Monday, 2 November 2026

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 26

BBC Studios' evergreen crime drama
returned to BBC1 in January 2023 - it
starred Emilia Fox (now the veteran of
182 episodes since 2004) and David
Caves as doctors Nikki Alexander and
Jack Hodgson.
The Home Office forensic pathologists
 (based in London's Lyell Centre) were
 joined by newcomers Aki Omoshaybi
and Alastair Michael (as Dr. Folukoya
and Velvy Schur).
A repeat run of the ten-part series
began on U&Drama last night - it
featured Jemma Redgrave, and a
total of eighteen Doctor Who cast and
crew connections:

The Penitent (TX: January 2 & 3)
  • Omoshaybi was Fred Gray in Rosa
  • Sophia [Jane] Myles (Cassidy) was Reinette in The Girl in the Fireplace, then voiced Rania Chuma for Big Finish's Kill the Doctor! and The Age of Sutekh (both 2018)
  • William [John] Willoughby [born Haynes] (Drinkwater) was stuntman on nine stories (from Rose to A Town Called Mercy) and Torchwood
  • Eve Polycarpou (Angela) voiced Qel for Singularity (2005)
  • Joel Conlan was also stuntman on The Lie of the Land and Spyfall (1)
  • Andy Godbold was stuntman on The Bells of Saint John too
  • for Leo Woodruff see Series 19
Familiar Faces (TX: January 9 & 10)
  • Nadine [Panchita] Marshall (DCI Torres) voiced Shepstay for Earth Aid (2011), Katrice for You are the Doctor, and Kordel for The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel (both 2015)
  • for Stephen Forrester see Series 12
Star (TX: January 16 & 18)
  • Pooja Shah (Usha) was Miss Shah in Class, and voiced Navarch Al Hanin for Salvation Nine (2022)
  • Anjela Lauren Smith (Maggie) voiced Genevieve for The Coney Island Chameleon (2019)
Hearts of Darkness (TX: January 23 & 24)
  • Kirsty Hoiles (Hannah) was Moira Clark in Lucky Day
  • for Redgrave see Series 23 and Ruth Clarson see Series 21
Southbay (TX: January 30 & 31)
  • Suzanne Packer [born Jackson] (Miriam) was Eve Cicero in The Tsuranga Conundrum
  • Richard [Anthony] Cordery (Burnett) voiced Professor Rinxo Jabbery for Plague of the Daleks (2009), and Sam for A Town Called Fortune (2010)
  • Luke Allen Gale (Laing) voiced Joe Carnaby for Blood on Santa's Claw and Other Stories (2019)
  • Sarah Woodward (Commander) voiced Theodora for Secret History (2015), Vesh Taralesh for Stolen Goods (2018), and Ania Jessik for The Quest of the Engineer (2020)

Doctor Who On This Day #306

1952 - Director Michael Kerrigan
born in Britain
1966 - The Aztecs, Episode 1: The Temple of Evil,
The Reign of Terror, Episode 1: A Land of Fear, The
Space Museum, Episode 1, The Chase, Episode 3:
Flight Through Eternity, Galaxy 4, Episode 1: Four
Hundred Dawns and The Myth Makers, Episode 1:
Temple of Secrets all repeated on ABC
1968 - The Invasion, Episode 1 first
screened on BBC1
1972 - The Ambassadors of Death,
Episode 2 repeated on ABC
1973 - The Time Monster, Episodes 2 and 6 and
Carnival of Monsters, Episode 2 repeated and The
Three Doctors, Episode 4 first screened, all on ABC
1978 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part 3 and The 
Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 3 both repeated on ABC
1981 - The Five Faces of Doctor Who
repeat season opened on BBC2 with
100,000 BC, Episode 1: An Unearthly
Child
1982 - The Robots of Death, Part 2 repeated
on KQED Plus; and The Invisible Enemy, Part
 2 repeated on ABC
1983 - Planet of Evil, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated
on ABC; and The Horns of Nimon, Part 4 repeated
 on KQED Plus
1984 - Colony in Space, Episode 2 repeated on KQED
 Plus; and The Green Death, Episode 6 repeated on ABC
1985 - The Android Invasion, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus
1986 - The Invisible Enemy Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus
1987 - The Robots of Death Omnibus repeated on WTTW 11;
and Delta and the Bannermen, Part 1 first screened on BBC1
1988 - Terror of the Vervoids, Part 9 repeated on KQED
Plus; Time and the Rani, Part 3 first screened on ABC;
and The Happiness Patrol, Part 1 first screened on BBC1
1989 - The Armageddon Factor, Part 1 repeated on KQED
Plus; Timelash, Part 3 (of 4) first screened on TV2; and
 Delta and the Bannermen, Part 2 repeated on ABC
1990 - The Green Death, Episodes 3 to 6 all repeated on
WTTW 11; The Monster of Peladon, Part 6 repeated on
KQED Plus; and Battlefield, Part 4 first screened on ABC
1991 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episode 4 repeated 
on TV2; The Curse of Peladon Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus; 
Attack of the Cybermen, Part 4 (of 4) repeated on KQED Plus;
and two-day event The History of Doctor Who began at MOMI
1992 - 100,000 BC, Episode 1: An Unearthly Child repeated on
 UK Gold; and The Hand of Fear Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus
1993 - The Daleks, Episode 4: The Ambush repeated on UK
Gold; and Image of the Fendahl, Part 2 repeated on ABC
1995 - The Seeds of Doom, Part 4 repeated
on UK Gold
1996 - The Ark Omnibus repeated on UKTV
(Aus); and Genesis of the Daleks, Part 3 first
screened on ZTV
1997 - State of Decay Omnibus repeated
on UK Gold
1998 - The Daleks, Episode 7: The Rescue
repeated on Space; The Deadly Assassin,
Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus); and 
Timelash Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus
1999 - 100,000 BC, Episode 1: An Unearthly Child
 repeated on Space; Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Part
4 repeated on BBC Choice; and Pyramids of Mars,
Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2000 - The Claws of Axos, Episode 1 repeated
 on Prime; The Green Death, Episode 5 repeated
 on UKTV (Aus); and The Deadly Assassin, Parts
1 and 2 both repeated on BBC America
2001 - State of Decay, Parts 3 and 4 both
repeated on NHPTV; and The Awakening, Part
1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2002 - The Androids of Tara Omnibus repeated
 on KERA; State of Decay, Part 4 repeated on
BBC Kids (Can); The King's Demons Omnibus
repeated on UK Gold; and Doctor Who TV Movie
repeated on Syfy (UK)
2003 - 100,000 BC Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Rescue
 Omnibus repeated on KBTC; Inferno, Episodes 3 and 4
and Enlightenment Omnibus all repeated on UK Gold; 
Terror of the Zygons, Part 4 repeated on WCNY; The
Talons of Weng-Chiang Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids 
(Can); The Invisible Enemy, Parts 1 and 2 repeated on 
Iowa PTV; Full Circle, Part 2 repeated on WILL; Kinda,
Part 3 repeated on KUED; Snakedance, Parts 1 and 2
both repeated on MiND; and Time and the Rani, Parts 3
and 4 both repeated on WCET
2004 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part 2
repeated on ABC
2005 - The Five Doctors, Part 1 (of 4)
repeated on ABC; and Dalek first screened
on NRK2
2006 - Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated
on UK Gold; The Long Game repeated on Yes Action; and
Totally Doctor Who (#1.7) repeated on CBBC
2007 - World War Three and Doctor Who Confidential:
Why On Earth? both first screened on WGVU; and
Love & Monsters repeated on UK Gold
2008 - Rose repeated on WCET; World War Three repeated
on Idaho PTV; The Long Game and Doctor Who Confidential:
The Dark Side both repeated on KERA; Bad Wolf repeated
on Ozarks PTV; The Parting of the Ways first screened on
The Oregon Channel and repeated on Oregon PB; New
Earth repeated on WTVP; School Reunion and Doctor Who
Confidential: Friends Reunited both repeated on UNC-TV; The 
Girl in the Fireplace and Doctor Who Confidential: From Script
to Screen both repeated on MPTV; Love & Monsters repeated
on WXXI and WTTW 11; Doctor Who Confidential: The New
World of Dr. Who repeated on WTTW 11; and Brave New
Town first broadcast on Radio 7
2009 - Dalek repeated on Syfy (Spa); Rise of the Cybermen repeated 
on KVCR; Human Nature first screened on Syfy (Spa) and repeated on 
Syfy (Ben); Blink first screened on WTTW 11; and Utopia and Doctor 
Who Confidential Cutdown: 'Ello 'Ello 'Ello both repeated on ABC2
2010 - The Doctor Dances, Planet of the Ood, Doctor Who Confidential 
Cutdown: Weird Science and Oods and Ends all repeated on UKTV (Aus); 
Fear Her repeated on Syfy (FRG); The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison 
Sky, The Doctor's Daughter, Forest of the Dead, Midnight, Turn Left and
 The Stolen Earth all repeated on Syfy (US); Human Nature and The 
Hungry Earth both repeated on Space; and Doctor Who Live moved to
Liverpool Echo Arena
2011 - The Androids of Tara, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Syfy (Aus);
Earthshock, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4;
Father's Day repeated on BBC America; Gridlock repeated on Space;
and The Big Bang and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Out of Time
 both repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2012 - Frontier in Space, Episodes 3 and
 4 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); and The
Beast Below repeated on BBC3
2013 - Battlefield Omnibus and The Satan Pit both repeated and The Doctor's Revisited: The Seventh Doctor first screened, all on Watch;
Turn Left, The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, The Time of Angels 
and Amy's Choice all repeated on BBC Entertainment LA;
Planet of the Dead and The Wedding of River Song both repeated
on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; The End of Time, Parts 1
and 2 and Doctor Who Confidential: War Games, All About the Girl
and Blinded by the Light all repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;
The Eleventh Hour repeated on BBC Nordic and BBC Entertainment 
LA; Flesh and Stone and The Vampires of Venice both repeated on
BBC Entertainment LA and France 4; The Hungry Earth repeated
on BBC Entertainment LA and Fox (FRG); Cold Blood, Vincent and 
the Doctor, The Lodger and The Pandorica Opens all repeated 
on Fox; The Girl Who Waited and The God Complex both repeated
on BBC Entertainment LA HD; The Snowmen repeated on Jeem
TV (ME); Cold War first screened on Karusel; The Crimson Horror 
and Nightmare in Silver both repeated on RAI4; and Doctor Who
 Confidential: What Goes on Tour repeated on BBC Entertainment
EU, Romania and ME
2014 - The Aztecs Omnibus repeated and An Adventure in Space
and Time first screened, both on Drama; The Brain of Morbius,
Part 3 repeated on KPTS; The Horns of Nimon, Parts 1 and 2 both
repeated on
 KBTC; The Keeper of Traken, Parts 1 and 2 and The Eleventh Hour all
 repeated on Syfy (Aus); World War Three repeated on KNCT; Bad Wolf
 repeated on WILL; Doomsday repeated on Iowa PTV; The Shakespeare
Code repeated on UKTV (NZ); Human Nature repeated on KCPT; The 
Fires of Pompeii, Planet of the Ood, The Sontaran Stratagem and The 
Poison Sky all repeated on KCPT2; The Vampires of Venice repeated
on Idaho PTV; Cold Blood repeated on WPT; The Rebel Flesh repeated
on KLRU; Let's Kill Hitler repeated on OETA; The God Complex and
Closing Time both repeated on RAI4; The Wedding of River Song and
Asylum of the Daleks both repeated on Really Scary TV; The Doctor, 
the Widow and the Wardrobe repeated on Syfy (Spain); The Power of 
Three repeated on WTTW Prime; Listen, The Caretaker and Kill the 
Moon all repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; Time Heist 
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP and BBC Entertainment LA; 
Mummy on the Orient Express first screened on YLE TV2 and 
repeated on BBC Entertainment LA HD; Flatline first screened on
BBC Polska; In the Forest of the Night first screened on Prime and
repeated on BBC America; Dark Water first screened on BBC America 
and Space and repeated on BBC3; Doctor Who Extra: Dark Water
repeated on BBC Red Button; Doctor Who Explained repeated on
BBC Entertainment EU and Watch; and To The Death repeated on
Radio 4 Extra
2015 - The Sea Devils, Episode 6 repeated on Horror; The Android 
Invasion, Part 2 and The Satan Pit both repeated on Syfy (Aus); 
Gridlock repeated on TV Cultura; The Lazarus Experiment and 42
both repeated on BBC America; Partners in Crime repeated on BBC
Entertainment AP; Asylum of the Daleks repeated on Syfy (Port); 
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on BBC Nordic HD
and BBC Polska HD; Flatline repeated on LPB; The Girl Who Died
first screened on KBS1 and YLE TV2 and repeated on BBC
Entertainment AP; and The Zygon Invasion repeated on BBC
Entertainment AP and ABC
2016 - Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on
Retro TV; The Age of Steel and The Idiot's Lantern both repeated
on BBC Polska HD; Silence in the Library and Cold War both
 repeated on Syfy (Aus); Victory of the Daleks
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Big Bang
repeated on The Zone; Asylum of the Daleks and
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship both repeated on RAI4;
Robot of Sherwood repeated on KLRU; Time Heist
repeated on One ARD; The Girl Who Died repeated
on BBC America; The Woman Who Lived repeated
on BBC America and Fox (FRG); and The Zygon
 Invasion repeated on Fox
2017 - Director Patricia Russell died in Britain, aged 89;
Image of the Fendahl, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro
TV; The Leisure Hive, Part 3 repeated on Jones! too; The
Impossible Planet repeated on BBC America and Syfy (Aus);
The Satan Pit repeated on BBC America; Love & Monster
 repeated on BBC America and BBC Polska HD; Forest of
the Dead and Midnight both repeated on Space; The
Vampires of Venice and Amy's Choice both repeated on
DR3; and Kill the Moon repeated on BBC Entertainment
EU
2018 - Terror of the Autons, Episodes 1 to 3 all repeated on Jones!
 too; The Horns of Nimon, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on Retro TV;
 Hell Bent repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Eaters of Light and
World Enough and Time both repeated on Fox (FRG); and
Arachnids in the UK first screened on TV2 (NZ) and Sony SciFi
2019 - The Time Monster, Episodes 3 and 4 and Enlightenment,
Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on Retro TV; Terror of the Vervoids
Omnibus repeated on RSU PTV; Boom Town, Bad Wolf, The
Parting of the Ways, The Christmas Invasion and New Earth
all repeated on Syfy (Fra); The Curse of the Black Spot, The 
Doctor's Wife, The Almost People, The Rebel Flesh, A Good
Man Goes to War, Let's Kill Hitler, Night Terrors, The Girl Who
Waited and The God Complex all repeated on Sony SciFi; and
 Smile and Thin Ice both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU
2020 - Castrovalva, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated
on Retro TV; The Lazarus Experiment, 42, Human
Nature and The Family of Blood all repeated on
ABC; The End of Time Omnibus and Deep Breath
both repeated on BBC America; The Husband of
River Song repeated on BBC Polska HD; and The
Doctor Falls and Twice Upon a Time both repeated
on NRJ12
2021 - Terror of the Autons, Episodes 1 and
2 both repeated on Retro TV; The Almost
People repeated on ABC2; and Death in
Heaven repeated on ABC ME
2022 - The Ribos Operation, Parts 1 and 2 both
repeated on Retro TV; The End of the World
repeated on Fox SciFi; and The Rings of Akhaten
repeated on BBC Polska HD
2023 - The Unicorn and the Wasp repeated
on Fox SciFi
2025 - Black Orchid Omnibus repeated on KBTC