Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 21

 

The twenty-first season of BBC1's popular crime drama first aired in

early 2018, and again starred Emilia Fox and David Caves as doctors

Nikki Alexander and Jack Hodgson. The Home Office forensic patho-

logists (based in London's Lyell Centre) were joined by Clarissa Mullery

and Dr. Thomas Chamberlain, played by Liz Carr and Richard Lintern.

A repeat run of the ten-part series began on U&Drama last night -

it featured Sharon D Clarke, Jacqueline King, Alex Macqueen,

and a total of thirty-four Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Moment of Surrender (TX: January 8 & 9)

• Charles Palmer was also director of Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Human Nature, The Family of Blood, Oxygen and The Eaters of Light
• Emma [Georgina Annalies] Fielding (Sally) provided the voice of Kisar for Demons of the Punjab
• Julian [Alistair] Rhind Tutt (Cannon) voiced Lexhan for The Paradise of Death, and Berkhoff for Big Finish's The Skies of New Earth (2018), then depicted Brian Hodgson in Delia: The Myths and Legendary Tapes
• Pippa Bennett Warner (DC Bailey) was Saibra in Time Heist, Narrator of Helena and the Beast (2015), Bill and the Three Jackets and Twelve Angels Weeping, then voiced the Deterrent for The Furies (all 2018), Livia Carlis for Time War (2018-2021), The War Master 4 (2019), Ruzalla for Ravenous 1, and Fliss Keeley for The Trojan Dalek (both 2021)
• Natalie Burt (Kate) voiced Dr. Sally Armstrong for Dark Eyes
• Alan David (Porter) was Gabriel Sneed in The Unquiet Dead, and voiced Castellan Kanteer for The Enigma Dimension (2017), and Lord Macavoy/Old Lawrence for The Primeval Design (2021)
• David [James] Bamber (Hawke) was Captain Quell in Mummy on the Orient Express, and voiced Emperor Constantine for The Council of Nicaea (2005), and Colonel Ulrik/Whitmore for The Four Doctors (2010)
• Anna Madeley (Anna) voiced Laura Lyons for The Monstrous Menagerie (2014)
• Kelly Hunter (Gwen) was the Shadow Architect in The Stolen Earth and The Magician's Apprentice 

Duty of Candour (TX: January 15 & 16)

• Lu Corfield (Jane) voiced Marta Vanderburgh for Class 1 (2018), Stern for Darkness and Light (2019), Matra Fennel for Mind of the Hodiac (2022)
• for Daniel Weyman see Series 20 and Belinda McGinley see Series 12
• Julia Haworth (Rosie) was Kat in Defenders of Earth
• Philip Buck (Lawyer) made his TV debut in The Day of the Doctor as Arcadian Father
• Richard Price (Extra) was Guest in The Runaway Bride and The Lazarus Experiment, Passerby in Partners in Crime and The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Mark of the Berserker, Takran Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter, Cyberman in World Enough and Time, The Doctor Falls, Ascension of the Cybermen, The Timeless Children and Once, Upon Time, Team mate in Kerblam!, Sniperbot in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon, Dalek operator in Revolution of the Daleks, Tourist in The Halloween Apocalypse, and Shadow Kin in Class

A Special Relationship (TX: January 22 & 23)

• for Elliot Levey see Series 17
• Matthew Brenher (Kraft) voiced Visteen Krane for Whispers of Terror (1999), Zzarl for Red Dawn (2000), Jude for The Rapture, Robber for Comeback (both 2002), Hannibal for Auld Mortality (2003), Silurian for The Coup, Dodds for Time Heals (both 2004), Deakin for The Tactics of Defeat, and Conceirge/Banker/Kamen for Lady Christina 1 (both 2018), and Havash Khavul for Chronomancer and The Wrong Side of History (both 2023)
• Shvorne Marks (DCI Moss) voiced Ampz for The Emporium at the End (2016), Amala Vost for The Dalek Occupation of Winter, Cissy/ Thelma Sketch for Whodunnit? (both 2018), and Mia Valarna for Stone Cold (2023)
• Selva Rasalingam (AC Khan) was Ranjit in The Power of Three
• Gretchen Egolf (Terry) was Norlander in The Zygon Invasion
• Ian Conningham (Apsted) was Chuckles in The Girl Who Died, then voiced Sinko/Ronson/Lieutenant for Storm of the Horofax (2017), Kevin/Rindle for The Lady in the Lake (2018), Konis/Maximov for Nightmare Country (2019), V11/Kaden Olsen for Toos and Poul (2020), Dr. Richard Numan/Corfield for The Primeval Design, Robert Devereaux/Cecil for The Hollow Crown (both 2021), Kade for Previously, Next Time, Fridtjof Nansen for Northern Lights (both 2023), Solarie for Bad Apple Brigade, Sir Floris/Prince Edward for The Baron Robbers (both 2024), Jerome Shaw for Fallen Heroes, and Fletcher Hart for Nightfall (both 2025)
• Ako Mitchell (Reed) voiced Sergeant Johnson for Ride or Die (2026)

One Day (TX: January 29 & 30)

• Finlay Robertson (Fielden) was Larry Nightingale in Blink, The Lonely Assassins and Angels, then voiced DI Cotton for The Cars That Ate London!, Ambrose for The Ghost and the Potato Man (both 2019), Kador Arris/V48 for Machines Like Us, and Lt. Hans Hoffman/Guard/ Sergeant for Shellshock (both 2022)
• for Sara Powell see Series 6, Tony Lucken see Series 7 and Stephanie Carey see Series 14
• Sanchia McCormack (Mother) was a Housing Officer in Turn Left, and was cast in The Power of the Doctor
• Tony Way (Jarrow) was Alf in Deep Breath

Family (TX: February 5 & 7)

• T'Nia Miller (DI Gibbs) was the General in Hell Bent, and Mrs Maitland for Mind of the Hodiac
• Alex Price (DI Baker) was Francesco in The Vampires of Venice
• Tachia Newaal (PC Bell) was Colonel Winston Chidozie in The Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death
• for Neil Stuke see Series 3
• Colin Teague was also director of The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords and The Fires of Pompeii

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 21

The twenty-first season of BBC1's popular crime drama first aired in

early 2018, and again starred Emilia Fox and David Caves as doctors

Nikki Alexander and Jack Hodgson. The Home Office forensic patho-

logists (based in London's Lyell Centre) were joined by Clarissa Mullery

and Dr. Thomas Chamberlain, played by Liz Carr and Richard Lintern.

A repeat run of the ten-part series began on U&Drama last night -

it featured Sharon D Clarke, Jacqueline King, Alex Macqueen,

and a total of thirty-four Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Moment of Surrender (TX: January 8 & 9)

• Charles Palmer was also director of Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Human Nature, The Family of Blood, Oxygen and The Eaters of Light
• Emma [Georgina Annalies] Fielding (Sally) provided the voice of Kisar for Demons of the Punjab
• Julian [Alistair] Rhind Tutt (Cannon) voiced Lexhan for The Paradise of Death, and Berkhoff for Big Finish's The Skies of New Earth (2018), then depicted Brian Hodgson in Delia: The Myths and Legendary Tapes
• Pippa Bennett Warner (DC Bailey) was Saibra in Time Heist, then voiced the Deterrent for The Furies, Livia Carlis for Time War 1 (both 2018) and The War Master 4 (2019), Ruzalla for Ravenous 1, and Fliss Keeley for The Trojan Dalek (2021)
• Natalie Burt (Kate) voiced Dr. Sally Armstrong for Dark Eyes
• Alan David (Porter) was Gabriel Sneed in The Unquiet Dead, and voiced Castellan Kanteer for The Enigma Dimension (2017), and Lord Macavoy/Old Lawrence for The Primeval Design (2021)
• David [James] Bamber (Hawke) was Captain Quell in Mummy on the Orient Express, and voiced Emperor Constantine for The Council of Nicaea (2005), and Colonel Ulrik/Whitmore for The Four Doctors (2010)
• Anna Madeley (Anna) voiced Laura Lyons for The Monstrous Menagerie (2014)
• Kelly Hunter (Gwen) was the Shadow Architect in The Stolen Earth and The Magician's Apprentice 

Duty of Candour (TX: January 15 & 16)

• Lu Corfield (Jane) voiced Marta Vanderburgh for Class 1 (2018), Stern for Darkness and Light (2019), Matra Fennel for Mind of the Hodiac (2022)
• for Daniel Weyman see Series 20 and Belinda McGinley see Series 12
• Julia Haworth (Rosie) was Kat in Defenders of Earth
• Philip Buck (Lawyer) made his TV debut in The Day of the Doctor as Arcadian Father
• Richard Price (Extra) was Guest in The Runaway Bride and The Lazarus Experiment, Passerby in Partners in Crime and The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Mark of the Berserker, Takran Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter, Cyberman in World Enough and Time, The Doctor Falls, Ascension of the Cybermen, The Timeless Children and Once, Upon Time, Team mate in Kerblam!, Sniperbot in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon, Dalek operator in Revolution of the Daleks, Tourist in The Halloween Apocalypse, and Shadow Kin in Class

A Special Relationship (TX: January 22 & 23)

• for Elliot Levey see Series 17
• Matthew Brenher (Kraft) voiced Visteen Krane for Whispers of Terror (1999), Zzarl for Red Dawn (2000), Jude for The Rapture, Robber for Comeback (both 2002), Hannibal for Auld Mortality (2003), Silurian for The Coup, Dodds for Time Heals (both 2004), Deakin for The Tactics of Defeat, and Conceirge/Banker/Kamen for Lady Christina 1 (both 2018), and Havash Khavul for Chronomancer and The Wrong Side of History (both 2023)
• Shvorne Marks (DCI Moss) voiced Ampz for The Emporium at the End (2016), Amala Vost for The Dalek Occupation of Winter, Cissy/ Thelma Sketch for Whodunnit? (both 2018), and Mia Valarna for Stone Cold (2023)
• Selva Rasalingam (AC Khan) was Ranjit in The Power of Three
• Gretchen Egolf (Terry) was Norlander in The Zygon Invasion
• Ian Conningham (Apsted) was Chuckles in The Girl Who Died, then voiced Sinko/Ronson/Lieutenant for Storm of the Horofax (2017), Kevin/Rindle for The Lady in the Lake (2018), Konis/Maximov for Nightmare Country (2019), V11/Kaden Olsen for Toos and Poul (2020), Dr. Richard Numan/Corfield for The Primeval Design, Robert Devereaux for The Hollow Crown (both 2021), Kade for Previously, Next Time, Fridtjof Nansen for Northern Lights (both 2023), Solarie for Bad Apple Brigade, Sir Floris/Prince Edward for The Baron Robbers (both 2024), Jerome Shaw for Fallen Heroes, and Fletcher Hart for Nightfall (both 2025)
• Ako Mitchell (Reed) voiced Sergeant Johnson for Ride or Die (2026)

One Day (TX: January 29 & 30)

• Finlay Robertson (Fielden) was Larry Nightingale in Blink, The Lonely Assassins and Angels, then voiced DI Cotton for The Cars That Ate London (2019), Kador Arris/V48 for Machines Like Us, and Lt. Hans Hoffman/Guard/Sergeant for Shellshock (both 2022)
• for Sara Powell see Series 6, Tony Lucken see Series 7 and Stephanie Carey see Series 14
• Sanchia McCormack (Mother) was a Housing Officer in Turn Left, and was cast in The Power of the Doctor
• Tony Way (Jarrow) was Alf in Deep Breath

Family (TX: February 5 & 7)

• T'Nia Miller (DI Gibbs) was the General in Hell Bent, and Mrs Maitland for Mind of the Hodiac
• Alex Price (DI Baker) was Francesco in The Vampires of Venice
• Tachia Newaal (PC Bell) was Colonel Winston Chidozie in The Legend of Ruby Sunday
• for Neil Stuke see Series 3
• Colin Teague was also director of The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords and The Fires of Pompeii

Doctor Who Vs. Cinderella

Disney Picture's live-action reworking

of their animated classic of 1950 was

shown on BBC1 tonight.

Lily James depicted the eponymous

folk heroine Ella, Cate Blanchett was

her wicked stepmother, Helena Bonham

Carter was the Fairy Godmother, and Richard Madden was the Prince.

Directed by Kenneth Branagh, the film

was released in 2015 - it also featured

Derek Jacobi, Alex Macqueen,

Stellan Skarsgard, Holliday Grainger,

and twelve other Doctor Who cast

connections:

• Nonso Anozie (Captain) was Hydroflax in The Husbands of River Song
• Hayley [Elizabeth] Atwell (Mother) voiced Asha for Blood of the Daleks (2007), Eleanor for The Doomwood Curse (2008), Seksa for The Whispering Forest (2010), and President Sheridan Moorkurk for The Sands of Life and War Against the Laan (both 2013)
• Mimi Ndiweni (Lady) was Abby in Oxygen, and voiced Ronnie Brockman for Big Dig (2013), Alicia Dowan/Secretary for Subterfuge (2019), and Other River for The Two Rivers (2022)
• Tom Edden (Footman) was Pharmacist in Gridlock
• Joseph Kloska (Assistant) voiced the Perfect One for The Masters of Luxor, Dukhin for The Acheron Pulse (both 2012), King Henry IV/Sir Robert de Wensley/Adam/Tom Chaucer for The Doctor's Tale (2014), Habrild for Order of the Daleks (2016), Schandel for Pretty Lies (2017), Morris/Centurion for The Iron Legion, Neville Plumstead/ Bobby Harrris/the Creature for The Ghosts of Greenwich (both 2019), Pilot Finlay for Genetics of the Daleks (2020), Ivo Hislop Cannon for Long Shot (2021), Tannus Vallon/ Suit for Chronomancer, Ludwig Von Husseldorf for Lay Down Your Arms (both 2022), and Corg for Dominant Species (2024)
• Ella Smith (Lady) voiced the titular role for The Wrath of Medusa (2022)
• Adetomiwa Edun (Trooper) was Brock in The Return of Doctor Mysterio
• Michael Jenn (Doctor) was Clarence DeMarco in The Name of the Doctor
• Josh O'Connor (Guard) was Piotr in Cold War 
• Gerald Horan (Vaneering) was Mr. Clark/Father of Mine in Human Nature and The Family of Blood 
• Bentley Kalu (Rider) was Hood in The Angels Take Manhattan
• Ryan Stuart was a stuntman on Nightmare in Silver too