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The original ''Thunderbirds'' TV series from 1965-1966 featured the voices of a number of actors who also played roles on ''[[Doctor Who]]'', such as [[Shane Rimmer]], [[Jeremy Wilkin]], [[David Graham]] and [[Ray Barrett]]. [[Cliff Richard]] and [[John Carson]] were involved in the feature-lengths films ''Thunderbirds Are Go'' (1966) and ''Thunderbird 6'' (1968) respectively. | The original ''Thunderbirds'' TV series from 1965-1966 featured the voices of a number of actors who also played roles on ''[[Doctor Who]]'', such as [[Shane Rimmer]], [[Jeremy Wilkin]], [[David Graham]] and [[Ray Barrett]]. [[Cliff Richard]] and [[John Carson]] were involved in the feature-lengths films ''Thunderbirds Are Go'' (1966) and ''Thunderbird 6'' (1968) respectively. | ||
[[Sophia Myles]], [[Ron Cook]], [[Lex Shrapnel]], [[Bhasker Patel]] and [[Nicola Walker]] all appeared in the 2004 live-action ''Thunderbirds'' film, adapted from the series, and the 2015 TV reboot, ''Thunderbirds Are Go'', also included several actors involved in ''Doctor Who'' and its [[Doctor Who spin-offs|spin-off materials]], such as [[David Tennant]], [[David Menkin]], [[Thomas Sangster|Thomas Brodie-Sangster]], [[Angel Coulby]], [[Kayvan Novak]], [[David Graham]], [[Reggie Yates]], [[Sandra Dickinson]], [[Adjoa Andoh]] and [[Teresa Gallagher]]. Crew members [[Derek Meddings]], [[Ian Scoones]], and [[Michael Wilson]] also worked on both shows, as did writer [[Dennis Spooner]]. [[John Peel]] is the author of ''Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet: The Authorized Programme Guide'', as noted on the back of his [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] novel ''[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]''. | [[Sophia Myles]], [[Ron Cook]], [[Lex Shrapnel]], [[Bhasker Patel]] and [[Nicola Walker]] all appeared in the 2004 live-action ''Thunderbirds'' film, adapted from the series. According to Myles, it was her role as [[Penelope Creighton-Ward|Lady Penelope]] in the film and [[Steven Moffat]]'s repeated viewing of said film with his son that resulted in her being offered the part of [[Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson|Madame de Pompadour]] in ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'' without having to audition. Moffat's son visited the set one day and reportedly couldn't get his head around the fact [[the Doctor]] was [[kiss]]ing Lady Penelope.<ref>''The Gerry Anderson Podcast'' #2</ref> | ||
The 2015 TV reboot, ''Thunderbirds Are Go'', also included several actors involved in ''Doctor Who'' and its [[Doctor Who spin-offs|spin-off materials]], such as [[David Tennant]], [[David Menkin]], [[Thomas Sangster|Thomas Brodie-Sangster]], [[Angel Coulby]], [[Kayvan Novak]], [[David Graham]], [[Reggie Yates]], [[Sandra Dickinson]], [[Adjoa Andoh]] and [[Teresa Gallagher]]. Crew members [[Derek Meddings]], [[Ian Scoones]], and [[Michael Wilson]] also worked on both shows, as did writer [[Dennis Spooner]]. [[John Peel]] is the author of ''Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet: The Authorized Programme Guide'', as noted on the back of his [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] novel ''[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]''. | |||
[[Christopher Fowler]], writing the foreword for [[Simon Clark (writer)|Simon Clark]]'s [[Telos Doctor Who novella|Telos novella]] ''[[The Dalek Factor (novel)|The Dalek Factor]]'', compares the [[Dalek]]s to ''[[Thunderbird 2]]'' in how familiar and iconic they are. | [[Christopher Fowler]], writing the foreword for [[Simon Clark (writer)|Simon Clark]]'s [[Telos Doctor Who novella|Telos novella]] ''[[The Dalek Factor (novel)|The Dalek Factor]]'', compares the [[Dalek]]s to ''[[Thunderbird 2]]'' in how familiar and iconic they are. | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
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{{Thunderbirds stories}} | {{Thunderbirds stories}} | ||
[[Category:Real world series with DWU connections]] | [[Category:Real world series with DWU connections]] | ||
