Doctor Who Vs. Des

Nilsen (1945-2018) was convicted of the murders
of six young men, but confessed to nine others.
Only seven of his victime were ever identified.

"If you hadn't

caught me that

day, it'd be a

 hundred and

fifty, not fifteen.

I could never

have stopped."

'What follows is

based on 'Killing

for Company' by

Brian Masters

and on extensive

research and

personal

accounts.'

  

ITV Studios' acclaimed true-crime drama opened in 1983 with the

arrest of Scottish serial killer, Dennis Nilsen, portrayed by David

Tennant.

A repeat run of Des (first shown over three consecutive week

nights in September 2020) concluded on ITV3 last night - it also

featured Daniel Mays, Jason Watkins, and seventeen Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

• Mays (DCI Jay) was Alex in Night Terrors
• Watkins (Masters) was Webley in Nightmare in Silver
• Ron Cook (DSI Chambers) was Mr. Magpie in The Idiot's Lantern
• Pip [Dean] Torrens (Lawrence) and Gerard [James Pertwee] Horan (Lockwood) both appeared in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, as Headmaster Rocastle and Clark/Father of Mine - Torrens then voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), and Kenton for Break the Ice (2022)
• Ben Bailey Smith (DC Lodge) was Durkas Cicero in The Tsuranga Conundrum
• Silas Carson (Cavendish) was Uvlavad for The Sarah Jane Adventures: Warriors of the Kudlak, and provided Alien voices for The End of the World, then Ood voices for The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Planet of the Ood, The End of Time, Pond Life, Survivors of the Flux, The Vanquishers and Big Finish's Prisoner of the Ood and The War Master 2 (both 2018) - he also voiced Trave for Havoc, the Sicari for Collateral and Assassins, Commentator for Warzone (all 2019), Garlon Rosh for The Robots of War, Brian for He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not (both 2020), Dr. Winston Grange for Time Flies (2022), and Ramesh Kamal for Storm of the Sea Devils
• Jamie Parker (Green) voiced Wulfric/Edgar for Leviathan, Major Richter for The Architects of History (both 2010), Douglas for Aimed at the Body, Plummer for Lightspeed, Frank Reichenbach for The Bookshop at the End of the World, Virgilio for Interlude, Brian for Echo Chamber, Jasper Fernbridge for Towards Zero, Torrence for Castle Hydra, Sandar for Effect and Cause, Sir Percy/ Terrance for Plight of the Pimpernel (all 2020), Captain Hallorin for Ravagers (2021), and Tsar Alexander II/Trinity for Hidden Depths (2022)
• Ken Bones (Judge) was the General in The Day of the Doctor and Hell Bent - a role reprised for Dreadshade (2020), The Mission, The Horror and Gallifrey: War Room (all 2022) - he also voiced Dreislav/Thomas Bloodchild for The Bloodchild Codex (2013), and David/Anders Kristiansen for The Keeper of Light
• Andrew Woodall (Hardy) depicted Rex Tucker in An Adventure in Space and Time
• Beth Goddard (Frances) voiced Christine Colley for The Sontaran Project (2017), Ludina Braskell for Ravenous 1 (2018), Barton for The Moons of Vulpana, Vella for A Photograph to Remember and Rulers of Earth (all 2019), Sally/Time Lady for Operation: Hellfire (2020), and Allerdyce Benexa/Pangladasha for Ice Heist! (2023)
• Laurie Kynaston (Stottor) voiced the titular alien for Mind of the Hodiac (2022)
• [Sally] Amaka Okafor (Emily) voiced Agnes for L.E.G.E.N.D. (2019), Aurora for Quantum of Axos (2022), and Abby for Storm of the Sea Devils (2024)
• Jonathan Coy (Bowen) voiced Fowler for Jago & Litefoot 9 (2015)
• Tony Way (Cattran) was Alf in Deep Breath
• Tor Clark (Foreman) was a Teacher in Let's Kill Hitler
• Jade Jenkins (second asst. camera) was a trainee on Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror and Praxeus