Doctor Who Vs. Casualty, Series 8

Regular series actors Derek Thompson, Cathy Shipton, Ian Bleasdale,

Clive Mantle, Patrick Robinson, Caroline Webster, Anne Kristen and

William Gaminara all returned for the eighth season of BBC1's long-

running medical drama.

Joining the programme here were Jo Unwin (as paramedic Lucy Cooper), 

David Ryall (Dr. Tom Harley), Oliver Parker (manager Mark Calder),

Suzanna Hamilton (SHO Karen Goodliffe), Dona Croll (nurse Adele Beckford), Christopher Guard (nurse Ken Hodges), Samantha Edwards

(nurse Helen Chatsworth), Naoko Mori (receptionist Mie Nishikawa),

Steven O'Donnell (porter Frankie Drummer), Brendan O'Hea (paramedic

Brian Crawford), Tara Moran (trainee nurse Mary Skillett), Martin Ball

(SHO Dave Masters) and Jane Gurnett (nurse Rachel Longworth).

Webster, Kristen, Gaminara, Ryall, Parker, Hamilton, Croll, Guard,

Edwards, Mori, O'Donnell, O'Hea, Moran and Ball had all left the show

 by the series' conclusion, whilst Shipton chose to depart after eight

years service - she would return regularly between 1998 and 2020.

A repeat run of the twenty-four part series (originally broadcast from

September 1993 to February 1994) continued on Drama today - it

featured Adjoa Andoh, and thirty-six Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

• Mori was Dr. Toshiko Sato in Aliens of London, then Torchwood
• Amelda Brown (Linda) voiced Margaret for The Gunpowder Plot
• Peter Ferdinando (Policeman) and Brian [Reginald] Miller (Sullivan here; Warburn, 1999; Piper, 2002; Hearn, 2012) both appeared in Deep Breath, as Half-Face Man and Barney - Miller was also Dugdale in Snakedance, provided a Dalek voice for Resurrection of the Daleks and Remembrance of the Daleks, was Harry Sowersby in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Mad Woman in the Attic - he also voiced Abbotly for Ghost Town (2002), and Rexus for Reborn (2011)
• Brenda Bruce (Carrie) was Tilda in Paradise Towers
• Clive [Mark] Rowe (Speight) was Morvin Van Hoff in Voyage of the Damned
• Craig Kelly (Wheater here; Daniel Perryman, 1995/6) and Anna Calder Marshall (Yvonne here; Peggy, 2015) both starred in Scream of the Shalka, as Joe Latham and Mathilda Pierce respectively
• prolific Big Finish actor Toby Longworth (PC) voiced Professor Morgan /Sancreda/UNIT Sentry for The Spectre of Lanyon Moor, the Monan Host for The Apocalypse Element, Priest for The Fires of Vulcan (all 2000), Kelsey for Sword of Orion, Hauptmann Julius Schafer for Colditz (both 2001), Beep the Meep for The Ratings War, Wong Chu for The Tao Connection, Driver for Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre, Josiah W Dogbolter for The Maltese Penguin (all 2002) and The Quantum Possibility Engine (2018), Badger/Gaulish/Winston Churchill/Tribes- man for Auld Mortality, Broke for The Dark Flame, Time Lord for Exile (all 2003), Goran for Snake Head, Cabbie for Unregenerate! (both 2005), Various for Cyberman 1, Controller for Dreamland (both 2006), Redklaw for Spring, Jack for Autumn, Colonel Heinrich Konrad /Major Schrader for Old Soldiers, the titular villain for The Wishing Beast, Coiffure for The Vanity Box (all 2007), Commander Hectocot for The Chaos Pool, Yatsumoto/Truscott/Manager for The Nightmare Fair (both 2009), Stafel/Guard for The Song of Megaptera, Dr. Tulp for Jago & Litefoot 1 (both 2010), Thaddeus P Winklemeyer/Berman Labazeen for Freakshow (2011), Workers for The Concrete Cage, Klaus Werner for Unto the Breach (both 2014), Min for Intervention Earth (2015), Vesuvius/Grubb for The Iron Legion (2019), Squawk/ Caw for The Infinite Quest, and Narrator of Battlefield, Paris in the Springtime and Cheques, Lies and Videotape
• Jaye Griffiths (Sheena here; Elle Gardner, 2016) was Jac in The Magician's Apprentice and The Zygon Invasion, and reprised for 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), Hieronymous Friend for Meanwhile, Elsewhere, Narrator of The Martian Dilemma, and Lady Audacity Montague for Audacity and In the Bleak Midwinter (all 2023)
• Martin Cochrane (Dinning) was General Chellak in The Caves of Androzani
• Terrence [Edward] Hardiman (Carlisle) was Hawthorne in The Beast Below, and voiced King Sitric for The Book of Kells (2010), Reverend Dobbs for AudioGo's The Broken Crown (2011), Hepworth Stackhouse for The English Way of Death, Lord Richard Pollard for The Fall of the House of Pollard (both 2014), and Rassilon for Time War 2 (2019)
• Andrée Bernard (Ricky here; Sandra, 1997) was Dolly Bailey in The Shakespeare Code, and voiced Ellen Green for Blue Forgotten Planet (2009), Erisi for The Entropy Composition, Lorelei for Paradise 5 (both 2010), Joanna Slade for The Feast of Axos (2011), Dr. Paignton/ Constable for The Red House, Susie/Sylvie for Stage Fright, Tethneka/ Carter/Thing for Terror of the Sontarans (all 2015), Mary Sissinghurst for The Carrionite Curse, and Lulu Hammerstein for The Silent Scream (both 2017)
• Jim [Michael] McManus (Harry here; Davis, 1996) was Opthalmol- ogist in The Invisible Enemy
• Frances White (Harriet) was Cassandra in The Myth Makers
• Sean Carlsen (Mac here; Mick, 1994; Bard, 1998) was Policeman in The Christmas Invasion, then voiced Sub-editor/Board Member/ Citizen/Censor for The Natural History of Fear (2004), Caius for The Council of Nicaea (2005), Ned Davey for The Ghosts of Gralstead, and Co-ordinator Narvin for Dark Eyes 3 (both 2014), Gallifrey (2004-16), The War Master (2018-20), Time War (2018-21), Erasure, The Quantum Possibility Engine, Dust Devil, Aftershocks, War Room (2022/23) and The Last Day 2 (2024)
• Amanda Root (Joyce here; Evelyn, 2013) voiced Madeleine Fairweather for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), and Lendek/Scientist for The Lords of Terror (2018)
• Sarah Berger (Gemma here; Helen, 2013) was Rost in Attack of the Cybermen (2)
• Vilma [Jean] Hollingbery (Ada) was Mrs. Harcourt in The Doctor Dances
• Leslie Schofield (Jenson) was Leroy in (episode 4 of) The War Games, and Calib in The Face of Evil
• Ball was Roger Davey in Partners in Crime
• Mark Williams (Jones) voiced Max Edison for The Eternal Summer (2009), then played Brian Williams in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and The Power of Three
• Gracy Goldman (Rosie) was Mrs. Woods in The Caretaker
• Patrick O'Connell (White) was Ashton in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (4)
• Michael Bertenshaw (PC Vaughan here; Granger, 2003; Murray, 2008) was  Cole in The Next Doctor
• Peter Guinness (Becket here; Elliot Matthews, 1997/8) voiced Childeric for The Holy Terror (2000), Baron Teufel for The Beast of Orlok (2009), Rovus for The Star Men (2017), and Mr. Dread for Dreamland
• Derek [James] Fowlds (Croft here; Cothern, 2013) voiced Claude for The Elixir of Doom (2014)
• Sean [Campbell] Gallagher (Truman) was Chip in New Earth
• Martyn Whitby (Pascoe here; Stanbridge, 2005) was the Drayman in The Mark of the Rani (1)
• Bryonie Pritchard (Nicola) was Dr. Sally Arnold in the Auton trilogy
• Heather Emmanuel (Rabya) was Tessa in The Android Invasion (4)
• Norman Mitchell [Driver] (Jenkins) was Policeman in The Daleks' Master Plan (7)
• Paterson [Davis] Joseph (Michael here; Mark Grace, 1997/8) was Roderick in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, then voiced Victor Espinosa for Earth Aid (2011), and was cast in Broken Memories (2024) 
• Colin McFarlane (Ray here; Duheney, 2015) provided the voice of the Heavenly Host for Voyage of the Damned, was Jonathan Moran in Under the Lake and Before the Flood, General Pierce in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced Vince Foster for Random Ghosts and The Lights of Skaro (both 2014), Narrator of The Blood Cell (all 2014) and Farewll to Peteer Capaldi, the Identical Men for Charlotte Pollard 2 (2017), and Captain Morski for The War Master 5 (2020)
• Karen Archer (Carly here; Norma, 2004) voiced Professor Allen for Never Alone (2021), and DCI Denise Walker for The Annihilators (2022)
• AFM Catrin Lewis Defis was the associate producer on The Next Doctor, The End of Time and Torchwood, and produced Music of the Spheres

Doctor Who On This Day #304

 

1964 - Planet of Giants, Episode

1 first screened on BBC1

1966 - The Chase, Episodes 1 and 5, The Time Meddler, Episode

 3: A Battle  of Wits and Galaxy 4, Episode 3: Air Lock repeated

 and The Myth Makers, Episode 3: Death of a Spy first screened, 

all on ABC

1971 - The Mind Robber, Episode 1 and The Silurians, Episodes 

6 and 7 repeated and The Ambassadors of Death, Episodes 2, 3 

and 5 repeated and Episode 6 first screened, all on ABC

1974 - Colony in Space, Episode 6, Day of the Daleks, Episode 4, 

The Curse of Peladon, Episode 3, The Sea Devils, Episode 6 and 

The Time Monster, Episode 4 all repeated on ABC

1975 - Inferno, Episode 2 first screened on WTTW 11

1976 - The Ark in Space, Part 4 repeated on ABC

1978 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part 1 and The

Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 1 both repeated on ABC

1980 - Horror of Fang Rock, Part 4 repeated on WTTW 11

1981 - The Leisure Hive, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus

1982 - The Armageddon Factor Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1983 - Planet of Evil, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on

ABC; and Snakedance, Part 4 first screened on TV1

1984 - The Green Death, Episode 4 repeated on ABC

1985 - The Android Invasion, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - The Two Doctors, Part 4 (of 6) repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 3 repeated 

on KQED Plus; and Pyramids of Mars, Part 2 first

screened on Super Channel (UK)

1988 - Time and the Rani, Part 1

first screened on repeated on ABC

1989 - The Power of Kroll, Part 3 repeated on KQED

Plus; and Paradise Towers, Part 4 repeated on ABC

1990 - Planet of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on WTTW

11; The Monster of Peladon, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus;

 and Battlefield, Part 2 first screened on ABC

1991 - Attack of the Cybermen, Part

2 (of 4) repeated on KQED Plus

1992 - State of Decay Omnibus repeated

on KQED Plus

1993 - The Masque of Mandragora Omnibus repeated on

UK Gold; and The Invisible Enemy, Part 4 repeated on ABC

1994 - Planet of Evil Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus; and 

Timelash, Parts 2 and 3 (of 4) both repeated on UK Gold

1995 - The Seeds of Doom, Part 2 repeated on UK Gold

1996 - The War Games, Episode 7 repeated on UK Gold

1997 - The Daleks, Episode 6: The Ordeal first screened

on Space; and The Power of Kroll, Part 4 repeated on

UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Sensorites Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Krotons Omnibus 

repeated on UK Gold; The War Games, Episodes 7 and 8 both repeated 

on NHPTV; The Ambassadors of Death, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated 

on Iowa PTV; The Three Doctors Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus); 

Revenge of the Cybermen, Parts 1 and 2 both first screened on BBC 

America; Horror of Fang Rock, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on BBC 

Prime; and Enlightenment Omnibus repeated on WUFT

1999 - The Time Monster, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; 

The Three Doctors, Episode 4 and Carnival of Monsters, Episode 1 both 

repeated on WCET; The Green Death, Episode 5 repeated on NHPTV;

 Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC Choice; 

The Sontaran Experiment, Part 1 repeated on Space; Pyramids of Mars, 

Part 4 repeated on Lakeshore PTV; Planet of Evil, Part 4 repeated on 

Twin Cities PTV; The Brain of Morbius Omnibus repeated on MPT; The

Hand of Fear, Part 2 repeated on WQED; Horror of Fang Rock, Part 1

repeated on MPBN and MiND and Part 2 repeated on MiND; The Sun 

Makers Omnibus repeated on KRWG; The Androids of Tara Omnibus 

repeated on KNME; Logopolis Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; 

Resurrection of the Daleks, Part 4 (of 4) repeated on WUSF; and 

The Caves of Androzani Omnibus repeated on KSPS

2000 - The Mind of Evil, Episode 5 repeated on Prime; The Green 

Death, Episode 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The Hand of Fear, 

Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC America

2001 - Warriors of the Deep, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus);

 and The Twin Dilemma, Part 3 repeated on BBC Prime

2002 - State of Decay, Part 2 repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2003 - The Deadly Assassin Omnibus and Logopolis, Parts 1 and 2 all 

repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Sun Makers, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated 

on BBC Kids (Can); and The Armageddon Factor, Parts 5 and 6 both 

repeated on UK Gold

2004 - The War Games, Episodes 6 to 10 all repeated on MPT; Inferno, 

Episodes 6 and 7 both repeated on WCET; The Daemons, Episodes 3 to

5 all repeated on KBTC; The Hand of Fear, Part 3 repeated on NHPTV; 

Warriors' Gate, Part 3 repeated on KUED; The Keeper of Traken, Parts 

3 and 4 both repeated on Iowa PTV; Snakedance, Part 1 repeated on 

WILL; Terror of the Vervoids Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; and The 

Happiness Patrol, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on MiND

2005 - The King's Demons, Part 1 repeated

on ABC; and Adventures in Space and Time

and Carnival of Monsters [factual] both

repeated on UK Gold

2006 - The Empty Child first screened

on NHK BS3; and The Doctor Dances

repeated on NRK2

2007 - Bad Wolf and The Parting of the

Ways both repeated on France 4; and The

Impossible Planet repeated on UK Gold

2008 - The Creature from the Pit, Part 4 and City of Death, Part 1 both 

first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The Girl in the Fireplace first 

screened on WVPB; The Age of Steel and Doctor Who Confidential: 

From Zero to Hero both repeated on WGVU; and Love & Monsters 

first screened on Syfy (FRG)

2009 - Rose and The End of the World both repeated on Syfy (Rus);

School Reunion repeated on OETA; The Girl in the Fireplace and Doctor 

Who Confidential: From Script to Screen both repeated on WGVU; 

Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks and 42 all repeated on 

Syfy (Spa); The Sontaran Stratagem and Doctor Who Confidential 

Cutdown: Send in the Clones both repeated on UKTV (Aus); Sisters

of the Flame first broadcast on Radio 7; and K9, Episode 1:

Regeneration first screened on Disney XD (UK)

2010 - The Lazarus Experiment repeated

on WVPB and Idaho PTV; Last of the

Time Lords and Doctor Who Confidential:

The Valiant Quest both repeated on MPTV;

The Doctor's Daughter repeated on WXXI;

 Journey's End and Doctor Who Confidential:

The End of an Era both repeated on WTTW

11; and The Waters of Mars repeated on

Houston PM

2011 - The Stones of Blood, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); 

World War Three and Dalek both repeated on BBC America; The Satan 

Pit repeated on Watch; The Lodger repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The 

Adventure Games: The Gunpowder Plot released online

2012 - Carnival of Monsters, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Syfy 

(Aus); Voyage of the Damned and Partners in Crime both first screened 

on Fox (FRG); The God Complex repeated on BBC America; and Doctor 

Who Confidential Cutdown: After Effects repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2013 - The Stones of Blood, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); 

Bad Wolf repeated on UKTV (Aus); Fear Her repeated on EBRU; Last 

of the Time Lords repeated on Syfy (Port); Journey's End, Doctor Who 

Confidential: You've Got the Look and Call Me the Doctor all repeated 

on BBC Entertainment AP; The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang 

and The Impossible Astronaut all repeated on Watch; A Christmas 

Carol repeated on France 4; Closing Time repeated on ABC2; The 

Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe repeated on TV3 (Spain); 

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on WTTW Prime; The Bells of 

Saint John and The Rings of Akhaten both repeated on BBC Brazil 

HD; Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on RAI4; and 

Doctor Who Confidential: Monsters Inc. repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU, Romania and ME

2014 - The Curse of Peladon, Episodes 1 and 2 both first screened on

Retro TV; The Ribos Operation, Parts 1 and 2 both first screened on 

Horror; Army of Ghosts repeated on Watch; Daleks in Manhattan and 

Evolution of the Daleks both repeated on UKTV (NZ); Blink, Night Terrors and Hide all repeated on BBC America; The Fires of Pompeii, 

Planet of the Ood, The Sontaran Stratagem and The Doctor's Daughter 

all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Poison Sky repeated on Syfy (Aus) 

and KCPT2; The Rebel Flesh repeated on KLRU; The Girl Who Waited 

and The God Complex both repeated on BBC America and Really Scary 

TV; A Good Man Goes to War repeated on YLE TV2; Closing Time 

repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Dinosaurs on a 

Spaceship and A Town Called Mercy both repeated on Jeem TV

(ME); The Power of Three repeated on WTTW Prime; Listen

repeated on BBC America and DR3; Mummy on the Orient

Express first screened on BBC Entertainment LA HD and

repeated on BBC Brazil HD; and Doctor Who Extra: In

the Forest of the Night repeated on BBC Red Button

2015 - The Daleks, Episode 1: The Dead Planet repeated on KMOS; 

The Sea Devils, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on UNC-MX; The 

Green Death, Episodes 1 and 2 and Horror of Fang Rock Omnibus all 

repeated on Retro TV; Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, 

The Lazarus Experiment and 42 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The 

Family of Blood, Utopia, The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time 

Lords all repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; Blink repeated on

BBC America and BBC Entertainment AP; Voyage of the Damned

 repeated on BBC Entertainment AP and UNC-MX; Journey's End, 

The Next Doctor and Planet of the Dead all repeated on UKTV (Aus); 

Night Terrors, The God Complex, The Crimson Horror and Listen all 

repeated on BBC America; Asylum of the Daleks, Dinosaurs on a 

Spaceship, The Angels Take Manhattan and The Snowmen all 

repeated on Fox (FRG); A Town Called Mercy and The Power of 

Three both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania, ME

and Fox; The Bells of Saint John, The Rings of Akhaten and 

Cold War all repeated on BBC Nordic HD, BBC Polska HD and Fox;

 Hide repeated on BBC America, BBC Nordic HD, BBC Polska HD and 

Fox; Into the Dalek first screened on Jeem TV (ME); Kill the Moon 

repeated on WGVU; Mummy on the Orient Express repeated on BBC 

America, OETA and Syfy (Aus); The Witch's Familiar repeated on DR3; 

Before the Flood first screened on BBC First (RSA) and repeated on 

FX (Ind); The Girl Who Died first screened on BBC First (RSA) and 

repeated on BBC First (Ben); The Woman Who Lived first screened 

on BBC First (RSA) and repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; and The 

Zygon Invasion first screened on BBC1 and BBC HD

2016 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on WETA-UK; 

The Ark in Space, Part 4 and The Sontaran Experiment, Part 1 both

 repeated on Retro TV; Rise of the Cybermen repeated on BBC 

Polska HD; Blink, Silence in the Library, Midnight, The God Complex, 

Hide, Listen, Mummy on the Orient Express, The Zygon Invasion, The 

Zygon Inversion, Sleep No More, Face the Raven and Heaven Sent

 all repeated on BBC America; The Doctor's Daughter and The Bells

of Saint John both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Eleventh Hour

repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Lodger repeated on

RAI4 and The Zone; The Pandorica Opens repeated on RAI4; 

The Witch's Familiar and Under the Lake both repeated on Fox 

(FRG); The Science of Doctor Who (2013) and The Destinations 

of Doctor Who both repeated on Syfy (LA); and Class, Episode

3 first screened on ABC2 and repeated on BBC First (ME) and

Space

2017 - The Leisure Hive, Part 1 repeated on Jones! too; The Age of 

Steel repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Impossible Planet repeated on BBC 

Polska HD; The Poison Sky and The Doctor's Daughter both repeated 

on Space; Silence in the Library, Midnight, The Rebel Flesh, The Almost 

People, A Good Man Goes to War, Let's Kill Hitler, Night Terrors, The 

Girl Who Waited, Listen, The Woman Who Lived, Knock Knock and 

Oxygen all repeated on BBC America; The Beast Below and Victory 

of the Daleks both repeated on DR3; and The Lodger, The Pandorica 

Opens and The Big Bang all repeated on One ARD

2018 - The Girl Who Waited and Knock Knock both repeated on

BBC America; Face the Raven, Doctor Who Extra: Flatline, In the 

Forest of the Night and Dark Water all repeated on BBC Polska  HD;

 Extremis and The Pyramids at the End of the World both repeated

 on Fox (FRG); and Arachnids in the UK repeated on BBC First (ME)

2019 - Terminus, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;

The Christmas Invasion repeated on Syfy (Fra); Utopia and The

 Woman Who Fell to Earth both repeated on BBC America; The

 Almost People repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Wedding of 

River Song and The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe both

 repeated on Sony SciFi; and The Return of Doctor Mysterio 

repeated on BBC Entertainment EU

2020 - Mummy on the Orient Express

and Flatline both repeated on RAI4; and

The Lie of the Land and Empress of Mars

both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU

2021 - The Daleks, Episodes 1 and 2 both

repeated on KBTC; The Androids of Tara

Omnibus repeated on Retro TV; Logopolis

Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; Blink,

Midnight, The Woman Who Fell to Earth,

The Ghost Monument, Rosa, Demons of

the Punjab, It Takes You Away, Resolution,

Spyfall Omnibus, Nikola Tesla's Night of

Terror, Fugitive of the Judoon, Can You

Hear Me?, The Haunting of Villa Diodati,

Ascension of the Cybermen, The Timeless

Children and Revolution of the Daleks all

repeated on BBC America; and The

Halloween Apocalypse first screened on

BBC1, BBC HD, BBC America and CTV

2022 - The Wedding of River Song

repeated on W HD