Doctor Who Vs. Strike, Series 1

Bronte Films' five-part drama

was based on the crime novels

of JK Rowling, written under

the pseudonym of Robert

Galbraith. Plans to adapt the

 Cormoran Strike books were

announced in late 2014, and 

Harry Potter author Rowling 

acted as an executive producer.

Londoner Tom Burke and

Manchester-born Holliday 

Grainger were cast as Strike

and Robin Ellacott in 2016.

Adaptations of Career of Evil

and Lethal White followed in

2018 and 2020.

The first serial premiered at BFI Southbank in August 2017, and another repeat run of the next

mystery concluded on Alibi last night - they featured a total of

twenty-nine Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

The Cuckoo's Calling 
(Published 2013/BBC1 TX: August 27/28 & September 3 2017/BBC4 TX: February 13 to 15 2018/Alibi TX: December 9 to 11 2019, July 13 to 15, 

December 22, 24/25 2020, February 17 to March 3, July 14 to 28 2021/

Drama TX: November 9 to 23 2020, January 25 to February 8, July 8 to

22 2023, January 27 to February 10 2024)

• Leo Bill (Bristow) was the Pilot in A Christmas Carol
• Alisha Bailey (Jenny) was Isabella in The Vampires of Venice
• David Avery (Kolovas-Jones) was Fabian in The Name of the Doctor
• Steve Healey (Passerby) was director and co-writer of (fan short) Tale of a Time Lord
• Big Finish actor John Albasiny (Enright) voiced Guy Dean for BBV's Homeland (1999), Lev Tlostoy and Preston for The Angel of Scutari (2009), Maxim Felnikov for Thin Ice and Crime of the Century (2011), Chris Fleming for Phantoms of the Deep (2013), Jesper for Equilibrium (2015), and Makerenkov for Last of the Romanovs (2021)
• Genevieve [Wilhemina] Gaunt (Tricia) voiced Corporal Linda Maxwell for The Helliax Rift and Warlock's Cross, and Anna and Commander for Red Planets (all 2018)
• Ben Crompton (Shanker) was Ross in Into the Dalek
• Sian [Jane Elizabeth Ailwen] Phillips (Lady Bristow) voiced COLT-5000 for Jenny, Pilgrim for Ravenous 2 (both 2018), the Inquisitor for Gallifrey (2020), and the Director for The World Traders (2021)
• Suzanne Cave (costume designer), Nigel Squibbs (mixer) and Dan Rees (grip) all worked on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• James Gregory was also ADR mixer on The Haunting of Villa Diodati and Ascension of the Cybermen
• Richard Rowntree also provided additional greens for forty-one stories (from The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe to The Husbands of River Song)
• stuntman Gordon Seed was stunt co-ordinator on thirty-six episodes (from The Idiot's Lantern to Kill the Moon)
• stunt performers Claire Lawrence, Matt Hermiston and Levan Doran all worked on the revived run
• John Mooney was also sound assistant on Remembrance of the Daleks, (part 3 of) Silver Nemesis, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Battlefield and Ghost Light

The Silkworm 
(Published 2014/BBC1 TX: September 10 & 17/BBC4 TX: February 16

2018/Alibi TX: December 12/13 2019, July 16/17, December 26/27 2020,

March 10 & 17, August 4 & 11 2021/Drama TX: November 30 & December

7 2020, February 15 & 22, July 29 2023, February 17 & 24 2024)

• Tim McInnerny (Chard) was Klineman Halpen in Planet of the Ood, and voiced Admiral Dolne for The Well-Mannered War (2015)
• Dominic Mafham (Waldergrave) voiced Moran for The Jigsaw War (2012), and Chidak for The Dalek Contract and The Final Phase (both 2013)
• Catherine Bailey (Jess) was Miss Wyckham in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Lost in Time, then voiced Maddox for The Shadow of London, and Tan for Iron Bright (both 2018)
• Jack Monaghan (Analyst) voiced Dunne and Selfdrive for The High Price of Parking (2017)
• Rachel [Linda] Bell (Edna) was Priscilla P in The Happiness Patrol
• Lloyd Bass (stunt driver here & Lethal White) was stuntman on The Time of the Doctor and Twice Upon a Time
• Dani Biernat was also stunt co-ordinator on seventeen stories (from The Christmas Invasion to Kerblam!)
• Stephanie Carey was also a stunt performer on eight stories (from Voyage of the Damned to The Haunting of Villa Diodati)
• Abbi Collins was also stunt co-ordinator on eleven stories (from Rise of the Cybermen to The Waters of Mars) and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Sam Williams was film editor on The Rings of Akhaten too
• Daniel Bishop was steadicam operator on The Husbands of River Song too

Career of Evil (BBC1 TX: February 25 & March 4 2018/Alibi TX: August

18 & 25 2021/Drama TX: March 1 & 8, August 5 2023, March 2 & 9 2024)