Doctor Who Vs. Captain America: The First Avenger

This WWII action film explored the creation 

of the Marvel Comics character, Captain 

America - a superhero conceived by Jack 

Kirby and Joe Simon in 1941.

Chris Evans portrayed the eponymous 

super-soldier (alias Steve Rogers), charged 

with preventing Red Skull (played by Hugo
Weaving) from using the Tesserac to 

achieve world domination.
Shown again on Film4 last night, the

adventure was released by Paramount in 

2011 and spawned two sequels. The film 

also featured Tommy Lee Jones, Stanley 

Tucci, Samuel L Jackson, Jenna [Louise] 

Coleman, David Bradley, and thirteen 

other Doctor Who cast alumni:

• Big Finish actress Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter) voiced Asha for Blood of the Daleks (2007), Eleanor for The Doomwood Curse, Seska for The Whispering Forest (2010), and President Sheridan Moorkur for The Sands of Life and War Against the Laan (both 2013)
• Toby Jones (Dr. Zola) was the Dream Lord in Amy's Choice, and voiced Kotris for Dark Eyes (2012)
• JJ Field (Falsworth) voiced David McCallister for Blue Forgotten Planet (2009)
• Michael Brandon (Brandt) was General Sanchez in The Stolen Earth, and voiced CP Doveday for Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge (2010)
• Lex Shrapnel (Hodge) voiced Robin Marshall for Shadow of the Past (2010)
• William Hope (Lieutenant) voiced General Tillington for Renaissance of the Daleks (2007)
• Sam Hoare (Recruit) voiced Lucius for AudioGo's Serpent Crest: Tsar Wars (2011), and depicted Douglas Camfield in An Adventure in Space and Time
• David McKail (Artist) was Sergeant Kyle in The Talons of Weng Chiang
• Tim Howard (Soldier) was a Villager in The Time of the Doctor, and Highwayman in The Woman Who Lived
• Tobias James Samuels (Producer) was a Waiter in Voyage of the Damned
• Kieran O'Connor (Jerk) was a Prison Guard in The Impossible Astronaut
• Colin Stinton (Taxi Driver) was President Arthur Winters in The Sound of Drums
• Sy Turner (Hydra Soldier) was a camera trainee on The Zygon Inversion, Heaven Sent and Class