Saturday 15 February 2020

Doctor Who Vs. Liar, Series 1

ITV's hit psychological thriller concluded in
October 2017 with a climax that will see 
the programme return to the network for
a second series next month.
Liar focused on the police investigation into 
the alleged rape of teacher Laura Nielson, 
played by Joanne Froggatt. Ioan Gruffudd
was her attacker, surgeon Andrew Earlham.
Another repeat run of the six-part crime
drama (from Two Brothers Pictures and
All3Media) concluded on ITV3 last night,
and featured Peter DavisonAdjoa
Andoh, and twenty-eight other Doctor
Who cast and crew connections:

  • Big Finish actor Warren Brown (Bailey) voiced Stephen Gibson for Industrial Evolution (2011), Rufus Stone and To'Koth for Signs and Wonders (2014), then Lieutenant Sam Bishop for UNIT: Extinction (2015), UNIT: ShutdownUNIT: Silenced (both 2016), UNIT: Assembled (2017), UNIT: Cyber Reality, Lady Christina 1 (both 2018) and UNIT: Incursions (2019) - he was also Jake Willis in Praxeus
  • Shelley Conn (DI Harmon) voiced Asha Qureshi for Situation Vacant (2010)
  • Danny Webb (DS Maxwell) was Mr. Jefferson in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, then voiced Byron for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), and Ori for The Dark Husband (2008)
  • Zoe Tapper (Katy) voiced Collis for Legion of the Lost (2016)
  • Kieran Bew (Ian) voiced Arthur Kettleson for The Lady of Mercia (2013), Murdo Jamieson for The Helm of Awe, Krim Pollensa for Torchwood: The Lives of Captain Jack (both 2017), Richard Cooper for The Creeping Death (2019), and was Ivan in Oxygen
  • Chu Omambala (Semer) was Major Blake in The Christmas Invasion
  • Richie Campbell (Liam) voiced Floyd for Renaissance of the Daleks (2007), and Jeremiah Henderson for The Torchwood Archive (2016)
  • David Avery (Brown) was Fabian in The Name of the Doctor
  • Tim Chipping (Wilson) voiced Grigory for The Wanderer (2012), and Constable Wolsey and Mandrake for The Widow's Assassin (2014)
  • Laura Aikman (Charlotte) voiced Young Anita for Buried Memories (2019), and Lila Kreeg for Master! (2021)
  • Clare Higgins (Felicity) was Ohila in The Night of the DoctorThe Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar
  • Franc Ashman (Examiner) was Christine in The Big Bang
  • Tim Packham (Teacher) began his TV career as a Plasmaton in Dimensions in Time
  • co-executive producer James Strong was the director of The Impossible PlanetThe Satan PitDaleks in ManhattanEvolution of the Daleks, Voyage of the DamnedPartners in Crime and Planet of the Dead
  • Ray Holman was also costume designer on twenty-eight stories (from Blink to The Husbands of River Song), and Torchwood
  • Mike Jones was also film editor on twelve stories (from Rose to Face the Raven)
  • Lynsey Muir was also assistant director on thirteen episodes (from The Christmas Invasion to Doomsday) and Torchwood
  • dialogue editor Doug Sinclair was sound editor on forty-two stories (from Rose to The Waters of Mars), and The Sarah Jane Adventures, and sound designer on The Infinite Quest
  • Helen Atherton was also stand-by art director on twenty-eight adventures (from A Christmas Carol to The Name of the Doctor)
  • Louis Burnett (graphic designer) and Sebastian Marczewski (second assistant camera) were both trainees on An Adventure in Space and Time
  • Jamie Talbutt was also foley editor on fifty-eight episodes (from A Christmas Carol to The Husbands of River Song), and The Sarah Jane Adventures, and sound FX editor on Shadows of the Vashta Nerada
  • Tom Fears was camera trainee on Face the Raven too
  • Gareth Hughes was also a camera operator on fourteen editions (from Rsoe to Heaven Sent)
  • Rob Carter was also steadicam operator on The Bells of Saint John, The Rings of Akhaten and Last Christmas
  • 2nd unit DoP Joe Russell was steadicam operator on thirty-seven instalments (from Blink to The Day of the Doctor)
  • principle standby Ian Fowler was costume assistant on fourteen stories (from Into the Dalek to The Husbands of River Song)
  • Simon Marks was also costume supervisor on thirteen episodes (from The Magician's Apprentice to the 2015 Christmas special)