Doctor Who Vs. Tip Toe

Conceived and written

by Russell T Davies,

Channel 4's new prime-

time drama was made

on location in Salford

and central Manchester

by Quay Street Prod-

uctions. Although Welsh

 by birth, Davies' affinity

 for Northern culture in

general and 'Manc-

hattan' in particular has

resulted in at least eight other dramas set in the

city since Granada's The

Grand in 1997.

Tip Toe is a dark, topical story of online disinformation - here Leo (Alan

Cumming) is gay, and the owner of a bar on Canal Street, whilst Clive

(David Morrissey) is the homophobic nextdoor neighbour.

This five-part suburban thriller began last night - it was produced by

Phil Collinson, and featured Denise Welch, and these fourteen Doctor

 Who cast and crew connections:

• Cumming was MacNamara in BBV Productions' The Airzone Solution, then King James I in The Witchfinders, and voiced Mr. Ring-a-Ding for Lux
• Morrissey was Jackson Lake in The Next Doctor
• Paul Rhys (Melba) voiced Max Paul for Big Finish's The Scapegoat (2009)
• Elizabeth Berrington (Stephanie) was Auntie in The Doctor's Wife
• Clare Calbraith (Maggie) 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)
• Pooky [born Joanna] Quesnel (Marie) was the Captain in A Christmas Carol, and Dorothea Ames in Class, then voiced Annalise Avenley for The Running Men (2024)
• Charlie [Lomax David] Condou (Curtis) was Gary Gabbastone in The Interstellar Song Contest - he also voiced Crabhead/System/Jarl for World of Damnation and Sweet Salvation (both 2018), Chris for Five Hundred Ways to Kill Your Lover (2025), and Marty for Cloud Eight (2026)
• Luyanda Unati Lewis Nyawo (Judy) voiced Mrs. Polly for Thin Time, the Scaramancer for The War Master 5 (both 2020), Guinevere for The Lone Centurion 2, the Woman for Mind of the Hodiac (both 2022), Nalah Masai for The Silent Priest and The Silent City (2024), and Scientist Edler for The Memory Thieves (2025)
• Peter Caulfield (Dave) was Dahh-Ren in Oxygen, and voiced Various for Cold Fusion (2016)
• Gordon Seed was stuntman on twenty-one stories, and also stunt co-ordinator on another thirteen (from The Idiot's Lantern to Kill the Moon)
• Jolyon Benson (Frederic) was an Extra in The War Between the Land and the Sea (4)
• Peter Hoar was director of A Good Man Goes to War too
• Andy Pryor was also casting director on the revived run, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood, The War Between the Land and the Sea, Tales of the TARDIS and An Adventure in Space and Time
• Matt Gray was cinematographer on The Star Beast too

Doctor Who Vs. Spooks, Series 7

Peter Firth, Hermione Norris, Miranda Raison,

and Hugh Simon returned for the seventh series

of BBC1's award-winning spy drama, first broad-

cast in the autumn of 2008.

This season saw the departure of Rupert Penry

Jones, Alex Lanipekun, and Gemma Jones, whilst former Robin Hood regular, Richard Armitage

debutedd here as ex-MI5 agent Lucas North.

A repeat run of the eight-part series began on

U&Drama last night, and featured Jacob

Anderson, Stephen Noonan, and a total of

 twenty-four Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

• Colm McCarthy and Peter Hoar were directors of The Bells of Saint John and A Good Man Goes to War too
• Damian Bromley was also cinematographer on The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone
• James Moran was writer of The Fires of Pompeii too
• Jamie Pearson was also editor on nine stories (from The Eleventh Hour to The Angels Take Manhattan) and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
• Armitage was cast as President Rassilon for Big Finish's Time War 4 (2021), War Room 1 (2022) and Goth Opera (2024)
• Marcia Ashton (Mrs. Moore) voiced Karna for The Beautiful People (2007)
• Tariq Jordan (Jawad) was a Rep in Planet of the Ood
• Ariyon [Debo] Bakare (Nadif) was Leandro in The Woman Who Lived, and the Barber in The Story and the Engine, then voiced Father Mendica for The Poison of Peladon, and Cato for The Players (both 2022)
• Jane Perry (Laurie) voiced Katherine Chambers for The Gathering (2006) and The Reaping (2008)
• Paul Kulik (Ossectic) was a stuntman on Rose
• [Hugh Valentine] Simon Williams (Denham) was Group Captain Ian Gilmore (pictured) in Remembrance of the Daleks, a role reprised for Big Finish's Counter Measures, 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), The Reesinger Process (2014) and The Split Infinitive (2019) - he also voiced Paul Addison/Shara for Nekromanteia (2003), Lord Ruthven for The Ruthven Inheritance (2011), and titular role for The Guardians of Prophecy (2012) 
• Jeanie Gold (Customer) was Neighbour in The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky and The End of Time (1)
• Paul Rhys (Meynell) voiced Max Paul for The Scapegoat (2009)
• Guy Henry (Stevens) voiced Director Ikron for Infamy of the Zaross (2017)
• Stephen [John] Greif (Denizet) voiced Kwundaar for Primeval (2001), Sir Donald Wakefield for Sarah Jane Smith (2006), Gurney for The Infinite Quest, Ken Temple for The Pelage Project (2012), and Sabaoth for Ghost Walk (2018)
• Amelda Brown (Bag Lady) voiced Margaret for The Gunpowder Plot
• Nick Roberts was also a sound recordist on The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone, The Vampires of Venice, Cold Blood and The Lodger
• Julie Ankerson was also foley artist on over a hundred adventures (from Rose to Death In Heaven), Torchwood stories, and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Rob Arrowsmith was also a camera operator on The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang and A Christmas Carol
• for Neil Cross, Norris and Robert Glenister see Series 5