Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 21

 

The twenty-first season of BBC1's popular crime drama first aired in

early 2018, and again starred Emilia Fox and David Caves as doctors

Nikki Alexander and Jack Hodgson. The Home Office forensic patho-

logists (based in London's Lyell Centre) were joined by Clarissa Mullery

and Dr. Thomas Chamberlain, played by Liz Carr and Richard Lintern.

A repeat run of the ten-part series began on U&Drama last night -

it featured Sharon D Clarke, Jacqueline King, Alex Macqueen,

and a total of thirty-four Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Moment of Surrender (TX: January 8 & 9)

• Charles Palmer was also director of Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Human Nature, The Family of Blood, Oxygen and The Eaters of Light
• Emma [Georgina Annalies] Fielding (Sally) provided the voice of Kisar for Demons of the Punjab
• Julian [Alistair] Rhind Tutt (Cannon) voiced Lexhan for The Paradise of Death, and Berkhoff for Big Finish's The Skies of New Earth (2018), then depicted Brian Hodgson in Delia: The Myths and Legendary Tapes
• Pippa Bennett Warner (DC Bailey) was Saibra in Time Heist, Narrator of Helena and the Beast (2015), Bill and the Three Jackets and Twelve Angels Weeping, then voiced the Deterrent for The Furies (all 2018), Livia Carlis for Time War (2018-2021), The War Master 4 (2019), Ruzalla for Ravenous 1, and Fliss Keeley for The Trojan Dalek (both 2021)
• Natalie Burt (Kate) voiced Dr. Sally Armstrong for Dark Eyes
• Alan David (Porter) was Gabriel Sneed in The Unquiet Dead, and voiced Castellan Kanteer for The Enigma Dimension (2017), and Lord Macavoy/Old Lawrence for The Primeval Design (2021)
• David [James] Bamber (Hawke) was Captain Quell in Mummy on the Orient Express, and voiced Emperor Constantine for The Council of Nicaea (2005), and Colonel Ulrik/Whitmore for The Four Doctors (2010)
• Anna Madeley (Anna) voiced Laura Lyons for The Monstrous Menagerie (2014)
• Kelly Hunter (Gwen) was the Shadow Architect in The Stolen Earth and The Magician's Apprentice 

Duty of Candour (TX: January 15 & 16)

• Lu Corfield (Jane) voiced Marta Vanderburgh for Class 1 (2018), Stern for Darkness and Light (2019), Matra Fennel for Mind of the Hodiac (2022)
• for Daniel Weyman see Series 20 and Belinda McGinley see Series 12
• Julia Haworth (Rosie) was Kat in Defenders of Earth
• Philip Buck (Lawyer) made his TV debut in The Day of the Doctor as Arcadian Father
• Richard Price (Extra) was Guest in The Runaway Bride and The Lazarus Experiment, Passerby in Partners in Crime and The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Mark of the Berserker, Takran Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter, Cyberman in World Enough and Time, The Doctor Falls, Ascension of the Cybermen, The Timeless Children and Once, Upon Time, Team mate in Kerblam!, Sniperbot in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon, Dalek operator in Revolution of the Daleks, Tourist in The Halloween Apocalypse, and Shadow Kin in Class

A Special Relationship (TX: January 22 & 23)

• for Elliot Levey see Series 17
• Matthew Brenher (Kraft) voiced Visteen Krane for Whispers of Terror (1999), Zzarl for Red Dawn (2000), Jude for The Rapture, Robber for Comeback (both 2002), Hannibal for Auld Mortality (2003), Silurian for The Coup, Dodds for Time Heals (both 2004), Deakin for The Tactics of Defeat, and Conceirge/Banker/Kamen for Lady Christina 1 (both 2018), and Havash Khavul for Chronomancer and The Wrong Side of History (both 2023)
• Shvorne Marks (DCI Moss) voiced Ampz for The Emporium at the End (2016), Amala Vost for The Dalek Occupation of Winter, Cissy/ Thelma Sketch for Whodunnit? (both 2018), and Mia Valarna for Stone Cold (2023)
• Selva Rasalingam (AC Khan) was Ranjit in The Power of Three
• Gretchen Egolf (Terry) was Norlander in The Zygon Invasion
• Ian Conningham (Apsted) was Chuckles in The Girl Who Died, then voiced Sinko/Ronson/Lieutenant for Storm of the Horofax (2017), Kevin/Rindle for The Lady in the Lake (2018), Konis/Maximov for Nightmare Country (2019), V11/Kaden Olsen for Toos and Poul (2020), Dr. Richard Numan/Corfield for The Primeval Design, Robert Devereaux/Cecil for The Hollow Crown (both 2021), Kade for Previously, Next Time, Fridtjof Nansen for Northern Lights (both 2023), Solarie for Bad Apple Brigade, Sir Floris/Prince Edward for The Baron Robbers (both 2024), Jerome Shaw for Fallen Heroes, and Fletcher Hart for Nightfall (both 2025)
• Ako Mitchell (Reed) voiced Sergeant Johnson for Ride or Die (2026)

One Day (TX: January 29 & 30)

• Finlay Robertson (Fielden) was Larry Nightingale in Blink, The Lonely Assassins and Angels, then voiced DI Cotton for The Cars That Ate London!, Ambrose for The Ghost and the Potato Man (both 2019), Kador Arris/V48 for Machines Like Us, and Lt. Hans Hoffman/Guard/ Sergeant for Shellshock (both 2022)
• for Sara Powell see Series 6, Tony Lucken see Series 7 and Stephanie Carey see Series 14
• Sanchia McCormack (Mother) was a Housing Officer in Turn Left, and was cast in The Power of the Doctor
• Tony Way (Jarrow) was Alf in Deep Breath

Family (TX: February 5 & 7)

• T'Nia Miller (DI Gibbs) was the General in Hell Bent, and Mrs Maitland for Mind of the Hodiac
• Alex Price (DI Baker) was Francesco in The Vampires of Venice
• Tachia Newaal (PC Bell) was Colonel Winston Chidozie in The Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death
• for Neil Stuke see Series 3
• Colin Teague was also director of The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords and The Fires of Pompeii

Doctor Who On This Day #145

 

1968 - The Wheel in Space, Episode

5 first screened on BBC1

1969 - The Massacre, Episode 4: Bell of Doom,

The Ark, Episode 1: The Steel Sky and The

Celestial Toymaker, Episode 3: The Dancing

 Floor repeated and The Savages, Episode 3

first screened, all on TV1; and The Wheel in

Space, Episodes 2 to 6 all repeated on ABC

1972 - The Power of the Daleks, Episode

 3 first screened on RTS 5; and The War

Games, Episode 9 repeated on ABC

1973 - Colony in Space, Episode 5, Day

 of the Daleks, Episode 3 and The Sea

Devils, Episode 2 repeated and The Curse

of Peladon, Episode 1 first screened, all

 on ABC

1974 - Planet of the Spiders, Part

4 first screened on BBC1

1978 - The Three Doctors, Episodes 1

and 2 and The Talons of Weng-Chiang,

Part 6 all repeated on ABC

1981 - The Deadly Assassin Omnibus

repeated on WTTW 11

1982 - The Armageddon Factor, Part

 6 repeated on KQED Plus; and Black

Orchid, Part 1 repeated and Part 2 first 

screened, both on ABC

1983 - Day of the Daleks, Episode 1 and

The King's Demons, Part 2 both repeated

on ABC; The Sontaran Experiment, Part

 1 first screened on KSPS; and Pyramids

of Mars, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus

1984 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part

5 repeated on KQED Plus; and Four to

Doomsday, Part 4 repeated on ABC

1985 - The Monster of Peladon, Part 

3 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - The Time Warrior Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Omnibus

first screened on WTTW 11; and Genesis of

the Daleks, Part 3 first screened on Super

Channel (UK)

1988 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part 4 repeated

on TV de Galicia; The Leisure Hive, Part 4 repeated

on TV2; and Logopolis, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus

1989 - Robot, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus; The

Ark in Space, Part 2 repeated on TV de Galicia; and

Warriors of the Deep, Part 1 first screened on TV2

1990 - The Mark of the Rani, Part

4 (of 4) repeated on KQED Plus

1991 - The Mind Robber, Episode 3 repeated on

TV2; and The Creature from the Pit, Part 1 and

Revelation of the Daleks Omnibus both repeated

 on KQED Plus

1993 - Inferno, Episode 5 repeated on UK

Gold; and Frontios, Part 4 repeated on ABC

1994 - Full Circle, Part 1 repeated

on UK Gold

1995 - The Curse of Peladon, Episode 4 repeated

 on UK Gold; and The Mark of the Rani, Part 2

repeated on VOX

1997 - The Android Invasion, Part 3 first screened

on ZTV; and The Face of Evil Omnibus repeated on

UK Gold

1998 - The Sensorites, Episode 3: Hidden Danger

 repeated on Space; The Visitation Omnibus repeated

on KQED Plus; and Revelation of the Daleks, Part 2

repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Seeds of Death, Episode 6 repeated on 

Space; and The Curse of Fenric, Part 4 repeated on 

UKTV (Aus)

2000 - The Daleks, Episode 5: The Expedition

repeated on Prime; The Seeds of Death,

Episode 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The

Claws of Axos, Episode 4 repeated on TG4

2001 - The Power of Kroll, Part 1 repeated on

UKTV (Aus) and NHPTV and Part 2 repeated on

NHPTV; and The Creature from the Pit, Part 1

repeated on Prime

2002 - Genesis of the Daleks Omnibus

repeated on KERA; Revenge of the

Cybermen Omnibus and Horror of Fang

Rock, Part 1 both repeated on BBC Kids

 (Can); Planet of Evil Omnibus repeated

on UK Gold; Resurrection of the Daleks,

Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) both repeated on

Colorado PTV; Remembrance of the

Daleks, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on

BBC Prime; and Battlefield Omnibus

repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2003 - Robot, Part 3 repeated on WCNY;

Pyramids of Mars, Parts 3 and 4 both

repeated on Iowa PTV; The Android

Invasion, Part 4 repeated on WSKG;

Horror of Fang Rock Omnibus repeated

on BBC Kids (Can); City of Death, Part

4 repeated on WILL; Warriors' Gate,

Part 2 repeated on KUED; State of

Decay, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

on MiND; The Twin Dilemma Omnibus

 repeated on MPT; Vengeance on Varos,

Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) both repeated on

WCET; Paradise Towers, Part 4 repeated

on NHPTV; and The Greatest Show in the

Galaxy, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on

KBTC and Omnibus repeated on Colorado

PTV

2004 - Arc of Infinity, Parts 3 and 

4 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2005 - City of Death, Part 1 repeated

on ABC
2006 - The Empty Child repeated on

People+ Arts; The Girl in the Fireplace 

repeated on BBC3; and Totally Doctor

Who (1.7) first screened on BBC1

2007 - The Long Game first screened on S Oregon

PTV and Oregon PB; The Empty Child first screened

on WUCF; The Doctor Dances first screened on

WCET and WUCF; 42 repeated on BBC3; Doctor

Who Confidential: The Dark Side first screened on

Oregon PB; and Totally Doctor Who (2.7) first

screened on BBC1 and repeated on CBBC

2008 - The Horns of Nimon, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

 on WCET; The Empty Child and Doctor Who Confidential:

FX both repeated on NHPTV; Bad Wolf first screened on

ProSieben and repeated on MPT; The Parting of the

Ways repeated on WTVP; School Reunion first screened

on WXXI and KERA; Rise of the Cybermen and Doctor

Who Confidential: Cybermen both first screened on

WTTW 11; The Age of Steel and Doctor Who

 Confidential: From Zero to Hero both repeated on

KQED Plus; The Idiot's Lantern first screened on

Ozarks PTV; The Impossible Planet first screened on

Idaho PTV; Doctor Who Confidential: The World of

Who repeated on MPT; and Doctor Who Confidential:

Friends Reunited first screened on KERA

2009 - The Age of Steel and Doctor Who Confidential:

From Zero to Hero both repeated on WTTW 11; The

Family of Blood repeated on BBC3; and Doctor Who

Confidential: Cybermen repeated on KQED Plus

2010 - The End of the World repeated on Syfy (Spa);

The Impossible Planet and Doctor Who Confidential

 Cutdown: You've Got the Look both repeated on

UKTV (Aus); and The Fires of Pompeii repeated on

Syfy (Ben)

2011 - Logopolis, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; Partners in Crime

repeated on Space; The Waters of Mars

repeated on BBC America; and The Whispering

Forest, Episode 4 first broadcast on Radio 4 Extra

2012 - Delta and the Bannermen, Part 3 and

Dragonfire, Part 1 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi

and TV4; The Unquiet Dead repeated on BBC

America; School Reunion and Doctor Who

Confidential Cutdown: Friends Reunited both

repeated on ABC2; Flesh and Stone and The

Vampires of Venice both repeated on BBC3;

 Blue Peter: Good As Gold repeated on BBC1;

Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Monsters

Inc. and 'Ello 'Ello 'Ello both repeated on UKTV

(Aus); and Survival of the Fittest, Episodes 1

repeated and 2 first broadcast on Radio 4 Extra

2013 - Aliens of London repeated on EBRU;

The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords

 and Doctor Who Confidential: Finale all 

repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The End

of Time, Parts

1 and 2 both repeated on Watch; The Eleventh Hour 

repeated on France 4; Victory of the Daleks repeated 

on BBC Nordic HD, BBC Polska HD, Syfy (Spa) and 

France 4; The Time of Angels and Doctor Who

Confidential: War Games both repeated on BBC

Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; The Rebel Flesh

repeated on BBC Nordic, BBC Entertainment EU,

Romania and ME; The Almost People repeated on 

BBC Entertainment EYU, Romania and ME; Closing

Time repeated on WTTW Prime; Asylum of the Daleks,

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and A Town Called Mercy all

 first screened on France 4; The Bells of Saint John

repeated on Syfy (Ben); and The Name of the Doctor

repeated on BBC Entertainment RSA and BBC Polska

2014 - Genesis of the Daleks Omnibus repeated

on KPTS; The Invasion of Time, Parts 5 and 6 both

repeated on KBTC; Logopolis, Part 4, Terminus, 

Part 4 and Enlightenment, Part 1 all repeated

on Syfy (Aus); The Unquiet 

Dead and Aliens of London both repeated on KCPT; Bad Wolf repeated on 

KNCT; Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, The Idiot's Lantern and 

The Impossible Planet all repeated on KCPT2; The Runaway Bride repeated 

on Fox (FRG); Utopia and The Sound of Drums both repeated on RAI4; 

Silence in the Library repeated on WPT Flagship; Turn Left repeated on 

TV3 (Spa); The End of Time, Part 1, The Impossible Astronaut and 

Doctor Who Explained all repeated on BBC Entertainment LA;

The End of Time, Part 2 repeated on BBC Entertainment LA and 

KLRU; The Beast Below repeated on OETA; Day of the Moon and

 The Curse of the Black Spot both repeated on BBC Entertainment 

LA and Really Scary TV; The Doctor's Wife repeated on BBC

Entertainment LA and Syfy (Spa); The God Complex repeated

 on MPB; The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe and Hide 

both repeated on France 4; Asylum of the Daleks repeated on 

LPB; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on Idaho PTV; 

The Power of Three repeated on Iowa PTV; The Snowmen 

repeated on WVPB and KUED; The Rings of Akhaten repeated 

on WILL; Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on

 UKTV (NZ) and France 4; The Crimson Horror repeated on 

BBC Entertainment EU, Romania and ME; and The Name

of the Doctor, The Day of the Doctor and The Time of the

Doctor all repeated on Fox (FRG)

2015 - Inferno, Episodes 6 and 7 both repeated on Horror;

Meglos, Part 1, Boom Town and Bad Wolf all repeated on

Syfy (Aus); The Long Game first screened on FX (Ind);

New Earth repeated on Disney XD (US); Last of the Time

Lords repeated on ABC2; Voyage of the Damned repeated

on EBRU; Human Nature repeated on TV Cultura; Silence

in the Library repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The

Rebel Flesh repeated on Watch; Let's Kill Hitler, Night

Terrors and The Girl Who Waited all repeated on BBC

Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Asylum of the Daleks

repeated on DR3; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated

on WPT and DR3; The Crimson Horror and Nightmare

in Silver both repeated on Syfy (Ben); The Time of the

Doctor repeated on RAI4; and Time Heist repeated on

BBC Brazil HD and BBC Entertainment LA HD

2016 - Terror of the Vervoids, Parts 11 and 12 both

repeated on Retro TV; Evolution of the Daleks and

The Lazarus Experiment both repeated on BBC

Polska HD; The Sound of Drums and Last of the

Time Lords both repeated on France 4; Forest of the

Dead and Cold War both repeated on Syfy (Aus);

 The End of Time, Part 1 repeated on TV Cultura;

Day of the Moon and Doctor Who Confidential:

Breaking the Silence both repeated on ABC2; 

Let's Kill Hitler and Heaven Sent both repeated

on Syfy (Bra) and Syfy (LA); The God Complex

 repeated on BBC First (ME) and Einsfestival; Asylum

of the Daleks repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;

The Time of the Doctor repeated on WTTW Prime;

Hell Bent repeated on Syfy (Bra); and Doctor Who

Explained repeated on BBC Polska HD, Syfy (Bra)

and Syfy (LA)

2017 - 100,000 BC, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated

on Retro TV; Pyramids of Mars, Part 2 repeated on

The Zone; The Girl in the Fireplace, Rise of the 

Cybermen and Night Terrors all repeated on

BBC Polska HD; Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution

of the Daleks, The Lazarus Experiment, 42,

Human Nature and The Family of Blood all

repeated on BBC America; The Beast Below

repeated on BBC Polska HD and Syfy (Bra);

Victory of the Daleks repeated on Syfy (Bra);

A Good Man Goes to War and Let's Kill Hitler

both repeated on FX (Ind); and The God

Complex and Closing Time both repeated on

Syfy (LA)

2018 - The Krotons, Episode 4 and The Seeds of Death,

Episode 1 both repeated on Retro TV; The Leisure Hive,

 Parts 3 and 4 and Full Circle, Part 1 all repeated on Jones!

too; The Doctor Dances repeated on BBC Polska HD;

Nightmare in Silver repeated on Star World Premiere;

Sleep No More repeated on ABC and ABC ME; Heaven 

Sent repeated on BBC First (RSA); Thin Ice and Knock

Knock both repeated on Fox (FRG); and Oxygen repeated

on Syfy (Bra)

2019 - The Dominators Omnibus and The Daemons,

Episodes 4 and 5 all repeated on Retro TV; The Empty

Child repeated on Syfy (Fra); The Eleventh Hour, The

Beast Below and Resolution all repeated on BBC Polska

HD; The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang, The Impossible

Astronaut, Day of the Moon and The Curse of the Black

Spot all repeated on Sony SciFi; Before the Flood repeated

on One ARD; and Knock Knock and Oxygen both repeated

 on BBC Entertainment EU
2020 - The Impossible Planet repeated on Sony SciFi;
The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar both
repeated on RAI4; The Return of Doctor Mysterio repeated
on BBC Polska HD; The Pilot repeated on BBC Polska HD
and Star World Premiere; and The Woman Who Fell to

Earth repeated on BBC America

2021 - The Day of the Doctor repeated

on ABC2

2022 - 100,000 BC, Episodes 3 and

4 both repeated on Retro TV; and

Flesh and Stone repeated on Fox SciFi

2024 - 73 Yards first screeend on

BBC1 and released on BBC iPlayer and

Disney+; and Doctor Who: Unleashed,

Episode 4 and Becoming the Doctor

both first screened on BBC3

2025 - The Daleks, Episode 3, Galaxy

4, Episode 3, The Faceless Ones,

Episode 1 and The Dominators,

Episode 2 all screened at Riverside

Studios, Hammersmith; Inferno,

Episodes 3 to 6 all repeated on

U&Eden; The Leisure Hive, Parts

1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC;

In the Forest of the Night repeated

on ABC Entertains; and Doctor Who:

Time and Space for Everyone

repeated on Radio Wales

2026 - The Sea Devils, Episode

6 repeated on U&Eden