Doctor Who Vs. Jonathan Creek Specials

The first festive edition of Jonathan Creek 
followed the programme's second series,
whilst the next special came almost two
years after the third season.

The next two specials aired after a five-year

hiatus - the New Year mystery introduced a
new assistant for Alan Davies' Creek, Joey
Ross played by Sheridan Smith.

Another Easter episode was transmitted in

2013, and the fifth, and final full series was

shown in early 2014. The most recent stand-

alone story, Daemons' Roost, was broadcast

at Christmas 2016.

A repeat run of these five feature-length

mysteries began on Drama tonight - they featured Mary Tamm, Paul McGann, Jo

Martin, and a total of thirty-five Doctor

Who cast/crew connections:

Black Canary (UK TX: Christmas Eve 1998)

• Hannah [Campbell Grant] Gordon (Marella) was Kirsty McLaren in The Highlanders, and voiced Skagra's Ship for Big Finish's Shada
• Vincent Wong (Pan Duc Lao) was Ho in The Talons of Weng Chiang
• Sanjeev Bhaskar (Doctor) was Colonel Ahmed in Death in Heaven, and voiced Dr. Avishka Sangakkara for The Eight Truths and Worldwide Web (both 2009), and Borusa for The Difference Office (2022)

Satan's Chimney (UK TX: Boxing Day 2001)

• Julia Sawalha (Carla Borrego) was Emma in The Curse of Fatal Death
• [Leslie] Steven Berkoff (Grole) provided the voice of the Shakri in The Power of Three
• Bill [born Mark] Bailey (Starkiss) was Harvester Droxil in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
• [William] James Saxon [born Smyth] (Bulstrode) was Oscar Botcherby in The Two Doctors
• Elliot [Aidan] Cowan (Tom) voiced Gark for The Fifth Traveller (2016)
• Lisa Stokke (Jodee) was Trine in It Takes You Away

The Grinning Man (TX: New Years Day 2009)

• for Stuart Milligan (Klaus) see Series 2
• Eloise Rakic Platt (Constance) was Ella McAvoy in Forest of the Dead
• Adam James (Alec) was DI Macmillan in Planet of the Dead
• Nicholas Boulton (Gessler) was a Businessman in Gridlock, then voiced Chule for Capture the Chronovore! (2022), Vice for Meanwhile, Elsewhere (2023), and Captain Saint for The Children of the Future (2024) 
• Katherine [Jane] Parkinson (Nicola) voiced Danika Meanwhile for The Death Collectors (2008)
• Deborah Maclaren (Ellen) was Kistane in Utopia
• Andrew Havill (Narrator) was the Chief Steward in Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Aleister Portillon/Squire Claude for The Witch from the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
• Kim McGarrity was also a stunt performer on The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth and The Day of the Doctor
• stunt double Lucinda [Bean] Peel also performed stunts on Father's Day and Night Terrors

The Judas Tree (UK TX: Easter Sunday 2010)

• Ian McNeice (Alberic) portrayed Winston Churchill in The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, The Pandorica Opens and The Wedding of River Song (a role reprised by Big Finish for The Churchill Years, Their Finest Hour, Subterfuge and Operation: Hellfire) - he also voiced Zeus for Immortal Beloved (2007), and Reginald Harcourt for The Renaissance Man (2012)
• Sasha Behar (Harriet) was Sister Spurrina in The Fires of Pompeii, and voiced Presidential Aide for Songs of Love, Tessno/Ladonne for Stop the Clock (both 2017), Admiral Eno for The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (2019), Talarn/Thayla/Bullet 2 for Dust Devil, and Diana Hendry for The Seas of Titan (both 2022)
• Natalie Walter (Emily) was Alice Coltrane in Turn Left
• Sean Buckley (Old Man) was the Barman in The Wedding of River Song
• Nigel Carrington (Clerk) voiced Emissary Godrin/Dr. Summersby/ Announcer for The Valley of Death (2011), Sir Robert Harney for The Devil's Armada (2014), Graham Finlay for New Horizons, Pik Solus for Mistfall (2015), and Sir Peter Latcham for UNIT: Shutdown (2016)
• Belinda McGinley was also a stunt performer on nine stories (from Amy's Choice to Eve of the Daleks)

The Clue of the Savant's Thumb (UK TX: April 1 2013)

• Joanna [Lamond] Lumley (Rosalind) was the Doctor in The Curse of Fatal Death
• Nigel [George] Planer (Tartikoff) was Vorgenson in The Monsters are Coming!, and voiced Alex Marlowe for Hothouse (2009), and Herax/Old Racnoss Emperor for Empire of the Racnoss (2017)
• Abigail McKern (Beth) voiced Denise Waterford for A Thousand Tiny Wings (2010), Susan Broadstairs for The Shadow at the Edge of the World (2014), Felicia Chater for The English Way of Death (2015), Lucretia Bell for Subterranea (2017), Crone/Moirai for The Planet of Witches, Skwoj/Ari for Poison of the Daleks (both 2020), Kitty for Masterful, and Beatrice Gray for The Blood Woods (both 2021)
• James Buller (DS Cudlipp) appeared as Dave Oswald in The Rings of Akhaten and The Time of the Doctor
• Mark Frost (Brad) voiced Shandar for Requiem for the Rocket Men (2015), and Niccolo Machiavelli for The Ravelli Conspiracy (2016)
• Michael Lumsden (Churchill) voiced Newton Pallister for The Crash of the UK-201 (2018)
• Bern Collaco (Guest) was an Operator in The Return of Doctor Mysterio, and Soldier in Thin Ice
• make-up effects maker Dan Frye was a Millennium FX technician on Cold War, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS and The Name of the Doctor
• Crispin Layfield was also a stuntman and co-ordinator on fifty revived instalments (from Father's Day to The Day of the Doctor)

Daemons' Roost (UK TX: December 28 2016)

• Ken Bones (Clore) was the General in The Day of the Doctor and Hell Bent - reprised for Big Finish's Dreadshade (2020), War Room 1, The War Doctor 4 (both 2022) and A Genius for War (2023) - he also voiced Dreislav/ Thomas Bloodchild for The Bloodchild Codex (2013), and David/ Anders Kristiansen for The Keeper of Light
• Warwick [Ashley] Davis (Wilkie) was Emperor Ludens Nimrod Kendrick Cord Longstaff XLI, known as Porridge in Nightmare in Silver