Pictures was based on the crime novels of
Adam Creed, and acted as the pilot for the
forthcoming series. Due to the closure of ITV
Encore later this month, the six-part run will
air on ITV.
The serial (an adaptation of Suffer the
Children, published in 2009) is set during
an August heatwave in London, and DI Will
Wagstaffe (played by Tom Riley) led the
investigation into a series of brutal attacks
on unconvicted paedophiles.
Originally shown on Encore in November
2016, the drama was repeated last night,
and featured Miranda Raison (as Sylvie),
and seventeen other Doctor Who cast and
crew connections:
- Riley portrayed Robin Hood (pictured) in Robot of Sherwood
- prolific Big Finish actor Tim Treloar (DS Smethurst) voiced Van Cleef for Return of the Rocket Men, the Lord President for Dark Eyes, the Ancient One for Gods and Monsters, Lord Jack for Destination Nerva, Tyron for The Burning Prince (all 2012), Telephus and Cisyphus for Mask of Tragedy (2014), Ergu for The Exxilons, and Narrator for The Third Doctor Adventures (from 2015), Damascus (2016) and Gardeners' World (2017)
- Anji Mohindra (DC Chancellor) played Rani Chandra in The Sarah Jane Adventures, and voiced Jyoti Cutler for Scavenger (2014)
- Nicholas Asbury (Dawlish) was Etoine in The Zygon Inversion, and voiced Rowe for The Many Deaths of Jo Grant (2011), Burmaster for UNIT: Assembled, and Chordok for The Silurian Candidate (both 2017)
- Robert Hands (Nico) was Algy in The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances, and later voiced Captain Solex for The War Doctor 2, Pope Leo X for The Ravelli Conspiracy, Daniel Defoe for The Diary of River Song 2 (all 2016), and Lagrange for The First Doctor 2 (2017)
- T'Nia Miller (Gail) was the General in Hell Bent
- Justin Salinger (Regis) was Tasker in Oxygen
- Franc Ashman (Lisa) was Christine in The Big Bang
- Teresa Banham (Greta) was the Governor of HMP Broadfell in The End of Time
- Eugene Washington (Mallory) was Mr. Wagner in School Reunion
- Roy Holder (Caretaker) was Krelper in The Caves of Androzani
- Polly Polivnick (Holly) was Peggy in Village of the Angels
- line producer Debbi Slater was production manager on Blink, Planet of the Ood, The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky, The Unicorn and the Wasp, Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead, then associate producer on Planet of the Dead, The Waters of Mars, The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood
- Colin Teague also directed The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords, The Fires of Pompeii and Torchwood
- producer Chris Clough was the director of Terror of the Vervoids, The Ultimate Foe, Delta and the Bannermen, Dragonfire, The Happiness Patrol and Silver Nemesis
- Philip Hookway was film editor on Flatline too
- Mick Pantaleo was also the first assistant director on A Christmas Carol, The Doctor's Wife and Night Terrors
