Tuesday, 3 November 2026

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 11

The eleventh season of BBC1's award-winning
crime drama (first shown in the summer of
2007) saw the return of William Gaminara,
Tom Ward, and Emilia Fox, as Home Office
pathologists, doctors Leo Dalton, Harry
Cunningham, and Nikki Alexander.
A repeat run of the ten-part series began on
BBC3 last night - it featured Adjoa Andoh,
Archie Panjabi, and a total of thirty-three
Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Apocalypse (TX: August 28 & 29)
  • Julian [Wyatt] Glover (Henry Markham here; Istvan Sandor in Series 14: Bloodlines) was King Richard in The Crusade, and Scaroth in City of Death
  • David Gyasi (DS Cross) was Harvey in Asylum of the Daleks
  • Elizabeth Rider (Laura) was Ellen in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Lost in Time, then provided the ATMOS voice for The Sontaran Stratagem, was Linda in The Time of the Doctor, and voiced Galatea for Big Finish's The Well-Mannered War (2015)
  • Joy Elias Rilwan (Adela) voiced Lula for Live 34 (2005)
  • Lucy [Jane] Briers (Patricia) voiced Jenny Chaplin for After the Daleks (2021)
  • Heather Bleasdale (Moderator) voiced Cordelia for Blood on Santa's Claw, President for I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day (both 2019), and Priestess Vesselina for The Lost Son (2024), then was Wilma in The Halloween Apocalypse
  • Stephanie Carey was also a stunt performer on Voyage of the Damned, The Beast Below, The Curse of the Black Spot, Let's Kill Hitler and The Girl Who Waited
  • stuntman Tom Lucy was the stunt co-ordinator on sixteen episodes (from Smith and Jones to The Next Doctor)
  • for Adrian Schiller see Series 1
Suffer The Children (TX: September 3 & 4)
  • Joe Dixon (DI Rush) was the Chancellor in The End of Time
  • Mark Anthony Brighton (Angry Man) was Colonel Albero in The Time of the Doctor
  • Robert Gill [born Alan Williams] (Jogger) voiced Lycurgus for The Big Blue Box (2019), King Henry for Knights of the Round TARDIS (2025), and Altos/Tribune Caltro for Return to Marinus (2026)
  • stuntman Bill Davey was stunt co-ordinator on The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters and Turn Left
  • Paul Kennington was also a stuntman on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday and The Doctor's Daughter
  • Glenn Marks was also the co-ordinator on Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Blink
Hippocratic Oath (TX: September 10 & 11)
  • Niky [Petra] Wardley (DC Dickerson) voiced Tamsin Drew for seven audio adventures (from Situation Vacant until To the Death), Bex for Technophobia, Hannah Bennett School of Blood (both 2016), Stacey for 9 to 5 (2018), Natalie Morrison for Kidnapped! (2020), Iza for Resistor (2023), and Hieronyma Friend for Time War 7 (2025) - she was also Receptionist in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
  • Jamie Parker (Peters) voiced Wulfric/Edgar for Leviathan, Major Richter for The Architects of History (both 2010), Douglas for Aimed at the Body, Plummer for Lightspeed, Frank Reichenbach for The Bookshop at the End of the World, Virgilio Pancaldi for Interlude, Brian for Echo Chamber, Jasper Fernbridge for Towards Zero, Torrence for Castle Hydra, Sandar for Effect and Cause, Sir Percy Blakeney/Terrance for Plight of the Pimpernel (all 2020), Captain Halloran for Ravagers (2021), Anthony/Ed for Quantum of Axos, Tsar Alexander/Trinity for Lay Down Your Arms (2022), and Samael Avner/Sam Spendlove for The Death and Life of River Song (2024)
  • Tanya Moodie (DI Lawlor) voiced Kilda for The Castle of Kurnos 5, and Marathanga/Martha for L.E.G.E.N.D. (both 2019)
  • Steve Griffin and Rob Hunt were also stunt performers on The Idiot's Lantern and The Runaway Bride respectively
  • stuntman Nick Hobbs made uncredited appearances in The Ambassadors of Death, Terror of the Autons, The Mind of Evil, The Claws of Axos, Day of the Daleks, The Time Monster, both Peladon stories (as Aggedor), The Ark in Space, then was Mr. Nainby in Amy's Choice
Double Dare (TX: September 17 & 18)
  • Anna [Eva Lydia Catherine] Wing (Mrs. Binefa) was Anatta in Kinda
  • Lizzie McInnerney (Francesca) voiced Harriet Quilp for The Yes Men (2015)
Peripheral Vision (UK TX: September 24 & 25)
  • Jim [Edward] Carter (Young) voiced Brother Bernard for The Book of Kells (2010)
  • Adrian Rawlins (Eckhert) was Dr. Ryder in Planet of the Ood, then voiced Frederick Abberline for Jago & Litefoot 7 (2014), and Gilman Hari for Antillia the Lost (2023)
  • Pip [Dean] Torrens (Tate) was Headmaster [George] Rocastle in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, then voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), Kenton for Break the Ice (2022), and Thomas Browne for 1901: The Unknown Mirror (2025)
  • Ian Puleston-Davies (DI Mays) voiced Angus Selwyn for Absent Friends (2016)
  • Jeanie Gold (Gypsy) was a Neighbour in The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky and The End of Time
  • Paul Anderson (DS Leeson) was Jason in The Christmas Invasion
  • Ben Smith (Sean) was Luke in School Reunion
  • Renu Setna (Joshi) was an Intern in The Hand of Fear
  • Nick Brimble (Lambert) voiced Shreeni for Exotron (2007), Dudley Jackson for The Eternal Summer (2009), Kith for Max Warp (2008), and Olaf Eriksson for The Book of Kells
  • Andy Merchant was also a stuntman on The Wedding of River Song 

Doctor Who Vs. Suffragette

For over fifty years in the late 19th
and early 20th centuries, the
 increasingly militant foot soldiers
 of the fledgling British feminist
movement were forced under-
ground to pursue a dangerous
game of cat and mouse with an
equally determined but brutal state
in the struggle for equal rights.
The fight for women's suffrage
(the extension of the franchise -
the right to vote) was advocated
by Suffragettes - most famously
by Emily Davison (1872-1913)
and Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-
1928). They were depicted here by
Meryl Streep and Natalie Press.
The Representation of the People Act 1918 was passed to enfranchise
women over 30 as well as men over 21. November of that year saw
legislation to allow women to  stand for parliament, then the voting
age was extended to women of 21 in 1928.
Released by Pathé in late 2015, the film (shown on Film4 tonight)
 featured Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Marie Duff, Ben Wishaw,
Brendan Gleeson, and these thirteen Doctor Who cast and crew
connections:
  • Carey [Hannah] Mulligan (Maud Watts) was Sally Sparrow in Blink
  • Big Finish actor Samuel [Alexander Joseph] West (Haughton) was Cyrian in Dimensions in Time, then voiced the titular role for The Vengeance of Morbius (2008), Dark Gallifrey and Morbius the Mighty (both 2024), Albert Tiermann for BBC Audio'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)
  • Clive Wood (Burrill) was the Roman Commander in The Pandorica Opens, and voiced Commander Rugosa for The Rosemariners (2012), Dibbsworth for Peepshow (2019), Bird for Must-See TV (2020) and Stranded 4, Daddy Dominus/Clubwell/Guard for For the Glory of Urth (2021), and Director Draaga for Dominant Species (2024)
  • Adrian Schiller (David Lloyd George) was Uncle in The Doctor's Wife, and voiced Zanith for Time Works (2006)
  • Amanda Lawrence [born Jones] (Miss Withers) was Doomfinger in The Shakespeare Code
  • Annabelle Dowler (Suffragette) was Mrs. Simeon in The Snowmen, and voiced Jasdar Crick for The Robots 1 (2019), Queen/ Integers/ Contingent for Barrister to the Stars (2020), Houlbrooke for The Long Way Round, and Burr for Elevation (both 2021)
  • John Cummins (Groundsman) was Roscoe in Flatline, and voiced Anton Falcao for The Jupiter Conjunction (2012)
  • Tim Packham (Man) was a Plasmaton in Dimensions in Time
  • Kevin Hudson (Muffin man) was a Cyberman in thirteen episodes (from The Long Game to The Timeless Children), Technician in Bad Wolf, Escort in New Earth, Delivery Man in The Idiot's Lantern, Ood in The Satan Pit, Planet of the Ood and The End of Time, Surgeon in Smith and Jones, Pigman in Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks, UNIT Soldier in Last of the Time Lords and The Day of the Doctor, Dalek operator in The Magician's Apprentice, and Apple Bill in The Witchfinders
  • Annabel Canavan was also stunt performer on The Almost People, The Snowmen, The Day of the Doctor, Deep Breath and Kill the Moon
  • Paul Herbert co-ordinated stunt work on The End of Time too
  • David Forman was also stunt co-ordinator on Tooth and Claw, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Idiot's Lantern, Fear Her and The Runaway Bride
  • Joel Conlan was stuntman on The Lie of the Land too

Doctor Who On This Day #307

 

1910 - Actor Richard Hurndall born
in Darlington
1966 - Marco Polo, Episode 2: The Singing Sands
first screened on TV1; The Aztecs, Episode 2: The
Warriors of Death, The Reign of Terror, Episode 2:
Guests of Madame Guillotine, The Space Museum, 
Episode 2: The Dimensions of Time, The Chase, 
Episode 4: Journey into Terror, Galaxy 4, Episode
2: Trap of Steel and The Myth Makers, Episode 2:
Small Prophet, Quick Return all repeated on ABC
1967 - The Highlanders, Episode
3 and The Moonbase, Episodes 2
and 3 all repeated on ABC
1968 - The Space Museum, Episode 2: The Dimensions of Time
 first screened on TV1; The Ice Warriors, Episodes 4 to 6 repeated
and The Enemy of the World, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated and
Episode 3 first screened, all on ABC
1969 - The Tenth Planet, Episodes 3 and 4 and The Power of the
Daleks, Episode 6 repeated and The Highlanders, Episode 4 first
screened, all on TV1
1979 - The Face of Evil, Part 4 first
screened on TV2; and The Creature
from the Pit, Part 2 first screened on BBC1
1980 - The Creature from the Pit, Part
4 first broadcast on TV2
1981 - 100,000 BC, Episode 2: The Cave
 of Skull repeated on BBC2; and The
Leisure Hive, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus
1982 - The Robots of Death, Part 3 repeated on KQED
Plus; and The Invisible Enemy, Part 3 repeated on ABC
1983 - Planet of Evil, Part 4 and Pyramids
of Mars, Part 1 both repeated on ABC; and
The Leisure Hive, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus
1984 - Colony in Space, Episode 3 repeated
on KQED Plus
1985 - The Keeper of Traken and
Logopolis Omnibuses both repeated
on KQED Plus
1986 - Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 1 repeated on ABC
1987 - Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 4 repeated on
KQED Plus; and Underworld, Part 1 repeated on TV2
1988 - Earthshock, Part 3 repeated on TV2; Terror of the
Vervoids, Part 10 repeated on KQED Plus; and Time and
the Rani, Part 4 first screened on ABC
1989 - The Armageddon Factor, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus;
Timelash, Part 4 (of 4) first screened on TV2; and Delta and the
Bannermen, Part 3 repeated on ABC
1990 - 100,000 BC, Episode 4: The Firemaker repeated on BSB; 
Planet of the Spiders, Part 1 and State of Decay Omnibus both 
repeated on KQED Plus
1992 - 100,000 BC, Episode 2:
The Cave of Skulls repeated on
UK Gold
1993 - The Daleks, Episode 5: The Expedition repeated on
UK Gold; and Image of the Fendahl, Part 3 repeated on ABC
1994 - Timelash, Part 4 (of 4) and Revelation of
 the Daleks, Part 1 (of 4) both repeated on UK Gold
1995 - The Seeds of Doom, Part 5 repeated on UK Gold
1996 - The Two Doctors Omnibus repeated on UK Gold
1997 - The Daleks, Episode 7: The Rescue first screened
on Space; The Talons of Weng-Chiang Omnibus repeated
on KQED Plus; and The Armageddon Factor, Part 1
repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1998 - The Edge of Destruction, Episode
1 repeated on Space; and The Deadly
Assassin, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1999 - 100,000 BC, Episode 2: The Cave of Skulls repeated
on Space; Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Part 5 repeated on BBC
Choice; and Pyramids of Mars, Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2000 - The Claws of Axos, Episode 2 repeated on Prime;
and The Green Death, Episode 6 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2001 - Colony in Space, Episodes 4 and 5 both repeated on
KERA; The Horns of Nimon, Part 4 first screened on Prairie
PTV; Kinda Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus); Black Orchid
Omnibus repeated on Colorado PTV; Mawdryn Undead,
Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Iowa PTV; The Awakening
Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; The Twin Dilemma, Parts 3 
and 4 both repeated on BBC Prime; and Battlefield, Parts
1 and 2 both repeated on MiND
2002 - The Sontaran Experiment, Part 1 repeated on WSKG; Terror 
of the Zygons Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can); Pyramids of 
Mars, Part 1 repeated on WCNY; The Seeds of Doom, Part 4 repeated
 on Lakeland PTV; The Invasion of Time, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated 
on MiND; The Ribos Operation, Part 4 repeated on WILL; The Creature
from the Pit Omnibus repeated on MPT; Destiny of the Daleks, Part 4
repeated on KUED; Mawdryn Undead, Part 1 repeated on WQED; The 
King's Demons Omnibus repeated on WCET; Warriors of the Deep 
Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; Attack of the Cybermen, Parts 3 and 
4 (of 4) both repeated on KBTC; Vengeance on Varos, Parts 3 and 4
 (of 4) both repeated on NHPTV; and The Happiness Patrol, Parts 1 
and 2 both repeated on Iowa PTV
2003 - The Sensorites, Episode 6: A Desperate
Venture repeated on ABC; Horror of Fang Rock
 Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can); and City
of Death, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on UK Gold
2004 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part 3
repeated on ABC
2005 - The Five Doctors, Part 2 (of 4)
repeated on ABC
2006 - Genesis of the Daleks, Parts
5 and 6 both repeated on UK Gold
2007 - Planet of the Spiders Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;
The Empty Child repeated on WVPB; Bad Wolf repeated on
France 4 and LPB; The Parting of the Ways repeated on
France 4 and Prairie PTV; The Age of Steel first screened
on Nederland 2; Army of Ghosts first screened on één;
The Lazarus Experiment first screened on ΣΚΑΙ; and
Doctor Who Confidential: The World of Who first
screened on LPB
2008 - City of Death, Parts 2 and 3 both first screened
on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The Long Game repeated on
Panhandle PBS; The Empty Child repeated on Syfy
(Spa); The Doctor Dances repeated on KLCS; The
Satan Pit first screened on Syfy (Rus); and Fear
Her first screened on Syfy (FRG)
2009 - The Long Game repeated on Syfy (Spa); Smith and Jones and
Doctor Who Confidential: Meet Martha Jones both repeated on BBC3;
and The Poison Sky and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Sontar-Ha!
 both repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2010 - Boom Town and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Unsung 
Heroes and Violent Death both repeated on UKTV (Aus); Army of 
Ghosts repeated on Syfy (FRG); and The Family of Blood repeated
on Space
2011 - The Power of Kroll, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Syfy (Aus);
Earthshock, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on MTV3 SciF, TV2 and TV4i;
 Rose and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Meet Martha Jones both
repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Empty Child repeated on BBC America;
and Daleks in Manhattan repeated on Space
2012 - Flesh and Stone repeated on BBC Entertainment EU;
A Good Man Goes to War first screened on DR3; The God
Complex, Closing Time and The Wedding of River Song all
first screened on France 4; and Doctor Who Confidential
Cutdown: Alter Ego repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2013 - The Androids of Tara, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated 
on Syfy (Aus); Destiny of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2 both
repeated on KBTC; Vengeance on Varos Omnibus,
The Doctor's Wife, The Rebel Flesh, The Almost People,
A Good Man Goes to War, Let's Kill Hitler and The Girl Who 
Waited all repeated on Space; The Parting of the Ways and A Town 
Called Mercy both repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Christmas Invasion,
Voyage of the Damned and Doctor Who TV Movie all repeated on Watch;
The Idiot's Lantern and The Impossible Planet both repeated on Syfy
(Port); Love & Monsters, Fear Her, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday all 
repeated on EBRU; The Runaway Bride repeated on Watch and Syfy
(Port); The Waters of Mars and The End of Time, Part 1 both repeated
on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania and ME; The Eleventh 
Hour repeated on BBC Entertainment AP and UKTV; The 
Beast Below and Doctor Who Confidential: Death in Venice 
both repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; Amy's Choice and
The Hungry Earth both repeated on France 4; Cold Blood
repeated on BBC Entertainment LA and France 4; Vincent
and the Doctor, The Lodger, The Pandorica Opens and Cold
War all repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; The Big Bang
repeated on BBC Entertainment LA and Fox (FRG);
A Christmas Carol and The Impossible Astronaut both
 repeated on Fox; Day of the Moon and The Curse of the
Black Spot both repeated  on Space and Fox; Night
Terrors repeated on Space and Prime; Closing Time
and The Wedding of River Song both repeated on
repeated on BBC Entertainment LA HD; The Snowmen 
repeated on Jeem TV (UK) and MPTV HD; Dinosaurs on
a Spaceship repeated on WTTW Prime; The Power of 
Three repeated on UKTV (NZ); The Rings of Akhaten
repeated on Iowa Public TV; Hide first screened on
Karusel; The Doctors Revisited: The Sixth Doctor first 
screened on Space and The Eighth Doctor first screened
 on Watch; and The Women of Doctor Who repeated
on ABC2
2014 - The Ribos Operation, Parts 3 and 4 both first
screened on Horror; The Keeper of Traken, Parts
3 and 4 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The
Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit both repeated 
on BBC America; Doomsday repeated on Watch; 
Gridlock repeated on UKTV (NZ); Cold Blood 
repeated on WPT; Let's Kill Hitler repeated on YLE TV2;
Nightmare in Silver repeated on WSIU; Mummy on the 
Orient Express repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; and
Doctor Who Extra: Dark Water repeated on BBC Red
Button
2015 - The Three Doctors, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on Horror; 
The Green Death, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV; The 
Android Invasion, Part 3, Love & Monsters and Flatline all repeated
on Syfy (Aus); Daleks in Manhattan repeated on TV Cultura; Human 
Nature and The Family of Blood both repeated on BBC America;
The Fires of Pompeii repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The End 
of Time, Part 1 repeated on KCPT2; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
repeated on Syfy (Port); Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
 and The Crimson Horror repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC
 Polska HD; Kill the Moon repeated on WGVU; and The Zygon
Invasion first screened on BBC First (Ben)
2016 - Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 4 and 5 both repeated on Retro TV; 
The Impossible Planet repeated on BBC Polska HD; Forest of the Dead 
and Hide both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Time of Angels repeated 
on BBC Entertainment AP; The Lodger repeated on Syfy (Bra);
A Christmas Carol repeated on The Zone; A Town Called Mercy and 
The Power of Three both repeated on RAI4; and The Zygon Inversion 
and Sleep No More both repeated on Fox (FRG)
2017 - The Sun Makers, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;
Fear Her repeated on BBC America and BBC Polska HD; Army of 
Ghosts and Doomsday both repeated on BBC America; Turn Left
 and The Stolen Earth both repeated on Space; The Eleventh Hour, 
The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks all repeated on Syfy
 (Aus); The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood both repeated on DR3; 
and Kill the Moon and Mummy on the Orient Express both
repeated on BBC First (RSA)
2018 - The Horns of Nimon, Part 4, The Leisure Hive, Part 1, 
The Mysterious Planet, Parts 2 to 4 and Mindwarp, Part 5 all
 repeated on Retro TV; The Age of Steel, The Idiot's Lantern,
The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters, Fear 
Her and Army of Ghosts all repeated on W; Before the Flood 
repeated on BBC Entertainment EU; The Zygon Invasion, 
The Zygon Inversion, Sleep No More, Face the Raven and
Heaven Sent all repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Eaters of
Light and World Enough and Time both repeated on Fox (FRG);
and Arachnids in the UK repeated on BBC2 and BBC First (ME)
2019 - The Time Monster, Episodes 5 and
 6 both repeated on Retro TV; The Ark in Space
Omnibus repeated on MPTV; The Armageddon Factor,
Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on KBTC; Full Circle
Omnibus repeated on WSRE; Attack of the Cybermen
Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; Timelash Omnibus repeated 
on Iowa PTV; The Idiot's Lantern and Kerblam! both repeated
on One ARD; The Impossible Planet repeated on W and One
ARD; The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters, Fear Her, Army of Ghosts 
and Doomsday all repeated on W; Closing Time, The Wedding
 of River Song, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, Asylum
of the Daleks and Dinosaurs on a Spaceship all repeated on Sony
 SciFi; and Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor premiered at the
Rudolf Steiner House Theatre, Marylebone
2020 - Blink, Utopia, The Sound of Drums
and Last of the Time Lords all repeated on
ABC
2021 - Writer Bob Baker died in Britain,
aged 82; Terror of the Autons, Episodes 3
and 4 both repeated on Retro TV; A Good
Man Goes to War repeated on ABC2; and
Last Christmas repeated on ABC ME
2022 - The Ribos Operation, Parts
3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;
The Unquiet Dead repeated on Fox
SciFi; The Unicorn and the Wasp
repeated on ABC2; and Cold War
repeated on BBC Polska HD
2023 - Silence in the Library, Once,
Upon Time and Village of the Angels
all repeated on Fox SciFi
2024 - The Caretaker repeated on
ABC Family