Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 24

This season of BBC1's evergreen

crime drama was originally shown

in the autumn of 2021 - Emilia

Fox (now the veteran of over 200

episodes since 2004) and David

Caves returned as doctors Nikki

Alexander and Jack Hodgson.

The Home Office forensic patholo-

gists (based in London's Lyell

Centre) were now joined by Jason

Wong (Adam Yuen) and Genesis

Lynea (Simone Tyler). The

programme's 25th anniversary

series saw the return of Amanda Burton as Sam Ryan, and was teased here.

A repeat run of these five cases began on U&Drama last night - they

featured a total of eighteen Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Redemption (UK TX: September 6 & 7)

• Lynea was Harriet Arbinger in The Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death, and was Narrator of BBC Books' Sting of the Sasquatch and Eden Rebellion (both 2024)
• Kevin Eldon [born Robinson] (DI Mason) voiced Antimony for Death Comes to Time, and was Ribbons in It Takes You Away
• Richard [James] Lumsden (Lawson) voiced Professor Landren for Burrowed Time (2019), and Dr. Vance for Antillia the Lost (2023)
• Nigel Harrison (Pete) vocied Higgins for The Great Sontaran War (2021)
• for stuntman Paul Kennington see Series 11

Bad Love (UK TX: September 13 & 14)

• Patrick [Bashir] Baladi (Radford) was Sir Keith Spears in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Bern Collaco (Officer) see Series 23
• Rob Pavey was also stuntman on Deep Breath, Into the Dalek, Robot of Sherwood, Listen and The Witch's Familiar

Reputations (UK TX: September 20 & 21)

• Annette Badland (Linda) was Margaret Blaine [alias Blon Fel Fotch Pasameer-Day Slitheen] in Aliens of London, World War Three, Boom Town and reprised for Big Finish's Sync (2019), then voiced Queen Karlina for Equilibrium, Thelma for Suburban Hell (both 2015), Guilana for Asking for a Friend (2017), Computer/Judge 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 for Matryoshka, Dorothy Stubbs for The Sitter (both 2024), and Aunt Lavinia Smith for Smith & Sullivan (2025)
• Nicholas Farrell [born Frost] (Cowley) was Brian Green PM in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced Gammades for Time Reef, Phil for A Perfect World (both 2008), Captain Frank for Last of the Cybermen (2015), and Browman for A Ghost of Alchemy (2023)
• Sagar Arya (Rahul) was a Newsreader in The Christmas Invasion, and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Tobias James Samuels (Officer) was Waiter in Voyage of the Damned

Brother's Keeper (UK TX: September 27 & 28)

• Sutara Gayle (Gloria) voiced Nan for Mind of the Hodiac
• Nicki Ballantyne was first assistant director on Resolution too
• for Amir Nazempour see Series 23

Matters of Life and Death (UK TX: October 4 & 5)

• Sian [born Jane Elizabeth Ailwên] Phillips (Beattie) voiced COLT-5000 for Jenny 1, Pilgrim for Ravenous 2 (both 2018), the Inquisitor for Gallifrey (2020), the Director for The World Traders, Lady Eugenia de Souza for Outback (both 2021), and Mendrix for The Walls of Absence (2023), then was Enid Meadows in 73 Yards
• Nicholas [Robin Frank] Woodeson (Galton) voiced the Clocksmith for Doom Coalition 3 (2016), and the title role for The Quest of the Engineer (2020)
• Pauline McLynn (Mary) was Mary in Eve of the Daleks

Doctor Who Vs. The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, Series 1

Following Granada's The Return of Sherlock

Holmes, Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke

next portrayed the iconic duo in the West End

production of The Secret of Sherlock Holmes.

Specially written by TV screenwriter Jeremy 
Paul, the play was staged at the Wyndham 
Theatre in 1988 and 1989.

A repeat run of the fifth series of the acclaimed

period drama (bldramatised as The Casebook)

concluded on ITV4 today.

The final dozen (of fifty-six) Sherlock Holmes

short stories were originally published as The

Case-Book in The Strand magazine between

1921 and 1927.

These six cases originally aired in the winter of

1991 - they featured Michael Jayston, and a

total of fourteen Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (UK TX: February 21 1991)

• Cheryl Campbell (Frances) was Ocean Waters in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Vault of Secrets

The Problem of Thor Bridge (UK TX: February 28)

• Philip Bretherton (Cummings) voiced Shenn for The Draconian Rage (2003), Plenipotentiary Suskind for Arrangements for War (2004), Elliot Payne for Jago & Litefoot 3, Darcy/Heathcliffe/D'Urberville for A Most Excellent Match, Scrivener for Recorded Time (all 2011), the Vituperon for The Devil's Armada (2014), and Sir Keith Kordel for Rise and Shine (2015)

Shoscombe Old Place (UK TX: March 7)

• [Robert] Michael Bilton (Stephens) was Charles de Teligny in The Massacre, Collins in Pyramids of Mars, and Time Lord in The Deadly Assassin
• Denise Black [born Nixon] (Carrie) voiced Eva Jericho for Damaged Goods, Control for Rise and Shine (both 2015), and Mrs. Mountford for The Haunting of Malkin Place (2017)

The Boscombe Valley Mystery (UK TX: March 14)

• Leslie Schofield (McCarthy) was Leroy in (episode 4 of) The War Games, and Calib in The Face of Evil
• James [Brian Mark] Purefoy (James) voiced Count Dracula for Son of the Dragon (2007)
• stunt arranger Greg Powell was the Knight in The Time Monster

The Illustrious Client (UK TX: March 21)

• Roy [Trevor] Holder (Johnson) was Krelper in The Caves of Androzani
• Carol Noakes (Baroness) voiced Olerik for The Acheron Pulse (2012)

The Creeping Man (UK TX: March 28)

• for Colin Jeavons (Lestrade) see Series 2
• Charles Kay [born Piff] (Presbury) was Julius Quilter in BBV Prod- uctions' Unnatural Selection (1996), then voiced the Curator for Excelis Rising (2002)
• Adrian Lukis (Bennett) voiced Officer Bragg for Cobwebs (2010), Byzan for The Children of Seth (2011), Professor Jeffrey Broderick for Counter Measures 1 (2012), Harvey Marsh for The Justice of Jalxar, Sigmund Freud for Return of the Repressed (both 2013), Ansillon for Blood of the Time Lords (2022), then was Sir Jonathan Hynes in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Peter Guinness (Wilcox) voiced Childeric for The Holy Terror (2000), Baron Teufel/Zoff for The Beast of Orlok (2009), Rovus for The Star Men (2017), Garzan for The Dying Breed (2025), and Mr. Dread for Dreamland
• Sarah Woodward (Jenkins) voiced Theodora for Secret History (2015), Vesh Taralesh for Stolen Goods (2018), and Anla Jessick for The Quest of the Engineer (2020)
• Steve Swinscoe (Wilcox) began his TV career as David S. in The Happiness Patrol

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. Grantchester, Series 3

ITV Studios' period crime drama (a

Lovely Day, Masterpiece and Shine

Group co-production) was based on

James Runcie's The Grantchester

Mysteries - it was shown in April and

May 2017. Vicar Sidney Chambers

(played by James Norton) again joined

forces with Robson Green's DI Geordie

Keating, to solve cases in the titular Cambridgeshire village of the 1950s.

Morven Christie, Tess Peake-Jones, and

Al Weaver also reprised their respect-

ive roles as Amanda, Sylvia, and

Leonard.

A repeat run of the six-part season

began on ITV3 last night - it featured

Peter Davison, and a total of fourteen

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Susannah Harker [born Owens] (Veronica) voiced Clare Keightley for Shada, then Anya for Big Finish's Eye of Darkness (2015)
• Sam [born Simon Patrick Douro] Hoare (Mark) voiced Lucius for AudioGo's Tsar Wars (2011), then depicted Douglas Camfield in An Adventure in Space and Time
• Adrian Lukis (Baldwin) voiced Officer Bragg for Cobwebs (2010), Byzan for The Children of Seth (2011), Professor Jeffrey Broderick for Artificial Intelligence (2012) and The Keep (2015), Harvey Marsh for The Justice of Jalxar, Sigmund Freud for Return of the Repressed (both 2013), and Andsillon for Blood of the Time Lords (2022)
• Joe Jameson (Garston) voiced Arnie McAllister for Question Marks (2011), Nicholas Harney for The Devil's Armada (2014), Piero for Fallen Angels (2016), Left Marfick for The Hunting Ground (2018), Berrigan Horton for The House on the Edge of Chaos, Private Callahan/Private Reagan/Primords for Primord, Thomas Carnacki for The Screaming Ceiling, Rob Tyler for The Flood (all 2019), Oliver/Bisset/Computer/ Andre for Plight of the Pimpernel, Captain John Bickell/Joseph/Landlord for Precious Annihilation (both 2020), Arvin for Melting Pot (2021), Jacob Harmer for The Wizard of Time (2023), and Thomas Carnacki for The Haunter of the Shore and The House (both 2024)
• Carlyss Peer (Martha) voiced Knyla for Collateral, Diane Howard for Island of the Fendahl (both 2019), and Marion Jones for The Perils of Nellie Bly (2021)
• or Nick Brimble, Oliver Dimsdale and Lorne MacFadyen see Series 2
• an Forster, Dani Biernat (stunt performers), Crispin Layfield and Derek Lea (stunt co-ordinators) all worked on the revived run
• avid Fisher was film editor on Series 11 too

Doctor Who Vs. Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Series 2

Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Emilia Fox,

and Tom Baker all returned for the

 second, and final series of Working

Title TV's remake of ITC's late Sixties

cult crime drama. Lead writer Charlie

Higson collaborated on screenplays with

Gareth Roberts and Mark Gatiss.

The second serial featured a vocal

version of David Arnold's theme sung

by The Cardigans, and was included on

the soundtrack CD. A tie-in book and

 two novelisations were published too.

The seven-part season oiginally aired

on BBC1 in the autumn of 2001 - it

starred Derek Jacobi, Matt Lucas,

Mark Williams, and a total of twenty

six Doctor Who cast and crew links:

Whatever Possessed You? (UK TX: September 29 2001)

• Hywel [Thomas] Bennett (Whale) was Rynian in The Chase
• Big Finish actor/writer Lizzie Hopley (Ruth) voiced Gemma Griffin for Terror Firma, Various for Cyberman 1 (both 2005), Lady Lillian Hawthorne for The Veiled Leopard, Sue for Night Thoughts, Yarvell for I, Davros (all 2006), the Mantasphid Queen for The Infinite Quest, Alice Flowers for The Gunpowder Plot, Sister Christie for The Emporium at the End (both 2016), Camper for Silver Medal (2021), Hieronyma Friend for See Saw, and Mind Shield for Master! (both 2025)
• Nichola [Teresa Mary] McAuliffe (Virginia) was Vivien Rock in The Sound of Drums, then voiced Otia/Guide for Time Killers (2022)
• David [Edward] Walliams (Browning) appeared in the Doctor Who Night sketches (opposite Gatiss), then voiced Quincy Flowers/Ned Cotton for Phantasmagoria (1999), and was Gibbis in The God Complex
• Janet Henfrey (Hettie) was Miss Hardaker in The Curse of Fenric, Mrs. Pitt in Mummy on the Orient Express, and the Adjudicator in Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor - she then voiced Mrs. Vanguard for The Spirit Trap (2010), Dr. Petherbridge for An Eye for Murder, Mrs. Jefferies for The Concrete Cage, Woman for The Forgotten Village (all 2014), Dorothy for The Screaming Ceiling (2019), Sister Magdalene for Abbey of Heretics (2020), Verkuvia for The Day of the Comet (2021), and Narrats for Morbius 1 (2024)
• Mona Hammond [born Mavis Chin] (Margaret) was Rita Anne in Rise of the Cybermen
• electrician Colin Price was best boy on The Day of the Doctor

Revenge of the Bog People (UK TX: October 6)

• Celia [Diana Savile] Imrie (McKern) was [Rosemary] Kizlet in The Bells of Saint John, then voiced Dr. Elizabeth Bradley for The Fifth Citadel (2013), Madame Tissot for Gallery of Ghouls, Livia for Enemy Lines (both 2016), Dr. Kessica Myles for Hooklight 1 (2025), and Peg/Mrs. Peel for The Executor (2026)
• Adam [Offord] Buxton (Barry) voiced an Assembler for The One Doctor (2001)

O Happy Isle (UK TX: October 13)

• George [Morris] Baker (Pomeroy) was Decider Login in Full Circle
• John [Gibb] Sessions [born Marshall] (Fishacre) voiced General Tannis for Death Comes to Time, Mozart for My Own Private Wolfgang (2007), Roland for Castle of Fear (2009), then provided the voice of Gus for Mummy on the Orient Express
• Rupert [Nicholas] Vansittart (Babbacombe) was General R Asquith in Aliens of London and World War Three, then voiced Sepulchre/George Jeffries/Jack Kletch for Dead London (2008), Darius Horton for The House on the Edge of Chaos (2019), and Baron Rufus for The Baron Robbers (2024)
• Elji Kusuhara (Goto) was a Chinese Man in Four to Doomsday

Painkillers (UK TX: October 20)

• Dervla Kirwan (Petra) was Mercy Hartigan in The Next Doctor, then reprised Miss Quill for Big Finish's Class, and voiced Mrs. Calderwood for Aimed at the Body, Yosta McCormack for Lightspeed, Di Wright for The Bookshop at the End of the World, 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)
• Duncan Preston (Dr. Hickman) voiced the titular alien in the Doctor Who and Crayola sketch for Victoria Wood as Seen on TV
• Alibe Parsons (Receptionist) was Matrona Kani in Mindwarp, and voiced Nora for The Lost Resort (2021)
• for Tim Wallers see Series 1

Marshall and Snellgrove (UK TX: October 27)

• Shaun Parkes (Marshall) was Zachary Cross Flane in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, a role reprised for Big Finish's Empire of Shadows (2021) and Oodunnit (2023)
• Colin McFarlane (Snellgrove) provided the voice of the Heavenly Host for Voyage of the Damned, was General Austin Pierce in Torchwood: Children of Earth and The War Between the Land and the Sea, and Jonathan Moran in Under the Lake and Before the Flood, then voiced Vince Foster for Randon Ghosts and The Lights of Skaro, Narrator of The Blood Cell (all 2014) and Farewell to Peter Capaldi, the Identical Man for Charlotte Pollard 2 (2017), Captain Morski for The War Master 5 (2020), and John Sloan for The Krillitane Relic (2025)

The Glorious Butranekh (UK TX: November 3)

• Joe Montana (Butranekh) was Worker in Daleks in Manhattan
• Ben Griffiths was also an electrician on thirty-eight stories (from Daleks in Manhattan to The Wedding of River Song), Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures and Class

Two Can Play That Game (UK TX: November 10)

• Eleanor Bron (Mrs. Applegarth) was an Art Lover in City of Death, and Kara [Seddle] in Revelation of the Daleks, then voiced Ileana De Santos for Loups-Garoux (2001)
• Roy Hudd (Dickie Klein) voiced Max Miller for Pier Pressure (2006)
• Reece [Wayne] Shearsmith (Harry) was Andrew Powell in The Devil of Winterborne and Ghosts of Winterborne, Dr. Dan Matthews in Auton, then depicted Patrick Troughton in An Adventure in Space and Time, and was Gagan Rassmussen in Sleep No More - he also voiced Governor Robert Hodan for Sunlight and Sunset (both 2025)

Doctor Who Vs. Law & Order: UK, Series 7

 

Bradley Walsh, Peter Davison, Dominic Rowan, Adjoa Andoh,

and Jessica Gunning all returned for the seventh and penultimate

series of the British spin-off of Dick Wolf's Law & Order.

Paterson Joseph and Georgia Taylor both joined the programme here
 (as new DI Wes Leyton and CPS prosecutor Kate Barker), whilst Paul 
Nicholls left the series after two years as DS Sam Casey.

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

show, and were originally shown in the summer of 2013. A repeat run

of the season concluded on ITV3 last night - it featured a total of

thirty-five Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Tracks

(UK TX: July 14/US TX: August 7/based on Locomotion, 2005)

• Adam James (Gennis) was DI Macmillan in Planet of the Dead
• Fraser James (Dr. Marsh) voiced Gerium for Big Finish's Valhalla (2007)
• Belinda McGinley (Marnie) was a stunt performer then co-ordinator on nine stories (from Amy's Choice to Eve of the Daleks)
• Catherine Grose (DC Smart) voiced Princess Aelfwynn/Molly Wright for The Lady of Mercia (2013)
• Karen Archer (O'Neill here & Series 8: Bad Romance) voiced Professor Allen for Never Alone (2021), DCI Denise Walker for The Annihilators (2022), Vrull Peregrine for The Great Cyber War (2023), and Countess of Warminster for Anne of a Thousand Light Years (2024)
• Raffiella Chapman (Ellie) voiced Sky/Bot for The Beautiful and the Damned (2026)
• Greg Bennett (PC) was Sycorax Warrior/UNIT Soldier in The Christmas Invasion, and Guest in The Lazarus Experiment
• Paul Kennington was also stuntman on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday and The Doctor's Daughter
• William [John] Willoughby [born Haynes] was also a stuntman on nine episodes (from Rose to A Town Called Mercy)
• Simon Diggins was also ADR mixer on fourteen stories (from The Day of the Doctor to Last Christmas)
• Julie Ankerson was also the foley artist on every revived episodes (from Rose to Twice Upon a Time), Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• James Leigh was also a camera operator on Planet of the Dead and The Girl Who Waited
•  Rob Carter was also the steadicam operator on The Bells of Saint John, The Rings of Akhaten and Last Christmas

Tremors

(UK TX: July 21/US TX: August 14/based on Aftershock, 1996)

• Joseph was Roderick in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, then voiced Victor Espinosa for Earth Aid (2011), Harbolt for The Queen of Clocks, and James Blakelock for Missy and the Time Assassin (both 2024)
• David Ajala (Dale) was Peter in The Beast Below

Paternal

(UK TX: July 28/US TX: August 21/based on Deadbeat, 1996)

• Davood Ghadami (Russell) was Jim in Let's Kill Hitler
• Amerjit Deu (Judge Patham here & Fatherly Love) voiced the Swami for Hounded (2016), the Governor for World of Damnation (2018), Roni for The Dimension Cannon 1 (2019), Jom for Maelstrom (2022), and Voltaire for Missy (2025)
• Branko Tomovic (Kopecky) voiced Professor Hans Richter for Operation Werewolf (2024), Board member for 1922: The Black Cadre, and Alexsandr for 1974: The Caldwell Restitution (both 2026)

Fatherly Love

(UK TX: August 4/US TX: August 28/based on Family Values, 1994)

• Rory Keenan (Harte) voiced Captain Gormley for Signs and Wonders, PC Jenkins for Mind Games, James Wilton/Harry for The Reesinger Process, Soldier for The Screaming Skull (all 2014), David Lacey for The Darkness of Glass, Ugo for The Red House (both 2015), and Kevin for Technophobia (2016)
• Patrick [Bashir] Baladi (McGrath) was Sir Keith Spears in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Eleanor Matsuura (Sophie) was Jo Nakashima in The Sontaran Stratagem, and voiced Dana Tanaka for Shadows of the Vashta Nerada
• Raji James (Alforth) was Dr. Rajesh Singh in Army of Ghosts and Doomsday
• for Pip Torrens see Series 5 and Alan Bond see Series 2

Mortal
(UK TX: August 11/US TX: September 11/based on Golden Years, 1994)

• Ramon Tikaram (Prasad here & Series 8: Safe From Home) voiced Wanchese for Voyage to the New World (2012), the Castellan for The Eleven, Marlock for Theatre of War, Colonel Vikram Shindi for UNIT: Extinction (all 2015), UNIT: Silenced (2016), UNIT: Encounters (2017), UNIT: Cyber Reality and UNIT: Revisitations (both 2018), Colin Colchester Price for Torchwood, and President Dunn La for The World Traders (2021)
• Sandra Voe [born Williamson] (Harriet) voiced Miss Barnett for The Hidden Realm (2016)
• Ony Uhiara (Vanessa) voiced Sisrella Teveler for The Seeds of War (2013), Alice Lloyd for The End of the Line (2015), Ronica for Planet of Dust (2019), Rita Cooper for Treason and Plot (2020), Donya for The Shroud (2023), and Vaylen V for Fear of the Light (2026)
• Nick Brimble (Dr. Hastings) voiced Shreeni for Exotron (2007), Dudley Jackson for The Eternal Summer (2009), Kith for Max Warp (2008), Olaf Ericksson for The Book of Kells (2010), and Commander Harlan for The Conscript (2017)
• Jan [Stephanie] Francis (Caroline) voiced the Ice Queen for AudioGo's A Shard of Ice (2010), and First Incorporation for Planet of the End (2021)
• Ann Akinjirin (Cecile) was Barbara Pierre Dupont in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• for Paul Darrow see Series 1

Dependent

(UK TX: August 18/US TX: September 18/based on Phobia, 2001)

• Josh O'Connor (Fellows) was Piotr in Cold War
• Stuart Organ (Walker) was Bazin in Dragonfire, and voiced Helgert Teveler/Kenneth/Trooper/Docking for The Seeds of War
• Glynis [born van der Riet] Barber (Sue) voiced Kathy Blake for The Sinestran Kill (2019), and Nicholaa de la Haye for The Outlaws (2022)
• Raquel [Josephine] Cassidy (Lydia) was Miranda Cleaves in The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People, and voiced Mesca for The Judgement of Isskar (2009), Inquisa for Paradoxicide, Destiny Gray for Question Marks (both 2011), Dr. Alison Foster for Destination: Nerva, Audio- Go's Narrator of The Art of Death, The Nu-Humans and The Empty House (all 2012), and Guinevere Godiva for Jago & Litefoot 5 (2013)

Doctor Who Vs. Marple: Murder is Easy

This ITV Studios period crime drama

 (first shown in September 2009) was

loosely based on Agatha Christie's

twenty-fifth novel (known in America

as Easy to Kill), published in 1939.

Adapted by Stephen Churchett for the

fourth run, the mystery now included

Miss Marple portrayed by Julia McKenzie.

An American TV version was produced in

1982, with original protagonist, Luke

Fitzwilliam, played by Bill Bixby.

Repeated on ITV3 today, the case

featured Jemma Redgrave, and these

dozen Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

• Russell [George] Tovey (PC Reed here; Marshall in Evil Under the Sun, 2001) was Midshipman Alonso Frame in Voyage of the Damned and The End of Time - a role reprised for Big Finish's One Enchanted Evening (2017) - he was also Barclay Pierre Dupont in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Hettie Macdonald was also director of Blink, The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar
• Steve Pemberton (Wake here; Dr. Bessner in Death on the Nile, 2004) was Strackman Lux in Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead
• Shirley Henderson (Henoria here; Rose in The ABC Murders, 2018; Agatha in See How They Run) was Ursula Blake in Love & Monsters
• Benedict [Timothy Carlton] Cumberbatch (Fitzwilliam) voiced Howard Carter for False Gods, and Thing 2 for Order of Simplcity (both 2008)
• Tim [Julian] Brooke-Taylor (Dr. Humbleby) voiced Mims for The Zygon Who Fell to Earth (2008)
• David Haig [Collum Ward] (Horton here; Carter in The Witness for the Prosecution) was Pangol in The Leisure Hive
• Sylvia [May Laura] Syms (Lavinia here; Mrs. Easterbrook in A Murder is Announced; Mrs. Hubbard in Murder on the Orient Express, 1993) was Mrs. Pritchard in Ghost Light
• Alex Kaye-Besley was assistant director on The Shakespeare Code too
• for Churchett see The Murder at the Vicarage
• for Sean Clayton see The Body in the Library
• for Gavin Walters see A Pocket Full of Rye