Wizarding World (franchise)

The Wizarding World is a British multi-media franchise revolving around the fictional world of the Harry Potter series of books by J.K. Rowling.
The series began in 1997 with the publication of the original novel, (Sorcerer's Stone in the United States), the first in a series of seven books, later adapted into a series of eight films, and accompanied by various spin-offs in book, film, video games, and theatre.
The series is set in the titular wizarding world, a secret, magical community in which the youth are sent off to wizarding schools to perfect their magical abilities. The novels that began the franchise revolved about the titular Harry Potter, an orphan who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, and is sent off to attend the prestigious Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and, over a seven-year period, must prepare for his eventual final confrontation with the notorious dark wizard, Lord Voldemort. Later works set within the same universe included, but are nowhere near limited to, the film series, starring the character of Newt Scamander.
The Wizarding Worlds connections to the Doctor Who universe are present primarily through their extensive list of shared cast and crew, as well as the DWU's various references to the world, while also sharing some notable crossovers.
== Crossovers ==
The Wizarding World's crossovers with the Doctor Who universe primarily originate from the crossover video game LEGO Dimensions, along with promotional material for the game. The Harry Potter Team Pack was first added to the game on 27 September 2016, and included the characters Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort, along with the vehicles Enchanted Car and Hogwarts Express. Later, the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Story Pack, including the character Newt Scamander, the "object" Niffler, the Toy Pad Build MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States of America), and 6 Fantastic Beasts levels, along with the Tina Fun Pack, which included Tina Goldstein, along with the "object" Swooping Evil; both Fantastic Beasts packs were released on 18 November 2016. Later, the Hermione Granger Fun Pack, including the character Hermione Granger, along with the "vehicle" Buckbeak, was released on 9 May 2017.
This addition to the game allowed players to control the franchise's seven playable characters - Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort, Newt Scamander, Jacob Kowalski (through "character changing" from Newt), Tina Goldstein, Queenie Goldstein (also through "character changing", from Tina), and Hermione Granger - and have them play through the A Dalektable Adventure and Dalek Extermination of Earth levels, and explore the Who-themed adventure world, as well as operate K9 and interact with the Doctor's TARDIS.
In turn, this allowed the player to play as the Doctor or the Cyberman during the 6 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them levels, explore the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts adventure worlds, and battle in the Hogwarts Quidditch Arena by Night, Arid Animal Habitats, Arctic Animal Habitats, and Hogwarts Quidditch Arena battle arenas, as well as using the related vehicles - the Enchanted Car, the Hogwarts Express, the Niffler, the Swooping Evil, and Buckbeak - in any world.
In promotional material for the game, Wizarding World was represented in the trailer New Adventures Await!, where multiple characters and elements from the franchise appear, alongside elements from Doctor Who. First, Harry Potter appears, flying through New York City on his broomstick, and using a spell to capture the Ghostbusters character Slimer with his wand. Just after this scene, The LEGO Movie character Wyldstyle drives a motorcycle through Diagon Alley, past Flourish & Blotts and Quality Quidditch Supplies, before crashing into Lord Voldemort and flying past Slug & Jiggers Apothecary with the help of the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial character E.T.. The duo then fly in front of the Moon, which is shining over Hogwarts Castle. Later in the trailer, Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter are among the characters seen running into battle in an Adventure Time location, the Land of Ooo, along with the Twelfth Doctor. Just after this scene, Newt Scamander is seen catching Teen Titans Go! character Beast Boy in his suitcase, and firing his wand towards the camera.
Wizarding World is also represented in the theatrical film The LEGO Batman Movie, alongside Doctor Who, as both Lord Voldemort and the Daleks make appearances. This representation carries through to The LEGO Batman Movie Story Pack in LEGO Dimensions, which also features both Harry Potter and Doctor Who elements.
Broadcast on the same day as the Wizarding Worlds arrival in LEGO Dimensions, a more metafictional crossover occurred in the 2016 Children in Need segment, Looking for Pudsey, as a tie-in to the first film, also released on the same day. The short involved a fictionalised version of Eddie Redmayne (played by Redmayne himself), after having just filmed a scene as Newt Scamander, phoning various BBC stars and characters, asking for the whereabouts of Children in Need mascot, Pudsey the bear. Among the individuals he phones is the Twelfth Doctor inside his TARDIS. Redmayne is in-costume as Newt throughout the skit.
==Wizarding World references in the DWU==
thumb|Shakespeare saves the world with the word "Expelliarmus". (TV: The Shakespeare Code)
In the 2005 novel, The Gallifrey Chronicles, the Eighth Doctor was said to have the complete set of Harry Potter novels in his TARDIS, including a first edition copy of Philosopher's Stone. Curiously, the same source claimed that there were ten novels in total, as opposed to the seven novels of the real world.
A physical copy of Philosopher's Stone could be seen in the 2005 TV story, The End of the World, in a display case on Platform One.
The 2007 TV story, The Shakespeare Code, contained nods to both the series and its author, J.K. Rowling. First, Martha Jones calls the existence of magic "all a bit Harry Potter", which leads the Tenth Doctor to remark, "wait till you read book seven. Oh I cried". Later, when Potter's spell "expelliarmus" was given life in order to help William Shakespeare defeat the Carrionites, the Doctor exclaimed, "Good old J.K.!"
The 2008 Short Trips: Transmissions short story, Doctor Who and the Adaptation of Death, alleged that Rowling had a descendant called PQ Rowling, who continued the series with the book, Harry Potter and the Half-Moon Dentist.
The First Doctor expressed a familiarity with the series in the 2013 novel A Big Hand for the Doctor.
== Connections ==
=== Cast ===
==== Films ====
This list covers the cast members of the eight Harry Potter films (HP1-HP8) and three Fantastic Beasts films (FB1-FB3).
Actor 	DWU role(s) 	Wizarding World role(s) 	Wizarding World duration 	Notes
Timothy Bateson 	Binro 	Kreacher 	HP5 	Voice only.
Terence Bayler 	Yendom, Major Barrington 	Bloody Baron 	HP1 	
Heather Bleasdale 	Wilma 	Hermione Granger's mother 	HP2 	
Sean Biggerstaff 	See list 	Oliver Wood 	HP1, HP2, HP8 	
David Bradley 	First Doctor, Solomon 	Argus Filch 	HP1, HP2, HP3, HP4, HP5, HP6, HP8 	
Richard Bremmer 	Beowulf, Reginald Hemmings 	Voldemort 	HP1 	Voice only.
Jim Broadbent 	Eleventh Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death) 	Horace Slughorn 	HP6, HP8 	
Peter Cartwright 	Arnold Underwood 	Elphias Doge 	HP5 	
Gemma Chan 	Mia Bennett 	Madam Ya Zhou 	FB1 	
John Cleese 	Harrison Mandel 	Nearly Headless Nick 	HP1, HP2 	
Christian Coulson 	Pelleas, Robert McIntosh 	Tom Riddle 	HP2 	Tom Riddle is a younger version of Voldemort.
Ellie Darcey-Alden 	Francesca Latimer 	Lily Potter (young) 	HP8 	
Warwick Davis 	"Porridge" 	Professor Flitwick, Griphook	HP1, HP2, HP3, HP4, HP5, HP6, HP7, HP8	Davis played Flitwick in all Harry Potter films but the seventh. He played Griphook in the first, seventh, and eighth films; his portrayal in the first film was voice only, with Griphook's physical performance instead being provided by .
Davis also reprised both roles for the video game adaptations of HP5-8.
Derek Deadman 	Stor 	Tom 	HP1 	
Ray Fearon 	Barlow Teveler 	Firenze 	HP1 	
Pam Ferris 	Lizzie Corrigan, Amanda Steele, Sister Evangelina	Aunt Marge Dursley 	HP3 	
Simon Fisher-Becker	Dorium Maldovar 	Fat Frier 	HP1 	
Kate Fleetwood 	Ship (The Mad Woman in the Attic) 	Mary Cattermole 	HP7 	
Dawn French 	Silurian 1 (The Silurian Disruption) 	Fat Lady 	HP3 	Fellow DWU alumni Elizabeth Spriggs played the character in the first film.
Michael Gambon 	Kazran Sardick 	Albus Dumbledore 	HP3, HP4, HP5, HP6, HP7, HP8 	Gambon inherited the role of Dumbledore following the death of his actor in the first two films, .
Jimmy Gardner 	Chenchu, Idmon 	Ernie Prang 	HP3 	
Genevieve Gaunt 	Linda Maxwell 	Pansy Parkinson 	HP3 	
Julian Glover 	Richard I, Scaroth, Upuat 	Aragog 	HP2 	
Jade Gordon 	Honora Tapley 	Astoria Greengrass 	HP8 	
Shirley Henderson 	Ursula Blake 	Moaning Myrtle 	HP2, HP4 	
Guy Henry 	Ikron 	Pius Thicknesse 	HP7 	
Lenny Henry 	Daniel Barton 	Shrunken head 	HP3 	Voice only.
John Hurt 	War Doctor 	Garrick Ollivander 	HP1, HP7, HP8 	
Jessica Hynes 	Joan Redfern, Verity Newman 	Mafalda Hopkirk 	HP5 	Voice only.
Lee Ingleby 	Samson Griffin 	Stan Shunpike 	HP3 	
Robbie Jarvis 	See list 	James Potter (young) 	HP5 	
Toby Jones 	Dream Lord 	Dobby 	HP2, HP7 	Voice only.
Roger Lloyd Pack 	John Lumic 	Barty Crouch Sr. 	HP4 	
Miriam Margolyes 	Leef Apple Glyn Slitheen-Blathereen, Frau Tod 	Professor Sprout 	HP2, HP8 	
Jim McManus 	Opthalmologist 	Aberforth Dumbledore 	HP5 	
Helen McCrory 	Rosanna Calvierri 	Narcissa Malfoy 	HP6, HP7, HP8 	
Harry Melling 	Hervey 	Dudley Dursley 	HP1, HP2, HP3, HP5, HP7 	
Bill Nighy 	Henry Black 	Rufus Scrimgeour 	HP7 	
Leslie Phillips 	Robert Knox 	Sorting Hat 	HP1, HP2 	Voice only.
Carolyn Pickles 	Ollistra 	Charity Burbage 	HP7 	
Chris Rankin 	Jack, Andy, Val Ross' assistant 	Percy Weasley 	HP1, HP2, HP3, HP5, HP8 	
Adrian Rawlins 	Ryder, Frederick Abberline 	James Potter 	HP1, HP2, HP3, HP4, HP5, HP7, HP8 	
Eddie Redmayne 	Himself 	Newt Scamander 	FB1, FB2, FB3 	
David Ryall 	Carthok 	Elphias Doge 	HP7 	
Anna Shaffer 	Rachel Chapman 	Romilda Vane 	HP6, HP7, HP8 	
Elizabeth Spriggs 	Tabby 	Fat Lady 	HP1 	Fellow DWU alumni Dawn French played the character in the third film.
Imelda Staunton 	Interface (The Girl Who Waited) 	Dolores Umbridge 	HP5, HP7 	
David Tennant 	Tenth Doctor, Fourteenth Doctor 	Barty Crouch Jr. 	HP4 	
Zoë Wanamaker 	Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17 	Madam Hooch 	HP1 	
Paul Whitehouse 	N/A 	Sir Cadogan 	HP3 	Whitehouse contributed to Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who.
Michael Wildman 	Mr Probos, Paul Quinns 	Magorian 	HP5 	
Mark Williams 	Brian Williams 	Arthur Weasley 	HP2, HP3, HP4, HP5, HP6, HP7, HP8 	
Victoria Yeates 	Maleeva, Balva 	Bunty Broadacre 	FB2, FB3 	
==== Video games ====
This list covers actors who have voiced characters in the video game adaptations of the eight Harry Potter films (HP1-HP8), as well as two spinoff titles - Quidditch World Cup (QWC) and Harry Potter for Kinect (HPK).
Actor 	DWU role(s) 	Wizarding World role(s) 	Wizarding World duration	Notes
David Coker 	The Graak 	Nearly Headless Nick, Edward Rabnott, George van Rheticus	HP1, HP2, HP5, HP6 	
David de Keyser	The Atraxi 	Albus Dumbledore, Voldemort 	HP1 	
Stephen Fry 	Minister of Chance, C 	N/A 	HP1, HP2, HP3, HP4 	Fry served as the narrator of these games.
Eve Karpf 	Talbar, Virna, Shekkina, the Watchmaker	Minerva McGonagall, Pomona Sprout, Rolanda Hooch 	HP1, HP2, HP5, HP6, HP8 	
Naomi McDonald 	Alyx Courtland, Alex 	Additional voices 	QWC 	
==== Stage play ====
Noma Dumezweni, who played Erisa Magambo in the TV stories Turn Left and Planet of the Dead and Rodekka in the audio story The First Son, appeared as Hermione Granger in the original West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
=== Miscellaneous ===
Alfie Enoch, who appeared in the Harry Potter films as Dean Thomas, is the son of William Russell. https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/alfred-enoch-es-magazine-interview-a3822041.html
, who portrayed the main villain of the Harry Potter films, Lord Voldemort, is the ex-husband of Alex Kingston.
Stephen Fry recited the UK releases of the Harry Potter audio books.
== Footnotes ==
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