Doctor Who Vs. Strange

This supernatural drama series (probably the
best programme you've never heard of) from
Big Bear Productions is a forgotten gem, and
was sadly never renewed for a second run.
A pilot episode (aired on BBC1 in 2002) was followed by a six-part season (all written by show creator Andrew Marshall) a year later.

Here, defrocked priest, John Strange (played
by Richard Coyle) is helped in his mission to
track down demons by nurse Jude Atkins
(Samantha Janus), and internet-nerd Toby (Andrew-Lee Potts). They are continually

hampered in their quest by Canon Black (Ian Richardson) - intent on refuting the

presence of demonic forces.

Series director Joe Ahearne was assigned

to five Doctor Who stories when the prog-

ramme was revived in 2005, whilst Tom

Baker guest starred in the finale - Strange

featured a total thirty-eight Doctor Who cast

and crew connections:

Pilot (UK TX: March 9 2002)

• Big Finish actor Samuel Barnett (Doddington) voiced Hans Tod for The Beast of Orlok (2009), Robin Yeadon for Nightshade, Norton Folgate for Torchwood (2016 to present), Cicero for Tartarus (2019), and Emlak for The Sublime Porte (2023)
• Peter [Francis Gabain] Copley (Rev. Rutt) was Dr. Warlock in Pyramids of Mars
• Abi Eniola (Mandy) was Crosbie in Bad Wolf
• Alastair Mackenzie (Rich) voiced Julian St. Stephen for Counter Measures 1 (2012), and Adric Traken for Prisoners of Fate (2013) and The Entropy Plague (2015)
• Bryan Dick (Toby) voiced the Exec for Theatre of War (2015), Finnian Valentine for The Devil You Know (2018), and Major Thomas Langhorn/Berno Redcraw for The God of Phantoms (2021)
• Graham Walker was also film editor on Ahearne's episodes
• Ken Lowe was camera operator on The Green Death too
• Nigel Squibbs (series sound effects editor), Tony Gibson (series post-production assistant), Liz Pearson (post-production super- visor), and Neal Champion (SFX supervisor) all worked on An Adventure in Space and Time too

Zoxim (UK TX: May 31 2003)

• Anna [Raymond] Massey (Emily) voiced Miss Pollard for The Girl Who Never Was (2007)
• Colin McFarlane (Rev. Johnson) provided the voice of the Heavenly Host for Voyage of the Damned, was Jonathan Moran in Under the Lake and Before the Flood, and General Austin Pierce in Torchwood: Children of Earth and The War Between the Land and Sea, then voiced Vince Foster for Random Ghosts and The Lights of Skaro, Narrator of The Blood Cell (all 2014) and Farewell to Peter Capaldi, the Identical Man for Charlotte Pollard 2 (2017), and Captain Morski for The War Master 5 (2020)
• Mark Anthony Brighton (Bus Driver) was Colonel Albero in The Time of the Doctor
• Hazel Pethig was costume designer on Planet of the Daleks too
• Jan Sewell was the make-up designer on The Curse of Fatal Death too
• prosthetic supervisor and SFX artist Neil Gorton later designed SFX for sixty-six stories (from The Christmas Invasion to The Time of the Doctor), The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood
• Rod Woodruff was also stunt co-ordinator on Rose and World War Three 

Kaa-Jinn (UK TX: June 7)

• Ellen [Dorothy] Thomas (Mrs. Andoh) was a Clockwork Droid in The Girl in the Fireplace and A Celebration, then Carmen in Planet of the Dead
• Tim Baggaley (Kaa-Jinn) was the Knight in Robot of Sherwood
• Adam Paul Harvey made a cameo appearance in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
• stunt co-ordinator Andy Smart was a stuntman on Evolution of the Daleks and Let's Kill Hitler
• art department assistant Paul Smith was the prop master on sixteen episodes (from Asylum of the Daleks to The Time of the Doctor)
• runner Alison Marlow produced Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

Costa Burra (UK TX: June 14)

• Rachel [Joanne] Bavidge (WPC) voiced the European Leader/Claire for The Defectors, and Seru for The Isos Network (both 2015)
• Mary Conlon (Mrs. Maddox) voiced Celia Dunthorpe for We Are The Daleks, and Hilary for Clean Sweep (both 2015)

Incubus (UK TX: June 21)

• Ian McNeice (Harrison) portrayed Winston Churchill in The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, The Pandorica Opens, The Wedding of River Song - a role reprised for Big Finish's The Churchill Years, Their Finest Hour (2018), Subterfuge and Operation: Hellfire (both 2020), and voiced Zeus for Immortal Beloved (2007), and Reginald Harcourt for Renaissance Man (2012)
• Martin Ball (Dr. Harry) was Roger Davey in Partners in Crime
• Paul Shearer (Dexter) voiced King Henry VIII for Recorded Time, and Cranston for A Most Excellent Match (both 2011)
• Imelda [Mary Philomena Bernadette] Staunton (Truegood) was the Interface Voice for The Girl Who Waited

Dubik (UK TX: June 28)

• Philip [Acford] Franks (Rev. Capstick) voiced the Supervisor/Acolyte for The Warehouse (2015), and Gevaudan for Zaltys (2017)
• Amanda Walker (Mrs. Fortune) was Old Ruby in 73 Yards
• SFX make-up artist Ian Morse was a Millennium FX technician on Asylum of the Daleks, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, A Town Called Mercy, Cold War and Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

Asmoth (UK TX: July 5)

• Jim [Edward] Carter (DI Stewart) voiced Brother Bernard for The Book of Kells (2010)
• Donald Pelmear (Parrish) was Professor Rubeish in The Time Warrior
• Fiona Bruce (Lynn) voiced Helen Schmidt/Hartmann for Harry Houdini's War (2019)
• Ken Bradshaw (Houseman) voiced Colonel Fischer for Human Conflict (2018)
• Amy Roberts was also costume designer on Image of the Fendahl, Full Circle, State of Decay, The Keeper of Traken, Time Flight and Mawdryn Undead