Doctor Who Vs. Dorothy L Sayers Mystery: Have His Carcase

The last television adaptations of the

crime novels of Dorothy L Sayers

originally aired on BBC1 in 1987 -

they starred Edward Petherbridge as

Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Walter

as Harriet Vane.

This series followed the Corporation's

two live versions of Sayers' stage-

play Busman's Honeymoon (in 1947

and 1957), five TV serials (televised

between 1972 and 1975), and the

Radio 4 treatment in 1981.

This four-part case (shown second in

the run) was based on the writer's

seventh Wimsey novel, published in

1932, and it featured Michael

Troughton, and these twenty-four

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Big Finish actor [Rosemary] Rowena Cooper (Mrs. Weldon) was Angela Price in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Lost in Time, then voiced La Concierge for AudioGo's The Demon of Paris (2010), Emily Shaw for The Last Post (2012) and The Cloisters of Terror (2015), Jean Bazemore for Jago & Son, Mother Superior for The Unbound Universe (both 2016) and Ruler of the Universe (2017), and Queen Victoria for The Torchwood Archive, The Victorian Age, Jago & Litefoot Forever (2018) and Infidel Places (2022)
• Ray Armstrong (DI Trethowan) was Grey in The Ambassadors of Death
• Arthur Cox (Hardy) was Cully in The Dominators, and Henderson in The Eleventh Hour
• Peter [Henry] Benson (Perkins) was Bor in Terminus
• Arthur Hewlett (Trewin) was Kalmar in State of Decay, and Kimber in Terror of the Vervoids
• Arthur [James] Blake (Editor) was Hrhoonda in (episode 2 of) The Web Planet
• John [Edward] Cater (Pollock) was Professor Krimpton in The War Machines
• Robin Soans (Merryweather) was Luvic in The Keeper of Traken, and the Chronolock Guy in Face the Raven, then was Narrator of The Sins of Winter (2015)
• Brian [John Lumley] Hawksley (Dr. Fenchurch) was Brewster in Black Orchid
• Trudie Goodwin (Cherie) voiced Faith for The Uncertain Shore (2020), and Galta for Audacity (2023)
• John Mooney was also sound assistant on Remembrance of the Daleks, Nemesis (3), The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Battlefield and Ghost Light
• for Barbara Gosnold, Clare Graham, Nicholas Laughland, Alan Machin, Colin Mapson, Clive Thomas, Shirley Coward, Monica Rodger and Paul Wheeler see Strong Poison
• Anushia Nieradzik was also the costume designer on Frontios, Attack of the Cybermen and Battlefield
• Bob Roberts was also film recordist on The Massacre, The Three Doctors and Resurrection of the Daleks
• Geraldine Stephenson was the choreographer on The Brain of Morbius too
• Robin Lobb was also the video FX assistant on The Leisure Hive, Warriors' Gate and Mawdryn Undead

Doctor Who Vs. Carry On Henry

Sid James depicted Henry VIII for

the twenty-first chapter in the Carry

On film franchise - he was joined by

Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey,

Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Terry

Scott, Kenneth Connor, and Peter Butterworth. Series producer Peter Rogers had originally planned on casting Harry Secombe as the king.

Released by Rank in early 1971, the production was based on a fictional manuscript by William Cobbler,

which revealed that the monarch

actually had two more wives (Marie

of Normandy and Bettina of Bristol)

before he married Katherine Howerd.

The comedy, shown on ITV3 today,

featured these twenty-two Doctor

Who cast connections:

• for Windsor (Bettina) and Gertan Klauber (Bidet) see Carry On Spying
• for Sims (Marie) see Carry On Nurse
• Alan Curtis (Conte di Pisa here; Police Chief in Carry On Abroad) and [Alfred Harold] John Doye (Lord) both appeared in The War Machines - as Major Green and Interviewer - Doye was also Extra in (episode 1 of) The Romans, and Cowboy in The Gunfighters
• for Derek Francis (Farmer) see Carry On Doctor
• for Julian Holloway, William Mervyn and Harry Fielder see Follow That Camel
• for Peter Gilmore see Carry On Cabby
• for Alan Harris and Aileen Lewis see Carry On Cruising
• for Butterworth and Michael Stevens see Carry On Cowboy
• for Billy Cornelius and Cliff Culley see Carry On Cleo
• David [Charles] Prowse (Torturer) was the Minotaur in The Time Monster
• Bill McGuirk (Flunkey) and Les Clark (Man) both starred in Terror of the Autons (3), as Policeman and Daffodil Man - McGuirk was also Guard in The Enemy of the World, whilst Clark was Daniel in The Smugglers, and Prison Officer in The Mind of Evil (4)
• Otto Friese (Courtier) was an Extra in The Dalek Invasion of Earth
• Mick [Patrick] Dillon (Man here; Rider in Carry On Cowboy) was a Dalek operator on Dr. Who and the Daleks
• Stuart Fell (Rider) was a stuntman 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)

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 

Doctor Who Vs. Carry On Teacher

"Are you satisfied with your equipment Miss Allcock?"

"Well I've had no complaints before!"

Released in 1959, this production

(only the third entry in the iconic

British film franchise) was made to

capitalise on the popularity of the

 St. Trinian's features. Drayton

Green Primary in Ealing doubled

for fictional Maudlin Street School.

Series regulars Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims,

Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor,

Leslie Phillips, and Cyril

Chamberlain were joined here by Ted Ray and Richard O'Sullivan in their sole Carry On roles, whilst Rosalind Knight made her second appearance.

Shown on Great! TV today, this comedy (again written by Norman Hudis)

featured these seven Doctor Who cast connections:

• for Sims and Phillips see Carry On Nurse
• Jeremy Bulloch (Schoolboy) was Tor in The Space Museum, and Hal in The Time Warrior
• Sandra Bryant (Schoolgirl) was Kitty in The War Machines, and Chicki in (episode 1 of) The Macra Terror
• Jacqueline Lewis (Pat) was a Guardian in The Ark
• Ernest Blyth (Parent here; Guest in Carry On Girls) was a Villager in The Daemons
• Roy Hines (Harry) was the elder brother of Frazer Hines

Doctor Who On This Day #197

 

1931 - Writer Robert Banks Stewart

born in Edinburgh

1965 - The Daleks, Episode 2: The Survivors,

The Aztecs, Episode 1: The Temple of Evil

and The Keys of Marinus, Episode 6 all

repeated on ABC

1966 - The War Machines, Episode 4

first screened on BBC1

1968 - The Macra Terror, Episode 2

and The Faceless Ones, Episodes 2 and

6 all repeated on ABC

1971 - Spearhead from Space, Episode

2 repeated on BBC1

1972 - The War Games, Episode 9

repeated on ABC

1979 - Death to the Daleks, Parts

1, 2 and 4 all repeated on ABC

1980 - The Stones of Blood, Part 3 and The

Androids of Tara, Part 1 both repeated on ABC

1981 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1982 - Warriors' Gate, Part 2 repeated

on KQED Plus

1983 - The Robots of Death, Part 4 repeated

on KQED Plus

1984 - Destiny of the Daleks Omnibus

repeated on WTTW 11

1985 - The Daemons, Episode 3 repeated

on KQED Plus 

1986 - Frontier in Space, Episode 4 repeated on

ABC; and Terminus, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - The Mutants, Episode 4 repeated on KQED Plus;

 and The Ark in Space, Part 4 repeated on Super Channel

1988 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part 5 repeated on Super 

Channel; Kinda, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on ABC;

and Mawdryn Undead, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus 

1989 - The Robots of Death, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on Super Channel; and Delta and the

Bannermen Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus

1990 - The Androids of Tara, Part 2 repeated

on ABC
1991 - Logopolis, Part 2 repeated on

KQED Plus
1992 - The Time Warrior, Part 2

repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - The Green Death, Episode

4 repeated on UK Gold

1994 - The Androids of Tara Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1995 - Planet of the Daleks Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold

1997 - The Android Invasion, Part 1

repeated on UK Gold; and The Seeds

of Doom, Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Time Meddler, Episode 4:

Checkmate repeated on Space; and Silver

Nemesis, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Aztecs, Episode 3 The Bride of Sacrifice

 repeated on Space; The Sensorites Omnibus repeated

on UK Gold; and Spearhead from Space, Episode 4

repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2000 - The Space Museum, Episode 2: The Dimensions

of Time repeated on Prime; The Ambassadors of Death,

 Episode 7 repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Daemons,

Episode 3 repeated on TG4; Revenge of the Cybermen,
Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC; Planet of Evil, Part 4 repeated on
KUED; Pyramids of Mars, Part 4 and The Android Invasion, Part 1 both
repeated on WCET; The Brain of Morbius, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
NHPTV; The Robots of Death, Part 4 repeated on Twin Cities PTV; The 
Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 4 repeated on WQED and Part 6 repeated
on Lakeshore PTV; The Invasion of Time, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on
Colorado PTV; Meglos, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on MiND; Warriors' 
Gate, Part 4 repeated on BBC Prime; Earthshock Omnibus

repeated on MPT; Revelation of the Daleks, Part 2

(of 4) repeated on WUSF; and The Greatest Show in

the Galaxy Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

2001 - The Silurians, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on KQED

 Plus; Meglos, Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus); and Doctor Who

TV Movie repeated on Syfy (US)
2002 - The Stones of Blood, Part 4 both repeated

on BBC Kids (Can)
2003 - The Ark in Space, Part 4 repeated on Tele 5;

and The Sun Makers, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

on BBC Kids (Can)

2005 - Vengeance on Varos Omnibus repeated

on UK Gold; The Empty Child first screened on

ABC1; and Trial of Davros staged at the

Tameside Hippodrome in Ashton-under-Lyne

2007 - The Doctor Dances first screened

on WTTW 11; and Gridlock and Doctor Who

Confidential: Are We There Yet? both repeated

on BBC3 

2008 - Planet of the Daleks, Episode 6 and The Green Death,

Episode 1 both first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; and

Planet of the Ood and Doctor Who Confidential: Oods and

Ends both repeated on BBC3

2010 - Rose repeated on UKTV (Aus); Army

of Ghosts repeated on Syfy (Rus); Smith and

Jones first screened on Space; Journey's End

first screened on WGVU; and Cold Blood

repeated on Prime

2011 - The Idiot's Lantern and Human Nature both

repeated on Watch; The Poison Sky repeated on

ABC1; Planet of the Dead repeated on France
4; and The Lodger and Doctor Who Confidential

 Cutdown: Extra Time both repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2012 - Vengeance on Varos, Parts 3 and 4 (of 4)

both repeated on Syfy (Aus); Gridlock repeated

on BBC America; 42 first screened on YLE TV2;

and Turn Left and Doctor Who Confidential

Cutdown: Here Come the Girls both repeated

on ABC2

2013 - The Empty Child repeated on ABC2; The Parting of the

Ways repeated on RAI4; The Idiot's Lantern repeated on Watch;

Fear Her repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; The Doctor's

 Daughter repeated on TV3 (Spa); Midnight repeated on Syfy

(Port); The Eleventh Hour repeated on Syfy (Ben); Victory

of the Daleks first screened on Karusel; The Time of Angels

repeated on Syfy (Spa); Cold War first screened on YLE TV2; and Doctor Who Confidential: All About the Girl repeated

on BBC Entertainment AP

2014 - The Seeds of Death, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated

on Horror; The Seeds of Doom, Part 6 and Boom Town

both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Empty Child repeated

on YLE TV2; Doomsday repeated on Watch; The Sound of

Drums and The Next Doctor both repeated on RAI4; Human 

Nature repeated on TV3 (Spa); The Family of Blood repeated

on BBC America and TV3; Blink repeated on BBC America;

Midnight repeated on KCPT2; The Vampires of Venice

repeated on BBC Entertainment LA HD and KLRU;

Night Terrors repeated on Jeem TV (ME);

The Wedding of River Song repeated on WSIU;

The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe repeated

 on Syfy (Spa) and Syfy Port); and A Town Called

Mercy repeated on BBC Entertainment LA HD

2015 - 100,000 BC, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro

TV; The Masque of Mandragora, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on

Horror; Kinda, Part 3 and Silence in the Library both repeated

on Syfy (Aus); New Earth 
repeated on Watch; The Satan Pit repeated on Disney XD; Smith and 
Jones and Doctor Who Confidential: Meet Martha Jones both repeated 
on UNC-MX; Planet of the Ood first screened on FX (Ind); The Hungry 
Earth and Cold Blood both repeated on BBC America; A Christmas Carol 
repeated on TV Cultura; The Curse of the Black Spot, The Doctor's Wife, 
The God Complex and The Wedding of River Song all repeated on BBC 
Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; The Rebel Flesh repeated on ABC2; 
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and Doctor Who Cutdown: Open All Hours 
both repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; and The Rings of 

Akhaten repeated on KCPT2

2016 - The Web Planet, Episodes 4 and 5 both repeated on Retro TV; 
Frontios, Parts 3 and 4 and Resurrection of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2 
(of 4) all repeated on Retro TV; The Vampires of Venice, Amy's Choice, 
The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood all repeated on Syfy (Bra); Vincent
and the Doctor repeated on BBC Polska HD and Syfy (Bra); The Lodger, 
The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang and The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe all repeated on BBC Polska HD; Day of the Moon, The Curse 
of the Black Spot, The Doctor's Wife, The Rebel Flesh and The Almost 
People all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Asylum of the Daleks, Dinosaurs on 
a Spaceship, The Crimson Horror and Nightmare in Silver all repeated 
on Syfy (LA); A Town Called Mercy repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU; The Power of Three repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU and Syfy (LA); Under the Lake, Before the

Flood, The Girl Who Died, The Woman Who Lived, The Zygon

 Invasion and The Zygon Inversion all repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP; and Sleep No More, Face the Raven and

Heaven Sent all repeated on BBC First (ME)

2017 - Actress Jodie Whittaker announced as the Thirteenth Doctor; 
The Mind Robber, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated on KBTC; The Three 
Doctors Omnibus repeated on MPTV; The Sontaran Experiment Omnibus 
repeated on Iowa PTV; The Android Invasion Omnibus repeated on WFWA; 
The Seeds of Doom, Part 1 repeated on KRWG and Omnibus repeated 
on Retro TV; The Hand of Fear, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; 
The Ribos Operation, Part 3 repeated on KPTS and Omnibus repeated 
on WYCC; Full Circle Omnibus repeated on WXXI; Logopolis Omnibus 
repeated on WILL; The Visitation Omnibus repeated on KERA; Warriors 
of the Deep Omnibus repeated on WSRE; Terror of the ervoids Omnibus
 repeated on Idaho PTV; Fear Her and The Magician's Apprentice both
 repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon 

both repeated on RAI4 and Syfy (Bra); The Curse of the Black Spot, The

Doctor's Wife, The Rebel Flesh, The Almost People, A Good Man Goes to

 War and The Pilot all repeated on Syfy (Bra); The Power of Three and 

The Angels Take Manhattan both repeated on W; The Witch's Familiar 

and Behind the Lens: The Day of the Doctor both repeated on BBC 

Polska HD; Before the Flood repeated on BBC Entertainment EU;

and Empress of Mars repeated on Syfy (LA)

2018 - Planet of Fire, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on

Retro TV; The Twin Dilemma, Attack of the Cybermen

and Vengeance on Varos Omnibuses all streamed on

Twitch; The Sontaran Stratagem repeated on BBC Polska

HD; The Pilot first screened on Star World Premiere; and

Knock Knock repeated on BBC First (ME)

2019 - The Sontaran Experiment Omnibus repeated on

Retro TV; The Sontaran Stratagem repeated on Syfy (Fra);

The Crimson Horror repeated on BBC Polska HD; and 

Extremis and The Pyramid at the End of the World both

repeated on Sony SciFi
2020 - The Ribos Operation, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated
on Retro TV; The Poison Sky repeated on BBC Polska HD;
The Big Bang repeated on NRJ12; The Angels Take
Manhattan repeated on BBC Turkey; and Extremis

repeated on Star World Premiere

2021 - The Eaters of Light repeated on ABC2

2022 - The Chase, Episodes 1 and

2 both repeated on Retro TV; and

A Good Man Goes to War repeated

on Fox SciFi

2023 - Carnival of Monsters, Episodes

1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC

2024 - Daleks in Manhattan repeated

on ABC Family and ABC Entertains

2025 - Revolution of the Daleks

repeated on ABC Entertains