Doctor Who Vs. Man Up

This Anglo-French romantic
comedy (co-produced by BBC
Films) starred Simon Pegg (as

divorcee Jack) and American

Lake Bell (singleton Nancy).

The feature premiered at the
Tribeca Film Festival then was
released by Studio Canal in
May 2015.

Shown on BBC1 last night, the production also featured Ken

Stott, Ophelia Lovibond, Phoebe

Waller Bridge, Olivia Williams, and

fifteen Doctor Who cast and crew connections

• Pegg voiced Don Chaney for Big Finish's Invaders from Mars (2002), then played the Editor in The Long Game, and narrated the first run of Doctor Who Confidential
• Harriet [Mary] Walter (Fran) voiced Beatrice Mapp for The Boy that Time Forgot (2008), then was Jo Patterson in Revolution of the Daleks
• Rory [Stewart] Kinnear (Sean) voiced Samuel Belfrage for Industrial Evolution (2011)
• Steve Oram (Man) was Joseph Williamson in Flux
• Paul Thornley (Adam) voiced Marko for Seven Keys to Doomsday (2008), Michael Rond for Fitz's Story, Gomori for Paper Cuts (both 2009), Robbie Flint/Cyril for Criss-Cross (2015), Relb/Sita for The Butler Did It, and Captain Goben for Pursuit of the Nightjar (both 2023)
• Shaun Lucas (Bowler) was a Monk in The Bells of Saint John
• Oliver Lansley (Man) was Jorj in World Enough and Time, and voiced Jack Ridpath for Chapel of Night (2017)
• Shina Shihoko Nagai (Dancer) was the Tokyo Operator in The Return of Doctor Mysterio
• Annabel Canaven was also a stunt performer on The Almost People, The Snowmen, The Day of the Doctor, Deep Breath and Kill the Moon
• Paul Kennington, Lloyd Bass, Chris Pollard and Marlow Warrington Mattei were all stuntmen on the revived series too
• Martin Curry was also the first assistant director on The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon
• Neal Champion (SFX supervisor) and Julian Nix (graphics designer) both worked on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Richard Rowntree was also the greensman on forty-one stories (from The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe to The Husbands of River Song)