Doctor Who Vs. Spooks, Series 3

Series regulars Peter Firth, Nicola Walker, Hugh

Simon, Rory MacGregor, and Shauna Macdonald

returned for the third season of the award-winning

BBC spy drama, first shown in the autumn of 2004.

The run saw the departure of three key characters

- MI5 officers Tom Quinn (played by Matthew

Macfadyen), Zoe Reynolds (Keeley Hawes), and Danny Hunter (David Oyelowo) - whilst Rupert

Penry-Jones joined the programme as former MI6

agent Adam Carter.

A repeat showing of the ten-part series began on

U&Drama last night - it featured a total of twenty

-four Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Bill Anderson was also director of Thin Ice and Knock Knock
• Jonny Campbell was also director of The Vampires of Venice and Vincent and the Doctor
• Jalaal Hartley (Sayle) was Richard Burbage in The Shakespeare Code
• Harriet [Mary] Walter (Deep Throat) was Jo Patterson in Revolution of the Daleks, and voiced Beatrice Mapp for Big Finish's The Boy That Time Forgot (2008)
• Alisdair Simpson (Officer) voiced Sir Francis White/David Ritchie for 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), Cleon for Mask of Tragedy (2014), Freeman Lifford for The Boundless Sea (2015), Sidney Wheeler/Field Marshal Brooke for Churchill Victorious (2018), Damadus for Return to Skaro (2020), Lord Varliss for UNIT: Nemesis (2022/23), and Manning/Andor for Who Am I?
• Jake Polonsky was also the cinematographer on The Bells of Saint John and Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
• Huw Rhys [born Rees] (North) was Redpath in The Unquiet Dead
• Debra Gillett (Psychologist) was Rita Connolly in The Idiot's Lantern
• Barnaby Kay (Fortescue) was Heidi in The Girl Who Died, and voiced Martin Donaldson for A Life in the Day (2015), Commander Thrakken for The Neverwhen (2016), Gerrard Pulman/Foreman for Precious Annihilation (2020), Chilton for The Devil's Hoofprints (2021), Axos for Planet Doom (2024), and Nim Karl for The Remains of Kaerula and The Ruins of Kaerula (both 2025)
• Daniel [Gwyn] Evans (QC) was Danny Llewellyn in The Christmas Invasion
• Dominic Mafham (DS Loughton) voiced Moran for The Jigsaw War (2012), and Chidak for The Dalek Contract and The Final Phase (both 2013)
• Ian McNeice (Judge) portrayed Winston Churchill in The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, The Pandorica Opens, The Wedding of River Song then for Big Finish's The Churchill Years (2016/18), Their Finest Hour, Subterfuge and Operation: Hellfire (both 2020) - he also voiced Zeus for Immortal Beloved (2007), and Reginald Harcourt for Renaissance Man (2012)
• Kayvan Novak (Ozal) provided the voice of Handles for The Time of the Doctor
• Clare Corbett (Teacher) voiced Ernestina Stott for AudioGo's The Dead Shoes, Nun for A Sting in the Tale (both 2009), Narrator of The Hounds of Artemis, Dead of Winter, The Way Through the Woods, Touched by an Angel (all 2011), Summer Falls (2013), The Drosten's Curse (2015), The Good Doctor, The Fires of Pompeii (2022), The Romans (2023), The Wednesday That Wasn't and Counterstrike (both 2025), Harriet/Technician for The Rise of the New Humans, Lukaku for Stolen Goods (both 2018), Cherilyn Dankworth for The Unzal Incursion, Ravager for Cataclysm and Food Fight (all 2021), and Carmella for Sunstrike (2024)
• Adrian Lukis (Sylvester) voiced Bragg for Cobwebs (2010), Byzan for The Children of Seth (2011), Professor Jeffrey Broderick for Counter Measures 1 (2012), Harvey Marsh for The Justice of Jalxar, Sigmund Freud for Return of the Repressed (both 2013), and Ansillon for Blood of the Time Lords (2022)
• Tim McInnerny (Mace) and Adrian Rawlins (Forrestal) both appeared in Planet of the Ood, as Klineman Halpen and Dr. Ryder respectively - McInnerny also voiced Admiral Dolne for The Well-Mannered War (2015), whilst Rawlins voiced Frederick Abberline for Jago & Litefoot 7 (2014), and Gilman Hari for Antillia the Lost (2023)
• Arabella Weir (Michelle) voiced the Doctor for Exile (2003), and Valderon for Prisoner of the Ood (2018), then was Billis in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
• Owen [Nigel Courtney] Teale (Morgan) was Maldak (pictured) in Vengeance on Varos, and voiced Hayton for The Mind's Eye (2007)
• Rob Dixon (Mike) voiced Sergeant Wood for No Man's Land (2006), and Reggie Mead for Project: Twilight (2001)
• Sam Spruell (Belling) was Swarm in Flux
• James Howard (Reporter) voiced Colonel Matthews for Intelligence for War (2023)
• Nila Aalia (Juliet) was Lakshmi Chandra in Wish World
• Julian Nix was the graphic designer on An Adventure in Space and Time too 

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 25

The twenty-fifth season of BBC

Studios' evergreen crime drama

was first shown in the spring of

2022 - it starred Emilia Fox and

David Caves as doctors Nikki

Alexander and Jack Hodgson.

The Home Office forensic path-

ologists (based in London's Lyell

Centre) were joined by Genesis

Lynea (Dr. Simone Tyler).

A repeat run of the six-part

series began on Drama last

night - it saw the return of

Amanda Burton as Dr. Sam

Ryan, and featured Jemma

Redgrave, and a total of

sixteen Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• for Lynea see Series 24
• for director Bill Anderson see Series 3
• Hugh [Antony Kobna] Quarshie (Mashaba) was Solomon in Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks
• Matthew Gravelle (Faulkner) voiced Klinus for Random Ghosts and The Lights of Skaro (both 2014), then provided the titular voice of Kerblam!
• for Ian Puleston Davies see Series 11
• Dave Simon (Raman) was an Extra in Rogue 
• Duncan Preston (DI Campbell) voiced the titular alien in the Doctor Who and Crayola sketch for Victoria Wood as Seen on TV
• Nadia Albina (Emma) 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)
• Paul Thornley (Caulfield) voiced Marko for Seven Keys to Doomsday (2008), Michael Rond for Fitz's Story, Gomori for Paper Cuts (both 2009), Robbie Flint/Cyril for Criss-Cross (2015), Relb/Sita for The Butler Did It, and Captain Goben for Pursuit of the Nightjar (both 2023)
• Simon Lipkin (Clarke) was Nollarr in The Girl Who Died
• Glynis [born van der Riet] Barber (Caroline) voiced Kathy Blake for The Sinestran Kill (2019), and Nicholaa de la Haye for The Outlaws (2022)
• for Mark Frost see Series 7
• Chris Anderson (Meehan) was a Chorister in The Rings of Akhaten
• for Amir Nazempour see Series 23
• Stuart Bagshaw was foley editor on Survivors of the Flux
• Chris Rodgers was also colourist on The Lie of the Land and Empress of Mars

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