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Monday, 25 May 2026

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 21

 

The twenty-first season of BBC1's popular crime drama first aired in
early 2018, and again starred Emilia Fox and David Caves as doctors
Nikki Alexander and Jack Hodgson. The Home Office forensic patho-
logists (based in London's Lyell Centre) were joined 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 Sharon D Clarke, Jacqueline King, Alex Macqueen,
and a total of thirty-four Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Moment of Surrender (TX: January 8 & 9)
  • Charles Palmer was also director of Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Human Nature, The Family of Blood, Oxygen and The Eaters of Light
  • Emma [Georgina Annalies] Fielding (Sally) provided the voice of Kisar for Demons of the Punjab
  • Julian [Alistair] Rhind Tutt (Cannon) voiced Lexhan for The Paradise of Death, and Berkhoff for Big Finish's The Skies of New Earth (2018), then depicted Brian Hodgson in Delia: The Myths and Legendary Tapes
  • Pippa Bennett Warner (DC Bailey) 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 (all 2018), Livia Carlis for Time War (2018-2021), The War Master 4 (2019), Ruzalla for Ravenous 1, and Fliss Keeley for The Trojan Dalek (both 2021)
  • Natalie Burt (Kate) voiced Dr. Sally Armstrong for Dark Eyes
  • Alan David (Porter) 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)
  • David [James] Bamber (Hawke) was Captain Quell in Mummy on the Orient Express, and voiced Emperor Constantine for The Council of Nicaea (2005), and Colonel Ulrik/Whitmore for The Four Doctors (2010)
  • Anna Madeley (Anna) voiced Laura Lyons for The Monstrous Menagerie (2014)
  • Kelly Hunter (Gwen) was the Shadow Architect in The Stolen Earth and The Magician's Apprentice 
Duty of Candour (TX: January 15 & 16)
  • Lu Corfield (Jane) voiced Marta Vanderburgh for Class 1 (2018), Stern for Darkness and Light (2019), Matra Fennel for Mind of the Hodiac (2022)
  • for Daniel Weyman see Series 20 and Belinda McGinley see Series 12
  • Julia Haworth (Rosie) was Kat in Defenders of Earth
  • Philip Buck (Lawyer) made his TV debut in The Day of the Doctor as Arcadian Father
  • Richard Price (Extra) was Guest in The Runaway Bride and The Lazarus Experiment, Passerby in Partners in Crime and The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Mark of the Berserker, Takran Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter, Cyberman in World Enough and Time, The Doctor Falls, Ascension of the Cybermen, The Timeless Children and Once, Upon Time, Team mate in Kerblam!, Sniperbot in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon, Dalek operator in Revolution of the Daleks, Tourist in The Halloween Apocalypse, and Shadow Kin in Class
A Special Relationship (TX: January 22 & 23)
  • for Elliot Levey see Series 17
  • Matthew Brenher (Kraft) voiced Visteen Krane for Whispers of Terror (1999), Zzarl for Red Dawn (2000), Jude for The Rapture, Robber for Comeback (both 2002), Hannibal for Auld Mortality (2003), Silurian for The Coup, Dodds for Time Heals (both 2004), Deakin for The Tactics of Defeat, and Conceirge/Banker/Kamen for Lady Christina 1 (both 2018), and Havash Khavul for Chronomancer and The Wrong Side of History (both 2023)
  • Shvorne Marks (DCI Moss) voiced Ampz for The Emporium at the End (2016), Amala Vost for The Dalek Occupation of Winter, Cissy/ Thelma Sketch for Whodunnit? (both 2018), and Mia Valarna for Stone Cold (2023)
  • Selva Rasalingam (AC Khan) was Ranjit in The Power of Three
  • Gretchen Egolf (Terry) was Norlander in The Zygon Invasion
  • Ian Conningham (Apsted) was Chuckles in The Girl Who Died, then voiced Sinko/Ronson/Lieutenant for Storm of the Horofax (2017), Kevin/Rindle for The Lady in the Lake (2018), Konis/Maximov for Nightmare Country (2019), V11/Kaden Olsen for Toos and Poul (2020), Dr. Richard Numan/Corfield for The Primeval Design, Robert Devereaux/Cecil for The Hollow Crown (both 2021), Kade for Previously, Next Time, Fridtjof Nansen for Northern Lights (both 2023), Solarie for Bad Apple Brigade, Sir Floris/Prince Edward for The Baron Robbers (both 2024), Jerome Shaw for Fallen Heroes, and Fletcher Hart for Nightfall (both 2025)
  • Ako Mitchell (Reed) voiced Sergeant Johnson for Ride or Die (2026)
One Day (TX: January 29 & 30)
  • Finlay Robertson (Fielden) was Larry Nightingale in Blink, The Lonely Assassins and Angels, then voiced DI Cotton for The Cars That Ate London!, Ambrose for The Ghost and the Potato Man (both 2019), Kador Arris/V48 for Machines Like Us, and Lt. Hans Hoffman/Guard/ Sergeant for Shellshock (both 2022)
  • for Sara Powell see Series 6, Tony Lucken see Series 7 and Stephanie Carey see Series 14
  • Sanchia McCormack (Mother) was a Housing Officer in Turn Left, and was cast in The Power of the Doctor
  • Tony Way (Jarrow) was Alf in Deep Breath
Family (TX: February 5 & 7)
  • T'Nia Miller (DI Gibbs) was the General in Hell Bent, and Mrs Maitland for Mind of the Hodiac
  • Alex Price (DI Baker) was Francesco in The Vampires of Venice
  • Tachia Newaal (PC Bell) was Colonel Winston Chidozie in The Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death
  • for Neil Stuke see Series 3
  • Colin Teague was also director of The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords and The Fires of Pompeii

Sunday, 8 March 2026

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
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
CrimeAnd Then There Were NoneWitness for the
ProsecutionThe ABC MurdersOrdeal by Innocence,
The Pale HorseMurder 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 PartySeven 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: ShutdownUNIT: Silenced (both 2016), UNIT: Assembled (2017), UNIT: Cyber RealityLady 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 (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 CybermenThe Age of SteelArmy of GhostsDoomsday 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 Arodorand 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 DrumsLast of the Time Lords and Torchwood: Children of Earth
  • Balazs Bolygo was also cinematographer on The Rebel Flesh, The Almost People and Closing Time

Friday, 6 March 2026

Doctor Who Vs. Ashes to Ashes, Series 1

 

"My name is Alex Drake. I've been shot and that bullet's
taken me back in time. Now I'm lost in 1981. All I can do
is fight, and search, and stay alive. Because somehow I
will find a way home."

The sequel series to Life On Mars was also produced by Monastic and 
Kudos for BBC Wales. Keeley Hawes now led the cast as another out-
of-time detective, DI Alex Drake - a colleague of recently deceased
DCI Sam Tyler. Philip Glenister, Marshall Lancaster and Dean Andrews
 all reprised their roles (as DCI Gene Hunt, DC Chris Skelton and DS
Ray Carling respectively), and were also joined by newcomer
Montserrat Lombard (as WPC Shaz Granger).
Ashes to Ashes (referencing another David Bowie song) was co-
created by Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah, and centres 
on a present-day Metropolitan Police inspector, Drake who is shot 
and regains consciousness in 1981. Like its predecessor, the period
 setting was lovingly recreated against rich backdrop of social
 history, and more importantly here, the music of the early eighties.
A repeat run of the first six-part season (originally transmitted from
January 9 to February 27 2008) concluded on That's TV last night -
it featured a total of forty Doctor Who cast and crew connections:
  • Hawes played Ms. Delphox in Time Heist 
  • Graham was also writer of Fear HerThe Rebel Flesh and The Almost People
  • series producer Beth Willis was an executive producer on Doctor Who ConfidentialThe Adventure Games, and twenty-seven stories (from The Eleventh Hour to The Wedding of River Song)
  • Julie Scott was also a BBC production executive on ninety instal- ments (from The Runaway Bride to Last Christmas), Time CrashThe Adventure GamesDreamlandMusic of the SpheresTorchwood, The Sarah Jane AdventuresAn Adventure in Space and TimeThe Five (ish) Doctors Rebootand Doctor Who Proms
  • Jonny Campbell was also director of The Vampires of Venice and Vincent and the Doctor
  • Catherine Morshead was also director of Amy's Choice and The Lodger 
  • Adam James (Markham) was DI Macmillan in Planet of the Dead
  • Joseph Long (Luigi) was Rocco Colasanto in Turn Leftand the Pope in Extremis
  • Geff Francis (Viv James) was George [Maitland] in The Bells of Saint John
  • Roy [William] Skelton (voice of Rainbow puppets Zippy and George) voiced Daleks, Monoids, Cybermen and Krotons for the classic series, and was Norton in Colony in Space, James in (episode 5 of) The Green Death, Marshal Chedaki in The Android Invasion, and King Rokon in The Hand of Fear, then voiced James Carver for Big Finish's Test of Nerve (2002)
  • Rupert Graves (Moore) was John Riddell in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
  • Paul Thornley (Kay) voiced the Computer/Marko for Seven Keys to Doomsday (2008), Gomori/Steward for Paper Cuts, Michael Rond for Fitz's Story (both 2009), Robbie Flint/Cyril for Criss-Cross (2015), Relb/Sita for The Butler Did It, and Captain Goben for Pursuit of the Nightjar (both 2023)
  • Sid Mitchell (Dane) was Pickens for The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (2008)
  • Christopher Fairbank (Bonds) was Fenton in Flatline, and voiced Doc Baroque for The Scapegoat (2009), Pierre Aronnax for The Wreck of the Titan (2010), and Marc Brunel for Iron Bright (2018)
  • Callum Dixon (Thief) was Jarva Slade in Kerblam!
  • Amelda Brown (Elaine) voiced Margaret for The Gunpowder Plot
  • Nik Howden (Youth) was Maurice in Vincent and the Doctor
  • Claire [Louise] Rushbrook (Trixie) was Ida Scott in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, then voiced Tula Chenka for Escape from Kaldor (2018) and The Robots (2019-23), and the Abbess/Marna for Out of Time 1 (2020)
  • Leo Bill (Burns) was the Pilot in A Christmas Carol
  • Tracy Wiles (Girl) voiced Moira Brody for Masters of Earth (2014), Lilith Lovett for The Year of the BatJacqui McGee for UNIT: Extinction (both 2015), UNIT: Silenced (2016), Death on the Mile (2018), Narcissus, The Power of River Song (both 2019), UNIT: Between Two Worlds, Outback, Longshot (all 2021), Agents of the Vulpreen, Objective: Earth (both 2022), Commander Barnac for The Neverwhen (2016), Ground Control/Secretary for Their Finest HourSharlan for The Invention of Death, Hadway/Salma/V75 for Escape from Kaldor (all 2018), Drones for The False Guardian and Time's Assassin, Announcer for State of Bliss, Comms for The Famished Lands, Servant for Fugitive in Time, Marzanna/Engel for Nightmare Country, Various for The Robots 1 (all 2019), The Robots 2 and Dark Side of the Moon (2022), Tryana for Return to Skaro (2020), FELINE/Maria/ Patricia for A Forever HomeDraven/Shira/Sentinel for The Shadow Squad (both 2021), Shorak for Storm of the Sea Devils, and Peggy Cressler for Bad Apple Brigade (both 2024)
  • Lucy [Jane] Briers (Patty) voiced Jenny Chaplin for After the Daleks (2021)
  • Jeanie Gold (Partygoer) was Neighbour in The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky and The End of Time (1)
  • Russell [George] Tovey (Johnstone) was Midshipman Alonso Frame in Voyage of the DamnedThe End of Time (2) and [Big Finish's] One Enchanted Evening (2017), then Barclay Pierre Dupont in The War Between the Land and the Sea
  • Phil Davis (Cale) was Lucius Petrus Dextrus in The Fires of Pompeii, and voiced Titus for The Cannibalists (2009)
  • Madhav Sharma (Chatterjee) was Patel in Frontier in Space (3)
  • Troy Glasgow (Ska Boy) was Angelo in The Time of Angels
  • Geoffrey [Dyson] Palmer (Scarman) was Edward Masters in The Silurians, the Administrator in The Mutants (1), and Captain Hardaker in Voyage of the Damned 
  • Paul Anderson (Suspect) made his TV debut in The Christmas Invasion as Jason
  • [Michael Thomas] Jeremy Clyde (Chief Super) voiced George Sinclair for Absent Friends (2016), Lord Braye for Planet of the Drashigs (2019), and Tony Clare for Stranded (2020-22)
  • David Schaal (Look-a-like) voiced Sergeant Zogroth/Bus Driver for The Star Beast (2019)
  • Sean Clayton was second assistant director on Dalek and Father's Day too
  • Derek Lea was also a stuntman on DalekBad WolfThe Parting of the Ways, The Age of Steel and Partners in Crime
  • Gary Hoptrough and Rob Hunt were both stuntmen on The Runaway Bride - they also worked on Let's Kill Hitler and The Day of the Doctor respectively
  • Christine Greenwood was make-up designer on Remembrance of the Daleks too
  • film editor Jamie Pearson also edited nine episodes (from The Eleventh Hour to The Angels Take Manhattan)
  • Edmund Butt was the composer on An Adventure in Space and Time too
  • Matt Wood (visual effects supervisor) and Simon Blackledge (VFX artist) both worked on A Town Called Mercy and The Power of Three - Wood also worked on The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
  • Antonia Grant was also the location manager on The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords

Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Doctor Who Vs. The Vicar of Dibley


A rerun of BBC1's much-loved comedy series began on U&Gold
last night - in the finest traditions of British TV sitcoms, this Tiger
 Aspect Production presented another iconic ensemble cast, led
by Dawn French as the eponymous parish priest.
Created by Richard Curtis and launched in late 1994, the award-
winning comedy endured for three seasons, over twelve years
and numerous specials - it featured Peter Capaldi, cameos from
Johnny Depp, Kylie Minogue, Sting, Darcy Bussell, Terry Wogan,
Sean Bean, Emma Watson, and a total of twenty-five Doctor Who
cast and crew connections:
  • Curtis and Emma Freud were writer and script editor on Vincent and the Doctor too
  • James [Edward] Fleet (Hugo) voiced O'Reilley for Max Warp (2008), Geoff Cooper foThe Entropy Composition, and Martin Ashcroft/Sir Jack Merrivale for Special Features (both 2010)
  • Roger Lloyd Pack (Owen) was John Lumic in Rise of the Cybermen and The Age oSteel
  • Dervla Kirwan (Assumpta) 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, and Kelleher for Effect and Cause (all 2020)
  • Minogue played Astrid Peth in Voyage of the Damned
  • Clive Mantle (Simon, 1998/99) voiced Oliver Cromwell for The Settling (2006), Narrator of The Coming of the Terraphiles (2010), Tuvold for The Burning Prince (2012), Tillegat/Lieutenant Treeves for Destroy the Infinite (2014), and Chuke for Genetics of the Daleks (2020)
  • Richard [Crispin] Armitage (Harry, 2006/07) was cast as President Rassilon for Time War 4 (2021), War Room 1 (2022), Goth Opera (2024) and Loyalties (2026)
  • [Clara Julia] Keeley Hawes (Rosie) was Ms. Delphox in Time Heist
  • Edward [Harry] Kelsey (Harris) was the Slave Buyer in (episode 2 of) The Romans, Resno in The Power of the Daleks, and Edu in The Creature from the Pit
  • Charles Pemberton (Vet) was a Cyberman in Tomb of the Cybermen, and Technician in The War Games
  • [Reginald Herbert] Preston Lockwood (Pottle) was Dojjen in Snakedance
  • Orla Brady (Aoife) was Tasha Lem in The Time of the Doctor
  • Nina [Minoo] Wadia (Miss Carr) and Annette [Ross Mcleod] Crosbie (Mavis) both starred in The Eleventh Hour, as Dr. Ramsden and Mrs. Angelo - Wadia also voiced Deepa for State of Bliss (2019), and Mimi for Here Lies Drax (2022)
  • Hugh [Richard] Bonneville [Williams] (Ogilvy) was Captain Henry Avery in The Curse of the Black Spot and A Good Man Goes to War, and voiced Tsar Nicholas I for The Angel of Scutari (2009)
  • Charlotte Palmer (Fan) voiced Dr. Cain for Death Comes to Time, then Sodalis for Dead or Alive (2025)
  • Moray [Robin Phillip Adrian] Watson (Stranger) was Sir Robert Muir in Black Orchid
  • Maureen [Diane] Lipman (Alicia) was the Wire in The Idiot's Lantern
  • Peter Cartwright (Undertaker) was Arnold Underwood in The Power of Three
  • Stewart Wright (Newsreader) was Alan in The Lie of the Land
  • Richard Cant (Choir) was Malcolm Wainwright in Blink
  • Leslie Pearson (Pianist) provided organ music for The Deadly Assassin (1)
  • Jim Dowdall (stunt co-ordinator) was a Guerilla in Day of the Daleks, Guard in Genesis of the Daleks, and Warnsman in Frontios (1)
  • Tina Maskell was also a stunt performer on Boom Town and The Runaway Bride

Saturday, 20 September 2025

Doctor Who On This Day #263

1925 - Producer John Edward Wiles born
in Kimberley, South Africa; and Director
Christopher Chisholm Barry born in
Greenwich
1963 - Producer Verity Lambert and the
principal cast of Doctor Who all assembled
for the first time at a photo call at the Bridge
Lounge in BBC TV Centre
1965 - The Aztecs, Episode 2: The Warriors
of Death and The Keys of Marinus, Episode
5: Sentence of Death both repeated and The
Reign of Terror, Episode 1: Land of Fear
first screened, all on ABC
1968 The Abominable Snowmen, Episodes
3 to 6 all repeated on  ABC
1970 The Krotons, Episodes 3 and
 4 both repeated on ABC
1971 - The Wheel in SpaceEpisode
 6 repeated on TV1
1975 Terror of the Zygons, Part
4 first screened on BBC1
1976 - The Seeds of Doom, Part
 6 first screened on TROS
1978 Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 4, The Android Invasion
Part and The Hand of Fear, Parts 2 and 3 all repeated on ABC
1979 - Terror of the Zygons, Part 4 and
Planet of Evil, Part 3 both repeated on ABC
1980 The Leisure Hive, Part
4 first screened on BBC1
1982 The Face of Evil, Part 4 and The Robots
of Death, Part 1 both repeated on ABC; and
Logopolis, Part 1 first screened on TV1
1983 Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 2 and 3 both
repeated on ABC; and The Androids of Tara, Part
3 repeated on KQED Plus
1984 Full Circle, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus
1985 - The Claws of Axos, Episodes 3 and
4 both first screened on TV2; and Robot,
Part 4 and Destiny of the Daleks Omnibus
both repeated on KQED Plus
1986 - Script Editor Dennis Spooner died
 in Hertfordshire, aged 53; ThTwo Doctors,
Part 5 (of 6) repeated on KQED Plus; and 
The Mysterious Planet, Part 3 first screened
on BBC1
1987 The Two Doctors Omnibus
repeated on KQED Plus 
1988 Attack of the Cybermen,
Part 4 (of 4) repeated on KQED Plus
1989 - Battlefield, Part 3 first screened
 on BBC1
1990 The Claws of Axos, Episode 3 repeated on KQED Plus
1991 The Five Doctors, Part 3 (of 4) repeated on KQED Plus
1993 Pyramids of Mars, Part 3 repeated on UK Gold; The Hand
 of FearPart repeated on ABC; and Time Flight Omnibus repeated
on KQED Plus
1994 Planet of Fire, Part 3 repeated on UK Gold
1995 Genesis of the Daleks, Part 4 repeated on UK Gold
1996 The Keys of Marinus, Episodes
5 and 6 both repeated on UKTV
1997 Image of the Fendahl and The Sun
Makers Omnibuses both repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1998 The Daleks, Episode 5: The Expedition repeated on MPT; The 
Dalek Invasion of Earth, Episode 5: The Waking Ally repeated on Space; 
The Claws of Axos Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; The Sea Devils
Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated on LPB; The Time Monster, Episodes 5 
and 6 both repeated on Colorado PTV; The Ark in Space, Part 4 repeated 
on BBC America and WQED; The Android Invasion Omnibus repeated on KSPS; Nightmare of Eden Omnibus repeated on WFWA; Meglos 
Omnibus repeated on WTBU; Planet of Fire, Part 1 repeated on KRCB; 
Terror of the Vervoids, Parts 9 and 10 both repeated on KBTC; and 
Silver Nemesis Omnibus repeated on WCET
1999 The Mind Robber, Episode 3 repeated on Space;
The Power of Kroll Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus;
and Survival, Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2000 - Director Mary Ridge died in Britain, aged 75;
The War Games, Episode 9 first screened on Prime;
The Mutants, Episode 6 repeated on UKTV (Aus);
and The Face of Evil, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
on BBC America
2001 Time FlightPart 4 repeated on UKTV
 (Aus); and Resurrection of the Daleks, Part
2 repeated on BBC Prime
2002 City of Death, Part 2 repeated on
BBC Kids (Can); and The Five Doctors, Parts
3 and 4 (of 4) both repeated on NHPTV
2003 The Silurians, Episodes 5 and 6 and
The Keeper of Traken Omnibus all repeated
on UK Gold; and Pyramids of MarsParts 1
and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2004 Death to the Daleks, Part 3 repeated
on ABC
2005 Time FlightPart 2 repeated on ABC
2006 World War Three repeated on UK Gold; New
Earth and Tooth and Claw both repeated on BBC3;
and The Girl in the Fireplace first screened on Ztélé
2007 The Girl in the Fireplace first screened
on TV3 (RI); and The Stones of Venice, Episodes
1 and 2 repeated, 3 and 4 first broadcast, all on
Radio 7
2008 The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Parts 2 and
3 both repeateon MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The
Unquiet Dead and Doctor Who Confidential: TARDIS
Tales both repeated on UNC-MX; The Christmas
Invasion repeated on WGVU; Tooth and Claw repeated 
on Syfy (Rus); School Reunion first screened on HRT2; The 
Impossible Planet repeated on OETA; The Runaway Bride and 
Smith and Jones both repeated on Syfy (Ben); Blink repeated
on Jimmy; and Utopia and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown:
'Ello 'Ello 'Ello both repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2009 The Christmas Invasion repeated on BBC3; The Age of
Steel repeated and Doctor Who Confidential: From Zero to Hero
 first screened, both on Idaho PTV; The Idiot's Lantern repeated on
on Ozarks PTV; Love & Monsters and Doctor Who Confidential: The
New World of Dr. Who both repeated on MPTV; and The Family of
Blood repeated on WTVP
2010 The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on BBC3; Partners in Crime 
and The Fires of Pompeii both repeated and Victory of the Daleks
first screened, all on Syfy (Spa); and Silence in the Library and
Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Shadow Play both first
screened on WTTW 11 and repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2011 The Hand of Fear, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); 
Bad Wolf repeated on Watch; The Family of BloodSilence in the Library
Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: The Italian Job and Shadow Play all 
repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The Fires of PompeiiPlanet of the Ood
and The Unicorn and the Wasp all repeated on BBC America
2012 - Inferno, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Poison 
Sky and The Doctor's Daughter both repeated on BBC America; Dinosaurs 
on Spaceship first screened on Prime; and Doctor Who Confidential 
Cutdown: Here Come the Girls repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2013 Bad Wolf repeated on Syfy (Port); The Age of Steel repeated
on BBC Entertainment LA; Last of the Time Lords repeated on France
4; Planet of the Dead repeated on ABC2; Victory of the Daleks 
repeated on RAI4; and Doctor Who Confidential: Alien Abduction 
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP
2014 The Sensorites, Episode 6: A Desperate Venture and Planet of 
Giants Omnibus both repeated and The Dominators, Episodes 3 and 4 
both first screened, all on Retro TV; The Android Invasion Omnibus 
repeated on Horror; The Keeper of Traken Omnibus repeated on ABC
iView; The Parting of the Ways repeated on Syfy (Aus) and UKTV (NZ); 
The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, Tooth and Claw and School Reunion
 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Family of Blood and Blink both repeated 
on Really Scary TV; Utopia and The Sound of Drums both repeated on 
Space and Really Scary TV; The LodgerThe Pandorica Opens and The 
Wedding of River Song all repeated on RAI4; Day of the Moon repeated 
on OETA; The Almost People and A Good Man Goes to War both 
repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; The God Complex
 repeated on Jeem TV (ME); The Power of Three repeated on 
KCPT2; Robot of Sherwood repeated on BBC Entertainment AP
and Fox (FRG); Listen repeated on BBC Entertainment AP, BBC
Polska, ABC2 and Fox; Time Heist first screened on BBC1, BBC
HD, Fox and ABC1; Doctor Who Extra: Listen first screened and
The Ultimate Companion repeated, both on ABC2; Doctor Who
Extra: Time Heist released on BBC iPlayer and BBC Red Button;
and Doctor Who Confidential: Bigger On The Inside repeated
on BBC Entertainment AP
2015 The Green Death Omnibus repeated on KERA; Genesis of the 
Daleks, Part 1 repeated on KRWG and Omnibus first screened on BBC 
America; The Seeds of Doom Omnibus first screened on BBC America; 
The Face of EvilPart 1 repeated on KPTS; Frontios, Parts 3 and
4 both repeated on KBTC; The Caves of Androzani, Parts 3 and
4 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); Dalek and The Long Game both
repeated on EBRU; The Christmas Invasion, The Girl in the
Fireplace, DoomsdayHuman Nature and Blink all repeated
on BBC America; The 
Shakespeare Code, Gridlock, Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution of the 
Daleks all repeated on KCPT2; 42 repeated on Disney (XD); The Family 
of Blood repeated on BBC America and UNC-TV; The Beast Below and 
The Vampires of Venice both repeated on Watch; Victory of the Daleks
The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone all repeated on BBC America 
and Watch; Amy's ChoiceThe Hungry Earth and Cold Blood all 
repeated on BBC America and Syfy (LA); Vincent and the Doctor
and The Lodger both repeated on France 4; The Doctor's Wife
 repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania and ME; Night
TerrorsThe Girl Who Waited, The God Complex, Closing Time 
and The Wedding of River Song all repeated on BBC Nordic HD and 
BBC Polska HD; The Snowmen, Part (of 2) and The Bells of Saint John both repeated on FX (Ind); The Rings of Akhaten first screened 
on FX; Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on MPTV; The 
Time of the Doctor repeated on KLRU and Iowa PTV; Into the Dalek 
first screened on Idaho PTV and repeated on WXXI, WILL, OETA and 
Syfy (Aus); Robot of Sherwood repeated on KCPT; Last Christmas
 repeated on BBC Entertainment AP, BBC First (Ben) and 
Prime; The Magician's Apprentice first screened on BBC America, 
BBC Entertainment AP, Prime, Space and ABC and released on ABC
 iView and YouTube (US); The Ultimate Guide repeated on ABC2;
 and Doctor Who Confidential: Bad Blood repeated on UNC-TV
2016 The Sea Devils, Episode 6 and The Mutants, Episode 1 both 
repeated on Retro TV; The Parting of the Ways and The Christmas 
Invasion both repeated on RAI4; Rise of the Cybermen, The
 Vampires of Venice and Last Christmas all repeated on Syfy (Aus);
 Voyage of the Damned repeated on The Zone; The Pandorica Opens
 and The Big Bang both repeated on BBC America; Journey to the 
Centre of the TARDIS repeated on Syfy (LA); The Name of the
Doctor repeated on BBC Entertainment Aand One ARD;
Into the Dalek repeated on BBC First (ME); Kill the Moon
repeated on Syfy (Bra); The Girl Who Died repeated on BBC
Polska HD; and The Doctors Revisited: The Sixth Doctor
repeated on Watch
2017 - The Monster of PeladonParts 1 and 2 both repeated on
Retro TV; The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 5 repeated on Jones! 
too; ThUnquiet Dead and Aliens of London both repeated on 
Space; The Runaway Bride and The Rebel Flesh both repeated on 
Syfy (Aus); Evolution of the Daleks, The Lazarus Experiment, 42, 
Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Blink all repeated on BBC 
America; Closing Time repeated on Syfy (Bra); Face the Raven
repeated on Syfy (LA); and The Doctor Fallrepeated on BBC
First (ME)
2018 - Horror of Fang RockPart 4 and The Invisible Enemy, Part 1
both repeated on Retro TV; The Snowmen repeated on BBC Polska
HD; Listen and Time Heist both repeated on Sony SciFi; and World
Enough and Time and The Doctor Fallboth repeated on ABC
2019 The Ghost Monument repeated on
BBC Polska HD
2020 Planet of Giants Omnibus repeated on
Iowa PTV; The Armageddon Factor Omnibus
repeated on WSRE; Nightmare of Eden
Omnibus repeated on Retro TV; Meglos
 Omnibus repeated on MPTV; Enlightenment,
Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC and
Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; BlinkUtopia,
The Sound of DrumsLast of the Time Lords
and Partners in Crime all repeated on W; Planet
of the Ood and The Sontaran Stratagem both
repeated on Drama +1; The Fires of Pompeii
repeated on Drama +1 and W; The Snowmen,
The Name of the DoctorInto the DalekRobot
of SherwoodListen and Time Heist all repeated
on NRJ12; Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Caretaker
repeated on NRJ12 and One ARD; Kill the Moon
repeated on One ARD; Knock KnockOxygen,
Extremis and The Pyramid at the End of the
World all repeated on BBC First Turkey; and
Ascension of the Cybermen repeated on Fox
(FRG)
2021 The Unicorn and the Wasp repeated
on ABC ME; The Rebel Flesh repeated on
BBC America; A Good Man Goes to War
repeated on ABC ME; The Woman Who Fell
to Earth repeated on BBC Entertainment
EU; The Tsuranga Conundrum repeated on
BBC Polska HD; and Resolution repeated
on BBC First Turkey
2022 The Ark in Space, Parts 1 and
2 both repeated on Retro TV; Full
Circle, Part 1 repeated on ONS; The
Family of Blood and Blink both repated
on One ARD; The Tsuranga Conundrum
repeated on Fox SciFi; and War of the
Sontarans repeated on BBC America
2023 The Girl in the Fireplace
repeated on Fox SciFi
2024 The Rebel Flesh repeated on
ABC Family; and The Almost People
repeated on ABC Entertains