Time Heist

Clara (Jenna Coleman) is chased by
the Teller (Ross Mullan)

One episode (Time Heist)
First broadcast Sep 20 2014
Average audience for story: 6.99m + 1.19m iPlayer = 8.18m

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

Jonathan Bailey (Psi) Born Apr 25 1988
Career highlights
Jonathan debuted in Bramwell at the age of nine, before appearing in Bright Hair (1997), Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998), Baddiel's Syndrome (2001), Five Children and It (2004), Doctors (2007), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), St Trinian's (2007), Fresh! (2008), Off the Hook (2009), Campus (2011), Me and Mrs Jones (2012), Testament of Youth (2014), Crashing (2016), Hooten and the Lady (2016), The Mercy (2018) and Best Birthday Ever (2021). He has also enjoyed a handful of regular roles, including Tom in 26 episodes of Groove High (2012), Leonardo Da Vinci in 26 episodes of Leonardo (2011-12), Olly Stevens in 16 episodes of Broadchurch (2013-15), Jack Patterson in W1A (2014-17) and Lord Anthony Bridgerton in Bridgerton (2020-22).

Awards

2019: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Company)
Facts
Here's Jonathan on Twitter.

Pippa Bennett-Warner (Saibra) Born Jul 23 1988
Career highlights
Debuted in Holby City (2002), followed by Lenny Henry In Pieces (2003), Come Fly With Me (2010-11), Lewis (2011/12), Southcliffe (2013), Death in Paradise (2014), The Smoke (2014), The Trials of Jimmy Rose (2015), River (2015), Wakefield (2016), Patient Zero (2018), Sick Note (2017-18), Johnny English Strikes Again (2018), MotherFatherSon (2019), REAL (2019), Maxxx (2020), Roadkill (2020), Chloe (2022) and Gangs of London (2020-22). Pippa also played Harriet Lennox in 23 episodes of Harlots (2017-19).
Facts
Here's Pippa on Twitter.

Mark Ebulue (Guard) Born 1989
Career highlights
Debuted in Julius Caesar (2012), then Casualty (2013), Stan Lee's Lucky Man (2016), Doctors (2019), Homeland (2020), Manhunt (2021) and Death in Paradise (2022).
Facts
Here's Mark on Twitter.

Keeley Hawes (Miss Delphox/ Madame Karabraxos) Born Feb 10 1976
Career highlights
Keeley (born Claire) made her debut in Forever Green (1989), followed by roles in Tricky Business (1989), Troublemakers (1990), Karaoke (1996), Cold Lazarus (1996), The Beggar Bride (1997), Our Mutual Friend (1998), The Avengers (1998), Wives and Daughters (1999), A is for Acid (2002), Tipping the Velvet (2002), The Murdoch Mysteries (2004), The Best Man (2006), The Vicar of Dibley (2006/07), The Bank Job (2008), Identity (2010), The Lady Vanishes (2013), The Tunnel (2013), The Casual Vacancy (2015), High-Rise (2016), The Hollow Crown (2016), The Missing (2016), Inside No 9 (2017), Bodyguard (2018), Mrs Wilson (2018), Traitors (2019), Summer of Rockets (2019), Rebecca (2020), It's a Sin (2021), The Midwich Cuckoos (2022) and Finding Alice (2021-22). Recurring roles include Zoe Reynolds in Spooks (2002-04), Alex Drake in Ashes to Ashes (2008-10), Lady Agnes Holland in Upstairs, Downstairs (2010-12), Lindsay Denton in Line of Duty (2014-16) and Louisa Durrell in The Durrells (2016-19). In 2021, she was credited as creator and executive producer on the series Finding Alice, in which she played the title role. She was also the voice of Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider video games (2006-14).

Awards

2014: Crime Thriller Award for Best Leading Actress (Line of Duty)

2017: Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress (The Durrells/ The Missing/ Line of Duty)
Facts
Keeley can be spotted in the music videos for the Lightning Seeds' Marvellous (1994), Suede's Saturday Night (1996), the Mutton Birds' Come Around (1996) and James's She's a Star (1997). Since 2004, she has been married to actor Matthew Macfadyen, but her first husband between 2001-02 was cartoonist Spencer McCallum, whom she left after only five months of marriage. In the 1990s, she worked as a model, having been spotted on Oxford Street in London by a talent scout. Here she is on Twitter.

Junior Laniyan (Suited customer) Born 1982
Career highlights
Other work includes Prime Suspect 2 (1992), The Demon Headmaster (1996), Family Affairs (1999-2001), 28 Days Later (2002), Holby City (2002-03), Coronation Street (2005), Doctors (2002/06) and Kill Kill Faster Faster (2008).
Facts
Junior is founder of the London Tap Jam and is also a choreographer, having been a consultant on the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony. Here's his Twitter account.

Ross Mullan (The Teller) Born Jan 5 1967
Doctor Who credits
Played: Silent in The Time of the Doctor (2013)
Played: The Teller in Time Heist (2014)
Played: Wraith in Hell Bent (2015)
Career highlights
Canadian Ross, who is 6ft 4in, debuted in the 2002 short film Blow Job, followed by work in Clash of the Titans (2010), When the Lights Went Out (2012), Bloody Cuts (2014-15), Howl (2015), Il Sonnambulo (2016), Charismata (2017), Zoo-Head (2019) and A Pocketful of Bread (2022). He also played a White Walker in Game of Thrones (2012-14), and is the puppeteer and voice of Neville in 77 episodes of Bear Behaving Badly (2007-10) and the Numbertaker in Numberjacks (2008-09).
Facts
Here's Ross on Twitter.

Trevor Sellers (Mr Porrima)
Career highlights
Trevor's debut role was Rick Harris in Gems (1985), followed by parts in William Tell (1989), Brush Strokes (1990-91), The Piglet Files (1992), May to December (1994), 99-1 (1995), A Touch of Frost (1999), Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007), Endgame (2009), Merlin (2008/10), The Bastard Executioner (2015), Ransom (2017) and Adults in the Room (2019).

CREW

Steve Thompson (writer) Born 1967
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Curse of the Black Spot (2011), Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (2013), Time Heist (2014)
Career highlights
Steve's screen writing career began with a stint on Doctors in 2005, followed by work for The Whistleblowers (2007), Mutual Friends (2008), Silk (2011), Upstairs, Downstairs (2012), Sinbad (2012), Sherlock (2010-14), Jericho (2016, which he also created), Deep State (2018-19), Leonardo (2021) and Vienna Blood (2019-21, which he also created). He also executive produced Jericho, Leonardo and Vienna Blood.

Facts

Before becoming a writer, Steve worked as a maths teacher in London. He is married to media and information lawyer Lorna Skinner QC.

Steven Moffat (writer) Born Nov 18 1961 Click here for Steven Moffat's entry on The Empty Child

Douglas Mackinnon (director)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Sontaran Stratagem/ The Poison Sky (2008), The Power of Three (2012), Cold War (2013), Listen (2014), Time Heist (2014), Flatline (2014), The Husbands of River Song (2015)
Career highlights
Douglas started out as a director on London's Burning in the early 1990s, then worked on The Bill (1994-95), Thief Takers (1996), The Grand (1997), Gentlemen's Relish (2001), Nice Guy Eddie (2001-02), Murder in Suburbia (2004), The Last Detective (2003/07), Jekyll (2007), Robin Hood (2009), Silent Witness (2004/13), Line of Duty (2012/14), Outlander (2015), Sherlock (2016), Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2017), Knightfall (2017-18) and Good Omens (2019-22). He also wrote and directed the short Sealladh (1992) and Calum Dongle (2011).

Awards

2016: BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Directing in Film or Television (Sherlock)

2020: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Good Omens) - shared with Neil Gaiman
Facts
Here he is on Twitter.

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

Richard Cookson (script editor)
Doctor Who credits
Script edited: The Night of the Doctor (2013), An Adventure in Space and Time (2013), The Day of the Doctor (2013), The Last Day (2013), Robot of Sherwood (2014), Time Heist (2014), Flatline (2014)
Wrote: Strax's cinema introduction to The Day of the Doctor (2013, uncredited)
Career highlights
Richard began as a production assistant on biographical dramas such as The Curse of Steptoe (2008), Hughie Green, Most Sincerely (2008) and Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me (2008), graduating to script doctoring work on productions such as Criminal Justice (2009), Survivors (2010), Five Daughters (2010), The Fades (2011), Ripper Street (2012-13), Peaky Blinders (2013), Grantchester (2016-17) and Man in an Orange Suit (2018). He later became producer of Grantchester (2019-21), and even wrote a couple of episodes. 

Facts
Between 2012-13, Richard was also responsible for all of Doctor Who's spin-off fictional content through BBC Books, Penguin Books, IDW Comics, Immediate Media, Big Finish and Audio Go.

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 Magician's Apprentice/ The Witch's Familiar, The Zygon Invasion/ The Zygon Inversion, Sleep No More, Face the Raven, The Husbands of River Song (2014-15)
Career highlights
David has also edited scripts for Merlin (2010) and Casualty (2011-14), as well as being a researcher on Holby City (2009-10). He wrote an episode of Casualty in 2012.
Facts
Here's David on Twitter.