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'''''Coronation Street''''' was a long-running [[British]] television drama airing in the final decades of the [[20th century]] and well into the [[21st century|21st]], as well. | '''''Coronation Street''''' was a long-running [[British]] television drama airing in the final decades of the [[20th century]] and well into the [[21st century|21st]], as well. | ||
The [[Sixth Doctor]] had a [[dream]] in which his adventures were broadcast on [[television]] and taken off the air, and when they were returned they were placed opposite this series. ([[PROSE]]: | The [[Sixth Doctor]] had a [[dream]] in which his adventures were broadcast on [[television]] and taken off the air, and when they were returned they were placed opposite this series. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Christmas Special (ST short story)}}) | ||
[[Betsy]], [[Bernard Watson]]'s [[Irish wolfhound]], had a penchant for barking during the theme tune. ([[PROSE]]: | [[Betsy (The Sleep of Reason)|Betsy]], [[Bernard Watson]]'s [[Irish wolfhound]], had a penchant for barking during the theme tune. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sleep of Reason (novel)}}) | ||
While in [[ | While stuck in [[1969]] without [[the TARDIS]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Blink (TV story)}}) the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] watched ''Coronation Street'' in their flat. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Martha Jones (short story)}}) | ||
[[Ace]]'s [[Ace's nan (Chemistry)|nan]] used to watch the series. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Chemistry (short story)}}) | |||
In [[2008]] the TV at the community room at the [[Lavender Lawns Rest Home]] blew up half an hour before the latest ''Corrie'' | While in [[Prague]] in [[1989]], [[Heather Lake]] mentioned ''Corrie'' (a common nickname for the series) as one of the things that she missed about London. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Broken Man (comic story)}}) | ||
In [[1998]], it was watched by [[Robert Gibson]] while he was in a [[hospital]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|System Shock (novel)}}) | |||
Among the casualties of the [[Vore]] invasion of [[Earth]] in [[2005]] were members of the cast of the series, though they lost less than ''[[EastEnders]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)}}) | |||
[[Alison (Missing Molly)|Alison]] once thought she saw her missing daughter [[Molly (Missing Molly)|Molly]] on ''Corrie'', and told her [[ex-husband]] [[Stuart (Missing Molly)|Stuart]] about it. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Missing Molly (audio story)}}) | |||
In the [[2000s]],{{note|No on screen date is given for the first two series of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', outside of ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]'' from the [[Series 2 (SJA)|second series]] being set shortly after [[9 October]] in an undisclosed year. While [[Donna Noble]]'s present from the [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|fourth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is set around the same time as the [[Series 1 (SJA)|first series]] of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', and ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' from the [[Series 2 (SJA)|second series]] of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is explicitly described as being set a year after ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' from the first series, ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s fourth series is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|not consistently dated]], with [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in [[2008]], and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' setting them in about [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]].}} the TV at the community room at the [[Lavender Lawns Rest Home]] blew up half an hour before the latest ''Corrie'' wedding. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Eye of the Gorgon (novelisation)}}) | |||
''Coronation Street'' was still running when [[MoonCentre 7]] began operation on [[the Moon]]. Cut off from the rest of humanity, some crew members were eager to find out if the programme was still going when the [[Tenth Doctor]] visited. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Opacity Factor (audio story)}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Both ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''Coronation Street'' started in the 1960s, have had notably long runs and have entered into British culture as television institutions. | {{main|Coronation Street (series)}} | ||
Both ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''Coronation Street'' started in the [[1960s]], have had notably long runs and have entered into British culture as television institutions. | |||
In the late 1980s, ''[[Doctor Who]]'' aired opposite ''Coronation Street'', which is often considered a factor in the show's decline and cancellation. The short story ''[[Christmas Special (ST short story)|Christmas Special]]'' includes a reference to this situation. | |||
''Coronation Street'' has included the odd reference to ''Doctor Who'' over the years, especially since the show returned in 2005. The young boy Simon Barlow is a ''Doctor Who'' fan. He made reference to ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'' when he saw two men who looked similar to each other. He said "there's two of them, it's like ''Doctor Who''" referencing the [[Tenth Doctor]] and the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]] seen in that story. | |||
The 2006 episode ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'' is set in [[Florizel Street]], which was the original planned name of ''Coronation Street''. | |||
In the 2008 episode ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'', [[Donna Noble]] attempted to insult a woman standing in her doorway by calling her [[Vera Duckworth]], who was a long-standing character in the series. | |||
In the ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' instalment, ''[['Ello, 'Ello, 'Ello (CON episode)|<nowiki/>'Ello, 'Ello, 'Ello]]'', [[Derek Jacobi]] stated that one of his ambitions since the 1960s has been to take a part in ''Doctor Who'' and ''Coronation Street''. In 2012, he appeared as an extra on the show.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/sir-derek-jacobi-treads-coronation-street-cobbles-7637059.html</ref> | |||
''[['Ello, 'Ello, 'Ello (CON episode)|<nowiki/>]]'' | |||
=== Shared actors === | |||
* [[Suranne Jones]], [[Bruno Langley]], [[Helen Worth]], [[Gray O'Brien]], [[Julie Hesmondhalgh]], [[Shobna Gulati]], [[Michelle Collins]], [[Ian McKellen]], and [[Millie Gibson]] are among the most notable ''Doctor Who'' actors to have appeared in the soap. | |||
* [[Katherine Kelly]] also rose to fame through her six-year run (2006-2012) on the soap as [[Becky McDonald]]. Kelly briefly appeared as Becky in ''[[Dermot and the Doctor (TV story)|Dermot and the Doctor]]'', five years before taking on the role of [[Andrea Quill]] in ''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]''. | |||
* As part of the show's 50th anniversary celebrations in 2010, a feature-length docudrama detailing the soap's creation, {{wi|The Road to Coronation Street}}, aired on [[BBC Four]]. [[Lynda Baron]], [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Shaun Dooley]], and [[Celia Imrie]] were among the cast. | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
=== Notes === | |||
{{Notelist}} | |||
=== Citations === | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
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