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Thursday, 17 September 2026

Doctor Who Vs. Casualty @ 40: Series 6

Series regulars Derek Thompson,
Cathy Shipton, Ian Bleasdale, Nigel
Le Vaillant, Robson Green, Mamta
Kaash, Patrick Robinson and Caroline
Webster returned for the next season
of BBC1's flagship medical drama.
Joining the programme here were
Maureen Beattie (as staff nurse
Sandra Nicholl), Adie Allen (student
nurse Kelly Liddle), Anne Kristen (receptionist Norma Sullivan), and
Maria Friedman (social worker Trish
Baynes). Both Allen and Friedman
had left the show by the series'
conclusion, whilst Green and Kaash
chose to depart after three and two
 years service respectively.
This fifteen part run (originally broad-
cast from September to December
1991, with the final instalment only
shown in February 1992) featured
Siobhan Redmond, and a total of sixty-two Doctor Who cast and crew connections:
  • Kenneth Colley (Paddy) voiced Cristophe Zarodnix for Sisters of the Flame and The Vengeane of Morbius (both 2008)
  • Charlie [Lomax David] Condou (Williamson here; McGregor, 1995; Gal, 2009; Ben Sherwood in Holby City, 2019/20) voiced Crabhead/ System/Jarl for Ravenous 1 (2018), Chris for Five Hundred Ways to Kill Your Lover (2025), and Marty for Cloud Eight (2026), then was Gary Gabbastone in The Interstellar Song Contest
  • Marc Warren [born Stephens] (Nick) was Elton Pope in Love & Monsters
  • Karl Collins [born Myers] (Roy) was Shaun Temple in The End of Time and The Star Beast
  • Christien [Alexis] Anholt (Jude) was Perkins in The Curse of Fenric
  • Roderick Smith (DS Spalding here; Hadley/McRae in Holby City) was Cruikshank in The Invisible Enemy
  • Sophie Okonedo (Gina) was Queen Liz 10 in The Beast Below and The Pandorica Opens, and voiced Alison Cheney for Scream of the Shalka
  • Tom Georgeson (Talbot) was Kavell in Genesis of the Daleks, and an Inspector in Logopolis
  • Richard [Dyas Beverley] Hampton (Pathologist) was Villager in The Visitation
  • Debra Gillett (Reporter) was Rita Connolly in The Idiot's Lantern
  • Jim [Edward] Carter (Charlton) voiced Brother Bernard for The Book of Kells (2010)
  • David [John] Quilter (Dr. Graves) was Greeves in The Unicorn and the Wasp
  • Jo Stone-Fewings (Sutton) was the Male Programmer [Davitch Pavale] in The Parting of the Ways, and voiced Major Wheatley for Hounded (2016)
  • Rob [Charlton] Edwards (McBride here; Drake, 1995) provided the Male Voice of Xoanon for The Face of Evil, and was Chub in The Robots of Death (1)
  • William [Denys] Hoyland (Adamson) voiced Premier Jaeger for LIVE 34 (2005)
  • Roger Griffiths (Philip) was Commander Kess in Planet of the Ood
  • Polly James [born Pauline Devaney] (Sylvia) and Jack [Stewart] Galloway (Dryden) both starred in The Awakening, as Jane Hampden and Captain Joseph Willow
  • Ian [Clive] Talbot (Vaughan) was Travis in The Silurians (4), and Klout in The Leisure Hive
  • Vincent Brimble (PC Devonshire) was Tarpok in Warriors of the Deep
  • Philip Anthony [Johnson] (Dr. Phillips) was Roald in The Daleks' Master Plan (1)
  • Duncan Duff (Policeman) was Newsreader in Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel, and voiced Joe Hartley for Night Thoughts (2006)
  • Iain Rattray (Sergeant) was Habris in State of Decay
  • Gillian Kearney (Mandy here; Jessica Harrison, 2008-10) voiced Mina Challis for Zygon Hunt ( 2014)
  • Rupert Holliday Evans (Cook here; Tom, 1995; Harkins, 2006; Frank, 2009; Healey, 2015; Black in Holby City) was Colonel [Alan] Mace in The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky, then reprised for Big Finish's Rise of the Valiant (2026) - he also voiced Celtic Warrior for The Relics of Time, Artist for The Demon of Paris, and Cop for Starfall (all 2010)
  • Geoffrey Toone (Bridges) was Hepesh in The Curse of Peladon
  • Julia Sawalha (Nikki) was Emma in The Curse of Fatal Death
  • Janet Henfrey (Sister) was Miss Hardaker in The Curse of Fenric, Mrs. Pitt in Mummy on the Orient Express, and the Adjudicator in Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor - she then voiced Mrs. Vanguard for The Spirit Trap (2010), Dr. Petherbridge for An Eye for Murder, Mrs. Jefferies for The Concrete Cage, Woman for The Forgotten Village (all 2014), Dorothy for The Screaming Ceiling (2019), Sister Magdalene for Abbey of Heretics (2020), Verkuvia for The Day of the Comet (2021), and Narrata for Morbius (2024)
  • Timothy Walker (Burrows) made his TV debut as Grell in The Mysterious Planet
  • Maureen [Jane] Beattie (Sandra Nicholl, 1991-93) was Rona Bellows in Last Christmas
  • Hermione [Jane] Norris (Abby, 1991; Bobbie, 1994) was Captain Lundvik in Kill the Moon
  • Gerard [James Pertwee] Horan (Wilkinson here; Mark, 1994; Denning, 2007; O'Connor, 2010) was Clark/Father of Mine in Human Nature and The Family of Blood
  • Christian Rodska (Dr. Bailer here; Carver, 1995; Coyne, 2015) voiced Laan Carder for Faith Stealer (2004) and Reverand Small for Audio- Go's The Dead Shoes (2011)
  • Colin [David] Tierney (Letts) voiced King Dega for Genesis of the Cybermen (2025)
  • Wendy Gifford [born Thompson] (Mrs. Cox) and Michael [John] Attwell (Jones here; Reed, 1997) both appeared in The Ice Warriors, as Jan Garrett and Isbur - Attwell was also Bates in Attack of the Cybermen
  • Daniel Peacock (Leathers) and Peggy [Margaret Rose] Mount (Eliza) both starred in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, as Nord and the Stallslady
  • Dominic Guard (Turner here; Hall, 1995) and Kathy [Lucy Bridget] Burke (Lorraine) both appeared in Terminus, as Olvir and Lazar
  • Mary [Veronica] Healey (Doreen) and Annie Hulley (Jan here; Lorna, 1995) both appeared in The Happiness Patrol, as Killjoy and News- reader (3)
  • Nicholas Farrell [born Frost] (Byron) was Brian Green PM in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced Gammades for Time Reef, Phil for A Perfect World (both 2008), Captain Frank for Last of the Cybermen (2015), and Browman for Strange Chemistry (2023)
  • David [John] Ryall (Gash here; Harley, 1993; Dr. Baker, 1998) voiced Carthok for Phantasmagoria (1999)
  • [Albert] Geoffrey Bayldon (Frain here; Ellington, 1997; Michaels, 2004; Simpson, 2006) was Organon in The Creature from the Pit, then voiced the Doctor for Auld Mortality (2003) and A Storm of Angels (2005)
  • Frank Windsor [Higgins] (Smith here; Samuels, 2003/4) was Sir Ranulf Fitzwilliam in The King's Demons, and Inspector Mackenzie in Ghost Light
  • Peter [Francis Gabain] Copley (Woods here; Phipps, 1993; Ellis, 1999) was Dr. Warlock in Pyramids of Mars
  • Christine Kavanagh (Helen) was Aram in Timelash, and voiced Patience for Cold Fusion (2017)
  • Brian Hibbard (Cadell here; Wolf, 1999; Robert, 2009) was Kellor in Delta and the Bannermen
  • Simon Shepherd (Ferris) voiced Boolin for Tsar Wars, Bewley for The Broken Crown, and the Magician for Aladdin Time (all 2011), Pal Andrews for Break the Ice (2022), and Hudson Sage for Vespertine (2023)
  • Louis [Felix Danner] Mahoney (Olu Ajayi here; Cavanagh, 2007) was Newscaster in Frontier in Space, Ponti in Planet of Evil, and Older Billy Shipton in Blink
  • Tim Preece (Gilchrist) was Codal in Planet of the Daleks, and voiced the President for He Jests at Scars (2003)
  • Davyd Harries (Felton here; Hoyle, 1993; Leyland, 1998; Frey, 2002) was Shapp in The Armageddon Factor
  • Mandi Symonds (Dr. Fuller here; Mrs. Marriott, 2001; Avis, 2018) voiced Erica MacMillan for Night of the Stormcrow (2012), Bridget for The Fifth Citadel, Lily Finnegan for Afterlife (both 2013), Shafira for Revenge of the Swarm, One for The Abandoned, Mrs. Targate for The Ghosts of Gralstead (all 2014), Alitha for The Lost Fairy Tale, Inspector Jill Sveinsdóttir for Repeat Offender (both 2016), Captain for Relative Time, Maude for The Web of Time (both 2019), Mary Seacole for The Charge of the Night Brigade (2020), Vengis for The Day of the Comet, Mary Claypole/Time Lord Emissary for The God of Phantoms (both 2021), Sky Bennett for The Rotting Deep, Patricia Lockwood for The Inheritance (both 2022) and Spirit of the Season (2023), Mum for Vampire Weekend, and Betty for The Last Days of the Powell Estate (both 2025)
  • Patricia Maynard (Brenda) was Hilda Winters in Robot, a role reprised for Big Finish's Sarah Jane Smith (2002)
  • Robert James [born McAllister] (Mitchell) was Lesterson in The Power of the Daleks, and the High Priest in The Masque of Mandragora
  • James Saxon [born William James Smyth] (Marcus) was Oscar Botcherby in The Two Doctors
  • stunt arranger Gareth Milne was George Cranleigh in Black Orchid, Mortuary Attendant in Vengeance on Varos, and doubled for Peter Davison on Warriors of the Deep
  • Edwina Craze was also production associate on The Tenth Planet, The Krotons, The War Games (10) and Terror of the Zygons, and AFM on The Enemy of the World and The Mind Robber
  • production manager Pennie Bloomfield was AFM on Attack of the Cybermen
  • Mike Tucker was also VFX assistant on ten stories (from The Mysterious Planet to Survival) and Dimensions in Time, and model unit supervisor on fourteen episodes of the revived series (from Rose to The Time of the Doctor)

Thursday, 6 August 2026

Doctor Who Vs. Bookish, Series 1

"Mark Gatiss here. Join
me as Gabriel Book, a bookseller who's also
rather good at solving
baffling cases and the
knottiest of crimes, as
postwar London can be
a dangerous place.
Bookish, new and
exclusive to U&Alibi."



UKTV's newest in-house period crime drama (a co-production form Eagle
Eye Drama and Happy Duck Films) was created and written by Mark
Gatiss, and was filmed in Belgium in 2024 - Antwerp doubled for
Archangel Lane, WC2.
A repeat run of the six-part series began on U&Alibi last night - the
cast was led by Gatiss (as the titular antiquarian), Polly Walker
(Trottie), Elliot Levey (DI Bliss), Connor Finch (Jack), Buket Komar
(Nora), and Blake Harrison (Morris), and also featured Paul McGann,
 Joely Richardson, and a total of fourteen Doctor Who cast and crew
connections:
  • Walker voiced Commander Narina for Big Finish's The Movellan Grave (2017)
  • Levey voiced Andrew Gobernar/Blank for Vampire of the Mind (2016), and Colonel Marsden for Red Planets (2018)
  • Harrison voiced Lieutenant Daniel Hopkins for The Helliax Rift, Hour of the Cybermen and Warlock's Cross (all 2018), then appeared in Village of the Angels as Namaca Ost Parvess Po
  • Tim McInnerny (D) was Klineman Halpen in Planet of the Ood, and voiced Admiral Dolne for The Well-Mannered War (2015), and the eponymous role for Puccini and the Doctor (2024)
  • Rosie [Cecilia] Cavaliero (Mrs Dredge) voiced Cassie Schofield for Project: Twilight (2001) and Project: Lazarus (2003), Marge Ellmore for Infamy of the Zaross (2017), and Audrey Gale for Homecoming (2027)
  • Amanda Drew (Nerina) provided the voice of the Mouri in Once, Upon Time, then voiced Commander Jane Wardie for Way of the Burryman and The Forth Generation (both 2022), and was Narrator of The Seven Year Hitch
  • Gerard [James Pertwee] Horan (Baseheart) was Clark/Father of Mine in Human Nature and The Family of Blood
  • Daniel [Alan] Mays (Wellbeloved) was Alex Thompson in Night Terrors
  • Elizabeth Berrington (Sylvia) was Auntie in The Doctor's Wife
  • Nadia Albina (Dr. Calder) was Diane [Curtis] in Flux and Legend of the Sea Devils, then voiced Oshia for Previously, Next Time (2022), and Keetree for Face of the Apocalypse (2024)
  • Mark Benton (Gash) was Clive [Finch] in Rose (a role reprised by Big Finish for The Dimension Cannon and Other Worlds), and voiced Ellis for Invaders from Mars (2002), and Jack Coulson for Energy of the Daleks (2012)
  • George Harris was also stuntman on Lucky Day and Wish World
  • Chris Roebuck was also film editor on four episodes (from The Devil's Chord to Rogue)
  • Jay Price was also sound editor on four storeis (from Kill the Moon to Dark Water)

Wednesday, 1 July 2026

Doctor Who Vs. Law & Order: UK, Series 6

Bradley Walsh, Peter Davison,
and Dominic Rowan returned for
the sixth series of the London-
based spin-off of Dick Wolf's Law
& Order.
Paul Nicholls joined the drama
 here as new DS Sam Casey, to
investigate the murder of Brooks'
previous partner, Matt Devlin.
Freema Agyeman and Harriet
Walter both then left the prog-
ramme after six years - Alesha Phillips was promoted to Senior CPS prosecutor, and DI Chandler retired from the Met.
All seven cases (originally shown
 in the winter of 2012) were again based on scripts from the American
parent show. A repeat run of the season began on ITV3 last night -
it featured Adjoa Andoh, Jessica Gunning, and a total of thirty-five
Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Survivor's Guilt (UK TX: January 6 2012/based on Suicide Box, 2003)
  • Josette [Patricia] Simon (Paulette) voiced Sarana Teel for Big Finish's The Sontaran Ordeal (2016), and Taraneh for The Mind Runners (2018)
  • for Andy Goddard, Malcolm Thornton, Colin Salmon, Gunning and Robert Glenister see Series 1 and for Ray Holman see Series 5
Immune (UK TX: January 12/based on Double Down, 1997)
  • for directors James Strong and Mat King see Series 3 and 5
  • Tamzin [Maria] Outhwaite (Miriam) was the Captain Alice Ferrin for Nightmare in Silver, then voiced Morton for Secrets of Telos (2022), and Joan Stone for The Hellwood Inheritance (2025)
  • Rob Jarvis (Donovan) was Abramal in The Time of the Doctor
  • Su Douglas (Maggie) voiced Countess Venhella for Benny's Story, Gem Weston for Fitz's Story (both 2009), Cook for The Broken Crown, Toad for Aladdin Time (both 2011), and Lady Raleigh for The Survivor (2019)
  • Sanchia McCormack (Katie) was a Housing Officer in Turn Left, and Marshal Halaz in The Power of the Doctor
  • Jim Conway (Peter) was Uncle Josh in The Snowmen, and Peter Thomson in Reeltime Pictures' White Witch of Devil's End
  • Ray De Haan was stuntman on The Idiot's Lantern too
  • Paul Herbert was stuntman on The End of Time too
Haunted (UK TX: January 20/based on Ghosts, 2005)
  • Tim McInnerny (Bennett) was Klineman Halpen in Planet of the Ood, and voiced Admiral Dolne for The Well-Mannered War (2015), and the titular composer for Puccini and the Doctor (2024)
  • Tom Georgeson (Rawlins) was Kavell in Genesis of the Daleks, and police Inspector in Logopolis
  • for Paul Darrow and Pip Torrens see Series 1 and 5
Trial (UK TX: January 27/based on Double Blind, 1996)
  • [Eve] Lucy Fleming (Mary) voiced Lady Catherine Waverly for Manhunt (2013), Alice Donelly for Invocation (2017), and Veronica Holmes for The Auton Infinity (2022)
  • Jeany Spark (Julia) voiced Florence Nightingale for The Angel of Scutari (2009), Jelena for Prisoner of the Sun (2010), Daisy Chapel for Operation: Hellfire (2020), Ifor Tragacanth/Cham' Yal for The Doomsday Contract, Gonch/Piir Mother for The Melting Pot (both 2021), and Carol Protraxus/General Polly Juno for Bad Day in Tinsel- town (2022)
  • Rachel [Joanne] Bavidge (Helen) voiced the European Leader/Claire for The Defectors, and Seru for The Isos Network (both 2015)
  • for Annabel Mullion see Series 5
Line Up (UK TX: February 3/based on Performance, 1995)
  • Eva Pope (Renay) voiced Nia Brusk for Army of Death (2011), and Sendaya for The Kicker (2023)
  • Philip [James] Voss (Reynolds) was Acomat in Marco Polo, and Wahed in (episode 1 of) The Dominators, then voiced Under Sergeant/Robot for Original Sin (2016)
  • Mark Springer (Johnson) was Christian in The Time of Angels
  • Mark Straker (Braithe) was a Trooper in Earthshock
Dawn Till Dusk (UK TX: February 10/based on Mayhem, 1994)
  • Adrian Rawlins (Hextor) was Dr. Ryder in Planet of the Ood, then voiced Abberline/Fox for Jago & Litefoot 7 (2014), and Gilman Hari for Antillia the Lost (2023)
  • Andrew Brooke (Roach) was Kahler-Tek (aka the Gunslinger) in A Town Called Mercy
  • Carol Starks (Catriona) voiced Captian Odessa Grey for The Crash of the UK-201 (2018)
  • Helen Blatch (Mrs Hextor) provided the Computer voice for The Deadly Assassin, then was seen as Commander Fabian in The Twin Dilemma
  • James Weber Brown (West) was the Minister for In the Forest of the Night
Fault Lines (UK TX: February 17/based on Just a Girl in the World, 2009)
  • Ariyon [Debo] Bakare (Lucas) was Leandro in The Woman Who Lived, and the Barber in The Story and the Engine - he also voiced Father Mendica for The Poison of Peladon, and Cato for The Player (both 2022)
  • Tom Lucy was also the stunt co-ordinator on sixteen adventures (from Smith and Jones to The Next Doctor)

Saturday, 16 May 2026

Doctor Who Vs. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Series 2

The centenary of The Final
Problem
was marked by
the Royal Mail in 1993
Jeremy Brett and David Burke returned
as Holmes and Watson for the second
season of Granada's acclaimed period
drama. This series (first screened in the
summer of 1985) saw the introduction
of Conan Doyle's other recurrent char-
acters. Mycroft Holmes was depicted by
Charles Gray (reprised from The Seven-
Per-Cent Solution in 1976), and Colin
Jeavons was Lestrade (following an app-
earance as Moriarty in The Baker Street
Boys in 1983). Moriarty was portrayed
here by Eric Porter.
A repeat run of the six mysteries (all
originally serialised in The Strand from
1891) began on ITV4 today - they
featured a total of sixteen Doctor Who
cast and crew connections

The Copper Beeches
(UK TX: August 25 1985)

The Greek Interpreter
(UK TX: September 1)
  • George Costigan (Kemp) was Max Capricorn in Voyage of the Damned
  • Oliver Maguire (Gregson) was a Shrieve in The Ribos Operation
  • stuntman Jim [Derek Christopher] Dowdall had uncredited roles in Day of the Daleks, Genesis of the Daleks and Frontios
The Norwood Builder (UK TX: September 8)
  • Jeavons was Damon in The Underwater Menace, and George Tracey in K9 & Company
  • Ken [Alan] Grieve was director of Destiny of the Daleks too
The Resident Patient (UK TX: September 15)
  • Patrick [David] Newell (Blessington here; PC Benson in A Study in Terror; Lestrade in Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson; Bobster in Young Sherlock Holmes) was Colonel Faraday in The Android Invasion
  • Tim [born Michael John Leigh] Barlow (Count here; Wilder in The Abominable Bride) was Tyssan in Destiny of the Daleks
  • Brett Forrest (Son) was Guard in (part 2 of) The Face of Evil
  • John [Henry] Ringham (DI Lanner) was Tlotoxl in The Aztecs, Josiah Blake in The Smugglers, and Robert Ashe in Colony in Space
The Red Headed League (UK TX: September 22)
  • Tim McInnerny (Clay here; Carmichael in The Abominable Bride) was Klineman Halpen in Planet of the Ood, and voiced Admiral Dolne for Big Finish's The Well-Mannered War (2015), and the eponymous role for Puccini and the Doctor (2024)
  • [John] Roger Hammond (Wilson here; Rucastle for The Copper Beeches, 1991; Cunningham for The Reigate Squires, 1992) was Francis Bacon in The Chase (1), and Dr. Runciman in Mawdryn Undead, then voiced Harold Withers for The Eternal Summer (2009)
  • Richard [born Ian Carmichael] Wilson (Ross) was Dr. Constantine in The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances
  • John [Edward Arthur] Woodnutt (Merryweather here; Station Master in The Bruce Partington Plans; Broker in The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, both 1965; Ralph for The Blanched Soldier, 1994; Frankland for The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1998) was George Hibbert in Spearhead from Space, the Draconian Emperor in Frontier in Space (5), the Duke of Forgill/Broton in Terror of the Zygons, and Seron in The Keeper of Traken
The Final Problem (UK TX: September 29)
  • Michael [John] Goldie (Artist) was Jack Craddock in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, and Elton Laleham in The Wheel in Space
  • Marc [Raymond] Boyle was also a stuntman on Terror of the Autons, fight arranger on The Time Warrior, and had roles as Prisoner/UNIT Motorcyclist in The Mind of Evil, Kronos in The Time Monster, and Exxilon in Death to the Daleks             
  • Alf [Charles Richard] Joint (Thug here; McMurdo in The Sign of Four) was Heavy in The Ambassadors of Death, Primitive/Guard in Colony in Space, and stunt arranger on Battlefield

Wednesday, 4 March 2026

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 29

The latest run of BBC Studios' evergreen crime drama concluded last
night - it starred Emilia
Fox (now the veteran of 212 episodes since
2004) and David Caves,
as doctors Nikki
Alexander and Jack
Hodgson. The Home
Office forensic path-
ologists (now based at
the Bowman Centre in
Birmingham) were again
joined by Maggie Steed
and Francesca Mills, as
Harriet Maven and Kit
Brooks. Silent Witness has been recommissioned for an anniversary season.
This ten part series featured Jane Slavinand a total of twenty-three Doctor
Who cast and crew connections:

The Disappearance of Alice Hill (UK TX: February 2/3)
  • for Fox see Series 8 and for Steed see Series 28
  • Sophie [Lisa] Hopkins (Alice) was April MacLean in Class
  • Adam Rayner (Booth) was Roger Curbishley in The Unicorn and the Wasp
  • Tony Gardner (Hill) voiced Stapleton Petherbridge for Big Finish's The Wrong Doctors (2013), then was Douglas in The Pyramid at the End of the World
Creekwood (TX: February 9/10)
  • Lydia Wilson (DI Moss) voiced Maddy for Goth Opera (2024)
  • Rachel Atkins (Barbara) voiced Queen Aethelfrid/Dr. Angeline Duchamp for The Lady of Mercia (2013), Lieutenant Jane Lucas for The Screaming Skull (2014), Sol for Intervention Earth, Susannah for The Tears of Isis (both 2015), Bishop for Maurice, Madame Sosostris for Masterpiece, Juno for Maker of Demons, Myla for The Age of Endurance (all 2016), Minister for Embankment Station, Major Destra for The Good Master (both 2017), Margot for Goodbye Piccadilly (2018), Ro-Jedda for Torchwood (2019), Zarda for Do No Harm, Governor Crompton for Like, Sarathin for The Enemy of My Enemy (all 2020), Cathrin Travers for FaustianDresha for Colony of Fear (both 2021), and Captain Argento for Morbius (2024)
  • for Joseph Long see Series 6 and for Bern Colllaco see Series 23
  • for Steven Forrester see Series 16
The Enemy Within (TX: February 17/18)
  • Gerard Kearns (DC Magath) voiced William Hurley for The Peterloo Massacre (2016), and Hjalmar Johansen for Northern Lights (2023)
  • George Harris (Nelson) was a stuntman on Lucky Day and Wish World
  • Bhasker Patel (Imran) was Jival Chowdry in Turn Left
Grace of God (TX: February 23/24)
  • Vinette [Sharon] Robinson (DI Mahler) was Abi Lerner in 42, Rosa Parks in Rosa, and voiced Cynthia Quince for Dead to the World (2015)
  • Joplin [Chook] Sibtain (Retford) was Mark Grantham in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Warriors of Kudlak, and Tarak Ital in The Waters of Mars, then voiced David Brock for The Feast of Axos (2011), Athrid for The Acheron Pulse (2012), Sanjaya Starr for The Case of the Gluttonous Guru (2013), and Brian/Koggnossenti for Technophobia (2016)
  • Anthony Lewis (Altman) voiced Raymond Scobie for Animal (2011)
  • Barry Aird (Jarvis) was a Time Lord Soldier in The Last Day, then voiced Operator Rellak for Revolution in Space (2024)
  • Caroline Berry (Brenda) was a Dinner Lady in School Reunion
Shame (TX: March 2/3)
  • John Heffernan (Burns) voiced Vonchef for Revenge of the Swarm (2004), Honos for The Trial of a Time Machine (2018), the Nine for The Crucible of Souls (2016), Companion Piece, The Odds Against, Relative Time (both 2019) and The Dreams of Avarice (2022), and Carson Baylis for The Ministry of Death (2026)
  • Lucy [Anne] Cohu (Helen) was Alice Carter in Torchwood: Children of Earth
  • Harry Kershaw (Pike) voiced Narthex for The Abyss (2022)
  • Ayesha Dharker (Banerjee) was Solana Mercurio in Planet of the Ood
  • Quanna Luo Masterson ( ) voiced Carla Zheng for The Worst of All Evils (2025), and was Reporter in The War Between the Land and the Sea
  • for Sean Gilder see Series 18

Saturday, 14 February 2026

Doctor Who Vs. Trial & Retribution XI

Lynda La Plante's acclaimed crime
drama returned to ITV in January
2008 - David Hayman, Dorian
Lough, Victoria Smurfit, and Vince
Leigh reprised their respective
roles (as DCS Walker, DSatchell,
DCI Connor, and DS Palmer).
Like La Plante's earlier hit series
Prime Suspectthe programme
employed distinctive split
screen technique. A repeat run
of the penultimate, ten-part
season began on ITV3 last night
the five cases featured Gemma
Jones, Jamie GloverHattie
MorahanGugu Mbatha Rawand a total of fifteen other Doctor Who
cast and crew connections:

The Rules of the Game
  • Simon Hepworth (Billington) voiced Miles McLellan/Pandora/Server/ Orderly/Pilot for Big Finish's Open the Box (2018)
  • Adrian Rawlins (Plaskett) was Dr. Ryder in Planet of the Ood, then voiced Abberline/Fox for Jago & Litefoot 7 (2014), and Gilman Hari for Antillia the Lost 2023)
  • Nigel Pilkington was a voice artist on An Adventure in Space and Time too
  • Damian Bromley was also cinematographer on The Time of Angels, Flesh and StoneThin Ice and Knock Knock
Kill the King
  • Shelley Conn (Neelah) voiced Asha Qureshi for Situation Vacant (2010), and Tina Drake for The Gates of Hell (2021)
Conviction
  • Paul Wilmhurst was also director of Kill the MoonMummy on the Orient Express and Last Christmas
  • Tom [John] Ellis (Fisher) was Dr. Thomas Mulligan in Last of the Time Lords 
  • [John] Maurice Roeves (Randle) was Stotz in The Caves of Androzani
  • Nigel [Patrick] Betts (Barrister) was Headmaster Frank Armitage in Into the DalekThe CaretakerDark Water and Class
  • Eleanor Matsuura (Angela) was Jo Nakashima in The Sontaran Stratagem, and voiced Dana Tanaka for Shadows of the Vashta Nerada
  • Sakuntala Ramanee (Barrister) made her TV debut in Survival as Shreela Govindia, then was Erica Larnier in Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor, and voiced Hatshepsut for The Eye of Horus (2015), and Athena for The Wrath of Medusa (2022)
The Box
  • Jamie Sives (Reid) was Captain Reynolds in Tooth and Claw
Tracks
  • Roy [Anthony] Marsden [born Mould] (Harper) was [Bryan] Stoker in Smith and Jones, and voiced Todd Hulbert for Human Resources (2007)
  • Bob Shipsey was also camera operator on The Doctor's Wife and Night Terrors
  • for Clare Mahoney see Series 6