In 1997, a drama series
that would span over 7 seasons starring Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin as two
puzzle solvers, one from the world of magic and the other from the world of
investigative journalism, would blow the lid off the impossible crime cases. It was light hearted humour with a twist of
evil genius, capped off with a host of familiar stars from the world of both
Who and Torchwood as well as other well known drama and situation comedies
spanning the ‘70’s right through to present day.
Jonathan Creek was one
of my favourite BBC 1 drama serials. It
would force me to use my old grey matter in solving the case before the duo,
but I was always a little way out in every crime. So it was a great catch up on Netflix this
month discovering the series and watching right from the very start.
Back then of course I
didn’t know all of the characters that excited me this time around. I hadn’t watched much of Classic Who after
the Tom Baker era, until the new series, and so spotting the faces of past Who
actors, and those of Torchwood, well it only gets exciting from here.
In the first season, in
episode 1, The Wrestler’s Tomb, we witnessed an artist/painter shot twice at
close range in the doorway to his bedroom, while his girlfriend was tied up in
the room, with gaffer tape over her mouth.
Hedley Shale was played
by Colin Baker, the Sixth Doctor, in yes; you’ve guessed it, Doctor Who. Also in this episode we were introduced to
Adam Klaus, the magician who Alan Davies’ character Jonathan works for. In the first series, Adam was played by
Anthony Stewart Head, but from the Second Series onwards he was replaced by
Stuart Milligan.
1997 was the year that
Buffy the Vampire Slayer began, so it was of no surprise that Anthony wouldn’t
be around for the next Season of Jonathan Creek.
In Doctor Who, Anthony
played the role of the Krillitane headmaster Mr Finch in ‘School Reunion’
during the 10th Doctor era.
In Season 2, the
producer for the show also changed, and from 1998 – 2004 Verity Lambert took up
the reins. Verity Lambert as we all know
was the producer of Doctor from the very beginning.
In Season 2, episode 1
Peter Davison played Stephen Claithorne, a vicar whose ex wife had just been
shot at close range by a person wearing a skeleton costume. The trick in this story was to discover what
happened to the skeleton killer once he’d taken the new wife of the vicar into
the garage and closed the door, then promptly vanished when it was re-opened and
only the wife was left behind. Once
again my theories for this were wrong, but not completely!
From 1997 till the
Season’s final episode in 2014 up to 18 recognisable people played characters
in the drama that were recognised from their roles in both Doctor Who &
Torchwood. From the hundred or so names
in the cast and crew list, I may have missed a few names, and if you do happen
to recognise a few faces that are not listed, please share them with us in the
comments box below.
Actor Jonathan Creek Doctor Who or Torchwood
Colin
Baker Hedley Shale Sixth Doctor
Anthony
S Head Adam Klaus Mr Finch – ‘School Reunion’
Peter
Davison Stephen Claithorne Fifth Doctor
Maureen
Lipman Louise Bergman The Wire – The Idiot’s Lantern
Mary
Tamm Vivian Brodie Romana – Fourth
Doctor Companion
Maureen
O’Brien Kirsten Holiday Vicki – First Doctor Companion
Murray
Melvin Lionel Prekopp Bilis Manger – Captain Jack Harkness &
End
of Days
June
Whitfield Heidi & Laurel Greeley Silver Cloak Member – End of Time
Paul
McGann Hugo Dore Eighth Doctor
Michael
Brandon Captain Frank Candy UNIT – Stolen Earth
Colin
McFarlane Inspector Fell General Austin Pierce – COE
Matt
Rippy Bronson Peterman Captain Jack Harkness
Celia
Imrie Thelma Bailey 11th Doctor
era
Tamsin
Greig Pam Nurse - The
Long Game
Adjoa
Andoh Anthea Spacey Francine Jones – 10th
Doctor era
Ian
McNeice Father Roderick Alberic Winstone Churchill – 11th
Doctor era
Hannah
Gordon Marella Carney Kirsty
The Highlanders – Doctor Who
Sheridan
Smith Joey Ross Doctor Who audio drama 8th
Doctor
Bill
Bailey Kenny Starkiss Droxil – Doctor Who
Resources:
IMDB Jonathan Creek cast
and crew list
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