The Box of Delights (TV series)
Patrick Troughton was a familiar face on BBC TV from playing the Second Doctor in "Doctor Who"; a contemporary "Blue Peter" feature on the drama makes the connection that in the role of Cole Hawlings, the kindly Punch and Judy Man, Troughton was playing another mysterious, scruffy time traveller. Renny Rye noted that Troughton "who was my favourite Doctor Who...had a quality that is unsurpassed, I think, as someone to pull you into a tale."
The Paradise of Death
This was the second radio serial made by the BBC based on the "Doctor Who" television series. In 1986, the Sixth Doctor, played by Colin Baker, had starred in a 6-part radio serial entitled "Slipback", during a break between seasons whilst he was starring as the Doctor on television.