The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit

A slightly possessed Toby Zed
(Will Thorp)

Two episodes (The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit)
First broadcast June 3 to 10 2006
Average audience for story: 6.20m

REGULAR CAST

David Tennant (The Doctor) Born Apr 18 1971 Click here for David Tennant's entry on The Parting of the Ways

Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) Born Sep 22 1982 Click here for Billie Piper's entry on Rose

GUEST CAST

MyAnna Buring (Scooti Manista) Born Sep 22 1979
Career highlights
Swedish born MyAnna made her debut in Murder Prevention (2004), then The Descent (2005), The Omen (2006), Doomsday (2008), Freakdog (2008), The Wrong Door (2008), Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009), The Descent: Part 2 (2009), Witchville (2010), Super Eruption (2011), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011), Kill List (2011), White Heat (2012), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012), Downton Abbey (2012-13), Banished (2015), Prey (2015), Dag (2015), In the Dark (2017), One Night (2018), Killers Anonymous (2019), The Witcher (2019) and The Salisbury Poisonings (2020). She also enjoyed the high profile role of Long Susan in 34 episodes of Ripper Street (2012-16).
Facts
MyAnna was born in Sweden, but grew up in the Middle East, schooling in Oman before moving to the UK in 1995. Here she is on Twitter.

Silas Carson (Voice of the Ood) Born 1964
Doctor Who credits
Played: Alien voices in The End of the World (2005)
Played: Voice of the Ood in The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit (2006), Planet of the Ood (2008), The End of Time (2009-10), Pond Life (2012), Flux (2021)
Played: Voice of Kudlak in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Warriors of Kudlak (2007)
Career highlights
Silas made his earliest appearance in Horse Opera (1993), followed by Cold Lazarus (1996), Fever Pitch (1997), Metrosexuality (1999), Hidalgo (2004), The Grid (2004), Chromophobia (2005), William and Mary (2005), Spooks (2005), The Bill (1999/2006-07), The IT Crowd (2007), Outnumbered (2007), Waterloo Road (2007-08), Bonekickers (2008), MI High (2010), How Not to Live Your Life (2010), Holby City (2011), Strike Back (2011), Doctors (2013), Dying of the Light (2014), The Casual Vacancy (2015), Tut (2015), Unforgotten (2015), EastEnders (2016), Phantom Thread (2017), Trust (2018), The Accident (2019) and Des (2020). He also appeared as several Star Wars characters - Nute Gunray and Ki-Adi-Mundi in The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Lott Dod in The Phantom Menace. He also appeared in the flesh as ill-fated pilot Antidar Williams in The Phantom Menace.

Ronny Jhutti (Danny Bartock) Born 1973
Career highlights
Ronny's earliest credit was playing Sohail Karim in 40 episodes of EastEnders (1988-90), followed by roles in Family Pride (1991), Wild West (1992), Immaculate Conception (1992), Moving Story (1994-95), Wing and a Prayer (1997), The Residents (2001), Where the Heart Is (2001), Always and Everyone (2001-02), Bollywood Queen (2002), Cutting It (2003), Chosen (2004), Banglatown Banquet (2006), Ideal (2005-07), Survivors (2008-10), Vexed (2010-12), Breathless (2013), Jarhead 2: Field of Fire (2014), Ripper Street (2016), Coronation Street (2017-18) and Unforgotten (2021). He also wrote and directed the short Creaking Shadows (2008).

Paul Kasey (The Ood) Born Aug 5 1973 Click here for Paul Kasey's entry on Rose

Shaun Parkes (Zachary Cross Flane) Born Feb 9 1973
Career highlights
Shaun's debut was in Soldier Soldier in 1994, after which he found roles in Crown Prosecutor (1995), In Defence of the Chocolate Soldier (1995), Turning World (1997), Human Traffic (1999), Rage (1999), Lock, Stock... (2000), The Mummy Returns (2001), Servants (2003), Casanova (2005), Penelope (2006), Notes on a Scandal (2006), The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2006-07), Kill Kill Faster Faster (2008), Harley Street (2008), Moses Jones (2009), Strike Back (2010), Identity (2010), Treasure Island (2012), The River (2012), Da Vinci's Demons (2013-14), Urban Hymn (2015), The Aliens (2016), Line of Duty (2016), Hooten and the Lady (2016), Trick or Treat (2019), The Accident (2019), Lost in Space (2018-19) and Small Axe (2020). Shaun also provided the voice of Tortoise in the children's animation Tinga Tinga Tales (2011-12).

Awards

2021: London Critics' Circle Film Award for Best Supporting Actor (Small Axe)
Facts
Shaun also has a side career as a vocalist with Australian DJ producers AudioFly (here's an example of their work on Sense & Vision).

Claire Rushbrook (Ida Scott) Born Aug 25 1971
Career highlights
Claire debuted in Casualty (1994), followed by Secrets & Lies (1996), Turning World (1997), Under the Skin (1997), Spice World: The Movie (1997), Spaced (1999), The Sins (2000), Linda Green (2001-02), Carrie and Barry (2004), Afterlife (2006), Ashes to Ashes (2008), Mutual Friends (2008), The Fades (2011), Mrs Biggs (2012), The Mill (2013), Home Fires (2015-16), Death in Paradise (2017), Black Mirror (2017), Requiem (2018), No Offence (2018), Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019), Temple (2019) and Enola Holmes (2020). Regular roles include Dr Caroline Llewellyn in Whitechapel (2009-13) and Linda Earl in My Mad Fat Diary (2013-15).

Will Thorp (Toby Zed) Born Jun 21 1977
Career highlights
Will's debut was in Boys Will Be Boys (2003), followed by The Courtroom (2004), Law and Order UK (2009), Scott and Bailey (2012), Doctors (2013/16), AD: The Bible Continues (2015), Shakespeare and Hathaway (2018), Bruno (2019) and Silent Witness (2020). However, Will's most memorable role was as Paul "Woody" Joyner in 50 episodes of Casualty (2004-05) and Holby City (2005), and later Chris Gray in 108 episodes of Coronation Street (2010-11). In 2005 he was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, coming in seventh place.

Danny Webb (Mr Jefferson) Born Jun 6 1958
Career highlights
Danny debuted in The Racing Game in 1979, followed by Mackenzie (1980), The Imitation Game (1980), Brookside (1982-83), No End (1985), Defence of the Realm (1986), Intimate Contact (1987), Boon (1989), Robin Hood (1991), Alien 3 (1992), Comics (1993), Cardiac Arrest (1994), Space Precinct (1995), 99-1 (1994-95), Our Friends in the North (1996), Sharman (1996), Terror in the Mall (1998), The Jump (1998), Shiner (2000), Take Me (2001), The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002), Starhunter (2003), My Family (2004), Life Begins (2004-05), Hotel Babylon (2006), All About Me (2007), Honest (2008), Valkyrie (2008), Trinity (2009), Land Girls (2009-11), Being Human (2011), Sherlock (2012), Jo (2013), Lightfields (2013), Scott and Bailey (2014), Humans (2015), The Contract (2015), Crow (2016), City of Tiny Lights (2016), Humans (2015-16), The Halcyon (2017), SS-GB (2017), The City and the City (2018), Plebs (2016/19), Liar (2017-20), Pennyworth (2019-20) and The Dog (2021).
Facts
Keen surfer Danny is married to actress Leila Bertrand.

Gabriel Woolf (Voice of the Beast) Born Oct 2 1932
Doctor Who credits
Played: Sutekh in Pyramids of Mars (1975), The Legend of Ruby Sunday/ Empire of Death (2024)
Played: Voice of the Beast in The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit (2006)
Career highlights
Gabriel was first credited in The Boy with a Cart (1951), then appeared in Knights of the Round Table (1953), Rob Roy (1961), Emergency Ward 10 (1961), Merry-Go-Round (1968), Honey Lane (1969), Paul Temple (1971), Look and Read: The Boy from Space (1971), The Brothers (1972), Dial M for Murder (1974), Bognor (1981), The Prisoner of Zenda (1984) and Wizards vs Aliens (2012-13).
Facts
He is married to opera singer Dame Felicity Lott, who sang at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1986. In 1981 Gabriel read three Doctor Who novelisations as RNIB talking books (imagine a bedtime story read to you by Sutekh!). Gabriel is also a vice-president of the Joyful Company of Singers.

CREW

Matt Jones (writer) Born Aug 5 1968
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit (2006), Torchwood: Dead Man Walking (2008)
Career highlights
Matt started his career as a script editor and storyliner on series such as Love in the 21st Century (1999), Queer as Folk (1999-2000), Clocking Off (2000) and Linda Green (2001), and then moved into creating and writing his own series, including Serious and Organised (2003), POW (2003), Dirk Gently (2012), Mr Selfridge (2015-16), Lucky Man (2017) and The Split (2020). However, he has also become a producer on programmes such as Now You See Her (2001), Serious and Organised, POW, Shameless (2004-07), Talk to Me (2007), Skins (2011-13) and Rogue (2014).
Facts
Matt's earliest brush with Doctor Who fandom was writing a regular column for Doctor Who Magazine in the 1990s, as well as two novels - Bad Therapy (1996) and Beyond the Sun (1997).

James Strong (director)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit (2006), Torchwood: Cyberwoman (2006), Torchwood: They Keep Killing Suzie (2006), Daleks in Manhattan/ Evolution of the Daleks (2007), Voyage of the Damned (2007), Partners in Crime (2008), Planet of the Dead (2009)
Career highlights
James's first directing work came with The Clothes Show in the late 1990s, after which he moved into drama on series such as Doctors (2000-01), Mile High (2003), Casualty (2004), Holby City (2002-05), Rocket Man (2005), Bonekickers (2008), Monty Python in Aberystwyth (2009), Silent Witness (2011), United (2011), Downton Abbey (2011), Hunted (2012), Gracepoint (2014), Broadchurch (2013-15), Code of a Killer (2015), 11.22.63 (2016), Vanity Fair (2018), Liar (2017-20) and Vigil (2021). He has also worked as a producer on productions such as Gracepoint, Broadchurch, Vanity Fair, Liar and Vigil.

Awards

2008: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Director - Drama (Doctor Who)
Facts
Here he is on Twitter.

Phil Collinson (producer) Born Aug 26 1970 Click here for Phil Collinson's entry on Rose

Simon Winstone (script editor) Born 1973 Click here for Simon Winstone's entry on Attack of the Graske

The Idiot's Lantern

The Wire (Maureen Lipman) goads the
Doctor (David Tennant), Tommy (Rory
Jennings) and Bishop (Sam Cox)

One episode (The Idiot's Lantern)
First broadcast May 27 2006
Average audience for story: 6.76m

REGULAR CAST

David Tennant (The Doctor) Born Apr 18 1971 Click here for David Tennant's entry on The Parting of the Ways

Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) Born Sep 22 1982 Click here for Billie Piper's entry on Rose

GUEST CAST

Jean Challis (Aunty Betty) May 22 1934 to Jan 7 2023
Career highlights
Jean made her debut in Harpers West One (1961), then The First Lady (1969), Nearest and Dearest (1969), Treasure Over the Water (1972), The Regiment (1973), Hi-de-Hi! (1981/83), Rainbow (1982), Are You Being Served? (1985), Bread (1987), Slinger's Day (1987), Goodnight Sweetheart (1993), One Foot in the Grave (1992/2000), Midsomer Murders (2003), Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005), All About George (2005) and How Much for My Brother? (2010). Regular roles include Mrs Arnott in sitcom Dear John (1986-87) and Mum Matheson in She-Wolf of London (1990-91).

Ron Cook (Magpie) Born Sep 1 1948

Career highlights
Ron debuted in Ballet Shoes (1975), then took roles in It's Getting Harder All the Time (1976), Will Shakespeare (1978), The Black Adder (1983), The Young Ones (1984), Girls on Top (1985), The Singing Detective (1986), Turbulence (1991), Boys from the Bush (1992), Hawkeye (1995), The Odyssey (1997), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Quills (2000), 102 Dalmatians (2000), Chocolat (2000), Charlotte Gray (2001), 24 Hour Party People (2002), The Other Boleyn Girl (2003), Thunderbirds (2004), Casanova (2005), Funland (2005), Confetti (2006), Hot Fuzz (2007), Little Dorrit (2008), Personal Affairs (2009), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012), Mrs Biggs (2012), The City and the City (2018), Les Miserables (2019), Chernobyl (2019), The Witcher (2019), The Salisbury Poisonings (2020) and Des (2020). Ron has also played Mr Crabb in 40 episodes of Mr Selfridge (2013-16).

Facts

Despite having only played Mr Magpie in this one story, his character's legacy stretches further, with Magpie Electricals referenced in The Runaway Bride, The Sound of Drums, Voyage of the Damned, The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below, Vincent and the Doctor, Day of the Moon, The Magician's Apprentice, Before the Flood and The Lie of the Land, as well as various spin-offs (so far...).

Sam Cox (Detective Inspector Bishop)
Career highlights
Debuted in Mackenzie in 1980, then appeared in The Chinese Detective (1982), Dead Head (1986), Die Kinder (1990), The Punk (1993), Prime Suspect (1995), Backup (1995), Crime Traveller (1997), The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999), The Commander (2007), Anna Karenina (2012), The Juror (2015), Father Brown (2017), We Can Be Heroes (2017), Casualty (2019), The Singapore Grip (2020) and The House of Pianos (2021).
In 2017 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Sam here.

Christopher Driscoll (Security guard) Dec 1945 to May 27 2015
Career highlights
Debuted in Doctor at Large (1971), then Shades of Greene (1975), Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), Rooms (1977), The New Avengers (1977), Maggie and Her (1979), Quatermass (1979), The Gentle Touch (1980), Sorry! (1982), Studio (1983), Oliver Twist (1985), Prospects (1986), Hot Metal (1988), Grange Hill (1989), Never the Twain (1989), Between the Lines (1992), Shine On Harvey Moon (1995), A Touch of Frost (1996), No Bananas (1996), Captain Jack (1999), EastEnders (2003), Hustle (2010) and Gigglebiz (2009-13).

Jamie Foreman (Eddie Connolly) Born May 25 1958
Career highlights
Debuted in Holding On (1977), then King of the Castle (1977), Sky Pirates (1977), Wings (1978), The Quiz Kid (1978), McVicar (1980), Kinvig (1981), Johnny Jarvis (1983), Letty (1984), London's Burning (1988), Tank Malling (1989), The House of Eliott (1994), Nil By Mouth (1997), The Hunger (1997), Bugs (1997), This Year's Love (1997), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Gangster No.1 (2000), Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001), The Football Factory (2004), Layer Cake (2004), Oliver Twist (2005), Botched (2007), Inkheart (2008), Ironclad (2011), Dead End (2012), Birds of a Feather (2014), The Hooligan Factory (2014), Birds of a Feather (2014-16), The Bromley Boys (2018), Once Upon a Time in London (2019) and Cold Sun (2021). He regularly played Chris Taylor in A Bunch of Fives (1977-78) and Derek Branning in more than 140 episodes of soap EastEnders (2011-12).
Facts

Jamie was for a time married to fellow actor Carol Harrison. Jamie's father was notorious 1960s London gangster Freddie Foreman, an associate of the Kray Twins who was jailed for disposing of the body of one of the Krays' victims. Freddie also admitted to being involved in the murder of two other Kray victims in the 1960s (he was acquitted of the murders) and the intimidation of witnesses to the killing of a third Kray victim. When Jamie was a child, the Kray twins used to babysit him, while "Great Train Robber" Buster Edwards is his godfather. Jamie went on the run with his father in the US in the early 1980s when a customs officer was killed in a bungled £20m drug-smuggling deal, masterminded by Freddie. Here's Jamie on Twitter.

Debra Gillett (Rita Connolly) Born 1959
Career highlights
Debra debuted in The Witches (1990), followed by Young Soul Rebels (1991), Chimera (1991), GBH (1991), Stay Lucky (1991), The All New Alexei Sayle Show (1995), Coogan's Run (1995), Breathtaking (2000), Cold Feet (2001), Spooks (2004/05), Notes on a Scandal (2006), Call the Midwife (2014) and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016). She also regularly played Mrs Johnson in Cranford (2007-09).
Facts
Debra's husband is writer Patrick Marber, most associated with writing material for comedian Steve Coogan. One of their children, Albie, is also an actor.

Rory Jennings (Tommy Connolly) Born Jul 20 1983
Career highlights
Rory debuted aged 11 in Magic Grandad (1994), followed by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Fatherland (1994), Tom's Midnight Garden (1999), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000), Jericho (2005), All About George (2005), Cass (2008), Shifty (2008), Ticking (2012) and Glue (2014). He also had a regular role as Toby (son of Competitive Dad) in The Fast Show (1996-2000) and Craig Dixon in soap EastEnders (2007).
Facts
Rory's CV has a gap in it at the start of the millennium as he took time out from acting to study politics at university. In 2006, he played the young Davros in the Big Finish audio I, Davros. Rory also appeared in the video for the Chemical Brothers' single The Salmon Dance in 2007. Nowadays he is a football commentator on YouTube.

Margaret John (Grandma Connolly) Dec 14 1926 to Feb 2 2011 (liver cancer)

Doctor Who credits

Played: Megan Jones in Fury from the Deep (1968)

Played: Grandma Connolly in The Idiot's Lantern TARDISode and The Idiot's Lantern (2006)

Career highlights

Margaret's first credit was The Prodigal Tenor (1957), and later How Green Was My Valley (1960), Badger's Bend (1963), Coronation Street (1965), Z Cars (1967), The First Lady (1968-69), The Challengers (1972), Emmerdale Farm (1972), New Scotland Yard (1974), Crown Court (1975), Last of the Summer Wine (1977), Blake's 7 (1978), International Velvet (1978), The Boy Merlin (1979), Breakaway (1980), Crossroads (1979-80, as Marian Owen), The District Nurse (1984, as Gwen Harris), Dear John (1987), B&B (1992), Mortimer's Law (1998), Fun at the Funeral Parlour (2001), Eyes Down (2003-04, as Kay), According to Bex (2005), Tea and Biscuits with Maggie Pritchard (2004-05), The Mighty Boosh (2005), Little Britain (2005), Run Fatboy Run (2007), Being Human (2010), Skins (2010) and Game of Thrones (2011). She also played Elsie Hepplewhite in High Hopes (2002-08) and Doris in Gavin and Stacey (2007-09).
Awards
2009: BAFTA Cymru Lifetime Achievement Award

Facts

Her husband Ben Thomas - who died aged 39 just three years after they married - was viola player with the London Symphony Orchestra and once performed with Frank Sinatra, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Sammy Davis Jr and Jerry Lee Lewis.

Marie Lewis (Mrs Gallagher)
Career highlights
Other work includes Outside the Rules (2002), Rocket Man (2005) and Coming Down the Mountain (2007).

Maureen Lipman (The Wire) Born May 10 1946
Career highlights
Maureen debuted in Up the Junction (1968), then School for Unclaimed Girls (1969), Codename (1970), The Lovers (1970), Gumshoe (1971), The Sweeney (1976), Cannon and Ball (1979), The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980), Smiley's People (1982), Educating Rita (1983), Absent Friends (1985), A Little Princess (1987), Re-Joyce!: A Celebration of the Work of Joyce Grenfell (1991), Carry On Columbus (1992), Captain Jack (1999), The Pianist (2002), Coronation Street (2002), Jonathan Creek (2003), Lighthouse Hill (2004), Where the Heart Is (2004), The Fugitives (2005), Sensitive Skin (2007), He Kills Coppers (2008), Skins (2009), Metamorphosis (2012), The Vicar of Dibley (2015), Bull (2015), The Job Lot (2015) and Plebs (2016-19). Regular roles include Sarah Lewis in Crown Court (1973-75), Marian Steinberg in Couples (1975-76), Jane Lucas in Agony (1979-81) and Agony Again (1995), Sheila Haddon in All at Number 20 (1986-87), Shani Whittle in the TV plays Eskimo Day (1996) and Cold Enough for Snow (1997), Irene Spencer in Ladies of Letters (2009-10) and Evelyn Plummer in Coronation Street since 2018. She also had her own series, About Face (1989-91), in which she played a variety of characters. Maureen will also be remembered for playing Beattie in a series of commercials for British Telecom in the 1980s.

Awards

1985: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance (See How They Run)

1999: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama

2020: Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to charity, entertainment and the arts

Facts

Maureen was married to acclaimed playwright Jack Rosenthal between 1973 and his death in 2004.

Ieuan Rhys (Crabtree) Born Dec 24 1961
Career highlights
Ieuan debuted in Welsh language soap Pobol y Cwm playing Sergeant Glyn James between 1983-96; further appearances include The Mimosa Boys (1984), The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995), Darklands (1996), Mortimer's Law (1998), Bomber (2000), Diamond Geezer (2005), High Hopes (2005), Masterpiece (2010), Zanzibar (2011), Stella (2012), Bernard and Knives (2012), Da Vinci's Demons (2015), Hinterland (2016), 35 Awr (2019), Pitching In (2019) and Bryn (2020). He also played Sergeant Tom Swann in A Mind to Kill (2001-02), and Eurig Bell in 25 episodes of Gwaith/ Cartref (2016-18), as well as being presenter of  the Welsh version of Mr and Mrs, Sion a Sian (1996-2001).
Facts
Ieuan has written several Welsh language children's books and is also master of ceremonies at Welsh banquets at Cardiff Castle. Here he is on Twitter.

CREW

Mark Gatiss (writer) Born Oct 17 1966 Click here for Mark Gatiss's entry on The Unquiet Dead

Euros Lyn (director) Born Mar 1971 Click here for Euros Lyn's entry on The End of the World

Phil Collinson (producer) Born Aug 26 1970 Click here for Phil Collinson's entry on Rose

Helen Vallis (associate producer) Click here for Helen Vallis's entry on Rose

Simon Winstone (script editor) Born 1973 Click here for Simon Winstone's entry on Attack of the Graske

Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel

The new look Cybermen.
Or should that be Cybusmen?

Two episodes (Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel)
First broadcast May 13 to 20 2006
Average audience for story: 8.43m

REGULAR CAST

David Tennant (The Doctor) Born Apr 18 1971 Click here for David Tennant's entry on The Parting of the Ways

Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) Born Sep 22 1982 Click here for Billie Piper's entry on Rose

Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith & Ricky Smith) Born Dec 6 1975 Click here for Noel Clarke's entry on Rose

GUEST CAST

Paul Antony-Barber (Dr Kendrick)
Career highlights

Paul debuted in Tycoon (1978), then found work in The Professionals (1979), The Brack Report (1982), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1986), Press Gang (1993), Maisie Raine (1998), EastEnders (2004), My Summer of Love (2004), V for Vendetta (2005), Time Trumpet (2006), The Golden Compass (2007), Skins (2010), The Royals (2015), A Dark Reflection (2015), Home Fires (2016), The Limehouse Golem (2016), Striking Out (2017-18), Free Rein (2019) and Seacole (2021). His most memorable role was as Eric Sweet in 113 episodes of House of Anubis (2011-13).

Facts

Between 1976-79 Paul was married to actor Glynis Barber; he is now married to actor Jacinta Mulcahy.

Nicholas Briggs (Voice of the Cybermen) Born Sep 29 1961 Click here for Nicholas Briggs' entry on Rose

Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler) Born Apr 18 1965 Click here for Camille Coduri's entry on Rose

Shaun Dingwall (Pete Tyler) Born Mar 24 1972
Doctor Who credits
Played: Pete Tyler in Father's Day (2005), Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel (2006), Doomsday (2006)
Career highlights
Debuted in Genghis Cohn (1993), then Between the Lines (1993), The Chief (1994), A Breed of Heroes (1994), The Phoenix and the Carpet (1996), In a Land of Plenty (2001), Lloyd and Hill (2003), The Last King (2003), The Long Firm (2004), Color Me Kubrick (2005), Hannibal (2006), Spooks (2006), Outlanders (2007), Survivors (2008), Moses Jones (2009), The Young Victoria (2009), Rock and Chips (2010-11), Camelot (2011), Summer in February (2013), Vera (2013), Breathless (2013), The Driver (2014), Silent Witness (2015), Legends (2015), Maigret (2016-17), DCI Banks (2016), Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017), Top Boy (2019) and Noughts + Crosses (2020). Shaun also regularly played Steve Evans in Soldier Soldier (1995-96), Mark Rivers in Touching Evil (1997-99), and Detective Inspector Mike Lewis in Above Suspicion (2009-12).
Facts
Shaun appears in the video for Faith No More's I Started a Joke (1998), looking remarkably like Pete Tyler!

Duncan Duff (Newsreader) Born Feb 8 1964

Career highlights
Duncan debuted in King's Christmas (1986), then The Wreck on the Highway (1990), Carry On Columbus (1992), In Dreams (1992), May to December (1994), River City (2002), Broken News (2005), Festival (2005), Skins (2007), New Town (2009), The Tudors (2010), Burke and Hare (2010), Lip Service (2010), A Touch of Cloth (2013), Waterloo Road (2014), A Quiet Passion (2016), The Bay of Silence (2020) and The Crown (2020). He also enjoyed regular roles as Doc Brown in Hamish Macbeth (1995-97) and Dr Geoff Spiller in Big Kids (2000).

Helen Griffin (Mrs Moore) 1959 to Jun 29 2018 (lung cancer)
Career highlights
Helen started out as a presenter on children's series Playdays (1988-89), then secured acting credits in The Healer (1994), Twin Town (1997), Mortimer's Law (1998), Rhinoceros (1999), Human Traffic (1999), House! (2000), Holby City (2004), Little White Lies (2006), Prime Suspect 7 (2006), The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (2007), Gavin and Stacey (2008), Risen (2010), Coronation Street (2011), The Machine (2013), Under Milk Wood (2015), Hinterland (2015), Going Forward (2016) and Keeping Faith (2017). Helen also wrote for the screen, including The Sherman Plays (1994/96), Where the Heart Is (2003), No Angels (2005) and Y Syrcas (2013).
Awards
2006: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress (Little White Lies)
Facts
Helen studied at nursing college with comedian Jo Brand and worked as a psychiatric nurse until 1986; the two collaborated on the play Mental in 1997, which was updated and performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2003. She secured the role of Mrs Moore in Doctor Who after acting as a stand-in for other actors at various read-throughs. Helen was a political and anti-war activist, and in 2003 protested against the Iraq War in Swansea as spokesperson for Swansea Coalition Against the War. On the back of this she stood as a Respect Coalition candidate in the 2004 European Parliament election, but the party did not win any seats. In 2006, Helen was arrested and released without caution for daubing red paint on the National Museum of Wales as part of a protest against Israeli activity in the Lebanon.

Mona Hammond (Rita-Anne) Jan 1 1931 to Jul 4 2022
Career highlights
Jamaican born Mona made her screen debut in Softly Softly (1968), followed by Callan (1970), Second City Firsts (1974), The Sweeney (1976), Jangles (1982), Juliet Bravo (1985), Black Silk (1985), Us Girls (1992), Porkpie (1996), Chef! (1996), Sunburn (1999), Pig Heart Boy (1999), White Teeth (2002), Babyfather (2002), The Crouches (2003-05), Kinky Boots (2005), New Tricks (2007), 10,000 BC (2008), Monroe (2011), Death in Paradise (2011), Whitechapel (2012) and Run (2013). Recurring roles included Aunty Susu in Desmond's (1989-94) and Blossom Jackson in 138 episodes of soap EastEnders (1994-97/2010).

Awards

2005: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama
Facts
Born Mavis Chin to a Chinese father and Jamaican mother, Mona came to the UK in 1959 to work for an architect's firm but soon got into black theatre. In 1985, Mona founded the black theatre company Talawa along with Inigo Espegel, Yvonne Brewster and (fellow Doctor Who actor) Carmen Munroe, and was for many years at the forefront of developing black theatre in the UK.

Andrew Hayden-Smith (Jake Simmonds) Born Nov 5 1983
Doctor Who credits
Played: Jake Simmonds in Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel, Doomsday (2006)
Career highlights
Andrew's acting debut came playing Ben Carter in children's serial Byker Grove between 1997-99, after which he appeared in Russell T Davies's dramas Cucumber (2015) and Banana (2015), as well as companion series Tofu (2015), and played DS Gavin Armstrong in 64 episodes of teen soap Hollyoaks (2016-17). Andrew also hosted the UK Top 40 TV show between 2004-05 and was a regular presenter for Children's BBC (2002-06). He also does voiceover work for ITV2.
Facts
Andrew has been an out and proud gay TV personality since 2005, and has posed several times for gay magazines such as Attitude and Gay Times.

Paul Kasey (Cyber-Leader) Born Aug 5 1973 Click here for Paul Kasey's entry on Rose

Roger Lloyd-Pack (John Lumic) Feb 8 1944 to Jan 15 2014 (pancreatic cancer)
Career highlights

Roger made his screen debut in Virgin of the Secret Service (1968), and then took roles in The Magus (1968), Figures in a Landscape (1970), The Go-Between (1971), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Within These Walls (1974), Churchill's People (1975), The Naked Civil Servant (1975), Survivors (1976), Will Shakespeare (1978), Miracles Take Longer (1984), Moving (1985), Room at the Bottom (1988), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989), Mr Bean (1990), Byker Grove (1990), The Object of Beauty (1991), The Gravy Train Goes East (1991), Archer's Goon (1992), Inside Victor Lewis-Smith (1993), Princess Caraboo (1994), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Preaching to the Perverted (1997), Oliver Twist (1999), Murder Rooms (2001), Vanity Fair (2004), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005, playing David Tennant's character's dad), What We Did on Our Holiday (2006), The Catherine Tate Show (2009), Survivors (2010), Made in Dagenham (2010), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), The Borgias (2012) and Law and Order UK (2014). Roger enjoyed several recurring roles, including Albert Mason in Spyder's Web (1972), Rex Regis in Health and Efficiency (1993-95) and Tom in The Old Guys (2009-10), but it is for two comedy roles that he will be best remembered - Trigger in 39 episodes of Only Fools and Horses (1981-2003) and Owen Newitt in 25 episodes of The Vicar of Dibley (1994-2013).

Awards

1984: London Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actor (One for the Road/ Wild Honey)
Facts

Roger, who was a close friend of Doctor Who actress Anneke Wills, was taught acting at RADA by Peter Barkworth (who appeared in The Ice Warriors in 1967). His father was fellow actor Charles Lloyd Pack, and his brother was Christopher Lloyd Pack (stage manager on various 1980s children's TV shows and sitcoms). His first wife was theatrical agent Sheila Ball, with whom he had a daughter, the actress Emily Lloyd. His second wife was poet/ dramatist Jehane Markham, sister of actress Petra Markham, who appeared in The Crusade in 1965. Roger was the only actor to appear in both versions of the BBC's Survivors (1970s and 2000s). When he died, his coffin was made of straw and driven in a pink hearse.

Adam Shaw (Morris) Born Apr 11 1974

Career highlights
Adam debuted as Delancey in Saving Private Ryan (1998), followed by roles in Just Visiting (2001), Footballers' Wives (2002), Rockface (2003), Red Needles (2006), Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007), Paradox (2009), RED 2 (2013), The Death of Stalin (2017), Peterloo (2018) and Doctors (2009/18).

Facts

In 2016, Adam appeared in the Big Red Chair segment of Graham Norton's chat show to reminisce with Tom Hanks about Saving Private Ryan.

Colin Spaull (Mr Crane) Born May 19 1944

Doctor Who credits

Played: Lilt in Revelation of the Daleks (1985)

Played: Mr Crane in Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel (2006)

Career highlights

Colin's debut came voicing the title character in children's series Noddy in Toyland in 1957, when he was just 13, after which he secured acting roles in All My Sons (1958), Jennings at School (1958), Great Expectations (1959), Heidi (1959), The Secret Garden (1960), Benny Hill (1963), The Larkins (1963), Frankie Howerd (1966), Before Winter Comes (1969), Coronation Street (1969), Frenzy (1972), Seven Faces of Woman (1977), Agony (1980), L for Lester (1982), The Collectors (1986), Stay Lucky (1990), Birds of a Feather (1991), Get Back (1992), The Brittas Empire (1994), Nelson's Column (1995), Inspector More (2000), Down to Earth (2001-03), The Last Detective (2004), Doctors (2007), The Hour (2011), Holby City (2004/08/12), Catherine Tate's Nan (2015) and Make Aliens Dance (2017). Between 1962-63, Colin played Cliff in the serialised Wade Family section of Television Club.
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Colin here.

Andrew Ufondu (Soldier) Born Jan 27 1974

Career highlights
Other credits include EastEnders (2005) and Harley Street (2008).

Don Warrington (The President) Born May 23 1951
Career highlights
Born in Trinidad, Don's screen debut came when he won the memorable role of Philip Smith in 28 episodes of the sitcom Rising Damp (1974-78) and its 1980 film version. Other work includes Six Days of Justice (1975), The XYY Man (1976), Triangle (1981), Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984), Red Dwarf (1992), Trainer (1992), To Play the King (1993), Hamlet (1996), Grange Hill (1997), Lighthouse (1999), Believe Nothing (2002), Manchild (2002-03), Fat Slags (2004), The Crouches (2003-05), Diamond Geezer (2007), It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010), This is Jinsy (2011), Voodoo Magic (2013), Chasing Shadows (2014), The Five (2016), Sunny D (2016), Henry IX (2017), The World According to Grandpa (2020) and Spanish Pigeon (2020). Regular roles include Nigel Beaumont in CATS Eyes (1985-87), Judge Ken Winyard in New Street Law (2006-07) and Commissioner Selwyn Patterson in 55 episodes of Death in Paradise (2011-21). In 2008 he was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, voted out in week 5.

Award

2008: Member of the order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to drama
Facts
In 2013, he directed the first ever stage tour of Rising Damp in the UK. Don also played the role of Time Lord President Rassilon in Big Finish's audio plays. Here he is on Twitter.

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Tom MacRae (writer) Born Aug 6 1977
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel (2006), The Girl Who Waited (2011), The Crash of the Elysium (2011, theatre experience)

Career highlights
Tom's first scripting work was the TV movie School's Out in 2002, after which he put pen to paper for Coming Up (2003), Mayo (2006), Agatha Christie's Marple (2007), Lewis (2008), Bonekickers (2008), Pulse (2010), Casualty (2010), Fungus the Bogeyman (2015), The Librarians (2016-18, which he also co-produced), Kolmistaan (2017-19) and Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021) . He also created and wrote the sitcom Threesome (2011-12).

Facts
Tom was commissioned to write a story for Doctor Who's 2008 series called Century House, but this was cancelled as it was too similar in tone to another story that year. He has also written children's picture books. Here's his Twitter.

Graeme Harper (director) Born Mar 11 1945 Click here for Graeme Harper's entry on The Caves of Androzani

Phil Collinson (producer) Born Aug 26 1970 Click here for Phil Collinson's entry on Rose

Helen Vallis (associate producer) Click here for Helen Vallis's entry on Rose

Helen Raynor (script editor) Born Mar 27 1972 Click here for Helen Raynor's entry on The Unquiet Dead

The Girl in the Fireplace

The clock on the mantel is broken!

One episode (The Girl in the Fireplace)
First broadcast May 6 2006
Average audience for story: 7.90m

REGULAR CAST

David Tennant (The Doctor) Born Apr 18 1971 Click here for David Tennant's entry on The Parting of the Ways

Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) Born Sep 22 1982 Click here for Billie Piper's entry on Rose

Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith) Born Dec 6 1975 Click here for Noel Clarke's entry on Rose

GUEST CAST

Jessica Atkins (Young Reinette) Born 1995
This is Jessica's only TV credit, aside from an appearance on Blue Peter to promote this episode, although she has been acting since she was eight, and did appear in a DVD teaching Spanish people how to speak English. She has also worked as a trained dancer at the O2 Arena, and in parades at DisneyLand Paris.

Angel Coulby (Katherine) Born Aug 30 1980
Career highlights
Angel's earliest credit was in Scariest Places on Earth (2001), followed by 'Orrible (2001), Having It Off (2002), The Second Coming (2003), Making Waves (2004), As If (2004), The Jacket (2005), The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005), Hustle (2006), Vincent (2005-06), New Street Law (2007), Magicians (2007), The Visit (2007), Dancing on the Edge (2013), Thunderbirds Are Go! (2015-20, as the voice of Kayo), Undercover (2016), Man in an Orange Shirt (2017), Innocent (2018) and Moving On (2020). Angel will be most remembered for her role as Gwen/ Guinevere in 65 episodes of Merlin (2008-12), as well as Laura Roebuck in 21 episodes of The Tunnel (2013-18).

Gareth Wyn Griffiths (Manservant)
Career highlights
Other acting work includes The Story of Tracy Beaker (2004), Help! I'm a Teenage Outlaw (2005-06) and The History of Mr Polly (2007). Gareth is also an accomplished musician and composer, and worked on the scores for Brighton Rock (2010), The Awakening (2011), The Numbers Station (2013) and The Counselor (2013). He also won a Scottish BAFTA for his score for An Interrupted Story (2011).

Jonathan Hart (Alien voice)
Career highlights
Jonathan's other credits include narrating the documentary series Megastructures (2005-08) and voicework on the video game Divinity II: Ego Draconis (2009).

Emily Joyce (Alien voice) Born Apr 12 1969
Career highlights
Debuted in Cracker (1995), then Jane Eyre (1997), The Woodlanders (1997), In Exile (1998), Grafters (1998), The Glass (2001), Ultimate Force (2003), Hotel Babylon (2007), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), Mutual Friends (2008), Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009), My Almost Famous Family (2009), The Bill (2010), Lewis (2013), New Tricks (2013), The Assets (2014), EastEnders (2016), Friday Night Dinner (2016), Vera (2017) and Father Brown (2020). Emily regularly played Janet Dawkins in sitcom My Hero (2000-06).
Facts
Emily's sister Rachel Joyce is an author who, in 2012, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for her debut novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Rachel is married to actor Paul Venables, making him Emily's brother-in-law. Here's Emily's Twitter.

Paul Kasey (Clockwork man) Born Aug 5 1973 Click here for Paul Kasey's entry on Rose

Sophia Myles (Reinette) Born Mar 18 1980
Career highlights
Sophia's debut came playing Lady Jane Grey in 1996's The Prince and the Pauper, after which she appeared in Big Women (1998), Mansfield Park (1999), Guest House Paradiso (1999), Oliver Twist (1999), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001), From Hell (2001), The Abduction Club (2002), Underworld (2003), Thunderbirds (2004), Underworld: Evolution (2006), Art School Confidential (2006), Extras (2006), Dracula (2006), Outlander (2008), The Damned (2013), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), Blackwood (2014), Our Zoo (2014) and Listen (2020). She also regularly played Beth Turner in Moonlight (2007-08), Beth Bailey in Spooks (2010) and Rebecca Bishop in A Discovery of Witches (2018-21).

Awards

2007: BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actress (Hallam Foe)
Facts
Sophia has appeared in music videos, including Bush's Inflatable (2002) and Ronan Keating's Love Won't Work (If We Don't Try) (2003). In 2001, Sophia met actor Charles Dance on the set of Nicholas Nickleby and they became lovers. Dance's marriage ended but he moved on in 2003, which left Sophia "devastated". Between 2005-07 her partner was David Tennant, who she'd met on the set of The Girl in the Fireplace, and although Sophia was "crazy in love", they separated due to her being based in the US and him in the UK. She has also been in relationships with Damian Lewis and Paul Wilson of the band Snow Patrol. Her father, a retired Church of England vicar, died of coronavirus in 2020. Here she is on Twitter.

Ellen Thomas (Clockwork woman) Born Feb 3 1956 (or 1964, depends who you believe!)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Clockwork woman in The Girl in the Fireplace (2006)
Played: Carmen in Planet of the Dead (2009)

Career highlights
Born in Sierra Leone, Ellen debuted in the Sunday Night Thriller Dark Secret in 1981, then took roles in OTT (1982), Don't Wait Up (1983), Shroud for a Nightingale (1984), French and Saunders (1988), Grange Hill (1991), Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1996), London Bridge (1996), Holding On (1997), Ultraviolet (1998), South West 9 (2001), Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002), Strange (2003), Basic Instinct 2 (2006), Outnumbered (2007), Moses Jones (2009), Come Fly with Me (2011), Johnny English Reborn (2011), Man Down (2013), Critical (2015), Golden Years (2016), New Blood (2016), Midsomer Murders (2018), The Queen and I (2018), Dark Money (2019), After Ever After (2019), Death in Paradise (2020), In the Long Run (2017-20), Maxxx (2020), The Sandman (2020-21) and Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (2022). Ellen has enjoyed regular roles as Rose in The Lenny Henry Show (1987-88), Sister Jackie Landers in Cardiac Arrest (1994-96), Liz Webb in Teachers (2001-04), the Principal in Coming of Age (2008-11), Adoha Onyeka in the sitcom Rev (2010-14) and Nana in Mount Pleasant (2015-17). She has had three recurring roles in soap EastEnders: Pearl Chadwick (1990), Grace Olubunmi (2010-11) and Claudette Hubbard (2015-16).

Facts
In 2014 it was reported that Carmen had been declared bankrupt over an unpaid tax bill, forced into insolvency by HM Revenue and Customs. Here's Ellen's Twitter feed.

Ben Turner (King Louis) Born Feb 3 1980
Career highlights
Ben debuted in Love Soup (2005), then I Shouldn't Be Alive (2006), The Bill (2007), Adulthood (2008), Death in Paradise (2013), WPC 56 (2014), 300: Rise of an Empire (2014), EastEnders (2015), The Coroner (2015) and 6 Days (2017). Ben also played Jay Faldren in 140 episodes of Casualty (2008-11/16).
Facts
His father is actor Graham Turner, who appeared in The Crimson Horror (2013). Here's his Twitter.

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Steven Moffat (writer) Born Nov 18 1961 Click here for Steven Moffat's entry on The Empty Child

Euros Lyn (director) Born Mar 1971 Click here for Euros Lyn's entry on The End of the World

Phil Collinson (producer) Born Aug 26 1970 Click here for Phil Collinson's entry on Rose

Helen Vallis (associate producer) Click here for Helen Vallis's entry on Rose

Helen Raynor (script editor) Born Mar 27 1972 Click here for Helen Raynor's entry on The Unquiet Dead

School Reunion

The Doctor (David Tennant) and Sarah
Jane (Elisabeth Sladen) catch up

One episode (School Reunion)
First broadcast Apr 29 2006
Average audience for story: 8.31m

REGULAR CAST

David Tennant (The Doctor) Born Apr 18 1971 Click here for David Tennant's entry on The Parting of the Ways

Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) Born Sep 22 1982 Click here for Billie Piper's entry on Rose

Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith) Born Dec 6 1975 Click here for Noel Clarke's entry on Rose

GUEST CAST

Rod Arthur (Mr Parsons) Born 1956
Career highlights
Debuted in Travelling Man (1985), then Lost Empires (1986), Shoot to Kill (1990), Prime Suspect (1991), Elidor (1995), This Life (1997), Barbara (2000), Bleak House (2005), Prehistoric Park (2006), Cranford (2007), Trinity (2009), Waking the Dead (2011), Wolfblood (2013), The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2014), Ransom's Law (2017), Gigglebiz (2009-19) and Vera (2020).

Caroline Berry (Dinner lady)
Career highlights
Caroline made her debut as the title character in Ragdolly Anna in 1987, after which she appeared in Breakfast Serials (1990), Friday on My Mind (1992), Birds of a Feather (1993), Peak Practice (1998), Jack of Hearts (1999), Dad (2005), Devil's Bridge (2010), Stella (2013), Mayday (2013), Doctors (2014/17), Requiem (2018), The Pembrokeshire Murders (2021) and It's a Sin (2021). In 2013-14 she played Valerie Phelan in soap Coronation Street.
In 2014 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Caroline here.

Heather Cameron (Nina) Born Oct 8 1992
Career highlights
Debuted aged nine in Holby City, then appeared in Swallow (2001), Micawber (2001-02), Murder in Mind (2002), Trust (2003), Vera Drake (2004) and The Bill (2005). Since 2009 she was credited as Heather Cameron McLintock and has appeared in Doctors (2009) and Casualty (2010).

Lucinda Dryzek (Melissa) Born Aug 4 1991
Career highlights
Lucinda made her earliest appearance in Micawber (2001-02), followed by Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), The Queen's Nose (2003), Vital Signs (2006), Five Days (2007), The Whistleblowers (2007), Spooks: Code 9 (2008), City of Ember (2008), Outnumbered (2011), Stella (2013), Midsomer Murders (2014), Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (2015), White Gold (2017), Unforgotten (2018), Silent Witness (2002/19) and The Twilight Zone (2019). She regularly played Deedee/ Lady Devereaux in Help! I'm a Teenage Outlaw (2004-06), Katy Riley in Life of Riley (2009-11), Olivia in Cardinal Burns (2012-14) and Jasmine Burrows in Holby City (2016-17).
Facts
Here's Lucinda on Twitter.

Anthony Head (Mr Finch) Born Feb 20 1954
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice of Valentine in Death Comes to Time (2003, webcast)
Played: Mr Finch in School Reunion (2006)
Played: Voice of Baltazar in The Infinite Quest (2007, animation)

Career highlights
Prolific Anthony debuted in Enemy at the Door (1978), followed by The Mallens (1979), Love in a Cold Climate (1980), CATS Eyes (1985), Howards' Way (1985), Pulaski (1987), Devil's Hill (1988), Woof! (1991), Highlander (1993), Ghostbusters of East Finchley (1995), Jonathan Creek (1997), Spooks (2002), New Tricks (2004), Monarch of the Glen (2004), Rose and Maloney (2005), Scoop (2006), Sparkle (2007), Sensitive Skin (2007), Sold (2007), The Invisibles (2008), Free Agents (2009/ 2011-12), The Inbetweeners Movie (2009), The Iron Lady (2011), Dancing on the Edge (2013), Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013), Galavant (2015), The Brother (2016), Guilt (2016), A Street Cat Named Bob (2016), Yonderland (2015-16), Girlfriends (2018), The Split (2018), Vanity Fair (2018), Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2019), The Stranger (2020), Ted Lasso (2020) and Back (2021). Anthony has had several regular roles too, including Oliver Sampson in VR.5 (1995-97), James in Manchild (2002-03), Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1996-2003), the Prime Minster in Little Britain (2003-06), Uther Pendragon in Merlin (2008-12), Paracelsus in Warehouse 13 (2013-14), David Whele in Dominion (2014-15) and Ed Walker in You, Me & Them (2013-15).
Facts
Anthony's mother was 1950s/60s actress Helen Shingler (perhaps best known for playing Madame Maigret in the early 1960s and Kathleen Shaw in Couples in the late 1970s), while his brother is actor Murray Head, who originated the role of Judas in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. His daughters are Emily Head (best known as Carli in The Inbetweeners) and Daisy Head. Anthony is also an accomplished singer, and in 1983 was lead singer in a band called Two Way, which released an EP called Face in the Window (listen to the track All Dressed Up). That's not his only musical link either - in 1982 he recorded vocals for Chris De Burgh's album The Getaway, and in 2002 collaborated with George Sarah on Music for Elevators. In 2014 he released a solo album called Staring at the Sun, comprising new work and covers. In the 1980s Anthony appeared in a series of TV commercials for Nescafe Gold Blend (Taster's Choice in the US). Anthony is an ovopescolactarian (meaning he eats fish but no other meat, although he does eggs and milk products). Anthony auditioned for the role of the Eighth Doctor in 1996.

John Leeson (Voice of K-9) Born Mar 16 1943 Click here for John Leeson's entry on The Invisible Enemy

Joe Pickley (Kenny) Born 1990
This is Joe's only TV credit, but he has also appeared in Little Britain and The Bill, and a TV commercial for UK Gold.

Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith) Feb 1 1946 to Apr 19 2011 (pancreatic cancer) Click here for Elisabeth Sladen's entry on The Time Warrior

Benjamin Smith (Luke) Born Dec 27 1989
Career highlights
Benjamin debuted in The Upper hand at the age of just four, after which he appeared in Peak Practice (1999), Second Sight (1999-2000), Teachers (2003), Wire in the Blood (2005), Hustle (2006), Silent Witness (2007), Doctors (2007), EastEnders (2008), Skins (2007/08), Murderland (2009), Nowhere Boy (2009), Misfits (2009), Spooks (2011), Hidden (2011), Whitechapel (2012), Scott and Bailey (2013), The Honourable Woman (2014), In the Dark (2017), Resistance (2019) and Rebellion (2019). He also provided voicework for Captain Zed and the Zee Zone in 1992, played Tom in Help! I'm a Teenage Outlaw (2004-06), and perhaps most (in)famously was Del Boy's son Damien Trotter in Only Fools and Horses between 2001-03.
Facts
Benjamin narrowly missed out on landing the part of Harry Potter ahead of Daniel Radcliffe.

Clem Tibber (Milo) Born Jun 8 1994
Career highlights
Clem debuted in Sorted (2000), then I Am David (2003), Chromophobia (2005), Robin Hood (2006), Orrible (2011) and The Forgotten (2014).
Facts
His brother is actor Ben Tibber, who starred with him in I Am David.

Eugene Washington (Mr Wagner) Born Aug 7 1974
Career highlights
Eugene debuted in Judge John Deed (2005), then Doctors (2005), Law and Order UK (2009), Starhyke (2009), Casualty (2006/12), The Last Job (2013), EastEnders (2015) and Dark Heart (2018).

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Toby Whithouse (writer) Born Jul 5 1970
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: School Reunion (2006), Torchwood: Greeks Bearing Gifts (2006), The Vampires of Venice (2010), The God Complex (2011), A Town Called Mercy (2012), Under the Lake/ Before the Flood (2015), The Lie of the Land (2017)

Played: German soldier in Twice Upon a Time (2017)
Career highlights
Toby's first writing work was on Where the Heart Is (1999), followed by Attachments (2000), Hotel Babylon (2006), No Angels (2004-06, which he also created), The Armstrong and Miller Show (2007), Being Human (2008-13, which he also created), The Game (2014, which he also created) and Noughts + Crosses (2020). He was also executive producer on Being Human (the UK and US versions), its spin-off Becoming Human (2011) and The Game.
Toby has also had a parallel career as an actor, having appeared in The Upper Hand (1992), A Masculine Ending (1992), The Scarlet and the Black (1993), Shadowlands (1993), Bright Hair (1997), Goodnight Sweetheart (1999), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Virgin Queen (2006) and Cara Fi (2014), as well as the regular roles of Norman Foss in The House of Eliott (1992-94) and Alistair Frith in Being Human (2013).

Awards

2009: Digital Broadcast Award for Best Programme Launch (Being Human)

2009: Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Television Drama Series (Being Human)

2010: Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Television Drama Series (Being Human)

2010: Broadcast Award for Best New Programme (Being Human)

2012: Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Television Drama Series (Being Human) - shared with Tom Grieves, John Jackson, Lisa McGee and Jamie Mathieson

Facts
Here's Toby's Twitter.
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Toby, and Jamie Mathieson, here.

James Hawes (director)
Doctor Who credits
Director: The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances (2005), The Christmas Invasion (2005), New Earth (2006), School Reunion (2006)
Career highlights
James's earliest directing work was The Earth in Balance (1990, featuring Prince Charles), followed by Against All Odds (1994), Staying Alive (1996), The Bill (1996-98), Holby City (1999), The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (2000), Sea of Souls (2004), The Chatterley Affair (2006), Miss Marie Lloyd (2007), Fanny Hill (2007), Merlin (2008), The 39 Steps (2008), DCI Banks (2010), The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2011), Mad Dogs (2012), The Mill (2013), Penny Dreadful (2014), Undercover (2016), The Mist (2017), Black Mirror (2016/19), Snowpiercer (2020), Raised By Wolves (2020) and Slow Horses (2021). However, he'd started out as a member of the production team on Crimewatch in the late 1980s, as well as producer on the series Did You See...?, and was also an executive producer on Snowpiercer.

Awards

2006: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Drama Director (Doctor Who)

2006: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (Doctor Who) - shared with Steven Moffat

2014: Royal Television Society Award for Best Single Drama (The Challenger) - shared with Kate Gartside, Mark Hedgecoe and Laurie Borg
Facts
James was originally announced as the producer on series one of Torchwood, but he backed out after deciding that directing was where his real passion lay. Here he is on Twitter.

Phil Collinson (producer) Born Aug 26 1970 Click here for Phil Collinson's entry on Rose

Helen Vallis (associate producer) Click here for Helen Vallis's entry on Rose

Helen Raynor (script editor) Born Mar 27 1972 Click here for Helen Raynor's entry on The Unquiet Dead

Tooth and Claw

Howlin' mad, bad wolf

One episode (Tooth and Claw)
First broadcast Apr 22 2006
Average audience for story: 9.24m

REGULAR CAST

David Tennant (The Doctor) Born Apr 18 1971 Click here for David Tennant's entry on The Parting of the Ways

Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) Born Sep 22 1982 Click here for Billie Piper's entry on Rose

GUEST CAST

Pauline Collins (Queen Victoria) Born Sep 3 1940

Doctor Who credits

Played: Samantha Briggs in The Faceless Ones (1967)

Played: Queen Victoria in Tooth and Claw (2006)

Career highlights

After starting out as a teacher, Pauline first emerged in Emergency Ward 10 (1963), and went on to appear in The Corridor People (1966), The Three Musketeers (1966), The Liver Birds (1969, as Dawn), Wodehouse Playhouse (1975-76), The Black Tower (1985), Shirley Valentine (1989), Paradise Road (1997), Mrs Caldicott's Cabbage War (2000), Bleak House (2005), From Time to Time (2009), Merlin (2010), Mount Pleasant (2011-12), The Time of Their Lives (2014), Dickensian (2015-16) and Ernestine and Kit (2016). Pauline enjoyed regular roles as Clara Burrell-Danby in No, Honestly (1974-75), Sarah Moffat in both Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-75) and Thomas and Sarah (1979), Harriet Boult in Forever Green (1989-92) and Harriet Smith in The Ambassador (1998-99). She also narrated the cartoon series Little Misses and the Mr Men (1983).
Awards
1988: Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play (Shirley Valentine)
1989: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (Shirley Valentine)
1990: BAFTA Film Award for Best Actress (Shirley Valentine)
2001: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama

Facts

Pauline turned down the chance to appear in Doctor Who as a regular companion when she appeared as Samantha Briggs in 1967. In 1973 Pauline recorded a single called What Are We Going To Do With Uncle Arthur?, which was sung by her Upstairs Downstairs character Sarah several times in the series. Pauline won countless awards for her role as Shirley Valentine on the stage, before she reprised the role for the film version, for which she was nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe. She is married to actor John Alderton, and their daughter is actress Kate Alderton. Pauline has another daughter called Louise, with actor Tony Rohr, who she gave up for adoption in 1963 because she was penniless. They were reunited in 1985, and Pauline wrote a book about the experience, called Letter to Louise.
This is Your Life: Pauline was the subject of Thames TV's This is Your Life on April 5th, 1972, surprised by host Eamonn Andrews while on location filming a trailer for Upstairs, Downstairs in Belgravia, London.

Ron Donachie (Steward) Born Apr 26 1956
Career highlights
Ron debuted in 1983's Goodnight and God Bless, followed by Grey Granite (1983), Coronation Street (1984), The Monocled Mutineer (1986), White Mischief (1987), Tutti Frutti (1987), The Justice Game (1989), The Gravy Train (1990), Specials (1991), High Road (1992-93), Roughnecks (1994), The Jungle Book (1994), Hamish Macbeth (1995-96), The Governor (1995-96), Fierce Creatures (1997), Ivanhoe (1997), Titanic (1997), Beautiful Creatures (2000), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999-2000), Murder Rooms (2001), Silent Witness (2002), Greyfriars Bobby (2005), The Chatterley Affair (2006), Party Animals (2007), Recovery (2007), Sea of Souls (2007), Love Soup (2008), Lewis (2010), Blitz (2011), Game of Thrones (2011-12), Waterloo Road (2012), Downton Abbey (2012), Filth (2013), Atlantis (2013), Blandings (2013-14), Father Brown (2015), Agatha Raisin (2016), River City (2017), The Loch (2017) and Deadwater Fell (2020).
Facts
In the early 1980s Ron appeared in the play One Big Blow in which the cast mimicked a colliery band by singing in six-part harmony. After the play ended, the cast went on to form The Flying Pickets (with Delta and the Bannermen's Brian Hibbard as the lead) and the band subsequently had a Christmas number one hit in the UK with Only You (1983). Ron decided not to join The Flying Pickets after the play ended, so missed out on this success. His sister-in-law is costume designer Trisha Biggar, who has worked on such blockbusters as the Star Wars prequels and the series Outlander. His brother is actor Stewart Porter (best known for his Irn Bru adverts), while his son is actor Daniel Portman (best known as Podrick Payne in Game of Thrones).

Michelle Duncan (Lady Isobel) Born Apr 14 1978

Career highlights

Michelle debuted in Waterloo (1997), then Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2000), Sea of Souls (2005, for which she was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA), Sugar Rush (2005), Driving Lessons (2006), Low Winter Sun (2006), Atonement (2007), Lost in Austen (2008), Luther (2013), Call the Midwife (2014), Grantchester (2014), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and Hanna (2019).

Ian Hanmore (Father Angelo) Born Oct 16 1953

Career highlights

Ian came late to acting, debuting aged 43 in 1996's The Butterfly Man, then appearing in Postmortem (1998), Split Second (1999), Women Talking Dirty (1999), Two Thousand Acres of Sky (2001), Monarch of the Glen (2001), Young Adam (2003), The Deal (2003), Outlaws (2004), The Best Man (2005), Vital Signs (2006), Life on Mars (2007), Shameless (2009), The Awakening (2011), The Fades (2011), Mary, Queen of Scots (2013), Outlander (2015), Dark Sense (2019), Carnival Row (2019) and Falling for Figaro (2020). Ian also played the warlock Pyat Pree in Game of Thrones (2012).

Ruthie Milne (Flora) Born Oct 1987
Career highlights

Her only other credits are for Hallam Foe (2007), One Night in Sutherland Hill (2012) and In Plain Sight (2016).

Derek Riddell (Sir Robert) Born Jan 11 1967

Career highlights

Derek made his debut when he was cast as Alec Ritchie in the series Strathblair (1992-93), after which he appeared in Strike Force (1995), Coronation Street (1997-98), Urban Gothic (2001), Spooks (2002), Clocking Off (2003), The Virgin Queen (2006), Vincent (2006), State of Mind (2007), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008), Micro Men (2009), Five Days (2010), The Field of Blood (2011), Garrow's Law (2011), DCI Banks (2012), Ripper Street (2013/16), Frankie (2013), Happy Valley (2014), The Village (2014), New Tricks (2015), Undercover (2016), The Missing (2016), Mary Shelley (2017), Gunpowder (2017), Hard Sun (2018), Action Team (2018), Shetland (2019) and Industry (2020). He also regularly played Rab in The Book Group (2002-03), Dr Jamie Patterson in No Angels (2004-06) and Stuart in Ugly Betty (2007-09).

Facts

Derek's partner is actress Frances Carrigan, while his father is former professional footballer Ian Riddell (who played for St Mirren and Berwick Rangers). Here he is on Twitter.

Jamie Sives (Captain Reynolds) Born Aug 14 1973

Career highlights

First credited in Holby City (1999), then Psychos (1999), Roger Roger (1999), Poof (1999), Taggart (2000), Glasgow Kiss (2000), Rockface (2002-03), On a Clear Day (2005), A Woman in Winter (2006), Hallam Foe (2007), Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007), The Passion (2008), Valhalla Rising (2009), Clash of the Titans (2010), Get Him to the Greek (2010), Outcasts (2011), Game of Thrones (2011), Secret State (2012), In the Heart of the Sea (2015), Rearview (2015), In the Dark (2017), Hard Sun (2018), Frontier (2017-18), Chernobyl (2019), Trick or Treat (2019), Guilt (2019) and Too Close (2021). Jamie also wrote, directed, produced and composed the music for the short Song in 2014.

Awards

2003: Berlin International Film Festival Shooting Star Award

Tom Smith (The Host)
Career highlights
Tom debuted in Taggart (1992), followed by Rab C Nesbitt (1992), Duck Patrol (1998), Attachments (2001-02), Little Devil (2007), Doctors (2008) and Faintheart (2008).
Facts
Tom went to drama school with David Tennant.

CREW

Russell T Davies (writer) Born Apr 27 1963 Click here for Russell T Davies' entry on Rose

Euros Lyn (director) Born Mar 1971 Click here for Euros Lyn's entry on The End of the World

Phil Collinson (producer) Born Aug 26 1970 Click here for Phil Collinson's entry on Rose

Helen Vallis (associate producer) Click here for Helen Vallis's entry on Rose

Simon Winstone (script editor) Born 1973 Click here for Simon Winstone's entry on Attack of the Graske

New Earth

Novice Hame (Anna Hope) looks
the cat's whiskers

One episode (New Earth)
First broadcast Apr 15 2006
Average audience for story: 8.62m

REGULAR CAST

David Tennant (The Doctor) Born Apr 18 1971 Click here for David Tennant's entry on The Parting of the Ways

Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) Born Sep 22 1982 Click here for Billie Piper's entry on Rose

GUEST CAST

Adjoa Andoh (Sister Jatt) Born Jan 14 1963

Doctor Who credits

Played: Sister Jatt in New Earth (2006)
Played: Francine Jones in Smith and Jones, The Lazarus Experiment, 42, The Sound of Drums/ Last of the Time Lords (all 2007), The Stolen Earth/ Journey's End (2008)
Career highlights
Adjoa's earliest credit was playing Karen in soap EastEnders (1990), after which she developed an impressive CV in productions like Waiting for God (1992), The Brittas Empire (1994), The Tomorrow People (1995), Peak Practice (1997), Jonathan Creek (1999), Dalziel and Pascoe (2005), Chopratown (2005), The Shadow in the North (2007), Adulthood (2008), Invictus (2009), Scott and Bailey (2011), Chasing Shadows (2014), Wizards vs Aliens (2014), The Life of Rock with Brian Pern (2014), Broadchurch (2015), Cucumber (2015), New Tricks (2015), Line of Duty (2016), Brotherhood (2016), Acceptable Risk (2017), Death in Paradise (2018), Fractured (2019), Ghost Seekers (2020) and Bridgerton (2020-21). Recurring roles include Sister Beth Williams in the sitcom Health and Efficiency (1993-95), Colette Griffiths in almost 100 episodes of Casualty (2000-03), DCI Lauren Ford in Missing (2009-10), Head of MI9 in MI High (2008-11), Lilly in Law and Order UK (2011-14) and the voice of Colonel Casey in the rebooted Thunderbirds Are Go! (2015-20).
Facts
In 2009, Adjoa was licensed as a lay preacher in the Church of England. She is married to author Howard Cunnell. Adjoa and Howard's son Liam is transgender, having been born a girl but who felt from a young age that he was in the wrong body.

Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith) Born Dec 6 1975 Click here for Noel Clarke's entry on Rose

Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler) Born Apr 18 1965 Click here for Camille Coduri's entry on Rose

Doña Croll (Matron Casp) Born Aug 29 1953

Career highlights

Jamaican born Dona made her screen debut in Gangsters in 1976, followed by Boys from the Blackstuff (1982), The Nation's Health (1983), The Real Eddy English (1989), The Paradise Club (1989), Troublemakers (1990), Spatz (1991), Rides (1992), Us Girls (1992), Chandler & Co (1995), The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999), Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999-2001, as the voice of Tom's agent Norma), William and Mary (2003), Girls in Love (2005), Time Trumpet (2006), EastEnders (2006), The Shadow in the North (2007), Mammoth (2009), Doctors (2002/07), Ice Cream Girls (2013), The Missing (2014), Sticky (2018), Been So Long (2018), The Long Song (2018), West of Liberty (2019), Creeped Out (2019) and Death in Paradise (2020). She regularly played Adele Beckford in Casualty (1993-94) and Pearl McHugh in the soap Family Affairs (1999-2002).

Facts

Doña has the honour of playing the first black Cleopatra on the British stage in Talawa Theatre's production of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra in 1991.

Michael Fitzgerald (Duke of Manhattan) Born 1951

Career highlights
Debuting in Moliere (1985), Michael went on to appear in Drowning By Numbers (1988), The Tall Guy (1989), The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990), Prime Suspect 2 (1992), The Choir (1995), Sharpe's Revenge (1997), Wilde (1997), Charlotte Gray (2001), Love Actually (2003), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Doctors (2009), Camelot (2011), Whitechapel (2013), Borgia (2011-14), The Marriage of Reason and Squalor (2015), The Last Panthers (2015) and The Bookshop (2017).

Sean Gallagher (Chip) Born Sep 2 1965

Career highlights
Sean made his debut in The Guilty in 1992, followed by EastEnders (1993), Peak Practice (1993), Murder Most Horrid (1994), The House of Windsor (1994), The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996), Noah's Ark (1997), Holding On (1997), Earth: Final Conflict (1998), Offending Angels (2000), Micawber (2001-02), Clocking Off (2002), Island at War (2004), Murder Prevention (2004), New Street Law (2006), Rock Rivals (2008), Death in Paradise (2011), Leaving (2012), Our Girl (2013-14), Midsomer Murders (2017), Father Brown (2019) and The Rest of Us (2019). He also regularly played Jimmy McKenzie in Linda Green (2001-02) and Paul Connor in more than 100 episodes of Coronation Street (2006-07).

Facts

In 2008, Sean appeared on a celebrity edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire to raise money for World Animal Protection's project to end bear dancing in India.

Anna Hope (Novice Hame) Born 1974
Doctor Who credits
Played: Novice Hame in New Earth TARDISode (2006), New Earth (2006), Gridlock (2007)
Career highlights
Anna debuted in Crime and Punishment (2002), then The Long Firm (2004), Love Me Still (2008), Waking the Dead (2011), Coronation Street (2011-12) and Zero Tolerance (2012).
Facts
Anna is now a writer, having written the novels Wake, The Ballroom and Expectation. She was shortlisted for New Writer of the Year in the National Book Awards in 2014. In the Doctor Who world, Anna has also had success with another recurring character: Inspector Patricia Menzies in three Big Finish audio adventures (2008/11). Here's Anna on Twitter.

Simon Ludders (Patient) Born 1968
Doctor Who credits
Played: Patient in New Earth (2006)
Played: Overseer in Thin Ice (2017)
Career highlights
Simon made his screen debut doing the voice of Roderigo in Shakespeare: The Animated Tales - Othello (1994), followed by roles in Every Cloud (1996), Harpur and Iles (1997), Care (2000), The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002), The Basil Brush Show (2002), I'm Alan Partridge (2002), Calendar Girls (2003), Green Wing (2006), Wire in the Blood (2008), The Green Green Grass (2009), Baker Boys (2011), Becoming Human (2011), Broadchurch (2013), Doctors (2014), Stella (2016), The Dumping Ground (2017), Red Joan (2018), Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes (2019), Silver Darlings (2019), Miss Scarlett and the Duke (2020), Bridgerton (2020) and The Irregulars (2021). Simon also played Sid the Source in 13 episodes of Scoop (2009), had various roles in Gigglebiz (2009-11) and played Renfield in 66 episodes of Young Dracula (2006-14). He's also a prolific scriptwriter, having worked on Lucky Bag (1999), TV to Go (2001), The Armstrong and Miller Show (2009-10), Gigglebiz (2011), Tati's Hotel (2011) and Stella (2013-16).
Facts
Here's Simon on Twitter.

Lucy Robinson (Frau Clovis) Born 1966
Career highlights
Debuted in 1991's Clarissa, then Heartbeat (1994), All Quiet on the Preston Front (1995), Emma (1996), The Thin Blue Line (1996), Get Real (1998), Nancherrow (1999), Beast (2000), Barbara (2002), Wire in the Blood (2002), Family Affairs (2004), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Donovan (2006), The Royal (2007), Doc Martin (2007), U Be Dead (2009), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), Being Human (2012), Call the Midwife (2013), Coronation Street (2013), The Hollow Crown (2016) and London Kills (2019). Lucy regularly played Rachel Rattigan in Revelations (1994-95), Pam Draper in Suburban Shootout (2006-07) and Robyn Duff in Cold Feet (2003-20).
Facts

Lucy is married to actor Nicholas Murchie, while her father was Robert Robinson, known in the UK for hosting Call My Bluff and Ask the Family on TV.

Struan Rodger (Voice of the Face of Boe) Born Sep 18 1946
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice of the Face of Boe in New Earth (2006), Gridlock (2007)
Played: Clayton in The Woman Who Lived (2015)
Played: Voice of the Kasaavin in Spyfall (2020)
Career highlights
Struan's CV stretches right back to Hobson's Choice in 1967, after which he appeared in The Regiment (1972), Look and Read: Joe and the Sheep Rustlers (1973), Warship (1974), Les Miserables (1978), Return of the Saint (1979), Chariots of Fire (1981), Boys from the Blackstuff (1984), Cover Her face (1985), The Detective (1985), Edge of Darkness (1985), Yesterday's Dreams (1987), Imaginary Friends (1987), Game, Set and Match (1988), Who Bombed Birmingham? (1990), Afraid of the Dark (1991), Spender (1993), Prime Suspect 3 (1993), Chandler and Co (1994), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), The Madness of King George (1994), Richard II (1997), Young Adam (2003), Sea of Souls (2004), Stardust (2007), Moses Jones (2009), The Thick of It (2009), Kill List (2011), Endeavour (2014), Prey (2014), Grantchester (2014), Game of Thrones (2014-15, as the voice of the Three-Eyed Raven), The Enfield Haunting (2015), Shetland (2016), Vera (2017), Save Me (2018), Age Before Beauty (2018), The World We Knew (2020) and A Discovery of Witches (2021).

Zoe Wanamaker (Cassandra) Born May 13 1949
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cassandra in The End of the World (2005), New Earth (2006)
Career highlights
New York born Zoe's acting career began with Turn of the Year: Sally for Keeps in 1971, after which she had roles in Between the Wars (1973), A Christmas Carol (1977), The Devil's Crown (1978), Baal (1982), Enemies of the State (1983), Edge of Darkness (1985), Paradise Postponed (1986), The Raggedy Rawney (1988), Inspector Morse (1991), Prime Suspect (1991), The Blackheath Poisonings (1992), The English Wife (1995), Wilde (1997), David Copperfield (1999), Gormenghast (2000), Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Five Children and It (2004), Johnny and the Bomb (2006), The Old Curiosity Shop (2007), My Week with Marilyn (2011), Mr Selfridge (2015), Babs (2017), Inside No 9 (2018), Girlfriends (2018), Killing Eve (2019) and Worzel Gummidge (2019). She also played Tessa Carver in 30 episodes of Love Hurts (1992-94), Ariadne Oliver in a handful of Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes (2005-13), and Queen Antedia in Britannia (2017-19), but will be best known as Susan Harper in 116 episodes of the sitcom My Family (2000-11).
Awards
1979: Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a Revival (Once in a Lifetime)
1998: Olivier Award for Best Actress (Electra)
2001: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama
Facts
Zoe's husband is the actor Gawn Grainger (who appeared in The Mark of the Rani in 1985) while her father was actor and director Sam Wanamaker (whose greatest professional achievement is probably reconstructing Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London). She became a British citizen in 2000 so that she could receive a CBE from the Queen. Here is Zoe's Twitter account.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Zoe here.

CREW

Russell T Davies (writer) Born Apr 27 1963 Click here for Russell T Davies' entry on Rose

James Hawes (director)
Doctor Who credits
Director: The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances (2005), The Christmas Invasion (2005), New Earth (2006), School Reunion (2006)
Career highlights
James's earliest directing work was The Earth in Balance (1990, featuring Prince Charles), followed by Against All Odds (1994), Staying Alive (1996), The Bill (1996-98), Holby City (1999), The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (2000), Sea of Souls (2004), The Chatterley Affair (2006), Miss Marie Lloyd (2007), Fanny Hill (2007), Merlin (2008), The 39 Steps (2008), DCI Banks (2010), The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2011), Mad Dogs (2012), The Mill (2013), Penny Dreadful (2014), Undercover (2016), The Mist (2017), Black Mirror (2016/19), Snowpiercer (2020), Raised By Wolves (2020) and Slow Horses (2021). However, he'd started out as a member of the production team on Crimewatch in the late 1980s, as well as producer on the series Did You See...?, and was also an executive producer on Snowpiercer.

Awards

2006: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Drama Director (Doctor Who)

2006: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (Doctor Who) - shared with Steven Moffat

2014: Royal Television Society Award for Best Single Drama (The Challenger) - shared with Kate Gartside, Mark Hedgecoe and Laurie Borg
Facts
James was originally announced as the producer on series one of Torchwood, but he backed out after deciding that directing was where his real passion lay. Here he is on Twitter.

Phil Collinson (producer) Born Aug 26 1970 Click here for Phil Collinson's entry on Rose

Helen Vallis (associate producer) Click here for Helen Vallis's entry on Rose

Helen Raynor (script editor) Born Mar 27 1972 Click here for Helen Raynor's entry on The Unquiet Dead