Doctor Who Vs. Casualty @ 40: Series 6

Series regulars Derek Thompson,

Cathy Shipton, Ian Bleasdale, Nigel

Le Vaillant, Robson Green, Mamta

Kaash, Patrick Robinson and Caroline

Webster returned for the next season

of BBC1's flagship medical drama.

Joining the programme here were
Maureen Beattie (as staff nurse
Sandra Nicholl), Adie Allen (student
nurse Kelly Liddle), Anne Kristen (receptionist Norma Sullivan), and
Maria Friedman (social worker Trish
Baynes). Both Allen and Friedman

had left the show by the series'

conclusion, whilst Green and Kaash

chose to depart after three and two

 years service respectively.

This fifteen part run (originally broad-

cast from September to December

1991, with the final instalment only

shown in February 1992) featured

Siobhan Redmond, and a total of sixty-two Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Kenneth Colley (Paddy) voiced Cristophe Zarodnix for Sisters of the Flame and The Vengeane of Morbius (both 2008)
• Charlie [Lomax David] Condou (Williamson here; McGregor, 1995; Gal, 2009; Ben Sherwood in Holby City, 2019/20) voiced Crabhead/ System/Jarl for Ravenous 1 (2018), Chris for Five Hundred Ways to Kill Your Lover (2025), and Marty for Cloud Eight (2026), then was Gary Gabbastone in The Interstellar Song Contest
• Marc Warren [born Stephens] (Nick) was Elton Pope in Love & Monsters
• Karl Collins [born Myers] (Roy) was Shaun Temple in The End of Time and The Star Beast
• Christien [Alexis] Anholt (Jude) was Perkins in The Curse of Fenric
• Roderick Smith (DS Spalding here; Hadley/McRae in Holby City) was Cruikshank in The Invisible Enemy
• Sophie Okonedo (Gina) was Queen Liz 10 in The Beast Below and The Pandorica Opens, and voiced Alison Cheney for Scream of the Shalka
• Tom Georgeson (Talbot) was Kavell in Genesis of the Daleks, and an Inspector in Logopolis
• Richard [Dyas Beverley] Hampton (Pathologist) was Villager in The Visitation
• Debra Gillett (Reporter) was Rita Connolly in The Idiot's Lantern
• Jim [Edward] Carter (Charlton) voiced Brother Bernard for The Book of Kells (2010)
• David [John] Quilter (Dr. Graves) was Greeves in The Unicorn and the Wasp
• Jo Stone-Fewings (Sutton) was the Male Programmer [Davitch Pavale] in The Parting of the Ways, and voiced Major Wheatley for Hounded (2016)
• Rob [Charlton] Edwards (McBride here; Drake, 1995) provided the Male Voice of Xoanon for The Face of Evil, and was Chub in The Robots of Death (1)
• William [Denys] Hoyland (Adamson) voiced Premier Jaeger for LIVE 34 (2005)
• Roger Griffiths (Philip) was Commander Kess in Planet of the Ood
• Polly James [born Pauline Devaney] (Sylvia) and Jack [Stewart] Galloway (Dryden) both starred in The Awakening, as Jane Hampden and Captain Joseph Willow
• Ian [Clive] Talbot (Vaughan) was Travis in The Silurians (4), and Klout in The Leisure Hive
• Vincent Brimble (PC Devonshire) was Tarpok in Warriors of the Deep
• Philip Anthony [Johnson] (Dr. Phillips) was Roald in The Daleks' Master Plan (1)
• Duncan Duff (Policeman) was Newsreader in Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel, and voiced Joe Hartley for Night Thoughts (2006)
• Iain Rattray (Sergeant) was Habris in State of Decay
• Gillian Kearney (Mandy here; Jessica Harrison, 2008-10) voiced Mina Challis for Zygon Hunt ( 2014)
• Rupert Holliday Evans (Cook here; Tom, 1995; Harkins, 2006; Frank, 2009; Healey, 2015; Black in Holby City) was Colonel [Alan] Mace in The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky, then reprised for Big Finish's Rise of the Valiant (2026) - he also voiced Celtic Warrior for The Relics of Time, Artist for The Demon of Paris, and Cop for Starfall (all 2010)
• Geoffrey Toone (Bridges) was Hepesh in The Curse of Peladon
• Julia Sawalha (Nikki) was Emma in The Curse of Fatal Death
• Janet Henfrey (Sister) 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 Narrata for Morbius (2024)
• Timothy Walker (Burrows) made his TV debut as Grell in The Mysterious Planet
• Maureen [Jane] Beattie (Sandra Nicholl, 1991-93) was Rona Bellows in Last Christmas
• Hermione [Jane] Norris (Abby, 1991; Bobbie, 1994) was Captain Lundvik in Kill the Moon
• Gerard [James Pertwee] Horan (Wilkinson here; Mark, 1994; Denning, 2007; O'Connor, 2010) was Clark/Father of Mine in Human Nature and The Family of Blood
• Christian Rodska (Dr. Bailer here; Carver, 1995; Coyne, 2015) voiced Laan Carder for Faith Stealer (2004) and Reverand Small for Audio- Go's The Dead Shoes (2011)
• Colin [David] Tierney (Letts) voiced King Dega for Genesis of the Cybermen (2025)
• Wendy Gifford [born Thompson] (Mrs. Cox) and Michael [John] Attwell (Jones here; Reed, 1997) both appeared in The Ice Warriors, as Jan Garrett and Isbur - Attwell was also Bates in Attack of the Cybermen
• Daniel Peacock (Leathers) and Peggy [Margaret Rose] Mount (Eliza) both starred in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, as Nord and the Stallslady
• Dominic Guard (Turner here; Hall, 1995) and Kathy [Lucy Bridget] Burke (Lorraine) both appeared in Terminus, as Olvir and Lazar
• Mary [Veronica] Healey (Doreen) and Annie Hulley (Jan here; Lorna, 1995) both appeared in The Happiness Patrol, as Killjoy and News- reader (3)
• Nicholas Farrell [born Frost] (Byron) 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 Strange Chemistry (2023)
• David [John] Ryall (Gash here; Harley, 1993; Dr. Baker, 1998) voiced Carthok for Phantasmagoria (1999)
• [Albert] Geoffrey Bayldon (Frain here; Ellington, 1997; Michaels, 2004; Simpson, 2006) was Organon in The Creature from the Pit, then voiced the Doctor for Auld Mortality (2003) and A Storm of Angels (2005)
• Frank Windsor [Higgins] (Smith here; Samuels, 2003/4) was Sir Ranulf Fitzwilliam in The King's Demons, and Inspector Mackenzie in Ghost Light
• Peter [Francis Gabain] Copley (Woods here; Phipps, 1993; Ellis, 1999) was Dr. Warlock in Pyramids of Mars
• Christine Kavanagh (Helen) was Aram in Timelash, and voiced Patience for Cold Fusion (2017)
• Brian Hibbard (Cadell here; Wolf, 1999; Robert, 2009) was Kellor in Delta and the Bannermen
• Simon Shepherd (Ferris) voiced Boolin for Tsar Wars, Bewley for The Broken Crown, and the Magician for Aladdin Time (all 2011), Pal Andrews for Break the Ice (2022), and Hudson Sage for Vespertine (2023)
• Louis [Felix Danner] Mahoney (Olu Ajayi here; Cavanagh, 2007) was Newscaster in Frontier in Space, Ponti in Planet of Evil, and Older Billy Shipton in Blink
• Tim Preece (Gilchrist) was Codal in Planet of the Daleks, and voiced the President for He Jests at Scars (2003)
• Davyd Harries (Felton here; Hoyle, 1993; Leyland, 1998; Frey, 2002) was Shapp in The Armageddon Factor
• Mandi Symonds (Dr. Fuller here; Mrs. Marriott, 2001; Avis, 2018) voiced Erica MacMillan for Night of the Stormcrow (2012), Bridget for The Fifth Citadel, Lily Finnegan for Afterlife (both 2013), Shafira for Revenge of the Swarm, One for The Abandoned, Mrs. Targate for The Ghosts of Gralstead (all 2014), Alitha for The Lost Fairy Tale, Inspector Jill Sveinsdóttir for Repeat Offender (both 2016), Captain for Relative Time, Maude for The Web of Time (both 2019), Mary Seacole for The Charge of the Night Brigade (2020), Vengis for The Day of the Comet, Mary Claypole/Time Lord Emissary for The God of Phantoms (both 2021), Sky Bennett for The Rotting Deep, Patricia Lockwood for The Inheritance (both 2022) and Spirit of the Season (2023), Mum for Vampire Weekend, and Betty for The Last Days of the Powell Estate (both 2025)
• Patricia Maynard (Brenda) was Hilda Winters in Robot, a role reprised for Big Finish's Sarah Jane Smith (2002)
• Robert James [born McAllister] (Mitchell) was Lesterson in The Power of the Daleks, and the High Priest in The Masque of Mandragora
• James Saxon [born William James Smyth] (Marcus) was Oscar Botcherby in The Two Doctors
• stunt arranger Gareth Milne was George Cranleigh in Black Orchid, Mortuary Attendant in Vengeance on Varos, and doubled for Peter Davison on Warriors of the Deep
• Edwina Craze was also production associate on The Tenth Planet, The Krotons, The War Games (10) and Terror of the Zygons, and AFM on The Enemy of the World and The Mind Robber
• production manager Pennie Bloomfield was AFM on Attack of the Cybermen
• Mike Tucker was also VFX assistant on ten stories (from The Mysterious Planet to Survival) and Dimensions in Time, and model unit supervisor on fourteen episodes of the revived series (from Rose to The Time of the Doctor)

Doctor Who On This Day #260

 

1965 - Marco Polo, Episode 2: The Singing

Sands and The Sensorites, Episodes 5 and

6 all repeated on ABC

1966 - The Smugglers, Episode 2 first

screened on BBC1

1970 - The Krotons, Episode 3 repeated

on ABC

1977 - Horror of Fang Rock, Part 3 first

screened on BBC1

1979 - Terror of the Zygons, Parts 1 and

4 both repeated on ABC

1980 - Pyramids of Mars, Parts 1 and 3 and The

Horns of Nimon, Part 3 all repeated on ABC

1981 - The Androids of Tara, Part 4 repeated

on KQED Plus

1982 - The Android Invasion, Part 3 repeated

on KQED Plus

1983 - The Androids of Tara, Part 2 repeated

on KQED Plus

1984 - Warriors' Gate Omnibus repeated on

WTTW 11

1985 - Robot, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - The Monster of Peladon, Part 1 repeated

on ABC; and The Two Doctors, Part 2 (of 6) both

repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - Death to the Daleks, Part 3 repeated

on KQED Plus

1988 - Horror of Fang Rock, Part 2 first

screened on Super Channel; and Attack

 of the Cybermen, Part 3 (of 4) repeated

on KQED Plus

1989 - The Claws of Axos Omnibus repeated

on KQED Plus

1991 - The King's Demons, Part 2 repeated

on KQED Plus

1992 - Terror of the Zygons, Part 2 repeated

on KQED Plus

1993 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 2 repeated on

UK Gold; and The Paradise of Death, Episode

4 first broadcast on Radio 5

1994 - The Leisure Hive Omnibus repeated

on KQED Plus

1995 - Genesis of the Daleks Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold

1996 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode 2:

The Velvet Web repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1997 - The Invisible Enemy, Part 1 repeated

 on UK Gold; and The Sun Makers, Part 2

repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The War Games, Episode

9 repeated on Space

1999 - The Dominators, Episode 5 repeated on Space; 

and The Ultimate Foe, Part 14 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2000 - The War Games, Episode 6 first screened on 

Prime; Terror of the Autons Omnibus repeated on UK

Gold; The Brain of Morbius, Part 1 repeated on KBTC

 and KUED and Part 2 repeated on KBTC; The Masque

 of Mandragora, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on WCET;

The Hand of Fear, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on

NHPTV; Horror of Fang Rock, Part 3 repeated on

Twin Cities PTV; The Invisible Enemy, Part 4

repeated on Lakeshore PTV; The Keeper of Traken,

Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on MiND; Castrovalva,

Part 1 repeated on BBC Prime; Warriors of the Deep 

Omnibus repeated on MPT; and Mindwarp, Part 7

repeated on WUSF

2001 - Inferno, Episodes 3 and 4 both

repeated on KQED Plus; and Time Flight,

Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)  

2002 - Destiny of the Daleks, Part 3

repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2003 - 100,000 BC, Episode 3: The Forest of

Fear repeated on ABC; Terror of the Zygons,

Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC Kidds

 (Can); and The Face of Evil, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on UK Gold

2005 - Ghost Light Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

2006 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Parts 5 and 6 both

repeated on KBTC; The Sontaran Experiment Omnibus

and Genesis of the Daleks, Part 1 both repeated on MPT;

and The End of the World first screened on YLE TV2

2007 - Aliens of London repeated and Doctor Who Confidential:

 I Get a Sidekick Out of You first screened, both on WTTW 11;

Utopia and Doctor Who Confidential: 'Ello 'Ello 'Ello both

repeated on BBC3; and Sword of Orion, Episodes 1 and

2 first broadcast on Radio 7

2008 - The Robots of Death, Parts

2 and 3 both first screened on MTV3

SciFi and TV4

2009 - The Idiot's Lantern repeated on Syfy (FRG); 

and Daleks in Manhattan and Doctor Who Confidential:

A New York Story both repeated on BBC3

2010 - Writer Louis Marks died in Israel, aged 82; The Empty Child 

repeated on Space; Tooth and Claw and School Reunion both repeated 

on BBC3; Army of Ghosts and Doomsday both repeated on Syfy (FRG); 

and The Unicorn and the Wasp and Doctor Who Confidential: Nemesis 

both repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2011 - The Unquiet Dead repeated on Space; The Unicorn and the 

Wasp and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Nemesis both repeated 

on UKTV (Aus); Night Terrors repeated on BBC America; The Girl Who

 Waited first screened on ABC1 and repeated on BBC3 and BBC America; 

The God Complex first screened on BBC1; Doctor Who Confidential 

Cutdown: What Dreams May Come first screened on ABC1 and repeated 

on BBC3; and Doctor Who Confidential: Heartbreak Hotel first screened

on BBC3

2012 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episodes 4 and 5 both repeated on 

Syfy (Aus); The Unquiet Dead and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown:

Nemesis both repeated on UKTV (Aus); Last of the Time Lords repeated 

on BBC America and UKTV (Aus); and Voyage of the Damned repeated 

on BBC America

2013 - The Seeds of Doom, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on Syfy

 (Aus); The Empty Child repeated on Syfy (Port); School Reunion

 repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; Blink repeated on France 4;

The Stolen Earth repeated on ABC2; The End of Time, Part 2

repeated on RAI4; The Rebel Flesh repeated on Watch; Let's

Kill Hitler first screened on Karusel; and The Power of Three

repeated on Ztélé

2014 - The War Machines, Episodes

1 and 2 both first screened on Retro

TV; Planet of the Spiders, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on

Horror; The Pirate Planet, Parts 3 and 4 and The Beast Below

all repeated on Syfy (Aus); 42 and Human Nature both

repeated on BBC America; Blink repeated on Really Scary

TV; The Unicorn and the Wasp repeated on YLE TV2; The

Big Bang repeated on KLRU; The Impossible Astronaut 

repeated on Karusel; The Curse of the Black Spot repeated

on Watch and DR3; The Doctor's Wife repeated on DR3;

The God Complex repeated on RAI4; The Wedding of River

 Song and Doctor Who Confidential: What Goes On Tour

both repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD;

Asylum of the Daleks repeated on KCPT2; The Angels

Take Manhattan repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; 

and Robot of Sherwood repeated and Listen first

screened, both on BBC Entertainment LA HD

2015 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episodes 6 and 7 both repeated

on Retro TV; The Caves of Androzani, Part 3 and The Bells of Saint

John both repeated on Syfy (Aus); Remembrance of the Daleks,

Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Horror; Tooth and Claw repeated

 on BBC Entertainment AP; Daleks in Manhattan repeated on Disney

 (XD) and KCPT2; Human Nature and Doctor Who Confidential:

Alter Ego both repeated on UNC-MX; Blink, The Stolen Earth,

Jouney's End, The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead, The Waters

of Mars, The End of Time, Parts 1 and 2, The Eleventh Hour, The 

Beast Below, The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, The Lodger, The

Pandorica Opens, The Impossible Astronaut, Day of the Moon,

The Curse of the Black Spot, The Doctor's Wife, The Rebel

Flesh and The Almost People all repeated on BBC America; 

Silence in the Library repeated on TV Cultura; Vincent and the

Doctor repeated on BBC America and Watch; The God Complex

and Closing Time both repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC

Polska HD; The Snowmen, Part 1 (of 2) first screened on FX

(Ind); The Rings of Akhaten repeated on Syfy (Port); Robot

of Sherwood repeated on RAI4; and The Magician's Apprentice

screened at the SVA Theatre, New York

2016 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 4 and 5 and The Mysterious Planet 

Omnibus all repeated on Retro TV; The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London, 

World War Three, Dalek and The Long Game all repeated on Syfy (Aus); 

The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances both repeated on RAI4; The 

Sound of Drums repeated on The Zone; A Good Man Goes to War and 

The Doctors Revisited: The Third Doctor both repeated on Watch; Night

Terrors, The Girl Who Waited, The God Complex, Closing Time, Sleep 

No More and Face the Raven all repeated on Syfy (LA); The Bells 

of Saint John, Cold War, Hide, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

and The Crimson Horror all repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;

The Rings of Akhaten repeated on BBC Entertainment AP and Syfy

(LA); Nightmare in Silver and The Name of the Doctor both repeated

 on BBC Entertainment EU; The Caretaker, Kill the Moon, Mummy

 on the Orient Express and Flatline all repeated on Syfy (Bra); Death

 in Heaven, Last Christmas, The Magician's Apprentice, The Witch's

Familiar and Under the Lake all repeated on BBC Polska HD

2017 - The War Games, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated on KCTC; 

Spearhead From Space Omnibus first screened on Retro TV; Death to 

the Daleks Omnibus repeated on MPTV; The Brain of Morbius Omnibus 

repeated on WILL and Iowa PTV; The Deadly Assassin Omnibus repeated 

on WFWA; The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 2 repeated on Jones! too; 

The Androids of Tara, Part 2 repeated on KPTS; City of Death Omnibus 

repeated on Idaho PTV; Nightmare of Eden Omnibus repeated on 

WYCC; Kinda Omnibus repeated on PBS North; Terminus Omnibus 

repeated on KERA; Attack of the Cybermen Omnibus repeated

on WSRE; Day of the Moon and Face the Raven both repeated

on Syfy (Aus); Deep Breath and Hell Bent both repeated

on BBC Entertainment EU; Dark Water and Death in

Heaven both repeated on W; and Empress of Mars

repeated on BBC First (ME)

2018 - Castrovalva Omnibus repeated on WETA-UK;

The Curse of Fenric, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on

Retro TV; A Town Called Mercy repeated on BBC

Polska HD; The Name of the Doctor repeated on Sony

SciFi; and The Pilot and Smile both repeated on ABC

2019 - Boom Town and The Woman Who Fell to

Earth both repeated on One ARD; and The Doctor

Falls repeated on BBC Polska HD

Part 1 both repeated on Retro TV; Hide repeated

on BBC Polska HD; The Witch's Familiar repeated

on NRJ12; The Pyramid at the End of the World

repeated on BBC First Turkey; and Ascension of

the Cybermen first screened on Fox (FRG)

2020 - Mawdryn Undead, Part 4 and Terminus,

Part 1 both repeated on Retro TV; Hide repeated

on BBC Polska HD; The Witch's Familiar repeated

on NRJ12; The Pyramid at the End of the World

repeated on BBC First Turkey; and Ascension of

the Cybermen first screened on Fox (FRG)

2021 - The Chase, Episodes 3 and 4 both

repeated on Retro TV; The Doctor's Daughter

repeated on ABC2; Face the Raven, Heaven

Sent and Hell Bent all repeated in NRJ12;

Arachnids in the UK repeated on BBC Polska

HD; and The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

 repeated on BBC First Turkey

2022 - The Shakespeare Code and

Gridlock both repeated on ABC2;

Nightmare in Silver and The Name of

the Doctor both repeated on Fox

SciFi; and Infamy of the Zaross first

broadcast on Radio 4 Extra

2023 - The Green Death, Episodes

3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC

2024 - The Curse of the Black Spot

repeated on ABC Family and ABC

Entertains