Doctor Who Vs. See How They Run

Claudius: What do you call the

play? Hamlet: The Mousetrap

DECIDED NOT TO COME TO

PARTY. HAVE SENT CAKE.

AGATHA.

Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan

teamed up as woeful Scotland Yard

investigators DI Stoppard and WPC

 Stalker, in this star studded satirical

murder mystery, shown on Film4 last

night.

1953: In London, Agatha Christie's

 The Mousetrap has reached its 100th performance, but celebrations are

halted when a Hollywood director

 (Adrien Brody) is murdered backstage before he can adapt the play.

Released by Searchlight Pictures in 2022, the wickedly funny comedy

(filmed during the UK's third Covid lockdown) also featured Harris

Dickinson, Pearl Chandra (as real life West End actors Richard

Attenborough and Sheila Sim), Ruth Wilson, David Oyelowo, and

these fifteen Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Shirley Henderson (Christie here; Honoria in Murder is Easy, 2008; Rose in The ABC Murders, 2018) was Ursula Blake in Love & Monsters
• Big Finish actor Kieran Hodgson (Messenger) voiced Findel for Last of the Cybermen, Arin/Dennis for The Red House, Alam/Hilsee for The Isos Network, Bennus for The War Doctor 1 (all 2015), Woking for Charlotte Pollard 2, Klick Chervain for The Skin of the Sleek and The Thief Who Stole Time (all 2017), Devon Pryce for Tales From New Earth (2018), and Dr. Oliver Morgenstern for Redacted
• Pippa Bennett Warner (Ann here; Victoria in A Caribbean Mystery, 2013) was Saibra in Time Heist, Narrator of Helena and the Beast (2015), Bill and the Three Jackets and Twelve Angels Weeping, then voiced the Deterrent for The Furies, Ruzalla for Ravenous 1, Livia Caralis for Time War (all 2018), The War Master 4 (2019) and Time War 4, Fliss Keeley for The Trojan Dalek (both 2021), and Cleopatra for The Last Queen of the Nile (2025)
• Angus Wright (Bakewell) was Mr. Dread in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Vault of Secrets, then voiced Magnus Greel for The Butcher of Brisbane (2012) and The Talents of Greel (2019), Alek Zenos for We Are the Daleks (2015), and Peter Dowlish for The Harvest (2026)
• Reece [Wayne] Shearsmith (Woolf here; DI Huish in Ordeal by Innocence, 2007) was Andrew Powell in BBV Productions' Probe series, Dr. Dan Matthews in Auton, depicted Patrick Troughton in An Adventure in Space and Time, then was Rassmussen in Sleep No More - he also voiced Governor Robert Hodan for Planet Krynoid 1 (2025)
• Oliver Jackson (Trumpet) voiced Private James Jackson for The Forsaken (2015), and Dicky Twist for How the Other Half Lives (2017)
• Paul Chahidi (Fellowes here; Morris for And Then There Were None, 2015) voiced Agragazar for The End of the World (2007), Hason for The Destroyer of Delights (2009), George Townsend for Industrial Evolution (2011), Bondsman Tango Veldt for Persuasion, and the Shepherd for Daleks Among Us (both 2013)
• Sian Clifford (Edana) was Woman in Empire of Death
• Lucian [Gabriel Wiina] Msamati (Max Mallowan) was Guido in The Vampires of Venice
• Andrew Burford was also stuntman on The Eaters of Light, The Doctor Falls, Twice Upon a Time, Kerblam!, The Witchfinders, The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos and Spyfall (2)
• Marvin Campbell was stuntman on The Woman Who Fell to Earth too
• David Newton was also stuntman on Cold War and The Day of the Doctor
• Sarah Franzl was also stunt performer on The End of the World, The Idiot's Lantern and The End of Time
• Anthony Skrimshire was also stuntman on Wild Blue Yonder and Dot and Bubble
• Odile Dicks Mireaux began her career as costume designer on Castrovalva and The Visitation