Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 16

The sixteenth season of BBC1's perennial crime

drama was first broadcast in the winter of 2013,

and saw the departure of William Gaminara after

eleven years in the role of Dr. Leo Dalton (he was

killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan).

Emilia Fox (fellow Home Office pathologist, Dr.

Nikki Alexander) was now joined by David Caves

and Liz Carr as Jack Hodgson and Clarissa Mullery.

A repeat run of the ten-part series began on Drama

last night - it featured Mark Bonnar, and a total of

twenty-eight Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Change (TX: January 10 & 11)

• Tim [Peter] Piggott Smith (Briggs) was Captain Harker in The Claws of Axos, and Marco in The Masque of Mandragora
• Derek Riddell (Trenter) was Robert MacLeish in Tooth and Claw, and voiced Lieut. Comm. Sandy McNish for Big Finish's The Oncoming Storm (2016)
• Sharon Small (Geraldine) voiced Jeannie/Janet for The Revenants (2012)
• for Rob Dixon see Series 1

Trust (TX: January 17 & 18)

• Richard Clark was also director of Gridlock, The Lazarus Experiment, The Doctor's Wife and Night Terrors
• Wendy Albiston (Stacey) voiced Madame de Chevreuse for The Church and the Crown, and Meg for The Tao Connection (both 2002)
• Adam James (Dr. Fell) was DI McMillan in Planet of the Dead
• Davood Ghadami (Kolahi) was Jim in Let's Kill Hitler
• Sean Jackson (Roper) voiced George Crow for The Marian Conspiracy (2000), and Seth Arnod for Dalek Empire 3 (2004)
• Bryan Dick (Ballinger) voiced The Exec for Theatre of War (2015), Finnian Valentine for The Devil You Know (2018), and Major Thomas Langhorn/Berno Redcrew for The God of Phantoms (2021)
• Amanda Drew (DI Reed) provided the voice of the Mouri in Once, Upon Time, then voiced Commander Jane Wardie for Way of the Burryman and The Forth Generation (both 2022), and was Narrator of The Seven Year Hitch
• Nic Morris was the cinematographer on Flatline too
• art department assistant Sophie Powell was graphic artist on Last Christmas

True Love Waits (TX: January 24 & 25)

• Christina Cole (Janice) was Lilith (pictured) in The Shakespeare Code
• Rob Jarvis (Henderson) was Abramal in The Time of the Doctor
• Kevin Hudson (Guard) had uncredited roles in twenty-nine episodes (from The Long Game to The Timeless Children)
• Jason Ewart was the steadicam operator on The Time of the Doctor too

The Legacy (TX: January 31 & February 1)

• Stephen Gallagher was also writer of Warriors' Gate, Terminus, Time on a Vine, The Kairos Ring and Nightmare Country (both 2021)
• Teresa Banham (Alison) was the Governor in The End of Time
• Tim Preece (Ryder) was Codal in Planet of the Daleks
• Velile Tshabalala [Nozizu] (Kristen) was Rosita in The Next Doctor
• David Westhead (DI Cherry) was Kemper in The Shakespeare Code
• Ed Stoppard (Embleton) voiced Fortalexa for Theatre of War, and Sir Nicholas Asquin for The Beast of Kravenos (2017)

Greater Love (TX: February 7 & 8)

• Douglas Mackinnon was also director of The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky, The Power of Three, Cold War, Listen, Time Heist, Flatline and The Husbands of River Song
• Suzie Lavelle was also the cinematographer on Cold War, Listen, Time Heist and The Return of Doctor Mysterio
• Adam Green was also film editor on The Doctor's Meditation, The Girl Who Died, The Woman Who Lived, The Husbands of River Song, The Return of Doctor Mysterio, The Power of the Doctor and Class
• James Blackwell was first assistant director on Partners in Crime too
• Bob Shipsey was also camera operator on The Doctor's Wife and Night Terrors