Life on Mars was a television series. Natasha Nightingale compared getting displaced through time by the Weeping Angels to Life on Mars. She thought John Simm was great in it, but people only remembered Philip Glenister "because Gene Hunt was so..."; she changed topic before finishing the sentence. (GAME: The Lonely Assassins [+]Amelia Chung, Priya Kulasagaran, Rebecca Hee and Gavin Collinson, Maze Theory (2021).)
Behind the scenes[]
- John Simm, Philip Glenister, Marshall Lancaster and Liz White were part of the cast.
- Matthew Graham co-created the series with Tony Jordan and Ashley Pharoah.
- Chris Chibnall wrote two episodes.
- Richard Clark and Andrew Gunn directed for the series.
- Yasmin Bannerman, Ian Barritt, Ray Emmet Brown, Paul Copley, Anthony Flanagan, Sean Gilder, Lee Ingleby, Kevin McNally, Archie Panjabi, Lee Ross, Andrew Tiernan and Marc Warren all made guest appearances.
- In one episode, Sam Tyler jokes that he got some pills from Doctor Who.
- The reference book, Creatures and Demons, claims that Sam Tyler was named after Rose Tyler. When Matthew asked his daughter, Daisy, to come up with a surname for Sam, she chose Tyler. It was only later - once Sam Tyler was named - that Daisy told her father she'd suggested the name because the Doctor's companion was Rose Tyler.
- Sam Tyler bears a resemblance to the Ninth Doctor - he's a time traveller who sports a short haircut, wears a leather jacket, speaks in a Manchester accent and has an eccentric demeanour.
- Keeley Hawes starred in the sequel series Ashes to Ashes. Geff Francis had a recurring role, while Adrian Dunbar and Daniel Mays had recurring roles in the second and third seasons respectively. Amelda Brown, Callum Dixon, Christopher Fairbank, Tom Georgeson, Rupert Graves, Daisy Haggard, Adam James, Perry Millward, Geoffrey Palmer, Claire Rushbrook, Sam Spruell, Sara Stewart and Tracy Wiles all made guest appearances.