Friday, 30 June 2023

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 11

The eleventh season of BBC1's award-
winning crime drama (first shown in the
summer of 2007) saw the return of William
Gaminara, Tom Ward, and Emilia Fox, as
 Home Office pathologists, doctors Leo
Dalton, Harry Cunningham, and Nikki
Alexander.
A repeat run of the ten-part series began
on Drama last night - it featured Adjoa
Andoh, Archie Panjabi, and a total of
 thirty-three Doctor Who cast and crew
connections:

Apocalypse (TX: August 28 & 29)
  • Julian [Wyatt] Glover (Henry Markham here; Istvan Sandor in Series 14: Bloodlines) played King Richard in The Crusade, and Scaroth in City of Death
  • for Adrian Schiller (Colvin) see Series 1
  • David Gyasi (DS Cross) was Harvey in Asylum of the Daleks
  • Elizabeth Rider (Laura) was Ellen in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Lost in Time, then provided the ATMOS voice for The Sontaran Stratagem, was Linda in The Time of the Doctor, and voiced Galatea for Big Finish's The Well-Mannered War (2015)
  • Joy Elias Rilwan (Adela) voiced Lula for Live 34 (2005)
  • Lucy [Jane] Briers (Patricia) voiced Jenny Chaplin for After the Daleks (2021)
  • Heather Bleasdale (Moderator) voiced Cordelia for Blood on Santa's Claw, and President for I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day (both 2019), the was Wilma in The Halloween Apocalypse
  • Stephanie Carey was also a stunt performer on Voyage of the Damned, The Beast BelowThe Curse of the Black SpotLet's Kill Hitler and The Girl Who Waited
  • stuntman Tom Lucy was the stunt co-ordinator on sixteen episodes (from Smith and Jones to The Next Doctor)
Suffer The Children (TX: September 3 & 4)
  • Joe Dixon (DI Rush) was the Chancellor in The End of Time
  • Mark Anthony Brighton (Angry Man) was Colonel Albero in The Time of the Doctor
  • Robert Gill (Jogger) voiced Lycurgus for The Big Blue Box (2019)
  • stuntman Bill Davey was stunt co-ordinator on The Impossible Planet, The Satan PitLove & Monsters and Turn Left
  • Paul Kennington was also a stuntman on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of SteelArmy of Ghosts, Doomsday and The Doctor's Daughter
  • Glenn Marks was also the co-ordinator on Human NatureThe Family of Blood and Blink
Hippocratic Oath (TX: September 10 & 11)
  • Niky [Petra] Wardley (DC Dickerson) voiced Tamsin Drew for seven audio adventures (from Situation Vacant until To the Death), Bex for Technophobia, Hannah Bennett School of Blood (both 2016), Stacey for 9 to 5 (2018), Natalie Morrison for Kidnapped! (2020), and Iza for In the Night (2023) - she was also a Receptionist in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
  • Jamie Parker (Peters) voiced Wulfric/Edgar for Leviathan, Major Richter for The Architects of History (both 2010), Douglas for Aimed at the Body, Plummer for Lightspeed, Frank Reichenbach for The Bookshop at the End of the World, Virgilio Pancaldi for Interlude, Brian for Echo Chamber, Jasper Fernbridge for Towards Zero, Torrence for Castle Hydra, Sandar for Effect and Cause, Sir Percy Blakeney/Terrance for Plight of the Pimpernel (all 2020), Captain Halloran for Ravagers (2021), Anthony/Ed for Quantum of Axos, and Tsar Alexander/Trinity for Lay Down Your Arms (2022)
  • Tanya Moodie (DI Lawlor) voiced Kilda for The Castle of Kurnos 5, and Marathanga/Martha for L.E.G.E.N.D. (both 2019)
  • Steve Griffin and Rob Hunt were also stunt performers on The Idiot's Lantern and The Runaway Bride respectively
  • stuntman Nick Hobbs made uncredited appearances in The Ambassadors of DeathTerror of the AutonsThe Mind of EvilThe Claws of AxosDay of the DaleksThe Time Monster, both Peladon stories (as Aggedor), The Ark in Space, then was Mr. Nainby in Amy's Choice
Double Dare (TX: September 17 & 18)
  • Anna [Eva Lydia Catherine] Wing (Mrs. Binefa) was Anatta in Kinda
  • Lizzie McInnerney (Francesca) voiced Harriet Quilp for The Yes Men (2015)
Peripheral Vision (UK TX: September 24 & 25)
  • Jim [Edward] Carter (Young) voiced Brother Bernard for The Book of Kells (2010)
  • Adrian Rawlins (Eckhert) was Dr. Ryder in Planet of the Ood, then voiced Frederick Abberline for Jago & Litefoot 7 (2014), and Gilman Hari for Antillia the Lost (2023)
  • Pip [Dean] Torrens (Tate) 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)
  • Ian Puleston-Davies (DI Mays) voiced Angus Selwyn for Absent Friends (2016)
  • Jeanie Gold (Gypsy) was a Neighbour in The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky and The End of Time
  • Paul Anderson (DS Leeson) was Jason in The Christmas Invasion
  • Ben Smith (Sean) was Luke in School Reunion
  • Renu Setna (Joshi) was an Intern in The Hand of Fear
  • Nick Brimble (Lambert) voiced Shreeni for Exotron (2007), Dudley Jackson for The Eternal Summer (2009), Kith for Max Warp (2008), and Olaf Eriksson for The Book of Kells
  • Andy Merchant was also a stuntman on The Wedding of River Song

Tuesday, 27 June 2023

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 10

The tenth season of BBC1's
award-winning crime drama
(first shown in the summer of
2006) again starred William
Gaminara, Tom Ward, and Emilia
Fox as Home Office pathologists,
doctors Leo Dalton, Harry
Cunningham, and Nikki
Alexander. Ward later appeared
in The Snowmenwhilst Fox
voiced roles for The Gunpowder
Plot and Nevermore.
A repeat run of the ten-part series continued on Drama last night - it featured a total of thirty-five Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Cargo (UK TX: July 16 & 17)
  • Burt [Tsangtse] Kwouk (Han) was Lin Futu in Four to Doomsday, and voiced Dr. Hayashi for Loups-Garoux (2001)
  • Raad Rawi (Orhan) voiced Prince Hassan Al-Nadyr for Who Killed Toby Kinsella? (2016), Bishop Nicholas for Better Watch Out and Fairytale of Salzburg (both 2018), and Tubal/Maygo/Hiarbus for The Phoenicians (2019)
  • Elizabeth Bower (DCI Radley) voiced Margosia/Customer/Police/CafĂ© Owner for Jenny 3 (2024)
  • for James Weber Brown (Kallis) see Series 7
  • series cinematographer Kevin Rowley was a film cameraman on Destiny of the Daleks and The Mark of the Rani
  • series assistant editor Selina Macarthur edited Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS too
  • Martin Curry was also first assistant director on The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon
  • Liz Pearson (post-production supervisor) and Nigel Squibbs (dubbing mixer) both worked on An Adventure in Space and Time too
  • Derek Lea was also a stuntman on DalekBad WolfThe Parting of the WaysThe Age of Steel and Partners in Crime
  • Kim McGarrity was also a stunt performer on The Empty ChildThe Doctor DancesBoom TownThe Christmas InvasionNew Earth and The Day of the Doctor
  • for Tom Lucy (stunt co-ordinator) see Series 6
Terminus (UK TX: July 23 & 24)
  • Paul Chequer (Doe) voiced Servo Robot for AudioGo's Tsar Wars (2011)
  • Nigel [Patrick] Betts (DI De Rohan) was Mr. Armitage in Into the Dalek, The CaretakerDark Water and Class, then voiced Glynn for Corpse Day (2017)
  • Ray De Haan was a stuntman on The Idiot's Lantern too
  • for Steve Whyment (stuntman) see Series 9
  • Anthony Combes was film editor on The Wedding of River Song too
Body of Work (UK TX: July 30 & 31)
  • Robert Ashby [born Rashid Suhrawardy] (Bickley) was the Borad in Timelash
  • Jim Findley (DCI Ambrose) was Mercer in Resurrection of the Daleks
  • Rebecca Oldfield (Miranda) was Erina Lessak in 42
  • Sarah Franzl was also a stunt performer on The End of the World, The Idiot's Lantern and The End of Time
  • Gordon Seed was a stuntman (here & Series 13: Intent) and stunt co-ordinator on thirty-six stories (from The Idiot's Lantern to The Time of the Doctor)
Supernova (UK TX: August 6 & 7)
  • Albert Welling (Gibbs) was the titular Fuhrer in Let's Kill Hitler
  • Amerjit Deu (Wetherby) voiced the Swami for Hounded (2016), the Governor for World of Damnation (2018), Roni for The Dimension Cannon 1 (2019), and Jom for Maelstrom (2022)
  • Jonathan Keeble (Owen) voiced Roberto for The Ghosts of N-Space, and Clegg for The Revolution Game (2019)
  • James Blackwell was first assistant director on Partners in Crime too
  • for stuntman Rod Woodruff see Series 2 
Schism (UK TX: August 13 & 14)
  • [Rafael] David de Keyser (Greenfield) provided the voice of the Atraxi for The Eleventh Hour, and voiced the Cybermen for The Eternity Clock
  • Andrew Havill (Garnett) was the Chief Steward in Voyage of the Damned, then voiced Aleister Portillon/Squire Claude for The Witch in the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
  • Jemima Rooper (Claire here; Amy in Series 22: Two Spirits) voiced Izzy Sinclair for Izzy's Story (2009), Mithia for Restoration of the Daleks (2020), and Mary Mortimer for Friend of the Family (2022)
  • Sam Spruell (Sharpe) was Swarm in Flux
  • Jonathan Guy Lewis (Interragtor) voiced Marcus Bray for After the Daleks (2021)
  • Dido Miles (Lydia) voiced Arva for Living Darkness (2025)
  • for Paul Panting (DCI Mumford) see Series 3
  • for Peter Brayham (stunt co-ordinator) see Series 7

Monday, 26 June 2023

Doctor Who On This Day #177

1965 The Chase, Episode 6: The Planet
of Decision first screened on BBC1
1968 - The HighlandersEpisode 3, The
Underwater Menace, Episode 3, The
MoonbaseEpisode 3, The Macra Terror,
Episode 3 and The Faceless Ones, Episode
 1 all repeated on ABC
1970 The Moonbase, Episode 1 repeated
 and The Evil of the DaleksEpisode 2 first
screened, both on TV1; and The Mind Robber,
Episodes 1, 3 and 4 repeated and Episode 5
first screened, all on ABC
1977 The Time Warrior, Parts 3 and 4,
The Ark in Space, Part 2 and Revenge of the
Cybermen, Parts 3 and 4 all repeated on ABC
1978 Carnival of Monsters, Episode
4 and Death to the Daleks, Parts 2 and
3 all repeated on ABC
1979 - The Three Doctors, Episode 4
and The Green Death, Episodes 1 and
3 all repeated on ABC
1980 - Image of the FendahlPart 1 first screened
 on WTTW 11; and The Invasion of Time, Part 6 and
The Ribos Operation, Part 2 both repeated on ABC
1981 The Hand of Fear, Part 4 repeated
on KQED Plus
1982 The Leisure HivePart 4 repeated
on KQED Plus
1984 The Invasion of Time, Part 1 repeated
 on KQED Plus; and The Twin Dilemma, Part 2
first screened on ABC
1985 The Ambassadors of Death,
Episode 6 repeated on KQED Plus
1986 The Three Doctors, Episode 1
repeated on ABC; and Time Flight,
Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus
1987 Day of the Daleks, Episode
repeated onKQED Plus
1988 The Keys of Marinus Omnibus
repeated on KQED Plus
1989 - Planet of the Daleks Omnibus repeated
on WTTW 11; and The Seeds of Doom, Part 6
repeated on ABC
1990 The Ultimate Foe, Part 14 repeated
on KQED Plus
1991 Pyramids of Mars, Part 4 repeated
on TV de Galicia; and Full Circle, Part 4
repeated on KQED Plus
1992 - Frontier in Space, Episode 5 repeated
on KQED Plus
1993 The Mark of the Rani Omnibus
repeated on KQED Plus
1994 The Leisure Hive Omnibus
repeated on UK Gold
1995 The Three Doctors, Episode 4 repeated
on UK Gold; and State of Decay Omnibus
repeated on KQED Plus
1997 Frontier in Space, Episode 5 repeated on UKTV
(Aus); and Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 3 repeated
on UK Gold
1998 The Web Planet, Episode 6: The Centre repeated
on Space; and Delta and the Bannermen, Part 2 repeated
on UKTV (Aus)
1999 100,000 BC, Episode 2: The Cave of Skulls 
repeated on Space; The Sea Devils, Episodes 4 and
5 both repeated on Iowa PTV; Carnival of Monsters
Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Ark in Space, Parts 1
and 2 both repeated on Colorado PTV and Parts 3 and
4 both repeated on BBC America; The Android Invasion,
Part 3 first screened on Prairie PTV; The Stones of Blood,
Part 3 repeated on BBC Prime; and Warriors' Gate 
Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2000 The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Episode 3: Day
 of Reckoning repeated on Prime; The Silurians, Episode
 4 repeated on UKTV (Aus); Robot, Parts 1 and 2 both
repeated on BBC America; and Frontios Omnibus
repeated on KQED Plus
2001 The Creature from the Pit, Part 4 repeated
on UKTV (Aus)
2002 The Invasion of Time, Part 4 repeated on BBC 
Kids (Can); and ThGreatest Show in the Galaxy,
Part 3 repeated on BBC Prime
2003 Genesis of the DaleksPart 4 repeated
on Tele 5; and The Face of EvilParts 1 and 2
both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2004 - The Web of Fear, Episode 1 repeated
 on BBC4; The Sea DevilsEpisodes 1 and 2
 both repeated on Colorado PTV; and Nightmare
 of Eden Omnibus repeated on UK Gold
2005 Warriors of the Deep, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated 
on Iowa PTV; and Frontios Omnibus repeated on UK Gold
2006 - Aliens of London repeated on People+ Arts
 (Spa); The Long Game first screened on KBS2; and 
Father's Day first screened on KBS2 and repeated
on Syfy (US)
2007 - Aliens of London and World War Three both
repeated on KOCE; and Bad Wolf and Doctor Who
Confidential: The World of Who both first screened
on KQED Plus
2008 The Mutants, Episodes 4 and 5 both first
screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; Aliens of London
 first screened on Syfy (FRG); and Bad Wolf
repeated on Jimmy
2009 The Impossible Planet and Doctor Who
Confidential: You've Got the Look both repeated
on UNC-MX; The Shakespeare CodeGridlock,
Doctor Who Confidential: Stage Fright and Are
We There Yet? all repeated on WGVU; and
Midnight repeated on Syfy (US)
2010 - The Age of Steel and The Idiot's Lantern
both repeated on AXN SciFi; The Doctor's Daughter 
first screened on OETA; Midnight and Doctor Who
Confidential: Look Who's Talking both repeated on
WGVU; The Big Bang first screened on BBC1 and
 BBC HD; Doctor Who Confidential: Out of Time
first screened on BBC3; and Blood of the Cybermen
released on BBC Online
2011 Mawdryn Undead and Terminus Omnibuses 
and EnlightenmentParts and 2 all repeated on 
MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; Flesh and Stone and
Doctor Who Confidential: Blinded by the Light
both repeated on MPTV; and The Big Bang first 
screened on KBS2 and Idaho PTV
2012 World War Three repeated on UKTV (Aus);
The Impossible Planet repeated on BBC America;
Fear Her first screened on YLE TV2; Utopia and
Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: 'Ello 'Ello 'Ello 
both repeated on ABC2; and Orbis, Episodes 1
and 2 both repeated on Radio 4 Extra
2013 World War Three repeated on Watch;
Blink repeated on Syfy (Port); The Time of
Angels repeated on BBC Entertainment LA
 HD; Closing Time first screened on YLE TV2;
Cold War first screened on Fox (FRG); Hide
repeated on France 4; and The Crimson Horror
first screened on Syfy (Ben)
2014 Pyramids of Mars, Part 4, Four to Doomsday,
Part 1 and The Lodger all repeated on Syfy (Aus);
Snakedance, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Horror;
The Empty Child repeated on Watch; The Parting of
the Ways repeated on TV3; Fear Her and Army of
Ghosts both repeated on RAI4; The Family of Blood
repeated on KCPT2; A Christmas Carol repeated on
Syfy (Port); The Impossible Astronaut and Day of
the Moon both repeated on Fox (FRG); Night Terrors
repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD;
The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe repeated 
on France 4; The Angels Take Manhattan repeated
on Syfy (Ben); HideJourney to the Centre of the 
TARDIS and The Crimson Horror all repeated on 
BBC America; and Doctor Who Confidential
Cutdown: Take Two repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2015 The Silurians, Episodes 4 to 7 all repeated
on UNC-MX; Planet of the Spiders, Parts 3 and 4
both repeated on Horror; The Androids of Tara,
Parts 1 and 2 both repeated and Delta and the
BannermenPart 3 and DragonfirePart 1 both
 first screened, all on Retro TV; Rise of the
Cybermen repeated on Disney XD (US); Gridlock 
repeated and Daleks in Manhattan first screened,
both on FX (Ind); 42, Human Nature, The 
Doctor's Daughter, The Unicorn and the Wasp, 
Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead all
repeated on Syfy (Aus); The End of TimePart 
repeated on TV Cultura and KLRU; Flesh and
Stone repeated on ABC2; The Impossible
Astronaut and Doctor Who Confidential: Take 
Two both repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;
The God Complex repeated on KCPT2; A Town
 Called Mercy repeated on BBC Nordic HD and
BBC Polska HD; The Power of Three repeated
on ABC; and Journey to the Centre of the
TARDIS and The Crimson Horror both
repeated on UKTV
2016 - The Silurians, Episodes 1 to 4 all repeated
 on MPTV; Inferno, Episode 7 repeated on Retro TV;
Terror of the Autons, Episodes 1 to 3 all repeated
on Retro TV and Omnibus repeated on WVPB;
Revenge of the Cybermen Omnibus repeated on
KERA; The Brain of Morbius Omnibus repeated on
 WFWA; The Seeds of DoomPart 4 repeated on 
KRWG and Omnibus repeated on WSRE; The
Masque of Mandragora Omnibus repeated on
WYCC; The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 5 
repeated on KPTS; The Happiness Patrol, Parts
and 2 both repeated on KBTC; Tooth and Claw
repeated on KNCT; 42 repeated on KCPT; The
Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords both
repeated on EBRU; Turn LeftThe Stolen Earth
and Journey's End all repeated on BBC Polska HD; 
The LodgerThe Pandorica Opens, The Impossible 
Astronaut and Day of the Moon all repeated on Syfy
 (LA); The Big Bang and The Time of the Doctor both 
repeated on Syfy (Aus); A Good Man Goes to War 
and and Let's Kill Hitler both repeated on Watch; 
Asylum of the Daleks repeated on BBC Entertainment
 EU; The Caretaker repeated on BBC Entertainment 
AP; Flatline repeated on WILL and Iowa PTV; Death
in Heaven repeated on BBC First (ME) and WXXI; 
Under the Lake and Before the Flood both
repeated on Fox (FRG) and Syfy (Bra); The Girl
Who Died and The Women Who Lived both repeated 
on Syfy (Bra); The Zygon Invasion repeated on 
BBC First (Ben) and Syfy (Bra); The Curse of 
Davros, Part 1 repeated on Radio 4 Extra; and Dr. 
Who and the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth 
2150 AD both screened on Moviemix (UK)
2017 The Chase, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated 
on Retro TV; The Deadly AssassinPart 2 repeated 
on The Zone; The Twin Dilemma Omnibus repeated 
on WETA UK; Boom Town repeated on Syfy (Aus); 
Evolution of the Daleks, The Lazarus Experiment,
42, Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Blink
all repeated on BBC America; Partners in Crime
and The Fires of Pompeii both repeated on RAI4; 
Deep Breath repeated on BBC Polska HD; Mummy 
on the Orient Express and Flatline both repeated
on Syfy (Bra); Before the Flood and Under the
Lake both repeated on Syfy (LA); and World
Enough and Time first screened on Syfy (LA)
and repeated  on ABC2
2018 The Masque of MandragoraThe Hand of Fear
The Deadly Assassin and The Face of Evil Omnibuses all 
streamed on Twitch TV; Daleks in Manhattan repeated on
BBC Polska HD; Flesh and Stone repeated on Sky 5; The 
Magician's Apprentice repeated on Star World Premiere; 
and World Enough and Time repeated on Syfy (Aus)
2019 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Parts 3 and 4 both
repeated on Retro TV; Closing Time repeated on BBC
Polska HD; The Witch's Familiar and Under the Lake
 both repeated on Sony SciFi; Extremis repeated on 
BBC Entertainment EU; and Rosa and Arachnids in
the UK both repeated on Fox (FRG)
2020 The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 6 and
Horror of Fang Rock, Part 1 both repeated on
Retro TV; The Rebel Flesh repeated on BBC
Turkey; and Spyfall, Part 1 first screened on
BBC Polska HD
2021 - Planet of Evil and Mawdryn Undead
Omnibuses both repeated on Retro TV;
 Night Terrors, The Girl Who Waited and
The Wedding of River Song all repeated
on BBC Polska HD; and The Tsuranga
Conundrum and Demons of the Punjab
both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU
2022 - 100,000 BC Omnibus and
The Gunfighters, Episodes 3 and 4
all repeated on Retro TV; The Power
of Kroll Omnibus repeated on Iowa
PTV; Earthshock Omnibus repeated
on Forces TV; The Doctor Dances and
The Empty Child both repeated on One
ARD; and Journey's End and The Next
Doctor both repeated on Fox SciFi