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Tuesday, 31 March 2026

Doctor Who Vs. The Avengers @ 65: Series 2

When production on the initial run of
The Avengers was curtailed by a strike
at ABC Television, lead actor Ian Hendry
quit the series to pursue a cinema
career, and Patrick Macnee's role of
John Steed then became the new focus. 
The cult fantasy show returned to ITV
in the autumn of 1962, with Steed now
joined by fellow agent, Dr. Cathy Gale, portrayed by Honor Blackman (1925-
2020). She was unlike any female
character seen before on British TV,
and was ultimately emulated by every
actress in similar roles since.
John LucarottiMalcolm Hulke,
Terrance DicksPeter Ling and
Geoffrey Orme all provided screen-
plays here. These twenty-six episodes
 featured Nicholas Courtney, and a
total of eighty Doctor Who cast and crew connections:
Mr. Teddy Bear (TX: September 29 1962)
  • Blackman later found global fame as Bond girl, Pussy Galore in Goldfinger, and was Professor Sarah Lasky in Terror of the Vervoids, then voiced Queen Anahita for Big Finish's The Children of Seth (2011)
  • for Michael Robbins see Dragonsfield
Propellant 23 (TX: October 6)
  • for Geoffrey Palmer see Dance With Death
  • Barry Wilsher (Pierre) was Heslington in The Faceless Ones
  • John Dearth [born Paton] (Siebel) provided the Voice of BOSS for The Green Death, then was [Rex] Lupton in Planet of the Spiders
  • John [Harry] Gill (Martan) was Oak in Fury from the Deep
  • Graham [Thomas] Ashley [born Brown] (Gendarme) was the Overseer in The Underwater Menace
  • for Paul Bernard see Series 1
The Decapod (TX: October 13)
  • Philip [Arvon] Madoc [born Jones] (Stepan here; Seabrook in Six Hands Across a Table; Van Doren in Death of a Batman; Peppitoperoff in The Correct Way to Kill; Slater in My Wildest Dream) was Eelek in The Krotons, the War Lord in The War Games, Dr. Mehendri Solon in The Brain of Morbius, Fenner in The Power of Kroll, Brockley in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD, then voiced Rag Cobden for Return of the Krotons (2009), and Victor Schaeffer for Master (2003)
  • for Wolfe Morris see The Yellow Needle
  • Valentino Musetti (Sarkoff) was a Saracen Warrior in (episode 1 of) The Crusade, then eight further uncredited parts in the classic era
  • Valerie Stanton (Girl) was Citizen in The Keys of Marinus (5), Parisian in The Massacre (3), and Secretary in The Space Pirates
Bullseye (TX: October 20)
  • Bernard [Frederic Bemrose] Kay (Karl) was Carl Tyler in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Saladin in The Crusade, Inspector Crossland in The Faceless Ones, and Caldwell in Colony in Space, then voiced Major Dickens for Night Thoughts (2006)
  • Robin Wentworth [born Victor Roy Wheeler] (George) was Professor Horner in The Daemons (1)
  • Fred [William] Ferris (Inspector) was PC Bert Rowse in Planet of Giants (3)
Mission to Montreal (TX: October 27)
  • Jon [Roger] Rollason [born Rollinson] (King) was Harold Chorley in The Web of Fear
  • for Mark Eden see Ashes of Roses
  • John [David] Bennett (Marson) was General Finch in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and Li H'sen Chang in The Talons of Weng-Chiang
  • Alan Curtis (Brand) was Major Green in The War Machines
  • Alan [Stewart] Casley (Barman) was the uncredited Miro in Planet of the Daleks (1)
  • [Robert] Malcolm Taylor (Reporter) was Walters in The Ice Warriors
  • Terence Woodfield (Reporter here; Green in School For Traitors) was Celation in The Daleks' Master Plan, and Maharis in The Ark
  • Leslie Pitt (Reporter) was an uncredited Citizen in The Macra Terror (1)
  • Pamela Ann Davy (Peggy) was Janley in The Power of the Daleks
The Removal Men (TX: November 3)
  • for Edwin Richfield and Reed De Rouen see Series 1
  • George [Villiers] Little (Waiter) was Haroun ed-Din in The Crusade
The Mauritius Penny (TX: November 10)
  • Anthony Rogers (Boy) was a titular alien in The Sensorites
Death of a Great Dane (TX: November 17)
  • [Manfred] Frederick Jaeger (Getz here; Benson in The Cybernauts and Return of the Cybernauts; Jones in The New Avengers: Target!) was Jano in The Savages, Sorenson in Planet of Evil, and Professor [Frederick] Marius, in The Invisible Enemy
  • Leslie [Richard] French (Gregory) was the Mathematician in Silver Nemesis
  • Dennis Edwards (Assistant) was a Centurion in The Romans (1), and Lord Gomer in The Invasion of Time
  • for Eric Elliott see The Frighteners
The Sell-Out (TX: November 24)
  • for Frank Gatliff see One For The Mortuary
  • Arthur [Reginald] Hewlett (One-Twelve) was Kalmar in State of Decay, and Kimber in Terror of the Vervoids
Death On The Rocks (TX: December 1)
  • [Thomas] Gerald Cross (Fenton) voiced the Megara for The Stones of Blood
  • for Hamilton Dyce see Death on the Slipway
Traitor in Zebra (TX: December 8)
  • Richard [Leeper] Leech [born McClelland] (Franks here; Policeman in Dressed to Kill; Drew in Mission Highly Improbable; Terrison in The New Avengers: Faceswas Gatherer Hade in The Sun Makers
  • Noel [Philip] Coleman (Nash) was Smythe in The War Games
  • William [Charles Anthony] Gaunt (Graham) was Orcini in Revelation of the Daleks
  • [Kathleen] June Murphy (Maggie) was Maggie Harris in Fury from the Deep, and Officer Jane Blythe in The Sea Devils
The Big Thinker (TX: December 15)
  • David Garth [born John Basil Gal-Vine] (Farrow) was Solicitor Grey in The Highlanders, and Time Lord in Terror of the Autons (1)
  • [Walter] Tenniel Evans (Hurst) was Major Daly in Carnival of Monsters
  • Penelope [Jane] Lee (Clarissa) was the Computer voice in Revelation of the Daleks
  • [Sheila] Marina Martin (Janet) was Drahvin One in Galaxy 4
Death Dispatch (TX: December 22)
  • Alan [Grey] Mason (Pasco) was Corporal Nutting in The Silurians
Dead On Course (TX: December 29)
  • Janet [Elizabeth] Hargreaves (Sister) was Mum in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
  • Edward [Harry] Kelsey (Gerry) was a Slave Buyer in The Romans (1), Resno in The Power of the Daleks (2), and Edu in The Creature from the Pit
Intercrime (TX: January 5 1963)
  • Jerome [Barry] Willis (Lobb) was [Jocelyn] Stevens in The Green Death and Global Conspiracy?
Immortal Clay (TX: January 12)
  • James [Rutherford Worsford] Bree [born Thomson] (Miller here; Wilkington in Killer) was the Security Chief in The War Games, Nefred in Full Circle, the Keeper of the Matrix in The Ultimate Foe, and the Lama in Downtime
  • for Gary Watson see Death On The Slipway
  • Steve [born Phokion Stavros] Plytas (De Groot) was Wigner in The Tenth Planet
Box of Tricks (TX: January 19)
  • [Norman] Dallas Cavell (Manager here; Farmer in The New Avengers: To Catch a Rat) was the Overseer in The Reign of Terror (2), Bors in The Daleks' Master Plan (3), Jebb Trask in The Highlanders, Sir James Quinlan in The Ambassadors of Death, and Head of Security in Castrovalva (1)
  • Royston Tickner (Maitre D') was Steinberger P Green in The Daleks' Master Plan (7), and Robbins in The Sea Devils (1)
Warlock (TX: January 26)
  • John [born Bertie Wyn] Hollis (Markel) was Sondergaard in The Mutants
  • Brian [Edward] Vaughan (Doctor) was Commander Watts in The Sea Devils (4)
The Golden Eggs (TX: February 2)
  • Donald [Yarrow] Eccles (Ashe) was Krasis in The Time Monster
School For Traitors (TX: February 9)
  • John [Ronald] Standing [born Leon] (East) voiced Fenric for Gods and Monsters (2012), and Professor Threadstone for Vampire of the Mind (2016)
  • Ronald [Warburton] Mayer (Jackson) was a Villager in The Daemons
The White Dwarf (TX: February 16)
  • George [Alphonsus] Cooper (Maxwell here; Burgess in The Curious Case of the Countless Clues; Brandon in The New Avengers: The Tale of the Big Whywas Cherub in The Smugglers
  • [Charles] Philip Latham (Cartright) was President Borusa in The Five Doctors
  • Peter [Francis Gabain] Copley (Barker here; Sparshott in All Done With Mirrors; Waterlow in The New Avengers: Cat Amongst the Pigeonswas Dr. Warlock in Pyramids of Mars
  • Keith [Malcolm Rule] Pyott (Richter) was Autloc in The Aztecs
  • Paul Anil (Rahim) was Jacko in The Underwater Menace
  • George Roubicek (Doctor) was Captain Hopper in The Tomb of the Cybermen
Man in the Mirror (TX: February 23)
  • Ray [Charles] Barrett (Strong) was Bennett/Koquillion in The Rescue
  • [Dilys] Rhoda Lewis (Jean) was Marta in State of Decay
  • Hayden [Morse] Jones (Trevelyan) was Lenny Vosper in The Mind of Evil
  • David [Michael] Graham (Peter) was Charlie in The Gunfighters, Professor Fyodor Kerensky in City of Death and voiced the Daleks in five TV serials
Conspiracy of Silence (TX: March 2)
  • Robert [born Lucio Herbert] Rietty (Carlo) was the voice of Bedloe for Death Comes to Time 
  • Roy [Douglas] Purcell (Gutman) was CPO Powers in The Mind of Evil, and the President in The Three Doctors
  • Willie Shearer (Professor) was a Chumblie in Galaxy 4
A Chorus of Frogs (TX: March 9)
  • John [Derek] Carson [Parker] (Ariston here; Halvarssen in Second Sight; Fitch in Dial a Deadly Number; Freddy in The New Avengers: The Midas Touchwas Director Ambril in Snakedance
  • Alan [James] Haywood (Jackson) was Prince Hector in The Myth Makers
Six Hands Across a Table (TX: March 16)
  • Campbell [born Jacob Kobel] Singer (Stanley) was Joey the Clown, King of Hearts and Sergeant Rugg in The Celestial Toymaker
  • Edward [James] de Souza (Collier) was Marc Cory in Mission to the Unknown, and voiced Lord Mortimer Davey for The Roof of the World (2004), and Sir Henry Irving for The Woman in White (2016)
  • Ilona [Jeanette] Rodgers (Receptionist) was Carol in The Sensorites
  • Ian Cunningham (Thomas) was Dr. Meredith in The Silurians (1)
Killer Whale (TX: March 23)
  • for John Bailey and Morris Perry see Series
  • Christopher [born Thomas] Coll (Assistant) was Phipps in The Seeds of Death, and Stubbs in The Mutants

Thursday, 25 December 2025

Doctor Who Vs. Carry On Camping

The BFI observed that "although
seemingly anarchic, the Carry On
films were always inherently conser-
vative. This is clearly demonstrated"
here.
This classic British romp was filmed
just after the Summer of Love, at
the height of global student unrest.
Series stalwarts Sid James, Joan
Sims, Bernard Bresslaw, Kenneth
Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie
Jacques, Barbara Windsor, Peter
Butterworth, and Terry Scott all
starred in the seventeenth entry in
the franchise. Released in 1972,
Carry On Camping was the most
successful film at the British box
office that year, and is now regarded as one the best loved titles in the
run. Shown today during ITV3's festive Carry On season, the comedy
featured these fifteen Doctor Who cast connections:
  • for Windsor see Carry On Spying
  • for Derek Francis see Carry On Abroad
  • for Sims and Bresslaw see Carry On Nurse
  • for Walter Henry see Carry On Cleo
  • for Julian Holloway see Follow That Camel
  • for Butterworth and Alf Mangan see Carry On Cowboy
  • Georgina Moon (Joy here; Sally in Carry On Behind) voiced Theodosia Middlemint for Big Finish's The Behemoth (2017)
  • Mike Lucas (Youth) was Tom in The Smugglers
  • Leslie Weeks (Man) was Varga plant in Mission to the Unknown, Extra in The Highlanders and The Leisure Hive, Prison Officer/UNIT Soldier in The Mind of Evil, Vogan in Revenge of the Cybermen, Brother/ Villager in The Masque of Mandragora, Passenger in Time Flight, and Time Lord in The Mysterious Planet
  • George [Clinton] Ballantine (Man) was Prisoner/Audience in The Mind of Evil, Scientist in The Time Warrior, Villager in The Android Invasion, Manservant in The Masque of MandragoraDeath Grade in The Sun Makers, Extra in Logopolis and Castrovalva, and Hawker in Snakedance
  • Elizabeth Knight (Jane here; Nurse in Carry On Again Doctor) was considered for the role of Victoria Waterfield
  • for Ricky Lansing see Carry On Jack
  • for Tina Simmons see Don't Lose Your Head

Sunday, 2 November 2025

Doctor Who Vs. Night of the Big Heat

Shown on Legend last night, this
British thriller was based on the
1959 novel of the same name by
prolific sci-fi and crime writer John
Lymington.
Here, whilst Britain shivers in
deepest winter, the remote
Scottish isle of Fara experiences
an inexplicable heatwave - the
result of an alien incursion.
The story was first adapted for ITV's Play of the Week in 1960,
and starred Bernard Cribbins,
Bernard Archard, and Leonard
Grahame. Released in the UK by Planet Films in 1967 (then in America in
1971 as Island of the Burning Damned), the production featured genre
stalwarts Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Patrick Allen, and these
seven Doctor Who cast and crew connections:
  • Pip [Ernest Albert] and Jane Baker were also writers of The Mark of the RaniTerror of the Vervoids, (part 14 of) The Ultimate Foe and Time and the Rani for TV, the novel Race Against Time (1986), then BBV Productions' The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind (2000)
  • William [Thomas] Lucas [born Clucas] (Stanley) was Range in Frontios
  • Kenneth [Charles] Cope (Mason) was Packard in Warriors' Gate
  • Jack [Hodges] Bligh (Siddle) was Gaptooth in The Smugglers (4)
  • Charles Rayford (Player) was Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks
  • Malcolm [Neville] Lockyer was the composer on Dr. Who and the Daleks too

Friday, 31 October 2025

Doctor Who Vs. Sherlock Holmes, Series 2 (1968)

Conan Doyle aficinado Peter
Cushing reprised his cinematic
portrayal of the Great Detective in
1968 for the BBC's second series
 of Sherlock Holmes when he
replaced Douglas Wilmer. Nigel Stock again played Dr. Watson.
After a three year hiatus, the
show (now broadcast in colour)
consolidated its initial success by increasing ratings to 15.5 million
viewers.
Cushing debuted as Holmes in
Hammer Film's 1959 version of
The Hound of the Baskervilles,
and the network's TV adaptation
of the mystery was the first to be filmed in its Dartmoor setting. Cushing (1913-1994) returned to the role
one last time for The Masks of Death in 1984, and even appeared as Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle in The Great Houdini (1976). Only six episodes from
the sixteen-part season exist in the archives and were first issued on DVD
in 2004 - the whole run starred a total of fifty-eight Doctor Who cast and
crew connections:

The Second Stain (UK TX: September 9 1968)
  • Clifford Cox (PC MacPherson) was the Sergeant in (episode 3 of) Spearhead from Space
  • Cherie [Mary] Lunghi (Emily here; Mary Morstan in The Sign of Four, 1983) voiced Lady Adela Forster for Big Finish's The Emerald Tiger (2012)
  • Derek Waring [born Barton-Chapple] (Fournaye here; Emsworth for The Blanched Soldier, 1994) was Shardovan in Castrovalva 
  • Freddie Earlle (Mitton here, Cab Driver in A Study in Scarlet) was Aldo in Warriors' Gate
The Dancing Men (UK TX: September 16)
  • Brenda Bruce (Saunders) was Tilda in Paradise Towers
  • Henry [Godfrey] Gilbert (Armstrong) was Torbis in The Curse of Peladon
  • Richardson Morgan (Martin) was Corporal [Nicholas] Blake in The Web of Fear, and Rogin in The Ark in Space
  • David [John] Simeon [born Townsend] (Constable) was Private Latimer in Inferno, and Alastair Fergus in The Daemons
A Study in Scarlet (UK TX: September 23)
  • George [Alphonsus] Cooper (DI Gregson here & The Greek Interpreter) was Cherub in The Smugglers
  • William [Thomas] Lucas [born Clucas] (Lestrade) was Range in Frontios
  • Ed [born George Victor] Bishop (Stangerson here; Drebber, 1989; Agent for His Last Bow, 1994) voiced General Finch for Full Fathom Five (2003)
  • Michael [John] Goldie (Murcher here; Artist in The Final Problem, 1985) was Jack Craddock in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, and Elton Laleham in The Wheel in Space
  • Heather Stewart was also the make-up artist on Day of the Daleks and The Talons of Weng-Chiang
  • Charles Parnall was a film cameraman on The Chase too
  • Alan Fogg was also sound mixer on Planet of GiantsThe Celestial Toymaker, Image of the Fendahl and Warriors' Gate
  • film editor Larry Toft edited Genesis of the Daleks too
The Hound of the Baskervilles (UK TX: September 30 & October 7)
  • Gerald [Robert] Flood (Sir Hugo) provided the voice of Kamelion for The King's Demons and Planet of Fire
  • Philip Bond (Stapleton) was Ganatus in The Daleks
  • Christopher Burgess (Barrymore) was Swann in The Enemy of the World, Professor Phillips in Terror of the Autons, and Barnes in Planet of the Spiders
  • Penelope [Jane] Lee (Laura) was the Computer voice in Revelation of the Daleks (2) - she auditioned for the role of Barbara Wright at TV Centre on June 25 1963
  • [Harold] Tony Rohr (Convict) was an uncredited Colonist in The Power of the Daleks (6)
  • John Baker was also a film camerman on twenty-nine instalments (from The Evil of the Daleks to The Twin Dilemma)
  • technician John Summers was lighting director on Frontios and Planet of Fire
  • Sheila S Tomlinson was film editor on Revenge of the Cybermen too
The Boscombe Valley Mystery (UK TX: October 14)
  • director Viktors Ritelis was production assistant on The Crusade and The Daleks' Master Plan (12)
  • [George] Gertan Klauber (Fat Man) was the Galley Master in The Romans, and Ola in The Macra Terror
  • Jack [William] Woolgar (Moran) was Sergeant [Albert] Arnold in The Web of Fear
  • Michael Godfrey [born Collins] (DI Lanner) was Captain [Samuel] Pike in The Smugglers
  • Donald Tosh was also script editor on twenty-seven episodes (from The Time Meddler to The Massacre)
The Greek Interpreter (UK TX: October 21)
  • Steve [born Phokion Stavros] Plytas (Manikuros here; Venucci in The Six Napoleons, 1986) was [Robert] Wigner in The Tenth Planet
  • Clive [Benabu] Cazes (Melas) was the Guard Captain in The Massacre
  • [Peter] Nigel Terry (Latimer) was General Cobb in The Doctor's Daughter
  • Peter Woodthorpe (Kemp) voiced Joey Oxford for Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?
The Naval Treaty (UK TX: October 28)
  • Peter [John] Bowles (Harrison) was Lionel Carson in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Man Who Never Was
  • Patrick Tull (Groot) voiced the titular aliens in The Krotons
  • Robin Wentworth [born Victor Roy Wheeler] (Tangey) was Professor [Gilbert] Horner in The Daemons (1)
Thor Bridge (UK TX: November 4)

The Musgrave Ritual (UK TX: November 11)
  • Dominic Allan (Sergeant) was a Policeman in The Invasion (5)
Black Peter (UK TX: November 18)
  • John [Gordon] Baskcomb (Landlord) was Luigi Rossini in Terror of the Autons
  • John De Marco (Lancaster) was Lynch Mob Man in The Gunfighters, and Mexican Bandit in The War Games (8)
  • Ilona [Jeanette] Rodgers (Rachel) was Carol in The Sensorites
Wisteria Lodge (UK TX: November 25)
  • Philip Anthony [born Johnson] (Walters here; Porter for The Missing Three Quarter; Old Randall for The Abbey Grange, both 1993; Castle for The Red Circle; DI Morton for The Dying Detective, both 1994; Graves for The Star of the Adelphi, 2002) was Roald in The Daleks' Master Plan (1)
  • for Derek Francis (Eccles) see Series 1
  • Tutte [born Isak Samuel] Lemkow (Jose) was Kuiju in Marco Polo, Ibrahim in The Crusade (4), and Cyclops in The Myth Makers 
  • Roy Stewart (Mulatto) was Toberman in The Tomb of the Cybermen, and Tony in Terror of the Autons
Shoscombe Old Place (UK TX: December 2)
  • Kevin [Alan] Lindsay (Norlett) was Commander Linx in The Time Warrior, Cho Je in Planet of the Spiders, then Field Major Styre and the Marshal in The Sontaran Experiment
  • John Lawrence and Maurice [Herbert] Quick (Racegoers) were Parisian Man in The Massacre, and the Gold Usher in The Deadly Assassin respectively
  • Peter Miles (Brewer here, Williamson in The Solitary Cyclist) was Dr. Charles Lawrence in The Silurians, Professor Whitaker in Invasion of the Dinosaursthen Nyder in Genesis of the Daleks - a role reprised for The Trial of Davros (2005) and Guilt (2006) - he also voiced Tragen for The Paradise of Deathand Curator Gantman for Whispers of Terror (1999)
The Solitary Cyclist (UK TX: December 9)
  • Ysanne Churchman (Mrs. Bainbridge) voiced Alpha Centauri for both Peladon stories then Empress of Mars, and the titular arachnids for Planet of the Spiders
  • [Robert] Clyde Pollitt (Trivett here, and Sergeant in The Blue Carbuncle) was Time Lord in The War Games, and Lord Chancellor in The Three Doctors
  • Alan Tucker (Clerk) was Latep in Planet of the Daleks
The Sign of Four (UK TX: December 16)
  • Ann [Forrest] Bell (Mary Morstan) voiced Sylvia O'Donnell for A Thousand Tiny Wings (2010), Professor Gesima Cazalet for Night of the Stormcrow (2013), and Lisa Burrows for Five Twenty-Nine (2017)
  • John [Wilson] Stratton (DI Jones) was Shockeye of the Quawncing Grig in The Two Doctors
  • Ahmed Khalil (Lal Rao) was Latoni in Black Orchid
  • Ves Delahunt (Policemen) was a Thal in The Daleks (7), and UNIT Soldier in The Silurians
  • David James (Policeman) was the Sheik in The Daleks' Master Plan (7)
The Blue Carbunkle (UK TX: December 23)
  • Edna [Lillian] Dore [born Gorring] (Mrs. Oakshott) was Maeve in Fear Her
  • Ian Watson was also the production designer on The Space Pirates and Terror of the Autons, then art director on Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Doctor Who Vs. ITV @ 70: Coronation Street, Part 2: 1962-1964

Despite a critical start in December 1960 (when
the Daily Mirror said the programme was unreal-
istic and "doomed"), the popularity of Corrie was
cemented within weeks. The soap topped the TV
ratings chart for the first time in March 1961, and
reached a 1960s peak of over 21 million viewers in December 1964.
Coronation Street soon became noted for its
depiction of a working class community, and
established the use of Northern English language
and dialect, widely heard on British television for
the first time. The show first aired in Australia in
1963, and began in New Zealand a year later.
These three years on the Street featured Jackie
Lane (under her stage name Jackie Lenya, as
Cheryl in episode 322 in January 1964) and a
total of sixteen Doctor Who cast connections:
  • Fred [William] Ferris (Appleby) was Bert Rowse in (episode 3 of) Planet of Giants
  • [Dilys] Rhoda Lewis (Miss Welch here; Lilian, 1969) was Marta in State of Decay
  • Judy [Valerie] Cornwell (Georgina) was Maddy in Paradise Towers
  • Roy [Trevor] Holder (Butterworth here; Lister, 1987) was Krelper in The Caves of Androzani
  • Susan Jameson (Myra) was cast as Morgan for Colony in Space but was replaced by Tony Caunter - she later voiced Mrs. Moynihan for Big Finish's The Spectre of Lanyon Moor (2000), then Fenella Wibsey for the Hornets' Nest (2009), Demon Quest (2010) and Serpent Crest (2011)
  • Geoffrey Hinsliff (Vincent here; Don Brennan, 1987-97) was Jack Tyler in Image of the Fendahl, and Fisk in Nightmare of Eden
  • Derek Benfield (Baker here; Joe; Greenhalgh, 1967) voiced John Hallam for Catch 1782 (2005)
  • Alan Curtis (Thornley) was Major Green in The War Machines
  • Jon [Roger] Rollason [born Rollinson] (Robbins, 1963, 1969, 1971) was Harold Chorley in The Web of Fear
  • Michael [John] Barrington (Nuttall) was Sir Colin Thackeray in The Seeds of Doom
  • Ray [Michael] Brooks (Phillips) was David in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD, and voiced the titular Time Lord for The Trouble With Drax (2016)
  • Jerome [Barry] Willis (Interviewer) was Stevens in The Green Death
  • Stephanie Bidmead (Lily) was Maaga in Galaxy 4
  • Neville Smith (Workman here; Driver, 1968) was D'Argenson in The Reign of Terror (1)
  • George [Alphonsus] Cooper (Piggott, 1964, 1971) was Cherub in The Smugglers
  • Noel [Frank] Johnson (Braithwaite) was King Thous in The Underwater Menace, and Charles Grover MP in Invasion of the Dinosaurs 

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

Doctor Who On This Day #267

  

1965 - Marco Polo, Episode 3: Five
Hundred EyesThe Sensorites, Episode
6: Desperate Venture and The Reign
of Terror, Episode 1: A Land of Fear all
repeated on ABC
1966 The Smugglers, Episode 3
first screened on BBC1
1970 The Krotons, Episode 4
repeated on ABC
1977 Horror of Fang Rock, Part
4 first screened on BBC1
1979 - Planet of Evil, Parts 1 and 4
both repeated on ABC
1980 Pyramids of Mars, Part 3 and
The Android Invasion, Parts 1 and 3
all repeated on ABC
1981 The Armageddon Factor, Part
1 repeated on KQED Plus
1982 The Brain of Morbius, Part
4 repeated on KQED Plus
1983 The Power of Kroll, Part
3 repeated on KQED Plus
1984 - The Keeper of Traken Omnibus
repeated on WTTW 11
1985 The Ark in Space, Part 2
repeated on KQED Plus
1986 - The Monster of Peladon, Part
 5 repeated on ABC; and TimelashPart
1 (of 4) repeated on KQED Plus
1987 - The Monster of Peladon, Part
4 repeated on KQED Plus
1988 Horror of Fang Rock, Part 3
first screened on Super Channel; and
Vengeance on Varos, Part 4 (of 4)
repeated on KQED Plus
1991 - Warriors of the Deep, Part
1 repeated on KQED Plus
1992 Planet of Evil, Part 3 repeated
on KQED Plus
1993 - Planet of Evil, Part 3 repeated
on UK Gold; and The Paradise of Death,
 Episode 5 first broadcast on Radio 5
1994 Meglos Omnibus repeated on
KQED Plus
1995 Revenge of the Cybermen
Omnibus repeated on UK Gold
1996 The Sensorites, Episode 2:
The Unwilling Warriors repeated on
UKTV (Aus)
1997 Image of the Fendahl, Part 2 repeated on UK
 Gold; and Underworld, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1998 - Spearhead from Space, Episode
4 repeated on Space
1999 - The Krotons, Episode 2 repeated on Space; and
The Robots of Death, Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2000 - Spearhead from Space, Episode 2 repeated
on Prime; The Mind of Evil Omnibus repeated on UK
Gold; The Brain of Morbius, Part 2 repeated on KUED
and Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC; The 
Masque of Mandragora, Part 4 and The Hand of Fear,
 Part 1 both repeated on WCET; The Deadly Assassin, Parts 
 1 and 2 both repeated on NHPTV; Horror of Fang Rock, Part 
4 repeated on Twin Cities PTV; Image of the Fendahl, Part 
1 repeated on Lakeshore PTV and Part 4 repeated on
WQED; The Sun Makers, Part 1 repeated on WQED; The 
Pirate Planet, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Colorado PTV;
The Keeper of Traken, Part 4 and Full Circle, Part 4 both
repeated on MiND; Castrovalva, Part 2 repeated on BBC Prime; The Awakening Omnibus repeated on MPT; and
Mindwarp, Part 8 repeated on WUSF
2001 Inferno, Episodes 3 to 6 all repeated
on KQED Plus; and Arc of Infinity, Part 2
repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2002 City of Death, Part 4 repeated
on BBC Kids (Can)
2003 The Daleks, Episode 3: The Escape repeated 
on ABC; The Android Invasion, Parts 1 and 2 both
repeated on BBC Kids (Can); and The Talons of 
Weng-Chiang, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on UK
Gold
2005 Survival Omnibus, Carnival of Monsters
 (factual) and Adventures in Space and Time all
repeated on UK Gold; and Sword of Orion,
Episode 4 first broadcast on Radio 7
2006 Death to the Daleks, Parts 1 and
 2 both repeated on KBTC; Genesis of the
 Daleks, Parts 2 to 6 all repeated on MPT;
Rose first screened on Jimmy; The Unquiet
 Dead first screened on YL TV2; and The
Idiot's Lantern repeated on BBC3
2007 Invaders from Mars, Episodes
3 and 4 both first broadcast on Radio 7
2008 The Invisible Enemy, Parts 2 and
both first screeneon MTV3 SciFi and TV4
2009 - Fear Her, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday all
repeated on Syfy (FRG); and The Family of Blood and
Doctor Who Confidential: Bad Blood both repeated 
on BBC3
2010 The Parting of the Ways repeated on Space; 
Rise of the Cybermen and Doctor Who Confidential: 
Cybermen both repeated on BBC3; Human Nature
and Doctor Who Confidential: Alter Ego both
repeated on WGVU; and The Stolen Earth and
Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Friends and
 Foe both repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2011 - The Long Game repeated on Space;
Tooth and Claw repeated on Watch; Voyage
of the Damned and The Girl Who Waited both 
repeated on BBC America; Silence in the Library and Doctor Who 
Confidential Cutdown: Look Who's Talking both repeated on UKTV 
(Aus); The God Complex first screened on ABC1 and repeated on 
BBC America; Closing Time first screened on BBC1; Doctor Who
Confidential Cutdownn: Heartbreak Hotel first screened on ABC1;
Doctor Who Confidential: Open All Hours first screened on BBC3
and BBC HD; and Prequel: The Wedding of River Song released 
online
2012 Inferno, Episode 7 and Terror of the Autons, Episode
 1 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); World War Three and Doctor
 Who Confidential Cutdown: All About the Girl both
repeated on UKTV (Aus); and Forest of the Dead and
Midnight both repeated on BBC America
2013 - The Deadly Assassin, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
 on Syfy (Aus); The Christmas Invasion repeated on
Syfy (Port); The Impossible Planet repeated on BBC
Entertainment LA; The Shakespeare Code and The
Almost People both repeated on Watch; The Fires of
Pompeii repeated on France 4; The End of Time, Part
1 repeated on ABC1; The Eleventh Hour repeated
on BBC Nordic; The Vampires of Venice repeated
on RAI4; The Girl Who Waited first screened on
Karusel; and The Angels Take Manhattan repeated
on Ztélé
2014 The Mind Robber, Episodes 2 and 3 both first screened on Retro 
TV; The Power of Kroll, Parts 1 and 2 and Amy's Choice repeated on
 Syfy (Aus); The Curse of Fenric, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Horror; 
The Unquiet Dead repeated on UKTV (NZ); Planet of the Ood repeated 
on BBC America and Really Scary TV; The Sontaran Stratagem repeated
 on BBC America; The Stolen Earth repeated on YLE TV2; A Good Man 
Goes to War repeated on Karusel; Let's Kill Hitler repeated on Watch; 
The Wedding of River Song and Asylum of the Daleks both repeated
on DR3; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on RAI4; The Angels Take
Manhattan repeated on BBC Polska; The Snowmen repeated on KCPT2;
Hide and Doctor Who Confidential: Double Trouble both repeated on
 BBC Entertainment AP; Listen repeated on BBC Entertainment LA
HD and Fox (FRG); Time Heist first screened on BBC Entertainment
LA and repeated on Fox; and Doctor Who Extra: Time Heist
repeated on BBC Red Button
2015 Terror of the Autons, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated on Retro
TV; Robot, Part 4 and The Crimson Horror both repeated on Syfy (Aus); 
The Brain of Morbius Omnibus first screened on BBC America; The Curse 
of Fenric, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on Horror; The Girl in the Fireplace 
repeated on Disney (XD); Human Nature repeated on KCPT2; The Family 
of Blood and Doctor Who Confidential: Bad Blood both repeated on UNC-
MX; Day of the Moon repeated on Watch; The Doctor's Wife repeated 
on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Night Terrors repeated on BBC 
America and BBC Entertainment AP; The Girl Who Waited 
repeated on BBC America; Asylum of the Daleks repeated on Syfy 
(Ben); Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS first screened on FX
(Ind); Nightmare in Silver repeated on Syfy (Port); The Time of the 
Doctor repeated on WTTW Prime; and Mummy on the Orient Express 
repeated on RAI4
2016 The Time Monster, Episodes 2 and 3 and
Mindwarp Omnibus all repeated on Retro TV;
Father's Day, The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances
and Boom Town all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Rise of
the Cybermen and The Age of Steel both repeated
on RAI4; Planet of the Ood repeated on The Zone;
Let's Kill Hitler repeated on Watch; 
Nightmare in Silver repeated on BBC Entertainment AP and 
Syfy (LA); The Name of the Doctor repeated on BBC Enter-
tainment EU and BBC Entertainment AP; The Day of the Doctor
The Time of the Doctor and Doctor Who Explained all repeated on
BBC Entertainment AP; Deep Breath repeated on BBC Entertainment 
EU; Dark Water, Death in Heaven, Last Christmas and The 
Magician's Apprentice all repeated on Syfy (Bra); and Before the 
Flood, The Girl Who Died, The Woman Who Lived, The Zygon 
Invasion and The Zygon Inversion all repeated on BBC Polska HD
2017 - The War GamesEpisodes 7 and 8 both repeated on KCTC; 
The Monster of Peladon Omnibus repeated on MPTV; The Seeds of 
Doom Omnibus repeated on WILL and Iowa PTV; The Face of Evil 
Omnibus repeated on WFWA; Horror of Fang RockPart 1 repeated on
Jones! too; The Androids of Tara, Part 3 repeated on KPTS; Destiny 
of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; The Horns of Nimon 
Omnibus repeated on WYCC; Meglos Omnibus first screened on 
Retro TV; The Visitation Omnibus repeated on PBS North; 
Enlightenment Omnibus repeated on KERA; The Mark of the Rani 
Omnibus repeated on WSRE; Planet of the Dead repeated on One
 ARD; A Good Man Goes to War and Heaven Sent both repeated on 
Syfy (Aus); Asylum of the Daleks, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and 
Town Called Mercy all repeated on W; and The Day of the Doctor
Deep Breath and Into the Dalek all repeated on BBC Entertainment 
EU
2018 100,000 BC, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;
Four to Doomsday Omnibus repeated on WETA-UK; The Rings of
 Akhaten repeated on BBC Polska HD; Mummy on the Orient 
Express and Flatline both repeated on Sony SciFi; The Woman 
Who Fell to Earth screened at BBC press launch at the Light 
Cinema, Sheffield; and Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks'
Invasion Earth 2150 AD both screened on Comet TV (US)
2019 The Leisure Hive, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro
TV; Bad Wolf and The Ghost Monument both repeated on One
ARD; and Arachnids in the UK repeated on BBC Polska HD
2020 The Doctor Falls and Can You
Hear Me? both repeated on BBC First
Turkey; and The Timeless Children
repeated on Fox (FRG)
2021 The Ark, Episodes 3 and 4 both
repeated on Retro TV; Turn Left repeated
on ABC2; The Return of Doctor Mysterio
and The Tsuranga Conundrum both
repeated on BBC Entertainment EU; and
It Takes You Away repeated on BBC
Polska HD
2022 Evolution of the Daleks repeated
on ABC2; Deep Breath and Into the Dalek
both repeated on Fox SciFi; and The Sword
of the Chevalier first screened on Radio 4
Extra
2023 The Green Death, Episodes
5 and 6 both repeated on KBTC
2024 Let's Kill Hitler repeated on
Fox SciFi