Doctor Who Vs. Cadfael, Series 3

Thirteen of The Cadfael Chronicles (the series

of medieval murder mysteries from Ellis Peters

- pen name of Edith Pargeter), were dramatised

by Central TV, and originally shown between

1994 and 1998.

The drama, set mainly in twelfth century

Shrewsbury, was filmed in Hungary, and the

eponymous Benedictine Brother was port-

rayed by Derek Jacobi.

A repeat run of the third, three part series

concluded on ITV4 today - it featured Michael

Culver, Julian Firth, and a total of fourteen

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

The Rose Rent

• for Terrence Hardiman and Sarah Badel see Series 1, and for Jamie McCoan see Series 2

St. Peter's Fair

• [William Henry] Richard Clifford (Glover) voiced Novar for Big Finish's The Master's Dalek Plan, Pandak for Shockwave (both 2019), Merlin for The Lone Centurion 2, and Jessop for Mind of the Hodiac (both 2022)
• Roger Ashton-Griffiths (Thomas) was Quayle in Robot of Sherwood
• Rupert Holliday Evans (Dodd) was Colonel [Alan] Mace in The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky, then voiced roles for Audio- Go's Demon Quest series - Celtic Warrior for The Relics of Time, Artist for The Demon of Paris, and Cop for Starfall (all 2010)
• Hilary [Sophia] Sesta (Croner) was the Fortune Teller in Snakedance

Raven in the Foregate

• Ken Grieve was director of Destiny of the Daleks too
• Peter Guinness (Father) voiced Mr. Dread for Dreamland, Childeric for The Holy Terror (2000), Baron Teufel/Zoff for The Beast of Orlok (2009), Rovus for The Star Men (2017), and Garzan for Faithful Friends (2025)
• Catherine Cusack (Catherine) made her acting debut as the Blue Kang Leader [Drinking Fountain] in Paradise Towers - a role reprised for 24 Carat 
• Tom Georgeson (Giffard) was Kavell in Genesis of the Daleks, and Police Inspector in Logopolis
• Hermione [Jane] Norris (Mary) was Captian Lundvik in Kill the Moon
• Raad Rawi (Aziz) voiced Prince Haasan Al-Nadyr for Who Killed Toby Kinsella? (2016), Bishop Nicholas for Ravenous 2 (2018), and Tubal/ Maygo/King Hiarbas for The Phoenicians (2019)
• Martyn Whitby (Alfred) was a Drayman in The Mark of the Rani

Doctor Who Vs. Cadfael, Series 2

Thirteen of The Cadfael Chronicles (the

series of medieval murder mysteries from

Ellis Peters - pen name of Edith Pargeter),

were dramatised by Central TV, and first

shown between 1994 and 1998.

The drama, set mainly in twelfth century

Shrewsbury, was filmed in Hungary, and

the eponymous Benedictine Brother was

portrayed by Derek Jacobi.

A repeat run of the three part season

began on ITV4 today - it featured Sean

Pertwee, Michael Culver, Julian Firth, and

a total of fourteen Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

The Virgin in the Ice

• Robert Cavanah (de Bretagne) voiced President Gilbert for Big Finish's Saltwater (2022)
• Ronan [David Jackson] Vibert (Le Gaucher) was Professor Skinner in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Last Sontaran, and voiced Ravener for Jago & Litefoot 12 (2016), and Zaal for The Perfect Prisoners (2019)
• Tim Barker (Dutton) was Harold V in The Happiness Patrol
• Jamie McCoan was film editor on Blink too
• Lisa Pickering (make-up artist) was assistant on (part 4 of) Warriors' Gate

The Devil's Novice

• Julian [Wyatt] Glover (Ashby) played King Richard in The Crusade, and Scaroth in City of Death
• Ian McNeice (Canon) portrayed Winston Churchill in The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, The Pandorica Opens and The Wedding of River Song, then reprised for Big Finish's The Churchill Years, Their Finest Hour (2018), Subterfuge and Operation: Hellfire (both 2020) - he also voiced Zeus for Immortal Beloved (2007), and Reginald Harcourt for Renaissance Man (2012)
• Ian Reddington (Clemence) was the Chief Clown in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy - a role reprised for The Psychic Circus (2020) and AUK Studios' Children of the Circus (2023) - and voiced Nobody No One for A Death in the Family (2010)
• Christien [Alexis] Anholt (Meriet) was Perkins in The Curse of Fenric

A Morbid Taste For Bones

• John [William Francis] Hallam (Rhysart) was Light in Ghost Light
• Ellis Jones (Ianto) was Radar Technician/voice of Dr. Lomax in Spearhead from Space (1)
• for Pertwee, Terrence Hardiman and Sarah Badel see Series 1

Doctor Who Vs. Carry On Cowboy

Series stalwarts Sid James, Kenneth

Williams, Joan Sims, Charles Hawtrey,

and Jim Dale all returned for the

eleventh production in the iconic

Carry On franchise. Angela Douglas

and Peter Butterworth (1919-1979)

made their series debuts here.

After the historical panto that was

Carry On Cleo (1964), the next title

in the run was an ambitious Western

inspired by The Sheriff of Fractured

Jaw (1958), where Kenneth More

played an Englishman in the Wild

West.

Shown on ITV3 today, the comedy

(released in late 1965) featured Jon Pertwee (pictured left as Sheriff Earp

- his second series role), and twenty-nine Doctor Who cast connections:

• Peter [William Shorrocks] Butterworth (Doc here; Slobotham in Carry On Screaming!; Bidet in Don't Lose Your Head; Simpson in Follow That Camel; Smith in Carry On Doctor; Belcher in Carry On Up the Khyber; Fiddler in Carry On Camping; Patient in Carry On Again Doctor; Various in Carry On Christmas (1969/1973), Carry On Stuffing & Carry On Laughing; Client in Carry On Loving; Earl in Carry On Henry; Pepe in Carry On Abroad; Admiral in Carry On Girls; Tom in Carry On Dick; Barnes in Carry On Behind; Carstairs in Carry On England; Richmond in Carry On Emmannuelle) was the Meddling Monk in The Time Meddler and The Daleks' Master Plan
• Douglas (Annie here; Doris in Carry On Screaming!; Lady Jane in Follow That Camel; Jelhi in Carry On Up the Khyber) was Doris Lethbridge Stewart in Battlefield
• for Bresslaw see Carry On Nurse
• for Peter Gilmore see Carry On Cleo
• for Billy Cornelius see Carry On Screaming!
• for Fred Wood see Carry On at Your Convenience
• David Ashton [born David Scott] (Rider) was Kendron in Timelash
• Bill Brandon (Horseman) was an uncredited Mongol Warrior in Marco Polo
• John Cam (Patron) and Bryan Mosley (Rider) both appeared in The Daleks' Master Plan, as Technix and Prop Man [Buddy Windrush]/ Malpha
• Simon [born Terence] Cain (Short here & That's Carry On; Riff in Follow That Camel; Orderly in Carry On Doctor & What a Carry On!; Soldier in Carry On Up the Khyber; X-Ray Man in Carry On Again Doctor; Barman in Carry On at Your Convenience) was Curly in (episode 1 of) The Enemy of the World, and titular reptile in The Silurians
• Alf Mangan (Townsman here; Assistant in Don't Lose Your Head; Burpa in Up the Khyber; Camper in Carry On Camping; Audience in Carry On Girls) was an Extra in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
• Tim Condren (Rider) was Saxon Warrior in The Time Meddler (4), Soldier in The Web of Fear (4), and Guerilla in Day of the Daleks (1)
• Billy Dean and Raymond Novak (Riders) were Guard in The Curse of Peladon (1); and Saracen Warrior in The Crusade
• Reg Dent (Rider) was Horseman in The Highlanders (1) and The War Games (3)
• Rick Lester (Rider) was an Ogron in Day of the Daleks, Carnival of Monsters (2) and Frontier in Space
• Steve Emerson (Rider) was UNIT Soldier in The Claws of Axos (1), and Rebel in Frontios (3)
• Peter Pocock (Rider) was a Soldier in The Tenth Planet (4), and Guard in The Masque of Mandragora (1)
• Norman Stanley (Drunk) was Engineer in Terror of the Autons (3)
• Johnny Scripps (Rider) was Foot Soldier in The War Games (3)
• Roy Street (Rider) was UNIT Motorcyclist in Terror of the Autons (1), Guad in The Curse of Peladon (4), and stuntman on The Masque of Mandragora (1)
• Michael Stevens (Horseman here; Orderly in Carry On Again Doctor; Man in Carry On Henry; Monk in Carry On Abroad; Policeman in Carry On Dick) was Soldier in The Myth Makers (1), Daffodil Man in Terror of the Autons (3), Prisoner/UNIT Motorcyclist in The Mind of Evil, and Guard in The Curse of Peladon (1)
• Chris Webb (Cowboy) was a Monoid in The Ark, and Guard in The Curse of Peladon (1)
• Rocky [born Laurie] Taylor (Rider) was Warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (9), Guard in The Curse of Peladon (4), then stuntman on The Idiot's Lantern
• for Maxwell Craig and Bernard Barnsley see Carry On Jack
• for Mick Dillon see Carry On Henry
• for Reg Thomason see Carry On Sergeant

THE RIPPER AND THE WHONIVERSE, Part 2

Analysing Doctor Who: Matrix, by Robert

Perry and Mike Tucker (BBC Books, 1998)

When the novel's narrative first moves to London's

'Autumn of Terror' (page 63), East End local, Jed

Barrow has been following "shadows" in the fog for

months, and had even heard the "strangled

screams" of the second Ripper victim at Hanbury

Street [2] in Spitalfields (we can dismiss the pea-

soup fog here - it was never foggy during any of

the attacks). Jed also watched the police search

of the yard at number 29, and even "found two

gold rings".

In fact, two brass rings were apparently taken by

the killer from Chapman's left hand, but never

recovered (similar cheap rings were discovered

amongst suspect Francis Tumblety's belongings

after his death in 1903).

Jed later meets Jacques Malacroix, the tyrannical

circus-owner, at Mitre Square in Aldgate, as the

police remove Eddowes' [4] body. Malacroix wants

to find the Ripper to display with his other freaks, and so employs Jed as

his "eyes".

There had already been a murder that night, the first of the so-called

'double event' when a prostitute had been "cut from ear to ear". This

was the victim's only injury since the killer was supposedly disturbed

by Louis Diemschutz, and he needed to sate his bloodlust by seeking

another kill. The murder of this third canonical victim [3] has led to

further speculation that she wasn't slain by the Ripper at all, but by

a copycat killer (or that this single murder was hidden amidst the

series).

Nearly six weeks later, Jed witnesses the arrival of the TARDIS at a

Thames-side wharf, and recalls similar magical scenes at Mr. Jago's

Palace Theatre (p. 69, see The Talons of Weng-Chiang). Coming

under immediate mental attack, the Doctor explains to Ace that

according to the distorted version of history (studied from Barbara

Wright's books in 1966), a sixth Ripper murder, one that should

never have happened, occurs on the very wharf where the duo

have landed (p. 72).

 Coincidentally, former detective John F Plimmer is convinced that

Jack was based in docklands (In the Footsteps of the Whitechapel

Murders, 1998). In 2005, Trevor Marriott named German merchant

seaman, Carl Feigenbaum, as the killer, and even speculated that

the murderer had first struck in 1863, then 1872.

In channel Five's Mapping Murder (2002), however, geographical

profiler David Carter speculated that Jack's lair was located in the

Middlesex Street area - the actual site of Ripper 'diarist' James

Maybrick's London rooms.

This would-be victim, a young woman wearing a cream dress

(presumably the one that Ace changed into at Gabriel Chase, see

Ghost Light) was never identified, and the subsequent 'Jacksprite' 

incidents spiralled out of control. Interestingly, the Ripper episode 

of The Outer Limits (1999) features a victim credited only as a

 "woman in [a] cream dress".

ITV mini-series Jack the Ripper (1988) also includes a sixth

 (staged) murder attempt, whilst From Hell (2001) reinterprets

the fifth canonical killing by presenting the murder of a French

prostitute mistaken for Kelly [5].

TO BE CONTINUED

KEY Canonical Murders:

[1] Mary Ann Nichols - Buck's Row, Friday August 31st 1888

[2] Annie Chapman - Hanbury St. Saturday September 8th

[3] Elizabeth Stride - Berner St. Sunday September 30th

[4] Catherine Eddowes - Mitre Square, also September 30th

[5] Mary Jane Kelly - Miller's Court, Friday November 9th

Doctor Who Vs. Cracker Specials

After three full seasons, Granada's Cracker

 returned to ITV in 1996 for a feature-length

thriller written by Paul Abbot. Robbie Coltrane

again played the titular criminal psychologist,

Fitz (here on a lecture tour of Hong Kong), and

 was joined by Ricky Tomlinson (as DCI Wise).

An American version launched in late 1997, and

was shown in the UK as Fitz. In 2000, the series

was ranked 39th in the BFI's 100 Greatest British Television Programmes poll.

Coltrane reprised his most famous TV role ten years

later in a final special, set in Manchester again, and

scripted by series creator, Jimmy McGovern. The

two cases featured David Bradley, and a total of eleven Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

White Ghost (UK TX: October 28 1996)

• prolific Big Finish director Barnaby Kay (Philby) was Heidi in The Girl Who Died, and voiced Martin Donaldson for A Life in the Day (2015), Commander Thrakken for The Neverwhen (2016), Gerrard Pulman/ Foreman for Precious Annihilation (2020), Chilton for The Devil's Hoofprints (2021), and Axos for Master! 3 (2024)
• Pik Sen Lim (Wei Wei) was Captain Chin Lee in The Mind of Evil - a role reprised for Open the Box (2019) - she also voiced Dom-Ra for Neon Reign (2018)

Nine Eleven (UK TX: October 1 2006)

• for Barbara Flynn see Series 1
• Anthony Flanagan (Archer) was Orin Scannell in 42
• Nisha Nayar (DS Saleh) made her TV debut as Red Kang in Paradise Towers, was a Programmer in Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways, then voiced Zanzibar Hashtag for Harvest of the Sycorax (2016), Guleraana Arbid for Torchwood One (2017), Coleridge for Spinvision (2020), Kindred for Runtime (2023), and Emily Barnfather for The Stuff of Legend (2024)
• Stephen MacKenna (Robert) was Dennis in The Woman Who Fell to Earth
• effects editor Peter Baldock was an Acolyte in The Face of Evil
• Steve Griffin and Kai Martin were stuntmen on The Idiot's Lantern and Tooth and Claw
• Andy Pryor was also casting director on the revived run, from 2004 to the present
• Andy Brierley was also casting associate on fifty-eight episodes (from The Christmas Invasion to The Big Bang), Music of the Spheres, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures

Doctor Who Vs. Casualty, Series 16

Series regulars Adjoa Andoh, Derek Thompson, Cathy Shipton, Ian 
Bleasdale, Kwame Kwei Armah, Zita Sattar, and Will Mellor all returned

for the sixteenth season of BBC One's long-running medical drama -

shown from September 2001 to June 2002.

Joining the programme here were Dan Rymer (as Nurse Dillon Cahill),

Louise Brealey (student nurse Roxy Bird), Christopher Colquhoun

(registrar Simon Kaminski), Kelly Harrison (technician Nikki

Marshall), Martina Laird (paramedic Comfort Jones), Judy Loe (CEO Jan Goddard), Christine Stephen Daly (SHO Lara Stone), Simon

MacCorkindale (Dr. Harry Harper), and Emily Dormer (receptionist

Gilly). Robert Gwilym, Ian Kelsey, Jan Anderson, and Ben Keaton all

left during this year.

A repeat run of the series (now extended to forty episodes) began

on U&Drama today - it featured Sylvester McCoy, Noel Clarke,

Jo Martin, and a total of forty-nine other Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• Big Finish actor Glynn Sweet (Foreman) voiced Dexion for The Curse of the Daleks (2008), Professor Lyle Woodruff for Return of the Krotons (2009), Horgan for The Guardians of Prophecy, Paul Dessay for Wirrn Isle (both 2012), Elgin Vanser for The Brood of Erys, Harcross/Pheen-Tu/Flunkey for The Widow's Assassin (both 2014), and Sir Geoffrey Balsam for The Behemoth (2017)
• Christine Adams (Melanie here; Lou, 2006) was Cathica Santini Khadeni in The Long Game
• Joanna Monro (Maggie here; Debs, 2004) was Rega in Planet of the Spiders, then voiced Mrs. Moloney for The Entropy Composition, Johanna Bourke/Carlotta for Special Features (both 2010), Eleanor Naismith for The Man at the End of the Garden, Time Eater for Chronoclasm (both 2011), Mrs. Knight for Legacy of Blood, and Krozon for Double Agent (both 2025) and An Incident in Death Valley (2026)
• Rachel [Joanne] Bavidge (Leanne) voiced the European Leader for The Defectors, and Seru for The Isos Network (both 2015)
• John [Patrick] Breslin (Arthur) was Captain James Munro in Spearhead from Space
• Charles Kay [born Piff] (Weinberg) was Julius Quilter in BBV Prod- uctions' Unnatural Selection, then voiced the Curator for Excelis Rising (2002)
• Alisdair Simpson (Dave) voiced Sir Francis White/David Ritchie for 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), Cleon for Mask of Tragedy (2014), Colonel Lifford for The Boundless Sea (2015), Sidney Wheeler/Field Marshal Brooke for Churchill Victorious (2018), Damadus for Return to Skaro (2020), Andor/Manning for Who Am I?, and Lord Varliss for UNIT: Nemesis (2022/23)
• Bernard [John] Holley (Clarke here; Larwood, 2014) was Peter Haydon in (episode 1 of) The Tomb of the Cybermen (a role reprised in 2015 for Big Finish's Return to Telos), and Axon Man in The Claws of Axos, then voiced the titular alien for The Feast of Axos (2011), Brother Phaedrus for Love and War (2012), and Karswell for The Transcendence of Ephros (2016)
• William [Michael] Ilkley [born Brown] (Dalton here; Kilbride, 2007; Lawrence in Casualty 1909, 2009) was Tim Bass in The Mark of the Rani
• Zoe Thorne (Jenny) provided the voice of the Gelth for The Unquiet Dead, and was the Toclafane Voice for The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords
• Chrissie Cotterill (Shirley here; Rosie, 2006) was Madame Vernet in Vincent and the Doctor and The Pandorica Opens
• Patsy [Jude Francis] Kensit (Charlotte here; Faye in Holby City, 2007-10)) voiced Mercenary for Kingdom of Lies (2018)
• Anna Barry (Jane) was Anat in Day of the Daleks, then voiced Juniper Hartigan for The Lure of the Nomad (2018), and Aether Beauregarde for The Lost Resort (2021)
• Christian [Louis] Cooke (Booth here; Becket, 2006) was Private Ross Jenkins in The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky
• Tom Smith (Simon here; Barber, 2005; Cooper, 2007) was the Host in Tooth and Claw
• Angel Coulby (Sally) was Katherine in The Girl in the Fireplace
• Niky Wardley (Louisa) voiced Tamsin Drew for seven audio advent- ures (from Situation Vacant until To the Death), then Rebecca Young for Technophobia, Hannah Bennet for School of Blood (both 2016), Natalie Morrison for Kidnapped! (2020), Iza for Resistor (2023), and was Receptionist in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
• Mark Anthony Brighton (Michael here; Marcus, 2005) was Colonel Albero in The Time of the Doctor
• David [Michael] Graham (Noga) provided Dalek voices for The Daleks, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Chase, Mission to the Unknown, The Daleks' Master Plan, Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD, was Charlie in The Gunfighters, Fyodor Nikolai Kerensky in City of Death, Professor Valentine Parks in Weird Science, then voiced Shedgerton for The Defectors (2015), and Percy Till for Static (2017)
• Bridget [Joanna] Turner (Katia here; Mrs. Stirling, 2008; Barbara, 2010) was Alice Cassini in Gridlock
• Steven Wickham (Barry here; Prior, 2006) was an uncredited Soldier in The Caves of Androzani, and Gastropod in The Twin Dilemma, then voiced Dr. Samuel Holywell for Phantasmagoria (1999), Murranus for The Fires of Vulcan (2000), Ron Sharpe for The Tao Connection (2002), Victor/Joseph Farrison for The Dark Flame (2003), Valyes for Gallifrey (2005-13), Uviol for Red (2006), Harom for Urban Myths, Soldier for Son of the Dragon (both 2007), Garm/Master of Karn for Seven Keys to Doomsday (2008), Gavin Walker for The Veiled Leopard (2013), and Grisk/Venorg for Memories of a Tyrant (2019)
• Richard [Crispin] Armitage (Parker) was cast as Rassilon for Time War 4 (2020) and Goth Opera (2024)
• Dominic Mafham (Mike here; Sands, 2006) voiced Moran for The Jigsaw War (2012), and Chidak for The Dalek Contract and The Final Phase (both 2013)
• [Anthony Frederick Charles] Tom Adams (Dr. Spiller) was Commander Vorshak in Warriors of the Deep
• Sara Carver (Mrs. Dixon here; Yvonne, 2007) voiced Andrea Winnington for UNIT (2004/5), the Khellian Queen for Three's A Crowd (2005), Kim Kronotska for Memory Lane (2006), Kadiatu Lethbridge Stewart for The Final Amendment (2007), and Sylvia for City of the Daleks
• Mina [Mumtaz] Anwar (Shelley) was Gita Chandra in The Sarah Jane Adventures and Farewell, Sarah Jane then reprised for Rani Takes on the World (2023), and Goodthing in Smile, then voiced Kurdi for The Rise of the New Humans, Varda for Empress of the Drahvins, Forsetti for The Trial of a Time Machine (all 2018), Horl for Tick Tock World, Valerie Pritchard for The Survivor (both 2019), Betty for Ghosts (2020), Joshi for Echoes of Extinction (2021), Narrator of The Beast of Scar Hill (2023), Kavita Aradhana for Broken Memories, and Rolko for Morbius 1 (both 2024)
• Michael [David] Praed [born Prince] (Meredith) voiced Slyde for The Dark Flame, andJohn Ladiver for The Curse of the Daleks
• [Deborah Ann] Stirling Gallacher (Michelle here; Selena, 2012; Sally, 2014) voiced Isobel for The Dispossessed (2018)
• Shelley Conn (Daljit) voiced Asha Qureshi for Situation Vacant (2010), and Tina Drake for The Gates of Hell (2021)
• Alan [Grey] Mason (Hallett here; McGowan, 2005) was Corporal Nutting in The Silurians
• David [James] Bamber (Dr. Campbell here; Kingston, 2014) 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)
• Mark Lockyer (Ray) voiced Sir Walter Raleigh for Voyage to the New World (2012)
• Nicholas Khan (Jez) voiced Jimmy Lynch for The Sinestran Kill, Dalia for Collateral (both 2019), Jillix for The Sins of Captain John, Stubbs for Thin Time, Alexander Marfleet for The Flying Dutchman (all 2020), Vez/Kol for The Ark (2023), Shalvar for Coda, and Kwest/ Androids for Reflections (both 2024)
• Toby [Richard Edward] Sawyer (Wood here; Embleton, 2007) voiced Daniel Applewhite for The Wishing Beast (2007), and Baalaka for The Cradle of the Snake (2010)
• Jonathan Watson (Shears) was Commander Ritskaw in The Halloween Apocalypse, Skaak in War of the Sontarans, and Commander Stenck in Survivors of the Flux and The Vanquishers
• Lisa Palfrey (Melanie) was the Mum in Attack of the Graske
• John [David] Bennett (Ray) was General Finch in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and Li H'sen Chang in The Talons of Weng-Chiang
• Bridgitta Roy (Pharmacist) voiced Dr. Throne/Opis PA for Far From Home (2023)
• Josephine Lloyd Welcome (Alison here; Akhila, 2022) was Devika Babu in Wish World
• Matt Green (Student here; Monmouth, 2008) was BBC Reporter in The Star Beast
• Irvine Iqbal (Ron) voiced Singh for Redacted: Spaceman, Host for Harvest of the Krotons, and Stanley Kim for Dead Man Talking (all 2023)
• Andrew French (Terry) voiced Brother Voss for The Curse of Time (2024)
• Akbar Kurtha (Matthews here; Sunny, 2019) voiced Tabir for Branches (2026)
• Paul [Douglas] Cornell was also writer of Father's Day, Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Scream of the Shalka
• Jeremy Webb was also director of The Curse of the Black Spot, The Wedding of River Song and Death is the Only Answer
• Marcus Prince was also production manager on Tooth and Claw, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Idiot's Lantern, Fear Her and Torchwood
• Gary Norman was also the grip on twenty-five stories (from A Christmas Carol to The Day of the Doctor)

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, then voiced the Deterrent for The Furies, Livia Carlis for Time War 1 (both 2018) and The War Master 4 (2019), Ruzalla for Ravenous 1, and Fliss Keeley for The Trojan Dalek (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 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 (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
• 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