The eighth season ofBBC1's popular crime
drama was first shown
in the autumn of 2004,
and starred Amanda
Burton's final appear-
ance as Home Office
pathologist, Professor
Sam Ryan. Following
the series opener, Ryan
returned home to
Northern Ireland.
William Gaminara and
Tom Ward (as doctors Leo Dalton and Harry Cunningham) were then
joined by newcomer, Emilia Fox as Dr. Nikki Alexander.
Tom Ward (as doctors Leo Dalton and Harry Cunningham) were then
joined by newcomer, Emilia Fox as Dr. Nikki Alexander.
A repeat run of the series began on Drama channel last night - it
featured a total of twenty-eight Doctor Who cast/crew connections:
A Time to Heal (UK TX: September 5 & 6)
- Des McAleer (Nevin here, Patrick in Series 18: Protection, Lawson in S22: Deathmaker) voiced Lefty Lonnigan for A Life of Crime (2016), and Blujaw Skaldson for The Skin of the Sleek and The Thief Who Stole Time (both 2017)
- Anne Bird (Nurse) voiced Caitriona and Shazza for The Rapture (2002), and Ambassador Egopolis for Appropriation (2006)
- Patrick Drury (Gaghan) voiced Major Fanshaw for Murder at Moorsey Manor, and Tom Carlton for The Wax Princess (both 2014)
- SFX supervisor Graham Brown was SFX assistant on Resurrection of the Daleks and (part 1 of) Attack of the Cybermen
- Charlie Bluett was also prosthetics technician on thirty-nine episodes (from Rose to Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS), The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood
- for Michael Darbon, Philip Kloss, Debbi Slater, Terry Elms, Neil Gorton, Ian Adrian and Rod Woodruff see my other series blogs
Death by Water (UK TX: September 12 & 13)
- Philip Bird (DCI Tennant) made his TV debut as a Swampie in The Power of Kroll, then voiced Shepton Rothwell for Big Dig (2013)
- Phyllis Logan (Helen here, Jennifer in S13: Shadows) was Andinio in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
- Kate Fleetwood (Sienna) was the voice of Ship for The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Mad Woman in the Attic
- David [Michael] Harewood (Stuart) was Joshua Naismith in The End of Time, and voiced President Vallan for Army of Death (2011)
- Ozzie Yue (Micky) was the Foreman in The Angels Take Manhattan
- Ramon Tikaram (Bhandari) voiced Wanchese for Voyage to the New World (2012), the Castellan for The Eleven, Marlock for Theatre of War, Colonel Vikram Shindi for UNIT: Extinction (all 2015), UNIT: Silenced (2016), UNIT: Encounters (2017), UNIT: Cyber Reality and UNIT: Revisitations, Colin Colchester Price for Torchwood (all 2018), and President Dunn La for The World Traders (2021)
- James Wilby (Gibb) voiced Tenebris for The Acheron Pulse and The Shadow Heart (both 2012), Professor John Torrance for The Sontaran Project, and Pascal for Blind Summit (2018)
- Sylvestra Le Touzel (Birley) also made her TV debut on the classic era, as a Child in The Mind Robber
- Ken Bradshaw (DS Gaskell) voiced Colonel Fischer for Human Conflict (2018)
- Douglas Mackinnon was also director of eight stories (from The Sontaran Stratagem to The Husbands of River Song)
- Tony Bluto (Delivery Man) was Driver Joe in Midnight
- Shaun Parkes (DI Freeman here, Walker in S19: Life Licence) and Danny Webb (DS Bradley) both appeared in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit as Captain Zachary Cross Flane and John Jefferson respectively - Webb also voiced Byron for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), and Ori for The Dark Husband (2008)
- Emma Cunniffe (Rosa) was Claire in Night Terrors, and voiced Caleera for Doom Coalition 2 (2016) and Doom Coalition 4, and Madame Berber for The Dying Room (both 2017)
- Kieran Bew (Wiltshire here, Lockford in S14: First Casualty) was Ivan in Oxygen, and voiced Arthur Kettleson/Barry for The Lady of Mercia (2013), Murdo Jamieson for The Helm of Awe, Krim Pollensa for Month 25 (both 2017), Richard Cooper for The Creeping Death (2019), Lunk/ V97 for Do No Harm (2020), Grannis Drek for The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook, and Dwayne Pherber for The End of the Beginning (both 2021)
- Stewart James was a stuntman on Victory of the Daleks too
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