A poster for the musical Cats was present at the youth club in Perivale (TV: Survival [+]Loading...["Survival (TV story)"]) in 1989. (PROSE: First Frontier [+]Loading...["First Frontier (novel)"])
After freeing children from Medicare Central on Ceres Alpha, the Eighth Doctor gave them names: Quaxo, Coricopat, Rum Tum Tugger, Mungojerrie, Rumpelteazer, Bombalurina, Mr Mistoffelees, Macavity, Asparagus, Bustopher Jones, Skimbleshanks, and Jellylorum. He also suggested the name Old Deuteronomy, but the children insisted he was Old Deuteronomy. (PROSE: Dark Progeny [+]Loading...["Dark Progeny (novel)"])
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In the original 1981 London cast of the musical, Bonnie Langford portrayed Rumpleteazer while Brian Blessed portrayed Bustopher Jones and Old Deuteronomy. In the 2019 theatrical adaptation, Ian McKellen played "Gus" and James Corden played Bustopher Jones.