Doctor Who Vs. Jonathan Creek, Series 2

Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin again

portrayed amateur detectives, the epony-

mous Creek and Maddy Magellan in the

second season of BBC1's BAFTA winning

drama - now produced by Verity Lambert

 (pictured here in 1964). Stuart Milligan

replaced Anthony Stewart Head as Adam

Klaus. A repeat run of the six-part series

(originally shown in the winter of 1998)

concluded on U&Drama today.

Written by David Renwick, the cases

featured Peter Davison, Nicola Walker,

and a total of twenty-two Doctor Who cast

and crew connections:

Danse Macabre

(UK TX: January 24 1998)

• Big Finish actor Milligan depicted President Richard Nixon in The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon, was Narrator of The Deviant Strain (2005) and Blackout (2011), then voiced Colonel Stark for Dreamland, Anthony Chambers for The Reaping (2006), Emerson Whytecrag for Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge (2010), Garundel for Black and White (2012), Starlight Robbery (2013), Stolen Goods (2018), The Last Day (2023) and Genesis of the Humans (2024)
• Pippa Haywood (Lorna) voiced the Prime Minister for Charlotte Pollard 2 (2017), Jaxa for Seizure, Terremon for The War Master 2 (both 2018), and Captain Graff for Genetics of the Daleks (2021)
• for crew John Asbridge, Steve Whyment and Chris Lawson see Series 1
• dubbing mixer Laurie Taylor was studio sound assistant on Castrovalva
• focus puller James Moss was a camera operator on The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky and Torchwood
• sound recordist Terry Elms was a sound assistant on (part 1 of) The Masque of Mandragora

Time Waits For Norman (UK TX: January 31)

• Lorelei [Elizabeth] King (Justine) was the (uncredited) Narrator of A Town Called Mercy, and voiced Mimsy Loyne for AudioGo's Starfall (2010), the Red Queen for The Contingency Club, Georgia Donnelly for Night of the Vashta Nerada (all 2017), and Jessie for Silver Medal (2021)
• Rob Jarvis (Wino) was Abramal in The Time of the Doctor

The Scented Room (UK TX: February 7)

• Jemma [Mary] Churchill (Elsie) voiced Lady Forleon for Creatures of Beauty (2003), Salfira Valtris/Dr. Maria Backhouse for Breaking Bubbles, Praska for Signs and Wonders (both 2014), Farla Janz/ Inscape for The Genesis Chamber, Captain Daphne Papas for The Sontarans (both 2016), Carmen Scheffler for The Crash of the UK-201 (2018), and Louisha Deltarto/the Executive for Kaldor Nights (2022), then appeared in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, and was Jean in Village of the Angels
• Christine [Mary] Kavanagh (Lady Theresa) was Aram in Timelash, and voiced Patience for Cold Fusion (2016), Dora Muse for Muse of Fire (2018), Magog/Juno for The Iron Legion (2019), and Vira for Last Words (2024)
• Peter [Francis Gabain] Copley (Eric) was Dr. Warlock in Pyramids of Mars
• Lucy Allen (Masseur) was stunt performer on The Zygon Inversion

The Problem at Gallows Gate (UK TX: February 14/21)

• Clarke Peters [born Peter Clarke] (Harper) voiced Night Eagle for Dreamland
• Annabel Mullion (Felicity) voiced Julia for The English Way of Death (2015)
• Alistair Petrie (Proctor) voiced Major Harris/German Lieutenant for Criss-Cross (2015), Julius Caesar for Living History (2016), John for Dethras, Richard Tipple for The Outliers (both 2017), Wallace Richards for Ghost Machines (2019), Magnus Drake for Faustian and Vengeance (both 2021), the Count for The Edge of the War (2023), and Albion Graves for The Silent Priest (2024)
• Stephen Billington (Bruce) voiced Commander Bergam for Ice Station Alpha (2016)
• Nick Barnett was the props buyer on Ghost Light too

Mother Redcap (UK TX: February 28)

• Georgine Anderson (Gwynneth) was May in Gridlock
• Marcus Gilbert (Tippet) was Ancelyn in Battlefield
• David McKail (Jennings) was Sergeant Kyle in The Talons of Weng Chiang
• Hilary [Sophia] Sesta (Bag lady) was the Fortune Teller in Snakedance

Doctor Who On This Day #65

  

1965 - 100,000 BC, Episode 3: The

Forest of Fear repeated on ABC; The

Daleks, Episode 3: The Escape first

screened on CBC; and The Web Planet,

Episode 4: Crater of Needles first

screened on BBC1

1968 - The Space Museum, Episode 3: The Search, The

Chase, Episode 3: Flight Through Eternity, The Time Meddler,

Episode 1: The Watcher, Galaxy 4, Episode 1: Four Hundred 

Dawns and The Myth Makers, Episode 1: Temple of Secrets

all repeated on ABC

1971 - The Mind of Evil, Episode

6 first screened on BBC1

1972 - Director Julian Simpson born

in London

1976 - The Seeds of Doom, Part

6 first screened on BBC1

1979 - The Invisible Enemy, Part 4 repeated and Image

of the Fendahl, Part 2 first screened, both on ABC

1980 - The Ark in Space, Part 4 first screened on WTTW

 11; and The Creature from the Pit, Part 4 first screened

on ABC
1982 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang,

Part 5 repeated on KQED Plus

1983 - Robot Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus;

and Once Upon a Time Lord first screened on PBS

1984 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part 3 repeated on KQED

 Plus; and Warriors of the Deep, Part 2 first screened on

ABC

1985 - Inferno, Episode 6 repeated on KQED Plus
1986 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episode 2 repeated

on ABC; and The Armageddon Factor, Part 4 repeated

on KQED Plus

1987 - The Dominators, Episode 4 repeated on KQED Plus
1988 - The Seeds of Death Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus;

and The Ark in Space, Part 3 repeated on Super Channel

1989 - Terror of the Zygons, Part 1 repeated on ABC;

and Remembrance of the Daleks Omnibus first screened

on WTTW 11

1990 - Mawdryn Undead, Part 1

repeated on KQED Plus
1991 - Image of the Fendahl, Part

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1992 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episode

 6 repeated on KQED Plus; and The Sea Devils,

Episode 1 repeated on BBC2

1993 - Colony in Space, Episode 3

repeated on TV2
1994 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 1 repeated on BBC2; and

The Invisible Enemy Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

1995 - The Ribos Operation Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus; Timelash, Part

1 first screened on VOX; and Dragonfire,

Part 3 repeated on UK Gold

1997 - The Mutants, Episode 5 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1998 - The Seeds of Death, Episode 6 first screened on 

Space; and Snakedance, Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Chase Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; The War

Games, Episodes 6 to 10 all repeated on MPT; The Daemons,

Episode 5 repeated on Iowa PTV; The Ark in Space, Parts 1 

and 2 both repeated on BBC America; Genesis of the Daleks, 

Part 6 first screened on Prairie PTV; Underworld, Part 4 and

 The Invasion of Time, Part 1 both repeated on BBC Prime;

The Two Doctors Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus);

and The Ultimate Foe Omnibus repeated on WUFT

2000 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Episode 6: Flashpoint 

repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Ambassadors of Death,

 Episode 5 repeated on Space; and Castrovalva Omnibus 

repeated on KQED Plus

2001 - The Seeds of Doom, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated 

on Prime and Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on BBC America;

 and The Face of Evil, Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2002 - BBC Head of Serials Donald Wilson died in Gloucs.

aged 91; Genesis of the Daleks, Part 5 repeated on BBC

Kids (Can); and Terror of the Vervoids, Part 9 repeated

on BBC Prime

2003 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Parts

5 and 6 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2004 - Revenge of the Cybermen Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold; and Terminus, Parts

3 and 4 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2005 - The Green Death Omnibus repeated

on MPT; and Underworld Omnibus repeated

on UK Gold

2007 - Rose first screened on WTVP; and

Army of Ghosts first screened on NHK BS2

2008 - The Keys of Marinus, Episodes 1

and 2 both first screened on MTV3 SciFi

 and TV4

2009 - Silver Nemesis, Part 3 and The Happiess Patrol,

Part 1 both first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The

Unquiet Dead repeated on TV3 (RI); The Lazarus

Experiment and Doctor Who Confidential: Monsters Inc.

both first screened on WGVU; Human Nature repeated

on BBC3; and The Doctor's Daughter repeated on Syfy

(US)

 2010 - Forest of the Dead repeated on France 4; Turn

Left repeated on Syfy (Spa); and Planet of the Dead

first screened on KBS2

2011 - Midnight repeated on Idaho PTV; Journey's End

repeated on WTTW 11; The Vampires of Venice repeated

on BBC HD; Amy's Choice repeated on ABC1; and Daleks'

Invasion Earth 2150 AD screened on GEM

2012 - Rise of the Cybermen repeated on Watch; Voyage

 of the Damned and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Alter

Ego both repeated on UKTV (Aus); Smith and Jones and The

Shakespeare Code both repeated on BBC America; and The

Poison Sky and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Sontar

Ha! both repeated on ABC2

2013 - The Sontaran Stratagem repeated on UKTV (NZ);

The Eleventh Hour repeated on Watch; Cold Blood and

Vincent and the Doctor both repeated on BBC America;

The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People both repeated on

Fox (FRG); and Night Terrors repeated on Syfy (Ben)

2014 - The Invasion of Time, Parts 1 and 2 and Time Flight,

 Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Rose repeated

on Watch; The Lazarus Experiment, 42 and Human Nature 

all repeated on BBC America; Planet of the Ood repeated 

on TV3 (Spa); The Beast Below repeated on France 4;

Vincent and the Doctor repeated on Syfy (Port); The 

Crimson Horror repeated on WTTW Prime; Nightmare

in Silver repeated on BBC Brazil HD; and Doctor Who 
Confidential Cutdown: Heartbreak Hotel repeated on 

UKTV (Aus)

2015 - The Mutants, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on 

Retro TV; The Sun Makers, Part 4 and The Ribos Operation, 

Part 1 both repeated on Horror; The Armageddon Factor, 

Parts 3 and 4 both first screened on Retro TV; New Earth 

repeated on Watch; The Fires of Pompeii, Midnight, 

Turn Left, The Stolen Earth, Journey's End and The 

Eleventh Hour all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Amy's 
Choice and The Hungry Earth both repeated on Jeem 

TV (ME); Cold Blood and Vincent and the Doctor both 

repeated on UKTV (NZ); The Curse of the Black Spot and

 The Doctor's Wife both repeated on BBC Nordic HD and

BBC Polska HD; Robot of Sherwood repeated on BBC 

America; and Kill the Moon repeated on BBC3 and BBC 

Entertainment LA

2016 - The Web Planet, Episodes 3 and 4 and The Leisure 

Hive, Parts 3 and 4 all repeated on Retro TV; Terror of the

Autons Omnibus repeated on WVPB; The Mysterious 

Planet, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC; Rose, 

The End of the World and The Unquiet Dead all repeated 

on Watch and UNC-EX; Aliens of London, Doctor Who 

Confidential: Bringing Back the Doctor, Aliens, the 

Good, the Bad and the Ugly, TARDIS Tales and I Get a Side-Kick 
Out of You all repeated on UNC-EX; Tooth and Claw repeated on 
BBC Entertainment AP; The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit 

and Voyage of the Damned all repeated on BBC America; Blink 
and Utopia both repeated on EBRU; Planet of the Dead, The Waters
of Mars, A Town Called Mercy and The Doctors Revisited: The First Doctor all repeated on Watch; The Vampires of Venice and Amy's
 Choice both repeated on One ARD; The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Rings of Akhaten and Cold 
War both repeated on BBC Polska HD; Listen, Time Heist, Kill the 
Moon, Mummy on the Orient Express and Flatline repeated on

Syfy (Bra) and Syfy (LA); The Caretaker repeated on KLRU, 
Syfy (Aus), Syfy (Bra) and Syfy (LA); In the Forest of the Night 
repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Syfy (Bra) and Syfy (LA); 
Dark Water repeated on WXXI; Death in Heaven repeated

on Syfy (Bra); The Girl Who Died and The Woman Who

Lived both repeated on BBC First (Ben); The Zygon

Invasion and The Zygon Inversion both repeated on

BBC First (ME); and Heaven Sent and Hell Bent both

repeated on BBC America

2017 - The Silurians, Episode 6 repeated on The Zone;

Kinda Omnibus repeated on WETA-UK; Evolution of the Daleks 

repeated on FX (Ind); The Eleventh Hour and The Beast Below

 both repeated on DR3; The Hungry Earth repeated on Syfy (Aus); 
The God Complex, 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 BBC America; The 
Snowmen, The Name of the Doctor, Death in Heaven and The 
Zygon Inversion all repeated on Syfy (Bra); In the Forest of the 
Night repeated on BBC Polska HD; Dark Water repeated on BBC
Polska HD and Syfy (Bra); and Sleep No More repeated on BBC 
Entertainment EU

2018 - The Ultimate Foe Omnibus repeated on Retro TV;

Fear Her repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Stolen Earth repeated

on Star World Premiere; The Pandorica Opens repeated

on ABC and ABC ME; Let's Kill Hitler and Night Terrors

 both repeated on RAI4; The Caretaker repeated on BBC 

Polska HD; Mummy on the Orient Express and Flatline

both repeated on BBC America; In the Forest of the

Night repeated on BBC America and BBC First (ME); The

Magician's Apprentice, The Witch's Familiar and Under

the Lake all repeated on One ARD; and Empress of Mars 

and The Eaters of Light both repeated on Syfy (Bra)

2019 - Planet of Giants, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated on

Retro TV; and Into the Dalek repeated on BBC Polska HD

2020 - The Seeds of Death, Episodes 4 and 5 both repeated

on Retro TV; Deep Breath repeated on Syfy (Fra); Spyfall,

Parts 1 and 2 both first screened on Sony SciFi;

Can You Hear Me? and The Haunting of Villa

Diodati both repeated on BBC Polska HD; and

The Timeless Children first screened

on YLE TV2 and repeated on ABC ME

2021 - The Ark, Episodes 1 and 2 and

The Green Death, Episodes 5 and 6 all

repeated on Retro TV; Time Heist and

The Caretaker both repeated on BBC

Polska HD; and The Battle of Ranskoor

Av Kolos repeated on BBC Entertainment

EU

2022 - The Romans, Episodes 1 and

2 both repeated on KBTC; The Robots

of Death, Parts 2 to 4 and City of Death,

Part 1 all repeated on Forces TV;

Mawdryn Undead, Parts 1 and 2 and

The Caves of Androzani, Parts 3 and

4 all repeated on Retro TV; The Doctor

Dances, Boom Town, Bad Wolf, The

Parting of the Ways, The Christmas

Invasion, New Earth and Tooth and Claw

all repeated on Syfy (Fra); The Pyramid

at the End of the World, The Lie of the

Land, Empess of Mars and The Doctor

Falls all repeated on BBC Polska HD and

Fox SciFi; The Eaters of Light and World

Enough and Time both repeated on BBC

Polska HD; and Fugitive of the Judoon,

Praxeus, Can You Hear Me? and The

Haunting of Villa Diodati all repeated

on BBC First Turkey

2023 - The Power of Three repeated

on Fox SciFi

2025 - The Lazarus Experiment

repeated on ABC Entertains

2026 - Battlefield Omnibus

repeated on Retro TV