Doctor Who Vs. James Bond, Part 21: Casino Royale

Ian Fleming's first spy novel was published in

1953, and was adapted by CBS for American

TV just a year later. The first Bond film not

conceived by the Eon Productions stable was

released by Columbia Pictures in 1967, just

two months before You Only Live Twice.

Producer Charles Feldman had acquired the

cinema rights to Casino Royale in 1960 with

the intention of adapting the book with Eon,

but negotiations with Broccoli and Saltzman

failed.

Eon would not produce an official version until

2006, when Daniel Craig (born 1968) debuted

as Agent 007.

Shown on ITV1 last night, the twenty-first entry

in the franchise featured Judi Dench (as M), Eva

Green (Vesper), Mads Mikkelsen (Le Chiffre),

Jeffrey Wright (Leiter), and these fourteen Doctor

Who cast and crew connections:

• Big Finish actor Joseph Millson (Carter here & Quantum of Solace video game) was Alan Jackson in The Sarah Jane Adventures, then voiced Colonel Keelan for The Dalek Defence and The Triumph of Davros (both 2021), Peter Kelly for Splinters, Peetom for Paradox of the Daleks (both 2022), Jory Hopkins for The Excise Men, Teacher for Harvest of the Krotons, Co-Pilot for The Wife of River Song, Ignatius Montague for The Devouring (all 2023), Stage Yartek/Guardian for Return to Marinus, and Simon de Montford for Knights of the Round TARDIS (both 2025)
• Tobias Menzies (Villiers) was Lieutenant Stepashin in Cold War
• Malcolm Sinclair (Dryden) voiced Monty for The Beautiful and the Damned (2026)
• Robert Jezek (Officer) was Sergeant Tomasz Zbrigniev in (part 1 of) Battlefield and reprised for Debrief (2025), then voiced Commander Lee Forbes for Red Dawn, Frobisher for The Holy Terror (both 2000) and The Maltese Penguin, Brigham Elisha Dashwood for Minuet in Hell (2001), Roger Lowell for The Ratings War, Jack McElroy for Ghost Town (both 2002), the Recorder for Zagreus (2003), Yonich for Sargasso (2019), and Jarred McKenzie for Unity (2020)
• Tom [Richard] Chadbon (Broker) was Duggan in City of Death, Merdeen in The Mysterious Planet, and Forrest for BBV Productions' Conduct Unbecoming, then voiced Will Sullivan for Sarah Jane Smith (2006), Gordon Davidson for No More Lies (2007), and Embery for The Paradox Planet and Legacy of Death (both 2016)
• Simon Cox (Technician) was a Chilly in Downtime
• Christina Cole (Receptionist) was Lilith in The Shakespeare Code
• Peter Brooke (Policeman) was a Man in Daleks in Manhattan
• Greg Bennett (Driver here; Agent in Skyfall) was Guard in Dalek, Sycorax Warrior/UNIT Soldier in The Christmas Invasion, and Guest in The Lazarus Experiment
• John Chancer (Commander) voiced Cultist for AudioGo's Starfall (2010), and Stan for An Incident in Death Valley (2026)
• Marvin Stewart Campbell (stuntman here, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre, No Time to Die) was stuntman on The Woman Who Fell to Earth
• Glenn Foster was a stuntman on Tooth and Claw too
• executive producer Anthony Waye was assistant director on both Dalek films
• composer David Arnold had also provided a new arrangement of the Doctor Who theme tune for Big Finish's Eighth Doctor releases

Doctor Who Vs. Law & Order: UK, Series 7

 

Bradley Walsh, Peter Davison, Dominic Rowan, Adjoa Andoh,

and Jessica Gunning all returned for the seventh and penultimate

series of the British spin-off of Dick Wolf's Law & Order.

Paterson Joseph and Georgia Taylor both joined the programme here
 (as new DI Wes Leyton and CPS prosecutor Kate Barker), whilst Paul 
Nicholls left the series after two years as DS Sam Casey.

All six cases were again based on scripts from the parent American

show, and were originally shown in the summer of 2013. A repeat run

of the season concluded on ITV3 last night - it featured a total of

thirty-five Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Tracks

(UK TX: July 14/US TX: August 7/based on Locomotion, 2005)

• Adam James (Gennis) was DI Macmillan in Planet of the Dead
• Fraser James (Dr. Marsh) voiced Gerium for Big Finish's Valhalla (2007)
• Belinda McGinley (Marnie) was a stunt performer then co-ordinator on nine stories (from Amy's Choice to Eve of the Daleks)
• Catherine Grose (DC Smart) voiced Princess Aelfwynn/Molly Wright for The Lady of Mercia (2013)
• Karen Archer (O'Neill here & Series 8: Bad Romance) voiced Professor Allen for Never Alone (2021), DCI Denise Walker for The Annihilators (2022), Vrull Peregrine for The Great Cyber War (2023), and Countess of Warminster for Anne of a Thousand Light Years (2024)
• Raffiella Chapman (Ellie) voiced Sky/Bot for The Beautiful and the Damned (2026)
• Greg Bennett (PC) was Sycorax Warrior/UNIT Soldier in The Christmas Invasion, and Guest in The Lazarus Experiment
• Paul Kennington was also stuntman on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday and The Doctor's Daughter
• William [John] Willoughby [born Haynes] was also a stuntman on nine episodes (from Rose to A Town Called Mercy)
• Simon Diggins was also ADR mixer on fourteen stories (from The Day of the Doctor to Last Christmas)
• Julie Ankerson was also the foley artist on every revived episodes (from Rose to Twice Upon a Time), Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• James Leigh was also a camera operator on Planet of the Dead and The Girl Who Waited
•  Rob Carter was also the steadicam operator on The Bells of Saint John, The Rings of Akhaten and Last Christmas

Tremors

(UK TX: July 21/US TX: August 14/based on Aftershock, 1996)

• Joseph was Roderick in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, then voiced Victor Espinosa for Earth Aid (2011), Harbolt for The Queen of Clocks, and James Blakelock for Missy and the Time Assassin (both 2024)
• David Ajala (Dale) was Peter in The Beast Below

Paternal

(UK TX: July 28/US TX: August 21/based on Deadbeat, 1996)

• Davood Ghadami (Russell) was Jim in Let's Kill Hitler
• Amerjit Deu (Judge Patham here & Fatherly Love) voiced the Swami for Hounded (2016), the Governor for World of Damnation (2018), Roni for The Dimension Cannon 1 (2019), Jom for Maelstrom (2022), and Voltaire for Missy (2025)
• Branko Tomovic (Kopecky) voiced Professor Hans Richter for Operation Werewolf (2024), Board member for 1922: The Black Cadre, and Alexsandr for 1974: The Caldwell Restitution (both 2026)

Fatherly Love

(UK TX: August 4/US TX: August 28/based on Family Values, 1994)

• Rory Keenan (Harte) voiced Captain Gormley for Signs and Wonders, PC Jenkins for Mind Games, James Wilton/Harry for The Reesinger Process, Soldier for The Screaming Skull (all 2014), David Lacey for The Darkness of Glass, Ugo for The Red House (both 2015), and Kevin for Technophobia (2016)
• Patrick [Bashir] Baladi (McGrath) was Sir Keith Spears in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Eleanor Matsuura (Sophie) was Jo Nakashima in The Sontaran Stratagem, and voiced Dana Tanaka for Shadows of the Vashta Nerada
• Raji James (Alforth) was Dr. Rajesh Singh in Army of Ghosts and Doomsday
• for Pip Torrens see Series 5 and Alan Bond see Series 2

Mortal
(UK TX: August 11/US TX: September 11/based on Golden Years, 1994)

• Ramon Tikaram (Prasad here & Series 8: Safe From Home) voiced Wanchese for Voyage to the New World (2012), the Castellan for The Eleven, Marlock for Theatre of War, Colonel Vikram Shindi for UNIT: Extinction (all 2015), UNIT: Silenced (2016), UNIT: Encounters (2017), UNIT: Cyber Reality and UNIT: Revisitations (both 2018), Colin Colchester Price for Torchwood, and President Dunn La for The World Traders (2021)
• Sandra Voe [born Williamson] (Harriet) voiced Miss Barnett for The Hidden Realm (2016)
• Ony Uhiara (Vanessa) voiced Sisrella Teveler for The Seeds of War (2013), Alice Lloyd for The End of the Line (2015), Ronica for Planet of Dust (2019), Rita Cooper for Treason and Plot (2020), Donya for The Shroud (2023), and Vaylen V for Fear of the Light (2026)
• Nick Brimble (Dr. Hastings) voiced Shreeni for Exotron (2007), Dudley Jackson for The Eternal Summer (2009), Kith for Max Warp (2008), Olaf Ericksson for The Book of Kells (2010), and Commander Harlan for The Conscript (2017)
• Jan [Stephanie] Francis (Caroline) voiced the Ice Queen for AudioGo's A Shard of Ice (2010), and First Incorporation for Planet of the End (2021)
• Ann Akinjirin (Cecile) was Barbara Pierre Dupont in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• for Paul Darrow see Series 1

Dependent

(UK TX: August 18/US TX: September 18/based on Phobia, 2001)

• Josh O'Connor (Fellows) was Piotr in Cold War
• Stuart Organ (Walker) was Bazin in Dragonfire, and voiced Helgert Teveler/Kenneth/Trooper/Docking for The Seeds of War
• Glynis [born van der Riet] Barber (Sue) voiced Kathy Blake for The Sinestran Kill (2019), and Nicholaa de la Haye for The Outlaws (2022)
• Raquel [Josephine] Cassidy (Lydia) was Miranda Cleaves in The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People, and voiced Mesca for The Judgement of Isskar (2009), Inquisa for Paradoxicide, Destiny Gray for Question Marks (both 2011), Dr. Alison Foster for Destination: Nerva, Audio- Go's Narrator of The Art of Death, The Nu-Humans and The Empty House (all 2012), and Guinevere Godiva for Jago & Litefoot 5 (2013)

Doctor Who Vs. Centurion

Pathé's historical action film, written and
directed by Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers),
was loosely based on the legend of the
massacre of the Roman Ninth Legion in
Caledonia (ancient Scotland) in the early
second century AD. 

The story was popularised in the 1954 

children's novel, The Eagle of the Ninth,

adapted as The Eagle in 2011. The cast was

led by Michael Fassbender and Dominic West

as the titular Centurion, Quintus Dias and

General Titus Flavius Virilus.

Released in 2010 by Warner Bros. the film
 was screened on Legend Extra last night,

and featured Noel Clarke, and twenty-two

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• David [Mark] Morrissey (Bothos) was Jackson Lake in The Next Doctor
• Liam Cunningham (Brick) was Captain Zhukov in Cold War
• Lee Ross (Septus) was the Boatswain in The Curse of the Black Spot
• JJ [John Joseph] Field (Thax) voiced David McCallister for Big Finish's Blue Forgotten Planet (2009)
• Rachael [Atlanta] Stirling (Druzilla) was Ada Gillyflower in The Crimson Horror, and voiced Demesne Furze for Trail of the White Worm (2012), Adelaine Dutemps for The Monster of Montmartre (2015) and Jill Meadows for Technophobia (2016)
• Dimitri Leonidas (Leonidas) was Howie Spragg in The God Complex
• Paul [born Peter John] Freeman (Agricola) voiced Jalnik for The Foe from the Future (2012)
• Peter Guinness (Cassius) voiced Mr. Dread for Dreamland, Childeric for The Holy Terror (2000), Baron Teufel/Zoff for The Beast of Orlok (2009), Rovus for The Star Men (2017), and Garzan for The Dying Breed (2025)
• Simon Chadwick (Messenger) was Cal Kilburne in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Enemy of the Bane
• Michael Carter (Antoninus) began his acting career as Prisoner/UNIT Soldier in The Mind of Evil
• Greg Bennett (Centurion) was Sycorax Warrior/UNIT Soldier in The Christmas Invasion, and Guest in The Lazarus Experiment
• Sharon Colley was a make-up artist on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• make-up assistant Vivienne Simpson was make-up artist on twenty-eight adventures (from A Christmas Carol to The Name of the Doctor)
• Jim McCallum (dressing props) was stand-by art director on The Day of the Doctor
• ADR recordist Simon Diggins was ADR mixer on fifteen stories (from the 50th anniversary special to The Husbands of River Song)
• David Forman was also stuntman on Tooth and Claw, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Idiot's Lantern, Fear Her and The Runaway Bride
• stunt double Jamie Edgell was stuntman on The End of the World, then stunt co-ordinator on Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways
• stunt co-ordinator Paul Herbert was stuntman on The End of Time
• George Cottle was also stuntman on Boom Town, The Runaway Bride and Smith and Jones 
• Rob Cooper and Rick Englsih were stunt performers on Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and Tooth and Claw respectively
• stuntman Gordon Seed was stunt co-ordinator on thirty-six episodes (from The Idiot's Lantern to Kill the Moon
• Paul Kennington was also a stuntman on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday and The Doctor's Daughter

Doctor Who Vs. Law & Order: UK, Series 4

Bradley Walsh, Jamie

Bamber, Freema Agyeman,

and Harriet Walter returned

for the fourth series of the

British spin-off of Dick Wolf's

 Law & Order. Bill Paterson

and Ben Daniels left the pro-

gramme in Skeletons, when

their characters (CPS Director

Castle and Senior Prosecutor

James Steel) both resigned

from the Crown Prosecution Service.

All six cases were again based on scripts from the parent American drama.

A repeat run of the season (originally shown in the winter of 2011) began

on ITV3 last night - it featured Nicola Walker, Jemma Redgrave, and a

total of thirty Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

ID (UK TX: March 21 2011/based on Promises to Keep, 1993)

• Geraldine Alexander (Ellen) was Areta in Vengeance in Varos
• Matthew [Anthony] McNulty (Nash) was Adam Lang in Praxeus
• Andy Godbold (stunts here, Series 5: Crush, S8: I Predict a Riot) was stuntman on The Bells of Saint John, and co-ordinator on four stories (from Boom to Joy to the World)
• for Andy Goddard, Malcolm Thornton, Nick Foley and Robert Glenister see Series 1
• for Mike Jones and Isla Blair see Series 3

Denial (U K TX: March 14/based on DNR, 1999)

• for Catherine Tregenna and Jessica Gunning see Series 1
• Juliet [Anne Virginia] Stevenson (Rachel) voiced Winifred Whitby for Fond Farewell (2022)
• Diana [Marilyn] Quick (Judge Hall here, Duty of Care & S8: Flaw) voiced Prime for Scream of the Shalka, then Sophie Kinzky for Lay Down Your Arms (2022)
• Duane Henry (Flynn) was Mechanic Claude in Midnight

Shaken (UK TX: April 4/based on Homesick, 1996)

• Paul Wilmshurst was also director of Kill the Moon, Mummy on the Orient Express and Last Christmas
• Adetomiwa Edun (Benson) was Brock in The Return of Doctor Mysterio, then voiced Corvell for The Forest of Penitence, and Block for The Players (borh 2022)
• Rebecca Night [born Hardwick] (Leila) voiced Helene for Masquerade (2014), Matilda Gregson for Beachhead (2016), and Romana for The Difference Office (2022)
• Pooky [born Joanna] Quesnel (Andrea) was the Captain in A Christmas Carol, and Dorothea Ames in Class, and voiced Annalise Avenley for The Running Men (2024)

Duty of Care (UK TX: March 28/based on Endurance, 2000)

• Geoffrey Leesley (Harris) voiced Paramount Minister Mortund for Arrangements for War (2004), and Harold for AudioGo's The Broken Crown (2011)
• Ashley McGuire (Simone) voiced the Sergeant for The Red House (2015)
• Oliver Dimsdale (Peck) voiced Morecombe Unwise for Come Die With Me, Mervyn Garvey for Dead to the World, Archie Ferrers for The Boundless Sea (all 2015), Commander Trelon for A Thing of Guile (2016), and Rebben Tace/V52 for The Sons of Kaldor (2018)

Help (UK TX: March 7/based on We Like Mike, 1997)

• for James Strong see Series 3
• Michael Cochrane (Burchville) was Charles Cranleigh in Black Orchid, Redvers Fenn-Cooper in Ghost Light, then voiced Lt. Col. Brook for No Man's Land (2006), Murgat for Brotherhood of the Daleks (2008), Colonel Spindleton for Trail of the White Worm and The Oseidon Adventure (both 2012), Cedric Chivers for The Time Machine (2013), and Geralk for The Fate of Krelos and Return to Telos (2015)
• Elizabeth Rider (Fiona) was Ellen in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Lost in Time, then provided the ATMOS voice for The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky, and was Linda in The Time of the Doctor - she also voiced Galatea for The Well-Mannered War (2015)
• Andrew Havill (Morris) was the Chief Steward in Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Aleister Portillon/Squire Claude for The Witch from the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
• Jamie Cho (Young) was Colonel Chan in The Star Beast

Skeletons (UK TX: April 11/based on Trophy, 1996)

• Tobias Menzies (Cain) was Lieutenant Stepashin in Cold War 
• Mark [Lee] Dexter (Hareton) was Dad in Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead, then Charles Babbage in Spyfall
• Jade Anouka (Carla) was the Waitress in The Bells of Saint John, and voiced Danuta for The Blood Furnace (2017)
• Ian Adrian was also a camera operator on The Vampires of Venice, The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, Vincent and the Doctor, The Lodger and An Adventure in Space and Time