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Tuesday, 28 July 2026

Doctor Who Vs. Grantchester, Series 2

ITV Studios' period drama (a
Masterpiece, Lovely Day and
Shine Group co-production)
was based on James Runcie's
The Grantchester Mysteries.
Vicar Sidney Chambers (played
by James Norton) again joined
forces with DI Geordie Keating
(Robson Green) to solve crimes
in the Cambridgeshire village
of Grantchester in the 1950s.
Morven Christie, Tess Peake-
Jones, and Al Weaver also
returned as Amanda, Sylvia,
and Leonard respectively.
The six-part season (followed by
a festive special) debuted in the
spring of 2016, then was shown
on the now defunct ITV Encore
channel in March 2018 - a repeat run concluded on ITV3 last night, and featured David Troughton, and a total of twenty-eight Doctor Who cast and crew connections:
  • Big Finish actor John Voce (Clark) was Fanshawe in The Woman Who Lived, and voiced Chief Surveyor Hardwick for Last of the Colophon (2014), Branarack for The Entropy Plague, Professor Garland/Albert Kennedy for The Red Lady, Jenkins for I Went to a Marvellous Party (all 2015), Toban for The Age of Endurance (2016), and Rako for Devil in the Mist (2019)
  • Lorne [Alasdair] MacFadyen (Wilkinson) voiced Sergeant Jack McManis for Dark Side of the Moon (2022), Kaiju (2025) and Shining Armour (2026), Frank Jewell for His Close Companions, Auctioneer for The Foxglove Cylinders, and Alan Stubbs for The Sitter (all 2024)
  • Andrew Knott (Milburn) voiced James O'Meara for 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (2013), and Sean Casey for The White Room (2014)
  • Oliver Dimsdale (Marlowe) voiced Morecombe Unwise for Come Die With Me, Mervyn Garvey for Dead to the World, Archie Ferrers for The Boundless Sea (all 2015), Commander Trelon for A Thing of Guile (2016), and Rebben Tace/V52 for The Sons of Kaldor (2018)
  • Alfie Field (Chapman) was Timmy in The Beast Below
  • Nigel [George] Planer (Montgomery) was Vorgenson for The Monsters are Coming, and voiced Alex Marlowe for Hothouse (2009), and Old Emperor/Herrax for Empire of the Racnoss (2017)
  • Nicky [Victor Leslie] Henson (Archer) voiced Pieter Stubbe for Loups-Garoux (2001), Dick Turpin for The Doomwood Curse (2008), and Gregson Gren ville for Deimos and The Resurrection of Mars (2010)
  • Tim McMullan (Raban) voiced the Eight for Doom Coalition 3 (2016)
  • Josh [Ryan] Bolt (Crompton) voiced Kalan for The Eternity Cage and Eye of Harmony (both 2016), Philip for Dethras (2017), and Spod for Time in a Bottle and Kings of Infinite Space (both 2018)
  • Liz White (Vivian) was Alice in The Snowmen, and voiced Genestra for The Brink of Death (2015), and Helais for The Death of Peladon (2022)
  • Elliot Levey (Herzl) voiced Gobernar/Blank for Vampire of the Mind (2016), and Colonel Marsden for Red Planets (2018)
  • Rosie Day (Joan) voiced Arn for The Undying Truth (2020), and Betty for The Hellwood Inheritance (2025)
  • Ian Conningham (Greaves) was Chuckles in The Girl Who Died, and voiced Ronson/Lieutenant for Storm of the Horofax (2017), Kevin/ Rindle for The Lady in the Lake (2018), Maximov/Konis for Nightmare Country (2019), V11/Kaden Olson for Toos and Poul (2020), Corfield/ Dr. Richard Numan for The Primeval Design, Robert Devereaux/ Lord 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, Fletcher Hart for Nightfall (both 2025) and Survivors, and DI Jameson for Fear the Reapers (both 2026)
  • Lisa Diveney (Rollinson) voiced Dr. Norma Vine for Time of the Intelligence (2017)
  • Kit Connor (Charlie) was Charlie in An Adventure in Space and Time
  • Olivia Darnley (Esther) was Kourtney in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, and voiced Emily Cole for Prisoner of the Ood (2018)
  • Steve Toussaint (Evans) was Feekat in Ascension of the Cybermen
  • Richard Dixon (Barrister) voiced DI Alan Probert for The Dreams of Avarice (2020)
  • Julian Glover (Tannen) was King Richard in The Crusade, and Count [Carlos] Scarlioni/Scaroth in City of Death
  • Mariah Gale (Gail here; Nurse, Series 10) was Eliza in Knock Knock
  • for Pip Torrens and Fiona Button see Series 1
  • David Mason was also line producer on The Impossible Astronaut, Day of the Moon and The Angels Take Manhattan
  • George Atkins (ADR mixer) and Sam Biggs (recordist) both worked on The Time of the Doctor and Flatline
  • Crispin Layfield was also the stunt co-ordinator on the revived series (from Smith and Jones to the present)
  • Belinda McGinley was also a stunt performer on Amy's Choice, The Girl Who Waited, Deep Breath and The Husbands of River Song
  • Xavier Russell was also film editor on Extremis and The Pyramid at the End of the World

Monday, 6 July 2026

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 22

The twenty-second season of the popular
crime drama returned to BBC1 in early
2019, as it reached the milestone of two
-hundred instalments - it again starred
 Emilia Fox and David Caves as doctors Nikki Alexander and Jack Hodgson. The
Home Office forensic pathologists (based
in London's Lyell Centre) were joined by
Clarissa Mullery and Dr. Chamberlain,
played by Liz Carr and Richard Lintern.
A repeat run of the ten-part series
continued on U&Drama last night - the
five cases featured Jo Martin, Ingrid
Oliver, and a total of thirty Doctor Who
cast and crew connections:

Two Spirits (UK TX: January 7 & 8)
  • Kerry Fox (Susie) voiced Julia Hartley Price for Big Finish's UNIT: Cyber Reality (2018)
  • Rochenda Sandall (Liz) was Azure in Flux
  • Andrew Knott (Marlow) voiced James O'Meara for 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (2013), and Sean Casey for The White Room (2014)
  • for Jemima Rooper see Series 10
  • Helen Dickson was also dialogue editor on twenty stories (from The Eleventh Hour to World Enough and Time), The Sarah Jane Adventures and Class
Lift Up Your Hearts (UK TX: January 14 & 15)
  • Radoslaw [Sebastian] Kaim (Rudi) was Worker in The Sontaran Stratagem
  • for Colin Salmon see Series 1 and Richard Price see Series 21
  • Dan Li (DS Lin) was Alexei in The Bells of Saint John, then voiced Dokan for UNIT: Shutdown, Grillo Clavik for The Genesis Chamber (both 2016), Okada Shumei for The Barbarians and the Samurai (2018), Mike Chaoxiang/Raptor for Master! 3 (2024), Lee Hoi Sang/Stall holder/KC Chen for The Final Cut, and Chesney for The Greatest Train Robbery (both 2026)
  • Alex Frost (Nurse) was Reverend Shaw in Village of the Angels
  • for Kiaran Murray Smith and Timothy Wood see Series 19
To Brighton, To Brighton (UK TX: January 21 & 22)
  • Sebastian [Felipe Xavier Fernández-Garcia] Armesto (DI Taramelli) was Broff in Bad Wolf, and voiced Anders for Grand Theft Cosmos (2008), and Garrison for Kidnapped! (2020)
  • Samantha [Jane] Bond (DS Quicke) was Miss Wormwood in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane and Enemy of the Bane then reprised for The Revenge of Wormwood (2023), and voiced Mother Baroque for The Scapegoat (2009)
  • for Carlyss Peer see Series 14 and Daniel Weyman see Series 20
  • Nancy Baldwin (Audrey) was Joy in The Impossible Astronaut 
  • Tomi May (Calvin) was Dowell in Thin Ice
Deathmaker (UK TX: January 28 & 29)
  • Amanda Root (Olivia) voiced Madeleine Fairweather for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), and Lendek/Scientist for The Lords of Terror (2018)
  • for Lucinda Dryzek see Series 6 and Des McAleer see Series 8
  • Ray Fearon (DI Quint) voiced Barlow Teveler for The Seeds of War (2013)
  • Ian McElhinney (Walsh) was Ko Sharmus in Ascension of the Cybermen and The Timeless Children
  • Alex Jordan (Reporter) voiced Renk Van Magnastein for The Revolution (2014), Mandeville/Chief/Acolyte for The Library in the Body (2016), Heatcote for An Ideal World (2018), Computer for The Scaramancer, Bandit for The Cognition Shift (both 2020), Sergeant Jean Paul Savarin for Seabird One and Visitants (both 2022), Louis Marchand/Napoleon for Time Schisms! (2023), and Various for The Last Day (2024)
  • Avita Jay (DC Anderton) voiced Zakia Akhtar for Stranded 2020-22), Harper for The Unzal Incursion, Hera/Moran Kez for Cycle of Destruction, and Evo/Eleanor Pearce for The Evolving Dead (all 2021)
  • Silas Carson (Harris) provided Alien voices for The End of the World, then Ood voices for The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Planet of the Ood, The End of Time, Pond Life, Survivors of the Flux, The Vanquishers, Prisoner of the Ood, The War Master 2 and Oracle, and voiced Arbuckle for The Jabari Countdown (all 2018), Trave for Havoc, the Sicari for Collateral and Assassins, Commentator for Warzone (all 2019), Sir Thomas Pewsey/Pilot for The Sins of Captain John, Brian for He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not, Garlon Rosh for The Robots of War (all 2020), Dr. Winston Grange for Time Flies (2022), Drane for The Kicker, Narrator of An Ood Halloween (both 2023), and Ramesh Kamal for Storm of the Sea Devils (2024)
  • Emily Taaffe (Orla) voiced Sasha Yan for Fond Farewell (2022)
Betrayal (UK TX: February 4 & 5)
  • Emma Sullivan was also director of Can You Hear Me? and The Haunting of Villa Diodati
  • Art [born Athar Ul-Haque] Malik (Pujari) was Ilin in The Ghost Monument, and voiced Abbot Absolute for The Skull of Sobek (2008)
  • Dervla Kirwan (Amanda) was Miss Hartigan in The Next Doctor, then reprised Miss Quill for Big Finish's Class, and voiced Mrs. Calderwood for Aimed at the Body, Di Wright for The Bookshop at the End of the World, Yost McComack for Lightspeed, Anne Marie for Interlude, Representative for Echo Chamber, Agatha Fernbridge for Towards Zero, Professor Callis for Castle Hydra, and Kelleher for Effect and Cause (all 2020)
  • prolific Big Finish and BBV contributor Nigel Fairs (Judge) was Police- man in Zygon, and voiced Gary Williams for The Shadow of the Scourge (2000), Joshua for Race Memory (2001), Osbert for The Green Man, Hall for In 2 Minds (both 2002), Rom for Nekromanteia (2003), Time Lord for Pandora (2005), Kalbez for Enemy Lines (2016), Cornelius Pinch for Inside Every Warrior (2019), Curtis/ Crewman for The Flying Dutchman (2020), Rev. Samuel Claypole/the Snowart for The God of Phantoms, Faren/Trooper for Destroyer (both 2021), and Announcer for The Prints of Denmark (2022)

Thursday, 27 February 2025

Doctor Who On This Day #58

1965 - 100,000 BC, Episode 2: The Cave
 of Skulls repeated on ABC; The Daleks,
Episode 2: The Survivors first screened
 on CBC; and The Web Planet, Episode 3:
Escape to Danger first screened on BBC1
1968 - The Crusade, Episode 2: The Knight of Jaffa,
The Space Museum, Episode 2: The Dimensions of
Time, The Chase, Episodes 2 and 6 and The Time
Meddler, Episode 4: Checkmate all repeated on ABC
1971 - The Mind of Evil, Episode
5 first screened on BBC1
1972 - The Seeds of Death, Episode
1 repeated on ABC
1979 - The Invisible Enemy, Part
 2 first screened on ABC
1980 - Robot, Part 2 first screened
on WTTW 11; and City of Death, Part
3 first screened on ABC
1982 - The Robots of Death, Part 1
repeated on KQED Plus
1984 - The Deadly Assassin Omnibus 
repeated on WTTW 11; and The Invisible
Enemy, Part 4 repeated on ABC
1985 - BBC1 Controller, Michael Grade denied
that Doctor Who had been cancelled as the
Corporation announced an 18-month production
hiatus; and Inferno, Episode 1 repeated on KQED Plus
1986 - The Silurians, Episode 5 repeated on ABC; and
The Power of Kroll, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus
1987 - The War Machines, Episode 3 repeated on KQED Plus
1988 - The Ark in Space, Part 1 repeated on Super Channel
UK; and The Stones of Blood, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus
1989 - Colony in Space, Episodes 4 to 6 all repeated
on WTTW 11; and Genesis of the Daleks, Part 6
repeated on ABC
1990 - Arc of Infinity, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus
1991 - The Invisible Enemy, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus
1992 - The Silurians, Episode 7 repeated on KQED Plus
1993 - Colony in Space, Episode 2 repeated on TV2;
and Terminus Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus
1994 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang Omnibus repeated
on UK Gold; and Timelash, Parts 2 and 3 (of 4) both
repeated on ABC
1995 - The Invasion of Time Omnibus repeated on
KQED Plus; Revelation of the Daleks, Part 1 first
screened on VOX; and Delta and the Bannermen,
Part 1 repeated on UK Gold
1997 - The Curse of Peladon, Episode
4 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1998 - The Seeds of Death, Episode 1 first screened on 
Space; and Arc of Infinity, Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1999 - The War Games, Episodes 1 to 5 all repeated
on MPT; The Daemons, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated
 on Iowa PTV; Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Parts 5 and
6 both repeated on Colorado PTV; 
Genesis of the Daleks, Part 5 first screened on Prairie PTV; 
Pyramids of Mars, Parts 3 and 4 both first screened on BBC 
America; Underworld, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC
Prime; The Invasion of Time Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus); 
Terror of the Vervoids Omnibus repeated on WUFT; and Doctor 
Who TV Movie first screened on RTL9 and repeated on HBO
LA
2000 - The Silurians, Episode 4 repeated on Space; The Time 
Warrior, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC; Planet of the 
Spiders, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on WCET; The Ark in
Space, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on NHPTV; The Sontaran
 Experiment, Part 1 repeated on KUED; The Seeds of Doom, 
Part 3 repeated on
Twin Cities PTV; The Hand of Fear Omnibus repeated on Lakeshore
PTV; The Deadly Assassin Omnibus repeated on KNME; The Face
 of Evil Omnibus repeated on WQED and Colorado PTV; The 
Android Invasion, Part 1 repeated on MPT and Omnibus repeated
on KRWG; The Stones of Blood, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on
MiND; The Androids of Tara Omnibus repeated on MPT; The 
Horns of Nimon, Part 4 repeated on BBC Prime; Planet of Fire 
Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; and Attack of the Cybermen,
 Part 4 (of 4) repeated on WUSF
2001 - Pyramids of Mars, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
repeated on Prime; The Hand of Fear, Part 4 repeated on
UKTV (Aus); and The Deadly Assassin, Parts 1 and 2 both 
repeated on BBC America
2002 - The Sontaran Experiment, Part 2 repeated on BBC 
Kids (Can); and Mindwarp, Part 7 repeated on BBC Prime
2003 - The Face of Evil, Parts 3 and
4 both repeated on BBC Kids
2004 - Arc of Infinity, Parts 3 and
4 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2005 - The Keys of Marinus, Episodes 5 and 6 both
repeated on MiND; Frontier in Space Omnibus repeated
 on MPT; Image of the Fendahl Omnibus repeated on
 UK Gold; Four to Doomsday, Part 1 repeated on KUED;
 Arc of Infinity, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Iowa PTV;
and Enlightenment, Part 4 repeated on WILL
2007 - Fear Her first screened on NHK BS2
2008 - Aliens of London, World War Three, The Long Game,
The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, Bad Wolf 
and The Parting of the Ways all repeated on Syfy (US)
2009 - Delta and the Bannermen, Parts 3 and 4 both first
screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The End of the World
repeated on TV3 (RI); Rise of the Cybermen repeated on
WVPB; Daleks in Manhattan repeated on BBC3; Evolution of
the Daleks and Doctor Who Confidential: Making Manhattan
both first screened on WGVU; and The Poison Sky repeated
on Syfy (US)
2010 - The Lazarus Experiment repeated on OETA; Voyage
 of the Damned repeated on WGVU; Silence in the Library
repeated on France 4 and Syfy (Spa); Forest of the Dead
and Midnight both repeated on Syfy (Spa); The Next
Doctor first screened on KBS2 and repeated on Syfy
(Ben); and The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Wedding
of Sarah Jane Smith, Episode 1 first screened on
Nickelodeon (Aus)
2011 - Planet of the Ood repeated on MPTV; Forest of the
Dead repeated on Houston PM and Idaho PTV; The Stolen
Earth and Doctor Who Confidential: Friends and Foe repeated 
on WTTW 11; Flesh and Stone repeated on BBC HD; and
The Vampires of Venice repeated on ABC1; and Doctor Who
Confidential: River Runs Deep repeated on Houston PM
2012 - Ghost Light, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on MTV3
SciFi and TV4; Love & Monsters repeated on BBC America;
The Sound of Drums repeated on BBC Entertainment Ind;
Last of the Time Lords repeated on BBC Entertainment Ind
and ABC2; and Turn Left repeated on Watch
2013 - Last of the Time Lords repeated on UKTV (NZ); 
Forest of the Dead repeated on Watch; The Eleventh Hour,
 The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone and The Vampires of 
Venice all repeated on BBC America; The Curse of the Black 
Spot repeated on Fox (FRG); The Doctor's Wife repeated on 
WTTW Prime and Fox (FRG); and Doctor Who Confidential 
Cutdown: About a Boy repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2014 - Image of the Fendahl, Parts 3 and 4 and The
Visitation, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The 
Satan Pit and Love & Monsters both repeated on BBC
America; Midnight repeated on France 4; Flesh and Stone
 repeated on Syfy (Port); and The Wedding of River Song 
repeated on Watch
2015 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang,
Parts 4 and 5 both repeated on Horror;
The Androids of Tara, Parts 1 and 2 both first screened
on Retro TV; The Empty Child repeated on Watch; The Satan
Pit repeated on KCPT2; Utopia, The Poison Sky, The Doctor's
Daughter, The Unicorn and the Wasp, Silence in the Library and 
Forest of the Dead all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Flesh and Stone 
repeated on Jeem TV (ME); Amy's Choice and The Hungry Earth 
both repeated on UKTV (NZ); The Impossible Astronaut and 
Day of the Moon both repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC
Polska HD; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and A Town Called Mercy 
both repeated on BBC America; The Caretaker repeated on 
BBC3 and BBC Entertainment LA; and Flatline, In the Forest 
of the Night and Doctor Who Confidential: Open All Hours 
all repeated on BBC Entertainment AP
2016 - The Daleks, Episode 2: The Survivors repeated on
KMOS; The Horns of Nimon Omnibus repeated on Retro TV;
Human Nature, The Family of Blood, The Doctor's Wife, The
Rebel Flesh, The Almost People, A Good Man Goes to War
and Hell Bent all repeated on France 4; Vincent and the 
Doctor repeated on Jeem TV (ME); Asylum of the Daleks,
 A Town Called Mercy and The Power of Three all repeated
on BBC Polska HD; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on
BBC Polska HD and Watch; The Rings of Akhaten repeated
on Syfy (Spa); Deep Breath and Into the Dalek both
repeated on BBC First (RSA); The Caretaker repeated on
Syfy (Aus); Kill the Moon repeated on Syfy (Aus) and WGVU; 
Mummy on the Orient Express and Flatline repeated on BBC
Entertainment EU and Syfy (Aus); Death in Heaven repeated
on OETA; Under the Lake repeated on BBC First (Ben); The
Girl Who Died and The Woman Who Lived both repeated
on Fox (FRG); The Zygon Invasion repeated on BBC
Entertainment AP and Fox (FRG); The Zygon Inversion
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP, Fox (FRG) and TLC
TV; Sleep No More, Face the Raven and Heaven Sent all
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; and The Husbands
of River Song first screened on France 4
2017 - The Silurians, Episode 1 repeated on The Zone; The 
Visitation Omnibus repeated on WETA-UK; The Runaway Bride 
repeated on FX (Ind); The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below,
The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone and The Vampires of 
Venice all repeated on BBC America; Victory of the Daleks
repeated on BBC America and Syfy (Aus); The Wedding of 
River Song first screened on TLC TV; A Town Called Mercy,
The Power of Three, The Girl Who Died, The Woman Who 
Lived and Before the Flood all repeated on Syfy (Bra); Deep 
Breath repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Zygon Inversion 
repeated on BBC Entertainment EU; and Hell Bent repeated 
on France 4
2018 - The Age of Steel repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Unicorn
and the Wasp repeated on Star World Premiere; Amy's Choice
repeated on ABC and ABC ME; The Lodger and The Pandorica 
Opens both repeated on RAI4; The Doctor, the Widow and the 
Wardrobe and Death in Heaven both repeated on One ARD;
Deep Breath repeated on BBC Polska HD; Robot of Sherwood
repeated on BBC First (ME); and Oxygen repeated on Syfy (Bra)
2019 - The Rings of Akhaten repeated on BBC Polska
HD; and It Takes You Away repeated on BBC First (ME)
2020 - The Dominators, Episodes 4 and 5 both repeated on
Retro TV; The Big Bang, A Christmas Carol and The Bells of
Saint John all repeated on BBC Polska HD; Journey to the
Centre of the TARDIS repeated on Syfy (Fra); Empress of Mars repeated on Star World Premiere HD and Fox (FRG);
The Eaters of Light repeated on Fox (FRG); and Ascension
of the Cybermen first screened on ABC
2021 - The Time Meddler, Episodes 1 and
2 and The Three Doctors, Episodes 3 and
4 all repeated on Retro TV; and It Takes
You Away repeated on BBC Entertainment
EU