Doctor Who Vs. Grantchester, Series 4

The fourth season of the ITV Studios

period crime drama (based on The
Grantchester Mysteries book series
from James Runcie) was first shown
in early 2019.

Robson Green, Al Weaver, and Tess 

Peake Jones all returned, whilst James

Norton left the show here (when Sidney Chambers moved to America) - he was

succeeded by Tom Brittney's new vicar, Will Davenport.

A repeat run of the six-part series con-

cluded on ITV3 last night - it featured

Jemma Redgrave, and a total of

twenty-four Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• Nicholas [James Sebastian] Rowe (Simpson) voiced Rivesh Mantilax for Dreamland, then the Kandyman for Big Finish's Ravenous 1 (2018), Cato Kelgoth for The Passenger (2022), and Sebastian Hardcastle for Operation Dusk (2023)
• Samuel [Alexander Joseph] West (Barkley) was Cyrian in Dimensions in Time, then voiced the titular renegade for The Vengeance of Morbius (2008), Morbius and Morbius the Mighty (both 2024), Albert Tiermann for AudioGo's A Shard of Ice (2010), Aristophanes for Mask of Tragedy (2014), Mr. Song for The Diary of River Song (2016), and the Mazzini Family for Serpent in the Silver Mask (2018)
• Paterson [Davis] Joseph (Rev. Todd) was Rodrick in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, and voiced Victor Espinosa for Earth Aid (2011), Matthew for Blind Summit (2018), Harbolt for The Queen of Clocks, and James Blakelock for Missy and the Time Assassin (both 2024)
• Andrew Burford (Parsons) was a stuntman on seven stories (from The Eaters of Light to Spyfall)
• Sandra Teles (Madhia) was a Reporter in The Return of Doctor Mysterio
• Simon Bubb (Guthrie) voiced Temper/Follower for The Transcendence of Ephros (2016), and Jodor Colwyn for The Perfect Prisoners (2019)
• Robert Portal (Eddie) vocied Marshal Ney/Superintendent Finch for The Curse of Davros (2012), Reggie Bassett for The Auntie Matter (2013), Jim/Midge for Lost Property, Treadwell for Wild Animals, and Dr. Poograss for Whatever Remains (all 2020)
• Rachel Pickup (Meredith) voiced Dr. Sofia Rossiter for Thicker Than Water (2005)
• Christopher Fairbank (Roper) voiced Pierre Aronnax for The Wreck of the Titan (2010), Doc Baroque for The Scapegoat (2009), and Marc Brunel for Iron Bright (2019), then appeared as Fenton in Flatline
• Samuel Blenkin (Moran) voiced Tanhar for The Planet of Witches (2020)
• Charlie Hamblett (Amery) voiced Vetch for Timejacked! (2021), and Thomas/Attendants for Fond Farewell (2022)
• Kassius Carey Johnson (Raymond) was Artie [Maitland] in The Bells of Saint John, The Crimson Horror, Nightmare in Silver and The Name of the Doctor
• Joseph Millson (Pope) 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)
• Patrick [Bashir] Baladi (Davis) was Sir Keith Spears in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Richard Price (Attendee/Policeman) was Guest in The Runaway Bride and The Lazarus Experiment, Passerby in Partners in Crime, 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, eponymous Kerblam! man, Sniperbot in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon, Dalek operator in Revolution of the Daleks, Visitor in The Halloween Apocalypse and The Vanquishers, titular reptile in Legend of the Sea Devils, and Shadow Kin in Class
• for Oliver Dimsdale and Nick Brimble see Series 2
• stunt co-ordinator Dani Biernat was stunt performer on The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, The Sound of Drums and Amy's Choice
• stuntman Paul Bailey was stunt driver on It Takes You Away, The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos and Resolution
• Dan Griffiths was also a stuntman on the Series 11 finale, and Gunrunner in Smile
• Louise Page was also costume designer on forty-six episodes (from The Christmas Invasion to The End of Time) and Music of the Spheres
• Art dept. assistant Amy Herring was a Trainee on Twice Upon a Time
• Kylie Jonkman worked crowd hair/make-up on The Witch's Familiar too
• Rose Goodhart (costume supervisor) was assistant costume designer on twenty stories (from Love & Monsters to The End of Time) and Time Crash

Doctor Who Vs. Mr. Holmes

This Anglo-American period

drama was based on Mitch

Cullin's 2005 novel, A Slight

Trick of the Mind.

Ian McKellen portrayed the

titular literary icon, and Milo

Parker was Roger.

Set mainly in 1947 during his

retirement in Sussex, the story

recounts 93-year-old Sherlock

Holmes' struggle to recall his

final case, The Adventure of the

Dove Grey Glove. The mystery

is even dramatised within the

film as Hollywood movie, The

Lady in Grey which the detective watches at the cinema. Mr. Holmes premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in

early 2015, then was released by Miramax later that year. Shown on BBC2

tonight, the See Saw and BBC Films co-production also featured Hattie

Morahan, Laura Linney, Roger Allam, and sixteen Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• McKellen provided the voice of the Great Intelligence for The Snowmen, and had a cameo in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
• Parker voiced the Master for Big Finish's Masterful (2021)
• Phil Davis (DI Gilbert here; Jeff Hope in A Study in Pink) was Lucius Petrus Dextrus in The Fires of Pompeii, and voiced Titus for The Cannibalists (2009)
• John [Gibb] Sessions [bon Marshall] (Mycroft Holmes here; Rutherford in Murder Rooms; Bell in Reichenbach Falls; Kenny Price in Sherlock: The Great Game; Conan Doyle in Mr. Selfridge) voiced General Tannis for Death Comes to Time, Mozart for My Own Private Wolfgang (2007), Roland for Castle of Fear (2009), then provided the voice of Gus for Mummy on the Orient Express
• Nicholas [James Sebastian] Rowe (Matinee Holmes here; Sherlock in Young Sherlock Holmes; Norton for Auk Studios' Sir Sherlock) voiced Rivesh Mantilax for Dreamland, then the Kandyman for Ravenous 1 (2018), Cato Kelgoth for War Room 1 (2022), and Sebastian Hardcastle for Operation Dusk (2023)
• Frances Barber (Matinee Madame) was Madame Kovarian through- out the Series 6 story arc, a role reprised by Big Finish for The Diary of River Song 3 (2018) - she was also Narrator of AudioGo's Snake Bite (2012)
• Shaun Lucas (Passerby here; Man in Elementary) was a Monk in The Bells of Saint John
• Clem So (Customer here; Raver in The Sign of Three; Chinaman in The Abominable Bride) was Mongolian in Asylum of the Daleks, Artisan in The Angels Take Manhattan, Tourist in The Day of the Doctor, Clockwork Droid in Deep Breath, Bank Client in Time Heist, Alien in Face the Raven and The Husbands of River Song, Gent in Thin Ice, Corpse in Oxygen, and Guard in Extremis
• Kit Connor (Boy), Claire Ashton (Customer) and SFX supervisor Neal Champion all worked on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Matt Jennings (third assistant director) was first AD on Demons of the Punjab and The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
• Christine Walmesley-Cotham (stylist) was make-up designer on The Ribos Operation and The Horns of Nimon
• Leon Harris was also SFX technician on five episodes (from The Snowmen to The Day of the Doctor)
• Lou Elsey (prosthetics tech supervisor) was costume fabricator on Cold War
• Richard Rowntree was also greensman on forty-one stories (from The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe to The Husbands of River Song)