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| Introducing... the War Doctor (John Hurt) |
First broadcast May 18 2013
Average audience for story: 7.45m + 2.06m iPlayer = 9.51m
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
Rab Affleck (Archie) Born Jan 30 1953
Career highlights
Rab debuted in The Big Man (1990), followed by Down Among the Big Boys (1993), Bad Boys (1996), Postmortem (1998), The Bill (1998), Gangs of New York (2002), Layer Cake (2004), Alexander (2004), Taggart (1998/2005), Still Game (2005-06), Stardust (2007), Made of Honor (2008), Doors Open (2012), A Royal Night Out (2015) and Outlaw/ King (2018).
Facts
Before becoming an actor Rab earnt a living as a semi-professional boxer, competing for the British Heavyweight title in 1979 (he lost to Bunny Johnson). Rab's experience of bare-knuckle fighting brought him to the attention of The Big Man's producers. In 1994, Rab's brother Thomas was shot (but not killed) outside his home in Irvine, Scotland. In 2003, Rab's stepson Drew was jailed for life (a minimum of 27 years) after using a petrol bomb to set fire to a house in Irvine, killing two women and a 12-year-old girl.
Career highlights
Rab debuted in The Big Man (1990), followed by Down Among the Big Boys (1993), Bad Boys (1996), Postmortem (1998), The Bill (1998), Gangs of New York (2002), Layer Cake (2004), Alexander (2004), Taggart (1998/2005), Still Game (2005-06), Stardust (2007), Made of Honor (2008), Doors Open (2012), A Royal Night Out (2015) and Outlaw/ King (2018).
Facts
Before becoming an actor Rab earnt a living as a semi-professional boxer, competing for the British Heavyweight title in 1979 (he lost to Bunny Johnson). Rab's experience of bare-knuckle fighting brought him to the attention of The Big Man's producers. In 1994, Rab's brother Thomas was shot (but not killed) outside his home in Irvine, Scotland. In 2003, Rab's stepson Drew was jailed for life (a minimum of 27 years) after using a petrol bomb to set fire to a house in Irvine, killing two women and a 12-year-old girl.
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.
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.
David Avery (Fabian) Born Apr 6 1986
Career highlights
Debuted in No Way Through (2009), then Missing (2010), Love Tourettes (2011), The Inbetweeners Movie (2011), Pini (2012), Starred Up (2013), The Dumping Ground (2013), 24: Live Another Day (2014), Kosmos (2015), The Night Manager (2016), Strike (2017), Borderline (2016-17), Troy: Fall of a City (2018), London Kills (2019), Bancroft (2020), Gangs of London (2020), We Are Lady Parts (2021), Stath Lets Flats (2021) and Hanna (2020-21). He played Marcus Graham in 14 episodes of Brothers with No Game between 2012-14.
Facts
Until 2011, David was credited with the name David Chrysanthou. In June 2012, David won Monologue Slam UK, reciting Nowhere in America by Bathsheba Doran. Here he is on Twitter.
Career highlights
Debuted in No Way Through (2009), then Missing (2010), Love Tourettes (2011), The Inbetweeners Movie (2011), Pini (2012), Starred Up (2013), The Dumping Ground (2013), 24: Live Another Day (2014), Kosmos (2015), The Night Manager (2016), Strike (2017), Borderline (2016-17), Troy: Fall of a City (2018), London Kills (2019), Bancroft (2020), Gangs of London (2020), We Are Lady Parts (2021), Stath Lets Flats (2021) and Hanna (2020-21). He played Marcus Graham in 14 episodes of Brothers with No Game between 2012-14.
Facts
Until 2011, David was credited with the name David Chrysanthou. In June 2012, David won Monologue Slam UK, reciting Nowhere in America by Bathsheba Doran. Here he is on Twitter.
Sophie Downham (Young Clara) Born 2000
Doctor Who credits
Played: Young Clara in The Bells of Saint John prelude, The Name of the Doctor (both 2013)
Career highlights
Sophie's other work includes Unforgiven (2009) and Appropriate Adult (2011).
Facts
Her brother Jack also acts - he played the young Robin in the 2010 film Robin Hood, and has portrayed Noah Sharma in the soap Emmerdale since 2009.
Doctor Who credits
Played: Young Clara in The Bells of Saint John prelude, The Name of the Doctor (both 2013)
Career highlights
Sophie's other work includes Unforgiven (2009) and Appropriate Adult (2011).
Facts
Her brother Jack also acts - he played the young Robin in the 2010 film Robin Hood, and has portrayed Noah Sharma in the soap Emmerdale since 2009.
Richard E Grant (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.
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.
John Hurt (The War Doctor) Jan 22 1940 to Jan 25 2017 (pancreatic cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: The War Doctor in The Name of the Doctor (2013), The Night of the Doctor (2013), The Day of the Doctor (2013)
Career highlights
John is one of the world's busiest and most respected actors, having made his screen acting debut in Probation Officer in 1961, followed by roles in Z Cars (1962), Young and Willing (1962), This is My Street (1964), A Man for All Seasons (1966), Before Winter Comes (1969), 10 Rillington Place (1971), Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1974), The Ghoul (1975), Shades of Greene (1976), The Sweeney (1976), Midnight Express (1978), The Shout (1978), Watership Down (1978), The Lord of the Rings (1978), Alien (1979), The Elephant Man (1980), Champions (1984), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), The Black Cauldron (1985), White Mischief (1987), Spaceballs (1987), The Bengali Night (1988), Scandal (1989), King Ralph (1991), Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993), Rob Roy (1995), Contact (1997), Watership Down (1999-2000), Tabloid (2001), Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), Hellboy (2004), The Skeleton Key (2005), V for Vendetta (2005), The Alan Clark Diaries (2004-06), The Oxford Murders (2008), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Outlander (2008), Brighton Rock (2010), Harry Potter and the Deathly hallows Parts 1 and 2 (2010-11), Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010), The Confession (2011), Immortals (2011), The Hollow Crown (2012), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), Hercules (2014), The Last Panthers (2015), ChickLit (2016), My Name is Lenny (2017) and Damascus Cover (2017). Some of his most memorable roles include Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant (1975) and its sequel An Englishman in New York (2009), Caligula in I, Claudius (1976), the title character in The Storyteller (1987-88) and the voice of the Dragon in Merlin (2008-12).
Doctor Who credits
Played: The War Doctor in The Name of the Doctor (2013), The Night of the Doctor (2013), The Day of the Doctor (2013)
Career highlights
John is one of the world's busiest and most respected actors, having made his screen acting debut in Probation Officer in 1961, followed by roles in Z Cars (1962), Young and Willing (1962), This is My Street (1964), A Man for All Seasons (1966), Before Winter Comes (1969), 10 Rillington Place (1971), Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1974), The Ghoul (1975), Shades of Greene (1976), The Sweeney (1976), Midnight Express (1978), The Shout (1978), Watership Down (1978), The Lord of the Rings (1978), Alien (1979), The Elephant Man (1980), Champions (1984), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), The Black Cauldron (1985), White Mischief (1987), Spaceballs (1987), The Bengali Night (1988), Scandal (1989), King Ralph (1991), Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993), Rob Roy (1995), Contact (1997), Watership Down (1999-2000), Tabloid (2001), Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), Hellboy (2004), The Skeleton Key (2005), V for Vendetta (2005), The Alan Clark Diaries (2004-06), The Oxford Murders (2008), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Outlander (2008), Brighton Rock (2010), Harry Potter and the Deathly hallows Parts 1 and 2 (2010-11), Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010), The Confession (2011), Immortals (2011), The Hollow Crown (2012), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), Hercules (2014), The Last Panthers (2015), ChickLit (2016), My Name is Lenny (2017) and Damascus Cover (2017). Some of his most memorable roles include Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant (1975) and its sequel An Englishman in New York (2009), Caligula in I, Claudius (1976), the title character in The Storyteller (1987-88) and the voice of the Dragon in Merlin (2008-12).
Awards
1976: BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor (The Naked Civil Servant)
1979: BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actor (Midnight Express)
1979: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture (Midnight Express)
1981: BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor (The Elephant Man)
1985: Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor (Nineteen Eighty-Four, Champions, The Hit)
2003: British Independent Film Awards' Richard Harris Award
2004: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama
2009: British Film Institute Fellowship
2012: BAFTA Film Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema
2015: Knight Bachelor of the order of the British Empire (KBE) for services to drama
Facts
John, whose narration can be heard in The Art of Noise's 1999 concept album The Seduction of Claude Debussy, had a distinctive voice which was used as voiceover on hundreds of productions over the years, notably the 1987 AIDS awareness campaign Don't Die of Ignorance (1987). In the music world, he can also be seen in the video for Paul McCartney's Take It Away (1982) and Suede's Attitude (2002 - in drag!). You can also hear him reading Shakespeare Sonnet No.147, When Love Speaks, here, and a clip of dialogue from Nineteen Eighty-Four can be heard at the start of the Manic Street Preachers' Faster (1994). John was married four times - his first marriage was to actress Annette Robinson (who was in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve), while his fourth marriage was to casting director Anwen Rees-Myers. In 1983, his then girlfriend of 16 years, the French model Marie-Lise Volpeliere-Pierrot, was killed in a horse riding accident. John's brother Michael later became known as Brother Anselm, a Benedictine monk and writer at Glenstal Abbey in Ireland. In 2015, John announced he was suffering from early-stage pancreatic cancer, but later confirmed he was in remission. In 2015, John reprised the role of the War Doctor in the first of a series of audio adventures. Apparently, he holds the record for the most amount of on-screen character deaths in film history (at least 47; followed by Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price and Sean Bean).
Facts
John, whose narration can be heard in The Art of Noise's 1999 concept album The Seduction of Claude Debussy, had a distinctive voice which was used as voiceover on hundreds of productions over the years, notably the 1987 AIDS awareness campaign Don't Die of Ignorance (1987). In the music world, he can also be seen in the video for Paul McCartney's Take It Away (1982) and Suede's Attitude (2002 - in drag!). You can also hear him reading Shakespeare Sonnet No.147, When Love Speaks, here, and a clip of dialogue from Nineteen Eighty-Four can be heard at the start of the Manic Street Preachers' Faster (1994). John was married four times - his first marriage was to actress Annette Robinson (who was in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve), while his fourth marriage was to casting director Anwen Rees-Myers. In 1983, his then girlfriend of 16 years, the French model Marie-Lise Volpeliere-Pierrot, was killed in a horse riding accident. John's brother Michael later became known as Brother Anselm, a Benedictine monk and writer at Glenstal Abbey in Ireland. In 2015, John announced he was suffering from early-stage pancreatic cancer, but later confirmed he was in remission. In 2015, John reprised the role of the War Doctor in the first of a series of audio adventures. Apparently, he holds the record for the most amount of on-screen character deaths in film history (at least 47; followed by Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price and Sean Bean).
Samuel Irvine (Messenger boy) Born 2002
Samuel's only other credit is in the short The Fable of Forsaken (2015). He can also be seen in the music video for the White Lights single Campfires in Winter (2013). His brother Noah and father Barry are also actors.
Samuel's only other credit is in the short The Fable of Forsaken (2015). He can also be seen in the music video for the White Lights single Campfires in Winter (2013). His brother Noah and father Barry are also actors.
Michael Jenn (Clarence DeMarco) Born Oct 1959
Doctor Who credits
Played: Clarence DeMarco in The Name of the Doctor (2013), Clarence and the Whispermen (DVD extra scene, 2013)
Career highlights
Michael made his debut in Another Country (1984), followed by Dance with a Stranger (1985), Call Me Mister (1986), Sky Bandits (1986), Maurice (1987), Bugs (1996), Quills (2000), Unleashed (2005), Valiant (2005), Empire (2005), Casualty 1907 (2008), Sherlock Holmes (2009), Merlin (2008/10), World War Z (2013 - he's the zombie in the notable final scene), The White Queen (2013), Atlantis (2013), The Musketeers (2014), Cinderella (2015), The Limehouse Golem (2016), The Lost City of Z (2016), Christopher Robin (2018), Surge (2020) and Bulletproof: AI (2020).
Doctor Who credits
Played: Clarence DeMarco in The Name of the Doctor (2013), Clarence and the Whispermen (DVD extra scene, 2013)
Career highlights
Michael made his debut in Another Country (1984), followed by Dance with a Stranger (1985), Call Me Mister (1986), Sky Bandits (1986), Maurice (1987), Bugs (1996), Quills (2000), Unleashed (2005), Valiant (2005), Empire (2005), Casualty 1907 (2008), Sherlock Holmes (2009), Merlin (2008/10), World War Z (2013 - he's the zombie in the notable final scene), The White Queen (2013), Atlantis (2013), The Musketeers (2014), Cinderella (2015), The Limehouse Golem (2016), The Lost City of Z (2016), Christopher Robin (2018), Surge (2020) and Bulletproof: AI (2020).
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).
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).
Paul Kasey (Whisper Man) Born Aug 5 1973 Click here for Paul Kasey's entry on Rose
Alex Kingston (River Song) Born Mar 11 1963 Click here for Alex Kingston's entry on Silence in the Library
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.
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).
Nasi Voutsas (Andro) Born 1991
Career highlights
Nasi's only other acting role is in Holby City (2015).
Facts
Nasi is a former member of the rock/ hip-hop band Archean Soundtrack. He can also be seen in Kate Nash's music video for the single 3am (2013), and is a founder of the Antler Theatre Company. He is also one half of the performance duo Bert and Nasi. Here he is on Twitter.
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).
Nasi Voutsas (Andro) Born 1991
Career highlights
Nasi's only other acting role is in Holby City (2015).
Facts
Nasi is a former member of the rock/ hip-hop band Archean Soundtrack. He can also be seen in Kate Nash's music video for the single 3am (2013), and is a founder of the Antler Theatre Company. He is also one half of the performance duo Bert and Nasi. Here he is on Twitter.
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.
Denise Paul (producer) Click here for Denise Paul's entry on Closing Time
John Phillips (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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