Doctor Who Vs. Afterlife, Series 2

ITV's supernatural drama returned for a second, and

final series in the autumn of 2006. Again, the cast

was led by Lesley Sharpe (as psychic believer Alison

Mundy) and Andrew Lincoln (the sceptic academic,

 Dr. Robert Bridge) - together they investigated para-

normal cases in Bristol.

The programme earned another acting prize at the

Monte Carlo TV Festival - Sharp won Outstanding

Actress, whilst Lincoln won the Actor award in 2007.

Sharp later played Sky Silvestry in Midnight, and this

season featured Anna Wilson-Jones, and a total of

twenty-six Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Roadside Bouquets (TX: September 16 2006)

• Simon [Kemal] Fisher-Becker (Driver) was Dorium Maldovar in The Pandorica Opens, Brain Trafficking, A Good Man Goes to War and The Wedding of River Song - a role reprised for Big Finish's The Light Keepers, Inside the Maldovarium (both 2018) and Genesis of the Humans (2024) - he also voiced Kavil for Gallifrey 5 (2013)
• Amanda Lawrence [born Jones] (Woman) was Mother Doomfinger in The Shakespeare Code
• Emma Reid was unit manager on The End of the World and The Unquiet Dead too
• for Kate Duchene, James Scott, Elaine Matthews and Mark Turner see Series 1

The Rat Man (TX: September 23)

• Michael Obiora (Olivets) was Billy Shipton (pictured) in Blink
• Marcus Catlin was also first assistant director on The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang 

Lullaby (TX: September 30)

• series carpenter Roger Tarry worked on Midnight and The Lodger too
• Steve Hopkins was also an electrician on twenty-three instalments of the revived series (from The End of the World to The Name of the Doctor)

Your Hand In Mine (TX: October 7)

• Julie Graham (Lucy) was Ruby White in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith, and voiced Prime Minister 470 for Planet X (2016), and Carolyn for The Blood Furnace (2017)
• Liam Cunningham (Jonathan) was Captain Zhukov in Cold War
• Justine Mitchell (Claire) voiced Lucy Martin for Seasons of Fear (2002) 

Mirrorball (TX: October 21)

• series electrician Paul Duffy also worked on Rise of the Cybermen, Planet of the Ood, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures

Mind The Bugs Don't Bite (TX: October 28)

• Kenneth Cranham (Mundy) voiced Tom Cardwell for Blood of the Daleks (2007)
• Craig Kelly (Young Stan) voiced Joe Latham for Scream of the Shalka

Things Forgotten (TX: November 4)

• Claire Rushbrook (Jennifer) was Ida Scott in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, and voiced Tula Chenka, SV111 and SV23 for Ravenous 2 (2018)
• Andrew Collins (Neurologist) voiced Drew Shahan for Live 34 (2005)
• Clive Hayward (Director) voiced the Judge/Markus for Daybreak (2019), Emperor/Duke of Ferrox/Last of the Unnatural Children for Barrister to the Stars, Marty Stone for Carnival of Angels (both 2020), Dax fo Wink (2022), and Overseer Valtor/ Trell for Dominant Species (2024)
• Shirley Schumacher was clapper loader on The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks too

A Name Written In Water (TX: November 11)

• Claudio Laurini (Man) was a Headless Monk in A Good Man Goes to War
• for Liz Pearson, Edmund Butt and Toby Wood see Series 1
• Chris Davies was also best boy/electrician on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Fear Her, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday, Blink, Turn Left and The Sarah Jane Adventures