Doctor Who Vs. Wire in the Blood, Series 3

Based on characters created by Val

McDermid, this dark crime drama (named

after her 1997 novel) returned to screens

in early 2005. The Tyne Tees TV and

Coastal co-production (filmed at locations

in and around Newcastle but set in the

fictional Yorkshire town of Bradfield)

centred on the work of profiler Dr. Tony

Hill and DCI Carol Jordan, portrayed by

Robson Green and Hermione Norris.

A repeat run of the four thrillers began

on ITV3 last night - they featured Emma

Handy, and a total of twenty Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

Redemption (TX: February 21 2005)

• Michael Begley (Stocks) was Mulligan in The Curse of the Black Spot, and Allan in Fugitive of the Judoon
• Ben Smith (Mugger) was Luke in School Reunion
• Dickon Tolson (Henry) voiced Sharz Sevix for Big Finish's The Game (2005), and Annos for Gallifrey 3 (2006)
• Rod [Paul] Woodruff was also stunt arranger on Rose and World War Three 
• for Norris, Handy and Terry McDonough see Series 2
• Joanne Thompson (assistant) was costume designer on K9

Bad Seed (TX: February 28)

• Alex Sanjiv Pillai was director of Joy to the World too
• Jamie Parker (Gant) 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 Pancaldi for Interlude, Brian for Echo Chamber, Jasper Fernbridge for Towards Zero, Torrence for Castle Hydra, Sandar for Effect and Cause, Sir Percy Blakeney/Terrance for Plight of the Pimpernel (all 2020), Captain Hallorin for Ravagers (2021), Anthony/Ed for Quantum of Axos, and Tsar Alexander II/Trinity for Lay Down Your Arms (both 2022)
• Ian [Jacob] Thompson (Oldman) was Hetra in The Web Planet, and Malsan in (episode 2 of) The Chase
• Sue Wallace (Sheila) voiced Mrs. Baddeley for The Chimes of Midnight, Edith for Season of Fear (both 2002), and Mertil for The Whispering Forest (2010)

Nothing But the Night (TX; March 7)

• Sara [Scott] Stewart [born Griffith] (Patricia) provided Platform One's computer voice for The End of the World
• Natalie [Sithokozile] Gumede (Receptionist) was Ashley Carter in Last Christmas, then voiced Aeronwen for The Famished Lands (2019), Isobel/Neighbour for Twenty-Four Doors in December (2023), Ruath for Goth Opera (2024), and Matilda Chase Moyo for Pathways (2026)
• Nigel [Edward] Hastings (Reece) was the Commander in The Pyramid at the End of the World, and voiced Quain for Creatures of Beauty (2003), and Kreo/Boden for Return to Skaro (2020)
• William [John] Willoughby [born Haynes] (Man) was stuntman on Rose, Smith and Jones, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, The Pandorica Opens, A Good Man Goes to War, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, A Town Called Mercy and Torchwood

Synchronicity (TX: March 17)

• Steffan Rhodri (Denton) voiced the Prime Minister for UNIT, Comm- ander Korshal for Dreamtime (both 2005), and Ted for The Silent Streets of Barry Island
• Donald [Macleod] Douglas (Bishop) was Vural in The Sontaran Experiment
• VFX artist Gareth Spensley was colourist on fifty-nine stories (from The God Complex to Eve of the Daleks)
• for Crispin Layfield see Series 1

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 3

The third season of BBC1's popular
crime drama again starred Amanda

Burton (as Home Office pathologist
Professor Sam Ryan) and William
Armstrong (pictured as Dr. Trevor
Stewart). The show's distinctive theme

music earned a RTS award for composer

John Harle later that year.

A repeat run of the eight-part series

(originally shown in the spring of 1998)

 began on Drama last night - it featured

a total of seventeen Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

An Academic Exercise
(TX: March 19 & 20 1998)

• Adam James (Blackman here; Fell in Series 16: Trust) was DI McMillan in Planet of the Dead
• Big Finish actor Paul Panting (Gordon) voiced Professor Maylon for Of Chaos Time The, Llangragen/Geoffrey Jennings for The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night-time, Brabbeko for Revenge of the Swarm (all 2014), Drell/Marshleader for Mistfall (2015), Fyrax for The Paradox Planet and Legacy of Death (both 2016), Freddie for Island of the Fendahl, Ravlos for The Ultimate Evil (both 2019), Ilyani/Bailiff for A Tragical History, Karl Lamb for The First Son (both 2021), Vega for The End (2022), Nate Duffy/Fennec for The Wizard of Time, Brakow for Oodunnit (both 2023), and Horsemen for Most Wanted (2025)
• [Mark] Alec Newman (Arnold) voiced Ed Driscoll for Blue Forgotten Planet (2009), Dr. Julius for The Silent Scream (2017), and Dr. James Breck for James Robert McCrimmon (2023)
• Katharine Schlesinger (Dr. Evans) was Gwendoline in Ghost Light

Fallen Idol (TX: April 2 & 3)

• Alex Sanjiv Pillai was director of Joy to the World too
• Rachel Davies (Eileen) was Camilla in State of Decay
• Lesley [Ann] Manville (Suzy) depicted Heather Hartnell in An Adventure in Space and Time

Divided Loyalties (UK TX: April 16 & 17)

• Neil Stuke (Fox) voiced the titular role for The Crooked Man (2014), then was Lee Clayton in Fugitive of the Judoon
• Andrée Bernard (Assistant) was Dolly Bailey in The Shakespeare Code, then voiced Ellen Green for Blue Forgotten Planet, Erisi for The Entropy Composition, Lorelei for Paradise 5 (both 2010), Joanna Slade for The Feast of Axos (2011), Dr. Paignton/Constable for The Red House, Susie/Sylvie for Stage Fright, Tethneka/Carter/ Thing for Terror of the Sontarans (all 2015), Lulu Hammerstein for The Silent Scream, and Mary Sissinghurst for The Carrionite Curse (2017)
• Simon [Timothy] Chandler (Dr. Newman) voiced Corporal Arthur Dimes for Churchill Victorious (2018)
• Josette [Patricia] Simon (DCI Hoskins) voiced Sarana Teel for The Sontaran Ordeal (2016), and Taraneh for The Mind Runners (2018)
• Tim Faraday (PC Davis) was Tom's Dad in Fear Her
• Bill Anderson was also director of Thin Ice and Knock Knock
• Philip Kloss was also film editor on The Doctor's Daughter, Midnight, The End of Time, Torchwood: Children of Earth and An Adventure in Space and Time

Brothers In Arms (UK TX: April 23 & 24)

• Elizabeth Berrington (Jane) was Auntie in The Doctor's Wife
• Stephen [George] Churchett (Alexander) was Bill in Attack of the Cybermen
• Alec Sabin (Newsreader) was Ringway in Earthshock