Doctor Who Vs. Inspector Morse Specials

Central's final Morse mysteries
 were all based on Colin Dexter's
 last crime novels, and were first

screened from 1995 to 2000.

John Thaw and Kevin Whately
again portrayed the Oxford-based

detectives (although Lewis did not appear in the penultimate thriller,

which examined a real-life Victorian

murder).

Published in 1999, Dexter's final work, The Remorseful Day, con-

cluded the thirteen year saga with

Morse's death - the drama spawned

two spin-off series, Lewis (2006 to 2015) and Endeavour (2012-2024). Three-times BAFTA winner (twice for Morse) John Thaw died in 2002, aged 60, whilst Dexter's death at the age

of 86 was announced in March 2017.

A repeat run of the five cases concluded on ITV3 today - they featured a

total of twenty-eight Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

The Way Through the Woods

(Published 1992/UK TX: November 29 1995)

• Nicholas Le Prevost (Dr. Hardinge) voiced the Barber Surgeon for Big Finish's The War Doctor Begins 4 (2022)
• Christopher Fairbank (Daley) was Fenton in Flatline, and voiced Doc Baroque for The Scapegoat (2009), Pierre Arronax for The Wreck of the Titan (2010), and Marc Brunel for Iron Bright (2018)
• Gary Powell (Parnell) was Dev Ashton in 42
• Robin Soans (McBryde here; Straker in Endeavour: Fugue) was Luvic in The Keeper of Traken, and Chronolock Guy in Face the Raven, then Narrator of BBC Audio's The Sins of Winter (2015)
• Damien Timmer (script editor here & Death is Now My Neighbour; executive producer on Lewis and Endeavour) was a Menoptera in An Adventure in Space and Time

The Daughters of Cain

(Published 1994/UK TX: November 27 1996)

• Phyllis Logan (Julia) was Andinio in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
• Nadim [Joakim] Sawalha (Dr. Hassan) voiced Sapnil Khan for The Magic Mousetrap (2009), and the Old Man for 1001 Nights (2012)
• Nicky Goldie (WPC) voiced the Spillager Empress for Winter for the Adept, Valeria Hedone for The Fires of Vulcan (both 2000), Inquisitor Danby for Excelis Rising (2002), and Polk for The Moonrakers (2020)
• Andrew [James] Spooner (Technician) voiced Panpipe/Whydini/ Conductor/Ragnarok God for The Psychic Circus (2019), Professor Brooke for Genetics of the Daleks (2020), Tarlos/Fanza for Colony of Fear, Artie for Prey and Vengeance (all 2021), Kedge Ampston for Heart of Orion, Engineer Sabo for Power of the Dominators, Clutch Father for The Tides of the Moon (all 2022), Librarian/Herder/Helms- man for The Green Gift (2023), Dr. Erno Balthazar/Bartholomew for Last Words, Ogrons for Unknown Soldiers (both 2024), Bailiff/Eustace/ Norris for The Final Poblom, Chief Elect Tuldra for The Remains of Kaerula and The Ruins of Kaerula, and Dr. Varna/Marshal Duhrak for The Worst of All Evils (all 2025)
• hair stylist Lisa Pickering began her TV career as assistant make-up artist on (part 4 of) Warriors' Gate

Death is Now My Neighbour

(Published 1996/UK TX: November 19 1997)

• Richard [David] Briers (Bream) was the Chief Caretaker in Paradise Towers
• John [Morley] Shrapnel (Dr. Storrs here; Morse for BBC Radio 4) voiced Thomas Cromwell for The Eighth Piece and The Doomsday Chronometer (both 2016), and Nigel Colloon for The False Guardian and Time's Assassin (both 2019)
• Susan Engel (Dora) was Cessair in The Stones of Blood, then voiced Muriel Joy for A Blind Eye (2004)
• Maggie Steed [born Baker] (Angela) voiced Madamme Rana Zandusia for Mission to Magnus (2009)
• Candida Gubbins (Sarah) voiced Nimriel/May for London Orbital (2022)
• Julia Dalkin (Rachel) voiced Hannah Fry for Phantasmagoria (1999), then was Janet in Global Conspiracy?
• [John] Colin McCormack (Hargreaves) was the Commander in The Sun Makers

The Wench is Dead

(Published 1989/UK TX: November 11 1998)

• Alan [Grey] Mason (Greenaway) was Corporal Nutting in The Silurians
• Sara Carver (Fiona) voiced Andrea Winnington for UNIT (2004), the Khellian Queen for Three's a Crowd (2005), Kim Kronotska for Memory Lane (2006), and Sylvia for City of the Daleks
• Juliet Cowan (Joanna) was Chrissie Jackson in The Sarah Jane Adventures, then voiced Bryer in Come Die With Me, and Adriana Beauvais for Dead to the World (both 2015)
• Steve Robinson was also assistant director on The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks

The Remorseful Day (UK TX: November 15 2000)

• writer Stephen Churchett was Bill in Attack of the Cybermen
• Paul [born Peter John] Freeman (Harrison) voiced Jalnik for The Foe from the Future (2011)
• TP [Thomas Patrick] McKenna (Phelps) was Captain Cook in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 
• Colin Spaull (Chas) was [August] Lilt in Revelation of the Daleks, Crane in Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel, then voiced Colonel Baxter for The Fearless (2007), and Henrik for Grand Theft Cosmos (2008)
• Aiden J David (Holmes) voiced Lish for The Raincloud Man (2008)
• Simon Hepworth (Harrison here; Tingwell in Endeavour: Pylon) voiced Miles McLellan/Pandora/Server/Orderly/Pilot for Open the Box (2018)
• film editor Jamie McCoan edited Blink too 

Doctor Who On This Day #47

1964 - Actor Christopher Eccleston

born in Salford

1965 - The Daleks, Episode 2: The

Survivors first screened on ABC

1968 - The Reign of Terror, Episode 4:

The Tyrant of France first screened on TV1

1969 - The Time Meddler, Episodes 2 and 3

and The Myth Makers, Episode 1: Temple of

Secrets repeated and The Massacre, Episode 1:

War of God first screened, all on TV1; and The

 Evil of the Daleks, Episodes 1 to 5 repeated and

Episode 6 first screened, all on ABC

1970 - The Underwater Menace,

Episode 4 and The Macra Terror,

Episode 3 both repeated on TV1

1973 - Director Colm McCarthy born in

Edinburgh; The Claws of Axos, Episode 3

repeated and Colony in Space, Episode 3

repeated and Episode 4 first screened, all

on ABC

1974 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Part

6 first screened on BBC1

1978 - Planet of Evil, Part 2 repeated

and Part 3 first screened, both on ABC

1979 - The Green Death, Episode 4 first

screened on TV2
1981 - The Horns of Nimon, Part 3 first

screened on TV2
1982 - The Hand of Fear, Part 4 repeated

on KQED Plus; and The Visitation, Part 2

first screened on BBC1

1983 - City of Death, Part 2 repeated

on KQED Plus; and Terminus, Part 2

first screened on BBC1

1984 - The King's Demons, Part 2

repeated on KQED Plus

1985 - Planet of Fire, Part 2 repeated

on KQED Plus; and The Two Doctors,

Part 1 first screened on BBC1

1986 - The Claws of Axos Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus
1988 - The Ribos Operation, Part

1 repeated on KQED Plus; and The

Armageddon Factor, Part 3 repeated

on TV2

1989 - The Curse of Peladon, Episode

4 repeated on KQED Plus; and The

Sontaran Experiment, Part 1 repeated on ABC

1990 - Time Flight, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus
1991 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Episode

 1: World's End repeated on TV2; and The

 Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 4 and

 Enlightenment Omnibus both repeated

on KQED Plus

1993 - Spearhead from Space,

Episode 1 repeated on UK Gold

1994 - The Sun Makers, Part 3 repeated

 on UK Gold; and Vengeance on Varos,

Part 4 (of 4) and The Mark of the Rani,

Part 1 (of 4) both repeated on ABC
1995 - Time and the Rani, Part 2 repeated

on UK Gold

1997 - Survival Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

1998 - The Mind Robber, Episode 1 first screened on Space;
The Creature from the Pit Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus;
and Black Orchid Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Mind Robber, Episode 1 repeated on Space;

 and The Time Warrior, Part  4 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2000 - The Sensorites, Episode 2: The Unwilling Warriors

repeated on UKTV (Aus); The War Games, Episode 7

repeated on Space; and Colony in Space, Episode 3

first screened on TG4

2001 - Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
Prime; The Masque of Mandragora, Part 1 repeated on UKTV
(Aus); and The Invasion of Time, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated 
on NHPTV

2002 - The Ambassadors of Death Omnibus repeated on UK
Gold; The Three Doctors Omnibus repeated on KERA; Robot,
Part 3 repeated on BBC Kids (Can); Revenge of the Cybermen,
Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on MiND; Mawdryn Undead, Parts
3 and 4 both repeated on Colorado PTV; The Twin Dilemma
 Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The Mysterious Planet,
Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC Prime

2003 - The Ambassadors of Death Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold; Robot, Parts 3 and 4

both repeated on Iowa PTV; Terror of the 
Zygons, Part 3 repeated on WSKG; The Brain of Morbius, Part 3 
repeated on WCNY; Image of the Fendahl Omnibus repeated on
BBC Kids (Can); The Power of Kroll, Part 1 repeated on WILL; 
The Armageddon Factor, Part 6 and Destiny of the Daleks, Part 
1 both repeated on MiND; State of Decay, Part 2 repeated on 
KUED; Earthshock Omnibus repeated on MPT; Enlightenment, 
Part 3 repeated on WQED; Planet of Fire, Parts 3 and 4 both 
repeated on WCET; Mindwarp, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on 
NHPTV; Terror of the Vervoids, Parts 9 and 10 both repeated 
on KBTC; and Paradise Towers, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated 
on Colorado PTV

2004 - The Dominators, Episode 3 repeated on ABC; and
Terror of the Zygons Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2005 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 3 repeated on ABC
2006 - World War Three first screened on People+ Arts

2007 - School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace and Doctor
Who Confidential: Friends Reunited all repeated on BBC3
2008 - Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD

screened on Syfy (Spa)
2009 - Mindwarp, Parts 7 and 8 both first screened on MTV3
SciFi and TV4; The Satan Pit first screened on Syfy (Spa)

and Fear Her and Doctor Who Confidential: The Fright

Stuff both repeated on BBC3

2010 - The Long Game and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown:
The Dark Side both repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Christmas
Invasion repeated on Syfy (Spain); The Girl in the Fireplace
repeated on HRT2; The Idiot's Lantern repeated on WTTW
Prime; The Impossible Planet repeated on Syfy (FRG);

Love & Monsters repeated on Syfy (Rus); 42 and

Doctor Who Confidential: Space Craft both repeated

on BBC3; and Dreamland Omnibus repeated on BBC2

2011 - Planet of Evil, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on

MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; and Utopia repeated on Space

2012 - The Curse of Fenric, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on
BBC America; The Sontaran Stratagem repeated on Watch;
The Lazarus Experiment repeated on BBC Entertainment

Ind and ABC2; and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown:

Do You Remember the First Time? repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2013 - The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on UKTV (NZ);
 The Big Bang repeated on Fox (FRG); Let's Kill Hitler

repeated on BBC3; and Doctor Who Confidential

Cutdown: A Noble Return repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2014 - The Robots of Death, Parts 3 and 4

both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Talons of

Weng-Chiang, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated

on KBTC; Boom Town and Bad Wolf both repeated on RAI4; Smith 
and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Gridlock, Daleks in Manhattan 
and Doctor Who Explained all repeated on Watch; Evolution of the 
Daleks repeated on TV3 (Spa); Blink, Utopia, The Sound of 
Drums and Last of the Time Lords all repeated on France 4; Cold 
Blood repeated on Jeem TV (UK); The Curse of the Black Spot 
repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; Asylum of the Daleks

repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Bells of Saint John repeated
on Iowa PTV; Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

repeated on WTTW Prime; The Name of the Doctor

first screened on WPT; The Sarah Jane Adventures:

The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, Episode 2

repeated on Jeem TV (ME); and Doctor Who 

Confidential: Double Trouble repeated on LPB

2015 - The Brain of Morbius, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated
on Horror; The Invisible Enemy, Part 2 and The Shakespeare
Code both repeated on Syfy (Aus); Doctor Who TV Movie and
The Name of the Doctor both repeated on Watch; The 
Christmas Invasion and New Earth both repeated on EBRU;
The Almost People repeated on Syfy (Ben); A Good Man Goes
 to War repeated on Syfy (Ben) and WPT; The Angels Take
Manhattan repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD;
 The Time of the Doctor and Deep Breath both repeated on
BBC Entertainment AP; Time Heist first screened on KBS1;
and The Caretaker repeated on BBC Entertainment LA
2016 - Destiny of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
on Retro TV; The Horns of Nimon, Part 1, Closing Time and
Cold War all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Curse of Fenric,
Part 4 repeated on Horror; World War Three and Doctor
 Who Confidential: Why On Earth? both repeated on ABC2;
The Doctor's Daughter and The Unicorn and the Wasp both
 repeated on BBC America; Night Terrors repeated on BBC
Polska HD; Robot of Sherwood repeated on TV Cultura;
Time Heist repeated on WGVU; Mummy on the Orient 
Express repeated on BBC First (ME); Under the Lake
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; and Face the

Raven repeated on FX (Ind)

2017 - The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episode 3 repeated on
 The Zone; Logopolis, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on Retro
TV; The Idiot's Lantern repeated on FX (Ind); Daleks in
Manhattan, 
Evolution of the Daleks, The Lazarus Experiment, 42, Human 
Nature and The Family of Blood all repeated on BBC America;
The Next Doctor repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Curse of the 

Black Spot, The Doctor's Wife, The Zygon Inversion and Sleep 
No More all repeated on Syfy (Bra); The Angels Take Manhattan 
and The Snowmen both repeated on BBC Polska HD; Before

the Flood and The Girl Who Died both repeated on France

 4; Survivors in Space, Part 1 first broadcast on Radio 4

Extra; and Class, Episode 6 repeated on TLC TV

2018 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Parts 5 and 6 both
repeated on Jones! too; The Mark of the Rani, Parts 3 and 4
(of 4) both repeated on Retro TV; The End of the World, The
Unquiet Dead and Aliens of London all repeated on Syfy (Aus);
Midnight and Turn Left both repeated on RAI4; The Beast
Below repeated on ABC and ABC ME; Closing Time and The 
Wedding of River Song both repeated on Syfy (LA); Hide 
repeated on BBC Polska HD; and Heaven Sent repeated

on Syfy (Bra)

2019 - 100,000 BC, Episodes 1 and 2,

The Edge of Destruction, Episode 2 and

 The Keys of Marinus, Episode 1: The

Sea of Death all repeated on Retro TV;

Asylum of the Daleks and Dinosaurs on

a Spaceship both repeated on BBC Polska

HD; Oxygen repeated on Syfy (Aus); Demons

of the Punjab and Kerblam! both repeated on

RAI4; and Industrial Evolution, Episode 1

repeated on Radio 4 Extra

2020 - 100,000 BC Omnibus repeated on KVCR; The
Gunfighters, Episodes 1 and 2 and The Android Invasion,
Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on Retro TV; Pyramids of Mars
Omnibus repeated on WSRE; The Deadly Assassin Omnibus
repeated on MPTV; Full Circle, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated
on KBTC; Terror of the Vervoids Omnibus repeated on Idaho
PTV; Paradise Towers Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; The
Curse of Fenric, Part 1 repeated on One ARD; Planet of the
Ood, The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky and The
Doctor's Daughter all repeated on W; The Unicorn and the
Wasp and Silence in the Library both repeated on W and
One ARD; The Vampires of Venice and Amy's Choice both
repeated on BBC Polska HD; Smile repeated on ABC;
 Oxygen repeated on Fox (FRG); Praxeus first screened

on BBC Polska HD; and The Haunting of Villa Diodati

first screened on BBC1 HD, BBC1 and TV2

2021 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 1 and 2

both repeated on Retro TV; Evolution of

the Daleks repeated on ABC2; The Waters

of Mars repeated on BBC America; The

Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang and The 

Doctor's Wife all repeated on Syfy (Fra);

The Crimson Horror repeated on BBC

Polska HD; and The Witchfinders and It 

Takes You Away both repeated on One

ARD

2022 - The War Games, Episode 8

repeated on ONS; Spearhead from

Space, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated

on Forces TV; Destiny of the Daleks,

Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro

TV; and Spyfall, Part 2 repeated on

ABC2

2023 - The Almost People repeated

on Fox SciFi; and The Snowmen

repeated on ABC Family

2024 - Dr. Who and the Daleks screened

on Film4