Doctor Who Vs. The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, Series 1

Following Granada's The Return of Sherlock

Holmes, Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke

next portrayed the iconic duo in the West End

production of The Secret of Sherlock Holmes.

Specially written by TV screenwriter Jeremy 
Paul, the play was staged at the Wyndham 
Theatre in 1988 and 1989.

A repeat run of the fifth series of the acclaimed

period drama (bldramatised as The Casebook)

concluded on ITV4 today.

The final dozen (of fifty-six) Sherlock Holmes

short stories were originally published as The

Case-Book in The Strand magazine between

1921 and 1927.

These six cases originally aired in the winter of

1991 - they featured Michael Jayston, and a

total of fourteen Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (UK TX: February 21 1991)

• Cheryl Campbell (Frances) was Ocean Waters in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Vault of Secrets

The Problem of Thor Bridge (UK TX: February 28)

• Philip Bretherton (Cummings) voiced Shenn for The Draconian Rage (2003), Plenipotentiary Suskind for Arrangements for War (2004), Elliot Payne for Jago & Litefoot 3, Darcy/Heathcliffe/D'Urberville for A Most Excellent Match, Scrivener for Recorded Time (all 2011), the Vituperon for The Devil's Armada (2014), and Sir Keith Kordel for Rise and Shine (2015)

Shoscombe Old Place (UK TX: March 7)

• [Robert] Michael Bilton (Stephens) was Charles de Teligny in The Massacre, Collins in Pyramids of Mars, and Time Lord in The Deadly Assassin
• Denise Black [born Nixon] (Carrie) voiced Eva Jericho for Damaged Goods, Control for Rise and Shine (both 2015), and Mrs. Mountford for The Haunting of Malkin Place (2017)

The Boscombe Valley Mystery (UK TX: March 14)

• Leslie Schofield (McCarthy) was Leroy in (episode 4 of) The War Games, and Calib in The Face of Evil
• James [Brian Mark] Purefoy (James) voiced Count Dracula for Son of the Dragon (2007)
• stunt arranger Greg Powell was the Knight in The Time Monster

The Illustrious Client (UK TX: March 21)

• Roy [Trevor] Holder (Johnson) was Krelper in The Caves of Androzani
• Carol Noakes (Baroness) voiced Olerik for The Acheron Pulse (2012)

The Creeping Man (UK TX: March 28)

• for Colin Jeavons (Lestrade) see Series 2
• Charles Kay [born Piff] (Presbury) was Julius Quilter in BBV Prod- uctions' Unnatural Selection (1996), then voiced the Curator for Excelis Rising (2002)
• Adrian Lukis (Bennett) voiced Officer Bragg for Cobwebs (2010), Byzan for The Children of Seth (2011), Professor Jeffrey Broderick for Counter Measures 1 (2012), Harvey Marsh for The Justice of Jalxar, Sigmund Freud for Return of the Repressed (both 2013), Ansillon for Blood of the Time Lords (2022), then was Sir Jonathan Hynes in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Peter Guinness (Wilcox) voiced Childeric for The Holy Terror (2000), Baron Teufel/Zoff for The Beast of Orlok (2009), Rovus for The Star Men (2017), Garzan for The Dying Breed (2025), and Mr. Dread for Dreamland
• Sarah Woodward (Jenkins) voiced Theodora for Secret History (2015), Vesh Taralesh for Stolen Goods (2018), and Anla Jessick for The Quest of the Engineer (2020)
• Steve Swinscoe (Wilcox) began his TV career as David S. in The Happiness Patrol

Doctor Who Vs. The Elephant Man

Directed by David Lynch and released in late

1980, this Anglo-American period production

was based on the 1977 play from Bernard

Pomerance.

Victorian surgeon Dr. Frederick Treves

befriended and rescued Joseph Merrick (the

 heavily deformed subject of a freak show,

dubbed the Elephant Man), and housed him

in the London Hospital. Treves (1853-1923)

and Merrick (1862-1890) were depicted here

by Anthony Hopkins and the Oscar-nominated

John Hurt.

Shown on BBC2 last night, the black and white

picture was nominated for nine further Academy

Awards, and won three BAFTAs - it featured Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud,

and twenty-seven Doctor Who cast connections:

• Hannah [Campbell Grant] Gordon (Ann) was Kirsty McLaren in The Highlanders, and voiced Skagra's Ship for Big Finish's Shada
• John [Robert Leon] Standing (Fox) voiced Fenric for Gods and Monsters (2012), and Professor Threadstone for Vampire of the Mind (2016)
• Lesley Dunlop (Nora) was Norna in Frontios, and Susan Q in The Happiness Patrol
• [William] Pat Gorman (Bobby) made appearances in eighty-three episodes (from The Dalek Invasion of Earth to Attack of the Cybermen)
• Frederick [William] Treves (Alderman) was Lieutenant Brotadac in Meglos
• Claire [Bernice] Davenport (Fat Lady) was the Empress in (episode 7 of) Marco Polo
• Brenda [Elizabeth] Kempner (Woman) was Mrs. Grose in Ghost Light
• Roy Evans (Cabman) was Trantis in The Daleks' Master Plan, Bert in The Green Death, and Miner in The Monster of Peladon
• Marcus Powell (Midget) was Prisoner in Destiny of the Daleks (2)
• Eiji Kusuhara (Bleeder) was Chinese Man in Four to Doomsday
• Hugh Spight (Actor) was Dalek operator in Remembrance of the Daleks, and Robot Clown in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (2)
• Janie Kells (Horse) was a Sister in The Brain of Morbius
• Harry Fielder (Policeman) was a Guard (PP, ZZZ, 4L, 4P, 5A, 5F, 5Z), Crewman (SS, 4T), Vogan (4D), Assassin (4Q), Tigellan (5Q), and Krarg in Shada
• Tommy Wright (Bobby) was the Guardmaster in The Creature from the Pit
• Jill Goldston (Nurse) was Extra in The Masque of Mandragora (4), and Peasant in State of Decay (1)
• Jay McGrath (Man) was Worker in The War Machines (3), UNIT Soldier in The Silurians (3), Coven Member in Image of the Fendahl, and Dead Androgum in The Two Doctors (1)
• Ralph G Morse (Aristocrat) was a Foster in The Keeper of Traken
• Henry Roberts (Man) was Jousting Judge in The King's Demons (1)
• Peter Ross Murray (Docker) was a Lakertyan in Time and the Rani (4)
• Juba [Elgar] Kennerley (Committee) was Old Man in The Massacre (2)
• Chick Fowles, Cyril Kent, Fred Wood (Men) and Reg [George] Thomason (Assistant) all appeared in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD, as Prisoner, Captive, and Men respectively
• William Morgan Sheppard and David [John] Ryall (Men) were [the Older] Canton in The Impossible Astronaut, and voiced Carthok for Phantasmagoria (1999)
• Patsy [Doris] Smart (Woman) was the Ghoul in The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Doctor Who Vs. Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Part 1

This British TV fantasy drama

starred Mike Pratt (1931-1976)

and Kenneth Cope (1931-2024)

as London-based private det-

ectives Jeff Randall and Marty

Hopkirk, and Annette Andre

(born 1939) as Jeannie Hopkirk.

When Marty was murdered in the

pilot episode, he returned as a

ghost, and his partner was the

only character able to interact

with him.

Conceived by Dennis Spooner

in 1967, ITC Entertainment pro-

duced this single, twenty-six part

season. He wanted to incorporate

a keen interest in the paranormal

into a new crime drama. Spooner

(1932-1986) had worked with Pratt

and Andre on The Baron, and with Cope on The Avengers. The pilot

was first shown on seven ITV regions on September 19 1969, in London

two days later, then in the rest of the UK from October 5th. Only LWT

screened the whole series. The programme was broadcast as My Partner

the Ghost in America, and entitled The Phantom Detective on Spanish TV.

The BBC remake of 2000 endured for two seasons, and the Syfy channel

announced a planned revival in 2010.

A repeat run of the first thirteen instalments began on Rewind TV today

- they featured Roger Delgado, Nicholas Courtney, Gerald Flood,

and a total of thirty-three Doctor Who cast connections:

My Late Lamented Friend and Partner (UK TX: September 21 1969)

• Frank Windsor [Higgins] (Sorrenson) was Sir Ranulf Fitzwilliam in The King's Demons, and Inspector Mackenzie in Ghost Light
• Harold [Sidney] Innocent (Assassin) was Gilbert M in The Happiness Patrol, then voiced Freeth for The Paradise of Death
• Dave Carter (Electrician) was a Rebel in (episode 1 of) The Power of the Daleks, IE Guard in The Invasion (1), titular reptile in The Silurians, Primord in Inferno, Attendant in Terror of the Autons (1), Prison Officer in The Mind of Evil, Skybase Guard in The Mutants (1), Roundhead in The Time Monster (3), Sergeant Duffy in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1), and Grierson in The Android Invasion

A Disturbing Case (TX: September 28)

• William Mervyn [Pickwoad] (Whitty) was Sir Charles Summer in The War Machines
• Charles [Walter] Morgan (Phillips) was Songsten in The Abominable Snowmen, and Gold Usher in The Invasion of Time
• [Cathal] Max [Parnell Macaulay Lloyd] Faulkner (Nurse) was UNIT Soldier in The Ambassadors of Death, Exxilon in Death to the Daleks (1), Miner in The Monster of Peladon (6), Guard Captain in Planet of the Spiders (4), Thal Guard in Genesis of the Daleks (3), Crewman in Planet of Evil (1), Corporal Adams in The Android Invasion, and Nesbin in The Invasion of Time

All Work and No Pay (TX: October 5)

• Adrienne Corri [born Riccoboni] (Laura) was Mena in The Leisure Hive
• Michael [Brabazon] Rathbone (Man) was Taxi Driver in The War Machines (2)

Never Trust a Ghost (TX: October 12)

• Donald Morley (DI Clayton) was Jules Renan in The Reign of Terror
• Philip [Arvon] Madoc [born Jones] (Rawlins) was Brockley in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD, Eelek in The Krotons, the War Lord in The War Games, Dr. Mehendri Solon in The Brain of Morbius, Fenner in The Power of Kroll, then voiced Victor Schaeffer for Big Finish's Master (2003), and Rag Cobden for Return of the Krotons (2009)

That's How Murder Snowballs (TX: October 19)

• Luan Peters [born Carol Ann Hirsch] (Dancer) was Chicki [as Karol Keyes] in The Macra Terror, and Sheila in Frontier in Space (3)

Just For The Record  (TX: October 26)

• Clifford Cox (Attendant) was Sergeant in Spearhead from Space (3)
• Jack [William] Woolgar (Old Man) was Sergeant Arnold in The Web of Fear
• Kenneth [Murray] Watson (Sergeant) was Bill Duggan in The Wheel in Space, and Craddock in the second Dalek film

Murder Ain't What it Used to Be! (TX: November 2)

• stuntman Harry Fielder was Guard (in PP, ZZZ, 4L, 4P, 5A, 5F, 5Z), Crewman (SS, 4T), Vogan (4D), Assassin (4Q), Tigellan (5Q), and Krarg in Shada

Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying? (TX: November 9)

• John [Alexander] Fraser (Hellingworth) was the Monitor in Logopolis
• Paddy Ryan [born Frank Ryan McCree Singletary] (Larry) was Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks
• Sean Barry Weske (Dancer) was a Paramilitary in Silver Nemesis
• Michael Stevens (Sergeant) was a Soldier in The Myth Makers (1), Daffodil Man in Terror of the Autons (3), UNIT Motorcyclist/ Prisoner in The Mind of Evil, and Guard in The Curse of Peladon (1)

The House on Haunted Hill (TX: November 16)

• George [Alphonsus] Cooper (Webster) was Cherub in The Smugglers
• Duncan [William Ferguson] Lamont (Langford) was Dan Galloway in Death to the Daleks

When Did You Start to Stop Seeing Things? (TX: November 23)

• Keith Barron (Jarvis) was Captain Straker in Enlightenment, and voiced Isaac Barclay for Plague of the Daleks (2009), and Lord Tulip for The Bad Penny (2018)
• Peter Stephens (Grange) was Cyril/the Knave of Hearts/Kitchen Boy in The Celestial Toymaker, and Lolem in The Underwater Menace
• John Garvin (Tully) was Carney in Fury From the Deep (1)

The Ghost Who Saved the Bank at Monte Carlo (TX: November 30)

• Brian Blessed (Lawsey) was King Yrcanos in Mindwarp
• Nicholas Chagrin (Andre) was Quillam in Vengeance on Varos
• Hans [Ernest] De Vries [born Weerdmeester] (Hibert) was a titular alien in The Tomb of the Cybermen
• Clive [Benabu] Cazes (Claude) was the Guard Captain in The Massacre
• Mike Reid (Man) was Soldier in The Myth Makers (3) and The War Machines, and Guard in The Massacre (4)

For the Girl Who Has Evertyhing (TX: December 7)

• Eric [Norman] Dodson (Vicar) was the Headman in The Visitation
• George Lee (Sergeant) was Corporal Forbes in Spearhead from Space, and Farm worker in The Time Monster (4)
• [Ernest] Michael Coles (Wentworth) was Ganatus in Dr. Who and the Daleks

But What a Sweet Little Room (TX: December 14)

• Chris [James] Gannon (Salesman) was Casey in The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Doctor Who Vs. Trial & Retribution V

Lynda La Plante's acclaimed 
crime drama returned to ITV 
in June 2002, delayed from its

usual October slot by the 9/11

attacks.
David Hayman (as DCS Mike
Walker, pictured left), Kate Buffery (DI Pat North), Dorian

Lough (DS Satchell, right), and

Paul Kynman (DI Batchley) were

now joined by Inday Ba as new

DC Lisa West.

Like La Plante's earlier hit series Prime Suspect, the programme employed

its distinctive split-screen technique. A repeat run of this two-part case

began on ITV3 last night - it featured these fourteen Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• Susan Engel (Sylvia) was Cessair in The Stones of Blood, then voiced Muriel Joy for Big Finish's A Blind Eye (2004)
• Georgina Hale [born Hole] (Tammy) was Daisy K in The Happiness Patrol
• Serena Evans (Hannah) voiced Agnes Bates for The Witch from the Well (2011)
• Martyn Whitby (Prison Officer) was the Drayman in (part 1 of) The Mark of the Rani
• Greg Bennett (Detective) was Sycorax Warrior/UNIT Soldier in The Christmas Invasion, and Guest in The Lazarus Experiment
• Paul Courtenay Hyu (Officer) was Haruka Deep Ando in Sleep No More, then voiced Po/Feedback for Neon Reign (2018), Wei for The People Made of Smoke (2020), and Oddiyana for The Secrets of Det Sen (2021)
• for Simon Callow and Nikki Wilson see Series 2
• David Mack was also first assistant director on The Rings of Akhaten and The Night of the Doctor
• Jamie Harcourt was also a camera operator on The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit
• for Nicholas Blane, Penny Shipton, Leanda Bowden Smith and Sophia Stapleton see Series 4

Doctor Who Vs. Carry On Cleo

"Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in

for me!"

The tenth production from the Carry On

stable was released in late 1964, and is

now widely considered the best entry in

the run.

Series regulars Sid James (1913- 1976),

Kenneth Williams (1926-1988), Charles

Hawtrey (1914-1988), Jim Dale (born

1935) all starred here (as Mark Anthony,

Julius Caesar, Seneca and Horsa).

Kenneth Connor (1918-1993) had his

final role here until Carry On Up the
Jungle, whilst Joan Sims (1930-2001)
returned to the series for the first time

since Carry On Regardless, and would

appear in every subsequent release up to Carry On Emmannuelle, making

her the most prolific actress in the series.

The title role was played by Amanda Barrie (born 1935). Inspired by

Fox's Cleopatra, this production actually utilised costumes and sets

intended for the lavish Hollywood blockbuster when it relocated from

Pinewood studios to Rome.

Shown on ITV3 today, the comedy featured Jon Pertwee (in his

first of four Carry On roles) and these twenty-four Doctor Who

cast connections:

• for Sims (Calpurnia) see Carry On Nurse
• Sheila [Cameron] Hancock (Senna) was Helen A in The Happiness Patrol, then voiced Catherine Peacock/Captain for Big Finish's Faithful Friends (2025)
• Francis [Marie] De Wolff (Agrippa) was Vasor in (episode 4 of) The Keys of Marinus, and Agamemnon in The Myth Makers
• for Victor Maddern see Carry On Constable
• for Peter Gilmore, Norman Mitchell and Juba Kennerley see Carry On Cabby
• for Gertan Klauber see Carry On Spying
• Wanda Ventham (Bidder) was Jean Rook in The Faceless Ones, Thea Ransome in Image of the Fendahl, and Faroon in Time and the Rani
• for Walter Henry and Pat Judge see Carry On Jack
• Mark Hardy (Guard) was a Swampie in The Power of Kroll, and the Cyber Lieutenant in Earthshock, The Five Doctors, Silver Nemesis, then reprised by Big Finish for Hour of the Cybermen (2018)
• Jane [Katherine] Lumb (Vestal virgin) and Virginia Tyler (Maiden) both appeared in Carry On Spying and Dr. Who and the Daleks as Thals
• Jill Goldston (Citizen here; Nurse in Carry On Doctor, Carry On Again Doctor & Carry On Matron; Maid in Carry On Girls; Worker in Carry On At Your Convenience) was an Extra in The Masque of Mandragora (4), and Peasant in State of Decay (1)
• Peter [Alexander] Diamond (stuntman here & Carry On Dick) was the fight arranger on eight stories (from The Daleks to The Daemons), and appeared in another six (from The Romans to The War Games)
• Billy Cornelius (Companion here; Horseman in Carry On Cowboy; Oddbod Jr. in Carry On Screaming!, Soldier in Don't Lose Your Head & Carry On Laughing; Patient in Carry On Again Doctor; Guard in Carry On Henry; Waiter in Carry On Stuffing; Constable in Carry On Girls; Man in Carry On Dick & Carry On Behind) was a stuntman on The Firemaker, Man-at-Arms in The Crusade (4), and Morok Guard in The Space Museum
• Rita Tobin Weske [born Marguerite Esther Richards] (Citizen here & Don't Lose Your Head; Audience in Carry On Girls; Woman in Carry On Dick) was the Theatre Cleaner in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (3)
• Peter Fraser (Companion) was David Campbell in The Dalek Invasion of Earth
• Anthony Lang (Senator here; Man in Carry On Again Doctor) was an Egyptian Slave in The Daleks' Master Plan, Extra in The Highlanders (1) and The Faceless Ones (1), Time Lord in The Three Doctors (1), and Kaled Councillor in Genesis of the Daleks
• John [Kenneth] Tatham (Senator) was Villager/Coven member in The Daemons
• Cyril Kent (Senator here; Citizen in Don't Lose Your Head; Worker in Carry On at Your Convenience) was Captive in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
• for Reg Thomason see Carry On Sergeant
• Cliff Culley (SFX here, Carry On Henry & Follow That Camel) was VFX dsigner on Planet of the Daleks, Invasion of the Dinosaurs and Robot

Doctor Who Vs. Scandal

Shown on Talking Pictures TV last night,

this British film drama is a fictionalised

account of the Profumo affair that
rocked the British government in 1963,

and premiered at the Cannes Film

Festival.

Dr. Stephen Ward (depicted here by John

 Hurt) courted the rich and famous at his London practice, and even moved in royal

circles. He lived on the Astor's family

estate of Cliveden, and in 1961 at a party

there, Ward introduced married Tory
minister John Profumo (portrayed by Ian

McKellen) to showgirl Christine Keeler

(Joanne Whalley). They embarked on an

affair, but Keeler was also sleeping with a

known Soviet spy, Eugene Ivanov (Jeroen Krabbe), and Ward observed there was the potential to start World War Three. Profumo (1915-2006) was forced

to resign after lying in Parliament, but Ward became the scapegoat for the

scandal. Having supplied the social elite with prostitutes, he was charged

with living off immoral earnings.

The most famous moment of the osteopath's Old Bailey trial came when

his former mistress, Mandy Rice Davis (Bridget Fonda) gave evidence.

When told that Lord Astor (Leslie Phillips) had denied paying her for sex,

she replied "Well, he would wouldn't he?" When Ward was found guilty,

the accused lay in a coma following a suicide attempt and he died days

later.

The theme song Nothing Has Been Proved was penned and produced

by Pet Shop Boys and performed by Dusty Springfield.

The first television retelling of the story, The Trial of Christine Keeler,
was shown on BBC1 in December 2019. Originally developed for TV

 in the mid 1980s, Scandal was rejected by the BBC then Channel 4,

but was eventually released by Palace Pictures  in early 1989 - it 

featured Britt Ekland, Jean Alexander, and these twelve Doctor Who

cast connections:

• McKellen provided the voice of the Great Intelligence for The Snowmen, and had a cameo in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
• Paul Brooke (DS John) voiced Toby for Big Finish's Year of the Pig (2006)
• Carry On actor Phillips voiced Robert Knox for Medicinal Purposes (2004), and Assassin in the Limelight (2008) - he worked with Hurt again in King Ralph
• Ronald [Gordon] Fraser (Marshall) was Joseph C in The Happiness Patrol
• Iain Cuthbertson (Hailsham) was Garron in The Ribos Operation
• Sarah Prince (Secretary) was Karuna in Kinda
• Raad Rawi (Aziz) voiced Prince Haasan Al-Nadyr for Who Killed Toby Kinsella? and The Dead Don't Rise (both 2016), Bishop Nicholas for Better Watch Out and Fairytale of Salzburg (both 2018), and Tubal/ Maygo/King Hiarbas of Tunis for The Phoenicians (2019)
• Malcolm Terris (Gent) was Etnin in (episode 1 of) The Dominators, and the Co-Pilot in The Horns of Nimon
• Tariq Yunus (Khan) was Cass in The Robots of Death
• Tina Simmons (Critic) made her TV debut as an Inferno Customer in The War Machines (1)
• Ralph G Morse (Punter) was a Foster in The Keeper of Traken
• camera operator Simon Archer was the cinematographer on The Lodger

Doctor Who Vs. Agatha Christie's Poirot, Series 6

David Suchet, Hugh Fraser,

Philip Jackson, and Pauline

Moran returned for four new

period crime dramas from

Carnival Films, first show in the

winters of 1995 then 1996.

Known in America as A Holiday For Murder, the festive mystery

was published in 1938. BBC

Radio 4 dramatised the case in

2005, with Peter Sallis as Poirot.

Hickory Dickory Dock was issued

in 1955 (Hickory Dickory Death

in the US). Murder on the Links,

Christie's third novel, appeared

in 1923 and was also adapted for

radio in 1980, starring John Moffat as the Belgian. Dumb Witness

(issued in 1937) was based on The Incident of the Dog's Bell, a lost

short story only released in 2009 - a radio version was broadcast in

2006. A repeat run of the feature-length mysteries began on ITV3

today - they featured a total of eighteen Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

Hercule Poirot's Christmas (UK TX: New Year's Day 1995)

• Eric Carte (George here; Mackenzie in And Then There Were None, 2015) voiced Arak Varren for Big Finish's The Robots of Life (2019)
• Andrée Bernard (Magdalene) was Dolly Bailey in The Shakespeare Code, then voiced Ellen Green for Blue Forgotten Planet (2009), Erisi for The Entropy Composition, Lorelei for Paradise 5 (both 2010), Joanna Slade for The Feast of Axos (2011), Dr. Paignton for The Red House, Susie/Sylvie for Stage Fright, Tethneka/Carter/Thing for Terror of the Sontarans (all 2015), Lulu Hammerstein for Silent Scream, and Mary Sissinghurst for The Carrionite Curse (both 2017)
• Vernon [Alexandre] Dobtcheff (Lee here; Concierge in Murder on the Orient Express, 1974) was the [Chief] Scientist in The War Games, then voiced Dadda Desaka for The Cradle of the Snake (2010), Sibelius Crow for The Necropolis Express, Shamur for The Children of Seth (both 2011), Heinrich Schuman for Threshold (2012), and Jorenzo Zorn for The Genesis Chamber (2016)
• Sasha Behar (Pilar) was Sister Spurrina in The Fires of Pompeii, and voiced Presidential Aide for Songs of Love, Tessno/Ladonne for Stop the Clock (2017), Admiral Eno for The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (2019), Talarn/Bullet/Thayla for Dust Devil, and Diana Hendry for The Seas of Titan (both 2022)
• Christopher Webber (Steward) voiced Harding Wellman for Winter for the Adept (2000)
• for George Little see Series 1

Hickory Dickory Dock (UK TX: February 12 1995)

• Jonathan Firth (Chapman here; Drake in Sparkling Cyanide; Robarts in Witness for the Prosecution, 2021) voiced John for The Doomwood Curse (2008), Cadwallader for Harvest of the Sycorax (2016), and the Duke of Cardenas for Kingdom of Lies (2018)
• Granville Saxton (Casterman here; Dr. Burton in The House of Lurking Death) voiced the Duke of Wellington for The Curse of Davros (2012)
• Rachel [born Linda] Bell (Mrs. Nicoletis here; Jennifer in A Pocketful of Rye, 1985) was Priscilla P in The Happiness Patrol
• Alec Linstead (Pharmacist) was Sergeant [Tom] Osgood in The Daemons, Arnold Jellicoe in Robot, and Arthur Stengos in Revelation of the Daleks
• Brian McDermott (Inspector here; Metcalf/Trotter in The Mousetrap, 1962/1976) was Sheard in Time Flight
• Polly Kemp (Patricia) voiced Duchess Callys Flambo/Brummagem Betty/Golp for Dining With Death (2019), and Calo/Quarks for Dominant Species (2024)

Murder On The Links (UK TX: February 11 1996)

• Howard Lee (Golfer) was Dr. Gachet in The Pandorica Opens
• Belinda Stewart Wilson (Secretary) voiced Overton for Who Killed Toby Kinsella? (2016), and Vashir for The Return of the Doctor (2025)
• Sean Clayton was also assistant director of Dalek and Father's Day

Dumb Witness (UK TX: March 16 1996)

• Patrick [Geoffrey] Ryecart (Charles here; Morgan in The Labours of Hercules) was Dr. Crozier in Mindwarp
• Jonathan Newth (Grainger here; Hailsham-Brown in Spider's Web, 1982; Stavansson in The Case of the Missing Lady) was Orfe in Underworld
• Paul Herzberg (Jacob) voiced Dr. Suleiman Zorn for Shadow of the Sun (2020), and Betterment for The Mindless Ones (2022)

Doctor Who Vs. Inspector Morse: Series 2

John Thaw and Kevin Whateley returned as Oxford

based detectives, Morse and Lewis, for the second

run of Central's iconic crime drama - first shown at Christmas 1987 then in the winter of 1988. 

The first thriller was later novelised as The Jewel

That Was Ours in 1991. Parts two and four were

based on original Morse mysteries - Last Bus to Woodstock (published in 1975) and Last Seen Wearing (1976) were Colin Dexter's first novels

(the screenplay for the third story was provided

by Charles Wood).

A repeat run of the season began on ITV3 today

- it featured a total of twenty-seven Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

The Wolvercote Tongue 

(UK TX: Christmas Day 1987)

• Simon [Phillip Hugh] Callow (Kemp here; Oxe in Lewis) reprised his role of Charles Dickens (pictured in The Unquiet Dead) for The Wedding of River Song, and provided the voice of Tree Lorn Acre Slitheen Blathereen in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Gift - he then voiced Don Quixote for The Ingenious Gentlemen (2025)
• Kenneth Cranham (Downes) voiced Tom Cardwell for Big Finish's Blood of the Daleks (2007)
• Roberta [Alexandra Mary] Taylor (Sheila) voiced Berengaria for The Holy Terror (2000), Angela Wisher for Cuddlesome (2008), and Maid for I Was Churchill's Double (2018)
• Christine [Mary] Kavanagh (Lucy) was Aram in Timelash, then voiced Patience for Cold Fusion (2016), Dora Muse for Muse of Fire (2018), and Magog/Juno for The Iron Legion (2019)
• Tim Faulkner (Manager) voiced Charles Hookham/Flindor/Wilbur Grits for The God of Phantoms, and Highgate for The End of the Beginning (both 2021)
• John Bloomfield (Aldrich) was the costume designer for The Face of Evil and The Talons of Weng-Chiang
• Maureen Morris (Nurse) provided the voice of the Great One for Planet of the Spiders
• [William] Pat Gorman (Guard) made appearances in eighty-three episodes (from The Dalek Invasion of Earth to Attack of the Cybermen)
• for Peter Woodthorpe, Michael Feinberg, Valentino Musetti and Terry Forrestal and see The Dead of Jericho

Last Seen Wearing (UK TX: March 8 1988)

• Glyn [born Glyndwr Desmond] Houston (Craven) was Professor [Owen] Watson in The Hand of Fear, and Colonel Ben Wolsey in The Awakening
• Philip Bretherton (Acum) voiced Plenipotentiary Suskind for Arrangements for War (2004), Elliot Payne for Jago & Litefoot 3, Scrivener for Recorded Time, Darcy/D'Urberville/Heathcliffe for A Most Excellent Match (all 2011), Vituperon for The Devil's Armada (2014), and Sir Keith Kordel for Rise and Shine (2015)
• Suzanne Bertish (Cheryl) voiced Aldis for Nevernor (2020)
• Julia Sawalha (Rachel) was Emma in The Curse of Fatal Death
• for James Grout see The Dead of Jericho

Last See Wearing (BBC Radio 4 TX: May 28 1994/Radio 7 TX:

Jan 12 2008/BBC Radio 4 Extra TX: May 13 2012)

• John [Morley] Shrapnel (Morse here; Dr. Storrs in Death is Now My Neighbour, ITV) voiced Thomas Cromwell for The Eighth Piece and The Doomsday Chronometer (both 2016), and Nigel Colloon for The False Guardian and Time's Assassin (both 2019)
• Robert Glenister (Lewis) was Salateen in The Caves of Androzani, then Thomas Edison in Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror - he also voiced Aboresh for Absolution (2007), and Eliot for Future Phantoms (2024)
• Donald Sumpter
• Tamsin [Margaret] Greig (Valerie) was the Nurse in The Long Game 

The Settling of the Sun (UK TX: March 15)

• Anna Calder Marshall (Jane) voiced Mathilda Pierce for Scream of the Shalka
• Eiji Kusuhara (Li) was a Chinaman in Four to Doomsday, and voiced Professor Toshio Shimura for Enemy of the Daleks (2010)
• Tim Barker (Thomas) was Harold V in The Happiness Patrol
• [Walter] Llewellyn Rees (Robson) was the President in The Deadly Assassin
• Michael [John] Goldie (Tramp) was Craddock in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, and Elton Laleham in The Wheel in Space
• Derek [James] Fowlds (Friedman) voiced Claude for The Elixir oF Doom (2014)
• Tina Simmons (Guest here; Slimmer in Fat Chance) began her career as an Inferno Customer in (episode 1 of) The War Machines

Last Bus to Woodstock (UK TX: March 22)

• Terrence Hardiman (Palmer) was Hawthorne in The Beast Below, and voiced Sitirc Silkbeard for The Book of Kells (2010), Reverend Dobbs for AudioGo's The Broken Crown (2011), Hepworth Stackhouse for The English Way of Death, Richard Pollard for The Fall of the House of Pollard (both 2014), and Rassilon for Gallifrey: Time War 2 (2019)
• Shirley Dixon (Margaret) provided the voice of Skagra's Ship for Shada
• Ian Sears (Sanders) was Brendan Richards in K9 and Company