Sunday 20 December 2020

Doctor Who Vs. Nativity 3

Shown on channel 5 today, this
British comedy (subtitled Dude
Where's My Donkey?) was the
second sequel to 2009 festive
film Nativity! Marc Wootton and
Jason Watkins reprised their
series roles as Mr. Poppy and
Gordon Shakespeare.
The fourth instalment, Nativity
Rocks! opened in cinemas in late
 2018, and followed a stage
version, Nativity! The Musical,
which premiered in Birmingham
before a UK tour. Filmed on location in Coventry, London and New York, Nativity (again written by
Debbie Isitt) was released in late 2014 - it featured Catherine Tate,
and eleven other Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

  • for Watkins see my blog for Nativity!
  • Martin Clunes (Mr. Shepherd) was Lon in Snakedance
  • Adam Garcia (Finch) was Alex Klein in The Christmas Invasion
  • Niky Wardley (Bella) voiced Tamsin Drew for seven Big Finish stories (from Situation Vacant until To the Death), then Bex Young for Technophobia, Hannah Bennett for School of Blood (both 2016), and Natalie Morrison for Donna Noble: Kidnapped! (2020) - she also made a cameo appearance in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
  • Celia [Diana Savile] Imrie (Mrs. Keen here & Nativity Rocks!) was [Rosemary] Kizlet in The Bells of Saint John, then voiced Dr. Elizabeth Bradley for The Fifth Citadel (2013), Madame Tissot for Gallery of Ghouls, and Livia for Gallifrey: Enemy Lines (both 2016)
  • Ralf Little (Charlie) voiced Guy Fawkes for The Gunpowder Plot, and was Steadfast in Smile
  • Stewart Wright (Henry) was Alan in The Lie of the Land
  • Duncan Preston (Dad) voiced the titular alien in the Doctor Who and Crayola sketch for Victoria Wood as Seen on TV
  • Simon Lipkin (Chief Elf here; Jerry in Nativity Rocks!) was Nollarr in The Girl Who Died
  • Lloyd Bass was also stuntman on The Time of the Doctor, Twice Upon a Time and Spyfall
  • Curtis Rivers was also a stunt double on UtopiaThe Sound of Drums and Torchwood

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