Monday 27 September 2021

Doctor Who Vs. Vigil, Series 1

World Productions' acclaimed
Scottish crime drama, created
 and written by Tom Edge, was
set on a Royal Navy nuclear
submarine.
Suranne Jones portrayed DCI
Silva, the detective assigned
to a murder investigation on-
board HMS Vigil.
The six-part thriller concluded
on BBC1 last night - it featured
Anjli Mohindra, Rose Leslie,
Shaun Evans, Martin Compston,
and twelve Doctor Who cast and
crew connections:

  • Jones played the titular subject in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Mona Lisa's Revenge, then Idris in The Doctor's Wife
  • James Strong was also director of The Impossible PlanetThe Satan PitDaleks in ManhattanEvolution of the DaleksVoyage of the DamnedPartners in Crime and Planet of the Dead
  • Paterson [Davis] Joseph (Newsome) was Rodrick in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, then voiced Victor Espinosa for Earth Aid (2011), and Matthew for Torchwood One: Machines (2018)
  • Adam James (Prentice) was DI Macmillan in Planet of the Dead
  • Dan Li (Hennessy) was Alexei in The Bells of Saint John, then voiced Grillo Clavik for The Genesis Chamber, Dokan for UNIT: Shutdown (both 2016), and Okada Shumei for The Barbarians and the Samurai (2018)
  • Lois Chimimba (Tara) was Mabli in The Tsuranga Conundrum, and voiced Abby McPhail for Redacted, Euphemia for The Undying Truth (2020), and Bartholom for Solitary Confinement (2023)
  • Oliver Lansley (Hill) was Jorj in World Enough and Time, and voiced Jack Ridpath for Chapel of Night (2017)
  • Bhav Joshi (Deerborne) was Canterbury James Olliphant in Boom
  • Andrew Burford was also stuntman on The Eaters of LightThe Doctor FallsTwice Upon a TimeKerblam!The WitchfindersThe Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos and Spyfall (2)
  • Xavier Lake (Trawlerman) was stuntman on The Woman Who Fell to Earth, Revolution of the Daleks and Class
  • Alex Balmer was also digital compositor on twenty-nine stories (from Deep Breath to Oxygen) and Class
  • Emma Dorward (draughtsperson) was art department trainee on Robot of Sherwood, Time Heist, FlatlineDark Water and Class

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