Wednesday, 24 May 2023

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 4

First shown in the spring of 1999, the fourth
season of this crime drama again starred
Amanda Burton as Home Office pathologist
Professor Sam Ryan, and was now set in
London after her move from Cambridge.
A repeat run of the six-part series began on
 Drama last night - it featured a total of twenty
Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Gone Tomorrow (TX: May 30 & 31)
  • John Flanagan (Kittrick) co-wrote Meglos
  • [Peter] Nigel Terry (Thorn) was General Cobb in The Doctor's Daughter
  • Robert Pugh (Peterson here; Harrington in Series 12: Finding Rachel; Wilde in Series 23: Close to Home) was Tony Mack in The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood, and voiced Emmett Burrows for Big Finish's Five Twenty-Nine (2016)
  • Paul [Mackriell] Copley (Tillson here; Parkin in Series 7: Beyond Guilt) was Clem McDonald in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced Dad for Spare Parts (2002), Jimmy Deel for Missing Persons (2013), Mick Huff for The Miniaturist (2022), and Wendell for The Conservitors (2023)
  • Rod Arthur (Controller) was Mr. Parsons in School Reunion
  • Howard Lee (Davies) was Dr. Gachet in The Pandorica Opens
  • SFX artist Paul McGuinness was Drathro in The Mysterious Planet 
  • stunt performer Abbi Collins was the stunt co-ordinator on eleven stories (from Rise of the Cybermen to The Waters of Mars), and The Sarah Jane Adventures
  • for Rod Woodruff (stunt arranger), John McGlashan (cinema- tographer) and Jan Nethercot (make-up designer) see Series 2
A Kind of Justice (TX: June 8 & 9)
  • Tom Georgeson (McNally) was Kavell in Genesis of the Daleks, and Police Inspector in Logopolis
  • George Russo (Danny here; Bond in Series 17: Coup de Grace) was Cleric Philip in The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone
  • David Cann (Commander here; DI Porter in S19: After the Fall) was Narrator of Hello Sailor!, then voiced Albert for Jenny 3 (2024)
  • Michael Darbon was production manager on Warriors of the Deep too
A Good Body (TX: June 15 & 16)
  • Cheryl Hall (Sheryl here; Series 5: The World Cruise) was Shirna in Carnival of Monsters
  • Joanne Pearce (Jill) voiced Luton/Gyra for Last of the Zetacene (2022)
  • for Alec Linstead (Cross) see Series 1: Buried Lies
  • for Philip Kloss (film editor) see Series 3

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