Doctor Who Vs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

"These are dark

 times, our world

has faced no

greater threat,

but you can't fight

this war on your 

own Mr. Potter,

he's too strong."

ITV1's latest Harry

Potter film season

concluded tonight with
the eighth entry in the

saga, released in late

2011. Here, Harry, Ron, and Hermione embark on a search for magical horcruxes - the key to Voldemort's immortality.

Acting on information from the goblin Griphook, the friends are led to the Lestrange vault at Gringotts, before returning to Hogwarts for a final confrontation with the Dark Lord.

Published in 2007, JK Rowling's final Potter novel was adapted by Warner

Bros as two productions - they featured John Hurt, David Bradley,

Ciarán Hinds, Kelly Macdonald, and a total of thirty-eight Doctor Who

cast connections:

• Bill [Francis] Nighy (Scrimgeour) was Dr. Black in Vincent and the Doctor
• David [John] Ryall (Doge) voiced Carthok for Big Finish's Phantasmagoria (1999)
• Graham Duff (Death Eater) was the Waiter in Deep Breath, voiced the War Lord/Baggit/Doorman/Reporter/Presenter for Exile (2003), then wrote Faith Stealer (2004)
• Carolyn Pickles (Charity) voiced Lady Meera Darone for Army of Death (2011), Dr. Hilary Standish for The Stuff of Nightmares, Cardinal Ollistra for The Side of the Angels (both 2017), Dark Universe (2020), War Room 1 (2022) and War Room 2 (2023), Professor Marian Schaeffer for The Tyrants of Logic, and Traherne for An Ideal World (both 2018)
• Guy Henry (Thicknesse) voiced Director Ikron for Infamy of the Zaross (2017)
• Ashley McGuire (Death Eater) voiced the Sergeant for The Red House (2015)
• Steffan Rhodri (Cattermole) voiced Commander Korshal for Dreamtime, Prime Minister for The Longest Night and The Wasting (all 2005), Minister for Outbreak (2016), and Ted for The Silent Streets of Barry Island
• Ellie Darcey-Alden (Young Lily) was Francesca Latimer in The Snowmen
• Daniel Hill (Wizard) was Chris Parsons in Shada, and voiced Percy Noggins for AudioGo's The Stuff of Nightmares (2009)
• George Potts (Wizard) voiced Ruben/Guard for The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel (2015)
• Eva [born Sara Jane] Alexander (Waitress) was the Nurse in Let's Kill Hitler
• Granville Saxton (Death Eater) voiced the Duke of Wellington for The Curse of Davros (2012)
• Daniel [Matthew] Tuite (Wizard) was the Doctor's double in Wild Blue Yonder
• Greg Bennett (Wizard) was Sycorax Warrior/UNIT Soldier in The Christmas Invasion, and uncredited Guest in The Lazarus Experiment
• Sophie Thompson (Mafalda) depicted Delia Derbyshire for Blue Veils and Golden Sands
• Paul Bailey (Student) was Cyberman in Ascension of the Cybermen and The Timeless Children
• Ben Champniss (Parent) was Dalek operator in An Adventure in Space and Time
• Craig Garner (Goblin) was an Emojibot in Smile
• Penelope McGhie (Death Eater) was Peggy Hayward in Village of the Angels
• Christina Low (Student) was stunt driver on Spyfall
• Lukas DiSparrow [born Dorula] (Wizard) was Goblin in The Church on Ruby Road
• Marcus Shakesheff was also a stuntman on The End of Time and Cold War
• for Harry Melling, Warwick Davis, Sean Biggerstaff, Adrian Rawlins, Leslie Phillips, Peter Burroughs and Lisa Osmond see The Philosopher's Stone
• for Mark Williams, Miriam Margolyes, Toby Jones and Paul Bateman see The Chamber of Secrets
• for Michael Gambon and Spencer Wilding see The Prisoner of Azkaban
• for Imelda Staunton, Rusty Goffe and Daisy Haggard see The Order of the Phoenix
• for Jim Broadbent and Helen McCrory see The Half-Blood Prince