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| The Doctor (Matt Smith) with a Dalek. Or is it somebody else in there...? |
First broadcast Sep 1 2012
Average audience for story: 8.33m + 2.19m iPlayer = 10.52m
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
Jenna Coleman (Oswin Oswald) Born Apr 27 1986
Doctor Who credits
Played: Oswin Oswald in Asylum of the Daleks (2012)
Played: Clara Oswald [Victorian splinter] in The Snowmen (2012)
Played: Clara Oswald [contemporary splinter] in The Snowmen, The Bells of Saint John, The Rings of Akhaten, Cold War, Hide, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, The Crimson Horror, Nightmare in Silver, She Said, He Said, The Name of the Doctor, The Day of the Doctor, The Time of the Doctor, Series 8, Last Christmas, Series 9, Twice Upon a Time (2012-15 & 2017). Jenna also played Clara in the DVD extra Clara and the TARDIS (2013, uncredited) and the Doctor Who Prom (2013).
Doctor Who credits
Played: Oswin Oswald in Asylum of the Daleks (2012)
Played: Clara Oswald [Victorian splinter] in The Snowmen (2012)
Played: Clara Oswald [contemporary splinter] in The Snowmen, The Bells of Saint John, The Rings of Akhaten, Cold War, Hide, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, The Crimson Horror, Nightmare in Silver, She Said, He Said, The Name of the Doctor, The Day of the Doctor, The Time of the Doctor, Series 8, Last Christmas, Series 9, Twice Upon a Time (2012-15 & 2017). Jenna also played Clara in the DVD extra Clara and the TARDIS (2013, uncredited) and the Doctor Who Prom (2013).
Credited as Jenna-Louise Coleman between The Snowmen and The Name of the Doctor; Jenna Coleman after that
Played: Bonnie in The Zygon Invasion/ The Zygon Inversion (2015)
Career highlights
Jenna debuted in the regular role of Jasmine Thomas in 180 episodes of rural soap Emmerdale (2005-09), followed by roles in Waterloo Road (2009), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Titanic (2012), Room at the Top (2012), Dancing on the Edge (2013), Death Comes to Pemberley (2013), Me Before You (2016), The Cry (2018), Inside No 9 (2020), The Serpent (2021) and The Sandman (2022). She also played Queen Victoria in 25 episodes of Victoria (2016-19).
Played: Bonnie in The Zygon Invasion/ The Zygon Inversion (2015)
Career highlights
Jenna debuted in the regular role of Jasmine Thomas in 180 episodes of rural soap Emmerdale (2005-09), followed by roles in Waterloo Road (2009), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Titanic (2012), Room at the Top (2012), Dancing on the Edge (2013), Death Comes to Pemberley (2013), Me Before You (2016), The Cry (2018), Inside No 9 (2020), The Serpent (2021) and The Sandman (2022). She also played Queen Victoria in 25 episodes of Victoria (2016-19).
Awards
2019: Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress (The Cry)
Facts
Jenna was named after the character played by Priscilla Presley in US soap Dallas. Jenna dated actor Richard Madden between 2011-15. She was rumoured to be dating Prince Harry in 2015, but denied this, claiming they were just friends; she subsequently became involved with her Victoria co-star Tom Hughes. Here she is on Twitter.
Facts
Jenna was named after the character played by Priscilla Presley in US soap Dallas. Jenna dated actor Richard Madden between 2011-15. She was rumoured to be dating Prince Harry in 2015, but denied this, claiming they were just friends; she subsequently became involved with her Victoria co-star Tom Hughes. Here she is on Twitter.
GUEST CAST
Nicholas Briggs (Voice of the Daleks) Born Sep 29 1961 Click here for Nicholas Briggs' entry on Rose
Barnaby Edwards (Dalek operator) Born Aug 20 1969 Click here for Barnaby Edwards' entry on Dalek
David Gyasi (Harvey) Born Jan 2 1980
Doctor Who credits
Played: Hospital patient in Torchwood: Combat (2006)
Played: Harvey in Asylum of the Daleks (2012)
Career highlights
David made his debut in 2003's What a Girl Wants, followed by roles in Goal (2003), Murder City (2004), Sea of Souls (2005), The Brief (2005), Mike Bassett: Manager (2005), Dream Team (2005-06), Coming Up (2007), Waking the Dead (2008), Apparitions (2008), Demons (2009), White Heat (2012), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Cloud Atlas (2012), Interstellar (2014), Containment (2015), Man in an Orange Shirt (2017), Hunter Killer (2018), Carnival Row (2019), Hell on the Border (2019), The A Word (2020) and Ear for Eye (2021). He also provided the voice of loco Mtambo in the children's series Chuggington (2008-20).
Facts
David was originally cast as the lead character of Ash in the BBC series The Interceptor (2015), but had to drop out through illness (O.T Fagbenle - who appeared in Silence in the Library in 2008 - got the role instead). Here's his Twitter feed!
Anamaria Marinca (Darla von Karlsen) Born Apr 1 1978
Career highlights
Romanian-born Anamaria made her credited debut in Sex Traffic (2004, after which she appeared in Hotel Babylon (2006), 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), The Last Enemy (2008), Storm (2009), The Countess (2009), Perfect Sense (2011), Wallander (2012), The Politician's Husband (2013), Fury (2014), Floride (2015), River (2015), The Girl with All the Gifts (2016), Maigret (2016), Ghost in the Shell (2017), Nico, 1988 (2017), Mars (2016-18), Tin Star (2019), Temple (2019-21), Invasion (2021), The Chelsea Detective (2022) and Deadline (2022). She also appeared as a presenter at the 2008 European Film Awards, and was a juror for the 2009 Sarajevo Film Festival and the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival.
Doctor Who credits
Played: Hospital patient in Torchwood: Combat (2006)
Played: Harvey in Asylum of the Daleks (2012)
Career highlights
David made his debut in 2003's What a Girl Wants, followed by roles in Goal (2003), Murder City (2004), Sea of Souls (2005), The Brief (2005), Mike Bassett: Manager (2005), Dream Team (2005-06), Coming Up (2007), Waking the Dead (2008), Apparitions (2008), Demons (2009), White Heat (2012), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Cloud Atlas (2012), Interstellar (2014), Containment (2015), Man in an Orange Shirt (2017), Hunter Killer (2018), Carnival Row (2019), Hell on the Border (2019), The A Word (2020) and Ear for Eye (2021). He also provided the voice of loco Mtambo in the children's series Chuggington (2008-20).
Facts
David was originally cast as the lead character of Ash in the BBC series The Interceptor (2015), but had to drop out through illness (O.T Fagbenle - who appeared in Silence in the Library in 2008 - got the role instead). Here's his Twitter feed!
Anamaria Marinca (Darla von Karlsen) Born Apr 1 1978
Career highlights
Romanian-born Anamaria made her credited debut in Sex Traffic (2004, after which she appeared in Hotel Babylon (2006), 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), The Last Enemy (2008), Storm (2009), The Countess (2009), Perfect Sense (2011), Wallander (2012), The Politician's Husband (2013), Fury (2014), Floride (2015), River (2015), The Girl with All the Gifts (2016), Maigret (2016), Ghost in the Shell (2017), Nico, 1988 (2017), Mars (2016-18), Tin Star (2019), Temple (2019-21), Invasion (2021), The Chelsea Detective (2022) and Deadline (2022). She also appeared as a presenter at the 2008 European Film Awards, and was a juror for the 2009 Sarajevo Film Festival and the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival.
Awards
2005: BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress (Sex Traffic)
2005: Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor - Female (Sex Traffic)
Facts
Here's Anamaria on Twitter.
Facts
Here's Anamaria on Twitter.
Nicholas Pegg (Dalek operator) Click here for Nicholas Pegg's entry on Bad Wolf
Naomi Ryan (Cassandra) Born May 24 1977
Career highlights
Naomi made her debut in 66 episodes of soap Coronation Street playing Bobbi Lewis (2000-02, occasionally credited as Naomi Russell), then appeared in Holby City (2005), Echo Beach (2008), The Bill (2009), EastEnders (2007/09), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Mr Selfridge (2015), From Darkness (2015), Guilt (2016) and Still Star-Crossed (2017). She also regularly played Lehann Evans in 39 episodes of the sitcom Mile High (2003-05), and Ashleigh King in 31 episodes of Dream Team (2005-06).
Facts
Here's Naomi on Twitter.
CREW
Steven Moffat (writer) Born Nov 18 1961 Click here for Steven Moffat's entry on The Empty Child
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
John Phillips (Assistant script editor)
Doctor Who credits
Assistant script editor: Asylum of the Daleks, The Power of Three, The Angels Take Manhattan, The Snowmen, The Bells of Saint John, The Rings of Akhaten, Cold War, Hide, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, The Crimson Horror, Nightmare in Silver (2012-13)
Script editor: The Name of the Doctor (2013)
Career highlights
John has also acted as production associate on Lip Service (2012) and MI High (2013), and script editor on Midsomer Murders (2013-14), Our Zoo (2014) and The Job Lot (2014). As a producer, he has worked on Lucky Man (2017), Endeavour (2018), Origin (2018) and Three Pines (2022).
Facts
In 2011 John gave some advice on script editing to The Ideas Tap.
Naomi Ryan (Cassandra) Born May 24 1977
Career highlights
Naomi made her debut in 66 episodes of soap Coronation Street playing Bobbi Lewis (2000-02, occasionally credited as Naomi Russell), then appeared in Holby City (2005), Echo Beach (2008), The Bill (2009), EastEnders (2007/09), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Mr Selfridge (2015), From Darkness (2015), Guilt (2016) and Still Star-Crossed (2017). She also regularly played Lehann Evans in 39 episodes of the sitcom Mile High (2003-05), and Ashleigh King in 31 episodes of Dream Team (2005-06).
Facts
Here's Naomi on Twitter.
CREW
Steven Moffat (writer) Born Nov 18 1961 Click here for Steven Moffat's entry on The Empty Child
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
John Phillips (Assistant script editor)
Doctor Who credits
Assistant script editor: Asylum of the Daleks, The Power of Three, The Angels Take Manhattan, The Snowmen, The Bells of Saint John, The Rings of Akhaten, Cold War, Hide, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, The Crimson Horror, Nightmare in Silver (2012-13)
Script editor: The Name of the Doctor (2013)
Career highlights
John has also acted as production associate on Lip Service (2012) and MI High (2013), and script editor on Midsomer Murders (2013-14), Our Zoo (2014) and The Job Lot (2014). As a producer, he has worked on Lucky Man (2017), Endeavour (2018), Origin (2018) and Three Pines (2022).
Facts
In 2011 John gave some advice on script editing to The Ideas Tap.
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