Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Nightmare in Silver

The new look Cybermen!
One episode (Nightmare in Silver)
First broadcast May 11 2013
Average audience for story: 6.64m + 1.89m 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

Zahra Ahmadi (Missy) Born 1983
Career highlights
Zahra debuted as DC Imelda Folks in Trial and Retribution in 2006/07, then found roles in Britz (2007), Doctors (2009), Bellamy's People (2010), Tamara Drewe (2010), The Thick of It (2012), The Mimic (2013), The Job Lot (2013), Black Mirror (2014), Babylon (2014), Porridge (2016-17), Berlin Station (2016), Death in Paradise (2018), Tracey Breaks the News (2017-18), Tracey Ullman's Show (2016-18), Marcella (2020), The Beast Must Die (2020-21), The Bay (2022) and Dodger (2022). She's also had a handful or recurring roles, including Shabnam Masood in 63 episodes of soap EastEnders (2007-08), Mehtap in The Increasingly Poor Decision of Todd Margaret (2010-12/16) and Sinem in Count Arthur Strong (2013-17).
Facts
In 2008, the Sun newspaper reported that Zahra quit her role in EastEnders after the producers refused to give her "meaty" storylines.

Eve De Leon Allen (Angie) Born 1997
Doctor Who credits
Played: Angie in The Bells of Saint John (2013), The Crimson Horror (2013), Nightmare in Silver (2013), The Name of the Doctor (2013)
Career highlights
Eve's other work includes playing The Boss in the 2008 series Nuzzle and Scratch, and Acacia in the 2018 short film Bloodbound.
Facts
Her agency lists Eve as non-binary, female presenting.

Nicholas Briggs (Voice of the Cybermen) Born Sep 29 1961 Click here for Nicholas Briggs' entry on Rose

Aidan Cook (Cyberman)
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)
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).

Warwick Davis (Porridge) Born Feb 3 1970
Career highlights
Warwick made his acting debut as Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi (1983), a role he reprised in two Ewok feature films - Caravan of Courage (1984) and The Battle for Endor (1985). After this, he appeared in Labyrinth (1986), Willow (1988), The Princess and the Dwarf (1989), Zorro (1991), Gulliver's Travels (1996), Prince Valiant (1997), The 10th Kingdom (2000), Murder Rooms (2001), Dr Terrible's House of Horrible (2001), Skinned Deep (2004), Ray (2004), The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Extras (2006), Agent One-Half (2008), Merlin (2010), The Unbroken (2012), Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), Life's Too Short (2011/13), Dwarves Assemble (2013), Get Santa (2014), Catherine Tate's Nan (2015), Ghost Busters (2016, as a motion-captured Stay Puft Marshmallow Man), Jonathan Creek (2016), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) and Willow (2022). Warwick's association with the Star Wars universe extends beyond the 1980s too: he had three small roles in The Phantom Menace (1999), Wollivan in The Force Awakens (2015), Weeteef Cyubee in Rogue One (2016), Wodibin in The Last Jedi (2017), the voice of Rukh in Star Wars Rebels (2017-18), Weazel in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and Wicket W Warrick in The Rise of Skywalker (2019). He was also a mainstay of the Harry Potter film franchise between 2001-09, playing Professor Flitwick and Griphook. Warwick also played Reepicheep in two adaptations of the books of CS Lewis - Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989) and The Silver Chair (1990), and played Nikabrik in the 2008 film Prince Caspian. On top of all that, Warwick has played the title character in the Leprachaun film franchise (1993-2003), and provided the voice for Sniff in Moominland (2019-22). Warwick is also a writer, penning Agent One-Half, Life's Too Short and Dwarves Assemble (the latter of which he also directed and produced). In 2014, he turned his hand to presenting the show Celebrity Squares, and in 2016 got his own game show called Tenable.
Facts
Warwick was born with the condition spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenital (SED), which caused his dwarfism (he was 2ft 11in tall at the age of 13, and is 3ft 6in tall as an adult). Warwick was originally cast as an Ewok extra in Return of the Jedi, but when Wicket actor Kenny Baker (aka R2-D2) fell ill, Warwick stepped in (the Ewok was then renamed Wicket Wystri Warrick). Warwick is married to fellow short actor Samantha Davis, whose father is dwarf actor Peter Burroughs (he appeared in The King's Demons in 1983). Together, Warwick and his father-in-law Peter run Willow Management, an acting agency for actors under 5ft and over 7ft tall. Warwick also runs the Reduced Height Theatre Company. Warwick and Samantha have two children - their son is named Harrison, after Warwick's Star Wars co-star Harrison Ford. The couple also had two more children, but both died in infancy as a genetic result of their combined conditions - Warwick's SED and Samantha's achondroplasia.

Calvin Dean (Ha-Ha) Born May 21 1985
Doctor Who credits
Played: Chris in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Gift (2009)
Played: Ha-Ha in Nightmare in Silver (2013)
Career highlights
Calvin's CV includes The Duchess (2008), Casualty (2008), Demons (2009), Tormented (2009), Law and Order UK (2011), Dancing on the Edge (2013), Freak of Nurture (2015), Howl (2015), Agatha Raisin (2016), Trauma (2018) and It's a Sin (2021).

Kassius Carey Johnson (Artie)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Artie in The Bells of Saint John (2013), The Crimson Horror (2013), Nightmare in Silver (2013), The Name of the Doctor (2013)
Career highlights
Other work includes Gigglebiz (2009-10), Man Down (2013), Hank Zipzer (2015), Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) and Grantchester (2019).

Eloise Joseph (Beauty) Born 1987
Career highlights
Debuted in Primeval (2008), then The Color of Magic (2008), The Bill (2009), Casualty (2009/18), Married Single Other (2010), Mad Dogs (2011), The Inbetweeners Movie (2011), Skins (2011-12), Spy (2012), Youngers (2014), The Lodge (2017), Waffle the Wonder Dog (2018), The Feed (2019) and Doctors (2016/22).

Will Merrick (Brains) Born Apr 9 1993
Career highlights
Will's breakthrough role was playing Alo Creevey in Skins (2011-12), after which he found work in In with the Flynns (2012), About Time (2013), Atlantis (2013), Count Arthur Strong (2015), The Rack Pack (2016), Brief Encounters (2016), Poldark (2017-18) and Dead Pixels (2019-21).
Awards
2012: Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor (Skins)
Facts
In 2009, Will was in the Top 10 of 50,000 candidates in the UK national GCSE examinations for Drama. He is a founding member of the No Prophet Theatre Company. Here he is on Twitter.

Tamzin Outhwaite (Captain) Born Nov 5 1970
Career highlights
After making her TV debut presenting the youth series No Limits in 1987 (billed as Tammi Outhwaite), she made her acting debut in The Mystery of Mr Martinu (1993), then Men Behaving Badly (1995), Da Ali G Show (2000), Hustle (2004), Walk Away and I Stumble (2005), Vital Signs (2006), Paradox (2009), Silent Witness (2012), Great Expectations (2012), Agatha Christie's Marple (2013), Inside No 9 (2017), Murdoch Mysteries (2017), Midsomer Murders (2018), Dun Breedin' (2020), The Haunting of Alice Bowles (2020), Ridley Road (2021) and We Hunt Together (2022). Regular roles include Melanie Healy/ Owen in 605 episodes of EastEnders (1998-2019), Sergeant Jo McDonagh in Red Cap (2003-04), Rebecca Mitchell in Hotel Babylon (2006-07), Rose Chamberlain in The Fixer (2008-09) and DCI Sasha Miller in New Tricks (2013-15).
Awards
1999: National Television Award for Most Popular Newcomer (EastEnders)
1999: British Soap Award for Sexiest Female (EastEnders)
2000: British Soap Award for Sexiest Female (EastEnders)
Facts
Tamzin is a popular actress for TV commercials for the likes of Wrigley's Doublemint chewing gum (1987), Anadin (1995), Avon cosmetics (2003-05) and Belle Color from Garnier (2011), while in 1992, Tamzin appeared as a dancer in the music video for U2's Even Better Than the Real Thing. Between 2006-14 Tamzin was married to actor Tom Ellis (who appeared in Last of the Time Lords (2007)) - Tamzin cited Ellis's infidelity in divorce papers. Tamzin's cousin is TV producer Daniel Baldwin, husband of presenter Holly Willoughby. Here she is on Twitter.

Jason Watkins (Webley) Born Oct 28 1962
Career highlights
Jason debuted in EastEnders as Gerry Fairweather in 1987 and 1988, then found roles in High Hopes (1988), Soldier Soldier (1991), The Good Guys (1993), The Buddha of Suburbia (1993), Annie's Bar (1996), Grown Ups (1997), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Duck Patrol (1998), Onegin (1999), Sex Traffic (2004), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Conviction (2004), Funland (2005), The Romantics (2006), Confetti (2006), Housewife, 49 (2006), Five Days (2007), Life on Mars (2007), The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (2007), The Golden Compass (2007), Wild Child (2008), Little Dorrit (2008), Murderland (2009), Nativity! (2009), Psychoville (2011), The Hour (2011), Dirk Gently (2010/12), Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger (2012), Call the Midwife (2013), Atlantis (2013), Our Zoo (2014), Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey? (2014), The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (2014), W1A (2014-15), The Secret (2016), The Hollow Crown (2016), Are You Being Served? (2016), Taboo (2017), Line of Duty (2017), Safe House (2017), Hold the Sunset (2018-19), The Crown (2019), Des (2020), Around the World in 80 Days (2021), McDonald and Dodds (2020-22) and Anansi Boys (2022). He also regularly played Herrick in Being Human (2009-11) and Gavin in 67 episodes of Trollied (2011-18).
Awards
2015: BAFTA TV Award for Best Leading Actor (The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies)
Facts
In January 2011, Jason's two-year-old daughter Maude died of sepsis, a whole-body inflammatory response to infection. His wife is jewellery designer and actress Clara Francis. Jason is an accomplished clown and can walk on his hands and practice mime. Here's Jason on Twitter.

CREW

Neil Gaiman (writer) Born Nov 10 1960
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Doctor's Wife (2011), Nightmare in Silver (2013), Rain Gods (Series 7 DVD minisode, 2013)
Career highlights
Neil is one of the UK's foremost fiction authors, having started out writing non-fiction books on subjects such as Duran Duran and The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He has also written comic books since the late 1980s, such as 2000 AD, Judge Dredd and Batman, and also created his own comics, most notably The Sandman series. His first fiction book was a project with Terry Pratchett called Good Omens in 1990, after which he has written many more, including Neverwhere (1996), American Gods (2001), Coraline (2002), Anansi Boys (2005) and Eternity's Wheel (2015). There have also been many children's books, including The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish (1997) and The Sleeper and the Spindle (2014), and short story collections such as Angels and Visitations (1993), Fragile Things (2006) and Trigger Warning (2015). He also wrote the Doctor Who digital short story Nothing O'Clock in 2013.
Several of his works have been adapted into TV or film projects, including Neverwhere (1996), MirrorMask (2005), Stardust (2007), Coraline (2009), American Gods (2017-21) and Good Omens (2019-22). He has also written new material for TV, including Babylon 5 (1998), and appeared in Arthur (2010) and The Simpsons (2011).
Awards
2002: Hugo Award for Best Novel (American Gods)
2003: Hugo Award for Best Novella (Coraline)
2004: Hugo Award for Best Short Story (A Study in Emerald)
2009: Hugo Award for Best Novel (The Graveyard Book)
2012: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) (Doctor Who)
2013: National Book Award for Book of the Year (The Ocean at the End of the Lane)
2016: Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story (The Sandman: Overture)
2020: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) (Good Omens)
Facts
Neil is a very good friend of the American singer songwriter Tori Amos, and they pop up in each other's work - Neil wrote a character based upon her in his novel Stardust, while Tori has referred to Neil in several of her songs since 1991. Neil has written stories for some of Tori's album and tour literature, and is her daughter Tash's godfather. Neil is married to songwriter and performer Amanda Palmer, one-time vocalist with The Dresden Dolls. The couple have an open marriage. This is his website and this is his Twitter.

Stephen Woolfenden (director) Born Apr 25 1966
Career highlights
Stephen's behind-the-cameras CV stretches back as far as being a runner on 1986's Lady Jane, followed by stints as trainee, second or first assistant director on productions such as Return to Treasure Island (1986), We Are Seven (1991), The Jazz Detective (1992), Telltale (1993), The Lifeboat (1994), The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995), Shine (1996), Murder Most Horrid (1996), Neverwhere (1996), The Governess (1998), Hideous Kinky (1998), The Martins (2001), Charlotte Gray (2001), Happiness (2003), State of Play (2003), Prime Suspect 6 (2003), the Harry Potter film franchise (2007-11), Strike Back (2012), Warm Bodies (2013), The Legend of Tarzan (2016), Pokemon Detective Pikachu (2019) and the Fantastic Beasts film franchise (2016-22). Stephen's first directing credit was on The Mysti Show (2004-06), followed by Dream Team (2006), Echo Beach (2008), Trinity (2009), Strike Back (2013), DCI Banks (2014), Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands (2016), The Halcyon (2017), Poldark (2017), Outlander (2019-20), Fate: The Winx Saga (2021) and Willow (2022).
Facts
Stephen is married to camera operator Chyna Thomson, whose father is Alex Thomson, Director of Photography on such films as The Keep (1983), Legend (1985), The Krays (1990), Alien 3 (1992) and Demolition Man (1993). Stephen's father is TV and film composer Guy Woolfenden. Here's Stephen on Twitter.

Denise Paul (producer) Click here for Denise Paul's entry on Closing Time

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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