Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 20

The twentieth season 
of the popular crime
drama originally aired

in January 2017, and

 again starred Emilia 
Fox and David Caves as doctors Nikki

Alexander and Jack

Hodgson. Based in

London's Lyell Centre,

the Home Office

forensic pathologists

were again joined by

Clarissa Mullery and Dr. Thomas Chamberlain,

played by Liz Carr and

Richard Lintern. The programme, which began in 1996, has now been broad-

cast in over 200 territories. A repeat run of the five thrillers began on

U&Drama last night - it featured a total of twenty-nine Doctor Who cast

and crew connections:

Identity (UK TX: January 2 & 3 2017)

• Cristina Barreiro (Elia) voiced Flavia Santos/Operative for Big Finish's It Takes a Thief (2018)
• Gerald Kyd [born Gerasimos Awkoumides] (Hamed) voiced Martin Regan/Sir Robert Devere/Stephen Mulryne for 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), and Lt. Maurizio Savinio for Aquitaine (2016), then was General Logan in War of the Sontarans
• Hamza Jeetooa (Aziz) was Manish in Demons of the Punjab
• for Kevork Malikyan see Series 12
• Louise Page was also the costume designer on forty-six episodes (from The Christmas Invasion to The End of Time) and Music of the Spheres
• for Anthony Coombes see Series 2
• for Tim Palmer see Series 13
• for Owen Charnley see Series 19

Discovery (UK TX: January 9 & 10)

• Darren Morfitt (DCI Steemson) was Brother Marco in The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone
• Nathalie Buscombe (Lucy) voiced Jane Austen for False Coronets, and Garen/Galerayna for Someone I Once Knew (both 2018)
• Saskia Reeves (DS Steele) vocied Carmen Rega for Emissary of the Daleks (2019), then was both Maddelena Fagandini and Mary Wollstonecraft in Delia: The Myths and Legendary Tapes
• Ania Marson (Grace) voiced Victoria for Inseparable (2025)
• Struan Rodger (Liston) provided the voice of the Face of Boe in New Earth and Gridlock, was Clayton in The Woman Who Lived, then voiced the Kasaavin in Spyfall
• for Dominic Rowan see Series 6

Remembrance (UK TX: January 16 & 18)

• Eva Pope (DI Ashton) voiced Nia Brusk for Army of Death (2011), and Sendaya for The Kicker (2023)
• Sarah Smart (Ali) was Jennifer Lucas in The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People, then voiced Laura Corbett for The Crooked Man (2014)
• Jonathan Stone Fewings (Tresize) was the Male Programmer [Davitch Pavale] in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, and voiced Major Wheatley for Hounded (2016)
• Morgan Watkins (Logan) voiced Ruck for The Dispossessed (2018)
• Rhoda Ofori Attah (Stella) voiced Jodi/Lifeguard for Altered Status (2021), Tarper for Eclipse, and Alicantis for The Slaying of the Writhing Mass (both 2022)

Covenant (UK TX: January 23 & 24)

• Daniel Weyman (Thorndyke) voiced Ragan Crezzen for The Butcher of Brisbane (2012)
• Lee Ross (McAteer) was the Boatswain in The Curse of the Black Spot
• Lisa Kay (Carol) voiced Beatrix Butcher for The Witch from the Well (2011), and Alayna for Empire of the Racnoss (2017)
• Jamie [Amin] Zubairi (Bradwell) voiced Dorje Lingpa for The Secrets of Det Sen (2021), Three/Petko for The Love Vampires (2022), and Peevy/Com Tech 2 for Last Words (2024)
• Camilla Arfwedson (WPC) voiced Isla Johansen for Defender of the Earth (2023)

Awakening (UK TX: January 30 & 31)

• Raquel [Josephine] Cassidy (Dr. Vasquez) 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, Narrator of AudioGo's The Art of Death, The Nu-Humans and The Empty House (all 2012), and Guinevere Godiva for Jago & Litefoot 5 (2013)
• for Drew Armstrong and Alice Jowitt both worked on Series 10
• for Matthew Burlem see Series 18 and for Kiaran Murray Smith and Timothy Wood see Series 19

Doctor Who On This Day #110

 

1951 - Actress Louise Jameson born

in Wanstead

1968 - Fury from the Deep, Episode

6 first screened on BBC1

1969 - The Myth Makers, Episodes 3 and 4 and The Ark,

Episode 2: The Plague repeated and The Celestial Toymaker,

Episode 2: The Hall of Dolls first screened, all on TV1; and

Fury from the Deep, Episodes 3 to 6 repeated and The Wheel

in Space, Episode 1 repeated and Episode 2 first screened, all 

on ABC

1973 - Colony in Space, Episode 4 and Day of the Daleks, 

Episode 1 both repeated and The Sea Devils, Episode 2

first screened, all on ABC

1974 - The Monster of Peladon, Part

5 first screened on BBC1

1976 - Planet of the Spiders, Part

2 repeated on ABC

1978 - The Hand of Fear, Part 1 repeated

and The Robots of Death, Part 3 first

screened, both on ABC

1981 - The Brain of Morbius Omnibus

repeated on WTTW 11

1982 - The Ribos Operation, Part 1 repeated on KQED

Plus; and Logopolis, Part 1 repeated and Part 2 first

screened, both on ABC

1983 - Robot, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus; and

Time Flight, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on ABC

1984 - The Seeds of Doom, Part 6 repeated on

KQED Plus; and Full Circle, Part 3 repeated on ABC

1985 - The Time Monster, Episode 6 repeated on KQED

Plus; and Dr. Who and the Daleks screened on BBC1

1986 - The Three Doctors Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - Frontier in Space, Episodes 5 and

6 both first screened on WTTW 11; and

Terror of the Zygons, Part 2 first screened

 on Super Channel (UK)

1988 - Planet of Evil, Part 2 repeated on

 TV de Galicia; Nightmare of Eden, Part 2

repeated on TV2; and The Leisure Hive, Part

1 repeated on KQED Plus

1989 - The Time Warrior, Part 2 repeated on KQED

Plus; and Terminus, Part 1 first screened on TV2

1990 - The Invasion of Time, Part 3 repeated

on ABC; and Planet of Fire, Part 2 repeated on

KQED Plus

1991 - The Seeds of Death, Episode

4 repeated on TV2

1993 - The Sea Devils, Episode 3 repeated

 on UK Gold; and Snakedance, Part 3

 repeated on ABC

1994 - City of Death, Part 4 repeated

on UK Gold

1995 - The Mind of Evil, Episode 4 repeated

on UK Gold; and Mindwarp, Part 5 repeated

on VOX

1997 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 1 repeated

 on ZTV; and The Brain of Morbius Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold

1998 - 100,000 BC, Episode 1: An Unearthly Child

repeated on Space; The Keeper of Traken Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus; and Resurrection of the

Daleks, Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Aztecs, Episode 3: The Bride

of Sacrifice repeated on UKTV (Aus); The

Ark, Episode 1: The Steel Sky repeated

on Space; and The Monster of Peladon,

Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Colorado

PTV

2000 - The Gunfighters, Episode 3: Johnny

 Ringo repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The

Mutants, Episode 6 first screened on TG4

2001 - Underworld, Part 2 repeated on UKTV

 (Aus); The Pirate Planet, Part 2 repeated on

Prime; and The Stones of Blood, Parts 1 and

2 both repeated on NHPTV

2002 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold; Planet of the Spiders

Omnibus repeated on KERA; The Masque of

Mandragora, Part 2 repeated on BBC Kids

(Can); Warriors of the Deep, Parts 1 and 2

both repeated on Colorado PTV; and

Paradise Towers, Parts 3 and 4 both

repeated on BBC Prime and Omnibus

repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2003 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold; Terror of the Zygons,

Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Iowa PTV;

Pyramids of Mars, Part 3 repeated on

WSKG; The Seeds of Doom, Part 4 repeated 

on WCNY; The Armageddon Factor, Part 5

repeated on WILL; The Horns of Nimon, Parts

2 and 3 both repeated on MiND; Full Circle,

Part 1 repeated on KUED; State of Decay

Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can); The Awakening Omnibus

 repeated on MPT; The Twin Dilemma, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

on WCET; Time and the Rani, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on 

Colorado PTV; Dragonfire, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on KBTC;

Doctor Who TV Movie and Dalekmania both repeated on Syfy

 (UK); and The Ghosts of N-Space, Episode 1 repeated on Radio 7

2004 - Inferno, Episode 2 repeated on ABC; and

Terminus, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2005 - The Pirate Planet, Part 3 repeated on ABC

2006 - Aliens of London repeated on People+ Arts;

and Totally Doctor Who (1.2) first screened on BBC1

2007 - The Unquiet Dead and Doctor Who

 Confidential: TARDIS Tales both first screened

on NET; Gridlock repeated on BBC3; and Totally

 Doctor Who (2.3) first screened on BBC1

2008 - City of Death, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on WCET; 

The End of the World repeated on Jimmy; Dalek and Doctor 

Who Confidential: The Daleks both repeated on NHPTV;

Father's Day  first screened on ProSieben; The Empty

Child reeated on WTVP and MPT; Boom Town repeated 

on Houston PB; Bad Wolf repeated on KERA and WXXI; 

The Christmas Invasion first screened on WTTW 11; New 

Earth and Doctor Who Confidential: New New Doctor

both repeated on WGVU and KQED Plus; Tooth and Claw 

first screened on Ozarks PTV; School Reunion first screened on 

Idaho PTV; Planet of the Ood repeated on BBC3; Doctor Who 

Confidential: The World of Who repeated on KERA; and Doctor 

Who Confidential: Special Effects repeated on MPT

2009 - The Space Museum, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated 

on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; New Earth and Doctor Who

Confidential: New New Doctor both repeated on

WTTW 11; The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on

BBC3; Army of Ghosts repeated on KVCR; and

Doctor Who Confidential: The New World of Who

repeated on KQED Plus

2010 - The Brain of Morbius, Episodes 3 repeated and 4

first broadcast, both on Radio 7; School Reunion repeated

on Syfy (FRG) and UKTV (Aus); The Girl in the Fireplace 

repeated on Syfy (Spa); Silence in the Library repeated

on HRT2; and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Friends

Reunited both repeated on UKTV

2011 - The Armageddon Factor, Parts 3 and 4 both

repeated on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; and The

Impossible Planet repeated on Space

2012 - Warriors of the Deep, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

on Syfy (Aus); Attack of the Cybermen, Part 1 repeated

on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; Forest of the Dead and Doctor

Who Confidential: River Runs Deep both repeated on

BBC3;The Beast Below repeated on BBC Entertainment

AP; The Almost People first screened on BBC

Entertainment Ind and repeated on ABC2; and 

Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Take Two 

repeated on ABC2

2013 - The Robots of Death Omnibus screened at the 

Doctor Who at 50 event held at BFI Southbank; The Age

 of Steel and The Idiot's Lantern both repeated on BBC 

Entertainment AP; Army of Ghosts repeated on UKTV

 (NZ); The Lazarus Experiment and The Sound of Drums

both repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; The Impossible

Astronaut repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania,

ME and Fox (FRG); Day of the Moon, The Curse of the 

Black Spot and The Doctor's Wife all repeated on Fox; 

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on Syfy (Ben); Cold

War repeated on BBC America, BBC Entertainment RSA

and BBC Polska; Hide first screened on BBC1; The Best

 of the Monsters repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC 

Polska HD; and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown:

A New York Story and Open All Hours both

repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2014 - Revenge of the Cybermen Omnibus repeated

on KPTS; The Brain of Morbius, Parts 3 and 4 both

first screened on Horror; Image of the Fendahl, Parts

3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC; The Leisure Hive,

Part 3 repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Caves of 

Androzani, Attack of the Cybermen and Remembrance of the 

Daleks Omnibuses all first screened on Horror; The Long Game

 repeated on KNCT; The Christmas Invasion repeated on TV3;

Smith and Jones and The Shakespeare Code both repeated on 

RAI4; The Sontaran Stratagem repeated on WPT Flagship; 

Human Nature and The Family of Blood both repeated on Really 

Scary TV; Midnight, Turn Left, The Stolen Earth, Journey's End

 and The Next Doctor all repeated on Fox (FRG); The Pandorica 

Opens repeated on France 4; The Almost People repeated on 

MPB; The Girl Who Waited repeated on LPB and Idaho PTV;

Asylum of the Daleks repeated on WVPB and KUED; A Town 

Called Mercy repeated on WILL; The Bells of Saint John repeated 

on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania, ME and KCPT2; The

Rings of Akhaten repeated on KCPT2; Cold War and Hide both 

repeated on BBC Entertainment AP and KCPT2; Journey to 

the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on BBC Entertainment AP

and OETA; The Crimson Horror, The Day of the Doctor and

The Time of the Doctor all repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;

Nightmare in Silver repeated on BBC Entertainment AP, Iowa 

PTV and Syfy (Ben); The Name of the Doctor repeated on BBC 

Entertainment AP and KLRU; Doctor Who Prom (2010) repeated 

on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Doctor Who Explained, 

Greatest Moments: The Doctor, The Companions and The

Enemies all repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; Doctor Who 

in the US repeated on Prime; and Doctor Who Confidential: 

What Dreams May Come repeated on LPB

2015 - Destiny of the Daleks, Part 1, A Christmas Carol

and The Impossible Astronaut all repeated on Syfy (Aus);

The Mark of the Rani, Part 4 (of 4) and Remembrance

 of the Daleks, Part 1 both repeated on Horror; Boom 

Town repeated on TV Cultura; Tooth and Claw repeated

on ABC2; Fear Her and Doctor Who Confidential: From

Script to Screen both repeated on BBC Entertainment 

AP; Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks both

 repeated on EBRU; The Beast Below repeated on BBC

Entertainment LA; The Girl Who Waited and The God 

Complex both repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC

Polska HD; The Wedding of River Song repeated on

WPT; and The Name of the Doctor and The Day

of the Doctor both repeated on BBC America

2016 - The Awakening Omnibus repeated on Retro TV;

The Long Game and Father's Day both repeated on BBC

Polska HD and France 4; Army of Ghosts and The 

Pandorica Opens both repeated on Syfy (Aus);

Human Nature repeated on TV Cultura;

 Forest of the Dead repeated on ABC2; The Time of Angels 

repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Hungry Earth

 repeated on Syfy (LA) and Syfy (Bra); The Almost People

repeated on Einsfestival; The Rings of Akhaten repeated on

Syfy (Port); Robot of Sherwood repeated on BBC First (ME); 

In the Forest of the Night repeated on KLRU; Dark Water 

repeated on WGVU; and Dr. Who and the Daleks and

Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD both screened on

Moviemix (UK)

2017 - The Green Death, Episode 1 repeated on 

The Zone; The Mysterious Planet, Parts 2 and 3 both

 repeated on Retro TV; Daleks in Manhattan, The

Lazarus Experiment, 42, Human Nature, The Family 

of Blood and The Day of the Doctor all repeated on

BBC America; Evolution of the Daleks repeated on 

BBC America and Space; Silence in the Library and Forest of

 the Dead both repeated on BBC Polska HD; The End of Time, 

Part 3 (of 4) repeated on FX (Ind); The Magician's Apprentice 

repeated on Syfy (Aus); Before the Flood and The Girl Who 

Died both repeated on Syfy (LA); The Zygon Inversion 

and Sleep No More both repeated on Syfy (Bra); and 

Face the Raven and Heaven Sent both repeated on DR3

2018 - The Romans, Episode 4: Inferno and The Web

Planet, Episode 1 both repeated on Retro TV; The Ribos

Operation, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Jones! too;

Rise of the Cybermen repeated on W; The Doctor's Wife 

repeated on Star World Premiere; The Name of the

Doctor repeated on ABC ME; Robot of Sherwood

and Listen both repeated on Sony SciFi; and

Knock Knock repeated on Syfy (Bra)

2019 - The Time Meddler Omnibus and The War Games,

Episodes 3 and 4 all repeated on Retro TV; The Girl in the

Fireplace repeated on BBC America; The Return of Doctor

Mysterio repeated on BBC Entertainment EU; Thin Ice and

Knock Knock both repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Pyramid

 at the End of the World and The Lie of the Land both

repeated on France 4; The Woman Who Fell to Earth

repeated on BBC America and Fox (FRG); and

The Ghost Monument, Rosa, Arachnids in the

UK and The Tsuranga Conundrum all repeated

on Fox (FRG)

2020 - Amy's Choice repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU; and Oxygen repeated

on Syfy (Fra)

2021 - Horror of Fang Rock, Parts 1 and

2 both repeated on Retro TV; The Doctor's

Wife repeated on ABC2; Mummy on the

Orient Express, Flatline, In the Forest of

the Night, Dark Water, Death in Heaven

and Before the Flood all repeated on Syfy

(Fra); and The Woman Who Fell to Earth

repeated on BBC Polska HD

2022 - Attack of the Cybermen, Parts

3 and 4 (of 4) both repeated on Retro

TV; The Sound of Drums repeated on

Fox SciFi; Journey's End repeated on

Syfy (Fra); Cold Blood repeated on

BBC Polska HD; and The Rebel Flesh

and Revolution of the Daleks both

repeated on BBC First Turkey

2023 - The Girl Who Died repeated

on ABC2; and The Lie of the Land and

Empress of Mars both repeated on Fox

SciFi

2024 - The Brain of Morbius, Parts

3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC

2025 -  The Rebel Flesh repeated on

ABC Entertains; and Legion of the

Lost, Part 2 repeated on Radio 4 Extra

2026 - The Mind of Evil, Episodes

3 to 6 all repeated on Retro TV