Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Your Name Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho Subject: Doctor Who spotting Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 16:28:27 +1300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 04:28:28 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="51aa697ed4ec6f37379610f9bcabd89e"; logging-data="3817261"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18LuXzemyqJ/4M+TzhRgaObteGSD/BZ7CQ=" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:akr25kS6wBsWkzl6teUiDxAfAOo= Bytes: 2211 We just watched the pilot episode of an old 1975 UK comedy "Lucky Feller" starring David Jason as Bernard 'Shorty' Mepstead. With the exception of David Jason (who has been offered a couple of roles in Doctor Who, but ended up not playing them), the entire main cast of the pilot has appeared in the Doctor Who franchise: - The drunken friend of Bernard's brother was played by 7th Doctor Who, Sylvester McCoy (billed as "Sylveste McCoy" in the credits). - Bernard's girlfriend was played by Cheryl Hall, who was Shirna in the 1973 Doctor Who (Jon Pertwee era) four-part story "Carnival of Monsters". - Bernard's mother was played by Elizabeth Spriggs, who was Tabby in three episodes of the 1987 Doctor Who (Sylvester McCoy era) four-part story "Paradise Towers". - Bernard's brother was played by Nicky Henson, who played a few roles in a couple of episodes of the "Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures" podcast and a couple of roles in the "Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures" audio series. - The Chinese restaurant waiter was played by Burt Kwouk who was Doctor Hayashi in the "Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures" 2001 podcast, and was also Lin Futu in the 1982 Doctor Who (Peter Davison era) four-part story "Four to Doomsday".