Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 29

The latest run of BBC Studios' evergreen crime drama concluded last

night - it starred Emilia

Fox (now the veteran of 212 episodes since

2004) and David Caves,

as doctors Nikki

Alexander and Jack

Hodgson. The Home

Office forensic path-

ologists (now based at

the Bowman Centre in

Birmingham) were again

joined by Maggie Steed

and Francesca Mills, as

Harriet Maven and Kit

Brooks. Season thirty of Silent Witness has been commissioned. This ten

part series featured Jane Slavin, and a total of twenty-three Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

The Disappearance of Alice Hill (UK TX: February 2/3)

• for Fox see Series 8 and for Steed see Series 28
• Sophie [Lisa] Hopkins (Alice) was April MacLean in Class
• Adam Rayner (Booth) was Roger Curbishley in The Unicorn and the Wasp
• Tony Gardner (Hill) voiced Stapleton Petherbridge for The Wrong Doctors (2013), then was Douglas in The Pyramid at the End of the World

Creekwood (TX: February 9/10)

• Lydia Wilson (DI Moss) voiced
• Rachel Atkins (Barbara) voiced Queen Aethelfrid/Dr. Angeline Duchamp for The Lady of Mercia (2013), Lieutenant Jane Lucas for The Screaming Skull (2014), Sol for Intervention Earth, Susannah for The Tears of Isis (both 2015), Bishop for Maurice, Madame Sosostris for Masterpiece, Juno for Maker of Demons, Myla for The Age of Endurance (all 2016), Minister for Embankment Station, Major Destra for The Good Master (both 2017), Margot for Goodbye Piccadilly (2018), Ro-Jedda for Torchwood (2019), Zarda for Do No Harm, Governor Crompton for Like, Sarathin for The Enemy of My Enemy (all 2020), Cathrin Travers for Faustian, Dresha for Colony of Fear (both 2021), and Captain Argento for Morbius (2024)
• for Joseph Long see Series 6 and for Bern Colllaco see Series 23
• for Steven Forrester see Series 16

The Enemy Within (TX: February 17/18)

• Gerard Kearns (DC Magath) voiced William Hurley for The Peterloo Massacre (2016), and Hjalmar Johansen for Northern Lights (2023)
• George Harris (Nelson) was a stuntman on Lucky Day and Wish World
• Bhasker Patel (Imran) was Jival Chowdry in Turn Left

Grace of God

• Vinette [Sharon] Robinson (DI Mahler) was Abi Lerner in 42, Rosa Parks in Rosa, and voiced Cynthia Quince for Dead to the World (2015)
• Joplin [Chook] Sibtain (Retford) was Mark Grantham in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Warriors of Kudlak, and Tarak Ital in The Waters of Mars, then voiced David Brock for The Feast of Axos (2011), Athrid for The Acheron Pulse (2012), Sanjaya Starr for The Case of the Gluttonous Guru (2013), and Brian/Koggnossenti for Technophobia (2016)
• Anthony Lewis (Altman) voiced Raymond Scobie for Animal (2011)
• Barry Aird (Jarvis) was a Time Lord Soldier in The Last Day, then voiced Operator Rellak for Revolution in Space (2024)
• Caroline Berry (Brenda) was a Dinner Lady in School Reunion

Shame (TX: March

• John Heffernan (Burns) voiced Vonchef for Revenge of the Swarm (2004), Honos for The Trial of a Time Machine (2018), the Nine for The Crucible of Souls (2016), Companion Piece, The Odds Against, Relative Time (both 2019) and The Dreams of Avarice (2022), and Carson Baylis for The Ministry of Death (2026)
• Lucy [Anne] Cohu (Helen) was Alice Carter in Torchwood: Children of Earth
• Harry Kershaw (Pike) voiced Narthex for The Abyss (2022)
• Ayesha Dharker (Banerjee) was Solana Mercurio in Planet of the Ood
• Quanna Luo Masterson ( ) voiced Carla Zheng for The Worst of All Evils (2025), and was Reporter in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• for Sean Gilder see Series 18

Doctor Who On This Day #62

1973 - Frontier in Space, Episode

2 first screened on BBC1

1976 - The Ambassadors of Death,

Episodes 5 to 7 all repeated on WTTW

1978 - The Android Invasion, Part

4 first screened on ABC

1980 - The Ark in Space, Part 1 first

screened on WTTW 11; Image of the

Fendahl, Part 3 first screened on TV2;

and The Creature from the Pit, Part 1

first screened on ABC

1981 - Dr. Who and the Daleks screened

on TV1

1982 - The Robots of Death, Part 3 and

The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 2 both

repeated on KQED Plus; and Black Orchid,

Part 2 first screened on BBC Cymru

1983 - The Horns of Nimon, Part 1

repeated on KQED Plus

1984 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1985 - Revenge of the Cybermen

Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - The Silurians, Episode 6 repeated

on ABC; The Keeper of Traken Omnibus

repeated on WTTW 11; and Time Flight,

Part 1 first screened on TROS

1987 - The Dominators, Episode 1 repeated 

on KQED Plus; and Planet of Evil, Part 1

repeated on TV2

1988 - The Ark in Space, Part 2 repeated

on TV de Galicia; and The Androids of

Tara, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus

1989 - The Mutants, Episode 5 repeated

 on KQED Plus; and Revenge of the

Cybermen, Part 4 repeated on ABC

1990 - The Invasion of Time, Parts

4 to 6 all repeated on WTTW 11;

Snakedance, Part 4 repeated on

KQED Plus; and Remembrance of the

Daleks, Part 2 first screened on TV2

1992 - The Ambassadors of Death,

Episode 3 repeated on KQED  Plus 

1994 - The Invasion of Time, Part 2

repeated on UK Gold; and Revelation

of the Daleks, Part 4 (of 4) both

repeated on ABC

1995 - Timelash, Part 1 first screened

 on VOX; and Dragonfire, Part 1

repeated on UK Gold

1996 - The Power of Kroll Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold

1997 - The Daemons Omnibus and Return

to Devil's End both repeated on KQED Plus;

The Mutants, Episode 2 repeated on UKTV

(Aus); and The Green Death Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold

1998 - The Seeds of Death, Episode 3

first screened on Space; and Arc of

Infinity, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Seeds of Death, Episode 3 repeated on Space;

 and The Two Doctors, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2000 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Episode

 5: The Waking Ally repeated on UKTV (Aus);

and The Ambassadors of Death, Episode 2

repeated on Space

2001 - The Seeds of Doom Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus);

The Leisure Hive, Part 1 repeated on Iowa PTV; Arc of Infinity,

Part 2 repeated on BBC Prime; and The King's Demons

Omnibus repeated on MiND

2002 - Colony in Space Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; The

 Ark in Space, Part 2 repeated on Lakeland PTV; Terror of the

Zygons, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on MiND; The Talons of

Weng-Chiang, Part 2 repeated on WILL; The Pirate Planet, Part

1 repeated on KUED; The Leisure Hive, Part 2 repeated on Twin

Cities PTV; Kinda, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Lakeshore

PTV; Black Orchid Omnibus repeated on KBTC;

Earthshock, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on

NHPTV; The Caves of Androzani Omnibus

repeated on Iowa PTV; and Remembrance

of the Daleks Omnibus repeated  on MPT

2003 - The Pirate Planet Omnibus

repeated on BBC Kids

2004 - The Krotons, Episode 3 repeated 

on ABC; and Mawdryn Undead, Parts 1

and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2005 - The Invisible Enemy, Part 2

repeated on ABC

2006 - Bad Wolf and The Parting of

the Ways both first screened on ΣΚΑΙ 

2007 - Rose first screened on KLCS; The Long Game, Father's

 Day, The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances and Boom Town all 

repeated on BBC America; and The Satan Pit repeated on UK

Gold and Jimmy

2008 - 100,000 BC, Episodes 1 and 2

both first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4

2009 - The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Parts 1 and 2 both 

first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The Doctor Dances and

Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Weird Science both repeated 

on UKTV (Aus); Rise of the Cybermen and Doctor Who

Confidential Cutdown: Cybermen both repeated on ABC1;

 and The Lazarus Experiment and Doctor Who Confidential: 

Monsters Inc. both repeated on BBC3

2010 - Fear Her repeated on Syfy (Spa); and Planet of

the Ood and Doctor Who Confidential: Oods and Ends

both repeated on BBC3

2011 - The Brain of Morbius, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated

 on Radio 7; The Hand of Fear, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on 

MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; and The Unicorn and the Wasp 

repeated on Space

2012 - 42 and Human Nature both repeated on BBC3;

The Eleventh Hour first screened on DR3; and Doctor

Who Confidential Cutdown: A New York Story repeated

on UKTV (Aus)

2013 -  Spearhead from Space Omnibus repeated on UKTV; 

Terror of the Zygons, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC;

The Family of Blood and Blink both repeated on France 4; 

Partners in Crime repeated on UKTV (NZ); The Doctor's Wife

 repeated on Fox (FRG) and WPT; The Curse of the Black Spot, 

Doctor Who Confidential: Bigger on the Inside and Ship Ahoy! 

all first screened on WPT; and Doctor Who Confidential

Cutdown: Alien Abduction repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2014 - The Sun Makers, Parts 3 and 4 and Black Orchid

Omnibus all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Doomsday and The 

Runaway Bride both repeated on BBC America; The Stolen

 Earth repeated on France 4; Flesh and Stone, The Vampires 

of Venice and Amy's Choice all repeated on Syfy (Port);

 Cold Blood and Doctor Who Confidential: What Goes

 on Tour both repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC

 Polska HD; Let's Kill Hitler repeated on BBC

Entertainment LA; The God Complex repeated

on Watch; and Hide repeated on Ztélé

2015 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 1 and 2

both repeated on Retro TV; Horror of Fang

Rock, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on Horror; 

The Power of Kroll, Parts 1 and 2 both first screened on Retro TV; 

Boom Town repeated on Watch; Last of the Time Lords and The 

Doctor's Wife both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Impossible 

Astronaut and The Name of the Doctor both repeated on BBC 

Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; The Angels Take Manhattan 

repeated on BBC America; and Dark Water and Death in 

Heaven both repeated on BBC Entertainment AP

2016 - The Androids of Tara Omnibus repeated on Horror; 

Full Circle, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; The

Unquiet Dead repeated on TV Cultura; New Earth repeated

on BBC Entertainment AP; School Reunion and Doctor Who

Confidential: New New Doctor both repeated on ABC2; Utopia

 and Time Heist both repeated on Syfy (Aus); Amy's Choice

 repeated on Einsfestival; Vincent and the Doctor and The 

Lodger both repeated on BBC America; Cold War repeated 

on BBC Polska HD; The Crimson Horror repeated on Syfy 

(Spa); Kill the Moon and Mummy on the Orient Express

both repeated on Syfy (LA); Flatline repeated on Syfy

(Bra) and Syfy (LA); Dark Water repeated on Syfy (Bra);

and The Zygon Invasion repeated on BBC First (ME)

2017 - The Silurians, Episode 5 repeated on The Zone;

Time Flight, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on Retro TV;

Daleks in Manhattan repeated on FX (Ind); Amy's Choice,

 Into the Dalek, Robot of Sherwood and Listen all repeated 

on Syfy (Aus); The Crimson Horror, Nightmare in Silver,

Time Heist and The Caretaker all repeated on Syfy (Bra);

Mummy on the Orient Express and Flatline both repeated 

on BBC Polska HD; Death in Heaven repeated on KLRU;

and Class, Episode 7 first screened on Prime

2018 - The Ribos Operation, Part 4, The Pirate Planet, Part

1 and Terror of the Vervoids, Parts 11 and 12 all repeated on

Retro TV; Father's Day, The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances 

and The Zygon Inversion all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Deep

Breath, Into the Dalek, Robot of Sherwood and Listen all 

repeated on BBC Polska HD; and Kill the Moon repeated

on BBC First (ME)

2019 - The Aztecs, Episode 4: The Day of Darkness and

Planet of Giants, Episode 1 both repeated on Retro TV; The

Masque of Mandragora, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on

KBTC; Destiny of the Daleks, Part 3 repeated on KPTS; The 

Rings of Akhaten, Cold War and The Day of the Doctor all 

repeated on BBC Polska HD; Hide repeated on One ARD; 

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on W and

One ARD; The Crimson Horror, Nightmare in Silver and

 The Name of the Doctor all repeated on W; and The

Tsuranga Conundrum repeated on Fox (FRG)

2020 - The Space Museum Omnibus repeated on KVCR;

The Mind Robber, Episode 5 and The Krotons, Episode 1

both repeated on Retro TV; Journey's End and The Next

Doctor both repeated on One ARD; The Name of the

Doctor repeated on Syfy (Fra); and The Doctor Falls

repeated on Star World Premiere HD

2021 - Carnival of Monsters, Episodes

3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;

The Fires of Pompeii repeated on ABC2;

Asylum of the Daleks repeated on Syfy

(Fra); Deep Breath and Into the Dalek

both repeated on BBC America; and Kill

the Moon repeated on BBC Polska HD

2022 - The Robots of Death, Part 4 and

City of Death, Part 1 both repeated on

Forces TV; State of Decay, Parts 1 and

2 both repeated on Retro TV; Dalek

repeated on Fox SciFi; New Earth

repeated on Syfy (Fra); The Eaters of

Light repeated on BBC Polska HD; The

Haunting of Villa Diodati repeated on

BBC First Turkey; and War of the

Sontarans repeated on ABC2

2024 - The Celestial Toymaker

Omnibus first screened at BFI

Southbank

2025 - Gridlock repeated on ABC

Entertains

2026 - Dragonfire, Parts 2 and 3

and The Happiness Patrol, Parts

1 and 2 all repeated on Retro TV