Doctor Who Vs. Manhunt, Series 1

This factual based crime drama focused

on the investigation led by DCI Colin

Sutton (portrayed by Martin Clunes) in

the hunt for the killer of Milly Dowler,

 Amelie Delagrange, and Marsha

McDonnell. Levi Bellfield (depicted by
Celyn Jones) was eventually convicted

of their murders in 2008. Sutton later

reinvestigated the serial murders of Fred

and Rose West for ITV, whilst a second

series of Manhunt aired in September 2021.

A repeat run of the thriller (originally shown

over three consecutive nights at New Year

2019) began on ITV last night - it featured twelve Doctor Who cast connections:

• Clunes was Lon in Snakedance
• Jones voiced Geraint for Tiny Rebel's The Lady of the Lake (2018)
• prolific Big Finish actress Tracy Wiles (Monica) 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/Salma/V75 for Escape from Kaldor (all 2018), Drones for The False Guardian and Time's Assassin, Announcer for State of Bliss, 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, and Draven/ Shira/Sentinel for The Shadow Squad (both 2021)
• Steffan Rhodri (DC Jones) voiced Commander Korshal for Dreamtime, Prime Minister for UNIT (both 2005), Minister for Outbreak (2016), and Ted for The Silent Streets of Barry Island
• Peter Forbes (DCS Murphy) voiced Philip Bannister/Ian Chesterton for Deadline (2003), Dan Culver for Dalek Empire 3 (2004), Kryson for The Juggernauts (2005), Craig Swanson for The Feast of Axos (2011), and Thorn for The Bounty of Ceres (2014)
• Nicholas Burns (DI Ambrose) and Bern Collaco (Officer) both appeared in Thin Ice, as Lord Sutcliffe and Soldier - Collaco was also an Operator in The Return of Doctor Mysterio
• Stephane Cornicard (Delagrange) voiced Keep for The Next Life (2004)
• Michael Gould (Chapman) voiced Frederick Lindemann for The Oncoming Storm (2016)
• Shai Matheson (Forster) voiced Wilson for Manhunt (2023), and Professor Altazar for The Eternity Club (2024)
• Deeivya Meir (Reporter) voiced Sogo/Justine for Altered Status (2021), Xoanon 2/Parama/Tagra for Who Am I? (2022), and Pera for Berserker (2023), then was Newsreader in 73 Yards
• Jamie Pannell was also electrician on In the Forest of the Night, Last Christmas, The Husbands of River Song and The Return of Doctor Mysterio

Doctor Who Vs. The Shadow Line

This dark and gritty crime drama was
written, produced and directed by
Hugo Blick. Here, DI Jonah Gabriel

(played by Chiwetel Ejiofor) is assigned

to investigate the murder of a notorious

London drugs baron.

Following a BAFTA screening, the seven

-part thriller was shown on BBC2 from

May to June 2011, and featured
Christopher Eccleston (as Joseph
Bede), Sharon D Clarke, Stephen
Rea, Rafe Spall, and twenty-three
other Doctor Who cast and crew
connections:

• both Lesley Sharp [born Karen Makinson] (Julie) and Ace [born Ahsen Rafiq] Bhatti (Khokar) also appeared opposite Eccleston in The Second Coming
• Robert Pugh (Harris) was Tony Mack in The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood, and voiced Emmett Burrows for Big Finish's Five Twenty-Nine (2016)
• Sean Gilder (Beatty) was the Sycorax Leader in The Christmas Invasion
• Sasha Behar (Laing) and Lorraine Burroughs (WPC) both starred in The Fires of Pompeii, as Spurrina and Thalina
• Clare Calbraith (Laura) voiced Trooper for Urban Myths, Maria for Son of the Dragon (both 2007), Starling for The Phoenix Strain (2016), and Orla for The Blood Furnace (2017)
• Tobias Menzies (McGovern) was Lieutenant Stepashin in Cold War
• Rachel [Joanne] Bavidge (Nurse) voiced the European Leader for The Defectors (2015), and Seru for The Isos Network (2016)
• Tony Osoba (Solicitor) was Lan in Destiny of the Daleks, Kracauer in Dragonfire, and Duke in Kill the Moon
• Martha [Esther] Cope (Reporter) was the Controller in Bad Wolf, and voiced Captain Tanya Oswin for The Nowhere Place, Talia for 100, and Commander Lind for The Sons of Kaldor (2018)
• Simon [Timothy] Chandler (Consultant) voiced Corporal Arthur Dimes for Churchill Victorious (2018)
• Nigel [Edward] Hastings (Spokesman) was the Commander in The Pyramid at the End of the World, and voiced Quain for Creatures of Beauty (2003), and Boden for Return to Skaro (2020)
• Anjela Lauren Smith (Kirsten) voiced Genevieve for The Coney Island Chameleon (2019)
• John Heffernan (PC Felix) voiced Vonchef for Revenge of the Swarm (2004), Honos for The Trial of a Time Machine (2018), and the Nine for The Crucible of Souls (2016), Companion Piece, Relative Time (both 2019) and The Dreams of Avarice (2022)
• Lloyd McGuire (Clerk) was Lugo in The Face of Evil, and voiced Tendexter for The Architects of History (2010)
• Charles Kay [born Piff] (Halton) voiced the Curator in Excelis Rising (2002)
• Nadine [Panchita] Marshall (Officer) voiced Shepstay for Earth Aid (2011), Katrice for You are the Doctor, and Kordel for The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel (both 2015)
• David Schofield (DS Foley) was Odin in The Girl Who Died, and voiced Billy for Death in Blackpool (2009), Nostradamus and Conclave Leader for The Doomsday Quatrain (2011), Parval for The Sorcerer of Albion (2020), and Gostak for The End of the Beginning (2021)
• Jonathan [Louis] Tafler (Book keeper) voiced Captain Waldo for The Paradise of Death, and Pietro Clemenza for The Ghosts of N-Space
• Alex Kaye Besley was also assistant director on The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane and The Shakespeare Code
• stunt co-ordinator Gareth Milne was George Cranleigh in Black Orchid, Mortuary Attendant in Vengeance on Varos, and doubled for Peter Davison in Warriors of the Deep
• Ian Pead was stunt double on Twice Upon a Time too

Doctor Who Vs. Sea of Souls: The Prayer Tree

BBC1's BAFTA winning supernatural drama came
to a close after three full series, with a two-part
special, first screened in April 2007. 

The story (set in a remote Scottish haunted
house) was written by creator, David Kane,
and again starred Bill Paterson as Dr. Douglas
Monaghan - the Glaswegian actor later

appeared in Victory of the Daleks as Dr.

Edwin Bracewell.

The Prayer Tree was produced by Carnival Films
for BBC Scotland - it featured Neve McIntosh,

Douglas Henshall, Ben Miles, and eight Doctor

Who cast and crew connections:

• Christina Cole (Rebecca) was Lilith in The Shakespeare Code
• Ron [Eaglesham] Donachie [born Porter] (Minister) was a Steward in Tooth and Claw
• Alisdair Simpson (Mathers) voiced Sir Francis White and David Ritchie for 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), Cleon for The Mask of Tragedy (2014), Colonel Lifford for The Boundless Sea (2015), Sidney Wheeler and Field Marshal Brooke for Churchill Victorious (2018), and Damadus for Return to Skaro (2020)
• Simon Clark (sound recordist) and Liz Pearson (post-production supervisor) both workerd on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Adam Trotman was also film editor on Last Christmas, Thin Ice and Knock Knock
• stunt co-ordinator Gareth Milne was George Cranleigh in Black Orchid, Mortuary Attendant in Vengeance on Varos, and doubled for Peter Davison on Warriors of the Deep