Doctor and

The Time of the Doctor both repeated on BBC Polska HD
2018 - The Sontaran Experiment, Part 2 repeated on Jones! too; 
Kinda, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV; Bad Wolf repeated
on Star World Premiere; The Idiot's Lantern, The Impossible Planet 
and The Satan Pit all repeated on BBC America; Gridlock repeated
on ABC and ABC ME; The Unicorn and the Wasp repeated on The 
Box; Amy's Choice repeated on BBC Polska HD; Cold Blood repeated
on Syfy (Aus); The Curse of the Black Spot and The Doctor's

Wife both repeated on RAI4; Night Terrors, The Girl Who Waited,

Closing Time, The Wedding of River Song, Asylum of the Daleks,

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and A Town Called Mercy all repeated

on Sony SciFi; The Rings of Akhaten repeated on Syfy (Bra);

and Extremis repeated on DR3
2019 - The Mark of the Rani, Parts 2 and 3

(of 4) both repeated on Retro TV; Victory of

the Daleks repeated on BBC Polska HD; Deep

Breath repeated on BBC America; and The

Girl Who Died and The Woman Who Lived

both repeated on RAI4
2020 - The Monster of Peladon, Parts 5 and

6 and The Curse of Fenric, Parts 3 and 4 all

repeated on Retro TV; Silver Nemesis Omnibus

repeated on RSU PTV; The Next Doctor, Planet

of the Dead, The Waters of Mars and The End

of Time, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on Syfy

(Fra); The Return of Doctor Mysterio repeated

 on BBC Entertainment EU; Spyfall, Part 1 

repeated on BBC2; and Survivors in Space,

Part 2 repeated on Radio 4 Extra

2021 - Revolution of the Daleks

repeated on BBC2

2022 - The Vanquishers repeated

on TV2

2023 - Planet of the Ood repeated

on Fox SciFi

2024 - The Mysterious Planet, Parts

2 and 3 both repeated on Retro TV;

and The Woman Who Lived repeated

on Fox SciFi

2026 - Mawdryn Undead, Parts 1

and 2 both repeated on KBTC