Doctor Who Vs. Casualty @ 40: Series 5

Series regulars Derek Thompson, Brenda

Fricker, Cathy Shipton,
Geoffrey Leesley, Ian Bleasdale, and Robson 
Green all returned for
the fifth season of BBC
One's flagship medical

drama. Joining the

programme here were

Nigel Le Vaillant (as

registrar Julian

Chapman), Mamta

Kaash (SHO Beth

Ramanee), Patrick Robinson (nurse Martin Ashford), Maggie McCarthy

(receptionist Helen Green), Eamon Boland (social worker Tony Walker),

and Caroline Webster (paramedic Jane Scott). Boland and McCarthy had

left the show by the series' conclusion, whilst Leesley and Fricker chose

to depart after three and four years service respectively - the latter

would return as nurse Megan Roach in 1998, 2007 and 2010.

The thirteen-part run (originally shown from September to December

1990) featured Christopher Eccleston, Louise Jameson, Jamie

Glover, and a total of fifty-two Doctor Who cast and crew links:

• Tom [Richard] Chadbon (Announcer here; Greetham, 1991; Gould, 1996; Henry Williams, 2008-11; Roderick in Holby City, 2000) was Duggan in City of Death, Merdeen in The Mysterious Planet, and Forrest for BBV Productions' Conduct Unbecoming (2000), then voiced Will Sullivan for Big Finish's Sarah Jane Smith (2006), Gordon Davidson for No More Lies (2007), and Embery for The Paradox Planet and Legacy of Death (both 2016)
• Dervla Kirwan (Anna) was Mercy Hartigan in The Next Doctor, then reprised the role of Miss Quill for Class 3, and voiced Mrs Calderwood for Aimed at the Body, Yosta McCormack for Lightspeed, Di Wright for The Bookshop at the End of the World, Anne Marie for Interlude, Representative for Echo Chamber, Agatha Fernbridge for Towards Zero, Professor Callis for Castle Hydra, Kelleher for Effect and Cause (all 2020), and Honour Bray for Redacted
• Gareth Armstrong (Announcer here; Dr. Carling, 1991; Hutchings, 1995) was Duke Giuliano in The Masque of Mandragora, then voiced Dr. Johan Drossel/Sergeant/Barker/Punter for The Silver Turk (2011), Jephson for The Renaaissance Man (2012), Arthley/Salonu Prime for The Evil One, Geoffrey Chaucer/Bishop/Jud Hacker for The Doctor's Tale (both 2014), Director Prast for Power of the Dominators (2022), Davon for Previously, Next Time (2023), Lord Ives for The Casebook of Paternoster Row, Judd for Morbius the Mighty (both 2024), and Raelchun for Operation: Vengeance (2025)
• Shirley Henderson (Denise) was Ursula Blake in Love & Monsters 
• Jenny McCracken (Anne) was Claire Daly in Carnival of Monsters
• Caroline [Anne] Harker [born Owens] (Tessa here; Helen, 1997) voiced Dr. Jayne Smythe for The Ship of Sleepwalkers (2017), and Professor Dern/Angela Dern for The Two Rivers (2022)
• George Costigan (Robert here; Martin, 1997; Stephen, 2006; Father, 2011) was Max Capricorn in Voyage of the Damned
• Geoffrey Bateman (Carpenter here; Woods, 2002) was Dymond in Nightmare of Eden
• Alan Cox (Joshua) voiced John Matthews for The Roof of the World (2004), Mark Seven for The Destroyers (2010), Oscar Wilde for Beautiful Things (2012), Grenville/Diggery for The Auntie Matter (2013), Dr. Gideon McDivett for The Ghosts of Gralstead (2014), the titular entity for Death and the Queen, Fanshawe for Who Killed Toby Kinsella?, Speravore for World Enough and Time, Robert Harley/ Warder for The Eye of the Storm (all 2016), Eamon Orensky for The Skin of the Sleek and The Thief Who Stole Time (both 2017), Fabian Solak for The Cars That Ate London!, Tompino for Collision Course (both 2019), Ken Bright Thompson for Lost Property (2020) and Stranded 4 (2022), Sergeant Winston Price for The Institute of Forgotten Souls, Narrator of War Stories (both 2024), Necromantis/ Nallium for Dead Rising, the Halcyons for Hooklight (both 2025), Nathan Favager for The Indigo Child, and Invigilator Kollo for Gambit of the Judoon (both 2026)
• [Rosemary] Rowena Cooper (Mrs Parrish) was Angela Price in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Lost in Time, then voiced La Concierge for The Demon of Paris (2010), Emily Shaw for The Last Post (2012) and The Cloisters of Terror (2015), Jean Bazemore for Jago & Son, Mother Superior for The Unbound Universe (both 2016) and Ruler of the Universe (2017), and Queen Victoria for The Victorian Age, The Torchwood Archive, Jago & Litefoot Forever (2018) and Infidel Places (2022)
• David Shaw Parker (Owner here; Owens, 2026) voiced Generals Paterson/Mikhail Leonov for 1963: Space Race (2013), Old David Walker for Eyes of the Master (2014), John Campbell/Dodgson for The Screaming Ceiling (2019), Ron Winters for Stranded (2020/21), Donald/Cicerone 3 for Worlds Beyond, Perick/Radomir for Missy and the Time Assassin (both 2024), Vanderseer/Soothsayer for Hooklight (2025), Holbrook for Dark Tides, and Cromarty for Tyranny of the Judoon (both 2026)
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• Suzanne Bertish (Caroline) voiced Aldis for Nevernor (2020)
• Alan David (Clarke here; Allen, 1999) was Gabriel Sneed in The Unquiet Dead, and voiced Castellan Kanteer for The Enigma Dimension (2017), and Lord Macavoy/Old Lawrence for The Primeval Design (2021)
• [John] Simon Rouse (Roy) was Hindle in Kinda, and voiced John Kincaid for The Witch from the Well (2011), Drang for The Paradox Planet and Legacy of Death (both 2016), and Frank Kelsey for The Running Men (2024)
• Tony [Patrick] Caunter (Café Owner) was Morgan in Colony in Space, and Jackson in Enlightenment
• Denise Black [born Nixon] (Jenny here; Maggie, 1999; Grace, 2006) voiced Eva Jericho for Damaged Goods, Control for Rise and Shine (both 2015), and Mrs Mountford for The Haunting of Malkin Place (2017)
• Georgine Anderson (Lillian here; Brenda, 2006) was May in Gridlock
• Stevan Rimkus (Gresty here; Poole, 2004) was Captain Bates in The Curse of Fenric
• Robert Glenister (Duncan here; Wilson, 1994) was Salateen in The Caves of Androzani, then Thomas Edison in Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror - he also voiced Aboresh for Absolution (2007)
• [Michael Thomas] Jeremy Clyde (Clive here; Toynbee, 1998) voiced George Sinclair for Absent Friends (2016), Lord Braye for Planet of the Drashigs (2019), and Tony Clare for Stranded
• Tommy Wright (Alf) was the Guardmaster in The Creature from the Pit
• Dona Croll (Lucy here; nurse Adele Beckford in Series 8) was Matron Casp in New Earth, and voiced Bella for Madquake (2020), and the Empress for The Sincerest Form of Flattery (2021)
• John Abbott (Manager, 1990; Opthalmologist, 1996) was Vince Hawkins in Horror of Fang Rock
• Kathleen [Mary] Bidmead (Woman) was an Elder in The Mysterious Planet (1), Rezzie in Paradise Towers, Mrs Smith in Remembrance of the Daleks, Tourist in Silver Nemesis (1), and Woman in Survival (1)
• Elspet [Jean MacGregor] Gray (Mary) was Chancellor Thalia in Arc of Infinity, and voiced Hera for Immortal Beloved (2007)
• [Frank] Denis Lill (Poter) was Dr. Fendelman in Image of Fendahl, and Sir George Hutchinson in The Awakening
• Carolyn Pickles (Diane) voiced Lady Meera for Army of Death (2011), Dr. Hilary Standish for The Stuff of Nightmares, Cardinal Ollistra for The Side of the Angels (both 2017), Dark Universe (2020) and War Room 1 (2022), Professor Marian Schaeffer for The Tyrants of Logic, and Traherne for An Ideal World (both 2018)
• Sheila Ruskin (Harriet here; Dr. Collins, 1996) was Kassia in The Keeper of Traken
• Barry Jackson (Barratt) was Ascaris in The Romans, Jeff Garvey in Mission to the Unknown, and Drax in The Armageddon Factor
• David [Michael] Harewood (Grant here; Leon, 1993) was Joshua Naismith in The End of Time, and voiced President Vallan for Army of Death
• Alibe Parsons (Mrs. Grant) was Matroni Kani in Mindwarp, then voiced Nora for The Lost Resort (2021)
• Tessa Peake Jones (Esther here; Jenny, 1995; Tina, 2010) was Marta in The Time of the Doctor
• Fred Pearson (Philpott here; Jackson, 1997) was the Barista in The Bells of Saint John
• Sean Murray (Bamford here; Logan, 2007; Father, 2015) voiced Captain Darvor for The Starship of Theseus (2017)
• Annette Badland (Jodie here; Angela, 1993; Jenny, 2009; Maggie, 2012) was Margaret Blaine [Blon Fel Fotch Pasameer Day Slitheen] in Aliens of London, World War Three, Boom Town and Big Finish's Sync (2019), then voiced Quenn Karlina for Equilibrium, Thelma for Suburban Hell (both 2015), Guilana for Asking for a Friend (2017), Judge/Computer for Barrister to the Stars, Mrs Slinger/Batraxus for Whatever Remains, Maude Polwart/ Mermaid for The Ghost Writers (all 2020), Mrs Goose/Fleshkin for The Hunting Season (2021), Mrs Chinn for Mind of the Hodiac, the eponymous role for The Miniaturist, and Eminent Sedanya for Blood of the Time Lords (all 2022)
• Tony Bluto (Thomas) was Driver Joe in Midnight
• Hugh [Thornton] Walters (Man) was William Shakespeare in The Chase, Runcible in The Deadly Assassin, Vogel in Revelation of the Daleks, and voiced Roderick Allingham for The Fearmonger (2000)
• Kenneth Cranham (Lawrence) voiced Tom Cardwell for Blood of the Daleks (2007)
• Jillie Meers (Mrs. Ellis here; Monica, 1994) voiced Clorinda/UN Secretary General for The Paradise of Death, Baronessa/Marcella for The Ghosts of N-Space, and Mrs McGregor for Catch 1782 (2005)
• Robin Weaver (Imogen here; Jenny, 1999; Jane, 2005; Mary, 2010; Thelma, 2013; Lizzie, 2023) voiced Edwige Ponzi for Nothing to See Here (2016), and Arianda for Storm of the Horofax (2017)
• [Sarah] Melanie [Jean] Kilburn (Mrs. Hearn here; Carol, 1995; Maureen, 2019) voiced Hooley for The Dread of Night (2018)
• Ben Porter (Alex here; Anderson, 2007) voiced Major Nash for The Juniper Conjunction, Private Phillips/John Starr for Dominion (both 2012), Murs for Tomb Ship, and Father D'Arcy for The Devil's Armada (both 2014)
• for directors Alan Wareing, Michael Owen Morris and Andrew Morgan see my other series blogs
• Andrew Cartmel was also the script editor on twelve TV adventures (from Time and the Rani to Survival), then writer of Winter for the Adept, Crime of the Century, Animal and Earth Aid
• Ben Aaronovitch was also writer of Remembrance of the Daleks, Battlefield and Earth Aid
• Rona Munro was also writer of Survival, and The Eaters of Light
• Ian Briggs was also writer of Dragonfire and The Curse of Fenric
• Stephen Wyatt was also writer of Paradise Towers and The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
• Matthew Purves was the AFM on Battlefield too
• production assistant Lindsay Grant was script supervisor on A Good Man Goes to War, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and A Town Called Mercy

Doctor Who Vs. Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Series 2

Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Emilia Fox,

and Tom Baker all returned for the

 second, and final series of Working

Title TV's remake of ITC's late Sixties

cult crime drama. Lead writer Charlie

Higson collaborated on screenplays with

Gareth Roberts and Mark Gatiss.

The second serial featured a vocal

version of David Arnold's theme sung

by The Cardigans, and was included on

the soundtrack CD. A tie-in book and

 two novelisations were published too.

The seven-part season oiginally aired

on BBC1 in the autumn of 2001 - it

starred Derek Jacobi, Matt Lucas,

Mark Williams, and a total of twenty

six Doctor Who cast and crew links:

Whatever Possessed You? (UK TX: September 29 2001)

• Hywel [Thomas] Bennett (Whale) was Rynian in The Chase
• Big Finish actor/writer Lizzie Hopley (Ruth) voiced Gemma Griffin for Terror Firma, Various for Cyberman 1 (both 2005), Lady Lillian Hawthorne for The Veiled Leopard, Sue for Night Thoughts, Yarvell for I, Davros (all 2006), the Mantasphid Queen for The Infinite Quest, Alice Flowers for The Gunpowder Plot, Sister Christie for The Emporium at the End (both 2016), Camper for Silver Medal (2021), Hieronyma Friend for See Saw, and Mind Shield for Master! (both 2025)
• Nichola [Teresa Mary] McAuliffe (Virginia) was Vivien Rock in The Sound of Drums, then voiced Otia/Guide for Time Killers (2022)
• David [Edward] Walliams (Browning) appeared in the Doctor Who Night sketches (opposite Gatiss), then voiced Quincy Flowers/Ned Cotton for Phantasmagoria (1999), and was Gibbis in The God Complex
• Janet Henfrey (Hettie) 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 Narrats for Morbius 1 (2024)
• Mona Hammond [born Mavis Chin] (Margaret) was Rita Anne in Rise of the Cybermen
• electrician Colin Price was best boy on The Day of the Doctor

Revenge of the Bog People (UK TX: October 6)

• Celia [Diana Savile] Imrie (McKern) was [Rosemary] Kizlet in The Bells of Saint John, then voiced Dr. Elizabeth Bradley for The Fifth Citadel (2013), Madame Tissot for Gallery of Ghouls, Livia for Enemy Lines (both 2016), Dr. Kessica Myles for Hooklight 1 (2025), and Peg/Mrs. Peel for The Executor (2026)
• Adam [Offord] Buxton (Barry) voiced an Assembler for The One Doctor (2001)

O Happy Isle (UK TX: October 13)

• George [Morris] Baker (Pomeroy) was Decider Login in Full Circle
• John [Gibb] Sessions [born Marshall] (Fishacre) voiced General Tannis for Death Comes to Time, Mozart for My Own Private Wolfgang (2007), Roland for Castle of Fear (2009), then provided the voice of Gus for Mummy on the Orient Express
• Rupert [Nicholas] Vansittart (Babbacombe) was General R Asquith in Aliens of London and World War Three, then voiced Sepulchre/George Jeffries/Jack Kletch for Dead London (2008), Darius Horton for The House on the Edge of Chaos (2019), and Baron Rufus for The Baron Robbers (2024)
• Elji Kusuhara (Goto) was a Chinese Man in Four to Doomsday

Painkillers (UK TX: October 20)

• Dervla Kirwan (Petra) was Mercy Hartigan in The Next Doctor, then reprised Miss Quill for Big Finish's Class, and voiced Mrs. Calderwood for Aimed at the Body, Yosta McCormack for Lightspeed, Di Wright for The Bookshop at the End of the World, Anne Marie for Interlude, Representative for Echo Chamber, Agatha Fernbridge for Towards Zero, Professor Callis for Castle Hydra, and Kelleher for Effect and Cause (all 2020)
• Duncan Preston (Dr. Hickman) voiced the titular alien in the Doctor Who and Crayola sketch for Victoria Wood as Seen on TV
• Alibe Parsons (Receptionist) was Matrona Kani in Mindwarp, and voiced Nora for The Lost Resort (2021)
• for Tim Wallers see Series 1

Marshall and Snellgrove (UK TX: October 27)

• Shaun Parkes (Marshall) was Zachary Cross Flane in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, a role reprised for Big Finish's Empire of Shadows (2021) and Oodunnit (2023)
• Colin McFarlane (Snellgrove) provided the voice of the Heavenly Host for Voyage of the Damned, was General Austin Pierce in Torchwood: Children of Earth and The War Between the Land and the Sea, and Jonathan Moran in Under the Lake and Before the Flood, then voiced Vince Foster for Randon Ghosts and The Lights of Skaro, Narrator of The Blood Cell (all 2014) and Farewell to Peter Capaldi, the Identical Man for Charlotte Pollard 2 (2017), Captain Morski for The War Master 5 (2020), and John Sloan for The Krillitane Relic (2025)

The Glorious Butranekh (UK TX: November 3)

• Joe Montana (Butranekh) was Worker in Daleks in Manhattan
• Ben Griffiths was also an electrician on thirty-eight stories (from Daleks in Manhattan to The Wedding of River Song), Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures and Class

Two Can Play That Game (UK TX: November 10)

• Eleanor Bron (Mrs. Applegarth) was an Art Lover in City of Death, and Kara [Seddle] in Revelation of the Daleks, then voiced Ileana De Santos for Loups-Garoux (2001)
• Roy Hudd (Dickie Klein) voiced Max Miller for Pier Pressure (2006)
• Reece [Wayne] Shearsmith (Harry) was Andrew Powell in The Devil of Winterborne and Ghosts of Winterborne, Dr. Dan Matthews in Auton, then depicted Patrick Troughton in An Adventure in Space and Time, and was Gagan Rassmussen in Sleep No More - he also voiced Governor Robert Hodan for Sunlight and Sunset (both 2025)

Doctor Who Vs. Centurion

Pathé's historical action film, written and
directed by Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers),
was loosely based on the legend of the
massacre of the Roman Ninth Legion in
Caledonia (ancient Scotland) in the early
second century AD. 

The story was popularised in the 1954 

children's novel, The Eagle of the Ninth,

adapted as The Eagle in 2011. The cast was

led by Michael Fassbender and Dominic West

as the titular Centurion, Quintus Dias and

General Titus Flavius Virilus.

Released in 2010 by Warner Bros. the film
 was screened on Legend Extra last night,

and featured Noel Clarke, and twenty-two

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• David [Mark] Morrissey (Bothos) was Jackson Lake in The Next Doctor
• Liam Cunningham (Brick) was Captain Zhukov in Cold War
• Lee Ross (Septus) was the Boatswain in The Curse of the Black Spot
• JJ [John Joseph] Field (Thax) voiced David McCallister for Big Finish's Blue Forgotten Planet (2009)
• Rachael [Atlanta] Stirling (Druzilla) was Ada Gillyflower in The Crimson Horror, and voiced Demesne Furze for Trail of the White Worm (2012), Adelaine Dutemps for The Monster of Montmartre (2015) and Jill Meadows for Technophobia (2016)
• Dimitri Leonidas (Leonidas) was Howie Spragg in The God Complex
• Paul [born Peter John] Freeman (Agricola) voiced Jalnik for The Foe from the Future (2012)
• Peter Guinness (Cassius) voiced Mr. Dread for Dreamland, Childeric for The Holy Terror (2000), Baron Teufel/Zoff for The Beast of Orlok (2009), Rovus for The Star Men (2017), and Garzan for The Dying Breed (2025)
• Simon Chadwick (Messenger) was Cal Kilburne in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Enemy of the Bane
• Michael Carter (Antoninus) began his acting career as Prisoner/UNIT Soldier in The Mind of Evil
• Greg Bennett (Centurion) was Sycorax Warrior/UNIT Soldier in The Christmas Invasion, and Guest in The Lazarus Experiment
• Sharon Colley was a make-up artist on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• make-up assistant Vivienne Simpson was make-up artist on twenty-eight adventures (from A Christmas Carol to The Name of the Doctor)
• Jim McCallum (dressing props) was stand-by art director on The Day of the Doctor
• ADR recordist Simon Diggins was ADR mixer on fifteen stories (from the 50th anniversary special to The Husbands of River Song)
• David Forman was also stuntman on Tooth and Claw, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Idiot's Lantern, Fear Her and The Runaway Bride
• stunt double Jamie Edgell was stuntman on The End of the World, then stunt co-ordinator on Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways
• stunt co-ordinator Paul Herbert was stuntman on The End of Time
• George Cottle was also stuntman on Boom Town, The Runaway Bride and Smith and Jones 
• Rob Cooper and Rick Englsih were stunt performers on Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and Tooth and Claw respectively
• stuntman Gordon Seed was stunt co-ordinator on thirty-six episodes (from The Idiot's Lantern to Kill the Moon
• Paul Kennington was also a stuntman on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday and The Doctor's Daughter

Doctor Who Vs. Tip Toe

Conceived and written

by Russell T Davies,

Channel 4's new prime-

time drama was made

on location in Salford

and central Manchester

by Quay Street Prod-

uctions. Although Welsh

 by birth, Davies' affinity

 for Northern culture in

general and 'Manc-

hattan' in particular has

resulted in at least eight other dramas set in the

city since Granada's The

Grand in 1997.

Tip Toe is a dark, topical story of online disinformation - here Leo (Alan

Cumming) is gay, and the owner of a bar on Canal Street, whilst Clive

(David Morrissey) is the homophobic nextdoor neighbour.

This five-part suburban thriller began last night - it was produced by

Phil Collinson, and featured Denise Welch, and these fourteen Doctor

 Who cast and crew connections:

• Cumming was MacNamara in BBV Productions' The Airzone Solution, then King James I in The Witchfinders, and voiced Mr. Ring-a-Ding for Lux
• Morrissey was Jackson Lake in The Next Doctor
• Paul Rhys (Melba) voiced Max Paul for Big Finish's The Scapegoat (2009)
• Elizabeth Berrington (Stephanie) was Auntie in The Doctor's Wife
• Clare Calbraith (Maggie) voiced a 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)
• Pooky [born Joanna] Quesnel (Marie) was the Captain in A Christmas Carol, and Dorothea Ames in Class, then voiced Annalise Avenley for The Running Men (2024)
• Charlie [Lomax David] Condou (Curtis) was Gary Gabbastone in The Interstellar Song Contest - he also voiced Crabhead/System/Jarl for World of Damnation and Sweet Salvation (both 2018), Chris for Five Hundred Ways to Kill Your Lover (2025), and Marty for Cloud Eight (2026)
• Luyanda Unati Lewis Nyawo (Judy) voiced Mrs. Polly for Thin Time, the Scaramancer for The War Master 5 (both 2020), Guinevere for The Lone Centurion 2, the Woman for Mind of the Hodiac (both 2022), Nalah Masai for The Silent Priest and The Silent City (2024), and Scientist Edler for The Memory Thieves (2025)
• Peter Caulfield (Dave) was Dahh-Ren in Oxygen, and voiced Various for Cold Fusion (2016)
• Gordon Seed was stuntman on twenty-one stories, and also stunt co-ordinator on another thirteen (from The Idiot's Lantern to Kill the Moon)
• Jolyon Benson (Frederic) was an Extra in The War Between the Land and the Sea (4)
• Peter Hoar was director of A Good Man Goes to War too
• Andy Pryor was also casting director on the revived run, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood, The War Between the Land and the Sea, Tales of the TARDIS and An Adventure in Space and Time
• Matt Gray was cinematographer on The Star Beast too

Doctor Who Vs. Casanova

This account of the life of the fabled Venetian

adventurer, Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798)

was scripted by Russell T Davies and co-

executive produced with Julie Gardner.

Veteran Irish actor Peter O'Toole (1932-2013) portrayed the older Casanova, whilst David

Tennant's role as the younger man led Davies

 to cast him in the lead of the newly revived

Doctor Who series.

BBC Wales' three-part comedy drama (a co-

production with Red and Granada TV) was the

Corporation's second version of the famed

 libertine's life story, following Dennis Potter's acclaimed mini-series, shown in late 1971.

Originally broadcast on BBC3 in March 2005,

then on BBC1 in April, Casanova featured Matt

 Lucas, Rupert Penry Jones, and thirty-eight

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Annette Badland (Pauline) was Margaret Blaine [Blon Fel Fotch Pasameer-Day Slitheen] in Aliens of London, World War Three, Boom Town and Big Finish's Sync (2019), then voiced Queen Karlina for Equilibrium, Thelma for Suburban Hell (both 2015), Guilana for Asking for a Friend (2017), Judge/Computer for Barrister to the Stars, Batraxus/Mrs. Slinger for Whatever Remains, Maude Polwart/Mermaid for The Ghost Writers (all 2020), Mrs. Goose/Fleshkin for The Hunting Season (2021), Mrs. Chinn for Mind of the Hodiac, the eponymous role for The Miniaturist, Eminent Sedanya for Blood of the Time Lords (all 2022), the Toymaker for Metamorphosis, Dorothy Stubbs for The Sitter (both 2024), and Lavinia Smith for Smith & Sullivan (2025)
• Nickolas Grace (Chancellor) made a brief TV appearance as Albert Einstein in Death is the Only Answer, and voiced Loozly for Bang-Bang-A-Boom! (2002), Straxus for Human Resources (2007), Sisters of the Flame and The Vengeance of Morbius (both 2008), Viktor Skaarsgard/ Balancer for Equilibrium (2015), Goole for The Gallery of Ghouls (2016), Professor Grove for Shadow Planet and World Apart, Chevalier D'Eon for The Sword of the Chevalier (all 2017), Kellman for Return of the Cybermen (2021), Eldridge Brinkwood for The Empty Man (2023), and Secretary Pym for The Eternity Club (2024)
• Shaun Parkes (Rocco) was Captain Zachary Cross Flane in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit - a role reprised for Empire of Shadows (2021) and Oodunnit (2023)
• Laura Fraser (Henriette) was Kane in Orphan 55
• [Oluwakemi] Nina Sosanya (Bellino) was Trish Webber in Fear Her, and voiced Captain Anna Maynard for Aquitaine (2016)
• Richard James (Doctor) voiced Rembrandt van Rijn for The Waters of Amsterdam, Enab for The Isos Network (both 2016), Riley for The House of Masks (2022), Sergeant Ballard for The Incherton Incident (2023), Governor Rogan for Revolution in Space (2024), Volunteer for The Brain Drain, Professor Henry Pryce for The Hellwood Inheritance (both 2025), and Deverell/Walter Stravius for The Ministry of Death (2026)
• [Celia] Daisy [Morna] Haggard (Coquette) was Sophie in The Lodger, Closing Time and Up All Night
• Raymond [Anthony] Coulthard (Ambassador) voiced Loki/Edgar/ Hawks for Cobwebs (2010), Ralph/Acolyte for Suburban Hell, Robac/ Servers/Dalmari for The Destination Wars (2017), and William Sudell for The Beautiful Game (2023)
• Dervla Kirwan (Mother) was Mercy Hartigan in The Next Doctor, then reprised Andrea Quill for Class (2018), and voiced Mrs. Calderwood for Aimed at the Body, Di Wright for The Bookshop at the End of the World, Yost McCormack for Lightspeed, Anne Marie for Interlude, Representative for Echo Chamber, Agatha Fernbridge for Towards Zero, Professor Callis for Castle Hydra, Kelleher for Effect and Cause, Lizbeth Hayhoe for Torchwood (all 2020), and Honour Bray for Redacted
• Zac Fox (Young Casanova) was the PA in Asylum of the Daleks and The Angels Take Manhattan
• Ron [Graham] Cook (Prisoner) was Mr. Magpie in The Idiot's Lantern
• Ewan Bailey (Doctor) provided Alien Voices for Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Count Licori for The Galileo Trap, Father Locke/ Orbs for The Satanic Mill, McCallum/Grayson for The Case of the Missing Gasogene, Sergeant Quick Snr. for The Year of the Bat, Priest for The Mourning After (all 2015), Davy McTavit for The Helm of Awe, Blazzard/Copeland for The Morton Legacy, Dimitri Papkin for The Ship of the Sleepwalkers, Duncan for Aliens Among Us (all 2017), Sir Edward Cameron/Slitheen/Biggs for Death on th Mile, Evotech Kronin /Wendell/Rattus/Cab/Karsus Prime/Computer for Kings of Infinite Space (both 2018), Hugo Blake for The Sinestran Kill (2019), and Galavaunt/Baravoar for Past Lives (2023)
• Andrew Havill (Chancellor) was the Chief Steward in Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Aleister Portillon and Squire Claude for The Witch in the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
• Graham Padden (Priest) was Pa in Gridlock
• Clare [Frances Elizabeth] Higgins (Cook) was Ohila in The Night of the Doctor, The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar, then Narrator of The Gods of Winter (2015) and The Lost Flame (2017)
• Angus Wright (Man-at-Arms) was Mr. Dread in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Vault of Secrets, and voiced Magnus Greel for The Butcher of Brisbane (2012) and The Talents of Greel (2019), and Alek Zenos for We are the Daleks (2015)
• Mark Heap (Gozzi) voiced The Middleman for The Middle (2017)
• Matthew Holness (Landlord) voiced Eric Drazen for The Lure of the Nomad (2018)
• Glenna Morrison (Nanette) voiced Mary Patterson for Medicinal Purposes (2004)
• Tamzin Griffin (Noblewoman) voiced Negotiator Vresha for Dreamtime (2005)
• Vincent [Warren] Franklin (Nobleman) voiced Lord Stormblood for Scenes from Her Life (2016), then was Harry Shaw PM in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Rosalie [Mae] Craig (Coquette) voiced Frances Drouet for Broadway Belongs to Me (2023), and Lady Anita for The Hellwood Inheritance
• Sheree Folkson was director of In the Forest of the Night too
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• co-executive producers Michael Treen and Damien Timmer were the production manager on The Twin Dilemma, and an extra on An Adventure in Space and Time respectively
• film editor Nick Arthurs also edited The Curse of the Fatal Death then Hide
• Liz Griffiths was the set decorator on seven Series 1 stories too
• Steve Smith was also make-up artist on forty-one episodes (from The Christmas Invasion to The Waters of Mars) and Music of the Sphere
• Susan Liggat was also first assistant director on Love & Monsters, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday, then produced another eight instalments, and the pilot episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures
• recordist Nick Foley was ADR mixer on The Snowmen
• VFX compositor Simon Blackledge and Matt Wood both worked on A Town Called Mercy and The Power of Three - Wood was VFX supervisor on The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe too
• Samantha Hall was also post-production supervisor on fifty-one episodes (from New Earth to Flesh and Stone), Time Crash and Music of the Spheres
• Anna Lau was costume supervisor on nine instalments too
• Julie Scott was also production executive on seventy-seven stories (from The Runaway Bride to The Time of the Doctor), Time Crash, Music of the Spheres, Dreamland, City of the Daleks, Blood of the Cybermen, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood and Doctor Who at the Proms
• stuntman Bill Davey was stunt co-ordinator on The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters and Turn Left
• stuntman Glenn Marks was stunt co-ordinator on Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Blink
• incidental music was provided by Murray Gold
• Glenn Coxon was also floor runner on Love & Monsters, Blink and Torchwood

Doctor Who Vs. 55 Degrees North

In this BBC1 crime drama,

Don Gilet played Nicky Cole,

the Detective Sergeant trans-

fered from London to the fictional Tyneside police force in Newcastle (the titular

destination) after exposing

 police corruption in the Met. 

The first, six-part run aired

during the summer of 2004,

and the eight part second season was shown a year

later. The programme was broadcast on BBC America under it's working title, The Night Detective. Both series were released on

DVD in 2006, and 55 Degrees North has seldom been repeated since - it

featured Jacqueline King, George Harris, Emma Cleasby, and a total of

thirty-five Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Gilet was Lance Bennett in The Runaway Bride, then voiced Streatham/Fleshkin for The Hunting Season (2022), and Herman Baker for Double (2023)
• Dervla Kirwan (Claire) was Mercy Hartigan in The Next Doctor, then reprised Miss Quill for Big Finish's Class, and voiced Mrs. Calderwood for Aimed at the Body, Di Wright for The Bookshop at the End of the World, Yost McCormack for Lightspeed, Anne Marie for Interlude, Representative for Echo Chamber, Agatha Fernbridge for Towards Zero, Professor Callis for Castle Hydra, Kelleher for Effect and Cause, Lizbeth Hayhoe for Torchwood (all 2020), and Honour Bray for Redacted
• Andrew Dunn (Astell) voiced Max for Scream of the Shalka, then King Otho for The Exaltation (2024)
• Darren Morfitt (DS Yates) was Brother Marco in The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone
• Christian Rodska [born Rodskjaer] (DI Carter) voiced Reverend Small for AudioGo's The Dead Shoes (2011), and Laan Carder in Faith Stealer (2004)
• Mark Lewis Jones (DI Crosbie) voiced Professor Oliver Mortlake for The Darkness of Glass (2015)
• Claire Calbraith (Beth) voiced Maria for Son of the Dragon, Trooper for Urban Myths (both 2007), Starling for The Phoenix Strain (2016), and Orla for The Blood Furnace (2017)
• Brian Protheroe (Wren) voiced Bob Gell/Captain O'Brien for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), Roger Baskerville for The Monstrous Menagerie (2014), Captain Hardwick for Static (2017), and Ironicus/Milkman for The Iron Legion (2019)
• series one producer Jo Wright was the BBC executive producer on the Doctor Who TV movie
• Michael Cuckson (John) voiced Cord for Singularity, Commander Hallan for Gallifrey 2 (both 2005), and Captain Callany for Cryptobiosis (2006)
• Paul Antony-Barber (Pathologist) was Dr. Kendrick in Rise of the Cybermen, and voiced Ludovic Comfort for The Magic Mousetrap (2009)
• Peter Symonds (Judge) was Soldier in Terror of the Zygons
• Paul Clayton (Bellows) was Bartle in Planet of the Ood, and voiced Henry for The Wormery (2003), Ulysees Meregrass for The Infinite Quest, Colchester for Big Finish's Torchwood (2016-present), Hale for The Survivor (2019), and Edwards for Echoes of Extinction (2021)
• Phil Cornwell (DI Simpkins) was Stallholder in The Fires of Pompeii, and voiced Superintendent Galgo/Zaleb 5 for Serpent in the Silver Mask (2018), and Parsnip for Spinvasion (2019)
• Rod Arthur (Frater) was [Bob] Parsons in School Reunion
• Karl Collins [born Myers] (Adam) was Shaun Temple in The End of Time, The Star Beast and The Giggle 
• Yasmin Bannerman (Jade) was Jabe in The End of the World, and voiced Pandora for The Bride of Peladon (2008), Dr. Helen Shepherd for The Fourth Wall (2012), Roz Forrester for Damaged Goods (2015), Original Sin, Cold Fusion (both 2016), The Trial of a Time Machine, Vanguard, The Jabari Countdown, The Dread of Night (all 2018) and The Last Day 2 (2024), Sapling Vale for The Skies of New Earth, and the titular role for A Date With Destiny (2023)
• Holly De Jong (Helen) voiced Amelia Doory for Project: Twilight (2001)
• Rita Davies (Harriet) voiced Janneus for Primeval (2001), and Tashek for Innocence (2006)
• Glenna Morrison (Tiffany) voiced Mary Patterson for Medicinal Purposes (2004)
• Kammy Darweish (Khan) was Kumar in Survivors of the Flux, then voiced Declerq for A Passion for Fashion (2025)
• Levan Doran was stunt performer on Tooth and Claw too
• stunntman Valentino Musetti was Mongol Bandit in (episode 5 of) Marco Polo, Saracen Warrior in The Crusade (1), Egyptian in The Daleks' Master Plan, Prisoner in The Mind of Evil, and Extra in Colony in Space and The Time Monster
• stuntman Trevor Steedman was Seabase Guard in Warriors of the Deep
• Kim McGarrity was also stunt performer on The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, The Christmas Invasion and New Earth 
• Paul Kulik was stuntman on Rose too
• stuntman Bill Davey was a stunt co-ordinator on The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters and Turn Left
• Glenn Marks was also stunt co-ordinator on Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Blink
• both Neil Finninghan and Derek Lea were stuntmen on Dalek - Lea also worked on The Parting of the Ways, The Age of Steel and Partners in Crime
• stuntman Tom Lucy was stunt co-ordinator on sixteen stories (from Smith and Jones to The Next Doctor)
• James O'Donnell was stuntman [James O'Dee] on all four Cybermen episodes of 2006
• Steve Whyment (Extra in The Keeper of Traken and Snakedance) and Paul Herbert (stuntman on The End of Time) were both stunt co-ordinators here
• Rod Woodruff was also stunt co-ordinator on Rose and World War Three