Doctor Who Vs. Marple: Ordeal By Innocence

The second part of ITV Studio's third

season of Marple was loosely based on

Agatha Christie's fiftieth novel, published

in 1958.

The mystery did not actually feature Jane
Marple (again portrayed here by Geraldine

McEwan) and one of the writer's favourite
 works. Now considered a classic of the genre,

the book has also been adapted for cinema,
stage, radio, and even a graphic novel.

This case (originally shown in June 2007) was

repeated on ITV3 today, and starred Juliet

Stevenson, Denis Lawson, Richard Armitage,

Alison Steadman, Camille Coduri, Gugu

Mbatha Raw, and fifteen Doctor Who cast

and crew connections:

• Armitage (Durrant) was cast as Rassilon for Big Finish's Gallifrey: Time War 4 (2021) and War Room 1 (2022)
• Stevenson (Gwenda) voiced Winifred Whitby for Fond Farewell (2022)
• Tom Riley (Bobby here; Boynton in Appointment With Death, 2009) was Robin Hood in Robot of Sherwood
• Reece [Wayne] Shearsmith (DI Huish here; Woolf in See How They Run) was Andrew Powell in BBV Productions' PROBE series, Dr. Daniel Matthews in Auton, Gagan Rassmussen in Sleep No More, then depicted Patrick Troughton in An Adventure in Space and Time
• Julian [Alistair] Rhind Tutt (Dr. Calgary here; Garfield in Hallowe'en Party; Vincent in Magnolia Blossom) voiced Lexhan for The Paradise of Death, and Berkhoff for Tales From New Earth (2018)
• Burn [Hugh Winchester] Gorman (Jacko here; DS Blore in And Then There Were None) was Owen Harper in Torchwood, then voiced the Network for Echoes of Extinction (2021), and Lestrade for The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor (2022)
• Bryan Dick (Micky) voiced the Exec for Theatre of War (2015), Finnian Valentine for The Devil You Know (2018), and Major Thomas Langham/Berno Redcraw for The God of Phantoms (2021)
• Pippa Haywood (Mrs. Price hee; Mrs. Upjohn in Cat Among the Pigeons, 2008; Mabel in Agatha and the Truth of Murder) voiced the Prime Minister for Embankment Station (2017), Jaxa for Seizure, Teremon for The War Master 2 (both 2018), and Captain Graff for Genetics of the Daleks (2020)
• for Greg Bennett (Constable), Damien Timmer and Nigel Squibbs see The Body in the Library
• for Michael Pickwoad, Ben Ashmore and Jason Gill see At Bertram's Hotel

Released in 1985, the film version of Ordeal by Innocence starred

Donald Sutherland, Faye Dunaway and another ten Doctor Who

guest actors (Diana Quick, Annette Crosbie, Michael Maloney,

Anita Carey, Ron Pember, Brian Glover, Kevin Stoney, Billy

McColl, Rocky Taylor,vand Martin Grace).

The BBC Radio 4 adaptation (broadcast in March 2014) featured

Michael Bertenshaw, Georgie Fuller, Arthur Hughes, and Wanda

Opalinska.