Sunday 7 May 2023

Doctor Who Vs. Rebus, Series 1

The Inspector Rebus books are a series of
police procedural stories by Scottish author
Ian Rankin (born 1960), that centre on the investigations of DI John Rebus, and are set
mainly in Edinburgh.
Thirteen of Rankin's twenty-four Rebus novels
were adapted over four series by STV Prod-
ctions between 2000 and 2007.
John Hannah portrayed the detective in the
first season, before being replaced by Messiah 
actor Ken Stott for the remaining three runs
(which included The First Stone, the only
 original story not based on any Rankin work).
Ron Donachie was later cast in the title role of
BBC Radio 4's own Rebus series, from 2003 to
2017. Chris Lawson depicted the detective in
Long ShadowsRona Munro's stage version of 2018.
A repeat run of the first four cases (co-executive produced by
Hannah and Philip Hinchcliffe) began on Drama last night - they
featured Ewan Stewart (as DI Morton), Gayanne Potter (DS Clarke),
Michelle Gomez, Mark Bonnar, and a total of nineteen other
Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Black and Blue (UK TX: April 26 2000/Published 1997)
  • Jim Norton (Slocum) voiced Major Thomas Kennet for Scream of the Shalka
  • Sara [born Scott Griffith] Stewart (DCI Templer) provided the Computer voice for The End of the World
  • Andrew McCulloch (Kane) co-wrote Meglos
  • Michael [Alexander] Carter (Toal) made his TV debut as Prisoner and UNIT Soldier in The Mind of Evil
  • Rod Woodruff was also the stunt co-ordinator on Rose and World War Three
  • SFX designer Paul Kelly was SFX supervisor on twenty-five episodes (from The Girl in the Fireplace to The End of Time)
The Hanging Garden (UK TX: July 15/Published 1998)
  • Tom [Welsh] Watson (Dr. Slaven) was Ramo in The Underwater Menace
  • Rab Affleck (Marty) was Archie in The Name of the Doctor
  • Andy Smart was also a stuntman on Evolution of the Daleks, Let's Kill Hitler, The Rings of Akhaten and The Zygon Inversion
  • stuntman Trevor Steedman made his TV debut as Seabase Guard in Warriors of the Deep
  • Tony Van Silva was a stuntman on Tooth and Claw too
Dead Souls (UK TX: September 13/Published 1999)
  • Ron [Eaglesham] Donachie [born Porter] (DCS Wilson here; DI Rebus for BBC Radio) was the Steward in Tooth and Claw
  • prolific Big Finish actor Hugh Ross (Atkinson) voiced Reverend Merodach for Night's Black Agents (2010), Robert Stretton for Industrial Evolution (2011), Vepaja/Thraskin for Voyage to Venus (2012), Sir Toby Kinsella for Counter Measures1963: The Assassination Games (2013), The Reesinger Process (2014) and Split Infinitive (2019), Kyle Inskip for Masters of Earth, Gethal for The Exxilons (2015), Narrator of Late Night ShoppingThe Piltdown Men and Waiting for Gadot (2017), Malcolm/the Keeper for Battlegrounds, and Stern for Here Lies Drax (both 2022)
  • Gordon Seed was also a stuntman on twenty-one stories, and the stunt co-ordinator on another thirteen (from The Idiot's Lantern to Kill the Moon)
Mortal Causes (UK TX: November 1 2004/Published 1994)
  • stuntmen Stuart Clark, Derek Lea and Seon Rogers all worked on the revived programme too
  • series sound mixer Brian Milliken was sound recordist on The Sontaran StratagemThe Poison Sky and The Sarah Jane Adventures
  • series script supervisor Sheila Johnston worked on continuity for Voyage of the Damned, Partners in Crime, The Fires of Pompeii, Planet of the Ood and The Unicorn and the Wasp
  • series post-production supervisor Liz Pearson held that post on An Adventure in Space and Time too

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