Wednesday 6 November 2013

David Tennant and the actors from 'Who.






"Weren't you in Doctor Who? "

Arthur Darvill as Reverend Paul Coates,
Olivia Colman as Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller, 
and David Tennant as Detective Inspector Alec Hardy


When the crime drama: 'Broadchurch' aired earlier this year, a great many people commented on how, in addition to David Tennant, the cast list also included Doctor Who actors Arthur Darvill, Olivia Colman; and David Bradley.


Arthur Darvill of course played 'Rory'


Olivia Colman played an unnamed woman in a coma in the Royal Leadworth Hospital in: The Eleventh Hour.


David Bradley played 'Solomon' in: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
He was also the voice of the Shansheeth in The Sarah Jane Adventures story Death of the Doctor.
(And portrays William Hartnell in the docudrama: An Adventure in Space and Time )


However, the Broadchurch cast list also included several other actors who have had roles in Doctor Who stories: 

Sanchia McCormack played
'The Housing Officer' in: Turn Left
 

Simon Ludders
A patient in the New New York Hospital in: New Earth.


Matthew Gravelle
A Doctor in: End of Days
A security guard in the audio drama: Asylum
'Bob' in
the audio drama: The Dead Line.


Carolyn Pickles
'Lady Meera'
in the audio drama: Army of Death.



Susan Brown 
'Bridget Spears': Children of Earth
The midwife in the audio drama: 100 BC
'Mary' in the audio drama: Bedtime Story,
'Eleanor Harvey' in the audio drama: Return of the Krotons
'Maud the Withered' in the audio drama: Castle of Fear,
'Alice Withers' in the audio drama: The Eternal Summer,
'Mrs Withers/Mrs Sowerby/Computer Voice' in the audio drama: Plague of the Daleks,
'The Chief Engineer/Chanel' in the audio drama: The Song of Megaptera. 

Tracey Childs
'Metella': The Fires of Pompeii.

'Elizabeth Klein' in the audio dramas:
Colditz
A Thousand Tiny Wings
Klein's Story
The Architects of History
Dominion
Persuasion
Starlight Robbery
Daleks Among Us
'The Figurehead' in the audio drama: Time Works.


Simon Rouse
'Hindle' in: Kinda
'Master John Kincaid' in the audio drama: The Witch from the Well. 

David Sibley
'Pralix' in: The Pirate Planet
'The Eminence' in the audio drama: The Seeds of War
'Kurt Schalk' in the audio drama: Persuasion.
 



Of course, several people might be wondering if there is some kind of "Whovian Nepotism" at work here.

Though in reality it's probably all a matter of pure coincidence that this collection of Who-related actors ended up working in the same series with David Tennant ...



Well, isn't it?

Then, more recently,  I saw this publicity shot for 'The Escape Artist' – the new three-part BBC drama, starring David Tennant – and I thought:
"I recognise that woman, it's Sophie Okonedo..."




Sophie played companion 'Alison Cheney' in the animated webcast serial: Scream of the Shalka.
She also played 'Liz 10' in The Beast Below and The Pandorica Opens


So, just out of interest, I took a closer look at the cast list for The Escape Artist, and found:

 
Brid Brennan
Time Lady 'The Visionary' in: The End of Time.
 
Patrick Ryecart
'Crozier' in: Mindwarp. 


Jeany Spark
'Florence Nightingale' in the audio drama: The Angel of Scutari
'Jelena' in the audio drama: Prisoner of the Sun. 


Tony Gardner
'Stapleton Petherbridge' in the audio drama: The Wrong Doctors. 


Roy Marsden
'Mr. Stoker' in Smith and Jones.
'Hulbert' in the audio drama: Human Resources. 


Michael Cochrane
'Charles Cranleigh' in Black Orchid
'Redvers Fenn-Cooper' in Ghost Light
'Lieutenant-Colonel Brook' in the audio drama: No Man's Land
'Murgat' in the audio drama: Brotherhood of the Daleks
'Colonel Hugh Spindleton' in the audio dramas :
Trail of the White Worm
The Oseidon Adventure. 


Geoffrey Leesley
'Mortund' in the audio drama: Arrangements for War.



And going back to 2010, the cast list for the four-part BBC drama: 'Single Father' - starring David Tennant - includes:


Isla Blair
'Isabella Fitzwilliam' in: The King's Demons.
'Paula Taylor' in the audio drama: Exotron.

Suranne Jones
Suranne had already played 'Mona Lisa' in: Mona Lisa's Revenge (Sarah Jane Adventures)
and would later play 'Idris' / the Doctor's TARDIS in: The Doctor's Wife.

Neve McIntosh
Neve had already played the Silurians 'Alaya' and 'Restac': The Hungry Earth/ Cold Blood.
And would later play 'Madame Vastra' 


Rupert Graves Rupert would later play
'John Riddell' in: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship.


Warren Brown
Warren would later play
'Stephen Gibson' in the audio drama: Industrial Evolution
'Johnny Skipton' in the audio drama: Dead Men's Tales.



Even the latest movie starring David Tennant: 'What We Did On Our Holiday'
(expected release 2014), has, amongst it's cast:


Celia Imrie
'Miss Kizlet' in: The Bells of Saint John.

and

Emilia Jones
'Merry Gejelh' in: The Rings of Akhaten



 It seems as if there might be a pattern emerging:

 "David Tennant and the actors from 'Who"


So I have to ask

Who's next?









2 comments:

  1. The actor who played jackson lake in doctor who was in blackpool with david tennant

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  2. Indeed.
    Jackson was played by David Morrissey.
    Blackpool also starred:
    Sarah Parish - who appeared with David Tennant in the Doctor Who episode: "The Runaway Bride" - where she played the Empress of the Racnoss.
    Steve Pemberton - Strackman Lux in the "Silence in the Library" and in "Forest of the Dead"
    And David Bradley ...

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