Friday, 29 December 2023

Doctor Who Vs. Murder is Easy

This period crime drama was based
on Agatha Christie's twenty-fifth
novel (known in America as Easy
to Kill), published in 1939A US
TV version was shown in 1982,
followed by ITV's treatment in
2009, and was now adapted by
Mammoth Screen and BritBox for
BBC1. The two-part mystery con-
cluded last night - it featured
Douglas Henshall, Mark Bonnar,
and nine Doctor Who cast and crew
connections:

  • David Jonsson [Fray] (Fitzwilliam) voiced Corporal James Morley for Big Finish's Invocation (2017)
  • Penelope [Alice] Wilton (Lavinia here; Louise in They Do It With Mirrors, 2009) played Harriet Jones MP in Aliens of London, World War Three, The Christmas Invasion and The Stolen Earth
  • Tom Riley (Whitfield here; Argyle in Ordeal by Innocence, 2007; Boynton in Appointment With Death, 2008) was Robin Hood in Robot of Sherwood
  • Tamzin [Maria] Outhwaite (Mrs Pierce here; Mrs Rogers in Endless Night, 2013) was the Captain in Nightmare in Silver, then voiced Morton for Secrets of Telos (2022)
  • Brian McCardie (Bull here; Gould in Ordeal by Innocence, 2018; Persimmon in Agatha and the Truth of Murder) voiced Alan Weir for Masters of Earth (2014)
  • Ron [Eaglesham] Donachie [born Porter] (Coroner) was the Steward in Tooth and Claw
  • Christina Low was also stunt performer Spyfall and Flux
  • Lloyd Bass (stunt co-ordinator) was stuntman on The Time of the Doctor and Twice Upon a Tim
  • Segun Akinola was also composer of thirty-one Doctor Who adventures

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