Doctor Who Vs. Nativity 2

Shown on Sky Max today, this

festive British comedy (subtled

 Danger in the Manger) was the

first of three sequels to 2009's

Nativity!

David Tennant starred in the

dual role as Donald and Roderick

Peterson. Marc Wootton and Pam

Ferris reprised their roles as Mr.

Poppy and the head of Coventry's

St. Bernadette's Primary school.

Filmed on location in Wales and

England in late 2011, Nativity 2

was released a year later and

featured fifteen Doctor Who cast

and crew connections:

• [Tallulah] Jessica [Elina] Hynes [born Stevenson] (Angel) was Joan Redfern in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, then (that character's greatgrand daughter) Verity Newman in The End of Time, Part 2 - she also voiced Glory Bee for Big Finish's Invaders from Mars (2002)
• Joanna [Louise] Page (Mrs. Peterson) was Queen Elizabeth I in The Day of the Doctor
• for Ferris (Mrs. Bevan), Jason Watkins (Shakespeare) and Rosie Cavaliero (Miss Rye) see Nativity!
• Ian McNeice (Dad) was Winston Churchill in The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, The Pandorica Opens, and The Wedding of River Song (then reprised for The Churchill Years, Their Finest Hour, Operation: Hellfire and Subterfuge), and also voiced Zeus for Immorta; Beloved (2007), and Reginald Harcourt for Renaissance Man (2012)
• Amanda Lawrence [born Jones] and George Potts (Teachers) were Doomfinger in The Shakespeare Code; and voiced Ruben/Guard for The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel (2015) respectively
• Claire Vousden (Supply Teacher) voiced the First Elder/Investigator for Sphere of Influence (2020)
• Stevie Smith was also a make-up artist on forty-one adventures (from The Christmas Invasion to The Waters of Mars) and Music of the Spheres
• prop hand Adrian Greenwood was a prop buyer on a dozen stories (from Asylum of the Daleks to The Name of the Doctor)
• sound mixer John Taylor was a boom operator on The Five Doctors
• casting assistant Ray Knight was Soldier in (part 4 of) Robot, Monster in Planet of Evil (4), Coven Member in Image of the Fendahl, Mentiad in The Pirate Planet, Deon in Meglos (1), Constable in Logopolis (1), Trion in Planet of Fire (4), and Crewman in Dragonfire
• costume supervisor Fiona McCann was an assistant on Love & Monsters
• Will [John] Willoughby [born Haynes] was also a stunt double on Rose, Smith and Jones, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, The Pandorica Opens, A Good Man Goes to War, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and A Town Called Mercy

Doctor Who On This Day #355

1963 - The Daleks, Episode 1:

The Dead Planet first screened

on BBCtv

1965 - Marco Polo, Episode 2: The Singing Sands 

repeated on ABC; and The Curse of the Daleks

premiered at Wyndham's Theatre, London

1966 - The Reign of Terror, Episode 4: The Tyrant 

of France, The Romans, Episode 4: Inferno, The

Web Planet, Episodes 1 and 4 and The Crusade,

Episode 2: The Knight of Jaffa repeated and The 

Massacre, Episode 2: The Sea Beggar first

screened, all on ABC

1968 - The Invasion, Episode

8 first screened on BBC1

1970 - The Wheel in Space, Episodes 2 and 6 and 

The Mind Robber, Episode 2 all repeated on ABC

1971 - The Mind Robber, Episode 2, The Invasion,

Episode 4 and The Krotons, Episode 3 all repeated on ABC

1973 - The Three Doctors, Episodes 3 and 4 and Carnival of Monsters,
Episode 3 repeated and Frontier in Space, Episode 6 first screened, all

on ABC

1974 - The Time Monster, Episode

3 repeated on ABC

1982 - Underworld, Part 4 repeated

on KQED Plus

1983 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 4 repeated

on ABC; and Four to Doomsday, Part 3 repeated on

KQED Plus

1984 - The Green Death, Episode 1 and

Snakedance Omnibus both repeated on KQED Plus

1985 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - The Stones of Blood Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus

1988 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episode 6 repeated on KQED

 Plus; and The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Part 2 first screened

on BBC1

1989 - Full Circle, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus

1990 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus
1991 - Inferno, Episode 4 repeated on TV2; and Planet

of the Daleks Omnibus and The Ultimate Foe, Part 13

both repeated on KQED Plus

1992 - The Time Meddler, Episode 1: The Watcher

repeated on UK Gold; and The Talons of Weng-

Chiang Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - Destiny of the Daleks, Part 4 repeated on

UK Gold; and Snakedance, Part 1 repeated on ABC

1994 - Remembrance of the Daleks, Part 3 repeated on UK Gold

1995 - The Invisible Enemy, Part 3 repeated on UK Gold
1996 - The Silurians Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1997 - The Visitation Omnibus repeated on UK Gold
1998 - The Web Planet, Episode 2: The Zarbi repeated

on Space; Terror of the Autons, Episode 1 repeated on

UKTV (Aus); and Paradise Towers Omnibus repeated

on KQED Plus

1999 - The Web Planet, Episode 6: The Centre repeated

on Space; and The Silurians, Episode 3 repeated on BBC2

2000 - The Three Doctors, Episode 2 repeated on Prime;

The Sontaran Experiment, Part 1 repeated on UKTV 

(Aus); and The Brain of Morbius, Parts 3 and 4 both

repeated on BBC America

2001 - Castrovalva, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on NHPTV
2002 - Terror of the Zygons, Part 3 repeated on BBC Kids

(Can); Destiny of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on KERA;

 Mindwarp Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; and Revelation

of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on Colorado PTV

2003 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth Omnibus repeated on MPT; The 
Space Museum, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC; Inferno, 
Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on Colorado PTV; Terror of the 
Zygons, Part 1 repeated on NHPTV; Pyramids of Mars, Part 1 repeated
 on WCNY; Destiny of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can); 
Warriors' Gate, Part 1 repeated on WILL; The Visitation, Part 4 repeated 
on KUED; Enlightenment, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on MiND; The 
Two Doctors  Parts 5 and 6 (of 6) both repeated on Iowa PTV; Mindwarp 
Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; and The Happiness Patrol, Parts 1 and 
2 both repeated on WCET

2004 - The Brain of Morbius, Part 4 repeated on ABC
2005 - The Mysterious Planet, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

on ABC; and The Parting of the Ways first screened on NRK2
2007 - Bad Wolf and Doctor Who Confidential: The World of

Who both first screened on WGVU; and The Sound of Drums

and Doctor Who Confidential: The Saxon Mystery both

repeated on BBC3

2008 - World War Three Dalek repeated on WCET; The Christmas 
Invasion first screened on MPTV and Idaho PTV; The Age of Steel 
repeated  on WTVP; The Impossible Planet and Doctor Who Confiden-
tial: You've Got the Look both repeated on MPTV; The Satan Pit and
Doctor Who Confidential: Religion, Myths and Legends both repeated
on UNC-TV; Doomsday repeated on WXXI; and Turn Left and Doctor 
Who Confidential: Here Come the Girls both repeated on BBC3

2009 - The Christmas Invasion repeated and Partners in Crime

 first screened, both on Syfy (Spa); Fear Her and Army of Ghosts

 both repeated on Syfy (FRG); Smith and Jones repeated on Syfy

 (Ben); The Shakespeare Code repeated on Syfy (Ben) and Syfy

 (Spa); The Runaway Bride repeated on WTTW 11; The Sontaran

Stratagem and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Send

in the Clones both repeated on ABC2; and Dreamland

Omnibus repeated on BBC2
2010 - The Doctor Dances repeated on Space; Fear Her and Midnight 
both repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Poison Sky repeated on AXN SciFi;
and The End of Time, Part 1 repeated on BBC HD

2011 - Attack of the Cybermen, Part 1 repeated on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 
and TV4; Gridlock repeated on BBC America and Watch; Daleks in 
Manhattan repeated on BBC America; Voyage of the Damned and
Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: 'Ello 'Ello 'Ello both repeated on
UKTV (Aus); The End of Time, Part 2 repeated on BBC3;

The Eleventh Hour and The Beast Below both first screened

 on Fox (FRG); Amy's Choice repeated on Space; and

A Sting in the Tale, Part 2 first broadcast on Radio 4 Extra

2012 - Planet of the Dead repeated on Watch;

 and final performance of the Doctor Who

Symphonic Spectacular held at the Sydney

Opera House

2013 - The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London and World War Three all
repeated on France 4; The Christmas Invasion repeated on RAI4; The 
Hungry Earth repeated on BBC Nordic; The Impossible Astronaut, Day
 of the Moon, The Doctor's Wife, The Rebel Flesh, The Almost People,
A Good Man Goes to War, Let's Kill Hitler, Night Terrors, The Girl Who 
Waited, The God Complex, Closing Time and The Doctor, the Widow 
and the Wardrobe all repeated on Fox (FRG); The Curse of the

 Black Spot repeated on BBC Entertainment LA and Fox; The 
Wedding of River Song repeated on BBC3 and Fox; Asylum of the 
Daleks, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and A Town Called Mercy all 
repeated on Syfy (Spa); The Power of Three and The Angels Take Manhattan both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania
and ME; The Snowmen repeated on Syfy (Port); The Rings of

Akhaten repeated on Syfy (Port) and Syfy (Spain); Cold War 
and Hide both repeated on BBC Entertainment LA HD; Nightmare

in Silver repeated on Jeem TV (ME); Me, You and Doctor Who

and An Adventure in Space and Time both repeated on BBC2;

Best of the Christmas Specials and Best of the Companions both

 repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; and Doctor

Who Confidential: Breaking the Silence repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP

2014 - The Krotons, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;
Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2, Amy's Choice and The Curse of 
the Black Spot all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Seeds of Doom, Part
6 repeated on KPTS; Meglos, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC;
Attack of the Cybermen Omnibus repeated on Horror; Doctor Who 
TV Movie repeated on Drama; Rose, The End of the World and The 
Unquiet Dead all repeated on France 4; World War Three repeated
on UNC-TV; Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty Child, 
Boom Town, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways, New Earth, Tooth 
and Claw, School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Age of 
Steel, The Idiot's Lantern, The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit,
Love & Monsters, Fear Her, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday all
repeated on Space; The Doctor Dances repeated on Space and
KNCT; The Christmas Invasion repeated on BBC Entertainment
LA and Space; Rise of the Cybermen repeated on Space
 and Iowa PTV; The Runaway Bride repeated on Space and WILL;
The Fires of Pompeii and Planet of the Ood both repeated on KCPT;
The Next Doctor and Doctor Who's Greatest Moments both repeated
 on BBC Entertainment LA; Vincent and the Doctor repeated on UKTV
(NZ); The Pandorica Opens and The Impossible Astronaut both
repeated on KCPT2; The Big Bang repeated on WPT, Idaho PTV and
KCPT2; A Christmas Carol repeated on Watch and KCPT2; Asylum 
of the Daleks repeated on OETA; Cold War repeated on BBC

Entertainment RSA; Hide repeated on WTTW Prime; Journey to

 the Centre of the TARDIS and The Crimson Horror both repeated 

on RAI4; Nightmare in Silver repeated on BBC Entertainment

EU, Romania and ME; The Time of the Doctor repeated on

Watch; Into the Dalek repeated on BBC Entertainment LA

HD; Death in Heaven first screened on BBC Entertainment

AP and repeated on DR3; and Doctor Who Confidential:

Cybermen repeated on Iowa PTV

2015 - The Robots of Death, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Horror; 
The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 6, Terminus, Part 3 and Planet of 
the Dead all repeated on Syfy (Aus); New Earth and Tooth and Claw 
both repeated on BBC America; Evolution of the Daleks, The Lazarus 
Experiment, 42, Human Nature and The Family of Blood all repeated
on Watch; The Vampires of Venice repeated on TV Cultura;

Closing Time repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The

Snowmen and Best of the Doctor both repeated on BBC

 Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Listen repeated on KUAC;

Last Christmas repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The

Magician's Apprentice repeated on BBC First (Ben); Hell

Bent first screened on YLE TV2 and KBS2; and Doctor

Who Explained repeated on BBC Entertainment EU

and ME

2016 - Image of the Fendahl, Part 4 and The Sun Makers, Part 1 both 
repeated on Retro TV; The Christmas Invasion, The Runaway Bride, 
Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Gridlock, Daleks in 
Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, The Lazarus Experiment, 42, 
Human Nature, The Family of Blood, Blink, Voyage of the Damned, 
Partners in Crime, Midnight, Turn Left, The Stolen Earth, The Next 
Doctor, Planet of the Dead and The Waters of Mars all repeated

on BBC America; Tooth and Claw repeated on Syfy (Aus); Journey's 
End repeated on BBC America and BBC Polska HD; The Angels Take Manhattan repeated on Fox (FRG); The Snowmen repeated on

Syfy (Bra); Death in Heaven and Last Christmas both repeated

on One ARD; Under the Lake repeated on BBC First (ME); and

The Demons of Paris, Part 1 first broadcast on Radio 4 Extra

2017 - Full Circle, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV; Frontios, 
Part 2 repeated on Jones! too; The End of the World repeated on Star 
World Premiere; The Christmas Invasion, The Runaway Bride, Voyage
 of the Damned, The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords, The 
Fires of Pompeii, Planet of the Ood, The Sontaran Stratagem, The 
Poison Sky, The Doctor's Daughter, Midnight, The Stolen Earth, 
Journey's End, The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead and The Waters 
of Mars all repeated on BBC America; The Satan Pit repeated on ABC 
and ABC ME; Utopia repeated on BBC America and The Box; The End 
of Time, Part 1 repeated on BBC Polska HD; Victory of the Daleks and 
The Time of Angels both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The God Complex 
and Closing Time both repeated on Syfy (Bra); Into the Dalek 
repeated on W; The Zygon Invasion repeated on RAI4; The Zygon
 Inversion repeated on Space and RAI4; Sleep No More repeated
 on Space; Heaven Sent repeated on DR3; and The Pyramid at the 
End of the World and The Lie of the Land both repeated on BBC 

First (ME)
2018 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 5 and 6 and The Three Doctors,
Episode 1 all repeated on Jones! too; The Doctor, the Widow and

the Wardrobe repeated on France 4; The Day of the Doctor and

The Time of the Doctor both repeated on RAI4; The Return

of Doctor Mysterio repeated on BBC First (ME); and Doctor

Who Extra: Into the Dalek repeated on BBC Polska HD

2019 - Delta and the Bannermen Omnibus repeated on RSU PTV;

The Christmas Invasion repeated on One ARD; The Sontaran

Stratagem, The Poison Sky, The Doctor's Daughter, The Unicorn

and the Wasp and Silence in the Library all repeated on Syfy (Fra);

Last Christmas, The Magician's Apprentice, The Witch's Familiar,

Under the Lake and Behind the Lens: The Day of the Doctor all

repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Return of Doctor Mysterio and 

Resolution both repeated on Fox (FRG); The Doctor Falls repeated

on BBC Entertainment EU; and Twice Upon a Time repeated on

BBC Entertainment EU and Fox (FRG)

2020 - Mawdryn Undead, Parts 3 and 4 both

repeated on Retro TV; The Christmas Invasion,

Fear Her, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday and The

Runaway Bride all repeated on W; and Ascension

of the Cybermen repeated on BBC Polska HD

2021 - Planet of the Spiders, Parts

1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;

The Poison Sky and The Doctor's

Daughter both repeated on One ARD;

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated

on BBC Polska HD; Smile and Thin Ice

both repeated on NRJ12; The

Caretaker and The Vanquishers both

repeated on BBC First Turkey; Death

 in Heaven repeated on ABC2; The

Woman Who Fell to Earth repeated

on BBC America; and The Haunting

of Villa Diodati and Ascension of the

Cybermen both repeated on TV2

2022 - Blink repeated on Fox SciFi

2023 - The Twin Dilemma, Part 4

and Attack of the Cybermen, Part 1

(of 4) both repeated on Retro TV;

and The Girl Who Waited repeated

on Fox SciFi