Doctor Who Vs. Luther, Series 5

After an absence of three years,

the long-awaited fifth season of Neil

Cross' acclaimed thriller debuted in

January 2019.

Idris Elba returned as maverick DCI

John Luther in another dark murder

case, whilst newcomer Wunmi

Mosaku played DS Halliday.

Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley,

and Ruth Wilson reprised their

respective roles as Schenk, Benny,

and Alice.

A film version of Luther, The Fallen

Sun, was finally unveiled in early

2023, then launched on Netflix.

A repeat showing of the drama

(originally shown on BBC1 over four

 consecutive nights from New Year's

Day) began on U&Drama last night

- it featured Paul McGann, Patrick Malahide, and a total of twenty-two

Doctor Who cast and crew links:

• Marcus Wilson was also producer of twenty-eight episodes (from The Impossible Astronaut to The Day of the Doctor), and The Doctors Revisited
• Jamie Payne was also director of Hide and The Time of the Doctor
• Derek Ritchie was also producer of The Doctor's Meditation, Under the Lake, Before the Flood, The Girl Who Died, The Woman Who Lived and Class, following script editing duties on the 2013 festive adventure, Deep Breath, Into the Dalek, The Caretaker and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
• Hermione [Jane] Norris (Dr. Lake) Captian Lundvik in Kill the Moon
• Sonita Henry (Daria) was Colonel Meme in The Time of the Doctor
• Roberta [Alexandra Mary] Taylor [born Roberts] (Celia) voiced Berengaria for The Holy Terror (2000), Angela Wisher for Cuddlesome (2008), and Maid for I Was Churchill's Double (2018)
• for Michael Obiora see Series 4
• Jami Reid Quarrell (Hauser) was Colony Sarff in The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar, the Veil in Heaven Sent, and the Wraith in Hell Bent
• Katie Brayben (Penny) was Ellie in Oxygen
• Julie Teal (Miriam) voiced Chancellor Vorena for Time in Office (2017), the Royal Magnificat for Emancipation (2019), Silla for Self-Help (2025), and Woman for The Indigo Child (2026)
• Anthony [Matthew] Howell (Palmer) voiced Edward Perkins for The Valley of Death (2011), Christopher Manners for The Renaissance Man, Meredid Roath for The First Sontarans (both 2012), Professor John Bleak for The Lady of Mercia (2013), Victor Bataille for Island of Death, Tim Hope for The End of the Line (both 2015), Volar Crick for The Robots 1 (2019), Adrian for Out of This World, Lord Morton/ Donat/Devore for Plight of the Pimpernel (both 2020), Macbeth/ Siward for The Curse of Lady Macbeth (2021), Volen Steasel/Thug for The Tivolian Who Knew Too Much (2022), Cornwell for Double (2023), Alan Turing/Christopher/Cicerone for Storm of the Sea Devils (2024), and Meredit Roath for Betrayal at the House of Sontar (2026)
• Delroy Atkinson (Hayes) voiced Dav Christos/Therian Leader for Animal Instinct, Wadmore for The Avenues of Possibility (both 2019), Mike/Messingham/UNIT Soldier for Long Shot (2021), Greyson for The Running Men (2024), and Devish Maldra for The Ruins of Kaerula (2025)
• Nicholas Asbury (DCI Woodgate) voiced Rowe for The Many Deaths of Jo Grant (2011), Anthony Burmaster for Call to Arms and Tidal Wave, Chairman Bart Falco for The Silurian Candidate (all 2017), Visguard/ Captain Morgan/SB Officer for Churchill Victorious, Dante for The Diary of River Song 4 (both 2018), Captain Zenna/Kivall for Out of Time, Shakespeare for The Hollow Crown, Tenebrae/Franz Albrecht Stuart for Rulers of Earth (all 2020), Commander Stevenson/ Pietersen for Return of the Cybermen, Mollis for Colony of Fear, Preacher Stem for The Melting Pot (all 2021), Hari Ventross for Kaldor Nights, Dr. Sturm for Shellshock (both 2022), Belias for Never the End Is, and Inquisitor Robel for You Only Die Twice (both 2024) - he was also Etoine in The Zygon Inversion
• Lewis Young (Lucas) was a stuntman on Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
• Andrew Burford (Emil) was a stuntman on The Eaters of Light, The Doctor Falls, Twice Upon a Time, Kerblam!, The Witchfinders, The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos and Spyfall (2)
• Xavier Lake was stuntman on The Woman Who Fell to Earth too
• Crispin Layfield was also stunt co-ordinator on fifty stories (from Father's Day to The Day of the Doctor)
• John Pardue was cinematographer on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Ian Adrian was also camera operator on The Vampires of Venice, The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, Vincent and the Doctor and The Lodger, then director of photography on Twice Upon a Time
• Liam Byrne was the armourer on The Wedding of River Song too
• Rory Herbert was also script supervisor on A Town Called Mercy, The Power of Three, The Rings of Akhaten, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS and The Name of the Doctor
• Christopher Reynolds (first assistant camera) was focus puller on The Eleventh Hour, The Rings of Akhaten, Nightmare in Silver and The Name of the Doctor

Doctor Who Vs. Luther, Series 4

Idris Elba returned as the titular Metropolitan Police

detective, DCI John Luther for the fourth series of

BBC1's dark psychological thriller, first shown in

December 2015.

Michael Smiley and Dermot Crowley reprised their

roles as Benny Silver and DSU Schenk, whilst Warren

Brown made a cameo appearance as DS Justin Ripley.

 Darren Boyd and Rose Leslie debuted  here as DCI

 Bloom and DS Lane.

Both Elba and writer Neil Cross confirmed plans for

a film version of Luther, and a spin-off series based

around Ruth Wilson's character, killer Alice Morgan.

A repeat run of the two-part case began on U&Drama

last night - it featured these nine Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• Boyd voiced Hemmings for Big Finish's The Shadow of London (2018)
• John Heffernan (Rose) voiced Vonchef for Revenge of the Swarm (2004), the Nine for The Crucible of Souls (2016), Companion Piece, Relative Time (both 2019) and The Dreams of Avarice (2022), Honos for The Trial of a Time Machine (2018), and Carson Baylis for The Inhuman Empire (2026) 
• Michael Obiora (Minty) was Billy Shipton in Blink
• Clem So (Dealer) was a Mongolian in Asylum of the Daleks, Artisan in The Angels Take Manhattan, Tourist in The Day of the Doctor, Clock- work Droid in Deep Breath, Bank Client in Time Heist, Alien in Face the Raven and The Husbands of River Song, Gent in Thin Ice, Guard in Extremis, Corpse in Oxygen, and Pirate in Legend of the Sea Devils
• Marcus Wilson was also producer of twenty-eight stories (from The Impossible Astronaut to The Time of the Doctor), and The Doctors Revisited 
• Thomas Alibone and Simon Maloney were both assistant directors on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Claire Lawrence was a stunt performer on The Return of Doctor Mysterio too
• Leon Harris was also a SFX technician on The Snowmen, The Crimson Horror, Nightmare in Silver, The Name of the Doctor and The Day of the Doctor
• Gary Norman was also the grip on twenty-five stories (from A Christmas Carol to the 50th Anniversary special)

Doctor Who On This Day #185

 

1928 - Director Patricia Russell born

in Highgate

1968 - The Underwater Menace, Episode

4, The Moonbase, Episode 4, The Macra

Terror, Episode 4 and The Faceless Ones,

Episodes 4 and 6 all repeated on ABC

1971 - The War Games, Episodes 3, 6,

7 and 9 repeated and Episode 10 first

screened, all on ABC

1973 - Producer Marcus Wilson born in

Wakefield

1975 - The Monster of Peladon, Parts

4 and 6 both repeated on ABC

1978 - The Monster of Peladon, Parts 4 to 6 and
The Green Death, Episode 1 all repeated on ABC

1979 - The Green Death, Episodes 5 and 6 and
The Time Warrior, Part 2 all repeated on ABC

1980 - Robot, Part 3 repeated on WTTW 11

1981 - The Face of Evil, Part 2

repeated on KQED Plus
1982 - The Masque of Mandragora

Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus

1983 - Colony in Space, Episodes 1 to 3 all repeated
on WTTW 11 and Episode 6 repeated on ABC; The

Sea Devils, Episode 1 both repeated on ABC; and

Black Orchid, Part 1 first screened on TV1

1984 - The Ribos Operation, Part

1 repeated on KQED Plus 

1985 - The Mind of Evil, Episode

1 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - Snakedance, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus
1987 - The Sea Devils, Episode 2 repeated on KQED
Plus; and The Hand of Fear, Parts 3 and 4 both
repeated on ABC

1988 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 1 repeated on

Super Channel; and Time Flight Omnibus

repeated on WTTW 1
1989 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 2 repeated on KQED
Plus; and The Hand of Fear, Part 2 repeated on ABC
1990 - Paradise Towers, Part

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1991 - Warriors' Gate, Part

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1992 - Planet of the Daleks, Episode 6 and Image
of the Fendahl Omnibus both repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - The Time Monster Omnibus repeated on UK
Gold; and The Mark of the Rani, Part 4 (of 4) repeated
on ABC

1994 - The Visitation, Part 1 repeated on UK Gold;
and Dragonfire Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus
1995 - Frontier in Space, Episode

2 repeated on UK Gold

1997 - Planet of Evil, Part 1 repeated

 on UK Gold; and The Android Invasion,

Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Daleks Omnibus repeated

on UK Gold; The Chase, Episode 1: The

Executioners repeated on Space; and

Delta and the Bannermen and Dragonfire

Omnibuses both repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Daleks, Episode 6: The Ordeal repeated
on Space; The Silurians, Episode 3 repeated on

WQED; The Claws of Axos, Episodes 1 and 2 both

repeated on KBTC; The Curse of Peladon, Episodes

3 and 4 both repeated on WCET; The Mutants,

 Episodes 4 and 5 both repeated on NHPTV; The

Sontaran Experiment, Part 1 repeated on Twin

 Cities PTV and Omnibus repeated on Colorado PTV; 

Genesis of the Daleks, Part 5 repeated on KRWG

and Part 6 repeated on KRWG and Lakeshore PTV;

Revenge of the Cybermen Omnibus repeated on

 KRWG; The Brain of Morbius, Parts 1 and 2 both

 repeated on MiND, Part 3 repeated on WQED

and Omnibus repeated on KNME; The Deadly

Assassin, Part 3 repeated on MPBN; The Ribos 

Operation Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; Black 

Orchid Omnibus repeated on KSPS; and The

 Five Doctors, Part 1 (of 4) repeated on WUSF
2000 - The Romans, Episode 2: All

Roads Lead to Rome repeated on Prime;

The Ambassadors of Death, Episode 3

repeated on UKTV (Aus); and Genesis of

the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

on BBC America

2001 - The Horns of Nimon, Part

2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2002 - The Ribos Operation, Part

4 repeated on BBC Kids (Can); and

Battlefield, Part 2 repeated on BBC

Prime
2003 - Revenge of the Cybermen, Part

4 repeated on Tele 5; and The Talons

of Weng-Chiang, Parts 5 and 6 both

 repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2004 - The Krotons Omnibus repeated

on WCET; The Ambassadors of Death,

 Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC;

The Sea Devils, Episodes 5 and 6 both

repeated on Colorado PTV; The Mutants

Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Brain

of Morbius, Part 4 repeated on NHPTV;

The Creature from the Pit, Parts 3 and

4 both repeated on Iowa PTV; Meglos

Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; The

Visitation, Part 2 repeated on WILL;

Terminus, Part 4 repeated on KUED; and

Revelation of the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4

(of 4) both repeated on MiND
2005 - Meglos, Part 3 repeated on ABC
2006 - The End of the World first screened

on DR1; School Reunion and The Girl in the

Fireplace both repeated on BBC3

2007 - Dalek and The Long Game both repeated

on KOCE; The Parting of the Ways and Doctor

Who Confidential: The Last Battle both first

 screened and Doctor Who Confidential: TARDIS

Tales and The Daleks both repeated, all on KQED

Plus

2008 - Carnival of Monsters, Episode 4 and Frontier in Space,

Episode 1 both first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The

Doctor Dances first screened on Syfy (FRG); The Satan

Pit and Doctor Who Confidential: Religion, Myths and

Legends both first screened on WGVU; Love & Monsters

and Doctor Who Confidential: The New World of Dr. Who 
both first screened on KQED Plus; and Turn Left repeated

on BBC3
2009 - The Satan Pit and Doctor Who

Confidential: Religion, Myths and Legends

both repeated on UNC-MX and WTTW 11;

Doomsday and Doctor Who Confidential

Cutdown: Finale both repeated on UKTV

(Aus); Gridlock repeated on OETA; and

Daleks in Manhattan and Doctor Who

Confidential: A New York Story both

repeated on WGVU

2010 - Doomsday repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Runaway Bride repeated
on MPTV; The Sound of Drums repeated on WTTW 11; The Fires of Pompeii 
and Doctor Who Confidential: The Italian Job both repeated on Houston 
PM; The Poison Sky first screened on WVPB; Silence in the Library and
Doctor Who Confidential: Shadow Play both first screened on WXXI;
Forest of the Dead and Doctor Who Confidential: Rivers Run Deep both 
first screened on KERA; Journey's End repeated on Idaho PTV; Vincent 
and the Doctor first screened on Prime; The Pandorica Opens and

Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Alien Abduction both first

screened on ABC1; and The Cannibalists, Episode 2 first

broadcast on Radio 7

2011 - Warriors of the Deep, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; The Vampires of Venice and

Doctor Who Confidential: Death in Venice both repeated

on BBC3 

2012 - Smith and Jones first screened on YLE TV2;

Planet of the Ood and Doctor Who Confidential

Cutdown: Oods and Ends both repeated on ABC2;

The Rebel Flesh and Doctor Who Confidential: Double

Trouble both repeated on BBC3; and The Cannibalists,

Episode 1 repeated on Radio 4 Extra

2013 - Rose repeated on ABC2; World War Three

repeated on RAI4; Boom Town repeated on Watch; 

School Reunion repeated on BBC Entertainment
 LA; The Family of Blood repeated on TV3 (Spa); 

The Fires of Pompeii repeated on Syfy (Port);

A Christmas Carol repeated on WTTW Prime; 

The Power of Three first screened on YLE TV2;

and Cold War and Hide both first screened on

RAI4

2014 - The Brain of Morbius, Part 2, Kinda,

Part 3, The Unquiet Dead, Army of Ghosts,

Doomsday, The Runaway Bride, Smith and

Jones and The Impossible Astronaut all

repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Curse of

Fenric, Parts 3 and 4 both first screened on Horror; The End of

the World repeated on UKTV (NZ), Syfy (Aus) and YLE TV2;

School Reunion repeated on Watch; The Impossible Planet

repeated on TV3 (Spa); Daleks in Manhattan repeated on

RAI4; The Fires of Pompeii repeated on KCPT2; Flesh and

Stone repeated on KLRU; Cold Blood repeated on Jeem TV

(ME); The Doctor's Wife repeated on Syfy (Port);
The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People both repeated on Syfy (Portl)
and Syfy (Spa);The Wedding of River Song and The Doctor, the Widow 
and the Wardrobe both repeated on Fox (FRG); Hide and Journey to the 
Centre of the TARDIS both repeated on Syfy (Ben); Nightmare in Silver 
repeated on WGVU; and Best of the Doctor repeated on BBC Nordic HD
and BBC Polska HD

2015 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episodes 4 to 7, Doomsday and Doctor 
Who Confidential: Finale all repeated on UNC-MX; Robot Omnibus repeated
and The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Parts 3 and 4 both first screened, all
on Retro TV; Snakedance Omnibus repeated on Horror; Alien of London, 
World War Three and Dalek all repeated on UKTV (Aus);

The Christmas Invasion, Voyage of the Damned

and A Christmas Carol all repeated on BBC

Entertainment LA; New Earth repeated on Disney XD (US)
and France 4; Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, The Girl in the

Fireplace, Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, The Idiot's

Lantern, The Impossible Planet and Love & Monsters all repeated 

on Disney XD; Evolution of the Daleks, The Lazarus Experiment, 

42, Human Nature and The Family of Blood all repeated on 

FX (Ind); Turn Left, Journey's End and Planet of the Dead all

repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Stolen Earth repeated on UKTV

(NZ) and Syfy (Aus); The Next Doctor repeated on BBC

Entertainment LA and Syfy (Aus); The Pandorica Opens, The

Big Bang, Doctor Who Confidential: Alien Abduction and Out

of Time all repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania and

ME; Day of the Moon, The Curse of the Black Spot, A Town

Called Mercy, The Power of Three and The Angels Take 

Manhattan all repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC

Polska HD; The Doctor's Wife and The Rings of Akhaten

both repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Almost People 

repeated on BBC Nordic HD; The Wedding of River Song

repeated on OETA; Cold War repeated on BBC Nordic

HD and Karusel; Hide repeated on WGVU; and Doctor

Who Confidential: The Born Identity all repeated on

BBC Entertainment AP

2016 - The Silurians, Episodes 4 to 7 all repeated on WETA-UK;

The Doctor Dances and The Rebel Flesh both repeated on Syfy

(Aus); The Time of Angels repeated on DR3; Flesh and Stone

repeated on BBC Polska HD and DR3; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship 

repeated on BBC Entertainment EU; Hide, Journey to the Centre 

of the TARDIS, and Nightmare in Silver all repeated on Syfy

 (Spa); The Crimson Horror repeated on Space and Syfy

(Spa); The Time of the Doctor repeated on ABC2; Death

in Heaven repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Girl

Who Died repeated on YLE TV2; and The Women Who

Lived repeated on BBC First (ME)

2017 - 100,000 BC, Episode 2: The Cave of Skulls repeated 

on Jones! too; The Gunfighters, Episodes 1 and 2 both

repeated on Retro TV; School Reunion repeated on Syfy

 (Aus); Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code and

Gridlock all repeated on One ARD; Planet of the Dead 

repeated on RAI4; Kill the Moon repeated on BBC Polska 

HD; Face the Raven and Heaven Sent both repeated on 

Syfy (LA); and The Zygon Invasion and The Zygon

 Inversion both repeated on Syfy (Bra)

2018 - Colony in Space, Episodes 5 and

6 both repeated on Retro TV; Destiny of

the Daleks, City of Death, The Creature from

the Pit and Nightmare of Eden Omnibuses

all streamed on Twitch TV; Blink repeated on BBC Polska

HD; The Lodger and The Pandorica Opens both repeated

on Sky 5; and The Zygon Invasion repeated on Star World

Premiere

2019 - The Monster of Peladon, Parts 5 and 6 both

repeated on Retro TV; The Power of Three repeated

on BBC Polska HD; and The Husbands of River Song

and The Return of Doctor Mysterio both repeated on

Sony SciFi

2020 - Image of the Fendahl, Part 4,

The Sun Makers, Part 1, The Creature

from the Pit, Parts 3 and 4 and Nightmare

of Eden, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on Retro

TV; The Ghost Monument repeated and Rosa

first screened on BBC Entertainment EU; and

Spyfall, Part 2, Orphan 55 and Nikola Tesla's

Night of Terror all repeated on BBC Polska HD

2021 - The Ribos Operation Omnibus repeated

on Iowa PTV; The Power of Kroll Omnibus

repeated on MPTV; Remembrance of the

Daleks, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC;

The Runaway Bride, Cold Blood, Vincent and

the Doctor, The Lodger, The Pandorica Opens

and The Big Bang all repeated on W and W +1;

and The Witch's Familiar repeated on ABC2

2022 - The Angels Take Manhattan

repeated on Fox SciFi; Kill the Moon

repeated on Syfy (Fra); The Woman

Who Lived repeated on BBC Polska HD;

The Pilot repeated on BBC First Turkey;

and Redacted, Episode 6: Recruits first

broadcast on Radio 4 Extra

2023 - The Rebel Flesh and The

Almost People both repeated on

Fox SciFi

2024 - Love & Monsters repeated

on ABC Family and ABC Entertains

2025 - The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

repeated on ABC Entertainment

2026 - The Mind Robber, Episodes

3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;

and Under the Lake and Before the

Flood both repeated on BBC3