Sunday 10 December 2023

Doctor Who Vs. Cadfael, Series 3

Thirteen of The Cadfael Chronicles (the series
of medieval murder mysteries from Ellis Peters
- pen name of Edith Pargeter), were dramatised
by Central TV, and originally shown between
1994 and 1998.
The drama, set mainly in twelfth century
Shrewsbury, was filmed in Hungary, and the
eponymous Benedictine Brother was port-
rayed by Derek Jacobi.
A repeat run of the third, three part season
began on ITV4 today - it featured Michael
Culver, Julian Firth, and a total of fourteen
Doctor Who cast/crew connections:

The Rose Rent
  • for Terrence Hardiman and Sarah Badel see Series 1
  • for Jamie McCoan see Series 2
St. Peter's Fair
  • [William Henry] Richard Clifford (Glover) voiced Novar for Big Finish's The Master's Dalek Plan, Pandak for Shockwave (both 2019), Merlin for The Lone Centurion 2, and Jessop for Mind of the Hodiac (both 2022)
  • Roger Ashton-Griffiths (Thomas) was Quayle in Robot of Sherwood
  • Rupert Holliday Evans (Dodd) was Colonel [Alan] Mace in The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky, then voiced roles for Audio- Go's Demon Quest series - Celtic Warrior for The Relics of Time, Artist for The Demon of Paris, and Cop for Starfall (all 2010)
  • Hilary [Sophia] Sesta (Croner) was the Fortune Teller in Snakedance
Raven in the Foregate
  • Ken Grieve was director of Destiny of the Daleks too
  • Peter Guinness (Father) voiced Mr. Dread for Dreamland, Childeric for The Holy Terror (2000), Baron Teufel/Zoff for The Beast of Orlok (2009), and Rovus for The Star Men (2017)
  • Catherine Cusack (Catherine) made her acting debut as the Blue Kang Leader [Drinking Fountain] in Paradise Towers - a role reprised for 24 Carat 
  • Tom Georgeson (Giffard) was Kavell in Genesis of the Daleks, and Police Inspector in Logopolis
  • Hermione [Jane] Norris (Mary) was Captian Lundvik in Kill the Moon
  • Raad Rawi (Aziz) voiced Prince Haasan Al-Nadyr for Who Killed Toby Kinsella? (2016), Bishop Nicholas for Ravenous 2 (2018), and Tubal/ Maygo/King Hiarbas for The Phoenicians (2019)
  • Martyn Whitby (Alfred) was a Drayman in The Mark of the Rani

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