Doctor Who Vs. Grantchester, Series 5

Tom Brittney, Robson Green, Al

Weaver, and Tess Peake Jones all

returned for the fifth season of

ITV Studios' period crime drama

- based on James Runcie's The Grantchester Mysteries.

A repeat run of the six-part series

(first shown in early 2020) began

on ITV3 last night - it featured Jemma Redgrave, and a total

of fifteen Doctor Who cast/crew connections:

• for Peake Jones, Nick Brimble and Oliver Dimsdale see Series 2
• Sandra [Jane] Huggett (Marie) voiced Dorada for Big Finish's The War Master 5 (2020)
• Siobhan Redmond (Andrea) voiced Talin for Revenge of the Swarm, then the eponymous Time Lord for The Rani Elite (both 2014) and Planet of the Rani (2015)
• David [James] Bamber (John) was Captain Quell in Mummy on the Orient Express, and voiced Emperor Constantine for The Council of Nicaea (2005), and Colonel Ulrik/Whitmore for The Four Doctors (2010)
• Dominic Mafham (Gurney-Clifford) voiced Moran for The Jigsaw War (2012), and Chidak for The Dalek Contract and The Final Phase (both 2013)
• Zoe Tapper (Betsy) voiced Collis for Legion of the Lost (2016)
• Bern Callaco (Suspect) was an Operator in The Return of Doctor Mysterio, and Soldier in Thin Ice
• Rupert Holliday Evans (Burrows) was Colonel [Alan] Mace in The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky, then voiced Celtic Warrior for The Relics of Time, Artist for The Demon of Paris, and Cop for Starfall (all 2010)
• Tracy Ann Oberman (Sister) was Yvonne Hartman in Army of Ghosts and Doomsday - a role reprised for Big Finish's Torchwood - she also voiced Temperance Finch/Mrs. Grenville for Deimos and The Resurection of Mars (both 2010), and the titular Tartarus (2019)
• Sean Gilder (Finch) was the Sycorax Leader in The Christmas Invasion
• stunt co-ordinator Stephanie Carey was a stunt performer on ten stories (from Voyage of the Damned to The Vanquishers)
• Tom Chapman was also the film editor on Spyfall (2) and Orphan 55
• for costume designer Louise Page see Series 4

Doctor Who Vs. Luther, Series 5

After an absence of three years,

the long-awaited fifth season of

Neil Cross' acclaimed thriller

debuted on BBC1 in January 2019.

Idris Elba returned as maverick

DCI John Luther in another dark

murder case, whilst newcomer

Wunmi Mosaku played DS Halliday.

Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley,

and Ruth Wilson reprised their

respective roles as Schenk, Benny,

and Alice Morgan.

A film version of Luther, The

Fallen Sun, was finally unveiled

in cinemas this month, then is

launched on Netflix next month.

A repeat showing of the drama

(originally shown over four con-

secutive nights from New Year's

Day) began on Drama last night - it featured Paul McGann, Patrick Malahide, and a total of twenty-two Doctor Who cast/crew alumni:

• Marcus Wilson was also producer of twenty-eight episodes (from The Impossible Astronaut to The Day of the Doctor), and The Doctors Revisited
• Jamie Payne was also director of Hide and The Time of the Doctor
• Derek Ritchie was also producer of The Doctor's Meditation, Under the Lake, Before the Flood, The Girl Who Died, The Woman Who Lived and Class, following script editing duties on the 2013 festive adventure, Deep Breath, Into the Dalek, The Caretaker and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
• Hermione [Jane] Norris (Dr. Lake) Captian Lundvik in Kill the Moon
• Sonita Henry (Daria) was Colonel Meme in The Time of the Doctor
• Roberta [Alexandra Mary] Taylor [born Roberts] (Celia) voiced Berengaria for The Holy Terror (2000), Angela Wisher for Cuddlesome (2008), and Maid for I Was Churchill's Double (2018)
• for Michael Obiora (Minty) see Series 4
• Jami Reid Quarrell (Hauser) was Colony Sarff in The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar, the Veil in Heaven Sent, and the Wraith in Hell Bent
• Katie Brayben (Penny) was Ellie in Oxygen
• Julie Teal (Miriam) voiced Chancellor Vorena for Time in Office (2017), and the Royal Magnificat for Emancipation (2019)
• Anthony [Matthew] Howell (Palmer) voiced Edward Perkins for The Valley of Death (2011), Christopher Manners for The Renaissance Man, Meredid Roath for The First Sontarans (both 2012), Professor John Bleak for The Lady of Mercia (2013), Victor Bataille for Island of Death, Tim Hope for The End of the Line (both 2015), Volar Crick for The Robots 1 (2019), Adrian for Out of This World, Lord Morton/Donat/Devore for Plight of the Pimpernel (both 2020), Macbeth/Siward for The Curse of Lady Macbeth (2021), Volen Steasel/Thug for The Tivolian Who Knew Too Much (2022), Cornwell for Double (2023), and Alan Turing for Storm of the Sea Devils (2024)
• Delroy Atkinson (Hayes) voiced Dav Christos/Therian Leader for Animal Instinct, Wadmore for The Avenues of Possibility (both 2019), and Mike/Messingham/UNIT Soldier for Long Shot (2021)
• Nicholas Asbury (DCI Woodgate) voiced Rowe for The Many Deaths of Jo Grant (2011), Anthony Burmaster for UNIT: Assembled, Chairman Bart Falco for The Silurian Candidate (both 2017), Visguard/Captain Morgan/SB Officer for Churchill Victorious, Dante for The Diary of River Song 4 (both 2018), Captain Zenna/Kivall for Out of Time, Shakespeare for The Hollow Crown, Tenebrae/ Franz Albrecht Stuart for Rulers of Earth (all 2020), Commander Stevenson/Pietersen for Return of the Cybermen, Mollis for Colony of Fear, Preacher Stem for The Melting Pot (all 2021), Hari Ventross for Kaldor Nights, Dr. Sturm for Shellshock, and Ivan for Suckers (all 2022), then was Etoine in The Zygon Inversion
• Lewis Young (Lucas) was a stuntman on Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
• Andrew Burford (Emil) was a 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 was stuntman on The Woman Who Fell to Earth too
• Crispin Layfield was also stunt co-ordinator on fifty stories (from Father's Day to The Day of the Doctor)
• John Pardue was cinematographer on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Ian Adrian was also camera operator on The Vampires of Venice, The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood and The Lodger, then DoP (director of photography) on Twice Upon a Time
• Liam Byrne was the armourer on The Wedding of River Song too
• Rory Herbert was also script supervisor on A Town Called Mercy, The Power of Three, The Rings of Akhaten, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS and The Name of the Doctor
• Christopher Reynolds (first assistant camera) was focus puller on The Eleventh Hour, The Rings of Akhaten, Nightmare in Silver and The Name of the Doctor

Doctor Who On This Day #55

1966 - The Reign of Terror, Episode

1: A Land of Fear and The Web Planet,

Episodes 1 and 2 all repeated on ABC

1967 - The Moonbase, Episode 3 first

screened on BBC1

1978 - Robot, Part 4 first screened on

TV2; and The Invasion of Time, Part 4

first screened on BBC1

1980 - Image of the Fendahl, Part 2 first

screened on TV2; Underworld, Part 4 first

screened on WTTW 11; and City of Death,

Part 1 first screened on ABC

1982 - The Face of Evil, Part 3

repeated

 on KQED Plus 

1983 - Nightmare of Eden, Part

 1 repeated  on KQED Plus

1984 - The Ark in Space, Part 3

repeated on KQED Plus

1985 - Day of the Daleks Omnibus

repeated on WTTW 11

1986 - The Silurians, Episode 3 repeated on ABC; and

The Power of Kroll, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus
1987 - The War Machines, Episode 1 repeated on KQED 

Plus; and Terror of the Zygons, Part 4 repeated on TV2

1988 - Robot, Part 4 repeated on TV de Galicia; and

The Pirate Planet, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus

1989 - The Mutants, Episode 1 repeated on KQED Plus
1990 - Revenge of the Cybermen Omnibus repeated on

KQED Plus; and Remembrance of the Daleks, Part 3 first

screened on RTL TV

1991 - The Androids of Tara Omnibus

repeated on WTTW 11

1992 - The Silurians, Episode 5

repeated on KQED Plus

1994 - Underworld, Part 2 repeated

on UK Gold

1995 - Resurrection of the Daleks Omnibus repeated

on KQED Plus; and Paradise Towers, Part 4 repeated

on UK Gold

1996 - The Androids of Tara Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold

1997 - The Curse of Peladon, Episode

2 repeated on UKTV (Aus) 

1998 - The Krotons, Episode 3 first screened on

Space; and Time Flight, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Krotons, Episode 3 repeated on Space; and 

The Invasion of Time, Part 5 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2000 - Planet of Giants, Episode 3: Crisis repeated on

UKTV (Aus); and The Silurians, Episode 2 repeated on

Space

2001 -

2003 - The Deadly Assassin, Parts 3

and 4 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2004 - The Mind Robber, Episode 4 repeated on ABC; and

Time Flight, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2006 - The Silurians Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; Dalek

repeated on People+ Arts; The Doctor Dances and Boom

Town both repeated on ΣΚΑΙ; and Bad Wolf first screened

on één
2007 - The Time Monster Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;

The Seeds of Doom, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on

WCET; The Pirate Planet Omnibus repeated on MPT;

Bad Wolf repeated on BBC America; and The Satan

Pit first screened on Jimmy

2009 - Paradise Towers, Parts

3 and 4 both first screened on

MTV3 SciFi and TV4

2010 - The Idiot's Lantern repeated on Syfy (Spa); The Satan

Pit repeated on HRT2; and Last of the Time Lords and Doctor

Who Confidential: The Valiant Quest both repeated on BBC3
2011 - The Seeds of Doom, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated

on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; The Sontaran Stratagem

repeated on Space; The Stolen Earth repeated on

WGVU; and The Big Bang repeated on BBC3

2012 - Gridlock and Daleks in Manhattan

both repeated on BBC3

2013 - The Aztecs, Episodes 3 and 4, The Tomb

of the Cybermen Omnibus and Planet of the Dead

all repeated on BBC America; Utopia repeated on

UKTV (NZ); The Unicorn and the Wasp repeated

on Watch; The Doctor's Wife repeated on WTTW

HD; and The Doctors Revisited: The Second

Doctor first screened on BBC America

2014 - The Invisible Enemy, Parts 3 and 4 and Kinda, Parts 1 and 
2 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Rise of the Cybermen and The Age
 of Steel both repeated on BBC America; Utopia repeated on TV3 
(Spa); Silence in the Library repeated on France 4; Victory of the 
Daleks and The Day of the Doctor both repeated on Syfy (Port); 
The God Complex repeated on Watch; and Asylum of the Daleks 
repeated on WGVU
2015 - Designer Barry Newbery died in London, aged 88;

The Robots of Death, Part 4 and The Talons of Weng-Chiang,

Part 1 both repeated on Horror; Underworld, Part 1 and The

Family of Blood both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Stones of

Blood, Parts 1 and 2 both first screened on Retro TV; The

Long Game repeated on Watch; The Idiot's Lantern repeated

on KCPT2; Closing Time and The Wedding of River Song both

repeated on BBC America; The Doctor, the Widow and the

Wardrobe repeated on Syfy (Ben); A Town Called Mercy and

 The Power of Three both repeated on KLRU; The Crimson

Horror repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD;

Time Heist and The Caretaker both repeated on Fox

(FRG); and Mummy on the Orient Express repeated on

BBC Entertainment AP

2016 - The Android Invasion Omnibus repeated on Horror;

Bad Wolf and Doctor Who Confidential: The World of Who

both repeated on ABC2; The Lazarus Experiment

repeated on Syfy (Aus) and France 4; 42 repeated on

France 4; The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks 

both repeated on BBC America; A Town Called Mercy repeated on
BBC Polska HD; The Bells of Saint John repeated on Syfy (Spa);

The Time of the Doctor repeated on Syfy (Aus); In the Forest of

the Night repeated on TV Cultura; The Witch's Familiar repeated

on BBC First (ME); and Face the Raven repeated on BBC
Entertainment AP
2017 - The Space Museum, Episode 4: The Final Phase, The Chase,
Episode 1: The Executioners, Kinda, Part 4 and The Visitation, Part 1 
all repeated on Retro TV; The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters, Fear Her,
Army of Ghosts and Doomsday all repeated on FX (Ind); Forest 
of the Dead, Nightmare in Silver and The Name of the Doctor all
repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Big Bang and A Christmas Carol both
 repeated on Syfy (LA); Asylum of the Daleks and Dinosaurs

on a Spaceship both repeated on France 4; Cold War, Hide and

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS all repeated on BBC

Polska HD; The Crimson Horror repeated on BBC Polska HD and
Syfy (Aus); The Magician's Apprentice and The Husbands of River 
Song both repeated on Syfy (Bra); The Woman Who Lived and 
The Zygon Invasion both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU;

and The Zygon Inversion repeated on BBC Entertainment EU

BBC First (RSA)
2018 - The Claws of Axos, Episode 4 and Colony in Space,

Episode 1 both repeated on KBTC; Horror of Fang Rock

Omnibus repeated on MPTV; Underworld Omnibus repeated

on WSRE; The Ribos Operation, Parts 2 and 3 and Destiny

 of the Daleks Omnibus all repeated on Retro TV; The Pirate

 Planet, Part 4 repeated on KPTS; The Horns of Nimon Omnibus

repeated on WFWA; Meglos Omnibus  repeated on WILL;

Warriors' Gate Omnibus repeated on KAKM; The Girl in the

Fireplace repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Satan Pit, Love &

Monsters, Fear Her and Army of Ghosts all repeated on W 
and W HD; The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky both 
repeated on Star World Premiere; Flesh and Stone repeated on 
ABC; Cold War and The Rings of Akhaten both repeated on Syfy
 (LA); Deep Breath repeated on BBC First (ME); and Flatline,

In the Forest of the Night and Dark Water all repeated on

One ARD

2019 - The Masque of Mandragora Omnibus repeated on
Retro TV; and The Angels Take Manhattan repeated on BBC 
Polska HD

2020 - The Romans Omnibus repeated on KVCR; The Tomb
of the Cybermen, Episode 4 and The Dominators, Episode 1
both repeated on Retro TV; Midnight, Turn Left and The Stolen
Earth all repeated on One ARD; The Pandorica Opens repeated
on BBC Polska HD; Cold War repeated on Syfy (Fra); The
Pyramid at the End of the World repeated on Star World
Premiere HD; and The Eaters of Light repeated on ABC

2021 - The Time Monster, Episodes

5 and 6 both repeated on Retro TV;

The Sound of Drums repeated on

ABC2; and Robot of Sherwood

repeated on BBC Polska HD

2022 - Writer Henry Lincoln died

 in France, aged 92; Genesis of the

Daleks, Part 6 and Terror of the

Zygons, Part 1 both repeated on

Forces TV; The Leisure Hive, Parts

1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;

Rose repeated on Fox SciFi; The Doctor

Dances repeated on Syfy (Fra); Oxygen

repeated on BBC Polska HD; Orphan 55

repeated on BBC First Turkey; and The

Haunting of Villa Diodati repeated on ABC2