Doctor Who Vs. Grantchester, Series 5

Tom Brittney, Robson Green, Al

Weaver, and Tess Peake Jones all

returned for ITV Studios' period

crime drama, based on The Grantchester Mysteries from James

Runcie.

A repeat run of the six-part season

(first shown in early 2020) began

on ITV3 last night - it featured

Jemma Redgrave, Siobhan

Redmond, and a total of thirteen

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• for Peake Jones, Nick Brimble and Oliver Dimsdale see Series 2
• Sandra [Jane] Huggett (Marie) voiced Dorada for Big Finish's The War Master 5 (2020)
• David [James] Bamber (John) 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)
• Dominic Mafham (Gurney-Clifford) voiced Moran for The Jigsaw War (2012), and Chidak for The Dalek Contract and The Final Phase (both 2013)
• Zoe Tapper (Betsy) voiced Collis for Legion of the Lost (2016)
• Bern Callaco (Suspect) was an Operator in The Return of Doctor Mysterio, and Soldier in Thin Ice
• Rupert Holliday Evans (Burrows) was Colonel [Alan] Mace in The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky - a role reprised for Big Finish's Rise of the Valiant (2026), then voiced Celtic Warrior for The Relics of Time, Artist for The Demon of Paris, and Cop for Starfall (all 2010)
• Tracy Ann Oberman (Sister) was Yvonne Hartman in Army of Ghosts and Doomsday - a role reprised for Big Finish's Torchwood - she also voiced Temperance Finch/Mrs. Grenville for Deimos and The Resurection of Mars (both 2010), and the titular Tartarus (2019)
• Sean Gilder (Finch) was the Sycorax Leader in The Christmas Invasion
• stunt co-ordinator Stephanie Carey was a stunt performer on ten stories (from Voyage of the Damned to The Vanquishers)
• Tom Chapman was also the film editor on Spyfall (2) and Orphan 55
• for costume designer Louise Page see Series 4

Doctor Who Vs. Grantchester, Series 4

The fourth season of the ITV Studios

period crime drama (based on The
Grantchester Mysteries book series
from James Runcie) was first shown
in early 2019.

Robson Green, Al Weaver, and Tess 

Peake Jones all returned, whilst James

Norton left the show here (when Sidney Chambers moved to America) - he was

succeeded by Tom Brittney's new vicar, Will Davenport.

A repeat run of the six-part series con-

cluded on ITV3 last night - it featured

Jemma Redgrave, and a total of

twenty-four Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• Nicholas [James Sebastian] Rowe (Simpson) voiced Rivesh Mantilax for Dreamland, then the Kandyman for Big Finish's Ravenous 1 (2018), Cato Kelgoth for The Passenger (2022), and Sebastian Hardcastle for Operation Dusk (2023)
• Samuel [Alexander Joseph] West (Barkley) was Cyrian in Dimensions in Time, then voiced the titular renegade for The Vengeance of Morbius (2008), Morbius and Morbius the Mighty (both 2024), Albert Tiermann for AudioGo's A Shard of Ice (2010), Aristophanes for Mask of Tragedy (2014), Mr. Song for The Diary of River Song (2016), and the Mazzini Family for Serpent in the Silver Mask (2018)
• Paterson [Davis] Joseph (Rev. Todd) was Rodrick in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, and voiced Victor Espinosa for Earth Aid (2011), Matthew for Blind Summit (2018), Harbolt for The Queen of Clocks, and James Blakelock for Missy and the Time Assassin (both 2024)
• Andrew Burford (Parsons) was a stuntman on seven stories (from The Eaters of Light to Spyfall)
• Sandra Teles (Madhia) was a Reporter in The Return of Doctor Mysterio
• Simon Bubb (Guthrie) voiced Temper/Follower for The Transcendence of Ephros (2016), and Jodor Colwyn for The Perfect Prisoners (2019)
• Robert Portal (Eddie) vocied Marshal Ney/Superintendent Finch for The Curse of Davros (2012), Reggie Bassett for The Auntie Matter (2013), Jim/Midge for Lost Property, Treadwell for Wild Animals, and Dr. Poograss for Whatever Remains (all 2020)
• Rachel Pickup (Meredith) voiced Dr. Sofia Rossiter for Thicker Than Water (2005)
• Christopher Fairbank (Roper) voiced Pierre Aronnax for The Wreck of the Titan (2010), Doc Baroque for The Scapegoat (2009), and Marc Brunel for Iron Bright (2019), then appeared as Fenton in Flatline
• Samuel Blenkin (Moran) voiced Tanhar for The Planet of Witches (2020)
• Charlie Hamblett (Amery) voiced Vetch for Timejacked! (2021), and Thomas/Attendants for Fond Farewell (2022)
• Kassius Carey Johnson (Raymond) was Artie [Maitland] in The Bells of Saint John, The Crimson Horror, Nightmare in Silver and The Name of the Doctor
• Joseph Millson (Pope) was Alan Jackson in The Sarah Jane Adventures, then voiced Colonel Keelan for The Dalek Defence and The Triumph of Davros (both 2021), Peter Kelly for Splinters, Peetom for Paradox of the Daleks (both 2022), Jory Hopkins for The Excise Men, Teacher for Harvest of the Krotons, Co-Pilot for The Wife of River Song, Ignatius Montague for The Devouring (all 2023), Stage Yartek/Guardian for Return to Marinus, and Simon de Montford for Knights of the Round TARDIS (both 2025)
• Patrick [Bashir] Baladi (Davis) was Sir Keith Spears in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Richard Price (Attendee/Policeman) was Guest in The Runaway Bride and The Lazarus Experiment, Passerby in Partners in Crime, 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, eponymous Kerblam! man, Sniperbot in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon, Dalek operator in Revolution of the Daleks, Visitor in The Halloween Apocalypse and The Vanquishers, titular reptile in Legend of the Sea Devils, and Shadow Kin in Class
• for Oliver Dimsdale and Nick Brimble see Series 2
• stunt co-ordinator Dani Biernat was stunt performer on The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, The Sound of Drums and Amy's Choice
• stuntman Paul Bailey was stunt driver on It Takes You Away, The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos and Resolution
• Dan Griffiths was also a stuntman on the Series 11 finale, and Gunrunner in Smile
• Louise Page was also costume designer on forty-six episodes (from The Christmas Invasion to The End of Time) and Music of the Spheres
• Art dept. assistant Amy Herring was a Trainee on Twice Upon a Time
• Kylie Jonkman worked crowd hair/make-up on The Witch's Familiar too
• Rose Goodhart (costume supervisor) was assistant costume designer on twenty stories (from Love & Monsters to The End of Time) and Time Crash

Doctor Who Vs. Law & Order: UK, Series 4

Bradley Walsh, Jamie

Bamber, Freema Agyeman,

and Harriet Walter returned

for the fourth series of the

British spin-off of Dick Wolf's

 Law & Order. Bill Paterson

and Ben Daniels left the pro-

gramme in Skeletons, when

their characters (CPS Director

Castle and Senior Prosecutor

James Steel) both resigned

from the Crown Prosecution Service.

All six cases were again based on scripts from the parent American drama.

A repeat run of the season (originally shown in the winter of 2011) began

on ITV3 last night - it featured Nicola Walker, Jemma Redgrave, and a

total of thirty Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

ID (UK TX: March 21 2011/based on Promises to Keep, 1993)

• Geraldine Alexander (Ellen) was Areta in Vengeance in Varos
• Matthew [Anthony] McNulty (Nash) was Adam Lang in Praxeus
• Andy Godbold (stunts here, Series 5: Crush, S8: I Predict a Riot) was stuntman on The Bells of Saint John, and co-ordinator on four stories (from Boom to Joy to the World)
• for Andy Goddard, Malcolm Thornton, Nick Foley and Robert Glenister see Series 1
• for Mike Jones and Isla Blair see Series 3

Denial (U K TX: March 14/based on DNR, 1999)

• for Catherine Tregenna and Jessica Gunning see Series 1
• Juliet [Anne Virginia] Stevenson (Rachel) voiced Winifred Whitby for Fond Farewell (2022)
• Diana [Marilyn] Quick (Judge Hall here, Duty of Care & S8: Flaw) voiced Prime for Scream of the Shalka, then Sophie Kinzky for Lay Down Your Arms (2022)
• Duane Henry (Flynn) was Mechanic Claude in Midnight

Shaken (UK TX: April 4/based on Homesick, 1996)

• Paul Wilmshurst was also director of Kill the Moon, Mummy on the Orient Express and Last Christmas
• Adetomiwa Edun (Benson) was Brock in The Return of Doctor Mysterio, then voiced Corvell for The Forest of Penitence, and Block for The Players (borh 2022)
• Rebecca Night [born Hardwick] (Leila) voiced Helene for Masquerade (2014), Matilda Gregson for Beachhead (2016), and Romana for The Difference Office (2022)
• Pooky [born Joanna] Quesnel (Andrea) was the Captain in A Christmas Carol, and Dorothea Ames in Class, and voiced Annalise Avenley for The Running Men (2024)

Duty of Care (UK TX: March 28/based on Endurance, 2000)

• Geoffrey Leesley (Harris) voiced Paramount Minister Mortund for Arrangements for War (2004), and Harold for AudioGo's The Broken Crown (2011)
• Ashley McGuire (Simone) voiced the Sergeant for The Red House (2015)
• Oliver Dimsdale (Peck) 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)

Help (UK TX: March 7/based on We Like Mike, 1997)

• for James Strong see Series 3
• Michael Cochrane (Burchville) was Charles Cranleigh in Black Orchid, Redvers Fenn-Cooper in Ghost Light, then voiced Lt. Col. Brook for No Man's Land (2006), Murgat for Brotherhood of the Daleks (2008), Colonel Spindleton for Trail of the White Worm and The Oseidon Adventure (both 2012), Cedric Chivers for The Time Machine (2013), and Geralk for The Fate of Krelos and Return to Telos (2015)
• Elizabeth Rider (Fiona) was Ellen in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Lost in Time, then provided the ATMOS voice for The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky, and was Linda in The Time of the Doctor - she also voiced Galatea for The Well-Mannered War (2015)
• Andrew Havill (Morris) was the Chief Steward in Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Aleister Portillon/Squire Claude for The Witch from the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
• Jamie Cho (Young) was Colonel Chan in The Star Beast

Skeletons (UK TX: April 11/based on Trophy, 1996)

• Tobias Menzies (Cain) was Lieutenant Stepashin in Cold War 
• Mark [Lee] Dexter (Hareton) was Dad in Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead, then Charles Babbage in Spyfall
• Jade Anouka (Carla) was the Waitress in The Bells of Saint John, and voiced Danuta for The Blood Furnace (2017)
• Ian Adrian was also a camera operator on The Vampires of Venice, The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, Vincent and the Doctor, The Lodger and An Adventure in Space and Time