Thursday, 19 February 2026

Doctor Who Vs. Endeavour, Series 5

Shaun Evans returned as Colin Dexter's
detective, Endeavour Morse for a new
season in early 2018, and was again
joined by Roger AllamSean Rigby,
Dakota Blue Richards, James Bradshaw,
and Anton Lesser.
Now set in 1968, the Inspector Morse
prequel drama (a Mammoth Screen
and Masterpiece co-production) began
with Morse newly promoted to Detective Sergeant, and Oxford City Police about to
merge into Thames Valley Constabulary.
Meanwhile, CID's newest DC, George
Fancy (Lewis Peek) debuted here, and
Joan Thursday (Sara Vickers) returned home. Icarus then saw the murder of
Fancy and Trewlove's subsequent trans-
fer to the Met. A repeat run of the six-parts series (all written by Russell
Lewis) began oITV3 last night - it featured a total of thirty Doctor Who
cast and crew connections:
Muse (TX: February 4)
  • Emily Barber (Lucy) voiced Elidh for Big Finish's The Sky Man and The Heavenly Paradigm (both 2018)
  • Rhys Isaac Jones (Bell) voiced Thomas Laneford for Gifted (2018), Aaron for Hostile Environment, and Allied Soldier for What Have I Done? (both 2019)
  • Nathalie Buscombe (Cassie) voiced Jane Austen for False Coronets, and Garen/Galerayna/Queen for Someone I Once Knew (both 2018)
  • [Pauline] Tanya Fear (Jasmine) was Dr. Jade McIntyre in Arachnids in the UK
  • Mark Arden (Nero) was a Tharil in Warriors' Gate
Cartouche (TX: February 11)
  • Donald Sumpter (Valdemar here; Taylor for Last Seen Wearing, 1994) was Enrico Casali in The Wheel in Space, Commander [Robin] Ridgeway in The Sea Devils, Erasmus Darkening in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Eternity Trap, and President Rassilon in Hell Bent
  • Phil Daniels (Charlie) voiced Geoffrey Plum for The Gunpowder Plot
  • Alan David (Kegworth here; Davies in Twilight of the Gods) was Gabriel Sneed in The Unquiet Dead, then voiced Castellan Kanteer for The Enigma Dimension (2017), and Lord Macavoy/Old Lawrence for The Primeval Design (2021)
  • Simon Dutton (De Vere) was Alistair in The Time of Angels
  • Robin Weaver (Molly) voiced Edwige Ponzi for Nothing to See Here (2016), and Arianda for Storm of the Horofax (2017)
  • David Shaw Parker (Commissionaire here; Sergeant in Deceived by Flight) voiced Generals Mikhail Leonov/Paterson for 1963: The Space Race (2013), David Walker for Eyes of the Master (2014), Dodgson/ John Campbell for The Screaming Ceiling (2019), Ron Winters for Stranded (2020/21), Donald/Cicerone 3 for Worlds Apart, Perick/ Radomir for Missy and the Time Assassin (both 2024), and Vander- seer for Hooklight 1 (2025)
  • Steven Flynn (Curwen) voiced Filius for Deception (2021), and High Vector Goriant for The Last Line (2022)
Passenger (TX: February 18)
  • Lizzy Watts (Heather) voiced Eve Pritchard/Mi'en Kalarash for House of Blue Fire (2011)
  • Rosalie [Mae] Craig (Jilly) voiced Frances Drouet for Broadway Belongs to Me! (2023), and Lady Anita for The Hellwood Inheritance (2025)
  • Tom Lucy was also stunt co-ordinator on sixteen adventures (from Smith and Jones to The Next Doctor)
Colours (TX: February 25)
  • Greg [Paul] Austin (Hutchens) was Charlie Smith in Class, then voiced Perseus for The Wrath of Medusa (2022)
  • Robert Portal (Major Coward) voiced Marshal Ney and Superintendent Finch for The Curse of Davros (2012), Reggie Bassett for The Auntie Matter (2013), Dr. Poograss for Whatever Remains (2019), Jim/Midge for Lost Property, and Treadwell for Wild Animals (both 2020)
  • Steven [William Thomas] Elder [born Lawrence] (Barker) voiced Siy Tarkov for Dalek Empire (2003/4), Commander Farrow for Jubilee, Eric Rawden for Something Inside (2006), Rudolph for Blood on Santa's Claw, and Lord Lycaon for I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day and Brightly Shone the Moon That Night (all 2019)
  • Dominic Thorburn (Dr. Laidlaw) voiced Afrid for We Are the Daleks, Brejesh/Security Leader for Planet of the Rani (both 2015), Chip for Night Watch (2018), and Mandrake for The Missing Link and Darkness and Light (both 2019)
  • Ray Sesay (Oswald) was Dr. [Martin Luther] King in Rosa
  • Sam Marks (Farridge) was Wiggins in The Shakespeare Code
Quartet (TX: March 4)
  • Brendan Patricks (Singleton) was Edmund/Jonas Thursday in The Crimson Horror
  • Ellie Haddington (Bagshot) was Professor Alison Docherty in Last of the Time Lords
  • Anthony Combes was film editor on The Wedding of River Song too
  • for Geoffrey Sax see Series 2
Icarus (TX: March 11)
  • Anson Boon (Brett) voiced Peter Dillard for Now You Know (2018)
  • Michael Simkins (Mackenzie) voiced Raxxil for The Planet of Witches (2020)
  • Richard Price (Mourner) was Guest in The Runaway Bride, Photo- grapher in The Lazarus Experiment, Passerby in Partners in Crime, Takran Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter, Cyberman in World Enough and TimeThe Doctor FallsAscension of the Cybermen and The Timeless Children, Les in Kerblam!, Sniperbot in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, Dalek in Revolution of the Daleks, Visitor in The Vanquishers, and Shadow Kin in Class
  • Simon Archer was cinematographer on The Lodger too
  • Nicholas Brown was also first assistant director on eight episodes (from The Curse of the Black Spot to The Name of the Doctor)

Wednesday, 18 February 2026

Doctor Who On This Day #49

  

1966 - The Sensorites, Episode 6:
Desperate VentureThe Romans,
Episode 4: Inferno and The Web
PlanetEpisode 1 all repeated on ABC
1967 - The Moonbase, Episode 2 first
screened on BBC1
1978 - Robot, Part 3 first screened on
TV; and The Invasion of Time, Part 3
 first screened on BBC1
1980 Image of the Fendahl, Part 1
 first screened on TV2; and Destiny of
 the DaleksPart 1 first screened on ABC
1982 - The Deadly Assassin, Part 2
repeated on KQED Plus
1983 - City of Death, Part 4 repeated
 on KQED Plus
1984 - Robot, Part 2 repeated on
KQED Plus
1986 - Spearhead from Space, Episode 3 repeated on ABC;
and The Stones of Blood, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus
1987 The Ark, Episode 4: The Bomb repeated on KQED
Plus; and Terror of the Zygons, Part 2 repeated on TV2
1988 The Ribos Operation, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus
1989 The Sea Devils, Episode 2 repeated on KQED Plus
1990 Genesis of the Daleks Omnibus
repeated on KQED Plus
1992 Spearhead from Space, Episode 
4 repeated on KQED Plus
1993 - Actress Jacqueline Hill died in
London, aged 63; and Spearhead from
SpaceEpisode 3 repeated on UK Gold
1994 Image of the Fendahl, Part 1
repeated on UK Gold
1995 Frontios Omnibus repeated on
KQED; and Time and the Rani, Part 3
repeated on UK Gold
1996 The Stones of Blood Omnibus
repeated on UK Gold
1997 The Sea Devils, Episode 3
repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1998 The Mind Robber, Episode
3 first screened on Space; and
EarthshockPart repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1999 The Mind Robber, Episode 3 repeated on Space;
and The Sontaran Experiment, Part 2 repeated on UKTV
(Aus)
2000 - The Sensorites, Episode 4: A Race Against Death 
repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The War GamesEpisode
repeated on Space
2001 The Sontaran Experiment Omnibus
repeated on UK Gold; Genesis of the Daleks,
Part 3 repeated on WILL and Parts 5 and 6 
both repeated on Prime; The Deadly Assassin, Part 2 repeated on 
KUED; Image of the FendahlParts and 2 both repeated on KBTC; 
The Sun Makers, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on WCET; The Invasion 
of Time, Part 6 repeated on Twin Cities PTV; The Pirate PlanetPart 
3 repeated on Lakeshore PTV; The Power of Kroll, Parts 1 and 2 both 
repeated on WCET; The Horns of Nimon, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated 
on Colorado PTV; Mawdryn Undead, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on MiND; Dragonfire, Part 2 repeated on WUSF; and Remembrance of 
the Daleks Omnibus repeated on MPT
2002 The Mutants, Episodes 3 and
both repeated on KQED Plus
2003 - The Masque of MandragoraParts
1 and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2004 The Dominators, Episode 5 repeated on ABC; and 
CastrovalvaParts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC Kids
2006 The Face of Evil Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;
World War Three repeated on People+ Arts; Father's Day
and The Empty Child both repeated on Î£ÎšÎ‘Ι; and Boom 
Town first screened on Ã©Ã©n
2007 - The Mutants Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; The
 Seeds of Doom, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on WCET; 
The Ribos Operation Omnibus repeated on MPT; The
Impossible Planet first screened on Jimmy; and Human 
Resources, Part 2 first broadcast on BBC7
2009 Terror of the Vervoids, Parts 11
and 12 both first screened on MTV3 SciFi
and TV4
2010 Tooth and Claw repeated on Syfy
 (Spa); Rise of the Cybermen repeated on
HRT2; Love & Monsters repeated on Syfy
(FRG); Army of Ghosts repeated on Syfy
(Rus); The Family of Blood and Doctor Who
Confidential: Bad Blood both repeated on
BBC3; and Dr. Who and the Daleks screened
on Watch
2011 The Android InvasionParts 3 and 4 both repeated
on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; Last of the Time Lords repeated
on Space; Turn Left repeated on WGVU; and The Lodger and 
Doctor Who Confidential: Extra Time both repeated on BBC3
2012 - Army of Ghosts and Doomsday both repeated
 on BBC3; and The Next Doctor repeated on Watch
2013 The Lazarus Experiment repeated on UKTV; The 
Fires of Pompeii repeated on Watch; The Curse of the 
Black Spot repeated on WTTW HD; and Closing Time
repeated on WPT
2014 The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Parts 3 and 4 and
The Caves of Androzani, Parts 3 and 4 all repeated on
Syfy (Aus); 42 repeated on TV3 (Spa); Planet of the Ood 
repeated on France 4; The Waters of Mars repeated on Syfy
(Port); The Almost People repeated on Watch; The Name of
the Doctorepeated on BBC America, Syfy (Port) and WGVU;
 and A Farewell to Matt Smith repeated on BBC America
2015 The Masque of Mandragora, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated
 on Horror; The Invisible Enemy, Part 4 and Daleks in Manhattan
 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Invasion of Time, Parts 5 and
6 both first screened on Retro TV; Tooth and Claw repeated on
KCPT2; Day of the Moon and The Curse of the Black Spot both 
repeated on BBC America; Night Terrors repeated on Syfy (Ben);
 A Town Called Mercy repeated on KLRU; The Rings of Akhaten 
repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Robot of 
Sherwood repeated on BBC Entertainment AP and Fox
(FRG); Listen repeated on Fox; and Doctor Who Confidential: 
Heartbreak Hotel repeated on BBC Entertainment AP
2016 - Carnival of Monsters Omnibus repeated on Horror; 
City of Death, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; The 
Horns of Nimon, Part 3, Smith and Jones and Journey to the
Centre of the TARDIS all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Long 
Game and Doctor Who Confidential: The Dark Side both
repeated on ABC2; Army of Ghosts repeated on France 4; 
Midnight and Turn Left both repeated on BBC America; The
 Beast Below and The God Complex both repeated on BBC 
Polska HD; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on Syfy
(Spain); Time Heist repeated on TV Cultura; In the Forest 
of the Night repeated on BBC First (ME); The Girl Who Died
 repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; and Hell Bent repeated
on FX (Ind)
2017 The Web Planet, Episode 6: The CentreThe Space
Museum, Episode 1 and Castrovalva, Parts 2 and 3 all
repeated on Retro TV; The Girl in the FireplaceRise of the 
CybermenThe Age of SteelThe Idiot's Lantern and The
 Impossible Planet all repeated on FX (Ind); Silence in the
 LibraryThe Rings of AkhatenCold War, Hide, Journey to 
the Centre of the TARDIS and The Crimson Horror all 
repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Pandorica Opens and The Big 
Bang both repeated on Syfy (LA); The Wedding of River 
SongThe Doctor, the Widow and the WardrobeAsylum
of the DaleksDinosaurs on a Spaceship and A Town Called
Mercy all repeated on BBC Polska HD; Into the DalekRobot
of Sherwood, Listen, Time Heist, The Caretaker and Kill the 
Moon all repeated on France 4; The Girl Who Died and The 
Woman Who Lived both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU; 
The Zygon Invasion repeated on BBC Entertainment
EU and BBC First (RSA); Heaven Sent and Hell Bent
both repeated on Syfy (Bra); and Survivors in Space,
Part 2 repeated on Radio Extra
2018 - The Claws of Axos, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated
on KBTC; The Talons of Weng-Chiang Omnibus repeated on
MPTV; Image of the Fendahl and The Sun Makers Omnibuses
both repeated on WSRE; The Invasion of TimeParts 4 and 5
and The Power of Kroll Omnibus all repeated on Retro TV; The 
Pirate PlanetPart 3 repeated on KPTS; Destiny of the Daleks 
Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; Nightmare of Eden Omnibus
 repeated on WFWA; The Leisure Hive Omnibus repeated on
WILL; Full Circle Omnibus repeated on KAKM; Bad Wolf
repeated on Syfy (Aus); Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of 
Steel, The Idiot's Lantern and The Impossible Planet all 
repeated on W; Voyage of the Damned repeated on Star 
World Premiere; The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
and Asylum of the Daleks both repeated on Syfy (LA); and
The Caretaker, Kill the Moon and Mummy on the Orient
Express all repeated on One ARD
2019 The Dalek Invasion of Earth and Day of the Daleks 
Omnibuses both streamed on Twitch TV; The Android Invasion
Omnibus repeated on Retro TV; and The Snowmen and Doctor 
Who Extra: Dark Water both repeated on BBC Polska HD
2020 The Daleks Omnibus repeated on
KVCR; SurvivalPart 1 and Forest of the
Dead both repeated on One ARD; Amy's
Choice repeated on BBC Polska HD; The
Power of Three repeated on Syfy (Fra);
Smile repeated on Star World Premiere
HD; and Knock Knock repeated on ABC
2021 The Sea DevilsEpisodes 5 and 6
both repeated on Retro TV; 42 repeated
on ABC2; The Almost People repeated on
Syfy (Fra); and The Name of the Doctor
repeated on BBC Polska HD
2022 The Daemons, Episodes 3 and
both repeated on Forces TV; The
 Creature from the Pit, Parts 3 and 4
both repeated on Retro TV; and Nikola
Tesla's Night of Terror repeated on ABC2
2023 Dr. Who and the Daleks screened
on Talking Pictures TV
2024 Terror of the Zygons, Parts
1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; and
Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
screened on Film4
2025 The Girl in the Fireplace
repeated on ABC Entertains
2026 - Genesis of the Daleks, Parts
3 to 6 and Pyramids of Mars, Part 1
 all repeated on U&Eden