Doctor Who Vs. Van Der Valk, Series 5

ITV's classic crime drama again starred Barry Foster as the eponymous Dutch detective, was based on characters created by Nicolas Freeling for
his Van Der Valk novels in 1962. Produced at Thames Television's studios
 in London, with location scenes shot in the books' Amsterdam setting, the 
show was revived in early 1991, thirteen years after the previous series.
A repeat run of the final, three-part season (first shown in early 1992)
concluded on the Talking Pictures TV channel last night, and featured 
twenty-one Doctor Who cast connections:

• Brian Cox (Szabo) provided the voice of the Elder Ood in The End of Time, and depicted Sydney Newman in An Adventure in Space and Time
• Malcolm Tierney (Nagel) was Dolland in Terror of the Vervoids
• Vernon Dobtcheff (Jonge) was an Alien Scientist in The War Games , then voiced Dadda Desaka for The Cradle of the Snake (2010), Sibelius Crow for The Necropolis Express, Shamur for The Children of Seth (both 2011), Professor Heinrich Schumann for Counter Measures 1: Threshold (2012), and Jorenzo Zorn for The Genesis Chamber (2016)
• Sion Tudor Owen (Staal) was Tandrell in The Mysterious Planet
• Kevork Malikyan (Colombian) was Kemel Rudkin in The Wheel in Space
• Martyn Whitby (Swart) was a Drayman in The Mark of the Rani
• Paul Freeman (Tromp) voiced Jalnik for The Foe From the Future (2012)
• Stephen Moore (Hensen) was Eldane in The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood, and voiced Clark Goodman for The Eight Truths and Worldwide Web (2009)
• Maggie Steed (Maria) voiced Madame Rana Zandusia for Mission to Magnus (2009)
• Julian Fox (Samuel) was Peter Hamilton in Death to the Daleks
• Ian Barritt (Hartog) was Professor [Gerald] Peach in The Unicorn and the Wasp
• Richard Mayes (Farmer) was Chief Baxter in Fury from the Deep
• Celia Imrie (Marijke) was Miss [Rosemary] Kizlet in The Bells of Saint John, and voiced Dr. Elizabeth Bradley for The Fifth Citadel (2013), Madame Tissot for Gallery of Ghouls, and Lady Livia Caralis for Gallifrey: Enemy Lines (both 2016)
• Angela Bruce (Tony) was Brigadier Winifred Bambera in Battlefield, a role reprised by Big Finish for Animal (2011)
• Holly De Jong (Hannie) voiced Amelia Doory for Project: Twilight (2001)
• Martin McDougall (Vendor) voiced Craddock for He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not (2020)
• Tony Caunter (Voss) was Morgan in Colony in Space, and Jackson in Enlightenment 
• Pip Torrens (de Groot) was Headmaster Rocastle in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, then voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die!(2013)
• Barry Aird (Postman) was a Time Lord Soldier in The Last Day
• for David McKail see Series 3
• stunt arranger Peter Brayham was stunt co-ordinator on The Christmas Invasion, New Earth and School Reunion