Doctor Who Vs. Strike: The Silkworm

This thriller closed the first season of

the Bronte Films drama based on the

crime book series by Harry Potter author

JK Rowling, written under the pseudonym

of Robert Galbraith. Plans to adapt the

Strike books (published from 2013) were announced in late 2014, and Rowling

acted as an executive producer.

Londoner Tom Burke and Manchester
-born Holliday Grainger were cast as
Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott.
The Silkworm (first broadcast on BBC1

in September 2017) followed The

Cuckoo's Calling. Career of Evil, aired

in early 2018, whilst Lethal White was

shown in August 2020, and Troubled

Blood premiered in December 2022.

A repeat run of the two-part mystery concluded on Drama last night

- it featured eighteen Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Tim McInnerny (Chard) was Klineman Halpen in Planet of the Ood, and voiced Admiral Dolne for Big Finish's The Well-Mannered War (2015)
• Dominic Mafham (Waldergrave) voiced Moran for The Jigsaw War (2012), and Chidak for The Dalek Contract and The Final Phase (both 2013)
• Jeremy Swift (Quine) voiced Fraser for The Seas of Titan (2022)
• Catherine Bailey (Jess) was Miss Wyckham in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Lost in Time, then voiced Maddox for The Shadow of London, and Tan for Iron Bright (both 2018)
• Jack Monaghan (Analyst) voiced Dunne/Selfdrive for The High Price of Parking (2017)
• Rachel [born Linda] Bell (Edna) was Priscilla P in The Happiness Patrol
• Dani Biernat was also a stunt performer on seventeen adventures (from The Christmas Invasion to Kerblam!)
• Stephanie Carey (Grainger's stunt double) was a stunt performer on eight stories (from Voyage of the Damned to The Haunting of Villa Diodati)
• Simon Clark was sound recordist on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Sam Williams was film editor on The Rings of Akhaten too
• Daniel Bishop was steadicam operator on The Husbands of River Song too
• for Matt Hermiston, Suzanne Cave, John Mooney, James Gregory, Nigel Squibbs, Scott MacIntyre and Dan Rees see The Cuckoo's Calling