Doctor Who Vs. Casualty, Series 11

Regular series actors Derek Thompson, Ian Bleasdale, Clive Mantle,

Sorcha Cusack, Julia Watson, Jason Merrells, Sue Devaney and Lisa

Coleman all returned for the eleventh season of BBC One's long-

running medical drama.

Joining the programme here were Jonathan Kerrigan (as nurse Sam

 Colloby), Ganiat Kasumu (Gloira Hammond), Gray O'Brien (SHO

Richard McCaig), Peter Birch (Dr. Jack Hathaway), Vas Blackwood

(receptionist David Sinclair), and Donna Alexander (paramedic

Penny Hutchens). Blackwood had left the show by the series'

conclusion, whilst Mantle chose to depart after five years service

- he reprised his role as Dr. Mike Barratt for Holby City between 

1999 and 2001.

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

from September 1996 to February 1997) began on Drama today

- it featured Geoffrey Beevers, and fifty Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• O'Brien played Rickston Slade in Voyage of the Damned
• Josh Maguire (James) was the Boy in 30 Years in the TARDIS and Dalekmania
• Lucy Robinson (Margaret here; Paula, 2002) was Frau Clovis in New Earth, and voiced Bovari for Big Finish's Havoc (2019), and Christie for Like (2020)
• Jonathan Newth (Dr. Eliot here; Mogford, 2016) was Orfe in Underworld
• Glyn [born Griffith] Owen (Carter) and Philip Bird (Malcolm here; Brian, 2010; Tanner, 2013) both appeared in The Power of Kroll, as Rohm-Dutt and Swampie respectively
• Andy [James] Secombe (Hyams) voiced Laris/Akros for Breaking Bubbles, Policeman for An Eye for Murder, Jonah Bulmer for The Ghosts of Gralstead (both 2014), Vargrave for Death Match (2015), Benya for The Age of Endurance (2016), and Cloten/Shift for The Mind Runners and The Demon Rises (both 2018)
• Holly De Jong (Shelley here; Jo, 2007) voiced Amelia Doory for Project: Twilight (2001)
• Neil Bett (Anjun here; MC, 2001) voiced Director Garfolt for Faith Stealer (2004)
• Juiet Cadzow (Madeleine) provided the voice of the Ice Governess in The Snowmen
• Hywel Morgan (Danny here; Horton, 2004; Williams, 2006) voiced Dan Hawkins for Swan Song (2011), Nick Kenton/Jack Laser for The Fourth Wall (2012), Larivan/Lieutenant Garrett for Destroy the Infinite (2014), Regent Tharler/Alex Filton for The Havoc of Empires (2015), Kempton/Tribesman for The High Price of Parking, Koloth/ Jefferson for The Starship of Theseus (both 2017), Von Moltke for I Was Churchill's Double (2018), Jeff for This Sleep of Death, Barney/ Animal for Tempest, Baron Gallos Flambo/Robot Crab for Dining With Death (all 2019), Commander Daari for The First Days of Phaidon, Dr. Richard Acres for Now is the New Dark, Keryth for London Orbital (all 2022), and was cast in Morbius (2024)
• [Colin] David Daker (Porteous) was Irongron in The Time Warrior, and Captain Rigg for Nightmare of Eden, then voiced Gilbrook for Creatures of Beauty (2003)
• Renu Setna (Sharma) was the Intern in The Hand of Fear (1)
• Joe Dixon (Gregory here; Priddie, 2007) was the Chancellor in The End of Time (2)
• Stewart Harwood (Plumber here; Oliver, 2002) made his TV debut as a Daffodil Man in Terror of the Autons (3)
• Sheila Ruskin (Dr. Collins) was Kassia in The Keeper of Traken, and voiced Flague for Dethras (2017), and Cora for Morbius the Mighty (2024)
• Trevor Sellers (Birkby) was Porrima in Time Heist
• Jenny Funnell (Gill) voiced Veronica Buchman for Wirrn Isle (2012), and Reaver for The King of Sontar (2014)
• Anna [Eva Lydia Catherine] Wing (Binnie here; Milly, 2000) was Anatta in Kinda
• Angela Bruce (Joy here; Rhona, 2007; Corinne, 2015) was Brigadier Winifred Bambera in Battlefield, a role she reprised for Animal (2011), Seabird One, Visitants and The War Factory (all 2022), then voiced Mother for The Persistence of Dreams (2018), Herb for Conversion (2019), and Andarta/Oya for Consequences (2021)
• Albert Moses (Desai) was an Indian Sailor in Carnival of Monsters
• Leena Dhingra (Mrs. Desai) was Miss Chandrakala in The Unicorn and the Wasp, and Nani Umbreen in Demons of the Punjab
• Adrian Bower (Conrad) voiced Steffan/the Authority for Survival of the Fittest (2010)
• David Schofield (DI Logan) was Odin in The Girl Who Died, and voiced Billy for Death in Blackpool (2009), Nostradamus/Conclave Leader for The Doomsday Quatrain (2011), Narrator of The House of Winter (2015), Parval for The Sorcerer of Albion (2020), and Gostak for The End of the Beginning (2021)
• Derek Riddell (Marriot here; Lewis, 2002) was Sir Robert MacLeish in Tooth and Claw, and voiced Lt. Commander Sandy McNish for The Oncoming Storm (2016)
• Eva Pope (Josie here; Simone, 2011) voiced Nia Brusk for Army of Death (2011), and Sendaya for The Kicker (2023)
• Michael Price (Steve) was the Liberian Man in Journey's End
• Alastair G Cumming (Driver) was Colin Frazer in Arc of Infinity
• Jerome [Barry] Willis (Leonard here; Reeves, 2004) was Jocelyn Stevens in The Green Death and Global Conspiracy?
• Robert Hands (Max here; Crawley, 2010) was Algy in The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances, then voiced Captain Solex for The War Doctor 2, Pope Leo X for The Ravelli Conspiracy, Daniel Defoe/Bar- keep for The Eye of the Storm (all 2016), Major Hardy/Crewman for Storm of the Horofax, and Lagrange for Fields of Terror (both 2017)
• Jason [Joseph] Connery (Dunham) was Jondar in Vengeance on Varos
• Matilda Ziegler (Nula) voiced Chatura Sharma for The Outliers (2017)
• Abigail Thaw (Aileen) voiced Dr. Phillipa Stone for The Lady of Mercia, Zaadur for Lords of the Red Planet (both 2013), and High Vector Salaskin for Self Defence (2022)
• Ronald [Alfred] Pickup (Freeborn) made his TV debut as the Physician in The Reign of Terror (4), then voiced Kestorian for Time Works (2006), Elder Bones for Spaceport Fear (2013), the Old One for Jago & Litefoot 12 (2016), and Jacob Harmer for The Wizard of Time (2023)
• Simon Sherlock (Hughes) voiced Kelsa for The Raincloud Man (2008)
• Lennox Greaves (Gillespie) voiced Brian Hughes for The Shadow of the Scourge (2000), Professor Patrick Trethui for Last of the Titans (2001), Edward the Confessor for Seasons of Fear, Shaughnessy for The Chimes of Midnight (both 2002), Dr. Joseph Aldrich for The Condemned (2008), and Anulf/Taker for The Whispering Forest (2010)
• Danny Sapani (Bennett here; Caffrey, 2011) was Colonel Manton in A Good Man Goes to War
• Mark Frost (Rankin here; Young, 2000; Doubleday, 2010) voiced Shandar for Requiem for the Rocket Men (2015), and Niccolo Machiavelli for The Ravelli Conspiracy (2016)
• Susan Tracy [born Dawson Goodey] (Rita here; Rachel, 2012) voiced Diane Wheeler/Miss Cunningham for Churchill Victorious (2018)
• Rebecca Root (SHO here & 1997) voiced Sable for Zaltys (2017), Cantico for Partisans (2019), and Tania Bell for Stranded (2020-22), Flatpack and The Chaos Cascade (2024)
• Charlotte Strevens (Registrar) vocied Naras for Memories of a Tyrant (2019)
• Lorna Brown (Faith) voiced Veega for Unity (2020)
• Dale Rapley (Walker) voiced Kommandant Kurt Muller/Sheldon Murchison for Operation Werewolf (2024)
• Heather Bleasdale (Kay here; Janey, 2010; Grace, 2014) voiced Cordelia for Blood on Santa's Claw, and President for I Wish it Could Be Christmas Every Day (both 2019), then was Wilma in The Halloween Apocalypse
• Lucy [Jane] Briers (Joanna here; Gill in Series 32) voiced Jenny Chaplin for After the Daleks (2021)
• [William] Maurice Denham (Turnbull) was Azmael in The Twin Dilemma, and voiced the President for The Paradise of Death
• Karen Seacombe (Katy here; Deniece, 2011) was Sandra in The Lodger, and Meg in The Woman Who Lived
• Graeme Harper was also director of The Caves of Androzani and Revelation of the Daleks after serving as assistant floor manager on Colony in Space and Planet of the Spiders, and production assistant on The Seeds of Doom and Warriors' Gate - he went on to direct thirteen episodes of the revived series (from Rise of the Cybermen to The Waters of Mars), Time Crash and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• first assistant director Debbi Slater was associate producer on Planet of the Dead, The Waters of Mars and The Sarah Jane Adventures, and line producer on Torchwood: Miracle Day
• series producer Ros Anderson was the AFM on (episodes 1 and 4 of) The Curse of Peladon, then the production assistant on The Talons of Weng-Chiang
• associate producer Diana Brookes was the production assistant on Arc of Infinity
• director John Bruce was the production assistant on The Dominators
• stunt arranger Steve Whyment was an Extra on The Keeper of Traken and Snakedance