Doctor Who Vs. A Very English Scandal

BBC One's latest political drama
was based on the 2016 novel by
John Preston, and tells the true
story of the first British politician
to stand trial for murder.
Liberal MP and former party
leader Jeremy Thorpe (portrayed
here by Hugh Grant) was
accused of conspiring to kill his
alleged lover Norman Scott (Ben
Whishaw) in 1979. Thorpe (1929-
2014) was acquitted but his
political career was over.
During recent promotion for the
programme, writer Russell T
Davies revealed that he had
always intended to cast Grant
as the Doctor when Doctor Who was commissioned in 2003.
Produced by Blueprint Pictures, the three-part series featured Eve Myles,
Alex Jennings, and twenty-four other Doctor Who cast and crew alumni:

• Grant depicted the Doctor in The Curse of Fatal Death
• David Bamber (Lord Arran) was Captain Quell in Mummy on the Orient Express, and voiced Emperor Constantine for The Council of Nicaea (2005), and Colonel Ulrik and Whitmore for The Four Doctors (2010)
• Blake Harrison (Newton) voiced Lieutenant Daniel Hopkins for The Helliax Rift and Hour of the Cybermen (both 2018)
• Anthony O'Donnell (Abse) was Commander Kaagh in The Sarah Jane Smith Adventures: The Last Sontaran and Enemy of  the Bane
• Steffan Rhodri (DCS Challes) voiced Commander Korshal for Dreamtime (2005), Minister for Torchwood: Outbreak (2016), and Ted for The Silent Streets of Barry Island
• Adrian Scarborough (Carman) was Kahler Jex in A Town Called Mercy and The Making of the Gunslinger
• Jason Watkins (Hooson) was Webley in Nightmare in Silver, voiced the Legate of the Caliph for The Destroyer of Delights, and was the White Guardian for The Chaos Pool (both 2009)
• Lucy Briggs Owen (Sue) voiced Tina Andresson for The Havoc of Empires, Rejoice for The War Doctor 1: The Innocent (both 2015), Miranda for Maker of Demons (2016), Charlotte Mayfly for The Paternoster Gang: Heritage 1 (2019), and was cast in The Primeval Design (2021)
• Charlotte Lucas (Janet) voiced Bio Technician Valis and Echelon for Cobwebs (2010), and Duchess Miranda for Kingdom of Lies (2018)
• Paul Freeman (Cantley) voiced Jalnik for The Foe from the Future (2012)
• Tim Hudson (Lethaby) voiced the Tar-Modowk Leader for No More Lies (2007), then was Edward Lawn Bridges in The Giggle
• Andrew French (Sergeant-at-Arms) voiced Obingo for The Ghosts of Gralstead (2014), Beltempest for Original Sin, Muren for The Eternity Cage (both 2016), the Racnoss Consort for Empire of the Racnoss (2017), and Veritas for Morbius 1 (2024)
• Susan Wooldridge (Countess) auditioned for the role of Leela in 1976
• Morgan Watkins (Steele) voiced Ruck for The Dispossessed (2018)
• Zina Badran (Clerk) was the Morpheus Presenter in Sleep No More
• Daniel Weyman TV (Reporter) voiced Ragan Crezzen for The Butcher of Brisbane (2012)
• Nigel Hastings (Stable Owner) was the Commander in The Pyramid at the End of the World
• Nick Malinowski (Officer) was Eric in A Christmas Carol
• Tim Chipping (Guard) voiced Grigory [Rasputin] and the Dahensa for The Wanderer (2012), and Constable Wolsey and Mandrake for The Widow's Assassin (2014)
• Pablo Raybould (Auctioneer) was an Aide in Daleks in Manhattan
• Richard Price (Party Member) was Guest in The Runaway Bride and The Lazarus Experiment, Passerby in Partners in Crime, Takran Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter, Cyberman in The Doctor Falls and Shadow Kin in Class
• stunt co-ordinator Paul Kennington was stuntman on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday and The Doctor's Daughter
• Murray Gold was composer on the revived run (from 2005 to last year) too
• Suzanne Cave was costume designer on An Adventure in Space and Time too