Doctor Who Vs. Dad's Army

This British comedy film was based on the legendary BBC wartime

sitcom, which ran from 1968 to 1977. The TV series, created by Jimmy

Perry and David Croft, spawned its first film version in 1971, followed

by a radio series (1974-76), and a stageplay (1975) - all starred the

original cast.

The second movie spin-off (set in 1944 after the events depicted in the 

parent show) was filmed in Yorkshire, and was released in February

2016 to mainly negative reviews.

This new iteration focused on the mission of Nazi spy, Rose Winters

(played by Catherine Zeta Jones) to infiltrate the Home Guard of

Walmington-on-Sea in advance of the much feared German invasion 

of Britian.

Shown last night on ITV3, Dad's Army featured original cast members

Ian Lavender (now Brigadier Pritchard) and Frank Williams (the Vicar),

and Tom Courtenay (Corporal Jones), Alison Steadman, Mark Gatiss,

and twenty-two Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Toby [Edward Heslewood] Jones (Captain Mainwaring) was the Dream Lord in Amy's Choice, and voiced Kotris for Big Finish's Dark Eyes (2012)
• Bill [Francis] Nighy (Sergeant Wilson) was Dr. Black in Vincent and the Doctor
• Michael [John] Gambon (Private Godfrey) portrayed both Elliot and Kazran Sardick in A Christmas Carol
• Daniel [Alan] Mays (Private Walker) was Alex Thompson in Night Terrors
• Bill Paterson (Private Frazer) was Dr. Edwin Bracewell in Victory of the Daleks and The Pandorica Opens
• Blake Harrison (Pike) voiced Lieutenant Daniel Hopkins for The Helliax Rift, Hour of the Cybermen and Warlock's Cross (all 2018), then appeared in Village of the Angels as Namaca Ost Parvess Po
• Sarah [Jane Abigail] Lancashire (Mrs. Pike) was Miss Foster in Partners in Crime
• Emily [Jane] Atack (Daphne) voiced Hetty Warner for The Churchill Years 1 (2016)
• Holli Dempsey (Vera) was Kelly in Closing Time
• Annette [Ross Mcleod] Crosbie (Cissy) was Mrs. Angelo in The Eleventh Hour
• Andrew Havill (Meeks here; Brigadier in The Lost Episodes) was the Chief Steward in Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Aleister Portillon/Squire Claude for The Witch from the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
• Julia Foster (Dolly) was Vilma in Orphan 55
• Laurence Dobiesz (German) voiced Wilheim Royzcki for Their Finest Hour (2018), and Torquil Jonas for The Ghost Writers (2020)
• stunt co-ordinator Gareth Milne was George Cranleigh in Black Orchid, stunt double in Warriors of the Deep, and Mortuary Attendant in Vengeance on Varos
• Ian Van Temperley was a stuntman on The Day of the Doctor too
• stunt co-ordinator Paul Kennington was a stuntman on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday and The Doctor's Daughter
• Dinah Collin was also the costume designer on Earthshock, Enlightenment and The Mark of the Rani
• Liz Griffiths was also the set decorator on seven episodes (from Dalek to The Parting of the Ways)
• Martin Curry was also first assistant director on The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon
• Dan Newlands was the matchmove artist on The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe too
• VFX artist Simon Wottge was an animator on City of the Daleks and of the Cybermen
• Nigel Squibbs was dubbing mixer on An Adventure in Space and Time too

Dad's Army: The Movie opened in 1971 - it starred the original TV

cast and another ten Doctor Who alumni: Bernard Archard, Derek

Newark, Anthony Sagar, Scott Fredericks, John D Collins, John

Baskcomb, George Roubicek, John Henderson, Desmond Cullum

Jones and Fred Wood.