Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 28

The latest run of BBC Studios' evergreen crime drama concluded last

night - it starred Emilia

 Fox (now the veteran of

over 200 episodes since

2004) and David Caves,

as doctors Nikki

 Alexander and Jack

Hodgson. The Home

Office forensic path-

ologists (based in

London's Lyell Centre)

were joined by new-

comers Maggie Steed

and Francesca Mills (as

Harriet Maven and Kit

Brooks). The ten-part

series featured a total of thirty-one Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Exodus 20:17 (UK TX: January 6 & 7)

• Steed [born Baker] voiced Madamme Rana Zandusia for Big Finish's Mission to Magnus (2009)
• Mills voiced Bethany for Swipe Right (2024)
• Sam Gittins (Mayhew) voiced Helico for Transference (2023)
• for Sean Pertwee (DI Flynn) see Series 27 and for Steven Forrester see Series 12
• Amy Booth Steel (Greenwood) was Hyph3n in Orphan 55
• Delroy [Hugh] Atkinson (Manager) voiced Dav Christos/Therian Leader for Animal Instinct, Wadmore for The Avenues of Possibility (both 2019), Mike/Messingham/UNIT Soldier for Long Shot (2021), and Grayson for The Running Men (2024)
• Matthew Earley (Workman) was Man in The Bells of Saint John

Homecoming (UK TX: January 13 & 14)

• Zaqi Ismail (Singh) was Tim Lunn in Under the Lake and Before the Flood, and voiced John Hobshaw for Thin Time (2020), and Sardo for Masterful (2021)
• David Verrey (Morgan Jones) was Joseph Green MP in Aliens of London and World War Three
• Ellie Haddington (Meg) was Professor Alison Docherty in Last of the Time Lords
• for Andy Godbold see Series 16

Broken (TX: January 20 & 21)

• Sallie Aprahamian was also director of Arachnids in the UK and The Witchfinders
• Raj Ghatak (Shah) voiced Zendo/Emory for The Famished Lands (2019), Reader for Lost Property, Sanjit/Mugger for Wild Animals, Mison for Madquake, the Complex for Conflict Theory, Vikram for The Undying Truth, Boros for The Enemy of My Enemy (all 2020), Bradley /Horobin for The Blazing Hour, First Official for The Sincerest Form of Flattery, Vizier for Unfinished Business, Olaf Richter for Monsters in Metropolis (all 2021), Jenfold/Leader for Mind of the Hodiac, Monk/ Professor Klovis for Together in Eclectic Dreams (both 2022), Captain Sharma/Professor Sanjay Billimoria for Storm of the Sea Devils (2024), and Mohinder Johal for Flying Solo (2025)
• Nicky Goldie (Judge) voiced the Spillager Empress for Winter for the Adept, Valeria Hedone for The Fires of Vulcan (both 2000), Inquisitor Danby for Excelis Rising (2002), and Polk for The Moonrakers (2020)
• Kim Durham (Rose) voiced Abatan for The Ultimate Evil (2019), and Vale for Maelstrom (2022)
• Lisa Palfrey (was the Mum in Attack of the Graske, then voiced Mrs. Maloney for 1901: The Unknown Mirror (2025)
• for Tamzin Outhwaite see Series 15 and for Belinda McGinley see Series 12
• for Will Willoughby see Series 14 and Christina Low see Series 26

Vanishing Point (TX: January 27 & 28)

• Sunetra Sarker (Fiona) was Indira in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
• Steve Oram (Jenkins) was Joseph Williamson in Flux
• Asif Khan (Patel) was Ramesh Sunder in The Woman Who Fell to Earth and Spyfall, and voiced Jay Roy for Power Cell (2016)
• Joshua Leese (Darby) was Single in Joy to the World
• Nikkita Chadha (Jodie) was Hologram Singer in Sleep No More
• Samila Kularatne (Emily) was Sandeep's mum in The Zygon Invasion

I Believe in Love (TX: February

• Scarlett Courtney (Sergeant) voiced Jessica Kelly/Kathy Kelly for Splinters (2022), and Arnica for The Curse of Time (2024)
• Matthew Aubrey (Bobby) voiced Gwyn Hughes for Black Thursday (2019)
• Dan Griffiths was also a stuntman on Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos and Fugitive of the Judoon, and Gunrunner in Smile
• for Karl Collins (DI Strong) see Series 12
• for Robert Lonsdale (Alex) see Series 14