Doctor Who Vs. Afterlife, Series 1

Produced for ITV by Clerkenwell Films, this super-

natural drama was created by Welsh horror writer Stephen Volk, and ran for two seasons in 2005

and 2006. John Hannah was the executive

producer on the first and final instalments here.

Liverpool-born Lesley Sharpe won the RTS Best

Actress award and a Golden Nymph prize for her

 role as psychic believer Alison Mundy.
Andrew Lincoln played sceptic academic, Dr.

Robert Bridge, and together they investigated
 paranormal cases in Bristol. 

Sharp (pictured as Sky Silvestry in Midnight) was

joined in the six-part season by Mark Bonnar,

and a total of thirty Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

More Than Meets The Eye

(TX: September 24 2005)

• Gail Clayton (Surgeon) voiced Rigan for Big Finish's Unregenerate (2005)
• Kate [born Ann Catherine] Duchene (Barbara) voiced Regina/Seraphim for The High Price of Parking (2017), and Antonia Werner for Fairytale of Salzburg (2018)
• Colin Prockter (Rose) was the Chef in The Long Game, and the ARP Warden in Victory of the Daleks
• David Cromarty (Student) voiced Robersuun for Mindbomb (2006), then was Soldier in Thin Ice, Empress of Mars, Twice Upon a Time and War of the Sontarans
• Adam Ridge was boom operator on Music of the Spheres too
• Rod [Paul] Woodruff was also stunt co-ordinator on Rose and World War Three
• Paul Kulik was a stuntman on Rose too
• series composer Edmund Butt, Toby Wood (music engineer), and Liz Pearson (post-production supervisor) all worked on An Adventure in Space and Time in those same capacities
• Mark Turner was SFX supervisor on The Long Game too

Lower Than Bones (TX: October 1)

• Clare Cathcart (Liz) voiced Mary Fitzgerald for The Settling (2006), 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)
• Jonathan Farmer was first assistant director on Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS too

Daniel One & Two (TX: October 8)

• Steven [William Thomas] Elder [born Lawrence] (Rabey) voiced Siy Tarkov for Dalek Empire (2003/4), Commander Farrow for Jubilee, Eric Rawden for Something Inside (2006), Rudolph for Blood on Santa's Claw, Lord Lycaon for I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day and Brightly Shone the Moon That Night (all 2019), and Grand Duke Cosimus/the Mechanic for The Last of the Kaleds (2025)
• Nicholas Shaw (Daniel 1) voiced Mundar for Wings of Steel (2026)
• Rhodri Meilir (Daniel 2) was Rhodri in The Runaway Bride
• John Owen (Patient) was Thorpe in The Daemons
• Joanna Horton (Frankie) voiced Brooke 1 for The Diary of River Song 3 (2018)
• Saskia Reeves (Sheila) voiced Carmen Rega for Emissary of the Daleks (2019), then was Mary Wollstonecraft/Maddelena Fagandini in Delia: The Myths and Legendary Tapes

Misdirection (TX: October 15)

• Richard [Henry] Beale (Keyhoe) provided the Refusian Voice in The Ark, was Bat Masterson in The Gunfighters, Broadcast Voice in The Macra Terror, and the Minister in (episode 3 of) The Green Death
• Mark Benton (McClune) was Clive [Finch] in Rose (a role reprised by Big Finish for The Dimension Cannon and Other Worlds), and voiced Ellis for Invaders from Mars (2002), and Jack Coulson for Energy of the Daleks (2012)
• Lisa Diveney (Girl) voiced Dr. Norma Vine for Time of the Intelligence (2017)
• Susan Engel (Ellen) was Cessair in The Stones of Blood
• Tristan [Daniel] Beint [born Ogbourne] (Student) was Tom in The Day of the Doctor

Sleeping With The Dead (TX: October 22)

• Nikki Amuka Bird (Sandra) was the Glass Woman [Helen Clay] in Twice Upon a Time, and voiced Major Tamasan for The Time War 2 (2018)
• Elaine Matthews was also script supervisor on The Girl Who Waited and The God Complex

The 7:59 Club (TX: October 29)

• Veronica Roberts (Jean) voiced Krelos Major for The Fate of Krelos, Relly for Return to Telos (both 2015), and Ohila for Light the Flame (2021)
• Phyllida [Ann] Law (Irene) was Bea Nelson-Stanley in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Eye of the Gorgon, and voiced Belldonia for The Bride of Peladon (2008)
• Ewart James Walters (Abel) voiced Tucker for The Last Diner (2021)
• James Scott was the focus puller on Closing Time too

Doctor Who Vs. Endeavour, Series 8

Shaun Evans returned as Colin Dexter's

Oxford-based detective, Endeavour

Morse in Septemeber 2021 - he was

reunited with Roger Allam, Anton

Lesser, Sean Rigby, James Bradshaw, and Abigail Thaw.

ITV's acclaimed Inspector Morse prequel drama (a Masterpiece and Mammoth

Screen co-production), was now set in

1971.

A repeat run of the eighth, three-part season (all written by Russell Lewis) concluded on ITV3 last night - it featured

Ruth Bradley, and a total of twney

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Striker (UK TX: September 12)

• Andrew Havill (Stamfield) was the Chief Steward in Voyage of the Damned, then voiced Aleister Portillon/Squire Claude for The Witch in the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
• Elliot Levey (Jubba) voiced Gobernar/Blank for Vampire of the Mind (2016), and Colonel Marsden for Red Planets (2018)
• Joseph Millson (Fenner) was Alan Jackson in The Sarah Jane Adventures, then voiced Colonel Keelan for The Dalek Defence and The Triumph of Davros (both 2021), Peter Kelly for Splinters, Peetom for Paradox of the Daleks (both 2022), Jory Hopkins for The Excise Men, Teacher for Harvest of the Krotons, Co-Pilot for The Wife of River Song, Ignatius Montague for The Devouring (both 2023), Simon de Montford for Knights of the Round TARDIS (2025), and Stage Yartek/Guardian for Return to Marinus (2026)
• Harriet [Amelia] Thorpe (Miss Newell) voiced Amelia/Tomek for Kingdom of Lies (2018)
• Gary Hoptrough was also stuntman on The Runaway Bride and Let's Kill Hitler
• for Tom Lucy see Series 1
• for Stephen Longstaff see Series 5, for Nick Kray see Series 6 and for Joshua Davies see Series 7

Scherzo (UK TX: September 19)

• Ian Hallard (Frussell) and Andrew [Hugh] Woodall (Jones) both appeared in An Adventure in Space and Time (they depicted Richard Martin and Rex Tucker), whilst Hallard voiced Sabian for Primeval (2001), Mouse/Winkler/Luigi/Heavy for Invaders from Mars, the Matrix for Neverland (both 2002), Zeuro for A Storm of Angels, Castellan Wynter for Gallifrey 2 (both 2005), Joseph Banks for The Transit of Venus, Captain Cannibal for Izzy's Story, John Polidori for Mary's Story, Chessman for Cyberman 2 (all 2009), Duncan for An Earthly Child (2010), Comtech Bron Kell for Time's Horizon, and Davent for Destroy the Infinite (both 2014) - he was also Alan-a-Dale in Robot of Sherwood, and Gary Talbot in Global Conspiracy?
• Issy Van Randwyck (Laurel) voiced Giulia for A Requiem for the Doctor, Miss Quirk for Carnival of Angels (both 2018), Koreelya for The Ultimate Evil (2019), Ma Scarrity for Family Matters (2020) and Till Death Us Do Part (2023), Jesko for The Gulf, the Grand Widow for Conspiracy in Space (both 2021), the Seeker/Baladin Smith for The Ribos Inheritance, Ingrid/Sylvie for Auf Wiedersehen (both 2022), and Merla for Hooklight 1 (2025)
• Catherine Cusack (Roisin) made her acting debut as the Blue Kang Leader [Drinking Fountain] in Paradise Towers - a role reprised for 24 Carat
• Nicholas Shaw (Appleby) voiced Mundar for Wings of Steel (2026)
• Stephanie Carey was also a stunt performer on Voyage of the Damned, The Beast Below, The Curse of the Black Spot, Let's Kill Hitler, The Girl Who Waited, The Angels Take Manhattan and The Crimson Horror
• for Nick Kray see Series 2

Terminus (UK TX: September 26)

• Anthony Flanagan (Creech) was Orin Scannell in 42
• Ben Bishop (Hobbs) voiced Johnny Stone for The Justice of Jalxar (2013), and Kenny White for Changing of the Guard (2014)
• Ray Emmet Brown (Peckett) voiced No. 16 for House of Blue Fire (2011)
• for Richard Price see Series 5

Doctor Who Vs. Beauty and the Beast

The eighteenth century French fairytale, La

 Belle et la Béte, has been retold many times.

Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films' live-

action reworking of their animated classic of

1991 was shown on BBC1 today.

Emma Watson played Belle, and Dan Stevens

was the Prince (imprisoned as the eponymous

Beast) who can only be freed by true love.

Released in 2017, the production also featured

Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Kevin Kline, Ewan

McGregor, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci,

Hattie Morahan, and seventeen Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

• Ray Fearon (Robert) voiced Barlow Teveler for Big Finish's The Seeds of War (2013)
• Rita Davies (Old Woman) voiced Janneus for Primeval (2001), and Taskek for Innocence (2006)
• Gugu [born Gugulethu Sophia] Mbatha-Raw (Plumette) was Tish Jones in Smith and Jones, The Lazarus Experiment, The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords, and was cast in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Sir Ian [Murray] McKellen (Cogsworth) provided the voice of the Great Intelligence for The Snowmen
• Clive [Mark] Rowe (Cuisinier) was Morvin Van Hoff in Voyage of the Damned
• Gerard [James Pertwee] Horan (Jean) was Clark/Father of Mine in Human Nature and The Family of Blood
• Adrian Schiller (D'arque) was Uncle in The Doctor's Wife, and voiced Zanith for Time Works (2006), and Maurice Le Bon for Fright Motif (2021)
• Michael Jibson (Innkeeper) voiced Corporal Gibbs for The Forsaken (2015)
• Vivien Parry (Mother) voiced Captain Tysus for The Twilight Kingdom (2004)
• Adam Basil (Beast) was stuntman on Spyfall
• Obioma Ugoala (Farmer) voiced Sparky for Causeway (2025)
• Ellen O'Grady (Villager) voiced Ulnar for Wings of Steel (2026)
• Clem So (Parent) was a Mongolian in Asylum of the Daleks, Artisan in The Angels Take Manhattan, Tourist in The Day of the Doctor, Clockwork Droid in Deep Breath, Bank Client in Time Heist, Alien in Face the Raven and The Husbands of River Song, Gent in Thin Ice, Corpse in Oxygen, and Guard in Extremis
• Joel Conlan was a stuntman on The Lie of the Land too
• Andy Merchant was also a stuntman on The Wedding of River Song, Into the Dalek and The Pilot
• Sarah Lochlan was a stunt performer on Revolution of the Daleks too
• Jenny Shircore (hair/make-up designer) was make-up artist on Planet of Evil