Doctor Who Vs. The Hack

ITV Studios' latest crime drama

was based on the true story of the

News International phone hacking scandal. Set between 2002 and

2012, the series examined two

linked strands - the work of Nick

Davies (portrayed by David

Tennant), the journalist who

uncovered evidence of widespread criminality at the News of the

World, and the corrupt police

investigation into the unsolved

1987 murder of Daniel Morgan, a private detective hired by the tabloid. Written by Jack Thorne, the seven-part thriller concluded on ITV1

last night - it featured Eve Myles, Robert Carlyle, Rose Leslie, Lara

Pulver, Adrian Lester, Kevin Doyle, and these thirty-five Doctor Who

cast connections:

• Toby [Edward Heslewood] Jones (Rushbridger) was the Dream Lord in Amy's Choice, and voiced Kotris for Big Finish's Dark Eyes (2012)
• [Stephen] Dougray Scott (Gordon Brown) was Professor Alec Palmer in Hide
• Katherine Kelly (Sheridan) played Miss Quill in Class
• Robert Glenister (Lockhart) was Salateen in The Caves of Androzani, then Thomas Edison in Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror - he also voiced Aboresh for Absolution (2007), and Eliot for Signal and I'll Come to You (2024)
• Sean [Carl] Pertwee (Hoare) made a cameo appearance in The Five(ish) Doctors
• Lee [David] Ingleby (Leigh) voiced Samson Griffin for Terror Firma (2005)
• Phil Davis (Morgan) was Lucius Petrus Dextrus in The Fires of Pompeii, and voiced Titus for The Cannibalists (2009)
• [Mark] Alec Newman (Mullin) voiced Ed Driscoll for Blue Forgotten Planet (2009), Dr. Julius for The Silent Scream (2017), and Dr. James Breck for Jamie (2023)
• Pip [Dean] Torrens (Kuttner) was Headmaster [George] Rocastle in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, and voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), Kenton for Break the Ice (2022), and Thomas Browne for 1901: The Unknown Mirror (2025)
• Steve Pemberton (Rupert Murdoch) was Strackman Lux in Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead
• Paul Kaye (Eaton) was Prentis in Before the Flood and Under the Lake
• Patrick [Bashir] Baladi (Whitingdale) was cast as Sir Keith Spears in the forthcoming The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Daniel Ryan (Tom Watson) was Biff Cane in Midnight
• Robert Bathurst (Max Clifford) voiced Cardinal Padrac for Doom Coalition (2015-17), then was General Farquhar in Survivors of the Flux
• Ace [born Ahsen Rafiq] Bhatti (Shah) was Haresh Chandra in The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Nadia Albina (Gill) was Diane [Curtis] in Flux and Legend of the Sea Devils, then voiced Oshia for Previously, Next Time (2022), and Keetree for Face of the Apocalypse (2024)
• Jamie Parker (Mortimer) voiced Wulfric/Edgar for Leviathan, Major Richter for The Architects of History (both 2010), Douglas for Aimed at the Body, Plummer for Lightspeed, Frank Reichenbach for The Bookshop at the End of the World, Virgilio for Interlude, Brian for Echo Chamber, Jasper Fernbridge for Towards Zero, Torrence for Castle Hydra, Sandar for Effect and Cause, Terrance/Sir Percy for Plight of the Pimpernel (all 2020), Captain Hallorin for Ravagers (2021), Anthony/Ed for Quantum of Axos, Tsar Alexander/ Trinity for Lay Down Your Arms (both 2022), and Samuel Avner/Sam Spendlove for Last Words (2024)
• Rebecca [Louise] Front (Akers) voiced Major Takol for The Mind's Eye (2007), Patricia Walton for The Jupiter Conjunction (2012), and Tara for Together in Eclectic Dreams (2022), then appeared in The Zygon Invasion as Colonel Walsh
• Ron Cook (Mosley) was Mr. Magpie in The Idiot's Lantern
• Jonathan Aris (Thomson) voiced the Department Head for Altered Status (2021), then was Melnak in Joy to the World
• Nicholas Rowe (Jeremy Paxman) voiced Rivesh Mantilax for Dreamland, then the Kandyman for Big Finish's Ravenous 1 (2018), Cato Kelgoth for The Passenger (2022), and Sebastian Hardcastle for Operation Dusk (2023)
• Simon Paisley Day (Draperson) was the Steward in The End of the World, and Rump in Face the Raven
• Rachel Atkins (Patricia) voiced Queen Aethelfrid/ Dr. Angeline Duchamp for The Lady of Mercia (2013), Lieutenant Jane Lucas for The Screaming Skull (2014), Sol for Intervention Earth, Susannah for The Tears of Isis (both 2015), Bishop for Maurice, Madame Sosostris for Masterpiece, Juno for Maker of Demons, Myla for The Age of Endurance (all 2016), Minister for Embankment Station, Major Destra for The Good Master (both 2017), Zarda for Do No Harm, Governor Crompton for Like, Sarathin for The Enemy of My Enemy (all 2020), Cathrin Travers for Faustian, Dresha for Colony of Fear (both 2021), Captain Argento for Morbius (2024), and Various for Torchwood
• George Russo (Mulcaine) was Cleric Phillip in The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone
• Silas Carson (Eldwick)
• Jonathan Coy (Dad)
• Andrew Whipp (Rees)
• Danusia Samal (Keima)
• Alex Lanipekun (Trofa)
• Nabil Elouahabi (Aldrin) voiced Esteban for The Flames of Cadiz (2013), and High Korravin/Lomaz for Ancient History (2024)
• Jordan Renzo (Murdoch)
• Roger Ringrose (Maddison) voiced Dawson for 1957: Double Agent (2025)
• Elizabeth Hopper (Caroline) was Lucie Fanshawe in The Woman Who Lived
• Daniel Eghan (Journalist) was Policeman in Revolution of the Daleks