Doctor Who Vs. Bookish

Mark Gatiss here. Join

me as Gabriel Book, a bookseller who's also

rather good at solving

baffling cases and the

knottiest of crimes, as

postwar London can be

a dangerous place.

Bookish, new and

exclusive to U&Alibi.

UKTV's newest in-house period crime drama (a co-production form Eagle

Eye Drama and Happy Duck Films) was written by Mark Gatiss and

Matthew Sweet, and was filmed in Belgium last year.

The six-part series began on U&Alibi last night - the cast was led by Gatiss

(as the titular antiquarian), Polly Walker (Trottie), Elliot Levey (DI Bliss),

Buket Komar (Nora), and Blake Harrison (Morris), and also featured Paul

McGann, Joely Richardson, and a total of thirteen Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• Walker voiced Commander Narina for Big Finish's The Movellan Grave (2017)
• Levey voiced Andrew Gobernar/Blank for Vampire of the Mind (2016), and Colonel Marsden for Red Planets (2018)
• Harrison voiced Lieutenant Daniel Hopkins for The Helliax Rift, Hour of the Cybermen and Warlock's Cross (all 2018), then starred in Village of the Angels as Namaca Ost Parvess Po
• Tim McInnerny (D) was Klineman Halpen in Planet of the Ood, and voiced Admiral Dolne for The Well-Mannered War (2015), and the eponymous role for Puccini and the Doctor (2024)
• Rosie [Cecilia] Cavaliero (Mrs Dredge) voiced Cassie Schofield for Project: Twilight (2001) and Project: Lazarus (2003), and Marge Ellmore for Infamy of the Zaross (2017)
• Amanda Drew (Nerina) provided the voice of the Mouri in Once, Upon Time, then voiced Commander Jane Wardie for Way of the Burryman and The Forth Generation (both 2022), and was Narrator of The Seven Year Hitch
• Gerard [James Pertwee] Horan (Baseheart) was Clark/Father of Mine in Human Nature and The Family of Blood
• Daniel [Alan] Mays (Wellbeloved) was Alex Thompson in Night Terrors
• Elizabeth Berrington (Sylvia) was Auntie in The Doctor's Wife
• Nadia Albina (Dr. Calder) was Diane [Curtis] in Flux and Legend of the Sea Devils, then voiced Oshia for Previously, Next Time (2022), and Keetree for Face of the Apocalypse (2024)
• Mark Benton (Gash) was Clive [Finch] in Rose (a role reprised by Big Finish for The Dimension Cannon and Other Worlds), and voiced Ellis for Invaders from Mars, and Jack Coulson for Energy of the Daleks (2012)
• Chris Roebuck was also film editor on four episodes (from The Devil's Chord to Rogue)
• Jay Price was also sound editor on four storeis (from Kill the Moon to Dark Water)