Doctor Who Vs. Luther, Series 5

After an absence of three years,

the long-awaited fifth season of

Neil Cross' acclaimed thriller

debuted on BBC1 in January 2019.

Idris Elba returned as maverick

DCI John Luther in another dark

murder case, whilst newcomer

Wunmi Mosaku played DS Halliday.

Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley,

and Ruth Wilson reprised their

respective roles as Schenk, Benny,

and Alice Morgan.

A film version of Luther, The

Fallen Sun, was finally unveiled

in cinemas this month, then is

launched on Netflix next month.

A repeat showing of the drama

(originally shown over four con-

secutive nights from New Year's

Day) began on Drama last night - it featured Paul McGann, Patrick Malahide, and a total of twenty-two Doctor Who cast/crew alumni:

• Marcus Wilson was also producer of twenty-eight episodes (from The Impossible Astronaut to The Day of the Doctor), and The Doctors Revisited
• Jamie Payne was also director of Hide and The Time of the Doctor
• Derek Ritchie was also producer of The Doctor's Meditation, Under the Lake, Before the Flood, The Girl Who Died, The Woman Who Lived and Class, following script editing duties on the 2013 festive adventure, Deep Breath, Into the Dalek, The Caretaker and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
• Hermione [Jane] Norris (Dr. Lake) Captian Lundvik in Kill the Moon
• Sonita Henry (Daria) was Colonel Meme in The Time of the Doctor
• Roberta [Alexandra Mary] Taylor [born Roberts] (Celia) voiced Berengaria for The Holy Terror (2000), Angela Wisher for Cuddlesome (2008), and Maid for I Was Churchill's Double (2018)
• for Michael Obiora (Minty) see Series 4
• Jami Reid Quarrell (Hauser) was Colony Sarff in The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar, the Veil in Heaven Sent, and the Wraith in Hell Bent
• Katie Brayben (Penny) was Ellie in Oxygen
• Julie Teal (Miriam) voiced Chancellor Vorena for Time in Office (2017), and the Royal Magnificat for Emancipation (2019)
• Anthony [Matthew] Howell (Palmer) voiced Edward Perkins for The Valley of Death (2011), Christopher Manners for The Renaissance Man, Meredid Roath for The First Sontarans (both 2012), Professor John Bleak for The Lady of Mercia (2013), Victor Bataille for Island of Death, Tim Hope for The End of the Line (both 2015), Volar Crick for The Robots 1 (2019), Adrian for Out of This World, Lord Morton/Donat/Devore for Plight of the Pimpernel (both 2020), Macbeth/Siward for The Curse of Lady Macbeth (2021), Volen Steasel/Thug for The Tivolian Who Knew Too Much (2022), Cornwell for Double (2023), and Alan Turing for Storm of the Sea Devils (2024)
• Delroy Atkinson (Hayes) voiced Dav Christos/Therian Leader for Animal Instinct, Wadmore for The Avenues of Possibility (both 2019), and Mike/Messingham/UNIT Soldier for Long Shot (2021)
• Nicholas Asbury (DCI Woodgate) voiced Rowe for The Many Deaths of Jo Grant (2011), Anthony Burmaster for UNIT: Assembled, Chairman Bart Falco for The Silurian Candidate (both 2017), Visguard/Captain Morgan/SB Officer for Churchill Victorious, Dante for The Diary of River Song 4 (both 2018), Captain Zenna/Kivall for Out of Time, Shakespeare for The Hollow Crown, Tenebrae/ Franz Albrecht Stuart for Rulers of Earth (all 2020), Commander Stevenson/Pietersen for Return of the Cybermen, Mollis for Colony of Fear, Preacher Stem for The Melting Pot (all 2021), Hari Ventross for Kaldor Nights, Dr. Sturm for Shellshock, and Ivan for Suckers (all 2022), then was Etoine in The Zygon Inversion
• Lewis Young (Lucas) was a stuntman on Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
• Andrew Burford (Emil) was a stuntman on The Eaters of Light, The Doctor Falls, Twice Upon a Time, Kerblam!, The Witchfinders, The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos and Spyfall (2)
• Xavier Lake was stuntman on The Woman Who Fell to Earth too
• Crispin Layfield was also stunt co-ordinator on fifty stories (from Father's Day to The Day of the Doctor)
• John Pardue was cinematographer on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Ian Adrian was also camera operator on The Vampires of Venice, The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood and The Lodger, then DoP (director of photography) on Twice Upon a Time
• Liam Byrne was the armourer on The Wedding of River Song too
• Rory Herbert was also script supervisor on A Town Called Mercy, The Power of Three, The Rings of Akhaten, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS and The Name of the Doctor
• Christopher Reynolds (first assistant camera) was focus puller on The Eleventh Hour, The Rings of Akhaten, Nightmare in Silver and The Name of the Doctor