6 Feet Deeper - Blood On Satan’s Claw
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Adam returns to the Welcome To Horror Fact Library for a bonus episode of extra material left over from our recent episode on “The Blood On Satan’s Claw”. As always, we recommend you listen to our main episode (number 234) first, before plowing into this fiendish field of facts. We hope you enjoy this little transmission from the Welcome To Horror Fact Library.
Leave me to judge who is innocent.
Famous lines
- "A living nightmare of black magic... and unspeakable evil!"
- "A fiend has been seen hereabouts, hobbling on one leg."— The Doctor
- "They took it from me."— Margaret
- "How do we know, sir, what is dead?"— The Doctor
Quotes verified against Wikiquote.
Adam's research
Verbatim lifts from Adam's own words in the episode. Click a timestamp to hear him say it.
- Piers Haggard's career and family
First off, let's consider director Piers Haggard, OBE. His other films include Peter Seller's last, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu, and he also took over from Toby Hooper on the film Venom, which is basically snakes on a plane but with terrorists in a house with snakes, uh starring Klaus Kinski and Oliver Reed. His TV work included the classic Dennis Potter mini series Pennies from Heaven, the 1979 version of Quatermass, Callan, The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Zodiac, Space Precinct, and the Ruth Rendell mysteries. He is also the father of actress Daisy Haggard.
- Mary Bell case inspiration for the film
Win Simmons stated that the inspiration for Angel Blake and her cult came from two notable murder cases from around the time of the film's creation. The first was the Manson family, an easy to see analogy, which we won't discuss here, as it's still a widely reported and famous story. The second was the tragic story of Mary Bell, which is probably less well known. In the Newcastle upon Tyne town of Scotswood in May 1968, Mary Bell strangled to death four-year-old Martin Brown in a derelict house. This was the day before Mary's 11th birthday. The body was discovered by other children playing and the alarm raised. But no one suspected the nature of the crime, and a post mortem was unable to determine the cause of death, an open verdict was recorded. On her birthday the following day, Bell and her friend 13-year-old Norma Joyce Bell, no relation, broke into and vandalized a local nursery, leaving notes claiming responsibility for Martin Brown's death. One read, I murder so that I may come back. Police investigating the vandalism dismissed these notes as childish pranks. Two days later, Mary and Norma, who had probably not been present at the murder, then called on Martin Brown's mother, asking to see the boy in his coffin. In July, Mary would go on to murder three-year-old Brian Howe and mutilate his body. This time the coroner would conclude from the injuries that a child was responsible. Witnesses had reported seeing Mary and Norma playing with the boy on the day of his death. The girls were questioned by police, with Mary making a series of self-incriminating statements, and Norma eventually confessing that she had been present at the murder, and forensic evidence matching Mary and Norma's clothing to the crime scene emerged. On the evening of Brian Howe's funeral, at which Mary was reportedly seen by investigators laughing as the coffin was brought out, Mary and Norma were formally charged. Mary claimed that Norma was the killer. Psychological assessments of the girls concluded that despite Norma's age, she had what would now be considered learning difficulties, and that Mary was clearly the smarter and more dominant of the two. At trial, Mary was cleared of murder but convicted of the manslaughter of the two boys on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Norma was acquitted of all charges. Mary Bell remains Britain's youngest convicted female killer. Subsequent to her conviction, Mary's terrible home life, living with an unstable mother who alternated between extreme abuse and neglect, offered some insight into what had led the girl to this unimaginable place. Mary served almost 12 years in custody, first at remand homes, then in prison, before being released in 1980 at the age of 23. She was granted anonymity and a new name. In 1998, Bell's 14-year-old daughter, who knew nothing of her mother's crimes, was accosted by journalists who had uncovered Bell's new name and whereabouts, forcing the mother and daughter to be taken into protective custody and eventually relocated to another part of the UK. According to author Gitta Sereny, who worked with Bell on the book Cries Unheard: The Story of Mary Bell, Bell has never claimed her conviction was wrong, or that the horrendous abuse she suffered as a child excused her crimes.
- Film's score and musical inspirations
Mark Wilkinson's score, ranging from the pastoral to the genuinely unsettling, is a key part of the film's spell. Composer Wilkinson would go on to offer help and advice to Paul Giovanni when he was commissioned to score The Wicker Man, as well as continuing his association with director Piers Haggard on the 1979 Quatermass mini series and the film The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu. The film has inspired many musicians over the years, with bands such as My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult and Bellzepolly sampling from the film on Velvet Edge and The Scarlet Ceremony respectively. Another notable mention here must go to the magnificent English Heretic, whose 2013 album Anti-Heroes features the track Hell's Angel Blake. The concept of the album came from the idea that if English Heretic has the blue plaque scheme, celebrating the dwelling or workplaces of notable figures, there should also be a black plaque scheme, doing the same for notorious and troubling figures from history. Without wanting to go down questionable paths of celebrating genuine murderers, English Heretic decided to have the black plaques be for fictional psychopaths, such as Vaughan from J.G. Ballard's Crash and of course Angel Blake. I cannot recommend the album, and indeed all of English Heretic's output highly enough, a genuinely fascinating project.
- Patrick Wymark's career and Misfits connection
On a musical side note, star Patrick Wymark seems to have had an inspirational association with the horror punk band The Misfits. Not only does he play Turner in Where Eagles Dare, the title of the B-side for their 1979 single Night of the Living Dead, he also plays Inspector Holloway in the Amicus film The Psychopath. The dialogue and poster for which inspired the Misfits song Mummy Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight. As well as portraying Oliver Cromwell in the other Tygon folk horror Witchfinder General, Wymark also appears in Hammer's The Secret of Blood Island, Amicus is The Skull, and Polanski's Repulsion. As well as portraying Sir John Wilder in the TV series The Plamakers and its follow-up The Power Game. He also had roles in Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, The League of Gentlemen, Dr. Sin alias The Scarecrow, Battle of Britain, and Children of the Damned. Children of the Damned is the follow-up to Village of the Damned, which we covered way back in episode 116.
- Anthony Ainley's career and Doctor Who legacy
First off is Anthony Ainley as the Reverend Fallowfield. Ainley was the younger of two brothers fathered out of wedlock by the Shakespearean actor Henry Ainley, he spent a significant period of his childhood in orphanages as his mother Claris Holmes battled poverty. He followed in his father's footsteps, attending RADA, graduating in 1964. He had a few film roles, playing the villainous Deets in Amicus's The Land That Time Forgot, as well as appearing in Assault, You Only Live Twice, and Inspector Clouseau. He was far more usually seen on TV, taking the starring role of Clive Hawksworth in drama Spiders Web and as DS Hunter in It's Dark Outside. He also appeared in Out of the Unknown, Orson Welles' Great Mysteries, Doomwatch, Department S, The Avengers, The Champions, Target, Upstairs, Downstairs, Secret Army, and Within These Walls. It was, however, as the third incarnation of the Doctor's arch enemy The Master, in the 1980s in Doctor Who, that would secure his legacy. Initially playing the benevolent Treemass in The Keeper of Traken, that story would end with a decayed version of The Master taking possession of Treemass's body, becoming a new incarnation of the character. He would return in the following story Logopolis, which saw him defeat Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor, triggering his regeneration into Peter Davison. He then went on to face this fifth incarnation in the stories Castrovalva, Time-Flight, The King's Demons, The Five Doctors, Planet of Fire, and The Caves of Androzani. He would then confront Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor in The Mark of the Rani and The Trial of a Time Lord, The Ultimate Foe, before finally appearing in the last ever story of the classic series, Survival, opposite Sylvester McCoy's Seventh Doctor. By this point, Ainley's only passions were cricket and playing The Master. He essentially retired from acting with the end of the initial run of Doctor Who. He was now independently wealthy following an inheritance from his father. He would return to the role of The Master one last time for filmed inserts for the 1997 video game, Destiny of the Doctors.
- Wendy Padbury's career and Doctor Who
Next, we must come to the unfortunate Kathy Vespers as portrayed by Wendy Padbury. By the time Padbury appeared in Blood on Satan's Claw, she'd already been in Doctor Who, playing companion Zoe Herriot with Patrick Troughton's Second Doctor between 1968 and 1969. Appearing in The Wheel in Space, The Dominators, The Mind Robber, The Invasion, The Crotons, The Seeds of Death, The Space Pirates, and The War Games. She would return briefly to the role in the 20th anniversary special, The Five Doctors. She has continued to play the character, and others, in the ongoing Doctor Who audio productions of Big Finish. She also appeared as the unrelated companion Jenny in the 1974 to '75 Doctor Who stage play, Doctor Who and the Seven Keys to Doomsday, starring Trevor Martin. She also played Stephanie Steevey Harris in 97 episodes of Crossroads, Sue in Freewheelers, as well as appearing in Crown Court, The Bill, Z Cars, and Emmerdale Farm. Later in her career, she became a theatrical agent. Her clients included Doctor Who luminaries such as Nicholas Courtney, Colin Baker, Mark Strixson, and Matt Smith.
- Simon Williams' career and Doctor Who
Yet another Who connection is Simon Williams playing Peter Edmonton, as well as appearing in the segment London 1912 of cat-based anthology The Uncanny, which we covered in episode 68. He was to play Group Captain Gilmore in the 1988 story Remembrance of the Daleks. A character who would go on to return in spin-offs and further stories in Big Finish's audio plays. He came to prominence playing James Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs. Other TV roles include Lord Robert St. Simon in The Eligible Bachelor, opposite Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes. Stanton in the 2019 A Ghost Story for Christmas, Martin's Close. Boodo in Kingvig and Lawrence Lucas in Agony. He also appeared in Paul Merton: The Series, Don't Wait Up, Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense, Dinner Ladies, The Bill, Juliet Bravo, Minder, Man in a Suitcase, Who Done It, Cluedo, The Lily Savage Show, Bergerac, Casualty, EastEnders, Holby City, Doctors, Spooks, Midsomer Murders, The Upper Hand, Heartbeat. In film, he was the Prince in Jabberwocky, Tony Sloan in The Odd Job, and Robert Townsend in The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu. If that wasn't enough, he's been the voice of Justin Elliott in over 300 episodes of The Archers.
- Jeffrey Hughes' career and Doctor Who
is the very familiar face of Jeffrey Hughes. Best remembered as Onslow in Keeping Up Appearances, Twiggy in The Royal Family, and Eddie Yates in Coronation Street. As well as appearing in so many, many shows, as well as Carry On At Your Convenience. He played Mr. Popplewick in Doctor Who: The Trial of a Time Lord: The Ultimate Foe, alongside Anthony Ainley's Master. Spoiler alert, it may not be a huge role, but technically, Jeffrey Hughes has portrayed the Doctor. He is also the voice of Paul McCartney in Yellow Submarine.
- Godfrey James and Eric Mason's careers
Other actors with Doctor Who credits include Godfrey James, who played Angel's father and was also in Witchfinder General, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, The Land That Time Forgot, At the Earth's Core, The Oblong Box, Cry of the Banshee, Villain, and The Victim, a part of the Armchair Thriller series. And Eric Mason, a villager here, who also played Bernard Cooper in Hot Fuzz. As well as appearing in Alf We Were Saint Pets, Thriller, The Sweeney, Law and Order, the Michael Caine version of Jack the Ripper, the Michael Caine version of Jekyll and Hyde, The Detective, Shoestring, Sea of Souls, Z Cars, The Likely Lads, Harry Enfield's Television Program, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Strange But True, The Bill, and EastEnders.
- Milton Reed's role and career
Another familiar face is Milton Reed as the judge's dog handler, of British and Indian descent, Reed had also been a professional wrestler under the ring name of The Mighty Chang. His size and appearance meant he played a string of heavies, executioners, and monsters in his time. He would sometimes be credited under his full name of Milton Rutherford Reed or Milton Gaylord Reed. His film appearances include Chang, the man servant in Doctor Five's Rises Again, he's in the Hammer films Captain Clegg, The Camp on Blood Island, and The Terror of the Tongs. He's in the Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me and Dr. No, and the spoof Casino Royale. He memorably appeared in a parody ad in The Goodies classic episode Kitten Kong, and I recently saw him in West Country Tales, The Beast.
Transcript
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AdamGood evening and welcome to horror.
AdamI'm Adam.
AdamYep, just just just Adam, yeah.
AdamIt's a long overdue return to the Welcome to Horror Fact Library for the Blood on Satan's Claw six feet deeper.
AdamThis is a companion to our main look at the film, episode 234, so please be sure to listen to that before diving into this one.
AdamAs always, there will be spoilers and possible swearing.
AdamSod.
AdamFirst off, let's consider director Piers Haggard, OBE.
AdamHis other films include Peter Seller's last, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu, and he also took over from Toby Hooper on the film Venom,
Adamwhich is basically snakes on a plane but with terrorists in a house with snakes, starring Klaus Kinski and Oliver Reed.
AdamHis TV work included the classic Dennis Potter mini series Pennies from Heaven, the 1979 version of Quatermass, Callan, The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Zodiac, Space Precinct, and the Ruth Rendell mysteries.
AdamHe is also the father of actress Daisy Haggard.
AdamWriter Robert Win Simmons is also an editor and director.
AdamHe wrote and directed the 1982 film The Outcasts, a folk horror film that's recently been rediscovered and made available for the first time.
AdamI really need to see this, and when I do, I will report back, probably on an episode of We Have Been Watching.
AdamI now want to talk about the true crime story that inspired Win Simmons when writing The Blood on Satan's Claw.
AdamI realized that that may not be everyone's cup of tea, and the case I'm going to outline features harm to and the killing of children.
AdamIf that sounds like something you don't want to hear, I urge you to skip forward until you hear an odd wibbly synth sound that I will add to mark the end of this section.
AdamAnd then we can get back to the more fun stuff.
AdamWin Simmons stated that the inspiration for Angel Blake and her cult came from two notable murder cases from around the time of the film's creation.
AdamThe first was the Manson family, an easy to see analogy, which we won't discuss here, as it's still a widely reported and famous story.
AdamThe second was the tragic story of Mary Bell, which is probably less well known.
AdamIn the Newcastle upon Tyne town of Scotswood in May 1968, Mary Bell strangled to death four-year-old Martin Brown in a derelict house.
AdamThis was the day before Mary's 11th birthday.
AdamThe body was discovered by other children playing and the alarm raised.
AdamBut no one suspected the nature of the crime, and a post mortem was unable to determine the cause of death, an open verdict was recorded.
AdamOn her birthday the following day, Bell and her friend 13-year-old Norma Joyce Bell, no relation, broke into and vandalized a local nursery, leaving notes claiming responsibility for Martin Brown's death.
AdamOne read, I murder so that I may come back.
AdamPolice investigating the vandalism dismissed these notes as childish pranks.
AdamTwo days later, Mary and Norma, who had probably not been present at the murder, then called on Martin Brown's mother, asking to see the boy in his coffin.
AdamIn July, Mary would go on to murder three-year-old Brian Howe and mutilate his body.
AdamThis time the coroner would conclude from the injuries that a child was responsible.
AdamWitnesses had reported seeing Mary and Norma playing with the boy on the day of his death.
AdamThe girls were questioned by police, with Mary making a series of self-incriminating statements, and Norma eventually confessing that she had been present at the murder, and forensic evidence matching Mary and Norma's clothing to the crime scene emerged.
AdamOn the evening of Brian Howe's funeral, at which Mary was reportedly seen by investigators laughing as the coffin was brought out, Mary and Norma were formally charged.
AdamMary claimed that Norma was the killer.
AdamPsychological assessments of the girls concluded that despite Norma's age, she had what would now be considered learning difficulties, and that Mary was clearly the smarter and more dominant of the two.
AdamAt trial, Mary was cleared of murder but convicted of the manslaughter of the two boys on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
AdamNorma was acquitted of all charges.
AdamMary Bell remains Britain's youngest convicted female killer.
AdamSubsequent to her conviction, Mary's terrible home life, living with an unstable mother who alternated between extreme abuse and neglect, offered some insight into what had led the girl to this unimaginable place.
AdamMary served almost 12 years in custody, first at remand homes, then in prison, before being released in 1980 at the age of 23.
AdamShe was granted anonymity and a new name.
AdamIn 1998, Bell's 14-year-old daughter, who knew nothing of her mother's crimes, was accosted by journalists who had uncovered Bell's new name and whereabouts, forcing the mother and daughter to be taken into protective custody and eventually relocated to another part of the UK.
AdamAccording to author Gitta Sereny, who worked with Bell on the book Cries Unheard: The Story of Mary Bell, Bell has never claimed her conviction was wrong, or that the horrendous abuse she suffered as a child excused her crimes.
AdamWell done if you made it through that.
AdamAnd now, here's the noise for those who were unable to.
Adam[Sound effect]
AdamWelcome back if you skip the last section, and now we can move on to slightly less unpleasant matters.
AdamMark Wilkinson's score, ranging from the pastoral to the genuinely unsettling, is a key part of the film's spell.
AdamComposer Wilkinson would go on to offer help and advice to Paul Giovanni when he was commissioned to score The Wicker Man,
Adamas well as continuing his association with director Piers Haggard on the 1979 Quatermass mini series and the film The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu.
AdamThe film has inspired many musicians over the years, with bands such as My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult and Bellzepolly sampling from the film on Velvet Edge and The Scarlet Ceremony respectively.
AdamAnother notable mention here must go to the magnificent English Heretic, whose 2013 album Anti-Heroes features the track Hell's Angel Blake.
AdamThe concept of the album came from the idea that if English Heretic has the blue plaque scheme, celebrating the dwelling or workplaces of notable figures, there should also be a black plaque scheme, doing the same for notorious and troubling figures from history.
AdamWithout wanting to go down questionable paths of celebrating genuine murderers, English Heretic decided to have the black plaques be for fictional psychopaths, such as Vaughan from J.G. Ballard's Crash and of course Angel Blake.
AdamI cannot recommend the album, and indeed all of English Heretic's output highly enough, a genuinely fascinating project.
AdamAnd that's the sort of advertising a few free drinks get you.
AdamOn a musical side note, star Patrick Wymark seems to have had an inspirational association with the horror punk band The Misfits.
AdamNot only does he play Turner in Where Eagles Dare, the title of the B-side for their 1979 single Night of the Living Dead, he also plays Inspector Holloway in the Amicus film The Psychopath.
AdamThe dialogue and poster for which inspired the Misfits song Mummy Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight.
AdamAs well as portraying Oliver Cromwell in the other Tygon folk horror Witchfinder General, Wymark also appears in Hammer's The Secret of Blood Island, Amicus is The Skull, and Polanski's Repulsion.
AdamAs well as portraying Sir John Wilder in the TV series The Plamakers and its follow-up The Power Game.
AdamHe also had roles in Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, The League of Gentlemen, Dr. Sin alias The Scarecrow, Battle of Britain, and Children of the Damned.
AdamChildren of the Damned is the follow-up to Village of the Damned, which we covered way back in episode 116.
AdamA couple of cast members turn up here too.
AdamCharlotte Mitchell, who plays Ellen Vespers, mother of Kathy and Mark, played Janet Paul in Village of the Damned, as well as Amy Winthrop in 52 episodes of The Adventures of Black Beauty.
AdamI also recently heard her as the delightfully posh and pissed Diane Potter in the '70s radio series The Small Intricate Life of Gerald C. Potter with Ian Carmichael.
AdamThe other Village of the Damned alumnus is Dennis Gilmore, playing red-haired Coven member, a significant enough character that maybe he should have got a name.
AdamNot only was he Keith the older brother in Village of the Damned, he also cropped up as a livery boy in The Tomb of Ligeia, episode 225.
AdamHe's also Hatchet in the marvelously mad zombie biker movie Psychomania, Harry in Wurzel Gummidge, and has appearances in the anthology series Dead of Night,
AdamPlease, Sir, and another John Wyndham adaptation, the 1981 TV version of Day of the Triffids.
AdamAs mentioned on the episode proper, this film is also packed to the gills with Doctor Who actors, who I couldn't pass up the opportunity to celebrate.
AdamFirst off is Anthony Ainley as the Reverend Fallowfield.
AdamAinley was the younger of two brothers fathered out of wedlock by the Shakespearean actor Henry Ainley, he spent a significant period of his childhood in orphanages as his mother Claris Holmes battled poverty.
AdamHe followed in his father's footsteps, attending RADA, graduating in 1964.
AdamHe had a few film roles, playing the villainous Deets in Amicus's The Land That Time Forgot, as well as appearing in Assault, You Only Live Twice, and Inspector Clouseau.
AdamHe was far more usually seen on TV, taking the starring role of Clive Hawksworth in drama Spiders Web and as DS Hunter in It's Dark Outside.
AdamHe also appeared in Out of the Unknown, Orson Welles' Great Mysteries, Doomwatch, Department S, The Avengers, The Champions, Target, Upstairs, Downstairs, Secret Army, and Within These Walls.
AdamIt was, however, as the third incarnation of the Doctor's arch enemy The Master, in the 1980s in Doctor Who, that would secure his legacy.
AdamInitially playing the benevolent Treemass in The Keeper of Traken, that story would end with a decayed version of The Master taking possession of Treemass's body, becoming a new incarnation of the character.
AdamHe would return in the following story Logopolis, which saw him defeat Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor, triggering his regeneration into Peter Davison.
AdamHe then went on to face this fifth incarnation in the stories Castrovalva, Time-Flight, The King's Demons, The Five Doctors, Planet of Fire, and The Caves of Androzani.
AdamHe would then confront Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor in The Mark of the Rani and The Trial of a Time Lord, The Ultimate Foe, before finally appearing in the last ever story of the classic series, Survival, opposite Sylvester McCoy's Seventh Doctor.
AdamBy this point, Ainley's only passions were cricket and playing The Master.
AdamHe essentially retired from acting with the end of the initial run of Doctor Who.
AdamHe was now independently wealthy following an inheritance from his father.
AdamHe would return to the role of The Master one last time for filmed inserts for the 1997 video game, Destiny of the Doctors.
AdamHe died in 2004.
AdamNext, we must come to the unfortunate Kathy Vespers as portrayed by Wendy Padbury.
AdamBy the time Padbury appeared in Blood on Satan's Claw, she'd already been in Doctor Who, playing companion Zoe Herriot with Patrick Troughton's Second Doctor between 1968 and 1969.
AdamAppearing in The Wheel in Space, The Dominators, The Mind Robber, The Invasion, The Crotons, The Seeds of Death, The Space Pirates, and The War Games.
AdamShe would return briefly to the role in the 20th anniversary special, The Five Doctors.
AdamShe has continued to play the character, and others, in the ongoing Doctor Who audio productions of Big Finish.
AdamShe also appeared as the unrelated companion Jenny in the 1974 to '75 Doctor Who stage play, Doctor Who and the Seven Keys to Doomsday, starring Trevor Martin.
AdamShe also played Stephanie Steevey Harris in 97 episodes of Crossroads, Sue in Freewheelers, as well as appearing in Crown Court, The Bill, Z Cars, and Emmerdale Farm.
AdamLater in her career, she became a theatrical agent.
AdamHer clients included Doctor Who luminaries such as Nicholas Courtney, Colin Baker, Mark Strixson, and Matt Smith.
AdamAnother Doctor Who companion also appears.
AdamAnn, one of the girls who lures away Mark Vespers, is played by Roberta Tovey, who played the part of Susan, the Doctor's granddaughter, in the Amicus in all but name movie adaptations, Doctor Who and the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., starring Peter Cushing.
AdamShe also appears in Tygon's The Beast in the Cellar, as well as episodes of Going Straight and The Two Ronnies.
AdamYet another Who connection is Simon Williams playing Peter Edmonton, as well as appearing in the segment London 1912 of cat-based anthology The Uncanny, which we covered in episode 68.
AdamHe was to play Group Captain Gilmore in the 1988 story Remembrance of the Daleks.
AdamA character who would go on to return in spin-offs and further stories in Big Finish's audio plays.
AdamHe came to prominence playing James Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs.
AdamOther TV roles include Lord Robert St. Simon in The Eligible Bachelor, opposite Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes.
AdamStanton in the 2019 A Ghost Story for Christmas, Martin's Close.
AdamBoodo in Kingvig and Lawrence Lucas in Agony.
AdamHe also appeared in Paul Merton: The Series, Don't Wait Up, Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense, Dinner Ladies, The Bill, Juliet Bravo, Minder, Man in a Suitcase, Who Done It, Cluedo, The Lily Savage Show, Bergerac, Casualty, EastEnders, Holby City, Doctors, Spooks, Midsomer Murders, The Upper Hand, Heartbeat.
AdamIn film, he was the Prince in Jabberwocky, Tony Sloan in The Odd Job, and Robert Townsend in The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu.
AdamIf that wasn't enough, he's been the voice of Justin Elliott in over 300 episodes of The Archers.
AdamEven fiend uncoverer Barry Andrews, who played Ralph, has a Doctor Who connection, playing Stott in the Tom Baker story The Nightmare of Eden.
AdamHe also played Paul in Hammer's Dracula Has Risen from the Grave.
AdamHe also appeared in The Spy Who Loved Me and The Incredible Robert Baldick.
AdamEven the uncredited background characters get in on the Who action, although not as major players.
AdamCropping up as part of the mob of villagers towards the end of the film, we see Anna Wing, probably best known as the Cantankerous matriarch Lou Beal in EastEnders.
AdamAs well as having roles in Extro, The Godsend, One Way Pendulum, The Naked Civil Servant, Pete and Dud's Hound of the Baskervilles, Billy Liar, and Son of Rambo,
Adamshe also appeared in the excellently strange Doctor Who story Kinder.
AdamShe's also the mother of Mark Wing-Davey, who played Zaphod Beeblebrox in the original versions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
AdamAnother member of the mob who decides to stay behind and have a drink instead of chasing down a murder cult, and who can blame him,
Adamis the very familiar face of Jeffrey Hughes.
AdamBest remembered as Onslow in Keeping Up Appearances, Twiggy in The Royal Family, and Eddie Yates in Coronation Street.
AdamAs well as appearing in so many, many shows, as well as Carry On At Your Convenience.
AdamHe played Mr. Popplewick in Doctor Who: The Trial of a Time Lord: The Ultimate Foe, alongside Anthony Ainley's Master.
AdamSpoiler alert, it may not be a huge role, but technically, Jeffrey Hughes has portrayed the Doctor.
AdamHe is also the voice of Paul McCartney in Yellow Submarine.
AdamOther actors with Doctor Who credits include Godfrey James, who played Angel's father and was also in Witchfinder General, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, The Land That Time Forgot, At the Earth's Core, The Oblong Box, Cry of the Banshee, Villain, and The Victim, a part of the Armchair Thriller series.
AdamAnd Eric Mason, a villager here, who also played Bernard Cooper in Hot Fuzz.
AdamAs well as appearing in Alf We Were Saint Pets, Thriller, The Sweeney, Law and Order, the Michael Caine version of Jack the Ripper, the Michael Caine version of Jekyll and Hyde,
AdamThe Detective, Shoestring, Sea of Souls, Z Cars, The Likely Lads, Harry Enfield's Television Program, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Strange But True, The Bill, and EastEnders.
AdamTwo last people to pick up on before we go.
AdamNow, you may have noticed a woman dancing naked at the ceremony at the end of the film.
AdamIt's a blink and you miss it part.
AdamBut that is the model Yvonne Paul, who went on to form the glamour model agency Blonde's aged 22.
AdamShe ran the agency until her retirement in 2007.
AdamAnother familiar face is Milton Reed as the judge's dog handler, of British and Indian descent, Reed had also been a professional wrestler under the ring name of The Mighty Chang.
AdamHis size and appearance meant he played a string of heavies, executioners, and monsters in his time.
AdamHe would sometimes be credited under his full name of Milton Rutherford Reed or Milton Gaylord Reed.
AdamHis film appearances include Chang, the man servant in Doctor Five's Rises Again, he's in the Hammer films Captain Clegg, The Camp on Blood Island, and The Terror of the Tongs.
AdamHe's in the Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me and Dr. No, and the spoof Casino Royale.
AdamHe memorably appeared in a parody ad in The Goodies classic episode Kitten Kong, and I recently saw him in West Country Tales, The Beast.
AdamWell, so, what have we learned on this visit?
AdamWell, I've learned that even I have a limit to how many times I can mention Doctor Who in one sitting.
AdamIf you enjoyed this podcast of Six Feet Deeper, I've been Adam Thomas for the Welcome to Horror podcast.
AdamIf you haven't, I've been Insectivore Meakin for the Meakin is Peaking podcast.
AdamThank you, and good night.
