Doctor Who Vs. Rebus, Series 1

The Inspector Rebus books are a series of police

procedural stories by Scottish author Ian Rankin

(born 1960), that centre on the investigations of

DI John Rebus, and are set mainly in Edinburgh.

Thirteen of Rankin's twenty-four Rebus novels

were adapted over four series by STV Productions

between 2000 and 2007.

John Hannah portrayed the detective in the first

season, before being replaced by Messiah actor

Ken Stott for the remaining three runs (which

included The First Stone, the only story not based

on any Rankin work).

Ron Donachie was cast in the title role for Radio

4's own series, from 2003 to 2017. Chris Lawson

depicted the detective in Long Shadows, Rona

Munro's stage version of 2018, whilst Viaplay's

debut British production was the recent reworking

of Rebus for BBC1.

A repeat run of the first four cases (co-executive produced by Hannah and Philip Hinchcliffe) began on Drama last night - they featured Ewan

Stewart (as DI Morton), Gayanne Potter (DS Clarke), Michelle Gomez,

Mark Bonnar, and a total of nineteen other Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

Black and Blue (UK TX: April 26 2000/Published 1997)

• Jim Norton (Slocum) voiced Major Thomas Kennet for Scream of the Shalka
• Sara [born Scott Griffith] Stewart (DCI Templer) provided the Computer voice for The End of the World
• Andrew McCulloch (Kane) co-wrote Meglos
• Michael [Alexander] Carter (Toal) made his TV debut as Prisoner and UNIT Soldier in The Mind of Evil
• Rod Woodruff was also the stunt co-ordinator on Rose and World War Three
• SFX designer Paul Kelly was SFX supervisor on twenty-five episodes (from The Girl in the Fireplace to The End of Time)

The Hanging Garden (UK TX: July 15/Published 1998)

• Tom [Welsh] Watson (Dr. Slaven) was Ramo in The Underwater Menace
• Rab Affleck (Marty) was Archie in The Name of the Doctor
• Andy Smart was also a stuntman on Evolution of the Daleks, Let's Kill Hitler, The Rings of Akhaten and The Zygon Inversion
• stuntman Trevor Steedman made his TV debut as Seabase Guard in Warriors of the Deep
• Tony Van Silva was a stuntman on Tooth and Claw too

Dead Souls (UK TX: September 13/Published 1999)

• Ron [Eaglesham] Donachie [born Porter] (DCS Wilson here; DI Rebus for BBC Radio) was the Steward in Tooth and Claw
• prolific Big Finish actor Hugh Ross (Atkinson) voiced Reverend Merodach for Night's Black Agents (2010), Robert Stretton for Industrial Evolution (2011), Vepaja/Thraskin for Voyage to Venus (2012), Sir Toby Kinsella for Counter Measures, 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), The Reesinger Process (2014) and Split Infinitive (2019), Kyle Inskip for Masters of Earth, Gethal for The Exxilons (2015), Narrator of Late Night Shopping, The Piltdown Men and Waiting for Gadot (2017), Malcolm/the Keeper for Battlegrounds, and Stern for Here Lies Drax (both 2022)
• Gordon Seed was also a stuntman on twenty-one stories, and the stunt co-ordinator on another thirteen (from The Idiot's Lantern to Kill the Moon)

Mortal Causes (UK TX: November 1 2004/Published 1994)

• stuntmen Stuart Clark, Derek Lea and Seon Rogers all worked on the revived programme too
• series sound mixer Brian Milliken was sound recordist on The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• series script supervisor Sheila Johnston worked on continuity for Voyage of the Damned, Partners in Crime, The Fires of Pompeii, Planet of the Ood and The Unicorn and the Wasp
• series post-production supervisor Liz Pearson held that post on An Adventure in Space and Time too