Tuesday 14 November 2023

Doctor Who Vs. Casualty, Series 9


Regular series actors Derek Thompson, Ian Bleasdale, Clive Mantle,
 Patrick Robinson and Jane Gurnett returned for the ninth season
of BBC1's long-running medical drama. Joining the programme here
were Sorcha Cusack (as nurse Kate Wilson), Joan Oliver (SHO Eddie
Gordon), Steven Brand (nurse Adam Cooke), Jason Merrells (Matt
Hawley), Lisa Coleman (nurse Jude Korcarnik), and Sue Devaney
(paramedic Liz Harker).
Julia Watson reprised her role as Dr. Baz Hayes, last seen at Holby
City Hospital in 1986. Both Oliver and Brand had left the show by
the series' conclusion.
A repeat run of the twenty-four part season (originally broadcast
from September 1994 to March 1995) began on Drama today - it
featured Louise Jameson, and a total of forty-six Doctor Who
cast and crew connections:

  • Cusack voiced Mary Carter for Big Finish's Dark Eyes 4 (2015)
  • Melvyn Bedford (PC Milligan) made his TV debut as Reig in Planet of Evil, and was a Mummy in Pyramids of Mars
  • Alex Lowe (Hopkins here; Tony, 2010) voiced Brigadier General Bartholomew Kitchen for The Angel of Scutari, Huxley for Ringpullworld (both 2009) and Fine and Replace, Axel for The Song of Megaptera, Private Michaels for The Bloodless Soldier, Sergeant Lange and Ragamuffin for The Similarity EffectProfessor August Corbin for Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge (all 2010), Sergeant Mezz/ Trooper Nold for Heroes of Sontar (2011), Damien Stephens/ Roboman for Energy of the Daleks (2012), Young Jago for The Year of the Bat (2015), Soren for Time Reaver (2016), Archie Flowers for The Cars That Ate London, and Roderick for The Vigil (both 2019)
  • Gina McKee (Ginnie) voiced the Lumiat for Missy 2 (2020) and Masterful (2021)
  • Claire [Louise] Rushbrook (WPC) and Shaun Parkes (Patrick Snr. here; Flock, 1999) both appeared in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, as Ida Scott and Captain Zachary Cross Flane - whilst Rushbrook voiced Tula Chenka for Escape from Kaldor (2018) and The Robots (from 2019), and the Abbess/Marna for Out of Time 1 (2021)
  • Tony Millan (George) voiced Professor Kelvin McIntyre for Frozen Time, Interrogator for Mother Russia (both 2007), Leonard Pallister for Situation Vacant (2010), Procopius/Yazid for The Secret History (2015), and Justice Burrows/Jonty for Judoon in Chains (2016)
  • Jason Watkins (Partridge) was Webley in Nightmare in Silver, and voiced the Legate of the Caliph for The Destroyer of Delights, the White Guardian for The Chaos Pool (both 2009), Chancellor Barok for The Truth of Peladon (2022), and Al Norton for In the Bleak Midwinter (2023)
  • Martha [Esther] Cope (Sylvia here; Christine, 2006; Susan, 2015) was the Controller in Bad Wolf, and voiced Captain Tanya Oswin for The Nowhere Place (2006), Talia for Bedtime Story (2007), and Commander Lind for The Sons of Kaldor (2018)
  • Daniel Ryan [born O'Brien] (Hitchens here; Tiverton, 2009) was Biff Cane in Midnight
  • Sean Gilder (DS Hennessy here; DI Langen, 2003) was the Sycorax leader in The Christmas Invasion
  • Rory Jennings (Miller here; Bingham, 2006; Ashley, 2010) and Jamie Foreman (Pearson here; Stephens, 1999; Henry, 2008) both appeared in The Idiot's Lantern, as Tommy Connolly and Eddie Connolly
  • Dickon Tolson (Danny here; Dale, 2002; Oliver, 2006) voiced Sharz Sevix for The Game (2005), and Annos for Gallifrey 3 (2006)
  • Mary [Ellen] Maxted [born George] (Mrs. Grace) was the Theatre Cleaner in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (3)
  • Angela [Josephine] Douglas [born MacDonagh] (Jane) was Doris Lethbridge Stewart in Battlefield
  • Barbara [Ann] Murray (Vivien) was Lady Cranleigh in Black Orchid
  • Pandora [Beatrice] Colin [born Ormsby Gore] (Joanna) voiced Fash for Prisoner of the Sun (2010)
  • [Mary Irene] Colette O'Neil [born McCrossan] (Maureen here; Vera, 1996; Jean, 2013) was Tanha in Snakedance
  • Jennie Linden (Caroline) was Barbara in Dr. Who and the Daleksand voiced Professor Klyst for Unregenerate (2005)
  • Elizabeth Rider (Bev here; Cathy, 2008/9) provided the ATMOS voice for The Sontaran Stratagem, was Linda in The Time of the Doctor, and voiced Galatea for The Well-Mannered War (2015)
  • Celia [Diana Savile] Imrie (Elizabeth) was [Rosemary] Kizlet in The Bells of Saint John, and voiced Dr. Elizabeth Bradley for The Fifth Citadel (2013), Madame Tissot for Gallery of Ghouls, and Livia for Gallifrey: Enemy Lines (both 2016)
  • Sam [born Roger Michael] Kelly (Clayton here; Miles, 2004) voiced Eugene Tacitus for The Holy Terror (2000), and Acheron for Return to the Web Planet (2007)
  • George [Alphonsus] Cooper (Collins) was Cherub in The Smugglers
  • Cheryl Hall (Jane) was Shirna in Carnival of Monsters
  • Susan Vidler (Pat here; Cindy, 2008; Lena, 2010) was Aunt Susan in The Big Bang
  • Ben [Evan] Miller (Murdoch) was the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robot of Sherwood
  • Andrew [Hugh] Woodall (Hodges) portrayed Rex Tucker in An Adventure in Space and Time
  • Mark Lewis Jones (Allsop here; Flack, 2012) voiced Professor Oliver Mortlake for The Darkness of Glass (2015)
  • Philip McGough (Rathbone) was Sergeant [Graham] Calder in Resurrection of the Daleks
  • Corey [born John] Johnson (Jackson) was Henry Van Statten in Dalek
  • Edward Peel (Tolchard here; Leinster, 1998) was Kane in Dragonfire, and reprised for The Last Day 1 (2023), and Visitor for 24 Carat
  • Robin Soans (Turner here; Croft, 2001; Dolan, 2010) was Luvic in The Keeper of Traken, and the Chronolock Guy in Face the Raven, then was Narrator of The Sins of Winter (2015)
  • Des McAleer (McGann here; Jacobs, 2002) voiced Lefty Lonnigan for A Life of Crime (2016), and Blujaw Skaldson for The Skin of the Sleek and The Thief Who Stole Time (both 2017)
  • Tom Eastwood (Boyd) voiced Requiem for The Last (2004)
  • Steffan Boje (Dizzy) voiced Hans Stengard for Whispers of Terror (1999)
  • Isobel Middleton (WPC here; Jill, 2004) provided the voice of Almak for Demons of the Punjab
  • Sally Ann Curran (Colette here; Helen, 1998) voiced Emily Bung for Pier Pressure (2006)
  • Robert Cavanah (Barnes here; Chalmers, 2004; Roy, 2010; Riley, 2013; Marks, 2017) voiced President Gilbert for Saltwater (2022)
  • Michelle Newell (Anna) was one of twenty-six actresses who auditioned for the role of Leela in 1976
  • Chris Clough was also the director of Terror of the Vervoids, The Ultimate Foe, Delta and the Bannermen, Dragonfire, The Happiness Patrol and Silver Nemesis
  • Catherine Morshead was also director of Amy's Choice and The Lodger
  • Sallie Aprahamian was also director of Arachnids in the UK and The Witchfinders
  • Ian Adrian was also a camera operator on The Vampires of Venice, The Hungry EarthCold BloodVincent and the DoctorThe Lodger and An Adventure in Space and Time

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