Thursday, 3 July 2025

Doctor Who Vs. Grantchester, Series 8

The eighth season of the Kudos/ITV
Studios period crime drama (based
on The Grantchester Mysteries book
series from James Runcie) premiered
on PBS in the summer of 2023, then
was shown in early 2024 in the UK.
Robson Green, Tom Brittney, Al
Weaver, and Tess Peake Jones all
returned.
A repeat run of the six-part series
began on ITV3 last night - it also
featured Kacey Ainsworth, Oliver
Dimsdale, Nick Brimble, Charlotte Ritchie, and a total of thirteen Doctor
 Who cast and crew connections:
  • Jeff [Alan] Rawle (Abbot) was Plantagenet in Frontios, Lionel Harding in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Mona Lisa's Revenge, then depicted Mervyn Pinfield in An Adventure in Space and Time, and 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)
  • for Peake Jones, Ainsworth, Brimble and Wil Willoughby see Series 1
  • for Dimsdale see Series 2
  • for Ritchie see Series 7
  • Simone [Nicole Jean] Lahbib [Ould Cheikl] (Martha) voiced Dr. Roisin Hunter/Grandmother for The Phantom Piper, and Sylvia Brooks  for Time Flies (both 2022)
  • Jemima Rooper (Josephine) voiced Izzy Sinclair for The Company of Friends (2009), and Mithia for Restoration of the Daleks (2020)
  • Denise Black [born Nixon] (Miss Taylor) voiced Eva Jericho for Damaged GoodsControl for Rise and Shine (both 2015), and Mrs Mountford for The Haunting of Malkin Place (2017)
  • Laura Rogers (Jackie) was Isabella in A Christmas Carol, and voiced Queen Tristahna for Living History (2016)
  • Mark Benton (Mac) 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)
  • Andrew Westfield (Wilson) voiced Remnex/Vilus Krull for The Dark Flame, Pilot for Davros (both 2003), Bernard Moskof for Death and the Daleks (2004), and Steven for Swan Song (2011)

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