Doctor Who Vs. Spooks, Series 6

Peter Firth, Rupert Penry-Jones, Miranda Raison,

Hermione Norris, and Hugh Simon all returned for

the sixth season of BBC1's award-winning spy

drama, first shown in the autumn of 2007.

This ten-part series saw the introduction of Alex

Lanipekun as journalist Ben Kaplan (later recruited

 as a junior officer) and Gemma Jones as analyst

Connie James, then the  departure of Raza Jaffrey

(MI5 agent Zaf Younis).

A repeat run of the season began on Drama last

night - it featured prolific Big Finish actor/director

Lisa Bowerman, and twenty-two Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

• Angela Bruce (Chambers) and director Stefan Schwartz both starred in Battlefield, as Brigadier Winifred Bambera [a role reprised for Big Finish's Animal (2011) and UNIT] and Knight Commander - Bruce then voiced Mother for The Persistence of Dreams (2018), Herb for Conversion (2019), and Oya/Andarta for Consequences (2021)
• Matthew Cottle (Smith) voiced Paine for The Satanic Mill (2015), Hargreaves for Aquitaine, Henry Clarke for Quicksilver, James Leith for The Shadow Vortex (all 2016), Maxwell Wilberforce Bell for Subterranea (2017), Ben Donelly for Invocation, and Overseer for The Sontaran Project (both 2017)
• Lanipekun voiced DS Joseph for The Hidden Realm (2016)
• Pete Lee-Wilson (Ronson) was Tommo in The End of Time, Part 1
• Selva Rasalingam (Maruti) was Ranjit in The Power of Three
• Simon Slater (Caldwell) was Edwardes in Terror of the Vervoids, then voiced Carvil for The Lords of Terror (2018), Nustanu for Devil in the Mist, Montague Davis/Moses Walker/Coachman for A Spoonful of Mayhem (both 2019), and the title role for The Murder of Oliver Akkron (2021)
• Richard Dillane (Richardson) was Captain Carter in Let's Kill Hitler and The Wedding of River Song
• Joe Montana (Millar) was a Worker in Daleks in Manhattan
• Sam Graham (Rolfe) voiced Guthrie for City of Spires (2010), and Henry McMullan/Pilot for Destination: Nerva (2012)
• David [William] Yelland (Castledine) voiced Walter Pritchett for The Red Lady (2015)
• Richard Hansell (Doctor) voiced Robin/Slitheen for Death on the Mile (2018), John Fielding for The Avenues of Possibility (2019), and Enforcers/Captain for The Quest of the Engineer (2020)
• Paul Grunert (Faures) voiced Elbon for Gallifrey 3, and Henning Brauer for The Juggernauts (both 2005)
• Martin McDougall (Agent) voiced Craddock for He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not (2020)
• for Norris, Raison, Robert Glenister and Neil Cross see Series 5
• for cinematographer Damian Bromley and editor Jamie Pearson see Series 4
• Toby Ford was the first assistant director on A Good Man Goes to War too
• Simon Morris was also second assistant director on Love & Monsters, then third assistant on Turn Left, The Stolen Earth, Journey's End and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Lucienne Suren was art director on Asylum of the Daleks, The Angels Take Manhattan, and An Adventure in Space and Time too 
• Marcus Catlin was also first assistant director on The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang
• Robert Edwards was ADR mixer on Space and Time too