Doctor Who Vs. Casualty @ 35: Series 19

Series regulars Derek

Thompson, Ian Bleasdale, 
Martina Laird, Suzanne

Packer, James Redmond, 
Sarah Manners, Matthew
Walt, Rebekah Gibbs, and 
Simon MacCorkindale all 
returned for the nine-
teenth season of BBC 
One's long-running 
medical drama.

Joining the main cast

here were Liz Carling

(as Dr. Selena Donovan), Susan Cookson (Dr. Maggie Coldwell), Luke

Bailey (receptionist Sam Bateman), Will Thorp (paramedic Woody

Joyner), Georgina Bouzova (nurse Ellen Zitek), Elyes Gabel (SHO

Guppy Sandhu), Janine Mellor (nurse Kelsey Phillips), and Adam

James (Peter Guildford). Meanwhile, Maxwell Caulfield, Louise

 Brealey, Kwame Kwei Armah, and Leanne Wilson had all left by

the series' conclusion.

Whilst Casualty launched in September 1986 and spin-off Holby

City began in January 1999, the first proper crossover story was

shown at Christmas 2004, during this run. A further seven specials

(including an interactive edition) aired over the next year.

With just a fortnight's break between seasons, this extended

series (plus the two-part Casualty @ Holby festive special) was

originally broadcast from September 2004 to August 2005.

Another repeat run of the forty-six part season concluded on

Drama today - it featured Freema Agyeman, Geoffrey

Beevers, Tommy Knight, and a total of fifty-one Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

• Mellor was Janey in The Woman Who Fell to Earth
• Lucy Benjamin (Gina here; Denise, 2015/17) was Young Nyssa in (part 4 of) Mawdryn Undead
• Mary Wimbush (Lily) was Aunt Lavinia Smith in K9 and Company
• Alan Dorrington (Ronan) was a Corpse in The Unquiet Dead, and Crofter in Tardisode: Tooth and Claw
• prolific Big Finish actor Tim Treloar (PC Watson here; Huntingdon, 2006) voiced Van Cleef for Return of the Rocket Men, the Lord President for Dark Eyes 1, Ingiger for Gods and Monsters, Lord Jack Corrigan for Destination: Nerva, Tyron for The Burning Prince (all 2012), Telephus and Cisyphus for Mask of Tragedy (2014), Ergu for The Exxilons (2015), the Doctor for The Light at the End (2013), The Third Doctor Adventures (from 2015), The Legacy of Time and Peepshow (both 2019), Narrator of Damascus (2016) and Gardeners' World (2017), John Hughes and Robert Matson for Black Thursday (2019), and Silas for Beyond War Games (2022)
• Thorp was Tobias Zed in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, then voiced Gaius Julius Caesar for 100 BC, and Jacob for Bedtime Story (both 2007)
• Adam James and Ellen Thomas (Stephanie here; Florence, 2012) both appeared in Planet of the Dead, as DI Macmillan and Carmen
• Richard Beale (Slavin) voiced a Refusian in The Ark, and Broad- caster for The Macra Terror, then appeared as Bat Masterson in The Gunfighters, and a Minister in The Green Death
• Patrick Romer (Marchant) voiced Dr. Andrew Szabo for Thicker Than Water (2005)
• Jordan Murphy (Liam) was Ernie in The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances
• Jamie Edgell (Alan) was also a stunt co-ordinator on The End of the World, Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways
• Philippa Burt (Nurse, here & 2007) was a Peasant in The Family of Blood
• Jim Findley (Sherman) was Mercer in Resurrection of the Daleks
• Ella Kenion (Maggie) and Eva Alexander (Najma) both starred in Let's Kill Hitler, as Harriet and Nurse - Kenion also voiced Boudica for The Wrath of the Iceni (2012), and Romy for Equilibrium (2015)
• MyAnna Buring (Kirsty) was Scooti Manista in The Impossible Planet 
• Sarah Greene (Elsa) was Varne in (part 2 of) Attack of the Cybermen
• Amanda Lawrence (Geraldine) was Doomfinger in The Shakespeare Code
• Richard Bremmer (Malloy) voiced General Hemmings, Valcon, and Taxi Driver for The Valley of Death (2011), and Old Beowulf for Black and White (2012)
• Amanda Mealing (Connie Beauchamp here to present; Holby City, 2001-16) was an alt-Connie for an ultimately cut scene in The Lie of the Land
• René Zagger (Smith) was Padra in Utopia
• James Albrecht (Daniels here; Fireman, 2007) voiced Major Heyward for City of Spires (2010)
• McFly made a cameo appearance in The Sound of Drums too
• Ozzie Yue (Clive) was a Foreman in The Angels Take Manhattan 
• Rhoda Lewis (Molly) was Marta in State of Decay
• Madhav Sharma (Sandhu) was Patel in Frontier in Space (3)
• Vinette Robinson (Kirsty) was Abi Lerner in 42
• Brian Cant (Hargreaves) was Kert Gantry in The Daleks' Master Plan (1), and Tensa in The Dominators
• Jean Challis (Nancy) was Aunt Betty in The Idiot's Lantern
• Alice O'Connell (Jo) was Laura in The Power of Three
• Sue Kelvin (Maureen) was Suzette Chambers in Partners in Crime
• Michael Jibson (PC Burrows) voiced Corporal Gibbs for The Forsaken (2015)
• Oliver Dimsdale (Mallins) voiced Morecombe Unwise for Come Die With Me, Mervyn Garvey for Dead to the World, Archie Ferrers for The Boundless Sea (all 2015), Commander Trelon for A Thing of Guile (2016), and Rebben Tace and V52 for The Sons of Kaldor (2018)
• Colin Spaull (Crake) was Lilt in Revelation of the Daleks, Mr. Crane in Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel, and voiced Henrik for Grand Theft Cosmos (2008)
• Imogen Stubbs (Chloe) voiced Isabella Clerkwell for The Diary of River Song 1 (2015)
• Sasha Behar (Liz here; Alex, 2018) was Spurrina in The Fires of Pompeii
• Michael Carter (De Fraine) made his TV debut in The Mind of Evil as Prisoner and UNIT Soldier
• Ben Turner (Pickering here; Baxter, 2008; Jay Faldren, 2008-11) was King Louis in The Girl in the Fireplace
• Lizzie Roper (Jeannie) voiced Hoss for Kiss of Death (2011), Leandra Roath for The First Sontarans, Dr. Nadia Cervenka and Margaret for Artificial Intelligence (both 2012), Krakenmother Banarra for Starlight Robbery (2013), Celia Turner and Leslie King for The Crooked Man, Florence Woolley and Beatrice for Murder at Moorsey Manor, Victoria for The Wax Princess (all 2014), Bella for Stage Fright, Shari for We are the Daleks (both 2015), Rosata Laxter and High Minister for The Lady of Obsidian (2017), Trencher for Planet of the Drashigs, and Eira Hughes for Black Thursday (both 2019)
• Raji James (Ajay here; PC Singh, 2010) was Dr. Rajesh Singh in Doomsday and Army of Ghosts
• Katherine Parkinson (Helen) voiced Danika Meanwhile for The Death Collectors (2008)
• Sion Tudor Owen (PC Wales here; Cottle, 2007) was Tandrell in The Mysterious Planet
• Daniel Hyde (Newley) was a Workman in The Snowmen
• Veronica Roberts (Sheila) voiced Krelos Major for The Fate of Krelos, Relly for Return to Telos (both 2015), and Ohila for The War Doctor Begins 1 (2021)
• Nickie Rainsford (Sally) was the Editor in Tardisode: Army of Ghosts
• Michael Lumsden (Hearne) voiced Newton Pallister for The Crash of the UK-201 (2018)
• Chukwudi Iwuji (Peel) was Carl in The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon, and voiced Joshua Sembeke for A Thousand Tiny Wing (2009)
• Jenny Lee (Bunny) was Woman in Face the Raven, and voiced the Keeper for Portrait of a Lady (2018)
• Dan March (Brown) voiced Varian for The Lure of the Nomad (2017)
• Bradley Freegard (Walsh) voiced Phil for Night of the Fendahl (2019)
• Lenora Critchlow (Linda here; Michelle, 2008) was Cheen in Gridlock, and voiced Rachel Cooper for The Architects of History (2010)
• Dominique Moore (Ruby) voiced Gemma for The Diary of River Song 9 (2021)
• James Strong was also director of The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, Voyage of the Damned, Partners in Crime and Planet of the Dead