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)

Doctor Who Vs. Robin of Sherwood, Series 3

Jason Connery (pictured), Judi Trott, Clive

Mantle, Ray Winstone, Phil Rose, Mark Ryan,

Peter Llewellyn Williams, Philip Jackson, John

Abineri, Nckolas Grace and Robert Addie all

returned for ITV's third and final round of

Robin Hood adventures. At the conclusion to

this series, makers Goldcrest pulled out of the

venture. Despite critical and commercial hits

(Chariots of Fire and Gandhi) Goldcrest Films

struggled after box office flops, Revolution

and Absolute Beginners.

The programme ultimately ceased production

because partner HTV could not finance it alone.

Richard Carpenter's script for the unmade story,

The Knights of the Apocalypse, was eventually

adapted by Bafflegab and was released in 2016

- Connery, Trott, Winstone, Mantle, Rose, Ryan,

Jackson and Grace all reprised their TV roles.

A repeat run of the thirteen-part season (originally broadcast from April

to June 1986) continued on ITV4 today - it featured William Russell,

Richard O'Brien, and a total of twenty-six Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

• Connery was Jondar in Vengeance on Varos
• Oliver Cotton (Owen) voiced Sir Gideon Vale/Handler for Big Finish's 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), and Major Callahan/Vilal Captian/Crook for Quicksilver (2017)
• Michael [Francis] Craig [born Gregson] (Huntingdon) was Commodore Travers in Terror of the Vervoids
• James [Southey] Coombes (Grendel) provided the Krarg voices for Shada, and was Paroli in Warriors of the Deep
• Daniel Peacock (Sparrow) was Nord in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
• Hywel [Thomas] Bennett (voice of Arthur) made his TV debut as Rynian in (episode 2 of) The Chase
• Brendan Price (Abbot) was Tomas in The Face of Evil
• Graham [Robert] Weston (Blacksmith) was Russell in The War Games, and De Haan in Planet of Evil
• Charlie [Lomax David] Condou (Marcus Dent, 2007-14) was Gary Gabbastone in The Interstellar Song Contest - he also voiced Crab- head/System/Jarl for Ravenous 1 (2018), Chris for Five Hundred Ways to Kill Your Lover (2025), and Marty for Cloud Eight (2026)
• Patrick Travis (Matthew) was a Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks
• Cory Pulman (Queen Isabella) was Kathleen Dudman in The Curse of Fenric
• Iain Armstrong (Villager) was Technician in The Armageddon Factor (3)
• Neville Watchurst (Carter) voiced Argot for Memory Lane (2006), and Manus/Stennar for The Song of Megaptera (2010)
• Peter [Alexander] Diamond (Monk here; Hangman in A Challenge for Robin Hood) was regular Extra/stunt double/fight arranger on the classic run (from The Daleks to The Daemons)
• Andrew McCulloch and John Flanagan co-wrote Meglos too
• Gerry Mill was director of The Faceless Ones too
• for Mantle, Grace, Jackson and Abineri see Series 1
• for Jeremy Bulloch, George Baker, Robert Daws, Phil Davis and Richard Bonehill see Series 2

Doctor Who Vs. Carry On Regardless

The fifth production from the popular Carry On

stable was released in early 1961, and told the

story of the hapless Helping Hands agency.

By now a regular company was established

 with actors Sid James (pictured as Handy),

Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Charles

Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Esme

Cannon, and Bill Owen all having appeared in

previous titles.

Liz Fraser (1930-2018) and Fenella Fielding

(1927-2018) made their series debuts here.

Shown on Great! TV tonight, the comedy

featured Stanley Unwin, Joan Hickson, and

eleven future Doctor Who cast connections:

• for Sims see Carry On Nurse
• [Christopher] Nicholas Parsosn (Wolf) was Reverend Wainwright in The Curse of Fenric
• Terence [Joseph] Alexander (Trelawney) was Lord Ravensworth in The Mark of the Rani
• for Victor Maddern see Carry On Constable
• Andrew Andreas (Waiter) was an Egyptian Warrior in (episode 10 of) The Daleks' Master Plan, Guard in The Enemy of the World, and German Soldier in The War Games (3)
• Vi Delmar [born Scott] (Shopper here; Woman in Carry On Cowboy) was Old Queen Xanxia in The Pirate Planet
• Carl Conway (Man) was US Correspondent in The War Machines (4), and Control Room Assistant in The Ambassadors of Death
• Arnold Lee (Chinese Man) was a Mongol Warrior in Marco Polo (2), Sweep/Coolie in The Talons of Weng-Chiang, and Seabase Crewman in Warriors of the Deep
• Angus [Wilson] Lennie (Assistant, deleted) was Storr in The Ice Warriors, and Angus McRanald in Terror of the Zygons
• Maxwell Craig (Patron here, Carry On Spying & Carry On Cowboy; Deckhand in Carry On Jack) was Fighter in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
• for Joan Ellacott see Carry On Sergeant

Doctor Who Vs. Agatha Christie's Marple: Series 6

Julia McKenzie returned as Jane Marple for the last

season of ITV's period crime drama. The first case

was based on the Queen of Crime's fifty-fifth novel

(published in 1964), and was the third TV version of

A Caribbean Mystery.

Part two was adapted from a short-story that first

appeared in 1960's The Adventure of the Christmas

Pudding - it combined the plot of The Thumb Mark of St. Peter (from an earlier anthology of 1932) with the

original narrative of Greenshaw's Folly.

Repeated on ITV3 today, the final mystery did not

 originally feature Marple - the book (issued in 1967,

 and one of the author's favourites) was also drama-

tised for cinema (in 1972), and Radio 4 (2008).

When it was announced that the BBC had acquired

the rights for the production of further Christie

adaptations in 2014, ITV Studios effectively axed

Marple. The network's Poirot series also concluded in

late 2013 after fourteen years. The Corporation has subsequently shown new versions of Partners in

Crime, And Then There Were None, Witness for the

Prosecution, The ABC Murders, Ordeal by Innocence,

The Pale Horse, Murder is Easy, and latterly Towards

Zero. 2017 saw Channel 5's Crooked House, and the second film version of Murder on the Orient Express, whilst the reworked

Death on the Nile and Why Didn't They Ask Evans? soon followed.

A Haunting in Venice (2023) was based on Hallowe'en Party. Seven Dials

was released on Netflix last month, whilst Britbox's modern-day iteration

of Tommy & Tuppence is now in production.

This final run of Marple featured a total of twenty-seven Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

A Caribbean Mystery (UK TX: June 16 2013)

• for director Charles Palmer see The Murder at the Vicarage
• Big Finish actor Warren [Martin] Brown (Jackson) was Jake Willis in Praxeus - he voiced Stephen Gibson for Industrial Evolution, Johnny Skipton for Dead Men's Tales (both 2011), Rufus Stone/To'Koth for Signs & Wonders (2014), then Lieutenant Sam Bishop for UNIT: Extinction (2015), UNIT: Shutdown, UNIT: Silenced (both 2016), UNIT: Assembled (2017), UNIT: Cyber Reality, Lady Christina 1 (both 2018), UNIT: Incursions (2019), Lady Christina 2 (2021), Way of the Burryman and The Forth Generation (both 2022)
• Charity [Rose] Wakefield (Molly) was Lucy Fletcher in The Return of Doctor Mysterio
• Pippa Bennett Warner (Victoria) 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 Gallifrey: Time War (all 2018), The War Master 4 (2019) and Time War 4, Fliss Keeley for The Trojan Daleks (both 2021), and Cleopatra for The Last Queen of the Nile (2025)
• Robert Webb (Kendall) provided the voice of Robot 2 for Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
• Alastair Mackenzie (Hillingdon here; Ferguson in Death on the Nile, 2004) voiced Julian St. Stephen for Counter Measures 1 (2012), and Adric Traken for Prisoners of Fate (2013) and The Entropy Plague (2015)
• Hermione [Jane] Norris (Evelyn here; Celestine in The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan; Hermia in The Pale Horse, 1997) was Captain Lundvik in Kill the Moon
• MyAnna [Margaretha] Buring [Rantapáá] (Lucky) was Scooti Manista in The Impossible Planet
• Matthew Tabern was also film editor on both 2007 seasons of the revived run and The Sarah Jane Adventures

Greenshaw's Folly (UK TX: June 23 2013)

• Julia Sawalha (Mrs. Cresswell) was Emma in The Curse of Fatal Death
• Joanna David [born Hacking] (Grace here; Emma in 4.50 From Paddington, 1987; Claire in The Red Signal; Wilhelmina for Dumb Witness, 2006) voiced Mrs. Audley for AudioGo's The Broken Crown (2011)
• Rbert Glenister (Brophy) was Salateen in The Caves of Androzani, then Thomas Edison in Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror, and voiced Aboresh for Absolution (2007), and Eliot for Signal and I'll Come to You (2024)
• Oscar Pearce (Oxley) voiced the Captain for Counter Measures 4 (2015), Captain Ted Mears for The Auton Infinity (2022), and Cicerone 1 for Worlds Beyond (2024)
• Sean Clayton was also the second assistant director on Dalek and Father's Day
• Paul Kennington was also a stuntman on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday and The Doctor's Daughter 
• Tom Lucy was also the stunt co-ordinator on sixteen stories (from Smith and Jones to The Next Doctor) and Torchwood

Endless Night (UK TX: December 29 2013)

• Janet Henfrey (Mrs. Lee) was Miss Hardaker in The Curse of Fenric, Mrs. Pitt in Mummy on the Orient Express, the Adjudicator in Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor, and voiced Mrs. Vangaurd for The Spirit Trap (2010), Dr. Petherbridge for An Eye for Murder, Mrs. Jefferies for The Concrete Cage (both 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 1 (2024)
• Celyn Jones (DS Keene) voiced Geraint for The Lady of the Lake
• Aneurin Barnard (Hayman) voiced Antan/Taker for The Whispering Forest (2010), then was Roger ap Gwilliam in 73 Yards and Empire of Death
• Tamzin [Maria] Outhwaite (Mrs. Rogers) was the Captain in Nightmare in Silver, then voiced Morton for Secrets of Telos (2022), and Joan Stone for The Hellwood Inheritance (2025)
• William Hope (Lippincott) voiced General Tillington for Renaissance of the Daleks (2007)
• Glynis Barber [born van der Riet] (Cora here; Julia in A Murder is Announced, 1979; Unknown in And Then There Were None, 1987; Lola in The Mirrror Crack'd from Side to Side, 1992; Salome in Death on the Nile, 2025) voiced Kathy Blake for The Sinestran Kill (2019), and Nicholaa de la Haye for The Outlaws (2022)
• [Anne Gwendoline] Wendy Craig (Marjorie here; Mrs. Gardener in Evil Under the Sun, 1998) voiced Shonnath for Fugitive in Time (2019), Queen Elizabeth I for The Hollow Crown, Martha Malvani for The Gulf (both 2021), Bette for Auld Lang Syne (2022), and Older Maddie Mortimer for The Diary of River Song 11 (2023)
• Erick Hayden (Jayne) was Sorensson in Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror
• for Stephen Churchett see The Murder at the Vicarage
• Alan Bond (Guest) was a UNIT Soldier in The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords and Torchwood: Children of Earth
• Balazs Bolygo was also cinematographer on The Rebel Flesh, The Almost People and Closing Time

Doctor Who Vs. Trial & Retribution VI

Lynda La Plante's acclaimed
crime drama returned to ITV in
October 2002. David Hayman,
Dorian Lough, and Inday Ba
reprised their respective roles as DCS Walker, DS Satchell, and DC

West, whilst Kate Buffery

 (pictured left as DI North) left

the series after six years. Like

La Plante's earlier hit series

Prime Suspect, the programme employed its distinctive split-

screen technique. A repeat run of the two-part case (the last without a specific subtitle) concluded on ITV3 last night - it featured Camille Coduri, and a dozen Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Tim McInnerny (Fowler) 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)
• James [William] Fox (Stevens QC) voiced Professor Chronotis for Shada
• Bella Emberg [born Sybil Dyke] (Mrs. Fowler) was Nurse in (episode 6 of) The Silurians, and Servant in The Time Warrior (4), then was Mrs. Croot in Love & Monsters
• Colin Prockter (Giddings) was the Chef in The Long Game, and the ARP Warden in Victory of the Daleks
• Stevan Rimkus (Walker) was Captain Bates in The Curse of Fenric
• Chris Obi (Officer) was George in Closing Time
• Amerjit Deu (Clerk) voiced the Swami for Hounded (2016), the Governor for World of Damnation (2018), Roni Bandara for The Dimension Cannon 1 (2019), Jom for Maelstrom (2022), and Voltaire for Missy (2025)
• for Michael Simkins (CS Bradley) see Series 3
• Clare Mahoney was the foley artist on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Chris Lawson (SFX technician) was VFX designer on Arc of Infinity, Planet of Fire and Attack of the Cybermen
• Garry Dawson also worked on props for Cold War and The Crimson Horror
• Jennie Fave (floor runner) was production manager on Time Crash, then second assistant director on nineteen episodes (from Gridlock to The End of Time) and Music of the Spheres

Doctor Who Vs. Wycliffe, Series 4

Jack Shepherd returned as WJ Burley's Cornish
detective for the fourth and penultimate season (first broadcast in 1997) of HTV's popular crime drama, and

was again joined by Jimmy Yuill, Helen Masters, Tim

Wylton, Charlie Hayes, and Lynne Farleigh. Michael Attwell joined the cast here as DCC Stevens.

A repeat run of the nine-part series (which included

a Christmas special) began on ITV3 today - it featured

David Bradley, Jane Slavin, Geoffrey Bayldon,

and a total of thirty one Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

Strangers Home (UK TX: June 29)

• Attwell was Isbur in The Ice Warriors, and Bates in Attack of the Cybermen
• Big Finish actor Michael Cochrane (Price) was Charles Cranleigh in Black Orchid, and Redvers Fenn-Cooper in Ghost Light, then voiced Lt. Col. Brook for No Man's Land (2006), Murgat for Brotherhood of the Daleks (2008), Colonel Hugh Spindleton for Trail of the White Worm and The Oseidon Adventure (both 2012), Professor Cedric Chivers for The Time Machine (2013), and Geralk for The Fate of Krelos and Return to Telos (both 2015)
• Frances White (Marian) was Cassandra in The Myth Makers
• Clive Kneller (Wisson) was Collier in (part 1 of) Enlightenment
• Alan Wareing was also director of The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Ghost Light and Survival - he was also production assistant (PA) on The Keeper of Traken, then manager (PM) on Timelash

Close to Home (UK TX: July 6)

• Elizabeth Rider (Trisha) provided the ATMOS voice for The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky, was Linda in The Time of the Doctor, Ellen in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Lost in Time, and voiced Galatea for The Well-Mannered War (2015)
• Sharon Duce (Supt. Le Page) was Control in Ghost Light
• Christopher [Denis] Driscoll (Owner) was the Security Guard in The Idiot's Lantern
• Steve Whyment (Tregeen) was an Extra on The Keeper of Traken and Snakedance
• Nick Wilkinson (Tyzack) was a stuntman on The Next Doctor

On Account (UK TX: July 13)

• Kevin Clarke was writer of Silver Nemesis too
• Judy Norman (Shirley) was Ma in Gridlock
• Paul Panting (Baldry) voiced Professor Maylon for Of Chaos Time The, Geoff Jennings/Llangragen for The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night Time, Brabbeko for Revenge of the Swarm (all 2014), Drell /Marshleader for Mistfall (2015), Fyrax for The Paradox Planet and Legacy of Death (both 2016), Freddie for Island of the Fendahl, Ravlos for The Ultimate Evil (both 2019), Smilax for The Doomsday Contract, Ilyani/Bailiff for A Tragical History, Karl Lamb for The First Son (all 2021), Vega for The End (2022), Nate Duffy/Fennec for The Wizard of Time, Brakow for Oodunnit (both 2023), Division for Fast Times, Horseman for The Legend of Baba Yaga (both 2024), and Mortimer Stewart for Fallen Heroes (2025)

Lone Voyager (UK TX: July 20)

• Vincent Brimble (Davis) was Tarpok in Warriors of the Deep, then Gerald in Village of the Angels
• Richard [Sheridan] Willis (Brown) was Varsh in Full Circle
• Patrick Romer (Foreman) voiced Dr. Andrew Szabo for Thicker Than Water (2005)

Seen A Ghost (UK TX: July 27)

• Emily [Sian] Joyce (Morna) provided the voice of a Clockwork Droid in The Girl in the Fireplace, then voiced Lucy Pepperdine for The Quintessence (2024)
• Tamsin [Margaret] Greig (Dr. Hinkley) was the Nurse in The Long Game, then voiced Overseer Amesus Vail for Survivors (2026)
• Mark [Samuel] Kempner (Auctioneer) was Cabbie in Deep Breath

Bad Blood (UK TX: August 3)

• John [William Francis] Hallam (Penmore) was Light (pictured) in Ghost Light
• Nick Brimble (Durden) voiced Shreeni for Exotron (2007), Dudley Jackson for The Eternal Summer (2009), Kith for Max Warp (2008), Olaf Eriksson for The Book of Kells (2010), and Commander Harlan for The Conscript (2017)
• Peter Lee-Wilson (Kessell) was Tommo in The End of Time (1)

To Sup With the Devil (UK TX: August 10)

• Graeme Harper was also director of The Caves of Androzani and Revelation of the Daleks after serving as assistant floor manager on Colony in Space and Planet of the Spiders, and PA on The Seeds of Doom and Warriors' Gate - then was director of thirteen episodes of the revived series (from Rise of the Cybermen to The Waters of Mars), Time Crash and The Sarah Jane Adventures

Old Crimes, New Times (UK TX: August 17)

• Jim Norton (Owens) voiced Major Thomas Kennet for Scream of the Shalka
• John [Christopher] D Collins [born Dixon] (Armstrong) was Talor in Arc of Infinity
• Alan Rowe (Minister) was Dr. Evans/Space Control voice in The Moonbase, Edward of Wessex in The Time Warrior, James Skinsale in Horror of Fang Rock, and Garif in Full Circle

Dance of the Scorpions (UK TX: December 27)

• Leslie [Michael] Grantham (Durno) was Kiston in Resurrection of the Daleks
• Steven Rimkus (Parsons) was Captain Bates in The Curse of Fenric
• Marc Warren (DC Swarland) was Elton in Love & Monsters
• Tim Faraday (Cropman) was Tom's Dad in Fear Her
• cinematographer John Walker was a film cameraman on nine stories (from Horror of Fang Rock to Revelation of the Daleks)