Doctor Who Vs. Coronation Street @ 65, Part 13: 2004-2006

Walsh was announced as Graham
O'Brien in October 2017

The Street's producer Kieran

Roberts bowed out in early 2004,

and was replaced by Tony Wood,

whilst Carolyn Reynolds remained executive producer. Roberts returned (as new exec) in early 2006 when Steve Frost took over

 from Wood.

Schedule changes due to cover-

age of Euro 2004 matches

resulted in the broadcast of

three episodes of the soap on

the same day for the first time

in May. In late November that

 year, eight instalments were

shown over five consecutive

nights. 2004 also saw the

closure of ITV's cable channel, Granada Plus which had repeated vintage

Corrie. By the end of 2005, the show had enjoyed its best viewing figures

since 1993.

These three years on the cobbles featured Bradley Walsh (as Mike
Baldwin's son Danny), Jane Slavin, Anjli Mohindra, and a total of

twenty-six Doctor Who cast connections:

• Philip Dinsdale (Waiter) voiced Sergeant Jarrod for Big Finish's Project: Destiny (2010)
• Honor Blackman (Rula) was Professor Lasky in Terror of the Vervoids, and voiced Queen Anahita for The Children of Seth (2011)
• Richard Bremmer (Phillips) voiced General Hemmings/Valcon/Driver for The Valley of Death (2011), and Old Beowulf for Black and White (2012)
• Michael Fenton Stevens (Presenter) voiced Shakespeare for The Kingmaker (2006), Brooks for The Raincloud Man (2008), Moorson/ Controller for Destroy the Infinite (2014), and Douglas Bell for The Carrionite Curse (2017)
• Annette Badland (Thelma) was Margaret Blaine [Blon Fel Fotch Pasameer Day Slitheen] in Aliens of London, World War Three and Boom Town (then reprised for Big Finish's Sync), and voiced Queen Karlina for Equilibrium, Thelma for Suburban Hell (both 2015), Guilana for Asking for a Friend (2017), Judge/Computer for Barrister to the Stars, Mrs. Slinger/Batraxus for Whatever Remains, Maude Polwart/ Mermaid for The Ghost Writers (all 2020), Mrs. Goose/Fleshkin for The Hunting Season (2021), Mrs. Chinn for Mind of the Hodiac, the eponymous role for The Miniaturist, Eminent Sedanya for Blood of the Time Lords (all 2022), the Toymaker/Madame Bissett for Matryoshka, Old Emily Barnfather/the Bucca for The Stuff of Legend, Dorothy Stubbs for The Sitter (both 2024), and Aunt Lavinia Smith for The Caller and Presents of Mind (both 2025)
• Ray Fearon (Cooper) voiced Barlow Teveler for The Seeds of War (2013)
• John R Walker (Punter) was a Cured Patient in New Earth, Injured Man in Evolution of the Daleks, and Sales Rep in Planet of the Ood
• Ian [Murray] McKellen (Hutchwright) provided the voice of the Great Intelligence for The Snowmen
• Clare Calbraith (Robyn) voiced a Trooper for Urban Myths, Maria for Son of the Dragon (both 2007), Starling for The Phoenix Strain (2016), and Orla for The Blood Furnace (2017)
• Tim Preece (Reverend) was Codal in Planet of the Daleks, then voiced the President for He Jests at Scars (2003)
• Mina [Mumtaz] Anwar (Ravinder), Ace [born Ahsen Rafiq] Bhatti (Parekh) and Mohindra (Shareen) all appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures, as Gita, Haresh and Rani Chandra respectively - Anwar was also Goodthing in Smile, and voiced Kurdi for The Rise of the New Humans, Forsetti for The Trial of a Time Machine, Captain Varda for Empress of the Drahvins (all 2018), Valerie Pritchard for The Survivor, Horl for Tick Tock World, Bethan Foster for A Mother's Son (all 2019), Betty for Ghosts (2020), Juliana for I, Rorius (2021), Narrator of The Beast of Scar Hill (2023) and A New Life, Kavita Aradhana for The Silent Priest and The Silent City, and Rolko for Morbius (all 2024)
• Josephine Lloyd Welcome (Dr. Patel here; Raveena, 2012; Rani, 2025) was Devika Babu in Wish World
• Paul Broughton (Solicitor) was Neville Lewis in War of the Sontarans
• Ian McElhinney (Fr. Thomas) was Ko Sharmus in Ascension of the Cybermen and The Timeless Children
• Ian Reddington (Vernon Tomlin, 2005-2008) was the Chief Clown in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy - a role reprised for The Psychic Circus (2020) and AUK Studios' Children of the Circus (2023), then voiced Nobody No-One for A Death in the Family (2010)
• Catherine Grose (DC Golding here; Doctor, 2014) voiced Princess Aelfwynn for The Lady of Mercia (2013)
• Zaraah [Clover] Abrahams (Joanne Jackson) voiced Daphne for Dead and Breakfast, the Castellan for From the Flames, Kaled Corporal for The Master's Dalek Plan, and Narvin for Shockwave (all 2019)
• David Peart (Stuart) voiced the Vizier for The Destroyer of Delights (2009)
• Trevor [Gordon] Bannister (Solicitor) voiced Korbin Thessinger for Nocturne (2007)
• Michael Dixon (Pitcher) was Dave in The Rings of Akhaten
• Susan [Elizabeth] Brown (Maureen) was Bridget Spears in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced the Midwife for 100 BC, Mary for Bedtime Story (both 2007), Alice Withers for The Eternal Summer, Maud for Castle of Fear, Mrs. Withers/Mrs. Sowerby for Plague of the Daleks (all 2009), Margaret for Deimos and The Resurrection of Mars, Eleanor Harvey for Return of the Krotons, Chief Engineer/Chanel for The Song of the Megaptera, Babs for Prison in Space (all 2010), and Kastrella for Death Match (2015)
• Sean [Campbell] Gallagher (Paul Connor, 2006/07) was Chip in New Earth
• Marshall Lancaster (Slug) was Buzzer in The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People
• Graeme Harper was also director of forty-three instalments of Corrie between 2005 to 2013