Doctor Who Vs. Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

Agatha Christie's final novel (but not the last she

wrote) was published posthumously in 1976.

Subtitled Miss Marple's Last Case, the mystery

was probably written in 1940, although Christie

scholar John Curran argued that it was com-

pleted ten years later.

The book was dramatised for BBC1, starring Joan Hickson as the definitive Miss Marple, and was

originally broadcast in January 1987.

George Gallaccio (former production assistant

then manager on the classic era) produced all

twelve dramas in the run. ITV Studios' version

followed in 2006.

Repeated on U&Drama last night, the two-part

 thriller featured twenty-one Doctor Who cast

and crew connections:

• Geraldine Alexander (Gwenda here; Susan in The Tragedy of Marsdon Manor; Blanche for Absent in the Spring) was Areta in Vengeance on Varos
• Terrence Hardiman (Fane here; Siddaway for The Case of the Missing Will) was Hawthorne in The Beast Below, then voiced King Sitirc for Big Finish's The Book of Kells (2010), Reverend Dobbs for AudioGo's The Broken Crown (2011), Lord Richard Pollard for The Fall of the House of Pollard (2014), Hepworth Stackhouse for The English Way of Death (2015), Sorvix for Escape Room (2018), and Rassilon for Time War 2 (2019)
• Frederick [William] Treves (Dr. Kennedy; Lacey in The Theft of the Royal Ruby) was Brotadac in Meglos
• John [David] Bennett (Erskine here; Waiter in The Alphabet Murders; Barnsby in Murder at Midnight) was General Finch in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and Li H'sen Chang in The Talons of Weng-Chiang
• David McAlister (West here; DI Glen in The ABC Murders; Dr. Lord for Sad Cypress, both 1992) voiced a Megara for The Stones of Blood
• Esmond [Pennington] Knight (Galbraith) was Dom Issigri in The Space Pirates
• John Ringham (Dr. Penrose) was Tlotoxl (pictured) in The Aztecs, Josiah Blake in The Smugglers, and Robert Ashe in Colony in Space
• Kenneth [Charles] Cope (Afflick) was Packard in Warriors' Gate
• Struan Rodger (voice of Ferdinand here; Van Braks in The Adventure of the Western Star; Merlin for Philomel Cottage) provided the voice of the Face of Boe for New Earth and Gridlock, was Clayton in The Woman Who Lived, then voiced the Kasaavin in Spyfall
• Georgine Anderson (Mrs. Hengrove) was May in Gridlock
• Gary [Garrowby Cawthorne] Watson (Halliday) was Arthur Terrall in The Evil of the Daleks
• Geraldine Newman (Janet) voiced Eliza Applewhite for The Wishing Beast (2007), and Lady Sybil for The Doomwood Curse (2008)
• John Davies was director of The Macra Terror too
• make-up artist Sheelagh Wells began her career as an uncredited assistant on Planet of the Spiders, worked on Mawdryn Undead, then returned to the show for The Christmas Invasion and the whole of the following season
• Michael Cameron was production manager on Revelation of the Daleks too
• cinematographer Peter Hall had been a film cameraman on The Seeds of Death, The Space Pirates, Colony in Space, Terror of the Zygons and Logopolis
• Judy Pepperdine was costume designer on Warriors of the Deep too
• series film recordist Malcolm Campbell was sound recordist on The Caves of Androzani and The Twin Dilemma
• Victor Meredith was production designer on Shada too
• Thea Murray and Patricia Greenland were also production assistants (PAs) on The Masque of Mandragora and Full Circle and Logopolis respectively

Doctor Who Vs. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson's cult Millennium

thrillers were published posthum-

ously in his native Sweden between

2005 and 2007, then translated into

English and became global best-

sellers. The author, journalist and

activist died in 2004, aged just 50,

and the series was expanded by

David Lagercrantz from 2015.

Karin Smirnoff was commissioned

to write a third trilogy in 2021.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,

and sequels The Girl Who Played

with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked

the Hornets' Nest were all adapted

in 2009 by Yellow Bird and Nordisk

Film - Noomi Rapace and Michael

Nyqvist portrayed Lisbeth Salander the eponymous heroine) and Mikael

Blomkvist. Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig played Lisbeth and Blomkvist

in this Englsih language version of the first novel.

The film, released by Sony Pictures in late 2011, was shown on Great!

Movies last night - it featured Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgard,

Joely Richardson, Geraldine James, Alan Dale, Embeth Davidtz, and

these eight Doctor Who cast connections:

• Steven Berkoff [born Leslie Berks] (Frode) was the Shakri in The Power of Three
• Goran Visnjic (Armansky) depicted the titular inventor in Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror
• Donald Sumpter (Morell) was Enrico Casali in The Wheel in Space, Commander Ridgeway in The Sea Devils, Erasmus Darkening in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Eternity Trap, and President Rassilon in Hell Bent
• Tony [Paul] Way (Plague) was Alf in Deep Breath
• Martin Jarvis (Birger) was Hilio in The Web Planet, Butler in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and the Governor in Vengeance on Varos, then voiced Nigel Rochester for Big Finish's Jubilee (2003)
• Leo [Martin] Bill (Trinity) was the Pilot in A Christmas Carol
• Bern Collaco (Banker) was an Operator in The Return of Doctor Mysterio, and Soldier in Thin Ice
• Christine Adams (Reporter) was Cathica Santini Khadeni in The Long Game

Doctor Who Vs. Casualty @ 40: Series 7

Series regulars Derek Thompson,

Cathy Shipton, Ian Bleasdale,

Nigel Le Vaillant, Patrick Robinson,

Maureen Beattie, Caroline Webster

and Anne Kristen all returned for

the new season of BBC1's long

running medical drama.

Joining the programme here were

Joanna Foster (as manager Kate

Miller), Jason Riddington (SHO

Rob Khalefa), Emma Bird (Maxine

Price), Robert Daws (administrator Simon Eastman), Clive Mantle (Dr.

Mike Barrett), whilst William

Gaminara returned (to the role of Dr. Bower) for the last third of the run.

Also introduced for this season only were Imogen Boorman, Nicola

Jefferies and Ken Sharrock (Nikki Wyatt, Jenny and Kenny Price) - Foster,

Riddington, Bird and Daws all left the show by the end of the run, whilst

Le Vaillant and Beattie both chose to depart after two years service.

This series (with an increased quota of twenty-four episodes, originally

broadcast from September 1992 to February 1993) featured Geoffrey

Beevers, Michael Jayston, and a total of fifty-five Doctor Who cast

and crew connections:

• prolific Big Finish actor Christopher Benjamin (Lindall) was Sir Keith Gold in Inferno, then Colonel Hugh Curbishley in The Unicorn and the Wasp, but is best known as Henry Gordon Jago in The Talons of Weng Chiang - he reprised the role for The Mahogany Murders (2009), Jago and Litefoot (2010-21), Voyage to Venus, Voyage to the New World (both 2012), The Justice of Jalxar (2013), Mind Games (2014), Stage Fright, The Haunting (both 2015), The Beast of Kravenos, The Jago & Litefoot Revival (both 2017), Jago & Litefoot Forever (2018), The Talents of Greel (2019), Merry Christmas, Mr. Jago (2020) and A Command Performance (2021) - he also voiced Tardelli for Grand Theft Cosmos (2008)
• Daws (Eastman here; Blakely, 2012) voiced Anvar for The Sky Man (2017), Gaius Majorian for The Dalek Occupation of Winter (2018), Sir Basil Hexworthy for The Devil's Hoofprints (2021), Timble Feebis /Thug for The Tivolian Who Knew Too Much (2022), and Howard/ Quartermaster for You Only Die Twice (2024)
• Ron [Eaglesham] Donachie [born Porter] (PC Pewsey here; Sutcliffe, 1996; DI Hartley, 2015) was the Steward in Tooth and Claw
• [Alexander] Ian Hogg (Morgan here; Fenner, 1995) was Josiah Samuel Smith in Ghost Light, and voiced General Voshkar for The Sandman (2002), and Albert Marsden/General Petrov/Schumacher for Protect and Serve (2012)
• Nigel Humphreys (Davis, 1992; Poynton, 1995) was Bulic in Warriors of the Deep
• Paul Reynolds (Morgan here; Crowley, 2009; Scotton, 2011; Lewis, 2015) voiced Joey Carlisle for Casualties of War, Nobody No-One for The Word Lord (both 2008), Lyam Yce for Absolute Power (2016), and the Spore for Face of the Apocalypse (2024)
• Shane Rimmer (Rhinehart) was Seth Harper in The Gunfighters
• Susan [Elizabeth] Brown (Julie here; Joan, 1995; Pauline, 2014) was Bridget Spears in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and voiced Midwife for 100 BC, Mary for Bedtime Story (both 2007), Alice Withers for The Eternal Summer, Maud for Castle of Fear, Mrs Withers/Mrs Sowerby for Plague of the Daleks (all 2009), Margaret for Deimos and The Resurrection of Mars, Eleanor Harvey for Return of the Krotons, Chief Engineer/Chanel for The Song of the Megaptera, Babs for Prison in Space (all 2010), and Kastrella for Death Match (2015)
• Anne Reid (Barbara) was Nurse Crane in The Curse of Fenric, and Florence Finnegan in Smith and Jones
• John Normington (George here; Clarke, 2000; Sanderson, 2007) was Morgus in The Caves of Androzani, and Trevor Sigma in The Happiness Patrol
• Ann [Forrest] Bell (Lydia here; Celia, 1999; Matty, 2006) voiced Sylvia O'Donnell for A Thousand Tiny Wings (2010), Professor Gesima Cazalet for Night of the Stormcrow (2013), and Lisa Burrows for Five Twenty-Nine (2016)
• Helen [Margaret] Lederer (Maria here; Dr. Oppe, 2011) voiced Patricia Ryder for Death in Blackpool (2009)
• [Walter] Tenniel Evans (Summers here; Sylvester, 1999) was Major Daly in Carnival of Monsters
• Simon Paisley Day (Extra) was the Steward in The End of the World, and Rump in Face the Raven
• Jonny Lee Miller (Matt) made his TV debut as a titular Child in Kinda
• Harry Towb (Kelvin here; Brook, 2006) was Osgood in (episode 1 of) The Seeds of Death, and McDermott in Terror of the Autons
• Lee Ross (Dave here; Ray, 1996) was the Boatswain in The Curse of the Black Spot
• Jon [Sleeman] Croft (Fred) was Tom Girton in The Daemons
• Martin Jarvis (Bart) and Rosalind Ayres (Sarah) both starred in Jubilee (2003) as Nigel and Miriam Rochester - Jarvis was also Hilio in The Web Planet, Butler in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and the Governor in Vengeance on Varos
• Philip [Arvon] Madoc [born Jones] (Mike) was Brockley in the second Dalek film, Eelek in The Krotons, the War Lord in The War Games, Dr. Mehendri Solon in The Brain of Morbius, and Fenner in The Power of Kroll, then voiced Victor Schaeffer for Master (2003), the Commander for Magic Bullet's Storm Mine (2004), and Rag Cobden for Return of the Krotons (2009)
• Rula Lenska [born Roza Maria Leopoldyna Lubienska] (Circus Owner here; Vera, 2016) was Dr. [Elizabeth] Styles in Resurrection of the Daleks, then voiced the Swarm for AudioGo's A Sting in the Tale, and the Queen for Hive of Horror (both 2009)
• Susan Penhaligon (Hattie here; Leila, 2003; Anne, 2013) was Lakis in The Time Monster, and voiced Dorka for Circuit Breaker (2020), Mrs. Bevell for The Colour of Terror, Florence Harding for A Ghost of Alchemy (both 2023), and Sage for False Dawn and All Over (both 2026)
• David Sibley (Frank here; Parkes, 2015) was Pralix in The Pirate Planet, and voiced Kurt Schalk for Persuasion, The Eminence for The Seeds of War (both 2013), Dark Eyes 2, Dark Eyes 3 and Destroy the Infinite (all 2014) and Dark Eyes 4 (2015), Josiah Morton for The Morton Legacy (2017), Valerian for Time War 1 (2018), Uther Vargosh for Darker Purposes, Sigmund Freud for Conflict Theory (both 2020), and Henry Wotton for The Master of Dorian Gray (2022)
• Rebecca [Jayne] Callard [born Atkinson] (Suzie here; Connie, 1998) voiced Connie Winters for A Perfect World (2008), and Shadrak for Harvest of the Sycorax (2016)
• TP [Thomas Patrck] McKenna (Arthur here; Dr. Whitlock, 1997) and Christopher Guard (Hodges) both appeared in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as Captain Cook and Bellboy respectively
• [John] Peter Gilmore (Lionel) and Jeff Rawle (Jackson) both starred in Frontios, as Brazen and Plantagenet - Rawle was also Lionel Harding in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Mona Lisa's Revenge, and depicted Mervyn Pinfield in An Adventure in Space and Time, then voiced Toby Brokesmith for Chapel of Night (2017), Chad Caramel for The Tyrants of Logic (2018), Captain Miles Rozann/Valtrassi/Drax for Here Lies Drax (2022), and Rev, Robert Drummond for Sea Smoke (2025)
• Michael Melia (Brennan) was a Terileptil in The Visitation
• Chris [Peter John] Tranchell [born Small] (Registrar) was Roger Colbert in The Massacre, Steven Jenkins in The Faceless Ones, and Andred in The Invasion of Time
• Hywel [Thomas] Bennett (Lawson here; Wincott in Casualty@Holby City, 2005) was Rynian in The Chase
• Stephen [Vincent] Moore (Kevin) was Eldane in Cold Blood, and voiced Clark Goodman for The Eight Truths and Worldwide Web (both 2009)
• [Daphne Anne] Angela Pleasence (Sonia here; Catherine, 2009) was Queen Elizabeth in The Shakespeare Code
• Victor Winding (Billy) was Spencer in The Faceless Ones
• Michael [Maurice] Cashman (Paynter) and Keith Drinkel (Easton) both appeared in Time Flight as First Officer Bilton and Roger Scobie - Drinkel was also Bob Calhoun/Torlakh in BBV Productions' Zygon, and voiced Parker for Race Memory (2001) Moses for The Green Man (2002), Henry Hallam for Catch 1782 (2005), the Cinder for Frostfire (2017), and Oberon Fix for Audacity (2023)
• Julia Hills (Carole here; Caroline Miller/Joyner, 2004/5; Cathy, 2012) voiced Qureshi for The Bounty of Ceres (2014), Phillipa Gregson for Beachhead (2016), Sera Marvelle for Pretty Lies (2017), Sharon/ Rindle for The Lady in the Lake (2018), Madeline for The Cars That Ate London!, Ethel Pullman for A Photograph to Remember, and Margot Kinnear for The Dimension Cannon (all 2019)
• John [Arthur] Duttine (Howard here; Foster, 1995; Fletcher, 2001; Jennings, 2003) voiced Hector Taylor for Exotron (2007)
• René Zagger (Rick here; Smith, 2004; Durante, 2014) was Padra in Utopia
• Paul [Reginald] Bazely (Watson here; Brennan, 2006) was Ven-Garr in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, then voiced the Duke of Hishtar for The Ribos Inheritance, Mikhail for Black Friday, and Elio /SV44/SV72 for The Enhancement (all 2022)
• Andrew Burt (Locke) was Valgard in Terminus
• Daniel Hill (Clive here; Howatt, 2008; Barton, 2014) was Chris Parsons in Shada, and voiced Percy Noggins for AudioGo's The Stuff of Nightmares (2009)
• Julian [Robert Stanley] Holloway (Jim) was Sergeant Paterson in Survival
• Robert Duncan (Taylor here; Peter Hayes, 1995/6) voiced Borthwick for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), Pallister for The Entropy Plague, Thomas/Dr. James Greco for Damaged Goods (both 2015), and Krayl /Sternwood/Eldren for The Mind Runners and The Demon Rises (2018)
• Ian Shaw (Sean) was Newsreader in Lux
• Matt [Arthur] Bardock (Terry here; Jeff Collier, 2007-14) was Al in Flatline
• Ian Gelder (Jeremy here; Chambers, 1997; Swain, 2004) was Dekker in Torchwood: Children of Earth, then provided the Remnant voices in The Ghost Monument, was Zellin in Can You Hear Me?, and voiced the Commander for Legend of the Cybermen (2010)
• Kelly Hunter (Annabelle here; Helen, 1995; Chrissie, 2007) was the Shadow Architect in The Stolen Earth and The Magician's Apprentice 
• Julia Foster (Joyce) was Vilma in Orphan 55
• John [Edward] Cater (Bernard) was Professor Melvin Krimpton in The War Machines
• Charles [Laurence] De'Ath (Rosco here; Simon, 2001; Stanley, 2008; Crozier, 2010; Greer, 2011; Gooden, 2014) was Adelaide's Father in The Waters of Mars
• James Blackwell (PC Roberts here; Driver/Officer, 1993; Sergeant, 1994/AFM, 1996, 1998) was the first assistant director on Partners in Crime
• Alexandra Mathie (Helen) voiced Businesswoman for This Sleep of Death, Mother McCracken for Tempest (both 2019), and Commander Harding for Pathways (2026)
• Heather Tobias (Pam here; June in Series 13) was one of twenty-six actresses who auditioned for the role of Leela in 1976
• producer Michael Ferguson was the director of The War Machines, The Seeds of Death, The Ambassadors of Death and The Claws of Axos
• location manager Val McCrimmon was an AFM on fifty-one episodes (from The Sensorites to Remembrance of the Daleks)

Doctor Who Vs. Robin of Sherwood, Series 3

Jason Connery (pictured), Judi Trott, Clive

Mantle, Ray Winstone, Phil Rose, Mark Ryan,

Peter Llewellyn Williams, Philip Jackson, John

Abineri, Nckolas Grace and Robert Addie all

returned for ITV's third and final round of

Robin Hood adventures. At the conclusion to

this series, makers Goldcrest pulled out of the

venture. Despite critical and commercial hits

(Chariots of Fire and Gandhi) Goldcrest Films

struggled after box office flops, Revolution

and Absolute Beginners.

The programme ultimately ceased production

because partner HTV could not finance it alone.

Richard Carpenter's script for the unmade story,

The Knights of the Apocalypse, was eventually

adapted by Bafflegab and was released in 2016

- Connery, Trott, Winstone, Mantle, Rose, Ryan,

Jackson and Grace all reprised their TV roles.

A repeat run of the thirteen-part season (originally broadcast from April

to June 1986) continued on ITV4 today - it featured William Russell,

Richard O'Brien, and a total of twenty-six Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

• Connery was Jondar in Vengeance on Varos
• Oliver Cotton (Owen) voiced Sir Gideon Vale/Handler for Big Finish's 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), and Major Callahan/Vilal Captian/Crook for Quicksilver (2017)
• Michael [Francis] Craig [born Gregson] (Huntingdon) was Commodore Travers in Terror of the Vervoids
• James [Southey] Coombes (Grendel) provided the Krarg voices for Shada, and was Paroli in Warriors of the Deep
• Daniel Peacock (Sparrow) was Nord in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
• Hywel [Thomas] Bennett (voice of Arthur) made his TV debut as Rynian in (episode 2 of) The Chase
• Brendan Price (Abbot) was Tomas in The Face of Evil
• Graham [Robert] Weston (Blacksmith) was Russell in The War Games, and De Haan in Planet of Evil
• Charlie [Lomax David] Condou (Marcus Dent, 2007-14) was Gary Gabbastone in The Interstellar Song Contest - he also voiced Crab- head/System/Jarl for Ravenous 1 (2018), Chris for Five Hundred Ways to Kill Your Lover (2025), and Marty for Cloud Eight (2026)
• Patrick Travis (Matthew) was a Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks
• Cory Pulman (Queen Isabella) was Kathleen Dudman in The Curse of Fenric
• Iain Armstrong (Villager) was Technician in The Armageddon Factor (3)
• Neville Watchurst (Carter) voiced Argot for Memory Lane (2006), and Manus/Stennar for The Song of Megaptera (2010)
• Peter [Alexander] Diamond (Monk here; Hangman in A Challenge for Robin Hood) was regular Extra/stunt double/fight arranger on the classic run (from The Daleks to The Daemons)
• Andrew McCulloch and John Flanagan co-wrote Meglos too
• Gerry Mill was director of The Faceless Ones too
• for Mantle, Grace, Jackson and Abineri see Series 1
• for Jeremy Bulloch, George Baker, Robert Daws, Phil Davis and Richard Bonehill see Series 2

Doctor Who Vs. Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

Agatha Christie's eighth full-
length Miss Marple mystery, her

fifty-third novel, was published in

1962, then issued as The Mirror

Crack'd in North America. The

Queen of Crime was influenced by

the real-life tragedy of American

actress Gene Tierney for her plot.

The book's title was taken from Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott,

and was dedicated to cinematic

Marple actress Margaret Rutherford.

Julie McKenzie again depicted the

eponymous sleuth for ITV Studios'

fifth series of Marple - this production followed a British film version in 1980,

and a BBC serial in 1992. First broadcast in January 2011, the mystery was

 repeated on ITV3 today - it featured these thirteen Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• for Joanna Lumley see The Body In The Library
• Lindsay [Vere] Duncan (Marina here; Lady Tamplin in The Mystery of the Blue Train) was Captain Adelaide Brooke in The Waters of Mars
• Martin Jarvis (Hogg here; Warburton in Dead Man's Folly; Narrator of The Mysterious Mr. Quinn) was Hilio in The Web Planet, Butler in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and the Governor in Vengeance on Varos, then voiced Nigel Rochester for Big Finish's Jubilee (2003)
• Neil Stuke (Dr. Haydock here; Baker in The Case of the Missing Will) voiced the titular role of The Crooked Man (2014), then was Lee Clayton in Fugitive of the Judoon
• Samuel Barnett (DS Tiddler) voiced Hans Tod for The Beast of Orlok (2009), Robin for Nightshade (2016), Norton Folgate for Torchwood, Cicero for Tartarus (2019), and Emlak for The Sublime Porte (2023)
• Hugh [Richard] Bonneville [born Williams] (DI Hewitt here; Masterman in Murder on the Orient Express, 2010; Strange in Towards Zero, 2010; Ralston in The Mousetrap, 2012) was Captain Henry Avery in The Curse of the Black Spot, and voiced Sidney Herbert/Tsar Nicholas I for The Angel of Scutari (2009)
• Olivia Darnley (Cherry here; Nurse in Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures) was Kourtney in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot; and voiced Emily Cole for Prisoner of the Ood (2018)
• Anna Andresen (Maisie) voiced Lithea/Elementals for Light the Flame (2021), and was the Tsarina in The Power of the Doctor 
• series executive producer Damian Timmer made a cameo appearance in An Adventure in Space and Time as a Menoptera, and Nigel Squibbs was sound mixer on that production too
• film editor Matthew Tabern also edited Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Human Nature, The Family of Blood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Sean Clayton was also the second assistant director on Dalek and Father's Day
• series production runner Donna Shakesheff was art department co-ordinator (then prop buyer) on every episode from Asylum of the Daleks to Kill the Moon

Doctor Who Vs. Endeavour, Series 1

Produced by Mammoth and Masterpiece for ITV

Studios, this period crime drama was devised as

the prequel to the acclaimed series Inspector

Morse, which ran from 1987 to 2000 and earned

six BAFTA awards. Like Morse and its sequel

series, Lewis (2000 to 2015), Endeavour is set in

Oxford.

Shaun Evans now portrayed the young Endeavour

Morse (created by Colin Dexter), who began his

career as a Detective Constable with the City Police

CID at Cowley in 1965.

Following a successful pilot episode (renamed

Overture with the rebranding of ITVX), the first

full season was originally broadcast in the spring

of 2013 - a repeat run began on ITV3 today.

These five cases featured Roger Allam (as DI Fred

 Thursday), Jack Laskey (DS Jakes), Sean Rigby

(PC Strange), James Bradshaw (Dr. DeBryn),

Anton Lesser (CS Bright), Jamie Glover, and a

total of thirty-nine Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

Pilot (UK TX: January 2 2012)

• Ian Gelder (Tremlett) was Dekker in Torchwood: Children of Earth, then provided the Remnant voices in The Ghost Monument, was Zellin in Can You Hear Me?, and voiced Dracula/Long John Silver for Legend of the Cybermen (2010)
• Danny Webb (DS Lott here; Pollock in Lewis) was John Jefferson in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, then voiced Byron for The Girl Who Never Was (2007) and Ori for The Dark Husband (2008)
• Abigail Thaw (Dorothea Frazil) voiced Dr. Phillippa Stone for The Lady of Mercia, Zaadur for Lords of the Red Planet (both 2013), High Vector Salaskin for The War Master 7 (2022), Zanna for 1922: The Black Cadre, and Elena Shishkin for 1974: The Caldwell Restitution (both 2026)
• Maggie Ollerenshaw (Mrs. Crabbin) voiced Audrey McShane for Love and War (2012), Allora for Gallifrey 6 (2013), and Dame Wilhelmina Gussett for The Woman in White (2016)
• Harry Kershaw (Percival) voiced Narthex for The Abyss (2022)
• David Monteath (PC) voiced Herald/Brother Marcus/Farmer Hennok for The Quin Dilemma, and was Narrator of The Ultimate Poe (both 2024)
• Daisy [May] Head (Jenny) voiced Renata for Reformation (2025)
• Colm McCarthy was director of The Bells of Saint John too
• Gavin Struthers was cinematographer on The Power of Three too
• ADR mixer Nick Roberts was sound recordist on The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone, The Vampires of Venice, Cold Blood and The Lodger
• SFX supervisor Chris Reynolds was a SFX technician on Terror of the Vervoids and Battlefield
• stunt co-ordinator Stuart Clark was a stuntman on Dalek, Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways

Girl (UK TX: April 14 2013)

• Edward Bazalgette was also director of The Doctor's Meditation, The Girl Who Died, The Woman Who Lived, The Return of Doctor Mysterio and Class
• Luke [William] Allen Gale (Clark) voiced Joe Carnaby for Blood on Santa's Claw and Other Stories (2019)
• Jonathan Guy Lewis (Monkford) voiced Marcus Bray for After the Daleks (2021)
• Albert Welling (Clark here; Stoneley in Morse: The Last Enemy) was the Fuhrer in Let's Kill Hitler
• Greg Bennett (Constable here & Lewis) was Guard in Dalek, UNIT Soldier/Sycorax Warrior in The Christmas Invasion, and Guest in The Lazarus Experiment
• John Flanagan (Greaves here; Mangold in Lewis) co-wrote Meglos
• Stephan Pehrsson was also the cinematographer on ten stories (from The Pandorica Opens to The Crimson Horror)
• Kiaran Murray-Smith was also first assistant director on Amy's Choice and The Lodger
• Tom Lucy was also the stunt co-ordinator on sixteen stories (from Smith and Jones to The Next Doctor)

Fugue (UK TX: April 21)

• Joanna Horton (Linda here; Selina in Harvest) voiced Brooke 1 for The Diary of River Song 3 (2018)
• Lex [Alexander Carey] Shrapnel (Adamson) voiced Robin Marshall for Shadow of the Past, and Toby for The Spirit Trap (both 2010)
• Robin Soans (Straker here; McBryde in The Way Through the Woods) was Luvic in The Keeper of Traken, and the Chronolock Guy in Face the Raven
• Michelle Morris (Neighbour) was School Secretary in Into the Dalek, and voiced Brenna for The Invention of Death (2018)
• Laura Rees (Faye) voiced Kaymee Arnod for Dalek Empire 3 (2003), Tyrus for The Paradox Planet and Legacy of Death (both 2016), and Deborah/Major Harris for The Bad Penny (2018)
• Kelly Price (Evelyn) voiced Queen Meta for Genesis of the Cybermen (2025)
• Claire Vousden (Miss Crane) voiced the First Elder/Investigator for Sphere of Influence (2020)

Rocket (UK TX: April 28)

• Martin Jarvis (Broom here; Rees in Greeks Bearing Gifts) was Hilio in The Web Planet, Butler in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and the Governor in Vengeance on Varos, then voiced Nigel Rochester for Jubilee (2003)
• James Northcote (Broom) voiced Freddie Trewella for The Miracle of Pendour Cove (2025)
• Craige Els (Worker) was Karvanista in Flux, and Chief in Legend of the Sea Devils
• John Pardue was cinematographer on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Daniel Bishop (here & Ride) was steadicam operator on The Husbands of River Song too

Home (UK TX: May 5)

• Lloyd McGuire (Ayres) was Lugo in The Face of Evil
• Clive Wood (Kasper) was the Roman Commander in The Pandorica Opens, then voiced Commander Rugosa for The Rosemariners (2012), Dibbsworth for Peepshow (2019), Bird for Must See TV (2020) and Stranded 4, Daddy Dominus/Clubwell for For the Glory of Urth (both 2021), and Director Draaga for Dominant Species (2024)
• Poppy Miller (Millicent) voiced Vykane for The Conservitors, Madame La Chappelle for The Edge of the War (both 2023), Professor Veronica Hays for The Time You Never Had (2025), and Anne for Oil and Water (2026)
• Kelly Adams (Cynthia) voiced Vyx Leeson for Below There (2023)
• film editor Mark Davis edited The Bells of Saint John too