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| Vincent Van Gogh (Tony Curran) with his self-portrait |
First broadcast June 5 2010
Average audience for story: 6.76m + 1.13m iPlayer = 7.89m
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
Andrew Byrne (Schoolchild) Born Dec 30 1999
Career highlights
Debuted in After Thomas (2006), then Who Killed Mrs De Ropp? (2007), Jekyll (2007), Cranford (2007) and Doc Martin (2009.
Facts
His brother Thomas is also an actor and has appeared in series such as Down to Earth, Extras, Where the Heart Is and Wire in the Blood.
Career highlights
Debuted in After Thomas (2006), then Who Killed Mrs De Ropp? (2007), Jekyll (2007), Cranford (2007) and Doc Martin (2009.
Facts
His brother Thomas is also an actor and has appeared in series such as Down to Earth, Extras, Where the Heart Is and Wire in the Blood.
Chrissie Cotterill (Mother) Born Jul 19 1955
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mother in Vincent and the Doctor (2010)
Played: Madame Vernet in The Pandorica Opens (2010)
Career highlights
Chrissie debuted in The Crezz (1976), followed by Fox (1980), Caleb Williams (1980), Scrubbers (1982), Separate Tables (1983), Prospects (1986), The Charmer (1987), A Bit of a Do (1989), The Krays (1990), Nil By Mouth (1997), Cor, Blimey! (2000), Weak at Denise (2001), Family Affairs (2002), Bad Girls (2004), Flood (2007), Hard Times (2009), Law and Order UK (2010), Whitechapel (2010), The Wrong Mans (2013), Houdini (2014), The C Word (2015), Wannabe (2018) and Me, Myself and Di (2021). She also played Debbie Burgess in 31 episodes of the sitcom May to December (1989-94).
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mother in Vincent and the Doctor (2010)
Played: Madame Vernet in The Pandorica Opens (2010)
Career highlights
Chrissie debuted in The Crezz (1976), followed by Fox (1980), Caleb Williams (1980), Scrubbers (1982), Separate Tables (1983), Prospects (1986), The Charmer (1987), A Bit of a Do (1989), The Krays (1990), Nil By Mouth (1997), Cor, Blimey! (2000), Weak at Denise (2001), Family Affairs (2002), Bad Girls (2004), Flood (2007), Hard Times (2009), Law and Order UK (2010), Whitechapel (2010), The Wrong Mans (2013), Houdini (2014), The C Word (2015), Wannabe (2018) and Me, Myself and Di (2021). She also played Debbie Burgess in 31 episodes of the sitcom May to December (1989-94).
Sarah Counsell (Waitress)
Career highlights
Sarah made her acting debut in EastEnders (2008), then Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008), Being Human (2009), Skins (2009), Merlin (2010), PhoneShop (2011), Call the Midwife (2012), Threesome (2012) and The Living and the Dead (2016). She has also worked as a casting director on productions such as Excluded (2010), Shelfstackers (2010), The Cut (2010), Merlin (2011), Save Me (2018), Sanditon (2019) and The Midwich Cuckoos (2021), while she has written and produced the short film Cubicle Two (2010) and written the TV movie Rules of Love (2010).
Career highlights
Sarah made her acting debut in EastEnders (2008), then Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008), Being Human (2009), Skins (2009), Merlin (2010), PhoneShop (2011), Call the Midwife (2012), Threesome (2012) and The Living and the Dead (2016). She has also worked as a casting director on productions such as Excluded (2010), Shelfstackers (2010), The Cut (2010), Merlin (2011), Save Me (2018), Sanditon (2019) and The Midwich Cuckoos (2021), while she has written and produced the short film Cubicle Two (2010) and written the TV movie Rules of Love (2010).
Facts
Sarah's screenwriting partner is acclaimed YA author Simon James.
Doctor Who credits
Played: Vincent Van Gogh in Vincent and the Doctor (2010), The Pandorica Opens (2010)
Career highlights
Tony has been acting since he was a teenager, gaining his first screen credit for Stookie (1985), then Strathblair (1993), Being Human (1994), The Tales of Para Handy (1994), Rab C Nesbitt (1994), Shallow Grave (1994), Atletico Partick (1996), Taggart (1997), This Life (1997), Great Expectations (1999), Gladiator (2000), Pearl Harbor (2001), Blade II (2002), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), Beowulf and Grendel (2005), Underworld: Evolution (2006), Midnight Meat Train (2008), Numb3rs (2008), Medium (2009), Primeval (2009), 24 (2010), The Mentalist (2010), The Pillars of the Earth (2010), X-Men: First Class (2011), Boardwalk Empire (2011), Hawaii Five-0 (2011), Sons of Anarchy (2014), Awaiting (2015), Daredevil (2016), Roots (2016), Crazyhead (2016), Calibre (2018), Ray Donovan (2018-19), SEAL Team (2019), Deadwood (2019), Your Honor (2020-21) and The Flash (2021). He also played Datak Tarr in Defiance (2013-15).
Awards
2006: BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in a Scottish Film (Red Road)
Nik Howden (Maurice)
Career highlights
Nik's other work includes Better Days (1997), Stan (2006), Ashes to Ashes (2008), On the Edge (2009), Grandpa in My Pocket (2013) and Sanditon (2019).
Facts
If you've ever wanted to see a photoshoot of Nik posing in a stream, look no further than photographer Paul Groom's website. Here's Nik on Twitter.
Morgan Overton (Schoolchild) Born Apr 11 2000
Career highlights
Morgan debuted in Sense and Sensibility (2008), then appeared in Gigglebiz (2009), Little Einsteins (2010), Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul (2010), The Morgana Show (2010) and The Ollie & Moon Show (2017). He also provided the voice of Wilson the train in the animated series Chuggington (2008-12).
Facts
In 2020, Morgan pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images after he was found to have almost 700 images on his computer of children as young as 12 months being sexually abused. He claimed that amassing the images from the "dark web" was a form of self-harm following the death of a school friend which sent him on "a dark path". He was sentenced to a three-year community order and was made subject to a five-year sexual harm prevention order. The Diocese of Peterborough issued a statement following the hearing. These crimes were a true fall from grace for Morgan, who in 2016 was selected from hundreds of entrants as one of the winners of the annual BBC Proms Inspire competition. He was commissioned to write a piece for the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's Fellowship Octet, and 'I'm Making a Statement' was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2017.
Career highlights
Nik's other work includes Better Days (1997), Stan (2006), Ashes to Ashes (2008), On the Edge (2009), Grandpa in My Pocket (2013) and Sanditon (2019).
Facts
If you've ever wanted to see a photoshoot of Nik posing in a stream, look no further than photographer Paul Groom's website. Here's Nik on Twitter.
Morgan Overton (Schoolchild) Born Apr 11 2000
Career highlights
Morgan debuted in Sense and Sensibility (2008), then appeared in Gigglebiz (2009), Little Einsteins (2010), Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul (2010), The Morgana Show (2010) and The Ollie & Moon Show (2017). He also provided the voice of Wilson the train in the animated series Chuggington (2008-12).
Facts
In 2020, Morgan pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images after he was found to have almost 700 images on his computer of children as young as 12 months being sexually abused. He claimed that amassing the images from the "dark web" was a form of self-harm following the death of a school friend which sent him on "a dark path". He was sentenced to a three-year community order and was made subject to a five-year sexual harm prevention order. The Diocese of Peterborough issued a statement following the hearing. These crimes were a true fall from grace for Morgan, who in 2016 was selected from hundreds of entrants as one of the winners of the annual BBC Proms Inspire competition. He was commissioned to write a piece for the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's Fellowship Octet, and 'I'm Making a Statement' was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2017.
Bill Nighy (born Dec 12 1949) was uncredited in his role of Dr Black, but here's a link to his IMDb page.
CREW
Richard Curtis (writer) Born Nov 8 1956
Career highlights
New Zealand born Richard is one of the UK's foremost comedy writers and film script writers who started out writing sketches for the comedy series Not the Nine O'Clock News in 1982, and went on to write for Spitting Image (1984-85), The Tall Guy (1989), French and Saunders (1990), Bernard and the Genie (1991), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Notting Hill (1999), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Love Actually (2003), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Casualty (2007), War Horse (2011), About Time (2013), Esio Trot (2014), Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! (2018), Yesterday (2019) and The Little Mermaid (2023). He also helped create, and wrote many episodes of, the sitcoms Black Adder (1983-99), Mr Bean (1990-95) and its spin-offs Bean (1997) and the Animated Series (2002-15), and The Vicar of Dibley (1994-2020). He also acts as producer on many of his own productions, and directed Love Actually, Pirate Radio (2009) and About Time.
CREW
Richard Curtis (writer) Born Nov 8 1956
Career highlights
New Zealand born Richard is one of the UK's foremost comedy writers and film script writers who started out writing sketches for the comedy series Not the Nine O'Clock News in 1982, and went on to write for Spitting Image (1984-85), The Tall Guy (1989), French and Saunders (1990), Bernard and the Genie (1991), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Notting Hill (1999), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Love Actually (2003), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Casualty (2007), War Horse (2011), About Time (2013), Esio Trot (2014), Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! (2018), Yesterday (2019) and The Little Mermaid (2023). He also helped create, and wrote many episodes of, the sitcoms Black Adder (1983-99), Mr Bean (1990-95) and its spin-offs Bean (1997) and the Animated Series (2002-15), and The Vicar of Dibley (1994-2020). He also acts as producer on many of his own productions, and directed Love Actually, Pirate Radio (2009) and About Time.
Awards
1990: BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Series (Blackadder Goes Forth) - shared with John Lloyd, Richard Boden and Ben Elton
1993: British Comedy Award for Top Comedy Writer
1994: Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Film Screenplay (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
1994: Member of the order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to television and film comedy, and charity
1995: Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Screenplay (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
1995: London Critics' Circle Film Award for Best Screenwriter (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
1999: BAFTA Special Award
2000: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to television and film comedy, and charity
2001: British Independent Film Variety Award
2002: Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Screenplay (Bridget Jones's Diary) - shared with Andrew Davies and Helen Fielding
2002: London Critics' Circle Film Award for Best Screenwriter (Bridget Jones's Diary) - shared with Andrew Davies and Helen Fielding
2006: Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Made for Television Movie (The Girl in the Cafe) - shared with Paul Abbott and Hilary Bevan Jones
2006: Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Presentation (The Girl in the Cafe)
2007: BAFTA Academy Fellowship
Facts
Richard's wife is Emma Freud, who acted as co-script editor on his Doctor Who script and whose cousin is Esther Freud, who appeared in Attack of the Cybermen in 1985. When he was in college Richard's then girlfriend (who later became Baroness Jenkin of Kennington) left him for Bernard Jenkin (who later became MP for Harwich and North Essex), so in many of his screenplays since, he has written about a "fairly unpleasant" character named Bernard. Richard, along with comedian Lenny Henry, was the brains behind the creation of the Comic Relief charity (Red Nose Day) in the UK. Richard also founded Make Poverty History and helped organise the Live8 music concert in 2005.
Tracie Simpson (producer) Click here for Tracie Simpson's entry on Planet of the Dead
Patrick Schweitzer (producer)
Doctor Who credits
Location manager: The Runaway Bride (2006)
Production manager: Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Daleks in Manhattan/ Evolution of the Daleks, 42, Utopia (2007)
Line producer: Series 5 (2010)
Produced: The Vampires of Venice (2010), Vincent and the Doctor (2010)
Career highlights
Patrick's career stems right back to acting as location manager on Oliver's Travel's in 1995, as well as Streetlife (1995), Tiger Bay (1997), The Theory of Flight (1998), Daylight Robbery (1999), The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (1998/2000), Silent Witness (2002), Spooks (2003), Hustle (2004), Blackpool (2004), The Virgin Queen (2005), The Line of Beauty (2006) and Primeval (2007). He later became line producer on Spooks: Code 9 (2008), Ashes to Ashes (2009), The Hour (2011), Call the Midwife (2012), and full producer on Whitechapel (2013), The Interceptor (2015), SS-GB (2017) and Save Me (2018). He was executive producer on Bancroft (2020) and Grace (2021).
Brian Minchin (script editor) Born Aug 5 1978 Click here for Brian Minchin's entry on Voyage of the Damned
Emma Freud (script editor) Born Jan 25 1962
Career highlights
Emma started out as a TV presenter on Worldwise (1986), followed by The 6 O'Clock Show (1986), The Bottom Line (1988), The Media Show (1989-91) and Plunder (1990-91). She also dabbled in acting in series such as Drop the Dead Donkey (1991) and Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998), but has more recently become a TV and film script editor on productions such as Bernard and the Genie (1991), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Bean (1997), Notting Hill (1999), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Love Actually (2003), The Vicar of Dibley (1994-2007) and About Time (2013).
Facts
Richard's wife is Emma Freud, who acted as co-script editor on his Doctor Who script and whose cousin is Esther Freud, who appeared in Attack of the Cybermen in 1985. When he was in college Richard's then girlfriend (who later became Baroness Jenkin of Kennington) left him for Bernard Jenkin (who later became MP for Harwich and North Essex), so in many of his screenplays since, he has written about a "fairly unpleasant" character named Bernard. Richard, along with comedian Lenny Henry, was the brains behind the creation of the Comic Relief charity (Red Nose Day) in the UK. Richard also founded Make Poverty History and helped organise the Live8 music concert in 2005.
Jonny Campbell (director)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Vampires of Venice (2010), Vincent and the Doctor (2010)
Career highlights
Jonny debuted as director on New Voices: Two Minutes (1997), then The Bill (1999), Peak Practice (1999-2000), Glasgow Kiss (2000), Phoenix Nights (2001), Death in Holy Orders (2003), Dream Team (2003), Spooks (2004), Shameless (2004), Alien Autopsy (2006), Ashes to Ashes (2008), Eric and Ernie (2011), In the Flesh (2013), The Casual Vacancy (2015), Westworld (2016), The Last Post (2017), Informer (2018) and Dracula (2020).
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Vampires of Venice (2010), Vincent and the Doctor (2010)
Career highlights
Jonny debuted as director on New Voices: Two Minutes (1997), then The Bill (1999), Peak Practice (1999-2000), Glasgow Kiss (2000), Phoenix Nights (2001), Death in Holy Orders (2003), Dream Team (2003), Spooks (2004), Shameless (2004), Alien Autopsy (2006), Ashes to Ashes (2008), Eric and Ernie (2011), In the Flesh (2013), The Casual Vacancy (2015), Westworld (2016), The Last Post (2017), Informer (2018) and Dracula (2020).
Awards
2012: Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Single Drama (Eric and Ernie) - shared with Victoria Wood, Peter Bowker and Tim Bricknell
2012: Royal Television Society Award for Best Single Drama (Eric and Ernie) - shared with Victoria Wood, Peter Bowker and Tim Bricknell
2014: BAFTA TV Award for Best Mini-Series (In the Flesh) - shared with Ann Harrison-Baxter, Dominic Mitchell and Hilary Martin
Facts
Before Jonny became a director, he was a researcher on ITV's This Morning.
Facts
Before Jonny became a director, he was a researcher on ITV's This Morning.
Tracie Simpson (producer) Click here for Tracie Simpson's entry on Planet of the Dead
Patrick Schweitzer (producer)
Doctor Who credits
Location manager: The Runaway Bride (2006)
Production manager: Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Daleks in Manhattan/ Evolution of the Daleks, 42, Utopia (2007)
Line producer: Series 5 (2010)
Produced: The Vampires of Venice (2010), Vincent and the Doctor (2010)
Career highlights
Patrick's career stems right back to acting as location manager on Oliver's Travel's in 1995, as well as Streetlife (1995), Tiger Bay (1997), The Theory of Flight (1998), Daylight Robbery (1999), The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (1998/2000), Silent Witness (2002), Spooks (2003), Hustle (2004), Blackpool (2004), The Virgin Queen (2005), The Line of Beauty (2006) and Primeval (2007). He later became line producer on Spooks: Code 9 (2008), Ashes to Ashes (2009), The Hour (2011), Call the Midwife (2012), and full producer on Whitechapel (2013), The Interceptor (2015), SS-GB (2017) and Save Me (2018). He was executive producer on Bancroft (2020) and Grace (2021).
Brian Minchin (script editor) Born Aug 5 1978 Click here for Brian Minchin's entry on Voyage of the Damned
Emma Freud (script editor) Born Jan 25 1962
Career highlights
Emma started out as a TV presenter on Worldwise (1986), followed by The 6 O'Clock Show (1986), The Bottom Line (1988), The Media Show (1989-91) and Plunder (1990-91). She also dabbled in acting in series such as Drop the Dead Donkey (1991) and Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998), but has more recently become a TV and film script editor on productions such as Bernard and the Genie (1991), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Bean (1997), Notting Hill (1999), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Love Actually (2003), The Vicar of Dibley (1994-2007) and About Time (2013).
Awards
2011: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Comic Relief
Facts
Emma's husband is Vincent and the Doctor writer Richard Curtis. Emma's cousin is actress and writer Esther Freud (who appeared in Attack of the Cybermen), who is herself married to actor David Morrissey, who appeared in The Next Doctor; her uncle was the eminent painter Lucian Freud, her great-grandfather the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, her father the politician and writer Clement Freud, her cousin fashion designer Bella Freud, and her brother public relations guru Matthew Freud. The Freuds are an ever-expanding family of talent - Esther's uncle Lucian fathered 14 children with different women! In 1978, she worked as a backing singer for Mike Oldfield, touring Europe with Tubular Bells, and was a member of The Girls cabaret band between 1984-2004. She was also co-director and musical director of the Open Air Theatre Regent's Park between 1985-86, and has been a director of Red Nose Day since 2000. She was a co-producer with her husband of the 2005 Live8 concerts, and has written columns for publications as diverse as Tatler, Radio Times, the Mirror and the Telegraph.
Facts
Emma's husband is Vincent and the Doctor writer Richard Curtis. Emma's cousin is actress and writer Esther Freud (who appeared in Attack of the Cybermen), who is herself married to actor David Morrissey, who appeared in The Next Doctor; her uncle was the eminent painter Lucian Freud, her great-grandfather the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, her father the politician and writer Clement Freud, her cousin fashion designer Bella Freud, and her brother public relations guru Matthew Freud. The Freuds are an ever-expanding family of talent - Esther's uncle Lucian fathered 14 children with different women! In 1978, she worked as a backing singer for Mike Oldfield, touring Europe with Tubular Bells, and was a member of The Girls cabaret band between 1984-2004. She was also co-director and musical director of the Open Air Theatre Regent's Park between 1985-86, and has been a director of Red Nose Day since 2000. She was a co-producer with her husband of the 2005 Live8 concerts, and has written columns for publications as diverse as Tatler, Radio Times, the Mirror and the Telegraph.
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