Friday, 25 October 2024

Doctor Who Vs. Law & Order: UK, Series 5

Bradley Walsh, Jamie Bamber,
Harriet Walter, Freema Agyeman,
and Jessica Gunning all returned for
the fifth series of the British spin-off
of Dick Wolf's Law & Order.
Peter Davison and Dominic Rowan
debuted here as Henry Sharpe and
Jacob Thorne, the London CPS's new
Director and Crown Prosecutor.
All six cases here were again based on
scripts from the American parent pro-
gramme. A repeat run of the season
(originally shown in the summer of
2011) began on ITV3 last night - it
featured Adjoa Andohand a total
of thirty-seven Doctor Who cast and
crew connections:

The Wrong Man (TX: July 10 2011/based on Prescription for Death, 1990)
  • James [born William] Fox (Dr. Austen) voiced Professor Chronotis for Big Finish's Shada
  • Ben Righton (Dr. Grant) was Dr. Oliver Morgenstern in Smith and Jones and Turn Left
  • David Verrey (Glenstock) was Jospeh Green MP [aka Jocrassa Fel Fotch Passameer Day Slitheen] in Aliens of London and World War Three
  • Roland Oliver (Dr. Chester) was Neman in The Keeper of Traken
  • Pip [Dean] Torrens (Nevins here, Series 6: Haunted, S7: Fatherly Love, S8: I Predict a Riot/Hard Stop) was Headmaster Rocastle in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, then voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), and Kenton for Break the Ice (2022)
  • Hugh Skinner (Naylor) voiced Sebastian Vaughan for The Vigil (2019), Lord Oliver Erpingham for The Headless Ones (2020), and Sir Lancelot for The Lone Centurion 2 (2021)
  • Philip Hookway (here & Safe) was film editor on Flatline too
Safe (TX: July 17/based on Angel, 1995)
  • Ray Holman was also costume designer on fifty-nine episodes (from Blink to The Power of the Doctorand Torchwood
  • Rowan and George Rainsford (Burton) both starred in The Burning Prince (2012), as Corwyn and Prince Kylo
  • Heather Bleasdale (Gemma) voiced Cordelia for Blood on Santa's Claw, President for I Wish it Could Be Christmas Every Day (both 2019), and Priestess Vesselina for The Lost Son (2024), then was Wilma in The Halloween Apocalypse
  • Donna Shakesheff (production runner) was art dept. co-ordinator/ prop buyer on twenty-one stories (from Asylum of the Daleks to Kill the Moon)
  • for Diveen Henry, Malcolm Thornton and Alison Barnett see Series 1
Crush (TX: July 24/based on Humiliation, 1995)
  • Mat King (here, Series 6: Haunted, S7: TracksTremors, S8: Flaw, Safe from Harm I Predict a Riot) was director of Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS too
  • Greg Wise (Williams) voiced Garrison Clay for Last Words (2024)
  • Calvin [Ainsley] Dean (Barry) was Chris in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Gift, and Ha-Ha in Nightmare in Silver
  • Paul Clayton (Kenny) was Bartle in Planet of the Ood, and voiced Ulysees Meregrass for The Infinite Quest, Henry for The Wormery (2003), Colchester for Torchwood (2016-23), Hale for The Survivor (2019), and Edwards for Echoes of Extinction (2021)
  • Evie Dawnay (Vanessa) voiced Lilly/the Vrill for Survival of the Fittest (2010), and Dr. Sophie Topolovic for Shadow of Death (2013)
  • for Tariq Jordan see Series 1
Tick Tock (TX: July 31/based on Hot Pursuit, 1995)
  • Louise Brealey (Joanne) voiced Charlotte for The Foe from the Future (2012), and Dr. Millicent Belanger for The Viyran Solution (2013)
  • Lesley [Ann] Manville (Phyllis) depicted Heather Hartnell in An Adventure in Space and Time
  • Glenn Doherty (Shane) was Sergeant Dennison in Planet of the Dead
  • for Gunning see Series 1
Intent (TX: August 7/based on Privileged, 1995)
  • Samuel [Alexander Joseph] West (Boyd) was Cyrian in Dimensions in Time, and voiced the lead role for The Vengeance of Morbius (2008), Dark Gallifrey and Morbius the Mighty (both 2024), Albert Tiermann for AudioGo's A Shard of Ice (2010), Aristophanes for Mask of Tragedy (2014), Mr. Song for The Diary of River Song 1 (2016), and the Mazzini Family for Serpent in the Silver Mask (2018)
  • Annabel Mullion (Eleanor here, Series 6: Trial, S8: I Predict a Riot/ Customs) voiced Julia for The English Way of Death (2015)
  • Andrew Forbes (Unger) was Omril in Full Circle, and voiced Dr. O'Neil for Night Thoughts (2006)
  • Sophie Ward (Dr. Bligh) voiced Scheherazade for AudioGo's Aladdin Time (2011)
  • David Seymour (Repairman) voiced Kevin for Rat Trap (2011)
  • Wanda Opalinska (Marta) voiced Dockmaster for Magic Bullet's Storm Mine (2004), Nadia Vasney for The Night Witches (2017), Gudrun/ Espen for Colony of StrangersIrinda for Family Matters (both 2020), and Dr. Lorna Holmes for Supernature (2023)
  • Fiona Wade (Officer) voiced Sergeant Ambika Desai for The Running Men (2024)
Deal (TX: August 14/based on Slave, 1996)
  • Sara Powell (Annette) voiced Audrey Newman for An Ordinary Life (2014), PA for World Enough and Time (2015), Jacklyn Karna for The Dalek Occupation of Winter, Contessa for Vanguard (both 2018), Emma Fremantle for The World Traders, Andros Fax for Inside the Maldovarium (both 2021), Queen Minaris for The Death of Peladon, Blythe for The Forest of Penitence, Official for The Players (all 2022), and Moira Tenaka for The Wizard of Time (2023), then appeared in War of the Sontarans as Mary Seacole
  • Ramone Morgan (Wade) was Tobias in The Caretaker
  • Simon Hepworth (White) voiced Miles McLellan/Pandora/Server/ Orderly/Pilot for Open the Box (2018)
  • for Paul Darrow see Series 1

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