Doctor Who Vs. Luther, Series 3

Smiley appeared as
Colonel Blue in Into
the Dalek

Idris Elba returned as DCI John Luther for the

third, full season of BBC1's psychological crime

drama, originally shown in the summer of 2013.

Warren Brown, Michael Smiley, Dermot Crowley

and Nikki Amuka Bird also reprised their res-

pective roles as DS Justin Ripley, Benny Silver,

DSU Schenk and DS Gray.

A two-part sequel aired in December 2015, and

the final series aired at New Year 2019. A film

version of Luther, The Fallen Sun, was finally

 unveiled in cinemas in February, then launched

on Netflix in March. This run earned more Golden

Globe and Emmy award nominations for series creator/writer Neil Cross, and Elba won a RTS

award for Best Actor.

A repeat run of the four-part series began on

U&Drama last night - it featured David O'Hara,

and a total of twenty-two Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• for Brown and Smiley see Series 1, for Amuka Bird see Series 2
• prolific Big Finish actor/writer Lizzie Hopley (Dr. Harris) voiced the Mantasphid Queen for The Infinite Quest, Alice Flowers for The Gunpowder Plot, Gemma Griffin for Terror Firma (2005), Lady Lillian Hawthorne for The Veiled Leopard, Sue for Night Thoughts, Yarvell for I, Davros (all 2006), Brinna/Secretary/ Comp for Cyberman, Sister Christie for The Emporium at the End (both 2016), Miss Steel for The Creeper (2020), Camper for Silver Medal (2021), Narrator of I, TARDIS (2024), Mind Shield for Master!, and Hieronyma Friend for See-Saw (both 2025)
• Sienna [Tiggy] Guillory (Mary) voiced Idara Beckett for Fond Farewell (2022)
• Lucian [Gabriel Wiina] Msamati (Barnaby) was Guido in The Vampires of Venice
• Selva Rasalingam (Lane) was Ranjit in The Power of Three
• Sasha Behar (Dani) was Spurrina in The Fires of Pompeii, then voiced Presidential Aide for Songs of Love, Tessno/Ladonne for Stop the Clock (both 2017), Admiral Eno for The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (2019), Talarn/Bullet 2/Thayla for Dust Devil, and Diana Hendry for The Seas of Titan (both 2022)
• Alexandra Moen (Eve) was Lucy Saxon in The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords and The End of Time
• Michelle Duncan (Kiera) was Lady Isobel in Tooth and Claw
• Elliot Cowan (Marwood) voiced Gark for The Fifth Traveller (2016)
• Golda Rosheuvel (Sally) was Jocelyn Sancerre in Space Babies
• Georgina French (Natalie) was a motion capture actor on The Eternity Clock video game
• Shaun Mason (Beamish) was the Foreman in Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror
• Dan Euston was a stuntman on The Crimson Horror too
• Farren Blackburn was also director of The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe and The Rings of Akhaten - the latter story was edited by Sam Williams, the film editor here too
• Simon Maloney was the first assistant director on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Stephen Pehrsson was also the cinematographer on eleven stories (from The Pandorica Opens to The Crimson Horror)
• Matthew Scrivener was the first assistant director on the 2011 Christmas special too
• Sam Smithard was also the camera assistant on fourteen episodes (from Asylum of the Daleks to The Name of the Doctor)
• Tom Williams was camera assistant on Let's Kill Hitler too

Doctor Who On This Day #131

1968 - The Wheel in Space, Episode

3 first screened on BBC1
1974 - Planet of the Spiders, Episode

2 first screened on BBC1
1978 - Spearhead from Space, Episodes

 3 and 4 and The Robots of Death, Part 2

all repeated on ABC

1982 - The Androids of Tara, Part 4 repeated

on KQED Plus; and Kinda, Part 1 repeated

and Part 2 first screened, both on ABC

1983 - Robot, Part 1 first screened on KSPS;

Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 3 repeated

on KQED Plus; and Mawdryn Undead, Part 4

repeated and Terminus, Part 1 first screened,

both on ABC

1984 - The Face of Evil, Part 3 repeated

on KQED Plus; and Logopolis, Part 2

repeated on ABC

1985 - The Time Warrior, Part

1 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - Planet of the Daleks Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1988 - The Horns of Nimon, Part 4 repeated on TV2;

and State of Decay, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus

1989 - The Monster of Peladon, Part 4 repeated on KQED
Plus; and Enlightenment, Part 3 first screened on TV2 
1990 - Vengeance on Varos and The Two Doctors
Omnibuses both repeated on KQED Plus

1991 - The Mind Robber, Episode

1 repeated on TV2

1993 - The Ambassadors of Death,

Episode 2 repeated on UK Gold; and

The King's Demons, Part 2 repeated

on ABC

1994 - The Leisure Hive, Part 3

repeated on UK Gold

1995 - The Daemons, Episode 3

repeated on UK Gold

1997 - The Hand of Fear Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold

1998 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode 4: The Screaming Jungle 
repeated on Space; Four to Doomsday Omnibus repeated on 
KQED Plus; and Vengeance on Varos, Part 1 repeated on UKTV

1999 - The Mind Robber, Episode 1 repeated on Space; Planet 
of the Spiders, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Colorado PTV;

and The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 6 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2000 - The Mind Robber, Episode 1 repeated

 on UKTV (Aus); and Inferno, Episode 5 repeated

 on TG4

2001 - Writer Douglas Noel Adams died in Montecito,

California, aged 49; The Pirate Planet, Part 3 repeated

on UKTV (Aus); and  The Armageddon Factor, Part 3

repeated on Prime

2002 - Robot Omnibus and The Robots of Death, Part 1 all

repeated on BBC Kids (Can); The Ark in Space Omnibus

repeated on KERA; The Sontaran Experiment Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold; Frontios, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

on Colorado PTV; The Happiness Patrol Omnibus repeated

on UKTV (Aus); and Dragonfire, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated

on BBC Prime

2003 - Robot, Part 1 repeated on WCNY; The Sontaran

Experiment Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; The Android

Invasion, Part 2 repeated on WSKG; The Deadly Assassin

Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can); The Leisure Hive,

Part 4 and Meglos, Part 1 both repeated on MiND; Full

 Circle, Part 4 repeated on KUED; and Silver Nemesis,

Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on KBTC

2004 - The Mind of Evil, Episode 3

repeated on ABC
2005 - The Power of Kroll, Part 3

repeated on ABC
2006 - The Long Game repeated on

People+ Arts; and Totally Doctor Who

(1.5) first screened on BBC1

2007 - The Lazarus Experiment repeated on BBC3; and Totally 
Doctor Who (2.6) first screened on BBC1 and repeated on CBBC

2008 - Nightmare of Eden, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on WCET; 
World War Three repeated on Jimmy; Boom Town repeated on
WTVP; New Earth first screened on WXXI and KERA; School 
Reunion and Doctor Who Confidential: Friends Reunited

both first screened on WTTW 11 and repeated on WGVU;

The Girl in the Fireplace and Doctor Who

Confidential: From Script to Screen both repeated

on KQED Plus; Rise of the Cybermen first screened

 on Ozarks PTV; The Age of Steel first screened on Idaho PTV;

The Doctor's Daughter repeated on BBC3; and Doctor Who

Confidential: New New Doctor first screened on KERA

2009 - The Girl in the Fireplace and Doctor Who

Confidential: From Script to Screen both repeated

on WTTW 11; and Gridlock repeated on BBC3

2010 - The Age of Steel and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: 
From Zero to Hero both repeated on UKTV (Aus); Evolution of

the Daleks repeated on Syfy (Spa); and The Lazarus Experiment 
repeated on Syfy (Ben)

2011 - State of Decay, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on

MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; and 42 repeated on Space

2012 - Mindwarp, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi and 
TV4; The Long Game and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: The 
Dark Side both repeated on ABC2; The End of Time, Part 2
repeated on BBC3; The Hungry Earth repeated on BBC America;
and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Nemesis repeated on 
UKTV (Aus)

2013 - Rose first screened on EBRU; Daleks

 in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks both 

repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; Turn Left

repeated on France 4; The Beast Below repeated

on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; The Curse

of the Black Spot repeated on BBC Nordic, BBC

Entertainment EU, Romania and ME; The Doctor's

Wife repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Rom

and ME; The Girl Who Waited repeated on WTTW

Prime; The Angels Take Manhattan repeated on Syfy

(Ben); The Crimson Horror repeated on BBC America,

BBC Polska and BBC Entertainment RSA; Nightmare in

 Silver first screened on BBC1; and Prequel: She Said,

He Said released on the BBC Red Button

2014 - The Ark in Space Omnibus repeated on KPTS; The Invasion 
of Time, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; Warriors' Gate, Part
2 and Earthshock, Parts 2 and 3 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The
 Empty Child, Father's Day and Boom Town all repeated on KCPT2;
The Doctor Dances repeated on KNCT and KCPT2; 42 and

Human Nature both repeated on RAI4; The Doctor's Daughter

 repeated on WPT Flagship; The Waters of Mars repeated

on KLRU; The Eleventh Hour and The Beast Below both

repeated on Really Scary TV; Vincent and the Doctor and

The Time of the Doctor both repeated on BBC

 Entertainment LA; Let's Kill Hitler, The Girl Who

Waited, The God Complex and Closing Time all 

repeated on Fox (FRG); Night Terrors repeated on MPB and 

Fox; The Wedding of River Song repeated on Idaho PTV

and LPB; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on Iowa PTV; 

The Power of Three repeated on WVPB, KUED and France 4; 

The Angels Take Manhattan repeated on BBC Entertainment 

LA and France 4; The Snowmen repeated on WILL; The 

Bells of Saint John repeated on France 4; Cold War

 repeated on UKTV (NZ); Hide repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU, Romania and ME; The Crimson

Horror repeated on  UKTV (Aus); Nightmare in Silver 

repeated on KCPT; The Name of the Doctor repeated 

on BBC Entertainment LA, OETA and KCPT; and Doctor

Who Confidential: When Time Froze repeated on LPB

2015 - The Mind Robber, Episodes 4 and 5 both

repeated on Horror; Nightmare of Eden, Part 3, 

Rose and The End of the World all repeated on 

Syfy (Aus); Army of Ghosts repeated on TV Cultura; 

Gridlock repeated on BBC2; Blink and Utopia both

repeated on EBRU; The Sound of Drums and Doctor

Who Confidential: You've Got the Look both repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP; The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below, Victory

of the Daleks, The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone, The Doctor,

the Widow and the Wardrobe and Dinosaurs on a Spaceship all

repeated on BBC America; Asylum of the Daleks repeated

on BBC America and Syfy (Ben); A Town Called Mercy

repeated on Syfy (Ben); The Snowmen repeated on RAI4;

Nightmare in Silver and The Name of the Doctor both

repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Robot

of Sherwood repeated on BBC Brazil HD; and Doctor

Who Confidential: Are We There Yet? repeated on

ABC2 (iView only)

2016 - The Two Doctors, Parts 1 and 2 (of 6) both repeated

 on Retro TV; The Age of Steel and The Idiot's Lantern both

repeated on France 4; The Impossible Planet repeated on

BBC Polska HD and France 4; The Satan Pit repeated on

BBC Polska HD; Last of the Time Lords and The Wedding of 

River Song both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Vampires of

Venice and Doctor Who Confidential: Death in Venice both

 repeated on ABC2; The Curse of the Black Spot and The

Almost People both repeated on Syfy (Bra) and Syfy (LA);

The Rebel Flesh repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;

Night Terrors repeated on Einsfestival; The Woman

Who Lived repeated on BBC First (ME); Sleep No More

repeated on Syfy (Bra); and Doctor Who Explained

repeated on BBC Polska HD, Syfy (Bra) and Syfy (LA)

2017 - The Sontaran Experiment, Part 2 repeated on The

Zone; Silver Nemesis, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro

TV; The Empty Child repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Lodger

repeated on Syfy (LA); The Pandorica Opens repeated on

BBC Polska HD and Syfy (LA); The Big Bang repeated on FX

(Ind); The Day of the Doctor, The Time of the Doctor, Into

the Dalek, Robot of Sherwood and Listen all repeated on BBC

 America; and Mummy on the Orient Express and Flatline

both repeated on Syfy (Bra)

2018 - The War Machines, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated

on Retro TV; City of Death, Parts 1 to 3 all repeated on Jones!

too; Turn Left repeated on W; Flatline and In the Forest of

the Night both repeated on Fox (FRG); Death in Heaven

repeated on ABC; Last Christmas repeated on ABC ME;

The Magician's Apprentice repeated on BBC First (RSA);

Oxygen and Extremis both repeated on Sony SciFi;

and The Pyramid at the End of the World repeated

on Syfy (Bra)

2019 - The War Machines Omnibus and Inferno, Episodes

5 and 6 all repeated on Retro TV; The Empty Child repeated

on ABC; Smile and Thin Ice both repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU; The Eaters of Light and World Enough

 and Time both repeated on France 4; and Rosa, Arachnids

 in the UK and The Tsuranga Conundrum all repeated on

BBC Polska HD

2020 - Rose and The End of the World both repeated

on Sony SciFi; The Bells of Saint John and The Rings of
Akhaten both repeated on RAI4; Deep Breath repeated
on BBC America; and Before the Flood and The Girl Who

Died both repeated on BBC Polska HD

2021 - The Androids of Tara, Parts 1

and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; The

Beast Below repeated on BBC First

Turkey; and The Angels Take Manhattan

repeated on ABC2

2022 - Dragonfire, Part 3 and The

Happiness Patrol, Part 1 both repeated

on Retro TV; Journey's End repeated on

Fox SciFi; and Night Terrors repeated

on BBC Polska HD

2023 - The Mind Robber, Episode 5

repeated on Retro TV; The Husbands

of River Song repeated on ABC Family;

and The Halloween Apocalypse and War

 of the Sontarans both repeated on Fox

SciFi

2024 - Space Babies and The Devil's

Chord both streamed on BBC iPlayer

and Disney+ and first screeend on

BBC1; and Doctor Who: Unleashed,

Episodes 1 and 2 both first screened

 on BBC3

2025 - Inferno, Episode 7 and Terror

of the Autons, Episodes 1 to 3 all

repeated on U&Eden; The Horns of

Nimon, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

on KBTC; and The Crimson Horror

repeated on ABC Entertains

2026 - Carnival of Monsters,

Episode 4 and The Green Death,

Episode 1 both repeated on Retro TV