Doctor Who Vs. Last Christmas

This London-set romantic comedy

was named after 1984's iconic

festive song from Wham! (which

finally topped the singles chart last

year), and was inspired by the

music of George Michael. Here,

Emilia Clarke is Christmas shop

worker Kate, who falls in love with mysterious charity volunteer, Tom,

played by Henry Golding.

Released by Universal in late 2019,

the film (shown on BBC3 last night)

featured  Michelle Yeoh, Emma

Thompson, Boris Isakovic, Lydia

Leonard, Ingrid Oliver, Angela

Wynter, and nineteen Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Maxim [Alexander] Baldry (Ed) was Dr. John Polidori in The Haunting of Villa Diodati 
• Margaret Clunie (Sarah) voiced Fred for Big Finish's Planet of the End (2021)
• Peter [Szymon] Serafinowicz (Producer) provided the voice of the Fisher King for Before the Flood
• Sara Powell (Director) voiced Audrey Newman for An Ordinary Life (2014), PA for World Enough and Time (2015), Jacklyn Karna for The Dalek Occupation of Winter, Contessa for Vanguard (both 2018), Emma Fremantle for The World Traders, Andros Fax for Inside the Maldovarium (both 2021), Queen Minaris for The Death of Peladon, Blythe for The Forest of Penitence, Official for The Players (all 2022), and Moira Tenaka for The Wizard of Time (2023), then appeared in War of the Sontarans as Mary Seacole
• Ritu Arva (Jenna) was Gat in Fugitive of the Judoon
• Rebecca Root (Dr. Addis) voiced Sable for Zaltys (2017), Cantico for Time War 2 (2019), and Tania Bell for Stranded (2020-22), Flatpack and The Chaos Cascade (2024)
• Laura Evelyn (PC Churchill) was Polly in Resolution
• Anna Calder Marshall (Dora) voiced Mathilda Pierce for Scream of the Shalka
• Jade Anouka (Alba) was the Waitress in The Bells of Saint John, and voiced Danuta for The Blood Furnace (2017)
• Amit Shah (Andy) was Rahul in The Woman Who Fell to Earth
• Claire Ashton (Pub goer) and Ruth Clarson (Shopper) both appeared in Revolution of the Daleks, as Passenger and Tourist
• Martyn Mayger (Man) was a UNIT Soldier in The Day of the Doctor
• Anna [Victoria] Stephenson was stunt performer on Empire of Death too
• Kim McGarrity was also a stunt performer on The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, The Day of the Doctor and Wild Blue Yonder
• Nikita Mitchell was stunt performer on The Church on Ruby Road too
• stuntman Greg Powell was the Knight in The Time Monster
• Leo Woodruff was also stuntman on Heaven Sent and 73 Yards
• André Layne was stuntman on Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS too