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-four 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
• 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