Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones (COMIC: The Dragon Lord) (also known as Thrones for short) was a television series based on the book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. Shona McCullough planned to marathon the show as part of her Christmas Day itinerary. (TV: Last Christmas)

When Lord Mortigan mentioned how the humans had to genetically modify the local life forms on a planet to make them more like dragons, Clara Oswald retorted that this was so they could play Game of Thrones. (COMIC: The Dragon Lord)

The Twelfth Doctor had portraits of Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow at the doorway of his office at St Luke's University. (COMIC: The Lost Dimension)

Behind the scenes
and were not explicitly named in The Lost Dimension.

Its network of origin was, owners of HBO Max.

Cast connections
Many Doctor Who universe actors appeared in Game of Thrones. This was remarked upon in a sketch in Episode 5 of The Fan Show, The Magician's Apprentice: What We Know So Far, which even spun a short parodical skit out of this fact by having fictional reporters Pete Lannister and Gendry Temple-Noble cover these shared cast members as though they were "player transfers" between professional sports teams.


 * Charles Dance, who portrayed Tywin Lannister in 27 episodes (2011-2015), has participated in the documentary The Science of Doctor Who (2013).
 * Kerry Ingram, who played Shireen Baratheon in 10 episodes (2013-2015), appeared at the 2013 Doctor Who at the Proms as the Queen of Years, performing the Long Song.
 * Toby Ford worked as a 1st assistant director on A Good Man Goes to War (2011) and 6 episodes (2015-2019) of Game of Thrones.
 * Tim Porter worked as an editor on 7 episodes (2011-2012) of Doctor Who and 11 episodes (2014-2016) of Game of Thrones.
 * Stuart Brisdon worked on visual effects for both shows.
 * Neil Finnigan, Rocky Taylor, Leo Woodruff, Charles Jarman, Peter Miles, Will Willoughby, Matthew Stirling, David Forman, Helen Steinway-Bailey, Paul Herbert, Derek Lea, Nick Hobbs, James O'Dee, Stuart Clarke, Marcus Shakesheff, Tina Maskell, Daniel Euston, Gordon Seed, Lewis Young, Ian Van Temperley, Ryan Stuart, David Newton and Curtis Rivers were stunt performers for both Doctor Who and Game of Thrones.
 * House of the Dragon, a Game of Thrones spin-off, featured Matt Smith as Daemon Targaryen, one of the main characters in the show. The cast also included Steve Toussaint, Matthew Needham, Bill Paterson, Ty Tennant, Steffan Rhodri, Paul Hickey, Julian Lewis Jones, Michael Carter, Phil Daniels, Paul Clayton, Anthony Flanagan, Lucy Briers, Joanna David, Chris Jarman, Paul Leonard, Patrice Naiambana, Simon Chandler and David Cann.

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