Doctor Who Vs. The Alienist, Series 1

In the 19th century, persons suffering from mental illness were

thought to be alienated from their own natures. Experts who

studied them were therefore known as alienists.

Paramount Television and Anonymous Content announced plant to

adapt Caleb Carr's 1994 historical thriller of the same name in 2015,

but this subsequent period drama debuted on TNT in January 2018,

then was acquired by Netflix. A sequel, Angel of Darkness, followed

in 2020.

Daniel Bruhl was cast as the titular psychiatrist, Dr. Kreizler (pictured

right) - he was joined by Luke Evans (as John Moore), and Dakota

Fanning (Sara Howard).

The ten-part thriller (set in the New York of 1896) debuted on the

rebranded U (formerly UKTV) TV streaming platform this week - it

featured David Warner, Christopher Naylor, and twenty-six

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Steven Pacey (Van Bergen) voiced Trevor for Big Finish's The Zygon Who Fell to Earth (2008), then was Narrator of The Secret Invasion (2020) and The Kairos Ring (2021)
• Ignatius Anthony (Graves) voiced Lee for The Blood Furnace, Gorrister for The Silurian Candidate (both 2017), and Pa Scarrity for Family Matters  (2020)
• Clare Calbraith (Mrs. Zweig) voiced Trooper for Urban Myths, Maria for Son of the Dragon (both 2007), Starling for The Phoenix Strain (2016), and Orla for The Blood Furnace
• Katie Brayben (Edith) was Ellie in Oxygen
• Tate Pitchie Cooper (Fatima) was the Young Landlord in Knock Knock
• William Gaminara (MacLeod) voiced Lord Alfred de Souza for Lady Christina 1 (2018), and Engineer Terson for Chase the Night (2020)
• Nicholas Asbury (Dr. Tuthill) voiced Rowe for The Many Deaths of Jo Grant (2011), Anthony Burmaster for UNIT: Assembled, Chairman Bart Falco for The Silurian Candidate (both 2017), Captain Morgan/ Visguard/SB Officer for Churchill Victorious, Dante for The Diary of River Song 4 (both 2018), Captain Zenna/Kivall for Out of Time 1, Shakespeare for The Hollow Crown, Tenebrae/Franz Albrecht Stuart for Rulers of Earth (all 2020), Commander Stevenson/Pietersen for Return of the Cybermen, Mollis for Colony of Fear, Preacher Stem for The Melting Pot (all 2021), Dr. Sturm/German Colonel for Shellshock, and Hari Ventross for Kaldor Nights (both 2022), then was Etoine in The Zygon Inversion
• Gerald Tyler (Matchett) voiced Marco Fendelman for Night of the Fendahl (2019)
• Tim [born Michael John Leigh] Barlow (Knezler) was Tyssan in Destiny of the Daleks
• Richard Bremmer (Mortician) voiced General Hemmings/Valcon/Taxi driver for The Valley of Death (2011), and Old Beowulf for Black and White (2012)
• Corey [John] Johnson (Weaver) was Henry Van Statten in Dalek
• Jonathan Stones Fewings (Blunt) was the Male Programmer [Davitch Pavale] in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, and voiced Major Wheatley for Hounded (2016)
• Michael Jibson (Fuller) voiced Corporal Gibbs for Big Finish's The Forsaken (2015)
• Robert Gill (Hatter) voiced Lycurgus for The Big Blue Box (2019)
• Anson Boon (Hall Boy) voiced Peter Dillard for Class 2 (2018)
• Max Fincham (Thomas) was Lad in The Star Beast
• Ronan [David Jackson] Vibert (Murray) was Professor Skinner in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Last Sontaran, and voiced Ravener for Jago & Litefoot 12 (2016), and Zaal for The Perfect Prisoners (2019)
• Lewis McGowan (Boot black) was Judy's brother in The Eaters of Light
• David Langham (Harper) was a Guard in Robot of Sherwood, then voiced Kramp/Tau Ceti for Run (2023)
• James Hawes was also director of The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth and School Reunion
• Jamie Payne was also director of Hide and The Time of the Doctor
• Gavin Struthers was cinematographer on The Power of Three too
• Philip Kloss was also film editor on The Doctor's Daughter, Midnight, The End of Time, Torch, Torchwood and An Adventure in Space and Time
• Nick Arthurs was film editor on Hide too
• Karl Probert was also supervising art director on The Doctor's Wife, Night Terrors and The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
• set decorator Holly Thurman was production buyer on fourteen stories (from A Town Called Mercy to Time Heist)