Monday 15 July 2024

Doctor Who Vs. Casualty, Series 15


Series regularDerek Thompson, Ian Bleasdale, Robert Gwilym, Jan
 Anderson, Ian Kelsey, and Kwame Kwei Armah all returned for the 
fifteenth season of BBC One's long-running medical drama.
Joining the programme here were Adjoa Andoh (as Sister Colette
Kierney), Grant Masters (manager Dan Robinson), Will Mellor
(receptionist Jack Vincent), Ben Keaton (Spencer), and Zita Sattar 
(nurse Anna Paul), whilst Philip Bretherton replaced William Gaminara
(in the role of Dr. Andrew Boxer).
Paul Aron, Donna Alexander, Michelle Butterly, Sandra Huggett,
Ronnie McCann, and Rebecca Wheatley had all left the show by the 
series' conclusion.
A repeat run of the seaon (now extended to thirty-six episodes and
originally broadcast from September 2000 to April 2001) continued on
Drama today - it featured Jacqueline King, Michael Troughtonand
a total of forty Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

  • Honeysuckle [Susan] Weeks (Diane) voiced Heleyna for Big Finish's Agents of Chaos (2016)
  • Lyn Ashley [born Rumble] (Agatha) was Drahvin 3 in Galaxy 4
  • Teresa Gallagher (Vivienne here; Alison, 2004) voiced President/ Mirina for Dalek Empire (2001-03), and Snowfire for Spring (2007)
  • Shelley Conn (Daljit) voiced Asha Qureshi for Situation Vacant (2010), and Tina Drake for The Gates of Hell (2021)
  • Georgina Hale (Janet) was Daisy K in The Happiness Patrol
  • Anita Dobson (Elaine) voiced Eileen Klint for Blood of the Daleks (2007), then was Mrs. Flood in The Church on Ruby Road, 73 Yards, The Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death
  • Robert Jezek (Goral) and James Ellis (O'Connor here; Reg, 2004) both appeared in Battlefield, as Sergeant Zbrigniev and Peter Warmsly respectively - Jezek later voiced Commander Lee Forbes for Red Dawn, Frobisher for The Holy Terror (both 2000) and The Maltese Penguin, Roger Lowell for The Ratings War, Jack McElroy for Ghost Town (all 2002), Brigham Dashwood for Minuet in Hell, the Recorder for Zagreus (both 2003), and Jarred McKenzie for Unity (2020)
  • Tim Chipping (Jackson here; Barnwell, 2004) voiced Rasputin/the Dahensa for The Wanderer (2012), and Constable Wolsey/Mandrake for The Widow's Assassin (2014)
  • Juliet Cowan (Louise here; Rachel, 2013) and Daniel Anthony (Tyrone here; Niall, 2006; Stark, 2011; Jamie Collier, 2013/14) both starred in The Sarah Jane Adventures, as Chrissie Jackson and Clyde Langer - Cowan also voiced Bryer for Come Die With Me, and Adriana Beauvais for Dead to the World (both 2015), whilst Anthony voiced Delong for Wirrn Dawn (2009)
  • Eve] Lucy Fleming (Alice) voiced Lady Catherine Waverly for Manhunt (2013), Alice Donelly for Invocation (2017), and Veronica Holmes for The Auton Infinity (2022)
  • Patrick [Lindesay Archibald] Godfrey (Clarke) was Tor in The Savages, and Major Cosworth in The Mind of Evil
  • Bretherton voiced Plenipotentiary Suskind for Arrangements for War (2004), Scrivener for Recorded Time, Darcy/D'Urberville/Heathcliffe for A Most Excellent Match (both 2011), and Vituperon for The Devil's Armada (2014)
  • Brian [Henry] Croucher (Parr) was Borg in The Robots of Death, and Kurt in Shakedown, then voiced Cotton for Kaldor City (2001-03)
  • Biddy Hodson (Laura here; Charlotte, 2006) was Captain Marion Price in The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky
  • Vincent [Warren] Franklin (Fleming here; Driscoll, 2004) voiced Lord Stormblood for Scenes from Her Life (2016)
  • Windsor Davies (Cox) was Toby in The Evil of the Daleks
  • Jonty Stephens (Hooper) voiced Paravatar for 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (2013)
  • Janet Dibley (Amanda Lewis here; Alice, 2014; Maureen, 2016) voiced Commander Flail for The Black Hole (2015)
  • John Woodvine (Macready here; Hetherington, 2007) was the Marshal in The Armageddon Factor, and voiced Galileo Galilei for The Galileo Trap and The Satanic Mill (both 2015)
  • Donna Berlin (Polly here; WPC Webster; WPC Brooks, both 2004; WPC Gibbs, 2005) voiced Tin Marie for Valhalla (2007)
  • Ann Carus Wilson (Mrs. Harding) voiced Commander Vayla for The Twilight Kingdom (2004)
  • Eiji Kusuhara (Watanabe) was a Chinaman in Four to Doomsday, and voiced Professor Toshio Shimura for Enemy of the Daleks (2010)
  • Peter van Dissel (Hagan) was the Android in The Visitation
  • Carl McCrystal (Hayes) was McGrath in The Curse of the Black Spot
  • Don [Samuel] Gilet (Freeman here; Jesse Law in Holby City, 2014-16) was Lance Bennett in The Runaway Bride  then voiced Streatham/Fleshkin 2 for The Hunting Season (2022)
  • James Buller (Roger) was Dave Oswald in The Time of the Doctor
  • Sharon [Patricia] Maughan (Victoria here; Tricia in Casualty @Holby City and Holby City, 2003-06) voiced Whitfield for Cold Fusion (2016)
  • Ray Armstrong (Yorath) was Grey in The Ambassadors of Death
  • Will Barton (Caesar) made his TV debut as Midge in Survival, then voiced Djinni for The Destroyer of Delights, and Maddenjot for The Chaos Pool (both 2009)
  • Roger Griffiths (Philip here; Phillips, 2001; Mason, 2014; Williams, 2017; Harvey Tyson in Holby City, 2006/7) was Commander Kess in Planet of the Ood
  • Suzy Bloom (Tamara) voiced Katya for The Skies of New Earth, and Tamarind/Amber for Skin Deep (both 2018)
  • Laura [Holly] Aikman (Rebecca here; May Phelps, 2009/10) voiced Vendor for Dead and Breakfast, Young Anita for Burrowed Time (both 2019), Lootsa for The Uncertain Shore (2020), Linos for A Brave New World, Lila Kreeg for Master!, and Sarah Ellison for A Tragical History (all 2021)
  • Hugh [Antony Kobna] Quarshie (Hutchens here; Ric Griffin, 2004/ 05/17; Casualty @ Holby, 2005; Holby City, 2001-18) was Solomon in Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks
  • Greg Bennett (Paramedic here, 2005/6) was Sycorax Warrior/UNIT Soldier in The Christmas Invasion, and [uncredited] Guest in The Lazarus Experiment
  • Richard Price (Visitor here & 2017; Patient, 2002; Clubber, 2007; Worker, 2008; Passenger, 2001/2014/2016; Ghost hunter, 2017) was Guest in The Runaway Bride and The Lazarus Experiment, Passerby in Partners in Crime, Takran Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter, Cyberman in The Doctor Falls, and Shadow Kin in Class
  • Nicki Coles was also script supervisor on sixteen episodes (from Voyage of the Damned to The Timeless Children), Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
  • James Moss was also a camera operator on The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky

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