The Doctor Who Thread

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1326a / Nu-Who #421a

Name: Andrew Leung [? - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Dark Water
Character(s): Dr. Chang

Before Who:
Films: Comes a Bright Day (2012), The List (2013), Lilting (2014)
Television: PhoneShop: Revenge Of The Razz (2011) / Dirk Gently (2012) / BBC Comedy Feeds: In Deep (2014)

After Who:
Films: Containment (2015), Cruella (2021), The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023), Barbie (2023)
Television: Jade Dragon [4 episodes as Nick (2017)] / Flack [6 episodes as Craig (2019–2020)] / Queens of Mystery [12 episodes as Dr Daniel Lynch (2019–2021)] / Quiz [3 episodes as Kevin Duff (2020)] / Death in Paradise (2022)

Who: Before And After #1362b / Nu-Who #421b

Name: Antonio Bourouphael [? - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Dark Water – Death In Heaven
Character(s): Boy

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: None

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

Who: Before And After #1362c / Nu-Who #421c

Name: Jeremiah Krage [? - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Dark Water – Death In Heaven
Character(s): Cyberman
Note(s): Also appeared as the Cyber-version of Danny Pink and Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart

Before Who:
Films: Last Days (2005), It's Complicated (2009), Titanic II (2010), The Way (2010), Paul (2011), Midnight in Paris (2011), The Change-Up (2011), Adore (2013), This Is the End (2013), The Expendables 3 (2014), The Imitation Game (2014), John Wick (2014), Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014)
Television: ZingZillas [54 episodes as Zak (2010–2012)] / Nuzzle and Scratch - Frock and Roll: Princesses (2011) / Pixelface [2 episodes, different characters (2012)]

After Who:
Films: Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015), Self / less (2015), The Whole Truth (2016), Greater (2016), Hot Summer Nights (2017), My Friend Dahmer (2017), Wildwoods (2017), Wonder (2017), Hotel Artemis (2018), You & Me (2018), Tag (2018), Dark Waters (2019)
Television: Teletubbies* [121 episodes as Tinky Winky (2015–2022)] / Lovely Little Farm [14 episodes as Al Alpaca (2022–2023)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Peter Davison) proudly shows off the TARDIS Zero Room to Tegan (Janet Fielding) and Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) during Castrovalva (1982)

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in DEATH IN HEAVEN who have previously appeared in the show:

• Jenna Coleman (Clara)
• Samuel Anderson (Danny)
• Michelle Gomez (Missy)
• Chris Addison (Seb)
• Ingrid Oliver (Osgood)
• Jemma Redgrave (Kate Lethbrodge-Stewart)
• Antonio Bouroupael (Boy)
• Jeremiah Krage (Cyberman)
• Nicholas Briggs (Cyberman Voices)

Who: Before And After #1363a / Nu-Who #422a

Name: Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE [1963 - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Death In Heaven
Character(s): Colonel Ahmed

Note(s):

• Is married to Who actress Meera Syal

Appeared in a number of Big Finish Productions audio adventures:

• In the 'Eighth Doctor Adventures' stories 'The Eight Truths' / 'Worldwide Web'
• In the 'Doctor Who Unbound' story 'The Difference Office'

Before Who:
Films: Notting Hill (1999), The Way It Is (2000), The Mystic Masseur (2001), Dick Whittington (2002), The Guru (2002), Anita & Me (2002), Chopratown (2005), Angell's Hell (2005), L'entente cordiale (2006), The Children's Party at the Palace (2006), Scoop (2006), Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007), It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010), Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy (2010), Jackboots on Whitehall (2010), London Boulevard (2010), Arthur Christmas [voice only] (2011), Just Around the Corner (2012), The Zero Theorem (2013)
Television: The Real McCoy (1991) / Porkpie: And Lead Us Not Into Temptation (1995) / Captain Butler [6 episodes as Adeel (1997)] / We Know Where You Live [12 episodes, Various Characters (1997)] / Keeping Mum [2 episodes as Ahmed (1998)] / Jonathan Creek: Black Canary (1998) / Goodness Gracious Me [21 episodes, various characters (1998–2015)] / Small Potatoes [13 episodes as Rick Roy (1999–2001)] / The Kumars at No. 42 [53 episodes as Sanjeev Kumar (2001–2006)] / Dalziel and Pascoe: Mens Sana (2002) / Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee [3 episodes as Akaash (2005)] / Mumbai Calling [8 episodes as Kenny Gupta (2007–2008)] / Love Soup: Dream Twister (2008) / Grandpa in My Pocket: Great Aunt Loretta's Not-So-Great Plan (2010) / Little Crackers [2 episodes as Dad (2010–2011)] / The Indian Doctor [15 episodes as Dr. Prem Sharma (2010–2013)] / Silent Witness: And Then I Fell In Love (2012) / Outnumbered: Christmas Special (2012) / Inspector Lewis: Down Among The Fearful (2013) / Midsomer Murders: The Killings Of Copenhagen* (2014) / The Kumars [6 episodes as Sanjeev Kumar (2014)]

Music Video: Gareth Gates + The Kumars (2003): Spirit In The Sky [as Sanjeev Kumar]

After Who:
Films: Absolutely Anything (2015), Paddington 2 (2017), Yesterday (2019), Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans (2019), Dragon Rider [voice only] (2020), The Flash (2023)
Television: Drunk History – UK [as Robert Baden-Powell] (2015) / Indian Summers (2015) / Horrible Histories [2 episodes, different characters (2015–2017)] / Unforgotten* [30 episodes as Sunil 'Sunny' Khan (2015–2023)] / BBC Comedy Feeds: Limbo (2016) / Thunderbirds Are Go: City Under The Sea [voice only] (2016) / Election Spy [9 episodes as Sunni (2017)] / The Magical Music Box: Sinbad And The Kraaken [voice only] (2017) / Porters [7 episodes as Mr. Pradeep (2017–2019)] / Treasure Champs [28 episodes as the voice of Barry (2018–2019)] / Good Omens: The Very Last Days Of The Rest Of Their Lives (2019) / Hilda [13 episodes, voice only (2020)] / Sandylands [6 episodes as Les Vegas (2020–2021)] / Hitmen: Reunion (2021) / The Sandman: Imperfect Hosts (2022)

Who: Before And After #1364b / Nu-Who #422b

Name: Shane Keogh-Grenade [? - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Death In Heaven
Character(s): Teenage Boy

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Sadie J: Gagalicious (2012)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Kiss Me First: Off The Rails (2018) / Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures [2 episodes as the voice of Luke Beagle (2018–2019)]

Who: Before And After #1363c / Nu-Who #422c

Name: Katie Bignell [? - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Death In Heaven
Character(s): Teenage Girl

Before Who:
Films: File 25 (2010), Ebony Road (2011)
Television: House of Anubis [2 episodes as Girl 2 (2011)]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

Who: Before And After #1363d / Nu-Who #422d

Name: James Pearse [? - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Death In Heaven
Character(s): Graham

Before Who:
Films: National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2010)
Television: EastEnders [2 episodes as Lenny (2003)] / Rose and Maloney [2 episodes as Inspector Bennett (2004)] / The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: The Seeds Of Cunning (2005)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Quiz (2020)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

K-9 featured on the cover of issue 228 of Doctor Who Magazine in April 1995.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1364 / Nu-Who #423

Name: Nick Frost [1972 - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Death In Heaven – Last Christmas
Character(s): Santa Claus

Before Who:
Films: Jim's Gift (1996), Shaun of the Dead* (2004), Straight 8 (2004), Kinky Boots (2005), Penelope (2006), Hot Fuzz* (2007), Grindhouse ['Don't' Trailer] (2007), Wild Child (2008), The Boat That Rocked (2009), Paul (2011), Attack the Block* (2011), The Adventures of Tintin [as the voice of Thomson] (2011), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Ice Age: Continental Drift [voice only] (2012), The World's End* (2013), Cuban Fury (2014), The Boxtrolls [voice only] (2014), Asterix and Obelix: Mansion of the Gods [voice only] (2014)

Television: Sharman: Pretend We're Dead (1996) / Big Train [2 episodes as a Construction Worker (1998)] / Spaced* [14 episodes as Mike Watt (1999–2001)] / Black Books [2 episodes, different characters (2000–2004)] / Look Around You [2 episodes, different characters (2002–2005)] / Twisted Tales: Txt Msg Rcvd (2005) / Dirty Tricks [voice only (2005) / Man Stroke Woman [12 episodes, Various Characters (2005–2007)] / Green Wing (2006) / Hyperdrive* [12 episodes as Commander Henderson (2006–2007)] / Money [2 episodes as John Self (2010)] / It's Kevin (2013) / Mr. Sloane [6 episodes as Jeremy Sloane (2014)] / Phineas and Ferb [2 episodes, voice only (2011–2014)]

Music Video: Mint Royale (2002): Blue Song [as the bank robber]

After Who:
Films: Sober Companion (2014), Unfinished Business (2015), Syrenia (2015), The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016), Tomb Raider (2018), The Festival (2018), Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018), Fighting with My Family (2019), Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans (2019), Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob [as the voice of Merlin] (2021), Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans [voice only] (2021), Monster Family 2 [voice only] (2021)
Television: Galavant: Giants Vs. Dwarfs (2016) / Sick Note [14 episodes as Dr. Iain Glennis (2017–2018)] / Into the Badlands* [26 episodes as Bajie (2017–2019)] / 3Below - Tales of Arcadia [19 episodes as the voice of Stuart (2018–2019)] / Truth Seekers [8 episodes as Gus Roberts (2020)] / Staged: The Dirty Mochyns (2021) / Why Women Kill [10 episodes as Bertram Fillcot (2021)] / The Nevers* [8 episodes as Declan Orrun (2021–2023)] / Scott Pilgrim Takes Off [2 episodes as the voice of Studio Security #2 (2023)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A publicity image of the Doctor (Paul McGann) and Grace Holloway (Daphne Ashbrook) for the tv movie (1996) which took place on December 31st 1999.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in LAST CHRISTMAS who have previously appeared in the show:

• Jenna Coleman (Clara)
• Nick Frost (Santa Claus)
• Samuel Anderson (Danny)
• Dan Starkey (Ian)
• Jon Davey (Sleeper)

Who: Before And After #1365a / Nu-Who #424a

Name: Nathan McMullan [1988 - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Last Christmas
Character(s): Wolf

Before Who:
Films: Macbeth (2011), Kelly + Victor (2012)
Television: Casualty [2 episodes as Devlan O'Connor (2010)] / Shameless [2 episodes as Angel (2012) / Misfits* [16 episodes as Finn Samson (2012–2013)]

After Who:
Films: Rose (2020), The Lady of Heaven (2021)
Television: None

Who: Before And After #1365b / Nu-Who #424b

Name: Faye Marsay [1986 - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Last Christmas
Character(s): Shona McCullough

Note(s): Was seriously considered to become the next companion if Jenna Coleman had left the show after this episode

Before Who:
Films: Helen (2008), Is That It? (2008), Pride (2014)
Television: The White Queen [10 episodes as Anne Neville (2013)] / Fresh Meat [8 episodes as Candice Pelling (2013)] / The Bletchley Circle [4 episodes as Lizzie (2014)] / Glue [8 episodes as Janine (2014)]

After Who:
Films: Darkest Hour (2017), You, Me and Him (2017), Shamed (2017), A Private War (2018), Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022)
Television: My Mad Fat Diary [3 episodes as Katie Springer (2015)] / Game of Thrones* [11 episodes as The Waif (2015–2016)] / Vera: Dark Road (2016) / Love, Nina [5 episodes as Nina (2016)] / Black Mirror: Hated In The Nation (2016) / Bancroft [4 episodes as DS Katherine Stevens (2017)] / McMafia [8 episodes as Katya Godman (2018)] / Deep Water [6 episodes as Joanne Aspinall (2019)] / Avocado Toast the series [7 episodes as The One (2020)] / Andor* [8 episodes as Vel Sartha (2022)] / Ten Pound Poms [6 episodes as Annie Roberts (2023)]

Who: Before And After #1365c / Nu-Who #424c

Name: Natalie Gumede [1984 - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Last Christmas
Character(s): Ashley Carter

Note(s): Appeared in 'The Eighth Doctor: Time War: Volume Three' Big Finish Productions audio adventure 'The Famished Lands'

Before Who:
Films: Von Trapped (2004), Clubbed (2008), Cool Air Records (2011)
Television: Emmerdale Farm [2 episodes as Tania Coles (2005)] / Wire in the Blood: Nothing But The Night (2005) / Ideal [16 episodes as China (2005–2010)] / Doctors [3 episodes, different characters (2006–2009)] / The Persuasionists [3 episodes as Susie (2010)] / Coronation Street* [192 episodes as Kirsty Soames (2011–2013)] / Moving On: Fledgling (2013) / Sally the Life Coach [4 episodes as Sally (2014)]

After Who:
Films: Your Christmas or Mine? (2022), Your Christmas or Mine 2 (2023)
Television: Death in Paradise: Stab In The Dark (2015) / Jekyll and Hyde [9 episodes as Isabella Charming (2015)] / Free Rein [20 episodes as Maggie (2017–2018)] / Vera: Cold River (2019) / Midsomer Murders: The Point Of Balance (2019) / Titans* [8 episodes as Mercy Graves (2019–2023)] / C.B. Strike [3 episodes as Lorelei (2020)] / Rig 45 [6 episodes as Emma (2020)] / McDonald & Dodds: We Need To Talk About Doreen (2021)

Who: Before And After #1365d / Nu-Who #424d

Name: Maureen Beattie [? - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Last Christmas
Character(s): Rona Bellows

Note(s): Appeared in the 'The Tenth Doctor Adventures: Volume Two' Big Finish Productions audio adventure 'Cold Vengeance'

Before Who:
Films: People V Scott (1982), My Dead Dad (1992), Ruffian Hearts (1995), The Last Musketeer (2000), Twelfth Night, or What You Will (2003), The Decoy Bride (2011), The List [as The Narrator] (2014)
Television: The Lost Tribe: Judgement Of Solomon (1980) / Scotch & Wry (1980) / The Walls of Jericho: Physician, Heal Thyself (1981) / Maggie [7 episodes as Cathy Bruce (1981–1982)] / Women: Hard To Get (1983) / Troubles and Strife [13 episodes as Mary (1985–1986)] / Taggart [7 episodes, different characters (1985–2000)] / Truckers [4 episodes as Mary Brough (1987)] / The Campbells: Lady Helen's Love (1988) / City Lights: Scandal (1990) / The Bill [12 episodes, different characters (1990–2003)] / Boon: Stamp Duty (1991) / Casualty [29 episodes as Sandra Nicholl (1991–1993)] / Screen Two: The Long Roads (1993) / The Chief [3 episodes as Gemma Marshall (1994)] / All Night Long [6 episodes as Vanda (1994)] / Bramwell [7 episodes as Alice Costigan (1997)] / Wing and a Prayer [8 episodes as Anna Crozier (1999)] / City Central: Northern Soul (1999) / Bad Girls: Coming Out* (2001) / Let's Write a Story: The Personal History Of Charles Dickens (2004) / The Worst Week of My Life [2 episodes as Toni (2005)] / Inspector Lewis: The Quality Of Mercy (2009) / Doctors [4 episodes, different characters (2009–2019)] / Midsomer Murders: The Made-To-Measure Murders (2010) / Moving On: Letting Go (2010) / Vera: Young Gods (2013)

After Who:
Films: National Theatre Live: Yerma (2017), Sunlight (2023)
Television: Outlander: The Fox's Lair (2016) / Deadwater Fell* [4 episodes as Carol Kendrick (2020)] / Our House [3 episodes as Tina Lawson (2022)] / Black Cake [2 episodes as Nurse Ethel (2023)]

[Susan Foreman]

The eleventh in an occasional series:

'Doctor Who' as featured in other medium

References in the American drama series 'Leverage'

Now, it could be argued that (because they are mostly names) they are nothing more than a coincidence

However... there are a LOT of coincidences within the show!

Leverage: Season 1

• The Bank Shot Job: Hardison expresses his frustration at the time it took to illegally download the latest episode of Doctor Who.
• The Mile High Job: Nate uses the alias Tom Baker (The Fourth Doctor) and Sophie uses the alias Sarah Jane, one of the fourth Doctor's companions. The other aliases available to Nate were Peter Davison (the Fifth Doctor) and Sylvester McCoy (The Seventh).
• The 12-Step Job: Nate re-uses the alias of Tom Baker. Parker uses the alias Rose, the ninth and tenth Doctor's companion.

Season 2

• The Two Live Crew Job: Parker says that when the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911, the conman who stole it made 6 identical copies, Nate says they were put on the black market, each buyer thinking they're getting the real thing. This is not what happened when the Mona Lisa was stolen, it is the plan of the Doctor Who alien Scaroth in the 1979 story The City of Death, except all 6 of his Mona Lisa copies were painted by Leonardo DaVinci.

Season 3

• The Three-Card Monte Job: Eliot and Hardison use the aliases Moffat and Davies. These are nods to Steven Moffat and Russell T. Davies, two of the executive producers of Doctor Who.

Season 4

• The Ten Li'l Grifters Job: The attorney who hires Nate describes being fired from the law firm McGann, McCoy and Baker, referencing four of the actors (there being two actors with the surname Baker) who played the Doctor.
• The Radio Job: Parker insists that Nate's father used a time machine to travel back to 1962 while a modified Doctor Who theme plays in the background. In the same scene, Hardison explains he is wearing a bowtie because "bowties are cool," one of the Eleventh Doctor's catch-phrases.

Season 5

• The First Contact Job: A reporter dressed very much in the style of the Eleventh Doctor sits in the front row during the press conference late in the episode.
• The Frame Up Job: Sophie and Sterling are Agents Smith and Tennant, referencing the actors playing the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith).
• The White Rabbit Job: Sophie introduces herself as Sally Sparrow, a character seen in the Tenth Doctor's episode, "Blink", written by Steven Moffat (see below).
• The Long Goodbye Job: Parker introduces herself as Agent Tennant, referencing the character previously played by Sterling in The Frame Up Job.

Leverage: Redemption - Season One

• The Panamanian Monkey Job: Sophie and Hardison present themselves as MI-6 agents Jo Grant and Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart. Grant was one of the Third Doctor's companions in the 1970s, and Brigadier General Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart frequently worked with the Doctor as a liaison from an organization called UNIT.
• The Card Game Job: Breanna uses the alias Billie Potts, a reference to Bill Potts, a companion of the Twelfth Doctor.
• The Muddy Waters Job: All of Hardison's aliases on his mail are references to Doctor Who. "D. Tennant" references David Tennant who played the Tenth Doctor; "Tom Baker" is the actor who played the Fourth Doctor; "River Song" is a recurring Doctor Who character who became the Doctor's wife.

Season Two

• The Debutante Job: Hardison and Parker are shown dressed up in Doctor Who paraphernalia (Parker is dressed as the thirteenth Doctor, and Hardison is shown wearing the fourth Doctor’s iconic scarf) in a Halloween photo with Eliot.
• The Date Night Job: Hardison says, “We are Parker and Hardison. Pardison. Always and anywhere. Time and space mean nothing to us.” Parker responds, saying, “We’re like the Doctor. We’re like two Doctors. Like a Christmas special with multiple Doctors.”
• The Work Study Job: When pretending to be a Ph.D. student, Breanna says her recommendations are Dr. Tennant and Dr. Whittaker, referencing David Tennant and Jodie Whittaker, who played the 10th and 13th Doctor in Doctor Who.
• The Belly of the Beast Job: While working at her new job, Jenna receives a notification of a meeting with Lefbridge Stewart (a cover for the Leverage crew). She immediately recognizes the name as a character from Doctor Who and notifies her boss, finding it suspicious. This is the only time on the show someone has recognized an alias from Doctor Who.

https://leverage.fandom.com/wiki/Doctor_Who

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A Silurian from 1970's Doctor Who and the Silurians.

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

A Silurian from 1970's Doctor Who and the Silurians.

Although there have been lots of great Dr Who series, season 7 has never been bettered, imo. Every story is a classic. Can’t wait until the Blu Ray boxset is released.