Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (book)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a novel whose plot involved the protagonist getting a winning card and gaining entrance to something when he least expected it. Both Rose Tyler and the Ninth Doctor thought this was similar to the Percy the Porcupine promotion — every time someone bought something downtown, they got a scratchcard. If they got the right number, they could collect their prize. When Rose took her chances, she thought of Charlie: "When you're waiting, hoping, desperate to win, you never do. But then, out of the blue, you get another chance. And that's the one. That's how it works." (PROSE: Winner Takes All)

Behind the scenes

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was written by Roald Dahl.

Several DWU cast and crew are shared with the film adaptations of the novel, Mel Stuart's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Paul King's prequel film Wonka.

• Aubrey Woods played Bill in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
• Rusty Goffe, Angelo Muscat and Pepe Poupee played Oompa Loompas in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
• Annette Badland played a jolly woman in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
• Kevin Eldon played a man with a dog in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
• James Fox played Mr Salt in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
• Garrick Hagon played a Denver reporter in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
• Deep Roy played all of the Oompa Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
• Abi Brotherton was a hair stylist and make-up artist on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
• Murray McArthur played the Ship's Captain in Wonka.
• Matilda Tucker played a Young Mother in Wonka.
• Olivia Colman played Mrs. Scrubbit in Wonka.
• Paterson Joseph played Slugworth in Wonka.
• Matt Lucas played Prodnose in Wonka.
• Rakhee Thakrar played Lottie Bell in Wonka.
• Rowan Atkinson played Father Julius in Wonka.
• Sophie Winkleman played the Countess in Wonka.
• Dominic Coleman played Donovan in Wonka.
• Tracy Ifeachor played Dorothy Smith in Wonka.
• Hugh Grant played an Oompa Loompa in Wonka.

During production of Doctor Who in 2004, when the 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film was also being made, Russell T Davies and Phil Collinson complained of difficulty in finding actors of small stature as "bloody Gringotts and the Chocolate Factory are filming at the same time."[1]

Jon Pertwee was considered at one point to play the title character in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.