Doctor Who Vs. Wire in the Blood, Series 3

Based on characters created by Val

McDermid, this dark crime drama (named

after her 1997 novel) returned to screens

in early 2005. The Tyne Tees TV and

Coastal co-production (filmed at locations

in and around Newcastle but set in the

fictional Yorkshire town of Bradfield)

centred on the work of profiler Dr. Tony

Hill and DCI Carol Jordan, portrayed by

Robson Green and Hermione Norris.

A repeat run of the four thrillers began

on ITV3 last night - they featured Emma

Handy, and a total of twenty Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

Redemption (TX: February 21 2005)

• Michael Begley (Stocks) was Mulligan in The Curse of the Black Spot, and Allan in Fugitive of the Judoon
• Ben Smith (Mugger) was Luke in School Reunion
• Dickon Tolson (Henry) voiced Sharz Sevix for The Game (2005), and Annos for Gallifrey 3 (2006)
• Rod [Paul] Woodruff was also stunt arranger on Rose and World War Three 
• for Norris, Handy and Terry McDonough see Series 2
• Joanne Thompson (assistant) was costume designer on K9

Bad Seed (TX: February 28)

• Alex Sanjiv Pillai was director of Joy to the World too
• prolific Big Finish actor Jamie Parker (Gant) voiced Wulfric/Edgar for Leviathan, Major Richter for The Architects of History (both 2010), Douglas for Aimed at the Body, Plummer for Lightspeed, Frank Reichenbach for The Bookshop at the End of the World, Virgilio Pancaldi for Interlude, Brian for Echo Chamber, Jasper Fernbridge for Towards Zero, Torrence for Castle Hydra, Sandar for Effect and Cause, Sir Percy Blakeney/Terrance for Plight of the Pimpernel (all 2020), Captain Hallorin for Ravagers (2021), Anthony/Ed for Quantum of Axos, and Tsar Alexander II/Trinity for Lay Down Your Arms (both 2022)
• Ian [Jacob] Thompson (Oldman) was Hetra in The Web Planet, and Malsan in (episode 2 of) The Chase
• Sue Wallace (Sheila) voiced Mrs. Baddeley for The Chimes of Midnight, Edith for Season of Fear (both 2002), and Mertil for The Whispering Forest (2010)

Nothing But the Night (TX; March 7)

• Sara [Scott] Stewart [born Griffith] (Patricia) provided Platform One's computer voice for The End of the World
• Natalie [Sithokozile] Gumede (Receptionist) was Ashley Carter in Last Christmas, then voiced Aeronwen for The Famished Lands (2019), Isobel/Neighbour for Twenty-Four Doors in December (2023), and Ruath for Goth Opera (2024)
• Nigel [Edward] Hastings (Reece) was the Commander in The Pyramid at the End of the World, and voiced Quain for Creatures of Beauty (2003), and Kreo/Boden for Return to Skaro (2020)
• William [John] Willoughby [born Haynes] (Man) was stuntman on Rose, Smith and Jones, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, The Pandorica Opens, A Good Man Goes to War, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, A Town Called Mercy and Torchwood

Synchronicity (TX: March 17)

• Steffan Rhodri (Denton) voiced the Prime Minister for UNIT, Comm- ander Korshal for Dreamtime (both 2005), and Ted for The Silent Streets of Barry Island
• Donald [Macleod] Douglas (Bishop) was Vural in The Sontaran Experiment
• VFX artist Gareth Spensley was colourist on fifty-nine stories (from The God Complex to Eve of the Daleks)
• for Crispin Layfield see Series 1