Doctor Who Vs. Casualty, Series 19

Series regulars Derek

Thompson, Ian Bleasdale, 

Martina Laird, Suzanne

Packer, James Redmond, 
Sarah Manners, Matthew
Walt, Rebekah Gibbs, and 
Simon MacCorkindale all 
returned for the nine-
teenth season of BBC1's

evergreen medical drama.

Joining the main cast here

were Liz Carling (as Dr.

Donovan), Susan Cookson

(Dr. Coldwell), Luke Bailey (receptionist Sam Bateman), Will Thorp (paramedic Woody Joyner), Elyes

Gabel (SHO Guppy Sandhu), Georgina Bouzova (nurse Ellen Zitek), Janine

Mellor (nurse Kelsey Phillips), and Adam James (Peter Guildford). Mean-

while, Maxwell Caulfield, Louise Brealey, Kwame Kwei Armah, and Leanne

Wilson had all left by the series' conclusion.

Whilst Casualty launched in September 1986 and spin-off Holby City

began in January 1999, the first proper crossover story was shown at

Christmas 2004, during this run. A further seven specials (including an

interactive edition) aired over the next year.

With just a fortnight's break between seasons, this extended series

(plus the two-part Casualty @ Holby festive special) was originally

broadcast from September 2004 to August 2005.

A repeat run of the forty-six part season began on U&Drama today

- it featured Freema Agyeman, Tim Treloar, Geoffrey Beevers,

Tommy Knight, and a total of fifty-one other Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• Mellor was Janey in The Woman Who Fell to Earth
• Lucy Benjamin [born Baker] (Gina here; Denise, 2015/17) was Young Nyssa in (part 4 of) Mawdryn Undead
• Mary Wimbush (Lily) was Aunt Lavinia Smith in K9 and Company
• Alan Dorrington (Ronan) was a Corpse in The Unquiet Dead, and Crofter in Tardisode 2
• Thorp was Tobias Zed in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, then voiced Gaius Julius Caesar for 100 BC, Jacob for Bedtime Story, and Narrator of Sick Building, Forever Autumn, Peacemaker (all 2007) and The Krillitane Storm (2009)
• Adam James and Ellen [Dorothy] Thomas (Stephanie here; Florence, 2012) both appeared in Planet of the Dead, as DI Macmillan and Carmen - Thomas was also Clockwork Droid in The Girl in the Fireplace and A Celebration
• Richard [Henry] Beale (Slavin) voiced a Refusian in The Ark, and Broadcaster for The Macra Terror, then appeared as Bat Masterson in The Gunfighters, and Minister in The Green Death
• Patrick Romer (Marchant) voiced Dr. Andrew Szabo for Thicker Than Water (2005)
• Jordan Murphy (Liam) was Ernie in The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances
• Jamie Edgell (Alan) was also a stunt co-ordinator on The End of the World, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways and Twice Upon a Time
• Philippa Burt (Nurse, here & 2007) was a Peasant in The Family of Blood
• Jim Findley (Sherman) was Lieutenant [Tyler] Mercer in Resurrection of the Daleks
• Ella Kenion (Maggie) and Eva [born Sara Jane] Alexander (Najma) both starred in Let's Kill Hitler, as Harriet and Nurse - Kenion also voiced Boudica for The Wrath of the Iceni (2012), Romy for Equilibrium (2015), and Lucia for The Players (2022)
• MyAnna [Margaretha] Buring [Rantapää] (Kirsty) was Scooti Manista in The Impossible Planet
• [Elizabeth] Sarah Greene (Elsa) was Varne in (part 2 of) Attack of the Cybermen
• Amanda Lawrence [born Jones] (Geraldine) was Doomfinger in The Shakespeare Code
• Richard Bremmer (Malloy) voiced General Hemmings/Valcon/Taxi Driver for The Valley of Death (2011), and Old Beowulf for Black and White (2012)
• Amanda [Jane] Mealing (Connie Beauchamp here to 2021; Holby City, 2001-16) was an alt-Connie for an ultimately cut scene in The Lie of the Land
• René Zagger (Smith) was Padra Toc Shafe Cane in Utopia
• James Albrecht (Daniels here; Fireman, 2007) voiced Major Heyward for City of Spires, and was Narrator of BBC Books' Apollo 23 (both 2010)
• McFly made a cameo appearance in The Sound of Drums too
• Ozzie Yue (Clive) was a Foreman in The Angels Take Manhattan 
• Rhoda Lewis (Molly) was Marta in State of Decay
• Madhav Sharma (Sandhu) was Patel in Frontier in Space (3)
• Vinette [Sharon] Robinson (Kirsty) was Abi Lerner in 42, and cast in the eponymous role for Rosa - she also voiced Cynthia Quince for Dead to the World (2015)
• Brian Cant (Hargreaves) was Kert Gantry in The Daleks' Master Plan (1), and Tensa in The Dominators
• Jean Challis (Nancy) was Aunt Betty in The Idiot's Lantern
• Alice O'Connell (Jo) was Laura in The Power of Three
• Sue Kelvin (Maureen) was Suzette Chambers in Partners in Crime
• Michael Jibson (PC Burrows) voiced Corporal Gibbs for The Forsaken (2015)
• Oliver Dimsdale (Mallins) voiced Morecombe Unwise for Come Die With Me, Mervyn Garvey for Dead to the World, Archie Ferrers for The Boundless Sea (all 2015), Commander Trelon for A Thing of Guile (2016), and Rebben Tace/V52 for The Sons of Kaldor (2018)
• Colin Spaull (Crake) was [August] Lilt in Revelation of the Daleks, Crane in Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel, then voiced Colonel Baxter for Dalek Empire 4 (2007), and Henrik for Grand Theft Cosmos (2008)
• Imogen [Mary] Stubbs (Chloe) voiced Isabella Clerkwell for The Diary of River Song 1 (2015), Professor Patricia McBride for Purity Undreamed (2022), Purity Unleashed and Purity Unbound (both 2023), and Elizabeth I for The Final Act (2024)
• Sasha Behar (Liz here; Alex, 2018) was Spurrina in The Fires of Pompeii, and voiced Presidential Aide for Songs of Love, Ladonne/ Tessno for Stop the Clock (2017), Admiral Eno for The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (2019), Talarn/Bullet/Thayla for Dust Devil, and Diana Hendry for The Seas of Titan (both 2022)
• Michael Carter (De Fraine) made his TV debut in The Mind of Evil as Prisoner and UNIT Soldier
• Ben Turner (Pickering here; Baxter, 2008; Jay Faldren, 2008-11) was King Louis in The Girl in the Fireplace
• Lizzie Roper (Jeannie) voiced Hoss for Kiss of Death (2011), Leandra Roath for The First Sontarans, Dr. Nadia Cervenka/Margaret for Artificial Intelligence (both 2012), Krakenmother Banarra for Starlight Robbery (2013), Celia Turner/Leslie King for The Crooked Man, Florence Woolley/Beatrice for Murder at Moorsey Manor, Victoria for The Wax Princess (all 2014), Bella for Stage Fright, Shari for We are the Daleks (both 2015), Rosata Laxter/High Minister for The Lady of Obsidian (2017), Trencher for Planet of the Drashigs, and Eira Hughes for Black Thursday (both 2019)
• Raji James (Ajay here; PC Singh, 2010) was Dr. Rajesh Singh in Doomsday and Army of Ghosts
• Katherine [Jane] Parkinson (Helen) voiced Danika Meanwhile for The Death Collectors (2008)
• Sion Tudor Owen (PC Wales here; Cottle, 2007) was Tandrell in The Mysterious Planet
• Daniel Hyde (Newley) was a Workman in The Snowmen
• Veronica Roberts (Sheila) voiced Krelos Major for The Fate of Krelos, Relly for Return to Telos (both 2015), and Ohila for Light the Flame (2021)
• Nickie Rainsford (Sally) was the Editor in Tardisode 12
• Michael Lumsden (Hearne) voiced Newton Pallister for The Crash of the UK-201 (2018)
• Chukwudi Iwuji (Peel) was Carl Peterson in The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon, and voiced Joshua Sembeke for A Thousand Tiny Wings (2009)
• Jenny Lee (Bunny) was Woman in Face the Raven, then voiced Kasnegar for Time in Office (2017), Professor Leslie Plush/the Keeper for Portrait of a Lady (2018), and Eliza Smith for A Tragical History (2021)
• Dan March (Brown) voiced Varian/Makaras for The Lure of the Nomad (2017)
• Bradley Freegard (Walsh) voiced Phil Patterson for Night of the Fendahl (2019)
• Lenora [Isabella] Crichlow (Linda here; Michelle, 2008) was Cheen in Gridlock, and voiced Rachel Cooper for The Architects of History (2010)
• Dominique Moore (Ruby) voiced Gemma for Rivers of Light (2021)
• Sion Pritchard (Clarke here; Taylor, 2020) was Joshua Steele in 73 Yards
• James Strong was also director of The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, Voyage of the Damned, Partners in Crime and Planet of the Dead