Friday 5 February 2021

Doctor Who Vs. Waking the Dead, Series 5

The fifth season of BBC1's long-running
crime drama first aired in the autumn of
2005. Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, and Wil
Johnson reprised their respective roles
(as Superintendent Peter Boyd, Dr.
Grace Foley, and DI Spencer Jordan),
and were now joined by French actress 
Félicité Du Jeu, and Esther Hall (DS
Stella Goodman, and Dr. Felix Gibson).
Another repeat run of the twelve-part
series concluded on Drama last night
- it featured a total of thirty-nine Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Towers of Silence (UK TX: September 18 & 19 2005)
  • Big Finish actor Hall voiced Fortuna for The Galileo Trap (2015), Bauza, Tazeena and Mum for The Two Masters, Pheenan for Absolute Power (both 2016), and Viv and Commentator for The Iron Legion (2019)
  • David Walliams (Bell) appeared in BBC2's Doctor Who Night sketches, and voiced Quincy Flowers and Ned Cotton for Phantasmagoria (all 1999), then played Gibbis in The God Complex 
  • Gerard Murphy (Alcock) was Richard Maynarde in Silver Nemesis
  • Nina [Minoo] Wadia (Roshni) was Dr. Ramsden in The Eleventh Hour, and voiced Deepa for State of Bliss (2019)
  • Andrew Havill (Simmons) was the Chief Steward in Voyage of the Damned, then voiced Aleister Portillon and Squire Claude for The Witch from the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
  • Georgia Mackenzie (DS Stephenson) voiced Zorcha for The Difference Office (2022), and MOM/Medbots for Comrades-in-Arms (2023)
  • Michael Jenn (Prison Officer) was Clarence DeMarco in The Name of the Doctor
  • Sara [Scott Griffith] Stewart (Claire) provided the Computer voice for The End of the World
  • for Richard [Adrian] Hammatt (stuntman) see Series 1
  • Marcus Catlin was also first assistant director on The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang
Black Run (TX: September 25 & 26)
  • Robin Soans (Adamson) was Luvic in The Keeper of Traken, and the Chronolock Guy in Face the Raven
  • Michael Gould (Doyle) voiced Frederick Lindemann for The Oncoming Storm (2016)
  • Julie Teal (Solicitor) voiced Chancellor Vorena for Time in Office (2017), and the Royal Magnificat for Emancipation (2019)
  • Michael Wildman (Palliser) voiced Probos for Jenny 2 (2021)
  • Geff Francis (McNeill) was George [Maitland] in The Bells of Saint John
  • Paul Kulik was a stuntman on Rose too
  • for Rod [Paul] Woodruff (stunt co-ordinator) see Series 2
  • for Charles Jarman (stuntman) see Series 3
Subterraneans (TX: October 2 & 3)
  • Ayesha Dharker (Mary) was Solana Mercurio in Planet of the Ood
  • Mark Monero (Barnes) was Cleric Pedro in The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone
  • Ronan Vibert (Lynch) was Professor Skinner in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Last Sontaran, and voiced Ravener for Jago & Litefoot 12 (2016), and Zaal for The Perfect Prisoners (2019)
  • John Bennett (Rosenthal) was General Finch in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and Li H'sen Chang in The Talons of Weng-Chiang
  • for Tom Lucy (stunt co-ordinator) see Series 1
Straw Dog (TX: October 9 & 10)
  • Tom [John] Ellis (Taylor) was Dr. Thomas Mulligan in Last of the Time Lords
  • Paul [Peter John] Freeman (Hoyle) voiced Jalnik for The Foe from the Future (2012)
  • Angela Bruce (Judge) was Brigadier Winifred Bambera in Battlefield (a role reprised for Animal in 2011), and voiced Mother for The Persistence of Dreams (2018), and Herb for Conversion (2019)
  • Dominic Kemp (Clerk) was Kahler-Mas in A Town Called Mercy
  • Amerjit Deu (Quereshi) voiced the Swami for Hounded (2016), the Governor for World of Damnation (2018), and Roni for The Dimension Cannon (2019)
  • Crispin Green was also film editor on six stories (from Tooth and Claw to Forest of the Dead)
  • Paul Heasman was stunt co-ordinator on Survival too, and an uncredited Nazi in Silver Nemesis
  • Lee [Michael] Sherward was also stunt co-ordinator on eleven episodes of the revived run and Torchwood: Miracle Day
Undertow (TX: October 16 & 17)
  • Sharon Duncan Brewster (Sarah) was Maggie Cain in The Waters of Mars
  • Peter Hamilton Dyer (Wright) made his TV debut as Embery in Remembrance of the Daleks
  • Lucienne Suren was also art director on Asylum of the DaleksThe Angels Take Manhattan and An Adventure in Space and Time
Cold Fusion (TX: October 23 & 24)
  • Mark Lewis Jones (McQueen) voiced Professor Oliver Mortlake for The Darkness of Glass (2015)
  • Mark Kileen (Lab Biosuit) was a German Officer in Let's Kill Hitler
  • Paul Copley (Day) was Clem McDonald in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced Dad for Spare Parts (2002), and Jimmy Deel for Missing Persons (2013)
  • Sean Jackson (Constable) voiced George Crow for The Marian Conspiracy (200), and Seth Arnod for Dalek Empire 3 (2004)
  • William [John Haynes] Willoughby was also a stuntman on nine stories (from Rose to A Town Called Mercy) and Torchwood

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