Doctor Who Vs. The Last Detective, Series 3

Accident prone detective Dangerous Davies

appeared in four comic crime novels by Leslie

Thomas, published between 1976 and 1998.

Bernard Cribbins starred as the eponymous

policeman in The Last Detective, adapted by ITC

in 1981, followed by Granada's TV version in

2003 - DC Davies was now played by Peter

Davison.

A repeat run of this four-part series (originally

shown in 2005) began on U&Drama last night - it

featured Sean Hughes (as Mod), Emma Amos, Rob Spendlove, and a total of twelve Doctor Who cast

connections:

• Kevin Clarke was writer of Silver Nemesis too
• Vineeta Rishi (pictured as PC Kapoor) was Julia Swales in Smith and Jones (a role reprised for Radio 4's Lost Souls), and voiced Meena Cartwright for The Longest Night (2005), Dawon for The Emerald Tiger (2012), Falex for Dalek Soul (2017), Shana Siddiqui for Hosts of the Wirrn (2018), Amita Burman for Concealed Weapon, Carla Alcazar for Friend of the Family (both 2019), and Narrator of Puffin Books' The Cradle (2023)
• Steve Pemberton (Netherton) was Strackman Lux in Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead
• Niamh Cusack (Gill) voiced Clarimonde for Zaltys (2017), and the Oldest for The Eternity Club 2 (2024)
• Pip [Dean] Torrens (Boyden) was Headmaster Rocastle in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, then voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), and Kenton for Break the Ice (2022)
• Simon Paisley Day (Bald man) was the Steward in The End of the World, and Rump in Face the Raven
• Ian McNeice (Wunder) portrayed Winston Churchill in The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, The Pandorica Opens, The Wedding of River Song - a role reprised for Big Finish's The Churchill Years, Their Finest Hour (2018), Subterfuge and Operation: Hellfire (both 2020), and voiced Zeus for Immortal Beloved (2007), and Reginald Harcourt for Renaissance Man (2012)
• Nigel [George] Planer (Jameson) voiced Alex Marlowe for Hothouse (2009), and Herrax/Old Emperor for Empire of the Racnoss (2017) - he also played Vorgenson for Doctor Who Live: The Monsters Are Coming!
• Jamie Foreman (Crowe) was Eddie Connolly in The Idiot's Lantern
• Michelle Collins (Maureen) was Captain Kath McDonnell in 42, then voiced Winnie Tyler for Damaged Goods (2015)
• Stephen [Murphy] Aintree (Wilf) voiced DCI Turnbull for The Condemned (2008)
• for Charles De'Ath see Series 1