Doctor Who Vs. Inspector Morse Specials

Central's final Morse mysteries
 were all based on Colin Dexter's
 last crime novels, and were first

screened from 1995 to 2000.

John Thaw and Kevin Whately
again portrayed the Oxford-
based detectives (although
Lewis did not appear in the

penultimate thriller, which

examined a real-life Victorian

murder).

Dexter's final work, The

Remorseful Day, concluded

the thirteen year run with

 Morse's death - the drama

spawned two spin-off series,

Lewis (2006 to 2015) and 

Endeavour (2012-2024). Three-times BAFTA winner (twice for Morse)

John Thaw died in 2002, aged 60, whilst Dexter's death at the age of

 86 was announced in March 2017.

A repeat run of the five cases began on ITV3 today - they featured

a total of twenty-seven Doctor Who cast/crew connections:

The Way Through the Woods

(Published 1992/UK TX: November 29 1995)

• Nicholas Le Prevost (Dr. Hardinge) voiced the Barber Surgeon for Big Finish's The War Doctor Begins 4 (2022)
• Christopher Fairbank (Daley) was Fenton in Flatline, and voiced Doc Baroque for The Scapegoat (2009), Pierre Arronax for The Wreck of the Titan (2010), and Marc Brunel for Iron Bright (2018)
• Gary Powell (Parnell) was Dev Ashton in 42
• Robin Soans (McBryde here; Straker in Endeavour: Fugue) was Luvic in The Keeper of Traken, and Chronolock Guy in Face the Raven, then Narrator of BBC Audio's The Sins of Winter (2015)
• Damien Timmer (script editor here & Death is Now My Neighbour; executive producer on Lewis and Endeavour) was a Menoptera in An Adventure in Space and Time

The Daughters of Cain

(Published 1994/UK TX: November 27 1996)

• Phyllis Logan (Julia) was Andinio in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
• Nadim [Joakim] Sawalha (Dr. Hassan) voiced Sapnil Khan for The Magic Mousetrap (2009), and the Old Man for 1001 Nights (2012)
• Nicky Goldie (WPC) voiced the Spillager Empress for Winter for the Adept, Valeria Hedone for The Fires of Vulcan (both 2000), Inquisitor Danby for Excelis Rising (2002), and Polk for The Moonrakers (2020)
• Andrew [James] Spooner (Lab Technician) voiced Panpipe/Whydini/ Conductor/Ragnarok God for The Psychic Circus (2019), Professor Brooke for Genetics of the Daleks (2020), Tarlos/Fanza for Colony of Fear, Artie for Prey and Vengeance (all 2021), Kedge Ampston for Heart of Orion, Engineer Sabo for Power of the Dominators, Clutch Father for The Tides of the Moon (all 2022), Librarian/Herder/Helms- man for The Green Gift (2023), Dr. Erno Balthazar/Bartholomew for Last Words, and Ogrons for Unknown Soldiers (both 2024)
• hair stylist Lisa Pickering began her TV career as assistant make-up artist on (part 4 of) Warriors' Gate

Death is Now My Neighbour

(Published 1996/UK TX: November 19 1997)

• Richard [David] Briers (Bream) was the Chief Caretaker in Paradise Towers
• John [Morley] Shrapnel (Dr. Storrs here; Morse for BBC Radio 4) voiced Thomas Cromwell for The Eighth Piece and The Doomsday Chronometer (both 2016), and Nigel Colloon for The False Guardian and Time's Assassin (both 2019)
• Susan Engel (Dora) was Cessair in The Stones of Blood, then voiced Muriel Joy for A Blind Eye (2004)
• Maggie Steed [born Baker] (Angela) voiced Madamme Rana Zandusia for Mission to Magnus (2009)
• Julia Dalkin (Rachel) voiced Hannah Fry for Phantasmagoria (1999), then was Janet in Global Conspiracy?
• [John] Colin McCormack (Hargreaves) was the Commander in The Sun Makers

The Wench is Dead

(Published 1989/UK TX: November 11 1998)

• Alan [Grey] Mason (Greenaway) was Corporal Nutting in The Silurians
• Sara Carver (Fiona) voiced Andrea Winnington for UNIT (2004), the Khellian Queen for Three's a Crowd (2005), Kim Kronotska for Memory Lane (2006), and Sylvia for City of the Daleks
• Juliet Cowan (Joanna) was Chrissie Jackson in The Sarah Jane Adventures, then voiced Bryer in Come Die With Me, and Adriana Beauvais for Dead to the World (both 2015)
• Steve Robinson was also assistant director on The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks

The Remorseful Day

(Published 1999/UK TX: November 15 2000)

• writer Stephen Churchett was Bill in Attack of the Cybermen
• Paul [born Peter John] Freeman (Harrison) voiced Jalnik for The Foe from the Future (2011)
• TP [Thomas Patrick] McKenna (Phelps) was Captain Cook in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 
• Colin Spaull (Chas) was [August] Lilt in Revelation of the Daleks, Crane in Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel, then voiced Colonel Baxter for The Fearless (2007), and Henrik for Grand Theft Cosmos (2008)
• Aiden J David (Holmes) voiced Lish for The Raincloud Man (2008)
• Simon Hepworth (Harrison here; Tingwell in Endeavour: Pylon) voiced Miles McLellan/Pandora/Server/Orderly/Pilot for Open the Box (2018)
• film editor Jamie McCoan edited Blink too