Doctor Who Vs. Wire in the Blood, Series 4

Based on characters created by Val

McDermid, this dark crime drama returned to ITV in the autumn of

2006. Named after her 1997 novel,

this co-production from Tyne Tees TV 

and Coastal was filmed at locations in
and around Newcastle (but set in the
fictional Yorkshire town of Bradfield)

- it centred around the work of police

profiler Dr. Tony Hill, portrayed by

Robson Green. Simone Lahbib joined

the cast here as new DI Alex Fielding.

A repeat run of the thrillers began on

ITV3 last night, and featured Emma

Handy, and a total of thirty-one Doctor

Who cast and crew connections:

Time to Murder and Create (TX: September 20 2006)

• Lahbib [born Simone Nicole Jean Lahbib Ould Cheikl] voiced Dr. Roisin Hunter/Grandmother for The Phantom Piper, and Sylvia Brooks for Time Flies (both 2022) - for Handy see Series 2
• Ellie Haddington (Brenda) was Professor Docherty in Last of the Time Lords
• Geoffrey Leesley (Hayter) voiced Paramount Minister Mortund for Arrangements for War (2004), and Harold for AudioGo's The Broken Crown (2011)
• Lloyd McGuire (Mattison) was Lugo in The Face of Evil, then voiced General Lieutenant Tendexter for The Architects of History (2010)
• Andy Goddard was director of The Next Doctor too
• for George Gerwitz (first assistant director) see Series 1
• Lee Radford (prop hand) was head model maker on The Woman Who Fell to Earth
• David Fisher (assistant editor) was film editor on four Series 11 episodes

Torment (TX: September 27)

• Siobhan [Margaret] Finneran (DI Shields) was Becka Savage in The Witchfinders
• Andrew Westfield (Tyler) voiced Remnex for The Dark Flame, and Pilot for Davros (both 2003)
• David Barrett was also film editor on The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood 
• Tom Lucy was also stunt co-ordinator on sixteen stories (from Smith and Jones to The Next Doctor)

Hole in the Heart (TX: October 4)

• Michael Cochrane (Hynes) was Charles Cranleigh in Black Orchid, and Redvers Fenn Cooper in Ghost Light, then voiced Lieutenant Colonel Brook for No Man's Land (2006), Murgat for Brotherhood of the Daleks (2008), Colonel Hugh Spindleton for The Trail of the White Worm and The Oseidon Adventure (both 2012), Professor Chivers for The Time Machine (2013), and Geralk for The Fate of Krelos and Return to Telos (2015)
• Anthony Debaeck (Max) was the French Newsreader in Army of Ghosts
• Colin Stinton (Sutton) was President Arthur Winters in The Sound of Drums
• Evie Dawnay (Lucy) voiced Lilly/the Vrill for Klein's Story (2010), and Dr. Sophie Topolovic for Shadow of Death (2013)
• Maggie Ollerenshaw (Joanna) voiced Audrey McShane for Love and War (2012), Allora for Gallifrey (2013), and Dame Wilhelmina Gussett for The Woman in White (2016)
• Philip Hookway was film editor on Flatline too
• for Crispin Layfield (stunt double) see Series 1
• Steve Griffin was stuntman on The Idiot's Lantern too
• Gordon Seed was also a stuntman on twenty-one stories, and stunt co-ordinator on another thirteen (from The Idiot's Lantern to Kill the Moon)

Wounded Surgeon (TX: October 11)

• Peter Hoar was director of A Good Man Goes to War too
• Raad Rawi (Ozick) voiced Prince Hassan Al-Nadyr for Who Killed Toby Kinsella? (2016), Nicholas for Ravenous 2 (2018), and Tubal/Maygo/Hiarbas for The Phoenicians (2019)
• Richard Dixon (Dr. Gorham) voiced DI Alan Probert for The Dreams of Avarice (2020)
• Dido Miles (Karen) voiced Arva for Living Darkness (2025)
• Andrew Burt (Guest) was Valgard in Terminus
• Derek Lea was also stuntman on Dalek, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways, The Age of Steel and Partners in Crime
• Rob Hunt was also stuntman on The Runaway Bride and The Day of the Doctor
• for Joanne Thompson see Series 3
• Steve Slocombe (best boy) was the electrician on sixty-five stories (from Army of Ghosts to Death in Heaven), The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood