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| The Siren (Lily Cole) was not pleased |
First broadcast May 7 2011
Average audience for story: 7.85m + 1.33m iPlayer = 9.18m
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
Michael Begley (Mulligan) Born Dec 12 1972
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mulligan in The Curse of the Black Spot (2011)
Played: All Ears Allan in Fugitive of the Judoon (2020)
Career highlights
Debuted in London's Burning (1996), followed by Hillsborough (1996), This Life (1997), The Grand (1998), Heartbeat (2000), Bob and Rose (2001), Dalziel and Pascoe (2005), The Last Detective (2007), Minder (2009), Being Human (2009-10), EastEnders (2013), Foyle's War (2015), Vera (2020), The A Word (2020) and Call the Midwife (2021). He played PC Richard Law in 31 episodes of City Central (1998-2000), Rick Straud in William and Mary (2003-05) and Henry Salisbury in Doctors (2009-10). More recently he has become a television script writer, penning several episodes of soap EastEnders (2010-20).
Facts
In 2014, Michael created the alternative persona Mister Serenade, a retro vintage singer who performs classic songs from the 1930s while playing the ukulele. He is married to Sally Abbott, writer for series such as Casualty, Vera and Death in Paradise.
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mulligan in The Curse of the Black Spot (2011)
Played: All Ears Allan in Fugitive of the Judoon (2020)
Career highlights
Debuted in London's Burning (1996), followed by Hillsborough (1996), This Life (1997), The Grand (1998), Heartbeat (2000), Bob and Rose (2001), Dalziel and Pascoe (2005), The Last Detective (2007), Minder (2009), Being Human (2009-10), EastEnders (2013), Foyle's War (2015), Vera (2020), The A Word (2020) and Call the Midwife (2021). He played PC Richard Law in 31 episodes of City Central (1998-2000), Rick Straud in William and Mary (2003-05) and Henry Salisbury in Doctors (2009-10). More recently he has become a television script writer, penning several episodes of soap EastEnders (2010-20).
Facts
In 2014, Michael created the alternative persona Mister Serenade, a retro vintage singer who performs classic songs from the 1930s while playing the ukulele. He is married to Sally Abbott, writer for series such as Casualty, Vera and Death in Paradise.
Doctor Who credits
Played: Captain Henry Avery in The Curse of the Black Spot (plus prelude), A Good Man Goes to War (all 2011)
Career highlights
Debuted in Chancer (1990), credited as Richard Bonneville, the professional name he kept until 1995. Further work includes Dodgem (1991), Peak Practice (1994), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), The Vet (1995), Married for Life (1996), Get Well Soon (1997), Holding the Baby (1998), Mosley (1998), Notting Hill (1999), Mansfield Park (1999), The Cazalets (2001), Tipping the Velvet (2002), Daniel Deronda (2002), The Commander (2003-05), Stage Beauty (2004), Asylum (2005), The Robinsons (2005), Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006), The Vicar of Dibley (2007), Bonekickers (2008), Ben Hur (2010), The Silence (2010), Mr Stink (2012), Muppets Most Wanted (2014), Paddington (2014), The Hollow Crown (2016), Viceroy's House (2017), Paddington 2 (2017), The Corrupted (2019), Sandylands (2020), To Olivia (2021) and Silent Hours (2017/21). He is most known for his regular roles as Ian Fletcher in Twenty Twelve (2011-12) and W1A (2014-20), and the Earl of Grantham in Downton Abbey (2010-15), plus its 2019 film and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022).
Lily Cole (The Siren) Born Dec 27 1987
Career highlights
Lily's acting debut came with St Trinian's in 2007, followed by Rage (2009), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), There Be Dragons (2011), The Moth Diaries (2011), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), The Zero Theorem (2013), Gravy (2015), Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016), Elizabeth I (2017), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), London Fields (2018) and Upstart Crow (2018). Lily is also a model, having worked for Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gaultier and Moschino, and has appeared in TV commercials for Monsoon, Rimmel, Marks and Spencer and Ghost.
Lee Ross (Boatswain) Born 1971
Career highlights
Lee's first acting credit was one familiar to anybody growing up in the 1980s in the UK as he was Dodger in the children's series Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest (1984-86), after which he found further work in Buddy's Song (1991), Shrinks (1991), Between the Lines (1992), Westbeach (1993), Shine On Harvey Moon (1995), Secrets and Lies (1996), The English Patient (1996), Metroland (1997), Watership Down (1999), Rogue Trader (1999), Playing the Field (1999-2000), Hustle (2004), Jericho (2005), Life on Mars (2006), Robin Hood (2007/09), Centurion (2010), Ashes to Ashes (2010), Titanic (2012), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Cradle to Grave (2015), Dusty and Me (2016), Bulletproof (2020) and A Castle for Christmas (2021). Other regular roles include Kenny Phillips in 30 episodes of Press Gang (1989-91), Owen Turner in 48 episodes of soap EastEnders (2006/09) and Ronnie in White Gold (2017-19), while he may also be remembered as sycophantic husband Paul (among other characters) in The Catherine Tate Show (2004-05).
Facts
Lee is married to actress Jo McInnes. He appeared in two films nominated for Best Picture Oscars in 1997 - The English Patient and Secrets and Lies. Lee was one of the chirpy children in the Baggy Trousers spoof advertisement for Colgate toothpaste in 1983.
CREW
Steve Thompson (writer) Born 1967
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Curse of the Black Spot (2011), Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (2013), Time Heist (2014)
Career highlights
Steve's screen writing career began with a stint on Doctors in 2005, followed by work for The Whistleblowers (2007), Mutual Friends (2008), Silk (2011), Upstairs, Downstairs (2012), Sinbad (2012), Sherlock (2010-14), Jericho (2016, which he also created), Deep State (2018-19), Leonardo (2021) and Vienna Blood (2019-21, which he also created). He also executive produced Jericho, Leonardo and Vienna Blood.
Career highlights
Lily's acting debut came with St Trinian's in 2007, followed by Rage (2009), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), There Be Dragons (2011), The Moth Diaries (2011), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), The Zero Theorem (2013), Gravy (2015), Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016), Elizabeth I (2017), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), London Fields (2018) and Upstart Crow (2018). Lily is also a model, having worked for Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gaultier and Moschino, and has appeared in TV commercials for Monsoon, Rimmel, Marks and Spencer and Ghost.
Awards
2004: British Fashion Award for Model of the Year
Facts
Lily has appeared in music videos for Sugababes vs Girls Aloud (2007), Primal Scream (2008), Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2013), Paul McCartney (2013), Clean Bandit (2014) and Leonard Cohen (2020). Lily is the founder of impossible.com, which promotes and offers requests for gifts or assistance, and was also involved in setting up the environmentally friendly knitwear range The North Circular. Lily's dating history is a constant preoccupation of the media: she's been linked to Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry, actors Jude Law and Enrique Murciano, and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, but has been married to Angolan entrepreneur Kwame Ferreira since 2012.
Facts
Lily has appeared in music videos for Sugababes vs Girls Aloud (2007), Primal Scream (2008), Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2013), Paul McCartney (2013), Clean Bandit (2014) and Leonard Cohen (2020). Lily is the founder of impossible.com, which promotes and offers requests for gifts or assistance, and was also involved in setting up the environmentally friendly knitwear range The North Circular. Lily's dating history is a constant preoccupation of the media: she's been linked to Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry, actors Jude Law and Enrique Murciano, and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, but has been married to Angolan entrepreneur Kwame Ferreira since 2012.
Chris Jarman (Dancer) Born 1974
Career highlights
Chris's debut came with Grange Hill in 1992, and then again in 1995; further work includes McCready and Daughter (2001), State of Play (2003), Spartacus (2004), Surface (2005), Roman Mysteries (2008), Demons (2009), Johnny English Reborn (2011), Run (2013), Foundation (2021) and The Lady of Heaven (2021). He also provided voices for Thunderbirds are Go (2016-20), and has narrated series such as Tattoo Fixers (2015-18) and Underground Worlds (2019-22).
Facts
Here's Chris on Twitter.
Career highlights
Chris's debut came with Grange Hill in 1992, and then again in 1995; further work includes McCready and Daughter (2001), State of Play (2003), Spartacus (2004), Surface (2005), Roman Mysteries (2008), Demons (2009), Johnny English Reborn (2011), Run (2013), Foundation (2021) and The Lady of Heaven (2021). He also provided voices for Thunderbirds are Go (2016-20), and has narrated series such as Tattoo Fixers (2015-18) and Underground Worlds (2019-22).
Facts
Here's Chris on Twitter.
Oscar Lloyd (Toby Avery) Born Sep 16 1997
Doctor Who credits
Played: Toby Avery in The Curse of the Black Spot, A Good Man Goes to War (2011)
Career highlights
Oscar debuted in Hancock and Joan (2008), then found work in Lark Rise to Candleford (2009), One Night (2012), Blandings (2013), The Coroner (2015) and Doctors (2011/15/17). He played Ryan in 29 episodes of 4 O'Clock Club (2012-14), but will be best recognised as playing Will Wylde in 134 episodes of soap Emmerdale between 2009-11.
Facts
In 2010, Oscar was nominated for Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor at the British Soap Awards. Here he is on Twitter.
Doctor Who credits
Played: Toby Avery in The Curse of the Black Spot, A Good Man Goes to War (2011)
Career highlights
Oscar debuted in Hancock and Joan (2008), then found work in Lark Rise to Candleford (2009), One Night (2012), Blandings (2013), The Coroner (2015) and Doctors (2011/15/17). He played Ryan in 29 episodes of 4 O'Clock Club (2012-14), but will be best recognised as playing Will Wylde in 134 episodes of soap Emmerdale between 2009-11.
Facts
In 2010, Oscar was nominated for Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor at the British Soap Awards. Here he is on Twitter.
Tony Lucken (De Florres) Born 1960
Doctor Who credits
Stunts: Dalek (2005), Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways (2005), The End of Time (2009-10)
Played: De Florres in The Curse of the Black Spot (2011)
Career highlights
Tony was first credited for his stuntwork on Hackers (1995), followed by stints on The Fifth Element (1997), Mrs Brown (1997), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Avengers (1998), The World is Not Enough (1999), Blackadder Back & Forth (1999), Gladiator (2000), One Foot in the Grave (2000), The Mummy Returns (2001), Band of Brothers (2001), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hotel Babylon (2007), The Dark Knight (2008), Ashes to Ashes (2009-10), Attack the Block (2011), X-Men: First Class (2011), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), John Carter (2012), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Merlin (2009-12), Da Vinci's Demons (2013-14), Wolf Hall (2015), Fortitude (2015), Road Games (2015), The Hollow Crown (2012-16), Harlots (2017), Poldark (2017-18), Hatton Garden (2019), Baptiste (2021) and The Great (2020-21). He's also had credited acting parts in The Vanishing Man (1996), Messiah (2001), Love Actually (2003), New Tricks (2009), Silent Witness (2003/11), The Sweeney (2012) and On Chesil Beach (2017).
Facts
You can watch Tony dress up as a woman and crash a car into a solid object in this video from when he was working on Casualty in 2012.
Doctor Who credits
Stunts: Dalek (2005), Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways (2005), The End of Time (2009-10)
Played: De Florres in The Curse of the Black Spot (2011)
Career highlights
Tony was first credited for his stuntwork on Hackers (1995), followed by stints on The Fifth Element (1997), Mrs Brown (1997), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Avengers (1998), The World is Not Enough (1999), Blackadder Back & Forth (1999), Gladiator (2000), One Foot in the Grave (2000), The Mummy Returns (2001), Band of Brothers (2001), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hotel Babylon (2007), The Dark Knight (2008), Ashes to Ashes (2009-10), Attack the Block (2011), X-Men: First Class (2011), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), John Carter (2012), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Merlin (2009-12), Da Vinci's Demons (2013-14), Wolf Hall (2015), Fortitude (2015), Road Games (2015), The Hollow Crown (2012-16), Harlots (2017), Poldark (2017-18), Hatton Garden (2019), Baptiste (2021) and The Great (2020-21). He's also had credited acting parts in The Vanishing Man (1996), Messiah (2001), Love Actually (2003), New Tricks (2009), Silent Witness (2003/11), The Sweeney (2012) and On Chesil Beach (2017).
Facts
You can watch Tony dress up as a woman and crash a car into a solid object in this video from when he was working on Casualty in 2012.
Carl McCrystal (McGrath) Born 1961
Career highlights
Carl debuted as a murderer in Let Them Eat Cake (1999), followed by The World is Not Enough (1999), Ali G Indahouse (2002), North and South (2004), Diamond Geezer (2007), Dread (2009), Hustle (2012), The Borgias (2012), The Musketeers (2014), Another World (2015), Jekyll and Hyde (2015) and The Feed (2019).
Facts
Before becoming an actor, Carl served five years in the British Army.
Career highlights
Carl debuted as a murderer in Let Them Eat Cake (1999), followed by The World is Not Enough (1999), Ali G Indahouse (2002), North and South (2004), Diamond Geezer (2007), Dread (2009), Hustle (2012), The Borgias (2012), The Musketeers (2014), Another World (2015), Jekyll and Hyde (2015) and The Feed (2019).
Facts
Before becoming an actor, Carl served five years in the British Army.
Lee Ross (Boatswain) Born 1971
Career highlights
Lee's first acting credit was one familiar to anybody growing up in the 1980s in the UK as he was Dodger in the children's series Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest (1984-86), after which he found further work in Buddy's Song (1991), Shrinks (1991), Between the Lines (1992), Westbeach (1993), Shine On Harvey Moon (1995), Secrets and Lies (1996), The English Patient (1996), Metroland (1997), Watership Down (1999), Rogue Trader (1999), Playing the Field (1999-2000), Hustle (2004), Jericho (2005), Life on Mars (2006), Robin Hood (2007/09), Centurion (2010), Ashes to Ashes (2010), Titanic (2012), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Cradle to Grave (2015), Dusty and Me (2016), Bulletproof (2020) and A Castle for Christmas (2021). Other regular roles include Kenny Phillips in 30 episodes of Press Gang (1989-91), Owen Turner in 48 episodes of soap EastEnders (2006/09) and Ronnie in White Gold (2017-19), while he may also be remembered as sycophantic husband Paul (among other characters) in The Catherine Tate Show (2004-05).
Facts
Lee is married to actress Jo McInnes. He appeared in two films nominated for Best Picture Oscars in 1997 - The English Patient and Secrets and Lies. Lee was one of the chirpy children in the Baggy Trousers spoof advertisement for Colgate toothpaste in 1983.
CREW
Steve Thompson (writer) Born 1967
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Curse of the Black Spot (2011), Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (2013), Time Heist (2014)
Career highlights
Steve's screen writing career began with a stint on Doctors in 2005, followed by work for The Whistleblowers (2007), Mutual Friends (2008), Silk (2011), Upstairs, Downstairs (2012), Sinbad (2012), Sherlock (2010-14), Jericho (2016, which he also created), Deep State (2018-19), Leonardo (2021) and Vienna Blood (2019-21, which he also created). He also executive produced Jericho, Leonardo and Vienna Blood.
Facts
Before becoming a writer, Steve worked as a maths teacher in London. He is married to media and information lawyer Lorna Skinner QC.
Jeremy Webb (director)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Curse of the Black Spot (2011), The Wedding of River Song (2011), Death is the Only Answer (2011)
Career highlights
Jeremy's directorial debut came on the short film Family Ties (1997), after which he helmed Grange Hill (2000), Ultimate Force (2003), Casualty (2002-04), All About George (2005), True Dare Kiss (2007), Merlin (2008-11), Downton Abbey (2012), Atlantis (2013), The Red Road (2015), Masters of Sex (2014-16), Elementary (2016), Fear the Walking Dead (2017), Legion (2018), The Punisher (2017/19), Treadstone (2019), Locke & Key (2020), Altered Carbon (2020), Shadow and Bone (2021), The Umbrella Academy (2019-22, which he also executive produced) and The Last of Us (2023).
Facts
Here's Jeremy on Twitter.
Marcus Wilson (producer) Born Jul 4 1973 Click here for Marcus Wilson's entry on The Impossible Astronaut
Caroline Henry (script editor) Click here for Caroline Henry's entry on The Impossible Astronaut
Jeremy Webb (director)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Curse of the Black Spot (2011), The Wedding of River Song (2011), Death is the Only Answer (2011)
Career highlights
Jeremy's directorial debut came on the short film Family Ties (1997), after which he helmed Grange Hill (2000), Ultimate Force (2003), Casualty (2002-04), All About George (2005), True Dare Kiss (2007), Merlin (2008-11), Downton Abbey (2012), Atlantis (2013), The Red Road (2015), Masters of Sex (2014-16), Elementary (2016), Fear the Walking Dead (2017), Legion (2018), The Punisher (2017/19), Treadstone (2019), Locke & Key (2020), Altered Carbon (2020), Shadow and Bone (2021), The Umbrella Academy (2019-22, which he also executive produced) and The Last of Us (2023).
Facts
Here's Jeremy on Twitter.
Marcus Wilson (producer) Born Jul 4 1973 Click here for Marcus Wilson's entry on The Impossible Astronaut
Caroline Henry (script editor) Click here for Caroline Henry's entry on The Impossible Astronaut
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