Doctor Who Vs. Mrs. Caldicot's Cabbage War

Collins (would-be companion,
Samantha Briggs in The Faceless
Ones) returned as Queen Victoria
in Tooth and Claw

This independent British film
comedy premiered at German
then Moscow film festivals, before

a UK cinema release in 2003. The

story (based on the book from

Vernon Coleman) centred on

housewife Thelma (played by

Pauline Collins, 1940-2025),

who, finally freed of her boorish

husband when he's killed by a

cricket ball, is confined to a

retirement home by her son

Derek (Peter Capaldi).

Upset with the care she and the

other residents receive, Thelma

leads a revolt. Shown on channel

5 today, the drama also featured

Camille Coduri, John Alderton, and thirteen other Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• Martin Jarvis (JB) and Sheila Reid (Joyce) both appeared in Vengeance on Varos, as the Governor and Etta - Jarvis was also Hilio in The Web Planet, Butler in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, then voiced Nigel Rochester for Big Finish's Jubilee (2003), whilst Reid was also Clara's Gran in The Time of the Doctor and Dark Water, and voiced Claire Summerfield for Good Night, Sweet Ladies (2014), and Janaiya for The Middle (2017)
• [Albert] Frank Mills (Leslie) was the Telescope Director in (episode 1 of)  Terror of the Autons
• Isla Blair (Matron) was Lady Isabella Fitzwilliam in The King's Demons, then voiced Paula Taylor for Exotron (2007), Margerie Hopshaw for Out of this World and The Chiswick Cuckoos, Charn for Palindrome (all 2020), Old Mary Mortimer for Friend of the Family (2023), and Pars for Unknown Soldiers (2024)
• Paul [John] Freeman (Jenkins) voiced Jalnik for The Foe from the Future (2012)
• Wanda Ventham (Victoria) was Jean Rook in The Faceless Ones, Thea Ransome in Image of the Fendahl, and Faroon in Time and the Rani
• Angela Bruce (Gina) was Brigadier Winifred Bambera in Battlefield, a role reprised for Animal (2011) then Seabird One, Visitants, The War Factory (all 2022), Fractures (2025) and Knightfall (2026) - she also voiced Mother for The Persistence of Dreams (2018), Herb for Conversion (2019), and Oya/Andarta for Consequences (2021)
• Annette Badland (Cook) was Margaret Blaine [Blon Fel Fotch Pasameer Day Slitheen] in Aliens of London, World War Three, Boom Town and Sync (2019), then voiced Queen Karlina for Equilibrium, Thelma for Suburban Hell (both 2015), Guilana for Asking for a Friend (2017), Judge/Computer for Barrister to the Stars, Mrs. Slinger/Batraxus for Whatever Remains, Maude Polwart/Mermaid for The Ghost Writers (all 2020), Mrs. Goose/Fleshkin for The Hunting Season (2021), Mrs. Chinn for Mind of the Hodiac, the eponymous role for The Miniaturist, Eminent Sedanya for Blood of the Time Lords (all 2022), the Toy- maker for Metamorphosis, Dorothy Stubbs for The Sitter (both 2024), and Lavinia Smith for Smith & Sullivan (2025)
• Nicholas McArdle (Dale) was Leonard De Vries in The Stones of Blood
• Jamie Bradley (Driver) was Strood in Bad Wolf
• Lisa Kay (Sally) voiced Beatrix Butcher for The Witch from the Well (2011), and Aa for Empire of the Racnoss (2017)
• Rocky [Laurie] Taylor was an Egyptian Warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (9), Guard in The Curse of Peladon (4), then stuntman on The Idiot's Lantern too
• unit manager Peter Bennett was first assistant director on fourteen stories (from Bad Wolf to The End of Time), production manager on The Doctor's Daughter, Midnight, The Stolen Earth and Journey's End, then producer on twenty-eight other episodes (from The Beast Below to Twice Upon a Time)