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| Suchet later played the Landlord in Knock Knock |
David Suchet again portrayed the
Queen of Crime's Belgian sleuth in
four feature-length period crime
dramas for ITV1.
Three Act Tragedy (published in 1935)
followed Warner Bros' TV version of
1986 (with Peter Ustinov as Poirot),
and Hallowe'en Party was issued in
1969. Murder on the Orient Express
was the writer's most successful book
to date, and remains Poirot's most
renowned case. Serialised as Murder
in the Calais Coach in America, the
novel was issued as Murder on the
Train in 1934.
Christie based her story on the
recent kidnap and murder of Charles
recent kidnap and murder of Charles
Lindbergh's baby son, dubbed the
Crime of the Century in 1932, and
the novelist herself was stranded on
the famous train for 24 hours in 1931.
The acclaimed Oscar-winning adapt-
ation of the mystery was released in 1974, with Poirot played by Albert
Finney, whilst Kenneth Branagh depicted the Belgian for Fox's recent
version. The Clocks was published in 1963.
A repeat run of the twelfth and penultimate season of Poirot began
on ITV3 today - it featured a total of forty-five Doctor Who cast and
crew connections:
- Jane Asher (Mary here; Mrs. Lester in The Murder at the Vicerage; Mrs. Hubbard for Audible's Murder on the Orient Express) reprised Susan Foreman for Whatever Happened to Susan?, was Andrea Yates in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?, then voiced Elaine Hartwell for Big Finish's 9 to 5 (2018), Pilot Dena for Chase the Night (2020), Bellatrix Vega for Run (2023), and Myra for Echoes (2024)
- Art [born Athar Ul-Haque] Malik (Strange here; Narrator of Murder on the Orient Express) was Ilin in The Ghost Monument, and voiced Abbot Absolute for The Skull of Sobek (2008)
- Kate Ashfield (Wills) voiced Lieutenant Beth Stokes for Enemy of the Daleks (2009)
- Michael Hobbs (Coroner) voiced Francis Currie for UNIT (2004), Fazackerly for Other Lives (2005), and Arcantis for Time in Office (2017)
- Ronan Vibert (Dacres) was Nicholas Skinner in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Last Sontaran, and voiced Ravener for Jago & Litefoot 12 (2016), and Zaal for The Perfect Prisoners (2019)
- Suzanne Bertish (Miss Milray) voiced Aldis for Nevernor (2020)
- Anna Carteret [born Annabelle Susan Wilkinson] (Mrs. Babbington) voiced the Apothercary for Dissolution (2021)
- for Sean Clayton see Murder on the Links
- for Mick Pantaleo see Cat Among the Pigeons
- Charles Palmer was also director of Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Human Nature, The Family of Blood, Oxygen and The Eaters of Light
- for Mark Gatiss, Zoe Wanamaker and Ian Hallard see Series 11
- for Fenella Woolgar see Lord Edgware Dies
- Timothy [Lancaster] West (Cottrell here; Kenward in Agatha; Easterfield in Murder is Easy; Rex Fortescue in A Pocket Full of Rye) voiced Kai Tobias for Phobos (2007), Ronald Turvey for Cuddlesome (2008), and Dr. Magnus Soames for House of Blue Fire (2011)
- Julian [Alistair] Rhind-Tutt (Garfield here; Dr. Calgary in Ordeal by Innocence; Vincent for Magnolia Blossom) voiced Lexhan for The Paradise of Death, and Berkhoff for The Skies of New Earth (2018)
- Paul Thornley (Raglan) voiced Marko for Seven Keys to Doomsday (2008), Michael Rond for Fitz's Story, Gomori for Paper Cuts (both 2009), Robbie Flint/Cyril for Criss-Cross (2015), Relb/Sita for The Butler Did It, and Captain Goben for Pursuit of the Nightjar (both 2023)
- Sophie Thompson (Mrs. Reynolds) depicted Delia Derbyshire for Blue Veils and Golden Sands
- for Phyllida Law see The Incredible Theft
- for Dean Forster see The Mystery of the Blue Train
- Toby [Edward Heslewood] Jones (Ratchett here; Mayhew in The Witness for the Prosecution; Gabriel for The Rose and the Yew Tree) was the Dream Lord in Amy's Choice, and voiced Kotris for Dark Eyes (2012)
- David Morrissey (Arbuthnot) was Jackson Lake in The Next Doctor
- Hugh [Richard] Bonneville [Williams] (Masterman here; DI Hewitt in The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side; Strange in Towards Zero; Ralston in The Mousetrap) was Captain Henry Avery in The Curse of the Black Spot (then briefly in A Good Man Goes to War and The Wedding of River Song), and voiced Tsar Nicholas I for The Angel of Scutari (2009)
- Samuel [Alexander Joseph] West (Dr. Constantine) was Cyrian in Dimensions in Time, then voiced the eponymous role for The Vengeance of Morbius (2008), Dark Gallifrey and Morbius the Mighty (both 2024), Albert Tiermann for AudioGo's A Shard of Ice (2010), Aristophanes for Mask of Tragedy (2014), Mr. Song for I Went to a Marvellous Party and Signs (both 2016), and the Mazzini Family for Serpent in the Silver Mask (2018)
- Stewart Scudamore (Concierge) voiced Danvers for Hounded (2016)
- Crispin Layfield was stuntman on Rose, then stunt co-ordinator on sixty-eight stories (from Smith and Jones to Eve of the Daleks)
- Curtis Rivers was also stunt double on Utopia, The Sound of Drums and Torchwood
- for Gavin Walters see Third Girl
The Clocks (TX: Boxing Day 2011)
- Geoffrey [Dyson] Palmer (Hamling) and Andrew Havill (Hjerson here; Peel in The Secret Adversary; Starling in The Witness for the Prosecution) both appeared in Voyage of the Damned, as Captain Hardaker and the Chief Steward respectively - Palmer was also Edward Masters in The Silurians, then the Administrator in The Mutants (1) - whilst Havill voiced Aleister Portillon/Squire Claude for The Witch from the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
- [Beverly] Victoria [Anne] Wicks (Swinburne) was the High Priestess in The Fires of Pompeii
- Sinead Keenan (Nora) was Addams in The End of Time, then voiced Margery Phipps for Council of War (2013), Aoife Dineen for Iterations of I, Terravore for The Screaming Skull, Woman for Mind Games, Stephanie Wilton for The Reesinger Process, Rosheen for The Highest Science (all 2014), and Mary Summersby for The Darkness of Glass (2015)
- Lesley Sharp [born Karen Makinson] (Martindale) was Sky Silvestry in Midnight
- Anna [Raymond] Massey (Miss Pebmarsh here; Christie in A Life in Pictures) voiced Miss Pollard for The Girl Who Never Was (2007)
- Phil Daniels (Hardcastle) voiced Geoffrey Plum for The Gunpowder Plot
- Abigail Thaw (Rachel) voiced Dr. Phillipa Stone for The Lady of Mercia, and Zaadur for Lords of the Red Planet (both 2013)
- Ben Righton (Jenkins) was Dr. Oliver Morgenstern in Smith and Jones and Turn Left
- Guy Henry (Waterhouse) voiced Ikron for Infamy of the Zaross (2017)
- Jason Watkins (Bland) was Webley in Nightmare in Silver
- Andrew Forbes (Purdy) was Omril in Full Circle, and voiced Dr. O'Neil for Night Thoughts (2006)
- for Frances Barber see The Veiled Lady
- Tessa Peake Jones (Val) was Marta in The Time of the Doctor
- for Greg Bennett see The Body in the Library
- Matthew Tabern was also film editor on both 2007 seasons of Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures
- for Tom Lucy see The Third Floor Flat
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