Jean Marsh

Directed by Peter Medak, uh, written by William Gray and Dianiel, uh, Diana Maddox.

And it stars George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Barry Morse, Madeline Sherwood, Helen Burns, Ruth Springfield, Eric Christmas, and Jean Marsh.

RIP, lost her fairly recently.

Um, yeah, so this is very allegedly, uh, a true story.

I know I mentioned Farooza Bach plays Dorothy.

is the nurse.

Ah, that's it.

Jean Marsh plays the nurse Wilson is the name of the character at the beginning of the film and she also plays Princess Momby when they're in Oz.

And she

also plays the evil...

With the suffering, through the suffering of young women.

Yes.

But Jean Marsh was asked about appearing in the spin-off.

Right.

And she said, no, I knew nothing about it.

on the Deterionation Dalek spin-off thing, because I know that Big Finish adapted it.

Oh, yes.

And I remembered that Jean Marsh was in it as Sarah Kingdom, so I just checked.

It

It doesn't happen.

Battlefield remains the only surviving complete Doctor Who story featuring Jean Marsh.

Thank

you, Battlefield.

He also mistakenly believed one filming location was an operating hotel and retired to a private room for the night.

Marcus Gilbert later went on to play King Arthur in the film Army of Darkness.

Jean Marsh already had a reputation for playing witches, having previously appeared as Mumby in Return to Oz and Queen Babmorda in Willow.

Nicholas Courtney was convinced the series was near cancellation due to declining support and viewing figures, which contributed to his enthusiasm for returning to the role at this point in time.

Between you and me, Mordred, I'm a bit sick of hearing about your mother.

[laughs] I think, I think Jean Marsh is, is really good.

I really like the scene with the, where the Brigadier meets Morgaine, and, you know, they're, they're having this kind of, uh, memorial thing.

They discover a shrine.

Yeah.

I mean, by the late, great Jean Marsh.

Wasn't there a, uh, uh, didn't they, didn't they, um, I can't remember the company, but it was, uh, the one that did the, uh, they refilmed the admission to the unknown.

Oh,