Friday, October 02, 2015

A Good Man Goes to War

Amy (Karen Gillan)
with baby River
One episode (A Good Man Goes to War)
First broadcast Jun 4 2011
Average audience for story: 7.51m + 1.46m iPlayer = 8.97m

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

Charlie Baker (Fat one)
Career highlights
Debuted in The Long Firm (2004), then The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008), Miranda (2009), The IT Crowd (2010), Vexed (2012), The Home Office (2013), EastEnders (2016), Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019) and The Last Leg (2020/22). Charlie is also a comedian and has made personal appearances on shows such as Let's Dance for Sport Relief (2011), Odd One In (2011), The Wright Stuff (2011), Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2010-11), A Short History of Everything Else (2012), The Golden Rules of Porn (2014), Harry Hill's Tea Time (2016-18, as Trevor Modo), The Dog Ate My Homework (2014-19) and Who Said That? (2020).

Frances Barber (Madame Kovarian) Born May 13 1958
Doctor Who credits
Played: Eye Patch Lady/ Madame Kovarian in Day of the Moon, The Curse of the Black Spot (uncredited), The Rebel Flesh/ The Almost People, A Good Man Goes to War, Closing Time, The Wedding of River Song (all 2011)
Career highlights
Frances debuted in the 1978 short Wings of Ash, then found work in The Missionary (1982), Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983), A Zed & Two Noughts (1985), Castaway (1986), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Behaving Badly (1989), Red Dwarf (1989), Inspector Morse (1992), Chef! (1994), Space Precinct (1995), Rhodes (1996), Real Women (1998-99), Shiner (2000), Gimme Gimme Gimme (2001), Manchild (2002), Having It Off (2002), My Family (2003), According to Bex (2005), Funland (2005), Hustle (2007), Casualty (2008), The Fattest Man in Britain (2009), Pete Versus Life (2011), Great Expectations (2011), The Spa (2013), Silk (2012-14), Psychobitches (2013-14), Mr Holmes (2015), Benidorm (2016), Vicious (2016), Medici (2016), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), The Rebel (2017), Blue Iguana (2018), The Queen and I (2018), Trick or Treat (2019), Cold Feet (2020), Whitstable Pearl (2021), The Mezzotint (2021) and Dodger (2022).
Facts
When Frances studied drama at Bangor University she was dating fellow alumni, director Danny Boyle. She has often worked with the Pet Shop Boys - she appeared in their 2001 musical Closer to Heaven, sang live at one of their concerts in 2006, and starred in their 2019 musical Musik. One of her closest friends is actor Ian McKellen, and he funded a library in her name in India. Here she is on Twitter.

Hugh Bonneville (Captain Henry Avery) Born Nov 10 1963
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).

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

Christina Chong (Lorna Bucket) Born Sep 18 1983
Career highlights
Debuted in Night & Day (2003), followed by parts in Chemical Wedding (2008), Freakdog (2008), W.E. (2011), Johnny English Reborn (2011), Whitechapel (2012), Monroe (2011-12), Black Mirror (2013), The Wrong Mans (2013), 24: Live Another Day (2014), Halo: Nightfall (2014), Dominion (2015), Of Kings and Prophets (2016), Ill Behaviour (2017), Bulletproof (2018), Heirs of the Night (2019-20), Grace (2021), Line of Duty (2014-21) and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022).

Annabel Cleare (Eleanor) Born 1968
Career highlights
Annabel's other work includes JFK Revealed (2006), Yellow Jacket (2017) and Father Brown (2020).
Facts
Annabel is the mother of Henry Wood, who also appeared in this story, and is married to actor Michael Woodford.

Simon Fisher Becker (Dorium Maldovar) Born Nov 25 1961
Doctor Who credits
Played: Dorium Maldovar in The Pandorica Opens (2010), A Good Man Goes to War prequel (2011, uncredited), A Good Man Goes to War (2011), The Wedding of River Song (2011)
Played: General Nylan (voice) in Doctor Who: The Online Adventures - Betrayal (2014)
Career highlights
Simon's acting credits began with Arrivederci Millwall (1990), followed by An Ungentlemanly Act (1992), One Foot in the Grave (1993), Sweet Thing (1999), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), Afterlife (2006), Chakan the Forever Man (2012), Les Miserables (2012), 3some (2013), Vicious (2013), Puppy Love (2014), Carnage (2017), Coveted Desires (2017), Waterside (2013-18) and When It Rains (2020).
Facts
Simon, who can conduct a full symphony and choir, started out in the civil service before getting into acting, with Denholm Elliott as his mentor. His Wikipedia entry lists him as "Viscount of William & Mona". In 2009, Simon was attacked by youths at a petrol station and beaten badly, leaving him with permanent damage to his spine and knee and having to walk with a stick. Here he is on Twitter.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Simon here.

Joshua Hayes (Lucas) Born 1989
Career highlights
Joshua has also had roles in Doctors (2011), Casualty (2013), Siblings (2014) and Stationary (2017). In 2014 he also appeared in, wrote and produced the short film Portrait of a Pugilist.

Dan Johnston (Thin one)
Career highlights
Dan's acting debut came in World of Pub (2001), followed by The Bill (2004), Tunnel of Love (2004), Sold (2007), After You've Gone (2008) and Navelgazing Presents (2011, which he also wrote and produced). Dan also wrote the short Uncle Douglas (2003) and two Comedy Lab instalments - Anderson (2000) and Blowout (2007). He also writes and produces for Keith Lemon's various TV and film projects, including The Keith Lemon Sketch Show (2015), The Keith and Paddy Picture Show (2017), Keith Lemon: Coming in America (2018), and has also directed these programmes, as well as Shopping with Keith Lemon (2020). He has also been videotape director on shows such as Celebrity Juice (2020) and Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2022).

Damian Kell (Dominicus)
Career highlights
Damian debuted in Making Juice (2002), then The Dark Hunter (2002), My Dad's the Prime Minister (2004), Coming Up (2006), Comedy Cuts (2008), Kingdom (2009), Suspects (2014), Trying Again (2014), Suspects (2014-15) and Kill Command (2016).

Alex Kingston (River Song) Born Mar 11 1963 Click here for Alex Kingston's entry on Silence in the Library

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.

Neve McIntosh (Madame Vastra) 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.

Danny Sapani (Colonel Manton) Born Nov 15 1970
Career highlights
Danny debuted in B and B (1992), then appeared in Between the Lines (1993), Trial and Retribution (1998), Fish (2000), Judge John Deed (2001), Anansi (2002), Serious and Organised (2003), Little Britain (2005), The Oxford Murders (2008), Place of Execution (2008), Mercenaries (2011), The Jury (2011), Misfits (2009/11), The Fear (2012), The Bastard Executioner (2015), Danny and the Human Zoo (2015), Chewing Gum (2017), The State (2017), The Crown (2017), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Black Panther (2018), Traitors (2019), MotherFatherSon (2019), Killing Eve (2020) and Halo (2022). He also regularly played Corporal Ricky Mann in Ultimate Force (2002-05), Sembene in Penny Dreadful (2014-15) and William North in Harlots (2017-19).
Facts
While rehearsing a stunt during filming Ultimate Force, Danny accidentally put a knife through his finger! Here he is on Twitter.

Dan Starkey (Strax) Born Sep 27 1977 Click here for Dan Starkey's entry on The Sontaran Stratagem

Catrin Stewart (Jenny) Born Jan 29 1988
Doctor Who credits
Played: Jenny Flint in A Good Man Goes to War (2011), The Snowmen (2012), The Crimson Horror (2013), The Name of the Doctor (2013), Deep Breath (2014)
Catrin also played Jenny in the minisodes The Great Detective (2012), Vastra Investigates (2012) and The Battle of Demon's Run - Two Days Later (2013)
Career highlights
Catrin's other work includes Hearts of Gold (2003), Crusade in Jeans (2006), All Shook Up! (2010), Misfits (2010-11), Frail (2012), The Library Suicides (2016), Lifelines (2020) and One for the Road (2021). She also played Emma in 34 episodes of Stella (2012-17) and DS Gina Jenkins in Bang (2017-20).

Richard Trinder (Captain Harcourt) Born 1968
Career highlights
Debuting in soap Brookside in 1995, Richard's CV also includes work on Silent Witness (1996), Coronation Street (1997), Emmerdale (1997), Elizabeth (2000), Casualty (2005), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), The Agent (2008), Thorne: Scaredycat (2010), Kon-Tiki (2012) and U Want Me 2 Kill Him? (2013).
Facts
Richard was married to actress Samantha Beckinsale in the early 1990s. Here he is on Twitter.

Henry Wood (Arthur) Born c.2001
Henry has also appeared in Breaking the Mould (2009). His mum is actor Annabel Cleare, who also appeared in this story.

CREW

Steven Moffat (writer) Born Nov 18 1961 Click here for Steven Moffat's entry on The Empty Child

Peter Hoar (director)
Career highlights
Peter's first directorial work was on Hollyoaks in 2002, after which he worked on Grange Hill (2004-05), Dream Team (2006), Wire in the Blood (2006-08), Spooks (2008), Mistresses (2008-09), Breaking the Mould (2009), Vera (2011-12), Shetland (2013), The Last Kingdom (2015-17), Da Vinci's Demons (2014-15), Daredevil (2016), Iron Fist (2017), The Defenders (2017), Altered Carbon (2018), The Umbrella Academy (2019) and It's a Sin (2021). He has also been producer on series such as Da Vinci's Demons, The Last Kingdom, The Umbrella Academy and It's a Sin. However, he started out as a location manager on Dressing for Breakfast (1998), The Wedding Tackle (2000) and Heartlands (2002).
Awards
2021: Royal Television Society Craft and Design Award for Best Director - Drama (It's a Sin)

Marcus Wilson (producer) Born Jul 4 1973 Click here for Marcus Wilson's entry on The Impossible Astronaut

Lindsey Alford (script executive) Click here for Lindsey Alford's entry on Daleks in Manhattan

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