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| Strickson and co-star Joanne Whalley |
This version of Charles Dickens' festive literary
classic was a faithful retelling of the original
novella (published in 1843) with a cast led by
George C Scott (nominated for an Emmy award
for his role of Ebenezer Scrooge).
Shown on channel 4 today, this Anglo-American
TV movie (released in late 1984) featured Frank Finlay, Mark Strickson, David Warner,
Edward Woodward, and eleven Doctor Who
cast connections:
- [Daphne Anne] Angela Pleasence (Ghost of Christmas Past) was Queen Elizabeth I in The Shakespeare Code
- Michael [Alexander] Carter (Ghost of Christmas Future) began his acting career as Prisoner/Soldier in The Mind of Evil
- Susannah [Yolande] York [born Fletcher] (Mrs Cratchit) voiced Our Mother/Registry/Tannoy for Big Finish's Valhalla (2007)
- Caroline Langrishe (Janet) voiced Shira for The Burning Prince (2012), Lady Farina for The Eleven, and Rachel for The Red Lady (both 2015)
- Timothy [Dingwall] Bateson (Fezziwig) was Binro in The Ribos Operation
- [Francis] Michael Gough (Poole) was the titular entity in The Celestial Toymaker, and Councillor Hedin in Arc of Infinity
- Derek Francis (Pemberton) was Emperor Nero in The Romans
- John Quarmby (Hacking) was Henry Tobias in K9 & Company
- Tim Munro (Topper) was Ainu in The Creature from the Pit, and Sigurd in Terminus
- Peter Woodthorpe (Old Joe) voiced Joey Oxford for Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?
- Spencer Banks (Wilkins) voiced Kovaks for The Doomsday Contract (2021)
- Roger Murray Leach was also production designer on The Ark in Space, The Sontaran Experiment, Revenge of the Cybermen, Planet of Evil, The Seeds of Doom, The Deadly Assassin and The Talons of Weng Chiang
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