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Monday, 5 January 2026

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 17

Emma Campbell
Jones as Cass
Fermazzi in The Night
of the Doctor 
- a role
reprised by Big Finish
The seventeenth season of BBC1's popular
crime drama (first shown in early 2014)
starred series regulars Emilia Fox and David
Caves as Home Office pathologists, doctors
Nikki Alexander and Jack Hodgson. Liz Carr
returned as Clarissa Mullery, and Richard
Lintern joined the cast here as Dr. Thomas
Chamberlain, the new head of London's Lyell
Centre, following the death of Leo Dalton in
Greater Love.
A repeat run of the ten-part series began on
U&Drama last night - it featured Emma
Campbell Jones, and a total of twenty-eight Doctor Who cast/crew connections:

Commodity (UK TX: January 2 & 3)
  • Daniel O'Hara was also director of Under the Lake and Before the Flood
  • Elliot Levey (Freedman here; DCI Solomon in A Special Relationship) voiced Andrew Gobernar/ Blank for Vampire of the Mind (2016), and Colonel Marsden for Red Planets (2018)
  • Paul Marc Davis (Benjamin here; Guard in River's Edge) was the Chieftain in Utopia, the Trickster in The Sarah Jane Adventures, and Corakinus in Class, then voiced PepĂ© Gonzalez for The Gift (2016), and Trave for Time War 1 (2018)
  • Alan Bond (Barrister) was UNIT Soldier in The Sound of DrumsLast of the Time Lords and Torchwood: Children of Earth
  • Dan Euston (Yunnus) was a stuntman on The Crimson Horror
  • for Ace Bhatti see Series 5 and for Adrian Rawlins see Series 11
Coup de Grace (UK TX: January 9 & 10)
  • Laurence [Joseph] Belcher (Masham) was Young Kazran in A Christmas Carol
  • Tobias Menzies (Walker) was Lieutenant Stepashin in Cold War
  • Michael Gould (Masham) voiced Frederick Lindemann for The Oncoming Storm (2016)
  • for Steve Toussaint see Series 11
  • George Russo (Bond) was Phillip in The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone
  • Greg Bennett (Constable) went uncredited as Guard in Dalek, UNIT Soldier/Sycorax Warrior in The Christmas Invasion, and Guest in The Lazarus Experiment
  • Scott Stevenson (Policeman) was uncredited Man in The Rings of AkhatenThe Crimson Horror and The Name of the Doctor, Submariner in Cold War, and Chef in Mummy on the Orient Express
In A Lonely Place (UK TX: January 16 & 17)
  • Pearl Appleby (Amy) voiced DC Jana Lee for Girl, Deconstructed (2021), and Athena McDonnell/Anna for The Merfolk Murders (2024)
  • Christopher [John] Hatherall (Wallace here; Pat in Effective Range) voiced George Newman for Fiesta of the Damned (2016), and Guy Fawkes for Treason and Plot (2020)
  • Mark Garrett was the cinematographer on In The Forest of the Night too
Undertone (UK TX: January 23 & 24)
  • Morven Christie (DS Kirchner) was O'Donnell in Under the Lake and Before the Flood
  • Sean [Campbell] Gallagher (DI Brooke) was Chip in New Earth
  • Michael Bertenshaw (Beale) was Cole in The Next Doctor
  • Akin Gazi (Humadi) was Carter in The Doctor's Daughter
  • Fady Elsayed (Kavur) was Ram Singh in Class (he had been cast in The Bells of Saint John as Nabile but was replaced by Manpreet Bachu)
  • Kate Russell Smith (Solicitor) voiced Cook/Nurse for The Hollow King (2019)
Fraternity (UK TX: January 30 & 31)
  • Ashley Walters (DI Carter) was Gregor Van Baalen in Journey to the Centre of TARDIS
  • Clare Calbraith (Lizzie) voiced 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)
  • Kirsty Besterman (Amy) was Solpado in The Timeless Children - she had voiced Princess Aliona for The Burning Prince and The Shadow Heart, Empress Cheni for The Acheron Pulse (all 2012), Serena Paget for We Are the Daleks, Lannic for Theatre of War (both 2015), and Ishtek/Lilly for Beachhead (2016)
  • for Jamie Parker see Series 11

Monday, 8 September 2025

Doctor Who On This Day #251


1967 The Power of the Daleks, Episode
 1 repeated and The Highlanders, Episode
2 repeated and Episode 3 first screened,
all on ABC
1968 - The Ice Warriors, Episode
1 first screened on ABC
1969 The Enemy of the World,
Episode 1 repeated on ABC
1970 The Wheel in Space, Episode
3 repeated on ABC 
1971 - The Invasion, Episodes 4 and
8 both repeated on ABC
1975 Day of the Daleks, Episode 2 first
screened on TV2; and The Ark in Space,
Part 1 first screened on TROS
1978 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 1 and The
Seeds of Doom, Parts 4 and 5 all repeated
on ABC
1979 - The Hand of Fear, Part 4 first
screened on TV2; and Destiny of the
Daleks, Part 2 first screened on BBC1
1980 Nightmare of Eden, Parts 1 and
3 and The Horns of Nimon, Part 1 all
repeated on ABC; and The Armageddon
Factor, Part 2 first screened on TV2
1981 The Stones of Blood, Part
1 repeated on KQED Plus
1982 Planet of Evil, Part 4 repeated
on KQED Plus; and The Seeds of
Doom, Parts 4 and 5 both repeated
on ABC
1983 - Robot, Part 4 and The Ark in
Space, Part 1 both repeated on ABC;
and The Pirate Planet, Part 3 repeated
on KQED Plus
1984 The Leisure Hive, Part 3 repeated
on KQED Plus
1985 The Creature from the Pit Omnibus
repeated on KQED Plus
1986 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Part
5 repeated on ABC
1987 Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Part
2 repeated on KQED Plus; and Horror of
Fang Rock, Part 1 first screened on TV2
1988 Four to Doomsday, Part 1 repeated
on TV2; and The Caves of Androzani, Part
4 repeated on KQED Plus
1989 The Invisible Enemy, Part 2 repeated
on KQED Plus; and Vengeance on Varos,
Part 2 (of 4) first screened on TV2
1990 The Web Planet, Episode 6: The Centre repeated
on BSB; The Mind of Evil, Episode 1 repeated on KQED
Plus; and Survival, Part 2 first screened on TV2
1992 Genesis of the Daleks, Part 6 repeated
on KQED Plus
1993 Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 3 repeated on UK
Gold; and The Seeds of Doom, Part 4 repeated on ABC
1994 Frontios, Part 3 repeated on UK Gold
1995 The Ark in Space, Part 2 repeated
on UK Gold
1996 The Awakening and Frontios Omnibuses
both repeated on UK Gold
1997 The Android Invasion Omnibus repeated on KQED
Plus; The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 4 repeated on UK
Gold; and The Invisible Enemy, Part 3 repeated on UKTV
(Aus)
1998 The War Games, Episode 2 repeated on Space
1999 - The War Machines, Episode 4 repeated on
Space; and Logopolis, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2000 The Seeds of Death, Episode 5 repeated
on Prime; The Sea Devils, Episode 4 repeated
on UKTV (Aus); and The Seeds of Doom, Parts
3 and 4 both repeated on BBC America
2001 Terror of the Autons, Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated on KERA; 
The Creature from the Pit, Part 4 first screened on Prairie PTV; Meglos 
Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus); Logopolis Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; Castrovalva, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Colorado PTV; 
Earthshock, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Iowa PTV; Frontios, Parts 
1 and 2 both repeated on BBC Prime; The Two Doctors, Parts 3 and 
4 (of 6) and Dragonfire, Parts 2 and 3 all repeated on MiND
2002 Terror of the Zygons, Part 1 repeated on WCNY; The Android
InvasionPart 4 repeated on Lakeland PTV; The Invisible EnemyParts
 2 and 3 both repeated on MiND; The Invasion of Time, Part 2 repeated
 on WILL; The Ribos Operation Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Creature
 from the Pit, Part 4 repeated on KUED; City of Death Omnibus repeated 
on BBC Kids (Can); Warriors' Gate Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; 
Logopolis, Part 1 repeated on Twin Cities PTV; Arc of Infinity, Part 3
 repeated on WQED; Mawdryn Undead, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated 
on WCET; The Awakening Omnibus repeated on Lakeshore PTV; 
Resurrection of the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4 (of 4) both repeated on 
KBTC; The Caves of Androzani, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on NHPTV;
The Two Doctors, Parts 3 and 4 (of 6) both repeated on Colorado PTV; 
and Paradise Towers, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Iowa PTV
2003 The Ark in Space Omnibus repeated
on BBC Kids (Can); and The Seeds of Doom,
Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on UK Gold
2004 Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Part
3 repeated on ABC
2005 Black Orchid, Part 2 repeated on ABC;
and The Doctor Dances first screened on Prime
2006 Aliens of LondonWorld War Three and
Doctor Who Confidential: I Get a Sidekick Out
of You all repeated on BBC3
2007 RoseThe End of the WorldThe Unquiet
Dead and World War Three all repeated on UK Gold;
Aliens of London repeated on UK Gold and LPB;
Dalek repeated on UK Gold and Prairie PTV; Father's Day 
repeated on OETA; The Doctor Dances first screened on Rocky Mountain
 PBS and repeated on WQLN; The Idiot's Lantern first screened on één; 
The Family of Blood first screened on Syfy (US); Utopia first screened 
on ABC1; Doctor Who Confidential: I Get a Sidekick Out of You first 
screened on LPB; and Doctor Who Confidential: Weird Science 
repeated on WQLN
2008 The Masque of Mandragora, Part 4 and The 
Hand of Fear, Part both first screened on MTV3 SciFi 
and TV4; The End of the World repeated on KLCS; The 
Doctor Dances repeated on Oregon PB; New Earth first 
screened on Syfy (Rus); and Army of Ghosts repeated 
on UK Gold
2009 New Earth repeated on Syfy (FRG); and
Last of the Time Lords and Doctor Who Confidential
Cutdown: The Valiant Quest both repeated on
UKTV (Aus)
2010 The Unquiet Dead repeated on Space; Bad Wolf and The Parting 
of the Ways both repeated on Syfy (FRG); and Last of the Time Lords 
and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: The Valiant Quest both repeated 
on UKTV (Aus)
2011 The Android Invasion, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); 
Ghost Light, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4;
Aliens of London repeated on Watch; Smith and Jones repeated on BBC 
America and UKTV (Aus); and Last of the Time Lords and The Runaway Bride both repeated on BBC America
2012 Asylum of the Daleks first screened
on ABC1; and Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
first screened on BBC1 and released on ABC
 iView
2013 Planet of the Daleks, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated 
on KBTC; Pyramids of Mars, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
Syfy (Aus); Rose,
The End of the WorldThe Unquiet DeadDalekThe Long Game,
Father's DayThe Empty Child and The Doctor Dances all repeated
on Space; Aliens of London and World War Three both repeated on
Space and UKTV; Doomsday and Smith and Jones both repeated on
France 4; The Wedding of River Song and Doctor Who Confidential: 
When Time Froze both repeated on Iowa PTV; and Doctor Who
Confidential Cutdown: Double Trouble and Open All Hours both
repeated on UKTV
2014 - Planet of the Daleks, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on Horror; 
The Ribos Operation, Part 1, The Unicorn and the Wasp and Silence in 
the Library all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Idiot's Lantern and The 
Impossible Planet both repeated on BBC America; Smith and Jones 
repeated on Really Scary TV; Voyage of the Damned repeated on YLE
TV2; The Beast Below repeated on DR3 and WPT; Victory of the Daleks 
repeated on DR3; The Vampires of Venice repeated on Karusel; The 
Lodger repeated on Watch; The Doctor's Wife repeated on RAI4; The 
Almost People repeated on BBC Polska; Closing Time repeated on BBC
 Entertainment AP; Hide repeated on Syfy (Port); and Doctor Who
Confidential: Call Me the Doctor repeated on BBC Nordic HD and
BBC Polska HD
2015 The Krotons, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;
Attack of the Cybermen, Parts 3 and 4 (of 4) both repeated on Horror;
Boom Town repeated on KCPT2; The Shakespeare Code repeated on
Disney XD; Victory of the Daleks repeated on Watch; The Time of 
Angels repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; Vincent and the 
Doctor repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; The Rebel Flesh
 repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; The Girl Who 
Waited repeated on RAI4; Closing Time first screened on FX
 (Ind); The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe and Deep 
Breath both repeated on Syfy (Aus); Asylum of the Daleks
 repeated on Syfy (Port); The Time of the Doctor repeated
on WGVU; Kill the Moon repeated on TV Cultura; and
 Last Christmas repeated on ABC2
2016 Colony in Space, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated on
Retro TV; Boom Town and The Waters of Mars both repeated
on Syfy (Aus); The LazaruExperiment repeated on The
Zone; The God Complex and Closing Time both repeated
on AXN Mystery; The Snowmen repeated on BBC
Entertainment AP; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated
on Syfy (LA); Dark Water repeated on BBC Polska HD; and
The Doctors Revisited: The Sixth Doctor repeated on Watch
2017 - The Green Death, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated on
Retro TV; The Sound of Drums repeated on Syfy (Aus); The
Curse of the Black Sporepeated on Syfy (Bra); and Deep
Breath repeated on BBC America
2018 The Deadly Assassin, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on Retro 
TV; A Good Man Goes to War repeated on BBC Polska HD; Let's Kill 
Hitler, Night Terrors, The Girl Who Waited and The God Complex all
 repeated on BBC Polska HD and Sony SciFi; Closing Timrepeated 
on Sony SciFi; Oxygen and Extremis both repeated on Syfy (Bra);
and Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
both screened on Comet TV
2019 - The Stones of Blood, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC;
The Armageddon Factor Omnibus repeated on WSRE; The Leisure 
Hive Omnibus repeated on MPTV; Enlightenment Omnibus repeated 
on Idaho PTV; The Mysterious Planet Omnibus repeated on Iowa
PTV; Father's Day and The Empty Child both repeated on One ARD;
The Time of AngelsFlesh and StoneThe Vampires of Venice,
Amy's ChoiceThe Hungry Earth and Cold Blood all repeated on W;
Thin IceKnock Knock and Oxygen all repeated on BBC Polska HD;
 The Pyramid at the End of the World and The Lie of the Land both
 repeated on RAI4; and Leviathan, Episode 2 repeated on Radio 4
Extra
2020 Time Flight, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on
Retro TV; A Town Called Mercy repeated on BBC
Polska HD; Listen and Time Heist both repeated on
One ARD; Flatline repeated on NRJ12; The Return of
Doctor Mysterio and Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror
both repeated on BBC First Turkey; and Kerblam!
repeated on BBC Entertainment EU
2021 Planet of Giants, Episode 3
and The Rescue, Episode 1 both
repeated on Retro TV; Last of the
Time Lords repeated on ABC2; The
Lodger repeated on ABC ME; In the
Forest of the Night and Dark Water
both repeated on NRJ12; The Eaters
of Light repeated on BBC Polska HD;
and Rosrepeated on BBC First
Turkey
2022 The Monster of Peladon, Parts
1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;
Fear Her repeated on ABC Family; and
The Eaters of Light repeated on Fox SciFi
2023 The Empty ChildThe Doctor
DancesKnock Knock and Oxygen all
repeated on Fox SciFi
2024 RobotParts 1 and 2 both repeated
on KBTC; Dragonfire Omnibus screened
at Riverside Studios; and Vincent and the
Doctor repeated oABC Family