Doctor Who Vs. 55 Degrees North

In this BBC1 crime drama,

Don Gilet played Nicky Cole,

the Detective Sergeant trans-

fered from London to the fictional Tyneside police force in Newcastle (the titular

destination) after exposing

 police corruption in the Met. 

The first, six-part run aired

during the summer of 2004,

and the eight part second season was shown a year

later. The programme was broadcast on BBC America under it's working title, The Night Detective. Both series were released

on DVD in 2006, and 55 Degrees North has seldom been repeated since

- it featured Jacqueline King, George Harris, Emma Cleasby, and a total of thirty-five Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Gilet was Lance Bennett in The Runaway Bride, then voiced Streatham/Fleshkin for The Hunting Season (2022), and Herman Baker for Double (2023)
• Dervla Kirwan (Claire) was Mercy Hartigan in The Next Doctor, then reprised Miss Quill for Big Finish's Class, and voiced Mrs. Calderwood for Aimed at the Body, Di Wright for The Bookshop at the End of the World, Yost McCormack for Lightspeed, Anne Marie for Interlude, Representative for Echo Chamber, Agatha Fernbridge for Towards Zero, Professor Callis for Castle Hydra, Kelleher for Effect and Cause, Lizbeth Hayhoe for Torchwood (all 2020), and Honour Bray for Redactd 
• Andrew Dunn (Astell) voiced Max for Scream of the Shalka, then King Otho for The Exaltation (2024)
• Darren Morfitt (DS Yates) was Brother Marco in The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone
• Christian Rodska (DI Carter) voiced Reverend Small for AudioGo's The Dead Shoes (2011), and Laan Carder in Faith Stealer (2004)
• Mark Lewis Jones (DI Crosbie) voiced Professor Oliver Mortlake for The Darkness of Glass (2015)
• Claire Calbraith (Beth) voiced Maria for Son of the Dragon, Trooper for Urban Myths (both 2007), Starling for The Phoenix Strain (2016), and Orla for The Blood Furnace (2017)
• Brian Protheroe (Wren) voiced Bob Gell/Captain O'Brien for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), Roger Baskerville for The Monstrous Menagerie (2014), Captain Hardwick for Static (2017), and Ironicus/Milkman for The Iron Legion (2019)
• series one producer Jo Wright was the BBC executive producer on the Doctor Who TV movie
• Michael Cuckson (John) voiced Cord for Singularity, Commander Hallan for Gallifrey 2 (both 2005), and Captain Callany for Cryptobiosis (2006)
• Paul Antony-Barber (Pathologist) was Dr. Kendrick in Rise of the Cybermen, and voiced Ludovic Comfort for The Magic Mousetrap (2009)
• Peter Symonds (Judge) was Soldier in Terror of the Zygons
• Paul Clayton (Bellows) was Bartle in Planet of the Ood, and voiced Henry for The Wormery (2003), Ulysees Meregrass for The Infinite Quest, Colchester for Big Finish's Torchwood (2016-present), Hale for The Survivor (2019), and Edwards for Echoes of Extinction (2021)
• Phil Cornwell (DI Simpkins) was Stallholder in The Fires of Pompeii, and voiced Superintendent Galgo/Zaleb 5 for Serpent in the Silver Mask (2018), and Parsnip for Spinvasion (2019)
• Rod Arthur (Frater) was [Bob] Parsons in School Reunion
• Karl Collins [born Myers] (Adam) was Shaun Temple in The End of Time, The Star Beast and The Giggle 
• Yasmin Bannerman (Jade) was Jabe in The End of the World, and voiced Pandora for The Bride of Peladon (2008), Dr. Helen Shepherd for The Fourth Wall (2012), Roz Forrester for Damaged Goods (2015), Original Sin, Cold Fusion (both 2016), The Trial of a Time Machine, Vanguard, The Jabari Countdown, The Dread of Night (all 2018) and The Last Day 2 (2024), Sapling Vale for The Skies of New Earth, and the titular role for A Date With Destiny (2023)
• Holly De Jong (Helen) voiced Amelia Doory for Project: Twilight (2001)
• Rita Davies (Harriet) voiced Janneus for Primeval (2001), and Tashek for Innocence (2006)
• Carla de Wansey (Hartford) voiced Major Hadley for Time Schisms! and The Ghost of Bannerman Road (both 2023)
• Glenna Morrison (Tiffany) voiced Mary Patterson for Medicinal Purposes (2004)
• Levan Doran was stunt performer on Tooth and Claw too
• stunntman Valentino Musetti was Mongol Bandit in (episode 5 of) Marco Polo, Saracen Warrior in The Crusade (1), Egyptian in The Daleks' Master Plan, Prisoner in The Mind of Evil, and Extra in Colony in Space and The Time Monster
• stuntman Trevor Steedman was Seabase Guard in Warriors of the Deep
• Kim McGarrity was also stunt performer on The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, The Christmas Invasion and New Earth 
• Paul Kulik was stuntman on Rose too
• stuntman Bill Davey was a stunt co-ordinator on The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters and Turn Left
• Glenn Marks was also stunt co-ordinator on Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Blink
• both Neil Finninghan and Derek Lea were stuntmen on Dalek - Lea also worked on The Parting of the Ways, The Age of Steel and Partners in Crime
• stuntman Tom Lucy was stunt co-ordinator on sixteen stories (from Smith and Jones to The Next Doctor)
• James O'Donnell was stuntman [James O'Dee] on all four Cybermen episodes of 2006
• Steve Whyment (Extra in The Keeper of Traken and Snakedance) and Paul Herbert (stuntman on The End of Time) were both stunt co-ordinators here
• Rod Woodruff was also stunt co-ordinator on Rose and World War Three