Saturday, 27 May 2023

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 5

First shown from late 2000, the fifth season of
this popular crime drama again starred Amanda
Burton as Home Office pathologist Professor
Sam Ryan.
A repeat run of the six-part series began on
Drama last night - it featured a total of twenty-eight Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

The World Cruise (TX: December 11 & 12 2000)
  • Richard [Andrew Palethorpe] Todd (Newman) was Sanders in Kinda
  • Suzanne Bertish (Eva) voiced Aldis for Big Finish's Nevernor (2020)
  • Andrew [born Andreas Siegfried] Sachs (Horowitz) voiced Skagra for Shada, the Scorpion King for The Boy That Time Forgot (2008), Crassostrea for Orbis (2009), and the Scarf for AudioGo's Aladdin Time (2011) - he auditioned for the role of the Doctor following Colin Baker's departure from the show
  • Ace [born Ahsen Rafiq] Bhatti (DCI Naval) was Haresh Chandra in The Sarah Jane Adventures
  • Michael [born Emrys Jones] Elwyn (Lake) was Lieutenant Algernon Ffinch in The Highlanders
  • David [born John Townsend] Simeon (Priestley) was Private Latimer in Inferno, and Alastair Fergus in The Daemons
  • Trevor Thomas (Bill) made his TV debut as Tribe Child in The Cave of Skulls
  • series associate producer Monica Rodger was director's assistant on Nightmare of Eden
  • for Philip Kloss see Series 3
  • for Rod Woodruff and Jan Nethercot see Series 2
  • series script supervisor Juley Harding was production assistant on Black Orchid and The Caves of Androzani
Two Below Zero (TX: February 12 & 13 2001)
  • Stephen [Vincent] Moore (Major Hutton) was Eldane in Cold Blood, and voiced Clark Goodman for The Eight Truths and Worldwide Web (2009)
  • Anthony [Stewart] Head (Hutton) was the Narrator of BBC Audio's Project: Who? (2005) and BBC Books' The Nightmare of Black Island (2006), then was Brother Lassar in School Reunion, and voiced Valentine for Death Comes to Time, Grayvorn for the Excelis saga (2002), and Baltazar for The Infinite Quest (2007) - he also auditioned for the role of the Doctor in 1995
  • Angela Bruce (Michaels) was Brigadier Winifred Bambera in Battlefield - a role reprised for Animal (2011), The War Factory and Brave New World (both 2022)
  • Sean Chapman (DCI Norton) was Peter Tracey in K9 and Company
  • cinematographer Ian Punter was film cameraman on Resurrection of the Daleks
  • Tony Harding was also VFX designer on The Invisible EnemyThe Power of KrollState of DecayThe King's Demons and The Awakening
  • William Webb was film editor on Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures too
  • first assistant director Debbi Slater was production manager on seven stories (from Blink to Forest of the Dead), then an associate producer on Planet of the Dead and The Waters of Mars
Faith (TX: March 19 & 20 2001)
  • Philip Jackson (DI Toner) voiced Laxton for Valhalla (2007), Peabody for The Contingency Club (2017), and The Dalby Spook (2022)
  • John [Michael Frederick] Castle (Craig) voiced Edmund Trevithick for Nightshade (2016)
  • Sean Murray (Dwyer here; Moss in Series 8: Body 21) voiced Captain Darvor for The Starship of Theseus (2017)
  • Tony Bluto (Rutman) was Driver Joe in Midnight
  • David [John] Quilter (Lewis) was Greeves in The Unicorn and the Wasp
  • Karen Seacombe (Nurse) was Sandra in The Lodger
  • series special make-up effects artist Paul McGuinness was Drathro in The Mysterious Planet
  • Paul Smith was also the series prop master on fifteen instalments (from Asylum of the Daleks to The Day of the Doctor)

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