Doctor Who Vs. Whitechapel, Series 3

Carnival Films' dark crime drama

returned to ITV1 for a third and pen-

ultimate season in the winter of 2012.

Now extended to six episodes, and

again written by Caroline Ip and Ben

Court, the show's cast was headed by

Rupert Penry-Jones as DI Chandler.

Phil Davis, Steve Pemberton, Sam

Stockman, and Claire Rushbrook also

reprised their regular roles, whilst

Hannah Walters joined the programme

 as new DC Megan Riley.

The recurring motif of Whitechapel (the

recreation of historic East End crimes

again researched here by Ripperologist

Buchan) now centred on the famous

Ratcliffe Highway Murders of 1811, the

Thames Torso mysteries of Victorian 
London (1873/74 and 1887-89), and even the urban legend of the 'bogeyman'. Previous series dramatised (with varying success) both

a modern-day Jack the Ripper, then even new Kray twins.

A repeat run of the series began on Drama last night - the three

cases featured Endeavour actor Shaun Evans, and a total of thirty

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Case One (UK TX: January 30 & February 6)

• Christina Chong (Lizzie) was Lorna Bucket in A Good Man Goes to War
• Mona Hammond [born Mavis Chin] (Voodoo Lady) was Rita Anne Smith in Rise of the Cybermen
• David Schneider (Salter) voiced Ernst Bratfisch for Big Finish's The Silver Turk (2011)
• Ben Smith (Wilke) was Luke in School Reunion
• Nina Toussaint-White (Tish) was Mels in Let's Kill Hitler, and voiced Brooke 2 for The Diary of River Song 3, Loba Christata for The Skies of New Earth (both 2018), Swann for Genetics of the Daleks (2020), and Mariah Six for Cycle of Destruction (2021)
• Richard [Anthony] Cordery (Collier) voiced Professor Rinxo Jabbery for Plague of the Daleks (2009) and Sam for A Town Called Fortune (2010)
• Simon Manyonda (Pinchin) was Kabel in Face the Raven
• Sheena Bhattessa (Preeti) voiced Annie for And You Will Obey Me (2016), Francesca for Two Monks, One Mistress (2021), and Rio for The Turn of the Tides (2022)
• Justin Avoth (Hipster) voiced Mikhail for Who Killed Toby Kinsella?, Robert Murphy for The Unknown (both 2016), Cain for The Demon Rises (2018), and was cast in Morbius (2024)
• James [Louis de Zogheb] Dreyfus (Cross) was John Harrison in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Man Who Never Was, then voiced the Master for The Destination Wars (2017), The Home Guard (2019), The Psychic Circus (2020) and Blood of the Time Lords (2022)
• John Flanagan (Landlord) wrote Meglos
• Lindsay Grant was also script supervisor on A Good Man Goes to War, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and A Town Called Mercy
• film editor Anthony Combes edited The Wedding of River Song too
• David Mason was also line producer on The Impossible Astronaut, Day of the Moon and The Angels Take Manhattan
• Simon Fitzpatrick (dialogue editor) began his career as the sound FX editor on Destiny of the Doctors
• John Cooling was stand-by rigger on Turn Left too

Case Two (UK TX: February 13 & 20)

• Richard Clark was also director of Gridlock, The Lazarus Experiment, The Doctor's Wife and Night Terrors
• Paul Chequer (Merceron) voiced a Servo Robot for AudioGo's Tsar Wars (2011)
• Camilla Power (DI Norroy) voiced Councillor Kostal for The Foe from the Future (2011), Perditia/Jenessa/Zaria for Psychodrome (2014), Mademoiselle for The Monster of Montmarte, Adella for The Mourning After (both 2015), and Carrie Pierce for The Movellan Grave (2017)
• Pip [Dean] Torrens (Underwood) was Headmaster Rocastle for Human Nature and The Family of Blood, and voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), and Kenton for Break the Ice (2022)
• Deirdre Mullins (Heather) voiced Admiral Effenish for The Very Dark Thing (2016), Osen for Beneath the Viscoid, Naomi Davies for Charlotte Pollard 2 (both 2017), Mab for Gifted (2018), Roisin/ Spae Wife for Feast of Fear (2019), Amanda Latimer for The Headless Ones (2020), Dalfin for The Forest of Penitence, and Dissident for The Players (both 2022)
• Aruhan Galieva (Ana) was Tahira in Can You Hear Me?
• Stephanie Carey was also a stunt performer on ten episodes (from Voyage of the Damned to The Vanquishers)

Case Three (UK TX: February 27 & March 5)

• Holli Dempsey (Elsa) was Kelly in Closing Time
• Victoria Alcock (Cindy) was Angela Whittaker in Planet of the Dead, then voiced Marion Tudor for Power Play, and Winnie O'Connor for The Lonely Clock (both 2012)
• Alistair Petrie (Dr. Mortlake) voiced Major Harris/Lieutenant for Criss-Cross (2015), Julius Caesar for Living History (2016), John for Dethras, Richard Tipple for The Outliers (both 2017), Wallace Richards for Ghost Machines (2019), Magnus Drake for Master! (2021), and the Count for The Edge of the War (2023)
• Kieran Bew (Driffield) voiced Arthur Kettleso/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), Grannus Drek for The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook, and Dwayne Pherber for The End of the Beginning (both 2021), then was Ivan in Oxygen
• Owen McPolin was also the cinematographer on The Eleventh Hour, The Doctor's Wife, Night Terrors, The Girl Who Waited and The God Complex
• series SFX make-up artist Paul McGuinness was Drathro in The Mysterious Planet
• series props master Garry Dawson worked on stand-by props on Cold War and The Crimson Horror