Doctor Who Vs. Law & Order: UK, Series 8

Campbell Jones (pictured as
Cass [Fermazzi] in Night of the
Doctor) was also Dr. Kent in
The Wedding of River Song

Bradley Walsh, Georgia Taylor, Dominic

Rowan, and Peter Davison all returned for

the eighth and final series of the British spin

off of Dick Wolf's Law & Order.

Ben Bailey Smith (better known as rapper

Doc Brown) joined the drama here as newly

promoted DS Joe Hawkins, whilst DI Wes

Leyton (played by Paterson Joseph) was

killed off in Hard Stop. All eight cases here

were again based on scripts from the

American parent programme.

Originally shown in the spring of 2014, the

latest repeat run began on ITV3 last night

- it featured Big Finish actors Emma

Campbell Jones, Hattie Morahan,

Mark Bonnar, and a total of forty-eight

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Flaw (UK TX: March 12/based on

Refuge, 1999)

• Smith was Durkas Cicero in The Tsuranga Conundrum 
• Nikesh Patel (Tom) was Mitch in Resolution, and voiced Mo for Maze Theory's The Lonely Assassins
• Ian Fowler was also costume assistant on fourteen episodes (from Into the Dalek to The Husbands of River Song)
• prosthetics artist Waldo Mason was a SFX assistant on Aliens of London
• for Robert Glenister and Diana Quick see Series 1 and 4 and for Mat King see Series 5

Safe From Harm (UK TX: March 19/based on Betrayal, 2008)

• Holly Earl (Lisa) was Lily Arwell in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe - a role she reprised for Big Finish's The Chartwell Metamorphosis (2016)
• Carolyn Pickles (Maureen) voiced Lady Meera Darone for Army of Death (2011), Dr. Hilary Standish for The Stuff of Nightmares, Cardinal Ollistra for The Side of the Angels (both 2017), Dark Universe (2020), Allegiance (2022), Manoeuvres (2023) and Loyalties (2026), Professor Marian Schaeffer for The Tyrants of Logic, and Traherne for An Ideal World (both 2018)
• Damian Kell (Farmer) was Dominicus in A Good Man Goes to War
• Mark Frost (Brad) voiced Shandar for Requiem for the Rocket Men (2015), and Niccolo Machiavelli for The Ravelli Conspiracy (2016)
• Clive Hayward (Shale) voiced the Judge/Markus for Daybreak (2019), Emperor/Duke of Ferrox/Last of the Unnatural Children for Barrister to the Stars, Marty Stone for Carnival of Angels, Rupert Brock/Frasi/ Roboman for Poison of the Daleks (all 2020), Balthazar Drix for A Forever Home, Steven/General/Announcer for Long Shot (both 2021), Dax for Wink (2022), Birkett/Wycombe Bassett for The Blooming Menace (2023), Overseer Valtor/Trell for Dominant Species, Reg Adams for Doppelgangers and The Houseguest (all 2024), Pilot for See-Saw, Vokol for Cybergene (both 2025), Glen for Pandemonium, and Owen for Green and Pleasant Planet (both 2026)
• for Ramon Tikaram see Series 7

I Predict A Riot (UK TX: March 26/based on Ramparts, 1999)

• Ellen [Dorothy] Thomas (Rebecca) was a Clockwork Droid in The Girl in the Fireplace and A Celebration, then Carmen in Planet of the Dead
• Roger [Anthony] Lloyd Pack (Greene) was John Lumic in Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel
• Graham Cole [Coleman Smith] (Wilson) was a Krarg in Shada, Player in (part 1 of) The Leisure Hive, Marshman in Full Circle, the Melkur in The Keeper of Traken and Time Flight (2), titular Kinda, Cyberman in Earthshock and The Five Doctors, Crewman in Resurrection of the Daleks (1), and Jacondan in The Twin Dilemma (1), then voiced the Melkur/Ebbko/for The Guardians of Prophecy (2012)
• Craige Els (Simmons) was Karvanista in Flux
• for Jessica Gunning and Paul Darrow see Series 1
• for Don Warrington see Series 2
• for Pip Torrens and Annabel Mullion see Series 5
• Selina Macarthur was also the film editor on Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, Time Heist, The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar

Pride (UK TX: April 2/based on Identity, 2003)

• Roy Hudd (Hargreaves) voiced Max Miller for Pier Pressure (2006)
• Laura Rogers (Sally) was Isabella in A Christmas Carol, and voiced Queen Tristahna for Living History (2016)
• Leila Hoffman [born Rothstein] (Florence) was Elsie Rossiter in Night Terrors
• Martin Jarvis (Stewart) was Hilio in The Web Planet, Butler in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and the Governor in Vengeance on Varos, then voiced Nigel Rochester for Jubilee (2003)
• Ella Kenion (Cashier) was Harriet in Let's Kill Hitler, and voiced Boudica for The Wrath of the Iceni (2012), Romy for Equilibrium (2015), and Lucia for The Players (2022)
• [Sarah] Melanie [Jean] Kilburn (Julie) voiced Hooley for The Dread of Night (2018)
• Tina Simmons (Dancer) began her career as Inferno Customer in The War Machines (1)
• for Harriet Walter see Series 1

Customs (UK TX: April 9/based on Ritual, 1997)

• Akin Gazi (Dr. Elsayed) was Carter in The Doctor's Daughter
• Glyn Pritchard (Graham) was Eddie Jones in 73 Yards
• Jo Lea was also first assistant director on Robot of Sherwood, The Caretaker, Flatline and In the Forest of the Night

Bad Romance (UK TX: April 16/based on Denial, 1997)

• Janet Dibley (Karen) voiced Commander Flail for The Black Hole (2015)
• Lacey Bond (Linda) was a Serving Woman in The End of Time
• Joseph Millson (Cosby) was Alan Jackson in The Sarah Jane Adventures, then voiced Colonel Keelan for The Dalek Defence and The Triumph of Davros (both 2021), Peter Kelly for Splinters, Peetom for Paradox of the Daleks (both 2022), Jory Hopkins for The Excise Men, Yoga Teacher for Harvest of the Krotons, Co-Pilot for The Wife of River Song, Ignatius Montague for The Devouring (all 2023), and Simon de Montford for Knights of the Round TARDIS (2025)
• James Wilby (Hutton) voiced Tenebris for The Acheron Pulse and The Shadow Heart (2012), and Professor John Torrance for The Sontaran Project (2017)
• Greg [Paul] Austin (Rufus) was Charlie Smith in Class, then voiced Perseus for The Wrath of Medusa (2022)
• for Nimmy March and Adjoa Andoh see Series 1 and 5

Hard Stop (UK TX: April 23/based on Criminal Law, 2005)

• Rachel Atkins (Cleo) voiced Dr. Angeline Duchamp/Queen Aethelfrid 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), Juno for Maker of Dreams, Myla for The Age of Endurance, Bishop for Maurice, Mde Sosotris for Masterpiece (all 2016), Major Desra for The Good Master, Minister for Embankment Station (both 2017), Zarda/V225 for Do No Harm, Sarathin for The Enemy of My Enemy, Governor Crompton for Like (all 2020), Dresha for Colony of Fear, Cathrin Travers for Faustian (both 2021), Captain Argento for Morbius (2024), and Lady Saxifrage for Rictus (2025)
• Julia Hills (Hayley) voiced Qureshi for The Bounty of Ceres (2014), Phillipa Gregson for Beachhead (2016), Sera Marvelle for Pretty Lies (2017), Sharon/Rindle for The Lady in the Lake (2018), Madeline for The Cars That Ate London!, Ethel Pullman for A Photograph to Remember, and Margo Kinnear for The Endless Night and The Flood (all 2019)

Repeat to Fade (UK TX: June 11/based on Marathon, 1999)

• Pippa Bennett-Warner (Zana) was Saibra in Time Heist, Narrator of Helena and the Beast (2015), Bill and the Three Jackets and Twelve Angels Weeping, then voiced the Deterrent for The Furies, Ruzalla for Ravenous 1, Livia Caralis for Time War (all 2018) and The War Master 4 (2019), Fliss Keeley for The Trojan Dalek (2021)  and Cleopatra for The Last Queen of the Nile (2025)
• Tony Gardner (Stone) voiced Stapleton Petherbridge for The Wrong Doctors (2013), then was Douglas in The Pyramid at the End of the World
• Fady Elsayed (Jamal) was Ram in Class
• Nisha Nayar (Namita) was a Red Kang in Paradise Towers, then Programmer in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, and voiced Zanzibar Hashtag for Harvest of the Sycorax (2016), Coleridge for Spinvision (2020), Kindred for Runtime, Waitress for Manhunt (both 2023), Emily Barnfather for The Stuff of Legend (2024), and Dr. Ulster for Lethal Progress (2026)
• Sharon Small (DI Flynn) voiced Jeannie/Janet for The Revenants (2012)
• Raffaello Degruttola (Niccolo) voiced Philippe Foiret for Operationn Werewolf (2024)
• for Colin Salmon and Dominic Rowan see Series 1 and 5

Doctor Who Vs. Grantchester, Series 7

This season of ITV Studios' period

crime drama (based on James Runcie's

The Grantchester Mysteries books) 

was shown in the spring of 2022 - Tom Brittney,Robson Green, Al Weaver, and

 Tessa Peake Jones all returned.

A repeat run of the six-part season

began on ITV3 last night - it featured

Jemma Redgrave, and a total of

fifteen Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Philip Buck (Fitzgerald) was an Arcadian in The Day of the Doctor
• Emma Cunniffe (Maude) was Claire Thompson in Night Terrors, and voiced Caleera for Scenes from Her Life, The Gift, The Sonomancer (all 2016), Songs of Love, The Side of the Angels and Stop the Clocks (all 2017)
• Kirsty Besterman (Melanie) voiced Princess Aliona for The Burning Prince and The Shadow Heart, Empress Cheni for The Acheron Pulse (all 2012), Serena Paget for We Are the Daleks, Lannic for Theatre of War (both 2015), and Ishtek/Lilly for Beachhead (2016), then was Solpado in The Timeless Children
• Charlotte [Anne] Ritchie (Bonnie) was Lin in Resolution
• Rebecca [Jane] Lacey (Betty) voiced Helen Evans for One Rule (2015)
• Jeremy Ang Jones (Fellows) voiced Jennings for Interstitial (2019), Norbu for The Secrets of Det Sen (2021), Stanley for The Children of the Future (2024), and Mason for Vampire Weekend (2025)
• Louiza Patikas (Eleanor) voiced Melville for The Wages of Death (2026)
• Anna Calder Marshall (Ida) voiced Mathilda Pierce for Scream of the Shalka
• Bruce Alexander (Preston) voiced Hingus for Emissary of the Daleks (2019)
• Kelly Price (Irene) voiced Queen Meta for Genesis of the Cybermen (2025)
• for Peake Jones, Nick Brimble and Oliver Dimsdale see Series 2
• for Louise Page see Series 4 and Dominic Mafham see Series 5

Doctor Who On This Day #2

1948 - Actress Deborah Patricia

Watling born in Hammersmith

1965 - The Rescue, Episode 1: The

Powerful Enemy first screened on BBC1

1967 - The Romans, Episode 1: The Slave Traders, The Web

Planet, Episodes 5 and 6, The Crusade, Episode 4: The Warlords

and The Massacre, Episode 4: Bell of Doom repeated and The

Ark, Episode 4: The Bomb first screened, all on ABC

1970 - The Evil of the Daleks, Episode 1, The Web of Fear,

Episode 1, The Ice Warriors, Episode 4 and The Enemy of

the World, Episode 1 all repeated on ABC

1971 - Terror of the Autons, Episode

1 first screened on BBC1
1972 - The Invasion, Episode 5 and The

Ambassadors of Death, Episode 7 both

repeated on ABC

1975 - The Three Doctors, Episode 1, Carnival of Monsters,

 Episode 1 and Frontier in Space, Episode 1 all repeated on ABC

1980 - The Ark in Space, Part 2 first screened on DR1

1982 - Terror of the Zygons, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus

1983 - State of Decay Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus
1984 - Planet of Evil Omnibus repeated on WTTW 11
1985 - The Time Warrior, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus
1986 - The Invisible Enemy, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus;

and The Two Doctors, Part 4 (of 6) first screened on ABC
1987 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Episode

3: Day of Reckoning repeated on KQED Plus
1988 - The Deadly Assassin, Part 3 first screened on Super

Channel; The Robots of Death, Part 2 repeated on KQED

Plus; and The Stones of Blood Omnibus repeated on ABC

1989 - Paradise Towers Omnibus first screened on WTTW 11

1990 - Warriors' Gate, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus; and

Revelation of the Daleks, Part 4 (of 4) first screened on TV2

1991 - The Brain of Morbius, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus

1992 - Logopolis, Part 3 repeated on ABC; and

Paradise Towers, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus

1994 - The Green Death, Episode 1 repeated

on BBC2; Death to the Daleks Omnibus repeated

on UK Gold; and Terminus, Part 1 repeated on ABC

1995 - The Face of Evil Omnibus repeated

on KQED; and The Greatest Show in the

 Galaxy, Part 1 repeated on UK Gold

1996 - The Sun Makers, Part 3 repeated

on UK Gold
1997 - Inferno, Episode 5 repeated on

UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Chase, Episode 1: The Executioners

first screened on Space; and State of Decay,

Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Ark Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Daemons Omnibus
repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Mind of Evil, Episodes 3 and 4 both
repeated on Iowa PTV; Planet of the Daleks, Episodes 4 and 5 both
repeated on Colorado PTV; The Ark in Space, Part 1 repeated on
Prairie PTV; Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on
BBC America; Image of the Fendahl, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated
on BBC Prime; and Attack of the Cybermen Omnibus repeated on
 WUFT
2000 - The Time Meddler, Episode 2: The Meddling Monk repeated
on Space; Frontier in Space, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated on KBTC;
Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Parts 4 and 5 both repeated on WCET; The 
Monster of Peladon, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on NHPTV; Robot,
Part 1 repeated on KUED and Omnibus repeated on KRWG; Terror of
the Zygons Omnibus repeated on KNME; The Android Invasion, Part
3 repeated on Twin Cities PTV; The Seeds of Doom, Part 3 repeated
on Lakeshore PTV; The Deadly Assassin, Part 1 repeated on WQED;
Image of the Fendahl Omnibus repeated on MPT; Underworld, Parts
3 and 4 both repeated on MiND; The Creature from the Pit, Part 4
repeated on BBC Prime; Terminus Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; and Mindwarp Omnibus repeated on KSPS

2001 - Frontier in Space, Episode 4 repeated

 on Prime; Genesis of the Daleks, Part 4

repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The Deadly

Assassin, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on

BBC America

2002 - The Brain of Morbius, Part 2 repeated

on BBC Kids (Can); and The Two Doctors, Parts

 5 and 6 (of 6) both repeated on BBC Prime

2003 - The Creature from the Pit

Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids 

2004 - Revenge of the Cybermen Omnibus

repeated on BBC Kids (Can); and Scream

of the Shalka, Episode 4 released on the

BBC Red Button

2006 - The Parting of the Ways

repeated on UK Gold

2007 - The Runaway Bride repeated on

 BBC3; and Doctor Who: A Celebration

released on BBC Red Button

2008 - The Shakespeare Code and Gridlock

 both first screened on France 4; and Doctor

Who Confidential: Kylie Special repeated on

BBC3

2009 - Enlightenment, Part 4 and The King's Demons,

Part 1 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi; The Next Doctor

and Doctor Who Confidential: Christmas Special both

repeated on BBC3; and Doctor Who Prom (2008)

repeated on BBC HD

2010 - The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead and

The Waters of Mars all repeated on Space; and

Greatest Moments: The Enemies and Doctor Who

 Confidential: Allonsy! both repeated on BBC3

2011 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 6 first broadcast

on Radio 4 Extra; The End of Time, Part 1 repeated

on ABC1 and Part 2 repeated on BBC1 

2012 - Rose repeated on ABC2; and Greatest

Moments: Donna repeated on ABC1

2013 - Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead and The Big 
Bang all repeated on Watch; The Age of Steel repeated on BBC
America; The Runaway Bride and The Next Doctor both repeated on
France 4; The Eleventh Hour and The Beast Below both repeated on
Fox (FRG); and The God Complex repeated on WTTW Prime

2014 - Robot, Parts 3 and 4 and Castrovalva, Parts 3 and 4 all
repeated on Syfy (Aus); Night Terrors and The Girl Who Waited 

both repeated on Watch; The God Complex repeated on BBC

Entertainment LA; Closing Time repeated on Syfy (Port);

Cold War first screened on Syfy (Spa); The Crimson

Horror repeated on RAI4; and The Day of the Doctor

repeated on DR3

2015 - The Daemons, Episode 5 and The Sea Devils, Episode 1 both
 repeated on Horror; Planet of Evil, Parts 3 and 4 both first screened
on Retro TV; Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty Child, 
The Doctor Dances and The Wedding of River Song all repeated on
Syfy (Aus); The Christmas Invasion, The Runaway Bride, Voyage of 
the Damned and The Next Doctor all repeated on France 4; Forest of the Dead and Midnight both repeated on UKTV (NZ); The Girl Who 
Waited repeated on KCPT2; The God Complex repeated on KLRU; 

The Angels Take Manhattan repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC
Polska HD; The Crimson Horror and Nightmare in Silver both
repeated on Watch and Jeem TV (ME); The Name of the 
Doctor first screened on KERA and repeated on Watch; Listen 

repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; Kill the Moon and Mummy

on the Orient Express both repeated on BBC Entertainment 

AP and LA; Flatline and In the Forest of the Night both 

repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; and A Farewell to

Matt Smith repeated on Watch

2016 - 100,000 BC, Episode 1: An Unearthly Child repeated on KMOS;
The Three Doctors, Episodes 3 and 4, The Unicorn and the Wasp and
 Doctor Who Confidential: Nemesis all repeated on UNC-MX; The
 Robots of Death, Parts 1 and 2 and The Stones of Blood, Parts 3 and
4 all repeated on Retro TV; The Lodger repeated on Syfy (Aus); Let's
 Kill Hitler repeated on UKTV (Aus); Night Terrors and The Girl Who Waited both repeated on BBC Entertainment AP and UKTV (Aus); 

The God Complex, Closing Time, The Wedding of River Song 
and The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe all repeated on BBC 
Entertainment AP; The Power of Three repeated on BBC Nordic HD
and BBC Polska HD; The Bells of Saint John, The Rings of Akhaten, 
Cold War, Hide, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS and The 
Crimson Horror all repeated on Watch; The Time of the Doctor and
Deep Breath both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU and ME;

Into the Dalek and Robot of Sherwood both repeated on France

4; Listen repeated on OETA; Dark Water repeated

on RAI4; Death in Heaven first screened on Jeem TV

 (ME) and repeated on RAI4; The Magician's Apprentice

 repeated on BBC Entertainment AP, France 4 and

WGVU; The Witch's Apprentice repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP and France 4; Under the Lake and Before 

the Flood both first screened on France 4; Heaven Sent repeated on
 BBC First (Ben); Hell Bent repeated on BBC First (Ben) and DR3; and
The Husbands of River Song repeated on BBC First (Ben) and BBC
First (RSA)

2017 - The Two Doctors, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on WETA-UK; 
The Satan Pit repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Rebel Flesh first screened
 on TLC TV; Deep Breath repeated on Syfy (Bra); Sleep No More
repeated on BBC First (ME); and The Return of Doctor Mysterio

repeated on Syfy (LA)
2018 - Four to Doomsday, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;
Attack of the Cybermen, Part 2 repeated on Jones! too; The Doctor 
Dances repeated on Star World Premiere; New Earth, Tooth and 
Claw and School Reunion all repeated on BBC America; Smith and 
Jones repeated on ABC and ABC ME; The Poison Sky repeated on 
The Box; Flesh and Stone repeated on BBC Polska HD; Amy's 
Choice and Last Christmas both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The 
Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang both repeated on RAI4; The 
Impossible Astronaut, Day of the Moon, The Curse of the Black 
Spot, The Doctor's Wife, The Rebel Flesh, The Almost People, 
A Good Man Goes to War and Let's Kill Hitler all repeated on Sony 
SciFi; The Power of Three and The Angels Take Manhattan both 
repeated on Syfy (Bra); The Bells of Saint John, The Rings of 
Akhaten and Cold War all repeated on One ARD; The Husbands 
of River Song repeated on BBC First (ME); and Knock Knock

repeated on DR3

2019 - Attack of the Cybermen, Parts 2 and 3 (of 4) both repeated 
on Retro TV; The Eleventh Hour repeated on BBC Polska HD; The 
Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar both repeated on 
RAI4; and Resolution first screened on BBC America, Space, ABC, 
TV2 and YLE TV2
2020 - Battlefield, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;
Journey's End and The End of Time, Part 1 both repeated on
Syfy (Fra); A Town Called Mercy, The Power of Three and The
Angels Take Manhattan all repeated on W; Spyfall, Part 1 first
screened on BBC America, ABC and CTV SciFi; and Serpent

Crest: Survivors in Space, Part 1 repeated on Radio 4 Extra

2021 - Revolution of the Daleks first

screened on BBC America, ABC, ABC2,

TV1 and CTV SciFi

2022 - The Sensorites, Episodes 2 and

3 both repeated on KBTC; Planet of Evil

Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; State of

Decay, Parts 1 and 2 and The Visitation,

Parts 3 and 4 all repeated on Retro TV;

The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty

Child, The Doctor Dances, Boom Town,

Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways all

repeated on Fox SciFi; The Doctor's Wife

repeated on BBC America; In the Forest of

the Night, Dark Water, Death in Heaven,

The Magician's Apprentice, Resolution and

Revolution of the Daleks all repeated on

BBC First Turkey; and Eve of the Daleks

first screened on CTV, ABC, ABC Family

and TV2 and repeated on BBC America

2023 - Partners in Crime repeated on

Fox SciFi

2024 - Timelash, Parts 2 and 3 (of 4) both

repeated on Retro TV; Before the Flood

 repeated on Fox SciFi; and The Welsh

Connection repeated on Radio Wales

2025 - The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

repeated on ABC Entertains; and It Take

You Away repeated on ABC Family