Doctor Who Vs. Murder is Easy

This period crime drama was based

on Agatha Christie's twenty-fifth

novel (known in America as Easy

to Kill), published in 1939. A US

TV version was shown in 1982,

followed by ITV's treatment in

2009, and was now adapted by

Mammoth Screen and BritBox for

BBC1. The two-part mystery con-

cluded last night - it featured

Douglas Henshall, Mark Bonnar,

and nine Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

• David Jonsson [Fray] (Fitzwilliam) voiced Corporal James Morley for Big Finish's Invocation (2017)
• Penelope [Alice] Wilton (Lavinia here; Louise in They Do It With Mirrors, 2009) played Harriet Jones MP in Aliens of London, World War Three, The Christmas Invasion and The Stolen Earth
• Tom Riley (Whitfield here; Argyle in Ordeal by Innocence, 2007; Boynton in Appointment With Death, 2008) was Robin Hood in Robot of Sherwood
• Tamzin [Maria] Outhwaite (Mrs Pierce here; Mrs Rogers in Endless Night, 2013) was the Captain in Nightmare in Silver, then voiced Morton for Secrets of Telos (2022)
• Brian McCardie (Bull here; Gould in Ordeal by Innocence, 2018; Persimmon in Agatha and the Truth of Murder) voiced Alan Weir for Masters of Earth (2014)
• Ron [Eaglesham] Donachie [born Porter] (Coroner) was the Steward in Tooth and Claw
• Christina Low was also stunt performer Spyfall and Flux
• Lloyd Bass (stunt co-ordinator) was stuntman on The Time of the Doctor and Twice Upon a Tim
• Segun Akinola was also composer of thirty-one Doctor Who adventures

Doctor Who Vs. A Bridge Too Far

Shown on ITV4 today, this epic Anglo-American war film was

based on the 1974 novel by Cornelius Ryan. Directed by Richard

Attenborough, the production chronicled the collapse of Operation

Market Garden in September 1944. Allied forces intended to break

through German lines and seize bridges in the occupied Netherlands, but they failed to cross the river Rhine and expectations of ending

the war by Christmas ceased.

Released by United Artists in 1977, the film starred an international

ensemble cast (led by Dirk Bogarde, Michael Caine, Sean Connery,

Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Ryan O'Neal, Gene 

Hackman, Robert Redford) and twenty-nine Doctor Who cast

connections:

• Donald [Ellis] Pickering (Mackenzie) played Eyesen in The Keys of Marinus, Blade in The Faceless Ones, and Beyus in Time and the Rani
• Donald [Macleod] Douglas (Lathbury) was Vural in The Sontaran Experiment
• Paul [Mackriell] Copley (Wicks) was Clem McDonald in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced Dad for Big Finish's Spare Parts (2002), Mick Huff for The Miniaturist (2022), and Wendell for The Conservitors (2023)
• Stephen [Vincent] Moore (Steele) was Eldane in Cold Blood, and voiced Clark Goodman for The Eight Truths and Worldwide Web (both 2009)
• Keith Drinkel (Cornish) was Flight Engineer Roger Scobie in Time Flight, Parker in BBV Productions' Race Memory, Moses in The Green Man, and Bob Calhoun in Zygon, then voiced Henry Hallam for Catch 1782 (2005), the Cinder for Frostfire (2007), and Oberon Fix for The Great Cyber War (2023)
• Ian [Stuart] Liston (Whitney) was the Hero in (part 1 of) The Armageddon Factor
• Christopher Good (Carlyle) was Morgan The Beast Below
• Michael Wolf [born Socher] (Aide) was Nils in The Moonbase
• Geoffrey Hinsliff (Operator) was Jack Tyler in Image of the Fendahl, and Fisk in Nightmare of Eden
• Michael [Donald] Bangerter (Colonel) was Curt in Planet of Fire (1)
• [Roger Michael] Hilary Minster (Officer) was Marat in Planet of the Daleks (3), and Thal Soldier in Genesis of the Daleks (3)
• Garrick Hagon (Rafferty) was Ky in The Mutants, Abraham in A Town Called Mercy, and voiced the Jester for The Axis of Insanity (2004)
• Ben Howard (Towns) was Hinks in The Green Death
• Jack [Stewart] Galloway (Vincent) was Captain Joseph Willow in The Awakening
• Richard [George] Kane [born Wright] (Weaver) was Valmar in The Power of the Daleks
• Simon Chandler (Simmonds) voiced Corporal Arthur Dimes for Churchill Victorious (2018)
• Patrick [Geoffrey] Ryecart (German Lieut.) was Dr. Crozier in Mindwarp
• Colin Farrell (Cpl. Hancock) was Benni in Orphan 55
• Frank Jarvis [born John Francis Train] (Aide) was the Corporal in The War Machines (3), Ankh in Underworld, and Skart in The Power of Kroll
• Gerald Martin, Stuart Blake, Stephen Churchett, Adrian Gibbs, James Snell, Roy Boyd and Jon Croft (Soldiers) all starred in the classic run
• Erik Chitty (Organist) was Charles Preslin in The Massacre (1), and Co-ordinator Engin in The Deadly Assassin
• Brian [John Lumley] Hawksley (Vicar) was Brewster in Black Orchid
• Alf [Charles Richard] Joint was stunt arranger on Battlefield too, and Heavy in The Ambassadors of Death (1)

Doctor Who Vs. A Christmas Carol (1977)

This version of Charles Dickens'

festive literary classic was a faithful

retelling of the original novella

(published in 1843) with a cast led

by Michael Hordern (1911-1995)

as Ebenezer Scrooge.

Shown on ITV3 today, this BBC

adaptation was originally shown

on Christmas Eve in 1977 - it also

featured John Le Mesurier, Bernard

Lee, and seventeen Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

• [Sarah] Patricia Quinn (Ghost of Christmas Past) was Belazs in Dragonfire, then voiced Angvia for Big Finish's Bang-Bang-a-Boom! (2002)
• Clive [Robert] Merrison (Cratchit) was Jim Callum in The Tomb of the Cybermen, and the Deputy Chief Caretaker in Paradise Towers, then voiced Sir Frederick Maltravers for BBV Productions' The Barnacled Baby (2001), and George Augustus for The Contingency Club (2017)
• Paul [Mackriell] Copley (Fred) was Clem McDonald in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced Dad for Spare Parts (2002), Jimmy Deel for Missing Persons (2013), Mick Huff for The Miniaturist (2022), and Wendell for The Conservitors (2023)
• Zoe Wanamaker (Belle) was Lady Cassandra in The End of the World and New Earth
• Stephen [George] Churchett (John) was Bill in Attack of the Cybermen
• Will Stampe [born Bernard Cohen] (Fezziwig) was the First Man in (episode 3 of) The Massacre
• Christopher [Kenneth] Biggins (Topper) voiced Banto Zame for The One Doctor (2001)
• June [Muriel] Brown (Mrs Dilber) was Lady Eleanor in The Time Warrior, and her EastEnders character (Dot Cotton) appeared in Dimensions in Time
• John [Henry] Ringham (Gent) was Tlotoxl in The Aztecs, Josiah Blake in The Smugglers, and Robert Ashe in Colony in Space
• [George] Michael Mulcaster (Ghost) was Prisoner in Frontier in Space (3), and Old Duke in The Masque of Mandragora (1)
• Tracey Childs (Fan) was Metella in The Fires of Pompeii, and voiced Dr. Elizabeth Klein for Colditz (2001), A Thousand Tiny Wings, Survival of the Fittest, Klein's Story, The Architects of History (all 2010), UNIT: Dominion (2012), Persuasion, Starlight Robbery, Daleks Among Us (all 2013) and Warlock's Cross (2018) - she also voiced the Figurehead for Time Works (2006)
• Brian Blessed (Narrator) was King Yrcanos in Mindwarp
• Barry [Reginald] Newbery was also production designer on sixty-two episodes (from 100,000 BC to The Awakening)
• Barbara Kidd was also costume designer on thirteen stories (from A Christmas Carol to The Wedding of River Song)
• Ann Ailes Stevenson was also make-up artist on The Face of Evil and The Awakening
• Colin Dixon also worked on sound for The Gunfighters, Terror of the Autons, The Sea Devils (6), The Masque of Mandragora and The Face of Evil
• Sam Barclay was lighting technician on Terminus too

Doctor Who Vs. Casualty, Series 10

Series regulars Derek Thompson, Ian Bleasdale, Clive Mantle, Patrick
Robinson, Sorcha Cusack, Julia Watson, Jane Gurnett, Jason Merrells,
Sue Devaney and Lisa Coleman all returned for the tenth season of 
BBC One's long-running medical drama.

Joining the programme here were Craig Kelly (as SHO Daniel Perryman),
Lizzie McInnerny (PR Officer Laura Millburn), Robert Duncan (director 
Peter Hayes), Michael N Harbour (guard Trevor Wilson), Gary Bakewell
 (porter Tim Greenway) and David Robb (surgeon Henry Reeve-Jones).
All newcomers (excluding Harbour) had left the show by the series'
conclusion, whilst Robinson and Gurnett chose to depart after six and
two years service. Robinson reprised his role as Martin Ashford in
2013 for another two years.

A repeat run of the twenty-four part series (originally broadcast

from September 1995 to February 1996) began on Drama today -

it featured William Russell, David Bradley, Terry Molloy, and

a total of forty-nine other Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• McInnerny voiced Harriet Quilp for Big Finish's The Yes Men (2015)
• Robb voiced Sir Donald Shaw for In the Bleak Midwinter (2023), and Maltravers/Ironmonger for The Violet Hour (2026)
• Nigel Carrington (Machin) voiced Emissary Godrin/Dr. Summersby/ Announcer for The Valley of Death (2011), Sir Robert Harney for The Devils's Armada (2014), Graham Finlay for New Horizons, Pik Solus for Mistfall (2015), and Sir Peter Latcham for UNIT: Shutdown (2016)
• Elli Garnett (Linda here; Hilary, 2003) was Caroline in Rose
• Ian Staples (Policeman) made his TV debut as a Soldier in The Caves of Androzani
• Frederick [William] Treves (Alsop) was Brotadac in Meglos
• Orla Brady (Wendy) was Tasha Lem in The Time of the Doctor
• Tam Williams (Fisher) made his acting debut as a Schoolboy in (part 1 of) Remembrance of the Daleks, then voiced Tom for Point of Entry (2010), Cedric Chivers for Hunters of Earth (2013), Gus Kalwarowsky for A Gamble With Time (2016), Christopher Dalliard for The Sword of Chevalier (2017), and Lan-Say for The Howling Wolves of Xan-Phear (2023)
• Victor McGuire (Jerry here; Fr. Frank, 2003) voiced Borton for In the Garden of Death (2018), and Huthro for Stone Cold (2023)
• Donald Gee (Ted here; Brian, 2002) was Major Ian Warne in The Space Pirates, and Eckersley in The Monster of Peladon
• Sally Faulkner (Sara) was Isobel Watkins in The Invasion, and voiced Miss Tremayne for Winter for the Adept (2000)
• John [Frederick] Abineri (Semple) was Van Lutyens in Fury from the Deep, General Carrington in The Ambassadors of Death, Richard Railton in Death of the Daleks, and Ranquin in The Power of Kroll
• Camilla Power (Angie) voiced Councillor Kostal for The Foe from the Future, Perditia/Jenessa/Zaria for Psychdrome (2014), Mademoiselle for The Monster of Montmarte, Adella for The Mourning After (both 2015), and Carrie Pierce for The Movellan Grave (2017)
• Rosie [Cecilia] Cavaliero (Linda here; WPC, 1996; Carmel, 2001) voiced Cassie Schofield for Project: Twilight (2001) and Project: Lazarus (2003), and Marge Ellmore for Infamy of the Zaross (2017) 
• Stephen Yardley (Connolly) and John Franklyn-Robbins (Jarvis) both appeared in Genesis of the Daleks, as Sevrin and Time Lord - Yardley was also Arak in Vengeance on Varos
• Gareth [Daniel Noake] Thomas (Arnold here; Bailey, 2002) voiced Lord Tamworth for Storm Warning (2001), Kalendorf for Dalek Empire (2001/2) and Return of the Daleks (2006), and Astaroth for Last of the Colophon (2014)
• Michael Keating (Sadler here; Wingate, 2000) was Goudry in The Sun Makers, then voiced Major Koth for The Twilight Kingdom (2004), Inspector Chardalot for Year of the Pig (2006), and Calvert for The Evil One (2014)
• Daniel Brocklebank (Althorpe here; Watkins, 2011) voiced Sheldukher for The Highest Science (2014), David Daniels for Damaged Goods, Tauras for Gallifrey: Intervention Earth (both 2015), Prosecutor for From the Flames, and Yaren for The Master's Dalek Plan (both 2019) 
• Paul [Mackriell] Copley (Chambers here; McArthur, 2006; Dixon; 2010) was Clem McDonald in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced Dad for Spare Parts (2002), Jimmy Deel for Missing Persons (2013), Mick Huff for The Miniaturist (2022), and Wendell for The Conservitors (2023)
• Ian Cuthbertson (Needle here; Albert, 1999) and Timothy [Dingwall] Bateson (Horton) both starred in The Ribos Operation, as Garron and Binro
• Ewan Bailey (Reardon here; Nick, 1999; Graham, 2002; Bryson, 2004) provided Alien voices for Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Count Licori for The Galileo Trap, Father Locke/Orbs for The Satanic Mill, McCallum/Grayson/Sergeant Quick Snr/Priest for Jago & Litefoot 10 (all 2015), Davy McTavit for The Helm of Awe, Blazzard/Copeland for The Morton Legacy, Dimitri Papkin for The Ship of the Sleepwalkers (all 2017), Computer/Evotech Kronin/Wendell/Rattus/ Cab/Karsus Prime for Kings of Infinite Space, Sir Edward Cameron/ Slitheen/Biggs for Death on the Mile (both 2018), Hugo Blake for The Sinestran Kill (2019), and Mallory/Galavant/Baravoar for Past Lives (2023)
• Navin Chowdhry (Zaf) was Indra Ganesh in Aliens of London and World War Three
• Milton Johns [born John Robert Milton] (Mr. X) was Benik in The Enemy of the World, Guy Crayford in The Android Invasion, and Kelner in The Invasion of Time
• Stuart Organ (Ken) was Bazin in Dragonfire, then voiced Helgert Teveler/Kenneth/Trooper/Docking for The Seeds of War (2013)
• Raymond Trickitt (Predovic) was the Ancient Haemovore in The Curse of Fenric
• Clare Cathcart (Finoula) voiced Mary for The Settling (2006)
• Tim McInnerny (Deakin) was Klineman Halpen in Planet of the Ood, and voiced Admiral Dolne for The Well-Mannered War (2015)
• for Kelly Hunter see Series 7
• Cathy [McKevitt] Murphy (Karen here; Val, 1999; Sarah in Casualty 1906; Various in Holby City) was Mum in The Christmas Invasion
• Derek Lea (Pearson here; Lang, 2003; stuntman/co-cordinator on Holby City) was a stuntman on Dalek, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways, The Age of Steel and Partners in Crime, then co-ordinator on The Return of Doctor Mysterio, The Doctor Falls, The Star Beast and Wild Blue Yonder
• Jonty Stephens (Davies here; Hooper, 2000; Barker, 2008; Various in Holby City) voiced Paravatar/Waiter/Barman/Policeman for 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (2013)
• Gareth Corke (McCarthy here; Mallinson in Holby City, 2005) voiced Leon Clancy/Policeman/Benji/Taxi Driver for Lady Christina 1 (2018)
• Lisa Hollander (Moira) voiced Eumachia for The Fires of Vulcan (2000)
• Mary Conlon (Alex here; Celia in Holby City, 2004) voiced Celia Dunthorpe for We Are the Daleks, and Hilary for Clean Sweep (both 2015)
• David Schaal (Kelly here; George in 2009) voiced Inspector Zogroth /Bus Driver for The Star Beast (2019)
• Bruce [John] Alexander (Raymond here; Reynolds, 1999; Kane, 2003; Smith, 2010) voiced Hingus for Emissary of the Daleks (2019)
• Don [Francis] Henderson (Hunter) was Gavrok in Delta and the Bannermen
• Indre Ové (Pam here; Frankie, 2011) voiced Tanya Vandermoy for Toos and Poul (2020), Queen Maylee for Naomi's Ark (2023), and Bryarly/Quarks for Dominant Species (2024)
• Jonathan Guy Lewis (Joe here; Woods in Holby City, 2003) voiced Marcus Bray for After the Daleks (2021)
• Dido Miles (Linda) voiced Arva for Living Darkness (2025)
• Janet Amsden (Rita here; Martha, 2006) voiced Imogen for The Haunter of the Shore (2024)
• Ruth Lass (Jenny here; Fran in Holby City) voiced Elodie Kendall for Future Phantoms (2024)
• Rod Woodruff was also stunt co-ordinator on Rose and World War Three
• Keith Temple wrote Planet of the Ood too
• David Holliday was the grip on Turn Left too

Doctor Who Vs. Nativity Rocks!

Shown on ITV2 today, this festive

British comedy (the third sequel to

2009's Nativity!) starred Celia Imrie

and Simon Lipkin as the teaching

staff at Coventry's St. Bernadette's

Primary school.

Released by Entertainment One

in late 2018, the film (written by

Debbie Isitt) featured Helen George,

Hugh Dennis, Ruth Jones, and a

dozen Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Meera [born Feroza] Syal (Nina) was Dr. Nasreen Chaudhry in The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood, Narrator of Borrowed Time and The Gemini Contagion (both 2011), then voiced Arla Decanto for Big Finish's The Truth of Peladon (2022)
• Vincent [Warren] Franklin (Lord Mayor) voiced Lord Stormblood for Scenes from her Life (2016), then was Harry Shaw in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Jemma [Mary] Churchill (Nan) voiced Lady Forleon for Creatures of Beauty (2003), Salfira Valtris/Dr. Maria Backhouse for Breaking Bubbles, Praska for Signs and Wonders (both 2014), Farla Janz/ Inscape for The Genesis Chamber, Captain Daphne Papas for The Sontarans (both 2016), Carmen Scheffler for The Crash of the UK-201 (2018), and Louisha Deltarton/the Executive for Kaldor Nights (2022), then appeared in The Five(ish) Doctors Rebbot, and was Jean in Village of the Angels
• Richard Price (Check-in) was Guest in The Runaway Bride and The Lazarus Experiment, Passerby in Partners in Crime, Takran Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter, Cyberman in The Doctor Falls, and Shadow Kin in Class
• Arn Kapur (Guard) was Museum Extra in The Vanquishers
• Lawrence Grugeon (Press Officer) was German Soldier in Twice Upon a Time
• for Jessica Hynes and Stevie Smith see Nativity 2
• for Simon Lipkin and Celia Imrie see Nativity 3
• Gibran Farrah was also ADR mixer on The Tsuranga Conundrum and Demons of the Punjab
• John Taylor was the boom operator on The Five Doctors too

Doctor Who Vs. Agatha Christie's Poirot, Series 10

David Suchet returned as the

Queen of Crime's Belgian sleuth

for another four feature-length

serials, first shown in early 2006.

Ariadne Oliver (portrayed here by

Zoe Wanamaker) was a creation whom Christie said had "a strong

dash of myself".

 Oliver debuted in Cards on the

Table, where her own iteration of

 The Body in the Library is refer-

enced - that title was actually

used by Christie in 1942. Oliver

 featured in six further books, including The Pale Horse (pub-

lished in 1961), where she met

the Calthorps, friends of Miss

Marple from The Moving Finger,

whilst other works by Oliver were discussed by characters in The Clocks (1963). Like Christie and her contemporaries, the fictional writer was a member of the Detection

Club. A repeat run of the tenth season began on ITV3 tonight - it

featured William Russell (who celebrates his 99th birthday today),

and a total of thirty-seven Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

The Mystery Of The Blue Train 
(UK TX: New Year's Day 2006/Published in 1928)

• Hettie Macdonald was also director of Blink, The Doctor's Meditation, The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar
• Lindsay [Vere] Duncan (Tamplin here; Marina in The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, 2010) was Captain Adelaide Brooke in The Waters of Mars
• [Simon Richard] James D'Arcy (Kettering here; Burton in The Moving Finger, 2006) voiced Michael for Big Finish's Paradise 5 (2010)
• for Nicholas Farrell (Knighton) see The ABC Murders
• [Carolyn] Jane [Onslow] How (Lady here; Veronica in Cat Among the Pigeons) was Rebec in Planet of the Daleks
• Roger Lloyd Pack (Caux) was John Lumic in Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel
• Josette [Patricia] Simon (Mirelle) voiced Sarana Teel for The Sontaran Ordeal (2016), and Taraneh for The Mind Runners (2018)
• first assistant director Stephen Woolfenden was director of Nightmare in Silver
• for Sean Clayton see Murder on the Links
• Nick Wilkinson (stunt co-ordinator here & Taken at the Flood) was a stuntman on The Next Doctor
• Dean Forster was also stuntman on seven episodes (from The Christmas Invasion to A Good Man Goes to War), The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood
• Adam Harvey was assistant editor on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• series script editor Beth Willis was co-executive producer on twenty-seven stories (from The Eleventh Hour to The Wedding of River Song), Doctor Who Confidential, then Space/Time and The Adventure Games
• Jamie McCoan was film editor on Blink too

Cards On The Table (UK TX: March 19/Published in 1936)

• Alex Jennings (Dr. Roberts here; Calgary for Ordeal by Innocence, 1983; DI Curry in They Do It With Mirrors, 2009; Richard for Magnolia Blossom; and was cast in The Murder at the Vicarage, 2026) voiced Lord Hawthorn for The Hunting Season (2021)
• Lesley [Ann] Manville (Lorrimer) depicted Heather Hartnell in An Adventure in Space and Time
• Robert Pugh (Hughes here; Easterbrook in A Murder is Announced, 2005) was Tony Mack in The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood, and voiced Emmett Burrows for Five Twenty-Nine (2016)
• Alexander [born Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi] Siddig (Shaitana here) voiced Rosto for Sisters of the Flame and The Vengeance of Morbius (both 2008), the Captain for The Wreck of the Titan, Nemo for Legend of the Cybermen (both 2010), the Sultan for 1001 Nights (2012), and Marcus Gifford for I Went to a Marvellous Party (2016)
• Lucy [Katherine] Liemann (Miss Burgess here; Sonia in Third Girl) voiced Zennox for Last of the Cybermen
• David Westhead (Wheeler) was Kemper in The Shakespeare Code
• Honeysuckle [Susan] Weeks (Rhoda here; Romaine in Witness for the Prosecution, 2010; Agatha Christie in Frankie Drake Mysteries) voiced Heleyna for Agents of Chaos (2016)
• Cordelia Bugeja (Mrs. Luxmore) was Esther Spears in The War Between the Land and the Sea

After The Funeral (UK TX: March 26/Published in 1953)

• Robert [Guy] Bathurst (Entwhistle) voiced Cardinal Padrac for Doom Coalition, then was General Farquhar in Survivors of the Flux
• Annabel Scholey (Sorrel) was Claire Brown in The Halloween Apocalypse, Village of the Angels and The Vanquishers
• for Philip Anthony (Vicar) see The ABC Murders
• Anna Calder-Marshall (Maude) voiced Mathilda Pierce for Scream of the Shalka
• for John Carson (Abernethie) see The Incredible Theft

Taken At The Flood (UK TX: April 2/Published in 1948)

• Jenny [Ann] Agutter (Adela here; Agnes in 4.50 from Paddington; Narrator of The Agatha Christie Code) voiced Sekhmet for The Bride of Peladon (2008)
• Richard [John] Hope [Walker] (Spence here & Mrs. McGinty's Dead) was Malohkeh in The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood and The Wedding of River Song, and Bleytal in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, then voiced Moreland for The Bounty of Ceres, William Heaton for Changing of the Guard (both 2014) and Rise and Shine, Harry Harvey for Damaged Goods (both 2015), Philip Cook/Kal for Absent Friends (2016), Jastrok for UNIT: Assembled (2017), and General Reinhardt for Shellshock (2022)
• Celia [Diana Savile] Imrie (Kathy here; Maid in Death on the Nile, 1978; Mde. Joilet in 4.50 from Paddington; Narrator of Talking Pictures: The Films of Agatha Christie, 2020) was [Rosemary] Kizlet in The Bells of Saint John, and voiced Dr. Elizabeth Bradley for The Fifth Citadel (2013), Mde. Tissot for Gallery of Ghouls, and Lady Livia Caralis for Enemy Lines (both 2016)
• Tim [Peter] Pigott Smith (Woodward here; Stubbs in Dead Man's Folly, 1986) was Captain Harker in The Claws of Axos, and Marco in The Masque of Mandragora
• Elizabeth [Jean Williams] Spriggs (Leadbetter here; Mildred in Spider's Web, 1982; Miss Johnson for Murder in Mesopotamia, 1994) was Tabby in Paradise Towers
• for David Yelland (George) see Murder in the Mews
• for Pip Torrens (Cloade) see The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
• Elliot [Aidan] Cowan (Hunter here; Hudd in They Do It With Mirrors, 2009) voiced Gark for The Fifth Traveller (2016)
• Patrick [Bashir] Baladi (Cloade here; Frayn in The Blue Geranium, 2010) was cast in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Marcus Catlin was also first assistant director on The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang

Doctor Who Vs. Casualty, Series 9

Regular series actors Derek Thompson, Ian Bleasdale, Clive Mantle,

 Patrick Robinson and Jane Gurnett returned for the ninth season

of BBC1's long-running medical drama. Joining the programme here

were Sorcha Cusack (as nurse Kate Wilson), Joan Oliver (SHO Eddie

Gordon), Steven Brand (nurse Adam Cooke), Jason Merrells (Matt

Hawley), Lisa Coleman (nurse Jude Korcarnik), and Sue Devaney

(paramedic Liz Harker).

Julia Watson reprised her role as Dr. Baz Hayes, last seen at Holby

City Hospital in 1986. Both Oliver and Brand had left the show by

the series' conclusion.

A repeat run of the twenty-four part season (originally broadcast

from September 1994 to March 1995) began on Drama today - it

featured Louise Jameson, and a total of forty-seven Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

• for Watson see Series 1
• Cusack voiced Mary Carter for Big Finish's Dark Eyes 4 (2015)
• Melvyn Bedford (PC Milligan) made his TV debut as Reig in Planet of Evil, and was a Mummy in Pyramids of Mars
• Alex Lowe (Hopkins here; Tony, 2010) voiced Brigadier General Bartholomew Kitchen for The Angel of Scutari, Huxley for Ringpullworld (both 2009) and Fine and Replace, Axel for The Song of Megaptera, Private Michaels for The Bloodless Soldier, Sergeant Lange and Ragamuffin for The Similarity Effect, Professor August Corbin for Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge (all 2010), Sergeant Mezz/ Trooper Nold for Heroes of Sontar (2011), Damien Stephens/ Roboman for Energy of the Daleks (2012), Young Jago for The Year of the Bat (2015), Soren for Time Reaver (2016), Archie Flowers for The Cars That Ate London, and Roderick for The Vigil (both 2019)
• Gina McKee (Ginnie) voiced the Lumiat for Missy 2 (2020) and Masterful (2021)
• Claire [Louise] Rushbrook (WPC) and Shaun Parkes (Patrick Snr. here; Flock, 1999) both appeared in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, as Ida Scott and Captain Zachary Cross Flane - whilst Rushbrook voiced Tula Chenka for Escape from Kaldor (2018) and The Robots (from 2019), and the Abbess/Marna for Out of Time 1 (2021)
• Tony Millan (George) voiced Professor Kelvin McIntyre for Frozen Time, Interrogator for Mother Russia (both 2007), Leonard Pallister for Situation Vacant (2010), Procopius/Yazid for The Secret History (2015), and Justice Burrows/Jonty for Judoon in Chains (2016)
• Jason Watkins (Partridge) was Webley in Nightmare in Silver, and voiced the Legate of the Caliph for The Destroyer of Delights, the White Guardian for The Chaos Pool (both 2009), Chancellor Barok for The Truth of Peladon (2022), and Al Norton for In the Bleak Midwinter (2023)
• Martha [Esther] Cope (Sylvia here; Christine, 2006; Susan, 2015) was the Controller in Bad Wolf, and voiced Captain Tanya Oswin for The Nowhere Place (2006), Talia for Bedtime Story (2007), and Commander Lind for The Sons of Kaldor (2018)
• Daniel Ryan [born O'Brien] (Hitchens here; Tiverton, 2009) was Biff Cane in Midnight
• Sean Gilder (DS Hennessy here; DI Langen, 2003) was the Sycorax leader in The Christmas Invasion
• Rory Jennings (Miller here; Bingham, 2006; Ashley, 2010) and Jamie Foreman (Pearson here; Stephens, 1999; Henry, 2008) both appeared in The Idiot's Lantern, as Tommy Connolly and Eddie Connolly
• Dickon Tolson (Danny here; Dale, 2002; Oliver, 2006) voiced Sharz Sevix for The Game (2005), and Annos for Gallifrey 3 (2006)
• Mary [Ellen] Maxted [born George] (Mrs. Grace) was the Theatre Cleaner in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (3)
• Angela [Josephine] Douglas [born MacDonagh] (Jane) was Doris Lethbridge Stewart in Battlefield
• Barbara [Ann] Murray (Vivien) was Lady Cranleigh in Black Orchid
• Pandora [Beatrice] Colin [born Ormsby Gore] (Joanna) voiced Fash for Prisoner of the Sun (2010)
• [Mary Irene] Colette O'Neil [born McCrossan] (Maureen here; Vera, 1996; Jean, 2013) was Tanha in Snakedance
• Jennie Linden (Caroline) was Barbara in Dr. Who and the Daleks, and voiced Professor Klyst for Unregenerate (2005)
• Elizabeth Rider (Bev here; Cathy, 2008/9) provided the ATMOS voice for The Sontaran Stratagem, was Linda in The Time of the Doctor, and voiced Galatea for The Well-Mannered War (2015)
• Celia [Diana Savile] Imrie (Elizabeth) was [Rosemary] Kizlet in The Bells of Saint John, and voiced Dr. Elizabeth Bradley for The Fifth Citadel (2013), Madame Tissot for Gallery of Ghouls, and Livia for Gallifrey: Enemy Lines (both 2016)
• Sam [born Roger Michael] Kelly (Clayton here; Miles, 2004) voiced Eugene Tacitus for The Holy Terror (2000), and Acheron for Return to the Web Planet (2007)
• George [Alphonsus] Cooper (Collins) was Cherub in The Smugglers
• Cheryl Hall (Jane) was Shirna in Carnival of Monsters
• Susan Vidler (Pat here; Cindy, 2008; Lena, 2010) was Aunt Susan in The Big Bang
• Ben [Evan] Miller (Murdoch) was the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robot of Sherwood
• Andrew [Hugh] Woodall (Hodges) portrayed Rex Tucker in An Adventure in Space and Time
• Mark Lewis Jones (Allsop here; Flack, 2012) voiced Professor Oliver Mortlake for The Darkness of Glass (2015)
• Philip McGough (Rathbone) was Sergeant [Graham] Calder in Resurrection of the Daleks
• Corey [born John] Johnson (Jackson) was Henry Van Statten in Dalek
• Edward Peel (Tolchard here; Leinster, 1998) was Kane in Dragonfire, and reprised for The Last Day 1 (2023), and Visitor for 24 Carat
• Robin Soans (Turner here; Croft, 2001; Dolan, 2010) was Luvic in The Keeper of Traken, and the Chronolock Guy in Face the Raven, then was Narrator of The Sins of Winter (2015)
• Des McAleer (McGann here; Jacobs, 2002) voiced Lefty Lonnigan for A Life of Crime (2016), and Blujaw Skaldson for The Skin of the Sleek and The Thief Who Stole Time (both 2017)
• Tom Eastwood (Boyd) voiced Requiem for The Last (2004)
• Steffan Boje (Dizzy) voiced Hans Stengard for Whispers of Terror (1999)
• Isobel Middleton (WPC here; Jill, 2004) provided the voice of Almak for Demons of the Punjab
• Sally Ann Curran (Colette here; Helen, 1998) voiced Emily Bung for Pier Pressure (2006)
• Robert Cavanah (Barnes here; Chalmers, 2004; Roy, 2010; Riley, 2013; Marks, 2017) voiced President Gilbert for Saltwater (2022)
• Michelle Newell (Anna) was one of twenty-six actresses who auditioned for the role of Leela in 1976
• Chris Clough was also the director of Terror of the Vervoids, The Ultimate Foe, Delta and the Bannermen, Dragonfire, The Happiness Patrol and Silver Nemesis
• Catherine Morshead was also director of Amy's Choice and The Lodger
• Sallie Aprahamian was also director of Arachnids in the UK and The Witchfinders
• Ian Adrian was also a camera operator on The Vampires of Venice, The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, Vincent and the Doctor, The Lodger and An Adventure in Space and Time