Doctor Who Vs. Vigil, Series 1

World Productions' acclaimed

Scottish crime drama, created and

written by Tom Edge, was set on

a Royal Navy Trident submarine.

Suranne Jones portrayed DCI

Silva, the detective assigned to

a murder investigation onboard

HMS Vigil.

As a prelude to the upcoming third

series, a repeat run of the six-part

 thriller (which debuted in the

summer of 2021) began on BBC3

last night - it featured Rose

Leslie, Shaun Evans, Martin

Compston, Anjli Mohindra, and

these fourteen Doctor Who cast

and crew connections:

• Jones played the titular subject in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Mona Lisa's Revenge, then was Idris in The Doctor's Wife
• James Strong was also director of The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, Voyage of the Damned, Partners in Crime and Planet of the Dead
• Paterson [Davis] Joseph (Newsome) was Rodrick in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, then voiced Victor Espinosa for Earth Aid (2011), Matthew for Blind Summit (2018), Harbolt for The Queen of Clocks, and James Blakelock for Missy and the Time Assassin (both 2024)
• Adam James (Prentice) was DI Macmillan in Planet of the Dead
• Dan Li (Hennessy) was Alexei in The Bells of Saint John, then voiced Grillo Clavik for The Genesis Chamber, Dokan for UNIT: Shutdown (both 2016), Okada Shumei for The Barbarians and the Samurai (2018), Mike Chaoxiang/Raptor for Master! 3 (2024), and Lee Hoi Sang/Stall holder/KC Chen for The First Question (2026)
• Lois Chimimba (Tara) was Mabli in The Tsuranga Conundrum, and voiced Abby McPhail for Redacted, Euphemia for The Undying Truth, Tribeswoman for Inertia (both 2020), and Bartholom for Solitary Confinement (2023)
• Oliver Lansley (Hill) was Jorj in World Enough and Time, and voiced Jack Ridpath for Chapel of Night (2017)
• Lorne [Alasdair] MacFadyen (Doward) voiced Sergeant Jack McManis for Dark Side of the Moon (2022), Kaiju (2025) and Shining Armour (2026), Frank Jewell for His Close Companions, Auctioneer for The Foxglove Cylinders, and Alan Stubbs for The Sitter (all 2024)
• Bhav Joshi (Deerborne) was Canterbury James Olliphant in Boom
• 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)
• Xavier Lake (Trawlerman) was stuntman on The Woman Who Fell to Earth, Revolution of the Daleks and Class
• Matt Gray was cinematographer on The Star Beast too
• Alex Balmer was also digital compositor on twenty-nine stories (from Deep Breath to Oxygen) and Class
• Emma Dorward (draughtsperson) was art department trainee on Robot of Sherwood, Time Heist, Flatline, Dark Water and Class