Sunday, 4 August 2024

Doctor Who Vs. Hunter Killer

Released by Lionsgate in late
2018, this American action
thriller starred a largely British
cast but was a box office flop.
Here, the captain of submarine
USS Arkansas (played by Gerard
Butler) ventured deep into
Russian waters to rescue the
President from a military coup
and avert World War 3.
Shown on Film4 last night, the
production (filmed in England and
Bulgaria) featured Gary Oldman,
Linda Cardellini, Toby Stephens,
Michael Nyqvist, and these eleven
Doctor Who cast connections:

  • Corey [born John] Johnson (Captain) was Henry Van Statten in Dalek
  • Adam James (Forbes) was DI MacMillan in Planet of the Dead
  • Colin Stinton (Senator) was President Arthur Winters in The Sound of Drums
  • David Gyasi (Wallach) was Harvey in Asylum of the Daleks
  • Michael Jibson (Reed) voiced Corporal Gibbs for Big Finish's The Forsaken (2015)
  • Stuart Milligan (Secretary) provided the Tannoy voice for The Sarah Jane Adventures: Warriors of Kudlak, and depicted President Richard Nixon in The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon, then was Narrator of The Deviant Strain (2005) and Blackout (2011), and voiced Anthony Chambers for The Reaping (2006), Colonel Stark for Dreamland, Emerson Whytecrag for Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge (2010), and Garundel for Black and White (2012), Starlight Robbery (2013), Stolen Goods (2018), The Last Day and Jenny 3 (both 2024)
  • David Yelland (Secretary) voiced Walter Pritchett for The Red Lady (2015)
  • Dempsey Bovell (Operator) voiced Graff for Reflections (2024)
  • stunt co-ordinator Paul Herbert was stuntman on The End of Time
  • Jamie Edgell was stuntman on The End of the World and Twice Upon a Time, and also stunt co-ordinator on Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways
  • David Forman was also stunt co-ordinator on Tooth and Claw, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Idiot's Lantern, Fear Her and The Runaway Bride

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