Doctor Who Vs. Casanova

This account of the life of the fabled Venetian

adventurer, Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798)

was scripted by Russell T Davies and co-

executive produced with Julie Gardner.

Veteran Irish actor Peter O'Toole (1932-2013) portrayed the older Casanova, whilst David

Tennant's role as the younger man led Davies

 to cast him in the lead of the newly revived

Doctor Who series.

BBC Wales' three-part comedy drama (a co-

production with Red and Granada TV) was the

Corporation's second version of the famed

 libertine's life story, following Dennis Potter's acclaimed mini-series, shown in late 1971.

Originally broadcast on BBC3 in March 2005,

then on BBC1 in April, Casanova featured Matt

 Lucas, Rupert Penry Jones, and thirty-eight

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Annette Badland (Pauline) was Margaret Blaine [Blon Fel Fotch Pasameer-Day Slitheen] in Aliens of London, World War Three, Boom Town and Big Finish's Sync (2019), then voiced Queen Karlina for Equilibrium, Thelma for Suburban Hell (both 2015), Guilana for Asking for a Friend (2017), Judge/Computer for Barrister to the Stars, Batraxus/Mrs. Slinger for Whatever Remains, Maude Polwart/Mermaid for The Ghost Writers (all 2020), Mrs. Goose/Fleshkin for The Hunting Season (2021), Mrs. Chinn for Mind of the Hodiac, the eponymous role for The Miniaturist, Eminent Sedanya for Blood of the Time Lords (all 2022), the Toymaker for Metamorphosis, Dorothy Stubbs for The Sitter (both 2024), and Lavinia Smith for Smith & Sullivan (2025)
• Nickolas Grace (Chancellor) made a brief TV appearance as Albert Einstein in Death is the Only Answer, and voiced Loozly for Bang-Bang-A-Boom! (2002), Straxus for Human Resources (2007), Sisters of the Flame and The Vengeance of Morbius (both 2008), Viktor Skaarsgard/ Balancer for Equilibrium (2015), Goole for The Gallery of Ghouls (2016), Professor Grove for Shadow Planet and World Apart, Chevalier D'Eon for The Sword of the Chevalier (all 2017), Kellman for Return of the Cybermen (2021), Eldridge Brinkwood for The Empty Man (2023), and Secretary Pym for The Eternity Club (2024)
• Shaun Parkes (Rocco) was Captain Zachary Cross Flane in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit - a role reprised for Empire of Shadows (2021) and Oodunnit (2023)
• Laura Fraser (Henriette) was Kane in Orphan 55
• [Oluwakemi] Nina Sosanya (Bellino) was Trish Webber in Fear Her, and voiced Captain Anna Maynard for Aquitaine (2016)
• Richard James (Doctor)
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• [Celia] Daisy [Morna] Haggard (Coquette) was Sophie in The Lodger, Closing Time and Up All Night
• Raymond [Anthony] Coulthard (Ambassador) voiced Loki/Edgar/ Hawks for Cobwebs (2010), Ralph/Acolyte for Suburban Hell, Robac/ Servers/Dalmari for The Destination Wars (2017), and William Sudell for The Beautiful Game (2023)
• Dervla Kirwan (Mother) was Mercy Hartigan in The Next Doctor, then reprised Andrea Quill for Class (2018), and voiced Mrs. Calderwood for Aimed at the Body, Di Wright for The Bookshop at the End of the World, Yost McCormack for Lightspeed, Anne Marie for Interlude, Representative for Echo Chamber, Agatha Fernbridge for Towards Zero, Professor Callis for Castle Hydra, Kelleher for Effect and Cause, Lizbeth Hayhoe for Torchwood (all 2020), and Honour Bray for Redacted
• Zac Fox (Young Casanova) was the PA in Asylum of the Daleks and The Angels Take Manhattan
• Ron [Graham] Cook (Prisoner) was Mr. Magpie in The Idiot's Lantern
• Ewan Bailey (Doctor) provided Alien Voices for Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Count Licori for The Galileo Trap, Father Locke/ Orbs for The Satanic Mill, McCallum/Grayson for The Case of the Missing Gasogene, Sergeant Quick Snr. for The Year of the Bat, Priest for The Mourning After (all 2015), Davy McTavit for The Helm of Awe, Blazzard/Copeland for The Morton Legacy, Dimitri Papkin for The Ship of the Sleepwalkers, Duncan for Aliens Among Us (all 2017), Sir Edward Cameron/Slitheen/Biggs for Death on th Mile, Evotech Kronin /Wendell/Rattus/Cab/Karsus Prime/Computer for Kings of Infinite Space (both 2018), and Hugo Blake for The Sinestran Kill (2019)
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• Andrew Havill (Chancellor) was the Chief Steward in Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Aleister Portillon and Squire Claude for The Witch in the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
• Graham Padden (Priest) was Pa in Gridlock
• Clare [Frances Elizabeth] Higgins (Cook) was Ohila in The Night of the Doctor, The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar, then Narrator of The Gods of Winter (2015) and The Lost Flame (2017)
• Angus Wright (Man-at-Arms) voiced Magnus Greel for The Butcher of Brisbane (2012), and Alek Zenos for We are the Daleks (2015)
• Mark Heap (Gozzi) voiced The Middleman for The Middle (2017)
• Matthew Holness (Landlord) voiced Eric Drazen for The Lure of the Nomad (2018)
• Glenna Morrison (Nanette) voiced Mary Patterson for Medicinal Purposes (2004)
• Tamzin Griffin (Noblewoman) voiced Negotiator Vresha for Dreamtime (2005)
• Vincent [Warren] Franklin (Nobleman) voiced Lord Stormblood for Scenes from Her Life (2016)
• Rosalie [Mae] Craig (Coquette) voiced Frances Drouet for Purity Unleashed (2023)
• Sheree Folkson was director of In the Forest of the Night too
• co-executive producers Michael Treen and Damien Timmer were the production manager on The Twin Dilemma, and an extra on An Adventure in Space and Time respectively
• film editor Nick Arthurs also edited The Curse of the Fatal Death then Hide
• Liz Griffiths was the set decorator on seven Series 1 stories too
• Steve Smith was also make-up artist on forty-one episodes (from The Christmas Invasion to The Waters of Mars) and Music of the Sphere
• Susan Liggat was also first assistant director on Love & Monsters, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday, then produced another eight instalments, and the pilot episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures
• recordist Nick Foley was ADR mixer on The Snowmen
• VFX compositor Simon Blackledge and Matt Wood both worked on A Town Called Mercy and The Power of Three - Wood was VFX supervisor on The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe too
• Samantha Hall was also post-production supervisor on fifty-one episodes (from New Earth to Flesh and Stone), Time Crash and Music of the Spheres
• Anna Lau was costume supervisor on nine instalments too
• Julie Scott was also production executive on seventy-seven stories (from The Runaway Bride to The Time of the Doctor), Time Crash, Music of the Spheres, Dreamland, City of the Daleks, Blood of the Cybermen, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood and Doctor Who at the Proms
• stuntman Bill Davey was stunt co-ordinator on The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters and Turn Left
• stuntman Glenn Marks was stunt co-ordinator on Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Blink
• incidental music was provided by Murray Gold
• Glenn Coxon was also floor runner on Love & Monsters, Blink and Torchwood

Doctor Who On This Day #124

 

1968 - The Wheel in Space, Episode

 2 first screened on BBC1

1969 - The Massacre, Episodes 1 and 2 and The Ark, 
Episode 4: The Bomb repeated and The Celestial Toymaker,
Episode 4: The Final Test first screened, all on TV1; and
Fury from the Deep, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated and 
The Wheel in Space, Episodes 1 to 3 repeated and Episode 
4 first screened, all on ABC

1973 - Colony in Space, Episodes

2 and 6 and Day of the Daleks, Episode

3 repeated and The Sea Devils, Episode

4 first screened, all on ABC

1974 - Planet of the Spiders, Part

1 first screened on BBC1

1976 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 1

to 4 all repeated on WTTW 11; and

Robot, Part 4 first screened on ABC

1978 - The Face of Evil, Part 3 and

The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 6

both repeated on ABC

1981 - The Seeds of Doom, Parts

4 to 6 all repeated on WTTW 11

1982 - The Stones of Blood, Part

3 repeated on KQED; and Four to

Doomsday, Part 1 repeated and

Part 2 first screened, both on ABC

1983 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part 4 repeated on KQED
Plus; and Snakedance, Part 3 repeated and Part 4 first
screened, both on ABC

1984 - The Deadly Assassin, Part 2 repeated on KQED
Plus; and The Keeper of Traken, Part 1 repeated on ABC

1985 - The Green Death, Episode

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - Frontier in Space Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus
1987 - The Green Death, Episodes 1 to 3 all repeated on 
WTTW 11; and Terror of the Zygons, Part 4 first screened
on Super Channel

1988 - The Brain of Morbius, Part 2 repeated

on TV de Galicia; The Horns of Nimon, Part 2

repeated on TV2; and Full Circle, Part 3

repeated on KQED Plus

1989 - Death to the Daleks, Part 3 repeated on KQED
 Plus; and Enlightenment, Part 1 first screened on TV2

1990 - The Pirate Planet, Part 1 repeated on ABC; and
The Twin Dilemma, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus
1991 - The Seeds of Death, Episode 6 repeated on

TV2; and The Armageddon Factor, Part 2 and The

Two Doctors Omnibus both repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - Colony in Space, Episode 3 repeated on UK

Gold; and Enlightenment, Part 1 repeated on ABC

1994 - The Horns of Nimon, Part

2 repeated on UK Gold

1995 - Colony in Space, Episode 4 repeated on UK Gold;
and Revelation of the Daleks, Part 1 repeated on VOX

1997 - The Masque of Mandragora Omnibus repeated on
UK Gold; and Planet of Evil, Part 1 repeated on ZTV

1998 - The Daleks, Episode 7: The Rescue repeated on
Space; Castrovalva Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus;

and The Twin Dilemma, Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episode 3 repeated on
Space; Planet of the Spiders, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
on Colorado PTV; and The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 1
repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2000 - The Dominators, Episode 1 repeated on UKTV
 (Aus); and Inferno, Episode 2 repeated on TV3 (RI)

2001 - The Ribos Operation, Part 2 repeated on UKTV
 (Aus); The Androids of Tara, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

 on NHPTV; and The Power of Kroll, Part 1 repeated on

Prime

2002 - Robot Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;

The Sontaran Experiment Omnibus repeated on

KERA; The Deadly Assassin, Part 4 repeated on

BBC Kids (Can); Warriors of the Deep, Parts 3

and 4 both repeated on Colorado PTV; Delta

and the Bannermen, Part 3 and Dragonfire,

Part 1 both repeated on BBC Prime; and

Remembrance of the Daleks Omnibus

repeated on UKTV

2003 - Planet of Evil, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Iowa
PTV; The Android Invasion, Part 1 repeated on WSKG; The
 Seeds of Doom, Part 6 repeated on WCNY; The Masque of 
Mandragora Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can); City of 
Death, Part 1 repeated on WILL; The Leisure Hive, Parts 2
and 3 both repeated on MiND; Full Circle, Part 3 repeated
on KUED; Resurrection of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on
MPT; The Happiness Patrol, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on
Colorado PTV and Part 3 repeated on KBTC; Silver Nemesis,
Part 1 repeated on KBTC; and The Ghosts of N-Space,
Episode 5 repeated on Radio 7

2004 - Terror of the Autons, Episode 3 repeated

on ABC; and Planet of Fire, Parts 3 and 4 both

repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2005 - The Androids of Tara, Part

3 repeated on ABC

2006 - Dalek repeated on People+ Arts; and

Totally Doctor Who (#1.4) first screened on BBC1

2007 - The Unquiet Dead first screened

on WUCF; Aliens of London first screened

on WUCF, Oregon PB and S Oregon PTV;

The Long Game first screened on WCET;

Evolution of the Daleks repeated on BBC3;

Doctor Who Confidential: I Get a Sidekick

Out of You first screened on Oregon PB;

and Totally Doctor Who (2.5) first screened

 on BBC1 and repeated on CBBC

2008 - The Creature from the Pit, Parts 3 and 4

both repeated on WCET; Aliens of London repeated

 on Jimmy; The Doctor Dances first screened on 

ProSieben and repeated on WTVP; Boom Town 

and Doctor Who Confidential: Unsung Heroes and 

Violent Death both repeated on MPT; The Parting

of the Ways repeated on Houston PB; The Christmas 

Invasion first screened on KERA and WXXI; Tooth 

and Claw and Doctor Who Confidential: Fear Factor 

both first screened on WTTW 11; School Reunion and 

Doctor Who Confidential: Friends Reunited both

repeated on KQED Plus; The Girl in the Fireplace

 first screened on Ozarks PTV; Rise of the Cybermen

first screened on Idaho PTV; The Poison Sky repeated

on BBC3; and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD

screened on UK Gold 

2009 - School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, 

The Idiot's Lantern, The Impossible Planet, The 

Satan Pit, Love & Monsters, Fear Her, Doomsday

 and Doctor Who Confidential: Friends Reunited all 

repeated on Syfy (US); and Army of Ghosts repeated 

on BBC3 and Syfy (US)

2010 - Rise of the Cybermen and Doctor Who Confidential
Cutdown: Cybermen both repeated on UKTV (Aus); Fear
Her repeated on Syfy (FRG); The Runaway Bride repeated
on Syfy (Spa); Smith and Jones repeated on Syfy (Ben);
and Doctor Who Confidential: Sins of the Fathers and The 
Italian Job both repeated on Houston PB

2011 - The Horns of Nimon, Parts 1 and 2 both

 repeated on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; and

Gridlock repeated on Space

2012 - The Caves of Androzani, Parts 3 and 4 both
repeated on Syfy (Aus); Timelash, Parts 3 and 4 (of 4) both 
repeated on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The End of the World and
Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Aliens, the Good, the Bad 
and the Ugly both repeated on ABC2; Journey's End repeated
on BBC3; The Time of Angels repeated on BBC America; and
The Pandorica Opens repeated on BBC Entertainment AP
2013 -  The Caves of Androzani Omnibus screened at the
Doctor Who at 50 event at BFI Southbank; The Runaway 
Bride and A Christmas Carol both repeated on Watch;

Smith and Jones repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;

The Eleventh Hour, Doctor Who Confidential: Call Me

The Doctor and The Best of the Companions all

 repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Day 

of the Moon repeated on BBC Nordic, BBC Entertainment 

EU, Rom and ME; The Curse of the Black Spot repeated 

on BBC Entertainment EU, Rom and ME; Night Terrors 

repeated on WTTW Prime; The Power of Three repeated 

on Syfy (Ben); Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS 

repeated on BBC America, BBC Entertainment RSA

and BBC Polska; and The Crimson Horror first 

screened on BBC1

2014 - Robot Omnibus repeated on KPTS; Underworld, Parts
3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC; State of Decay, Part 1 and
The Visitation, Parts 3 and 4 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The
Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London, World War Three and Dalek

all repeated on KCPT2; The Empty Child repeated on KNCT;

Evolution of the Daleks and The Lazarus Experiment both

repeated on RAI4; The Doctor's Daughter repeated on

WPT Flagship; The Unicorn and the Wasp and Silence in

the Library both repeated on Really Scary TV; Planet of the

Dead repeated on KLRU; The Eleventh Hour repeated on

BBC Entertainment LA; The Pandorica Opens repeated on

BBC Entertainment LA and Fox (FRG); The Big Bang and

A Christmas Carol both repeated on Fox; The Impossible

Astronaut repeated on BBC Entertainment LA, Watch and

 Fox; Day of the Moon repeated on Watch and Fox; The

Curse of the Black Spot, The Doctor's Wife, The Rebel

Flesh and The Almost People all repeated on Watch;

Let's Kill Hitler repeated on MPB; Closing Time repeated

on Idaho PTV and LPB; The Doctor, the Widow and the

Wardrobe repeated on Watch; Asylum of the Daleks

repeated on BBC Entertainment LA and Iowa PTV;

A Town Called Mercy repeated on WVPB and KUED;

The Angels Take Manhattan repeated on WILL; The

Rings of Akhaten repeated on UKTV (NZ); Cold War

repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania and ME;

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on

KCPT and UKTV (Aus); The Crimson Horror repeated

on KCPT; Nightmare in Silver repeated on OETA DT2;

and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Open All Hours

repeated on LPB

2015 - The Daleks, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated

on Horror; The Creature from the Pit, Part 3, The Girl

Who Waited and The God Complex all repeated on

 Syfy (Aus); The Christmas Invasion, Planet of the Dead,

The Waters of Mars, The Snowmen, The Time of the 
Doctor, The Companions and The Culture Show Special:

Me, You and Doctor Who all repeated on Watch; Rise of

the Cybermen and Doctor Who Confidential: Cybermen

both repeated on UNC-TV; The Idiot's Lantern repeated

on TV Cultura; Army of Ghosts repeated on ABC2; 42 and

Doctor Who Confidential: The Writer's Tale both repeated

on BBC Entertainment AP; Human Nature and The

Family of Blood both repeated on EBRU; The Big Bang and

The Impossible Astronaut both repeated on BBC America;
A Christmas Carol repeated on BBC America and Watch;

Asylum of the Daleks repeated on RAI4; The Angels

Take Manhattan repeated on BBC Entertainment LA;

The Bells of Saint John, The Rings of Akhaten and

Cold War all repeated on BBC Nordic HD; and

Into the Dalek repeated on BBC Brazil HD

2016 - The Twin Dilemma, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
Retro TV; The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on BBC Polska
HD; Human Nature repeated on Syfy (Aus); Planet of the
Ood repeated on TV Cultura; The Eleventh Hour repeated 
on ABC2; A Christmas Carol repeated on BBC Entertainment 
AP; The Curse of the Black Spot and The Doctor's Wife both
repeated on Syfy (LA) and Syfy (Bra); Let's Kill Hitler
 repeated on Einsfestival and Syfy (Aus); Death in Heaven 
repeated on KLRU and WGVU; The Magician's Apprentice 
repeated on BBC First (ME); and The Zygon Inversion 
repeated on Syfy (Bra)

2017 - The Ark in Space, Part 1 repeated on The Zone;
Paradise Towers, Part 4 and Delta and the Bannermen,
Part 1 both repeated on Retro TV; Aliens of London, Amy's

Choice and Doctor Who Extra:  Into the Dalek all repeated

on BBC Polska HD; The Time of Angels and Flesh and

 Stone both repeated on Syfy (LA); The Hungry Earth

repeated on FX (Ind); The Rebel Flesh, The Almost 

People, A Good Man Goes to War, Let's Kill Hitler, Night

Terrors and The Girl Who Waited all repeated on BBC

America; The Name of the Doctor and The Day of the

 Doctor both repeated on Syfy (Bra); and Heaven

Sent repeated on Syfy (Aus)

2018 - The Time Meddler, Episode 4: Checkmate and The
 Ark, Episode 1: The Steel Sky both repeated on Retro TV; 
The Pirate Planet, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Jones! too;
The Poison Sky repeated on W; Kill the Moon repeated on 
ABC; Mummy on the Orient Express repeated on ABC ME; 
Face the Raven and Sleep No More both repeated on Sony 
SciFi; and Smile repeated on Syfy (Bra)
2019 - The Gunfighters Omnibus and The Ambassadors of 
Death, Episodes 2 and 3 all repeated on Retro TV; The Sun 
Makers, Part 4 and The Invasion of Time, Parts 1 and 3 all
repeated on Jones! too; Aliens of London repeated on ABC;
The Pilot and Smile both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU;
The Eaters of Light and Empress of Mars both repeated on

France 4; and Twice Upon a Time, The Woman Who Fell to

Earth and The Ghost Monument all repeated on BBC Polska
HD

2020 - Last Christmas repeated on

BBC Polska HD

2021 - The Ribos Operation, Parts 1

and 2 both repeated on Retro TV; Rise

of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel

both repeated on One ARD; Planet of the

Dead repeated on BBC First Turkey; and

The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe

repeated on ABC2

2022 - Time of the Rani, Parts 3

and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;

Silence in the Library repeated on

Fox SciFi; and The Doctor's Wife

repeated on BBC Polska HD

2023 - The Dominators, Episode

1 repeated on Retro TV; Face the

Raven repeated on ABC2; and

Orphan 55 and Spyfall, Part 2 both

repeated on Fox SciFi

2025 - Dalek and Father's Day both

screened at Doctor Who: 20 Years

On event at BFI Southbank; and The

Angels Take Manhattan repeated on

ABC Entertains