Doctor Who Vs. Pride

Co-produced by BBC Films and released by Pathé, Pride was first

screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014 (where it won the

Queen Palm award), then was nominated for BAFTA and Golden

Globe awards. A stage musical adaptation opens at the National

Theatre this summer.

The film depicts the true story of the Lesbians and Gays Support

the Miners campaign, founded in London by gay rights activists

Mark Ashton (depicted here by Ben Schnetzer) and Mike Jackson

(Joseph Gilgun) in 1984.

Because the National Union of Miners was reluctant to accept the

 group's support during the miner's strike, the LGSM instead 'adopted' 

the Welsh mining village of Onllwyn, and Pride examined the alliance

between the two communities. Following the year-long strike, strong

links were forged between the Labour party, their trade union

affiliates and the LGBT movement. Ashton died in 1987, aged 27,

just twelve days after he was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.

Shown on BBC3 last night, the drama starred Dominic West, Paddy

Considine, Andrew Scott, George MacKay, Monica Dolan, and these

twenty-two Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Faye Marsay (Steph) was Shona McCullough in Last Christmas
• Bill [Francis] Nighy (Cliff) was Dr. Black in Vincent and the Doctor
• Imelda [Mary Philomena Bernadette] Staunton (Hefina) provided the Interface voice for The Girl Who Waited
• Russell [George] Tovey (Tim) was Midshipman Alonso Frame in Voyage of the Damned - a role he reprised for The End of Time, and Big Finish's One Enchanted Evening (2017) - he was cast in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Liz White (Margaret) was Alice in The Snowmen, then voiced Genestra for The Brink of Death (2015), and Helais for The Death of Peladon (2022)
• Jessica Gunning (Sian) was Stacey Campbell in Partners in Crime
• Rhodri Meilir (Martin) was Rhodri in The Runaway Bride
• Lisa Palfrey (Maureen) was the Mum in Attack of the Graske
• Karina Fernandez (Stella) voiced Jenna Gold for UNIT: Extinction (2015), Tamasan for The Time War 1, Captain Maria Gonsalves for The Dalek Transaction, and Phoebe Breckenridge for Invocation (all 2017)
• Freddie [Samson Robert Morice] Fox (Jeff) was Kid in The Interstellar Song Contest
• Chris [James] Overton (Reggie) voiced Terrill/Levek for The Brood of Erys (2014)
• Emma Jason (Protester) was an Undercover Officer in Death in Heaven
• Jim [Michael] McManus (Old Man) was an Opthalmologist in The Invisible Enemy
• Alan Bond (Rioter) was a UNIT Soldier in The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords and Torchwood: Children of Earth
• Christian Patterson (Bingo Caller) voiced Captain Dickson for The Curse of Davros (2012) 
• Johnny Gibbon (Johnny) voiced Michael Jennings for The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night Time (2014)
• Jaimi Barbakoff (Receptionist) voiced Councillor Geflo for The Foe from the Future, and Lt. Dervish for The Shadow Heart (both 2012)
• Liz Griffiths was also a set decorator on seven stories (from Dalek to The Parting of the Ways)
• SFX technician Mike Crowley was SFX supervisor on eight episodes (from The Girl in the Fireplace to Doomsday)
• Russ Perkin was also a SFX technician on eleven instalments (from The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe to The Husbands of River Song)
• SFX supervisor Chris Reynolds was a technician on Terror of the Vervoids and Battlefield
• Tony Gibson (sound FX editor) and Nigel Squibbs (sound mixer) both worked on An Adventure in Space and Time