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 Below, The Curse of the Black Spot, Let'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 Pit, Love & Monsters and Turn Left
• Paul Kennington was also a stuntman on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday and The Doctor's Daughter
• Glenn Marks was also the co-ordinator on Human Nature, The 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 Death, Terror of the Autons, The Mind of Evil, The Claws of Axos, Day of the Daleks, The 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

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 Snowmen, whilst 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/Café 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 Dalek, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways, The Age of Steel and Partners in Crime
• Kim McGarrity was also a stunt performer on The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, The Christmas Invasion, New 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 Caretaker, Dark 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

Doctor Who Vs. Manhunt, Series 1

This factual based crime drama focused

on the investigation led by DCI Colin

Sutton (portrayed by Martin Clunes) in

the hunt for the killer of Milly Dowler,

 Amelie Delagrange, and Marsha

McDonnell. Levi Bellfield (depicted by
Celyn Jones) was eventually convicted

of their murders in 2008. Sutton later

reinvestigated the serial murders of Fred

and Rose West for ITV, whilst a second

series of Manhunt aired in September 2021.

A repeat run of the thriller (originally shown

over three consecutive nights at New Year

2019) began on ITV last night - it featured twelve Doctor Who cast connections:

• Clunes was Lon in Snakedance
• Jones voiced Geraint for Tiny Rebel's The Lady of the Lake (2018)
• prolific Big Finish actress Tracy Wiles (Monica) voiced Moira Brody for Masters of Earth (2014), Lilith Lovett for The Year of the Bat, Jacqui McGee for UNIT: Extinction (both 2015), UNIT: Silenced (2016), Death on the Mile (2018), Narcissus, The Power of River Song (both 2019), UNIT: Between Two Worlds, Outback, Longshot (all 2021), UNIT: Agents of the Vulpreen, UNIT: Objective: Earth (both 2022), Commander Barnac for The Neverwhen (2016), Ground Control/Secretary for Their Finest Hour, Sharlan for The Invention of Death, Hadway/Salma/V75 for Escape from Kaldor (all 2018), Drones for The False Guardian and Time's Assassin, Announcer for State of Bliss, Marzanna/Engel for Nightmare Country, Various for The Robots 1 (all 2019), The Robots 2 and Dark Side of the Moon (2022), Tryana for Return to Skaro (both 2020), FELINE/Maria/Patricia for A Forever Home, and Draven/ Shira/Sentinel for The Shadow Squad (both 2021)
• Steffan Rhodri (DC Jones) voiced Commander Korshal for Dreamtime, Prime Minister for UNIT (both 2005), Minister for Outbreak (2016), and Ted for The Silent Streets of Barry Island
• Peter Forbes (DCS Murphy) voiced Philip Bannister/Ian Chesterton for Deadline (2003), Dan Culver for Dalek Empire 3 (2004), Kryson for The Juggernauts (2005), Craig Swanson for The Feast of Axos (2011), and Thorn for The Bounty of Ceres (2014)
• Nicholas Burns (DI Ambrose) and Bern Collaco (Officer) both appeared in Thin Ice, as Lord Sutcliffe and Soldier - Collaco was also an Operator in The Return of Doctor Mysterio
• Stephane Cornicard (Delagrange) voiced Keep for The Next Life (2004)
• Michael Gould (Chapman) voiced Frederick Lindemann for The Oncoming Storm (2016)
• Shai Matheson (Forster) voiced Wilson for Manhunt (2023), and Professor Altazar for The Eternity Club (2024)
• Deeivya Meir (Reporter) voiced Sogo/Justine for Altered Status (2021), Xoanon 2/Parama/Tagra for Who Am I? (2022), and Pera for Berserker (2023), then was Newsreader in 73 Yards
• Jamie Pannell was also electrician on In the Forest of the Night, Last Christmas, The Husbands of River Song and The Return of Doctor Mysterio

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 7

The seventh season

 of this long-running

crime drama was first
shown on BBC1 in the

autumn of 2003.
Amanda Burton
starred as Home
Office pathologist
Professor Sam Ryan
in her last full series,
whilst Tom Ward and
William Gaminara
returned as doctors Harry Cunningham and Leo Dalton.

A fifth Silent Witness novel, written by the programme's creator Nigel
McCrery, was planned to tie-in with this year but remains unpublished.

A repeat run of the eight-part series began on Drama last night, and

featured a total of twenty-nine Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Answering Fire (TX: October 11 & 12)

• Jo [Mary] Joyner (Cathy) was Lynda Moss in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, then voiced Fenice for Big Finish's Boundaries (2022)
• Robert Cavanah (Burwood here; DI Laing in Series 17: In a Lonely Place) voiced President Gilbert for Saltwater (2022)
• Leena Dhingra (Shaheen) was Miss Chandrakala in The Unicorn and the Wasp, and Nani Umbreen in Demons of the Punjab 
• David Mallinson (Bowman) voiced Brodlik for Creatures of Beauty (2003)
• for David Quilter (Coroner) and Nick Wilkinson (stuntman) see Series 5
• Peter Brayham was also stunt co-ordinator (here & Series 10: Schism) on The Christmas Invasion, New Earth and School Reunion
• Dani Biernat was also a stunt performer (here & Schism) on seven- teen stories (form the 2005 festive special to Kerblam!)
• for Ian Adrian (camera operator) see Series 6

Fatal Error (TX: October 18 & 19)

• Michael Bertenshaw (Whitaker) was Coles in The Next Doctor
• Nick Malinowski (Ricketts) and Tim Plester (Owen here & Beyond Guilt) both appeared in A Christmas Carol, as Eric and Servant
• Graham Padden (Father) was Pa in Gridlock
• Mark Frost (DS Baxter here; DCI Sullivan in Series 18: One of Our Own) voiced Shandar for Requiem for the Rocket Men (2015), and Niccolo Machiavelli for The Ravelli Conspiracy (2016)

Running On Empty (TX: October 25 & 26)

• Jaye Griffiths (DI Jayne Hurst here; Professor Janet Mander, series 12-15) was Jac in The Magician's Apprentice and The Zygon Invasion then reprised for The Turn of the Tides (2022), and voiced Daylin for The Neverwhen (2016), Til Rork for The Sentient (2019), Sister Ursula for Abbey of Heretics (2020), Hieronyma Friend for Meanwhile, Elsewhere (2022), Lady Montague for Audacity (2023), Bramble King and Causeway, and Gloria for Inseparable (all 2025)
• Dona Croll (Diane) was Matron Casp in New Earth, and voiced Bella for Madquake (2020), and the Empress for The Sincerest Form of Flattery (2021) 
• Don [Samuel] Gilet (Johns) was Lance in The Runaway Bride, and voiced Streatham for The Hunting Season (2021)
• Jana Carpenter (Alice) was De Maggio in Dalek, then voiced Marion Stokes for Calamity Jenny (2021)
• Katherine Kelly (Tina) was Miss Quill in Class
• Sarah Paul (Kimberley) was Miss Jerome in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Gift, then voiced Coleen for Jenny 3 (2024)

Beyond Guilt (TX: November 1 & 2)

• Malcolm Terris (Goveror) was Etnin in (episode 1 of) The Dominators, and the Co-Pilot in The Horns of Nimon
• Joy Harrison (Sandra) was Jill Tarrant in Death to the Daleks
• Tony Lucken (Proctor here; Barlow in Series 14: The Prodigal) was stuntman on Dalek, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways and The End of Time, then was De Florres in The Curse of the Black Spot
• James Weber Brown (Davidson) was the Minister in In The Forest of the Night
• Sorcha Cusack (Denise) voiced Mary Carter for Dark Eyes 4 (2015)
• for Paul Copley (Parkin) see Series 4
• Roger Cann was production designer on Nightmare of Eden too
• Terry Elms (sound recordist here, Series 7 & 8) was an assistant on The Masque of Mandragora (1)

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 6

The sixth season of this popular crime drama

returned to BBC1 in the autumn of 2002, and 

again starred Amanda

Burton as Home Office pathologist, Professor

Sam Ryan. She was

now joined by William Gaminara and Tom

Ward, as doctors Leo 

Dalton and Harry Cunningham.

Gaminara appeared
in over a hundred instalments until his character was killed off in the

finale of the sixteenth series, whilst Ward left the programme the year

before. A repeat run of the eight-part season began on Drama last

night - it featured a total of thirty-eight Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

The Fall Out (TX: September 28 & 29)

• Big Finish actor and director Barnaby Kay (DS Johnson) was Heidi in The Girl Who Died, and voiced Martin Donaldson for A Life in the Day (2015), Commander Thrakken for The Neverwhen (2016), Gerrard Pulman/Foreman for Prceious Annihilation (2020), and Chilton for The Devil's Hoofprints (2021)
• Paterson Joseph (DS Harding) was Rodrick in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, and voiced Victor Espinosa for Earth Aid (2011), Matthew for Torchwood One (2018), and was cast in Broken Memories (2024)
• Simon Sherlock (Barrett) voiced Kelsa for The Raincloud Man (2008)
• Shaun Dooley (Preston) was Epzo in The Ghost Monument
• Stuart Clark, Guy List, Peter Miles and Jo McLaren were also stunt performers on the revived run
• dubbing editor Tony Gibson and focus puller Peter Howard both worked on An Adventure in Space and Time, as sound designer and assistant camera respectively
• Ian Adrian was also a camera operator on The Vampires of Venice, The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, Vincent and the Doctor and The Lodger

Kith and Kill (TX: October 5 & 6)

• Roger Ennals (Technician here, Kris in Closed Ranks) was the Gorilla in The God Complex
• Joseph Long (Lucas here; Costas, 2012; Gino, 2026) was Rocco Colasanto in Turn Left, and the Pope in Extremis
• Cathy Murphy (Alsion) was a Mum in The Christmas Invasion
• Russell Tovey (Josh) was Midshipman Alonso Frame in Voyage of the Damned and The End of Time (2), then reprised for The Lives of Captain Jack (2017)
• Ben Crompton (Irons) was Ross in Into the Dalek
• Tim Delap (PC) voiced Falkus for Daleks Among Us (2013), and Kyle for The Waters of Amsterdam (2016)
• Heather Tobias (Ginette) was one of twenty-six actresses who auditioned for the role of Leela in 1976
• Tom Lucy was also a stunt co-ordinator on sixteen episodes (from Smith and Jones to The Next Doctor) and Torchwood
• Emma Reid was also unit manager on The End of the World and The Unquiet Dead

Tell No Tales (TX: October 19 & 20)

• Dominic Rowan (Edgely) voiced Corwyn for The Burning Prince (2012)
• Ron Donachie (DCI Telford) was a Steward in Tooth and Claw
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Reid) voiced Howard Carter for False Gods (2008)
• Sally Faulkner (Mary) was Isobel Watkins in The Invasion, and voiced Miss Tremayne for Winter for the Adept (2000)
• Mary Healey (Betty) was a Killjoy in The Happiness Patrol
• Glenn Marks was also stunt co-ordinator on Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Blink
• Nicholas Asbury (Officer) was Etoine in The Zygon Inversion, and voiced Rowe for The Many Deaths of Jo Grant (2011), Captain Anthony Burmaster for UNIT: Assembled, Chairman Bart Falco for The Silurian Candidate (both 2017), Visguard/Captain Morgan/ Officer for Churchill Victorious, Dante for Kings of Infinite Space and Whodunnit? (all 2018), Captain Zenna/Kivall for Out of Time (2020), Mollis for Colony of Fear, Commander Stevenson/Pietersen for Return of the Cybermen, Shakespeare for The Hollow Crown, Preacher Stem for The Melting Pot (all 2021), Dr. Sturm for Shellshock, and Hari Ventross for Kaldor Nights (both 2022)
• Sara Powell (DS Linden here; Tilly in Series 21: One Day) voiced Andrea Newman for An Ordinary Life (2014), the PA for World Enough and Time (2016), Jacklyn Karna for The Dalek Occupation of Winter, Contessa for Vanguard (both 2018), Emma Fremantle for The World Traders, Andros Fax for Jenny 2 (both 2021), and Blythe for The War Master 7 (2022) - she was also Mary Seacole in War of the Sontarans
• Andrew Bone (Scientist) was Collins in Spyfall, and voiced Pan Vexel/ Nebrin for Domain of the Voord, the Vice Chancellor for The Rani Elite (both 2014), and Alfred Woodrow for The English Way of Death (2015)
• Olivia Poulet (Alice) voiced Myrren for Requiem for the Rocket Men, Pazmi for Planet of the Rani (both 2015), Carla for The Ravelli Conspiracy (2016), Chancellor Jerasta for Songs of Love (2017), and Ros Green/Jakernia for Fire and Ice (2021)
• David Schaal (Driver) voiced Inspector Zogroth and Bus Driver for The Star Beast (2019)

Closed Ranks (TX: October 26 & 27)

• Esther Hall (Pinson) voiced Virginia [Fortuna] for The Galileo Trap (2015), Tazmeena/Bauze/Mum for The Two Masters, Pheenan for Absolute Power (both 2016), and Viv/Commentator for The Iron Legion (2019)
• Lucinda Dryzek (Cassie here; Marie in Series 22: Deathmaker) was Melissa in School Reunion
• stunt co-ordinator Nick Wilkinson was a stuntman on The Next Doctor
• regular associate producer Margot Hayhoe was AFM on The War Machines, Fury from the Deep and The Ambassadors of Death, then production managr on Logopolis, Castrovalva and Snakedance
• series special make-up effects artist Paul McGuinness was Drathro in The Mysterious Planet
• regular assistant art director Keith Dunne was stand-by art director on The End of Time, set director on eight other stories (from Blink to The Lodger), and also worked on Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Matthew Scrivener was assistant director on The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe too