Doctor Who Vs. Spooks, Series 1

BBC1's popular spy drama began in the spring of 2002 with a six-
part series, endured for another nine seasons, and even spawned
a spin-off show for BBC Three (Spooks: Code 9), the feature film
Spooks: The Greater Good (2014), and an interactive video game.

The title of the show is a colloquialism for spies, and Spooks

originally aired in North America as MI5. Created by David

Wolstencroft and produced by Kudos, Spooks centred on a

fictional group of MI5 officers based at the service's London HQ,

Thames House.

The programme starred Matthew Macfadyen (as Tom Quinn), Keeley
 Hawes (Zoe Reynolds), David Oyelowo (Danny Hunter), Hugh Simon
(Malcolm Wynn-Jones), Rory MacGregor (Colin Wells), Jenny Agutter
 (Tessa Phillips), and Graeme Mearns (Jed Kelley), whilst Peter Firth
(Harry Pearce) was the only actor to appear in every series.

The death of Helen Flynn, played by Lisa Faulkner, in only the second
episode attracted controversy and the highest number of complaints
against the Corporation that year.

Another repeat run of the first, BAFTA winning season began on

Drama last night - it featured a total of thirty-one Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

• Hawes (2002-04) played Ms. Delphox in Time Heist
• Agutter (2002/03) voiced Sekhmet for Big Finish's The Bride of Peladon
• Ken Bones (Burns) was the General in The Day of the Doctor and Hell Bent - a role reprised for Dreadshade (2020), Allegiance, The War Doctor Begins 4 (both 2022), Manoeuvres and A Genius for War (both 2023) - he also voiced Dreislav/Thomas Bloodchild for The Bloodchild Codex (2013), and David/Anders Kristiansen for The Keeper of Light (2022)
• Esther [Jane] Hall (Ellie Simm, 2002/03) voiced Virginia [Fortuna] for The Galileo Trap (2015), Tazmeena/Bauze/Mum for The Two Masters, Pheenan for Absolute Power (both 2016), and Viv/Commentator for The Iron Legion (2019)
• Paul Broughton (Paul) was Neville Lewis in War of the Sontarans
• Royce Mills (McInnes) provided Dalek voices for the last three Dalek stories of the original run
• Derek Riddell (Steven) and stunt double Levan Doran both starred in Tooth and Claw, as Sir Robert MacLeish and stuntman - Riddell also voiced Lt. Commander Sandy McNish for The Oncoming Storm (2016)
• Karen Westwood [born Smith] (Karen) was Tabetha in The Big Bang
• Tom Goodman Hill (Thomas) was Reverand Arnold Golightly in The Unicorn and the Wasp
• Kevin [Robert] McNally (Osborne) was Hugo Lang in The Twin Dilemma, then Professor Eustacius Jericho in Flux - he also voiced Henry for Spider's Shadow (2008), Vakrass for The End of the Beginning, and Merrick Kingdom for Dalek Universe (both 2021)
• Julian [Neil Rohan] Wadham (Morris) voiced Augustus Scullop for The Fourth Wall (2012), Dr. Joseph Holman for The Darkness of Glass (2015) and The Crowmarsh Experiment (2018), and Judge Perigord Trent for The Doomsday Contract (2021)
• Jeremy Bulloch (Welks) was Tor in The Space Museum, and Hal in The Time Warrior
• Kevork Malikyan (Cosar) was Kemel Rudkin in The Wheel in Space
• Anthony [Stewart] Head (Salter) voiced Valentine for Death Comes to Time, and Grayvorn for Excelis Dawns, Excelis Rising and Excelis Decays (all 2002), before his TV role as Brother Lassar in School Reunion, then voiced Baltazar for The Infinite Quest
• Mark [Lee] Dexter (Hodd) was Dad in Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead, then Charles Babbage in Spyfall
• Nicholas Farrell [born Frost] (Maynard) was Brian Green PM in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced Gammades for Time Reef, Phil for A Perfect World (both 2008), Captain Frank for Last of the Cybermen (2015), and Browman for A Ghost of Alchemy (2023)
• Aleksandar Mikic (Man) was Yuri Kerenski in The Waters of Mars
• Naoko Mori (Annette) was Dr. Toshiko Sato in Aliens of London, World War Three and Torchwood
• Tim [Peter] Pigott Smith (Wilder) was Captain Harker in The Claws of Axos, and Marco in The Masque of Mandragora 
• John Owens (Old Man) was Thorpe in The Daemons
• Linda [Virginia] Marlowe [born Bathurst] (Madge) voiced Commander Claire Spencer for The Word Lord, May Carlisle for Casualties of War (both 2008), Osloo/Anne Tessler for The Macros (2010), and Gusta Pardo for The Tyrants of Logic (2018)
• Beth Vyse (Tara) voiced Vannet for Time Works (2006)
• Richard [Crispin] Armitage (Officer here; Lucas North, 2008-10) voiced Rassilon for Time War 4 (2021), War Room 1 (2022) and Goth Opera (2024)
• Amanda Drew (Reporter) provided the voice of the Mouri for Once, Upon Time, was Narrator of The Seven Year Hitch, and voiced Commander Jane Wardie for Way of the Burryman (2022)
• William [John] Willoughby [born Haynes] was also a stunt performer on nine episodes (from Rose to A Town Called Mercy)
• Crispin Layfield was also the stunt co-ordinator on the revived series (from Smith and Jones to the present)
• Jason Gill was also costume assistant on fourteen adventures (from A Christmas Carol to The Wedding of River Song) and Space/Time
• John Cooling was stand-by rigger on Turn Left too
• Francesco Reidy was also first assistant director on The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky
• Robert Edwards was the ADR mixer on Space/Time too
• Russ Perkin was also a SFX technician on eleven stories (from The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe to The Husbands of River Song)