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The Doctor (Matt Smith) faces the
Crooked Man (Aidan Cook)

One episode (Hide)
First broadcast Apr 20 2013
Average audience for story: 6.61m + 1.92m iPlayer = 8.53m

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

Aidan Cook (The Crooked Man)

Doctor Who credits
Played: The Mummy in The Rings of Akhaten (2013)
Played: The Crooked Man in Hide (2013)
Played: Cyberman in Nightmare in Silver (2013), The Time of the Doctor (2013)
Played: Zygon in The Day of the Doctor (2013), The Zygon Invasion/ The Zygon Inversion (2015)

Played: The Vlinx in The Giggle (2023), The Legend of Ruby Sunday/ Empire of Death (2024)
Career highlights
Aidan started out as one of the animatronics operators on children's series Fimbles in 2002, for which he also provided voice work. He was also movement director on the 2009 adaptation of The Day of the Triffids, and was the children's acting coach on the 2011 film Horrid Henry (he also provided various voices for the TV series (2006-19)). Further acting work includes Jackanory (1982/84), Mack the Knife (1989), ChuckleVision (1998), Sir Gadabout, the Worst Knight in the Land (2002), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Warrioress (2011), Restless (2012), Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (2013), Star Wars: Rogue One (2016), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Andor (2022) and Willow (2022).

Kemi-Bo Jacobs (Hila Tacorian) Born 1980
Career highlights
Debuted in Me or the Dog (2011), then Lewis (2012), The Honourable Woman (2014), Thirteen (2016), London Has Fallen (2016), Our Girl (2016), Vera (2017), Delicious (2016-18), McMafia (2018), Cheat (2019), The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019), The Letter for the Kong (2020) and The Great (2020).
Facts
Here she is on Twitter.

Jessica Raine (Emma Grayling) Born May 14 1982

Doctor Who credits

Played: Emma Grayling in Hide (2013)

Played: Verity Lambert in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
Career highlights
Debuted in Garrow's Law (2009), followed by Robin Hood (2010), The Woman in Black (2012), Line of Duty (2014), Wolf Hall (2015), Fortitude (2015), Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (2015), Jericho (2016), The Last Post (2017), Patrick Melrose (2018), Informer (2018), Baptiste (2019), Carmilla (2019) and The Devil's Hour (2022). She is best recognised for playing Jenny Lee in Call the Midwife (2012-14).
Facts
Jessica is married to actor Tom Goodman-Hill, who appeared in the Doctor Who story The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008).

Dougray Scott (Major Alec Palmer) Born Nov 25 1965
Career highlights
Dougray's debut came in Zorro (1990), followed by roles in Taggart (1992), Lovejoy (1992), Stay Lucky (1993), Soldier Soldier (1995), Highlander (1996), The Crow Road (1996), Twin Town (1997), Another Nine and a Half Weeks (1997), Deep Impact (1998), This Year's Love (1999), Gregory's Two Girls (1999), Mission Impossible II (2000), Dark Water (2005), Perfect Creature (2006), Heist (2006), Hitman (2007), The Day of the Triffids (2009), United (2011), My Week with Marilyn (2011), Sinbad (2012), Strike Back (2013), Taken 3 (2014), The Vatican Tapes (2015), Tiger House (2015), Fear the Walking Dead (2016), Full Circle (2016), The Woman in White (2018), Departure (2019), La Cha Cha (2021) and Crime (2021). He also regularly played Ian Hainsworth in Desperate Housewives (2006-07), Dr Norman Godfrey in Hemlock Grove (2013-14), Vic Hill in Snatch (2017-18) and Colonel Jacob Kane in Batwoman (2019-21).
Facts
Between 2000-05 Dougray (real first name Stephen) was married to casting director Sarah Trevis (Ewan McGregor was his best man at their wedding), while in 2007 Dougray married actress Claire Forlani. Dougray was the original choice to play Wolverine in the X-Men films, but he had a scheduling conflict. Dougray was also in the running to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond in 2002.

CREW

Neil Cross (writer) Born Feb 9 1969
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Rings of Akhaten (2013), Hide (2013)
Career highlights
Neil's earliest script writing credit was as the creator of The Fixer (2008), although there had been an adaptation of his novel Mr In-between in 2001. Other work includes eight episodes of Spooks between 2006-08, Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010), Mama (2013), Crossbones (2014, also creator), Luther (2010-21, also creator), Hard Sun (2018, also creator), The Sister (2020, also creator) and The Mosquito Coast (2021-22, also creator). He has also worked as an executive producer on several of these programmes.

Awards

2012: Royal Television Society Award for Best Drama Series (Luther) - with Katie Swinden
Facts
Neil lives in Wellington, New Zealand. He was offered showrunner duties on Marvel's The Defenders and Daredevil, but declined both. Neil has written several novels, including Always the Sun (long-listed for the 2004 Man Booker Prize), Burial (2009, which became the TV series The Sister) and Captured (2010).

Jamie Payne (director)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Hide (2013), The Time of the Doctor (2013)
Career highlights
Jamie's earliest directing work was on the short film The Dance of Shiva (1998) and Rough Magik (2000), before graduating to series such as The Bill (2002), New Tricks (2004), Distant Shores (2005), Primeval (2007-08), Survivors (2008-10), Ashes to Ashes (2010), Outcasts (2011), Call the Midwife (2012), The Hour (2011-12), Da Vinci's Demons (2013), The Bletchley Circle (2014), Indian Summers (2015), Legends (2015), The White Princess (2017), The Alienist (2018), Luther (2019), Invasion (2021) and Outlander (2020-22). Jamie also conducted producer's duties on Legends, The White Princess and The Alienist.

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.