Series regulars Derek Thompson, Simon MacCorkindale, Ian Bleasdale,
Kwame Kwei Armah, Louise Brealey, Martina Laird, Sarah Manners, and
Matthew Walt all returned for the eighteenth season of BBC1's long-
running medical drama.
Joining the programme here were Maxwell Caulfield (Dr. Jim Brodie),
Suzanne Packer (Sister Tess Bateman), James Redmond (Nurse John
Denham), Leanne Wilson (Nurse Claire Guildford), and Rebekah Gibbs
(Nina Farr), whilst Christopher Colquhoun, Kelly Harrison, Christine
Stephen Daly, Zita Sattar, and newcomer Holly Davidson (Tally Harper)
had all departed by the end of the series.
A repeat run (now extended to forty-six parts and originally shown
from September 2003 to August 2004) began on U& Drama today -
it featured David Troughton, and a total of fifty-two Doctor Who
cast and crew connections:
- Sian McDowall (Sally) was Sandra in The Christmas Invasion
- Tony Osoba (Reeves) was Lan in Destiny of the Daleks, Kracauer in Dragonfier in Dragonfire, then was Duke in Kill the Moon
- Donald [Macleod] Douglas (Teddy) was Vural in The Sontaran Experiment
- Sophie [Leigh] Stone (Kirsty here; Susie, 2020) was Cass in Under the Lake and Before the Flood
- Anthony Cozens (Adams here; Faulkes, 2014) was the Concierge in The Husbands of River Song
- Nigel Whitmey (Wilder) was [Danny] Simmons in Dalek, then voiced Robert W Paul for The Flickermen and School of Blood (both 2016), and Philips for Planet Doom (all 2024)
- Sara Crowe (Kerry) voiced the Tombkeeper/Queen Mother for Paper Cuts (2009)
- Big Finish actor/director Sam Clemens (Patrick) voiced Sgt. James Atherton for Blue Forgotten Planet (2009), Slade for Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge (2010), Major Wyland-Jones for UNIT: Dominion (2012), Corporal Buscombe/Great Intelligence for The Web of Time, Mantus for Time War 2 (both 2019) and Time War 4 (2021), Yggra/ Tiresias/Familiars for The Planet of Witches, Hegley for Operation: Hellfire (both 2020), Sentient Storm for The First Days of Phaidon (2022), the titular role for The Yearn and Daleks Victorious, Tamber/ Solomun for The Iron Shore, and Nyder for Daleks! Genesis of Terror (all 2023)
- Gareth David Lloyd (Kemmer) was Ianto Jones in The Stolen Earth and Journey's End, a role reprised for Big Finish's Torchwood series - he also voiced Sir Kenneth Rushworth for Saiorse of the Seven Seas (2025)
- David Gyasi (Bryce) was Harvey in Asylum of the Daleks
- John [Michael Frederick] Castle (Taylor) voiced Edmund Trevithick for Nightshade (2016)
- David Gooderson (Roberts) was Davros in Destiny of the Daleks
- Damian Lynch (Buchanan) voiced Benjamin Chikoto for Ghost in the Machine (2013), Curbishley for Masters of Earth, Michael Newman for An Ordinary Life (both 2014), Colin Marshall for Requiem for the Rocket Men, Death Match (both 2015) and The Crowmarsh Experiment (2018), Scott Delaney for Damaged Goods, Ego for Planet X, Fell/Lom for The Star Men, Kieran Frost for Torchwood (2016/17), Rasmus for Deeptime Frontier (2019), Susan's War 1 and Dark Universe (both 2020), Artie Berger for Fright Motif (2021), and White Lightning/ Quave for The Tivolian Who Knew Too Much (2022)
- David McKail (McInnes) was Sergeant Kyle in The Talons of Weng Chiang
- Richard [George] Kane [born Wright] (Casey) was Valmar in The Power of the Daleks
- Angus Brown (Jones) was Man in White Coat in Tardisode: Army of Ghosts
- Norman [John] Pace (Collins) was Harvey in Survival (1)
- Debbie Korley (Jodie) voiced Castine for Deception (2021), Alethea/ Sally for Prism (2023), and Blaxill for In Name Only (2024)
- David Annen (DS Roper) depicted Peter Brachacki for An Adventure in Space and Time
- [Anne] Kate Duchéne (Debbie) voiced Regina/Seraphim for The High Price of Parking (2017), and Antonia Werner for Fairytale of Salzburg (2018)
- OT [Olatunde Olateju Olaolorun] Fagbenle (O'Brien) was Other Dave in Forest of the Dead and Silence in the Library
- Robert Barton (Smith) was the Registrar in Father's Day
- Susannah [Yolande] York [born Fletcher] (Helen) voiced Our Mother/ Registry/Tannoy for Valhalla (2007)
- Clare Clifford (Pauline) was Professor Kyle in Earthshock
- Eleanor Howell (Elaine here; Jorgie, 2016) was a voice artist on The Eternity Clock
- Pip [Dean] Torrens (Price) was Headmaster Rocastle in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, and voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), and Kenton for Break the Ice (2022)
- Justin Salinger (Gio) was Tasker in Oxygen, then voiced Ambassador Ribble for The Poison of Peladon, the President for The Key to Key to Time, and Dr. Miory/Huntmaster for Capture the Chronovore! (all 2022)
- Paul Courtenay Hyu (Bardley) 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 Padmasambhava for The Secrets of Det Sen (2021)
- Julie Teal (Victoria) voiced Chancellor Vorena for Time In Office (2017), and Royal Magnificat for Emancipation (2019)
- Surinder Duhra (Dodd) voiced Officer Omor for Jonah (2018)
- Heather Wright (Mrs. Cale) voiced Wembik for The Judgement of Isskar (2009)
- Cate Hamer (Carol) was the Voice for The Chaos Pool (2009)
- Susan Kyd (Dawn) voiced Emily/Ivy Cobham for The Demons of Red Lodge, and Governor Chaplin for Doing Time (both 2010)
- Angela McHale (Sue) voiced Kay and Christophe for An Ideal World (2018)
- Daon Broni (Whitley here; Abbass, 2007) voiced Sergeant Al Sinclair for The Annihilators, Argatro for The Last Days of Freme, Twenty-One/State for The Love Vampires (all 2022), Mish for The Living Darkness, Madoc Howell for Catastrophix, and Derren Burrows/ Medworth for Smith and Sullivan 1 (all 2025)
- Peter Bankolé (Barclay) voiced Issak for The Moons of Vulpana (2019), Sorn for Collateral Victim (2022), Dieter Jovanovic for Monsters in Metropolis, General Grainer for Daleks! Genesis of Terror (both 2023), and Eben Hope for Invasion of the Body Stealers (2024)
- Maxine Evans (Mrs. Morton) voiced Renucha for Mother Tongue (2020)
- Peter Silverleaf (Evans) was Christopher Rice in Downtime, then voiced Reginald Colville/Resurrection Joe for The Bellova Devil (2010)
- Daniel [Matthew] Tuite (Sanderson) was the Doctor's double in Wild Blue Yonder
- Amanda Foster was a stunt performer on The Doctor's Daughter too
- Debbi Slater was also associate producer on Planet of the Dead, The Waters of Mars, The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood, follow- ing her post as production manager on Blink, Planet of the Ood, The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky, The Unicorn and the Wasp, Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead
- Catherine Tregenna was writer of The Woman Who Lived too
- James De Haviland was also second assistant director on seventy-four episodes (from Planet of the Dead to The Doctor Falls) and Torchwood
- Mark Turner was SFX supervisor on The Long Game too
- Warwick Drucker was also the grip on Rose and Aliens of London
- Tom Maslen was the camera grip on The Waters of Mars too
- Marcus Prince was also production manager on Tooth and Claw, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Idiot's Lantern, Fear Her and Torchwood
- location manager Nick Eastwood was the set dresser on K9 and Company
- William Oswald was also film editor on thirty-two stories (from 42 to Twice Upon a Time) and The Sarah Jane Adventures
- Sian Prosser (script supervisor) and Dathyl Evans (production co-ordinator) both worked on Rose, Aliens of London and World War Three
- Mike Hopkins was also the film editor on six episodes (from The Sound of Drums to The Power of Three), The Doctors Revisited, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
