Doctor Who Vs. Afterlife, Series 1

Produced for ITV by Clerkenwell Films, this super-

natural drama was created by Welsh horror writer Stephen Volk, and ran for two seasons in 2005

and 2006. John Hannah was the executive

producer on the first and final instalments here.

Liverpool-born Lesley Sharpe won the RTS Best

Actress award and a Golden Nymph prize for her

 role as psychic believer Alison Mundy.
Andrew Lincoln played sceptic academic, Dr.

Robert Bridge, and together they investigated
 paranormal cases in Bristol. 

Sharp (pictured as Sky Silvestry in Midnight) was

joined in the six-part season by Mark Bonnar,

and a total of thirty Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

More Than Meets The Eye

(TX: September 24 2005)

• Gail Clayton (Surgeon) voiced Rigan for Big Finish's Unregenerate (2005)
• Kate [born Ann Catherine] Duchene (Barbara) voiced Regina/Seraphim for The High Price of Parking (2017), and Antonia Werner for Fairytale of Salzburg (2018)
• Colin Prockter (Rose) was the Chef in The Long Game, and the ARP Warden in Victory of the Daleks
• David Cromarty (Student) voiced Robersuun for Mindbomb (2006), then was Soldier in Thin Ice, Empress of Mars, Twice Upon a Time and War of the Sontarans
• Adam Ridge was boom operator on Music of the Spheres too
• Rod [Paul] Woodruff was also stunt co-ordinator on Rose and World War Three
• Paul Kulik was a stuntman on Rose too
• series composer Edmund Butt, Toby Wood (music engineer), and Liz Pearson (post-production supervisor) all worked on An Adventure in Space and Time in those same capacities
• Mark Turner was SFX supervisor on The Long Game too

Lower Than Bones (TX: October 1)

• Clare Cathcart (Liz) voiced Mary Fitzgerald for The Settling (2006), 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)
• Jonathan Farmer was first assistant director on Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS too

Daniel One & Two (TX: October 8)

• Steven [William Thomas] Elder [born Lawrence] (Rabey) voiced Siy Tarkov for Dalek Empire (2003/4), Commander Farrow for Jubilee, Eric Rawden for Something Inside (2006), Rudolph for Blood on Santa's Claw, Lord Lycaon for I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day and Brightly Shone the Moon That Night (all 2019), and Grand Duke Cosimus/the Mechanic for The Last of the Kaleds (2025)
• Nicholas Shaw (Daniel 1) voiced Mundar for Wings of Steel (2026)
• Rhodri Meilir (Daniel 2) was Rhodri in The Runaway Bride
• John Owen (Patient) was Thorpe in The Daemons
• Joanna Horton (Frankie) voiced Brooke 1 for The Diary of River Song 3 (2018)
• Saskia Reeves (Sheila) voiced Carmen Rega for Emissary of the Daleks (2019), then was Mary Wollstonecraft/Maddelena Fagandini in Delia: The Myths and Legendary Tapes

Misdirection (TX: October 15)

• Richard [Henry] Beale (Keyhoe) provided the Refusian Voice in The Ark, was Bat Masterson in The Gunfighters, Broadcast Voice in The Macra Terror, and the Minister in (episode 3 of) The Green Death
• Mark Benton (McClune) was Clive [Finch] in Rose (a role reprised by Big Finish for The Dimension Cannon and Other Worlds), and voiced Ellis for Invaders from Mars (2002), and Jack Coulson for Energy of the Daleks (2012)
• Lisa Diveney (Girl) voiced Dr. Norma Vine for Time of the Intelligence (2017)
• Susan Engel (Ellen) was Cessair in The Stones of Blood
• Tristan [Daniel] Beint [born Ogbourne] (Student) was Tom in The Day of the Doctor

Sleeping With The Dead (TX: October 22)

• Nikki Amuka Bird (Sandra) was the Glass Woman [Helen Clay] in Twice Upon a Time, and voiced Major Tamasan for The Time War 2 (2018)
• Elaine Matthews was also script supervisor on The Girl Who Waited and The God Complex

The 7:59 Club (TX: October 29)

• Veronica Roberts (Jean) voiced Krelos Major for The Fate of Krelos, Relly for Return to Telos (both 2015), and Ohila for Light the Flame (2021)
• Phyllida [Ann] Law (Irene) was Bea Nelson-Stanley in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Eye of the Gorgon, and voiced Belldonia for The Bride of Peladon (2008)
• Ewart James Walters (Abel) voiced Tucker for The Last Diner (2021)
• James Scott was the focus puller on Closing Time too

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 18

The eighteenth season of BBC1's ever-

green crime drama was first broadcast in

early 2015 - Emilia Fox and David Caves

both returned as doctors Nikki Alexander and Jack Hodgson. The Home Office

forensic pathologists were joined at

London's Lyle Centre by Clarissa Mullery

and Dr. Thomas Chamberlain, played by Liz Carr and Richard Lintern.

A repeat run of the ten-part series began

on U&Drama last night - it featured Shaun

Dingwall, and a total of twenty-one Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Snipers' Nest (UK TX: January 6 & 7)

• Sean Gilder (Clout here; DI Casey in Series 29) was the Sycorax leader in The Christmas Invasion
• Edmond Moulton (Luke here & Falling Angels) was Adam Wicks in The Almost People
• Jayne McKenna (Julia here & A Special Relationship) voiced Audrey Mohinson for Big Finish's Ravagers (2021)
• Ryan Stuart was stuntman on Nightmare in Silver too
• series clapper loader Peter Lowden was a camera assistant on The Time of the Doctor

Falling Angels (UK TX: January 12 & 13)

• Andrew Tiernan (DCI McLeod) was Jim Purcell in Night Terrors
• Steven [William Thomas] Elder [born Lawrence] (Stone) voiced Siy Tarkov for Dalek Empire (2003/4), Commander Farrow for Jubilee, Eric Rawden for Something Inside (2006), Rudolph for Blood on Santa's Claw, Lord Lycaon for I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day and Brightly Shone the Moon That Night (all 2019), and Grand Duke Cosimus/the Mechanic for The Last of the Kaleds (2025)
• Ben Ashmore was also the SFX co-ordinator on thirty-six stories (from The Girl in the Fireplace to The Next Doctor), The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood

Protection (UK TX: January 19 & 20)

• Daniel O'Hara was also director of Under the Lake and Before the Flood
• Lorraine Burroughs (DI Conroy) was Thalina in The Fires of Pompeii
• Micah Balfour (Garvey) was the Co-Pilot in A Christmas Carol, then voiced Yarven for Goth Opera (2024)
• David Sibley (Judge) was Pralix in The Pirate Planet, then voiced Kurt Schalk for Persuasion, the Eminence for The Seeds of War (both 2013), Dark Eyes 2 and Destroy the Infinite, Professor Markus Schriver for Masterplan (all 2014) and Eye of Darkness (2015), Josiah Morton for The Morton Legacy, the Manager for The Dying Room, Vincent Parry for Orr (all 2017), Valerian for Time War 1 (2018), Uther Vargosh for Darker Purposes, Sigmund Freud for Conflict Theory (both 2020), and Henry Wotton for The Master of Dorian Gray (2022)
• Amit [Kaushik] Shah (Dr. Dhillon) was Rahul in The Woman Who Fell to Earth
• for Des McAleer see Series 8
• Ross Adams was also the boom operator on thirteen adventures (from Asylum of the Daleks to Flatline)
• series sound mixer Ronald Bailey was the recordist on Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, 42 and Utopia

Squaring the Circle (UK TX: January 26 & 27)

• Pippa [Jane] Haywood (Justine) voiced the Prime Minister for Embankment Station (2017), Jaxa for Seizure, Teremon for The War Master 2 (both 2018), and Captain Graff for Genetics of the Daleks (2020)

One of Our Own (UK TX: February 2 & 3)

• Jason Watkins (Hughes) was Webley in Nightmare in Silver, and voiced the Legate of the Caliph for The Destroyer of Delights, the White Guardian for The Chaos Pool (both 2009), and Al Norton for Twenty-Four Doors in December (2023)
• Steven Pacey (CS Haynes) voiced Trevor for The Zygon Who Fell to Earth (2008), then was Narrator of The Secret Invasion (2020) and The Kairos Ring (2021)
• Beth [Jane] Goddard (Trish) was Sister Helena in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Eye of the Gorgon, then voiced Christine Colley for The Sontaran Project (2017), Ludina Braskell for Ravenous 1 (2018), Barton for The Moons of Vulpana, Vella for A Photograph to Remember (both 2019) and Rulers of Earth, Sally/Time Lady for Operation: Hellfire (both 2020), and Allerdyce Benexa/Pangladasha for Ice Heist! (2023)
• for Mark Frost see Series 7