Doctor Who Vs. Wire in the Blood, Series 5

Based on characters

created by author Val

McDermid, this dark

crime drama returned

to ITV in the summer

of 2007. Named after

her 1997 novel, this

penultimate series

comprised original

screenplays. The

Tyne Tees TV and

co-production (filmed

at locations in and

around Newcastle but set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Bradfield) again centred around the work of profiler Dr. Tony Hill, portrayed by

Robson Green. A repeat run of the four thrillers began on ITV3 last

night - they featured Simone Lahbib (as DI Fielding), Emma Handy

(DC McIntyre), Mark Letheren (DS Geoffries), Adjoa Andoh, and

twenty-two Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• For Handy see Series 2
• For Peter Hoar, David Fisher, Tom Lucy, Rob Hunt and Gordon Seed see Series 4
• Dominic Kemp (Fletcher) was Kahler-Mas in A Town Called Mercy
• Adam Shaw (Blake) was Morris in Rise of the Cybermen
• David McKail (Stephens) was Sergeant Kyle in The Talons of Weng Chiang
• Big Finish actor Michael Maloney (Goode) voiced Frederick Simonsson for Grand Theft Cosmos (2008), Adam Farrow for AudioGo's The Circus of Doom, Fratalin for Patient Zero, the Viryans for Blue Forgotten Planet (all 2009) and Charlotte Pollard 1 (2014), Rennol for Kiss of Death, Narrator of The Silent Stars Go By (both 2011), Hilary Hammond for Enemy Aliens (2013), Gregor Saraton for Zygon Hunt (2014), and William Hogan for The Rockery (2019)
• Patrick O'Kane (Vancliff) was Ashad in The Haunting of Villla Diodati, Ascension of the Cybermen, The Timeless Children and The Power of the Doctor
• Fiona Wade (Ayesha) voiced Sergenat Ambika Desai for The Running Men (2024)
• Colin Stinton (Announcer) was President Arthur Winters in The Sound of Drums 
• Graham Frake was also cinematographer on The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks
• Liana Del Giudice was also film editor on The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, School Reunion and The Day of the Doctor
• For Crispin Layfield, Dani Biernat and Tina Maskell see Series 1
• Steve Emerson, Kim McGarrity, Jo McLaren and Matthew Stirling were also stunt performers on the revived series