Victory of the Daleks

A Dalek's eye view of
the Oncoming Storm

One episode (Victory of the Daleks)
First broadcast Apr 24 2010
Average audience for story: 7.82m + 0.38m HD + 1.12m iPlayer = 9.32m

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

GUEST CAST

James Albrecht (Todd) Born 1972
Career highlights
James's other work includes Murphy's Law (2004), Casualty (2005/07), A Touch of Frost (2008) and The Philanthropist (2009).
Facts
James is also a stage director and acting tutor. Between 2013-16 he was artistic director of London's new St James Theatre, and since 2016 has been involved with spoken word production company FANE.

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

Nina De Cosimo (Blanche)
Career highlights
Nina debuted in The Incredibly Strange People Show (2002), then EastEnders (2005), The Bill (2008), Call the Midwife (2014/15), Whiskey Cavalier (2019) and Doctors (2021).
Facts
Here's Nina on Twitter.

Barnaby Edwards (Dalek operator) Born Aug 20 1969 Click here for Barnaby Edwards' entry on Dalek

Susannah Fielding (Lilian) Born Jun 10 1985
Career highlights
Susannah debuted in She Stoops to Conquer (2008), then Wallander (2008), 1st Night (2010), Midsomer Murders (2010), Pete Versus Life (2010-11), Pramface (2013), Drifters (2013), The Great Fire (2014), Scrotal Recall (2014), The C Word (2015), Catastrophe (2015), I Want My Wife Back (2016), Black Mirror (2016), Lovesick (2014/18), High & Dry (2018), Sticks and Stones (2019), Life (2020), Bloods (2021), This Time with Alan Partridge (2019-21), The Cockfields (2021) and Tom Jones (2022). She also regularly played Brooke in The Great Indoors (2016-17), and voices the character of Amy Simpson in the Forza Horizon video games (2014-21).
Facts
For 2008-11 Susannah was in a relationship with actor Tom Hiddleston. Here she is on Twitter.

Ian McNeice (Winston Churchill) Born Oct 2 1950
Doctor Who credits
Played: Winston Churchill in The Beast Below (2010), Victory of the Daleks (2010), The Pandorica Opens (2010), The Wedding of River Song (2011)
Career highlights
Ian made his acting debut on screen with 1977's Warship, followed by roles in The Common Lot (1977), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982), Voice Over (1983), The Cleopatras (1983), Edge of Darkness (1985), CATS Eyes (1986), Personal Services (1987), Whoops Apocalypse (1988), Wipe Out (1988), 1871 (1990), Time Riders (1991), An Ungentlemanly Act (1992), Cluedo (1993), Stay Lucky (1993), Chef! (1994), Roughnecks (1994), Bugs (1995), Liverpool 1 (1998), A Christmas Carol (1999), Dune (2000), From Hell (2001), Relic Hunter (2002), Children of Dune (2003), Strange (2003), Spooks (2004), Oliver Twist (2005), The Black Dahlia (2006), Day of the Dead (2008), Valkyrie (2008), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012), We Are Tourists (2017), The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017), The House of Screaming Death (2017), Grizzly II: The Concert (2020), Foundation (2021) and Fairytale (2021). He also regularly played the Newsreader in Rome (2005-07) and Bert Large in 70 episodes of Doc Martin (2004-19).
Facts
Ian has three children with actress Kate Nicholls. In 2007, Ian admitted that his weight had become a problem - at that point he was over 25 stone (158kg) and was losing acting work as he was uninsurable. By 2009, he was 22 stone (139kg), and admitted in an interview that his weight problem stemmed from the tragic death of his older brother in a car accident when he was a child. His mother became overprotective and gave him everything he wanted, including food, and Ian also developed a stutter which hindered his early acting career. In 2015, Big Finish announced that Ian would be starring in his own spin-off set of audio adventures as Winston Churchill.

Bill Paterson (Bracewell) Born Jun 3 1945
Doctor Who credits
Played: Bracewell in Victory of the Daleks (2010), The Pandorica Opens (2010)
Career highlights
Bill made his credited debut with 1973's Passing Places, then 1976's The Flight of the Heron, followed by roles in Will Shakespeare (1978), The Odd Job (1978), Telford's Change (1979), The Lost Tribe (1980), The Cherry Orchard (1981), Smiley's People (1982), A Private Function (1984), The Killing Fields (1984), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1986), The Singing Detective (1986), The Return of the Musketeers (1989), The Rachel Papers (1989), Traffik (1989), The Witches (1990), Shrinks (1991), Chaplin (1992), Ghostbusters of East Finchley (1995), The Crow Road (1996), Spice World (1997), Wives and Daughters (1999), Crush (2001), Ed Stone is Dead (2002), Bright Young Things (2003), Shoebox Zoo (2004), Miss Potter (2006), How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (2008), Little Dorrit (2008), Dirk Gently (2012), 37 Days (2014), Outlander (2014-17), Dad's Army (2016), Churchill's Secret (2016), Unforgotten (2017), The Rebel (2016-17), Fleabag (2016-19), Good Omens (2019), Brassic (2020), Rebecca (2020) and House of the Dragon (2022). Regular roles include Dr Douglas Monaghan in Sea of Souls (2004-07) and George Castle in Law and Order UK (2009-10).

Awards

1997: BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor - Television (The Crow Road)

2015: BAFTA Outstanding Contribution to Film and Television Award
Facts
Bill is married to costume designer Hildegard Bechtler.

Nicholas Pegg (Dalek operator) Click here for Nicholas Pegg's entry on Bad Wolf

Colin Prockter (Air raid warden) Born Jun 4 1946
Doctor Who credits
Played: Head chef in The Long Game (2005)
Played: Air raid warden in Victory of the Daleks (2010)
Career highlights
Colin debuted in Z Cars (1969), followed by Parkin's Patch (1969), A Family at War (1970), The Terrorists (1974), The Sweeney (1975), Justine (1976), Moonfleet (1984), Albion Market (1986), Hannay (1989), Feast of July (1995), In Suspicious Circumstances (1996), Grange Hill (1999), The Infinite Worlds of H G Wells (2001), Trial and Retribution (2002), Teachers (2004), Afterlife (2005), Hex (2005), Coronation Street (1992-93/1995/2005/2008), Rock and Chips (2010), Toast (2010), Mount Pleasant (2012), Doctors (2001/06/08/19) and Mister Winner (2020). In 1983-84, he co-wrote the futuristic sitcom Luna.
Facts
Before going into acting, Colin worked as a reporter for the Croydon Advertiser.

Tim Wallers (Childers) Born 1966
Career highlights
Debuted in Conjugal Rites (1994), then Casualty (1998), Julie and the Cadillacs (1999), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000/01), Jericho (2005), Hotel Babylon (2007), Maxwell (2007), Ballet Shoes (2007), Skins (2008), RocknRolla (2008), Emmerdale (2009), Injustice (2011), EastEnders (2013), Sherlock (2014), Count Arthur Strong (2015), The Interceptor (2015), Doctor Thorne (2016), Good Omens (2019), Belgravia (2020) and The Windsors (2016-20).
Facts
Here's Tim's Twitter feed.

CREW

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

Andrew Gunn (director)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Beast Below (2010), Victory of the Daleks (2010)
Career highlights
Andrew's first directing credit was for the short Half a Shave (1995), after which he secured work on Coming Up (2004), The Bill (2006), Life on Mars (2007), Primeval (2008), Survivors (2008), Waterloo Road (2011), Wild at Heart (2012), Wolfblood (2012), Hollyoaks (2015-19) and Get Even (2020).
Facts
Andrew decided to become a director after narrowly avoiding plunging 3,000ft to his death from Mont Blanc.

Peter Bennett (producer) Click here for Peter Bennett's entry on The Beast Below

Brian Minchin (script editor) Born Aug 5 1978 Click here for Brian Minchin's entry on Voyage of the Damned