Sunday, 26 March 2023

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 24

The twenty-fourth season of  BBC1's
evergreen crime drama was originally
shown in the autumn of 2021 - it again
starred Emilia Fox (now the veteran of
166 episodes since 2004) and David
Caves as doctors Nikki Alexander and
Jack Hodgson. The Home Office forensic pathologists (based in London's Lyell Centre) were now joined by Jason Wong
(Dr. Yuen) and Genesis Lynea (Dr. Tyler).
The programme's 25th anniversary series,
saw the return of Amanda Burton as Sam
Ryan, and was teased here. A repeat run
of these five cases began on Drama last
night - they featured a total of seventeen
Doctor Who cast/crew connections:

Redemption (UK TX: September 6 & 7)
  • Lynea was Harriet in Empire of Death, and was Narrator of BBC Books' Sting of the Sasquatch (2024)
  • Kevin Eldon (DI Mason) voiced Antimony for Death Comes to Time, and was Ribbons in It Takes You Away
  • Richard Lumsden (Lawson) voiced Professor Landren for Burrowed Time (2019), and Dr. Vance for Antillia the Lost (2023)
  • Nigel Harrison (Pete) vocied Higgins for The Great Sontaran War (2021)
  • for stuntman Paul Kennington see Series 11
Bad Love (UK TX: September 13 & 14)
  • Bern Collaco (Officer) see Series 23
  • Rob Pavey was also stuntman oDeep BreathInto the Dalek, Robot of SherwoodListen and The Witch's Familiar
Reputations (UK TX: September 20 & 21)
  • Annette Badland (Linda) was Margaret Blaine [alias Blon Fel Fotch Pasameer-Day Slitheen] in Aliens of LondonWorld War Three, Boom Town and reprised for Big Finish's Sync (2019), then voiced Queen Karlina for Equilibrium, Thelma for Suburban Hell (both 2015), Guilana for Asking for a Friend (2017), Computer/Judge for Barrister to the Stars, Mrs. Slinger/Batraxus for Whatever Remains, Maude Polwart/Mermaid for The Ghost Writers (all 2020), Mrs. Goose/Fleshkin for The Hunting Season (2021), Eminent Sedanya for Blood of the Time Lords, the titular entity for The Miniaturist, and Mrs. Chinn for Mind of the Hodiac (both 2022)
  • Nicholas Farrell [born Frost] (Cowley) was Brian Green PM in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced Gammades for Time Reef, Phil for A Perfect World (both 2008), Captain Frank for Last of the Cybermen (2015), and Browman for A Ghost of Alchemy (2023)
  • Sagar Arya (Rahul) was a Newsreader in The Christmas Invasion, and The Sarah Jane Adventures
  • Tobias James Samuels (Officer) was Waiter in Voyage of the Damned
Brother's Keeper (UK TX: September 27 & 28)
  • Sutara Gayle (Gloria) voiced Nan for Mind of the Hodiac
  • Nicki Ballantyne was first assistant director on Resolution too
  • for Amir Nazempour see Series 23
Matters of Life and Death (UK TX: October 4 & 5)
  • Sian [born Jane Elizabeth Ailwên] Phillips (Beattie) voiced COLT-5000 for Jenny 1, Pilgrim for Ravenous (both 2018), the Inquisitor for Gallifrey (2020), the Director for The World Traders, Lady Eugenia de Souza for Outback (both 2021), and Mendrix for Solitary Confinement (2023)
  • Nicholas [Robin Frank] Woodeson (Galton) voiced the Clock- smith for Doom Coalition 3 (2016), and the title role for The Quest of the Engineer (2020)
  • Pauline McLynn (Mary) was Mary in Eve of the Daleks

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