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| Restac looked remarkably similar to Alaya. And they both looked remarkably similar to Vastra. Are the Silurians a clone race? |
First broadcast May 22 to 29 2010
Average audience for story: 6.99m (8.03m approx with iPlayer)
REGULAR CAST
Matt Smith (The Doctor) Born Oct 28 1982 Click here for Matt Smith's entry on The End of Time
Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) Born Nov 28 1987 Click here for Karen Gillan's entry on The Fires of Pompeii
Arthur Darvill (Rory Williams) Born Jun 17 1982 Click here for Arthur Darvill's entry on The Eleventh Hour
GUEST CAST
Samuel Davies (Elliot) Born 1997
Career highlights
Samuel's other credits include Thunderpants (2002), Framed (2009), Tati's Hotel (2011), Casualty (2011/14), High Tide (2015) and Hidden (2021). More recently he has been credited as Samuel Morgan-Davies.
Facts
Samuel's father Huw is also an actor, having appeared in the Welsh soap Pobol y Cwm, while his mother is dance tutor Luan Davies. Together they run Swansea's Stagecoach theatre arts school. Here's Sam on Instagram.
Career highlights
Samuel's other credits include Thunderpants (2002), Framed (2009), Tati's Hotel (2011), Casualty (2011/14), High Tide (2015) and Hidden (2021). More recently he has been credited as Samuel Morgan-Davies.
Facts
Samuel's father Huw is also an actor, having appeared in the Welsh soap Pobol y Cwm, while his mother is dance tutor Luan Davies. Together they run Swansea's Stagecoach theatre arts school. Here's Sam on Instagram.
Richard Hope (Malohkeh) Born Oct 11 1953
Doctor Who credits
Played: Malohkeh in The Hungry Earth/ Cold Blood (2010), The Wedding of River Song (2011)
Played: Bleytal in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (2012)
Career highlights
Richard debuted in Secret Army (1977), then Crown Court (1978), Heartland (1979), Brideshead Revisited (1981), Scandalous (1984), Bellman and True (1987), Piece of Cake (1988), Victoria Wood (1989), Boon (1991), The Riff-Raff Element (1993-94), Band of Gold (1995), Alive and Kicking (1996), Bramwell (1997), The Demon Headmaster (1998), Rhona (2000), High Stakes (2001), A is for Acid (2002), The Forsyte Saga (2003), MIT: Murder Investigation Team (2003/05), Chromophobia (2005), The Shell Seekers (2006), The Wild West (2007), EastEnders (2008), Last Love (2013), The Smoke (2014), Poldark (2015-19), Broadchurch (2017), The Village in the Woods (2019) and Mandy (2022).
Facts
Richard may also be remembered for his appearance in a number of TV commercials for Uncle Ben's rice, as well as John Smith's lager (there's also several to view on his own website here). He is married to prolific make-up artist Louise Fisher. Here he is on Twitter.
In 2016 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Richard here.
Doctor Who credits
Played: Malohkeh in The Hungry Earth/ Cold Blood (2010), The Wedding of River Song (2011)
Played: Bleytal in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (2012)
Career highlights
Richard debuted in Secret Army (1977), then Crown Court (1978), Heartland (1979), Brideshead Revisited (1981), Scandalous (1984), Bellman and True (1987), Piece of Cake (1988), Victoria Wood (1989), Boon (1991), The Riff-Raff Element (1993-94), Band of Gold (1995), Alive and Kicking (1996), Bramwell (1997), The Demon Headmaster (1998), Rhona (2000), High Stakes (2001), A is for Acid (2002), The Forsyte Saga (2003), MIT: Murder Investigation Team (2003/05), Chromophobia (2005), The Shell Seekers (2006), The Wild West (2007), EastEnders (2008), Last Love (2013), The Smoke (2014), Poldark (2015-19), Broadchurch (2017), The Village in the Woods (2019) and Mandy (2022).
Facts
Richard may also be remembered for his appearance in a number of TV commercials for Uncle Ben's rice, as well as John Smith's lager (there's also several to view on his own website here). He is married to prolific make-up artist Louise Fisher. Here he is on Twitter.
In 2016 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Richard here.
Neve McIntosh (Alaya & Restac) Born Apr 9 1972
Doctor Who credits
Played: Alaya in The Hungry Earth/ Cold Blood (2010)
Played: Restac in Cold Blood (2010)
Played: Madame Vastra in A Good Man Goes to War (2011), The Great Detective (2012, uncredited), Vastra Investigates (2012, uncredited), The Snowmen (2012), The Battle of Demon's Run - Two Days Later (2013, uncredited), The Crimson Horror (2013), The Name of the Doctor (2013), Deep Breath (2014)
Neve also played Vastra at the 2013 Doctor Who Prom
Career highlights
Debuted in Renegade (1993), then The Leading Man (1996), Plunkett and Macleane (1999), Psychos (1999), Gormenghast (2000), The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002), The Trouble with Men and Women (2005), The Ghost Squad (2005), Low Winter Sun (2006), Sea of Souls (2007), Law and Order UK (2010), Single Father (2010), Lip Service (2012), Ripper Street (2013), Dracula (2013), Critical (2015), Death in Paradise (2016), Guerrilla (2017), Lucky Man (2018), The Small Hand (2019), Traces (2019-20), Tin Star (2020) and Shetland (2018-21). She also enjoyed the recurring role of Donna Rix in 17 episodes of Bodies (2004-06).
Facts
Neve (real name Carol) divorced her husband Xandy Sahla - a prolific TV and film cameraman - in 2009, after meeting on the set of Psychos in 1999. Here's Neve's Twitter account.
Doctor Who credits
Played: Alaya in The Hungry Earth/ Cold Blood (2010)
Played: Restac in Cold Blood (2010)
Played: Madame Vastra in A Good Man Goes to War (2011), The Great Detective (2012, uncredited), Vastra Investigates (2012, uncredited), The Snowmen (2012), The Battle of Demon's Run - Two Days Later (2013, uncredited), The Crimson Horror (2013), The Name of the Doctor (2013), Deep Breath (2014)
Neve also played Vastra at the 2013 Doctor Who Prom
Career highlights
Debuted in Renegade (1993), then The Leading Man (1996), Plunkett and Macleane (1999), Psychos (1999), Gormenghast (2000), The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002), The Trouble with Men and Women (2005), The Ghost Squad (2005), Low Winter Sun (2006), Sea of Souls (2007), Law and Order UK (2010), Single Father (2010), Lip Service (2012), Ripper Street (2013), Dracula (2013), Critical (2015), Death in Paradise (2016), Guerrilla (2017), Lucky Man (2018), The Small Hand (2019), Traces (2019-20), Tin Star (2020) and Shetland (2018-21). She also enjoyed the recurring role of Donna Rix in 17 episodes of Bodies (2004-06).
Facts
Neve (real name Carol) divorced her husband Xandy Sahla - a prolific TV and film cameraman - in 2009, after meeting on the set of Psychos in 1999. Here's Neve's Twitter account.
Stephen Moore (Eldane) Dec 11 1937 to Oct 4 2019
Career highlights
Stephen made his credited debut as the voice of the Flute in 1959's A Midsummer Night's Dream, followed by roles in Outbreak of Murder (1962), The Valiant Varneys (1964), The Last Shot You Hear (1969), Woodstock (1973), Rock Follies (1976), The New Avengers (1976), The Book Tower (1979, as presenter), Bedroom Farce (1980), The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981, as the voice of Marvin the Paranoid Android, which he also played in the radio version), Solo (1981-82), The Last Place on Earth (1985), Clockwise (1986), Small World (1988), Under Suspicion (1991), Love Hurts (1992), Middlemarch (1994), Love on a Branch Line (1994), Just William (1994), Black Hearts in Battersea (1995-96), Brassed Off (1996), Harry Enfield and Chums (1997, as Kevin the Teenager's long-suffering dad), Truel (1999), The Boss (1997/2000), Fish (2000), The Queen's Nose (1995-2001), Dawson's Creek (2002), Starhunter (2003), The Royal (2009) and Holby City (2011). He also played George Mole in both The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ (1985) and The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1987). In 2000, he also tried his hand at directing for the soap Emmerdale.
Career highlights
Stephen made his credited debut as the voice of the Flute in 1959's A Midsummer Night's Dream, followed by roles in Outbreak of Murder (1962), The Valiant Varneys (1964), The Last Shot You Hear (1969), Woodstock (1973), Rock Follies (1976), The New Avengers (1976), The Book Tower (1979, as presenter), Bedroom Farce (1980), The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981, as the voice of Marvin the Paranoid Android, which he also played in the radio version), Solo (1981-82), The Last Place on Earth (1985), Clockwise (1986), Small World (1988), Under Suspicion (1991), Love Hurts (1992), Middlemarch (1994), Love on a Branch Line (1994), Just William (1994), Black Hearts in Battersea (1995-96), Brassed Off (1996), Harry Enfield and Chums (1997, as Kevin the Teenager's long-suffering dad), Truel (1999), The Boss (1997/2000), Fish (2000), The Queen's Nose (1995-2001), Dawson's Creek (2002), Starhunter (2003), The Royal (2009) and Holby City (2011). He also played George Mole in both The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ (1985) and The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1987). In 2000, he also tried his hand at directing for the soap Emmerdale.
Awards
1983: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Revival (A Doll's House)
Facts
Stephen was married four times, including to the actresses Beth Morris and Celestine Randall. He is the father of actor Robyn Moore (best known as Shirley Benson in EastEnders) and video game voiceover artiste Charlotte Moore. His brother-in-law was fellow actor James Hazeldine (actor Sam Hazeldine is his nephew). Stephen's stepbrother is dance music producer and DJ Mark Moore, founder of 1980s/90s band S'Express.
Facts
Stephen was married four times, including to the actresses Beth Morris and Celestine Randall. He is the father of actor Robyn Moore (best known as Shirley Benson in EastEnders) and video game voiceover artiste Charlotte Moore. His brother-in-law was fellow actor James Hazeldine (actor Sam Hazeldine is his nephew). Stephen's stepbrother is dance music producer and DJ Mark Moore, founder of 1980s/90s band S'Express.
Robert Pugh (Tony Mack) Born Oct 11 1950
Doctor Who credits
Played: Jonah in Torchwood: Adrift (2008)
Played: Tony Mack in The Hungry Earth/ Cold Blood (2010)
Career highlights
Debuted in Angels (1976), then Survivors (1977), Danger UXB (1979), SOS Titanic (1979), Horror Planet (1981), Nighthawks (1981), Giro City (1982), Terra Nova (1984), Brookside (1985), South of the Border (1988), TECX (1990), Telltale (1993), Priest (1994), The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995), Bramwell (1996), The Tichborne Claimant (1998), French and Saunders (1999), Score (2001), Clocking Off (2002), Prime Suspect 6 (2003), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Kinky Boots (2005), The Virgin Queen (2006), Prime Suspect 7 (2006), Lark Rise to Candleford (2008), Robin Hood (2009), West is West (2010), Justice (2011), The Shadow Line (2011), Game of Thrones (2012-13), Atlantis (2014), Ordinary Lies (2015), Doctor Foster (2015), Mr Selfridge (2016), Vera (2017), Knightfall (2018), Vanity Fair (2018), The Tuckers (2020) and Strike (2020). He regularly played Andrew Ponting in Casualty (1986-87) and Father Matthew in The Lakes (1997-99). He has also written for the screen, including Better Days (1988), Ballroom (1988), We Are Seven (1989-91) and Reg (2016).
Doctor Who credits
Played: Jonah in Torchwood: Adrift (2008)
Played: Tony Mack in The Hungry Earth/ Cold Blood (2010)
Career highlights
Debuted in Angels (1976), then Survivors (1977), Danger UXB (1979), SOS Titanic (1979), Horror Planet (1981), Nighthawks (1981), Giro City (1982), Terra Nova (1984), Brookside (1985), South of the Border (1988), TECX (1990), Telltale (1993), Priest (1994), The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995), Bramwell (1996), The Tichborne Claimant (1998), French and Saunders (1999), Score (2001), Clocking Off (2002), Prime Suspect 6 (2003), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Kinky Boots (2005), The Virgin Queen (2006), Prime Suspect 7 (2006), Lark Rise to Candleford (2008), Robin Hood (2009), West is West (2010), Justice (2011), The Shadow Line (2011), Game of Thrones (2012-13), Atlantis (2014), Ordinary Lies (2015), Doctor Foster (2015), Mr Selfridge (2016), Vera (2017), Knightfall (2018), Vanity Fair (2018), The Tuckers (2020) and Strike (2020). He regularly played Andrew Ponting in Casualty (1986-87) and Father Matthew in The Lakes (1997-99). He has also written for the screen, including Better Days (1988), Ballroom (1988), We Are Seven (1989-91) and Reg (2016).
Alun Raglan (Mo) Born Nov 29 1971
Career highlights
Alun made his screen debut in the short Stung (1997), followed by roles in Don Quixote (2000), Gladiator (2000), At Home with the Braithwaites (2002), The Bill (2003), Merlin (2008), Belonging (2008-09), No Signal (2009), EastEnders (2010), New Tricks (2014), Wolfblood (2013-16), Casualty (2002/04/10/15), The Bastard Executioner (2015), Death in Paradise (2016), Barbarians Rising (2016), Holby City (2017), Baptiste (2019), The Worst Witch (2020) and Eight for Silver (2021).
Career highlights
Alun made his screen debut in the short Stung (1997), followed by roles in Don Quixote (2000), Gladiator (2000), At Home with the Braithwaites (2002), The Bill (2003), Merlin (2008), Belonging (2008-09), No Signal (2009), EastEnders (2010), New Tricks (2014), Wolfblood (2013-16), Casualty (2002/04/10/15), The Bastard Executioner (2015), Death in Paradise (2016), Barbarians Rising (2016), Holby City (2017), Baptiste (2019), The Worst Witch (2020) and Eight for Silver (2021).
Nia Roberts (Ambrose) Born Jul 5 1972
Career highlights
Nia debuted aged 12 in Jackanory: The Farm (1984), then took roles in I Fro Breuddwydion (1987), The Theory of Flight (1998), Lois (1999, for which she won a BAFTA Cymru Best Actress award), Score (2001), Dr Terrible's House of Horrible (2001), Snow Cake (2006), Y Pris (2007), Midsomer Murders (2008), Collision (2009), Third Star (2010), Patagonia (2010), The Facility (2012), Hinterland (2013), Bridgend (2015), Just Jim (2015), Under Milk Wood (2015), Rillington Place (2016), Keeping Faith (2017), Pili Pala (2019), The Crown (2019), Washington (2020), Bang (2017-20) and Hidden (2018-21).
Career highlights
Nia debuted aged 12 in Jackanory: The Farm (1984), then took roles in I Fro Breuddwydion (1987), The Theory of Flight (1998), Lois (1999, for which she won a BAFTA Cymru Best Actress award), Score (2001), Dr Terrible's House of Horrible (2001), Snow Cake (2006), Y Pris (2007), Midsomer Murders (2008), Collision (2009), Third Star (2010), Patagonia (2010), The Facility (2012), Hinterland (2013), Bridgend (2015), Just Jim (2015), Under Milk Wood (2015), Rillington Place (2016), Keeping Faith (2017), Pili Pala (2019), The Crown (2019), Washington (2020), Bang (2017-20) and Hidden (2018-21).
Awards
2000: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress (Lois)
Facts
Nia is married to director Marc Evans, known for films such as House of America (1997) and My Little Eye (2002).
Facts
Nia is married to director Marc Evans, known for films such as House of America (1997) and My Little Eye (2002).
Meera Syal (Dr Nasreen Chaudhry) Born Jun 27 1961
Career highlights
Meera made her acting debut in Majdhar (1983), followed by The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ (1985), To Have and To Hold (1986, credited with her real name of Feroza Syal), Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987), The Real McCoy (1991), Kinsey (1991-92), Absolutely Fabulous (1994), Degrees of Error (1995), Soldier Soldier (1995), Beautiful Thing (1996), Keeping Mum (1997-98), Fat Friends (2000), In Deep (2001), All About Me (2002), Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (2005), Kingdom (2007), Jekyll (2007), Horrible Histories (2009), Holby City (2009), Beautiful People (2008-09), The Jury (2011), Silk (2014), Psychobitches (2014), Broadchurch (2015), The Brink (2015), Midsomer Murders (2016), The Musketeers (2016), Doctor Strange (2016), Paddington 2 (2017), Nativity Rocks! (2018), Spin (2021), Code 404 (2021), The Wheel of Time (2022), The Split (2018-22) and The Devil's Hour (2022). She is best known for her involvement in the sketch show Goodness Gracious Me (1998-2015) and The Kumars at No.42 (2001-06/2014), in which she played Sushil. Meera is also a screenwriter, having penned Black Silk (1985, as Feroza Syal), Tandoori Nights (1987), My Sister-Wife (1992), Bhaji on the Beach (1993), Mumbai Calling (2008) and Playback (2014). She also adapted her own book Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee for TV.
Awards
1997: Member of the order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to drama
2015: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama and literature
Facts
Meera, as well as being an actress and screenwriter, has had several books published, including Anita and Me (1996, adapted for TV in 2002 and on several school and university reading lists for English in the UK), Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (1999, adapted for TV in 2005), and The House of Hidden Mothers (2015). She can be seen in her Kumars guise in the music video for Gareth Gates's Spirit in the Sky (2003), but in 1988 she had been a member of the girl band Saffron, which released a Bhangra version of Then He Kissed Me. Meera's second husband is fellow Kumars actor (and Doctor Who luminary) Sanjeev Bhaskar. Meera's parents eloped from New Delhi to the UK to be together, as one was Sikh and the other Hindu. She was a guest at the wedding of Prince Charles to Camilla Parker-Bowles in 2005. Her brother is Guardian journalist Ranjeev Sayal.
Facts
Meera, as well as being an actress and screenwriter, has had several books published, including Anita and Me (1996, adapted for TV in 2002 and on several school and university reading lists for English in the UK), Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (1999, adapted for TV in 2005), and The House of Hidden Mothers (2015). She can be seen in her Kumars guise in the music video for Gareth Gates's Spirit in the Sky (2003), but in 1988 she had been a member of the girl band Saffron, which released a Bhangra version of Then He Kissed Me. Meera's second husband is fellow Kumars actor (and Doctor Who luminary) Sanjeev Bhaskar. Meera's parents eloped from New Delhi to the UK to be together, as one was Sikh and the other Hindu. She was a guest at the wedding of Prince Charles to Camilla Parker-Bowles in 2005. Her brother is Guardian journalist Ranjeev Sayal.
CREW
Chris Chibnall (writer) Born Mar 21 1970 Click here for Chris Chibnall's entry on 42
Peter Bennett (producer) Click here for Peter Bennett's entry on The Beast Below
Lindsey Alford (script editor) Click here for Lindsey Alford's entry on Daleks in Manhattan
Chris Chibnall (writer) Born Mar 21 1970 Click here for Chris Chibnall's entry on 42
Ashley Way (director) Born Dec 16 1971
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Attack of the Graske (2005), all 13 TARDISodes (2006), Torchwood: Captain Jack Harkness (2007), Torchwood: End of Days (2007), Torchwood: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2008), Torchwood: Reset (2008), Torchwood: Something Borrowed (2008), Torchwood: Exit Wounds (2008), The Hungry Earth/ Cold Blood (2010), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor (2010), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Empty Planet (2010), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Sky (2011), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Curse of Clyde Langer (2011)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Attack of the Graske (2005), all 13 TARDISodes (2006), Torchwood: Captain Jack Harkness (2007), Torchwood: End of Days (2007), Torchwood: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2008), Torchwood: Reset (2008), Torchwood: Something Borrowed (2008), Torchwood: Exit Wounds (2008), The Hungry Earth/ Cold Blood (2010), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor (2010), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Empty Planet (2010), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Sky (2011), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Curse of Clyde Langer (2011)
Awards
2015: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Fiction Director (Y Streic a fi)
2018: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Television Drama (Bang) - shared with Catrin Lewis Defis, Roger Williams and Philip John
Career highlights
Ashley began as an assistant director on The Proposition (1996), followed by The Last Leprechaun (1998), The Meeksville Ghost (2001), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2002), Pets (2002), Berserker: Hell's Warrior (2004) and Homeland (2015). His first directing job was on Filligoggin (2000), then Hoodlum and Son (2003), Calon Gaeth (2006), Belonging (2005-07), Personal Affairs (2009), Crash (2009), Merlin (2010-12), Casualty (2005-14), Frankie (2013), Stella (2014-16), Parch (2015), Ripper Street (2016), Ice (2016-18), Mars (2018) and White Lines (2020).
Career highlights
Ashley began as an assistant director on The Proposition (1996), followed by The Last Leprechaun (1998), The Meeksville Ghost (2001), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2002), Pets (2002), Berserker: Hell's Warrior (2004) and Homeland (2015). His first directing job was on Filligoggin (2000), then Hoodlum and Son (2003), Calon Gaeth (2006), Belonging (2005-07), Personal Affairs (2009), Crash (2009), Merlin (2010-12), Casualty (2005-14), Frankie (2013), Stella (2014-16), Parch (2015), Ripper Street (2016), Ice (2016-18), Mars (2018) and White Lines (2020).
Peter Bennett (producer) Click here for Peter Bennett's entry on The Beast Below
Lindsey Alford (script editor) Click here for Lindsey Alford's entry on Daleks in Manhattan
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