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 a 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 Her, The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People
• series producer Beth Willis was an executive producer on Doctor Who Confidential, The 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 Crash, The Adventure Games, Dreamland, Music of the Spheres, Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, An Adventure in Space and Time, The Five (ish) Doctors Reboot, and 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 Left, and 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 Bat, Jacqui 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 Hour, Sharlan 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 Home, Draven/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 Damned, The 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 Dalek, Bad Wolf, The 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

Doctor Who Vs. Trial & Retribution II

Lynda La Plante's acclaimed crime drama returned
to ITV in October 1998, and again starred David
Hayman (as DCS Mike Walker), Dorian Lough (DS
Satchell), and Kate Buffery (DI Pat North). Like La Plante's Prime Suspect, the programme employed

split-screen scenes, a distinctive technique later

emulated by the makers of 24, Spooks and The Bill.

A repeat run of this two-part case began on ITV3

last night - it featured seventeen Doctor Who cast

and crew connections:

• Iain [Alan Sutherland] Glen (Morton) was Father Octavian (pictured) in The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone
• Big Finish actor George Asprey (DC Hutchens) voiced Overseer Zim for The Hidden Realm, Balthasar Schrek for Nothing to See Here (both 2016), the Leader for Infamy of the Zaross (2017), General Melak for Time in a Bottle and Kings of Infinite Space, the Ravenous for Seizure (all 2018), Deeptime Frontier, The Odds Against, Planet of Dust, Day of the Master (all 2019) and Beyond (2021), and Superior Elite for The Good Samaritan (2023)
• Simon [Phillip Hugh] Callow (Halliday) was Charles Dickens in The Unquiet Dead and 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)
• Joseph Long (Bellini) was Rocco Colasanto in Turn Left, and the Pope in Extremis
• Danny Sapani (Burton) was Colonel Manton in A Good Man Goes to War
• [Rosemary] Rowena Cooper (Corinna) also appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures (she was Angela Price in Lost in Time), then voiced La Concierge for AudioGo's 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 Torchwood Archive, The Death of Captain Jack and Jago & Litefoor Forever (both 2018)
• Helen Anderson (Carol) was Rachel in Revolution of the Daleks
• Mona Hammond [born Mavis Chin] (Bibi) was Rita Anne in Rise of the Cybermen
• Madhav Sharma (Dr. Jaffrey) was Patel in Frontier in Space (3)
• Eric Carte (Slater) voiced Arak Varren for The Robots of Life (2019)
• Nicholas Beveney (Nailer) was Dad in Attack of the Graske
• John D Collins (Clerk) was Talor in Arc of Infinity
• for Daniel Ryan, Andrew Havill, Stephen Critchlow and John Abbott see Series 1
• Nikki Wilson was also script editor on The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky, then producer of thirty-two stories (from The Waters of Mars to The Timeless Children) and The Sarah Jane Adventures

Doctor Who On This Day #172

1965 - Marco Polo, Episode 2: The Singing

Sands repeated and The Keys of Marinus,

Episode 4: The Snows of Terror first

screened, both on ABC

1968 - The Reign of Terror, Episode 5:

A Bargain of Necessity and The Romans,

Episode 2: All Roads Lead to Rome both

repeated on TV1

1969 - The War Games, Episode 10 first

screened on BBC1

1970 - The Mind Robber, Episodes 3 and

4 both repeated on ABC

1971 - The Enemy of the World, Episodes 

5 and 6 both repeated and The Web of

Fear, Episode 1 repeated and Episode 2

first screened, all on TV1

1978 - Carnival of Monsters, Episode 3

and Death to the Daleks, Parts 1 and 3

all repeated on ABC

1979 - The Three Doctors, Episodes 2

and 3 and The Green Death, Episode 1

all repeated on ABC

1982 - Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 1

 to 3 all repeated on WTTW 11

1983 - The Claws of Axos, Episode 1

and 2 both repeated on ABC; and

The Masque of Mandragora, Part 1

repeated on KQED Plus
1984 - Underworld, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus; and
The Caves of Androzani, Part 3 first screened on ABC
1985 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episodes 1 and 2
both first screened on TV2 and Episode 3 repeated on
KQED Plus; and The Talons of Weng-Chiang Omnibus 
repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - Earthshock, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus
1987 - Terminus Omnibus both repeated on KQED Plus

1988 - Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 2 repeated

on Super Channel; Full Circle, Part 3 repeated on

TV2; and Black Orchid, Part 1 repeated on KQED

Plus

1989 - Terror of the Zygons, Part 1 repeated on KQED 
Plus; and The Seeds of Doom, Part 3 repeated on ABC
1990 - Terror of the Vervoids, Part 11 repeated on 
KQED Plus
1991 - Full Circle, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus
1993 - The Time Warrior, Part 1 repeated on UK Gold;

State of Decay Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus; and
Attack of the Cybermen, Part 3 (of 4) repeated on ABC

1994 - Castrovalva, Part 4 repeated on UK Gold

1995 - The Three Doctors, Part 1 repeated on UK 
Gold

1997 - The Three Doctors and Carnival

of Monsters Omnibuses both repeated on

UKTV (Aus); and Planet of the Spiders,

Part 6 repeated on ZTV

1998 - The Sensorites, Episode 1: Strangers in Space 
repeated on Space; and Delta and the Bannermen and 
Dragonfire Omnibuses both repeated on UK Gold

1999 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episode 6 repeated 
on Space; The Robots of Death Omnibus and I Was a 
Doctor Who Monster both screened on KQED Plus; and 
Warriors' Gate, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2000 - Planet of Giants, Episode 2: Dangerous

Journey repeated on Prime; and The

Silurians, Episode 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2001 - The Seeds of Doom, Parts 5 and

 6 both repeated on BBC America; The

 Creature from the Pit, Part 1 repeated on

UKTV (Aus); and Enlightenment, Part 2
repeated on BBC Prime
2002 - The Invasion of Time, Part 1 repeated on BBC 
Kids (Can); and Warriors of the Deep, Parts 3 and 4
both repeated on NHPTV

2003 - The Hand of Fear, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated 
on BBC Kids (Can); The Deadly Assassin Omnibus
repeated on UK Gold; Terminus Omnibus repeated on
KERA; and Remembrance of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2
both repeated on Colorado PTV

2004 - The Daemons, Episode 2 repeated on ABC
2005 - The Horns of Nimon, Part 4 repeated on ABC

2006 - Rose repeated on People+ Arts

(Spa); World War Three repeated on Ztéle;

and The Impossible Planet repeated on BBC3

2007 - The Doctor Dances and Doctor Who

Confidential: Weird Science both first screened

on WLIW 21
2008 - The Sea Devils, Episode 6 and The Curse

of Peladon, Episode 1 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi 

and TV4; Aliens of London repeated on Syfy (Rus); 

Dalek and Doctor Who Confidential: The Daleks 

both repeated on WLIW 21; Boom Town repeated

 on Jimmy; Army of Ghosts first screened on OETA;

The Unicorn and the Wasp repeated and Silence

in the Library first screened, both on Syfy (US);

Turn Left first screened on BBC1; and Doctor Who 

Confidential: Here Come the Girls first screened

on BBC3

2009 - Evolution of the Daleks repeated on WXXI; 

42 and Doctor Who Confidential: Space Craft both 

repeated on Idaho PTV; The Sound of Drums first 

screened on WTVP; Last of the Time Lords and

Doctor Who Confidential: The Valiant Quest both

first screened on MPTV; The Fires of Pompeii

repeated on Syfy (Ben); and Doctor Who 

Confidential: Here Come the Girls repeated on

BBC3
2010 - Dalek repeated on Syfy (Rus); New Earth

and Tooth and Claw both repeated on Syfy (FRG);

The Idiot's Lantern, Forest of the Dead and Midnight 

all repeated on Syfy (Spa); Utopia repeated on

WTTW 11; The Pandorica Opens repeated on BBC

HD; and The Scapegoat, Episode 2 repeated on

Radio 7

2011 - Mawdryn Undead, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated 
on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; Aliens of London repeated
on BBC America; The Satan Pit repeated on Watch; The
 Hungry Earth and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: 
After Effects both repeated on UKTV (Aus); and 
Greatest Moments: Aliens first screened on ABC2

2012 - The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on BBC
America; The Satan Pit first screened on YLE TV2;
Human Nature and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: 
Alter Ego both repeated on ABC2; and Doctor Who 
Confidential Cutdown: Oods and Ends repeated on 
UKTV (Aus)

2013 - The End of the World repeated on Watch;

42 repeated on Syfy (Port); The God Complex

repeated on Syfy (Spa); Doctor Who Confidential:

You've Got the Look repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP; Doctor Who Confidential:

The Valiant Quest repeated on BBC Entertainment

ME; Doctor Who Confidential: Arthurian Legend 

repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD;

and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Bigger on

the Inside and Heartbreak Hotel both repeated

on UKTV (Aus)

2014 - The Brain of Morbius Omnibus repeated on

Horror; The Robots of Death, Parts 3 and 4, The 

Talons of Weng-Chiang, Parts 1 to 3, Resurrection 

of the Daleks, Part 2, The Caves of Androzani,

Part 1, Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, The Girl

 in the Fireplace, Rise of the Cybermen and The

Age of Steel all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Father's 

Day repeated on TV3 (Spa); The Impossible Planet, 

Planet of the Ood and The Sontaran Stratagem all 

repeated on RAI4; The Lazarus Experiment 

repeated on KCPT2; The End of Time, Parts

1 and 2, The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below

and Victory of the Daleks all repeated on Fox

(FRG); The Vampires of Venice repeated on

OETA; The Hungry Earth repeated on BBC Nordic

HD and BBC Polska HD; Cold Blood and Vincent and the 

Doctor both repeated on BBC Nordic HD, BBC Polska HD and Syfy (Port);
A Christmas Carol and The Impossible Astronaut both repeated on BBC
America; Day of the Moon repeated on BBC America and Jeem TV
 (ME); A Good Man Goes to War and Night Terrors both repeated
on France 4; Let's Kill Hitler repeated on France 4 and Syfy (Spa);
 The Girl Who Waited, The God Complex and Closing Time all repeated
on Syfy (Ben); Asylum of the Daleks and Dinosaurs on a Spaceship 
both repeated on ABC2; The Angels Take Manhattan repeated

on BBC Nordic; Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated

on WGVU; The Crimson Horror, Nightmare in Silver and The

Day of the Doctor all repeated on Really Scary TV; The Name

of the Doctor repeated

on Really Scary TV and UKTV (NZ); The Time of the Doctor 
repeated on BBC3; Doctor Who Prom (2010) repeated on BBC
Entertainment LA HD; Best of the Christmas Specials and Doctor 
Who Confidential: After Effects both repeated on BBC Entertainment
 ME; and Best of the Doctor repeated on BBC Entertainment EU,
Romania and ME

2015 - The Claws of Axos, Episodes 2 to 4 all repeated

 on Retro TV; Colony in Space, Episode 1 repeated on

Retro TV and Omnibus repeated on KERA; The Seeds

 of Doom, Part 1 repeated on KPTS; The Keeper of 

Traken, Part 2 repeated on Syfy (Aus); Snakedance,

Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC; The Parting

of the Ways and New Earth both repeated on

France 4; The Satan Pit first screened on Disney 

XD (US); Fear Her and Doomsday both repeated

on FX (Ind); Army of Ghosts repeated on FX and 

UNC-TV; 42 repeated on WILL; The End of Time, 

Part 1 repeated on KLRU; Vincent and the Doctor

and Doctor Who Confidential: Bigger on the 

Inside both repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;

The Lodger and Doctor Who Confidential: Extra

Time both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU,

Rom and ME; A Christmas Carol repeated on

KCPT; The Doctor's Wife, The Rebel Flesh, The 

Almost People and A Good Man Goes to War all

repeated on KCPT2; The Girl Who Waited repeated

 on OETA; Asylum of the Daleks repeated on Watch

and Iowa PTV; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, A Town

Called Mercy, The Power of Three and Nightmare

in Silver all repeated on Watch; The Angels Take 
Manhattan repeated on Watch, Syfy (Aus) and WPT;

The Rings of Akhaten, Cold War, Hide, Journey to the

Centre of the TARDIS and The Crimson Horror all

repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD;

The Name of the Doctor repeated on MPTV; The

Time of the Doctor repeated on BBC America;

Doctor Who Confidential: Welcome to Torchwood

 repeated on UNC-TV; and The Oseidon Adventure

repeated on Radio 4 Extra

2016 - 100,000 BC, Episode 1: An Unearthly Child and
Survival, Part 3 both repeated on Retro TV; Rose, Vincent
and the Doctor and The Time of the Doctor all repeated
on Syfy (Aus); The Fires of Pompeii repeated on Watch;
Midnight repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Doctor's Wife 
repeated on TV Cultura; Asylum of the Daleks repeated

on Einsfestival; A Town Called Mercy repeated on Space;

The Snowmen repeated on Syfy (Spa); The Bells of Saint 
John repeated on ABC2; Robot of Sherwood repeated

on BBC Entertainment AP; and Flatline repeated on

 BBC First (ME) and YLE TV2

2017 - The Space Museum, Episodes 1 and 2 both
repeated on Retro TV; The Hand of Fear, Part 3 repeated
on The Zone; Father's Day repeated on Syfy (Aus); New 
Earth, Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, The Girl in the 
Fireplace, Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel 
all repeated on BBC America; Evolution of the Daleks 
and The Lazarus Experiment both repeated on RAI4;
Hide and Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS both
repeated on FX (Ind); Nightmare in Silver and The
Name of the Doctor both repeated on BBC Polska HD;
Into the Dalek and Robot of Sherwood both repeated 
on Syfy (Bra); and Dark Water and Death in Heaven 
both repeated on Syfy (LA)
2018 - Inferno, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated on Retro

TV; Robot, The Ark in Space, The Sontaran Experiment

and Genesis of the Daleks Omnibuses all streamed on

Twitch TV; Smith and Jones repeated on BBC Polska HD;

 Victory of the Daleks repeated on Sky 5; Death in

Heaven, Part 2 (of 2) repeated on Star World Premiere;

 and Sepulchre, Episode 1 repeated on Radio 4 Extra

2019 - The Time Warrior, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on
Retro TV; Full Circle, Parts 3 and 4 and Warriors' Gate, Part
1 all repeated on Jones! too; Flatline and In the Forest of
the Night both repeated on Sony SciFi; and The Eaters of
Light and World Enough and Time both repeated on Fox
(FRG)
2020 - The Web Planet Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV;
The Dominators Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; The
Deadly Assassin Omnibus repeated on Retro TV; Horror
of Fang Rock Omnibus repeated on WSRE; The Pirate 
Planet Omnibus repeated on MPTV; Black Orchid
Omnibus repeated on KBTC; Journey's End, The
Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks
and The Time of Angels all repeated on W; Vincent and
the Doctor, The Lodger, The Pandorica Opens and The
Big Bang all repeated on BBC Turkey; The God Complex
and Closing Time both repeated on One ARD; Demons of
the Punjab repeated on BBC Polska HD; and The Battle
of Ranskoor Av Kolos repeated on Fox (FRG)

2021 - Night Terrors repeated

on BBC Polska HD; and The Girl

Who Died repeated on ABC2

2022 - The Time Meddler, Episodes

1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;

The Doctor Dances and Boom Town

both repeated on One ARD; and The

Girl Who Waited repeated on ABC2

2024 - New Earth repeated on ABC

Entertains; The Legend of Ruby Sunday

and Empire of Death both screened at

cinemas (UK); and Tales of the TARDIS:

Pyramids of Mars repeated on BBC4

2025 - The Eaters of Light repeated on

ABC Entertains