Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 3

The third season of BBC1's popular
crime drama again starred Amanda

Burton (as Home Office pathologist
Professor Sam Ryan) and William
Armstrong (pictured as Dr. Trevor
Stewart). The show's distinctive
theme music earned a RTS award for

composer John Harle later that year.

A repeat run of the eight-part series

(originally shown in the spring of 1998)

 began on Drama last night - it featured

a total of seventeen Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

An Academic Exercise
(TX: March 19 & 20 1998)

• Adam James (Blackman here; Fell in Series 16: Trust) was DI McMillan in Planet of the Dead
• Big Finish actor Paul Panting (Gordon) voiced Professor Maylon for Of Chaos Time The, Llangragen/Geoffrey Jennings for The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night-time, Brabbeko for Revenge of the Swarm (all 2014), Drell/Marshleader for Mistfall (2015), Fyrax for The Paradox Planet and Legacy of Death (both 2016), Freddie for Island of the Fendahl, Ravlos for The Ultimate Evil (both 2019), Ilyani/Bailiff for A Tragical History, Karl Lamb for The First Son (both 2021), and Vega for The End (2022)
• [Mark] Alec Newman (Arnold) voiced Ed Driscoll for Blue Forgotten Planet (2009), Dr. Julius for The Silent Scream (2017), and Dr. James Breck for James Robert McCrimmon (2023)
• Katharine Schlesinger (Dr. Evans) was Gwendoline in Ghost Light

Fallen Idol (TX: April 2 & 3)

• Alex Sanjiv Pillai was director of Joy to the World too
• Rachel Davies (Eileen) was Camilla in State of Decay
• Lesley [Ann] Manville (Suzy) depicted Heather Hartnell in An Adventure in Space and Time

Divided Loyalties (UK TX: April 16 & 17)

• Neil Stuke (Fox) voiced the titular role for The Crooked Man (2014), then was Lee Clayton in Fugitive of the Judoon
• Andrée Bernard (Assistant) was Dolly Bailey in The Shakespeare Code, then voiced Ellen Green for Blue Forgotten Planet, Erisi for The Entropy Composition, Lorelei for Paradise 5 (both 2010), Joanna Slade for The Feast of Axos (2011), Dr. Paignton/Constable for The Red House, Susie/Sylvie for Stage Fright, Tethneka/Carter/ Thing for Terror of the Sontarans (all 2015), Lulu Hammerstein for The Silent Scream, and Mary Sissinghurst for The Carrionite Curse (2017)
• Simon [Timothy] Chandler (Dr. Newman) voiced Corporal Arthur Dimes for Churchill Victorious (2018)
• Josette [Patricia] Simon (DCI Hoskins) voiced Sarana Teel for The Sontaran Ordeal (2016), and Taraneh for The Mind Runners (2018)
• Tim Faraday (PC Davis) was Tom's Dad in Fear Her
• Bill Anderson was also director of Thin Ice and Knock Knock
• Philip Kloss was also film editor on The Doctor's Daughter, Midnight, The End of Time, Torchwood: Children of Earth and An Adventure in Space and Time

Brothers In Arms (UK TX: April 23 & 24)

• Elizabeth Berrington (Jane) was Auntie in The Doctor's Wife
• Stephen [George] Churchett (Alexander) was Bill in Attack of the Cybermen
• Alec Sabin (Newsreader) was Ringway in Earthshock