Doctor Who Vs. Casualty, Series 7

Series regulars Derek Thompson,

 Cathy Shipton, Ian Bleasdale,

Nigel Le Vaillant, Patrick Robinson,

Maureen Beattie, Caroline Webster and Anne Kristen all returned for

the seventh season of BBC1's

long-running medical drama.

Joining the programme here were

Joanna Foster (as manager Kate Miller), Jason Riddington (SHO

Rob Khalefa), Emma Bird (Maxine

Price), Robert Daws (administrator Simon Eastman), Clive Mantle (Dr.

Mike Barrett), whilst William Gaminara returned (to the role of Dr. Bower) for the last third of the run.

Also introduced for this season only were Imogen Boorman, Nicola Jefferies and Ken Sharrock (as recurring characters Nikki Wyatt, Jenny and Kenny

Price) - Foster, Riddington, Bird and Daws all left the show by the series' conclusion, whilst Le Vaillant and Beattie both chose to depart after two

years service.

A repeat run of the series (now with an increased quota of twenty-four

 episodes and originally broadcast from September 1992 to February 1993)

began on Drama today - it featured Geoffrey Beevers, Michael Jayston,

and a total of fifty-four Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• prolific Big Finish actor Christopher Benjamin (Lindall) was Sir Keith Gold in Inferno, then Colonel Hugh Curbishley in The Unicorn and the Wasp, but is best known as Henry Gordon Jago in The Talons of Weng Chiang - he reprised the role for The Mahogany Murders (2009), Jago and Litefoot (2010-21), Voyage to Venus, Voyage to the New World (both 2012), The Justice of Jalxar (2013), Mind Games (2014), Stage Fright, The Haunting (both 2015), The Beast of Kravenos, The Jago & Litefoot Revival (both 2017), Jago & Litefoot Forever (2018), The Talents of Greel (2019), Merry Christmas, Mr. Jago (2020) and A Command Performance (2021) - he also voiced Tardelli for Grand Theft Cosmos (2008)
• Daws (Eastman here; Blakely, 2012) voiced Anvar for The Sky Man (2017), Gaius Majorian for The Dalek Occupation of Winter (2018), Sir Basil Hexworthy for The Devil's Hoofprints (2021), Timble Feebis /Thug for The Tivolian Who Knew Too Much (2022), and Howard/ Quartermaster for You Only Die Twice (2024)
• Ron [Eaglesham] Donachie [born Porter] (PC Pewsey here; Sutcliffe, 1996; DI Hartley, 2015) was the Steward in Tooth and Claw
• [Alexander] Ian Hogg (Morgan here; Fenner, 1995) was Josiah Samuel Smith in Ghost Light, and voiced General Voshkar for The Sandman (2002), and Albert Marsden/General Petrov/Schumacher for Protect and Serve (2012)
• Nigel Humphreys (Davis, 1992; Poynton, 1995) was Bulic in Warriors of the Deep
• Paul Reynolds (Morgan here; Crowley, 2009; Scotton, 2011; Lewis, 2015) voiced Joey Carlisle for Casualties of War, Nobody No-One for The Word Lord (both 2008), and Lyam Yce for Absolute Power (2016)
• Shane Rimmer (Rhinehart) was Seth Harper in The Gunfighters
• Susan [Elizabeth] Brown (Julie here; Joan, 1995; Pauline, 2014) was Bridget Spears in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced Midwife for 100 BC, Mary for Bedtime Story (both 2007), Alice Withers for The Eternal Summer, Maud for Castle of Fear, Mrs Withers/Mrs Sowerby for Plague of the Daleks (all 2009), Margaret for Deimos and The Resurrection of Mars, Eleanor Harvey for Return of the Krotons, Chief Engineer/Chanel for The Song of the Megaptera, Babs for Prison in Space (all 2010), and Kastrella for Death Match (2015)
• Anne Reid (Barbara) was Nurse Crane in The Curse of Fenric, and Florence Finnegan in Smith and Jones
• John Normington (George here; Clarke, 2000; Sanderson, 2007) was Morgus in The Caves of Androzani, and Trevor Sigma in The Happiness Patrol
• Ann [Forrest] Bell (Lydia here; Celia, 1999; Matty, 2006) voiced Sylvia O'Donnell for A Thousand Tiny Wings (2010), Professor Gesima Cazalet for Night of the Stormcrow (2013), and Lisa Burrows for Five Twenty-Nine (2016)
• [John] Peter Gilmore (Lionel) was Brazen in Frontios
• Helen [Margaret] Lederer (Maria here; Dr. Oppe, 2011) voiced Patricia Ryder for Death in Blackpool (2009)
• [Walter] Tenniel Evans (Summers here; Sylvester, 1999) was Major Daly in Carnival of Monsters
• Simon Paisley Day (Extra) was the Steward in The End of the World, and Rump in Face the Raven
• Jonny Lee Miller (Matt) made his TV debut as a titular Child in Kinda
• Harry Towb (Kelvin here; Brook, 2006) was Osgood in (episode 1 of) The Seeds of Death, and McDermott in Terror of the Autons
• Lee Ross (Dave here; Ray, 1996) was the Boatswain in The Curse of the Black Spot
• Jon [Sleeman] Croft (Fred) was Tom Girton in The Daemons
• Martin Jarvis (Bart) and Rosalind Ayres (Sarah) both starred in Jubilee (2003) as Nigel and Miriam Rochester - Jarvis was also Hilio in The Web Planet, Butler in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and the Governor in Vengeance on Varos
• Philip [Arvon] Madoc [born Jones] (Mike) was Brockley in the second Dalek film, Eelek in The Krotons, the War Lord in The War Games, Dr. Mehendri Solon in The Brain of Morbius, and Fenner in The Power of Kroll, then voiced Victor Schaeffer for Master (2003), the Commander for Magic Bullet's Storm Mine (2004), and Rag Cobden for Return of the Krotons (2009)
• Rula Lenska [born Roza Maria Leopoldyna Lubienska] (Circus Owner here; Vera, 2016) was Dr. [Elizabeth] Styles in Resurrection of the Daleks, then voiced the Queen for AudioGo's Hornets' Nest (2009)
• Susan Penhaligon (Hattie here; Leila, 2003; Anne, 2013) was Lakis in The Time Monster
• David Sibley (Frank here; Parkes, 2015) was Pralix in The Pirate Planet, and voiced Kurt Schalk for Persuasion, The Eminence for The Seeds of War (both 2013), Dark Eyes 2, Dark Eyes 3 and Destroy the Infinite (all 2014) and Dark Eyes 4 (2015), Josiah Morton for The Morton Legacy (2017), Valerian for Time War 1 (2018), Uther Vargosh for Darker Purposes, Sigmund Freud for Conflict Theory (both 2020), and Henry Wotton for The Master of Dorian Gray (2022)
• Rebecca [Jayne] Callard [born Atkinson] (Suzie here; Connie, 1998) voiced Connie Winters for A Perfect World (2008), and Shadrak for Harvest of the Sycorax (2016)
• TP [Thomas Patrck] McKenna (Arthur here; Dr. Whitlock, 1997) and Christopher Guard (Hodges) both appeared in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as Captain Cook and Bellboy respectively
• Jeff Rawle (Jackson) was Plantagenet in Frontios, Lionel Harding in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Mona Lisa's Revenge, and depicted Mervyn Pinfield in An Adventure in Space and Time, then voiced Toby Brokesmith for Chapel of Night (2017), Chad Caramel for The Tyrants of Logic (2018), and Captain Miles Rozann for Here Lies Drax (2022)
• Michael Melia (Brennan) was a Terileptil in The Visitation
• Chris [Peter John] Tranchell [born Small] (Registrar) was Roger Colbert in The Massacre, Steven Jenkins in The Faceless Ones, and Andred in The Invasion of Time
• Hywel [Thomas] Bennett (Lawson here; Wincott in Casualty@Holby City, 2005) was Rynian in The Chase
• Stephen [Vincent] Moore (Kevin) was Eldane in Cold Blood, and voiced Clark Goodman for The Eight Truths and Worldwide Web (both 2009)
• [Daphne Anne] Angela Pleasence (Sonia here; Catherine, 2009) was Queen Elizabeth in The Shakespeare Code
• Victor Winding (Billy) was Spencer in The Faceless Ones
• Michael [Maurice] Cashman (Paynter) and Keith Drinkel (Easton) both appeared in Time Flight as First Officer Bilton and Roger Scobie - Drinkel was also Bob Calhoun/Torlakh in BBV Productions' Zygon, and voiced Parker for Race Memory (2001) Moses for The Green Man (2002), Henry Hallam for Catch 1782 (2005), the Cinder for Frostfire (2017), and Oberon Fix for Audacity (2023)
• Julia Hills (Carole here; Caroline Miller/Joyner, 2004/5; Cathy, 2012) voiced Qureshi for The Bounty of Ceres (2014), Phillipa Gregson for Beachhead (2016), Sera Marvelle for Pretty Lies (2017), Sharon/ Rindle for The Lady in the Lake (2018), Madeline for The Cars That Ate London!, Ethel Pullman for A Photograph to Remember, and Margot Kinnear for The Dimension Cannonn (all 2019)
• John [Arthur] Duttine (Howard here; Foster, 1995; Fletcher, 2001; Jennings, 2003) voiced Hector Taylor for Exotron (2007)
• René Zagger (Rick here; Smith, 2004; Durante, 2014) was Padra in Utopia
• Paul Bazely (Watson here; Brennan, 2006) was Ven-Garr in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, then voiced the Duke of Hishtar for The Ribos Inheritance, Mikhail for Black Friday, and Elio /SV44/SV72 for The Enhancement (all 2022)
• Andrew Burt (Locke) was Valgard in Terminus
• Daniel Hill (Clive here; Howatt, 2008; Barton, 2014) was Chris Parsons in Shada, and voiced Percy Noggins for AudioGo's The Stuff of Nightmares (2009)
• Julian [Robert Stanley] Holloway (Jim) was Sergeant Paterson in Survival
• Robert Duncan (Taylor here; Peter Hayes, 1995/6) voiced Borthwick for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), Pallister for The Entropy Plague, Thomas/Dr. James Greco for Damaged Goods (both 2015), and Krayl /Sternwood/Eldren for The Mind Runners and The Demon Rises (2018)
• Matt [Arthur] Bardock (Terry here; Jeff Collier, 2007-14) was Al in Flatline
• Ian Gelder (Jeremy here; Chambers, 1997; Swain, 2004) was Dekker in Torchwood: Children of Earth, then provided the Remnant voices in The Ghost Monument, was Zellin in Can You Hear Me?, and voiced the Commander for Legend of the Cybermen (2010)
• Kelly Hunter (Annabelle here; Helen, 1995; Chrissie, 2007) was the Shadow Architect in The Stolen Earth and The Magician's Apprentice 
• Julia Foster (Joyce) was Vilma in Orphan 55
• John [Edward] Cater (Bernard) was Professor Melvin Krimpton in The War Machines
• Charles [Laurence] De'Ath (Rosco here; Simon, 2001; Stanley, 2008; Crozier, 2010; Greer, 2011; Gooden, 2014) was Adelaide's Father in The Waters of Mars
• James Blackwell (PC Roberts here; Driver/Officer, 1993; Sergeant, 1994/AFM, 1996, 1998) was the first assistant director on Partners in Crime
• Alexandra Mathie (Helen) voiced Businesswoman for This Sleep of Death, and Mother McCracken for Tempest  (both 2019)
• Heather Tobias (Pam here; June in Series 13) was one of twenty-six actresses who auditioned for the role of Leela in 1976
• producer Michael Ferguson was the director of The War Machines, The Seeds of Death, The Ambassadors of Death and The Claws of Axos
• location manager Val McCrimmon was an AFM on fifty-one episodes (from The Sensorites to Remembrance of the Daleks)