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