Doctor Who Vs. Luther, Series 4

Idris Elba returned as the titular Metropolitan

Police detective, DCI John Luther for the fourth

series of BBC1's dark psychological thriller, first

shown in December 2015.

Michael Smiley and Dermot Crowley reprised

their roles as Benny Silver and DSU Schenk,

 whilst Warren Brown made a cameo

appearance as DS Justin Ripley. Darren Boyd

and Rose Leslie debuted  here as DCI Bloom

and DS Lane.

Both Elba and writer Neil Cross have confirmed

there are plans for a film version of Luther, and

a spin-off series based around Ruth Wilson's

character, killer Alice Morgan.

Another repeat run of the two-part case began

on Drama last night - it featured nine Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Boyd voiced Hemmings for Big Finish's The Shadow of London (2018)
• John Heffernan (Rose) voiced Vonchef for Revenge of the Swarm (2004), the Nine for The Crucible of Souls (2016), Companion Piece, Relative Time (both 2019) and The Dreams of Avarice (2022), and Honos for The Trial of a Time Machine (2018)
• Michael Obiora (Minty) was Billy Shipton in Blink
• Clem So (Dealer) was a Mongolian in Asylum of the Daleks, Artisan in The Angels Take Manhattan, Tourist in The Day of the Doctor, Clockwork Droid in Deep Breath, Bank Client in Time Heist, Alien in Face the Raven and The Husbands of River Song, Gent in Thin Ice, Guard in Extremis, Corpse in Oxygen, and Pirate in Legend of the Sea Devils
• Marcus Wilson was also producer of twenty-eight stories (from The Impossible Astronaut to The Time of the Doctor), and The Doctors Revisited 
• Thomas Alibone and Simon Maloney were both assistant directors on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Claire Lawrence was a stunt performer on The Return of Doctor Mysterio too
• Leon Harris was also a SFX technician on The Snowmen, The Crimson Horror, Nightmare in Silver, The Name of the Doctor and The Day of the Doctor
• Gary Norman was also the grip on twenty-five stories (from A Christmas Carol to the 50th Anniversary special)

Doctor Who Vs. The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)

Produced by Tiger Aspect for BBC1,

this adaptation of Conan Doyle's most

famous and prolific Sherlock Holmes

mystery was shot extensively on

location in Liverpool, Cumbria and the

Isle of Man.

The narrative here differs considerably

from the original novel, published in

1902, following serialisation in The Strand magazine.

First shown in the UK on Boxing Day

2002 (and in America a month later),

Holmes and Watson were portrayed

here by Australian Richard Roxburgh

(pictured right) and Liverpool-born

Ian Hart (left). Roxburgh then played

Holmes' nemesis, Moriarty in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, whilst Hart later depicted Conan

Doyle in Finding Neverland. A sequel (also written by Allan Cubitt),

The Case of the Silk Stocking saw Hart reprise his role opposite 

Rupert Everett's Holmes.

Shown on Drama today, the BAFTA nominated serial featured

Richard E Grant, Neve McIntosh, Matt Day, John Nettles,

Geraldine James, and eleven other Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

• Grant (Stapleton here; Sherlock Holmes in The Other Side, 1992; Mycroft Holmes in Sherlock, 2002) and McIntosh (Beryl) were reunited on The Snowmen and The Name of the Doctor, when they reprised their roles of Dr. Walter Simeon and Vastra
• Ron Cook (Barrymore) was Magpie in The Idiot's Lantern
• Liza Tarbuck (Mrs. Barrymore) voiced Captain Kaliko for The Infinite Quest, and Lysette Barclay for Plague of the Daleks (2009)
• Danny Webb (DI Lestrade here; DI Carter in A Scandal in Belgravia) was John Jefferson in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, and voiced Byron for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), and Ori in The Dark Husband (2008)
• Jim Norton (Coroner here; Walter in Elementary) voiced Major Thomas Kennet for Scream of the Shalka, opposite Grant's Ninth Doctor
• Stephan Bessant (Warder) voiced Julius for The Council of Nicaea (2005)
• Julie Scott was also co-executive producer on ninety-one stories (from The Runaway Bride to Last Christmas), Time Crash, Music of the Spheres, Dreamland, City of the Daleks, Blood of the Cybermen, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood, An Adventure in Space and Time, The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot and Doctor Who at the Proms
• Mark Isaac was also focus puller on sixteen instalments of the revived series (from Rose to School Reunion)
• Bob Shipsey was also a camera operator on The Doctor's Wife and Night Terrors
• script supervisor Karen Jones began her career as a production assistant (PA) on Mindwarp

Doctor Who Vs. Sherlock, Series 3

The long-awaited third season 
of Hartswood Films' Sherlock

consolidated the success of

previous runs by increasing 

it's viewing figures and 

audience share yet again -

it garnered further critical

acclaim, and massive internet
traffic. 
An exclusive online edition,
Many Happy Returns, preceded 

the new, three-part series and 
was available on the BBC's
iPlayer, Red Button and You
Tube channels.

Holmes and Watson (port-

rayed by Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman) were again

joined by Una Stubbs (as Mrs. [Martha] Hudson), Louise Brealey

(Molly Hooper), Rupert Graves (DI Lestrade), Vinette Robinson (DS

Donovan), Jonathan Aris (Anderson), and Mark Gatiss (Mycroft Holmes). Newcomer Amanda Abbington played Mary Morstan.

The multi-award winning drama concluded another repeat run on

Drama this week - it featured another forty-two Doctor Who cast

and crew connections:

Many Happy Returns (BBC TX: Christmas Eve 2013)

• Christopher J Thomas was also a floor runner on twelve episodes (from Into the Dalek to Last Christmas), and assistant director on another forty-nine (from Deep Breath to the Centenary special)
• Nandie Narishkin was also stand-by art director on The Snowmen, The Rings of Akhaten, Cold War, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS and The Crimson Horror
• John Mooney (series sound mixer) worked on Remembrance of the Daleks, Silver Nemesis, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Battlefield and Ghost Light
• Warwick Boole was also a SFX technician on thirteen stories (from Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS to Death in Heaven)
• Nicolas Hernandez (CG supervisor) was artist/supervisor on forty-four editions (from Father's Day to The End of Time)
• Benoit Leveau was also head of VFX software on fourteen instal- ments (from Into the Dalek to The Witch's Familiar)
• Arran Glasser was also SFX technician on forty-four episodes (from Deep Breath to The Witchfinders)
• Keith Barton was also SFX technician on thirty-nine stories (from The Day of the Doctor to Twice Upon a Time)
• Sara Bennett was also VFX artist/compositor on forty-three editions (from Rose to The Big Bang)
• for Dave Kneath and Jean Claude Deguara see A Scandal in Belgravia

The Empty Hearse 

(BBC TX: New Year's Day 2014, January 3, December 6 2014, August 10, 

December 4 2015/Alibi TX: February 17, February 18, March 27 2016, New 

Year's Day 2017, January 5, September 6, September 23, December 20

2017, March 25, October 27, October 28, December 31 2018, January 1 2019/Watch TX: September 11 2016/Drama TX: August 11 2018, May 22, November 30 2022)

• Wanda Ventham (Mrs. Holmes) was Jean Rook in The Faceless Ones, Thea Ransome in Image of the Fendahl, and Faroon in Time and the Rani
• David Fynn (Shilcott) was Marcellus in The Pandorica Opens
• Rick [George] Warden (Dad) voiced Styggron/Sonk for The Difference Office (2022)
• for Sydney Wade (Claudie) see Series 2: The Reichenbach Fall
• Jim Conway (Reporter) was Uncle Josh in The Snowmen
• Tomi May (Torturer) has been cast in Series 10
• for Steve Lawes, Arwel Jones and Claire Pritchard see Series 1
• David Jones was also VFX artist on fifteen episodes (from The Next Doctor to The Name of the Doctor), and The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Enemy of the Bane

The Sign of Three 
(BBC TX: January 5, January 10, December 13 2014, August 17 2015, 
December 11 2015/Alibi TX: February 24, February 25, March 28 2016,

New Year's Day 2017, January 12, September 13, September 23, December

20 2017, April 1, November 3, November 4, December 31 2018, January 1

2019/Watch TX: September 18 2016/Drama TX: August 18 2018, May 29,

December 7 2022)

• Steve Thompson was also writer of The Curse of the Black Spot, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, Time Heist and The Science of Doctor Who
• Susie Liggat was the first assistant director on Love & Monsters, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday, then also producer of eight stories (from Human Nature to The Next Doctor) 
• Colm McCarthy was director of The Bells of Saint John too
• prolific Big Finish actor Nicholas Asbury (Landlord) was Etoine in The Zygon Inversion, and voiced Rowe for The Many Deaths of Jo Grant (2011), Anthony Burmaster for UNIT: Assembled, Chairman Bart Falco for The Silurian Candidate (both 2017), Captain Morgan, Visguard and Officer for Churchill Victorious, Dante for The Diary of River Song 4 (both 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, Commander Stevenson and Pietersen for Return of the Cybermen, William Shakespeare for The Hollow Crown, Preacher Stem for The Melting Pot (all 2021), and Hari Ventross for Kaldor Nights (2022)
• Alistair Petrie (Sholto) voiced Major Harris and German Lieutenant for Criss-Cross (2015), Julius Caesar for Living History (2016), John for Dethras, Richard Tipple for The Outliers (both 2017), Wallace Richards for Ghost Machines (2019), and Magnus Drake for Faustian and Vengeance (both 2021)
• Jalaal Hartley (Photographer) was Dick in The Shakespeare Code
• Debbie Chazen (Vicky) was Foon Van Hoff in Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Dr. Barbara Goro for The Outliers
• Tim Chipping (Duty Sergeant) voiced Grigory for The Wanderer (2012), and Constable Wolsey and Mandrake for The Widow's Assassin (2014)
• Oliver Lansley (David) was Jorj in World Enough and Time
• Rita Arya (Gail) was Gat in Fugitive of the Judoon
• Clem So (Raver) was a Mongolian in Asylum of the Daleks, Artisan in The Angels Take Manhattan, Tourist in The Day of the Doctor, Clockwork Droid in Deep Breath, Bank Client in Time Heist, and Alien in Face the Raven and The Husbands of River Song
• Jozef Aoki (Tourist) voiced Toda Elji and Yoshita Hiroshi for The Barbarians and the Samurai (2018)
• Becky Trotman was also assistant editor on thirty-seven instal- ments (from The Vampires of Venice to The Name of the Doctor)
• Blaanid Maddrell was also the production buyer on Love & Monsters, Gridlock and The Lazarus Experiment, and assistant designer on The Sarah Jane Adventures and Attack of the Graske

His Last Vow 
(BBC TX: January 12, January 17, December 20 2014, August 24 2015, 
December 18 2015/Alibi TX: March 2, March 3, March 28 2016, New Year's 
Day 2017, January 19, September 20, September 23, December 20 2017,
April 8, November 10, November 11, December 31 2018, January 1 2019/
Watch TX: September 25 2016/Drama TX: August 25 2018, June 5, December

14 2022)

• Nick Hurran was also director of The Girl Who Waited, The God Complex, Asylum of the Daleks, The Angels Take Manhattan and The Day of the Doctor
• Lindsay Duncan (Lady Smallwood here; Series 4: The Six Thatchers) was Captain Adelaide Brooke in The Waters of Mars
• Tim Wallers (Garvie) was Childers in Victory of the Daleks, and voiced Justinian for The Secret History (2015), and Commander Roxita and Security Chief Raldon for Classic Doctors, New Monsters 2 (2017)
• Katherine Jakeways (Benji) voiced Jill for Nightshade (2016)
• Alan Bond (Coroner) was a UNIT Soldier in The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords
• second unit director Mike Hedges was first assistant on Twice Upon a Time
• Owen Charnley was also the assistant grip on twenty-eight stories (from The Impossible Astronaut to The Day of the Doctor)
• series make-up artist Amy Riley was make-up supervisor on Listen, Time Heist, Kill the Moon, Mummy on the Orient Express and In the Forest of the Night