Sunday, 28 June 2020

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 TraffickingA Good Man Goes to WarThe Wedding of River Song - a role reprised for Big Finish's The Light KeepersInside 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 EarthCold BloodThe 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 CybermenPlanet of the OodThe Doctor, the Widow and the WardrobeTorchwood 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 CybermenThe Age of SteelFear HerArmy of GhostsDoomsdayBlinkTurn Left and The Sarah Jane Adventures

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