Doctor Who Vs. Bergerac, Series 7

The third Christmas special
 devoted to BBC1's Jersey-
based crime drama was 
followed by another eight-
part season, first shown in
early 1989. A repeat run of

the series continued on Drama

today - it again featured John

Nettles (as DS Jim Bergerac),

Sean Arnold, Terence Alexander,

Louise Jameson, Geoffrey

Beevers, David Troughton,

and twenty-six Doctor Who

 cast and crew connections:

• Edward [John] Brayshaw (Bonaparte) was Leon Colbert in The Reign of Terror, and the War Chief in The War Games
• David McAlister (Officer) voiced a Megara for The Stones of Blood
• Susan Penhaligon (Ruth) and stuntman Greg Powell both starred in The Time Monster, as Lakis and Knight (3) - Penhaligon later voiced Shayla for Primeval (2001), Dorka for The Robots 3 (2020), Mrs. Bevell for The Colour of Terror, Florence Harding for Strange Chemistry (both 2023)
• Kenneth [Charles] Cope (Swinton) was Packard in Warriors' Gate
• Joanne Bell (Liz) was Phyllis in The Curse of Fenric
• Tony Adams (MC) was Elgin in The Green Death
• Jack [Stanley] Watling (Blakemore) was Professor Edward Travers in The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear and Reeltime Pictures' Downtime
• Simon Dutton (DC Rushden) was Alistair in The Time of Angels
• Sam Cox (CI Tibbson) was DI Bishop in The Idiot's Lantern
• Kelly Hunter (Sylvia) was the Shadow Architect in The Stolen Earth and The Magician's Apprentice 
• Philip [born Roy James] Locke (Lemaire) was Bigon and the voice of Control in Four to Doomsday
• George Costigan (Sutton) was Max Capricorn in Voyage of the Damned
• Donald Sumpter (Tilson) was Enrico Casali in The Wheel in Space, Commander Ridgeway in The Sea Devils, Erasmus Darkening in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Eternity Trap, and President Rassilon in Hell Bent
• [Walter] Prentis Hancock (Medley) was a Reporter in Spearhead from Space, Vaber in Planet of the Daleks, Salamar in Planet of Evil, and the Captain in The Ribos Operation
• Andrew [born Andreas Siegfried] Sachs (Davidson) voiced Skagra for Shada (2003), the Scorpion King for The Boy That Time Forgot (2008), Crassostrea for Orbis (2009), and the Scarf for AudioGo's Aladdin Time (2011)
• [James] Brian Finch was also writer of the unmade story Leviathan, later adapted by Big Finish in 2010
• script editor Brian Wright played Dassuk in The Ark
• Michael Darbon was production manager on Warriors of the Deep too
• make-up designer Vivien Riley began her career as assistant on The Masque of Mandragora (1)
• production associate Mike Hudson was PM on The Awakening
• for Terence Alexander, Bernard Ashby and Jim Dowdall see Series 1
• for Frances Graham see Series 3
• for David Schofield (Mason) see Series 5
• for George Gallaccio and Geoffrey Sax see Series 6