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 On This Day #217

 

1966 - Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150

AD released at UK cinemas

1968 - Writer Matthew David Jones

born in Britain

1978 - Script Editor Brian Minchin born

 in Aberystwyth

1980 - Terror of the Zygons, Part 4 repeated on WTTW

11; The Armageddon Factor, Parts 2 and 4 both repeated

on ABC; and Destiny of the Daleks, Part 1 repeated on

BBC1

1981 - Image of the Fendahl, Part 2 repeated on

KQED Plus; and Full Circle, Part 3 repeated on BBC1

1982 - Robot, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus; and

Terror of the Zygons, Part 2 repeated on ABC

1983 - The Green Death, Episode 6 and The Time

Warrior, Part 1 both repeated on ABC; and The

Invisible Enemy, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus

1984 - The Three Doctors Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1985 - The Brain of Morbius Omnibus 

repeated on WTTW 11

1986 - Planet of the Daleks, Episode 1 repeated on 

ABC; The Green Death, Episode 6 repeated on TV1;

and The Awakening, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - Carnival of Monsters, Episode 2 repeated on

KQED Plus; and The Robots of Death, Part 2 repeated

on TV2

1988 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part 1 first screened on

TV3 (Spa); The Keeper of Traken, Part 4 repeated on TV2;

and The Five Doctors, Part 2 (of 4) repeated on KQED Plus

1989 - The Hand of Fear, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus

1990 - The Web Planet, Episode 2: The Zarbi repeated

on BSB; The Stones of Blood Omnibus repeated on KQED

Plus; Kinda Omnibus repeated on WTTW 11; and Ghost

Light, Part 1 first screened on RTL TV

1991 - Dragonfire Omnibus repeated

on WTTW 11

1993 - Frontier in Space, Episode 1 repeated on UK

Gold; and Genesis of the Daleks, Part 6 repeated on ABC

1994 - Mawdryn Undead, Part 3 repeated on UK Gold

1996 - The Edge of Destruction, Episode 1 repeated

on UKTV; and The Space Museum Omnibus repeated

on KQED Plus

1997 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part 1 repeated

 on UK Gold; and The Deadly Assassin, Part 1 repeated

on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episode 2 repeated

on Space; and The Curse of Fenric, Part 3 repeated on

UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Romans, Episode 2: All Roads Lead

to Rome repeated on Space; Time and the Rani,

Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus); and Doctor Who

TV Movie first screened on AVRO and repeated on

Nederland 1

2000 - The Mind of Evil Omnibus repeated on 

UKTV (Aus); The Curse of Peladon, Episode 3

repeated on TG4; The Sun Makers, Part 3 first

screened on Prairie PTV; and The Keeper of

Traken, Part 2 repeated on BBC Prime

2001 - The Gunnfighters Omnibus repeated

on MPT; The Brain of Morbius Part 2 repeated

on WILL; Horror of Fang Rock, Part 3 repeated

on KUED; The Creature from the Pit, Parts 1

and 2 both repeated on NHPTV and Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold; City of Death, Parts 1

and 2 both repeated on KBTC; and Paradise

Towers, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on MiND

2002 - Planet of the Daleks, Episodes 5

and 6 both repeated on KQED Plus; and

The Ark in Space, Part 2 repeated on BBC

Kids

2003 - The Power of Kroll, Parts 1 and

2 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2004 - The Three Doctors, Episode

2 repeated on ABC

2005 - The Unquiet Dead repeated

on BBC3

2006 - The Empty Child first screened

on Nederland 3; The Doctor Dances first

screened on People+ Arts (LA); Boom

Town repeated on Ztélé; and The Girl in

the Fireplace first screened on ABC1

2007 - The Leisure Hive Omnibus repeated on MPT; Rose repeated on 
KSPS; Aliens of London and Doctor Who Confidential: I Get a Sidekick 
Out of You both repeated on Oregon PB; World War Three repeated on
UK Gold and UKTV (Aus); Dalek and The Long Game both repeated on 
WLVT; Father's Day first screened on KTWU and WXXI and repeated on
BBC3; The Empty Child repeated on YLE TV2, NHPTV and Idaho PTV;
Bad Wolf repeated on WTTW 11; The Parting of the Ways and Doctor 
Who Confidential: The Last Battle both first screened on UNC-TV;

The Age of Steel repeated on People+ Arts (LA); Doctor Who 
Confidential: Why On Earth? repeated on WQLN; Doctor Who

Confidential: Time Trouble repeated on BBC3; and Doctor Who

 Confidential: Special Effects repeated on NHPTV

2008 - Planet of the Spiders, Parts 2 and 3 both first screened on MTV3 
SciFi and TV4; Dalek first screened on The Oregon Channel and repeated on Oregon PB; The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on UK Gold; Evolution 
of the Daleks and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Making Manhattan
 both repeated on UKTV (Aus); and Doctor Who Confidential: New New 
Doctor repeated on KQED Plus
2009 - School Reunion repeated on BBC3; and

Forest of the Dead first screened on Syfy (Ben)
2010 - The Parting of the Ways repeated on Syfy

(Rus); Tooth and Claw repeated on UKTV (Aus);

Last of the Time Lords repeated on AXN SciFi;

and Utopia first screened on Space

2011 - Aliens of London repeated on UKTV (Aus); World War Three 
repeated on Watch; The Satan Pit, Midnight and Turn Left all repeated
on BBC America; and The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon 
both repeated on BBC3

2012 - The Mutants, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated on KBTC;

Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead and Aliens of

London all repeated on BBC America; Flesh and Stone repeated

 on Watch; The Lodger and Doctor Who Confidential: Extra Time

both repeated on MPTV; and The Science of Doctor Who first

screened on BBC America

2013 - Dalek and The Long Game both repeated on France 4; The Satan 
Pit and Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor both repeated on ABC2; Army 
of Ghosts and Doomsday both repeated on RAI4; Blink repeated on Watch;
Turn Left and The Stolen Earth both repeated on TV3 (Spa); The Time of
Angels, Flesh and Stone and The Vampires of Venice all repeated on

Syfy (Port); The Big Bang repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; Day 
of the Moon repeated on Syfy (Spa) and Syfy (Ben); The Curse

of the Black Spot and The Doctor's Wife both repeated on Syfy

(Spa); The Rebel Flesh repeated on WTTW HD; and Doctor Who

Confidential Cutdown: About a Boy repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2014 - 100,000 BC, Episodes 1 and 2 both first screened on Retro TV;
The Green Death, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated on Horror; The Talons 
of Weng-Chiang, Part 2 and Fear Her both repeated on Syfy (Aus);

The Satan Pit repeated on YLE TV2; Partners in Crime repeated on

Watch; The Stolen Earth repeated on RAI4; The Beast Below repeated

 on BBC Entertainment LA HD and BBC Entertainment AP; The

Lodger repeated on Karusel and KCPT2; A Christmas Carol repeated

 on BBC America and Syfy (Port); The Impossible Astronaut repeated

on BBC America and Syfy (Spa); The Curse of the Black Spot repeated

on BBC Entertainment RSA; The Name of the Doctor repeated on Syfy

(Spa); and Doctor Who Confidential: All About the Girl repeated on

BBC Nordic HD, BBC Polska HD and BBC Entertainment AP

2015 - The Romans, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; The 
Ribos Operation, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Horror; Arc of Infinity, 
Part 1 repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Girl in the Fireplace and Rise of the Cybermen both repeated on BBC America; Love & Monsters repeated on
Disney XD (US); Evolution of the Daleks repeated on Watch; The Waters 
of Mars first screened on FX (Ind); The End of Time, Part 2 repeated on
KCPT2; The Time of Angels repeated on KLRU and Syfy (Aus); The Doctor, 
the Widow and the Wardrobe repeated on TV Cultura; Asylum of the Daleks repeated on UKTV (NZ); The Angels Take Manhattan repeated on
BBC Nordic HD, BBC Polska HD and ABC2; Hide repeated on Prime; and
Doctor Who Explained repeated on BBC Entertainment AP

2016 - The War Machines, Episode 4 and The Dominators, Episode 1 both 
repeated on Retro TV; The Lazarus Experiment, A Town Called Mercy, The 
Power of Three, The Angels Take Manhattan, The Snowmen and The Day 
of the Doctor all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Partners in Crime, The Fires of 
Pompeii, Planet of the Ood, The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison

Sky all repeated on EBRU; Vincent and the Doctor repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP; The Vampires of Venice repeated on Syfy (LA);

Asylum of the Daleks repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Rings of

Akhaten repeated on BBC Entertainment EU; Listen and Time 
Heist both repeated on DR3; Kill the Moon repeated on TV Cultura;

The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar both repeated

on BBC First (Ben); The Woman Who Lived and The

Zygon Inversion both repeated on BBC First (ME);

The Zygon Invasion repeated on BBC First (ME)

 and Space; and Heaven Sent repeated on ABC2

2017 - The Mutants, Episodes 2 to 5 all repeated on Retro TV; Terror of the 

Zygons, Snakedance and The Mysterious Planet Omnibuses all repeated on 

WYCC; Dalek repeated on The Box; Evolution of the Daleks and

The Lazarus Experiment both repeated on Syfy (Aus);

Last of the Time Lords and Voyage of the Damned both

repeated on One ARD; Deep Breath and Into the Dalek 

both repeated on BBC First (ME); In the Forest of the Night, Dark

Water and Death in Heaven all repeated on RAI4; The Girl Who Died,

The Woman Who Lived and The Zygon Invasion all repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU; and Behind the Lens: The Time of the Doctor

repeated on BBC Polska HD

2018 - The Keys of Marinus, Episodes 1 to 4 all repeated on KERA; 

The Rescue Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; Carnival of Monsters, 

Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC; The Horns of Nimon 

Omnibus repeated on MPTV; Castrovalva Omnibus repeated on

 Iowa PTV; Four to Doomsday and Kinda Omnibuses both repeated 

on WSRE;  Attack of the Cybermen, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) both 

repeated on Retro TV; Silence in the Library and Forest of the 

Dead both repeated on One ARD; The Snowmen repeated on

Sky 5; Face the Raven repeated on BBC First (RSA); and 

Extremis repeated on BBC First (ME)

2019 - Four to Doomsday, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

on Retro TV;  The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, The

Girl in the Fireplace, The Impossible Planet, The Satan

Pit, Human Nature, Blink, Silence in the Library, Forest

of the Dead, Midnight, The Waters of Mars, Day of the

Moon, Night Terrors, The God Complex, Hide, Listen and

Mummy on the Orient Express all repeated on Space;

and Dark Water repeated on BBC Polska HD
2020 - Destiny of the Daleks, Part 4 and The
Creature from the Pit, Part 1 both repeated on
Retro TV; The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below and
Asylum of the Daleks all repeated on NRJ12; The
 Vampires of Venice repeated on BBC Polska HD;
and Robot of Sherwood repeated and Resolution

first screened, both on BBC First Turkey

2021 - Resolution repeated on ABC2

2022 - The Claws of Axos, Episodes

3 and 4 and Colony in Space, Episodes

1 and 2 all repeated on Retro TV; and

Boom Town repeated on ABC2

2023 - In the Forest of the Night, Dark

Water, Death in Heaven and Last

Christmas all repeated on Fox SciFi;

and War of the Sontarans repeated on

ABC2

2024 - The Sontaran Stratagem

repeated on ABC Entertains and ABC

Family

2026 - The Horns of Nimon, Parts

2 and 3 both repeated on Retro TV