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?