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Friday, 2 January 2026

Doctor Who Vs. Waking the Dead, Series 6

Series regulars Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil
Johnson, and Félicité Du Jeu all returned for
BBC1's award-winning crime drama, originally
shown in the winter of 2007.
Tara Fitzgerald joined the cast here as new
Home Office pathologist, Dr. Eve Lockhart - she
stayed with the programme until 2011, then
starred in short-lived spin-off series, The Body
Farm.
A repeat run of the twelve-part series began
on U&Drama last night - it featured Peter
CapaldiJemma RedgraveHelen
Goldwyn, and a total of thirty-three further
Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Wren Boys (TX: January 7 & 8)
  • Big Finish actor Ann [Forrest] Bell (Mother Superior) voiced Sylvia O'Donnell for A Thousand Tiny Wings (2010), Professor Gesima Cazalet for Night of the Stormcrow (2013), and Lisa Burrows for Five Twenty-Nine (2016)
  • Carey Mulligan (Bridgid) was Sally Sparrow (pictured) in Blink
  • [Harold] Tony Rohr (Ryan) was an uncredited Colonist in (episode 6 of) The Power of the Daleks
  • series SFX supervisor Graham Brown was VFX assistant on Full CircleThe Five DoctorsResurrection of the DaleksThe Caves of AndrozaniAttack of the CybermenRevelation of the Daleks and The Curse of Fenric
  • for Tom Lucy (stunt co-ordinator here & The Body Farm) see Series 1
  • prosthetics artist Waldo Mason was SFX assistant on Aliens of London
Deus Ex Machina (TX: January 14 & 15)
  • Graham Crowden (Barrett) was Soldeed in The Horns of Nimon
  • Adam James (Leonard) was DI Macmillan in Planet of the Dead
  • Polly [Alexandra] Walker (Catherine) voiced Commander Narina for The Movellan Grave (2017)
The Fall (TX: January 21 & 22)
  • Nigel Whitmey (Simmel) was [Danny] Simmons in Dalek
  • David Yelland (Taggart) voiced Walter Pritchett for The Red Lady (2015)
  • Michelle Newell (Administrator) was one of twenty-six actresses who auditioned for the role of Leela in 1976
  • for Paul Kennington (stunt double) see Series 4
Mask of Sanity (TX: January 28 & 29)
  • James Fox (Rivelli) voiced Professor Chronotis for Shada
  • Karen Bryson (Dr. Vincent) voiced Commander Esk for Aftershocks (2022)
  • Nicholas Beveney (Jenson) was Dad in Attack of the Graske
  • Richard Dillane (Ricardo) was Captain Carter in Let's Kill Hitler and The Wedding of River Song
  • Dominic Letts (Valentine) voiced Nobby/Marak Kitson/Wilkins/Soldier for The Paradise of Death
  • Helen Blatch (Mrs. Jenson) provided the Computer voice for The Deadly Assassin, and was Commander Fabian in The Twin Dilemma
  • Roy Holder (Flynn) was Krelper in The Caves of Androzani
  • Julia Joyce (Kate) was the Young Rose Tyler in Father's Day, and Holly Frobisher in Torchwood: Children of Earth
  • George Asprey (Bruno) voiced Overseer Zim for The Hidden Realm, Balthasar Schrek for Nothing to See Here (both 2016), the Leader for Infamy of the Zaross (2017), General Melak for Time in a Bottle and Kings of Infinite Space (both 2018), the eponymous role for Ravenous and Beyond (2021), and Superior Elite for The Good Samaritan (2023)
  • for Gareth Milne (stunt co-ordinator) and Crispin Green (film editor) see Series 5
  • script editor Muirinn Lane Kelly was producer of Scream of the Shalka
Double Bind (TX: February 4 & 5)
  • Alisdair Simpson (Young Raymond) voiced Sir Francis White for 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), Cleon for The Mask of Tragedy (2014), Colonel Freeman Lifford for The Boundless Sea (2015), Sidney Wheeler/Field Marshal Brooke for Churchill Victorious (2018), Damadus for Return to Skaro (2020), Andor/Manning for Who Am I?, and Lord Varliss for UNIT: Nemesis (2022/23)
  • Ray De Haan (Drug dealer) was a stuntman on The Idiot's Lantern, and for Lee Sherward (stunt co-ordinator) see Series 5
Yahrzeit (TX: February 18 & 19)
  • Pip [Dean] Torrens (Holland) was Headmaster [George] Rocastle in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, then voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), Kenton for Break the Ice (2022), and Thomas Browne for 1901: The Unknown Mirror (2025)
  • Radoslaw Kaim (Cyrak) was Trepper in The Sontaran Stratagem
  • Jim Norton (Dusniak) voiced Major Thomas Kennet for Scream of the Shalka
  • Hollie Sullivan (Frieda) voiced Olivia York for The Middle (2017)
  • Rupert [Makepeace] Wickham (Young Heiss) voiced Captain Dudgeon for No Man's Land (2006), Jonas Faber for Klein's Story, and Butterfly for Survival of the Fittest (both 2010)

Friday, 26 December 2025

Doctor Who Vs. Paddington 2

Michael Bond (1926-2017) based his
best known creation on a lone teddy
bear he saw in a shop near London's
Paddington Station. The toy inspired the writer to pen Bear Called Paddington,
published in 1958. The series of seventy
Paddington Brown titles followed, and
have since been adapted for television
(1975/1989/1997), the stage (1974),
and cinema.
This sequel to Paddington (released in
late 2017) was shown on BBC3 tonight
- it featured Ben Wishaw (as the voice
of the titular bear), Hugh Bonneville,
Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Peter
Capaldi, Hugh Grant, Tom Conti,
Brendan Gleeson, and twenty-one
Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

  • for Bonneville, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon, Gus Brown, Cathy Cosgrove and Chris Lyons
  • Grant (Buchanan), Joanna Lumley (Felicity) and Jim Broadbent all starred in The Curse of Fatal Death
  • [Tallulah] Jessica [Elina] Hynes [nee Stevenson] (Miss Kitts) was Joan Redfern in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, then [that character's great-grand daughter] Verity Newman in The End of Time, Part 2 - she also voiced Glory Bee for Big Finish's Invaders from Mars (2002)
  • Sanjeev Bhaskar (Dr. Jafri) was Colonel Ahmed in Death in Heaven, and voiced Dr. Avishka Sangakkara for The Eight Truths and Worldwide Web (both 2009), and Borusa for The Difference Office (2022)
  • Ben [Evan] Miller (Colonel) was the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robot of Sherwood
  • Nicholas [Robin Frank] Woodeson (CEO) voiced the Clocksmith for Doom Coalition 3 (2016), and the titular role for The Quest of the Engineer (2020)
  • Enzo Squillino Jr. (Giuseppe) voiced Aldo Deluca for The Gift, Juan Romero for Fiesta for the Damned (both 2016), and Chant for The Power of River Song (2019)
  • Meera [born Feroza] Syal (Prosecutor) was Dr. Nasreen Choudhry in The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood, was Narrator of BBC Audio's The Gemini Contagion (2011) and Borrowed Time (2012), then voiced Arla Decanto for The Truth of Peladon (2022)
  • Aaron Neil (Spoon) was Dunlop in The Magician's Apprentice, Varun Singh in Class, then voiced Tir Ram for All-Consuming Fire, Sanukuma Master for The Rulers of the Universe, Priest for The Boundless Sea (all 2015), Aramatz for The Very Dark Thing, Stephano/Klossi/Setebos/ Trink for Maker of Demons, David for UNIT: Silenced, Steven Godbold for Five Twenty-Nine, Computer for World Enough and Time (all 2016), and Gobran for The Poison of Peladon (2022)
  • Nadine [Panchita] Marshall (Ms. Peters) voiced Shepstay for Earth Aid (2011), Katrice for You are the Doctor, and Kordel for The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel (both 2015)
  • Joel Fry (Postman here & Paddington in Peru) voiced Kinvar/Rogers for Quicksilver (2016), and Justin for No Place (2019), then was Trev Simpkins in Joy to the World
  • David Sant (Steward) was an Auton in Rose
  • Maggie Steed [born Baker] (Gertrude) voiced Madamme Rana Zandusia for Mission to Magnus (2009)
  • Alex Jordan (Visby) voiced Rank Van Magnastein for The Revolution, Mandeville/Chief/Acolyte for The Library in the Body (both 2014), Heathcote for An Ideal World (2018), Domdaniel Computer for The Scaramancer, Bandit for The Cognition Shift (both 2020), Sergeant Jean Paul Savarin for Seabird OneVisitants and Fractures (all 2022), Various for The Last Day, and Louis Marchand/Napoleon for Time Schisms! (both 2023)

Wednesday, 24 December 2025

Doctor Who Vs. Paddington

Prolific English author Thomas Michael Bond
(1926-2017) based his best known creation
on a lone teddy bear he saw on a shelf in a
 shop near Paddington Station on Christmas
Eve 1956, which he then bought for his wife.
The bear inspired Bond to pen a story, and
in ten days he had written his first childrens
book which he gave to his agent. A Bear
Called Paddington was published in 1958.
The series of seventy Paddington Brown 
titles followed, and have since been
adapted for the stage (1974 and 2025),
television (1975, 1989 and 1997), and
cinema.
This Anglo-French co-production (first
announced in 2007), produced by David
Heyman (Harry Potter), was released in
late 2014. The marmalade loving bear
from Darkest Peru was now voiced by Ben
Wishaw who replaced Colin Firth. 
Shown on BBC1 today, the film featured
Sally Hawkins, Nicole Kidman, Julie Walters, Peter CapaldiMatt Lucas,
and these twenty-one Doctor Who cast and crew connections:
  • Hugh [Richard] Bonneville (Mr. Brown) was Captain Henry Avery in The Curse of the Black Spot (then briefly in A Good Man Goes to War and The Wedding of River Song), and voiced Sir Sidney Herbert/Tsar Nicholas I for Big Finish's The Angel of Scutari (2009)
  • Geoffrey [Dyson] Palmer (Head Geographer) was Edward Masters in The Silurians, the Administrator in (part 1 of) The Mutants, and Captain Hardaker in Voyage of the Damned
  • Imelda [Mary Philomena Bernadette] Staunton (Aunt Lucy) provided the voiced of the Interface for The Girl Who Waited
  • Sir Michael [John] Gambon (Uncle Pastuzo) portrayed both Elliot and Kazran Sardick in A Christmas Carol
  • Kayvan Novak (Grant) provided the voice of Handles for The Time of the Doctor
  • Jim Broadbent (Mr. Gruber) has twice depicted the Doctor - for the Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV sketch Doctor Who and Crayola (in 1987), and The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)
  • Matt King (Andre) was Peter Streete in The Shakespeare Code
  • Gus Brown (Geographer here, Tour Guide in Paddington 2) voiced Ashman for The Rocket Men (2011), Weyland for Gods and Monsters (2012), Wednesday for The Backwards Men (2014), Kran for Theatre of War (2015), and Forz for The Emporium at the End (2016)
  • David McKail and James Bachman (Geographers) were Sergeant Kyle in The Talons of Weng Chiang, and Bainbridge for Situation Vacant (2010)
  • Bern Collaco (Officer) was an Operator in The Return of Doctor Mysterio, and Soldier in Thin Ice
  • Tom Meeten (Guard) was David Vorhaus in Delia: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes
  • stuntmen Paul Heasman, Lee Sheward, Nic Goodey, Steve Griffin, Rob Hunt and Andy Piers Morris all worked on the classic and revived runs
  • Sam Heasman (electrician) was cinematographer on Demons of the PunjabThe Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos and Series 12
  • set decorator Cathy Cosgrove began her career as production buyer on Delta and the Bannermen
  • Chris Lyons also provided dental prosthetics for five stories (from Empress of Mars to The Church on Ruby Road) and The Sarah Jane Adventures

Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Doctor Who Vs. The Vicar of Dibley


A rerun of BBC1's much-loved comedy series began on U&Gold
last night - in the finest traditions of British TV sitcoms, this Tiger
 Aspect Production presented another iconic ensemble cast, led
by Dawn French as the eponymous parish priest.
Created by Richard Curtis and launched in late 1994, the award-
winning comedy endured for three seasons, over twelve years
and numerous specials - it featured Peter Capaldi, cameos from
Johnny Depp, Kylie Minogue, Sting, Darcy Bussell, Terry Wogan,
Sean Bean, Emma Watson, and a total of twenty-five Doctor Who
cast and crew connections:
  • Curtis and Emma Freud were writer and script editor on Vincent and the Doctor too
  • James [Edward] Fleet (Hugo) voiced O'Reilley for Max Warp (2008), Geoff Cooper foThe Entropy Composition, and Martin Ashcroft/Sir Jack Merrivale for Special Features (both 2010)
  • Roger Lloyd Pack (Owen) was John Lumic in Rise of the Cybermen and The Age oSteel
  • Dervla Kirwan (Assumpta) 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, and Kelleher for Effect and Cause (all 2020)
  • Minogue played Astrid Peth in Voyage of the Damned
  • Clive Mantle (Simon, 1998/99) voiced Oliver Cromwell for The Settling (2006), Narrator of The Coming of the Terraphiles (2010), Tuvold for The Burning Prince (2012), Tillegat/Lieutenant Treeves for Destroy the Infinite (2014), and Chuke for Genetics of the Daleks (2020)
  • Richard [Crispin] Armitage (Harry, 2006/07) was cast as President Rassilon for Time War 4 (2021), War Room 1 (2022) and Goth Opera (2024)
  • [Clara Julia] Keeley Hawes (Rosie) was Ms. Delphox in Time Heist
  • Edward [Harry] Kelsey (Harris) was the Slave Buyer in (episode 2 of) The Romans, Resno in The Power of the Daleks, and Edu in The Creature from the Pit
  • Charles Pemberton (Vet) was a Cyberman in Tomb of the Cybermen, and Technician in The War Games
  • [Reginald Herbert] Preston Lockwood (Pottle) was Dojjen in Snakedance
  • Orla Brady (Aoife) was Tasha Lem in The Time of the Doctor
  • Nina [Minoo] Wadia (Miss Carr) and Annette [Ross Mcleod] Crosbie (Mavis) both starred in The Eleventh Hour, as Dr. Ramsden and Mrs. Angelo - Wadia also voiced Deepa for State of Bliss (2019), and Mimi for Here Lies Drax (2022)
  • Hugh [Richard] Bonneville [Williams] (Ogilvy) was Captain Henry Avery in The Curse of the Black Spot and A Good Man Goes to War, and voiced Tsar Nicholas I for The Angel of Scutari (2009)
  • Charlotte Palmer (Fan) voiced Dr. Cain for Death Comes to Time, then Sodalis for Dead or Alive (2025)
  • Moray [Robin Phillip Adrian] Watson (Stranger) was Sir Robert Muir in Black Orchid
  • Maureen [Diane] Lipman (Alicia) was the Wire in The Idiot's Lantern
  • Peter Cartwright (Undertaker) was Arnold Underwood in The Power of Three
  • Stewart Wright (Newsreader) was Alan in The Lie of the Land
  • Richard Cant (Choir) was Malcolm Wainwright in Blink
  • Leslie Pearson (Pianist) provided organ music for The Deadly Assassin (1)
  • Jim Dowdall (stunt co-ordinator) was a Guerilla in Day of the Daleks, Guard in Genesis of the Daleks, and Warnsman in Frontios (1)
  • Tina Maskell was also a stunt performer on Boom Town and The Runaway Bride

Saturday, 30 August 2025

Doctor Who Vs. Agatha Christie's Poirot, Series 3

David Suchet (as the definitive Hercule Poirot), Hugh
Fraser, Philip Jackson, and Pauline Moran all returned
for eleven period crime dramas, first broadcast on ITV through the autumn and winter of 1990/91.
 The opening feature-length mystery was based on
the Queen of Crime's debut novel, written in 1916
and published in 1920. Five of the cases were based
on short stories from Poirot's Early Cases (issued in
1974), three derived from Poirot Investigates (1924),
 and two originated from The Adventure of the
Christmas Pudding (1960).
A repeat run of the third season concluded on ITV3
last night - it featured Peter Capaldi (pictured in
Wasps' Nest), and a total of forty-nine Doctor Who
cast and crew connections:

The Mysterious Affair At Styles (UK TX: September 16 1990)
  • Joanna McCallum (Evie here; Laura for A Murder is Announced, 1999; Mrs. Olivera for One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, 2004; Princess in Murder on the Orient Express, 2022) voiced the Bursar for Big Finish's Night Thoughts (2006)
  • David Savile (Summerhaye) was Lieutenant Jeremy Carstairs in The War Games, Professor Winser in The Claws of Axos, and Colonel Charles Crichton in The Five Doctors
  • Anthony Calf (Cavendish) was Charles in The Visitation, Colonel Godsacre in Empress of Mars, and voiced Lord Barset for Frozen Time (2007), and Cal for Zero Space (2018)
  • [Frank] Morris Perry (Wells) was Captain Dent in Colony in Space
  • Tim Munro (Mace) was Ainu in The Creature from the Pit, and Sigurd in Terminus
  • Tim Preece (Philips) was Codal in Planet of the Daleks, then voiced the President for He Jests at Scars (2003)
  • Donald Pelmear (Judge) was Professor Rubeish in The Time Warrior
  • Robert Vowles (Driver) was a Gundan in Warriors' Gate
  • David Rintoul [born Wilson] (Cavendish) voiced Lord Henry Balfour for The Phoenix Strain (2016), Professor Andus Renwick for The Helm of Awe (2017), Galla Posca for Escape from Kaldor (2018), Dr. Leon Jessel for Fever Island (2019), Roger Hodgkiss for Barrister to the Stars (2020), Kinade/Priest/Bishop for The Curse of Lady Macbeth (2021), Garron for The Ribos Inheritance, and Butler for The House that Hoxx Built (both 2022)
How Does Your Garden Grow? (UK TX: January 6 1991)
  • Elizabeth Waller was costume designer on The Robots of Death too
The Million Dollar Bond Robbery (UK TX: January 13)
  • David [John] Quilter (Shaw here; Laidlaw in The Crackler) was Greeves in The Unicorn and the Wasp
  • Christopher Owen (Purser) was an Earthling in Meglos
  • Jonathan Stratt (Passenger) was the Taxi Driver in Partners in Crime
  • Dallas Adams (Hood) was Professor Howard Foster in Planet of Fire
  • Edward Phillips (Seller) was Parisian in (episode 3 of) The Massacre, and Scientist [Bob Anders] in The Moonbase
  • Lizzie McInnerny (Nurse here; Alex in Philomel Cottage, 2002; Jenny in The ABC Murders, 2018) voiced Harriet Quilp for The Yes Men (2015)
The Plymouth Express (UK TX: January 20)
  • writer Rod Beacham made his TV acting debut as Corporal Lane in The Web of Fear
  • Julian [Neil Rohan] Wadham (Carrington here; Champneys in The Manhood of Edward Robinson; Halliday in Sleeping Murder, 2006) voiced Augustus Scullop for The Fourth Wall (2012)Joseph Holman for The Darkness of Glass (2015) and The Crowmarsh Experiment (2018), and Judge Perigold Trent for The Doomsday Contract (2021)
  • Steven Mackintosh (Newsboy) was Gazak in Timelash
  • Leon Eagles (Manager) was Jabel in The Face of Evil
  • John Abbott (Detective) was Vince Hawkins in Horror of Fang Rock
  • Reg [George] Thomason (Doorman here; Club member in The Mystery of the Spanish Chest; Drinker in The Chocolate Box; Audience in Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan; Barristr in Witness for the Prosecution, 1982) was Resistance Man in Daleks' Invasion 2150 AD
Wasps' Nest (UK TX: January 27)
  • Julian Forsyth (Waiter) voiced Grei Potemic for Rewind (2022)
  • Hilary Tindall (Compere) played Marion Clements in The Curse of the Daleks
The Tragedy At Marsdon Manor (UK TX: February 3)
  • Ian McCulloch (Maltravers) was Nilson in Warriors of the Deep
  • Geraldine Alexander (Susan here; Gwenda in Sleeping Murder, 1987; Blanche for Absent in the Spring) was Areta in Vengeance on Varos
  • Ralph Watson (Danvers) was the Generator Scientist in The Underwater Menace, Captain Knight in The Web of Fear and The Web of Time (2019), Ettis in The Monster of Peladon, and Ben Travers in Horror of Fang Rock (1)
  • Hilary [Sophia] Sesta (Receptionist) was the Fortune Teller in Snakedance
The Double Clue (UK TX: February 10)
  • David [James] Bamber (Parker) 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)
  • Mark Fletcher (Constable) was a Crewman in Earthshock
  • stuntman Martin Grace was a Thal in Dr. Who and the Daleks
  • for Jill Goldston (Waitress) see The Adventure of the Western Star
The Mystery of the Spanish Chest (UK TX: February 17)
  • Caroline Langrishe (Marguerite here; Sally in Dead Man's Folly, 1986) voiced Shira for The Burning Prince (2012), and Lady Farina/the Red Lady for Doom Coalition 1 (2015)
  • Pip [Dean] Torrens (Rich here; Cloade in Taken at the Flood; Noel Coward in 4.50 from Paddington) was Headmaster Rocastle in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, then voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), and Kenton for Break the Ice (2022)
  • Peter Copley (Burgoyne) was Dr. Warlock in Pyramids of Mars
  • Metin Yenal (Umpire) was Karl in Silver Nemesis
The Theft of the Royal Ruby (UK TX: February 24)
  • Frederick [William] Treves (Lacey here; Dr. Kennedy in Sleeping Murder, 1987) was Brotadac in Meglos
  • Gordon Reid (Shopkeeper here; Littledale for Sad Cypress, 1992) was Phillips in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1)
  • [Patricia] Stephanie Cole (Mrs. Lacey here; Miss Casewell in The Mousetrap, 1968/9; Anna in Jane in Search of a Job; Ariadne Oliver for Hallowe'en PartyThe Pale Horse Cards on the Table) voiced Lady Marianna for The Abandoned (2014), and Narrator of Bessie Come Home
  • Iain Rattray (Waiter) was Habris in State of Decay
  • stuntman Jim Dowdall had uncredited roles in Day of the Daleks, Genesis of the DaleksGenesis of the Daleks and Frontios
The Affair at the Victory Ball (UK TX: March 3)
  • Andrew Burt (Ackeley here; Dr. Quimper in 4. 50 from Paddington, 1987) was Valgard in Terminus
  • Harry Van Engel (Engineer here; Juror in Witness for the Prosecution, 1982) was a Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks
  • stuntman Steve Whyment was an extra in The Keeper of Traken and Snakedance
The Mystery of the Hunter's Lodge (UK TX: March 10)
  • Roy Boyd (Stoddard) was Driscoll in The Hand of Fear
  • Bernard [Arthur Gordon] Horsfall (Pace) was Lemual Gulliver in The Mind Robber, Time Lord in The War Games, Taron in Planet of the Daleks, Chancellor Goth in The Deadly Assassin, and voiced Arnold Baynes for Davros (2003)
  • Victoria Alcock (Ellie) was Angela in Planet of the Dead, then voiced Marion for Power Play, and Winnie O'Connor for The Lonely Clock (both 2012)
  • Raymond Trickitt (Cooke) was the Ancient Haemovore in The Curse of Fenric
  • Jim Norton (Havering) voiced Major Thomas Kennet for Scream of the Shalka

Saturday, 17 May 2025

Doctor Who Vs. Mrs. Caldicot's Cabbage War

Collins as would-be companion,
Samantha Briggs in The Faceless
Ones
This independent British film
comedy premiered at German
then Moscow film festivals,
 before a UK cinema release in
2003. The story (based on the
book from Vernon Coleman)
centred on housewife Thelma
(played by Pauline Collins), who
finally becomes free of her
boorish husband when he's
killed by a cricket ball, only to be confined to retirement home by her son Derek (Peter Capaldi).
Upset with the care she and the
other residents receive, Thelma
leads a revolt. Shown on 5 Star tonight, the drama also featured Camille Coduri, John Alderton, and
thirteen more Doctor Who cast and crew connections:
  • Martin Jarvis (JB) and Sheila Reid (Joyce) both appeared in Vengeance on Varos, as the Governor and Etta - Jarvis was also Hilio in The Web Planet, Butler iInvasion of the Dinosaurs, then voiced Nigel Rochester for Big Finish's Jubilee (2003), whilst Reid was also Clara's Gran in The Time of the Doctor and Dark Water, and voiced Claire Summerfield for Good Night, Sweet Ladies (2014), and Janaiya for The Middle (2017)
  • [Albert] Frank Mills (Leslie) was the Telescope Director in (episode 1 of) Terror of the Autons
  • Isla Blair (Matron) was Lady Isabella Fitzwilliam in The King's Demons, then voiced Paula Taylor for Exotron (2007), Marge for Kidnapped!, Charn for Palindrome (both 2020), and Old Mary Mortimer for Friend of the Family (2023)
  • aul [John] Freeman (Jenkins) voiced Jalnik for The Foe from the Future (2012)
  • Wanda Ventham (Victoria) was Jean Rook in The Faceless Ones, Thea Ransome in Image of the Fendahl, and Faroon in Time and the Rani
  • Angela Bruce (Gina) was Brigadier Winifred Bambera in Battlefield, a role reprised for Animal (2011) then UNIT: Brave New World and The War Factory (both 2022) - she also voiced Mother for The Persistence of Dreams (2018), Herb for Conversion (2019), and Oya/Andarta for Consequences (2021)
  • Annette Badland (Cook) was Margaret Blaine [Blon Fel Fotch Pasameer Day Slitheen] in Aliens of London, World War ThreeBoom Town and Sync (2019), then voiced Queen Karlina for Equilibrium, Thelma for Suburban Hell (both 2015), Guilana for Asking for a Friend (2017), Judge/Computer for Barrister to the Stars, Mrs. Slinger/Batraxus for Whatever Remains, Maude Polwart/Mermaid for The Ghost Writers (all 2020), Mrs. Goose/Fleshkin for The Hunting Season (2021), Mrs. Chinn for Mind of the Hodiacthe eponymous role for The Miniaturist, Eminent Sedanya for Blood of the Time Lords (all 2022), the Toymaker for Metamorphosis, Dorothy Stubbs for The Sitter (both 2024), and Aunt Lavinia Smith for Smith & Sullivan (2025)
  • Nicholas McArdle (Dale) was De Vries in The Stones of Blood
  • Jamie Bradley (Driver) was Strood in Bad Wolf
  • Lisa Kay (Sally) voiced Beatrix Butcher for The Witch from the Well (2011), and Alayna for Empire of the Racnoss (2017)
  • Rocky [Laurie] Taylor was an Egyptian Warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (9), Guard in The Curse of Peladon (4), then stuntman on The Idiot's Lantern too
  • unit manager Peter Bennett was first assistant director on fourteen stories (from Bad Wolf to The End of Time), production manager on The Doctor's DaughterMidnightThe Stolen Earth and Journey's End, then producer on twenty-eight other episodes (from The Beast Below to Twice Upon a Time)

Monday, 14 April 2025

Doctor Who On This Day #104

1958 - Actor Peter Dougan Capaldi
born in Glasgow
1965 The DaleksEpisode 7: The
Rescue first screened on CBC
1967 The Savages, Episode 3 repeated
and Episode first screened, both on ABC
1973 - Planet of the Daleks, Episode 2
first screened on BBC1
1978 - The Face of Evil, Part 4 repeated
 on ABC 
1980 Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 2 and 3 both
repeated on ABC; The Android Invasion, Part 2
first screened on WTTW 11; and The Ribos
OperationPart 1 first screened on TV1
1981 Robot, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus; and
The Leisure Hive, Part first screened on TV1
1982 - The Invasion of Time, Part 3
repeated on KQED Plus; and The Keeper
oTraken, Part 2 repeated and Part 3 first
screened, both on ABC
1983 Logopolis, Part 4 repeated on KQED
Plus; and Earthshock, Parts 1 and 2 both
repeated on ABC
1984 The Seeds of Doom, Part
repeated on KQED Plus
1985 The Seeds of Doom Omnibus 
repeated on KQED Plus
1986 - The Mind of Evil, Episode 5 first
screened on ABC
1987 Spearhead from SpaceEpisode
1 repeated on KQED Plus; and The Brain
 of Morbius, Part 1 repeated on TV2
1988 The Horns of Nimon, Part 1
 repeated on KQED Plus
1989 The Green Death, Episode 4 repeated on KQED
Plus; and Mawdryn Undead, Part 4 repeated on TV2
1990 100,000 BC, Episode 2: The Cave of Skulls
repeated on BSB; Resurrection of the DaleksPart
(of 4) repeated on KQED Plus; and The Greatest
Show in the Galaxy, Part 3 first screened on TV2
1992 - Colony in Space, Episode 6
repeated on KQED Plus
1993 The Curse of Peladon, Episode
3 repeated on UK Gold; and Arc of
InfinityPart 3 repeated on ABC
1994 The Armageddon Factor, Part
6 repeated on UK Gold
1995 Terror of the Autons, Episode
repeated on UK Gold
1996 The Horns of Nimon Omnibus
repeated on UK Gold
1997 The Time Warrior Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus;
and The Monster of Peladon, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1998 The Ambassadors of Death, Episode 6 first screened
 on Space; and Frontios, Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1999 The Ambassadors of Death, Episode 6 repeated on
Space; and The Ark in Space, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2000 The Ark, Episode 3: The Return
repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2001 The Power of Kroll, Part 3 first screened on Prairie
PTV; The Leisure Hive, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
Colorado PTV; Full Circle, Parts 1 and both repeated on 
Iowa PTV; SnakedancePart 4 repeated on BBC Prime; and
The Five Doctors, Parts 3 and 4 (of 4) both repeated on
MiND
2002 The Time Warrior Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;
Robot, Part 1 repeated on WCNY; The Sontaran Experiment
Omnibus repeated on MPT; Genesis of the DaleksPart 1
repeated on Lakeland PTV; The Android InvasionParts 3
and 4 both MiND; Horror of Fang RockPart 2 repeated
on WILL; The Stones of Blood, Part 3 repeated on KUED;
MeglosPart 2 repeated on TPT; Castrovalva, Parts 3
and 4 both repeated on WCET; The Visitation, Part 3
repeated on 
WQED; Time Flight, Parts 1 and both repeated on 
Lakeshore PTV; Arc of Infinity, Parts 3 and 4 both 
repeated on KBTC; SnakedanceParts 3 and 4 both
repeated on NHPTV; Warriors of the Deep, Parts 1
and both repeated on Colorado PTV; Attack of the
 CybermenParts 3 and 4 (of 4) both repeated on
Iowa PTV; and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
screened on Channel 4
2003 Full Circle Omnibus repeated
 on BBC Kids (Can)
2004 The Ambassadors of Death, Episode
6 repeated on ABC; and SnakedanceParts
and 4 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2005 The Ribos Operation, Part
repeated on ABC
2006 Totally Doctor Who (1.1)
repeated on CBBC
2007 - Planet of the Spiders Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;
The End of the World first screened on OETA and repeated
on WLIW 21; Aliens of London and Doctor Who Confidential:
I Get a Sidekick Out of You both first screened on WQLN; 
The Long Game first screened on KLCS; Gridlock first 
screened on BBC1; Doctor Who Confidential: Aliens, 
the Good, the Bad and the Ugly repeated on WLIW 21; 
Doctor Who Confidential: Are We There Yet? first
screened on BBC3; and Totally Doctor Who (2.2)
repeated on BBC2 and CBBC 
2008 The GunfightersEpisode 4: The OK
Corral and The War MachinesEpisode 1 both
first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; and
School Reunion and The Girl in the Fireplace
both repeated on UK Gold
2009 The RomansEpisodes 3 and 4 both repeated on 
MTV3 SciFi and TV4; Tooth and Claw repeated on BBC3
and UKTV (Aus); and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown:
 Fear Factor repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2010 The Giant Robot, Episodes 7 repeated and
8 first broadcast on Radio 7; and The Christmas
Invasion repeated on Syfy (FRG) and Syfy (Spa)
2011 The Androids of Tara, Parts 3 and
4 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and
TV4; Rise of the Cybermen repeated on
Space; and The Cannibalists, Episode 2
repeated on Radio 4 Extra
2012 Warriors of the Deep, Parts 3 and 4, The Awakening
 and Frontios Omnibuses and Planet of Fire, Parts 1 and 2 all
repeated on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The Unicorn and the Wasp
 repeated on BBC3; Amy's Choice first screened on DR3; and
Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Out of Time and Shadow
 Play both repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2013 Genesis of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on UKTV;
The Brain of Morbius, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC;
DalekThe Long Game and Father's Day all repeated on
Syfy (Port); The Time of Angels first screened on WPT
Flagship; The Vampires of Venice repeated on Idaho PTV;
Amy's Choice and Doctor Who 
Confidential: Arthurian Legend both repeated on Iowa PTV;
Vincent and the Doctor repeated on UKTV (NZ); Closing Time 
and Doctor Who Confidential: Open All Hours both repeated on
MPTV; Cold War first screened on BBC America, Space, ABC1,
BBC Polska and BBC Entertainment RSA; and The Timey Wimey
 of Doctor Who first screened on UKTV (Aus)
2014 The Horns of Nimon, Part 3, Castrovalva, Part 2 and
Boom Town all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Long Game and
Father's Day both repeated on TV3 (Spa); Smith and Jones,
The Shakespeare CodeGridlock and Voyage of the Damned
all repeated on Really Scary TV; Planet of the Ood repeated
on WPT;
The Poison Sky and The Doctor's Daughter both repeated on Fox
(FRG); Flesh and Stone and Doctor Who Confidential: Blinded by
 the Light both repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD;
Amy's ChoiceThe Hungry Earth and Cold Blood all repeated on
Syfy (Port); Vincent and the Doctor and The Lodger both repeated
 on France 4; The Curse of the Black SpotThe Doctor's Wife and
The Rebel Flesh all repeated on Watch; A Good Man Goes to War 
repeated on Prime; The Girl Who Waited repeated on BBC Nordic;
The Snowmen and The Bells of Saint John both repeated on BBC America; HideJourney to the Centre of the TARDIS and Doctor 
Who Confidential: What Dreams May Come all repeated on BBC
Entertainment AP
2015 - Robot, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated and Four to
DoomsdayParts and 4 both first screened, all on Retro TV;
The Armageddon Factor, Part 3 and The Lodger both repeated
 on Syfy (Aus); The Two Doctors, Parts 2 and 3 (of 6) both
 repeated on Horror; The Long Game repeated on TV Cultura;
 Bad Wolf and Doctor Who Confidential: The World of Who
both repeated on ABC2; The Idiot's Lantern repeated on BBC
Entertainment AP; Planet of the Ood repeated on Watch and
KCPT2; The Almost People and A Good Man Goes to War
both repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; and
 The Snowmen and The Bells of Saint John both repeated
on BBC America
2016 Enlightenment, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
Retro TV; Aliens of London repeated on BBC Polska HD;
The Impossible Planet and The Hungry Earth both repeated
on Syfy (Aus); The Satan Pit and Love & Monsters both
repeated on France 4; Daleks in Manhattan repeated on
TV Cultura; The Poison Sky and Doctor Who Confidential:
Sontar-Ha! both repeated on ABC2; The End of TimePart 
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Vampires of
Venice repeated on Syfy (LA) and Syfy (Bra); The Power
of Three repeated on Syfy (Port); The Snowmen repeated
on BBC Entertainment EU; Journey to the Centre of the 
TARDIS and ThCrimson Horror both repeated on Fox 
(FRG); and Nightmare in Silver repeated on BBC First (ME)
2017 Carnival of Monsters, Episode 1 repeated on The
Zone; The Two DoctorsParts 4 and 5 (of 6) both repeated 
on Retro 
TV; The Christmas Invasion, Voyage of the Damned, Partners in
Crime and The Next Doctor all repeated on BBC Polska HD; Smith
 and Jones repeated on Space; The Waters of Mars, Part 1 (of 2)
repeated on FX (Ind); The Name of the Doctor, The Day of the 
Doctor, The Time of the Doctor and Last Christmas all repeated
on BBC America; Deep Breath, Into the Dalek, Robot of 
SherwoodListen, Time Heist, The Caretaker, Kill the Moon
Mummy on the Orient Express, Flatline and Dark Water all 
repeated on BBC America and Space; In the Forest of the
 Night repeated on BBC America, Space and Syfy (Aus); Death 
in Heaven repeated on BBC America, Space and Syfy (LA); 
The Husbands of River Song, The Magician's Apprentice,
The Witch's Familiar, The Woman Who Lived and The
Zygon Invasion all repeated on BBC First (ME); Under the 
Lake, Before the Flood and The Girl Who Died all repeated
on BBC First (ME) and DR3; The Zygon Inversion and Sleep 
No More both repeated on BBC First (ME) and Syfy (Aus);
and The Return of Doctor Mysterio repeated on ABC
2018 Destiny of the DaleksParts 2 to 4 and The 
Creature from the PitPart 1 all repeated on Retro TV; Th
End of the World repeated on One ARD; The Lodger and 
The Pandorica Opens both repeated on Star World Premiere;
The Witch's Familiar repeated on BBC First (ME); The Return
of Doctor Mysterio repeated on Syfy (Aus); and Smile
 repeated on BBC Polska HD
2019 The Deadly Assassin Omnibus repeated on WSRE;
The Face of EvilParts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; The
Invisible Enemy Omnibus repeated on MPTV; Underworld,
Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; The Creature from
the PitPart 2 repeated on KPTS; Four to Doomsday Omnibus
repeated on Iowa PTV; Terminus Omnibus repeated on Idaho
PTV; Army of GhostsDoomsdaySmith and JonesThe
Shakespeare CodeGridlockDaleks in ManhattanEvolution
of the DaleksThe Lazarus Experiment42 and Human Nature
all repeated on W; The Caretaker and Kill the Moon both
repeated on One ARD; The Return of Doctor Mysterio,
The Pilot and Smile all repeated on BBC Polska HD;
 and Resolution repeated on Fox (FRG)
2020 - Writer Philip Baker died in Britain,
aged 91; The Daemons, Episodes 1 and 2 both
repeated on Retro TV; Amy's Choice and The
Hungry Earth both repeated on One ARD; A
Christmas Carol repeated on W; The Day of
the Doctor repeated on BBC Polska HD; and
The Pilot repeated on Syfy (Fra)
2021 The Deadly AssassinParts 3 and
both repeated on Retro TV; Christmas
Carol repeated on ABC2; Mummy on the
Orient ExpressFlatline and Last Christmas
all repeated on Syfy (Fra); and The Eaters
of Light repeated on BBC Polska HD
2022 The Caves of Androzani, Parts
and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;
Human Nature repeated on Fox SciFi;
The Poison Sky and The Doctor's
 Daughter both repeated on Syfy (Fra);
Flesh and Stone repeated on BBC Polska
HD; and The Impossible Astronaut
repeated on BBC First Turkey
2023 Heaven Sent and Hell Bent
both repeated on Fox SciFi; and The
Witch's Familiar repeated on ABC2
2024 - The Brain of Morbius, Parts
and 2 both repeated on KBTC
2025 - The Big Bang repeated on
ABC Entertains