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First broadcast May 14 2011
Average audience for story: 7.97m + 1.40m iPlayer = 9.37m
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
Elizabeth Berrington (Auntie) Born Aug 3 1970
Career highlights
Elizabeth debuted in 1993's Naked, then found roles in Secrets & Lies (1996), The Moonstone (1997), Urban Ghost Story (1998), The Lakes (1997-99), Onegin (1999), Mad Cows (1999), Nature Boy (2000), Quills (2000), Chambers (2001), Rescue Me (2002), The Office (2003), Shane (2004), The Rotters' Club (2005), Nanny McPhee (2005), Drop Dead Gorgeous (2006-07), In Bruges (2008), Apparitions (2008), Psychoville (2009), The Crimson Petal and the White (2011), Being Eileen (2013), Alan Partridge (2013), The Smoke (2014), Mr Turner (2014), The Syndicate (2015), Camping (2016), The Living and the Dead (2016), Swallows and Amazons (2016), Black Mirror (2016), Tracey Ullman's Show (2016-17), Borderline (2017), Patrick Melrose (2018), Vanity Fair (2018), Good Omens (2019), Sanditon (2019), Last Night in Soho (2021), The Responder (2022) and The Nevers (2021-22). Regular roles include Marina in My Wonderful Life (1997-99), Mel Debrou in Moving Wallpaper (2008-09), Ruby Fry in Waterloo Road (2009-11) and Paula Kosh in Stella (2012-17).
Career highlights
Elizabeth debuted in 1993's Naked, then found roles in Secrets & Lies (1996), The Moonstone (1997), Urban Ghost Story (1998), The Lakes (1997-99), Onegin (1999), Mad Cows (1999), Nature Boy (2000), Quills (2000), Chambers (2001), Rescue Me (2002), The Office (2003), Shane (2004), The Rotters' Club (2005), Nanny McPhee (2005), Drop Dead Gorgeous (2006-07), In Bruges (2008), Apparitions (2008), Psychoville (2009), The Crimson Petal and the White (2011), Being Eileen (2013), Alan Partridge (2013), The Smoke (2014), Mr Turner (2014), The Syndicate (2015), Camping (2016), The Living and the Dead (2016), Swallows and Amazons (2016), Black Mirror (2016), Tracey Ullman's Show (2016-17), Borderline (2017), Patrick Melrose (2018), Vanity Fair (2018), Good Omens (2019), Sanditon (2019), Last Night in Soho (2021), The Responder (2022) and The Nevers (2021-22). Regular roles include Marina in My Wonderful Life (1997-99), Mel Debrou in Moving Wallpaper (2008-09), Ruby Fry in Waterloo Road (2009-11) and Paula Kosh in Stella (2012-17).
Suranne Jones (Idris/ The TARDIS) Born Aug 27 1978
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mona Lisa in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Mona Lisa's Revenge (2009)
Played: Idris/ The TARDIS in The Doctor's Wife (2011)
Career highlights
Suranne made her debut playing the memorable role of Karen McDonald in 270 episodes of soap Coronation Street between 1997-2004. Other work includes City Central (1998), My Wonderful Life (1999), Vincent (2005-06), Strictly Confidential (2006), Harley Street (2008), Love and a Long Shot (2009), Single Father (2010), The Secret of Crickley Hall (2012), The Crimson Field (2014), A Touch of Cloth (2012-14), A Christmas Star (2015), Vanity Fair (2018) and Vigil (2021). She also played DS Rachel Bailey in 33 episodes of the detective series Scott and Bailey (2011-16, which she co-created), the title role in Doctor Foster (2015-17), Claire McGory in Save Me (2018-22) and Anne Lister in Gentleman Jack (2019-22).
Awards
2004: British Soap Award for Best Actress (Coronation Street)
2004: National Television Award for Most Popular Actress (Coronation Street)
2005: British Soap Award for Best Actress (Coronation Street)
2016: BAFTA TV Award for Best Leading Actress (Doctor Foster)
2016: National Television Award for Drama Performance (Doctor Foster)
2016: Royal Television Society Award for Actor - Female (Doctor Foster)
2018: National Television Award for Best Drama Performance (Doctor Foster)
Facts
Suranne suffers from carpophobia (a fear of wrists) which she puts down to imagery of Christ's crucifixion and stigmata as a child growing up Catholic.
In 2014 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Suranne here.
Facts
Suranne suffers from carpophobia (a fear of wrists) which she puts down to imagery of Christ's crucifixion and stigmata as a child growing up Catholic.
In 2014 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Suranne here.
Paul Kasey (Nephew) Born Aug 5 1973 Click here for Paul Kasey's entry on Rose
Adrian Schiller (Uncle) Feb 21 1964 to Apr 3 2024
Career highlights
Debuted in Prime Suspect 2 & 3 (1992-93), then Ghosts (1995), Bugs (1996), A Touch of Frost (2000), Judge John Deed (2002), Nostradamus (2006), Good (2008), The Devil's Whore (2008), Ashes to Ashes (2009), Being Human (2010), Going Postal (2010), Zen (2011), The Bible (2013), The Musketeers (2014), Endeavour (2014), Residue (2015), Suffragette (2015), The Danish Girl (2015), Undercover (2016), Beauty and the Beast (2017), Man in an Orange Shirt (2017), Genius (2018), Black Earth Rising (2018), Tolkien (2019), Censor (2021), Death in Paradise (2021), Van der Valk (2022), The Chelsea Detective (2023) and The New Look (2024). Regular roles include Penge in Victoria (2016-19) and Aethelhelm in The Last Kingdom (2018-22).
Facts
Adrian died "suddenly and unexpectedly", according to reports.
Michael Sheen (Voice of House) Born Feb 5 1969
Career highlights
Michael made his acting debut in Gallowglass in 1993, followed by Mary Reilly (1996), Wilde (1997), The Four Feathers (2002), Bright Young Things (2003), The Deal (2003), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005), Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (2006), The Queen (2006), Blood Diamond (2006), Frost/ Nixon (2006), The Damned United (2009), 30 Rock (2010), Tron: Legacy (2010), Jesus Henry Christ (2012), Under Milk Wood (2014), Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), The Spoils Before Dying (2015), Passengers (2016), Apostle (2018), The Good Fight (2019), Dolittle (2020), Quiz (2020), Last Train to Christmas (2021) and Best Interests (2023). Recurring roles include Lucian in the Underworld film franchise (2003-09), Aro in the Twilight film franchise (2009-12), Dr William Masters in Masters of Sex (2013-16), himself in Staged (2020-21, opposite David Tennant), Dr Martin Whitly in Prodigal Son (2019-21) and Aziraphale in Good Omens (2019-22, opposite David Tennant). He also voices the White Rabbit in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010) and the sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016).
Adrian Schiller (Uncle) Feb 21 1964 to Apr 3 2024
Career highlights
Debuted in Prime Suspect 2 & 3 (1992-93), then Ghosts (1995), Bugs (1996), A Touch of Frost (2000), Judge John Deed (2002), Nostradamus (2006), Good (2008), The Devil's Whore (2008), Ashes to Ashes (2009), Being Human (2010), Going Postal (2010), Zen (2011), The Bible (2013), The Musketeers (2014), Endeavour (2014), Residue (2015), Suffragette (2015), The Danish Girl (2015), Undercover (2016), Beauty and the Beast (2017), Man in an Orange Shirt (2017), Genius (2018), Black Earth Rising (2018), Tolkien (2019), Censor (2021), Death in Paradise (2021), Van der Valk (2022), The Chelsea Detective (2023) and The New Look (2024). Regular roles include Penge in Victoria (2016-19) and Aethelhelm in The Last Kingdom (2018-22).
Facts
Adrian died "suddenly and unexpectedly", according to reports.
Michael Sheen (Voice of House) Born Feb 5 1969
Career highlights
Michael made his acting debut in Gallowglass in 1993, followed by Mary Reilly (1996), Wilde (1997), The Four Feathers (2002), Bright Young Things (2003), The Deal (2003), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005), Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (2006), The Queen (2006), Blood Diamond (2006), Frost/ Nixon (2006), The Damned United (2009), 30 Rock (2010), Tron: Legacy (2010), Jesus Henry Christ (2012), Under Milk Wood (2014), Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), The Spoils Before Dying (2015), Passengers (2016), Apostle (2018), The Good Fight (2019), Dolittle (2020), Quiz (2020), Last Train to Christmas (2021) and Best Interests (2023). Recurring roles include Lucian in the Underworld film franchise (2003-09), Aro in the Twilight film franchise (2009-12), Dr William Masters in Masters of Sex (2013-16), himself in Staged (2020-21, opposite David Tennant), Dr Martin Whitly in Prodigal Son (2019-21) and Aziraphale in Good Omens (2019-22, opposite David Tennant). He also voices the White Rabbit in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010) and the sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016).
Awards
2003: Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor (Caligula)
2003: Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor (Caligula)
2007: Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor - Male (Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!)
2008: British Independent Film Award for Variety
2009: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama*
2009: GQ Magazine Actor of the Year
2013: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor (The Gospel of Us)
2021: Royal Television Society Award for Innovation During Lockdown (Staged) - shared with production team
Facts
Michael is known as something of a mimic, playing autobiographical roles as other famous people, including composer Mozart (1999, on stage), former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair (2003, 2006 and 2010), comedy actor Kenneth Williams (2006), author H G Wells (2006), Emperor Nero (2006), journalist David Frost (2008), and football manager Brian Clough (2009). In 2010 he appeared in the music video for the Manic Street Preachers single (It's Not War) Just the End of Love. His dad Meyrick is a Jack Nicholson impersonator. Michael's celebrity girlfriends have included Kate Beckinsale (1995-2003, with whom he has a daughter), Rachel McAdams (2010-13) and Sarah Silverman (2014-18). *Michael was awarded the OBE in 2009, but later "handed it back" after researching the historical relationship between Wales and the British state. Despite renouncing the honour, he still holds it unless it is annulled by the monarch. Here he is on Twitter.
Facts
Michael is known as something of a mimic, playing autobiographical roles as other famous people, including composer Mozart (1999, on stage), former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair (2003, 2006 and 2010), comedy actor Kenneth Williams (2006), author H G Wells (2006), Emperor Nero (2006), journalist David Frost (2008), and football manager Brian Clough (2009). In 2010 he appeared in the music video for the Manic Street Preachers single (It's Not War) Just the End of Love. His dad Meyrick is a Jack Nicholson impersonator. Michael's celebrity girlfriends have included Kate Beckinsale (1995-2003, with whom he has a daughter), Rachel McAdams (2010-13) and Sarah Silverman (2014-18). *Michael was awarded the OBE in 2009, but later "handed it back" after researching the historical relationship between Wales and the British state. Despite renouncing the honour, he still holds it unless it is annulled by the monarch. Here he is on Twitter.
CREW
Neil Gaiman (writer) Born Nov 10 1960
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Doctor's Wife (2011), Nightmare in Silver (2013), Rain Gods (Series 7 DVD minisode, 2013)
Career highlights
Neil is one of the UK's foremost fiction authors, having started out writing non-fiction books on subjects such as Duran Duran and The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He has also written comic books since the late 1980s, such as 2000 AD, Judge Dredd and Batman, and also created his own comics, most notably The Sandman series. His first fiction book was a project with Terry Pratchett called Good Omens in 1990, after which he has written many more, including Neverwhere (1996), American Gods (2001), Coraline (2002), Anansi Boys (2005) and Eternity's Wheel (2015). There have also been many children's books, including The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish (1997) and The Sleeper and the Spindle (2014), and short story collections such as Angels and Visitations (1993), Fragile Things (2006) and Trigger Warning (2015). He also wrote the Doctor Who digital short story Nothing O'Clock in 2013.
Several of his works have been adapted into TV or film projects, including Neverwhere (1996), MirrorMask (2005), Stardust (2007), Coraline (2009), American Gods (2017-21) and Good Omens (2019-22). He has also written new material for TV, including Babylon 5 (1998), and appeared in Arthur (2010) and The Simpsons (2011).
Awards
2002: Hugo Award for Best Novel (American Gods)
2003: Hugo Award for Best Novella (Coraline)
2004: Hugo Award for Best Short Story (A Study in Emerald)
2009: Hugo Award for Best Novel (The Graveyard Book)
2012: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) (Doctor Who) - shared with production team
2013: National Book Award for Book of the Year (The Ocean at the End of the Lane)
2016: Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story (The Sandman: Overture)
2020: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) (Good Omens)
Facts
Neil is a very good friend of the American singer songwriter Tori Amos, and they pop up in each other's work - Neil wrote a character based upon her in his novel Stardust, while Tori has referred to Neil in several of her songs since 1991. Neil has written stories for some of Tori's album and tour literature, and is her daughter Tash's godfather. Neil is married to songwriter and performer Amanda Palmer, one-time vocalist with The Dresden Dolls. The couple have an open marriage. This is his website and this is his Twitter.
Lindsey Alford (script executive) Click here for Lindsey Alford's entry on Daleks in Manhattan
Neil is a very good friend of the American singer songwriter Tori Amos, and they pop up in each other's work - Neil wrote a character based upon her in his novel Stardust, while Tori has referred to Neil in several of her songs since 1991. Neil has written stories for some of Tori's album and tour literature, and is her daughter Tash's godfather. Neil is married to songwriter and performer Amanda Palmer, one-time vocalist with The Dresden Dolls. The couple have an open marriage. This is his website and this is his Twitter.
Richard Clark (director) Born Aug 21 1947
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Gridlock (2007), The Lazarus Experiment (2007), The Doctor's Wife (2011), Night Terrors (2011)
Career highlights
Richard's earliest directing work was on My Dead Buddy in 1997, after which he found work on Shockers: The Dance (1999), Life on Mars (2007), The Whistleblowers (2007), Whitechapel (2012), Silent Witness (2013), The Musketeers (2014), The Crimson Field (2014), Outlander (2015), Midwinter of the Spirit (2015), Versailles (2018) and War of the Worlds (2019-21).
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Gridlock (2007), The Lazarus Experiment (2007), The Doctor's Wife (2011), Night Terrors (2011)
Career highlights
Richard's earliest directing work was on My Dead Buddy in 1997, after which he found work on Shockers: The Dance (1999), Life on Mars (2007), The Whistleblowers (2007), Whitechapel (2012), Silent Witness (2013), The Musketeers (2014), The Crimson Field (2014), Outlander (2015), Midwinter of the Spirit (2015), Versailles (2018) and War of the Worlds (2019-21).
Awards
2012: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) (Doctor Who) - shared with Neil Gaiman
Facts
Here he is on Twitter.
Facts
Here he is on Twitter.
Sanne Wohlenberg (producer) Born Aug 9 1968
Doctor Who credits
Produced: A Christmas Carol (2010), The Doctor's Wife (2011), Night Terrors (2011)
Career highlights
German Sanne was first credited as a line producer on Men Only in 2001, then became producer on Lucky Jim (2003, as Sanne Craddick), Murphy's Law (2003, as Sanne Craddick), Funland (2005), The Whistleblowers (2007), Mad Dogs (2013), Wallander (2010-15), Vikings (2016-17), Black Mirror (2016-17), Chernobyl (2019) and Andor (2022, as executive producer).
Doctor Who credits
Produced: A Christmas Carol (2010), The Doctor's Wife (2011), Night Terrors (2011)
Career highlights
German Sanne was first credited as a line producer on Men Only in 2001, then became producer on Lucky Jim (2003, as Sanne Craddick), Murphy's Law (2003, as Sanne Craddick), Funland (2005), The Whistleblowers (2007), Mad Dogs (2013), Wallander (2010-15), Vikings (2016-17), Black Mirror (2016-17), Chernobyl (2019) and Andor (2022, as executive producer).
Awards
2019: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series (Chernobyl) - shared with production team
Lindsey Alford (script executive) Click here for Lindsey Alford's entry on Daleks in Manhattan
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