Friday, 14 July 2023

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 12

The twelfth season of BBC1's
long-running crime drama was
first broadcast in the autumn of
2008. William Gaminara, Tom Ward and Emilia Fox (as Home
Office pathologists, doctors Leo
Dalton, Harry Cunningham and
Nikki Alexander) were joined by
Jaye Griffiths as Janet Mander.
repeat run of the twelve-part
season concluded on Drama last
night - it featured a total of forty
Doctor Who cast and crew
connections:

Safe (UK TX: October 1 & 2)
  • Karl Collins [born Myers] (Assante) was Shaun Temple in The End of Time and The Star Beast
  • Daniel Kaluuya (Harris) was Barclay in Planet of the Dead
  • Jamie Sives (McBride) was Captain Reynolds in Tooth and Claw
  • Natasha [born Roselyn Agatha] Williams (Mrs. Harris) was Pharmacist in Gridlock
  • Amanda Foster was stunt performer on The Doctor's Daughter too
Death's Door (UK TX: October 8 & 9)
  • Griffiths was Jac in The Magician's Apprentice and The Zygon Invasion, then reprised for Big Finish's The Turn of the Tides (2022), and voiced Daylin for The Neverwhen (2016), Til Rork for The Sentient (2019), Sister Ursula for Abbey of Heretics (2020), Hieronyma Friend for Meanwhile, Elsewhere, Narrator of Cuckoo and The Martian Dilemma, and Lady Audacity Montague for Audacity, In the Bleak Midwinter (all 2023) and Deadly Strangers (2024)
  • Julia Sandiford (Assistant) voiced Ilya for The Edge of Redemption (2020), and Fabrico for The Lost Resort (2021)
  • Roger Dobson was the dialogue editor on An Adventure in Space and Time too
  • Stuart Clarke and Derek Lea were also stuntmen on DalekBad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways - Lea then worked on The Age of Steel and Partners in Crime
  • Gary Hoptrough was a stuntman on The Runaway Bride and Let's Kill Hitler too
Terror (UK TX: October 15 & 16)
  • Shaun Dooley (DI Tranfield) was Epzo in The Ghost Monument
  • Karen Bryson (DO Okoroafor here; Dr. Braithwaite in Series 24: Reputations) voiced Commander Esk for Aftershocks (2022)
  • Geraldine Alexander (Commander) made her TV debut as Areta in Vengeance on Varos
  • Kevork Malikyan (Kundak) was Kemel Rudkin in The Wheel in Space
  • for Dona Croll (Mrs. Achebe) see Series 7
  • Michael Higgs (DI King) was the Men behind Desks in Delia: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes
  • Barry Aird (Wright) was a Time Lord Soldier in The Last Day
  • Levan Doran was a stuntman on Tooth and Claw too
Judgement (UK TX: October 22 & 23)
  • Ron Cook (Marowski) was Mr. Magpie in The Idiot's Lantern
  • René Zagger (Land) was Padra in Utopia
  • Jo Woodcock (Margo) voiced Ziv for Starlight Robbery (2013), Susannah Nash for Static, Marie for The Iron Maid (both 2018), and Kayla Worthington for The Day Before They Came (2021)
  • Matt Dineen (Driver) voiced Jenner for Thicker Than Water (2005)
  • Jamie Edgell was also a stunt co-ordinator on Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, after performing stunts on The End of the World
  • Stewart James was a stuntman on Victory of the Daleks too
  • Lee Sherward was also the stunt co-ordinator on eleven stories and Torchwood: Miracle Day
The Lost Child (UK TX: October 29 & 30)
  • Michael Begley (Edwards) was Mulligan in The Curse of the Black Spot
  • Peter Guinness (Powell) voiced Mr. Dread for Dreamland, Childeric for The Holy Terror (2000), Baron Teufel/Zoff for The Beast of Orlok (2009), and Rovus for The Star Men (2017)
  • stunt co-ordinator Steve Griffin was a stuntman on The Idiot's Lantern
  • Belinda McGinley was also a stunt performer on Amy's Choice and The Girl Who Waited
  • Daniel Hill (Lewis) was Chris Parsons in Shada, and voiced Percy Noggins for AudioGo's The Stuff of Nightmares (2009)
  • Fiona Wade (Anhil) voiced Sergeant Ambika Desai for The Running Men (2024)
  • Andrew Westfield (Foreman) voiced Remnex/Vilus Krull for The Dark Flame, Pilot for Davros (both 2003), and Steven for Swan Song (2011)
Finding Rachel (UK TX: November 5 & 6)
  • Robert Pugh (Harrington) was Tony Mack in The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood, and voiced Emmett Burrows for Five Twenty-Nine (2016)
  • Patrick [Bashir] Baladi (Ellis here; Radford in Series 24: Bad Love) was cast in The War Between the Land and the Sea
  • James Blackwell was also the first assistant director on Partners in Crime
  • series special make-up effects artist Paul McGuinness was Drathro in The Mysterious Planet
  • series production buyer Charlie Lynam also worked on Asylum of the Daleks to The Angels Take ManhattanThe Bells of Saint John and Hide
  • for series sound FX editor Tony Gibson see Series 6
  • for dubbing mixer Nigel Squibbs see Series 10

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