Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 14

The fourteenth season

of BBC1's long-running

crime drama was first

shown in the winter of

2011.
William Gaminara, Tom
Ward, and Emilia Fox
again starred as Home
Office pathologists,
doctors Leo Dalton,
Harry Cunningham,
and Nikki Alexander.
Arsher Ali joined the
cast for this run as

forensic apprentice,

Dr. Zak Khan. A repeat run of this ten-part series concluded on U&Drama

last night - it featured a total of forty-three Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

A Guilty Mind (TX: January 3 & 4 2011)

• Ali was Mason Bennett in Under the Lake and Before the Flood
• Mark Lewis Jones (DI Skipper) and Sinead Keenan (Naomi) voiced Professor Oliver Mortlake and Mary Summersby for Big Finish's The Darkness of Glass (2015) - whilst Keenan was Addams in The End of Time, then voiced Margery Phipps for Council of War (2013), Aoife Dineen for Iterations of I, Woman for Mind Games, Stephanie Wilton for The Reesinger Process, Terravore for The Screaming Skull, and Rosheen for The Highest Science (all 2014)
• Roy [Anthony] Marsden [born Mould] (Silverdale) was [Bryan] Stoker in Smith and Jones, and voiced Todd Hulbert for Human Resources (2007)
• Sorcha Cusack (Miranda) voiced Mary Carter for Master of the Daleks and Eye of Darkness (both 2015)
• Mark [Lee] Dexter (Leith) was Dad in Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead, and Charles Babbage in Spyfall (2)
• Vilma Hollingbery (Volunteer) was Mrs. Harcourt in The Doctor Dances
• Tania [Maria] Rodrigues (Administrator) voiced Anarkali/Melissa/Isra Tech 2 for Scavenger (2014), Chief Panath for Jonah (2018), Visteron for Deeptime Frontier (2019), Laker for Chase the Night (2020), VAD Prime for Body and Soulless (2021), Andolar for The Golden Child, and Princess Tura for Puccini and the Doctor (both 2024)
• Carlyss Peer (Assistant) voiced Diane Howard for Island of the Fendahl (2018), Knyla for Collateral (2019), and Marion Jones for The Perils of Nellie Bly (2021)
• for Clive Hayward see Series 13
• Stephen Pehrsson was also the cinematographer on eleven stories (from The Pandorica Opens to The Crimson Horror)
• Suzanne Cave (costume designer), assistant Becky Brown, dubbing mixer Nigel Squibbs, third assistant director Thomas Alibone and ADR mixer Stefano Marchetti all worked on An Adventure in Space and Time too 
• Rob Arrowsmith was also a camera operator on The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang and A Christmas Carol
• prosthetics artist Waldo Mason was a SFX assistant on Aliens of London
• Dan Martin was also design assistant on twelve stories (from The Impossible Astronaut to The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)
• Elliott Gilhooly was sound assistant on The End of Time (2) too
• Gary Norman was also the grip on twenty-five episodes (from the 2010 Christmas special to The Day of the Doctor)
• costume supervisor Fiona McCann was an assistant on Love & Monsters

Lost (TX: January 10 & 11)

• Barbara [Jay] Flynn [born McMurray] (Carol) was Tecteun in Once, Upon Time and Survivors of the Flux, and voiced Sister Chalice for The Skull of Sobek (2008), Anne Hartman for The Rockery (2019), and Professor Vansom for Secrets of Telos (2022)
• Mark Benton (Cain) was Clive [Finch] in Rose (a role reprised for Big Finish's The Dimension Cannon and Other Worlds), and voiced Ellis for Invaders from Mars (2002), and Jack Coulson for Energy of the Daleks (2012)
• Robert Lonsdale (Kennedy here; DC Cook in S16; Alex in S28) voiced Various for Counter Measures 2 (2013)
• for Jaye Griffiths see Series 7
• Tony Gibson was sound designer on An Adventure in Space and Time too

First Casualty (TX: January 17 & 18)

• Keith Boak was also director of Rose, Aliens of London and World War Three
• Darren Morfitt (DS McDermott here; DCI Steemson in S20) was Brother Marco in The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone
• David Ajala (Blakefield) was Peter in The Beast Below
• Josette [Patricia] Simon (Mrs. Ferris) voiced Sarana Teel for The Sontaran Ordeal (2016), and Taraneh for The Mind Runners (2018)
• Emma Lowndes (Claire) voiced Phelan for Night of the Vashta Nerada (2017), and Patty for Double (2023)
• for Kieran Bew see Series 8
• Julius Ogden was also focus puller on nine episodes (from Closing Time to The Day of the Doctor)
• Sarah Bartles-Smith was cinematographer on Let's Kill Hitler too

Bloodlines (TX: January 24 & 25)

• for Julian Glover see Series 11

The Prodigal (TX: January 31 & February 1)

• James [Christian] Strong was also director of The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, Voyage of the Damned , Partners in Crime and Planet of the Dead
• Kate Ashfield (DCI Woods) voiced Lieutenant Beth Stokes for Enemy of the Daleks (2009)
• Matthew [Anthony] McNulty (Whitehead) was Adam Lang in Praxeus
• Anna Andresen (Reporter here; Woman in S21) was the Tsarina in The Power of the Doctor, and voiced Lithea/Elementals for Light the Flame (2021)
• Gary Marriott (Paramedic) had the same role in The Lazarus Experiment
• for Tony Lucken and Stephenie Carey see Series 7

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 19

The nineteenth series of BBC1's

evergreen crime drama (first shown

in early 2016) starred Emilia Fox

and David Caves as doctors Nikki

Alexander and Jack Hodgson. The

 Home Office forensic pathologists

 (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 a total of twenty-four

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

After The Fall (UK TX: January 4 & 5)

• Liza Tarbuck (DI Rankin) voiced Captain Kaliko for The Infinite Quest, and Lysette Barclay for Big Finish's Plague of the Daleks (2009)
• Ariyon [Debo] Bakare (Dawes) was Leandro in The Woman Who Lived, then voiced Father Mendica for The Poison of Peladon, and Cato for The Players (both 2022)
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Carmichael) was the eponymous Bard in The Shakespeare Code
• Joanna Horton (Suzie) voiced Brooke 1 for The Diary of River Song 2 (2018)
• Jonnie [Bernard] Broadbent (Rowland) voiced Various for The Quin Dilemma (2024)
• Sagar Arya (Shah) was a Newsreader in The Christmas Invasion and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Timothy Wood was second assistant director on K9 too
• for David Cann see Series 4

Flight (UK TX: January 11 & 12)

• Richard Senior was also director of Let's Kill Hitler, Space/Time, The Night of the Doctor and Doctor Who at the Proms (2013), then was second unit director on The Day of the Doctor
• Esther [Jane] Hall (DI Ryman) voiced Fortuna for The Galileo Trap (2015), Tazeena/Bauza/Mum for The Two Masters, Pheenan for Absolute Power (both 2016), and Viv/Commentator for The Iron Legion (2019)
• Richard Dillane (DCI Waite) was Captain Carter in Let's Kill Hitler and The Wedding of River Song
• Raji James (Rachid) was Dr. Rajesh Singh in Doomsday and Army of Ghosts
• Janie Booth (Woman) voiced System for The Harvest, Old Woman for Medicinal Purposes (both 2004), and Eve Morris for The Gathering (2006)
• Wanda Opalinska (Alma) voiced the Dockmaster for Magic Bullet's Storm Mine (2004), Nadia Vasney for The Night Witches (2017), Gudrun/Espen for Colony of Strangers, Irinda for Family Matters (both 2020), Dr. Lorna Holmes for Supernature (2023), and Mrs. Denison for Spoil of War (2025)
• series casting director Andy Brierley was casting associate on fifty-eight episodes (from The Christmas Invasion to The Big Bang), Music of the Spheres, The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood
• Fay Selby was also first assistant director on Asylum of the Daleks, The Angels Take Manhattan, Nightmare in Silver and The Day of the Doctor

Life Licence (UK TX: January 18 & 19)

• [Charles] Robert [William] Whitelock (Bright) was Mahler in The Bells of Saint John, then voiced Professor Rickett/King Magus/Denyx for Psychodrome, Mulberry Gride for Jago & Litefoot & Patsy (both 2014), Sebastian/Provost Curtis for The Edge, Peter Andrews for The Hidden Realm (both 2016), Bruno Werner/Vagabond/Priest for Better Watch Out and Fairytale of Saltzburg, Artron/Cadrin for Day of the Master (2018), Garth/Thispus for One Mile Down, Machines for Ghost Machines, V12/Skellen/V48/V33 for The Robots 1 (all 2019), Stark/ Prosecutor for Barrister to the Stars, Grolk/Ogrons/Servant for Too Many Masters (both 2020), Bill Lester/Badenhorst for Return of the Cybermen, Kallure/Riggs for Twisted Folklore (both 2021), Jack/Jase Harper for Albie's Angels (2022), Stringer/Skoob for Ice Heist!, Dennis Ward/Commander for The Witching Tree (both 2023), Operator Goole for Revolution in Space, Lazar/Agent 2 for Last Words (both 2024), Typhon for Lost Amongst the Stars (2025), and Alan/Craig for The Second Death of the Daleks (2026)
• Tim Packham (Paaser-by) began his TV career as a Plasmaton in Dimensions in Time
• Niamh Cusack (Sylvie) voiced Clarimonde for Zaltys (2017), and the Oldest for The Eternity Club 2 (2024)
• for Shaun Parkes see Series 8
• Damian Bromley was also the cinematographer on The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone

In Plain Sight (UK TX: January 25 & 26)

• Keith Boak was also director of Rose, Aliens of London and World War Three
• Neil Stuke (DI Cooke here & Series 21: Family) voiced Geoff Corbett for The Crooked Man (2014), then was Lee Clayton in Fugitive of the Judoon

River's Edge (UK TX: February 2 & 3)

• Andrew Forbes (Consultant) was Omril in Full Circle
• Derek [Brian] Griffiths (DS Guillam) voiced Jason Taylor for Brave New World (2008), Xylem Maple Dorm for Death in the New Forest (2018), Annam Henic for Queen of the Mechonoids, Reverend Monty Woolsgrove for The Devil's Hoofprints (both 2021), Golas for Curiosity Shop (2023), and Mathryn for Slow Beasts (2024)

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 15

The fifteenth season of BBC1's perennial crime drama

first aired in the spring of 2012, with the finale only

broadcast after a break that August.

William Gaminara, Tom Ward, and Emilia Fox returned

as Home Office pathologists, doctors Leo Dalton, Harry Cunningham, and Nikki Alexander, whilst Jaye Griffiths reprised her role as Janet.

Ward left the show after ten years service, then next

 appeared on the channel as Captain Latimer (pictured)

in The Snowmen.

A repeat run of the twelve-part series began on

U&Drama last night - it featured a total of forty-one

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Death Has No Dominion (UK TX: April 1 & 2)

• Jacob [Basil] Anderson [aka Raleigh Ritchie] (Dave) was Inston Vee Vinder in Flux and The Power of the Doctor
• Shelley Conn (DI James) voiced Asha Qureshi for Big Finish's Situation Vacant (2010), and Tina Drake for The Gates of Hell (2021)
• Adrian Lukis (Avery) voiced Officer 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), Ansillon for Blood of the Time Lords (2022), and Secretary Pym for The Dalek Eternity 1 (2025) - he was then Sir Jonathan Hynes in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• [Beverly] Victoria [Anne] Wicks (Lizzie) was the High Priestess in The Fires of Pompeii
• Annabel Canaven (Mary) was a stunt performer on eight episodes (from The Almost People to Kill the Moon)
• Nick Hobbs (Mick) made uncredited appearances in The Ambassadors of Death, Terror of the Autons, The Mind of Evil, The Claws of Axos, Day of the Daleks, The Time Monster, both Peladon stories (as Aggedor), The Ark in Space, then Mr. Nainby in Amy's Choice
• Shobu Kapoor (Raani) reprised her EastEnders role of Gita Kapoor for Dimensions in Time, then was Scared Woman in Journey's End, and voiced Sai Chopra for Vortex Ice (2017)
• Nigel Squibbs (series dubbing mixer since 2006) held the same post on An Adventure in Space and Time
• series score mixer Jake Jackson was the music mixer on seventy-four instalments (from The Runaway Bride to The Husbands of River Song) and Torchwood

Domestic (UK TX: April 8 & 9)

• Anthony Flanagan (Ronson) was Orin Scannell in 42
• Nancy Carroll (Gill) voiced Mulkris for Eldrad Must Die!, and Agatha Worthing for Jago & Litefoot 6 (both 2013)
• Percelle Ascott (Joel) was Delph in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
• Glenn Doherty (Thompson) was Sergeant Dennison in Planet of the Dead
• Steve Robinson was also the first assistant director on The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks

Paradise Lost (UK TX: April 15 & 16)

• Susan [Elizabeth] Brown (Judge) was Bridget Spears in Torchwood: Children of Earth, then voiced the Midwife for 100 BC, Mary for Bedtime Story (both 2007), Alice Withers for The Eternal Summer, Maud for Castle of Fear, Mrs. Withers/Mrs. Sowerby for Plague of the Daleks (all 2009), Margaret for Deimos and The Resurrection of Mars, Eleanor Harvey for Return of the Krotons, Chief Engineer/Chanel for The Song of the Megaptera, Babs for Prison in Space (all 2010), and Kastrella for Death Match (2015)
• Pooky [born Joanna] Quesnel (Helen) was the Captain in A Christmas Carol, and Dorothea Ames in Class, then voiced Annalise Avenley for The Running Men (2024)
• Rakie Ayola (Annie) was the Hostess in Midnight, and voiced Pollia for The Lords of Terror, Lambda Epsilon for In the Garden of Death (both 2018), Andrea for One Mile Down, Andrea Davenport for Another Man's Shoes (both 2019), Violet Hardaker for The Blazing Hour, Professor Victoria Wilks for Twisted Folklore (both 2021), Dakota Bly for Heart of Orion (2022), Clarissa Hodan/Juliet for Planet Krynoid 1, and Mara for The Ruins of Kaerula (both 2025)
• John [Derek] Carson [Parker] (Father) was Ambril in Snakedance
• Rita Davies (Mother) voiced Janneus for Primeval (2001), and Tashek for Innocence (2006)
• Duncan Duff (Counsel) was a Newsreader in Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel, and voiced Joe Hartley for Night Thoughts (2006)
• Claire Dean (Victim) voiced Malike for Cutaway Comics' Omega (2022)

Redhill (UK TX: April 22 & 23)

• Stephen Greif (Cairns) voiced Kwundaar for Primeval (2001), Sir Donald Wakefield for Sarah Jane Smith 2 (2006), Gurney for The Infinite Quest, Ken Temple for The Pelage Project (2012), and Sabaoth for Ghost Walk (2018)
• Juliet Aubrey (Miriam) voiced Vulpina for Voyage to Venus (2012), Esther Malkin for The Wrong Woman (2021), Prodigal for The Auton Infinity (2022), Zyla Kalstein for Revolution in Space, and Lina Kalpar for Invasion of the Body Stealers (both 2024)
• Maurice Lee (Owen) was a stuntman on The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, Tooth and Claw, School Reunion and The Next Doctor
• Ewan Bailey (DS Tudor) provided Alien voices for Voyage of the Damned, then voiced Count Licori for The Galileo Trap, Father Locke /Orbs for The Satanic Mill, Various for Jago & Litefoot 10 (all 2015) and Kings of Infinite Space (2018), Davy McTavit for The Helm of Awe, Blazzard/Copeland for The Morton Legacy, Dimitri Papkin for The Ship of the Sleepwalkers, Duncan for Aliens Among Us 2 (all 2017), Sir Edward Scott Cameron/Slitheen/Biggs for Death on the Mile (both 2018), Hugo Blake for The Sinestran Kill (2019), and Galavaunt/ Mallory/Baravoar for Past Lives (2023)
• Gillian Kearney (DI Bridges) voiced Mina Challis for Zygon Hunt (2014)
• Nila Aalia (Phoebe) and Sam Lawton (Julie) both starred in Wish World, as Lakshmi Chandra and Winnie Petheridge
• Eloise Barnes (Liesel) was Annabel in In The Forest of the Night
• Rachelle Beinart (stunt double here & Fear) was Goblin in The Church on Ruby Road
• David Barrett was also film editor on Cold Blood and The Hungry Earth

Fear (UK TX: April 29 & 30)

• Tamzin [Maria] Outhwaite (Beth here; Sally, 2025) was the Captain in Nightmare in Silver, then voiced Morton for Secrets of Telos (2022)
• Tom [John] Ellis (Jacobs) was Dr. Thomas Mulligan in Last of the Time Lords
• Adrian Dunbar (Delaney) voiced McCarthy for Brave New Town (2008)
• [Oluwakemi] Nina Sosanya (DS Brooks) was Trish Webber in Fear Her, and voiced Captain Anna Maynard for Aquitaine (2016)

And Then I Fell in Love (UK TX: August 19 & 20)

• Keith Boak was also director of Rose, Aliens of London and World War Three
• Sanjeev Bhaskar (Aziz) was Colonel Ahmed in Death in Heaven, and voiced Dr. Avishka Sangakkara for The Eight Truths and Worldwide Web (2009), and Borusa for The Difference Office (2022)
• Juliet Cowan (Claire) was Chrissie Jackson in The Sarah Jane Adventures, then voiced Bryer for Come Die With Me, and Adriana Beauvais for Dead to the World (both 2015)
• Joseph Long (Costas) was Rocco Colasanto in Turn Left, and the Pope in Extremis
• Sue Kelvin (Cheryl) was Suzette Chambers in Partners in Crime
• Madeline [Elizabeth] Duggan (Amy) voiced Sash for The Revolution Game (2019)
• Lizzie Roper (Sandra) voiced Hoss for Kiss of Death (2011), Leandra Roath for The First Sontarans, Dr. Nadia Cervenka/Margaret for Artificial Intelligence (both 2012), Krakenmother Banarra for Starlight Robbery (2013), Celia Turner/Leslie King for The Crooked Man, Various for Jago & Litefoot 7 (both 2014), Bella for Stage Fright, Shari for We are the Daleks (both 2015), Rosata Laxter/High Minister for The Lady of Obsidian (2017), Trencher for Planet of the Drashigs, and Eira Hughes for Black Thursday (both 2019)