Doctor Who Vs. Endeavour, Series 7

Shaun Evans returned as Colin
Dexter's Oxford-based detective,
Endeavour Morse - again joined by

Roger Allam, Anton Lesser, James

Bradshaw, and Sean Rigby.

The acclaimed Inspector Morse

prequel drama (from Mammoth

Screen and Masterpiece) was now

set in 1970.

A repeat run of this three-part

season (first shown in early 2020)

began on ITV3 last night - it

featured a total of fourteen Doctor

Who cast and crew connections:

Oracle (UK TX: February 9)

• Angus Wright (Blish) was Mr. Dread in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Vault of Secrets, then voiced Magnus Greel for The Butcher of Brisbane (2012) and The Talents of Greel (2019), and Alek Zenos for We Are the Daleks (2015)
• Lucy [Jane] Briers (Mrs. Blish) voiced Jenny Chaplin for After the Daleks (2021)
• Holli Dempsey (Jenny here & Zenana) was Kelly in Closing Time
• John Hales (Saward) was the Hangman in The Woman Who Lived

Raga (UK TX: February 16)

• Buom Tihngang (Simba) was Tibo in Spyfall (Part 1) and Can You Hear Me?
• Emma Cunniffe (Rosemary) was Claire in Night Terrors, and voiced Caleera for Doom Coalition 2 (2016), and the Sonomancer for Stop the Clock (2017)
• Jason [Scott] Merrells (Gorman) voiced Dalek Hunter Killer/Nikov for The War Doctor Begins 4 (2022)
• Madhav Sharma (Sardar) was Patel in Frontier in Space (3)
• Harki Bhambra (Singh) was Mike in The Magician's Apprentice, then voiced Doyle for Red Darkness and The Green Gift (both 2023), and Ellis Coates for The Last Days of the Powell Estate (2025)
• Shane Zaza (Salim) was Atif in Tardisode 12, and Prem in Demons of the Punjab

Zenana (UK TX: February 23)

• Jessica Hayles (Elaine) made her TV debut as PC Forrest in Flatline
• James Moss (cinematographer) was a camera operator on The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky
• for Abigail Thaw see Series 1, Nick Kray see Series 2 and Stephen Longcraft see Series 5