'Radio Times' TV Review 0f 2020

That venerable publishing colossus, Christmas perennial, and loyal Doctor 
Who supporter, the Radio Times, has revealed the results of their annual,
multi-channel survey. Their top forty shows of the year have again been

elected by the magazine's critics, and Jodie Whittaker's second season

has been placed at a respectable number thirty-four. RT writer Huw

Fullerton comments:

34. Doctor Who

After Jodie Whittaker's first series put an emphasis on all-new monsters and stories, her second run did an abrupt volte-face, bringing back a host of familiar villains and adding new twists as the Time Lord faced a deeply personal challenge.

If the shock return of the Master (played by a scenery-chewing Sacha Dhawan) in the very first episode and a comeback for the Judoon and the Cybermen weren’t enough, series 12’s fifth episode – which saw a surprise new incarnation of the Doctor, played by Jo Martin, unmasked – blew us all away. We can only imagine how they’re going to top it in the (now-filming) series 13.

Doctor Who Vs. Coronation Street at 60, Part 12: 2000-2003

Langley (Adam Mitchell in The Long
Game) was sacked by Granada in
2017 and written out of the show.

From 1999 to 2001, many real life

issues dominated Corrie storylines

- these involved rape, fostering,

child abduction, internet grooming,

cervical cancer and teenage

pregnancy. Such plots proved

unpopular and producer Jane

Macnaught was replaced by

Carolyn Reynolds.

The Street marked its fortieth

anniversary by broadcasting

a live, hour-long episode on

December 8th 2000.

The show also faced strong 

competition from rival soap

EastEnders, so Kieran Roberts

was appointed as new producer

in 2002 - his aim was to inject

gentler stories and more humour.

That year saw the introduction of the soap's first regular gay character,

Todd Grimshaw (played by Bruno Langley), and one the biggest ever

storylines - the crimes of Richard Hillman. As that plot reached its 

climax in February 2003, Corrie achieved the highest audience of the

decade with over 19 million viewers.

These four years on the cobbles featured Mary Tamm (as Diana

Black), Bernard Cribbins (Wally Bannister) and thirty other

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Naomi Ryan (Bobbi Lewis, 2000-02) was Cassandra in Asylum of the Daleks
• Nigel Betts (Weir here; Eddie, 2007) was Mr. Armitage in Into the  Dalek, The Caretaker and Dark Water
• Liam Fox (Man here & 2005; Partridge, 2008) voiced Wunshooz and Mang for Big Finish's Purgatory 12 (2020)
• Gabrielle Glaister (Debs) voiced Maggie Bishop for The Forsaken (2015), Cowley for The High Price of Parking (2017), and Veronica Bland for Braxiatel in Love (2018)
• Jane How (Extra) was Rebec in Planet of the Daleks
• Davyd Harries (Judge) was Shapp in The Armageddon Factor
• Philip Bird (Gregory) made his TV debut as a Swampie in The Power of Kroll
• Melanie Kilburn (Evelyn Sykes/Elliott, 2000-02) voiced Hooley for The Dread of Night (2018)
• Peter Guinness (Sykes) voiced Mr. Dread for Dreamland, Childeric for The Holy Terror (2000), Baron Teufel for The Beast of Orlok (2009), and Rovus for The Star Men (2017)
• Toby Hadoke (Vicar here; Baxter, 2004; Doctor, 2009) voiced Mike Bretherton for Hexagora, Farel for Robophobia (both 2011), Dorrick for The Sands of Life, War Against the Laan, The Dalek Contract, The Final Phase (all 2013), The Pursuit of History and Casualties of Time (both 2016), Carruthers Summerton for Jago & Litefoot 10 (2015), the Lux and Oscar McLeod for Tales from New Earth, and V26 for The Sons of Kaldor (both 2018) - he was also Cyril in An Adventure in Space and Time
• Stephen Beckett (Matt Ramsden, 2001 & 2006) voiced Richard, Duke of Gloucester for The Kingmaker (2006)
• Martyn Read (Judge) was a Security Guard in (part 1 of) Silver Nemesis
• Leena Dhingra (Mina) was Miss Chandrakala in The Unicorn and the Wasp, and Nani Umbreen in Demons of the Punjab
• Julia Haworth (Claire Casey/Peacock) was Kat in Defenders of Earth
• Alan Wareing was also director of The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Ghost Light and Survival, following a stint as PA on The Keeper of Traken, and production manager on Timelash
• Keith Drinkel (Gregory here; Bob, 2005) was Flight Engineer Scobie in Time Flight, and voiced Henry Hallam for Catch 1782 (2005), and the Cinder for Frostfire (2007)
• Nichola McAuliffe (Anita) was Vivien Rook in The Sound of Drums
• William Ash (Johnny) was Riley Vashtee in 42, and voiced Sam for The Condemned (2008)
• Geoffrey Leesley (Clegg) voiced Paramount Minister Mortund for Arrangements for War (2004)
• Michelle Newell (Gill) was one of twenty-six actresses who auditioned for the role of Leela in 1976
• Maureen Lipman (Lillian here; Evelyn, from 2018) was the Wire in The Idiot's Lantern
• Roy Hudd (Archie Shuttleworth, 2002/03, 2006, 2010) voiced Max Miller for Pier Pressure (2006)
• Richard Fleeshman (Craig Nelson, 2002-06) voiced Kristopher for Inner Demons (2025)
• Jonathan Owen (Reverend) voiced Antranak for The Eye of the Scorpion (2001), Hamiyun for Her Final Flight (2004), and Napoleon Bonaparte for The Curse of Davros (2012)
• Sasha Behar (Maya Sharma, 2003/04) was Spurrina in The Fires of Pompeii, then voiced the Presidential Aide for Songs of Love, Tessno and Ladonne for Stop the Clock (both 2017), and Admiral Eno for The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (2019)
• George Baker (Newton) was Decider Login in Full Circle
• James Quinn (DI Mannery here; DS Willets, 2013) was Bill in Flatline
• Chris Finch (Foster) was a Time Lord Soldier in The Last Day and The Day of the Doctor
• Nicky Goldie (Mrs. Parry here; Jade, 2010) voiced the Spillager Empress for Winter for the Adept, Valeria Hedone for The Fires of Vulcan (both 2000), Inquisitor Danby for Excelis Rising (2002), and Polk for The Moonrakers (2020)
• Susan Twist (Donna here; Lydia, 2017) was Mrs. Merridew in Wild Blue Yonder

Date With History: 1980

Monday, December 8th:
John Winston Lennon,

aged 40, was shot four

times in the back by

Mark Chapman, who

earlier today had asked

the former Beatle for

his autograph. Lennon

was rushed from the

scene - the Dakota 

apartment building in

Manhattan - with his 

wife Yoko Ono, to St. Luke's Roosevelt 

Hospital Centre, where 

he died. 

Chapman pleaded guilty

to killing Lennon, and

blamed voices in his

head. He is currently 

serving a life sentence

in Attica prison, Wyoming county, NY.

Date With History: 1605

The Gunpowder Plot was a failed assassination attempt on King
James I, by a group of thirteen
disaffected Catholic conspirators,
led by Robert Catesby.

The plan to blow up the House of
Lords during the State Opening of
Parliament on November 5th was

intended as a prelude to a popular

revolt in the Midlands, where
Princess Elizabeth would then have

 been installed as the new Catholic 

head of state.

The plot was unearthed when Lord Monteagle was warned in an

anonymous letter not to attend

Parliament. The authorities then
searched the cellars beneath the House and discovered Guido Fawkes,
guarding thirty-six barrels of gunpowder.

Under the alias of John Johnson, Fawkes was tortured for two days in the 
Tower of London. His fellow plotters were eventually captured, and executed.

Following the trials, the 'Observance of 5th November Act' was passed, and commemorating the Plot became an annual and mandatory event. The law
was only repealed in 1859, but Bonfire Night is still marked in Britain with

firework displays.

Doctor Who Vs. The Theory of Everything

This British biographical romance was 

based on Travelling to Infinity: My Life 
With Stephen, the 2007 memoir by Jane 

Wilde Hawking, the first wife of Professor

 Stephen Hawking (1942-2018).
The film chronicled Wilde's relationship 

with Hawking from their first meeting

at Cambridge University in 1963), the

diagnosis of ALS (a form of motor 

neurone disease), and his success in

 physics. Eddie Redmayne and Felicity

Jones portrayed the Hawkings.

The acclaimed production premiered at

 the Toronto Film Festival in 2014, and

went on to win an Oscar, three BAFTAs

and a Golden Globe award, including 

three respective Best Actor awards for 

Redmayne.

Shown again on Sony Movies tonight, the drama featured David

Thewlis, Emily Watson, Maxine Peake, and thirteen Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

• Jones played Robina Redmond in The Unicorn and the Wasp
• Harry Lloyd (Brian) was Baines in Human Nature and The Family of Blood
• Gruffudd Glyn (Rees) was Lloyd Llewellyn in The Woman Who Lived
• Simon Chandler (Taylor) voiced Corporal Arthur Dimes for Big Finish's Churchill Victorious (2018)
• Will Barton (Technician) made his TV debut as Midge on Survival, then voiced Djinni and Guard for The Destroyer of Delights, and Maddenjot for The Chaos Pool (both 2009)
• Claire Ashton (Kite Flyer) was a Secretary in An Adventure in Space and Time
• Shaun Lucas (Professor) was a Monk in The Bells of Saint John
• Glenn Marks was also stunt co-ordinator on The Family of Blood two-parter and Blink
• Helen Steinway Bailey and Leo Woodruff were stunt performers on Amy's Choice and Heaven Sent respectively
• Moira Thompson was also make-up artist on thirteen stories (from The Christmas Invasion to Doomsday)
• key stylist/make-up artist Lesley Smith began her career as an assistant on (part 1 of) State of Decay
• Julie Bentley was also the snow FX consultant on The Time of the Doctor and The Husbands of River Song

Date With History: 1966

 

At 9.15 am on Friday, October 21 1966, the spoil tip for Merthyr Vale

colliery collapsed. Fifty years worth of mining debris slid down the

hillside into the mining village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil in South

Wales.

It first destroyed a farm cottage in its path, killing all the occupants.

Down in the village, nobody saw anything, but everybody heard the

noise, as the slide engulfed the Pantglas Junior School, and about

twenty houses, before coming to rest.

Then there was total silence.

144 people perished in the Aberfan disaster - 28 adults (including five 

teachers), and 116 school children.

Doctor Who Vs. Collateral

This British crime drama from TV production
company The Forge was first shown on BBC

Two from February 2018.

Here, DI Kip Glaspie (played by Carey Mulligan)
led the investigation into the shooting of Syrian
refugee Abdulah Asif, murdered whilst delivering
pizza in South London.

A repeat run of the four-part thriller began

on BBC4 last night - it featured Billie Piper,

John Simm, Nicola Walker, and twenty-one

other Doctor Who cast/crew connections:

• Mulligan was Sally Sparrow in Blink
• Brian Vernel (Gowans) was Lucius in The Eaters of Light, and voiced Robert for Big Finish's Dethras (2017)
• Vineeta Rishi (DC Shah) was Julia Swales in Smith and Jones (a role reprised for Radio 4's Lost Souls), and voiced Meena Cartwright for The Longest Night (2005), Dawon for The Emerald Tiger (2012), Falex for Dalek Soul (2017), Shana Siddiqui for Hosts of the Wirrn (2018), and Amita Burman for Concealed Weapon (2019)
• Kae Alexander (Linh) voiced Waywalker for The Becoming (2016), and Mia Chan for Solitary Confinement (2023)
• Orla Brady (Phoebe), Rob Jarvis (DC Johnson) and Lloyd Bass (Cabbie) all appeared in The Time of the Doctor, as Tasha Lem, Abramal and stuntman respectively
• John Heffernan (Spence) voiced Vonchef for Revenge of the Swarm (2004), the Nine for The Crucible of Souls (2016), Companion Piece and Relative Time (both 2019), and Honos for The Trial of a Time Machine (2018)
• Jeany Spark (Sandrine) voiced Florence Nightingale for The Angel of Scutari (2009), Jelena for Prisoner of the Sun (2010), Daisy Chapel for Operation: Hellfire (2020), and Tragacanth and Cham Yal for The Doomsday Contract (2021)
• Robert Portal (Dyson) voiced Marshal Ney for The Curse of Davros (2012), Reggie for The Auntie Matter (2013), Dr. Poograss for Whatever Remains, Jim and Midge for Lost Property, and Treadwell for Wild Animals (all 2020)
• Tony Way (Connor) was Alf in Deep Breath
• Adrian Lukis (Schofield) voiced Bragg for Cobwebs (2010), Byzan for The Children of Seth (2011), Professor Jeffrey Broderick for Counter Measures 1 (2012), Harvey Marsh for The Justice of Jalxar, and Sigmund Freud for Return of the Repressed (both 2013)
• Saskia Reeves (Deborah) voiced Carmen Rega for Emissary of the Daleks (2019)
• Raghad Chaar (Shelley) voiced Samira Rustami for Beyond Bannerman Road (2023)
• Andrew Burford (Bouncer) was a stuntman on The Eaters of Light, The Doctor Falls and Twice Upon a Time
• Guy List (Demir) was a stuntman on Evolution of the Daleks
• Balazs Bolygo was also cinematographer on The Rebel Flesh, The Almost People and Closing Time
• Matthew Scrivener was also first assistant director on The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe and Class
• Geraint L Williams was art designer on Series 11 too
• make-up artist Rani Sikka was set technician on The Rebel Flesh, The Almost People and The Name of the Doctor

Doctor Who Vs. They Came From Beyond Space

Adapted from Joseph Millard's book The Gods

Hate Kansas, this British sci-fi B movie was a

Cold War thriller relocated to Cornwall. Like

other genre favourites (including Quatermass)

the Amicus project had an American lead,

Robert Hutton, and went into production

immediately after Daleks: Invasion Earth

2150 AD (many of its sets and props were

reused here), whilst Max Rosenberg and 

Milton Subotsky again acted as producers.

Released in 1967 with The Terrornauts as a

double-bill, director Freddie Francis claimed

that the studio had spent most of their budget

on the first film. Shown on Talking Pictures TV

today, the feature starred fifteen Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

• Michael Gough (Master) played the titular being in The Celestial Toymaker, and was Councillor Hedin in Arc of Infinity
• Bernard Kay (Arden) was Carl Tyler in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Saladin in The Crusade, Inspector Crossland in The Faceless Ones, and Caldwell in Colony in Space, then voiced Major Dickens for Big Finish's Night Thoughts (2006)
• Maurice Good (Stilwell) was Phineas Clanton in The Gunfighters
• John Harvey (Trethowan) and Kenneth Kendall both appeared in The War Machines, as Professor Brett and Newscaster - Harvey was also Officia in The Macra Terror
• Luanshya Greer (Attendant) and Leonard Grahame (McCabe) both starred in The Daleks' Master Plan, as Lizan and Darcy Tranton (7)
• Norman Claridge (Dr. Andrews) was a Priest in The Massacre (3)
•  Michael Hawkins (Williams) was General Williams in Frontier in Space
• Bill Constable (production designer) and Scott Slimon (art director) both worked on Dr. Who and the Daleks too
• Ted Wallis (production supervisor), Tony Wallis (manager) and Bunty Phillips (make-up artist) all worked on the second Dalek feature too
• David Harcourt was camera operator on both Dalek films too 

Doctor Who Vs. A Night to Remember

This British big screen adaptation of Walter

Lord's best-selling 

book was released
by Rank in 1958,
 and recounts the
final night on board
RMS Titanic. 

The film was directed
by Roy Ward Baker,
and producer William MacQuitty used White
Star Line blueprints
to create life-like sets,
while Titanic's Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall was a consultant.
Despite its modest production values, A Night to Remember is regarded
by critics as the most historically accurate of the many Titanic movies,
and earned a Golden Globe award.

The story of the 'unsinkable' liner's  loss in 1912 was told from the point
of view of her passengers and crew, principally Second Officer Charles
Lightoller, portrayed by Kenneth More.
Bob Ballard's discovery of the wreck of Titanic in 1985 sparked a fresh
wave of public interest in the disaster, and Lord (1917-2002) penned a
sequel, The Night Lives On (1986) and even acted as a consultant on
James Cameron's Titanic (1997).

Shown again on Film4 today, the acclaimed film featured Geoffrey
Bayldon, and twenty-two future Doctor Who cast and crew alumni:

     

• Honor Blackman (Mrs. Lucas) played Professor Lasky in Terror of the Vervoids, then voiced Queen Anahita for Big Finish's The Children of Seth (2011)
• Roanld Allen (Clarke) was Rago in The Dominators, and Professor Ralph Cornish in The Ambassadors of Death
• Richard Leech (Murdoch) was Gatherer Hade in The Sun Makers
• Ralph Michael (Yates) was Balaton in The Pirate Planet
• Jack Watling (Fourth Officer Boxhall) was Professor Edward Travers in The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear and Downtime
• Harold Goldblatt (Guggenheim) was Professor Dale in Frontier in Space
• Andrew Keir (Joseph Bell) was Wyler in Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD
• Philip Ray (Anderson) was Professor Daniel Eldred in The Seeds of Death
• Roger Avon (Reginald Lee) was Saphadin in The Crusade, Daxtar in (episode 4 of) The Daleks' Master Plan, and Wells in the second Dalek film
• Jeremy Bulloch (Boy) was Hal in The Time Warrior
• George A Cooper (Purser Hughes) was Cherub in The Smugglers
• Glyn Houston (Stoker) was Professor [Owen] Watson in The Hand of Fear, and Colonel Ben Wolsey in The Awakening
• Robert James (Hesketh) was Lester in The Power of the Daleks, and the High Priest in The Masque of Mandragora
• Stratford Johns (Crewman) was Monarch in Four to Doomsday
• Howard Lang (Chief Officer Henry Wilde) was Horg in 100,000 BC
• Derren Nesbitt (Stoker) was Tegana in Marco Polo, and voiced Thomas Dodd for Spare Parts (2002) and Ordinal-General Quences for Auld Mortality (2003)
• Steve Plytas (Greek Passenger) was Wigner in The Tenth Planet
• Mavis Ranson (Passenger) was a Schoolgirl in An Unearthly Child
• Richard Shaw (Crewman) was Lobos in The Space Museum, Cross in Frontier in Space, and Lakh in Underworld
• Pauline Challoner (Child) auditioned for the role of Victoria Waterfield in April 1967
• Jack Silk was a stuntman on The Daemons too
• David Harcourt was a camera operator on both Dalek feature films too

Doctor Who Vs. William Hartnell at the Cinema, Part 6: Private's Progress

Shown again on the Talking Pictures TV channel today, this British wartime
comedy was based on the novel of the same name by Alan Hackney. The
Boulting brothers produced and directed this satire for Charter Film, their
own production company. Hackney's sequel, I'm Alright Jack, followed in
1959.

Released by British Lion in 1956, the film featured Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough, William Hartnell (in another military role), and ten future

Doctor Who cast connections:

• Victor [Jack] Maddern (Blake) was Chief John Robson in Fury from the Deep
• George [Alexander] Coulouris (Padre) was Arbitan in (episode 1 of) The Keys of Marinus
• Maurice [Edward] Bush (German Officer) was an Ogron in Day of the Daleks
• John Harvey (RAF Officer) was Professor Brett in The War Machines, and Officia in The Macra Terror
• [Manfred] Frederick Jaeger (Sentry) was Elder Jano in The Savages, Sorenson in Planet of Evil, and Professor Frederick Marius in The Invisible Enemy
• Glyn [born Glyndwr Desmond] Houston (Corporal) was Professor Owen Watson in The Hand of Fear, and Colonel Ben Wolsey in The Awakening
• Roy [Douglas] Purcell (Colonel) was CPO Powers in The Mind of Evil, and the President in The Three Doctors
• [Walter] Llewellyn Rees (Expert) was the President in The Deadly Assassin
• Charles Rayford (Fake Soldier) was a Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks
• Peter Stephens (Lench) was Cyril/the Knave of Hearts/Kitchen Boy in The Celestial Toymaker, and Lolem in The Underwater Menace

Doctor Who Vs. William Hartnell at the Cinema, Part 4: This Sporting Life

This British feature was based on the

debut novel of the same name by

Yorkshire-born writer David Storey,

a former professional rugby league

player who later won the Booker Prize.

The drama (filmed and set in Wakefield)
focused on the story of Frank Machin,

the first lead role for Irish actor Richard

Harris (1930-2002), which earned him

Oscar and BAFTA nominations and the

Best Actor award at Cannes in 1963.
It was his role here as Dad Johnson

that brought William Hartnell to the

attention of Verity Lambert when

casting him in Doctor Who.

Although critically acclaimed, the film

(directed by Lindsay Anderson) was
a commercial flop following its release by Rank in early 1963, and

signalled the end of British 'new wave' cinema. Audiences wanted 

escapism again.

Shown again on the Talking Pictures TV channel last night, This
Sporting Life also featured Rachel Roberts, Colin Blakely, Arthur
Lowe, and seven other Doctor Who cast connections:

• George Sewell (Jeff) was [George] Ratcliffe in Remembrance of the Daleks
• Murray Evans (Hooker) was the Lorry Driver in (episode 1 of) The Invasion
• John Gill (Cameron) was Mr. Oak in Fury from the Deep
• Aileen Lewis (Woman) was an Extra on The Silurians (6)
• Bryan Mosley (Man) and Norman Mitchell (Tenant) both appeared in The Daleks' Master Plan as Malpha/Prop Man and Policeman respectively
• Frank Windsor (Dentist) was Sir Ranulf Fitzwilliam in The King's Demons, and Inspector Mackenzie in Ghost Light

Doctor Who Vs. Afterlife, Series 2

This supernatural drama returned to ITV for a

second, and final series in the autumn of 2006.

The cast was again led by Lesley Sharpe (as

psychic believer Alison Mundy) and Andrew

Lincoln (the sceptic academic, Dr. Robert Bridge)

- together they investigated paranormal cases in

Bristol.

The programme earned another acting prize at

the Monte Carlo TV Festival - Sharp won Out-

standing Actress, whilst Lincoln won the Actor

award in 2007.

Sharp later played Sky Silvestry in Midnight,

and this season featured twenty-four Doctor

Who cast and crew connections:

Roadside Bouquets (TX: September 16 2006)

• Simon Fisher-Becker (Driver) was Dorium Maldovar in The Pandorica Opens, Brain Trafficking, A Good Man Goes to War, The Wedding of River Song - a role reprised for Big Finish's The Light Keepers, Inside the Maldovarium (both 2018) and Jenny 3 (2024), and voiced Kavil for Gallifrey 5 (2013)
• Amanda Lawrence (Woman) was Mother Doomfinger in The Shakespeare Code
• Emma Reid was unit manager on The End of the World and The Unquiet Dead too
• Marcus Catlin was also first assistant director on The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang 
• James Scott was also focus puller on sixteen adventures, from Closing Time to The Day of the Doctor
• Elaine Matthews was script supervisor on The Girl Who Waited and The God Complex too

The Rat Man (TX: September 23)

• Michael Obiora (Olivets) was Billy Shipton (pictured) in Blink

Lullaby (TX: September 30)

• series carpenter Roger Tarry worked on Midnight and The Lodger too
• Steve Hopkins was also an electrician on twenty-three instalments of the revived series (from The End of the World to The Name of the Doctor)

Your Hand In Mine (TX: October 7)

• Julie Graham (Lucy) was Ruby White in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith, and voiced Prime Minister 470 for Planet X (2016), and Carolyn for The Blood Furnace (2017)
• Liam Cunningham (Jonathan) was Captain Zhukov in Cold War
• Justine Mitchell (Claire) voiced Lucy Martin for Seasons of Fear (2002) 

Mirrorball (TX: October 21)

• series electrician Paul Duffy also worked on Rise of the Cybermen, Planet of the Ood, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures

Mind The Bugs Don't Bite (TX: October 28)

• Kenneth Cranham (Mundy) voiced Tom Cardwell for Blood of the Daleks (2007)
• Craig Kelly (Young Stan) voiced Joe for Scream of the Shalka

Things Forgotten (TX: November 4)

• Claire Rushbrook (Jennifer) was Ida Scott in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, and voiced Tula Chenka, SV111 and SV23 for Ravenous 2 (2018)
• Andrew Collins (Neurologist) voiced Drew Shahan for Live 34 (2005)
• Clive Hayward (Director) voiced the Judge and Markus for Daybreak (2019), Emperor, Duke of Ferrox and Last of the Unnatural Children for Barrister to the Stars, Marty Stone for Carnival of Angels (both 2020), Dax for Wink  (2022), and Overseer Valtor/Trell for Dominant Species (2024)
• Shirley Schumacher was clapper loader on The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks too

A Name Written In Water (TX: November 11)

• Claudio Laurini (Man) was a Headless Monk in A Good Man Goes to War
• series post-production supervisor Liz Pearson, composer Edmund Butt and music engineer Toby Wood all worked on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Chris Davies was also best boy/electrician on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Fear Her, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday, Blink, Turn Left and The Sarah Jane Adventures

Doctor Who Vs. Afterlife, Series 1

Produced for ITV by Clerkenwell Films, this
supernatural drama was created by Welsh
horror writer Stephen Volk, and ran for two
seasons in 2005 and 2006. John Hannah was
the executive producer on the first and final
instalments here.

Liverpool-born Lesley Sharpe won the RTS
Best Actress award and a Golden Nymph prize
for her role as psychic believer Alison Mundy.
Andrew Lincoln played sceptic academic, Dr.
Robert Bridge, and together they investigated
 paranormal cases in Bristol. 

Sharp (pictured as Sky Silvestry in Midnight)
was joined in the first six-part season by
twenty-nine Doctor Who cast and crew
connections:

More Than Meets The Eye (TX: September 24 2005)

• Gail Clayton (Surgeon) voiced Rigan for Big Finish's Unregenerate (2005)
• Kate Duchene (Barbara) voiced Regina and Seraphim for The High Price of Parking (2017), and Antonia Werner for Fairytale of Salzburg (2018)
• Colin Prockter (Rose) was the Chef in The Long Game, and the ARP Warden in Victory of the Daleks
• David Cromarty (Student) voiced Robersuun for Gallifrey 3 (2006), then was Soldier in Thin Ice, Empress of Mars and Twice Upon a Time
• Adam Ridge was boom operator on Music of the Spheres too
• Rod Woodruff was also stunt co-ordinator on Rose and World War Three
• Paul Kulik was a stuntman on Rose too
• series composer Edmund Butt, Toby Wood (music engineer), and Liz Parson (post-production supervisor) all worked on An Adventure in Space and Time in those same capacities

Lower Than Bones (TX: October 1)

• Clare Cathcart (Liz) voiced Mary Fitzgerald for The Settling (2006), Trooper for Urban Myths, Maria for Son of the Dragon (both 2007), Starling for The Phoenix Strain (2016), and Orla for The Blood Furnace (2017)
• Jonathan Farmer was first assistant director on Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS too

Daniel One & Two (TX: October 8)

• Steven Elder (Rabey) voiced Farrow for Jubilee (2003), Eric Rawden for Something Inside (2006), and Rudolph and Lord Lycaon for Blood on Santa's Claw (2019)
• Rhodri Meilir (Daniel 2) was Rhodri in The Runaway Bride
• John Owen (Patient) was Thorpe in The Daemons
• Joanna Horton (Frankie) voiced Brooke for The Diary of River Song 3 (2018)
• Saskia Reeves (Sheila) voiced Carmen Rega for Emissary of the Daleks (2019)

Misdirection (TX: October 15)

• Richard Beale (Keyhoe) provided the Refusian Voice in The Ark, Bat Masterson in The Gunfighters, the Broadcaster Voice in The Macra Terror, and the Minister in (episode 3 of) The Green Death
• Mark Benton (McClune) was Clive [Finch] in Rose (a role reprised by Big Finish for Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon), and voiced Ellis for Invaders From Mars (2002) and Jack Coulson for Energy of the Daleks (2012)
• Mark Bonnar (Varcoe) was Jimmy in The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People, then voiced Porteus for The English Way of Death, Zoltan Frid for The Labyrinth of Buda Castle (2016) and the Eleven for Doom Coalition (2015-17), Ravenous (2018/19) and Dark Universe (2020)
• Lisa Diveney (Girl) voiced Dr. Norma Vine for Time of the Intelligence (2017)
• Susan Engel (Ellen) was Cessair in The Stones of Blood
• Tristan Beint (Student) was Tom in The Day of the Doctor

Sleeping With The Dead (TX: October 22)

• Nikki Amuka Bird (Sandra) was the Glass Woman [Helen Clay] in Twice Upon a Time, and voiced Tamasan for The Time War 2 (2018)
• Elaine Matthews was also script supervisor on The Girl Who Waited and The God Complex

The 7:59 Club (TX: October 29)

• Veronica Roberts (Jean) voiced Krelos Major for The Fate of Krelos, Relly for Return to Telos (both 2015), and Ohila for The War Doctor Begins 1 (2021)
• Phyllida Law (Irene) was Bea Nelson-Stanley in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Eye of the Gorgon, and voiced Belldonia for The Bride of Peladon (2008)
• Ewart James Walters (Abel) voiced Tucker for The Year of Martha Jones (2021)
• James Scott was the focus puller on Closing Time too