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| The Doctor (Matt Smith) just wants to be left alone |
First broadcast Dec 25 2012
Average audience for story: 9.87m + 1.42m iPlayer = 11.29m
REGULAR CAST
Matt Smith (The Doctor) Born Oct 28 1982 Click here for Matt Smith's entry on The End of Time
Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald) Born Apr 27 1986 Click here for Jenna Coleman's entry on Asylum of the Daleks
GUEST CAST
Ben Addis (Bob Chilcott) Born 1980
Career highlights
Debuted in King Lear (2008), then Consuming Passion (2008), Lewis (2010), The Decoy Bride (2011), Hugo (2011), Vera (2013), The Musketeers (2015), Judge Rinder's Crown Court (2017), Hollyoaks (2019-21), Ted's Top Ten (2021) and The Girl Before (2021).
Facts
Here's Ben on Twitter.
Ben Addis (Bob Chilcott) Born 1980
Career highlights
Debuted in King Lear (2008), then Consuming Passion (2008), Lewis (2010), The Decoy Bride (2011), Hugo (2011), Vera (2013), The Musketeers (2015), Judge Rinder's Crown Court (2017), Hollyoaks (2019-21), Ted's Top Ten (2021) and The Girl Before (2021).
Facts
Here's Ben on Twitter.
Juliet Cadzow (Voice of the Ice Governess) Born May 9 1951
Career highlights
Juliet's career began with the 1972 short The Duna Bull, followed by roles in The View from Daniel Pike (1973), The Wicker Man (1973), Doom Castle (1980), Scotch & Wry (1980), Brond (1987), Venus Peter (1989), The Campbells (1990), I, Lovett (1993), Roughnecks (1994), Hamish Macbeth (1996), Nightlife (1996), The Baldy Man (1997), Beautiful Creatures (2000), Still Game (2006), Skins (2012), Ceremony (2014) and Molly and Mack (2018/21). Her most high profile role is playing Edie McCredie in the children's show Balamory (2002-05), and more recently Suzie Fraser in Scottish soap River City (2017-22).
Facts
Juliet's husband was the theatre writer and actor David MacLennan. She started her career alongside comedian Billy Connolly in The Great Northern Welly Boot Show.
Jim Conway (Uncle Josh)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Man in Torchwood: Miracle Day (The Categories of Life) (2011)
Played: Uncle Josh in The Snowmen (2012)
Career highlights
Debuted in London's Burning (1997), then Turn the World Down (2001), Law and Order UK (2011), Skyfall (2012), Dancing on the Edge (2013), Sherlock (2014), Call the Midwife (2014), Fergie Time (2016), The Bromley Boys (2018), EastEnders (2020), Small World (2021) and Death of Zygielboym (2021). He also had the role of Monk in the Doctor Who fan-made spin-off Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor (2019).
Career highlights
Juliet's career began with the 1972 short The Duna Bull, followed by roles in The View from Daniel Pike (1973), The Wicker Man (1973), Doom Castle (1980), Scotch & Wry (1980), Brond (1987), Venus Peter (1989), The Campbells (1990), I, Lovett (1993), Roughnecks (1994), Hamish Macbeth (1996), Nightlife (1996), The Baldy Man (1997), Beautiful Creatures (2000), Still Game (2006), Skins (2012), Ceremony (2014) and Molly and Mack (2018/21). Her most high profile role is playing Edie McCredie in the children's show Balamory (2002-05), and more recently Suzie Fraser in Scottish soap River City (2017-22).
Facts
Juliet's husband was the theatre writer and actor David MacLennan. She started her career alongside comedian Billy Connolly in The Great Northern Welly Boot Show.
Jim Conway (Uncle Josh)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Man in Torchwood: Miracle Day (The Categories of Life) (2011)
Played: Uncle Josh in The Snowmen (2012)
Career highlights
Debuted in London's Burning (1997), then Turn the World Down (2001), Law and Order UK (2011), Skyfall (2012), Dancing on the Edge (2013), Sherlock (2014), Call the Midwife (2014), Fergie Time (2016), The Bromley Boys (2018), EastEnders (2020), Small World (2021) and Death of Zygielboym (2021). He also had the role of Monk in the Doctor Who fan-made spin-off Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor (2019).
Ellie Darcey-Alden (Francesca) Born Sep 4 1999
Career highlights
Ellie debuted uncredited in Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008), then Robin Hood (2009), Holby City (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow Part 2 (2011), Pranks (2012), Welcome to the Punch (2013), Borgia (2013), How to Identify a Serial Killer (2019) and Deadly Payback (2020). A disproportionately expansive Wikipedia entry for Ellie can be found here. She now lives in California in the US. Here she is on Twitter.
Career highlights
Ellie debuted uncredited in Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008), then Robin Hood (2009), Holby City (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow Part 2 (2011), Pranks (2012), Welcome to the Punch (2013), Borgia (2013), How to Identify a Serial Killer (2019) and Deadly Payback (2020). A disproportionately expansive Wikipedia entry for Ellie can be found here. She now lives in California in the US. Here she is on Twitter.
Joseph Darcey-Alden (Digby) Born Feb 18 2002
Career highlights
Joseph's other work includes the shorts Pranks (2012) and Waxwing (2013). He also played The Boy in a stage adaptation of Raymond Briggs' The Snowman in London. His sister is Ellie Darcey-Alden, who appears as his sister in this story, and Joseph's Twitter can be found here. He now lives in California in the US.
Career highlights
Joseph's other work includes the shorts Pranks (2012) and Waxwing (2013). He also played The Boy in a stage adaptation of Raymond Briggs' The Snowman in London. His sister is Ellie Darcey-Alden, who appears as his sister in this story, and Joseph's Twitter can be found here. He now lives in California in the US.
Annabelle Dowler (Walter's mother) Born 1974
Career highlights
Other work includes The Six Wives of Henry VIII (2001), The Bill (2003), Lewis (2009), Silent Witness (2010), Doctors (2014), Suffragette (2015), The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016), Sense8 (2017) and Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019). Annabelle has also played the part of Kirsty Miller in BBC radio soap The Archers since 2001.
Facts
Here's Annabelle on Twitter.
Richard E Grant (Dr Simeon/ The Great Intelligence) Born May 5 1957
Doctor Who credits
Played: The Doctor in Scream of the Shalka (2003, animation)
Played: Dr Simeon/ The Great Intelligence in The Snowmen (2012), The Bells of Saint John (2013), The Name of the Doctor (2013)
He also played the Doctor in the 1999 Comic Relief Doctor Who spoof The Curse of Fatal Death
Career highlights
Born in Swaziland as Richard Grant Esterhuysen, he made his screen acting debut in Sweet Sixteen (1983), after which he landed his breakthrough role as Withnail in the film Withnail & I (1987). After this he appeared in Hidden City (1987), Codename: Kyril (1988), How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989), Warlock (1989), LA Story (1991), Hudson Hawk (1991), Dracula (1992), The Age of Innocence (1993), Absolutely Fabulous (1994), Hard Times (1994), Jack and Sarah (1995), Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1995), Karaoke (1996), Cold Lazarus (1996), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), Spice World (1997), The Match (1999), A Christmas Carol (1999), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999-2000), Gosford Park (2001), Posh Nosh (2003), Bright Young Things (2003), Frasier (2004), Color Me Kubrick (2005), Penelope (2006), Mumbai Calling (2008), The Crimson Petal and the White (2011), Rev (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Girls (2014), Downton Abbey (2014), Psychobitches (2014), Dig (2015), Jekyll and Hyde (2015-16), Game of Thrones (2016), Logan (2017), The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017), Hang Ups (2018), A Series of Unfortunate Events (2019), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), The Spine of Night (2021), The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021), Loki (2021) and The Outlaws (2021-22). He has also occasionally acted as a host/ presenter, including at the 1996 BAFTAs, The Works (1996), MTV Europe Music Awards (1996), BBC Proms (2007), The History of Safari (2010), Dirty Weekenders in France (2014) and Hotel Secrets (2012-14).
Facts
Richard had many brushes with Doctor Who before being in the programme itself. In 1987, he starred opposite Eighth Doctor Paul McGann in Withnail & I, and 20 years later co-starred with him again in the short film Always Crashing in the Same Car. In 1995, Richard played the title role in the Oscar-winning short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, directed by Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi. Richard also appeared as himself in the 2001 film Strictly Sinatra, which was written and directed by Capaldi. In 2003, he shared billing with Tenth Doctor David Tennant on no fewer than four productions - two episodes of Posh Nosh (incidentally also starring Big Finish audio Doctor Arabella Weir), the film Bright Young Things, and the BBC animated Doctor Who story Scream of the Shalka, in which Richard provided the voice and likeness of the Doctor (subsequently labelled an 'alternative Ninth Doctor'), and David voiced the caretaker. And, of course, Richard also appeared as one of the many incarnations of the Doctor (an 'alternative Tenth Doctor', in fact) in the 1999 Comic Relief Doctor Who spoof The Curse of Fatal Death, written by Steven Moffat.
Until her death in 2021, Richard was married to dialogue/ dialect coach Joan Washington, who worked on productions such as Crimson Peak, the Star Wars prequels (she is responsible for Ewan McGregor's impression of Alec Guinness...) and Schindler's List. Richard's father Henrik was the last Minister of Education in the British colony of Swaziland before its independence in 1968. Richard was a guest at the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles in 2005. Ironically, bearing in mind his role in Withnail & I, Richard is allergic to alcohol (he can only keep it down for 10 minutes before being ill for 24 hours). Richard has kept a daily diary since the age of 10, inspired to do so after witnessing his mother commit adultery with his father's best friend on the back seat of a car. In 2014, Richard launched his own fragrance, JACK. Here's Reg (as he's also known) on Twitter.
Daniel Hyde (Lead workman) Born Sep 25 1975
Career highlights
Daniel made his earliest screen appearance in The Bill (2000), then London's Burning (2001), Hollyoaks (2003/05), Casualty (2005), Family Affairs (2005), Dream Team (2007), Clubbing to Death (2008) and Mr Sloane (2014).
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.
Career highlights
Other work includes The Six Wives of Henry VIII (2001), The Bill (2003), Lewis (2009), Silent Witness (2010), Doctors (2014), Suffragette (2015), The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016), Sense8 (2017) and Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019). Annabelle has also played the part of Kirsty Miller in BBC radio soap The Archers since 2001.
Facts
Here's Annabelle on Twitter.
Richard E Grant (Dr Simeon/ The Great Intelligence) Born May 5 1957
Doctor Who credits
Played: The Doctor in Scream of the Shalka (2003, animation)
Played: Dr Simeon/ The Great Intelligence in The Snowmen (2012), The Bells of Saint John (2013), The Name of the Doctor (2013)
He also played the Doctor in the 1999 Comic Relief Doctor Who spoof The Curse of Fatal Death
Career highlights
Born in Swaziland as Richard Grant Esterhuysen, he made his screen acting debut in Sweet Sixteen (1983), after which he landed his breakthrough role as Withnail in the film Withnail & I (1987). After this he appeared in Hidden City (1987), Codename: Kyril (1988), How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989), Warlock (1989), LA Story (1991), Hudson Hawk (1991), Dracula (1992), The Age of Innocence (1993), Absolutely Fabulous (1994), Hard Times (1994), Jack and Sarah (1995), Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1995), Karaoke (1996), Cold Lazarus (1996), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), Spice World (1997), The Match (1999), A Christmas Carol (1999), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999-2000), Gosford Park (2001), Posh Nosh (2003), Bright Young Things (2003), Frasier (2004), Color Me Kubrick (2005), Penelope (2006), Mumbai Calling (2008), The Crimson Petal and the White (2011), Rev (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Girls (2014), Downton Abbey (2014), Psychobitches (2014), Dig (2015), Jekyll and Hyde (2015-16), Game of Thrones (2016), Logan (2017), The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017), Hang Ups (2018), A Series of Unfortunate Events (2019), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), The Spine of Night (2021), The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021), Loki (2021) and The Outlaws (2021-22). He has also occasionally acted as a host/ presenter, including at the 1996 BAFTAs, The Works (1996), MTV Europe Music Awards (1996), BBC Proms (2007), The History of Safari (2010), Dirty Weekenders in France (2014) and Hotel Secrets (2012-14).
Facts
Richard had many brushes with Doctor Who before being in the programme itself. In 1987, he starred opposite Eighth Doctor Paul McGann in Withnail & I, and 20 years later co-starred with him again in the short film Always Crashing in the Same Car. In 1995, Richard played the title role in the Oscar-winning short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, directed by Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi. Richard also appeared as himself in the 2001 film Strictly Sinatra, which was written and directed by Capaldi. In 2003, he shared billing with Tenth Doctor David Tennant on no fewer than four productions - two episodes of Posh Nosh (incidentally also starring Big Finish audio Doctor Arabella Weir), the film Bright Young Things, and the BBC animated Doctor Who story Scream of the Shalka, in which Richard provided the voice and likeness of the Doctor (subsequently labelled an 'alternative Ninth Doctor'), and David voiced the caretaker. And, of course, Richard also appeared as one of the many incarnations of the Doctor (an 'alternative Tenth Doctor', in fact) in the 1999 Comic Relief Doctor Who spoof The Curse of Fatal Death, written by Steven Moffat.
Until her death in 2021, Richard was married to dialogue/ dialect coach Joan Washington, who worked on productions such as Crimson Peak, the Star Wars prequels (she is responsible for Ewan McGregor's impression of Alec Guinness...) and Schindler's List. Richard's father Henrik was the last Minister of Education in the British colony of Swaziland before its independence in 1968. Richard was a guest at the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles in 2005. Ironically, bearing in mind his role in Withnail & I, Richard is allergic to alcohol (he can only keep it down for 10 minutes before being ill for 24 hours). Richard has kept a daily diary since the age of 10, inspired to do so after witnessing his mother commit adultery with his father's best friend on the back seat of a car. In 2014, Richard launched his own fragrance, JACK. Here's Reg (as he's also known) on Twitter.
Daniel Hyde (Lead workman) Born Sep 25 1975
Career highlights
Daniel made his earliest screen appearance in The Bill (2000), then London's Burning (2001), Hollyoaks (2003/05), Casualty (2005), Family Affairs (2005), Dream Team (2007), Clubbing to Death (2008) and Mr Sloane (2014).
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.
Ian McKellen (Voice of the Great Intelligence) Born May 25 1939
Career highlights
Sir Ian McKellen is one of the most famous and respected British actors in the world, but his screen acting career began with 1964's The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling, followed by Sunday Out of Season (1965), David Copperfield (1966), Alfred the Great (1969), Edward II (1970), Dying Day (1980), Priest of Love (1981), Walter (1982), Walter and June (1982), The Keep (1983), Scandal (1989), Last Action Hero (1993), Tales of the City (1993), The Shadow (1994), Jack and Sarah (1995), Richard III (1995, which he also adapted for screen), Restoration (1995), Bent (1997), Gods and Monsters (1998), Emile (2003), Asylum (2005), Coronation Street (2005), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Extras (2006), King Lear (2008), The Prisoner (2009), Mr Holmes (2015), The Dresser (2015), Look Back in Anger (2016), Beauty and the Beast (2017), All is True (2018), Cats (2019) and Infinitum: Subject Unknown (2021). He has also played Freddie Thornhill in the sitcom Vicious (2013-16), but is most known for playing the villain Magneto in the X-Men film franchise since 2000 and wizard Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies (2001-03 & 2012-14).
Awards
1977: Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival (Pillars of the Community)
1978: Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance (The Alchemist)
1979: Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play (Bent)
1979: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama
1981: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (Amadeus)
Career highlights
Sir Ian McKellen is one of the most famous and respected British actors in the world, but his screen acting career began with 1964's The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling, followed by Sunday Out of Season (1965), David Copperfield (1966), Alfred the Great (1969), Edward II (1970), Dying Day (1980), Priest of Love (1981), Walter (1982), Walter and June (1982), The Keep (1983), Scandal (1989), Last Action Hero (1993), Tales of the City (1993), The Shadow (1994), Jack and Sarah (1995), Richard III (1995, which he also adapted for screen), Restoration (1995), Bent (1997), Gods and Monsters (1998), Emile (2003), Asylum (2005), Coronation Street (2005), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Extras (2006), King Lear (2008), The Prisoner (2009), Mr Holmes (2015), The Dresser (2015), Look Back in Anger (2016), Beauty and the Beast (2017), All is True (2018), Cats (2019) and Infinitum: Subject Unknown (2021). He has also played Freddie Thornhill in the sitcom Vicious (2013-16), but is most known for playing the villain Magneto in the X-Men film franchise since 2000 and wizard Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies (2001-03 & 2012-14).
Awards
1977: Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival (Pillars of the Community)
1978: Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance (The Alchemist)
1979: Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play (Bent)
1979: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama
1981: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (Amadeus)
1983: Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance (Walter)
1984: Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival (Wild Honey)
1984: Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival (Wild Honey)
1984: Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor (Coriolanus)
1989: Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor (Othello)
1991: Olivier Award for Best Actor (Richard III)
1991: Knight Bachelor of the order of the British Empire (KBE) for services to drama
1996: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Television (Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny)
1991: Olivier Award for Best Actor (Richard III)
1991: Knight Bachelor of the order of the British Empire (KBE) for services to drama
1996: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Television (Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny)
1997: Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (Rasputin)
1999: British Independent Film Award for Best Actor (Gods and Monsters)
2003: British Independent Film Award Variety Award
2006: Olivier Award - Society's Special Award
2008: Companion of Honour for services to drama and equality
2006: Olivier Award - Society's Special Award
2008: Companion of Honour for services to drama and equality
2020: Special Laurence Olivier Award (Ian McKellen on Stage)
Facts
Ian plays the vampire in the Pet Shop Boys music video for Heart (1987), and also appeared in the videos for the Guillemots' Falling Out of Reach (2008) and George Ezra's Listen to the Man (2014). Ian also provided a spoken vocal for the Scissor Sisters track Invisible Light (2010). In 2006 he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Facts
Ian plays the vampire in the Pet Shop Boys music video for Heart (1987), and also appeared in the videos for the Guillemots' Falling Out of Reach (2008) and George Ezra's Listen to the Man (2014). Ian also provided a spoken vocal for the Scissor Sisters track Invisible Light (2010). In 2006 he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Sophie Miller-Sheen (Clara's friend)
Career highlights
Other work includes Misfits (2011), Whitechapel (2013), The Rizen (2017) and The Rizen: POssession (2019).
Career highlights
Other work includes Misfits (2011), Whitechapel (2013), The Rizen (2017) and The Rizen: POssession (2019).
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).
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).
Cameron Strefford (Walter) Born 2002
Career highlights
Cameron's only other credit is Les Miserables (2012), as Gavroche's urchin, but he has also appeared on the West End stage in The Wizard of Oz and Singin' in the Rain, and in 2013 appeared as a young reviewer on ITV's This Morning. His mother Anthea Strefford used to work as a production coordinator for the BBC.
Tom Ward (Captain Latimer) Born Jan 11 1971
Career highlights
Tom made his screen debut in The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991), followed by Lethal Justice (1991), Pride and Prejudice (1995), Island (1996), The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996), Vanity Fair (1998), Anna Karenina (2000), Quills (2000), The Lost World (2001), Hawking (2004), Death in Paradise (2013), Death Comes to Pemberley (2013), The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015-17) and Harry Price: Ghost Hunter (2015). He also played Dr Harry Cunningham in almost 100 episodes of Silent Witness (2002-12). He has more recently moved into narration, lending his voice to series such as History's Greatest Hoaxes (2016), Supernatural Nazis (2017) and Abandoned Engineering (2017-21).
Facts
In 2005, Tom was a contestant (and winner) on Celebrity Mastermind, his specialist subject being poet Philip Larkin. Tom's father is poet John Powell Ward, who presented Poetry Now on BBC radio between 1977-84.
Liz White (Alice) Born Nov 5 1979
Career highlights
Debuted in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (2002), then Always and Everyone (2002), Ultimate Force (2002-03), Teachers (2003), Vera Drake (2004), A Thing Called Love (2004), The Street (2006), The Fixer (2008), Franklyn (2008), Garrow's Law (2010), The Crimson Petal and the White (2011), The Woman in Black (2012), Line of Duty (2014), Pride (2014), New Tricks (2014), Our Zoo (2014), Grantchester (2016), The Halcyon (2017), Call the Midwife (2016-17), Our Girl (2020), Unforgotten (2021) and Anatomy of a Scandal (2022). She will be best remembered as Annie Cartwright in Life on Mars (2006-07) and Emma Keane in Ackley Bridge (2017-19).
Facts
Liz can also be seen in the music video for Bush's single Inflatable (2002).
Career highlights
Cameron's only other credit is Les Miserables (2012), as Gavroche's urchin, but he has also appeared on the West End stage in The Wizard of Oz and Singin' in the Rain, and in 2013 appeared as a young reviewer on ITV's This Morning. His mother Anthea Strefford used to work as a production coordinator for the BBC.
Tom Ward (Captain Latimer) Born Jan 11 1971
Career highlights
Tom made his screen debut in The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991), followed by Lethal Justice (1991), Pride and Prejudice (1995), Island (1996), The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996), Vanity Fair (1998), Anna Karenina (2000), Quills (2000), The Lost World (2001), Hawking (2004), Death in Paradise (2013), Death Comes to Pemberley (2013), The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015-17) and Harry Price: Ghost Hunter (2015). He also played Dr Harry Cunningham in almost 100 episodes of Silent Witness (2002-12). He has more recently moved into narration, lending his voice to series such as History's Greatest Hoaxes (2016), Supernatural Nazis (2017) and Abandoned Engineering (2017-21).
Facts
In 2005, Tom was a contestant (and winner) on Celebrity Mastermind, his specialist subject being poet Philip Larkin. Tom's father is poet John Powell Ward, who presented Poetry Now on BBC radio between 1977-84.
Liz White (Alice) Born Nov 5 1979
Career highlights
Debuted in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (2002), then Always and Everyone (2002), Ultimate Force (2002-03), Teachers (2003), Vera Drake (2004), A Thing Called Love (2004), The Street (2006), The Fixer (2008), Franklyn (2008), Garrow's Law (2010), The Crimson Petal and the White (2011), The Woman in Black (2012), Line of Duty (2014), Pride (2014), New Tricks (2014), Our Zoo (2014), Grantchester (2016), The Halcyon (2017), Call the Midwife (2016-17), Our Girl (2020), Unforgotten (2021) and Anatomy of a Scandal (2022). She will be best remembered as Annie Cartwright in Life on Mars (2006-07) and Emma Keane in Ackley Bridge (2017-19).
Facts
Liz can also be seen in the music video for Bush's single Inflatable (2002).
CREW
Steven Moffat (writer) Born Nov 18 1961 Click here for Steven Moffat's entry on The Empty Child
Saul Metzstein (director) Born Dec 30 1970
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Good as Gold (2012), Pond Life (2012), Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (2012), A Town Called Mercy (2012), The Snowmen (2012), The Crimson Horror (2013), The Name of the Doctor (2013)
Career highlights
Saul's earliest work behind the camera was as a production runner on the film Shallow Grave (1994, which starred future Doctor Christopher Eccleston). Other roles include location assistant on Trainspotting (1996) and second unit director on the films Dredd (2012), Black Sea (2014) and Suffragette (2015). As an outright director he debuted on the short Santa/ Claws (1997, which he also wrote), followed by Late Night Shopping (2001), Guy X (2005), Micro Men (2009), Upstairs, Downstairs (2010), The Musketeers (2014), Ripper Street (2014), You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015), Living the Dream (2017) and Brassic (2020).
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Good as Gold (2012), Pond Life (2012), Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (2012), A Town Called Mercy (2012), The Snowmen (2012), The Crimson Horror (2013), The Name of the Doctor (2013)
Career highlights
Saul's earliest work behind the camera was as a production runner on the film Shallow Grave (1994, which starred future Doctor Christopher Eccleston). Other roles include location assistant on Trainspotting (1996) and second unit director on the films Dredd (2012), Black Sea (2014) and Suffragette (2015). As an outright director he debuted on the short Santa/ Claws (1997, which he also wrote), followed by Late Night Shopping (2001), Guy X (2005), Micro Men (2009), Upstairs, Downstairs (2010), The Musketeers (2014), Ripper Street (2014), You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015), Living the Dream (2017) and Brassic (2020).
Awards
2002: BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Feature Film Director (Late Night Shopping)
Facts
Saul's father was architect Isi Metzstein, who helped design a number of notable churches in and around Glasgow, as well as Robinson College, Cambridge. Here he is on Twitter.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Saul here.
Facts
Saul's father was architect Isi Metzstein, who helped design a number of notable churches in and around Glasgow, as well as Robinson College, Cambridge. Here he is on Twitter.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Saul here.
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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