Doctor Who Vs. A Very Peculiar Practice

"It's the sight of the off-

kilter [nefarious] nuns

on campus that people

tend to remember about

this 1986 satire, rather

than that it was written

by Andrew Davies. So

associated did he be-

come with adapting the

classics that his original

 work is overlooked, but

this depiction of Thatcherite [era] cuts and the [privatisation of] higher education is well worth revisiting. Peter Davison is ideally suited to the lead role of

[Dr. Daker] a callow medic navigating a gallery of grotesques at the

fictional [Lowlands] University practice." - Radio Times

The first two episodes of the black comedy (first shown forty years ago

 this month) were repeated on BBC4 last night. The two seasons (con-

cluded by April 1988) featured David Troughton, John Bird, Hugh

Grant, Geoffrey Beevers,  and a total of thirty-eight Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

• [Clement] Graham Crowden (McCannon) was Soldeed in The Horns of Nimon
• Barbara [Jay] Flynn [born McMurray] (Dr. Marie) was Tecteun in Once, Upon Time and Survivors of the Flux, and also voiced Sister Chalice/Croc Trooper for Big Finish's The Skull of Sobek (2008), Anne Hartman for The Rockery (2019), and Professor Vansom for Secrets of Telos (2022)
• Trevor Cooper (Ackerman) was [Lancelot] Takis in Revelation of the Daleks, and Friar Tuck in Robot of Sherwood, and voiced Stenton Rull for Kaldor City (2001-4), Sir Ralph for The Doomwood Curse, Shanks for The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (both 2008), Judah for The Beast of Orlok, Smithy for Castle of Fear (both 2009), Captain Maddox/ Stennan/Sentries for Army of Death (2011), Colonel Burroughs/Kimball for The Emerald Tiger (2012), Preddle/Jonathan Jaggers for Judoon in Chains (2016), Sir Joseph Eagleton/Jonathan Mayfly for The Ghosts of Greenwich, Smallpiece for Merry Christmas Mr Jago (both 2019), Silas Keynes for The Ravencliff Witch (2022), and Captain Thaddeus Grey for Archipelago (2024)
• Liz [Ann] Crowther (Antonia) voiced Tessa Waylund for Something Inside (2003)
• [Anne] Harriet Reynolds (Deirdre) provided the Tannoy Voice for The Leisure Hive
• Kate Eaton (Megan) was Ange in (part 1 of) Survival
• Timothy [Lancaster] West (Furie) voiced Kai Tobias for Phobos (2007), Ronald Turvey for Cuddlesome (2008), and Dr. Magnus Soames for House of Blue Fire (2011)
• Joanna Hole (Secretary) voiced Tynax for The Day of the Comet (2021)
• Geraldine Alexander (Jeannie) was Areta in Vengeance on Varos
• Eiji Kusuhara (Interpreter) was a Chinaman in Four to Doomsday, and voiced Professor Toshio Shimura for Enemy of the Daleks (2010)
• Kathy [Lucy Bridget] Burke (Alice) was a Lazar in Terminus
• Christopher Good (Ember) was Morgan in The Beast Below
• Michael Shannon (Daniels) voiced Senior Prosecutor Uglosi for Nevermore (2010), and Dr. Hugo Macht for Shield of the Jotunn (2015)
• Joanna Kanska (Grete) voiced Rachel for Situation Vacant (2010)
• Anthony O'Donnell (Perks) 
• André [Gaston] Maranne [born Maillol] (Sieberman) was Roger Benoit in The Moonbase
• Colin Stinton (Dusenberry)
• Clive [Walter] Swift (Platt) was [Joshua] Jobel in Revelation of the Daleks, and [Bayldon] Copper in Voyage of the Damned
• Tim Wylton [born Higginson] (Lillicrap)
• James Grout (Bunn)
• Godfrey James (Sweet)
• Chris Jury (Wagstaff)
• Joseph Long (Eugenides)
• Tim Preece (Gregory)
• David Bamber (Middling)
• John Halstead (Waiter) provided a Monoid Voice for The Ark
• Clive Wood (Frith)
• Mark Addy [born Johnson] (Prentis)
• Perry Benson ( was the Ice cream man in The Eleventh Hour
• Tim Munro (Smallcott)
• Martyn Whitby (Guard) was a Drayman in The Mark of the Rani
• Marc Warren (Extra)
• Ian [Anthony] Brooker (Extra)
• Mike Houghton was also film editor on Full Circle, Castrovalva, Black Orchid, Earthshock and Time Flight
• Ken Trew was also costume designer on Terror of the Autons, Snakedance, The Mysterious Planet, Time and the Rani, Remembrance of the Daleks, Ghost Light, The Curse of Fenric, Survival and Dimensions in Time
• Chris Pemsel was production designer on The Enemy of the World too

Doctor Who Vs. James Bond, Part 12: For Your Eyes Only

ITV4's latest Bond season

continued last night with Roger

Moore's fifth assignment (the
twelfth in the franchise) as the

famous spy. Released in 1981,

the film took its title from Ian
Fleming's Bond anthology (pub-

lished in 1960), and contained

elements from the short stories

For Your Eyes Only and Risico. 

The production was shot on

location in the Bahamas, Greece,

Italy, Spain, and the North Sea,

with interiors filmed at Pinewood studios. The theme song by Sheena Easton (nominated for an Oscar and

Golden Globe) replaced original choice Blondie. The film featured Topol

(pictured left), and these twenty-three Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

• Julian [Wyatt] Glover (Kristatos, right) was King Richard in The Crusade, and Scaroth in City of Death
• [Clement] Graham Crowden (First Sea Lord) was Soldeed in The Horns of Nimon
• Noel [Frank] Johnson (Vice Admiral) was King Thous in The Underwater Menace, and Charles Grover MP in Invasion of the Dinosaurs
• William [Denys] Hoyland (McGregor) voiced Premier Jaeger for Big Finish's Live 34 (2005)
• Paul Brooke (Bunky) voiced Toby for Year of the Pig (2006)
• John [Juan] Moreno (Ferrara) was Dobson in (episode 2 of) The Ambassadors of Death
• [Bertie Wyn] John Hollis (Blofeld) and Laurie Goode (Skier) both appeared in The Mutants, as Sondergaard and Mutt - Goode was also Time Lord in The Invasion of Time (3), Bandit in The Creature from the Pit (1), Tigellan in Meglos (2), Sailor in Enlightenment, and UNIT Trooper in Battlefield (1)
• Tony Alleff (Captain here; Auctioneer in Never Say Never Again) was Gaztak in Meglos (1)
• Harry Van Engel (Technician here; Guest in The Living Daylights) was a Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks
• for Jeremy Bulloch (Smithers) and Ralph G Morse (Skier) see The Spy Who Loved Me
• for Tim Condren see Goldfinger
• for Robert Rietty see Dr. No
• Elizabeth Waller was the costume designer on The Robots of Death too
• Anthony Waye (assistant director here & Octopussy; production manager on A View to a Kill, The Living Daylights, Licence to Kill, Skyfall; producer on Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace) was assistant director on both Dalek films
• Gareth Milne (stunts here & Skyfall) was George Cranleigh in Black Orchid, Mortuary Attendant in Vengeance on Varos (2), and Peter Davison's double on Warriors of the Deep (1)
• Stuart Fell (stunts here, Octopussy, A View to a Kill) was a stunt- man on Terror of the Autons (1) and The Ribos Operation (1), then fight arranger on The Talons of Weng-Chiang and State of Decay, and had roles in thirty-three other episodes (from The Claws of Axos to The Invasion of Time)
• Nick Wilkinson (stunts here, Octopussy, Never Say Never Again, Licence to Kill; Russian Soldier in The Living Daylights) was stuntman on The Next Doctor too
• for Greg Powell, Chris Webb and Jim Dowdall see The Spy Who Loved Me
• for Bill Weston see You Only Live Twice
• for Peter Bennett see Moonraker

Doctor Who On This Day #12

  

1965 - 100,000 BC, Episode 1: An

Unearthly Child first screened on ABC

1966 - Marco Polo, Episode 1: The

Roof of the World repeated on ABC

1967 - Marco Polo, Episode 5: Rider from

Shang-Tu repeated on TV1; The Crusade,

Episode 4: The Warlords, The Massacre,

Episode 4: Bell of Doom, The Ark, Episode

3: The Return and The Celestial Toymaker,

Episode 3: The Dancing Floor all repeated 

and The Gunfighters, Episode 3: Johnny

Ringo first screened, all on ABC

1968 - The Macra Terror, Episode

 1 repeated and The Faceless Ones,

Episode 4 repeated and Episode 5

 first screened, all on ABC

1969 - The Space Museum, Episodes 1 and 2 and The Time 

Meddler, Episode 4: Checkmate repeated and Galaxy 4, Episode

 4: The Exploding Planet first screened, all on TV1; and The 

Evil of the Daleks, Episode 1 first screened and The Web of 

Fear, Episodes 2 to 6 repeated, all on ABC

1970 - The Highlanders, Episodes 3 and 4 and The Moonbase,

Episode 2 repeated and The Macra Terror, Episode 2 first

screened, all on TV1; The Evil of the Daleks, Episode 7, The 

Enemy of the World, Episode 1 and The Web of Fear, Episode

 1 all repeated on ABC

1971 - The Wheel in Space, Episode

3 and The Dominators, Episode 5 both

repeated on ABC

1972 - The Seeds of Death, Episode

3 repeated on ABC

1973 - The Seeds of Death, Episode 1, The War Games,

Episode 1 and Terror of the Autons, Episode 2 repeated

and The Claws of Axos, Episode 2 repeated and

Episode 3 first screened, all on ABC

1974 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs,

Part 1: Invasion first screened on BBC1

1976 - Terror of the Zygons, Part

4 first screened on TROS

1979 - The Android Invasion, Part

3 first screened on TV2

1980 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part

 6 first screened on TV2; and The Horns

of Nimon, Part 4 first screened on BBC1

1981 - Underworld Omnibus repeated on WTTW

11; and Nightmare of Eden, Part 2 first screened

on TV2

1982 - Planet of Evil, Part 1 repeated on KQED

Plus; and Castrovalva, Part 4 first screened on

BBC1 (except BBC Wales)

1983 - The Pirate Planet, Part 3 repeated

on KQED Plus; and Arc of Infinity, Part 4

first screened on BBC1

1984 - Time Flight, Part 1 repeated on KQED

 Plus; and Warriors of the Deep, Part 3 first

 screened on BBC1

1985 - The Five Doctors repeated on ABC;

and Attack of the Cybermen, Part 2 first

screened on BBC1

1986 - The Silurians Omnibus repeated

 on KQED Plus

1988 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part

4 repeated on KQED Plus; and The

Androids of Tara, Part 1 repeated on TV2

1989 - The Mind of Evil, Episode 4 repeated

on KQED Plus

1990 - Logopolis, Part 2 repeated on KQED

Plus; and Mindwarp, Part 8 first screened on TV2

1991 - The Seeds of Doom, Part 5 repeated on KQED

Plus; and Time Flight Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - The Dominators, Episode 1 repeated on UK Gold

1994 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode 6 repeated on UK

 Gold, and The King's Demons, Part 1 repeated on ABC
1995 - The Monster of Peladon, Part 3 repeated on KQED
 Plus; and Ghost Light, Part 1 repeated on UK Gold

1996 - The Invasion of Time, Part 3 repeated

on UK Gold

1997 - The Happiness Patrol and

Silver Nemesis Omnibuses both

repeated on UK Gold

1998 - The Time Meddler, Episode 1: The Watcher

first screened on Space; The Androids of Tara

Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus; and Warriors'

Gate Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1999 - The Time Meddler, Episode 1: The Watcher

 repeated on Space; and The Deadly Assassin, Part

 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2000 - The Gunfighters, Episode 4: The OK Coral repeated on
Space; and Terror of the Autons, Episode 2 first screened on TG4

2001 - The Green Death, Episode 1 repeated on Prime; Terror
 of the Zygons, Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus); and Image of
 the Fendahl, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on NHPTV

2002 - The Curse of Peladon Omnibus repeated on KERA;
The Ark in Space, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on MiND;

The Seeds of Doom, Part 6 repeated on BBC Kids (Can);

Warriors of the Deep Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus); 

Timelash, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) both repeated on BBC

 Prime; and Remembrance of the Daleks Omnibus 

repeated on UK Gold

2003 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part 4 repeated on WSKG; The Android 
Invasion, Part 3 repeated on WCNY; Underworld Omnibus repeated on 
BBC Kids (Can);  The Stones of Blood, Part 4 repeated on WILL; The
 Androids of Tara, Part 4 and The Power of Kroll, Part 1 both repeated 
on MiND; The Leisure Hive, Part 1 repeated on KUED; Castrovalva
Omnibus repeated on MPT; Frontios, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
on WCET; Timelash, Parts 3 and 4 (of 4) both repeated on NHPTV; 
Revelation of the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4 (of 4) both repeated on 
KBTC; Mindwarp, Parts 7 and 8 both repeated on Colorado PTV; 
and Remembrance of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

2004 - The Time Meddler, Episode 4: Checkmate

repeated on ABC; and Full Circle Omnibus repeated

on BBC Kids (Can)

2005 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part 3 repeated on ABC

2006 - Paradise Towers, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on ABC
2008 - The Unquiet Dead and Aliens of London both repeated on
UK Gold; Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks both
repeated on France 4; and Doctor Who Confidential: Bad Blood 
repeated on BBC3

2009 - The Awakening, Part 2 and Frontios, Part 1 both first
screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; Tooth and Claw repeated on
KVCR; The Girl in the Fireplace first screened on Syfy (Spa);

 and The Fires of Pompeii and Doctor Who Confidential:

 The Italian Job both repeated on BBC3

2010 - The End of the World and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: 
Aliens, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly both repeated on  UKTV (Aus);
The Shakespeare Code repeated on Syfy (Spa); and The Waters of 
Mars repeated on BBC3

2011 - The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on Space; Human Nature
 repeated on Syfy (Ben); Utopia repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The 
Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks both repeated on BBC3

2012 - The Mysterious Planet, Parts 1 and

 2 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The

Empty Child repeated on ABC2; New Earth

repeated on Watch; and The Family of

Blood and Amy's Choice both repeated on

BBC America

2013 - 100,000 BC Omnibus screened at the Doctor Who
At 50 event at BFI Southbank; The Lodger repeated on BBC3;
Closing Time repeated on WTTW Prime; A Town Called Mercy
 repeated on BBC America; and Deimos repeated on Radio 4
Extra

2014 - Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 5 and 6

both repeated on Syfy (Aus); Pyramids of

Mars, Episode 1 repeated on Radio 4 Extra;

The Robots of Death, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; Rose and

The End of the World both repeated on Watch and RAI4; The Unquiet 
Dead, Aliens of London and World War Three also repeated on Watch;
Father's Day and The Empty Child both repeated on TV3 (Spain);
The Age of Steel, The Idiot's Lantern, The Impossible Planet and
The Satan Pit all repeated on France 4; Blink repeated on Syfy

 (Port); The Eleventh Hour and Doctor Who Prom (2010) both 

repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Beast Below repeated on Jeem

 TV (ME); Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on Iowa PTV; 

The Bells of Saint John repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; 

Cold War first screened on WPT Flagship; Hide repeated on

Syfy (Spain); Nightmare in Silver repeated on MPTV; and

 The Time of the Doctor repeated on Space

2015 - The Three Doctors, Episodes 2 and 3

both repeated on Horror; The Hand of Fear,

Part 3 repeated on Syfy (Aus); Aliens of

London repeated on EBRU; World War

Three repeated on Syfy (Aus) and EBRU;

Love & Monsters and Fear Her both repeated on BBC America; 

The Impossible Astronaut repeated on Watch; Day of the Moon 
repeated on WPT; The Almost People, A Good Man Goes to War

and Doctor Who Confidential: Take Two all repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP; The Wedding of River Song repeated on

UKTV (NZ); Deep Breath repeated on BBC Entertainment

LA; and Dark Water repeated on BBC Entertainment RSA

2016 - Horror of Fang Rock, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
Horror; Underworld, Part 2, The Pandorica Opens and A Good
Man Goes to War all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Keeper of
Traken, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Horror; Bad Wolf and
The Parting of the Ways both repeated on France 4; Let's

Kill Hitler repeated on TV Cultura; The Bells of Saint John

repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Time of the Doctor
repeated on BBC Nordic HD and WGVU; Deep Breath, Part 1
 (of 2) repeated on FX (Ind); The Witch's Familiar repeated
on WGVU; and Before the Flood and The Girl Who Died both
 repeated on BBC America

2017 - 100,000 BC, Episode 4: The Firemaker repeated on 
The Zone; The Power of Kroll, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on 
Retro TV; Gridlock repeated on Syfy (Aus); Evolution of the 
Daleks, The Lazarus Experiment and 42 all repeated on BBC
America; Flesh and Stone, Doctor Who Extra: The Caretaker 
and Kill the Moon all repeated on BBC Polska HD; Flatline 
repeated on Syfy (Bra); and Class, Episode 1 repeated on 
TLC TV

2018 - The Face of Evil, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Jones!
too; Arc of Infinity, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; 
The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on Star World Premiere; The
 Family of Blood repeated on ABC and ABC ME; The Big Bang
 repeated on BBC Polska HD; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and
 A Town Called Mercy both repeated on RAI4; The Name of the
Doctor repeated on Syfy (Bra); Death in Heaven repeated on 
Syfy (LA); The Witch's Familiar repeated on Syfy (Aus); and 
The Doctor Falls repeated on DR3
2019 - The Time Monster, Episodes 2 to 6, The Three Doctors,
Carnival of Monsters, Frontier in Space, Planet of the Daleks 
Omnibuses and The Green Death, Parts 1 and 2 all streamed
on Twitch TV; Timelash, Part 4 (of 4), The Mysterious Planet,
Part 1, Battlefield, Part 4 and The Curse of Fenric, Part 1 all
repeated on Retro TV; Victory of the Daleks, The Time of
Angels and Flesh and Stone all repeated on BBC Polska HD; 
The Return of Doctor Mysterio repeated on BBC First (ME)
and Syfy (Aus); and The Pilot repeated on RAI4
2020 - The Aztecs, Episodes 1 and 2 and Planet of the
Spiders, Parts 5 and 6 all repeated on Retro TV; The Sontaran
Experiment Omnibus repeated on WSRE; The Android Invasion
 Omnibus repeated on MPTV; The Leisure Hive, Parts 3 and 4
both repeated on KBTC; The Mark of the Rani Omnibus repeated
on Idaho PTV; Mindwarp, Part 5, Blink and Utopia all repeated on
One ARD; The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Omnibus repeated on
Iowa PTV; New Earth, Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, The Girl
in the Fireplace, Nightmare in Silver and The Name of the Doctor
 all repeated on W; Spyfall, Part 1 first screened on BBC Polska
HD and repeated on BBC America and Part 2 repeated on BBC
America; and Orphan 55 first screened on BBC1 HD, BBC1

and TV2

2021 - The Seeds of Death, Episodes 1 and

2 both repeated on Retro TV; The Unquiet

Dead and Aliens of London both repeated on

Sony SciFi; Father's Day repeated on ABC2;

The Impossible Astronaut repeated on BBC

Polska HD; The Doctor Falls and Twice Upon a

Time both repeated on One ARD; and Orphan

55 repeated on Syfy (Fra)

2022 - The War Games, Episode 2

repeated on ONS; The Deadly Assassin,

Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;

Deep Breath repeated on BBC Polska HD;

Face the Raven repeated on BBC First

 Turkey; The Pilot repeated on ABC Family;

and Knock Knock, Oxygen, Extremis and

The Tsuranga Conundrum all repeated on

NRJ12

2023 - Forest of the Dead repeated

on Fox SciFi; and The Rebel Flesh

repeated on ABC Family

2024 - The Ultimate Foe, Part 2 and

Time and the Rani, Part 1 both repeated

on Retro TV; and Hell Bent, The Tsuranga

Conundrum and Demons of the Punjab

all repeated on Fox SciFi

2025 - The Stones of Blood, Parts

3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC; and

Fugitive of the Judoon repeated on

ABC Family