Doctor Who Vs. Howl

Shown on Legend last night, this British

horror film (set aboard a stranded commuter

train) was directed by Paul Hyett, best known

for his collaborations with Neil Marshall, maker

of the werewolf feature, Dog Soldiers.

The interior train scenes were shot in Croydon

and Waterloo station, whilst location filming

was undertaken at Black Park close to Pine-

wood studios.

Howl had no theatrical release, but premiered

at the German Fantasy Filmfest held in 2015

before a home video release at Halloween. The

indie production was well received - it featured

Ed Speelers, Holly Weston (both pictured), and thirteen Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Sean Pertwee (Driver) made a cameo appearance in The Five(ish) Doctors
• Elliot Cowan (Adrian) voiced Gark for Big Finish's The Fifth Traveller (2006)
• Amit Shah (Matthew) was Rahul in The Woman Who Fell to Earth
• Sam Gittins (Billy) voiced Helico for Transference (2023)
• Duncan Preston (Ged) voiced the titular alien in the Doctor Who and Crayola sketch for Victoria Wood as Seen on TV
• Calvin Dean (Paul) was Ha-Ha in Nightmare in Silver
• Brett Goldstein (David) was Astos in The Tsuranga Conundrum 
• Ross Mullan (Werewolf) was a Silent in The Time of the Doctor, the Teller in Time Heist, and the Wraith in Hell Bent
• Robert Strange [aka Nairne] (Hunchback) was the Bogeyman in Space Babies
• Guy Murray Brown was also first assistant director on Can You Hear Me?, The Haunting of Villa Diodati and Revolution of the Daleks
• SFX technician Tony Auger began his career as an assistant on K9 & Company, then was the VFX designer on Black Orchid 
• art finisher Olivia Whitaker was Millennium FX mould maker on sixteen episodes (from Sleep No More to The Woman Who Fell to Earth) and Class
• fabricator Simone Macdonald was technician on The Rings of Akhaten and Nightmare in Silver