Doctor Who Vs. Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

Agatha Christie's eighth full-
length Miss Marple mystery, her

fifty-third novel, was published in

1962, then issued as The Mirror

Crack'd in North America. The

Queen of Crime was influenced by

the real-life tragedy of American

actress Gene Tierney for her plot.

The book's title was taken from Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott,

and was dedicated to cinematic

Marple actress Margaret Rutherford.

Julie McKenzie again depicted the

eponymous sleuth for ITV Studios'

fifth series of Marple - this production followed a British film version in 1980,

and a BBC serial in 1992. First broadcast in January 2011, the mystery was

 repeated on ITV3 today - it featured these thirteen Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• for Joanna Lumley see The Body In The Library
• Lindsay [Vere] Duncan (Marina here; Lady Tamplin in The Mystery of the Blue Train) was Captain Adelaide Brooke in The Waters of Mars
• Martin Jarvis (Hogg here; Warburton in Dead Man's Folly; Narrator of The Mysterious Mr. Quinn) was Hilio in The Web Planet, Butler in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and the Governor in Vengeance on Varos, then voiced Nigel Rochester for Big Finish's Jubilee (2003)
• Neil Stuke (Dr. Haydock here; Baker in The Case of the Missing Will) voiced the titular role of The Crooked Man (2014), then was Lee Clayton in Fugitive of the Judoon
• Samuel Barnett (DS Tiddler) voiced Hans Tod for The Beast of Orlok (2009), Robin for Nightshade (2016), Norton Folgate for Torchwood, Cicero for Tartarus (2019), and Emlak for The Sublime Porte (2023)
• Hugh [Richard] Bonneville [born Williams] (DI Hewitt here; Masterman in Murder on the Orient Express, 2010; Strange in Towards Zero, 2010; Ralston in The Mousetrap, 2012) was Captain Henry Avery in The Curse of the Black Spot, and voiced Sidney Herbert/Tsar Nicholas I for The Angel of Scutari (2009)
• Olivia Darnley (Cherry here; Nurse in Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures) was Kourtney in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot; and voiced Emily Cole for Prisoner of the Ood (2018)
• Anna Andresen (Maisie) voiced Lithea/Elementals for Light the Flame (2021), and was the Tsarina in The Power of the Doctor 
• series executive producer Damian Timmer made a cameo appearance in An Adventure in Space and Time as a Menoptera, and Nigel Squibbs was sound mixer on that production too
• film editor Matthew Tabern also edited Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Human Nature, The Family of Blood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Sean Clayton was also the second assistant director on Dalek and Father's Day
• series production runner Donna Shakesheff was art department co-ordinator (then prop buyer) on every episode from Asylum of the Daleks to Kill the Moon

Doctor Who Vs. Grantchester, Series 10

The latest season of the Kudos and ITV Studios period crime drama

 (based on The Grantchester

Mysteries book series from James

Runcie) concluded on ITV1 last night.

The penultimate, eight-part run

(which premiered on PBS back in

 July) again featured Robson Green,

Rishi Nair, Al Weaver, Tess Peake

Jones, Kacey Ainsworth, Bradley

Hall, Oliver Dimsdale, Nick Brimble,

Melissa Johns, newcomer Christie

Russell Brown, and a total of twelve

Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

• Neil Stuke (Wait) voiced the titular role of Big Finish's The Crooked Man (2014), then was Lee Clayton in Fugitive of the Judoon
• Maggie O'Neill (Mavis) voiced Captain Lysandra Aristedes for Project: Destiny (2010), Protect and Serve, Black and White, Project: Nirvana, Gods and Monsters (all 2012) and The Last Day (2023)
• Gemma Page (Eliza) voiced an Agent for The Flood (2019)
• Paul [Mackriell] Copley (Potts) was Clem McDonald in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced Dad for Spare Parts (2002), Jimmy Deel for Missing Persons (2013), Mick Huff for The Miniaturist (2022), and Wendell for The Conservitors (2023)
• for Mariah Gale see Series 2
• Maxim Ays (Eric) was Lord Galpin in Rogue 
• Paul Lacoux (Ridley)voiced Dr. Mark Mathias for The Harvest (2004)
• Brid Brennan (Clara) was the Visionary in The End of Time
• for Louise Page and Rose Goodhart see Series 4
• for Mark Waters see Series 5
• James Hyde was also ADR mixer on Survivors of the Flux, The Vanquishers, Eve of the Daleks and The Power of the Doctor

Doctor Who On This Day #27

 

1968 - The Enemy of the World, Episode

6 first screened on BBC1

1970 - The Web of Fear, Episode 2, The

Ice Warriors, Episode 3 and Fury from

the Deep, Episode 1 all repeated on ABC

1971 - The Invasion, Episode 6

repeated on ABC

1973 - Carnival of Monsters, Episode

1 first screened on BBC1
1975 - Planet of the Daleks, Episode

4 repeated on ABC
1979 - The Armageddon Factor, Part

2 first screened on BBC1 
1982 - The Brain of Morbius, Part 4 repeated

on KQED Plus; and Four to Doomsday, Part

4 first screened on BBC Cymru

1983 - The Power of Kroll, Part 2

repeated on KQED Plus
1984 - Director Douglas Camfield died

 in Hounslow, aged 52; Snakedance,

Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus; and

 Frontios, Part 2 first screened on BBC1

1985 - The Caves of Androzani

Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - The Leisure Hive Omnibus repeated on WTTW

 11; Earthshock, Part 1 first screened on TROS; and

Revelation of the Daleks, Part 3 (of 4) first screened

on ABC

1987 - The Space Museum, Episode 2: The Dimensions

of Time repeated on KQED Plus; and The Sontaran

Experiment, Part 1 repeated on TV1

1988 - Image of the Fendahl, Part 1 repeated on KQED

Plus; and The Power of Kroll, Part 2 repeated on TV2

1989 - Colony in Space, Episode 5 repeated on KQED Plus
1990 - The Invisible Enemy Omnibus repeated on

WTTW 11; and Kinda, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - The Seeds of Death, Episode 3 repeated on UK Gold

1994 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 3 repeated

 on UK Gold; and Frontios, Part 4 repeated on ABC

1995 - The Mysterious Planet, Part

2 repeated on UK Gold

1996 - The Ghosts of N-Space,

Episode 2 first broadcast on Radio 2

1997 - Colony in Space, Episode 2 repeated on UKTV

 (Aus); Day of the Daleks Omnibus repeated KQED Plus;

and The Sea Devils Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

1998 - The Gunfighters, Episode 4: The OK Corral

first screened on Space; and Castrovalva, Part

3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Gunfighters, Episode 4: The

OK Corral repeated on Space; and The

King's Demons Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2000 - The Daleks, Episode 7: The Rescue repeated

on UKTV (Aus); The Mind Robber, Episode 2 repeated

on Space; and The Mind of Evil, Episode 5 first screened

on TG4

2001 - Terror of the Zygons Omnibus repeated on UKTV

(Aus); The Stones of Blood, Part 3 first screened on Prairie

 PTV; The Creature from the Pit, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

 on Colorado PTV; Nightmare of Eden, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on Iowa PTV; and Time Flight, Part 1 repeated

on BBC Prime

2002 - Frontier in Space Omnibus repeated on MPT; Genesis of 
the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on MiND; The Robots 
of Death, Part 1 repeated on WILL; The Ribos Operation, Part

4 repeated on KUED; The Horns of Nimon, Part 1 repeated

 on Twin Cities PTV; State of Decay, Part 4 and Warriors'

Gate, Part 1 both repeated on WCET; Four to Doomsday,

Part 3 repeated on Lakeshore PTV and Part 4 repeated

on Lakeshore PTV and WQED; Kinda, Parts 3 and 4

both repeated on NHPTV; Snakedance, Parts 3 and

4 both repeated on Colorado PTV; Frontios, Parts 1

and 2 both repeated on Iowa PTV; and Ghost

Light Omnibus repeated on UK Gold 

2003 - Planet of the Spiders, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on KQED 
Plus; The Face of Evil Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can); and 
The Ghosts of N-Space, Episode 6 repeated on Radio 4 Extra

2004 - The Gunfighters, Episode 4: The OK Corral

repeated on ABC; and The Deadly Assassin, Parts

 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2005 - The Deadly Assassin, Part 4 repeated on ABC
2006 - Battlefield, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on ABC;

The End of the World and The Unquiet Dead both first

screened on Yes Action; and Bad Wolf first screened on

 Jimmy

2007 - Carnival of Monsters Omnibus and School Reunion

both repeated on UK Gold; The End of the World repeated

on één; Father's Day repeated on BBC America; The Girl

in the Fireplace repeated on Jimmy; and Doomsday first

screened on KBS2

2008 - The End of the World repeated on WXXI

2009 - The Two Doctors, Parts 2 and 3 (of 6) both first

screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; World War Three and

Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Why On Earth? both

repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Christmas Invasion

repeated on ABC1; Midnight and Turn Left both first

screened on France 4; and Doctor Who Confidential:

Christmas Special 2008 repeated on BBC3

2010 - Father's Day repeated on Syfy (FRG); and The Idiot's

Lantern and Doctor Who Confidential: The Writer's Tale both

repeated on BBC3

2011 - Father's Day and The Empty Child both repeated on

Syfy (FRG); Doomsday repeated on Space; and Silence in

the Library repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2012 - Aliens of London repeated on BBC America; The Age

 of Steel repeated on ABC2; The Shakespeare Code repeated 

on Watch; and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Friends

and Foe repeated on UKTV

2013 - The War Machines Omnibus repeated on UKTV; The Ark

in Space, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; The Girl in the 
Fireplace repeated on UKTV (NZ); Amy's Choice and The Hungry 
Earth both repeated on Fox (FRG); A Christmas Carol repeated

on WTTW HD; The Doctor's Wife repeated on MPTV; and Night

Terrors first screened on WPT

2014 - The Brain of Morbius, Parts 1 and 2 and Mawdryn Undead,
Parts 3 and 4 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Smith and Jones repeated
on France 4; Voyage of the Damned repeated on Syfy (Port); Victory 
of the Daleks repeated on Watch; Cold Blood and Vincent

and the Doctor both repeated on DR3; The Big Bang, The

Pandorica Opens and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown:

Heartbreak Hotel all repeated on UKTV (Aus); A

Christmas Carol and The Impossible Astronaut both
repeated on BBC America; The Doctor, the Widow

and the Wardrobe repeated on TV3 (Spa); The Angels

Take Manhattan repeated on Ztélé; Journey to the

Centre of the TARDIS repeated on WPT; The Crimson

Horror repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; and

The Name of the Doctor first screened on KBS2

2015 - Death to the Daleks, Part 4 and Planet of the Spiders,

Part 1 both repeated on Horror; The Robots of Death, Part 3

first screened on Retro TV and Part 4 first screened on Retro

TV and repeated on Syfy (Aus); Tooth and Claw and

The Big Bang both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Fires

of Pompeii and Planet of the Ood both repeated on

BBC America; Closing Time repeated on Watch;

The Power of Three, Doctor Who Confidential: About

a Boy and Bigger on the Inside all repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP; Hide repeated on UKTV (NZ); and

Nightmare in Silver repeated on KCPT2

2016 - The Invasion of Time, Part 4 repeated on Syfy (Aus)

and Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on Retro TV; Resurrection

of the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4 (of 4) both repeated on Horror;

 Army of Ghosts repeated on BBC America; Doomsday

repeated on BBC America and France 4; The Impossible

 Planet repeated on Watch; Amy's Choice and The Hungry 

Earth both repeated on BBC Polska HD; Night Terrors

repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Angels Take Manhattan

repeated on TV Cultura; The Time of the Doctor repeated

 on KLRU; Into the Dalek repeated on BBC Entertainment 

AP; Robot of Sherwood repeated on WGVU; and Dark

Water repeated on FX (Ind)

2017 - Actor Sir John Vincent Hurt CBE died in Cromer,

aged 77; The Time Meddler, Episode 1: The Watcher

repeated on The Zone; Nightmare of Eden, Parts 2 and

3 both repeated on Retro TV; The Long Game repeated

on FX (Ind); Voyage of the Damned, A Good Man Goes

to War, Let's Kill Hitler, Night Terrors, The Girl Who

Waited and The God Complex all repeated on Syfy (Aus);

The Impossible Astronaut, Day of the Moon, Doctor Who

Extra: In the Forest of the Night and Death in Heaven all

repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Angels Take Manhattan

and The Bells of Saint John both repeated on France 4;

Kill the Moon repeated on KLRU; Under the Lake repeated

on BBC Entertainment EU; The Zygon Invasion, Sleep No

More, Face the Raven and Heaven Sent all repeated on

Syfy (Bra); and Class, Episode 2 first screened on Prime

2018 - Image of the Fendahl, Parts 2 and 3 and Warriors

of the Deep, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on Retro TV; Love

& Monsters, Fear Her, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday and

The Runaway Bride all repeated on Star World Premiere;

The Vampires of Venice, Amy's Choice, Sleep No More,

Heaven Sent and Hell Bent all repeated on Syfy (LA);

The Rebel Flesh, The Almost People, A Good Man Goes to 

War, Let's Kill Hitler and Night Terrors all repeated on BBC

Polska HD; Under the Lake, The Girl Who Died, The Woman

Who Lived and The Zygon Invasion all repeated on Syfy

(Aus); The Pyramid at the End of the World repeated and

The Lie of the Land first screened, both on RAI4; and The

Renaissance Man repeated on Radio 4 Extra

2019 - 100,000 BC, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated

on Retro TV; Planet of Evil Omnibus repeated on WSRE;

The Brain of Morbius, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on

KBTC; The Seeds of Doom Omnibus repeated on

MPTV; Meglos, Part 3 repeated on KPTS; Four to

Doomsday Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; The Poison

Sky, The Doctor's Daughter, The Unicorn and the Wasp,

Silence in the Library, Forest of the Dead, Midnight and

Turn Left all repeated on W; Day of the Moon and The

Curse of the Black Spot both repeated on BBC Polska

HD; The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe and

Asylum of the Daleks both repeated on One ARD; 

Empress of Mars repeated on Fox (FRG); The Ghost

Monument and Rosa both first screened on RAI4;

and The Tsuranga Conundrum repeated on France 4

2020 - The Space Museum, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated
on Retro TV; Day of the Moon repeated on Syfy (Fra); World
Enough and Time repeated on Star World Premiere; and
Fugitive of the Judoon first screened on BBC America and

CTV SciFi

2021 - The Ambassadors of Death,

Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on

Retro TV; Rise of the Cybermen

repeated on ABC2; The Time of the

Angels repeated on Syfy (Fra); and

Closing Time repeated on BBC Polska

HD

2022 - Underworld, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on Retro TV; Death in Heaven

repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Pyramid

at the End of the World repeated on BBC

First Turkey; The Doctor Falls repeated on

ABC2; and Fugitive of the Judoon repeated

on NRJ12

2023 - The Vampires of Venice repeated

on Fox SciFi; Closing Time repeated on

ABC2; and Orphan 55 repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU

2024 - Fugitive of the Judoon and

Praxeus both repeated on Fox SciFi