Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 6

The sixth season of this popular crime drama

returned to BBC1 in the autumn of 2002, and 

again starred Amanda

Burton as Home Office pathologist, Professor

Sam Ryan. She was

now joined by William Gaminara and Tom

Ward, as doctors Leo 

Dalton and Harry Cunningham.

Gaminara appeared
in over a hundred instalments until his character was killed off in the

finale of the sixteenth series, whilst Ward left the programme the year

before. A repeat run of the eight-part season began on Drama last

night - it featured a total of thirty-eight Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

The Fall Out (TX: September 28 & 29)

• Big Finish actor and director Barnaby Kay (DS Johnson) was Heidi in The Girl Who Died, and voiced Martin Donaldson for A Life in the Day (2015), Commander Thrakken for The Neverwhen (2016), Gerrard Pulman/Foreman for Prceious Annihilation (2020), and Chilton for The Devil's Hoofprints (2021)
• Paterson Joseph (DS Harding) was Rodrick in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, and voiced Victor Espinosa for Earth Aid (2011), Matthew for Torchwood One (2018), and was cast in Broken Memories (2024)
• Simon Sherlock (Barrett) voiced Kelsa for The Raincloud Man (2008)
• Shaun Dooley (Preston) was Epzo in The Ghost Monument
• Stuart Clark, Guy List, Peter Miles and Jo McLaren were also stunt performers on the revived run
• dubbing editor Tony Gibson and focus puller Peter Howard both worked on An Adventure in Space and Time, as sound designer and assistant camera respectively
• Ian Adrian was also a camera operator on The Vampires of Venice, The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, Vincent and the Doctor and The Lodger

Kith and Kill (TX: October 5 & 6)

• Roger Ennals (Technician here, Kris in Closed Ranks) was the Gorilla in The God Complex
• Joseph Long (Lucas) was Rocco Colasanto in Turn Left, and the Pope in Extremis
• Cathy Murphy (Alsion) was a Mum in The Christmas Invasion
• Russell Tovey (Josh) was Midshipman Alonso Frame in Voyage of the Damned and The End of Time (2), then reprised for The Lives of Captain Jack (2017)
• Ben Crompton (Irons) was Ross in Into the Dalek
• Tim Delap (PC) voiced Falkus for Daleks Among Us (2013), and Kyle for The Waters of Amsterdam (2016)
• Heather Tobias (Ginette) was one of twenty-six actresses who auditioned for the role of Leela in 1976
• Tom Lucy was also a stunt co-ordinator on sixteen episodes (from Smith and Jones to The Next Doctor) and Torchwood
• Emma Reid was also unit manager on The End of the World and The Unquiet Dead

Tell No Tales (TX: October 19 & 20)

• Dominic Rowan (Edgely) voiced Corwyn for The Burning Prince (2012)
• Ron Donachie (DCI Telford) was a Steward in Tooth and Claw
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Reid) voiced Howard Carter for False Gods (2008)
• Sally Faulkner (Mary) was Isobel Watkins in The Invasion, and voiced Miss Tremayne for Winter for the Adept (2000)
• Mary Healey (Betty) was a Killjoy in The Happiness Patrol
• Glenn Marks was also stunt co-ordinator on Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Blink
• Nicholas Asbury (Officer) was Etoine in The Zygon Inversion, and voiced Rowe for The Many Deaths of Jo Grant (2011), Captain Anthony Burmaster for UNIT: Assembled, Chairman Bart Falco for The Silurian Candidate (both 2017), Visguard/Captain Morgan/ Officer for Churchill Victorious, Dante for Kings of Infinite Space and Whodunnit? (all 2018), Captain Zenna/Kivall for Out of Time (2020), Mollis for Colony of Fear, Commander Stevenson/Pietersen for Return of the Cybermen, Shakespeare for The Hollow Crown, Preacher Stem for The Melting Pot (all 2021), Dr. Sturm for Shellshock, and Hari Ventross for Kaldor Nights (both 2022)
• Sara Powell (DS Linden here; Tilly in Series 21: One Day) voiced Andrea Newman for An Ordinary Life (2014), the PA for World Enough and Time (2016), Jacklyn Karna for The Dalek Occupation of Winter, Contessa for Vanguard (both 2018), Emma Fremantle for The World Traders, Andros Fax for Jenny 2 (both 2021), and Blythe for The War Master 7 (2022) - she was also Mary Seacole in War of the Sontarans
• Andrew Bone (Scientist) was Collins in Spyfall, and voiced Pan Vexel/ Nebrin for Domain of the Voord, the Vice Chancellor for The Rani Elite (both 2014), and Alfred Woodrow for The English Way of Death (2015)
• Olivia Poulet (Alice) voiced Myrren for Requiem for the Rocket Men, Pazmi for Planet of the Rani (both 2015), Carla for The Ravelli Conspiracy (2016), Chancellor Jerasta for Songs of Love (2017), and Ros Green/Jakernia for Fire and Ice (2021)
• David Schaal (Driver) voiced Inspector Zogroth and Bus Driver for The Star Beast (2019)

Closed Ranks (TX: October 26 & 27)

• Esther Hall (Pinson) voiced Virginia [Fortuna] for The Galileo Trap (2015), Tazmeena/Bauze/Mum for The Two Masters, Pheenan for Absolute Power (both 2016), and Viv/Commentator for The Iron Legion (2019)
• Lucinda Dryzek (Cassie here; Marie in Series 22: Deathmaker) was Melissa in School Reunion
• stunt co-ordinator Nick Wilkinson was a stuntman on The Next Doctor
• regular associate producer Margot Hayhoe was AFM on The War Machines, Fury from the Deep and The Ambassadors of Death, then production managr on Logopolis, Castrovalva and Snakedance
• series special make-up effects artist Paul McGuinness was Drathro in The Mysterious Planet
• regular assistant art director Keith Dunne was stand-by art director on The End of Time, set director on eight other stories (from Blink to The Lodger), and also worked on Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Matthew Scrivener was assistant director on The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe too