Doctor Who Vs. Sea of Souls, Series 1

This supernatural drama series

from BBC Scotland and Sony

Pictures was created and written

by David Kane, produced by Phil

Collinson (before he moved onto

the revival of Doctor Who), and

was based around investigations

at Clyde University into psychic

 and paranormal phenomena. Dr.

Douglas Monaghan, Dr. Andrew

Gemmill, and Megan Sharma

were played by Glaswegian Bill

Paterson, Dubliner Peter

McDonald, and London-born

Archie Panjabi.

The six-part series debuted on

BBC1 in early 2004 - it featured Peter Capaldi, Siobhan Redmond, and

a total of thirty one Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Seeing Double (UK TX: February 2 and 3)

• James Hawes was also director of The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, School Reunion and Doctor Who Confidential - Liana Del Giudice was also film editor on the same adventures
• Big Finish actor Hugh Ross (Claremont) voiced Reverend Merodach for Night's Black Agents (2010), Robert Stretton for Industrial Evolution (2011), Vepaja/Thraskin for Voyage to Venus (2012), Sir Toby Kinsella for Counter Measures, 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), The Reesinger Process (2014) and Split Infinitive (2019), Kyle Inskip for Masters of Earth, Gethal for The Exxilons (2015), Charles Kirkland for The Trouble With Drax (2016), Narrator of Late Night Shopping, The Piltdown Men and Waiting for Gadot (2017), Malcolm for The Keeper of Light, and Stern for Here Comes Drax (both 2022)
• David Ashton [born Scott] (Crooks) was cast as Tomas in The Face of Evil, but was replaced by Brendan Price - he would later appear as Kendron in Timelash
• Eric Mason (Phillips) was Prison Officer Green in The Mind of Evil, and CPO Smedley in The Sea Devil
• Bhasker Patel (Dentist) was Jival Chowdry in Turn Left
• Tracy Wiles (Secretary) voiced Moira Brody for Masters of Earth (2014), Lilith Lovett for The Year of the Bat, Jacqui McGee for UNIT: Extinction (both 2015), UNIT: Silenced (2016), Death on the Mile (2018), Narcissus, The Power of River Song (both 2019), UNIT: Between Two Worlds, Outback, Longshot (all 2021), UNIT: Agents of the Vulpreen, UNIT: Objective: Earth (both 2022), Commander Barnac for The Neverwhen (2016), Ground Control/Secretary for Their Finest Hour, Sharlan for The Invention of Death, Hadway/V75/ Salma for Escape from Kaldor (all 2018), Drones for The False Guardian and Time's Assassin, Announcer for State of Bliss, Comms for The Famished Lands, Servant for Fugitive in Time, Marzanna/ Engel for Nightmare Country, Various for The Robots 1 (all 2019), The Robots 2 and Dark Side of the Moon (2022), Tryana for Return to Skaro (both 2020), FELINE/Maria/Patricia for A Forever Home, Shira/ Draven/Sentinel for The Shadow Squad (both 2021), Shorak for Storm of the Sea Devils, Peggy Cressler for Bad Apple Brigade (both 2024), and Ensign Zolan for Cybergene (2025)
• Ernest [Anthony] Vincze was also cinematographer on thirty-eight stories (from Rose to The Waters of Mars)
• George Gerwitz was also first assistant director on Rose, Aliens of London and World War Three
• Ray Holman was also costume designer on thirty-eight stories (from Blink to Revolution of the Daleks) and Torchwood
• Marie Brown was also the post-production supervisor (then co-ordinator) on eighty-eight episodes (from Rose to The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe), The Sarah Jane Adventures, Time Crash and Music of the Spheres
• VFX supervisor Jennifer Herbert of The Mill, was the 2D VFX artist on ten Series 1 adventures 
• Barbara Southcott was also make-up designer on fifty-nine episodes (from The Runaway Bride to the 2011 Christmas special), Time Crash and Music of the Spheres
• Pamela Mullins was also a make-up artist (then later supervisor) on fifty-six stories (from the 2006 Christmas special to The Wedding of River Song)
• script supervisor Sheila Johnston worked on continuity for Voyage of the Damned, Partners in Crime, The Fires of Pompeii, Planet of the Ood and The Unicorn and the Wasp

Mind Over Matter (UK TX: February 9 & 10)

• Michelle [Daniella] Collins (Katie) was Captain Kath McDonnell in 42, and Winnie Tyler for Damaged Goods (2015)
• Ellie Haddington (Ellen) was Professor Alison Docherty in Last of the Time Lords
• Struan Rodger (McKay) provided the voice of the Face of Boe for New Earth and Gridlock, and was Clayton in The Woman Who Lived
• Jonathan Guy Lewis (Sam) voiced Marcus Bray for After the Daleks (2021)

That Old Black Magic (UK TX: February 16 & 17)

• Rakie Ayola (Yemi) 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 (2019), Violet Hardaker for The Blazing Hour, Professor Victoria Wilks for Twisted Folklore (both 2021), Dakota Bly for Heart of Orion (2022), Marla for Cry of the Banshee, and Clarissa Hodan for Nightfall (both 2025)
• Nicholas Gecks (Croft) was Albert Dumfries in The Sound of Drums
• Louis [Felix Danner] Mahoney (Chris) and Michael Obiora (Lucas) both played Billy Shipton in Blink - the former also appeared as the News- caster in Frontier in Space, and Ponti in Planet of Evil
• Esther Coles (Nurse) voiced Scott for Green and Pleasant Planet (2026)
• Tim Plester (Assistant) was a Servant in A Christmas Carol
• Brian Milliken was also sound recordist on The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Paul Heasman (an uncredited Nazi in Silver Nemesis, stunt arranger on Survival) and Rocky Taylor (stuntman on The Idiot's Lantern) were both stunt co-ordinators here
• series first assistant director Peter Bennett was assistant on fourteen instalments, production manager on four episodes, then producer on another six
• series electrician Scott Napier was later the gaffer on The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who Vs. Mrs. Caldicot's Cabbage War

Collins (would-be companion,
Samantha Briggs in The Faceless
Ones) returned as Queen Victoria
in Tooth and Claw

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, 1940-2025),

who, finally freed of her boorish

husband when he's killed by a

cricket ball, is confined to a

retirement home by her son

Derek (Peter Capaldi).

Upset with the care she and the

other residents receive, Thelma

leads a revolt. Shown on channel

5 today, the drama also featured

Camille Coduri, John Alderton, and thirteen other 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 in Invasion 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), Margerie Hopshaw for Out of this World and The Chiswick Cuckoos, Charn for Palindrome (all 2020), Old Mary Mortimer for Friend of the Family (2023), and Pars for Unknown Soldiers (2024)
• Paul [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 Seabird One, Visitants, The War Factory (all 2022), Fractures (2025) and Knightfall (2026) - 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 Three, Boom 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 Hodiac, the eponymous role for The Miniaturist, Eminent Sedanya for Blood of the Time Lords (all 2022), the Toy- maker for Metamorphosis, Dorothy Stubbs for The Sitter (both 2024), and Lavinia Smith for Smith & Sullivan (2025)
• Nicholas McArdle (Dale) was Leonard 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 Aa 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 Daughter, Midnight, The Stolen Earth and Journey's End, then producer on twenty-eight other episodes (from The Beast Below to Twice Upon a Time)

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

Capaldi, Jemma Redgrave, Helen

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 Circle, The Five Doctors, Resurrection of the Daleks, The Caves of Androzani, Attack of the Cybermen, Revelation 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)

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 A 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 One, Visitants and Fractures (all 2022), Various for The Last Day, and Louis Marchand/Napoleon for Time Schisms! (both 2023)

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 Capaldi, Matt 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 Punjab, The 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

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 for The 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 of Steel
• 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), Goth Opera (2024) and Loyalties (2026)
• [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

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 Party, The 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 Daleks, Genesis 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