Doctor Who Vs. Spooks, Series 7

Peter Firth, Hermione Norris, Miranda Raison,

and Hugh Simon returned for the seventh series

of BBC1's award-winning spy drama, first broad-

cast in the autumn of 2008.

This season saw the departure of Rupert Penry

Jones, Alex Lanipekun, and Gemma Jones, whilst former Robin Hood regular, Richard Armitage

debutedd here as ex-MI5 agent Lucas North.

A repeat run of the eight-part series began on

Drama last night - it featured Jacob Anderson,

Stephen Noonan, and a total of twenty-four

 Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Colm McCarthy and Peter Hoar were directors of The Bells of Saint John and A Good Man Goes to War too
• James Moran was writer of The Fires of Pompeii too
• Damian Bromley was also cinematographer on The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone
• Jamie Pearson was also editor on nine stories (from The Eleventh Hour to The Angels Take Manhattan) and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
• Armitage was cast as President Rassilon for Big Finish's Time War 4 (2021), War Room 1 (2022) and Goth Opera (2024)
• Marcia Ashton (Mrs. Moore) voiced Karna for The Beautiful People (2007)
• Tariq Jordan (Jawad) was a Rep in Planet of the Ood
• Ariyon [Debo] Bakare (Nadif) was Leandro in The Woman Who Lived, then voiced Father Mendica for The Poison of Peladon, and Cato for The Players (both 2022)
• Jane Perry (Laurie) voiced Katherine Chambers for The Gathering (2006) and The Reaping (2008)
• Paul Kulik (Ossectic) was a stuntman on Rose
• [Hugh Valentine] Simon Williams (Denham) was Group Captain Ian Gilmore (pictured) in Remembrance of the Daleks, a role reprised for Big Finish's Counter Measures, 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), The Reesinger Process (2014) and The Split Infinitive (2019) - he also voiced Paul Addison/Shara for Nekromanteia (2003), Lord Ruthven for The Ruthven Inheritance (2011), and titular role for The Guardians of Prophecy (2012) 
• Jeanie Gold (Customer) was a Neighbour in The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky and The End of Time (1)
• Paul Rhys (Meynell) voiced Max Paul for The Scapegoat (2009)
• Guy Henry (Stevens) voiced Director Ikron for Infamy of the Zaross (2017)
• Stephen [John] Greif (Denizet) voiced Kwundaar for Primeval (2001), Sir Donald Wakefield for Sarah Jane Smith (2006), Gurney for The Infinite Quest, Ken Temple for The Pelage Project (2012), and Sabaoth for Ghost Walk (2018)
• Amelda Brown (Bag Lady) voiced Margaret for The Gunpowder Plot
• Nick Roberts was also a sound recordist on The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone, The Vampires of Venice, Cold Blood and The Lodger
• Julie Ankerson was also foley artist on over a hundred adventures (from Rose to Death In Heaven), Torchwood stories, and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Rob Arrowsmith was also a camera operator on The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang and A Christmas Carol
• for Neil Cross, Norris and Robert Glenister see Series 5