Doctor Who Vs. Sherlock Holmes, Series 1 (1965)

The BBC's second television adapt-

ation of Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved

crime stories began in 1964 - Douglas

Wilmer (1920-2016) and Nigel Stock

(1919-1986) now portrayed the Great Detective and Doctor Watson in the

pilot episode.

A full, twelve-part series (the net-

work's first since their lost version

of 1951) followed a year later, and

gained eleven million viewers.

Wilmer was replaced by Hammer's

own Holmes, Peter Cushing (1913

-1994) for the second run in 1968, but returned to the role for Gene

Wilder's The Adventure of Sherlock

 Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) -

he even made a cameo appearance

in The Reichenbach Fall episode of

Sherlock (2012).

The whole first season of Sherlock

Holmes (shown in black and white) exists in the archives (although two

instalments are incomplete), and was given an American DVD release in

2010. The cases featured Patrick Troughton, Roger Delgado, Trevor

Martin, and a total of forty other Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

The Speckled Band (UK TX: May 18 1964, September 25 1964)

• Stock played Professor Hayter in Time Flight
• Donald [Macleod] Douglas (Armitage here; Colonel for The Bruce Partington Plans, 1994) was Vural in The Sontaran Experiment
• costume supervisor Joyce Hawkins was costume designer on Horror of Fang Rock and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982)

The Illustrious Client (UK TX: February 20 1965)

• Peter [Paul] Wyngarde [born Cyril Louis Goldbert] (Gruner here; Pike in The Three Gables, 1994) was Timanov in Planet of Fire
• Jennie Linden (Violet) was Barbara in Dr. Who and the Daleks, and voiced Professor Klyst for Big Finish's Unregenerate (2005)
• Norman Mitchell [Driver] (Johnson) was a Policeman in (episode 7 of) The Daleks' Master Plan
• Billy Cornelius (Leary) was a Man-at-Arms in The Crusade (4), and Morok Guard in The Space Museum
• Martin Gordon (Footman) was a Prison Officer in The Mind of Evil
• cinematographer Ken Westbury was a film cameraman on The Gunfighters, The Abominable Snowmen, Fury from the Deep and The Invasion of Time
• Peter [Alexander] Diamond (stuntman here, A Study in Terror & The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother) was a regular stunt double/fight arranger on eighteen episodes (from The Dalek Invasion of Earth to The Daemons)
• Anthony Read was also script editor of thirty-eight stories (from Image of the Fendahl to The Armageddon Factor), then writer of The Horns of Nimon

The Devil's Foot (UK TX: February 27)

• Frank Crawshaw (Owen) was Arnold Farrow in Planet of the Giants
• Camilla [Jocelyn] Hasse [born Langley] auditioned for the role of Susan at Room 2119, TV Centre on June 25 1963, with Anna Palk, Maureen Crombie, Waveney Lee, Heather Fleming, Camilla Hasse and Anne Castaldini (Christa Bergman and Bridget Wood were also considered)

The Copper Beeches (UK TX: March 6)

• Alethea Charlton (Mrs. Rucastle) was Hur in 100,000 BC, and Edith in The Time Meddler
• Michael [Anthony] Robbins (Toller here; Breckinridge in The Blue Carbuncle, 1968) was Richard Mace in The Visitation

The Red-Headed League (UK TX: March 13)

• Carla [Patricia] Challoner (Mary Jane) auditioned for the role of Victoria Waterfield in April 1967

The Abbey Grange (UK TX: March 20)

• Kenneth [James] Thornett (DS Mitchell) was an Inspector in The Feast of Steven

The Six Napoleons (UK TX: March 27)

• James [Rutherford Worsfold] Bree [born Thomson] (Barnicot here; Butler in The Case of Magruder's Millions; Coroner in The Empty House, 1986; Barrister in Without a Clue; Dietrich in The Leading Lady) was the Security Chief in The War Games, Nefred in Full Circle, and the Keeper of the Matrix in The Ultimate Foe
• Arthur Hewlett (Brown) was Kalmar in State of Decay, and Kimber in Terror of the Vervoids
• Desmond Cullum Jones (Constable) was Worker in The War Machines (2)
• Donald [Marland] Hewlett (Harker) was Hardiman in The Claws of Axos
• Terry Leigh (Venucci) was Sailor in The Chase (3), and Egyptian Warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (9)

The Man With The Twisted Lip (UK TX: April 3)

• Olaf [born Ole Krohn] Pooley (Lascar) was Professor Eric Stahlman in Inferno
• cinematographer Dick Bush was film cameraman on The Rescue and The Romans

The Beryl Coronet (UK TX: April 10)

• Leonard [Meyer] Sachs (Holder) was Admiral Gaspard de Coligny in The Massacre, and Lord President Borusa in Arc of Infinity
• Sandra Hampton (Lucy) was Maimuna in The Crusade (4)

The Bruce Partington Plans (UK TX: April 17)

• Derek Francis (Mycroft Holmes here; Eccles in Wisteria Lodge) and Bart Allison [born Henry James Patrick] (Platelayer) both appeared in The Romans, as Emperor Nero and Maximus Pettulian respectively
• Erik Chitty (Waiter) was Charles Preslin in The Massacre (1), and Co-ordinator Engin in The Deadly Assassin
• Gordon [Massey] Gostelow (Johnson here; Sherman in The Sign of Four, 1987) was Milo Clancey in The Space Pirates
• John [Edward Arthur] Woodnutt (Station Master here, Pawnbroker in part 13; Merryweather in The Red Headed League, 1985; Ralph for The Blanched Soldier, 1994) was Hibbert in Spearhead from Space, Draconian Emperor in Frontier in Space (5), Duke of Forgill/Broton in Terror of the Zygons, and Seron in The Keeper of Traken
• cinematographer AA Englander was a film cameraman on The Ambassadors of Death and The Claws of Axos 

Charles Augustus Milverton (UK TX: April 24)

• Stephanie Bidmead (Lady Farningham) was Maaga in Galaxy 4
• Derek [Ralph] Smee (Fitzallen) was John Ransome in Spearhead from Space
• Stanley Speel was a film cameraman on Planet of Evil too

The Retired Colourman (UK TX: May 1)

• [Terence] Michael Hayes was also director of The Androids of Tara, The Armageddon Factor and City of Death
• [William] Maurice Denham (Amberley here; Merridew in The Last Vampyre; Coram for The Golden Prince-Nez (1993) was Azmael in The Twin Dilemma, then voiced the President for The Paradise of Death
• William Wilde (Ernest) was the Draconian Captain in Frontier in Space, then provided the voice of Prisoner Zero for The Eleventh Hour

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (UK TX: May 8)

• Neil [Edwin] Stacy (Jules) voiced Cyril Haggard for The Emerald Tiger (2012)
• Ivor [Charley] Salter (Sergeant) was the Morok Commander in The Space Museum, Odysseus in The Myth Makers, and Sergeant Markham in Black Orchid

Doctor Who Vs. Miss Marple: The Body in the Library

Agatha Christie's second Marple mystery (her

thirty-first novel) was published in 1942 - it was

the first story adapted for the BBC's acclaimed

Miss Marple TV series.

After appearing in the stage version of the

writer's Appointment With Death in 1945, Joan

Hickson (1906-1998) received a note from the

Queen of Crime that read "I hope one day you

will play my dear Miss Marple."

The thriller was first shown over consecutive nights at Christmas 1984, and introduced

Hickson's definitive portrayal of Jane Marple

 (she had starred opposite Margaret Rutherford's

Marple in Murder She Said in 1961). An ITV Studios version followed in

2004. The Hampshire village of Nether Wallop doubled as the fictional St.

Mary Mead, and the series endured until 1992. The complete three-

part drama was shown on BBC4 tonight - it featured David Horovitch

(as DI Slack), Trudie Styler, and these seventeen Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Moray [Robin Philip Adrian] Watson (Bantry) was Sir Robert Muir in Black Orchid
• Valentine Dyall (Lorrimer) debuted as the Black Guardian in The Armageddon Factor, then voiced Slarn for Slipback
• [Manfred] Frederick Jaeger (Colonel Melchett here; the Count in The Fourth Man; DCI Davy in At Bertram's Hotel, 1995) was Jano in The Savages, Sorenson in Planet of Evil, and Professor Marius in The Invisible Enemy
• Hugh [Thornton] Walters (Prescott here; Dodds in The Mystery of the Blue Jar) was William Shakespeare in (episode 1 of) The Chase, Runcible in The Deadly Assassin, Vogel in Revelation of the Daleks, and voiced Roderick Allingham for Big Finish's The Fearmonger (2002)
• Keith Drinkel (Gaskell here; Policeman for Sad Cypress, 1992; Gorman for The Pale Horse, 1993; Harold for 4.50 from Paddington; Dr. Bessner for Death on the Nile, both 1997) was Roger Scobie in Time Flight, Torlakhl in Zygon, then voiced Henry Hallam for Catch 1782 (2005), and the Cinder for Frostfire (2007)
• Martyn Read (McLean) was a Security Guard in Silver Nemesis
• Stephen [George] Churchett (Reeve here; Coroner in The Murder at the Vicarage, The Moving Finger, Murder is Easy, Endless Night [all ITV]) was Bill in Attack of the Cybermen
• Astra Sheridan (Pamela) was a Yellow Kang in Paradise Towers
• Karen Seacombe (Florrie) was Sandra in The Lodger, and Meg in The Woman Who Lived
• Arthur Bostrom (Bartlett) voiced Arken for Scaredy Cat (2005)
• Mike Mungarvan (DS) was a Mutt in The Mutants (1), Guard in The Face of Evil (1) and The Androids of Tara (1), Time Lord in The Invasion of Time, Druid in The Stones of Blood (1), Dalek Operator in Destiny of the Daleks, Detective in City of Death (1), Argolin in The Leisure Hive (1), Citizen in Full Circle (1), Kilroy in Warriors' Gate (1), Hostage in Kinda, Knight in The King's Demons (1), Soldier in Resurrection of the Daleks, Jacondan in The Twin Dilemma (1), Extra in Mindwarp, Officer in Terror of the Vervoids, Lakertyan/Tet- rap/Genius in Time and the Rani, Policeman in Silver Nemesis, and Passerby in The Christmas Invasion
• John Evans (Inch) was a Saxon in The Time Meddler (2)
• John Walker (cinematographer) was film cameraman on nine stories (from Horror of Fang Rock to Revelation of the Daleks)
• Bill Chesneau (film recordist) was sound recordist on The Invasion, The Curse of Peladon, Death to the Daleks, and The Leisure Hive
• Bernard Ashby was also the editor on Arc of Infinity
• Austin Ruddy was production designer on The Face of Evil too
• Jan Wright was also costume designer on The Two Doctors

The cast of the BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of The Body in the Library

 (May 1999) was again led by June Whitfield, with classic era co-stars:

• Ricahard [Andrew Palethorpe] Todd (Melchett here & The Murder at the Vicarage, 1993; Maitland for Murder in Mesopotamia, 1994) was Sanders in Kinda
• Graham Crowden (Clithering here & A Murder is Announced; Colonel in The Affair of the Pink Pearl; Blake for Five Little Pigs, 1994; Macarthur in And Then There Were None, 2005) was Soldeed in The Horns of Nimon
• Jack Watling (Bantry here; cast in Murder on the Nile, 1986) was Professor Travers in The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear and Downtime

Doctor Who On This Day #90

 

1967 - The Savages, Episode 1 repeated

and Episode 2 first screened, both on ABC

1973 - Frontier in Space, Episode 6 first

screened on BBC1

1978 - The Sontaran Experiment, Part

2 repeated on ABC
1980 - The Ark in Space, Part 1 and The Sontaran

 Experiment, Part 1 both repeated on ABC; Planet

of Evil, Part 1 first screened on WTTW 11; and

Underworld, Part 3 first screened on TV2

1981 - The Leisure Hive, Part 2 first

screened on TV1
1982 - Image of the Fendahl, Part 1 repeated on KQED

Plus; State of Decay, Part 2 repeated and Part 3 first

screened, both on ABC; and Time Flight, Part 4 first

screened on BBC Cymru

1983 - The Sea Devils, Episode 4 and

Warriors' Gate, Part 2 both repeated

on KQED Plus

1984 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 4

repeated on KQED Plus
1986 - Terror of the Autons, Episode

1 repeated on ABC; and Vengeance on

Varos Omnibus first screened on WTTW

11

1987 - The War Games, Episode 1

repeated on KQED Plus; and The

Android Invasion, Part 1 repeated

on TV2

1988 - City of Death, Part 3

repeated on KQED Plus 
1989 - Frontier in Space, Episode 5 repeated on KQED

Plus; and The Brain of Morbius, Part 4 repeated on ABC

1990 - The Androids of Tara Omnibus repeated on WTTW

 11; Warriors of the Deep, Part 2 repeated on KQED

 Plus; and The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Part

1 first screened on TV2

1992 - The Mind of Evil, Episode 6 repeated on TV2

1993 - Terror of the Autons, Episode 1 repeated on

UK Gold; and Earthshock, Part 1 repeated on ABC

1994 - The Androids of Tara, Part 4

repeated on UK Gold
1995 - Inferno, Episode 1 repeated on UK Gold; and

Attack of the Cybermen, Part 3 first screened on VOX

1996 - The Creature from the Pit

 Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

1997 - Planet of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on KQED

Plus; Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Part 2 repeated on UKTV

(Aus); and The Monster of Peladon Omnibus repeated on

UK Gold

1998 - The Silurians, Episode 3 first screened on Space;

and The Five Doctors, Part 1 (of 3) repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Web Planet, Episode 3: Escape

to Danger repeated on UKTV (Aus); The

Silurians, Episode 3 repeated on Space;

Terror of the Zygons, Part 3 (of 3)

repeated on BBC Choice (Scot); and

Doctor Who TV Movie repeated on YLE TV2

2000 - The Chase, Episode 3: Flight

Through Eternity repeated on UKTV

2001 - The Face of Evil Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus);

The Power of Kroll, Part 1 first screened on Prairie PTV;

Meglos, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Iowa PTV; and

Snakedance, Part 2 repeated on BBC Prime

2002 - Carnival of Monsters Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; 

Robot Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Sontaran Experiment,

Part 1 repeated on Lakeland PTV; Pyramids of Mars, Parts 3

and 4 both repeated on MiND; The Talons of Weng-Chiang,

Part 6 repeated on WILL; The Stones of Blood, Part 1

repeated on KUED; The Leisure Hive, Part 4 repeated

on TPT; Logopolis, Part 4 and both repeated on WCET;

The Visitation, Part 1 repeated on WQED; 

Earthshock, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Lakeshore PTV; Time

 Flight, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC; Arc of Infinity, Parts 

3 and 4 both repeated on NHPTV; Enlightenment, Parts 3 and 4

 both repeated on Colorado PTV; and The Twin Dilemma, Parts 3 

and 4 both repeated on Iowa PTV
2003 - Nightmare of Eden Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids
2004 - The Silurians, Episode 5 repeated on ABC; and

Kinda, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2005 - The Invasion of Time, Part 2 repeated on ABC
2006 - World War Three first screened on STS
2007 - The End of the World and Doctor Who Confidential:

Aliens, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly both first screened

 on WQLN; Aliens of London first screened on Houston PM; 

World War Three first screened on KLCS; The Empty Child

repeated on één; Doomsday repeated on UK Gold and

Jimmy; and Smith and Jones first screened on BBC1;

and Doctor Who Confidential: Meet Martha Jones first

screened on BBC3

2008 - The Web Planet, Episodes 4 and

 5 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi and TV4

2009 - The Aztecs, Episode 4: The Day of Darkness

and The Sensorites, Episode 1: Strangers in Space

both repeated on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The Christmas

Invasion repeated on UKTV (Aus); and Silence in

the Library repeated on BBC3

2010 - Aliens of London repeated on Syfy (Spa); Dalek

repeated on Syfy (FRG); Blink repeated on HRT2; Forest

of the Dead, Midnight and Turn Left all repeated on

France 4; and The Waters of Mars repeated on BBC3

2011 - The Invasion of Time, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; and The

Doctor Dances repeated on Space

2012 - Mawdryn Undead and Terminus Omnibuses and 
Enlightenment, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on MTV3 SciFi

and TV4; The Poison Sky and Doctor Who Confidential:

Sontar-Ha! both repeated on BBC3; Flesh and Stone first 

screened on DR3; and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown:

Extra Time repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2013 - The Tomb of the Cybermen Omnibus and The End 

of Time, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated and The Companions

first screened, all on BBC America; Pyramids of Mars,

Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
on KBTC; The Christmas Invasion and A Christmas Carol both
repeated on Watch; The Beast Below first screened on WPT
Flagship; The Time of Angels repeated on Idaho PTV; Flesh and 
Stone and Doctor Who Confidential: Blinded by the Light both
repeated on Iowa PTV; The Girl Who Waited repeated on MPTV;
and The Bells of Saint John first screened on BBC America,
Space and ABC1

2014 - Destiny of the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4, Frontios,

Parts 3 and 4 and Rose all repeated on Syfy (Aus);

The Age of Steel repeated on Watch; Partners in

Crime repeated on WPT; Planet of the Dead 

repeated on France 4; The Hungry Earth repeated

on TV3 (Spa); A Christmas Carol and The Impossible

Astronaut both repeated on BBC America; The God

Complex, Closing Time and The Wedding of River

Song all repeated on Syfy (Port); Dinosaurs on

a Spaceship repeated on BBC Entertainment LA

and Really Scary TV; The Power of Three repeated

 on Really Scary TV; The Name of the Doctor

repeated on Ztélé; and Doctor Who Explained

repeated on BBC Entertainment LA

2015 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Parts 5 and 6 both

 repeated and State of Decay, Parts 3 and 4 both first

screened, all on Retro TV; The Androids of Tara, Part

 1, The Eleventh Hour and Let's Kill Hitler all repeated

on Syfy (Aus); Snakedance, Parts 2 and 3 both

repeated on Horror; The End of the World repeated on ABC2;
Human Nature repeated on Watch and KCPT2; Vincent and the 
Doctor, The Lodger and The Pandorica Opens all repeated on BBC
America; A Town Called Mercy and The Power of Three both
repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; The Rings of 
Akhaten repeated on Syfy (Spa); The Crimson Horror repeated
on Syfy (Ben); The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Wedding of 

Sarah Jane Smith, Episode 1 repeated on Jeem TV (ME); 
and Doctor Who Confidential: Aliens, the Good, the Bad

and the Ugly repeated on ABC2 (iView only)

2016 - Time Flight, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro

 TV; Bad Wolf and The Waters of Mars both repeated on

Syfy (Aus); The Christmas Invasion repeated on Watch;

The Impossible Planet repeated on TV Cultura; 42

repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Family of

Blood and Doctor Who Confidential: Bad Blood both

repeated on ABC2; The Wedding of River Song

repeated on France 4; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

repeated on BBC First (ME); The Bells of Saint John

and The Rings of Akhaten both repeated on Fox

(FRG); The Time of the Doctor and Listen both

 repeated on BBC Entertainment EU; Dark Water

repeated on Syfy (LA); Death in Heaven repeated

 on BBC Polska HD; The Husbands of River Song

repeated on BBC First (Ben); and Doctor Who

Explained repeated on AXN Mystery

2017 - The Sea Devils, Episode 1 repeated on

 The Zone; Planet of Fire, Part 4 and The Caves

of Androzani, Part 1 both repeated on Retro TV;

Rise of the Cybermen repeated on Space; The 

Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit both repeated on BBC
Polska HD; Forest of the Dead repeated on FX (Ind); Flesh and 
Stone and The Vampires of Venice both repeated on Syfy (Latin
America); Night Terrors, The Girl Who Waited, The Woman Who 
Lived and The Zygon Invasion all repeated on Syfy (Bra); The 
Wedding of River Song, The Witch's Familiar, Under the Lake and 
Before the Flood all repeated on Syfy (Aus); and The Crimson 
Horror and Nightmare in Silver both repeated on DR3

2018 - The Power of Kroll, Part 4 and The Armageddon

Factor, Parts 1 to 3 and all repeated on Retro TV; The

Poison Sky and The Doctor's Daughter both repeated on W;

The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks both repeated

on Star World Premiere; The Magician's Apprentice and The

Witch's Familiar both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Zygon

 Inversion, Sleep No More, Face the Raven and Heaven 

Sent all repeated on BBC Polska HD; Hell Bent repeated

on BBC Polska HD and Syfy (Aus); The Return of Doctor 

Mysterio and The Doctor Falls both repeated and Twice

Upon a Time first screened, all on France 4; The Eaters

 of Light repeated on BBC First (ME); and World Enough 

and Time repeated on BBC First (ME) and France 4

2019 - The Masque of Mandragora Omnibus repeated on

WSRE; The Deadly Assassin, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

on KBTC; The Talons of Weng-Chiang Omnibus repeated on

MPTV; Image of the Fendahl, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on 

Retro TV; Destiny of the Daleks, Part 4 repeated on KPTS;

Snakedance Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; The Ultimate

 Foe Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; Into the Dalek and

Robot of Sherwood both repeated on One ARD; Under the

Lake, Before the Flood and The Girl Who Died all repeated

on BBC Polska HD; The Husbands of River Song repeated

 on BBC Entertainment EU; and It Takes You Away repeated

on Fox (FRG)

2020 - Inferno, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated on Retro

TV; Victory of the Daleks and The Time of Angels both

repeated on One ARD; The Power of Three repeated on

BBC Polska HD; The Rings of Akhaten repeated on W;

and The Girl Who Died repeated on Syfy (Fra)

2021 - The Ark in Space, Parts 3 and

 4 both repeated on Retro TV; The Time

of Angels repeated on ABC2; The Day of

the Doctor and Robot of Sherwood both

repeated on Syfy (Fra); and The Return of

Doctor Mysterio repeated on BBC Polska

HD

2022 - Enlightenment, Parts 1 and 2 both

 repeated on Retro TV; Army of Ghosts

repeated on Fox SciFi; 42 repeated on Syfy

(Fra); Flesh and Stone repeated on BBC

First Turkey; and Praxeus repeated on BBC

 Polska HD

2023 - Flatline repeated on Fox SciFi;

and ABC2

2024 - The Android Invasion, Parts

1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC

2025 - The End of Time, Part 1

repeated on ABC Entertains; and

The Robot Revolution screened at

Odeon Lux, Leicester Square