Sunday 5 February 2023

Doctor Who Vs. Hunter Killer

Released by Lionsgate in late
2018, this American action
thriller starred a largely British
cast but was a box office flop.
Here, the captain of submarine
USS Arkansas (played by Gerard
Butler) ventured deep into
Russian waters to rescue the
President from a military coup
and avert World War 3.
Shown on Channel last night, the
production (filmed in England and
Bulgaria) featured Gary Oldman,
Linda Cardellini, Toby Stephens,
Michael Nyqvist, and ten Doctor
Who cast connections:

  • Corey [born John] Johnson (Captain) was Henry Van Statten in Dalek
  • Adam James (Forbes) was DI Macmillan in Planet of the Dead
  • Colin Stinton (Senator) was President Arthur Winters in The Sound of Drums
  • David Gyasi (Wallach) was Harvey in Asylum of the Daleks
  • Michael Jibson (Reed) voiced Corporal Gibbs for Big Finish's The Forsaken (2015)
  • Stuart Milligan (Secretary) was President Nixon in The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon, Narrator of The Deviant Strain (2005) and Blackout (2011), then voiced Anthony Chambers for The Reaping (2006), Colonel Stark for Dreamland, Emerson Whytecrag for Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge (2010), Garundel for Black and White (2012), Starlight Robbery (2013) and Stolen Goods (2018), and Donohue for The Dollhouse (2017)
  • David Yelland (Secretary) voiced Walter Pritchett for The Red Lady (2015)
  • stunt co-ordinator Paul Herbert was stuntman on The End of Time
  • Jamie Edgell was stuntman on The End of the World and Twice Upon a Time, and also stunt co-ordinator on Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways
  • David Forman was also stunt co-ordinator on Tooth and Claw, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Idiot's Lantern, Fear Her and The Runaway Bride

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