series of medieval murder mysteries from
Ellis Peters - pen name of Edith Pargeter),
were dramatised by Central TV, and first
shown between 1994 and 1998.
The drama, set mainly in twelfth century Shrewsbury, was filmed in Hungary, and
the eponymous Benedictine Brother was
portrayed by Derek Jacobi.
A repeat run of the three part season
concluded on ITV4 today - it featured Sean
Pertwee, Michael Culver, Julian Firth, and a
total of fourteen Doctor Who cast and crew connections:
The Virgin in the Ice
- Robert Cavanah (de Bretagne) voiced President Gilbert for Big Finish's Saltwater (2022)
- Ronan [David Jackson] Vibert (Le Gaucher) was Professor Skinner in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Last Sontaran, and voiced Ravener for Jago & Litefoot 12 (2016), and Zaal for The Perfect Prisoners (2019)
- Tim Barker (Dutton) was Harold V in The Happiness Patrol
- Jamie McCoan was film editor on Blink too
- Lisa Pickering (make-up artist) was assistant on (part 4 of) Warriors' Gate
- Julian [Wyatt] Glover (Ashby) played King Richard in The Crusade, and Scaroth in City of Death
- Ian McNeice (Canon) portrayed Winston Churchill in The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, The Pandorica Opens and The Wedding of River Song, then reprised for Big Finish's The Churchill Years, Their Finest Hour (2018), Subterfuge and Operation: Hellfire (both 2020) - he also voiced Zeus for Immortal Beloved (2007), and Reginald Harcourt for Renaissance Man (2012)
- Ian Reddington (Clemence) was the Chief Clown in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (a role reprised for The Psychic Circus), and voiced Nobody No One for A Death in the Family (2010)
- Christien [Alexis] Anholt (Meriet) was Perkins in The Curse of Fenric
- John [William Francis] Hallam (Rhysart) was Light in Ghost Light
- Ellis Jones (Ianto) was Radar Technician/voice of Dr. Lomax in Spearhead from Space (1)
- for Pertwee, Terrence Hardiman and Sarah Badel see Series 1
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