Scottish crime drama, created
and written by Tom Edge, was
set on a Royal Navy nuclear
submarine.
Suranne Jones portrayed DCI
Silva, the detective assigned
to a murder investigation on-
board HMS Vigil.
The six-part thriller concluded
on BBC1 last night - it featured
Anjli Mohindra, Rose Leslie,
Shaun Evans, Martin Compston,
and these thirteen Doctor Who
cast and crew connections:
- Jones played the titular subject in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Mona Lisa's Revenge, then Idris in The Doctor's Wife
- 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
- Paterson [Davis] Joseph (Newsome) was Rodrick in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, then voiced Victor Espinosa for Earth Aid (2011), and Matthew for Torchwood One: Machines (2018)
- Adam James (Prentice) was DI Macmillan in Planet of the Dead
- Dan Li (Hennessy) was Alexei in The Bells of Saint John, then voiced Grillo Clavik for The Genesis Chamber, Dokan for UNIT: Shutdown (both 2016), Okada Shumei for The Barbarians and the Samurai (2018), Mike Chaoxiang/Raptor for Master! 3 (2024), and Lee Hoi Sang/Stall holder/KC Chen for The First Question (2026)
- Lois Chimimba (Tara) was Mabli in The Tsuranga Conundrum, and voiced Abby McPhail for Redacted, Euphemia for The Undying Truth (2020), and Bartholom for Solitary Confinement (2023)
- Oliver Lansley (Hill) was Jorj in World Enough and Time, and voiced Jack Ridpath for Chapel of Night (2017)
- Lorne [Alasdair] MacFadyen (Doward) voiced Sergeant Jack McManis for Dark Side of the Moon (2022), Kaiju (2025) and Shining Armour (2026), Frank Jewell for His Close Companions, Auctioneer for The Foxglove Cylinders, and Alan Stubbs for The Sitter (all 2024)
- Bhav Joshi (Deerborne) was Canterbury James Olliphant in Boom
- Andrew Burford was also stuntman on The Eaters of Light, The Doctor Falls, Twice Upon a Time, Kerblam!, The Witchfinders, The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos and Spyfall (2)
- Xavier Lake (Trawlerman) was stuntman on The Woman Who Fell to Earth, Revolution of the Daleks and Class
- Alex Balmer was also digital compositor on twenty-nine stories (from Deep Breath to Oxygen) and Class
- Emma Dorward (draughtsperson) was art department trainee on Robot of Sherwood, Time Heist, Flatline, Dark Water and Class
