Wednesday 16 May 2018

Doctor Who Vs. The First Men in the Moon

First serialised by The Strand 
magazine and described as one
of the "fantastic stories" of
H G Wells (1866-1946), this
influential sci-fi romance was
published in 1901. The story
was adapted for cinema in
1919 and 1964.
Professor Arthur Cavor, his invention Cavorite, and lunar natives Selenites all appeared in The Martian War, Kevin J Anderson's 2006 sequel to Wells' The War of the Worlds.
The third, most faithful TV
adaptation of the novel was written by Mark Gatiss (who
also played Cavor), and was first shown in October 2010.
Repeated on BBC Four last night, the period drama (made by Can Do Productions) featured fifteen other Doctor Who cast and crew alumni:

  • Rory Kinnear (Bedford) voiced Samuel Belfrage for Big Finish's Industrial Evolution (2011)
  • Peter Forbes (Dad) voiced Philip for Unbound; Deadline (2003), Kryson for The Juggernauts (2005), Craig Swanson for The Feast of Axos, and Thorn for The Bounty of Ceres (2014)
  • Katherine Jakeways (Mum) voiced Jill for Nightshade (2016)
  • Julia Deakin (Mrs. Fitt) voiced Hannah Fry for Phantasmagoria (1999), and Harriet Griffin for Terror Firma (2005)
  • Lee Ingleby (Chessocks) voiced Samson Griffin for Terror Firma (2005)
  • Philip Jackson (Grand Lunar voice) voiced Laxton for Valhalla (2007), and Mr. Peabody for The Contingency Club (2017)
  • prolific Big Finish actor Ian Hallard (Phi-Oo) voiced Sabian for Primeval (2001), Mouse and Winkler for Invaders From Mars, the Matrix for Neverland (both 2002), Zeuro for A Storm of Angels, Castellan Wynter for Gallifrey: Lies and Pandora (both 2005), Joseph Banks for The Transit of Venus, Captain Cannibal for Izzy's Story, John Polidori for Mary's Story (all 2009), Duncan for An Earthly Child (2010), Comtech Bron Kell for Dark Eyes 2: Time's Horizon, and Davent for Destroy the Infinite (both 2014) - he also portrayed director Richard Martin in An Adventure in Space and Time, and was Alan-a-Dale in Robot of Sherwood
  • Steven Pemberton (Sun) was Strackman Lux in Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead
  • Reece Shearsmith (Moon) was Andrew Powell in the PROBE video spin-off series, Dr. Dan Matthews in the Auton VHS releases, depicted Patrick Troughton in An Adventure in Space and Time, then was Rassmussen in Sleep No More
  • Robert Judd (Celenite) was property master on Gatiss' anniversary biopic
  • Liana Del Giudice was also film editor on The Empty ChildThe Doctor DancesThe Christmas InvasionNew EarthSchool Reunion and The Day of the Doctor
  • assistant editor David Fisher was editor on Series 11
  • Chris Hutchinson was animator on Twice Upon a Time too
  • Graham Frake (cinematographer) and Shirley Schumacher (assistant camera operator) also both worked on The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks

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