Doctor Who Vs. Ripper Street, Series 4

Following cancellation by the BBC in late 2013, this period drama was

resurrected by Tiger Aspect for Amazon Video a year later. The series

was then renewed for another two seasons in 2015. The fourth run

premiered on Amazon UK in early 2016, and shown on BBC America

then BBC2 that summer.

1897, the year of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Three years on

since the events of series three, and former inspector Edmund Reid

(portrayed by Matthew Macfadyen) is drawn back to Whitechapel to

investigate a case that condemns Isaac Bloom to death. Meanwhile,

Long Susan (MyAnna Buring) awaits her execution in Newgate prison.

Jerome Flynn (as DI Drake), Adam Rothenberg (Captain Jackson),

and Charlene McKenna (Rose Erskine) were now joined by Matthew

Lewis (as Sergeant Drummond), Killian Scott (Commissioner Dove), Benjamin O'Mahony (DS Thatcher), and David Threlfall (Croker).

The fourth season of Ripper Street (now available on Britbox) also

featured David Warner and eleven Doctor Who cast connections:

• for Buring, Derek Riddell, Justin Avoth, Lucy Cohu, Mark Dexter and Waldo Mason
• Andrew Brooke (Teague) was Kahler-Tek, aka the Gunslinger, in A Town Called Mercy
• Stewart Scudamore (Risaldar) voiced Danvers for Hounded (2016)
• Ian Gelder (Chamberlain) voiced the Commander and the Pirate for Legend of the Cybermen (2010), then provided the voice of the Remnants in The Ghost Monument
• Jamie Ballard (Wilde) voiced Guiliano de Medici for The Ravelli Conspiracy (2016)
• Owen Teale (Hackman) was Maldak in Vengeance on Varos, and voiced Hayton for The Mind's Eye (2007)