Doctor Who Vs. Afterlife, Series 2

This supernatural drama returned to ITV for a

second, and final series in the autumn of 2006.

The cast was again led by Lesley Sharpe (as

psychic believer Alison Mundy) and Andrew

Lincoln (the sceptic academic, Dr. Robert

Bridge) - together they investigated para-

normal cases in Bristol.

The programme earned another acting prize

at the Monte Carlo TV Festival - Sharp won 

Outstanding Actress, whilst Lincoln won the 

Actor award in 2007.

Sharp later played Sky Silvestry in Midnight,

and this season featured twenty-four Doctor

Who cast and crew connections:

Roadside Bouquets (TX: September 16 2006)

• Simon Fisher-Becker (Driver) was Dorium Maldovar in The Pandorica Opens, A Good Man Goes to War, The Wedding of River Song - a role reprised for Big Finish's The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles (2018)
• Amanda Lawrence (Woman) was Mother Doomfinger in The Shakespeare Code
• Emma Reid was unit manager on The End of the World and The Unquiet Dead too
• Marcus Catlin was also first assistant director on The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang 
• James Scott was also focus puller on sixteen adventures, from Closing Time to The Day of the Doctor
• Elaine Matthews was script supervisor on The Girl Who Waited and The God Complex too

The Rat Man (TX: September 23)

• Michael Obiora (Olivets) was Billy Shipton (pictured) in Blink

Lullaby (TX: September 30)

• series carpenter Roger Tarry worked on Midnight and The Lodger too
• Steve Hopkins was also an electrician on twenty-three instalments of the revived series (from The End of the World to The Name of the Doctor)

Your Hand In Mine (TX: October 7)

• Julie Graham (Lucy) was Ruby White in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith, and voiced Prime Minister 470 for Planet X (2016), and Carolyn for The Blood Furnace (2017)
• Liam Cunningham (Jonathan) was Captain Zhukov in Cold War
• Justine Mitchell (Claire) voiced Lucy Martin for Seasons of Fear (2002) 

Mirrorball (TX: October 21)

• series electrician Paul Duffy also worked on Rise of the Cybermen, Planet of the Ood, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures

Mind The Bugs Don't Bite (TX: October 28)

• Kenneth Cranham (Mundy) voiced Tom Cardwell for Blood of the Daleks (2007)
• Craig Kelly (Young Stan) voiced Joe for Scream of the Shalka

Things Forgotten (TX: November 4)

• Claire Rushbrook (Jennifer) was Ida Scott in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, and voiced Tula Chenka, SV111 and SV23 for Ravenous 2 (2018)
• Andrew Collins (Neurologist) voiced Drew Shahan for Live 34 (2005)
• Clive Hayward (Director) voiced the Judge and Markus for Daybreak (2019), Emperor, Duke of Ferrox and Last of the Unnatural Children for Barrister to the Stars, Marty Stone for Carnival of Angels (both 2020), and Dax for Wink (2022)
• Shirley Schumacher was clapper loader on The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks too

A Name Written In Water (TX: November 11)

• Claudio Laurini (Man) was a Headless Monk in A Good Man Goes to War
• series post-production supervisor Liz Pearson, composer Edmund Butt and music engineer Toby Wood all worked on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Chris Davies was also best boy/electrician on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Fear Her, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday, Blink, Turn Left and The Sarah Jane Adventures