Doctor Who Vs. Luther, Series 4

Idris Elba returned as the titular Metropolitan

Police detective, DCI John Luther for the fourth

series of BBC1's dark psychological thriller, first

shown in December 2015.

Michael Smiley and Dermot Crowley reprised

their roles as Benny Silver and DSU Schenk,

 whilst Warren Brown made a cameo

appearance as DS Justin Ripley. Darren Boyd

and Rose Leslie debuted  here as DCI Bloom

and DS Lane.

Both Elba and writer Neil Cross have confirmed

there are plans for a film version of Luther, and

a spin-off series based around Ruth Wilson's

character, killer Alice Morgan.

Another repeat run of the two-part case began

on Drama last night - it featured nine Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Boyd voiced Hemmings for Big Finish's The Shadow of London (2018)
• John Heffernan (Rose) voiced Vonchef for Revenge of the Swarm (2004), the Nine for The Crucible of Souls (2016), Companion Piece, Relative Time (both 2019) and The Dreams of Avarice (2022), and Honos for The Trial of a Time Machine (2018)
• Michael Obiora (Minty) was Billy Shipton in Blink
• Clem So (Dealer) was a Mongolian in Asylum of the Daleks, Artisan in The Angels Take Manhattan, Tourist in The Day of the Doctor, Clockwork Droid in Deep Breath, Bank Client in Time Heist, Alien in Face the Raven and The Husbands of River Song, Gent in Thin Ice, Guard in Extremis, Corpse in Oxygen, and Pirate in Legend of the Sea Devils
• Marcus Wilson was also producer of twenty-eight stories (from The Impossible Astronaut to The Time of the Doctor), and The Doctors Revisited 
• Thomas Alibone and Simon Maloney were both assistant directors on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Claire Lawrence was a stunt performer on The Return of Doctor Mysterio too
• Leon Harris was also a SFX technician on The Snowmen, The Crimson Horror, Nightmare in Silver, The Name of the Doctor and The Day of the Doctor
• Gary Norman was also the grip on twenty-five stories (from A Christmas Carol to the 50th Anniversary special)

Doctor Who Vs. The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)

Produced by Tiger Aspect for BBC1,

this adaptation of Conan Doyle's most

famous and prolific Sherlock Holmes

mystery was shot extensively on

location in Liverpool, Cumbria and the

Isle of Man.

The narrative here differs considerably

from the original novel, published in

1902, following serialisation in The Strand magazine.

First shown in the UK on Boxing Day

2002 (and in America a month later),

Holmes and Watson were portrayed

here by Australian Richard Roxburgh

(pictured right) and Liverpool-born

Ian Hart (left). Roxburgh then played

Holmes' nemesis, Moriarty in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, whilst Hart later depicted Conan

Doyle in Finding Neverland. A sequel (also written by Allan Cubitt),

The Case of the Silk Stocking saw Hart reprise his role opposite 

Rupert Everett's Holmes.

Shown on Drama today, the BAFTA nominated serial featured

Richard E Grant, Neve McIntosh, Matt Day, John Nettles,

Geraldine James, and eleven other Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

• Grant (Stapleton here; Sherlock Holmes in The Other Side, 1992; Mycroft Holmes in Sherlock, 2002) and McIntosh (Beryl) were reunited on The Snowmen and The Name of the Doctor, when they reprised their roles of Dr. Walter Simeon and Vastra
• Ron Cook (Barrymore) was Magpie in The Idiot's Lantern
• Liza Tarbuck (Mrs. Barrymore) voiced Captain Kaliko for The Infinite Quest, and Lysette Barclay for Plague of the Daleks (2009)
• Danny Webb (DI Lestrade here; DI Carter in A Scandal in Belgravia) was John Jefferson in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, and voiced Byron for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), and Ori in The Dark Husband (2008)
• Jim Norton (Coroner here; Walter in Elementary) voiced Major Thomas Kennet for Scream of the Shalka, opposite Grant's Ninth Doctor
• Stephan Bessant (Warder) voiced Julius for The Council of Nicaea (2005)
• Julie Scott was also co-executive producer on ninety-one stories (from The Runaway Bride to Last Christmas), Time Crash, Music of the Spheres, Dreamland, City of the Daleks, Blood of the Cybermen, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood, An Adventure in Space and Time, The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot and Doctor Who at the Proms
• Mark Isaac was also focus puller on sixteen instalments of the revived series (from Rose to School Reunion)
• Bob Shipsey was also a camera operator on The Doctor's Wife and Night Terrors
• script supervisor Karen Jones began her career as a production assistant (PA) on Mindwarp