Doctor Who Vs. The New Avengers, Series 1 [Part 1]

The sequel series to cult classic The

Avengers debuted in the autumn of

1976, and has since been re-run in

Wales (in 1981), on BBC2 (1995),

and ITV4 (2013).

I rediscovered the drama when BBC

Four began a repeat season in late

2008. Having since viewed the show

on DVD, I realised that the stories are

not listed in their actual transmission

order (probably in the original prod-

uction order), and (due to regional

variations) there are at least three

different sets of broadcast dates

online. The dates provided here are

courtesy of Wikipedia.

The programme (a joint Anglo-French

-Canadian production) was developed

for ITV by original series producers

Albert Fennell (1920-1988) and Brian Clemens (1931-2015), and was sold

to 120 countries. Patrick Macnee (1922-2015) reprised the iconic role of

Major John [Wickham Gascoyne Beresford] Steed from The Avengers

(1961-69), and was now joined by Gareth Hunt (1942-2007) as Mike

Gambit and Joanna Lumley (born 1946) as Purdey. Hunt had played

Arak in Planet of the Spiders, whilst Lumley would later appear in The

Curse of the Fatal Death as the first female incarnation of the Doctor.

Last of the Cybernauts? and The Midas Touch were both adapted as

comic strips for The New Avengers Annual 1978.

A repeat run of the first season began on Great Action last night, and

the first six stories featured Peter Cushing, and a total of thirty-three

Doctor Who cast connections:

The Eagle's Nest 
(RI TX: September 28 1976/UK TX: October 19 1976 [Anglia], April 5 1981

[HTV], November 13, November 14 2008, April 10 2009 [BBC4], January 2013

[ITV4], July 2018, January 2, June 17 2019 [True Ent], January 4, February 9

2021 [Sony], August 5, September 10 2024, January 3, April 30, July 14, July

20, July 29 2025, February 27 2026 [Great! TV], September 4, November 17 2025, January 5, May 18 2026 [Great! Action]/France TX: January 2 1977/

Aus TX: February 9 1977/US TX: September 5 1978)

• Frank Gatliff (Karl here; Dubois in The Avengers: One for the Mortuary, Harvey in The Sell-Out, Pitt-Norton in A Chorus of Frogs, Fryer in Love All) was Ortron in The Monster of Peladon
• Trevor Baxter (Brown-Fitch) first played Professor George Litefoot in The Talons of Weng-Chiang, a role reprised for Big Finish's Jago & Litefoot series (2010 to present)
• Derek Chafer (Monk here; Guest in Dead Man's Treasure; Packer in Homicide and Old Lace) appeared in forty episodes (from The Time Meddler to Warriors' Gate)

House of Cards (UK TX: October 29)

• Peter [Neville] Jeffrey (Perov here; Varnals in Room Without a View; Prendergast in The Joker; Bristow in Game) was the Pilot in The Macra Terror, and Count Grendel in The Androids of Tara
• Derek Francis (the Bishop) was Nero in The Romans
• [Gerhard Paul] Gordon Sterne (Vasil) was Professor Heldorf in (episode 3 of) The Ambassadors of Death [according to IMDB he was to play a Cyberman in The Moonbase but was replaced by Peter Greene]
• [David] Jeremy Wilkin (Dr. Tulliver here, Richards in Medium Rare) was Professor Kellman in Revenge of the Cybermen

Last of the Cybernauts? (UK TX: November 5)

• Martin Fisk (Guard) was Vargos in The Leisure Hive
• Ray Armstrong (Guard) was Grey in The Ambassadors of Death
• Eric Carte (Terry) voiced Arak Varren for The Robots of Life (2019)
• Rocky Taylor (stunt double on The Avengers & The Eagle's Nest, Cyber- naut here, Soldier in Dirtier by the Dozen) was an Egyptian in The Daleks' Master Plan (9), Guard in The Curse of Peladon (4), and stunt- man on The Idiot's Lantern

The Midas Touch (UK TX: November 12)

• John [Derek] Carson [Parker] (Freddy here, Ariston in A Chorus of Frogs, Halvarssen in Second Sight, Fitch in Dial a Deadly Number) was Director Ambril in Snakedance
• Pik Sen Lim (Sing) was Captain Chin Lee in The Mind of Evil then reprised for Open the Box, and voiced Dom-Ra for Neon Reign (both 2018)
• Chris [Peter John Small] Tranchell (Doctor) was Roger Colbert in The Massacre, Steven Jenkins in The Faceless Ones, and Andred in The Invasion of Time
• Geoffrey Bateman (Simpson) was Dymond in Nightmare of Eden
• Tim Condren (Boz) was a Saxon Warrior in The Time Meddler (4), Soldier in The Web of Fear (4), Guerilla in Day of the Daleks (1), and Roboman in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
• Kenneth Gilbert (Rostock) was Richard Dunbar in The Seeds of Doom
• [Abraham] Arnold Chazen (MO) was John Stacey in The Moonbase, and Auton in Spearhead from Space (4)
• Terry Sartain (MO here; Delegate in They Keep Killing Steed) was an Alien Technician in The War Games (3), Warrior in The Mutants (1), UNIT Soldier in The Three Doctors (1), Prison Guard/Draconian in Frontier in Space, Exxilon in Death to the Daleks, Brother in The Masque of Mandragora (3), Gundan in Warriors' Gate (3), and Market Man in Snakedance (1)
• Jay McGrath (Visitor) was Worker in The War Machines (3), UNIT Soldier in The Silurians (3), Coven Member in Image of the Fendahl, and Dead Androgum in The Two Doctors (1)
• John More (Visitor) was a Prisoner in Frontier in Space (3)
• John Tatham (Elliston here; Usher in Medium Rare; Operator in Room Without a View; Passenger in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station) was Villager/Coven member in The Daemons

Cat Amongst the Pigeons (UK TX: November 19)

• Peter [Francis Gabian] Copley (Waterlow here; Barker in White Dwarf; Sparhott in All Done With Mirrors) was Dr. Warlock in Pyramids of Mars
• Hugh [Thornton] Walters (Lewington here; Cowley in Medium Rare) was William Shakespeare in The Chase (1), Commentator Runcible in The Deadly Assassin, Vogel in Revelation of the Daleks, then voiced Roderick Allingham for The Fearmonger (2000)
• [Thomas] Kevin [Harvest] Stoney (Tomkins here; Bancroft in Mission Highly Improbable) was Mavic Chen in The Daleks' Master Plan, Tobias Vaughn in The Invasion, and Tyrum in Revenge of the Cybermen

Target! (UK TX: November 26)

• Keith Barron (Draker here; Technician in Dragonsfield) was Captain Straker in Enlightenment, and voiced Isaac Barclay for Plague of the Daleks (2009), and Lord Tulip for The Bad Penny (2018)
• Robert Beatty (Ilenko) was General Cutler in The Tenth Planet
• Roy Boyd (Bradshaw) was Driscoll in The Hand of Fear
• [Manfred] Frederick Jaegar (Jones here, Getz in Death of a Great Dane, Benson in The Cybernauts and Return of the Cybernauts) was Jano in The Savages, Sorenson in Planet of Evil, and Professor [Frederick] Marius in The Invisible Enemy
• Deep Roy [born Mohinder Purba] (Klokoe) is possiby the only actor to appear in Star Wars, Star Trek, The X Files and Doctor Who - he was the Possican Delegate in Mindwarp but is best known as Mr. Sin (also in serial 4S)
• [William Reginald] Bruce Purchase (Lopez) was the Captain in The Pirate Planet
• Peter Brace (Potterton here, Danvers in The Bird Who Knew Too Much, Opponent in The Correct Way to Kill, Guard in Who Was That Man I Saw You With?) was a Guard in the first Peladon serial (4), and Soldier in The Android Invasion (2)
• Marc Boyle (McKay here, Parr in Medium Rare, Stuntman on The Avengers movie) was stuntman on Terror of the Autons (1), Prisoner/ UNIT Motorcyclist in The Mind of Evil, Kronos in The Time Monster, Exxilon in Death to the Daleks, and fight arranger on The Time Warrior

Doctor Who On This Day #37

1965 - 100,000 BC, Episode 3: The Forest

 of Fear first screened on CBC; and The

Romans, Episode 4: Inferno first screened

on BBC1

1967 - The Celestial Toymaker, Episodes

2 and 4 both repeated on ABC

1971 - The Mind of Evil, Episode 2

first screened on BBC1

1972 - The Krotons, Episode 2 repeated

on ABC
1974 - The Silurians, Episode 2 and

Planet of the Daleks, Episode 1 both

repeated on ABC

1982 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1985 - Frontios, Part 2 repeated on

KQED Plus

1986 - The Krotons, Episode 1 repeated

on ABC; and The Ribos Operation, Part 4

repeated on KQED Plus 

1987 - The Chase, Episode 6: The Planet 

of Decision repeated on KQED Plus

1988 - The Invasion of Time, Part 1

repeated on KQED Plus; and City of

Death Omnibus repeated on ABC

1989 - Robot, Part 1 repeated on ABC
1990 - The Visitation, Part 3 repeated on

KQED Plus; and Delta and the Bannermen,

 Part 2 first screened on TV2

1991 - The Face of Evil, Part 4

repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - The Claws of Axos, Episode

 3 repeated on TV2; and Arc of Infinity

Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus

1994 - The Keys of Marinus Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold; The Green Death,

Episode 6 repeated on BBC2; and The

Caves of Androzani, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on ABC

1995 - Image of the Fendahl Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus; and Mindwarp,

Part 8 repeated on UK Gold

1997 - The Daemons, Episode 4

repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Tomb of the Cybermen,

Episode 4 first screened on Space; and

Kinda, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold; The Mind Robber

Omnibus repeated on MPT; Colony in Space,

Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Iowa PTV; The Time Warrior,
Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on Colorado PTV; Genesis of the 
Daleks, Part 2 first screened on Prairie PTV; Planet of Evil, Parts 1
and 2 both first screened on BBC America; The Sun Makers, Part
 4 and Underworld, Part 1 both repeated on BBC Prime; Planet of 
Fire and The Mark of the Rani Omnibuses both repeated on UKTV
 (Aus); and Revelation of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on WUFT

2000 - The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episode 2 repeated on WQED;
The Seeds of Death, Episode 3 repeated on Space; The Green Death,
Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC; Planet of the Spiders, Parts
5 and 6 both repeated on NHPTV; The Ark in Space, Part 2 repeated
 on KUED; Terror of the Zygons Omnibus repeated on KRWG; The 
Brain of Morbius, Part 4 repeated on Twin Cities PTV; The Seeds of 
Doom Omnibus repeated on KNME; The Masque of Mandragora, Part
 2 repeated on Lakeshore PTV; The Hand of Fear, Parts 3 and 4 both
repeated on Colorado PTV; The Ribos Operation, Parts 3 and 4 both
repeated on MiND and Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Horns of
 Nimon, Part 1 repeated on BBC Prime; The Awakening Omnibus
repeated on UK Gold; Attack of the Cybermen, Part 1 (of 4)
repeated on WUSF; and Delta and the Bannermen Omnibus
repeated on KSPS
2001 - Planet of the Spiders, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

on Prime; Terror of the Zygons, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

 on BBC America; and The Brain of Morbius, Part 3 repeated

on UKTV (Aus)

2002 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 1 repeated on BBC

 Kids (Can); The Mysterious Planet, Part 1 repeated on BBC

Prime; and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD screened on

Prime
2003 - Planet of Evil, Parts 3 and

4 both repeated on BBC Kids

2004 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang,

Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on BBC

Kids (Can)

2005 - The Edge of Destruction Omnibus repeated

 on MiND; The Deadly Assassin Omnibus repeated

on UK Gold; Castrovalva, Part 2 repeated on KUED;

Earthshock, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Iowa

PTV; and Enlightenment, Part 1 repeated on WILL

2007 - The Impossible Planet first screened

on NHK BS2; and Love & Monsters and Fear

Her both repeated on France 4

2009 - Revelation of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) both first
screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; Tooth and Claw repeated on
WVPB; Rise of the Cybermen and Doctor Who Confidential: 
Cybermen both repeated on BBC3; and The Shakespeare Code 
and Doctor Who Confidential: Stage Fright both first screened 
on WGVU
2010 - The Unicorn and the Wasp repeated

 on Syfy (Spa); and Forest of the Dead

and Midnight both repeated on Syfy (Ben)

2011 - Turn Left repeated on MPTV;

and The Beast Below repeated on BBC

HD

2012 - Dragonfire, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on MTV3

SciFi and TV4; The Doctor Dances repeated on BBC

America; Fear Her repeated on BBC Entertainment Ind;

Army of Ghosts repeated on BBC Entertainment Ind and

ABC2; and Human Nature repeated on Watch

2013 - Army of Ghosts repeated on UKTV (NZ);

Smith and Jones and The Shakespeare Code

both repeated on France 4; 42 repeated on

 Watch; The Fires of Pompeii repeated on BBC 

America; and The Lodger and The Pandorica

Opens both repeated on Fox (FRG)

2014 - The Hand of Fear, Parts 3 and 4 and The Awakening 
Omnibus all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Human Nature repeated

on France 4; The Family of Blood repeated on BBC

Entertainment LA; Silence in the Library repeated on Syfy

(Port); The Lodger repeated on Watch; A Good Man Goes to

War repeated on UKTV (Aus); The God Complex and Closing

Time both repeated on DR3; The Doctor, the Widow

and the Wardrobe and Asylum of the Daleks both

repeated on BBC

America; The Name of the Doctor first screened on Syfy

(Spa); and Doctor Who Confidential: Call Me the Doctor

repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Rom and ME

2015 - Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 4 and 5 both repeated

on Horror; Image of the Fendahl, Parts 1 and 2 both first

 screened on Retro TV; The Long Game repeated on KCPT2; 

Love & Monsters, Gridlock, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution

of the Daleks, The Lazarus Experiment and 42 all repeated 

on Syfy (Aus); Planet of the Dead and The Waters of Mars

both repeated on France 4; The Eleventh Hour repeated

on UKTV (NZ); The Beast Below repeated on BBC America

 and UKTV (NZ); Victory of the Daleks repeated on BBC

America; The Impossible Astronaut repeated on Syfy (Ben);

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on KLRU; The Rings of

Akhaten repeated on Watch and OETA; Journey to the

 Centre of the TARDIS and Doctor Who Confidential:

About a Boy both repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;

The Crimson Horror repeated on BBC Nordic HD,

BBC Polska HD and BBC Entertainment AP;

Robot of Sherwood first screened on KBS1

and repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; and

Listen repeated on BBC3

2016 - The Androids of Tara, Parts 3 and 4 and City of Death,
Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on Retro TV; The Doctor Dances and 
Boom Town both repeated on France 4; Amy's Choice repeated 
on Jeem TV (ME); The Impossible Astronaut, Day of the 
Moon, The Lodger, The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang

 all repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Rings of Akhaten,

Cold War and Hide all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Journey

to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on BBC First

 (RSA) and Syfy (Aus); Listen repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP and WGVU; Time Heist and The

Caretaker both repeated on BBC Entertainment

EU and AP; Kill the Moon, Mummy on the Orient

Express, Heaven Sent and Hell Bent all repeated

on BBC Entertainment AP; Flatline repeated on

BBC Entertainment AP, Watch and OETA; In the

Forest of the Night repeated on Watch; Last

Christmas, The Magician's Apprentice, The

Witch's Familiar and Under the Lake all

repeated on FX (Ind); The Girl Who Died

repeated on TLC TV; and The Husbands

of River Song repeated on BBC First (ME)

2017 - The Ark, Episode 3: The Return repeated on The Zone; 
Terror of the Zygons, Part 3 repeated on KRWG; Terror of the Vervoids Omnibus repeated on WETA-UK; The Parting of the 
Ways repeated on FX (Ind); The Doctor's Daughter repeated on
Syfy (Aus); The Beast Below and The Vampires of Venice both 
repeated on Syfy (Bra); Let's Kill Hitler both repeated on BBC

Polska HD; The Girl Who Waited first screened on TLC TV; The 
Snowmen, Nightmare in Silver, The Name of the Doctor, Into 
the Dalek and Robot of Sherwood all repeated on BBC America;
Listen repeated on BBC America and France 4; Time Heist 
repeated on France 4; and Tsar Wars, Part 1 first

broadcast on Radio 4 Extra

2018 - Planet of Fire, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV; 
The Curse of Fenric, Part 3 repeated on Jones! too; Aliens of 
London and The Girl Who Died both repeated on Syfy (Aus);
42 repeated on Star World Premiere; The Stolen Earth repeated
on ABC and ABC ME; The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone and
The Vampires of Venice all repeated on BBC America; Dinosaurs 

on a Spaceship repeated on BBC Polska HD; Robot of Sherwood, 
Listen and Time Heist all repeated on One ARD; and Under the 
Lake repeated on Syfy (Bra)
2019 - Silver Nemesis, Part 3 and The Greatest Show in the
Galaxy, Part 1 both repeated on Retro TV; The Rebel Flesh and 
Doctor Who Extra: Robot of Sherwood both repeated on BBC
Polska HD; World Enough and Time and The Doctor Falls both 
repeated on BBC First (ME); and Kerblam! repeated on France 4

2020 - The Space Museum, Episode 4 and The Chase, Episode

1 both repeated on Retro TV; The Eleventh Hour repeated on
BBC Polska HD; The Girl Who Waited repeated on Syfy (Fra);
Thin Ice and Knock Knock both repeated on Fox (FRG); and 
Praxeus first screened on ABC

2021 - The Aztecs, Episodes 1 and 2

and Colony in Space, Episodes 3 to 6

all repeated on Retro TV; Asylum of the

Daleks, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, A

Town Called Mercy and The Angels Take

Manhattan all repeated on BBC Polska

HD; and Demons of the Punjab repeated

on BBC Entertainment EU

2022 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth,

Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on

KBTC; The Masque of Mandragora

Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV;

The Visitation, Parts 1 and 2 and

Terminus, Parts 3 and 4 all repeated

on Retro TV; Closing Time, The

Wedding of River Song and The Doctor,

the Widow and the Wardrobe all repeated

 on One ARD and Fox SciFi; Let's Kill

Hitler, Night Terrors, The Girl Who Waited

and The God Complex all repeated on Fox

SciFi; and Asylum of the Daleks repeated

on One ARD

2023 - The Pandorica Opens repeated

on Fox SciFi

2025 - Dalek repeated on ABC Entertains