Doctor Who Vs. Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

This period drama opened ITV Studios's third season

of Marple, and was loosely based on Agatha Christie's

fifty-sixth novel, published in 1965. This second TV adaptation changed the plot, characters and setting,

and was Geraldine McEwan's penultimate appearance

as Marple.

One of Miss Marple's few outings from St. Mary Mead

finds her staying in London. Bertram's, the fictional

hotel featured in the story, is thought to have been

inspired by Brown's, a favourite haunt of Christie's,

but could also have been based on another Mayfair

hotel, Fleming's.

Originally shown in September 2007, the mystery

was repeated on ITV3 today - it starred Peter

Davison, and fifteen Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Tom MacRae was also the writer of Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, The Girl Who Waited, Night and the Doctor, (the unmade) Century House and The Crash of the Elysium
• Dan Zeff was the director of Love & Monsters too
• Charles Kay [born Piff] (Pennyfather) was Julius Quilter in BBV Prod- uctions' Unnatural Selection, and voiced the Curator for Big Finish's Excelis Rising (2002)
• Ed Stoppard (Malinowski) voiced Fortalexa for Theatre of War (2015), and Sir Nicholas Asquin for The Beast of Kravenos (2017)
• Danny Webb (Mutti here; Porter in The Adventure of the Clapham Cook; Garroway in Elephants Can Remember) was John Maynard Jefferson in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, and voiced Byron for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), and Ori for The Dark Husband (2008)
• Mark Heap (Humfries) voiced the Middleman for The Middle (2017)
• Polly [Alexandra] Walker (Bess here; Magdala in Peril at End House) voiced Commander Narina for The Movellan Grave (2017)
• Nicholas Burns (Britten here; DI Meadows in The Big Four) was Lord Sutcliffe in Thin Ice
• Georgia Allen (Mrs. Rice) was Fiona in the Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV sketch, Doctor Who and Crayola
• James Howard (Doorman) voiced Colonel Matthews for Intelligence for War (2023)
• Tom Lucy was also the stunt co-ordinator on sixteen episodes (from Smith and Jones to The Next Doctor) and Torchwood
• stunt performer Jo McLaren was the stunt co-ordinator on Day of the Moon, Let's Kill Hitler, The Snowmen, The Bells of Saint John, The Name of the Doctor and The Day of the Doctor
• Michael [Mervyn] Pickwoad was also production designer on sixty-two stories (from A Christmas Carol to The Doctor Falls) and Class
• Ben Ashmore was also SFX co-ordinator on thirty-six episodes (from The Girl in the Fireplace to The Next Doctor), The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood
• Jason Gill was also costume assistant on fourteen stories (from A Christmas Carol to The Wedding of River Song) and Space/Time
• for Damien Timmer see The Body in the Library

Doctor Who On This Day #137

 

1965 - The Daleks, Episode 6: The Ordeal

repeated and Marco Polo, Episode 6: Mighty

Kublai Khan first screened, both on ABC 

1968 - Planet of Giants, Episode 2:

Dangerous Journey and The Rescue,

Episode 2: Desperate Measures

both repeated on TV1

1969 - The War Games, Episode 5

first screened on BBC1

1970 - The Dominators, Episodes 3

and 4 both repeated on ABC

1971 - The Enemy of the World, Episodes

1 and 2 both repeated and Episode 3 first

screened, all on TV1

1972 - The Krotons, Episode 2, The Space

Pirates, Episodes 4 to 6 and The War

Games, Episode 3 all repeated on ABC

1973 - The Space Pirates, Episode 4 and The

Silurians, Episode 5 both repeated on ABC

1974 - The Silurians, Episodes 6 and 7, Terror

of the Autons, Episodes 3 and 4 and Colony in

Space, Episode 6 all repeated on ABC

1975 - The Monster of Peladon, Part

2 repeated on ABC
1976 - The Brain of Morbius, Part

1 first screened on TROS

1978 - Day of the Daleks, Episodes 3 and 4 and

The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 1 all repeated

on ABC

1979 - The Armageddon Factor, Part 1 repeated

and Part 3 first screened, both on ABC

1982 - Logopolis Omnibus repeated on WTTW 11;

and Kinda, Part 4 repeated and The Visitation, Part

1 first screened, both on ABC

1983 - Terror of the Zygons, Part 3 repeated

 on KQED Plus; and Terminus, Part 4 repeated

and Enlightenment, Part 1 first screened, both

on ABC

1984 - The Robots of Death, Part 3

 repeated on KQED Plus; and Castrovalva,

Part 2 repeated on ABC

1985 - Spearhead from Space, Episodes

2 and 3 both repeated on TV2; and Death

to the Daleks, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - Logopolis, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - The Brain of Morbius, Parts 3 and

4 both repeated on ABC; and Earthshock

Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus

1988 - The Ark in Space, Part 4 first screened on TV3

 (Spa); The Seeds of Doom, Part 5 repeated on TV de 

Galicia; The Leisure Hive, Part 1 repeated on TV2; and

Warriors' Gate, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus

1989 - Planet of the Spiders, Part 2 repeated on KQED 

Plus; and Robot, Part 2 repeated on TV de Galicia

1991 - Destiny of the Daleks, Part

4 repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episode 6 repeated

on UK Gold; The Horns of Nimon Omnibus repeated on

KQED Plus; and Warriors of the Deep, Part 4 repeated

on ABC

1994 - State of Decay, Part 2 repeated on UK Gold;
and The Paradise of Death, Episode 5 repeated on
Radio 2
1995 - Day of the Daleks, Episode 2 repeated on UK
Gold; and The Two Doctors, Part 2 repeated on VOX

1997 - Genesis of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on 
UKTV (Aus); and Planet of Evil, Part 4 repeated on 
ZTV
1998 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode 6 repeated

 on Space; and The Mysterious Planet Omnibus

and Doctor TV Movie both repeated on UK Gold

1999 - The Krotons, Episode 2 repeated on Space;
The Seeds of Doom Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus;
and The Visitation, Part 4 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2000 - 100,000 BC, Episode 3: The Forest of Fear 
repeated on Prime; The Mind Robber, Episode 5 repeated
 on UKTV (Aus); and Inferno, Episode 7 repeated on TG4
2001 - The Android Invasion, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
on BBC America; The Stones of Blood, Part 3 repeated on

UKTV (Aus); Destiny of the Daleks, Part 2 repeated on
Prime; and Terminus, Part 1 repeated on BBC Prime
2002 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 2 repeated
on BBC Kids (Can); Enlightenment, Parts 1 and 2 both 
repeated on NHPTV; and The Greatest Show in the
 Galaxy, Part 4 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2003 - Robot, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC Kids;

Genesis of the Daleks and Revenge of the Cybermen

Omnibuses both repeated on UK Gold; Time Flight

Omnibus repeated on KERA; and The Happiness Patrol, 

Part 3 and Silver Nemesis, Part 1 both repeated on 

Colorado PTV

2004 - The Mind of Evil, Episode 6 repeated on ABC; 

and Snakedance Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2005 - The Armageddon Factor, Part 2 repeated on

ABC

2007 - The Long Game and Doctor Who Confidential:

The Dark Side both first screened on WLIW 21; and

The Doctor Dances first screened on SVT2

2008 - The Silurians, Episodes 6 and 7 both repeated

 on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; Dalek repeated on Jimmy; The 

Idiot's Lantern first screened on OETA; The Sontaran 

Stratagem first screened on Syfy (US); and The Unicorn 

and the Wasp first screened on BBC1; and Doctor Who 

Confidential: Nemesis first screened on BBC3

2009 - The Impossible Planet repeated on Ozarks PTV;
Army of Ghosts and Doctor Who Confidential: Welcome to
Torchwood both repeated on KERA; The Shakespeare Code
repeated on WXXI and Idaho PTV; The Family of Blood first
 screened on WTVP; Blink and Doctor Who Confidential:

Do You Remember the First Time? both first screened on

 MPTV; Utopia repeated on Syfy (Ben); and Doctor Who

Confidential: Stage Fright repeated on Idaho PTV
2010 - Evolution of the Daleks and The Lazarus Experiment
both repeated on WTTW 11; The Family of Blood, The Sontaran

Stratagem and The Poison Sky all repeated on Syfy (Spa); Blink

repeated on Syfy (Ben); Amy's Choice repeated on BBC HD; and
Orbis, Episode 1 repeated on Radio 7

2011 - Full Circle, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi,

TV2 and TV4; Blink repeated on Space; Forest of the Dead and

Midnight both repeated on BBC America; Victory of the Daleks

and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: War Games both

repeated on UKTV (Aus); Greatest Moments: Rose repeated

on ABC2; and Cobwebs, Episodes 1 repeated and 2 first

broadcast, both on Radio 4 Extra

2012 - The Ultimate Foe Omnibus repeated on MTV3 SciFi 
and TV4; Father's Day repeated on YLE TV2; Boom Town
and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Unsung Heroes and 
Violent Deaths both repeated on ABC2; The Lodger repeated
on BBC America; and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: 
Here Comes the Girls repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2013 -  World War Three and Dalek repeated on BBC
America; The Doctor Dances repeated on Syfy (Port);
Partners in Crime repeated on Watch; Silence in

the Library and Forest of the Dead both screened at

The John Rylands Library, Manchester; Victory of the

Daleks first screened on YLE TV2; The Doctor's Wife

repeated on BBC Nordic and DR3; Nightmare in Silver

 repeated on BBC3; and Doctor Who Confidential: All

About The Girl repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC

Polska HD

2014 - Warriors' Gate, Parts 3 and 4, The Keeper

of Traken, Parts 1 to 3, Earthshock, Part 4,

 Snakedance, Parts 1 and 2, Daleks in Manhattan,
Evolution of the Daleks and The Lazarus Experiment all repeated on Syfy
(Aus); The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances both repeated on Space;
The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on KCPT2; 42 and Human Nature both
repeated on RAI4 and Syfy (Aus); Voyage of the Damned repeated

 on TV3 (Spa); Turn Left, The Stolen Earth and Journey's End all

repeated on BBC America; The Eleventh Hour repeated

 on OETA; The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone, The

Vampires of Venice and Amy's Choice all repeated on Really
Scary TV; The Curse of the Black Spot repeated on BBC Nordic and Syfy
(Spa); The Girl Who Waited repeated on Jeem TV (ME); The 
Wedding of River Song, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe and

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship all repeated on Fox (FRG); Asylum of the Daleks 
repeated on BBC Nordic and Fox; A Town Called Mercy repeated on BBC3
and Fox; The Power of Three repeated on Syfy (Port); The Bells of Saint 
John and The Rings of Akhaten both repeated on France 4;

  Cold War repeated on WGVU and UKTV (NZ); Hide

and Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS both

repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Rom and
ME; and Best of the Doctors repeated on BBC

Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD

2015 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episodes

 6 and 7 and Inferno, Episodes 1 and 2 all

repeated on Retro TV; The Mind of Evil

Omnibus repeated on KERA; The Brain of

Morbius, Part 2 repeated on KPTS; The

Androids of Tara Omnibus repeated on Horror; 

The Horns of Nimon, Part 3 and The Doctor,

the Widow and the Wardrobe both repeated on 

Syfy (Aus); Time Flight, Parts 1 and 2 both 

repeated on KBTC; Rose repeated on FX (Ind); 

The End of the World and The Unquiet Dead both

 repeated on France 4; New Earth repeated on 

Disney XD (US); The Satan Pit and Doctor Who

Confidential: Religion, Myths and Legends both 

repeated on Iowa PTV; The Idiot's Lantern and Doctor 

Who Confidential: The Writer's Tale both repeated on

UNC-TV; The Runaway Bride repeated on KNCT; 

Daleks in Manhattan repeated on WILL; The Fires 

of Pompeii and Doctor Who Confidential: You've Got

the Look both repeated BBC Entertainment AP;
The Vampires of Venice repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU, Romania, ME and KCPT2; Amy's

 Choice and The Hungry Earth both repeated on 

KCPT2; Cold Blood and The Lodger both repeated 

on Watch and KCPT2; Vincent and the Doctor, The 

Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang and Cold War all 

repeated on Watch; The Rebel Flesh repeated on 

OETA; Asylum of the Daleks repeated on WPT;

Nightmare in Silver repeated on WVPB; Journey

to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on MPTV

and KLRU; Listen repeated on BBC Entertainment

 LA HD; and Destination: Nerva repeated on Radio 

4 Extra
2016 - Timelash, Parts 3 and 4 (of 4) both repeated on Retro
TV; Doomsday repeated on BBC Polska HD; Smith and Jones
repeated on France 4; Planet of the Ood, A Town Called Mercy
 and Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS all repeated 

on Syfy (Aus); Turn Left repeated on TV Cultura; Vincent 

and the Doctor and Doctor Who Confidential: A Brush 

With Genius both repeated on ABC2; Night Terrors

repeated on BBC Entertainment AP and One ARD;
and Face the Raven repeated on BBC First (ME)
2017 - Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 4 repeated

on The Zone; Battlefield, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated

on Retro TV; The Parting of the Ways repeated on

BBC Polska HD; Day of the Moon repeated on BBC

Polska HD and FX (Ind); The Curse of the Black

Spot repeated on Syfy (LA); Under the Lake

 repeated on Syfy (Bra); Before the Flood repeated

on BBC America and Syfy (Bra); The Girl Who Died,

The Woman Who Lived, The Zygon Invasion, The

Zygon Inversion and Sleep No More all repeated on

BBC America; and Time Vortex 360 launched by

BBC Taster

2018 - The Dominators, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated

on Retro TV; Aliens of London repeated on BBC Polska HD;

Midnight repeated on W; The Bells of Saint John repeated

on Star World Premiere; Under the Lake repeated on ABC

and ABC ME; The Girl Who Died repeated on BBC First (RSA)

and Fox (FRG); The Woman Who Lived repeated on Fox; 

World Enough and Time repeated on Syfy (Bra); and Class, 

Episode 2 repeated on BBC First (ME)

2019 - The Claws of Axos, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated on

Retro TV; The Invasion of Time, Part 6 and The Ribos Operation,

Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on Jones! too; Nightmare of Eden,

Part 3 repeated on KPTS; The Unquiet Dead and Aliens of

London both repeated on Syfy (Fra); The Christmas Invasion

repeated on ABC; and Vincent and the Doctor and The Lodger

 both repeated on Sony SciFi

2020 - The Keys of Marinus Omnibus repeated on Iowa
PTV; The Ark in Space Omnibus repeated on Retro TV;
The Talons of Weng-Chiang Omnibus repeated on WSRE;

The Invasion of Time Omnibus repeated on MPTV; Four
to Doomsday, Part 4 and Kinda, Part 1 both repeated
on KBTC; Mindwarp Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV;
The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon both

repeated on One ARD; Dalek, The Long Game, Father's

Day, The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances all

repeated on Sony SciFi; Smith and Jones, The

Shakespeare Code, Gridlock, Daleks in Manhattan,

Evolution of the Daleks and The Lazarus Experiment

all repeated on W; Deep Breath repeated on RAI4;

The Woman Who Lived, The Zygon Invason and 

The Zygon Inversion all repeated on BBC Polska HD;

and The Tsuranga Conundrum repeated on Fox (FRG)

2021 - Cold War repeated on ABC2

2022 - Battlefield, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on Retro TV and Omnibus

repeated on One ARD; The End of the

World and The Unquiet Dead both

repeated on One ARD; The End of

Time, Part 1 repeated on Fox SciFi;

and The Wedding of River Song

repeated on BBC Polska HD

2023 - The Seeds of Death, Episodes

4 and 5 both repeated on Retro TV; and

The Unquiet Dead and Aliens of London

both repeated on Fox SciFi

2024 - Space Babies and The Devil's

Chord both repeated on BBC2

2025 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 1 to

4 all repeated on U&Eden; Into the

Dalek repeated on ABC Entertains;

The Interstellar Song Contest first

screened on BBC1 and released on

Disney+ and BBC iPlayer; and Doctor

Who: Unleashed, Episode 20 first

screened on BBC3