Thursday, February 25, 2016

Mummy on the Orient Express

66 Seconds 'til Death!
(sounds like a 1970s horror film...)
One episode (Mummy on the Orient Express)
First broadcast Oct 11 2014
Average audience for story: 7.11m + 1.35m iPlayer = 8.46m

REGULAR CAST

Peter Capaldi (The Doctor) Born Apr 14 1958 Click here for Peter Capaldi's entry on The Fires of Pompeii

Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald) Born Apr 27 1986 Click here for Jenna Coleman's entry on Asylum of the Daleks

GUEST CAST

Samuel Anderson (Danny Pink) Born Apr 27 1982 Click here for Samuel Anderson's entry on Into the Dalek

David Bamber (Captain Quell) Born Sep 19 1954
Career highlights
David debuted on screen in Privates on Parade (1983), followed by roles in Brass (1983), Cockles (1984), The Doctor and the Devils (1985), Call Me Mister (1986), A Very Peculiar Practice (1988), High Hopes (1988), Dakota Road (1992), Stalag Luft (1993), The Buddha of Suburbia (1993), Pride and Prejudice (1995), My Night with Reg (1997), Chalk (1997), The Bourne Identity (2002), Daniel Deronda (2002), Beethoven (2005), Miss Potter (2006), New Tricks (2007), Robin Hood (2007), Valkyrie (2008), Collision (2009), The King's Speech (2010), Psychoville (2009/11), Blandings (2013), Death in Paradise (2015), Camping (2016), The Limehouse Golem (2016), Medici (2016), Snatch (2017), Gunpowder (2017), Trust (2018), The Protector (2019), Inside No 9 (2020), Flesh and Blood (2020) and End of Term (2021). He regularly played Marcus Tullius Cicero in Rome (2005-07).
Awards
1995: Olivier Award for Best Actor (My Night with Reg)
Facts
David's wife is actor Julia Swift, daughter of actor David Swift (best known as Henry Davenport in Drop the Dead Donkey) - David's brother (Julia's uncle) is actor Clive Swift, who appeared in Revelation of the Daleks and Voyage of the Damned. David's son is Ethan Bamber, who plays cricket for Middlesex. David was interviewed in October 2013 about his career, in which he mentioned he was sorry he'd never been asked to be in Doctor Who. Eight months later he was filming Mummy on the Orient Express! Here's David on Twitter.

Daisy Beaumont (Maisie) Born May 5 1974
Career highlights
Daisy debuted in This Life (1997), then took roles in Touching Evil (1998), Close Relations (1998), Where the Heart Is (1999), The World is Not Enough (1999), Summer Rain (2001), Shanghai Knights (2003), According to Bex (2005), EastEnders (2000/08), Mumbai Calling (2008), Star Stories (2006-08), The Border (2008-09), The Armstrong and Miller Show (2010), Great Night Out (2013), Whitechapel (2013), A Touch of Cloth (2012-14), Scrotal Recall (2014), You, Me & Them (2013-15), Agatha Raisin (2016) and Deep State (2018).
Facts
Here's Daisy on Twitter.

Foxes (Singer) Born Apr 29 1989
Career highlights
Foxes was born Louisa Rose Allen, but took a stage name to differentiate her from singer Lily Allen. She started singing live as Foxes in 2011, and released her debut EP Warrior in 2012, followed by the album Glorious in 2014, which peaked at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Silver. Her second album, All I Need, was released in 2016 and peaked at number 12, and her third was The Kick (2022), which peaked at number 28. Her most successful singles have been Let Go for Tonight (number 7), Youth (number 12 in the UK, and number 1 on the US Dance Chart) and Holding onto Heaven (number 14).
Awards
2014: Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording (Clarity) - shared with Zedd
2015: Guinness World Record for Most Live Concerts in 12 Hours in Multiple Cities
Facts
Here's Foxes' website and Twitter. You can see the full music video for Foxes' cover of Queen's Don't Stop Me Now on the Series 8 DVD, or here.

Janet Henfrey (Mrs Pitt) Born Aug 16 1935
Doctor Who credits
Played: Miss Hardaker in The Curse of Fenric (1989)
Played: Mrs Pitt in Mummy on the Orient Express (2014)
Career highlights
After debuting in Thark (1961), Janet's CV includes The Dream Maker (1963), Martin Chuzzlewit (1964), Silas Marner (1964), Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965), A Tale of Two Cities (1965), Tickertape (1968), The Jazz Age (1968), Wessex Tales (1973), Great Expectations (1981), Jury (1983), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Chocky (1984), Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985), Oliver Twist (1985), Alice in Wonderland (1986), Henry's Leg (1986), The Singing Detective (1986), Simon and the Witch (1987-88), Mr Majeika (1988), Capstick's Law (1989), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989), The Upper Hand (1991), Bernard and the Genie (1991), Moon and Son (1992), One Foot in the Grave (1993), Just a Gigolo (1993), Dragonworld (1994), The Famous Five (1995), No Bananas (1996), Mrs Dalloway (1997), The Moonstone (1997), Les Miserables (1998), Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998), Doomwatch: Winter Angel (1999), The Worst Witch (1999-2000), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2001), Tipping the Velvet (2002), My Uncle Silas (2001/03), The Omen (2006), Fairytale of London Town (2010), Metamorphosis (2012), Agatha Christie's Marple (2013), Father Brown (2014), Mr Turner (2014), Toast of London (2014), Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), The Crown (2017), Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor (2019), The New Pope (2019-20) and Persuasion (2022). She also regularly played housekeeper Mrs Bale in sitcom As Time Goes By (1993-2005).
In 2018 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Janet here.

Jamie Hill (The Foretold)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Silent in The Impossible Astronaut/ Day of the Moon (2011, uncredited), Closing Time (2011, uncredited), The Time of the Doctor (2013, uncredited)
Played: The Foretold in Mummy on the Orient Express (2014)
Played: Monk in Extremis, The Pyramid at the End of the World, The Lie of the Land (all 2017)
Played: Ice Warrior in Empress of Mars (2017, uncredited)
Played: Mondasian Cyberman in World Enough and Time/ The Doctor Falls (2017, uncredited)
Career highlights
Jamie also performed as the mummy on the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular tour in 2015, as well as a Silent at the 2013 Doctor Who Prom. Other work includes Good Omens (2019).

John Sessions (Voice of Gus) Jan 11 1953 to Nov 2 2020 (heart attack)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice of General Tannis in Death Comes to Time (animation, 2002)
Played: Voice of Gus in Mummy on the Orient Express (2014)
Career highlights
John's screen career began in 1982 with The Sender, followed by parts in Danger: Marmalade at Work (1984), The Bounty (1984), Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee (1984), The Lenny Henry Show (1985), Boon (1986), Sky Bandits (1986), Castaway (1986), Girls on Top (1986), Porterhouse Blue (1987), Whoops Apocalypse (1988), Henry V (1989), One Foot in the Grave (1990), John Sessions' Tall Tales (1991), The Pope Must Diet (1991), John Sessions' Likely Stories (1994), Princess Caraboo (1994), Nice Day at the Office (1994), My Night with Reg (1997), The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1997), Cousin Bette (1998), Gormenghast (2000), Murder Rooms (2001), Gangs of New York (2002), Hawking (2004), Five Children and It (2004), Judge John Deed (2002-05), Low Winter Sun (2006), Oliver Twist (2007), Nativity! (2009), Sherlock (2010), Outnumbered (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Shameless (2012), Filth (2013), Pudsey the Dog: The Movie (2014), Mr Holmes (2015), Outlander (2014-15), Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (2015), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), Upstart Crow (2016), Father Brown (2017), The Loch (2017), Death in Paradise (2018), Victoria (2019) and The Great (2020). John also wrote material for TV, including his own Tall Tales and Likely Stories, as well as Stella Street (1997/2004) and Ronnie Ancona & Co (2007). He is also remembered for his stint in the improvisational game show Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1988-91), and for providing the voices of various people, including Prince Edward, Bob Geldof and Laurence Olivier for Spitting Image (1986).
Trivia
John was involuntarily outed in an article in the Evening Standard while appearing on stage in My Night with Reg in 1994. In later years John became critical of both the EU (he was a supporter of UKIP) and Scottish independence (he was born in Ayrshire, Scotland).

Frank Skinner (Perkins) Born Jan 28 1957
Career highlights
Frank is known first and foremost as a comedian, starting out writing material for Packet of Three (1991), Bunch of Five (1992), Packing Them In (1992), Blue Heaven (1992-94), A Little Bit of Elvis (1998), Shane (2004) and Urban Myths (2018). He has been a prominent fixture on British TV for decades, starting with The Word in 1991 and including appearances on Des O'Connor Tonight (1991), Do the Right Thing (1994), Gagtag (1994), Gamesmaster (1994), TFI Friday (1996), Brit Awards 1997, Harry Hill (1999), Brit Awards (2002, as host), Play It Again (2007), Genius (2009), Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009), Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1999/2008/2009), The Bubble (2010), Little Crackers (2010), Opinionated (2010-11), I Love My Country (2013), Have I Got News for You (1992-2018), Taskmaster (2015) and Bring the Noise (2015). He has had several shows of his own too, notably The Frank Skinner Show (1995-2001), Fantasy Football League (1994-2004), Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned (2000-05) and Room 101 (1995/2012-18). As an actor, he has appeared in Woodcock (1994), Blue Heaven (1992-94), The Flint Street Nativity (1999), Cinderella (2000), Time Gentlemen Please (2000-01), Shane (2004), Rotters (2015) and Urban Myths (2018).
Awards
1991: Perrier Award for Comedy at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2001: British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Personality (The Frank Skinner Show)
2023: Member of the order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to entertainment
Facts
Frank - born Christopher Collins - co-wrote and performed the official England FC anthem for the 1996 UEFA European Championships. It was called Three Lions and was a collaboration with the Lightning Seeds and Frank's Fantasy Football League co-presenter David Baddiel. It was a UK Number 1 single in the summer of 1996, and returned to Number 1 in June 1998 as an unofficial anthem for England's World Cup campaign, and again in 2018 as part of England's World Cup campaign. The song has re-entered the charts several times since. That wasn't Frank's only brush with music, however - in 1998 he appeared on Stars in Their Eyes performing as Elvis Costello, and again in 2002 as Johnnie Ray. Here he is on Twitter.
This is Your Life: Frank was the subject of BBC TV's This is Your Life on November 15th, 1995, surprised by host Michael Aspel during a stand-up gig at the London Palladium.

Christopher Villiers (Professor Moorhouse) Born Sep 7 1958
Doctor Who credits
Played: Hugh in The King's Demons (1983)
Played: Professor Moorhouse in Mummy on the Orient Express (2014)
Career highlights
Making his debut in Lady Killers (1981), Christopher's CV includes roles in Squadron (1982), Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982), Sweet Sixteen (1983), Mansfield Park (1983), Kit Curran (1986), Mog (1985-86), Capstick's Law (1989), We Are Seven (1991), First Knight (1995), The Detectives (1997), Sliding Doors (1998), Faith in the Future (1998), Ultraviolet (1998), Midsomer Murders (1997/99), Big Meg, Little Meg (2000), Stig of the Dump (2002), The Vice (2002), Family Affairs (2002), Trevor's World of Sport (2003), Judge John Deed (2006), Kidulthood (2006), From Time to Time (2009), The Knot (2012), Vera (2014), The Coroner (2015), Indian Summers (2016), Silent Hours (2017), The Royals (2018), The ABC Murders (2018), Ghosts (2021) and Slow Horses (2022). Between 2006-08 he regularly played Grayson Sinclair in soap Emmerdale, and also played Captain Nigel Croker in Mile High (2004-05) and Colonel Brigwell in Hetty Feather (2015-18).
Facts
His brother Jay is also an actor, while his sister Cat is a producer. Christopher is related to Henry Villiers, Bishop of Durham in the 1860s, and George Villiers, the 4th Earl of Clarendon in the 19th century. In 1995, Christopher co-founded the 2020 Casting firm which supplies extras for film productions. Christopher is godfather to one of Resurrection of the Daleks actor Leslie Grantham's sons. Here he is, on Twitter!

CREW

Jamie Mathieson (writer) Born 1970
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Mummy on the Orient Express (2014), Flatline (2014), The Girl Who Died (2015), Oxygen (2017)
Career highlights
Jamie's other screenwriting credits include My Parents are Aliens (2005), Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009), Becoming Human (2011), Dirk Gently (2012), Being Human (2010-13) and Tripped (2015).
Awards
2012: Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best TV Drama Series (Being Human) - with production team
Facts
Jamie is a former stand-up comedian who spoke to the Doctor Who production team in 2004 about writing for the series, but did not get a script successfully commissioned for another decade. Here he is on Twitter.
In 2015 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Jamie, as well as Toby Whithouse, here.

Paul Wilmshurst (director) Born Dec 15 1961
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Kill the Moon (2014), Mummy on the Orient Express (2014), Last Christmas (2014)
Career highlights
Paul's earliest directing credit is for If I Were Prime Minister: Christopher Haskins (1995), followed by Without Walls (1996), A Little Bit of Elvis (1998), White Tribe (2000), I Shouldn't Be Alive (2005), Trial and Retribution (2008), Silent Witness (2010), Law and Order UK (2010), Da Vinci's Demons (2013), A.D. The Bible Continues (2015), Indian Summers (2016), Jamestown (2017-18), Strike Back (2011-20) and The Last Kingdom (2022). Paul has also been producer on many of his projects, including Without Walls, White Tribe and I Shouldn't Be Alive.
Awards
2006: International Emmy Award for Best Documentary (Hiroshima) - shared with Matthew Barrett

Peter Bennett (producer) Click here for Peter Bennett's entry on The Beast Below

David P Davis (script editor)
Doctor Who credits
Script edited: Robot of Sherwood, Listen, Time Heist, The Caretaker, Kill the Moon, Mummy on the Orient Express, Flatline, In the Forest of the Night, Dark Water/ Death in Heaven, Last Christmas, The Zygon Inversion, The Husbands of River Song (2014-15)
Career highlights
David has also edited scripts for Merlin (2010), Casualty (2011-14) and Electric Dreams (2017), as well as being a researcher on Holby City (2009-10). He wrote an episode of Casualty in 2012, and was an executive producer on Industry (2020-22).
Facts
Here's David on Twitter.

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