Doctor Who Vs. Beauty and the Beast

The eighteenth century French fairytale, La

 Belle et la Béte, has been retold many times.

Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films' live-

action reworking of their animated classic of

1991 was shown on BBC1 today.

Emma Watson played Belle, and Dan Stevens

was the Prince (imprisoned as the eponymous

Beast) who can only be freed by true love.

Released in 2017, the production also featured

Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Kevin Kline, Ewan

McGregor, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci,

Hattie Morahan, and fifteen Doctor Who cast

and crew connections:

• Ray Fearon (Robert) voiced Barlow Teveler for Big Finish's The Seeds of War (2013)
• Rita Davies (Old Woman) voiced Janneus for Primeval (2001), and Tashek for Innocence (2006)
• Gugu [born Gugulethu Sophia] Mbatha-Raw (Plumette) was Tish Jones in Smith and Jones, The Lazarus Experiment, The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords, and was cast in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Sir Ian [Murray] McKellen (Cogsworth) provided the voice of the Great Intelligence for The Snowmen
• Clive [Mark] Rowe (Cuisinier) was Morvin Van Hoff in Voyage of the Damned
• Gerard [James Pertwee] Horan (Jean) was Clark/Father of Mine in Human Nature and The Family of Blood
• Adrian Schiller (D'arque) was Uncle in The Doctor's Wife, and voiced Zanith for Time Works (2006), and Maurice Le Bon for Fright Motif (2021)
• Michael Jibson (Innkeeper) voiced Corporal Gibbs for The Forsaken (2015)
• Vivien Parry (Mother) voiced Captain Tysus for The Twilight Kingdom (2004)
• Adam Basil (Beast) was stuntman on Spyfall
• Clem So (Parent) was a 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, and Guard in Extremis
• Joel Conlan was a stuntman on The Lie of the Land too
• Andy Merchant was also a stuntman on The Wedding of River Song, Into the Dalek and The Pilot
• Sarah Lochlan was a stunt performer on Revolution of the Daleks too
• Jenny Shircore (hair/make-up designer) was make-up artist on Planet of Evil