Dctor 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

Three.

Shown on Film4 tonight, the prod-

uction (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 The Road Untravelled and Borrow or Rob (both 2024), and Venjen for Driftwood (2025)
• 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

Doctor Who On This Day #114

 

1965 - The Space Museum, Episode

1 first screened on BBC1

1967 - Marco Polo, Episode 6: Mighty

Kublai Khan repeated on TV1

1968 - The Ark, Episode 1: The Steel Sky,

The Celestial Toymaker, Episode 1: The

Celestial Toyroom, The Gunfighters, Episode

1: A Holiday for the Doctor, The Savages,

Episodes 1 and 4 and The Smugglers, Episode

1 all repeated on ABC

1970 - The Dominators, Episode

1 first screened on ABC

1971 - Colony in Space, Episode

3 first screened on BBC1

1977 - The Monster of Peladon, Part 6 first screened on

TV2; Planet of the Spiders, Part 5 repeated and Genesis

of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 4 both repeated and Part 5

first screened, all on ABC

1979 - The Pirate Planet, Part 3 repeated and The 

Stones of Blood, Part 1 first screened, both on ABC

1980 - Revenge of the Cybermen, Parts 3 and 4 both 

repeated on ABC; and The Seeds of Doom, Part 2 first 

screened on WTTW 11
1981 - The Sontaran Experiment,

Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus

1982 - The Pirate Planet, Part 1

repeated on KQED Plus

1984 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part 2 repeated on
KQED Plus; and State of Decay, Part 1 repeated on ABC
1985 - The Three Doctors, Episode 2 and The Robots

of Death Omnibus both repeated on KQED Plus
1986 - Colony in Space, Episode 2 repeated on

ABC; and Full Circle, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - The Silurians, Episode 5 repeated on KQED Plus
1988 - The Mind of Evil Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus
1989 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 4 to 6 all repeated on 
WTTW 11
1990 - The Invasion of Time, Part 4 repeated on ABC;
and Planet  of Fire, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus
1993 - The Daemons, Episode 4 repeated on TV2

1994 - The Pirate Planet Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold
1995 - The Mind of Evil, Episode 6 repeated on

UK Gold; and Mindwarp, Part 7 repeated on VOX
1997 - Planet of the Spiders, Part

5 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Daleks, Episode 1: The Dead

Planet repeated on Space; and Planet of

Fire, Part 4 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Aztecs Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus);
The Gunfighters, Episode 1: A Holiday for the Doctor 
repeated on Space; The Silurians, Episode 7 and Planet 
of the Daleks, Episode 1 both repeated on Iowa PTV;
The Claws of Axos Omnibus repeated on MPT; Revenge 
of the Cybermen, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC
America; Planet of Evil, Part 2 first screened on Prairie
PTV; The Ribos Operation, Part 2 repeated on BBC Prime;
and Remembrance of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on
WUFT
2000 - The War Machines, Episode 1 repeated on UKTV
 (Aus); and Arc of Infinity Omnibus repeated on KQED 
Plus

2001 - The Hand of Fear, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
BBC America; Underworld, Part 4 repeated on UKTV (Aus);
and The Stones of Blood, Part 1 repeated on Prime
2002 - The Hand of Fear, Part 1 repeated on BBC Kids

(Can); and Delta and the Bannermen, Part 1 repeated

on BBC Prime and Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2003 - The Horns of Nimon, Parts 1

and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2004 - Horror of Fang Rock Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold; and Warriors of

the Deep, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

on BBC Kids
2005 - The Pirate Planet Omnibus repeated

 on MPT; Warriors' Gate Omnibus repeated

on UK Gold; Kinda, Part 3 repeated on

KUED; and Mawdryn Undead, Parts 3 and

4 both repeated on Iowa PTV

2008 - Composer Tristram Cary died in Adelaide,

aged 82; and The Mind Robber, Episodes 3 and 4

both first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4

2009 - The Chase, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated on MTV3
 SciFi and TV4; The Christmas Invasion first screened on TV3
 (RI); Utopia and Doctor Who Confidential: 'Ello 'Ello 'Ello both
first screened on WGVU; and Partners in Crime repeated on
Syfy (US)

2010 - Dalek repeated on Syfy (Rus); Utopia repeated

on OETA; Partners in Crime and Planet of the Dead both
repeated on Syfy (Spa); The Sontaran Stratagem 

repeated on WGVU; The Time of Angels first screened 

on BBC1 and BBC HD; and Doctor Who Confidential: 

Eyes Wide Open first screened on BBC3 and BBC HD
2011 - The End of Time, Part 2 repeated on MPTV; The
Time of Angels first screened on KBS2 and Idaho PTV;
The Big Bang repeated on ABC1; and The Impossible

Astronaut first screened on BBC America and Space

2012 - Vengeance on Varos, Part 1 repeated on MTV3

 SciFi and TV4; Midnight repeated on BBC America; The

 Time of Angels repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The

Curse of the Black Spot repeated on UKTV (Aus); and

Let's Kill Hitler and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown:

River Runs Wild both repeated on ABC2

2013 - Fear Her repeated on Watch; Army of Ghosts 
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Fires of Pompeii 
first screened on YLE TV2; The Stolen Earth and Journey's 
End both repeated on France 4; The Waters of Mars, The 
End of Time, Parts 1 and 2, Victory of the Daleks and 

The Time of Angels all repeated on BBC America; The 

Doctor's Wife repeated on UKTV (NZ); A Good Man

Goes to War repeated on Syfy (Port); and A Town

Called Mercy repeated on Syfy (Ben)

2014 - The Daleks, Episode 7: The Rescue and The 
Seeds of Death, Episode 1 both first screened on Horror;
 Meglos, Part 3, Kinda, Part 2 and The Age of Steel all 

repeated on Syfy (Aus); World War Three and Dalek 

both repeated on BBC America; The Girl in the Fireplace 

and Rise of the Cybermen both repeated on TV3 (Spa);

Last of the Time Lords repeated on Really Scary TV; 

The End of Time, Part 1 repeated on France 4; Victory 

of the Daleks and The Time of Angels both repeated on 

Fox (FRG); The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang, Doctor

 Who Confidential: Alien Abduction and Out of Time all 

repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; The 

Impossible Astronaut repeated on Ztélé; The Curse of

the Black Spot repeated on Syfy (Port); The Doctor's

Wife repeated on UKTV (NZ); The Rebel Flesh repeated

on BBC Nordic; The Snowmen repeated on BBC Brazil

HD; and The Name of the Doctor repeated on KCPT2

and Syfy (Ben)

2015 - Revenge of the Cybermen, Parts 1 and 2 both
repeated and Arc of Infinity, Parts 1 and 2 both first
screened, all on Retro TV; The Greatest Show in the 

Galaxy, Part 4 and Silver Nemesis, Part 1 both 

repeated on Horror; Aliens of London, World War 
Three, Dalek, The Long Game and The Rebel Flesh all repeated
on Syfy (Aus); New Earth repeated on TV Cultura; The Age of 
Steel repeated on ABC2; Smith and Jones repeated on BBC 
Entertainment AP; Midnight repeated on KCPT2; The 
Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon both repeated on
Jeem TV (ME); A Good Man Goes to War and Let's Kill Hitler

both repeated on UKTV (NZ); The Wedding of River Song,
Asylum of the Daleks and Dinosaurs on a Spaceship all repeated
on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Hide repeated on KLRU;
Kill the Moon and Mummy on the Orient Express both repeated
 on BBC America; Flatline repeated on BBC America and France 4;
and In the Forest of the Night repeated and Last Christmas first
screened, both on France 4

2016 - The War Machines, Episodes 3 and 4 and The 
Dominators, Episodes 1 and 2 all repeated on Retro TV;
Colony in Space, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated on

WVPB; Revenge of the Cybermen Omnibus repeated on 

WFWA, WYCC and WSRE; The Brain of Morbius, Part 1 

repeated on KRWG; The Robots of Death, Part 2 repeated

on KPTS; Time and the Rani, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

on KBTC; The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances both 

repeated on BBC Polska HD; Army of Ghosts, Doomsday,

 42, Blink, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS and

The Doctors Revisited: The Ninth Doctor all repeated

on Watch; The Runaway Bride and The Bells of Saint

John both repeated on Syfy (Aus); Smith and Jones,

The Shakespeare Code, Gridlock, Daleks in Manhattan, 

Doctor Who Confidential: Meet Martha Jones, Stage

Fright, Are We There Yet? and A New York Story all 

repeated on UNC-EX; Midnight and Turn Left both 

repeated on EBRU; The Vampires of Venice repeated

on BBC Entertainment AP; Nightmare in Silver and

The Name of the Doctor both repeated on Fox (FRG);

The Time of the Doctor repeated on KCPT and Iowa 

PTV; Into the Dalek repeated on WILL; Listen repeated 

on BBC First (ME) and WXXI; Time Heist repeated on

BBC First (ME); Flatline repeated on MPTV; Dark Water

repeated on KERA, KLRU and WPT; The Zygon Invasion 

repeated on Syfy (LA) and Syfy (Bra); and The Zygon

Inversion repeated on Syfy (Bra)

2017 - The Green Death, Episode 3 repeated on The Zone; 
Terminus Omnibus repeated on WETA UK; Mindwarp, Parts 
6 and 7 both repeated on Retro TV; Blink, Utopia, The Sound
 of Drums, Last of the Time Lords, Voyage of the Damned and 
Partners in Crime all repeated on BBC America; The Stolen 
Earth, Journey's End and Doctor Who Extra: Robot of Sherwood
all repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Eleventh Hour, Part 1 (of 2)
 repeated on FX (Ind); The God Complex and Closing Time both 
repeated on Syfy (Bra); Cold War first screened on TLC TV; Under
the Lake repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Zygon Inversion and Sleep
No More both repeated on Syfy (LA); and Smile first screened
on Syfy (LA) and repeated on ABC2

2018 - The Web Planet, Episodes 4 and 5 both repeated

on Retro TV; Father's Day, The Empty Child and The

Doctor Dances all repeated on One ARD; The Impossible

Planet repeated on W; The Almost People repeated on 

Star World Premiere; The Time of the Doctor repeated

on ABC ME; Flatline and In the Forest of the Night both repeated on Sony SciFi; Smile repeated on Syfy (Aus); 

Extremis repeated on Syfy (Bra); and The Lie of the

Land repeated on BBC Polska HD

2019 - The War Games, Episodes 7 and

8 both repeated on Retro TV; and The

Eaters of Light repeated on BBC Polska HD

2020 - The Mutants, Episodes 2 and 3 both

repeated on Retro TV; Kill the Moon repeated

on BBC Polska HD; Empress of Mars repeated

on Syfy (Fra); and Ascension of the Cybermen

first screened on Sony SciFi

2021 - The War Games, Episode 7

repeated on ONS; The Claws of Axos

and Image of the Fendahl Omnibuses

both repeated on Retro TV; Silence in the

Library repeated on BBC First Turkey;

The Pyramid at the End of the World

repeated on BBC Entertainment EU; and

Twice Upon a Time and The Woman Who

Fell to Earth both repeated on BBC Polska

HD

2022 - The Chase, Episodes 1 and

2 both repeated on KBTC; Genesis

of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on

Forces TV; The Invisible Enemy

Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; The

Twin Dilemma Omnibus repeated on

Retro TV; Rise of the Cybermen and

The Age of Steel both repeated on

Fox SciFi; Forest of the Dead, Blink,

Utopia, The Sound of Drums, Last of

the Time Lords, The Next Doctor and

Planet of the Dead all repeated on Syfy

(Fra); The Lodger and The Pandorica

Opens both repeated on BBC Polska

HD; The Curse of the Black Spot, The

Doctor's Wife, The Rebel Flesh, The

Almost People and The Witchfinders

all repeated on BBC First Turkey; and

Redacted, Episode 2: Hysteria released

on BBC Sounds