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)