Doctor who and ALIEN

[Dinosauricon]

Interestingly the franchises have had some common ground:


-Paul Mcgann (The Eighth Doctor in the TV movie and countless audios) was Golic, the mad prisoner in Alien3.

-Brian Glover, who played Warden Andrews in Alien3, played Griffiths in Attack of the Cybermen.

-Reportedly the "Terminus" set used some props from Alien. Interestingly both feature the corpse of a long-dead alien astronaught (Although not the same prop as the space jockey).

-Tip Tipping was Crowe in Aliens. He was the stunt coordinator for a few McCoy stories and a good friend of Sophie Aldred. Unfortunately he died in 1993 during a parachute accident.

-Ricco Ross, the Ringmaster in Greatest Show In The Galaxy, was Frost in Aliens.

Trevor Speedman, who played Wierbeski, was a guard in Warriors of the Deep. Not sure if it was the guy with the bad breath or not.

-The 1987 serial "Dragonfire" parodies a bit of Aliens, and the design of the Dragon is somewhat similar to H.R Giger's creations but on a much cheaper scale.


-Although not really that similar as some claim, the Ark In Space belongs to the "body horror"/Transformation genre to which ALIEN also owes a debt.

 

[Starkers]

The security officer in The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit was in Alien 3 as well

 

[Garth Rockett]

Ridley Scott, director of Alien, was originally assigned to be the designer on The Daleks, although that job ultimately fell to Raymond Cusick.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

The other link between Doctor Who and Alien? Ridley Scott was the original production designer on "The Daleks."

 

[Lonemagpie]

The Cyberscanner/console thing in Earthshock was built out of console panels from the Nostromo. Bits of the Nostromo's C-Deck set turn up in various stories throughout the early 80s.

 

[wamdue]

Doctor Who vs Alien, could be quite good

 

[Lonemagpie]

Doctor Who vs Alien, could be quite good

One chestburster later, you've got Aliens who can regenerate.

Game over, man! Game over!

 

[wamdue]

Doctor Who vs Alien, could be quite good

One chestburster later, you've got Aliens who can regenerate.

Game over, man! Game over!

that could prove interesting

 

[Timofnine]

Doctor Who vs Alien, could be quite good

One chestburster later, you've got Aliens who can regenerate.

Game over, man! Game over!

Fantastic idea, gotta be some fan fiction going there...

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Doctor Who vs Alien, could be quite good

One chestburster later, you've got Aliens who can regenerate.

Game over, man! Game over!

I say we Time Loop the planet from Gallifrey; it's the only way to be sure.

 

[Lonemagpie]

Doctor Who vs Alien, could be quite good

One chestburster later, you've got Aliens who can regenerate.

Game over, man! Game over!

I say we Time Loop the planet from Gallifrey; it's the only way to be sure.

Gotta admit, it'd kick the crap out of Image of The Fendahl - and I love Image of the Fendahl...

 

[wamdue]

Doctor Who vs Alien, could be quite good

One chestburster later, you've got Aliens who can regenerate.

Game over, man! Game over!

Fantastic idea, gotta be some fan fiction going there...

would those TimeLord aliens then fight the Daleks?

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

Here's something that would be really weird: Not only would the Xenomorphs now be able to regenerate but the Time Lord hosts would still regenerate. They remain alive & coccooned and can be implanted over & over again.

 

[Lonemagpie]

Here's something that would be really weird: Not only would the Xenomorphs now be able to regenerate but the Time Lord hosts would still regenerate. They remain alive & coccooned and can be implanted over & over again.

Well, another 12 times. (though bear in mind a Timey can't regenerate if he's actually dead quick enough)

COuld be even worse- Jack + facehugger and you've got literally unkillable Aliens...

 

[wamdue]

COuld be even worse- Jack + facehugger and you've got literally unkillable Aliens...

are you sure? we have seen Jacks kid is ageing normally, so would the alien born of Jack, really have his ability to survive, that was something given to Jack by the TARDIS/Rose its not something in his DNA.

 

[Lonemagpie]

COuld be even worse- Jack + facehugger and you've got literally unkillable Aliens...

are you sure? we have seen Jacks kid is ageing normally, so would the alien born of Jack, really have his ability to survive, that was something given to Jack by the TARDIS/Rose its not something in his DNA.

Ah, that's true

 

[Anwar]

The security officer in The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit was in Alien 3 as well

Yes, the Head of the Project was Danny Webb who was Morse in A3 (the only survivor).