Friday, 2 December 2022

Doctor Who Vs. Bancroft, Series 1

This dark crime thriller was the first 
drama commission from ITV Studios 
sister production company, Tall Story 
Pictures - it replaced Hatton Garden 
in the TV schedules.
Produced by Phil Collinson, the
four-part case originally aired in
December 2017. A second, three-
part series was shown at New Year
2020.
 A repeat run of the first season began
on ITV3 last night - it featured Sarah
Parish, Anjli MohindraLinus Roache,
Adrian Edmondson, and twelve Doctor
Who cast and crew connections:

  • Parish (the titular Superintendent) played the Empress of the Racnoss in The Runaway Bride
  • Faye Marsay (DS Stevens) was Shona McCullough in Last Christmas
  • Amara Karan (Anya) was Rita in The God Complex
  • Art [Athar Ul-Haque] Malik (Taheeri) was Ilin in The Ghost Monument, and voiced Abbot Absolute for Big Finish's The Skull of Sobek (2008)
  • Kenneth Cranham (Baverstock) voiced Tom Cardwell for Blood of the Daleks (2007)
  • Richard Price (Policeman) was Guest in The Runaway Bride and The Lazarus ExperimentPasserby in Partners in Crime, Takran Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter, Cyberman in The Doctor Falls, and Shadow Kin in Class
  • Des Hughes was also line producer on eight stories (from The Snowmen to The Time of the Doctor), and had a cameo in The Five(ish) Doctors
  • John Hayes was director of The Night of the Doctor too
  • Gordon Seed was also stunt co-ordinator on thirty-six instalments (from The Idiot's Lantern to Kill the Moon)
  • cinematographer Richard Stoddard was a camera operator on Amy's Choice and The Lodger
  • Louise Page was also costume designer on forty-six episodes (from The Christmas Invasion to The End of Time)
  • Edmund Butt composed the music for An Adventure in Space and Time too

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