Doctor Who Vs. Attack the Block

This British comic
horror film marked
the cinematic debuts
of writer/director Joe
Cornish, actor John
Boyega, and Oscar

-winning composer
Steven Price.

Set on a Brixton
council estate at
Bonfire Night, the
story centred on a teenage street gang's fight with predatory aliens. The titular tower

block and its street address were named after influential English sci-fi

novelists John Wyndham and JG Ballard respectively. Plans for the long-

awaited sequel were announced in 2021.

Shown on Film4 last night, this cult film (released in 2011) featured

Jodie Whittaker, Luke Treadaway, and twenty other Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

• Nick [John] Frost (Ron) played Santa Claus in Last Christmas 
• Karl Collins [born Myers] (Dad) was Shaun Temple in The End of Time, The Star Beast and The Giggle
• Yvonne D'Alpra (Nan) voiced Patricia Miller/Captain Caroline Byrne for Big Finish's Here Today (2023)
• Adam [Offord] Buxton (Documentary Voice) voiced an Assembler for The One Doctor (2001)
• Flaminia Cinque (Woman) voiced Patsy for four Jago & Litefoot adventures
• David Cann (Superintendant) was Narrator of Hello Sailor! for The Sea Devils DVD release, then voiced Albert for Jenny 3 (2024)
• Paul Heasman, Jamie Edgell, Andy Godbold, Paul Herbert, Gary Hoptrough, Rob Hunt, Tony Lucken, Peter Miles, Andy Smart, Marvin Campbell, Donna Williams and Mens-Sana Tamakloe were all stunt performers on the revived series too
• prosthetic technician Rebecca Cain was an art finisher on Face the Raven
• Stuart Conran was also prosthetic make-up artist on New Earth and The Idiot's Lantern