Doctor Who Vs. Casanova

This account of the life of the fabled Venetian

adventurer, Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798)

was scripted by Russell T Davies and co-

executive produced with Julie Gardner.

Veteran Irish actor Peter O'Toole (1932-2013) portrayed the older Casanova, whilst David

Tennant's role as the younger man led Davies

 to cast him in the lead of the newly revived

Doctor Who series.

BBC Wales' three-part comedy drama (a co-

production with Red and Granada TV) was the

Corporation's second version of the famed

 libertine's life story, following Dennis Potter's acclaimed mini-series, shown in late 1971.

Originally broadcast on BBC3 in March 2005,

then on BBC1 in April, Casanova featured Matt

 Lucas, Rupert Penry Jones, and thirty-eight

Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Annette Badland (Pauline) was Margaret Blaine [Blon Fel Fotch Pasameer-Day Slitheen] in Aliens of London, World War Three, Boom Town and Big Finish's 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, Batraxus/Mrs. Slinger 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 Toymaker for Metamorphosis, Dorothy Stubbs for The Sitter (both 2024), and Lavinia Smith for Smith & Sullivan (2025)
• Nickolas Grace (Chancellor) made a brief TV appearance as Albert Einstein in Death is the Only Answer, and voiced Loozly for Bang-Bang-A-Boom! (2002), Straxus for Human Resources (2007), Sisters of the Flame and The Vengeance of Morbius (both 2008), Viktor Skaarsgard/ Balancer for Equilibrium (2015), Goole for The Gallery of Ghouls (2016), Professor Grove for Shadow Planet and World Apart, Chevalier D'Eon for The Sword of the Chevalier (all 2017), Kellman for Return of the Cybermen (2021), Eldridge Brinkwood for The Empty Man (2023), and Secretary Pym for The Eternity Club (2024)
• Shaun Parkes (Rocco) was Captain Zachary Cross Flane in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit - a role reprised for Empire of Shadows (2021) and Oodunnit (2023)
• Laura Fraser (Henriette) was Kane in Orphan 55
• [Oluwakemi] Nina Sosanya (Bellino) was Trish Webber in Fear Her, and voiced Captain Anna Maynard for Aquitaine (2016)
• Richard James (Doctor) voiced Rembrandt van Rijn for The Waters of Amsterdam, Enab for The Isos Network (both 2016), Riley for The House of Masks (2022), Sergeant Ballard for The Incherton Incident (2023), Governor Rogan for Revolution in Space (2024), Volunteer for The Brain Drain, Professor Henry Pryce for The Hellwood Inheritance (both 2025), and Deverell/Walter Stravius for The Ministry of Death (2026)
• [Celia] Daisy [Morna] Haggard (Coquette) was Sophie in The Lodger, Closing Time and Up All Night
• Raymond [Anthony] Coulthard (Ambassador) voiced Loki/Edgar/ Hawks for Cobwebs (2010), Ralph/Acolyte for Suburban Hell, Robac/ Servers/Dalmari for The Destination Wars (2017), and William Sudell for The Beautiful Game (2023)
• Dervla Kirwan (Mother) was Mercy Hartigan in The Next Doctor, then reprised Andrea Quill for Class (2018), and voiced Mrs. Calderwood for Aimed at the Body, Di Wright for The Bookshop at the End of the World, Yost McCormack for Lightspeed, Anne Marie for Interlude, Representative for Echo Chamber, Agatha Fernbridge for Towards Zero, Professor Callis for Castle Hydra, Kelleher for Effect and Cause, Lizbeth Hayhoe for Torchwood (all 2020), and Honour Bray for Redacted
• Zac Fox (Young Casanova) was the PA in Asylum of the Daleks and The Angels Take Manhattan
• Ron [Graham] Cook (Prisoner) was Mr. Magpie in The Idiot's Lantern
• Ewan Bailey (Doctor) provided Alien Voices for Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Count Licori for The Galileo Trap, Father Locke/ Orbs for The Satanic Mill, McCallum/Grayson for The Case of the Missing Gasogene, Sergeant Quick Snr. for The Year of the Bat, Priest for The Mourning After (all 2015), Davy McTavit for The Helm of Awe, Blazzard/Copeland for The Morton Legacy, Dimitri Papkin for The Ship of the Sleepwalkers, Duncan for Aliens Among Us (all 2017), Sir Edward Cameron/Slitheen/Biggs for Death on th Mile, Evotech Kronin /Wendell/Rattus/Cab/Karsus Prime/Computer for Kings of Infinite Space (both 2018), Hugo Blake for The Sinestran Kill (2019), and Galavaunt/Baravoar for Past Lives (2023)
• Andrew Havill (Chancellor) was the Chief Steward in Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Aleister Portillon and Squire Claude for The Witch in the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
• Graham Padden (Priest) was Pa in Gridlock
• Clare [Frances Elizabeth] Higgins (Cook) was Ohila in The Night of the Doctor, The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar, then Narrator of The Gods of Winter (2015) and The Lost Flame (2017)
• Angus Wright (Man-at-Arms) was Mr. Dread in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Vault of Secrets, and voiced Magnus Greel for The Butcher of Brisbane (2012) and The Talents of Greel (2019), and Alek Zenos for We are the Daleks (2015)
• Mark Heap (Gozzi) voiced The Middleman for The Middle (2017)
• Matthew Holness (Landlord) voiced Eric Drazen for The Lure of the Nomad (2018)
• Glenna Morrison (Nanette) voiced Mary Patterson for Medicinal Purposes (2004)
• Tamzin Griffin (Noblewoman) voiced Negotiator Vresha for Dreamtime (2005)
• Vincent [Warren] Franklin (Nobleman) voiced Lord Stormblood for Scenes from Her Life (2016), then was Harry Shaw PM in The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Rosalie [Mae] Craig (Coquette) voiced Frances Drouet for Broadway Belongs to Me (2023), and Lady Anita for The Hellwood Inheritance
• Sheree Folkson was director of In the Forest of the Night too
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• co-executive producers Michael Treen and Damien Timmer were the production manager on The Twin Dilemma, and an extra on An Adventure in Space and Time respectively
• film editor Nick Arthurs also edited The Curse of the Fatal Death then Hide
• Liz Griffiths was the set decorator on seven Series 1 stories too
• Steve Smith was also make-up artist on forty-one episodes (from The Christmas Invasion to The Waters of Mars) and Music of the Sphere
• Susan Liggat was also first assistant director on Love & Monsters, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday, then produced another eight instalments, and the pilot episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures
• recordist Nick Foley was ADR mixer on The Snowmen
• VFX compositor Simon Blackledge and Matt Wood both worked on A Town Called Mercy and The Power of Three - Wood was VFX supervisor on The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe too
• Samantha Hall was also post-production supervisor on fifty-one episodes (from New Earth to Flesh and Stone), Time Crash and Music of the Spheres
• Anna Lau was costume supervisor on nine instalments too
• Julie Scott was also production executive on seventy-seven stories (from The Runaway Bride to The Time of the Doctor), Time Crash, Music of the Spheres, Dreamland, City of the Daleks, Blood of the Cybermen, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood and Doctor Who at the Proms
• stuntman Bill Davey was stunt co-ordinator on The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters and Turn Left
• stuntman Glenn Marks was stunt co-ordinator on Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Blink
• incidental music was provided by Murray Gold
• Glenn Coxon was also floor runner on Love & Monsters, Blink and Torchwood

Doctor Who On This Day #64

1932 - Designer Stuart Walker born

in Britain
1965 - 100,000 BC, Episode 1: An

Unearthly Child repeated on TV2; and

The Daleks, Episodes 3 and 4 both

repeated on ABC

1966 - The Ark, Episode 1: The Steel

Sky first screened on BBC1

1968 - The Space Museum, Episode 2:

The Dimensions of Time, The Chase,

Episodes 2 and 6, The Time Meddler,

Episode 4: Checkmate and Galaxy 4,

Episode 4: The Exploding Planet all

repeated on ABC

1972 - Writer James Moran born in York;

and The Seeds of Death, Episode 2

 repeated on ABC

1974 - Actor Matthew Richard Lucas

born in Paddington

1977 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part

2 first screened on BBC1

1978 - Colony in Space, Episode 1 first

screened on KBS1
1979 - The Invisible Enemy, Part 3

repeated and Image of the Fendahl,

Part  1 first screened, both on ABC

1980 - The Ark in Space, Part 3 first 

screened on WTTW 11; and The Creature

from the Pit, Part 3 first screened on ABC

1982 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part

 4 repeated on KQED Plus

1983 - The Sun Makers Omnibus repeated

on WTTW 11; and The Horns of Nimon,

Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus

1984 - The Face of Evil Omnibus repeated

on WTTW 11; and Warriors of the Deep,

Part 1 first screened on ABC

1985 - Inferno, Episode 5 repeated on KQED Plus
1986 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episode

1 repeated on ABC; and The Armageddon

 Factor, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - The Dominators, Episode 3 repeated on KQED Plus
1988 - The Ark in Space, Part 2 repeated on Super Channel;

The Androids of Tara, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus; and
Nightmare of Eden Omnibus repeated on ABC
1989 - Terror of the Zygons, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

 on Super Channel; and Warriors of the Deep Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1991 - Image of the Fendahl, Part

1 repeated on KQED Plus

1992 - The Ambassadors of Death,

Episode 5 repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - The Caves of Androzani, Part

3 repeated on BBC2
1994 - The Seeds of Doom Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1995 - The Curse of Fenric Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold

1997 - The Mutants, Episode 4

repeated on UKTV (Aus) 

1998 - The Seeds of Death, Episode

5 first screened on Space; and

Snakedance, Part 1 repeated on

UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episode

2 repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The Seeds

of Death, Episode 5 repeated on Space

2000 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episode

 4 repeated on Space; Invasion of the

Dinosaurs, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on 

KBTC; Planet of the Spiders, Parts 4 to 6 all 

repeated on WCET; The Ark in Space, Parts

3 and 4 both repeated on NHPTV; The Sontaran 

Experiment, Part 2 repeated on KUED; The Brain of Morbius 
Omnibus repeated on KRWG; The Seeds of Doom, Parts 4 to 6
all repeated on Twin Cities PTV and Omnibus repeated on KRWG;
The Masque of Mandragora, Part 1 repeated on Twin Cities PTV;
The Deadly Assassin, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Lakeshore
PTV; The Face of Evil Omnibus repeated on KNME; The Stones of
Blood, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on MiND; The Power of Kroll 
Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Leisure Hive, Part 1 repeated on 
BBC Prime; The Caves of Androzani Omnibus repeated on UK
Gold; Vengeance on Varos, Part 1 (of 4) repeated on WUSF;

and The Happiness Patrol Omnibus repeated on KSPS

2001 - The Rescue Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus;

The Seeds of Doom, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on

Prime and Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC

America; and The Deadly Assassin, Part 4 repeated

on UKTV (Aus)

2002 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part 4

repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2003 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Parts

3 and 4 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2004 - Terminus, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

 2005 - The Sun Makers Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold

2006 - Terror of the Autons repeated on UK Gold;

and The Claws of Axos Omnibus repeated on MPT

2007 - The Doctor Dances repeated on

People+ Arts; Bad Wolf repeated on Prime;

and The Age of Steel first screened on Yes

Action

2008 - The Edge of Destruction Omnibus

first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4

2009 - Silver Nemesis, Parts 1 and 2 both first

screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; and 42 and Doctor

 Who Confidential: Space Craft both repeated on BBC3

2010 - Doomsday repeated on HRT2

and Syfy (Spa)
2011 - The Brain of Morbius, Episode 5 repeated on Radio

7; The Deadly Assassin, Part 2 repeated on MTV3 SciFi,

TV2 and TV4; and Vincent and the Doctor and The Lodger

both first screened on France 4

2012 - The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on Watch; and

The Sontaran Stratagem and Doctor Who Confidential

Cutdown: Send in the Clones both repeated on ABC2

2013 - Planet of the Ood repeated on UKTV (NZ);

Journey's End repeated on Watch; and Amy's Choice

 and The Hungry Earth both repeated on BBC America

2014 - Underworld, Parts 3 and 4 and Earthshock, Parts

3 and 4 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Runaway Bride

repeated on Fox (FRG); Gridlock, Daleks in Manhattan

and Evolution of the 
Daleks all repeated on BBC America; The Fires of Pompeii
 repeated on TV3; The Eleventh Hour repeated on France 4;
Cold Blood repeated on Syfy (Port); The Wedding of River Song 
repeated on Watch; The Bells of Saint John repeated on Syfy 
(Ben); Nightmare in Silver repeated on BBC Entertainment LA

HD; The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor, Episode

1 repeated on Jeem TV (ME); and Doctor Who Confidential 

Cutdown: When Time Froze repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2015 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated

 on Retro TV; The Sun Makers, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated

on Horror; The 

Invasion of Time, Part 1 and Partners in Crime both repeated on
Syfy (Aus); The Armageddon Factor, Parts 1 and 2 both first
screened on Retro TV; The Parting of the Ways repeated on 
Watch; The Hungry Earth repeated on Jeem TV (ME); The

Curse of the Black Spot repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC
Polska HD; Nightmare in Silver repeated on BBC America; and
Kill the Moon repeated on Fox (FRG)

2016 - The Daleks, Episode 3: The Escape repeated on

 KMOS; The Leisure Hive, Parts 1 and 2 and State of Decay,

Parts 1 and 2
all repeated on Retro TV; Rose, The End of the World and Death
 in Heaven all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Christmas Invasion,
New Earth and Tooth and Claw all repeated on BBC Entertainment
AP; The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords, The Almost

People, A Good Man Goes to War, Let's Kill Hitler, Night Terrors and The Girl Who Waited all repeated on France 4; The 
Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, The Time 
of Angels and Flesh and Stone all repeated on Einsfestival; The 
Lodger repeated on Jeem TV (ME); A Town Called Mercy,
The Doctors Revisited: The First Doctor and The Companions

 all repeated on Watch; The Angels Take Manhattan, The

Bells of Saint John, The Rings of Akhaten, Cold War and

Hide all repeated on BBC Polska HD; Nightmare in

Silver repeated on Syfy (Spa); The Day of the Doctor,

Deep Breath and The Witch's Familiar all repeated on

Syfy (Bra); Into the Dalek repeated on Syfy (LA); Robot

of Sherwood repeated on BBC First (RSA), Syfy (Bra) and 
Syfy (LA); Listen repeated on BBC First (RSA); Mummy

on the Orient Express repeated on WGVU; Flatline and

In the Forest of the Night both repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU; Dark Water repeated on Syfy

(Aus) and Syfy (Bra); The Magician's Apprentice

 first screened on Syfy (LA); The Girl Who Died and The Woman 
Who Lived both repeated on BBC First (Ben); Sleep No More 
repeated on Fox (FRG) and TLC TV; Face the Raven and Heaven 
Sent both repeated on Fox; Hell Bent and The Husbands of River

 Song both repeated on BBC Entertainment AP and Fox; and Doctor 
Who Explained repeated on Watch, Syfy (Bra) and Syfy (LA)

2017 - The Web Planet, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on

KBTC; The Chase, Episode 6: Planet of Decision and The Time 

Meddler, Episode 1: The Watcher both repeated on Retro TV;

The Silurians, 

Episodes 1 to 5 all repeated on The Zone; Genesis of the Daleks, 
Parts 4 to 6 all repeated on WYCC; Pyramids of Mars, Part 1 
repeated on KRWG; The Stones of Blood Omnibus repeated on 
WILL; The Power of Kroll Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; The 
Keeper of Traken Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; Smith and 
Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Gridlock and Daleks in Manhattan 
all repeated on FX (Ind); The Eleventh Hour and The Beast Below 
both repeated on W; Amy's Choice and The Lodger both repeated 
on Syfy (Aus); The Wedding of River Song repeated on TLC TV;
Time Heist and The Caretaker both repeated on BBC Polska HD;
Kill the Moon and Mummy on the Orient Express both repeated on
BBC Polska HD and Fox (FRG); Flatline repeated on BBC Polska HD
and Syfy (Bra); In the Forest of the Night and The Zygon Invasion
 both repeated on Syfy (Bra); and The Zygon Inversion and Sleep 
No More both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU

2018 - Warriors of the Deep Omnibus repeated on PBS North;

 The Ultimate Foe Omnibus repeated on WETA-UK; Love &

Monsters repeated on Syfy (Aus); Midnight repeated on Star 

World Premiere; The Lodger repeated on ABC and ABC ME;

The Almost People and A Good Man Goes to War both repeated 

on RAI4; Time Heist repeated on BBC America and BBC Polska 

HD; The Caretaker and Kill the Moon both repeated

on BBC America; Flatline repeated on BBC First (ME);

and The Lie of the Land and Empress of Mars both

repeated on Syfy (Bra)

2019 - Writer Musa Moris Farhi MBE died, aged 83; The

Crimson Horror and Nightmare in Silver both repeated on

 One ARD; Deep Breath and Doctor Who Extra: Time Heist 

both repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Lie of the Land

repeated on Syfy (Aus); and Resolution repeated on BBC

First (ME)

2020 - The Krotons, Episode 4 and The Seeds of Death,

Episode 1 both repeated on Retro TV; The Curse of the

Black Spot repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Time of the

Doctor repeated on Syfy (Fra); World Enough and Time

and The Doctor Falls both repeated on Fox (FRG); and

The Timeless Children first screened on ABC

2021 - The Green Death, Episodes 3 and

4 both repeated on Retro TV; The Sontaran

 Stratagem repeated on ABC2; A Town Called 

Mercy repeated on Syfy (Fra); and Flatline

repeated on BBC Polska HD

2022 - The War Games, Episode 10

 repeated on ONS; Terror of the Zygons,

Parts 2 to 4 and The Robots of Death,

Part 1 all repeated on Forces TV;

Warriors' Gate Omnibus and The

Caves of Androzani, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on Retro TV; Revelation of

the Daleks Omnibus screened at BFI

Southbank; The Pilot, Smile, Thin Ice,

Knock Knock, Oxygen and Extremis all

repeated on Fox SciFi; The Pyramid at

the End of the World, The Lie of the

Land and Empess of Mars all repeated

on BBC Polska HD; Rosa and Arachnids

in the UK both repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU; and Ascension of

the Cybermen repeated on BBC First

Turkey

2023 - The Claws of Axos, Episodes 1

and 2 both repeated on KBTC; School

 Reunion and The Girl in the Fireplace

both repeated on Fox SciFi; and Eye of

Harmony, Part 2 repeated on Radio 4

Extra

2025 - Evolution of the Daleks repeated

on ABC Entertains; and Amy's Choice

and The Hungry Earth both repeated on

ABC

2026 - The Three Doctors Omnibus

and Carnival of Monsters, Episode 1

both repeated on U&Eden; and The

Greatest Show in the Galaxy Omnibus

repeated on Retro TV