Doctor Who Vs. Marple: Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

Julia McKenzie made her debut as Jane

Marple in the fourth run of ITV Studio's

Agatha Christie mysteries, succeeding Geraldine McEwan in the title role.

The Queen of Crime's fifteenth crime

novel (which did not actually feature

Marple) was published in the UK in

1934, then issued as The Boomerang

 Clue in America a year later.

The story was first dramatised by LWT

in 1980, and co-starred Joan Hickson

before she began her own definitive

portrayal of Marple for the BBC. A

new TV version (a co-production from Mammoth Screen) debuted on Britbox

in April 2022. This adaptation (which premiered in America in July 2009,

then only aired in the UK two years later) was shown on ITV3 today - it starred Georgia Moffett, Mark Williams, Natalie Dormer, Rik Mayall,

 and fourteen Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Samantha [Jane] Bond (Sylvia here; Julia in A Murder is Announced, 1985; Stella in The Adventure of the Cheap Flat; Narrator of Inside the Mind of Agatha Christie, 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple, Agatha Christie's England & The Hollow, 2020) was Mrs. Wormwood in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane and Enemy of the Bane, then reprised for Big Finish's The Revenge of Wormwood (2023), and also voiced Mother Baroque for The Scapegoat (2009)
• Sean Biggerstaff (Attfield) voiced Chris Parsons for Shada (2003), Snabb/Brother Tangent for The Skull of Sobek, the Ruhk for Time Reef (both 2008), Ross Nicholson for Masters of Earth (2014), Moros for Enemy Lines (2016), Callum Volta for Cold Vengeance (2017), Noah for Jenny 1 (2018), Jenny 2 (2021) and Prism (2022), and David Campbell for After the Daleks
• Richard [David] Briers (Wilson here; Binster in Murder She Said) was the Chief Caretaker in Paradise Towers
• Helen [Margaret] Lederer (Marjorie) voiced Patricia Ryder for Death in Blackpool (2009)
• Freddie [Samson Robert Morice] Fox (Savage) was Kid in The Interstellar Song Contest
• Basher Savage (George) voiced Yanikov for Earth Aid (2011)
• Siwan Morris (Florrie) was Maebh's Mum for In The Forest of the Night
• Nicholas Hopkins was also assistant director on Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways
• for Alex Kaye-Besley see Murder is Easy
• for Tom Lucy see At Bertram's Hotel
• for Sean Clayton and Nigel Squibb see The Body in the Library
• for Gavin Walters see A Pocket Full of Rye

Doctor Who On This Day #186

  

1965 - Marco Polo, Episodes 1 and

4 both repeated and The Keys of

Marinus, Episode 6 first screened,

all on ABC

1966 - Press screening of Daleks' Invasion

Earth 2150 AD held at Studio One, Oxford

Street

1968 - Planet of Giants, Episode 1 and The Romans,

Episode 4 both repeated on TV1; and The Tomb of

the Cybermen, Episode 1 first screened on ABC

1970 - The Mind Robber, Episode 5 and The

Invasion, Episode 1 both repeated on ABC
1971 - The Web of Fear, Episodes

 1 to 3 repeated and Episode 4

first screened, all on TV1

1976 - Planet of Evil, Part 1 repeated

on BBC1

1978 - The Green Death, Episode 2,

The Monster of Peladon, Parts 5 and

6 and Planet of the Spiders, Part 1 all

repeated on ABC

1979 - The Green Death, Episode

 6 and The Time Warrior, Parts 1

and 3 all repeated on ABC

1982 - Revenge of the Cybermen

Omnibus repeated on WTTW 11

1983 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 1 and 2 both
repeated on ABC; and The Deadly Assassin,

Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus

1984 - The Ribos Operation, Part

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1985 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episodes 5 and
 6 both first screened on TV2; and The Mind of Evil,
Episode 2 and The Invasion of Time Omnibus both
repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - Snakedance, Part 2 repeated

on KQED Plus

1987 - The King's Demons Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus
1988 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 2 repeated

on Super Channel; State of Decay, Part 3

repeated on TV2; and Arc of Infinity, Part

1 repeated on KQED Plus

1989 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 3 repeated on KQED

Plus; and The Hand of Fear, Part 3 repeated on ABC
1990 - Paradise Towers, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus
1991 - Warriors' Gate, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Part

1 repeated on UK Gold; The Keeper of

Traken Omnibus repeated on KQED

Plus; and The Two Doctors, Part 1

 (of 6) repeated on ABC

1994 -  The Visitation, Part 2 repeated

on UK Gold
1995 - Frontier in Space, Episode 3

repeated on UK Gold

1997 - Pyramids of Mars Omnibus repeated

on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Sensorites, Episode 3: Hidden Danger
 repeated on Space; and The Happiness Patrol and
Silver Nemesis Omnibuses both repeated on UK Gold

1999 - The Daleks, Episode 7: The Rescue repeated
on Space; Horror of Fang Rock Omnibus repeated on
KQED Plus; and Mindwarp, Part 7 repeated on UKTV
(Aus)

2000 - The Romans, Episode 3: Conspiracy repeated 
on Prime; The Ambassadors of Death, Episode 4
repeated on UKTV (Aus); and Genesis of the Daleks,
Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on BBC America

2001 - The Horns of Nimon, Part 3 repeated on

 UKTV (Aus); and Enlightenment, Part 4 repeated

on BBC Prime
2002 - The Pirate Planet, Part 1 repeated on

BBC Kids (Can); and Frontios, Parts 1 and 2

both repeated on NHPTV

2003 - Horror of Fang Rock, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated 
on BBC Kids (Can) and Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;
The Invisible Enemy Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;
 The King's Demons Omnibus repeated on KERA; and
Battlefield, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Colorado PTV
2004 - The Sea Devils, Episode 1 repeated on ABC

2005 - Meglos, Part 4 repeated on ABC

2006 - Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, 
Aliens of London, World War Three, Dalek, The Long
Game and Father's Day all repeated on Syfy (US); and 
Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel both
repeated on BBC3
2008 - Carnival of Monsters, Episode 4 and Frontier
in Space, Episode 1 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi and 
TV4; Dalek repeated on Syfy (Rus); 
Father's Day and Doctor Who Confidential: Time Trouble both repeated 
on WLIW 21; The Doctor Dances repeated on Syfy (FRG); The Parting 
of the Ways repeated on Jimmy; The Runaway Bride repeated on UKTV
 (Aus); Journey's End first screened on BBC1; Doctor Who Confidential:
End of an Era first screened on BBC3; and Doctor Who Confidential: 
Friends and Foe repeated on BBC3
2009 - New Earth and Doctor Who Confidential: New
New Doctor both repeated on MPTV; The Runaway Bride
repeated on WTVP; 42 repeated on WXXI; The Family 
of Blood and Doctor Who Confidential: Bad Blood both
repeated on Idaho PTV; and The Sontaran Stratagem 
repeated on Syfy (Ben)

2010 - The Empty Child repeated on AXN SciFi; School 
Reunion repeated on Syfy (Rus); Last of the Time Lords
repeated on WTTW 11; The Stolen Earth repeated on 
Syfy (Spa); and The Cannibalists, Episode 2 repeated

on Radio 7

2011 - The Awakening Omnibus repeated on MTV3

SciFi, TV2 and TV4; and Vincent and the Doctor and
Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: A Brush With

Genius both repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2012 - The Shakespeare Code first screened

on YLE TV2; The Sontaran Stratagem and Doctor

Who Confidential Cutdown: Send in the Clones

both repeated on ABC2; The Almost People and

 Doctor Who Confidential: Take Two both repeated

on BBC3; and The Cannibalists, Episode 2 repeated

on Radio 4 Extra

2013 - The End of the World repeated on ABC2;
Dalek repeated on RAI4; Bad Wolf repeated on
Watch; The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on BBC
Entertainment LA; Planet of the Ood repeated on
Syfy (Port); and The Angels Take Manhattan and
The Snowmen both first screened on YLE TV2

2014 - Horror of Fang Rock, Parts 3 and 4, The 
Invisible Enemy, Parts1 to 3, Four to Doomsday,
Parts 1 to 3, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday, The 
Runaway Bride, Smith and Jones and The

Shakespeare Code all repeated on Syfy (Aus);

Remembrance of the Daleks Omnibus repeated

 on Horror; The End of the World repeated on

UKTV (NZ); The Impossible Planet repeated on

Space; The Satan Pit repeated on Space and TV3

(Spa); Love & Monsters repeated on TV3; Daleks

 in Manhattan, The Unicorn and the Wasp and

Silence in the Library all repeated on RAI4; Planet

of the Ood repeated on KCPT2; Planet of the Dead

and Doctor Who Prom (2010) both repeated on

BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Amy's Choice 

repeated on OETA; Vincent and the Doctor repeated on Jeem TV
 (ME); The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon both repeated
 on BBC Nordic; The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People both repeated on
Syfy (Port) and Fox (FRG); A Good Man Goes to War, Let's Kill Hitler and
Night Terrors all repeated on Fox; The Girl Who Waited repeated on Syfy
 (Spa); The Angels Take Manhattan and The Snowmen both repeated
on ABC2; The Bells of Saint John, The Rings of Akhaten and Cold War all
repeated on Syfy (Ben); Nightmare in Silver repeated on WGVU; Doctor 
Who Confidential: Blinded by the Light repeated on BBC Entertainment 
ME; and Best of the Doctor repeated on BBC Entertainment EU,
Rom and ME

2015 - The Tomb of the Cybermen, Spearhead from 
Space, Pyramids of Mars, Earthshock, Vengeance on
Varos Omnibuses, Doctor Who TV Movie and Doctor

Who Prom (2010) all repeated on Watch; The Sea

Devils Omnibus repeated on KERA; Castrovalva,

Parts 2 and 3,
Last of the Time Lords and The Bells of Saint John all
repeated on Syfy (Aus); Snakedance Omnibus repeated
on Horror; Mawdryn Undead, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
on KBTC; New Earth, Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, 
The Girl in the Fireplace, The Idiot's Lantern, The 
Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit and Love & Monsters all 
repeated on Disney XD (US); Rise of the Cybermen and 
The Age of Steel both repeated on Disney XD and France
 4; The Runaway Bride repeated on UNC-TV; The Family 
of Blood repeated on WILL; Voyage of the Damned 
repeated on BBC America; The Vampires of Venice,
A Christmas Carol, The Impossible Astronaut, Day of 
the Moon, The Snowmen, Hide, The Time of the Doctor, 
Deep Breath, Listen, Mummy on the Orient Express and
Last Christmas all repeated on BBC Entertainment LA;
The Big Bang repeated on BBC Entertainment EU,
Romania and ME; The Curse of the Black Spot and The
Doctor's Wife both repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC
Polska HD; A Good Man Goes to War and Doctor Who 
Confidential: The Born Identity both repeated on BBC
 Entertainment AP;  Closing Time repeated on KCPT2;
The Wedding of River Song repeated on BBC Entertain-
ment AP and KCPT2; The Doctor, the Widow and the 
Wardrobe repeated on BBC Entertainment LA and
KCPT2; Asylum of the Daleks repeated on KCPT2;
Dinosaurs On a Spaceship repeated on MPTV;

A Town Called Mercy repeated on Iowa PTV;

and Into the Dalek repeated on Space

2016 - The Sensorites, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated
 on Retro TV; Boom Town, The Almost People and Into 
the Dalek all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Vampires of
Venice repeated on BBC Polska HD and DR3; Amy's

Choice repeated on DR3; The Doctor, the Widow

and the Wardrobe repeated on TV Cultura; A Town 

Called Mercy repeated on Einsfestival; Nightmare

in Silver repeated on Space; Deep Breath repeated

 and Doctor Who Extra: Deep Breath first screened,

both on ABC2; Last Christmas repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP; The Women Who Lived
repeated on YLE TV2; The Zygon Invasion repeated 

on BBC First (ME); and Sleep No More repeated on 

Syfy (Bra)

2017 - 100,000 BC, Episode 3: The Forest of Fear
repeated on Jones! too; The Gunfighters, Episodes

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

Fireplace repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Waters of Mars

repeated on RAI4; Victory of the Daleks, The Time

of Angels, Flesh and Stone, The Vampires of Venice,

Amy's Choice and Last Christmas all repeated on

BBC America; Mummy on the Orient Express repeated 

on BBC Polska HD; Sleep No More and Face the Raven 

both repeated on Syfy (Bra); and Heaven Sent and

Hell Bent both repeated on Syfy (LA)

2018 - The Daemons, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated

on Retro TV; The Horns of Nimon, The Leisure Hive,

Meglos and Full Circle Omnibuses all streamed on

Twitch TV; Utopia repeated on BBC Polska HD; The

Big Bang repeated on Sky 5; and The Zygon

Inversion repeated on Star World Premiere
2019 - Planet of the Spiders, Parts 1 and 2 both
repeated on Retro TV; Kinda, Parts 1 to 3 all repeated
on Jones! too; The Angels Take Manhattan repeated on
BBC Polska HD; and The Pilot and Smile both repeated
on Sony SciFi
2020 - The Chase Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV;
The Krotons Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; Horror
of Fang Rock Omnibus repeated on Retro TV; Image
of the Fendahl Omnibus repeated on WSRE; The
Androids of Tara Omnibus repeated on MPTV;
Earthshock, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC;
The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang, A Christmas
Carol, The Impossible Astronaut, Day of the Moon and
The Curse of the Black Spot all repeated on W; The
Doctor's Wife and The Rebel Flesh both repeated on
Sony SciFi; The Almost People, A Good Man Goes to
War and Let's Kill Hitler all repeated on BBC Turkey
and Sony SciFi; Night Terrors repeated on BBC Turkey;
Asylum of the Daleks and Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
both repeated on One ARD; and Fugitive of the Judoon

 and Praxeus both repeated on BBC Polska HD

2021 - Under the Lake, Before the Flood

and The Pilot all repeated on ABC2

2022 - The Mind Robber, Episodes

1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;

The Christmas Invasion, New Earth

and Tooth and Claw all repeated on

One ARD; The Snowmen repeated

on Fox SciFi; Mummy on the Orient

Express repeated on Syfy (Fra); The

 Zygon Invasion repeated on BBC

Polska HD; Smile repeated on BBC

First Turkey; and Redacted, Episode

7: Requiem first broadcast on Radio

4 Extra

2024 - Fear Her repeated on ABC

Entertains

2025 - Resolution repeated on

ABC Entertainment

2026 - The Mind Robber, Episode

5 and The Seeds of Death, Episode

 1 both repeated on Retro TV