Doctor Who Vs. Sea of Souls: The Prayer Tree

BBC1's BAFTA winning supernatural drama came
to a close after three full series, with a two-part
special, first screened in April 2007. 

The story (set in a remote Scottish haunted
house) was written by creator, David Kane,
and again starred Bill Paterson as Dr. Douglas
Monaghan - the Glaswegian actor later

appeared in Victory of the Daleks as Dr.

Edwin Bracewell.

The Prayer Tree was produced by Carnival Films
for BBC Scotland - it featured Neve McIntosh,

Douglas Henshall, Ben Miles, and eight Doctor

Who cast and crew connections:

• Christina Cole (Rebecca) was Lilith in The Shakespeare Code
• Ron [Eaglesham] Donachie [born Porter] (Minister) was a Steward in Tooth and Claw
• Alisdair Simpson (Mathers) voiced Sir Francis White and David Ritchie for 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), Cleon for The Mask of Tragedy (2014), Colonel Lifford for The Boundless Sea (2015), Sidney Wheeler and Field Marshal Brooke for Churchill Victorious (2018), and Damadus for Return to Skaro (2020)
• Simon Clark (sound recordist) and Liz Pearson (post-production supervisor) both workerd on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Adam Trotman was also film editor on Last Christmas, Thin Ice and Knock Knock
• stunt co-ordinator Gareth Milne was George Cranleigh in Black Orchid, Mortuary Attendant in Vengeance on Varos, and doubled for Peter Davison on Warriors of the Deep