Doctor Who Vs. Ripper Street, Series 2

This dark period drama (a joint

production from Tiger Aspect and

BBC America) was created by 

Richard Warlow and was filmed

entirely in Dublin which doubled

for the East End of London.

Whitechapel, 1890 - over a year

since the last killing by Jack the

Ripper - H Division is responsible

for policing the deprived district.

Here, real-life DI Edmund Reid,

portrayed by Matthew Macfayden,

served with fictional detectives,

Drake (Jerome Flynn) and Jackson

(Adam Rothenberg), whilst the most

prominent figure in the infamous

murder investigation, DCI Abberline

was played by Clive Russell.

Series two was originally broadcast

in the autumn of 2013 and won a BAFTA Craft Award, but the programme was cancelled even before the run concluded. However,

by February 2014 it was confirmed that Amazon Prime (formerly

Lovefilm) would revive Ripper Street. The third season began

streaming in the UK in November 2014, then aired on BBC America

 in April 2015, and a fourth British run followed in January 2016.

The second, eight part season (now available on Britbox) featured

Neve McIntosh, and a total of fourteen Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

• for Myanna Buring and Justin Avoth see Series 1
• Nicholas [Robin Frank] Woodeson (Dr. Corcoran) voiced the Clocksmith for Big Finish's Doom Coalition 3 (2016), and the title character for The Quest of the Engineer (2020)
• James Wilby (Broadwick) voiced Tenebris for The Acheron Pulse and The Shadow Heart (both 2012), Professor John Torrance for The Sontaran Project, and Pascal for Blind Summit (both 2018)
• Andrew Tiernan (Self) was Jim Purcell in Night Terrors
• Paul Kaye (Cain) was Albar Prentis in Under the Lake and Before the Flood
• Robert Goodman (Werner) was Mandrel in Nightmare of Eden, Citizen in (part 4 of) Full Circle, Time Lord in Arc of Infinity (1), Guest in Enlightenment, Colonist in Frontios, Crewman in Resurrection of the Daleks (1), The Mysterious Planet and Mindwarp, Officer in Terror of the Vervoids, then Reg in Listen
• Keith Skinner (Skinner) was Rondel in Vengeance on Varos (1)
• Craige Els (Brother) was Karvanista in Flux
• Justin Salinger (Hinchcliffe) was Tasker in Oxygen
• Alexander Cobb (Nuttal) voiced Foreman, UNIT Courier and Sergeant Lowe for Old Friends (2022)
• Glenn Spears (Refuge Man) was Sergeant Major Peach in Empress of Mars
• Balazs Bolygo was also the cinematographer on The Rebel Flesh, The Almost People and Closing Time
• Matthew Tabern was also film editor on Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Human Nature, The Family of Blood, and The Sarah Jane Adventures