Monday, October 05, 2015

Let's Kill Hitler

Amy (Karen Gillan), the Doctor (Matt
Smith) and Rory (Arthur Darvill) have
just read the awful news...
One episode (Let's Kill Hitler)
First broadcast Aug 27 2011
Average audience for story: 8.10m + 1.59m iPlayer = 9.69m

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

Eva Alexander (Nurse) Born Aug 9 1976
Career highlights
Sometimes credited as Sara-Jane Alexander, Eva debuted in Franco Zeffirelli's Sparrow (1993), then The Brief (2004), Casualty (2005), EastEnders (2007), Hounded (2010), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010), Topsy and Tim (2014), Cuffs (2015) and Sing and Dance with CBeebies (2019). She also played Ella in 27 episodes of The Mysti Show (2004-05) and Gill/ Gekina in Hounded (2010).
Facts
Eva briefly worked as a continuity announcer on the CBeebies channel in 2006. Her husband is American actor Cory English.

Paul Bentley (Professor Candy) Born Jul 25 1942
Career highlights
Debuted in The Last Escape (1970), followed by roles in Dead of Night (1972), HMS Pinafore (1985), Rumpole of the Bailey (1991), Crime Traveller (1997), Band of Brothers (2001), Chucklevision (2006), The Iron Lady (2011), Game of Thrones (2013-15, as High Septon) and The Nevers (2021).
Facts
Paul is also a writer, having penned the book and lyrics for the musical Shylock (1974), the libretto for The Handmaid's Tale (1994), and the novel The Man Who Came After Hyacinth Bobo (2014). Paul's sister Ursula was a novelist, writer of books such as The Natural Order, Private Accounts and The Sloping Experience. In 1992 Paul was a contestant on Mastermind, where his specialist subject was the life and works of King Ludwig II of Bavaria (he lost in the first round).

Caitlin Blackwood (Amelia Pond) Born Jun 23 2000
Doctor Who credits
Played: Amelia Pond in The Eleventh Hour (2010), The Big Bang (2010), Let's Kill Hitler (2011), The God Complex (2011), The Angels Take Manhattan (2012, uncredited), The Time of the Doctor (2013, uncredited)
Career highlights
Caitlin's other acting work includes Cops and Monsters (2014), Sundown (2018) and Lost at Christmas (2020).
Facts
Caitlin is actress Karen Gillan's cousin in real life, but the first time they ever met was on set for Doctor Who. Here she is on Twitter.

Tor Clark (Female teacher) Born 1979
Career highlights
Debuted in Hustle (2010), then The Bill (2010), Holby City (2013), Not Going Out (2014), Humans (2015), Casualty (2017), Intrigo (2018-19), Des (2020) and Asylum (2022).
Facts
Tor might also be recognised from her appearance in a 2010 TV commercial for Plenty kitchen paper.

Amy Cudden (Anita) Born 1980
Career highlights
Amy's further work includes Casualty (2008-09/20), The Bill (2009), Vera (2011), Holby City (2013/16), Doctors (2015) and The Girlfriend Experience (2021).
Facts
Amy's sister Lucy Cudden is also an actor. Here's Amy on Twitter.

Richard Dillane (Carter) Born 1964
Doctor Who credits
Played: Carter in Let's Kill Hitler (2011), The Wedding of River Song (2011)
Career highlights
Richard's break came with the role of Sergeant Brad Connor in Soldier Soldier (1995), followed by work in Men Behaving Badly (1997), The Grand (1998), Big Women (1998), Seeing Red (2000), Cold Feet (2000), Red Cap (2003), Spartacus (2004), De-Lovely (2004), The Jacket (2005), Space Race (2005), Lewis (2007), Rome (2007), Spooks (2007), The Edge of Love (2008), The Dark Knight (2008), Oranges and Sunshine (2010), The Dinosaur Project (2012), Argo (2012), Atlantis (2013), Wolf Hall (2015), Endeavour (2016), Peaky Blinders (2016), Against the Law (2017), The White Princess (2017), The Last Post (2017), Outlander (2017), West of Liberty (2019), Twice Upon a Time (2019), The Last Kingdom (2020), Young Wallander (2020), Call the Midwife (2021) and Father Brown (2022). He also had the regular role of Sean Anderson in Casualty (2008-10).
Facts
Richard has also worked as a white water rafting guide in Tasmania. He is married to actress Jayne McKenna, while his brother is actor Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones) and his nephew is actor Frank Dillane (Fear the Walking Dead).

Davood Ghadami (Jim) Born Aug 7 1982
Career highlights
Davood made his debut in The Bill in 2005, followed by roles in Red Mercury (2005), Spooks (2006), The Omid Djalili Show (2007), Bloody Foreigners (2010), Taggart (2010), Top Boy (2011), John Carter (2012), Skins (2013), Doctors (2009/12-13), Casualty (2005/13-14), Desert Dancer (2014) and The Chelsea Detective (2022). In 2014, he became a regular on soap EastEnders, playing Kush Kazemi (whose mum was played by Doctor Who's own Bonnie Langford!) in over 600 episodes. Between 2021-22 Davood regularly played Eli Ebrahimi in Holby City. In 2017, he was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, finishing in the quarter-finals.
Facts
Davood's father Mohammad is a high profile property owner and developer in Harlow, UK, and in 2011 launched a High Court battle against Harlow Council, accusing the authority of racial discrimination and violating his human rights. It wasn't Mr Ghadami's first disagreement with the council: in 2004 he won a High Court fight to prevent the authority extending Harlow's shopping centre. In 2014, property investor Paul Bloomfield was ordered to pay former associate Mr Ghadami £110m in damages by a London court. Davood is the godfather of his EastEnders co-star James Bye's son Hugo. Here's Davood on Twitter.

Maya Glace-Green (Young Mels)
This is Maya's only credit. Maya is now an accountant.

Ella Kenion (Harriet) Born Jun 18 1969
Career highlights
Ella debuted in Men of the World in 1995, after which she found work in Witness Against Hitler (1996), We Know Where You Live (1997), Black Books (2002), Hardware (2003-04), Swinging (2005), The Catherine Tate Show (2004-05), The Impressionists (2006), Fear of Fanny (2006), Criminal Justice (2009), Gates (2012), Swashbuckle (2013), Episodes (2014-15), New Tricks (2015), Episodes (2014-17), Detectorists (2017), Stan and Ollie (2018), Warren (2019), The Duchess (2020), The Outlaws (2021) and Four Lives (2022). Recurring roles include Tara/ Vera in The Pinky and Perky Show (2008-09), Mrs Cakeworthy in The Green Green Grass (2005-09), the voice of Stella in Q Pootle 5 (2013-14), various characters in The Hive (2010-15) and Captain Sinker in Swashbuckle (2013-15).
Facts
Ella was once a newsreader for talkSPORT radio. After contracting the intestinal bug yersinia while visiting the United States in 1987, Ella suffered with crippling arthritis (Reiter's syndrome) for many years, at times unable to walk without crutches. Her disability led to her putting on weight, but after recovering from the arthritis she lost 6 stone thanks to Weight Watchers. Ella's father is actor Geoffrey Kenion, who had a regular role in Dixon of Dock Green in the 1960s. In a 2012 interview, Ella was asked what her biggest faux pas was: "Spending 10 minutes with this lovely lady slagging off some guy I'd just been working with on Doctor Who, only for her to tell me I was talking about her husband. Why didn't she stop me?!" Here she is on Twitter.

Mark Killeen (German officer) Born 1986
Career highlights
Debuted in Waking the Dead (2005), then appeared in Rise of the Footsoldier (2007), Miranda (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), The Sweeney (2012), Game of Thrones (2013), 300: Rise of an Empire (2014), Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist (2014), Risen (2016), The Batman (2022) and Liaison (2022).
Facts
Mark appeared in Guinness's promo for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Some Are Made of More. Here's Mark's Twitter.

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

Philip Rham (Zimmerman)
Career highlights
Philip debuted in 102 Boulevard Haussmann (1990), followed by Five Children and It (1991), Element of Doubt (1996), Dream Team (2001), Band of Brothers (2001), Jericho (2005), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), The IT Crowd (2007), Woman in Gold (2015) and X Company (2015).
Facts
Before becoming an actor, Philip was a professional cellist and singer. He also works as a translator, having studied languages in Italy.

Nina Toussaint-White (Mels) Born 1985
Career highlights
Nina debuted in a 2007 episode of Casualty, followed by Primeval (2009), Whitechapel (2012), Switch (2012), Holby City (2012/14), Uncle (2014-17), Emmerdale (2016), Bodyguard (2018), GameFace (2017-19), The Feed (2019), Midsomer Murders (2019) and The Sister (2020). She also regularly played Sydney Chambers in soap EastEnders (2009).
Facts
In February 2009, the Mirror tabloid newspaper ran a story attempting to discredit Nina by quoting from her defunct MySpace page, saying she liked to get drunk, had beaten somebody up, and took soft drugs. Here's Nina's Twitter account.

Albert Welling (Adolf Hitler) Born Feb 29 1952
Career highlights
Prolific Albert's debut came in a 1976 episode of Z Cars, followed by London Belongs to Me (1977), Secret Army (1977), The Sweeney (1978), Telford's Change (1979), Buccaneer (1980), Oppenheimer (1980), Squadron (1982), The Consultant (1983), Mixed Doubles (1985), Shine On Harvey Moon (1984-85), Raspberry Ripple (1986), Hannay (1988), Snakes and Ladders (1989), Wish Me Luck (1990), Moon and Son (1992), The Day Today (1994), Drop the Dead Donkey (1994), Kavanagh QC (1995-96), Bugs (1996), Brass Eye (1997), Wilde (1997), Underworld (1997), Wire in the Blood (2002), My Dad's the Prime Minister (2003-04), The Line of Beauty (2006), Hindenburg (2007), Cemetery Junction (2010), Endeavour (2013), Taboo (2017), Outlander (2018), Succession (2019 and Mothering Sunday (2021). He may also be remembered as the Rev Kevin Bulstrode in Paradise Postponed (1986) and Titmuss Regained (1991).

Ezekiel Wigglesworth (Young Rory)
This is Ezekiel's only credit.

CREW

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

Richard Senior (director) Born Sep 24 1980
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Space/ Time (2011), Let's Kill Hitler and its prelude (2011), Doctor Who Prom video inserts (2013) Richard also directed the pre-titles Doctor Who scene for the 2011 National Television Awards, the Night and the Doctor DVD extras (2011), and the filmed inserts for the 2010 and 2013 Doctor Who Proms.
Second unit director: The Day of the Doctor (2013, uncredited)
Career highlights
Richard's other directing work includes MI High (2013-14), Our Girl (2014), The Interceptor (2015), Silent Witness (2016), Poldark (2016), Hard Sun (2018), Humans (2018) and Tell Me Everything (2022). However, he started out as a floor/ production runner on The Eustace Brothers (2003), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Alexander (2004), The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Down to Earth (2005) and Batman Begins (2005).
Facts
Richard also used to edit and direct promotional trailers for the BBC, including Doctor Who. He is the first director in Doctor Who history to make his professional directorial debut on the series. Here he is 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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