- Richard Easton, Doctor Who # 122: Time Flight, TV, 1982. The 19 nominations for Concorde pilot Captain Stapley in the worst Doc5 Peter Davison episode (the budget ran out…) were Hardiman, Easton, Terence Alexander, Peter Arne, Keith Barron, Brian Blessed, John Carson, Michael Craig, Paul Darrow, Peter Gilmore, Michael Gothard, John Hallam, Del Henney, Glyn Houston, Martin Jarvis, William Lucas, Conrad Phillips, Anthony Valentine and Frank Windsor.
- Paul Jerricho, Doctor Who #123: Arc of Infinity, TV, 1983. The future Demon Headmaster (TV, 1996-1998) was an early notion for The Castellan opposite Doc5 Peter Davison. So, indeed, was the very next Doc6, Colin Baker. Took 27 years (and five Doctors) before before Hardiman was picked for the Whoverse – as Hawthorne in #204: The Beast Below, 2010. With Doc11 Matt Smith.
- Martin Jarvis, Doctor Who # 138: Vengeance on Varos, TV, 1984. Hardiman, Jarvis, George Baker, Keith Barron, Brian Blessed, John Carson, Frank Finlay, Julian Glover, John Hallam, John Hurt, Derek Jacobi, Michael Jayston, Dinsdale Landen, Ian McKellen, Anthony Valentine, and David Warner were the 16 choices for the beleaguered Governor of Varos, a kind of Pontius Pilate.
- Forbes Collins, Doctor Who # 138: Vengeance on Varos, TV, 1984. Hardiman was also among the 20 guys rung up the flagpole for the treacherous Chief Officer… Hardiman, Collins, Tony Caunter, Tom Chadbon, Peter Childs, Michael Culver, James Ellis, Tom Georgeson, John Hallam, Don Henderson, John Hollis, Ronald Lacey, Edward Peel, Clifford Rose, John Savident, George Sewell, Patrick Stewart, Donald Sumpter, Malcolm Tierney – and Stephen Yardley, who played Arak.
Birth year: Death year: Other name: Casting Calls: 4