Tuesday, 12 April 2022

Doctor Who Vs. Innocent, Series 1

Co-produced by TXTV and All3Media
for ITV, this crime drama mini-series
was co-written by Matthew Arlidge,
creator of the DI Helen Grace police
procedural book series.
After serving seven years in prison,
David Collins' conviction for his wife
Tara's murder is overturned. The
thriller focused on the new homicide
 investigation, whilst Collins (played
by Lee Ingleby) struggled to prove
 his innocence to his estranged
children. Series two, starring
Katherine Kelly, was shown in May
last year.
First shown over four consecutive
week-nights in May 2018, Innocent began another repeat run on
ITV3 last night - it featured thirteen Doctor Who cast and crew
connections:

  • Richard Clark was also director of GridlockThe Lazarus Experiment, The Doctor's Wife and Night Terrors
  • Ingleby voiced Samson Griffin for Big Finish's Terror Firma (2005)
  • Daniel Ryan [born O'Brien] (Phil) was Biff Cane in Midnight
  • Hermione [Jane] Norris (Alice) was Captian Lundvik in Kill the Moon
  • Adrian Rawlins (Moffatt) was Dr. Ryder in Planet of the Ood
  • Angel Coulby (DI Hudson) was Katherine in The Girl in the Fireplace
  • Christina Cole (Louise) was Lilith in The Shakespeare Code
  • Zahra Ahmadi (DS Garcia) was Missy in Nightmare in Silver
  • Tony Gardner (CS Hillman) voiced Stapleton Petherbridge for The Wrong Doctors (2013), then was Douglas in The Pyramid at the End of the World
  • Nicholas Asbury (Ryland) was Etoine in The Zygon Inversion, and voiced Rowe for The Many Deaths of Jo Grant (2011), Captain Anthony Burmaster for UNIT: Assembled, Chairman Bart Falco for The Silurian Candidate (both 2017), Visguard, Captain Morgan and Officer for Churchill Victorious, Dante for Kings of Infinite Space, Whodunnit? and Someone I Once Knew (all 2018), Captain Zenna and Kivall for Out of Time 1, Tenebrae and Franz Albrecht Stuart for Rulers of Earth (both 2020), Mollis for Colony of Fear, Pietersen and Commander Stevenson for Return of the Cybermen, William Shakespeare for The Hollow Crown, and Preacher Stem for The Melting Pot (all 2021)
  • Elliot [Aidan] Cowan (Wilson) voiced Gark for The Fifth Traveller (2016)
  • Justin Salinger (Journalist) was Tasker in Oxygen, then voiced Ambassador Ribble for The Poison of Peladon, the President for Doctor of War 2, and Dr. Miroy/Huntmaster (all 2022)
  • Tim Faraday (Eric) was Tom's Dad in Fear Her