Doctor Who Vs. Secret Smile

This psychological drama was produced by
Granada, and was based on the 2003 novel 
of the same name, by Nicci French, the
pseudonym of English husband and wife
crime writing team, Nicci Gerrard and Sean
French.

Following his roles in Casanova and the
remake of The Quatermass Experiment,
David Tennant starred here as antagonist
Brendan Block.

First screened on ITV in late 2005 (just 
before Tennant's full debut as the Doctor
in The Christmas Invasion), this two-
part thriller featured Claire Goose, and
seventeen further Doctor Who cast and
crew connections:

• Kate Ashfield (Miranda, pictured) voiced Beth Stokes for Big Finish's Enemy of the Daleks (2009)
• Rory [Michael] Kinnear (Nick) voiced Samuel Belfrage for Industrial Evolution (2011)
• Tim Faraday (Mick) was Tom's Dad in Fear Her
• Ella Kenion (Presenter) was Harriet in Let's Kill Hitler, and voiced Boudica for The Wrath of the Iceni (2012), and Romy for Equilibrium (2015)
• Charlie [Lomax David] Condou (Lawrence) voiced Crabhead, System and Jarl for Ravenous 1 (2018)
• Daniel Ryan [born O'Brien] (Prior) was Biff Cane in Midnight
• Ben Willbond (Friend) voiced Timothy Vee for The Age of Revolution (2013)
• George Potts (Vicar) voiced Ruben and Guard for The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel (2015)
• Jake Polonsky was the cinematographer on Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS too
• composer Edmund Butt and Toby Wood (recording engineer) both worked on An Adventure in Space and Time in those capacities
• Stuart Walker was the production designer on The Savages too
• make-up artist Lisa Pickering was make-up assistant on (part 4 of) Warriors' Gate
• production buyer Pauline Seager was the assistant floor manager (AFM) on The Five Doctors
• Lisa McDiarmid (stand-by art director) and Antonia Grant (location scout) both worked on The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords
• Darren Leen was also a driver on Voyage of the Damned and The Unicorn and the Wasp