Friday 23 February 2024

Doctor Who Vs. Casualty, Series 12

Series regulars Derek Thompson, Ian Bleasdale, Sorcha Cusack, Julia 
Watson, Jason Merrells, Gray O'Brien, Sue Devaney, Lisa Coleman, Donna 
Alexander, Jonathan Kerrigan and Peter Birch all returned for the twelfth 
season of BBC One's long-running medical drama.
Joining the programme here were Peter Guinness (as manager Elliot
Matthews), Rebecca Lacey (SHO Georgina Woodman), Paterson Jospeh
 (nurse Mark Grace), Claire Goose (nurse Tina Seabrook), Barbara Marten
 (nurse Eve Montgomery), Rebecca Wheatley (receptionist Amy Howard), 
Vincenzo Pellegrino (porter Derek Sunderland). Brenda Fricker, Cathy 
Shipton, Patrick Robinson and Clive Mantle all reprised their roles for 
the two-part finale which saw Charlie and Baz marry. Cusack, Watson, 
O'Brien, Devaney, Birch and Guinness had all left the show by the
series' conclusion.
A repeat run of the twenty-six part series (originally broadcast from
September 1997 to February 1998) began on Drama today - it
featured Colin Bakerand twenty-eight other Doctor Who cast and
crew connections:

  • James Greene (Preston) was the Abbott in The Bells of Saint John
  • Pik Sen Lim (Sister here; Reiko, 2010; Amy in Holby City, 2013) was Captain Chin Lee in The Mind of Evil - a role reprised for Big Finish's Open the Box (2019), and also voiced Dom-Ra for Neon Reign (2018)
  • for Tony Van Silva see Series 1
  • Brigit [Dorothea] Forsyth [born Connell] (Margaret here; Patricia, 2004) was Ruth Maxtible in The Evil of the Daleks
  • Emily [Sian] Joyce (Lorraine) provided a Clockwork Droid voice for The Girl in the Fireplace
  • Chris Larkin [Stephens] (Parker here; Dawking in Holby City, 2011) was Lynley in The Shakespeare Code
  • Sandra Voe [born Williamson] (Joyce here; Various in Holby City, 2004-14) voiced Miss Barnett for The Hidden Realm (2016)
  • Nina [Minoo] Wadia (Veena here; Jean in Casualty @ Holby City, 2005; Rita/Annabelle in Holby City, 2000/2015) and Arthur Cox (Timms) both appeared in The Eleventh Hour as Dr. Ramsden and Mr. Henderson - Wadia also voiced Deepa for State of Bliss (2019), and Mimi for Here Lies Drax (2022), whilst Cox was also Cully in The Dominators
  • Ray Emmet Brown (Phillips here; Tommy, 2009; Father, 2011; Various in Holby City, 2001-20) voiced Jerome Fisher for House of Blue Fire (2011)
  • Ramon Tikaram (Wilson here; Jones, 2007; Chawhan, 2011; Wooton, 2013; Souza, 2016; Waverley in Holby City, 2004) voiced Wanchese for Voyage to the New World (2012), the Castellan for The Eleven, Marlock for Theatre of War, Colonel Vikram Shindi for UNIT: Extinction (all 2015), UNIT: Silenced (2016), UNIT: Encounters (2017), UNIT: Cyber Reality and UNIT: Revisitations (both 2018), and President Dunn-La for The World Traders (2021)
  • Tim [Charles Robert Noel] Bentinck (McDermott) voiced a Monk for Extremis and The Pyramid at the End of the World, Giles Moreau/ Jenkins for Destination: Nerva, Roger Buchman for Wirrn Isle (both 2012), Williams/Comrade/Curtis/Kavurshkin for The Forgotten VillageNathaniel Whitlock for MoonfleshNed Bones/Lord Burghley for The Devil's Armada (all 2014), Colonel George Radlett for The English Way of Death, Chowdras/Governor for Planet of the Rani (both 2015), General Kallix for The Neverwhen (2016), Wakefield/Cabby/ Stonegood for The Contingency Club, Edward Travers/the Great Intelligence for Time of the Intelligence (both 2017), Lord Crozion for Kingdom of Lies, Franz Kafka for Whodunnit? (both 2018), Alfie/ Computer for Ghosts (2020), Karlos/Guard/Reveller for The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook (2021), Older Henry Mortimer for Friend of the Family (2023), and Professor Alistair Gray for Echoes (2024)
  • Rachel Davies (Maureen) was Camilla in State of Decay
  • Tracy Ann Oberman (Zoe) was Yvonne Hartman in Army of Ghosts and Doomsday, a role reprised for Big Finish's Torchwood - she also voiced Temperance Finch/Mrs Grenville for Deimos and The Resurrection of Mars (both 2010), and the titular role for Tartarus (2019)
  • Ian Lindsay (Kane) voiced John Routledge for Who Killed Toby Kinsella? (2016)
  • David Mallinson (Chivers here; the Dean, 2009/10) voiced Brodlik for Creatures of Beauty (2003)
  • [Kathleen] Moya Brady (Maggie here; Liz, 2006) was Bridget Sinclair in Love & Monsters
  • Malcolm Terris (Harrison here; Dolan/Villiers in Holby City, 2005/7) was Etnin iThe Dominators, and Co-Pilot in The Horns of Nimon
  • Richard [John] Hope [born Walker] (White here; O'Reiley, 2019; Various in Holby City, 2003-13) was Malokeh in The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood and The Wedding of River Song, Bleytal in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, then voiced Moreland for The Bounty of Ceres, William Heaton for Counter Measures (both 2014), Harry Harvey for Damaged Goods (2015), Philip Cook/Kal for Absent Friends (2016), Jastrok for UNIT: Assembled (2017), General Reinhardt for Shellshock (2022), and Darling for All of Time and Space (2023)
  • Elizabeth Berrington (June) was Auntie in The Doctor's Wife
  • Wanda Ventham (Mrs. Seabrook here; Myrtle/Sheilagh in Holby City, 2014/18) was Jean Rook in The Faceless Ones, Thea Ransome in Image of the Fendahl, and Faroon in Time and the Rani
  • Linda Broughton (Marsha here; Jenny in Holby City, 2016) was the Woman in Hell Bent
  • Sunny Ormonde (Registrar here; Irene, 2002) voiced Molly for Summer, and Anima for Winter (both 2007)
  • Emily Pithon (Chloe here; Anne, 2023; Libby in Holby City, 2007) voiced Ali for Echoes of Grey (2013) and Second Chances (2014)
  • Joe Sims (Gary here; Jamie, 2005; Longden, 2010) was Deputy Marshal Amhost in The Power of the Doctor, and voiced Wilde/Chief Orderly/Jumper for The Rise of the New Humans (2018), Jack/ Sergeant Grout/Arthur for Spring Heeled Jack (2019), Abe Porter/ Chauncey/Pat for Precious Anninilation (2020), Mark Seven for Dalek Universe (2021) and Queen of the Mechonoids, Jim Berenger for The Primeval Design (both 2021), and for Stone Cold (2023)
  • Jim [Derek Christopher] Dowdall (stunt arranger here & Casualty @ Holby City, 2005; stunt co-ordinator on Holby City, 2013/15)
  • Hettie [Margot] Macdonald was also director of Blink, The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar

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