Rewatching The Magic: A Nostalgic Fandom Podcast
Oct 26, 2026 · 1 hr 51 min · 14 segments
We are joined by Ian Bonds to talk Shaun of the Dead. So, grab some Conretto Ice Cream, go to The Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over. Music track: Iconic by…
Shaun of the Dead, the first of the Cornetto Trilogy, or the Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy, or the Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy.
Hey, Edgar Wright has a lot of actors he likes to work with and decided to put them in three movies.
And when Edgar and Simon write movies together, because all three of those movies were written by Simon and Edgar, you know, obviously they want some carryover just because obviously we're using the same actors, but we're putting them in different parts.
And these movies tend to utilize that meme a lot, but this was the one that set the standard.
And since all of these actors are British, you've probably seen them all in Doctor Who.
It had been years since either of us had sat down for a full watch through of this.
And I was, you know, I was making, you know, Penelope Wilton jokes of like, yes, we know who you are and, you know, all that kind of stuff and various other things.
And he didn't get it at first, and I was kind of like, well, you know, her character on Doctor Who and all that kind of stuff.
And then we started talking about the fact that most of the people in this movie showed up on an episode of Doctor Who at some point, including people that are not even credited in this movie,
Let's just go through some of the names on that, because a lot of these people we've talked about before, Simon Pegg was in an episode of Doctor
Shaun of the Dead, the first of the Cornetto Trilogy, or the Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy, or the Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy.
Hey, Edgar Wright has a lot of actors he likes to work with and decided to put them in three movies.
And when Edgar and Simon write movies together, because all three of those movies were written by Simon and Edgar, you know, obviously they want some carryover just because obviously we're using the same actors, but we're putting them in different parts.
And these movies tend to utilize that meme a lot, but this was the one that set the standard.
And since all of these actors are British, you've probably seen them all in Doctor Who.
It had been years since either of us had sat down for a full watch through of this.
And I was, you know, I was making, you know, Penelope Wilton jokes of like, yes, we know who you are and, you know, all that kind of stuff and various other things.
And he didn't get it at first, and I was kind of like, well, you know, her character on Doctor Who and all that kind of stuff.
And then we started talking about the fact that most of the people in this movie showed up on an episode of Doctor Who at some point, including people that are not even credited in this movie,
Let's just go through some of the names on that, because a lot of these people we've talked about before, Simon Pegg was in an episode of Doctor
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