Doctor Who Vs. Grantchester, Series 6

The sixth season of ITV Studios'
period crime drama (based on

James Runcie's The Grantchester

Mysteries) was first shown in the

autumn of 2021 - Tom Brittney,

Robson Green, Al Weaver, and

 Tess Peake Jones all returned.

A repeat run of the eight-part

season concluded on ITV3 last

night - it featured Jemma

Redgrave, and a total of twenty

-five Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

• Big Finish actor Rachael [Atlanta] Stirling (Margie) was Ada Gillyflower in The Crimson Horror, and voiced Demesne Furze for Trail of the White Worm (2012), Adelaine Dutemps for The Monster of Montmartre (2015), and Jill Meadows/Silvi for Technophobia (2016)
• Christina Cole (Joan) was Lilith in The Shakespeare Code
• Miles Jupp (Asper) voiced Dominic for Power Play (2012), and Inquisitor Xavier for The Revolution (2014)
• Rebecca [Louise] Front (Reeny) voiced Major Takol for The Mind's Eye (2007), Patricia Walton for The Jupiter Conjunction (2012), and Tara for Together in Eclectic Dreams (2022), then appeared in The Zygon Invasion as Colonel Walsh
• Will Hislop (St. Martin) voiced Right Marfick/Pathologist for The Hunting Ground (2018)
• Corey [born John] Johnson (Wade) was Henry Van Statten in Dalek
• Shaun Dooley (Richards) was Epzo in The Ghost Monument 
• Nigel [Patrick] Betts (Newport) was Frank Armitage in Into the Dalek, The Caretaker, Dark Water and Class
• Gabrielle Glaister (Sophie) voiced Maggie Bishop for The Forsaken (2015), Cowley for The High Price of Parking (2017), and Veronica Bland for Braxiatel in Love (2018)
• Akshay Khanna (Josh) voiced Sacristan Hinge for Planet of the End (2021), Riffort for Time Killers (2022), Dr. Rushton/Officer for A Ghost of Alchemy, and Rohan for The Good Samaritan (both 2023)
• Michelle Greenidge (Rita) was Carla Sunday in The Church on Ruby Road
• Bill Davey (stuntman) was stunt co-ordinator on The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters and Turn Left
• Richard Rowntree was also greensman on forty-one stories (from The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe to The Husbands of River Song)
• for stunt co-ordinators Crispin Layfield and Belinda McGinley see Series 1
• for Peake Jones, Nick Brimble and Oliver Dimsdale see Series 2
• for Gary Beadle see Series 3
• for Louise Page, Helen Murphy and Elliott Haimes see Series 4
• for Dominic Mafham, Stephanie Carey, Mark Waters and Tom Chapman see Series 5