Tuesday, 6 August 2024

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 21


The twenty-first season of BBC1's popular crime drama first aired in
early 2018, and again starred Emilia Fox and David Caves as doctors
Nikki Alexander and Jack Hodgson. The Home Office forensic patho-
logists (based in London's Lyell Centre) were joined by Clarissa Mullery
and Dr. Thomas Chamberlain, played by Liz Carr and Richard Lintern.
repeat run of the ten-part series began on U&Drama last night -
it featured Sharon D ClarkeJacqueline KingAlex Macqueen,
and a total of thirty-three other Doctor Who cast/crew connections:

Moment of Surrender (TX: January 8 & 9)
  • Charles Palmer was also director of Smith and JonesThe Shakespeare Code, Human NatureThe Family of Blood, Oxygen and The Eaters of Light
  • Emma [Georgina Annalies] Fielding (Sally) provided the voice of Kisar for Demons of the Punjab
  • Julian [Alistair] Rhind Tutt (Cannon) voiced Lexhan for The Paradise of Death, and Berkhoff for Big Finish's The Skies of New Earth (2018), then depicted Brian Hodgson in Delia: The Myths and Legendary Tapes
  • Pippa Bennett Warner (DC Bailey) was Saibra in Time Heist, then voiced the Deterrent for The Furies, Livia Carlis for Time War 1 (both 2018) and The War Master 4 (2019), Ruzalla for Ravenous 1, and Fliss Keeley for The Trojan Dalek (2021)
  • Natalie Burt (Kate) voiced Dr. Sally Armstrong for Dark Eyes
  • Alan David (Porter) was Gabriel Sneed in The Unquiet Dead, and voiced Castellan Kanteer for The Enigma Dimension (2017), and Lord Macavoy/Old Lawrence for The Primeval Design (2021)
  • David [James] Bamber (Hawke) was Captain Quell in Mummy on the Orient Express, and voiced Emperor Constantine for The Council of Nicaea (2005), and Colonel Ulrik/Whitmore for The Four Doctors (2010)
  • Anna Madeley (Anna) voiced Laura Lyons for The Monstrous Menagerie (2014)
  • Kelly Hunter (Gwen) was the Shadow Architect in The Stolen Earth and The Magician's Apprentice 
Duty of Candour (TX: January 15 & 16)
  • Lu Corfield (Jane) voiced Marta Vanderburgh for Class 1 (2018), Stern for Darkness and Light (2019), Matra Fennel for Mind of the Hodiac (2022)
  • for Daniel Weyman see Series 20 and Belinda McGinley see Series 12
  • Julia Haworth (Rosie) was Kat in Defenders of Earth
  • Philip Buck (Lawyer) made his TV debut in The Day of the Doctor as Arcadian Father
  • Richard Price (Extra) was Guest in The Runaway Bride and The Lazarus Experiment, Passerby in Partners in Crime and The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Mark of the Berserker, Takran Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter, Cyberman in World Enough and TimeThe Doctor Falls, Ascension of the CybermenThe Timeless Children and Once, Upon Time, Team mate in Kerblam!, Sniperbot in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon, Dalek operator in Revolution of the Daleks, Tourist in The Halloween Apocalypse, and Shadow Kin in Class
A Special Relationship (TX: January 22 & 23)
  • for Elliot Levey see Series 17
  • Matthew Brenher (Kraft) voiced Visteen Krane for Whispers of Terror (1999), Zzarl for Red Dawn (2000), Jude for The Rapture, Robber for Comeback (both 2002), Hannibal for Auld Mortality (2003), Silurian for The Coup, Dodds for Time Heals (both 2004), Deakin for The Tactics of Defeat, and Conceirge/Banker/Kamen for Lady Christina 1 (both 2018), and Havash Khavul for Chronomancer and The Wrong Side of History (both 2023)
  • Shvorne Marks (DCI Moss) voiced Ampz for The Emporium at the End (2016), Amala Vost for The Dalek Occupation of Winter, Cissy/ Thelma Sketch for Whodunnit? (both 2018), and Mia Valarna for Stone Cold (2023)
  • Selva Rasalingam (AC Khan) was Ranjit in The Power of Three
  • Gretchen Egolf (Terry) was Norlander in The Zygon Invasion
  • Ian Conningham (Apsted) was Chuckles in The Girl Who Died, then voiced Sinko/Ronson/Lieutenant for Storm of the Horofax (2017), Kevin/Rindle for The Lady in the Lake (2018), Konis/Maximov for Nightmare Country (2019), V11/Kaden Olsen for Toos and Poul (2020), Dr. Richard Numan/Corfield for The Primeval Design, Robert Devereaux for The Hollow Crown (both 2021), Kade for Previously, Next Time, Fridtjof Nansen for Northern Lights (both 2023), and Fletcher Hart for Planet Krynoid 1 (2025)
One Day (TX: January 29 & 30)
  • Finlay Robertson (Fielden) was Larry Nightingale in BlinkThe Lonely Assassins and Angels, then voiced DI Cotton for The Cars That Ate London (2019), Kador Arris/V48 for Machines Like Us, and Lt. Hans Hoffman/Guard/Sergeant for Shellshock (both 2022)
  • for Sara Powell see Series 6, Tony Lucken see Series 7 and Stephanie Carey see Series 14
  • Sanchia McCormack (Mother) was a Housing Officer in Turn Left, and was cast in The Power of the Doctor
  • Tony Way (Jarrow) was Alf in Deep Breath
Family (TX: February 5 & 7)
  • T'Nia Miller (DI Gibbs) was the General in Hell Bent, and Mrs Maitland for Mind of the Hodiac
  • Alex Price (DI Baker) was Francesco in The Vampires of Venice
  • Tachia Newaal (PC Bell) was Colonel Winston Chidozie in The Legend of Ruby Sunday
  • for Neil Stuke see Series 3
  • Colin Teague was also director of The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords and The Fires of Pompeii

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