Doctor Who Vs. Casualty, Series 8

Regular series actors Derek Thompson, Cathy Shipton, Ian Bleasdale,

Clive Mantle, Patrick Robinson, Caroline Webster, Anne Kristen and

William Gaminara all returned for the eighth season of BBC1's long-

running medical drama.

Joining the programme here were Jo Unwin (as paramedic Lucy Cooper), 

David Ryall (Dr. Tom Harley), Oliver Parker (manager Mark Calder),

Suzanna Hamilton (SHO Karen Goodliffe), Dona Croll (nurse Adele Beckford), Christopher Guard (nurse Ken Hodges), Samantha Edwards

(nurse Helen Chatsworth), Naoko Mori (receptionist Mie Nishikawa),

Steven O'Donnell (porter Frankie Drummer), Brendan O'Hea (paramedic

Brian Crawford), Tara Moran (trainee nurse Mary Skillett), Martin Ball

(SHO Dave Masters) and Jane Gurnett (nurse Rachel Longworth).

Webster, Kristen, Gaminara, Ryall, Parker, Hamilton, Croll, Guard,

Edwards, Mori, O'Donnell, O'Hea, Moran and Ball had all left the show

 by the series' conclusion, whilst Shipton chose to depart after eight

years service - she would return regularly between 1998 and 2020.

A repeat run of the twenty-four part series (originally broadcast from

September 1993 to February 1994) continued on Drama today - it

featured Adjoa Andoh, and thirty-six Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

• Mori was Dr. Toshiko Sato in Aliens of London, then Torchwood
• Amelda Brown (Linda) voiced Margaret for The Gunpowder Plot
• Peter Ferdinando (Policeman) and Brian [Reginald] Miller (Sullivan here; Warburn, 1999; Piper, 2002; Hearn, 2012) both appeared in Deep Breath, as Half-Face Man and Barney - Miller was also Dugdale in Snakedance, provided a Dalek voice for Resurrection of the Daleks and Remembrance of the Daleks, was Harry Sowersby in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Mad Woman in the Attic - he also voiced Abbotly for Ghost Town (2002), and Rexus for Reborn (2011)
• Brenda Bruce (Carrie) was Tilda in Paradise Towers
• Clive [Mark] Rowe (Speight) was Morvin Van Hoff in Voyage of the Damned
• Craig Kelly (Wheater here; Daniel Perryman, 1995/6) and Anna Calder Marshall (Yvonne here; Peggy, 2015) both starred in Scream of the Shalka, as Joe Latham and Mathilda Pierce respectively
• prolific Big Finish actor Toby Longworth (PC) voiced Professor Morgan /Sancreda/UNIT Sentry for The Spectre of Lanyon Moor, the Monan Host for The Apocalypse Element, Priest for The Fires of Vulcan (all 2000), Kelsey for Sword of Orion, Hauptmann Julius Schafer for Colditz (both 2001), Beep the Meep for The Ratings War, Wong Chu for The Tao Connection, Driver for Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre, Josiah W Dogbolter for The Maltese Penguin (all 2002) and The Quantum Possibility Engine (2018), Badger/Gaulish/Winston Churchill/Tribes- man for Auld Mortality, Broke for The Dark Flame, Time Lord for Exile (all 2003), Goran for Snake Head, Cabbie for Unregenerate! (both 2005), Various for Cyberman 1, Controller for Dreamland (both 2006), Redklaw for Spring, Jack for Autumn, Colonel Heinrich Konrad /Major Schrader for Old Soldiers, the titular villain for The Wishing Beast, Coiffure for The Vanity Box (all 2007), Commander Hectocot for The Chaos Pool, Yatsumoto/Truscott/Manager for The Nightmare Fair (both 2009), Stafel/Guard for The Song of Megaptera, Dr. Tulp for Jago & Litefoot 1 (both 2010), Thaddeus P Winklemeyer/Berman Labazeen for Freakshow (2011), Workers for The Concrete Cage, Klaus Werner for Unto the Breach (both 2014), Min for Intervention Earth (2015), Vesuvius/Grubb for The Iron Legion (2019), Squawk/ Caw for The Infinite Quest, and Narrator of Battlefield, Paris in the Springtime and Cheques, Lies and Videotape
• Jaye Griffiths (Sheena here; Elle Gardner, 2016) was Jac in The Magician's Apprentice and The Zygon Invasion, and 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), Hieronymous Friend for Meanwhile, Elsewhere, Narrator of The Martian Dilemma, and Lady Audacity Montague for Audacity, In the Bleak Midwinter (all 2023) and Bramble King (2025)
• Martin Cochrane (Dinning) was General Chellak in The Caves of Androzani
• Terrence [Edward] Hardiman (Carlisle) was Hawthorne in The Beast Below, and voiced King Sitric for The Book of Kells (2010), Reverend Dobbs for AudioGo's The Broken Crown (2011), Hepworth Stackhouse for The English Way of Death, Lord Richard Pollard for The Fall of the House of Pollard (both 2014), and Rassilon for Time War 2 (2019)
• Andrée Bernard (Ricky here; Sandra, 1997) was Dolly Bailey in The Shakespeare Code, and voiced Ellen Green for Blue Forgotten Planet (2009), Erisi for The Entropy Composition, Lorelei for Paradise 5 (both 2010), Joanna Slade for The Feast of Axos (2011), Dr. Paignton/ Constable for The Red House, Susie/Sylvie for Stage Fright, Tethneka/ Carter/Thing for Terror of the Sontarans (all 2015), Mary Sissinghurst for The Carrionite Curse, and Lulu Hammerstein for The Silent Scream (both 2017)
• Jim [Michael] McManus (Harry here; Davis, 1996) was Opthalmol- ogist in The Invisible Enemy
• Frances White (Harriet) was Cassandra in The Myth Makers
• Sean Carlsen (Mac here; Mick, 1994; Bard, 1998) was Policeman in The Christmas Invasion, then voiced Sub-editor/Board Member/ Citizen/Censor for The Natural History of Fear (2004), Caius for The Council of Nicaea (2005), Ned Davey for The Ghosts of Gralstead, and Co-ordinator Narvin for Dark Eyes 3 (both 2014), Gallifrey (2004-16), The War Master (2018-20), Time War (2018-21), Erasure, The Quantum Possibility Engine, Dust Devil, Aftershocks, War Room (2022/23) and The Last Day 2 (2024)
• Amanda Root (Joyce here; Evelyn, 2013) voiced Madeleine Fairweather for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), and Lendek/Scientist for The Lords of Terror (2018)
• Sarah Berger (Gemma here; Helen, 2013) was Rost in Attack of the Cybermen (2)
• Vilma [Jean] Hollingbery (Ada) was Mrs. Harcourt in The Doctor Dances
• Leslie Schofield (Jenson) was Leroy in (episode 4 of) The War Games, and Calib in The Face of Evil
• Ball was Roger Davey in Partners in Crime
• Mark Williams (Jones) voiced Max Edison for The Eternal Summer (2009), then played Brian Williams in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and The Power of Three
• Gracy Goldman (Rosie) was Mrs. Woods in The Caretaker
• Patrick O'Connell (White) was Ashton in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (4)
• Michael Bertenshaw (PC Vaughan here; Granger, 2003; Murray, 2008) was  Cole in The Next Doctor
• Peter Guinness (Becket here; Elliot Matthews, 1997/8) voiced Childeric for The Holy Terror (2000), Baron Teufel for The Beast of Orlok (2009), Rovus for The Star Men (2017), and Mr. Dread for Dreamland
• Derek [James] Fowlds (Croft here; Cothern, 2013) voiced Claude for The Elixir of Doom (2014)
• Sean [Campbell] Gallagher (Truman) was Chip in New Earth
• Martyn Whitby (Pascoe here; Stanbridge, 2005) was the Drayman in The Mark of the Rani (1)
• Bryonie Pritchard (Nicola) was Dr. Sally Arnold in the Auton trilogy
• Heather Emmanuel (Rabya) was Tessa in The Android Invasion (4)
• Norman Mitchell [Driver] (Jenkins) was Policeman in The Daleks' Master Plan (7)
• Paterson [Davis] Joseph (Michael here; Mark Grace, 1997/8) was Roderick in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, then voiced Victor Espinosa for Earth Aid (2011), and was cast in Broken Memories (2024) 
• Colin McFarlane (Ray here; Duheney, 2015) provided the voice of the Heavenly Host for Voyage of the Damned, was Jonathan Moran in Under the Lake and Before the Flood, General Pierce in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced Vince Foster for Random Ghosts and The Lights of Skaro (both 2014), Narrator of The Blood Cell (all 2014) and Farewll to Peteer Capaldi, the Identical Men for Charlotte Pollard 2 (2017), and Captain Morski for The War Master 5 (2020)
• Karen Archer (Carly here; Norma, 2004) voiced Professor Allen for Never Alone (2021), and DCI Denise Walker for The Annihilators (2022)
• AFM Catrin Lewis Defis was the associate producer on The Next Doctor, The End of Time and Torchwood, and produced Music of the Spheres

Doctor Who On This Day #286

1954 - Writer Stephen Gallagher

born in Salford

1966 - The Space Museum, Episodes 2 and 4, The Chase,

Episode 4: Journey into Terror and The Time Meddler, Episode

4: Checkmate repeated and Galaxy 4, Episode 4: The Exploding

Planet first screened, all on ABC

1967 - The Power of the Daleks, Episode 6 and The Underwater 

Menace, Episode 3 repeated and Episode 4 first screened, all on 

ABC

1968 - The Ice Warriors, Episodes

1 to 5 repeated and Episode 6 first

screened, all on ABC

1969 - The Tenth Planet, Episode 1 and

The Power of the Daleks, Episode 3 both

repeated on TV1

1978 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 6 repeated on ABC

 1979 - The Face of Evil, Part 1 first screened on TV2;

and City of Death, Part 3 first screened on BBC1

1980 - The Seeds of Doom, Part 5 and The Masque of

Mandragora, Parts 1 and 3 all repeated on ABC; and The

Creature from the Pit, Part 1 first screened on TV2 (NZ)

1981 - City of Death, Part 4 repeated on

KQED Plus

1982 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part

 3 repeated on ABC

1983 - City of Death, Part 2 repeated on

KQED Plus

1984 - Logopolis, Part 4 repeated on

KQED Plus

1985 - Full Circle Omnibus repeated on

KQED Plus

1986 - Robot, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - The Ark in Space, Part 1 repeated on KQED

Plus; and Image of the Fendahl, Part 3 repeated on TV2

1988 - The Visitation, Part 3 repeated on TV2; and

 Timelash, Part 3 (of 4) repeated on KQED Plus

1989 - The Pirate Planet, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus;

and The Mark of the Rani, Part 2 (of 4) first screened on TV2

1990 - 100,000 BC, Episode 1: An Unearthly Child repeated on 

BSB; and Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Part 1 repeated on KQED

 Plus

1993 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part 2 repeated on UK

Gold; and The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 2 repeated on ABC

1994 - Vengeance on Varos, Part 4 (of 4) repeated on UK Gold

1995 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 3 repeated on UK Gold

1996 - The Daleks, Episodes 6 and 7 both repeated on UKTV;

and Attack of the Cybermen Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

1997 - Writer Ian Stuart Black died, aged 82, in Sidmouth,

Devon; The Deadly Assassin Omnibus repeated on KQED

Plus; and The Pirate Planet, Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The War Games, Episode 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus);

and The Ambassadors of Death, Episode 6 repeated on Space

1999 - Spearhead from Space, Episode 1 repeated on

Space; and Earthshock, Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2000 - Inferno, Episode 1 repeated on Prime;

and Frontier in Space, Episode 3 repeated on

UKTV (Aus)

2001 - The Claws of Axos, Episodes 2 and

3 both repeated on KERA; The Horns of

Nimon, Part 1 first screened on Prairie PTV;

Logopolis Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus);

 The Visitation, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

on Colorado PTV; Arc of Infinity, Parts 3 and

4 both repeated on Iowa PTV; Mawdryn

Undead Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;

The Caves of Androzani, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on BBC Prime; and Silver Nemesis,

Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on MiND

2002 - Robot, Part 2 repeated on WSKG; Planet of Evil, Part 2 repeated 

on WCNY; The Seeds of Doom, Part 1 repeated on Lakeland PTV; The 

Sun Makers, Part 4 and Underworld, Part 1 both repeated on MiND; 

The Ribos Operation, Part 1 repeated on WILL; The Armageddon Factor 

Omnibus repeated on MPT; Destiny of the Daleks, Part 1 repeated on KUED; Logopolis Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can); Arc of Infinity

 Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; Snakedance, Part 2 repeated on WQED; 

Enlightenment, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on  WCET; Resurrection 

of the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4 (of 4) repeated on Lakeshore PTV; The 

Twin Dilemma, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; Attack of the 

Cybermen, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) both repeated on NHPTV; Vengeance 

on Varos, Parts 3 and 4 (of 4) both repeated on Colorado PTV; and 

Dragonfire, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on Iowa PTV

2003 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode 4: The Snows of Terror repeated 

on ABC; The Masque of Mandragora Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids 

(Can); and The Invasion of Time, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on UK 

Gold

2004 - Robot, Part 1 repeated on ABC 

2005 - Mawdryn Undead, Part 4 repeated on ABC

2006 - Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD screened

on YLE TV2

2007 - Dalek repeated on WVPB and France 4; The Long Game 

repeated on France 4; The Empty Child repeated and Doctor Who 

Confidential: Special Effects first screened, both on LPB; The Doctor 

Dances repeated on Prairie PTV; The Parting of the Ways repeated

on OETA; School Reunion first screened on Nederland 2; Fear Her

first screened on één; and Gridlock first screened on ΣΚΑΙ

2008 - The Ribos Operation, Parts 2 and 3 both first screened on 

MTV3 SciFi and TV4; Aliens of London repeated on Panhandle PBS;

Dalek repeated on Syfy (Spa); The Long Game repeated on KLCS;

The Parting of the Ways repeated on WJCT; and The Age of Steel

first screened on Syfy (Rus)

2009 - The Fires of Pompeii and Doctor Who Confidential

Cutdown: The Italian Job both repeated on UKTV (Aus);

and The Sontaran Stratagem and Doctor Who

Confidential: Send in the Clones both repeated on BBC3

2010 - Rose and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Bringing

 Back the Doctor both repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Doctor

Dances repeated on Syfy (FRG); and Love & Monsters

repeated on Space

2011 - The Sun Makers, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Syfy (Aus);

Rise of the Cybermen repeated on Space; The Stolen Earth repeated

on UKTV (Aus); Cold Blood repeated on BBC America; and Closing 

Time first screened on Prime

2012 - The Doctor's Wife first screened on DR3

2013 - The Aztecs Omnibus, Silence in the Library, Forest of the 

Dead, Midnight, Turn Left, The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead and 

The Waters of Mars all repeated on Space; The Tomb of the Cybermen 

Omnibus and Doctor Who at the Proms (2010) both repeated on Watch;

Genesis of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on KBTC; The Image of the 

Fendahl, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); New Earth and 

Tooth and Claw both repeated on Syfy (Port); The Impossible Planet 

and Blink both repeated on UKTV; The Satan Pit repeated

on BBC Entertainment LA, BBC Entertainment AP and 

UKTV; Love & Monsters repeated on BBC Entertainment

LA and AP; Fear Her, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday all

repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; Partners in Crime,

The Fires of Pompeii, Planet of the Ood, The Sontaran

Stratagem and The Poison Sky all repeated on Fox (FRG);

The Stolen Earth and Journey's End both repeated on 

Space and France 4; The Hungry Earth repeated on TV3

(Spa); The Curse of the Black Spot and The Doctor's Wife

both repeated on BBC Entertainment LA HD; Asylum of the

Daleks repeated on UKTV (NZ); Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

repeated on Jeem TV (UK); A Town Called Mercy repeated

on BBC Entertainment LA and MPTV; The Power of Three

repeated on Iowa PTV; The Angels Take Manhattan 

repeated on BBC America; The Doctors Revisited: The First

Doctor first screened on Space; The Doctors Revisited:

The Second Doctor first screened on Watch; Doctor Who

Confidential: From Zero to Hero repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP; and Doctor Who Confidential 

Cutdown: Take Two both repeated on UKTV

2014 - The Silurians, Episodes 1 and 2 both first screened on Horror; 

Nightmare of Eden, Parts 3 and 4 and The Almost People all repeated 

on Syfy (Aus); Father's Day repeated on Watch; Tooth and Claw 

repeated on UKTV (NZ); The Vampires of Venice repeated on WPT; 

Amy's Choice repeated on YLE TV2 and Really Scary TV; The Big Bang 

and A Christmas Carol both repeated on BBC America; Hide repeated 

on WSIU and Karusel; The Crimson Horror repeated on France

4; The Name of the Doctor repeated on RAI4; Into the Dalek

repeated on BBC Nordic; Time Heist repeated on BBC

Entertainment LA and BBC Brazil HD; and The Caretaker

repeated on BBC Entertainment AP

2015 - The Silurians, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on Horror; The 

Curse of Peladon, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV; Genesis 

of the Daleks, Part 4, The Empty Child and The Caretaker all repeated 

on Syfy (Aus); School Reunion repeated on TV Cultura; Smith and 

Jones repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Lodger, The 

Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang all repeated on France 4;

The Rebel Flesh repeated on KCPT2; The Rings of Akhaten

repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Journey to

the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on Syfy (Port); Listen

repeated on WGVU; Kill the Moon and Mummy on the Orient

Express both repeated on BBC America; and Before the 

Flood first screened on BBC First (Ben) and repeated on

BBC Entertainment AP

2016 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Part 6 and Death to the Daleks, Part 

1 both repeated on Retro TV; The Long Game repeated on BBC Polska 

HD; Human Nature and Night Terrors both repeated on Syfy (Aus); 

The Poison Sky and The Doctor's Daughter both repeated on RAI4; 

The End of Time, Part 1 repeated on The Zone; A Town Called Mercy

 repeated on Syfy (Spa); The Bells of Saint John repeated on Fox 

(FRG); The Rings of Akhaten repeated on Syfy (Spa) and Fox;

The Crimson Horror and Nightmare in Silver both repeated on

BBC America; Flatline and In the Forest of the Night both

repeated on Syfy (LA); The Witch's Familiar repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP; and The Zygon Invasion repeated on BBC

First (ME)

2017 - The Masque of Mandragora, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro 

TV; The Doctor Dances repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Satan Pit and 

Love & Monsters both repeated on Space; The Doctor's Daughter and 

The Unicorn and the Wasp both repeated on Syfy (Aus); Deep Breath 

and Into the Dalek both repeated on BBC First (RSA); and Extremis,

 The Pyramid at the End of the World, The Lie of the Land, Empress 

of Mars, The Eaters of Light, World Enough nd Time and The Doctor 

Falls all repeated on Syfy (Bra)

2018 - The Stones of Blood, Part 4, The Androids of Tara, Part 1,

The Mark of the Rani, Part 4 (of 4) and The Two Doctors, Parts 1

 to 3 (of 6) all repeated on Retro TV; Into the Dalek, Robot of

Sherwood, Listen, Time Heist and The Caretaker all repeated

on BBC Polska HD; The Magician's Apprentice repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU; The Return of Doctor Mysterio, The Pilot,

Smile, Thin Ice and Knock Knock all repeated on Sony SciFi;

The Woman Who Fell to Earth repeated on BBC2 and BBC First

(ME); and Doing Time repeated on Radio 4 Extra

2019 - The Power of Kroll, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC;

The Horns of Nimonn Omnibus repeated on WSRE; The Keeper

of Traken Omnibus repeated on MPTV; Frontios, Parts 1 and 2

both repeated on Retro TV; Planet of Fire Omnibus repeated on

Idaho PTV; Attack of the Cybermen Omnibus repeated on Iowa

PTV; The Christmas Invasion, New Earth and Arachnids in the

UK all repeated on One ARD; The Time of Angels and Flesh and

Stone both repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Bells of Saint John, 

The Rings of Akhaten, Cold War, Hide and Journey to the Centre 

of the TARDIS all repeated on W; and The Song of Megaptera,

Episode 1 repeated on Radio 4 Extra

2020 - The War Games, Episode 1

first screened on ONS; The Mark of

the Rani, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) both

repeated on Retro TV; Smile repeated

on NRJ12; Death in Heaven repeated

on BBC Polska HD; The Magician's

Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar

both repeated on One ARD; Can You

Hear Me? repeated on YLE TV2; and

Spyfall, Part 1 and Ascension of the

Cybermen both repeated on BBC First

Turkey

2021 - The Vampires of Venice repeated

on ABC2; and The Crimson Horror

repeated on ABC ME

2022 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang,

Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on Retro

TV; The Sound of Drums repeated on

ABC2; The Impossible Astronaut

repeated on W HD; Let's Kill Hitler

repeated on BBC Polska HD; Closing

Time and Revolution of the Daleks

both repeated on BBC First Turkey;

and The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

repeated on Fox SciFi