Doctor Who Vs. Attack the Block

This British comic
horror film marked
the cinematic debuts
of writer/director Joe
Cornish, future Star 
Wars actor John
Boyega, and Oscar

-winning composer
Steven Price.

Set on a Brixton
council estate at
Bonfire Night, the
story centred on a teenage street gang's fight with predatory aliens.

The titular Block and its street address were named after influential

English sci-fi novelists John Wyndham and JG Ballard respectively.

Plans for the long-awaited sequel were announced last year.

This cult film (released in 2011), was shown again on Film4 last

night - it featured Jodie Whittaker, Luke Treadaway, and eight-

teen other Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Nick [John] Frost (Ron) played Santa Claus in Last Christmas 
• Karl Collins [born Myers] (Dad) was Shaun Temple in The End of Time
• Yvonne D'Alpra (Nan) voiced Patricia Miller/Captain Caroline Byrne for Big Finish's Beyond Bannerman Road (2023)
• Adam Buxton (Documentary Voice) voiced an Assembler for The One Doctor (2001)
• Flaminia Cinque (Woman) voiced Patsy for four Jago & Litefoot adventures
• David Cann (Superintendant) narrated Hello Sailor! for The Sea Devils DVD release
• Paul Heasman, Jamie Edgell, Andy Godbold, Paul Herbert, Gary Hoptrough, Rob Hunt, Tony Lucken, Peter Miles, Andy Smart and Mens-Sana Tamakloe were all stunt performers on the revived series too
• prosthetic technician Rebecca Cain was an art finisher on Face the Raven
• Stuart Conran was also prosthetic make-up artist on New Earth and The Idiot's Lantern