Friday 13 September 2024

Doctor Who Vs. Waking the Dead, Series 5

The fifth season of BBC1's long-running crime
drama first aired in the autumn of 2005.
Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, and Wil Johnson
reprised their respective roles (as Superin-
tendent Boyd, Dr. Foley, and DI Jordan), and
were now joined by French actress Félicité
Du Jeu, and Esther Hall (DS Stella Goodman,
and Dr. Felix Gibson).
A repeat run of the twelve-part series began
on U&Drama last night - it featured a total of
thirty-nine Doctor Who cast/crew connections:

Towers of Silence (UK TX: September 18 & 19 2005)
  • Big Finish actor Hall voiced Fortuna for The Galileo Trap (2015), Bauza/ Tazeena/Mum for The Two Masters, Pheenan for Absolute Power (both 2016), and Viv/Commentator for The Iron Legion (2019)
  • David [Edward] Walliams (Bell) appeared in BBC2's Doctor Who Night sketches, and voiced Quincy Flowers/Ned Cotton for Phantasmagoria (1999), then played Gibbis in The God Complex 
  • Gerard Murphy (Alcock) was Richard Maynarde in Silver Nemesis
  • Nina [Minoo] Wadia (Roshni) was Dr. Ramsden in The Eleventh Hour, then voiced Deepa for State of Bliss (2019), and Mimi for Here Lies Drax (2022)
  • Andrew Havill (Simmons) was the Chief Steward in Voyage of the Damned, then voiced Aleister Portillon/Squire Claude for The Witch from the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
  • Georgia Mackenzie (DS Stephenson) voiced Zorcha for The Difference Office (2022), and MOM/Medbots for A Mother's Love (2023)
  • Michael [Anthony] Jenn (Prison Officer) was Clarence DeMarco in The Name of the Doctor
  • Sara [Scott Griffith] Stewart (Claire) provided the Computer voice for The End of the World
  • for Richard Hammatt see Series 1
  • Marcus Catlin was also first assistant director on The Hungry Earth, Cold BloodThe Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang
Black Run (TX: September 25 & 26)
  • Robin Soans (Adamson) was Luvic in The Keeper of Traken, and the Chronolock Guy in Face the Raven, then Narrator of The Sins of Winter (2015)
  • Michael Gould (Doyle) voiced Frederick Lindemann for The Oncoming Storm (2016)
  • Julie Teal (Solicitor) voiced Chancellor Vorena for Time in Office (2017), and the Royal Magnificat for Emancipation (2019)
  • Michael Wildman (Palliser) voiced Probos for Inside the Maldovarium (2021), and Quinns/Lees for What Just Happened? (2021)
  • Geff Francis (McNeill) was George [Maitland] in The Bells of Saint John
  • Paul Kulik was a stuntman on Rose too
  • for Rod Woodruff see Series 2 and for Charles Jarman see Series 3
Subterraneans (TX: October 2 & 3)
  • Ayesha Dharker (Mary) was Solana Mercurio in Planet of the Ood
  • Mark [Marcel] Monero (Barnes) was Cleric Pedro in The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone
  • Ronan [David Jackson] Vibert (Lynch) was Professor Skinner in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Last Sontaran, and voiced Ravener for Jago & Litefoot 12 (2016), and Zaal for The Perfect Prisoners (2019)
  • John [David] Bennett (Rosenthal) was General Finch in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and Li H'sen Chang in The Talons of Weng-Chiang
  • for Tom Lucy see Series 1
Straw Dog (TX: October 9 & 10)
  • Tom [John] Ellis (Taylor) was Dr. Thomas Mulligan in Last of the Time Lords
  • Paul [Peter John] Freeman (Hoyle) voiced Jalnik for The Foe from the Future (2012)
  • Angela Bruce (Judge) was Brigadier Winifred Bambera in Battlefield (a role reprised for Animal in (2011) then UNIT: Brave New World and The War Factory (both 2022)) - she also voiced Mother for The Persistence of Dreams (2018), Herb for Conversion (2019), and Oya/ Andarta for Consequences (2021)
  • Dominic Kemp (Clerk) was Kahler-Mas in A Town Called Mercy
  • Amerjit Deu (Quereshi) voiced the Swami for Hounded (2016), the Governor for World of Damnation (2018), Roni Bandara for The Dimension Cannon 1 (2019), and Jom for Maelstrom (2022)
  • Crispin Green was also film editor on six stories (from Tooth and Claw to Forest othe Dead)
  • Paul Heasman was stunt co-ordinator on Survival too, and (uncredited) Nazi in Silver Nemesis
  • Lee [Michael] Sherward was also stunt co-ordinator on eleven episodes of the revived run and Torchwood: Miracle Day
Undertow (TX: October 16 & 17)
  • Sharon Duncan Brewster (Sarah) was Maggie Cain in The Waters of Mars
  • Peter Hamilton Dyer (Wright) made his TV debut as Embery in Remembrance of the Daleks
  • Lucienne Suren was also art director on Asylum of the DaleksThe Angels Take Manhattan and An Adventure in Space and Time
Cold Fusion (TX: October 23 & 24)
  • Mark Lewis Jones (McQueen) voiced Professor Oliver Mortlake for The Darkness of Glass (2015)
  • Mark Kileen (Lab Biosuit) was a German Officer in Let's Kill Hitler
  • Paul [Mackriell] Copley (Day) was Clem McDonald in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced Dad for Spare Parts (2002), Jimmy Deel for Missing Persons (2013), Mick Huff for The Miniaturist (2022), and Wendell for The Conservitors (2023)
  • Sean Jackson (Constable) voiced George Crow for The Marian Conspiracy (2000), and Seth Arnod for Dalek Empire 3 (2004)
  • William [John Haynes] Willoughby was also a stuntman on nine stories (from Rose to A Town Called Mercy) and Torchwood

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