Doctor Who Vs. Agatha Christie's Poirot, Series 3

David Suchet (as the definitive Hercule Poirot),

Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, and Pauline Moran

all returned for eleven period crime dramas,

first broadcast on ITV in the autumn and winter

of 1990/91.

 The opening feature-length mystery was based

on the Queen of Crime's debut novel, written in

1916 and published in 1920. Five of the cases

were based on short stories from Poirot's Early Cases (issued in 1974), three derived from Poirot

Investigates (1924), and two originated from The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960).

A repeat run of the third season began on ITV3

today - it featured Peter Capaldi (pictured in

Wasps' Nest), and a total of forty-nine Doctor

Who cast and crew connections:

The Mysterious Affair At Styles (UK TX: September 16 1990)

• Joanna McCallum (Evie here; Laura for A Murder is Announced, 1999; Mrs. Olivera for One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, 2004; Princess in Murder on the Orient Express, 2022) voiced the Bursar for Big Finish's Night Thoughts (2006) 
• David Savile (Summerhaye) was Lieutenant Jeremy Carstairs in The War Games, Professor Winser in The Claws of Axos, and Colonel Charles Crichton in The Five Doctors
• Anthony Calf (Cavendish) was Charles in The Visitation, Colonel Godsacre in Empress of Mars, and voiced Lord Barset for Frozen Time (2007), and Cal for Zero Space (2018)
• [Frank] Morris Perry (Wells) was Captain Dent in Colony in Space
• Tim Munro (Mace) was Ainu in The Creature from the Pit, and Sigurd in Terminus
• Tim Preece (Philips) was Codal in Planet of the Daleks, then voiced the President for He Jests at Scars (2003)
• Donald Pelmear (Judge) was Professor Rubeish in The Time Warrior
• Robert Vowles (Driver) was a Gundan in Warriors' Gate
• David Rintoul [born Wilson] (Cavendish) voiced Lord Henry Balfour for The Phoenix Strain (2016), Professor Angus Renwick for The Helm of Awe (2017), Galla Posca for Escape from Kaldor (2018), Dr. Leon Jessel for Fever Island (2019), Roger Hodgkiss for Barrister to the Stars (2020), Kinade/Priest/Bishop for The Curse of Lady Macbeth (2021), Garron for The Ribos Inheritance, and Butler for The House that Hoxx Built (both 2022)

How Does Your Garden Grow? (UK TX: January 6 1991)

• Elizabeth Waller was the costume designer on The Robots of Death too

The Million Dollar Bond Robbery (UK TX: January 13)

• David [John] Quilter (Shaw here; Laidlaw in The Crackler) was Greeves in The Unicorn and the Wasp
• Christopher Owen (Purser) was an Earthling in Meglos
• Jonathan Stratt (Passenger) was the Taxi Driver in Partners in Crime
• Dallas Adams (Hood) was Professor Howard Foster in Planet of Fire
• Edward Phillips (Seller) was Parisian in (episode 3 of) The Massacre, and Scientist [Bob Anders] in The Moonbase
• Lizzie McInnerny (Nurse here; Alex in Philomel Cottage, 2002; Jenny in The ABC Murders, 2018) voiced Harriet Quilp for The Yes Men (2015)

The Plymouth Express (UK TX: January 20)

• writer Rod Beacham made his TV acting debut as Corporal Lane in The Web of Fear
• Julian [Neil Rohan] Wadham (Carrington here; Champneys in The Manhood of Edward Robinson; Halliday in Sleeping Murder, 2006) voiced Augustus Scullop for The Fourth Wall (2012), Joseph Holman for The Darkness of Glass (2015) and The Crowmarsh Experiment (2018), and Judge Perigord Trent for The Doomsday Contract (2021)
• Steven Mackintosh (Newsboy) was Gazak in Timelash
• Leon Eagles (Manager) was Jabel in The Face of Evil
• John Abbott (Detective) was Vince Hawkins in Horror of Fang Rock
• Reg [George] Thomason (Doorman here; Club member in The Mystery of the Spanish Chest; Drinker in The Chocolate Box; Audience in Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan; Barrister in Witness for the Prosecution, 1982) was Resistance Man in Daleks: Invasion 2150 AD

Wasps' Nest (UK TX: January 27)

• Julian Forsyth (Waiter) voiced Grei Potemic for Battlegrounds (2022)
• Hilary Tindall (Compere) played Marion Clements in The Curse of the Daleks

The Tragedy At Marsdon Manor (UK TX: February 3)

• Ian McCulloch (Maltravers) was Nilson in Warriors of the Deep
• Geraldine Alexander (Susan here; Gwenda in Sleeping Murder, 1987; Blanche for Absent in the Spring) was Areta in Vengeance on Varos
• Ralph Watson (Danvers) was the Generator Scientist in The Underwater Menace, Captain Knight in The Web of Fear and The Web of Time (2019), Ettis in The Monster of Peladon, and Ben Travers in Horror of Fang Rock (1)
• Hilary [Sophia] Sesta (Receptionist) was the Fortune Teller in Snakedance

The Double Clue (UK TX: February 10)

• David [James] Bamber (Parker) was Captain Quell in Mummy on the Orient Express, and voiced Emperor Constantine for The Council of Nicaea (2005), and Colonel Ulrik and Whitmore for The Four Doctors (2010)
• Mark Fletcher (Constable) was a Crewman in Earthshock
• stuntman Martin Grace was a Thal in Dr. Who and the Daleks
• for Jill Goldston (Waitress) see The Adventure of the Western Star

The Mystery of the Spanish Chest (UK TX: February 17)

• Caroline Langrishe (Marguerite here; Sally in Dead Man's Folly, 1986) voiced Shira for The Burning Prince (2012), and Lady Farina and the Red Lady for Doom Coalition 1 (2015)
• Pip [Dean] Torrens (Rich here; Cloade in Taken at the Flood; Noel Coward in 4.50 from Paddington) was Headmaster Rocastle in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, then voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), and Kenton for Break the Ice (2022)
• Peter Copley (Burgoyne) was Dr. Warlock in Pyramids of Mars
• Metin Yenal (Umpire) was Karl in Silver Nemesis

The Theft of the Royal Ruby (UK TX: February 24)

• Frederick [William] Treves (Lacey here; Dr. Kennedy in Sleeping Murder, 1987) was Brotadac in Meglos
• Gordon Reid (Shopkeeper here; Littledale for Sad Cypress, 1992) was Phillips in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1)
• [Patricia] Stephanie Cole (Mrs. Lacey here; Miss Casewell in The Mousetrap, 1968/9; Anna in Jane in Search of a Job; Ariadne Oliver for Hallowe'en Party, The Pale Horse & Cards on the Table) voiced Lady Marianna for The Abandoned (2014), and Narrator of Bessie Come Home
• Iain Rattray (Waiter) was Habris in State of Decay
• stuntman Jim Dowdall had uncredited roles in Day of the Daleks, Genesis of the Daleks and Frontios

The Affair at the Victory Ball (UK TX: March 3)

• Andrew Burt (Ackeley here; Dr. Quimper in 4. 50 from Paddington, 1987) was Valgard in Terminus
• Harry Van Engel (Engineer here; Juror in Witness for the Prosecution, 1982) was a Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks
• stuntman Steve Whyment was an extra in The Keeper of Traken and Snakedance

The Mystery of the Hunter's Lodge (UK TX: March 10)

• Roy Boyd (Stoddard) was Driscoll in The Hand of Fear
• Bernard [Arthur Gordon] Horsfall (Pace) was Lemual Gulliver in The Mind Robber, Time Lord in The War Games, Taron in Planet of the Daleks, Chancellor Goth in The Deadly Assassin, and voiced Arnold Baynes for Davros (2003)
• Victoria Alcock (Ellie) was Angela in Planet of the Dead, then voiced Marion for Power Play, and Winnie O'Connor for The Lonely Clock (both 2012)
• Raymond Trickitt (Cooke) was the Ancient Haemovore in The Curse of Fenric
• Jim Norton (Havering) voiced Major Thomas Kennet for Scream of the Shalka