Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 21

 

The twenty-first season of BBC1's popular crime drama first aired in

early 2018, and again starred Emilia Fox and David Caves as doctors

Nikki Alexander and Jack Hodgson. The Home Office forensic patho-

logists (based in London's Lyell Centre) were joined by Clarissa Mullery

and Dr. Thomas Chamberlain, played by Liz Carr and Richard Lintern.

A repeat run of the ten-part series began on U&Drama last night -

it featured Sharon D Clarke, Jacqueline King, Alex Macqueen,

and a total of thirty-four Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Moment of Surrender (TX: January 8 & 9)

• Charles Palmer was also director of Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Human Nature, The Family of Blood, Oxygen and The Eaters of Light
• Emma [Georgina Annalies] Fielding (Sally) provided the voice of Kisar for Demons of the Punjab
• Julian [Alistair] Rhind Tutt (Cannon) voiced Lexhan for The Paradise of Death, and Berkhoff for Big Finish's The Skies of New Earth (2018), then depicted Brian Hodgson in Delia: The Myths and Legendary Tapes
• Pippa Bennett Warner (DC Bailey) was Saibra in Time Heist, Narrator of Helena and the Beast (2015), Bill and the Three Jackets and Twelve Angels Weeping, then voiced the Deterrent for The Furies (all 2018), Livia Carlis for Time War (2018-2021), The War Master 4 (2019), Ruzalla for Ravenous 1, and Fliss Keeley for The Trojan Dalek (both 2021)
• Natalie Burt (Kate) voiced Dr. Sally Armstrong for Dark Eyes
• Alan David (Porter) was Gabriel Sneed in The Unquiet Dead, and voiced Castellan Kanteer for The Enigma Dimension (2017), and Lord Macavoy/Old Lawrence for The Primeval Design (2021)
• David [James] Bamber (Hawke) was Captain Quell in Mummy on the Orient Express, and voiced Emperor Constantine for The Council of Nicaea (2005), and Colonel Ulrik/Whitmore for The Four Doctors (2010)
• Anna Madeley (Anna) voiced Laura Lyons for The Monstrous Menagerie (2014)
• Kelly Hunter (Gwen) was the Shadow Architect in The Stolen Earth and The Magician's Apprentice 

Duty of Candour (TX: January 15 & 16)

• Lu Corfield (Jane) voiced Marta Vanderburgh for Class 1 (2018), Stern for Darkness and Light (2019), Matra Fennel for Mind of the Hodiac (2022)
• for Daniel Weyman see Series 20 and Belinda McGinley see Series 12
• Julia Haworth (Rosie) was Kat in Defenders of Earth
• Philip Buck (Lawyer) made his TV debut in The Day of the Doctor as Arcadian Father
• Richard Price (Extra) was Guest in The Runaway Bride and The Lazarus Experiment, Passerby in Partners in Crime and The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Mark of the Berserker, Takran Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter, Cyberman in World Enough and Time, The Doctor Falls, Ascension of the Cybermen, The Timeless Children and Once, Upon Time, Team mate in Kerblam!, Sniperbot in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon, Dalek operator in Revolution of the Daleks, Tourist in The Halloween Apocalypse, and Shadow Kin in Class

A Special Relationship (TX: January 22 & 23)

• for Elliot Levey see Series 17
• Matthew Brenher (Kraft) voiced Visteen Krane for Whispers of Terror (1999), Zzarl for Red Dawn (2000), Jude for The Rapture, Robber for Comeback (both 2002), Hannibal for Auld Mortality (2003), Silurian for The Coup, Dodds for Time Heals (both 2004), Deakin for The Tactics of Defeat, and Conceirge/Banker/Kamen for Lady Christina 1 (both 2018), and Havash Khavul for Chronomancer and The Wrong Side of History (both 2023)
• Shvorne Marks (DCI Moss) voiced Ampz for The Emporium at the End (2016), Amala Vost for The Dalek Occupation of Winter, Cissy/ Thelma Sketch for Whodunnit? (both 2018), and Mia Valarna for Stone Cold (2023)
• Selva Rasalingam (AC Khan) was Ranjit in The Power of Three
• Gretchen Egolf (Terry) was Norlander in The Zygon Invasion
• Ian Conningham (Apsted) was Chuckles in The Girl Who Died, then voiced Sinko/Ronson/Lieutenant for Storm of the Horofax (2017), Kevin/Rindle for The Lady in the Lake (2018), Konis/Maximov for Nightmare Country (2019), V11/Kaden Olsen for Toos and Poul (2020), Dr. Richard Numan/Corfield for The Primeval Design, Robert Devereaux/Cecil for The Hollow Crown (both 2021), Kade for Previously, Next Time, Fridtjof Nansen for Northern Lights (both 2023), Solarie for Bad Apple Brigade, Sir Floris/Prince Edward for The Baron Robbers (both 2024), Jerome Shaw for Fallen Heroes, and Fletcher Hart for Nightfall (both 2025)
• Ako Mitchell (Reed) voiced Sergeant Johnson for Ride or Die (2026)

One Day (TX: January 29 & 30)

• Finlay Robertson (Fielden) was Larry Nightingale in Blink, The Lonely Assassins and Angels, then voiced DI Cotton for The Cars That Ate London!, Ambrose for The Ghost and the Potato Man (both 2019), Kador Arris/V48 for Machines Like Us, and Lt. Hans Hoffman/Guard/ Sergeant for Shellshock (both 2022)
• for Sara Powell see Series 6, Tony Lucken see Series 7 and Stephanie Carey see Series 14
• Sanchia McCormack (Mother) was a Housing Officer in Turn Left, and was cast in The Power of the Doctor
• Tony Way (Jarrow) was Alf in Deep Breath

Family (TX: February 5 & 7)

• T'Nia Miller (DI Gibbs) was the General in Hell Bent, and Mrs Maitland for Mind of the Hodiac
• Alex Price (DI Baker) was Francesco in The Vampires of Venice
• Tachia Newaal (PC Bell) was Colonel Winston Chidozie in The Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death
• for Neil Stuke see Series 3
• Colin Teague was also director of The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords and The Fires of Pompeii

Doctor Who Vs. 55 Degrees North

In this BBC1 crime drama,

Don Gilet played Nicky Cole,

the Detective Sergeant trans-

fered from London to the fictional Tyneside police force in Newcastle (the titular

destination) after exposing

 police corruption in the Met. 

The first, six-part run aired

during the summer of 2004,

and the eight part second season was shown a year

later. The programme was broadcast on BBC America under it's working title, The Night Detective. Both series were released on

DVD in 2006, and 55 Degrees North has seldom been repeated since - it

featured Jacqueline King, George Harris, Emma Cleasby, and a total of

thirty-five Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Gilet was Lance Bennett in The Runaway Bride, then voiced Streatham/Fleshkin for The Hunting Season (2022), and Herman Baker for Double (2023)
• Dervla Kirwan (Claire) was Mercy Hartigan in The Next Doctor, then reprised Miss Quill for Big Finish's Class, and voiced Mrs. Calderwood for Aimed at the Body, Di Wright for The Bookshop at the End of the World, Yost McCormack for Lightspeed, Anne Marie for Interlude, Representative for Echo Chamber, Agatha Fernbridge for Towards Zero, Professor Callis for Castle Hydra, Kelleher for Effect and Cause, Lizbeth Hayhoe for Torchwood (all 2020), and Honour Bray for Redacted
• Andrew Dunn (Astell) voiced Max for Scream of the Shalka, then King Otho for The Exaltation (2024)
• Darren Morfitt (DS Yates) was Brother Marco in The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone
• Christian Rodska [born Rodskjaer] (DI Carter) voiced Reverend Small for AudioGo's The Dead Shoes (2011), and Laan Carder in Faith Stealer (2004)
• Mark Lewis Jones (DI Crosbie) voiced Professor Oliver Mortlake for The Darkness of Glass (2015)
• Claire Calbraith (Beth) voiced Maria for Son of the Dragon, Trooper for Urban Myths (both 2007), Starling for The Phoenix Strain (2016), and Orla for The Blood Furnace (2017)
• Brian Protheroe (Wren) voiced Bob Gell/Captain O'Brien for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), Roger Baskerville for The Monstrous Menagerie (2014), Captain Hardwick for Static (2017), and Ironicus/Milkman for The Iron Legion (2019)
• series one producer Jo Wright was the BBC executive producer on the Doctor Who TV movie
• Michael Cuckson (John) voiced Cord for Singularity, Commander Hallan for Gallifrey 2 (both 2005), and Captain Callany for Cryptobiosis (2006)
• Paul Antony-Barber (Pathologist) was Dr. Kendrick in Rise of the Cybermen, and voiced Ludovic Comfort for The Magic Mousetrap (2009)
• Peter Symonds (Judge) was Soldier in Terror of the Zygons
• Paul Clayton (Bellows) was Bartle in Planet of the Ood, and voiced Henry for The Wormery (2003), Ulysees Meregrass for The Infinite Quest, Colchester for Big Finish's Torchwood (2016-present), Hale for The Survivor (2019), and Edwards for Echoes of Extinction (2021)
• Phil Cornwell (DI Simpkins) was Stallholder in The Fires of Pompeii, and voiced Superintendent Galgo/Zaleb 5 for Serpent in the Silver Mask (2018), and Parsnip for Spinvasion (2019)
• Rod Arthur (Frater) was [Bob] Parsons in School Reunion
• Karl Collins [born Myers] (Adam) was Shaun Temple in The End of Time, The Star Beast and The Giggle 
• Yasmin Bannerman (Jade) was Jabe in The End of the World, and voiced Pandora for The Bride of Peladon (2008), Dr. Helen Shepherd for The Fourth Wall (2012), Roz Forrester for Damaged Goods (2015), Original Sin, Cold Fusion (both 2016), The Trial of a Time Machine, Vanguard, The Jabari Countdown, The Dread of Night (all 2018) and The Last Day 2 (2024), Sapling Vale for The Skies of New Earth, and the titular role for A Date With Destiny (2023)
• Holly De Jong (Helen) voiced Amelia Doory for Project: Twilight (2001)
• Rita Davies (Harriet) voiced Janneus for Primeval (2001), and Tashek for Innocence (2006)
• Glenna Morrison (Tiffany) voiced Mary Patterson for Medicinal Purposes (2004)
• Kammy Darweish (Khan) was Kumar in Survivors of the Flux, then voiced Declerq for A Passion for Fashion (2025)
• Levan Doran was stunt performer on Tooth and Claw too
• stunntman Valentino Musetti was Mongol Bandit in (episode 5 of) Marco Polo, Saracen Warrior in The Crusade (1), Egyptian in The Daleks' Master Plan, Prisoner in The Mind of Evil, and Extra in Colony in Space and The Time Monster
• stuntman Trevor Steedman was Seabase Guard in Warriors of the Deep
• Kim McGarrity was also stunt performer on The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, The Christmas Invasion and New Earth 
• Paul Kulik was stuntman on Rose too
• stuntman Bill Davey was a stunt co-ordinator on The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters and Turn Left
• Glenn Marks was also stunt co-ordinator on Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Blink
• both Neil Finninghan and Derek Lea were stuntmen on Dalek - Lea also worked on The Parting of the Ways, The Age of Steel and Partners in Crime
• stuntman Tom Lucy was stunt co-ordinator on sixteen stories (from Smith and Jones to The Next Doctor)
• James O'Donnell was stuntman [James O'Dee] on all four Cybermen episodes of 2006
• Steve Whyment (Extra in The Keeper of Traken and Snakedance) and Paul Herbert (stuntman on The End of Time) were both stunt co-ordinators here
• Rod Woodruff was also stunt co-ordinator on Rose and World War Three

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 21

The twenty-first season of BBC1's popular crime drama first aired in

early 2018, and again starred Emilia Fox and David Caves as doctors

Nikki Alexander and Jack Hodgson. The Home Office forensic patho-

logists (based in London's Lyell Centre) were joined by Clarissa Mullery

and Dr. Thomas Chamberlain, played by Liz Carr and Richard Lintern.

A repeat run of the ten-part series began on U&Drama last night -

it featured Sharon D Clarke, Jacqueline King, Alex Macqueen,

and a total of thirty-four Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Moment of Surrender (TX: January 8 & 9)

• Charles Palmer was also director of Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Human Nature, The Family of Blood, Oxygen and The Eaters of Light
• Emma [Georgina Annalies] Fielding (Sally) provided the voice of Kisar for Demons of the Punjab
• Julian [Alistair] Rhind Tutt (Cannon) voiced Lexhan for The Paradise of Death, and Berkhoff for Big Finish's The Skies of New Earth (2018), then depicted Brian Hodgson in Delia: The Myths and Legendary Tapes
• Pippa Bennett Warner (DC Bailey) was Saibra in Time Heist, then voiced the Deterrent for The Furies, Livia Carlis for Time War 1 (both 2018) and The War Master 4 (2019), Ruzalla for Ravenous 1, and Fliss Keeley for The Trojan Dalek (2021)
• Natalie Burt (Kate) voiced Dr. Sally Armstrong for Dark Eyes
• Alan David (Porter) was Gabriel Sneed in The Unquiet Dead, and voiced Castellan Kanteer for The Enigma Dimension (2017), and Lord Macavoy/Old Lawrence for The Primeval Design (2021)
• David [James] Bamber (Hawke) was Captain Quell in Mummy on the Orient Express, and voiced Emperor Constantine for The Council of Nicaea (2005), and Colonel Ulrik/Whitmore for The Four Doctors (2010)
• Anna Madeley (Anna) voiced Laura Lyons for The Monstrous Menagerie (2014)
• Kelly Hunter (Gwen) was the Shadow Architect in The Stolen Earth and The Magician's Apprentice 

Duty of Candour (TX: January 15 & 16)

• Lu Corfield (Jane) voiced Marta Vanderburgh for Class 1 (2018), Stern for Darkness and Light (2019), Matra Fennel for Mind of the Hodiac (2022)
• for Daniel Weyman see Series 20 and Belinda McGinley see Series 12
• Julia Haworth (Rosie) was Kat in Defenders of Earth
• Philip Buck (Lawyer) made his TV debut in The Day of the Doctor as Arcadian Father
• Richard Price (Extra) was Guest in The Runaway Bride and The Lazarus Experiment, Passerby in Partners in Crime and The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Mark of the Berserker, Takran Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter, Cyberman in World Enough and Time, The Doctor Falls, Ascension of the Cybermen, The Timeless Children and Once, Upon Time, Team mate in Kerblam!, Sniperbot in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon, Dalek operator in Revolution of the Daleks, Tourist in The Halloween Apocalypse, and Shadow Kin in Class

A Special Relationship (TX: January 22 & 23)

• for Elliot Levey see Series 17
• Matthew Brenher (Kraft) voiced Visteen Krane for Whispers of Terror (1999), Zzarl for Red Dawn (2000), Jude for The Rapture, Robber for Comeback (both 2002), Hannibal for Auld Mortality (2003), Silurian for The Coup, Dodds for Time Heals (both 2004), Deakin for The Tactics of Defeat, and Conceirge/Banker/Kamen for Lady Christina 1 (both 2018), and Havash Khavul for Chronomancer and The Wrong Side of History (both 2023)
• Shvorne Marks (DCI Moss) voiced Ampz for The Emporium at the End (2016), Amala Vost for The Dalek Occupation of Winter, Cissy/ Thelma Sketch for Whodunnit? (both 2018), and Mia Valarna for Stone Cold (2023)
• Selva Rasalingam (AC Khan) was Ranjit in The Power of Three
• Gretchen Egolf (Terry) was Norlander in The Zygon Invasion
• Ian Conningham (Apsted) was Chuckles in The Girl Who Died, then voiced Sinko/Ronson/Lieutenant for Storm of the Horofax (2017), Kevin/Rindle for The Lady in the Lake (2018), Konis/Maximov for Nightmare Country (2019), V11/Kaden Olsen for Toos and Poul (2020), Dr. Richard Numan/Corfield for The Primeval Design, Robert Devereaux for The Hollow Crown (both 2021), Kade for Previously, Next Time, Fridtjof Nansen for Northern Lights (both 2023), Solarie for Bad Apple Brigade, Sir Floris/Prince Edward for The Baron Robbers (both 2024), Jerome Shaw for Fallen Heroes, and Fletcher Hart for Nightfall (both 2025)
• Ako Mitchell (Reed) voiced Sergeant Johnson for Ride or Die (2026)

One Day (TX: January 29 & 30)

• Finlay Robertson (Fielden) was Larry Nightingale in Blink, The Lonely Assassins and Angels, then voiced DI Cotton for The Cars That Ate London (2019), Kador Arris/V48 for Machines Like Us, and Lt. Hans Hoffman/Guard/Sergeant for Shellshock (both 2022)
• for Sara Powell see Series 6, Tony Lucken see Series 7 and Stephanie Carey see Series 14
• Sanchia McCormack (Mother) was a Housing Officer in Turn Left, and was cast in The Power of the Doctor
• Tony Way (Jarrow) was Alf in Deep Breath

Family (TX: February 5 & 7)

• T'Nia Miller (DI Gibbs) was the General in Hell Bent, and Mrs Maitland for Mind of the Hodiac
• Alex Price (DI Baker) was Francesco in The Vampires of Venice
• Tachia Newaal (PC Bell) was Colonel Winston Chidozie in The Legend of Ruby Sunday
• for Neil Stuke see Series 3
• Colin Teague was also director of The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords and The Fires of Pompeii