Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Human Nature/ The Family of Blood

A straw-based version of Michael
Jackson's Thriller
Two episodes (Human Nature, The Family of Blood)
First broadcast May 26 to Jun 2 2007
Average audience for story: 7.48m

REGULAR CAST

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

Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones) Born Mar 20 1979 Click here for Freema Agyeman's entry on Army of Ghosts

GUEST CAST

Peter Bourke (Mr Chambers) Born Oct 13 1950
Career highlights
Earlier work includes Initiation (1974), David Copperfield (1974-75), Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977), Nicholas Nickleby (1977), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978), The Stud (1978), Hazell (1979), On the Razzle (1983), Studio (1983), The Black Tower (1985), Gentlemen and Players (1989), Traffik (1989), Love Hurts (1994), The Brittas Empire (1996), Bugs (1998), All About Me (2004) and The Bill (2007).
Facts
There's a lovely profile full of anecdotes about Peter written by poet Anthony Wilson here. Peter was once married to actress Kate Nicholls (a Nicholas Nickleby co-star whose parents were National Theatre founder Anthony Nicholls and actress Faith West). Bourke auditioned for the role of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, but when he didn't get the part, the producers offered him the alternative role of "a gold robot". Thinking it was beneath his client, Peter's agent turned it down, despite the fact it would have offered him a wage of £500 and 0.5% of the profits. Peter was then offered the chance to dub the voice of C-3PO in Star Wars, and join the set to play him on The Empire Strikes Back, but he turned it down in respect of Threepio actor Anthony Daniels.

Gerard Horan (Farmer Clark) Born Nov 11 1962
Career highlights
Debuted in My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), then The Singing Detective (1986), Brookside (1987), Les Girls (1988), Look Back in Anger (1989), Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Heartbeat (1995), The Ice House (1997), Hot Money (2001), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), Bright Young Things (2003), Oliver Twist (2005), The Royal (2006), The Bank Job (2008), Lark Rise to Candleford (2008), Silk (2011), My Week with Marilyn (2011), WPC 56 (2013), Da Vinci's Demons (2014), Detectorists (2014), Cinderella (2015), Cradle to Grave (2015), Beauty and the Beast (2017), Outlander (2016-17), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Artemis Fowl (2020) and Des (2020). Gerard's regular roles include Leslie "Charisma" Appleby in London's Burning (1986-89/94), Tony Simpson in Harbour Lights (1999-2000), DC Yelland in Kingdom (2007-09) and Terry Seymour in Detectorists (2014-17).
Facts
One of his middle names is Pertwee.

Jessica Hynes (Joan Redfern) Born Oct 30 1972
Doctor Who credits
Played: Joan Redfern in Human Nature/ The Family of Blood (2007)
Played: Verity Newman in The End of Time Part Two (2010)
Career highlights
Jessica (real first name Tallulah) went by her maiden name of Jessica Stevenson until 2007. She debuted in Swing Kids in 1993, followed by The House of Eliott (1994), Six Pairs of Pants (1995), Crown Prosecutor (1995), Asylum (1996), Staying Alive (1996-97), The Armstrong and Miller Show (1997), Harry Enfield and Chums (1997), People Like Us (1999), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000), Bob and Rose (2001), Black Books (2002), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), According to Bex (2005), Confetti (2006), Son of Rambow (2007), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Lizzie and Sarah (2010), Burke and Hare (2010), Skins (2011), The Hour (2011), Moone Boy (2012), Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger (2012), Blandings (2013), Pudsey the Dog: The Movie (2014), Winter (2015), Cider with Rosie (2015), Swallows and Amazons (2016), Bridget Jones's Baby (2016), Hooten and the Lady (2016), Paddington 2 (2017), Songbird (2018), Nativity Rocks! (2018), Years and Years (2019), There She Goes (2018-20) and Roald and Beatrix (2020). Jessica's breakthrough role was as Daisy Steiner in the sitcom Spaced (1999-2001); other recurring roles include Cheryl Carroll in The Royle Family (1998-2010), Siobhan Sharpe in Twenty Twelve (2011-12) and its spin-off W1A (2014-17), and Margaret in Up the Women (2013-15). She is also a screenwriter, having put pen to paper for Six Pairs of Pants, Asylum, Spaced, Learners (2007), Lizzie and Sarah (which she also produced), Common Ground (2013), Up the Women (also producer) and The Fight (2018).
Awards
1999: British Comedy Award for Best Female Comedy Newcomer
2001: British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actress (Spaced)
2013: Royal Television Society Award for Comedy Performance (Twenty Twelve)
2015: BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme (W1A)
2019: BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme (There She Goes)
Facts
In 1995, she appeared in a TV commercial for Kodak cameras. Here she is on Twitter.

Harry Lloyd (Jeremy Baines) Born Nov 17 1983
Career highlights
Harry made his screen debut in 1999's David Copperfield, followed by Goodbye, Mr Chips (2002), Vital Signs (2006), Genie in the House (2006), The Devil's Whore (2008), Taking the Flak (2009), Jane Eyre (2011), Game of Thrones (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Great Expectations (2011), The Fear (2012), The Riot Club (2014), The Theory of Everything (2014), Wolf Hall (2015), Narcopolis (2015), Marcella (2016), Anthropoid (2016), The Show (2017), The Wife (2017), Hang Ups (2018), Legion (2019) and Brave New World (2020). Regular roles include Will Scarlett in 26 episodes of Robin Hood (2006-07), Paul Crosley in 23 episodes of Manhattan (2014-15) and Peter Quayle in 18 episodes of Counterpoint (2017-19). In 2015 he appeared in, wrote, directed and produced the web series Supreme Tweeter.
Facts
Harry's great-great-great grandfather was the legendary British author Charles Dickens, while his cousin is writer Lucinda Hawksley and his mother the book publisher Marion Dickens.

Tom Palmer (Hutchinson) Born 1988
Career highlights
Tom debuted in Doctor Who, then secured roles in Watson and Oliver (2012), Uncle (2014), Cardinal Burns (2014), Siblings (2014), ChickLit (2016), EastEnders (2016), Holby City (2018), Turn Up Charlie (2019) and Breeders (2020). He also appeared in 24 episodes of Live at the Electric (2012-14). Tom also writes comedy for TV, notably the Comedy Lab instalment Totally Tom (2011) and an episode of Common Ground (2013).
Awards
2018: Cannes Film Festival - American Pavillon's Emerging Filmmaker Showcase Award for Best Short Film (Man of the Hour) - shared with Linda Ludwig and James Curle
Facts
He is one half of comedy duo Totally Tom, alongside Tom Stourton (who appeared in The Girl Who Died in 2015).

Thomas Sangster (Tim Latimer) Born May 16 1990
Career highlights
Thomas (latterly known professionally as Thomas Brodie-Sangster), debuted as a child actor aged 11 in Station Jim (2001), followed by roles in Stig of the Dump (2002), London's Burning (2002), Entrusted (2003, for which he won a Golden Nymph Best Actor award at the Monte Carlo TV Festival), Love Actually (2003), Feather Boy (2004), Nanny McPhee (2005), The Last Legion (2007), Bright Star (2009), Nowhere Boy (2009), Lewis (2011), In Love with Dickens (2012), Accused (2012), Wolf Hall (2015), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Godless (2017), The Queen's Gambit (2020) and Unsinkable (2021). He also provided the voice of Ferb Fletcher in the children's series Phineas and Ferb (2007-15) and John Tracy in Thunderbirds Are Go! (2015-20), and played Jojen Reed in Game of Thrones (2013-14). A regular cinematic role was playing Newt in The Maze Runner films (2014-18).
Facts
Thomas is second cousin once removed of actor Hugh Grant, while his father Mark is a TV editor and sometime actor, and his mother is actress Tasha Bertram. His great-grandfather was novelist Anthony Bertram. Thomas plays bass in a band called Winnet, alongside his parents and sister Ava. In 2014, he appeared in music videos for The Luka State - 30 Minute Break and Rain. He's also appeared in videos for Kioko and Ballad of You & I. He is the only actor in history to have played both Adolf Hitler and Paul McCartney before the age of 20!

Derek Smith (Doorman) Born Jun 15 1927
Career highlights
Derek's career began with an appearance in On Trial in 1960, followed by work in No Hiding Place (1963), Sergeant Cork (1964), Emergency Ward 10 (1966), Coronation Street (1966), The Forsyte Saga (1967), The Guardians (1971), The Main Chance (1972), The Protectors (1973), Are You Being Served? (1973), Hadleigh (1973), Churchill's People (1975), The Squirrels (1976), King of the Castle (1977), Target (1978), Blake's 7 (1979), The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist (1980), Jukes of Piccadilly (1980), The Gentle Touch (1983), Praying Mantis (1983), Bergerac (1984), King & Castle (1986), Hannay (1989), Streetwise (1989), Lovejoy (1994), EastEnders (1997), The Queen's Nose (2002) and Holby City (2006).

Rebekah Staton (Jenny) Born Jun 17 1981
Career highlights
Rebekah debuted in Bright Young Things in 2003, after which she appeared in State of Play (2003), Life Begins (2004), Outlaws (2004), Jericho (2005), Jane Eyre (2006), Rome (2007), The Street (2007), Unforgiven (2009), No Heroics (2008-09), Home Time (2009), Royal Wedding (2010), Black Mirror (2011), Inside Men (2012), Wallander (2012), Hunderby (2012), Remember Me (2014), Up the Women (2015), The C-Word (2015), Ordinary Lies (2016), The Hustle (2019) and Unprecedented (2020). She also played Louise in Pulling (2006-09), Caitlin in Spy (2011-12), Vic in Groove High (2012), Della Garry in Raised By Wolves (2013-16) and Katy in Home (2019-20). She was also the narrator of the reality series Don't Tell the Bride (2008-18).
Facts
Rebekah is married to actor Anthony Flanagan, who appeared in 42 (2007). Actress Gemma Arterton was a bridesmaid at their wedding in 2011. Here's Rebekah on Twitter.

Pip Torrens (Mr Rocastle) Born Jun 2 1960
Career highlights
Pip is one of the most prolific actors working in the UK today, but he started out in 1984 in Oxford Blues, after which he found roles in Hold the Back Page (1986), Little Dorrit (1988), How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989), The Object of Beauty (1991), Chimera (1991), Medics (1992), Patriot Games (1992), Jeeves and Wooster (1992-93), The Remains of the Day (1993), To Play the King (1993), Tales from the Crypt (1996), Crime Traveller (1997), Bodyguards (1997), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Rogue Trader (1999), Lorna Doone (2000), Ted and Alice (2002), Where the Heart Is (2003), My Dad's the Prime Minister (2004), A View from a Hill (2005), The Government Inspector (2005), Valiant (2005), Pride and Prejudice (2005), Rome (2005), Spooks (2006), Consenting Adults (2007), Dorian Gray (2009), Coronation Street (2010), Outnumbered (2011), War Horse (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Whitechapel (2012), Black Mirror (2013), Fleming (2014), Silk (2011/12/14), Law and Order UK (2011/13/14), Up the Women (2015), The Danish Girl (2015), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), War and Peace (2016), Kids in Love (2016), Grantchester (2014/16), Darkest Hour (2017), Patrick Melrose (2018), The Aftermath (2019), Deep State (2018-19), Des (2020), Roadkill (2020) and The Nevers (2021). Recurring character work includes PC Monkhouse on The Lenny Henry Show (1987), Cassel in Versailles (2015-17), Cary Warleggan in Poldark (2015-19), Herr Starr in Preacher (2017-19) and Tommy Lascelles in The Crown (2016-19).
And that's only a snapshot of his full CV (he's the modern equivalent of Cyril Shaps - if he's not been in it, it's not worth watching!).

Sophie Turner (Vicar)
Career highlights
Sophie's other work includes Taggart (1994), Wycliffe (1996) and Law and Order UK (2010).

Matthew White (Mr Phillips)
Career highlights
Matthew's only other screen credits are Judge John Deed (2005) and Law and Order UK (2009), but he now works as a theatre director and writer, as well as a theatre skills tutor.

Lauren Wilson (Lucy Cartwright) Born 1997
Lauren's other work includes The Shell Seekers (2006), The First True Kiss (2016), Time Traveller (2017), Veronica (2019) and Supers (2018-20). She is now known professionally as Lor Wilson.
Facts
At the time Lauren appeared in Doctor Who she was a massive fan of the series, and subsequently became a fan of The Sarah Jane Adventures. In 2014, she and friend Brett Underwood made their own YouTube series called The Whovian Review, analysing each of the stories in Peter Capaldi's debut season. She also has her own YouTube channel.

CREW

Paul Cornell (writer) Born Jul 18 1967
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Scream of the Shalka (2003), Father's Day (2005), Human Nature/ The Family of Blood (2007)
Career highlights
Paul's TV writing career began with a slot on Debut on Two in 1990, Kingdom Come, followed by Children's Ward (1996-99), Springhill (1996), Coronation Street (1997), Wavelength (1997), Love in the 21st Century (1999), Doctors (2000), Born and Bred (2003), Casualty (2001-03), Holby City (2004), Robin Hood (2006), Primeval (2008) and Pulse (2010). He also appeared as a panellist on the quiz show Only Connect in 2010, on the Fantasy Writers team.
Paul's writing career goes back further in the Doctor Who universe, when he made his fiction debut with the Virgin New Adventure Timewyrm: Revelation (1991), after which he wrote several more books, such as Love and War (1992, in which he created the Doctor's new companion Bernice Summerfield), No Future (1994), Goth Opera (1994), Human Nature (1995, on which he based his TV story of the same name), Happy Endings (1996) and The Shadows of Avalon (2000). He has also written several Bernice Summerfield books, and original novels of his own, including Something More (2001) and British Summertime (2002). In recent years, Paul has been a writer for various comic books, with Marvel, Action and DC Comics, working on titles such as Doctor Who Magazine (199-95), Judge Dredd Magazine (1995-96), Young Avengers (2008), Fantastic Four (2008), Dark X-Men (2009), Black Widow (2010), Batman and Robin (2010-11) and Wolverine (2013-14).
Facts
Paul's wife is fellow Doctor Who writer (and vicar!) Caroline Symcox, who has written both with her husband and alone, including for Big Finish. This is him on Twitter!

Charles Palmer (director) Born 1965 Click here for Charles Palmer's entry on Smith and Jones

Susie Liggat (producer) Born 1968
Doctor Who credits
Produced: The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane (2007), Human Nature/ The Family of Blood (2007), Planet of the Ood (2008), The Sontaran Stratagem/ The Poison Sky (2008), The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008), Turn Left (2008), The Next Doctor (2008)
First assistant director: Love & Monsters (2006), Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday (2006)
Career highlights
Susie started out as a first assistant director on productions such as Wycliffe (1995-96), Beautiful Thing (1996), Mrs Dalloway (1997), Our Mutual Friend (1998), The Abduction Club (2002), Rockface (2003), Casanova (2005) and Piccadilly Jim (2005). She got her producing break in the Doctor Who universe but soon moved on to other productions such as House of Anubis (2011), Sugartown (2011), Cockneys vs Zombies (2012), The Cafe (2011-13), The Tractate Middoth (2013), Sherlock (2014), Mapp and Lucia (2014), You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015), Fortitude (2017), Little Women (2017) and Girl/ Haji (2019). She also worked as a production executive for the British Film Council around 2002.

Lindsey Alford (script editor) Click here for Lindsey Alford's entry on Daleks in Manhattan

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