Doctor Who Vs. Sea of Souls, Series 1

This supernatural drama series

from BBC Scotland and Sony

Pictures was created and written

by David Kane, produced by Phil

Collinson (before he moved onto

the revival of Doctor Who), and

was based around investigations

at Clyde University into psychic

 and paranormal phenomena. Dr.

Douglas Monaghan, Dr. Andrew

Gemmill, and Megan Sharma

were played by Glaswegian Bill

Paterson, Dubliner Peter

McDonald, and London-born

Archie Panjabi.

The six-part series debuted on

BBC1 in early 2004 - it featured Peter Capaldi, Siobhan Redmond, and

a total of thirty one Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Seeing Double (UK TX: February 2 and 3)

• James Hawes was also director of The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth and School Reunion
• Big Finish actor Hugh Ross (Claremont) voiced Reverend Merodach for Night's Black Agents (2010), Robert Stretton for Industrial Evolution (2011), Vepaja and Thraskin for Voyage to Venus (2012), Sir Toby Kinsella for Counter Measures, 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), The Reesinger Process (2014) and Split Infinitive (2019), Kyle Inskip for Masters of Earth, Gethal for The Exxilons (2015), Charles Kirkland for The Trouble With Drax (2016), and Narrator of Late Night Shopping, The Piltdown Men and Waiting for Gadot (2017)
• David Ashton (Crooks) was cast as Tomas in The Face of Evil, but was replaced by Brendan Price - he would later appear as Kendron in Timelash
• Eric Mason (Phillips) was Prison Officer Green in The Mind of Evil, and CPO Smedley in The Sea Devil
• Bhasker Patel (Dentist) was Jival Chowdry in Turn Left
• Tracy Wiles (Secretary) voiced Moira Brady for Masters of Earth (2014), Lillith Lovett for The Year of the Bat, Jacqui McGee for UNIT: Extinction (both 2015), UNIT: Silenced, Death on the Mile, The Power of River Song, Narcissus and Lady Christina 2, Commander Barnac for The Neverwhen (2016), Secretary/Ground Control for Their Finest Hour, Sharlan for The Invention of Death, Hadway/Salma/V75 for Escape from Kaldor (all 2018), Drones for The False Guardian, Wave Front 1 for Time's Assassin, Announcer/Coms for State of Bliss, Marzanna/Engel for Nightmare Country, Various for The Robots 1 (all 2019), Tryana for Return to Skaro (2020), FE-LINE/Maria/Patricia for A Forever Home, and Draven/Shira/Sentinel for The War Doctor Begins 1 (both 2021)
• Ernest Vincze was also cinematographer on thirty-eight stories (from Rose to The Waters of Mars)
• Liana Del Giudice was also film editor on the same adventures that Hawes directed
• George Gerwitz was also first assistant director on Rose, Aliens of London and World War Three
• Ray Holman was also costume designer on thirty-eight stories (from Blink to Revolution of the Daleks) and Torchwood
• Marie Brown was also the post-production supervisor (then co-ordinator) on eighty-eight episodes (from Rose to The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe), The Sarah Jane Adventures, Time Crash and Music of the Spheres
• VFX supervisor Jennifer Herbert of The Mill, was the 2D VFX artist on ten Series 1 adventures 
• Barbara Southcott was also make-up designer on fifty-nine episodes (from The Runaway Bride to the 2011 Christmas special), Time Crash and Music of the Spheres
• Pamela Mullins was also a make-up artist (then later supervisor) on fifty-six stories (from the 2006 Christmas special to The Wedding of River Song)
• script supervisor Sheila Johnston worked on continuity for Voyage of the Damned, Partners in Crime, The Fires of Pompeii, Planet of the Ood and The Unicorn and the Wasp

Mind Over Matter (UK TX: February 9 & 10)

• Michelle Collins (Katie) was Captain Kath McDonnell in 42
• Ellie Haddington (Ellen) was Professor Docherty in Last of the Time Lords
• Struan Rodger (McKay) provided the voice for the Face of Boe for New Earth and Gridlock, and was Clayton in The Woman Who Lived
• Jonathan Guy Lewis (Sam) voiced Marcus Bray for After the Daleks (2021)

That Old Black Magic (UK TX: February 16 & 17)

• Rakie Ayola (Yemi) was the Hostess in Midnight
• Nicholas Gecks (Croft) was Albert Dumfries in The Sound of Drums
• Louis Mahoney (Chris) and Michael Obiora (Lucas) both played Billy Shipton in Blink - the former also appeared as the Newscaster in Frontier in Space, and Ponti in Planet of Evil
• Esther Coles (Nurse) voiced Scott for Lethal Progress (2026)
• Tim Plester (Assistant) was a Servant in A Christmas Carol
• Brian Milliken was also sound recordist on The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Paul Heasman (an uncredited Nazi in Silver Nemesis, and stunt arranger on Survival) and Rocky Taylor (stuntman on The Idiot's Lantern) were both stunt co-ordinators here
• series first assistant director Peter Bennett was assistant on fourteen instalments, production manager on four episodes, then produced another six
• series electrician Scott Napier was later the gaffer on The Day of the Doctor