Saturday, 24 August 2024

Doctor Who Vs. Waking the Dead, Series 2

BBC1's crime drama returned in
the autumn of 2002, and Trevor
Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson,
Holly Aird, and Claire Goose
reprised their respective roles (as
cold case investigators Superinten-
dent Peter Boyd, Dr. Grace Foley,
DS Will Jordan, Frankie Wharton,
and DC Mel Silver).
A repeat run of the eight-part
season (nominated for an Inter-
national Emmy) began on U&
Drama last night - it featured a
total of twenty-five Doctor Who
cast and crew connections:

Life Sentence (UK TX: September 2 & 3 2002)
  • Susannah [Owens] Harker (Claire) voiced Clare Keightley for Shada (2003), and Anya for Big Finish's Eye of Darkness (2015)
  • Samuel [Alexander Joseph] West (Rice) was Cyrian in Dimensions in Time, then voiced the titular renegade for The Vengeance of Morbius (2008) and Dark Gallifrey (2024), Albert Tiermann for AudioGo's A Shard of Ice (2010), Aristophanes for Mask of Tragedy (2014), Mr. Song for I Went to a Marvellous Party and Signs (both 2016), and the Mazzini Family for Serpent in the Silver Mask (2018)
  • Paterson [Davis] Joseph (Sullivan) was Rodrick in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, then voiced Victor Espinosa for Earth Aid (2011), Matthew for Black Summit (2018), James Blakelock for Missy and the Time Assassin, and Harbolt for The Queen of Clocks (both 2024)
  • Simon Gregor (Bryant) was Carlo in The Vampires of Venice
  • Guy List (Pardy) was a stuntman on Evolution of the Daleks, The Power of the Doctor, Survivors of the Flux and The Vanquishers
  • Graham Frake (cinematographer), Steve Robinson (first assistant director) and Shirley Schumacher (camera assistant) all worked on The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks
  • Caroline McCall was also costume assistant on The Impossible AstronautDay of the Moon, The Doctor's Wife, The Rebel Flesh, The Almost People and Night Terrors
Deathwatch (UK TX: September 9 & 10)
  • [Rafael] David de Keyser (Freeman) provided the Atraxi voice in The Eleventh Hour, and voiced the Cybermen for The Eternity Clock
  • David [Scott] Ashton (Cameron) was Kendron in Timelash
  • Tony Osoba (Wallace) was Lan in Destiny of the Daleks, Kracauer in Dragonfire, and Duke in Kill the Moon
  • Ronald [Alfred] Pickup (Sutton) made his TV debut as the Physician in (episode 4 of) The Reign of Terror, and voiced Kestorian for Time Works (2006), Elder Bones for Spaceport Fear (2013), the Old One for Jago & Litefoot 1(2016), and Jacob Harmer for The Wizard of Time (2023)
  • Jonathan [Louis] Tafler (Young Edgar) voiced Captain Waldo Rudley for The Paradise of Death, and Pietro Clemenza for The Ghosts of N-Space
  • Cheryl Hall (Valerie) was Shirna in Carnival of Monsters
Special Relationship (UK TX: September 16 & 17)
  • Amanda Root (Lorna) voiced Madeleine Fairweather for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), and Lendek/Scientist for The Lords of Terror (2018)
  • Colin Stinton (Karp) was President Arthur Winters in The Sound of Drums
  • Ed Bishop (Tyler) voiced General Finch for Full Fathom Five (2003)
Thin Air (UK TX: November 3 & 4)
  • Paul [Reginald] Bazely (Doctor) was Ven Garr in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, then voiced Elio/SV44/SV72 for The Enhancement, Mikhail for Black Friday, and the Duke of Hishtar for The Ribos Inheritance (all 2022)
  • Cherie [Mary] Lunghi (Leah) voiced Lady Adela Forster for The Emerald Tiger (2012)
  • Sophie Winkleman (Joanna) voiced Kelly Westwood for The Eight Truths and Worldwide Web (2009), Rachel Allan for Before the Fall (2017), and Sofia Cozzi for Serpent in the Silver Mask
  • Justin Salinger (Garvey) was Tasker in Oxygen, then voiced Ambassador Ribble for The Poison of Peladon, the President for The Key to Key to Time, and Dr. Miory/Huntmaster for Capture the Chronovore! (all 2022)
  • Steve Toussaint (Bellows) was Feekat in Ascension of the Cybermen
  • SFX supervisor Graham Brown was VFX assistant on Full CircleThe Five DoctorsResurrection of the DaleksThe Caves of Androzani, Attack of the CybermenRevelation of the Daleks and The Curse of Fenric 
  • Rod Woodruff was also the stunt co-ordinator on Rose and World War Thre

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