In real life, only seven Harry Potter novels (plus several shorter spin-off works) have been published. However...
Martha's use of Expelliarmus does come from the actual works (it's the incantation for the Disarming Charm, introduced in Chamber of Secrets.)
The mention of Harry and Ron taking a flying car to Hogwarts also references canon, as the two of them took Mr. Weasley's enchanted Ford Anglia to Hogwarts in Chamber of Secrets. The fictional title Half-Moon Dentist is a play on the title of the actual sixth book, Half-Blood Prince.
In 2005, Russell T Davies asked Harry Potter's creator J.K. Rowling if she would write for Doctor Who. She refused, saying that she was "amused by the suggestion but simply doesn't have the time."[1] She was writing the sixth Harry Potter novel (Half-Blood Prince) at the time.[2]
In The Christmas Invasion, a Hogwarts-style uniform featuring robes briefly appears as the Doctor considers what clothes to wear in his new incarnation.
The Shakespeare Code, in which the Doctor references reading the seventh book, was broadcast before Deathly Hallows was published and during a period of intense anticipation of its release. The Doctor doesn't mention the book's title, as it had not been revealed by the time the episode began filming.
According to his 2008 autobiography A Writer's Tale, Russell T Davies also considered basing the 2008 Christmas special around an appearance by Rowling.
Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry, was a name thrown out by Russell T. Davies to play the Eleventh Doctor.[source needed]
Other actors who have appeared in the Harry Potter films who have been considered for the role of the Doctor include Jim Broadbent, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Griffiths and Alan Rickman.[source needed]
In fact, David Tennant and John Hurt are the only actors to appear in Harry Potter to play the Doctor.
When filming the 2005 series Russell T Davies commented upon the difficulty of finding little person actors for Doctor Who because Harry Potter and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were filming at the same time.[3]
Harry Melling, who plays Dudley Dursley (Harry's cousin) in the film series, is the grandson of Patrick Troughton. However, he never met him, as Patrick died before he was born. David Troughton is his uncle.
Michael Gambon, who appeared as Kazran Sardick in TV: A Christmas Carol, plays Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore for most of the series.
Alfie Enoch, who plays Harry’s friend and dorm-mate Dean Thomas, is the son of William Russell.
David Tennant is, just like the Tenth Doctor, a huge fan of the Harry Potter series. Tennant appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Death Eater Barty Crouch Jr. Roger Lloyd-Pack appeared in the same movie as the father of David's character. Ironically, Goblet of Fire, which includes Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody morphing into Crouch, opened in British theaters the same day that Tennant made his first appearance in earnest as the Tenth Doctor in the Children in Need Special (TV story) also known as Born Again, which is set immediately after regeneration.
Coincidentally, the chapter title in the book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in which Crouch Jr. receives the Dementor's Kiss is titled "The Parting of the Ways" while The Parting of the Ways is also the title of the Series 1 finale where Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor regenerates into Tennant's Tenth Doctor.
Another odd coincide, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire the trunk in which Barty Crouch Jr. kept the real Mad-Eye Moody is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside, just like the Doctor's TARDIS.
He doesnt mess up the numbering because he is the "time war doctor." He didn't do what he did in the name of the doctor, but he is still a version of the doctor - he didn't accept the title thus he is not actually one...kind of lol it's hard to explain but the 50th will definitely be helpful.
On another note: Expect Daleks, Weeping Angels, Cherubs, the Silence, The Silents and a wooden cyberman in the Christmas special
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That was the most epic thing in the universe. I'm both excited for and dreading the Christmas special. It'd be sad to see Matt Smith go but I bet Peter Capaldi's going to be really awesome
The Day of the Doctor was broadcast in 94 countries at the same time as it aired on BBC One in the UK on Saturday night, earning it a Guinness World Record as "the world's largest ever simulcast of a TV drama".
I know I will. not. cry. because I'm definitely ready for change. lol Matt Smith just wasn't my Doctor...however from the leaks about Series 8 Ive read and how Capaldi is going to be darker and more serious I am incredibly excited
I know I will. not. cry. because I'm definitely ready for change. lol Matt Smith just wasn't my Doctor...however from the leaks about Series 8 Ive read and how Capaldi is going to be darker and more serious I am incredibly excited
Matt Smith is my favorite, though I get this. tbh i just hope the doctor after capaldi (and i'm excited for capaldi!!!) isn't a while male.
I know I will. not. cry. because I'm definitely ready for change. lol Matt Smith just wasn't my Doctor...however from the leaks about Series 8 Ive read and how Capaldi is going to be darker and more serious I am incredibly excited
Matt Smith is my favorite, though I get this. tbh i just hope the doctor after capaldi (and i'm excited for capaldi!!!) isn't a while male.
I know I will. not. cry. because I'm definitely ready for change. lol Matt Smith just wasn't my Doctor...however from the leaks about Series 8 Ive read and how Capaldi is going to be darker and more serious I am incredibly excited
Matt Smith is my favorite, though I get this. tbh i just hope the doctor after capaldi (and i'm excited for capaldi!!!) isn't a while male.
Could not agree more. I don't think the masses are ready for a woman yet but maybe in about 3 doctors down the line. I am soooo damn excited for Capaldi. I need some change to Who and the past few episodes have been better in terms of tone. Maybe not the cohesiveness but they are in a weird transitional period and it will be great to see where the show goes.
I know I will. not. cry. because I'm definitely ready for change. lol Matt Smith just wasn't my Doctor...however from the leaks about Series 8 Ive read and how Capaldi is going to be darker and more serious I am incredibly excited
Matt Smith is my favorite, though I get this. tbh i just hope the doctor after capaldi (and i'm excited for capaldi!!!) isn't a while male.
Could not agree more. I don't think the masses are ready for a woman yet but maybe in about 3 doctors down the line. I am soooo damn excited for Capaldi. I need some change to Who and the past few episodes have been better in terms of tone. Maybe not the cohesiveness but they are in a weird transitional period and it will be great to see where the show goes.
I used to be against the Doctor being a woman because I was one of those people who was all "the doctor is a male character". Now i don't really care lol i am 100% for a woman. i think it'll be awesome. i agree that the public probably isn't ready, but when the time is right. Meanwhile it would be nice if they would address the issue by bringing in female writers. the fact that there's only been one in New Who is unacceptable. I'm pretty sure I remember hearing there would be a woman writer (yay! one!) next series though.
capaldi will be great though. After the lackluster Series 7, I too am ready for a change in tone, and if we aren't going to get it from a new showrunner, then a different doctor will certainly do.
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On another note: Expect Daleks, Weeping Angels, Cherubs, the Silence, The Silents and a wooden cyberman in the Christmas special
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So that was pretty great. The last 15 minutes with some certain appearances made the special for me.
Now I'm super excited for Christmas....I hate waiting
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Clara and The Doctor must go to a quiet backwater planet in order to learn what some strange signals mean for his very last existence.
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capaldi will be great though. After the lackluster Series 7, I too am ready for a change in tone, and if we aren't going to get it from a new showrunner, then a different doctor will certainly do.
Some genius went and made this!
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