Doctor Who Vs. Agatha Christie's Poirot, Series 12

Suchet later played the
Landlord in Knock Knock

David Suchet again portrayed the

Queen of Crime's Belgian sleuth in

four feature-length period crime

dramas for ITV1.

Three Act Tragedy (published in 1935)

followed Warner Bros' TV version of

1986 (with Peter Ustinov as Poirot),

and Hallowe'en Party was issued in

1969. Murder on the Orient Express

was the writer's most successful book

to date, and remains Poirot's most

renowned case. Serialised as Murder

in the Calais Coach in America, the

novel was issued as Murder on the

Train in 1934. Christie based her story

on the recent kidnap and murder of

Charles Lindbergh's baby son, dubbed

the Crime of the Century in 1932, and

the novelist herself was stranded on

the famous train for 24 hours in 1931.

The acclaimed Oscar-winning adapt-

ation of the mystery was released in

1974, with Poirot played by Albert Finney, whilst Kenneth Branagh

depicted the detective for Fox's recent version. The Clocks was pub-

lished in 1963.

A repeat run of the twelfth and penultimate season of Poirot continued

on ITV3 today - it featured a total of forty-five Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

Three Act Tragedy (UK TX: January 3 2010)

• Big Finish actor Jane Asher (Mary here; Mrs. Lester in The Murder at the Vicerage, 2004; Mrs. Hubbard/Linda for Audible's Murder on the Orient Express) reprised Susan Foreman for Whatever Happened to Susan?, was Andrea Yates in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?, then voiced Elaine Hartwell for 9 to 5 (2018), Pilot Dena for Chase the Night (2020), Bellatrix Vega for Run (2023), Myra for Birdsong (2024), Mother Susan for The Council of Susan, and Mother Ada for The Song of the Reed Man (both 2026)
• Art [born Athar Ul-Haque] Malik (Strange here; Narrator of Murder on the Orient Express) was Ilin in The Ghost Monument, and voiced Abbot Absolute for The Skull of Sobek (2008)
• Kate Ashfield (Wills) voiced Lieutenant Beth Stokes for Enemy of the Daleks (2009)
• Michael Hobbs (Coroner) voiced Francis Currie for UNIT (2004), Fazackerly for Other Lives (2005), and Arcantis for Time in Office (2017)
• Ronan Vibert (Dacres) was Nicholas Skinner in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Last Sontaran, and voiced Ravener for Jago & Litefoot 12 (2016), and Zaal for The Perfect Prisoners (2019)
• Suzanne Bertish (Miss Milray) voiced Aldis for Nevernor (2020)
• Anna Carteret [born Annabelle Susan Wilkinson] (Mrs. Babbington) voiced the Apothercary for Dissolution (2021)
• for Sean Clayton see Murder on the Links
• for Mick Pantaleo see Cat Among the Pigeons

Hallowe'en Party (UK TX: October 27 2010)

• Charles Palmer was also director of Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Human Nature, The Family of Blood, Oxygen and The Eaters of Light
• for Mark Gatiss, Zoe Wanamaker and Ian Hallard see Series 11
• for Fenella Woolgar see Lord Edgware Dies
• Timothy [Lancaster] West (Cottrell here; Kenward in Agatha; Easterfield in Murder is Easy; Rex Fortescue in A Pocket Full of Rye) voiced Kai Tobias for Phobos (2007), Ronald Turvey for Cuddlesome (2008), and Dr. Magnus Soames for House of Blue Fire (2011)
• Julian [Alistair] Rhind-Tutt (Garfield here; Dr. Calgary in Ordeal by Innocence; Vincent for Magnolia Blossom) voiced Lexhan for The Paradise of Death, and Berkhoff for The Skies of New Earth (2018)
• Paul Thornley (Raglan) voiced Marko for Seven Keys to Doomsday (2008), Michael Rond for Fitz's Story, Gomori for Paper Cuts (both 2009), Robbie Flint/Cyril for Criss-Cross (2015), Relb/Sita for The Butler Did It, and Captain Goben for Pursuit of the Nightjar (both 2023)
• Sophie Thompson (Mrs. Reynolds) depicted Delia Derbyshire for Blue Veils and Golden Sands
• for Phyllida Law see The Incredible Theft
• for Dean Forster see The Mystery of the Blue Train

Murder On The Orient Express (TX: Christmas Day 2010)

• Toby [Edward Heslewood] Jones (Ratchett here; Mayhew in The Witness for the Prosecution; Gabriel for The Rose and the Yew Tree) was the Dream Lord in Amy's Choice, and voiced Kotris for Dark Eyes (2012)
• David Morrissey (Arbuthnot) was Jackson Lake in The Next Doctor
• Hugh [Richard] Bonneville [Williams] (Masterman here; DI Hewitt in The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side; Strange in Towards Zero; Ralston in The Mousetrap) was Captain Henry Avery in The Curse of the Black Spot (then briefly in A Good Man Goes to War and The Wedding of River Song), and voiced Tsar Nicholas I for The Angel of Scutari (2009)
• Samuel [Alexander Joseph] West (Dr. Constantine) was Cyrian in Dimensions in Time, then voiced the eponymous role for The Vengeance of Morbius (2008), Dark Gallifrey and Morbius the Mighty (both 2024), Albert Tierman for AudioGo's A Shard of Ice (2010), Aristophanes for Mask of Tragedy (2014), Mr. Song for I Went to a Marvellous Party and Signs (both 2016), and the Mazzini Family for Serpent in the Silver Mask (2018)
• Stewart Scudamore (Concierge) voiced Danvers for Hounded (2016)
• Crispin Layfield was  stuntman on Rose, then stunt co-ordinator on sixty-eight stories (from Smith and Jones to Eve of the Daleks)
• Curtis Rivers was also stunt double on Utopia, The Sound of Drums and Torchwood
• for Gavin Walters see Third Girl

The Clocks (TX: Boxing Day 2011)

• Geoffrey [Dyson] Palmer (Hamling) and Andrew Havill (Hjerson here; Peel in The Secret Adversary; Starling in The Witness for the Prosecution) both appeared in Voyage of the Damned, as Captain Hardaker and the Chief Steward respectively - Palmer was also Edward Masters in The Silurians, then the Administrator in The Mutants (1) - whilst Havill voiced Aleister Portillon/Squire Claude for The Witch from the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
• [Beverly] Victoria [Anne] Wicks (Swinburne) was the High Priestess in The Fires of Pompeii
• Sinead Keenan (Nora) was Addams in The End of Time, then voiced Margery Phipps for Council of War (2013), Aoife Dineen for Iterations of I, Terravore for The Screaming Skull, Woman for Mind Games, Stephanie Wilton for The Reesinger Process, Rosheen for The Highest Science (all 2014), and Mary Summersby for The Darkness of Glass (2015)
• Lesley Sharp [born Karen Makinson] (Martindale) was Sky Silvestry in Midnight
• Anna [Raymond] Massey (Miss Pebmarsh here; Christie in A Life in Pictures) voiced Miss Pollard for The Girl Who Never Was (2007)
• Phil Daniels (Hardcastle) voiced Geoffrey Plum for The Gunpowder Plot
• Abigail Thaw (Rachel) voiced Dr. Phillipa Stone for The Lady of Mercia, and Zaadur for Lords of the Red Planet (both 2013)
• Ben Righton (Jenkins) was Dr. Oliver Morgenstern in Smith and Jones and Turn Left
• Guy Henry (Waterhouse) voiced Ikron for Infamy of the Zaross (2017)
• Jason Watkins (Bland) was Webley in Nightmare in Silver
• Andrew Forbes (Purdy) was Omril in Full Circle, and voiced Dr. O'Neil for Night Thoughts (2006)
• for Frances Barber see The Veiled Lady
• Tessa Peake Jones (Val) was Marta in The Time of the Doctor
• for Greg Bennett see The Body in the Library
• Matthew Tabern was also film editor on both 2007 seasons of Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• for Tom Lucy see The Third Floor Flat

Doctor Who On This Day #304

 

1964 - Planet of Giants, Episode

1 first screened on BBC1

1966 - The Chase, Episodes 1 and 5, The Time Meddler, Episode

 3: A Battle  of Wits and Galaxy 4, Episode 3: Air Lock repeated

 and The Myth Makers, Episode 3: Death of a Spy first screened, 

all on ABC

1971 - The Mind Robber, Episode 1 and The Silurians, Episodes 

6 and 7 repeated and The Ambassadors of Death, Episodes 2, 3 

and 5 repeated and Episode 6 first screened, all on ABC

1974 - Colony in Space, Episode 6, Day of the Daleks, Episode 4, 

The Curse of Peladon, Episode 3, The Sea Devils, Episode 6 and 

The Time Monster, Episode 4 all repeated on ABC

1975 - Inferno, Episode 2 first screened on WTTW 11

1976 - The Ark in Space, Part 4 repeated on ABC

1978 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part 1 and The

Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 1 both repeated on ABC

1980 - Horror of Fang Rock, Part 4 repeated on WTTW 11

1981 - The Leisure Hive, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus

1982 - The Armageddon Factor Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1983 - Planet of Evil, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on

ABC; and Snakedance, Part 4 first screened on TV1

1984 - The Green Death, Episode 4

repeated on ABC

1985 - The Android Invasion, Part 1

repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - The Two Doctors, Part 4 (of 6)

repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - Revenge of the Cybermen, Part

3 repeated on KQED Plus; and Pyramids

of Mars, Part 2 first screened on Super

Channel (UK)

1988 - Time and the Rani, Part 1

first screened on repeated on ABC

1989 - The Power of Kroll, Part 3 repeated on KQED

Plus; and Paradise Towers, Part 4 repeated on ABC

1990 - Planet of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on WTTW

11; The Monster of Peladon, Part 4 repeated on KQED

Plus; and Battlefield, Part 2 first screened on ABC

1991 - Attack of the Cybermen, Part

2 (of 4) repeated on KQED Plus

1992 - State of Decay Omnibus repeated

on KQED Plus

1993 - The Masque of Mandragora Omnibus repeated on

UK Gold; and The Invisible Enemy, Part 4 repeated on ABC

1994 - Planet of Evil Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus; and 

Timelash, Parts 2 and 3 (of 4) both repeated on UK Gold

1995 - The Seeds of Doom, Part 2 repeated on UK Gold

1996 - The War Games, Episode 7 repeated on UK Gold

1997 - The Daleks, Episode 6: The Ordeal first screened

on Space; and The Power of Kroll, Part 4 repeated on

UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Sensorites Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Krotons Omnibus 

repeated on UK Gold; The War Games, Episodes 7 and 8 both repeated 

on NHPTV; The Ambassadors of Death, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated 

on Iowa PTV; The Three Doctors Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus); 

Revenge of the Cybermen, Parts 1 and 2 both first screened on BBC 

America; Horror of Fang Rock, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on BBC 

Prime; and Enlightenment Omnibus repeated on WUFT

1999 - The Time Monster, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; 

The Three Doctors, Episode 4 and Carnival of Monsters, Episode 1 both 

repeated on WCET; The Green Death, Episode 5 repeated on NHPTV;

 Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC Choice; 

The Sontaran Experiment, Part 1 repeated on Space; Pyramids of Mars, 

Part 4 repeated on Lakeshore PTV; Planet of Evil, Part 4 repeated on 

Twin Cities PTV; The Brain of Morbius Omnibus repeated on MPT; The

Hand of Fear, Part 2 repeated on WQED; Horror of Fang Rock, Part 1

repeated on MPBN and MiND and Part 2 repeated on MiND; The Sun 

Makers Omnibus repeated on KRWG; The Androids of Tara Omnibus 

repeated on KNME; Logopolis Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;

Resurrection of the Daleks, Part 4 (of 4) repeated on WUSF;

and The Caves of Androzani Omnibus repeated on KSPS

2000 - The Mind of Evil, Episode 5 repeated on Prime; The Green 

Death, Episode 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The Hand of Fear, 

Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC America

2001 - Warriors of the Deep, Part 3 repeated on UKTV

 (Aus); and The Twin Dilemma, Part 3 repeated on BBC Prime

2002 - State of Decay, Part 2 repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2003 - The Deadly Assassin Omnibus and Logopolis, Parts 1 and 2 all 

repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Sun Makers, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated 

on BBC Kids (Can); and The Armageddon Factor, Parts 5 and 6 both 

repeated on UK Gold

2004 - The War Games, Episodes 6 to 10 all repeated on MPT; Inferno, 

Episodes 6 and 7 both repeated on WCET; The Daemons, Episodes 3 to

5 all repeated on KBTC; The Hand of Fear, Part 3 repeated on NHPTV; 

Warriors' Gate, Part 3 repeated on KUED; The Keeper of Traken, Parts 

3 and 4 both repeated on Iowa PTV; Snakedance, Part 1 repeated on 

WILL; Terror of the Vervoids Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; and The 

Happiness Patrol, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on MiND

2005 - The King's Demons, Part 1 repeated

on ABC; and Adventures in Space and Time

and Carnival of Monsters [factual] both

repeated on UK Gold

2006 - The Empty Child first screened

on NHK BS3; and The Doctor Dances

repeated on NRK2

2007 - Bad Wolf and The Parting of the

Ways both repeated on France 4; and The

Impossible Planet repeated on UK Gold

2008 - The Creature from the Pit, Part 4 and City of Death, Part 1 both 

first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The Girl in the Fireplace first 

screened on WVPB; The Age of Steel and Doctor Who Confidential: 

From Zero to Hero both repeated on WGVU; and Love & Monsters 

first screened on Syfy (FRG)

2009 - Rose and The End of the World both repeated on Syfy (Rus);

School Reunion repeated on OETA; The Girl in the Fireplace and Doctor 

Who Confidential: From Script to Screen both repeated on WGVU; 

Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks and 42 all repeated

on Syfy (Spa); The Sontaran Stratagem and Doctor Who

 Confidential Cutdown: Send in the Clones both repeated

on UKTV (Aus); Sisters of the Flame first broadcast on

Radio 7; and K9, Episode 1: Regeneration first screened

on Disney XD (UK)

2010 - The Lazarus Experiment repeated

on WVPB and Idaho PTV; Last of the

Time Lords and Doctor Who Confidential:

The Valiant Quest both repeated on MPTV;

The Doctor's Daughter repeated on WXXI;

 Journey's End and Doctor Who Confidential:

The End of an Era both repeated on WTTW

11; and The Waters of Mars repeated on

Houston PM

2011 - The Stones of Blood, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); 

World War Three and Dalek both repeated on BBC America; The Satan 

Pit repeated on Watch; The Lodger repeated on UKTV (Aus); and

The Gunpowder Plot released online

2012 - Carnival of Monsters, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Syfy 

(Aus); Voyage of the Damned and Partners in Crime both first screened 

on Fox (FRG); The God Complex repeated on BBC America; and Doctor 

Who Confidential Cutdown: After Effects repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2013 - The Stones of Blood, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); 

Bad Wolf repeated on UKTV (Aus); Fear Her repeated on EBRU; Last 

of the Time Lords repeated on Syfy (Port); Journey's End, Doctor Who 

Confidential: You've Got the Look and Call Me the Doctor all repeated 

on BBC Entertainment AP; The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang 

and The Impossible Astronaut all repeated on Watch; A Christmas 

Carol repeated on France 4; Closing Time repeated on ABC2;

The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe repeated

on TV3 (Spa); Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on

WTTW Prime; The Bells of Saint John and The Rings

of Akhaten both repeated on BBC Brazil HD; Journey

to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on RAI4; and

Doctor Who Confidential: Monsters Inc. repeated on

BBC Entertainment EU, Rom and ME

2014 - The Curse of Peladon, Episodes 1 and 2 both first screened on

Retro TV; The Ribos Operation, Parts 1 and 2 both first screened on 

Horror; Army of Ghosts repeated on Watch; Daleks in Manhattan and 

Evolution of the Daleks both repeated on UKTV (NZ);

Blink, Night Terrors and Hide all repeated on BBC

America; The Fires of Pompeii, Planet of the Ood,

The Sontaran Stratagem and The Doctor's Daughter 

all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Poison Sky repeated on Syfy (Aus) 

and KCPT2; The Rebel Flesh repeated on KLRU; The Girl Who Waited 

and The God Complex both repeated on BBC America and Really Scary 

TV; A Good Man Goes to War repeated on YLE TV2; Closing Time 

repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Dinosaurs on a 

Spaceship and A Town Called Mercy both repeated on Jeem TV

(ME); The Power of Three repeated on WTTW Prime; Listen

repeated on BBC America and DR3; Mummy on the Orient

Express first screened on BBC Entertainment LA HD and

repeated on BBC Brazil HD; and Doctor Who Extra: In

the Forest of the Night repeated on BBC Red Button

2015 - The Daleks, Episode 1: The Dead Planet repeated on KMOS; 

The Sea Devils, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on UNC-MX; The 

Green Death, Episodes 1 and 2 and Horror of Fang Rock Omnibus all 

repeated on Retro TV; Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, 

The Lazarus Experiment and 42 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The 

Family of Blood, Utopia, The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time 

Lords all repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; Blink repeated on

BBC America and BBC Entertainment AP; Voyage of the Damned

 repeated on BBC Entertainment AP and UNC-MX; Journey's End, 

The Next Doctor and Planet of the Dead all repeated on UKTV (Aus); 

Night Terrors, The God Complex, The Crimson Horror and Listen all 

repeated on BBC America; Asylum of the Daleks, Dinosaurs on a 

Spaceship, The Angels Take Manhattan and The Snowmen all 

repeated on Fox (FRG); A Town Called Mercy and The Power of 

Three both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania, ME

and Fox; The Bells of Saint John, The Rings of Akhaten and 

Cold War all repeated on BBC Nordic HD, BBC Polska HD and Fox;

 Hide repeated on BBC America, BBC Nordic HD, BBC Polska HD and 

Fox; Into the Dalek first screened on Jeem TV (ME); Kill the Moon 

repeated on WGVU; Mummy on the Orient Express repeated on BBC 

America, OETA and Syfy (Aus); The Witch's Familiar repeated on DR3; 

Before the Flood first screened on BBC First (RSA) and repeated on 

FX (Ind); The Girl Who Died first screened on BBC First (RSA)

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

 first screened on BBC First (RSA) and repeated on BBC

 Entertainment AP; and The Zygon Invasion first

screened on BBC1 and BBC HD

2016 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on WETA-UK; 

The Ark in Space, Part 4 and The Sontaran Experiment, Part 1 both

 repeated on Retro TV; Rise of the Cybermen repeated on BBC 

Polska HD; Blink, Silence in the Library, Midnight, The God Complex, 

Hide, Listen, Mummy on the Orient Express, The Zygon Invasion, The 

Zygon Inversion, Sleep No More, Face the Raven and Heaven Sent

 all repeated on BBC America; The Doctor's Daughter and The Bells

of Saint John both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Eleventh Hour

repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Lodger repeated on

RAI4 and The Zone; The Pandorica Opens repeated on RAI4; 

The Witch's Familiar and Under the Lake both repeated on Fox 

(FRG); The Science of Doctor Who (2013) and The Destinations 

of Doctor Who both repeated on Syfy (LA); and Class, Episode

3 first screened on ABC2 and repeated on BBC First (ME) and

Space

2017 - The Leisure Hive, Part 1 repeated on Jones! too; The Age of 

Steel repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Impossible Planet repeated on BBC 

Polska HD; The Poison Sky and The Doctor's Daughter both repeated 

on Space; Silence in the Library, Midnight, The Rebel Flesh, The Almost 

People, A Good Man Goes to War, Let's Kill Hitler, Night Terrors, The 

Girl Who Waited, Listen, The Woman Who Lived, Knock Knock and 

Oxygen all repeated on BBC America; The Beast Below and Victory 

of the Daleks both repeated on DR3; and The Lodger, The Pandorica 

Opens and The Big Bang all repeated on One ARD

2018 - The Girl Who Waited and Knock Knock both repeated on

BBC America; Face the Raven, Doctor Who Extra: Flatline, In the 

Forest of the Night and Dark Water all repeated on BBC Polska  HD;

 Extremis and The Pyramids at the End of the World both repeated

 on Fox (FRG); and Arachnids in the UK repeated on BBC First (ME)

2019 - Terminus, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;

The Christmas Invasion repeated on Syfy (Fra); Utopia and The

 Woman Who Fell to Earth both repeated on BBC America; The

 Almost People repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Wedding of 

River Song and The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe

both repeated on Sony SciFi; and The Return of Doctor

 Mysterio repeated on BBC Entertainment EU

2020 - Mummy on the Orient Express

and Flatline both repeated on RAI4; and

The Lie of the Land and Empress of Mars

both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU

2021 - The Daleks, Episodes 1 and 2 both

repeated on KBTC; The Androids of Tara

Omnibus repeated on Retro TV; Logopolis

Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; Blink,

Midnight, The Woman Who Fell to Earth,

The Ghost Monument, Rosa, Demons of

the Punjab, It Takes You Away, Resolution,

Spyfall Omnibus, Nikola Tesla's Night of

Terror, Fugitive of the Judoon, Can You

Hear Me?, The Haunting of Villa Diodati,

Ascension of the Cybermen, The Timeless

Children and Revolution of the Daleks all

repeated on BBC America; and The

Halloween Apocalypse first screened on

BBC1, BBC HD, BBC America and CTV

2022 - The Wedding of River Song

repeated on W HD

2023 - Rose, The End of the World, The

Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London, World War

Three, Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day,

The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Boom

 Town, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways,

The Christmas Invasion, New Earth and

Tooth and Claw all repeated on Foxtel; and

The Poison Sky repeated on Fox SciFi

2024 - Listen repeated on ABC Family;

and Time Heist repeated on ABC Entertains