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| The girl who waited was also the girl who aged. Amy (Karen Gillan) with Rory (Arthur Darvill) |
First broadcast Sep 10 2011
Average audience for story: 7.60m + 1.21m iPlayer = 8.81m
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
Imelda Staunton (Voice of the Interface) Born Jan 9 1956
Career highlights
Imelda is one of the UK's most prolific and respected actors, making her screen debut in 1982's Easy Money, followed by roles in Comrades (1986), Ladies in Charge (1986), The Singing Detective (1986), Peter's Friends (1992), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), If You See God, Tell Him (1993), Citizen X (1995), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Shakespeare in Love (1998), David Copperfield (1999), Chicken Run (2000), Another Life (2001), Bright Young Things (2003), Strange (2003), Vera Drake (2004), Nanny McPhee (2005), Little Britain (2005), Another Year (2010), Psychoville (2010-11), The Awakening (2011), The Girl (2012), Pride (2014), Maleficent (2014), That Day We Sang (2014), Finding Your Feet (2019), Downton Abbey (2019), A Confession (2019), Amulet (2020) and Trying (2020-21). Recurring roles include Izzy in the sitcom Up the Garden Path (1990-93, for which she performed the title song of Ain't Misbehavin'), Stella Phelps in the sitcom Is It Legal? (1995-98), Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter film franchise (2007-2010), Octavia Pole in Cranford (2007-09) and Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown (2022).
Awards
1985: Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress (The Corn is Green & A Chorus of Disapproval)
1985: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role (The Corn is Green & A Chorus of Disapproval)
1991: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical (Into the Woods)
2004: British Independent Film Award for Best Actress (Vera Drake)
2005: BAFTA Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Vera Drake)
2006: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama
2013: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical (Sweeney Todd)
2005: BAFTA Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Vera Drake)
2006: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama
2013: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical (Sweeney Todd)
2014: British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress (Pride)
2015: Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical Performance (Gypsy)
2016: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical (Gypsy)
2016: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama
Facts
Imelda was also nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her role in Vera Drake, and has been nominated for a BAFTA three other times - for Cranford, The Girl, and Pride. Her husband is actor Jim Carter, best known for his role in Downton Abbey.
2016: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama
Facts
Imelda was also nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her role in Vera Drake, and has been nominated for a BAFTA three other times - for Cranford, The Girl, and Pride. Her husband is actor Jim Carter, best known for his role in Downton Abbey.
Josie Taylor (Check-in girl) Born Apr 14 1983
Career highlights
Debuted in Midsomer Murders (2009), then Tamara Drewe (2010), Hollyoaks (2012), Casualty (2013), Youth (2015), The Carrier (2015), Lexi & Lottie: Trusty Twin Detectives (2016-17), Berry Bees (2019) and The Show (2020). She also provided the voice of Mimi in the series Boj (2014).
Facts
Josie's father is writer and historian Frederick Taylor, an expert in modern German history who has written authoritative books on Goebbels, Hitler and the Berlin Wall.
CREW
Nick Hurran (director) Born 1959
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Girl Who Waited (2011), The God Complex (2011), Asylum of the Daleks (2012), The Angels Take Manhattan (2012), The Day of the Doctor (2013)
Career highlights
Nick started out as a floor manager on the children's anthology series Dramarama (1983-84), as well as Lytton's Diary (1985), Chance in a Million (1984-86) and The Bill (1987/88). His screen directing career began on the quiz show Telly Addicts in the late 1980s, after which he secured work on Never the Twain (1989-90), Big Break (1991), Boon (1992), Outside Edge (1994-96), Virtual Sexuality (1999), The Last Detective (2003), Bonekickers (2008), The Prisoner (2009), Sherlock (2014/17), Fortitude (2015), Minority Report (2015), Childhood's End (2015), Travelers (2016), Altered Carbon (2018) and Devils (2020). Nick has also acted as director/ producer on Walk Away and I Stumble (2005) and A Class Apart (2007), as well as The Last Detective (2003-07).
Facts
Nick's wife is TV producer Michele Buck. Here's Nick 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
Career highlights
Debuted in Midsomer Murders (2009), then Tamara Drewe (2010), Hollyoaks (2012), Casualty (2013), Youth (2015), The Carrier (2015), Lexi & Lottie: Trusty Twin Detectives (2016-17), Berry Bees (2019) and The Show (2020). She also provided the voice of Mimi in the series Boj (2014).
Facts
Josie's father is writer and historian Frederick Taylor, an expert in modern German history who has written authoritative books on Goebbels, Hitler and the Berlin Wall.
CREW
Tom MacRae (writer) Born Aug 6 1977
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel (2006), The Girl Who Waited (2011), The Crash of the Elysium (2011, theatre experience)
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel (2006), The Girl Who Waited (2011), The Crash of the Elysium (2011, theatre experience)
Career highlights
Tom's first scripting work was the TV movie School's Out in 2002, after which he put pen to paper for Coming Up (2003), Mayo (2006), Agatha Christie's Marple (2007), Lewis (2008), Bonekickers (2008), Pulse (2010), Casualty (2010), Fungus the Bogeyman (2015), The Librarians (2016-18, which he also co-produced), Kolmistaan (2017-19) and Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021) . He also created and wrote the sitcom Threesome (2011-12).
Tom's first scripting work was the TV movie School's Out in 2002, after which he put pen to paper for Coming Up (2003), Mayo (2006), Agatha Christie's Marple (2007), Lewis (2008), Bonekickers (2008), Pulse (2010), Casualty (2010), Fungus the Bogeyman (2015), The Librarians (2016-18, which he also co-produced), Kolmistaan (2017-19) and Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021) . He also created and wrote the sitcom Threesome (2011-12).
Facts
Tom was commissioned to write a story for Doctor Who's 2008 series called Century House, but this was cancelled as it was too similar in tone to another story that year. He has also written children's picture books. Here's his Twitter.
Tom was commissioned to write a story for Doctor Who's 2008 series called Century House, but this was cancelled as it was too similar in tone to another story that year. He has also written children's picture books. Here's his Twitter.
Nick Hurran (director) Born 1959
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Girl Who Waited (2011), The God Complex (2011), Asylum of the Daleks (2012), The Angels Take Manhattan (2012), The Day of the Doctor (2013)
Career highlights
Nick started out as a floor manager on the children's anthology series Dramarama (1983-84), as well as Lytton's Diary (1985), Chance in a Million (1984-86) and The Bill (1987/88). His screen directing career began on the quiz show Telly Addicts in the late 1980s, after which he secured work on Never the Twain (1989-90), Big Break (1991), Boon (1992), Outside Edge (1994-96), Virtual Sexuality (1999), The Last Detective (2003), Bonekickers (2008), The Prisoner (2009), Sherlock (2014/17), Fortitude (2015), Minority Report (2015), Childhood's End (2015), Travelers (2016), Altered Carbon (2018) and Devils (2020). Nick has also acted as director/ producer on Walk Away and I Stumble (2005) and A Class Apart (2007), as well as The Last Detective (2003-07).
Facts
Nick's wife is TV producer Michele Buck. Here's Nick 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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