Doctor Who Vs. The Last Detective, Series 4

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 - Peter Davison was now cast as DC

Davies.

A repeat run of the final, five-part series

(originally shown in 2007) began on U&Drama last night - it featured Sean Hughes, Emma Amos, Rob Spendlove, Camile Coduri,

Georgia Tennant, and a total of thirty-six

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• John [Morley] Shrapnel (Palmer) voiced Thomas Cromwell for Doom Coalition 3 (2016), and Nigel Colloon for The False Guardian and Time's Assassin (both 2019)
• OT [Olatunde] Fagbenle (Green) was Other Dave in Forest of the Dead and Silence in the Library
• Jason Watkins (Marshal) was Webley in Nightmare in Silver, and voiced the White Guardian for The Destroyer of Delights and The Chaos Pool (both 2009), Chancellor Barok for The Truth of Peladon (2022), and Al Norton for In the Bleak Midwinter (2023)
• Stewart Scudamore (Mads) voiced Danvers for Hounded (2016), and Ashley Bassett for Traitors' Gate (2023)
• Lex [Carey] Shrapnel (Hodge) voiced Toby for The Spirit Trap, and Robin Marshall for Shadow of the Past (both 2010)
• Charlotte Eaton (Nurse) was Mrs Hart in The Unicorn and the Wasp
• Jordan Murphy was Ernie in The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances
• Jeff Rawle (Sylvester) was Plantagenet in Frontios, Lionel Harding in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Mona Lisa's Revenge, and depicted Mervyn Pinfield in An Adventure in Space and Time - he then voiced Toby Brokesmith for Chapel of Night (2017), Chad Caramel for The Tyrants of Logic (2018), and Captain Miles Rozann for Here Lies Drax (2022)
• John [Edward] Cater (Joe) was Professor Melvin Krimpton in The War Machines
• Celia [Diane Savile] Imrie (Emily) 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, Livia for Enemy Lines (both 2016), and Dr. Kessica Myles for Hooklight 1 (2025)
• Jonathan Coy (Batten) voiced Fowler for The Flying Frenchmen and Return of the Nightmare (both 2015)
• Hywel Bennett (Conway)
• Aleksandar Mikic (Pawel) was Yuri Kerenski in The Waters of Mars
• Toby Jones (Bennett)
• Teresa Churcher (Denise)
• Roy Hudd (Bunny)
• Russ [Allan] Abbot [born Roberts] (Rendell)
• Paul Reynolds (Driver)
• Norman [John] Pace (Hill)
• Sam Kelly (Rickett)
• Kenneth Cranham (Solway)
• Maggie O'Neill (Linda)
• Josie Lawrence (Gillian)
• Michael Begley (Boden)
• Owen Teale (Cornell)
• Beth Goddard (Claire)
• Struan Rodger (Carty)
• Leslie Phillips (Robertson)
• Sanchia McCormack (Doctor)
• for Charles De'Ath, Elizabeth Bennett and Nick Hurran see Series 1
• for Vineeta Risha see Series 3
• director Nicholas Laughland was assistant floor manager (AFM) on Earthshock
• Douglas Mackinnon was also director of The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky, The Power of Three, Cold War, Listen, Time Heist, Flatline and The Husbands of River Song
• Sean Clayton was also assistant director of Dalek and Father's Day