Doctor Who Vs. The Fades

This cult drama was created

and written by Jack Thorne,

and first aired on BBC3 and

BBC HD in the autumn of

2011, then on BBC America

in January 2012. Despite

winning the BAFTA Best

Drama award, the series

was not recommissioned for

 a second run. Following an

unaired pilot, the six-part

supernatural thriller centred

on teenager Paul Roberts

(played by Iain De Caestecker)

who is haunted by apocalyptic

dreams - he sees dead people,

known as Fades. These spirits cannot be sensed by other humans, and

are the remnants of the dead who have not been accepted into the

afterlife. A repeat run of The Fades (co-produced by Caroline

Skinner, and co-directed by Farren Blackburn) began on BBC3

tonight - it featured Natalie Dormer, and a total of thirty-two Doctor

Who cast and crew connections:

• Sophie Wu (Jay) voiced Millie for Big Finish's Planet X (2016), and Autumn Tace for The Star Men (2017)
• Lily [May] Loveless (Anna) was Ellie Faber in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Curse of Clyde Langer
• Claire [Louise] Rushbrook (Meg) was Ida Scott in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, then voiced Tula Chenka for Escape from Kaldor (2018) and The Robots series (from 2019), and the Abbess/ Marna for Out of Time 1 (2021)
• Daniel Kaluuya (Mac) was Barclay in Planet of the Dead
• Tom [John] Ellis (Mark) was Dr. Thomas Milligan in Last of the Time Lords
• Eleanor Matsuura (Vicky) voiced Dana Tanaka for Shadows of the Vashta Nerada, and was Jo Nakashima in The Sontaran Stratagem 
• Ian Hanmore (Polus) was Father Angelo in Tooth and Claw
• Philip Bird (Peterson) made his TV debut as a Swampie in The Power of Kroll
• Joe [Maxwell] Dempsie (John) was Cline in The Doctor's Daughter
• Karl Collins [born Myers] (Higgy) was Sean Temple in The End of Time
• James Greene (Eric) and Shaun Lucas (Paramedic) both appeared in The Bells of Saint John as the Abbot and Monk respectively
• Tanya [born Tanyaradzwa] Fear (Jay) was Dr. Jade McIntyre in Arachnids in the UK
• Nicholas Khan (Dr. Jamison) voiced Jimmy Lynch for The Sinestran Kill, Dalia for Collateral (both 2019), Jillix for The Sins of Captain Jack, Stubbs for Thin Time, Alexander Marfleet for The Flying Dutchman (all 2020), and Vez/Kol for The Ark (2023)
• Chris Mason (Steve) depicted John Lennon in The Devil's Chord
• stunt co-ordinator Ray De Haan was a stuntman on The Idiot's Lantern
• Stephan Pehrsson was also the cinematographer on eleven stories (from The Pandorica Opens to The Crimson Horror)
• Matthew Scrivener was first assistant director on The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe too
• Rebecca Hemy was also assistant art director on Voyage of the Damned and The Infinite Quest
• Sam Williams was film editor on The Rings of Akhaten too
• Matthew Tabern also edited Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Human Nature and The Family of Blood
• Rob Arrowsmith was also camera operator on The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang and A Christmas Carol
• Richard Cookson was also script editor on The Day of the Doctor, Robot of Sherwood, Time Heist, Flatline and An Adventure in Space and Time
• Julius Ogden was also focus puller on nine episodes (from Closing Time to The Day of the Doctor)
• series SFX supervisor Paul McGuinness was Drathro in The Mysterious Planet
• Gary Norman was also (camera) grip on twenty-five stories (from the 2010 Christmas special to The Day of the Doctor)
• Matthew Cannings was the editor on The Crimson Horror and The Name of the Doctor, and was assistant editor on The Snowmen too
• Andrew Wildman was also storyboard artist on eleven episodes (from Dinosaurs on a Spaceship to The Time of the Doctor)
• Anthony Rutter (stand-by props) was the art director on Last Christmas
• Robert Edwards was also ADR mixer on Hide, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, The Crimson Horror, Nightmare in Silver, The Name of the Doctor and Space/Time
• Robert Flanagan was production sound mixer on the 2011 Christmas special too
• set costumer Kat Cappellazzi was costume assistant on seventeen adventures (from Asylum of the Daleks to Deep Breath)

Docto Who Vs. The Rise of Skywalker

The final part of Star Wars Sequel trilogy (also

known as Episode IX) was produced, directed

and co-written by JJ Abrams.

The sci-fi epic was announced after the Walt

Disney Company's acquisition of Lucasfilm in

2012, and saw no input from George Lucas.

The ensemble cast comprised Mark Hamill,

Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, and Anthony

Daniels from the original trilogy, and recent

series newcomers Daisy Ridley, John Boyega,

 Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, and Domhnall

Gleeson.

Released in late 2019, the adventure premiered

 on channel 4 last night - it featured Richard E

Grant, and thirty-five Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• Naomi Ackie (Jannah) and Simon Paisley Day (Quinn) both appeared in Face the Raven, as Jen and Rump - the latter was also the Steward in The End of the World
• Shirley Henderson (Babu Frik) played Ursula Blake in Love & Monsters
• Mandeep Dhillon (Garan) was Shireen in Knock Knock
• Robin Guiver (D-O) was Bill Tallow in Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror
• Tanya Moodie (Pernadee) voiced Marathanga/Martha for L.E.G.E.N.D. (2019), and Kilda for The Castle of Kurnos 5 (2020)
• Geff Francis (Griss) was George [Maitland] in The Bells of Saint John
• Aidan Cook (Boolio) was Mummy in The Rings of Akhaten, Monster in Hide, Cyberman in Nightmare in Silver and The Time of the Doctor, Zygon in The Day of the Doctor, The Zygon Invasion and The Zygon Inversion, and the Vlinx in The Giggle and Empire of Death
• Cyril [Ikechukwu] Nri (Officer) was the Shopkeeper in The Sarah Jane Adventures, then Chairman in Class, and voiced Maurice Vallan for The Movellan Manoeuvre and The Dalek Gambit (both 2020), and Khaset for The Mummy Speaks! (2022)
• Richard Bremmer (Officer) voiced General Hemmings/Valcon/ Driver for The Valley of Death (2011), and Old Beowulf for Black and White (2012)
• Andrew Havill (Officer) was the Chief Steward in Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Aleister Portillon/Squire Claude for The Witch from the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
• Indra Ové (Officer) voiced Tayna Vandermoy for Toos and Poul (2020), and Queen Maylee for Far From Home (2023)
• Aaron Neil (Officer) was Dunlop in The Magician's Apprentice, and Varun Singh in Class, then voiced Tir Ram for All-Consuming Fire, Sanukuma Master for The Rulers of the Universe, Priest for The Boundless Sea (all 2015), Aramatz for The Very Dark Thing, Trink/ Klossi/Stephano/Setebos for Maker of Demons, David for UNIT: Silenced, Steven Godbold for Five Twenty-Nine, Computer for World Enough and Time [audio], Mandrake for The Torchwood Archive (all 2016), Gorky Sax for The Year After I Died (2017), and Gobran for The Poison of Peladon (2022)
• Mimi Ndiweni (Officer) was Abby in Oxygen, and voiced Ronnie Brockman for Big Dig (2013), Alicia Dowan/Secretary for Subterfuge (2019), and one of The Two Rivers (2022)
• Vinette Robinson (Tyce) was Abi Lerner in 42, Rosa Parks in Rosa, and voiced Cynthia Quince for Dead to the World (2015)
• Raghad Chaar (Officer) voiced Samira Rustami for The Revenge of Wormwood (2023)
• Tom Wilton (Ackbar) was titular alien in The Zygon Invasion and The Zygon Inversion, and Sandman in Sleep No More
• Rochenda Sandall (Officer) was Azure in Flux
• Dave Hearn (FN0606) voiced Alteph for Inner Demons (2025)
• Lloyd Bass was also stuntman on The Time of the Doctor and Twice Upon a Time
• Robbie Keane was stuntman on The Return of Doctor Mysterio too
• Mike Lambert (fight co-ordinator) was stuntman on Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
• Rob Hunt was also stuntman on The Runaway Bride and The Day of the Doctor
• for Jimmy Vee, Warwick Davis, Will Willoughby, Kiran Shah, Paul Kasey and Andrew Burford see The Force Awakens
• for Amanda Lawrence, Kim McGarrity, Marvin Campbell, Cristian Knight, Nicholas Daines and Claire Lawrence see The Last Jedi

Doctor Who Vs. The Last Jedi

The second part of Star Wars

Sequel trilogy (also known as

Episode VIII) was written, and

directed by Rian Johnson. The

sci-fi epic was announced after

the Walt Disney Company's

acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012,

and saw no input from franchise

creator, George Lucas. 

The ensemble cast comprised

Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Peter

Mayhew, Anthony Daniels, Frank

Oz from the original trilogy, and

recent series newcomers Daisy

Ridley, John Boyega, Adam

Driver, Domhnall Gleeson, and

Andy Serkis. Released in late 2017, this production became the highest

grossing film of the year - it was followed by Rise of the Skywalker in

2019. The adventure premiered on channel 4 last night - it featured

twenty-nine Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Amanda Lawrence [born Jones] (D'Acy) was Doomfinger in The Shakespeare Code
• Mark Lewis Jones (Canady) voiced Professor Oliver Mortlake for The Darkness of Glass (2015)
• Navin Chowdry (Pilot) was Indra Ganesh in Aliens of London and World War Three
• Hugh Skinner (Officer) voiced Sebastian Vaughan for The Vigil (2019), Lord Oiliver Erpingham for The Headless Ones (2020), and Sir Lancelot for The Lone Centurion 2 (2022)
• Darren Morfitt (Officer) was Brother Marco in The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone
• Patrick O'Kane (Officer) was Ashad in The Haunting of Villa Diodati, Ascension of the Cybermen, The Timeless Children and The Power of the Doctor
• Paul Bazely (Officer) was Ven Garr in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, then voiced Elio for The Enhancement, the Duke of Hishtar for The Ribos Inheritance, Mikhail for Black Friday (all 2022)
• Michael Jibson (Pilot) voiced Corporal Gibbs for The Forsaken (2015)
• Danny Sapani (Captain) was Colonel Manton in A Good Man Goes to War
• Will [John] Willoughby (Guard) [born Haynes] was a stuntman on nine stories (from Rose to A Town Called Mercy) and Torchwood
• Dan Euston (Bombardier) was a stuntman on The Crimson Horror
• Marvin Campbell was stuntman on The Woman Who Fell to Earth too
• Andrew Burford was also stuntman on The Eaters of Light, The Doctor Falls, Twice Upon a Time, Kerblam!, The Witchfinders, The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos and Spyfall (2)
• Sarah Lochlan was stunt performer on Revolution of the Daleks too
• Nicholas Daines was stuntman on The Magician's Apprentice too
• Kim McGarrity was also stunt performer on The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth and on The Day of the Doctor with Cristian Knight
• Claire Lawrence was stunt performer on The Return of Doctor Mysterio too
• Freddie Mason was stuntman on The Doctor Falls too
• Lewis Young was stuntman on Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS too
• for Jimmy Vee, Warwick Davis, Kiran Shah, Tim Rose, Paul Kasey, Will Willoughby, Bern Collaco, Mickey Lewis and Clem So see The Force Awakens

Doctor Who Vs. The Force Awakens

The first part of Star Wars Sequel trilogy

(also known as Episode VII) was produced,
co-written, and directed by JJ Abrams.
The sci-fi epic (the follow-up to 1983's

Return of the Jedi), was announced after

the Walt Disney Company's acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012, and saw no involvement

 from franchise creator, George Lucas.

Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher,

Anthony Daniels, and Peter Mayhew all

reprised their respective roles - Han Solo,

Luke Skywalker, Leia, C-3PO, and Chewbacca.
Released in late 2015, The Force Awakens

became the third highest grossing film ever,

and was followed by The Last Jedi in 2017,
and The Rise of the Skywalker (2019).

Shown on channel 4 tonight, the movie featured Adam Driver (as Kylo

Ren), Daisy Ridley (Rey), John Boyega (Finn), Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Max von Sydow, Tosin Cole (pictured as Bastian), and

twenty-eight Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Simon [John] Pegg [born Beckingham] (Unkar Plutt) voiced Don Chaney for Big Finish's Invaders from Mars (2002), then played the Editor in The Long Game, and narrated the first run of Doctor Who Confidential
• Kiran Shah (Teedo here; Panpick in The Last Jedi; Ghima in The Rise of Skywalker) was the Figure in Listen, and Emojibot in Smile
• Pip [Dean] Torrens (Kaplan) and Thomas Brodie Sangster (Officer) both appeared in Human Nature and The Family of Blood - as Headmaster Rocastle and Tim Latimer - Torrens also voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), and Kenton for Break the Ice (2022), whilst Sangster voiced Kyle for The Mind's Eye (2007), and Miner for The Bride of Peladon (2008)
• Brian Vernel (Bala Tik) was Lucius in The Eaters of Light, and voiced Robert for Big Finish's Dethras (2017) 
• Warwick [Ashley] Davis (Wollivan) was Emperor Ludens Nimrod Kendrick Cord Longstaff XLI [known as Porridge] in Nightmare in Silver
• Sebastian [Felipe Xavier Fernández Garcia] Armesto (Mitaka) was Broff in Bad Wolf, and voiced Anders for Grand Theft Cosmos (2008), and Garrison for Kidnapped! (2020)
• Harriet [Mary] Walter (Kalonia) voiced Beatrice Mapp for The Boy That Time Forgot (2008), then was Jo Patterson in Revolution of the Daleks
• Tim Rose (Ackbar) was a Millennium FX engineer on Let's Kill Hitler, Closing Time and Deep Breath
• Tom Edden (Officer) was a Pharmacist in Gridlock
• Victor McGuire (Patron) voiced Borton for In the Garden of Death (2018)
• Dave Chapman (BB-8 operator) was Dalek Voice on The Curse of Fatal Death
• Charlie Akin (Stormtrooper/Fighter) was a Soldier in Empress of Mars
• Bern Collaco (General) was an Operator in The Return of Doctor Mysterio, and Soldier in Thin Ice
• Nathalie Cuzner (PZ-4CO) was Cat Nun in Tardisode and New Earth, Woman in Smith and Jones and The End of Time (2), one of the Futurekind in Utopia, Silurian in The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood and The Pandorica Opens, Handbot in The Girl Who Waited, and Performer in Demons of the Punjab
• Tobias James Samuels (Officer) was a Waiter in Voyage of the Damned
• Kevin Hudson (Rebel) had uncredited roles in twenty-nine stories (from The Long Game to The Timeless Children)
• Paul Kasey (Ello Asty) starred in thirty-eight episodes (from Rose to The Timeless Children)
• Mickey Lewis (General here; Trooper in Rogue One; Bridge Comms in The Last Jedi) was in seventeen instalments (from Asylum of the Daleks to Legend of the Sea Devils)
• Kate Fleetwood (Officer) was the voice of Ship for The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Mad Woman in the Attic
• Clem So (Fighter) was Mongolian in Asylum of the Daleks, Artisan in The Angels Take Manhattan, Tourist in The Day of the Doctor, Clockwork Droid in Deep Breath, Bank Client in Time Heist, Alien in Face the Raven and The Husbands of River Song, Gent in Thin Ice, Corpse in Oxygen, Guard in Extremis, and Pirate in Legend of the Sea Devils
• Robert Strange (Allium) was a Wraith Warrior in The Star Beast
• Tom Bell (Prashee) voiced Brian Sherborne for Intelligence for War (2023)
• Will [John] Willoughby (Guard) [born Haynes] was a stuntman on nine stories (from Rose to A Town Called Mercy) and Torchwood
• Jimmy Vee (R2-D2) was the Moxx of Balhoon in The End of the World, Alien in Aliens of London, Bannakaffalatta in Voyage of the Damned, the Skovox Blitzer in The Caretaker, and the Graske in Attack of the Graske, Music of the Spheres and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Aidan Cook (Bobbajo/Tuggs) was the Vlinx in The Giggle
• Francesca Mills (Laparo) voiced Bethany for Swipe Right (2024)
• Dilu Miah (Puffer) was Goblin in The Church on Ruby Road
• Christina Chong (Deleted scene) was Lorna Bucket in A Good Man Goes to War