novel was published in the UK in
1934, then issued in America a
year later as The Boomerang
Clue. The story was first drama-
tised by LWT in 1980, and co-
starred Joan Hickson before she
began her own definitive port-
rayal of Jane Marple for BBC1.
ITV Studios' version debuted on
PBS in July 2009, then only aired
in the UK two years later.
Written and directed by Hugh Laurie, this period drama (a Mammoth Screen co-production) debuted on Britbox in April 2022, and was shown on ITV1 a year later. All
three episodes were repeated on ITV3 today, and featured Will Poulter,
Lucy Boynton, Emma Thompson, Tim Treloar, and thirteen Doctor Who
cast and crew connections:
- Jim Broadbent (Marcham) depicted the Doctor in Doctor Who and Crayola (a sketch for Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV in 1987) then for Comic Relief's The Curse of Fatal Death
- Alistair Petrie (Rev. Jones here; Campbell in Agatha and the Midnight Murders) voiced Major Harris/German Lieutenant for Criss-Cross (2015), Julius Caesar for Living History (2016), John for Dethras, Richard Tipple for The Outliers (both 2017), Wallace Richards for Ghost Machines (2019), Magnus Drake for Master! 1 (2021), the Count for The Edge of the War, and Albion Groves for The Silent Priest (both 2023)
- Miles Jupp (Bassington-ffrench) voiced Dominic for Power Play (2012), and Inquisitor Xavier for The Revolution (2014)
- Martyn Ellis (Albert) was Glune Fex Fize Sharlaveer Slam Slitheen in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Revenge of the Slitheen, then voiced the Rotter/Delius for Last of the Zetacene (2022)
- Nicholas Asbury (Angel) voiced Rowe for The Many Deaths of Jo Grant (2011), Anthony Burmaster for Call to Arms and Tidal Wave, Chairman Bart Falco for The Silurian Candidate (all 2017), Captain Morgan/Visguard/SB Officer for Churchill Victorious, Dante for The Diary of River Song 4 (both 2018), Captain Zenna/Kivall for Out of Time 1, Shakespeare for The Hollow Crown, Tenebrae/Franz Albrecht Stuart for Rulers of Earth (all 2020), Commander Stevenson/ Pietersen for Return of the Cybermen, Mollis for Colony of Fear, Preacher Stem for The Melting Pot (all 2021), Dr. Sturm/German Colonel for Shellshock, Hari Ventross for Kaldor Nights (both 2022), Belias for Never the End Is, and Inquisitor Robel for You Only Die Twice (both 2024), then was Etoine in The Zygon Inversion
- Richard Dixon (Cayman here; Rowlandson in A Murder is Announced, 2005; Henden in Dead Man's Folly) voiced DI Alan Probert for The Dreams of Avarice (2020)
- Christian Patterson (Ellis) voiced Captain Dickson/Corporal Bouvier for The Curse of Davros (2012)
- Maxine Evans (Mrs. Bowden here; Mrs. Buckle in Elephants Can Remember) voiced Renucha for Mother Tongue (2020), then was Lowri Palin in 73 Yards
- Trevor Cooper (Coroner here; Opalsen in The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan; Harrison in N or M?; Spymaster in Crooked House) was [Lancelot] Takis in Revelation of the Daleks, and Friar Tuck in Robot of Sherwood, then voiced Rull for Magic Bullet's Kaldor City, Sir Ralph for The Doomwood Curse, Shanks for The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (both 2008), Judah for The Beast of Orlok, Smithy for Castle of Fear (both 2009), Captain Maddox/Stennan for Army of Death (2011), Colonel Burroughs/Kimball for The Emerald Tiger (2012), Preddle/Jonathan Jaggers for Judoon in Chains (2016), Sir Joseph Eagleton/Jonathan Mayfly for The Ghosts of Greenwich (2019), Smallpiece for Merry Christmas Mr. Jago (2020), Silas Keynes for The Ravencliff Witches (2022), and Captain Thaddeus Grey for Archipelago (2024)
- Robert Edwards was also ADR mixer on seven stories (from Hide to Survivors of the Flux) and Space/Time
- Liz Pearson was post-production supervisor (here & Murder on the Orient Express, 2001) on An Adventure in Space and Time too
- Peter Lowden (focus puller) was camera assistant on The Time of the Doctor
- Kellyanne Walker (graphic designer) was an illustrator on Human Nature and The Family of Blood
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