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| The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) meets River Song (Alex Kingston) in his latest body |
First broadcast Dec 25 2015
Average audience for story: 7.69m
REGULAR CAST
Peter Capaldi (The Doctor) Born Apr 14 1958 Click here for Peter Capaldi's entry on The Fires of Pompeii
Matt Lucas (Nardole) Born Mar 5 1974
Doctor Who credits
Played: Nardole in The Husbands of River Song, The Return of Doctor Mysterio, The Pilot, Smile, Thin Ice, Knock Knock, Oxygen, Extremis, The Pyramid at the End of the World, The Lie of the Land, Empress of Mars, The Eaters of Light, World Enough and Time/ The Doctor Falls, Twice Upon a Time (2015-17)
Career highlights
Matt first came to prominence playing George Dawes the giant baby (as well as George's mother, future Little Britain character Marjorie Dawes) on the madcap quiz show Shooting Stars (1995-2009), after which he made appearances in The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer (1995), Mash and Peas (1996), Sunnyside Farm (1997), It's Ulrika! (1997), Dennis Pennis RIP (1997), Barking (1998), Plunkett and Macleane (1999), Sir Bernard's Stately Homes (1999), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2001), Fun at the Funeral Parlour (2001-02), Catterick (2004), Shaun of the Dead (2004), French and Saunders (2004), Casanova (2005), The Wind in the Willows (2006), Kath and Kim (2007), Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (2009), Alice in Wonderland (2010), The Infidel (2010), Bridesmaids (2011), The Look of Love (2013), Community (2013), The Harry Hill Movie (2013), Paddington (2014), Pompidou (2015), Bull (2015), The Labyrinth (2016), Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016), Round Planet (2016), How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017), Legends of Tomorrow (2021) and Wonka (2023). It is for his comedy partnership with David Walliams that he is most known, working with him on Little Britain (2003-06), Little Britain USA (2008) and Come Fly with Me (2010-11). He also writes much of the material he appears in, such as Little Britain, Come Fly with Me, Mash and Peas and Pompidou.
Awards
2004: BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Programme or Series (Little Britain) - shared with production team
2004: British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor (Little Britain) - shared with David Walliams
Doctor Who credits
Played: Nardole in The Husbands of River Song, The Return of Doctor Mysterio, The Pilot, Smile, Thin Ice, Knock Knock, Oxygen, Extremis, The Pyramid at the End of the World, The Lie of the Land, Empress of Mars, The Eaters of Light, World Enough and Time/ The Doctor Falls, Twice Upon a Time (2015-17)
Career highlights
Matt first came to prominence playing George Dawes the giant baby (as well as George's mother, future Little Britain character Marjorie Dawes) on the madcap quiz show Shooting Stars (1995-2009), after which he made appearances in The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer (1995), Mash and Peas (1996), Sunnyside Farm (1997), It's Ulrika! (1997), Dennis Pennis RIP (1997), Barking (1998), Plunkett and Macleane (1999), Sir Bernard's Stately Homes (1999), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2001), Fun at the Funeral Parlour (2001-02), Catterick (2004), Shaun of the Dead (2004), French and Saunders (2004), Casanova (2005), The Wind in the Willows (2006), Kath and Kim (2007), Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (2009), Alice in Wonderland (2010), The Infidel (2010), Bridesmaids (2011), The Look of Love (2013), Community (2013), The Harry Hill Movie (2013), Paddington (2014), Pompidou (2015), Bull (2015), The Labyrinth (2016), Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016), Round Planet (2016), How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017), Legends of Tomorrow (2021) and Wonka (2023). It is for his comedy partnership with David Walliams that he is most known, working with him on Little Britain (2003-06), Little Britain USA (2008) and Come Fly with Me (2010-11). He also writes much of the material he appears in, such as Little Britain, Come Fly with Me, Mash and Peas and Pompidou.
Awards
2004: BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Programme or Series (Little Britain) - shared with production team
2004: British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor (Little Britain) - shared with David Walliams
2004: Royal Television Society Award for Best Comedy Performance (Little Britain) - shared with David Walliams
2005: BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Programme or Series (Little Britain) - shared with production team
2005: BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Performance (Little Britain) - shared with David Walliams
Facts
Matt began to lose his hair when he was six years old, suffering from alopecia universalis, the loss of all hair, including eyebrows and eyelashes. Matt's cousin Alexa Tilley took part in the 2005 series of The Apprentice. He was best man at the wedding of David Walliams to Lara Stone in 2010. Matt appeared in the music videos for Blur's Country House (1995), Ben Folds' Jesusland (2005), and Pet Shop Boys' I'm with Stupid (2006). Matt's first husband Kevin McGee was found hanged in 2009, just 10 months after the couple divorced. Between 2012-15, he shared a Hollywood home with comedy actor Rebel Wilson. In 2021 he became a naturalized German citizen. Here he is on Twitter.
2005: BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Programme or Series (Little Britain) - shared with production team
2005: BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Performance (Little Britain) - shared with David Walliams
Facts
Matt began to lose his hair when he was six years old, suffering from alopecia universalis, the loss of all hair, including eyebrows and eyelashes. Matt's cousin Alexa Tilley took part in the 2005 series of The Apprentice. He was best man at the wedding of David Walliams to Lara Stone in 2010. Matt appeared in the music videos for Blur's Country House (1995), Ben Folds' Jesusland (2005), and Pet Shop Boys' I'm with Stupid (2006). Matt's first husband Kevin McGee was found hanged in 2009, just 10 months after the couple divorced. Between 2012-15, he shared a Hollywood home with comedy actor Rebel Wilson. In 2021 he became a naturalized German citizen. Here he is on Twitter.
GUEST CAST
Nonso Anozie (Voice of King Hydroflax) Born May 28 1979
Career highlights
Nonso's earliest credit was in Prime Suspect 7 (2006), followed by The Last Legion (2007), Atonement (2007), RocknRolla (2008), Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Outcasts (2011), Conan the Barbarian (2011), Game of Thrones (2012), Ender's Game (2013), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), Dracula (2013-14), Son of God (2014), Get Santa (2014), Cinderella (2015), Tut (2015), Pan (2015), Zoo (2015-17), Guava Island (2019), Artemis Fowl (2020), Sweet Tooth (2021) and Ted Lasso (2021).
Facts
Nonso is 6ft 6in tall. He was originally cast to provide the voice of polar bear Iorek Byrnison in the 2007 film The Golden Compass, but was replaced by Ian McKellen against director Chris Weitz's wishes. However, he did provide the voice for the video game spin-off. In 2002 he became the youngest person in history (aged 23) to play King Lear professionally. Here's his Twitter feed.
Career highlights
Nonso's earliest credit was in Prime Suspect 7 (2006), followed by The Last Legion (2007), Atonement (2007), RocknRolla (2008), Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Outcasts (2011), Conan the Barbarian (2011), Game of Thrones (2012), Ender's Game (2013), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), Dracula (2013-14), Son of God (2014), Get Santa (2014), Cinderella (2015), Tut (2015), Pan (2015), Zoo (2015-17), Guava Island (2019), Artemis Fowl (2020), Sweet Tooth (2021) and Ted Lasso (2021).
Facts
Nonso is 6ft 6in tall. He was originally cast to provide the voice of polar bear Iorek Byrnison in the 2007 film The Golden Compass, but was replaced by Ian McKellen against director Chris Weitz's wishes. However, he did provide the voice for the video game spin-off. In 2002 he became the youngest person in history (aged 23) to play King Lear professionally. Here's his Twitter feed.
Liam Cook (King Hydroflax's body)
Career highlights
Career highlights
Liam is a puppeteer who has also worked on the Star Wars films The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017), Solo (2018) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019), as well as The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019).
Anthony Cozens (Concierge) Born 1977
Career highlights
Debuted in Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004), then appeared in The Crouches (2005), Bleak House (2005), Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj (2006), Holby City (2010), Sherlock (2012), Houdini (2014), Cider with Rosie (2015), Obsession: Dark Desires (2016), Pennyworth (2019), The Last Kingdom (2017-20), Terms and Conditions (2020, which he also produced) and Gentleman Jack (2019-22).
Career highlights
Debuted in Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004), then appeared in The Crouches (2005), Bleak House (2005), Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj (2006), Holby City (2010), Sherlock (2012), Houdini (2014), Cider with Rosie (2015), Obsession: Dark Desires (2016), Pennyworth (2019), The Last Kingdom (2017-20), Terms and Conditions (2020, which he also produced) and Gentleman Jack (2019-22).
Robert Curtis (Scratch) Born 1978
Doctor Who credits
Played: Security man in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Prisoner of the Judoon (2009)
Played: Scratch in The Husbands of River Song (2015)
Career highlights
Robert's other work includes Hamlet (2009), EastEnders (2012), Hangar 10 (2014), Doctors (2015), Outlander (2016) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019).
Facts
Here's Robert on Twitter.
Doctor Who credits
Played: Security man in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Prisoner of the Judoon (2009)
Played: Scratch in The Husbands of River Song (2015)
Career highlights
Robert's other work includes Hamlet (2009), EastEnders (2012), Hangar 10 (2014), Doctors (2015), Outlander (2016) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019).
Facts
Here's Robert on Twitter.
Greg Davies (King Hydroflax) Born May 14 1968
Career highlights
Greg made his screen debut in 2005's Nelly Nut Live!, followed by Girls? Eugh! (2006), Katy Brand's Big Ass Show (2007), ChuckleVision (2007), Saxondale (2007), The Wall (2008), We Are Klang (2009), Schizo Samurai Shitzu (2010), This is Jinsy (2014), Taskmaster (2015-22), A Gert Lush Christmas (2015) and The Cleaner (2021). He is well known for playing Mr Gilbert in The Inbetweeners (2008-10) and their two movies (2011 & 2014), Dan in Man Down (2013-17) and Ken Thompson in Cuckoo (2012-19). He has also written for Nelly Nut Live!, We Are Klang, Man Down, Ask Rhod Gilbert (2010) and The Cleaner, and released his own comedy videos, Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog (2011), The Back of My Mum's Head (2013) and You Magnificent Beast (2018).
Facts
Greg, who is 6ft 8in high and has size 14 feet, worked as a secondary school drama teacher for 15 years before moving into comedy. Between 2007-15 Greg was in a relationship with Labour MP Liz Kendall. Here he is on Twitter.
Career highlights
Greg made his screen debut in 2005's Nelly Nut Live!, followed by Girls? Eugh! (2006), Katy Brand's Big Ass Show (2007), ChuckleVision (2007), Saxondale (2007), The Wall (2008), We Are Klang (2009), Schizo Samurai Shitzu (2010), This is Jinsy (2014), Taskmaster (2015-22), A Gert Lush Christmas (2015) and The Cleaner (2021). He is well known for playing Mr Gilbert in The Inbetweeners (2008-10) and their two movies (2011 & 2014), Dan in Man Down (2013-17) and Ken Thompson in Cuckoo (2012-19). He has also written for Nelly Nut Live!, We Are Klang, Man Down, Ask Rhod Gilbert (2010) and The Cleaner, and released his own comedy videos, Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog (2011), The Back of My Mum's Head (2013) and You Magnificent Beast (2018).
Facts
Greg, who is 6ft 8in high and has size 14 feet, worked as a secondary school drama teacher for 15 years before moving into comedy. Between 2007-15 Greg was in a relationship with Labour MP Liz Kendall. Here he is on Twitter.
Chris Lew Kum Hoi (Alphonse)
Career highlights
Other work includes The Dispute (2014), Jayson Bend: Queen and Country (2015), War Machine (2016), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016), Father Brown (2019), Derry Girls (2019), Brassic (2021), The Ipcress File (2022) and The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022).
Facts
Chris's Twitter feed.
Career highlights
Other work includes The Dispute (2014), Jayson Bend: Queen and Country (2015), War Machine (2016), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016), Father Brown (2019), Derry Girls (2019), Brassic (2021), The Ipcress File (2022) and The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022).
Facts
Chris's Twitter feed.
Alex Kingston (River Song) Born Mar 11 1963 Click here for Alex Kingston's entry on Silence in the Library
Rowan Polonski (Flemming) Born 1989
Career highlights
Rowan debuted in The Actors' Shrine (2012), then Otherworld (2014), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), How You Look at Me (2019) and Good Omens (2019).
Facts
Here he is on Twitter.
Phillip Rhys (Ramone) Born Jun 14 1974
Career highlights
Debuted in USA High (1997), then The Others (1997), Woundings (1998), Kill the Man (1999), Undressed (1999), Punks (2000), Century City (2004), NCIS (2005), Bones (2007), Warehouse 13 (2010), Glee (2013), Tripped (2015), Figaro (2016), Rosewood (2017), Nightflyers (2018), Tell Me a Story (2019-20) and The Full Monty (2023). He regularly played Quentin Mitchell in Flatland (2002), Reza Naiyeer in 24 (2002-03), Jude Sawyer in Nip/ Tuck (2003-05) and Aalim Sadiq in Survivors (2008-10). He also directed and produced The Rocky (2011) and The Scarecrow (2015).
Facts
In 2002, Phillip almost died when a tooth abscess infected his stomach and he lost a great amount of weight until doctors figured out the problem. His grandmother Janine Klotza was a prima ballerina in France in the 1920s, performing all the major ballets, except Giselle, after whom she named Phillip's mother. Here he is on Twitter.
Nicolle Smartt (Receptionist) Born 1990
Career highlights
Other work includes Tripped (2014) and Good Omens (2019), but she has also worked extensively in musical theatre, and also been a backing dancer on TV, including for Jai McDowall on Britain's Got Talent (2011).
Career highlights
Rowan debuted in The Actors' Shrine (2012), then Otherworld (2014), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), How You Look at Me (2019) and Good Omens (2019).
Facts
Here he is on Twitter.
Phillip Rhys (Ramone) Born Jun 14 1974
Career highlights
Debuted in USA High (1997), then The Others (1997), Woundings (1998), Kill the Man (1999), Undressed (1999), Punks (2000), Century City (2004), NCIS (2005), Bones (2007), Warehouse 13 (2010), Glee (2013), Tripped (2015), Figaro (2016), Rosewood (2017), Nightflyers (2018), Tell Me a Story (2019-20) and The Full Monty (2023). He regularly played Quentin Mitchell in Flatland (2002), Reza Naiyeer in 24 (2002-03), Jude Sawyer in Nip/ Tuck (2003-05) and Aalim Sadiq in Survivors (2008-10). He also directed and produced The Rocky (2011) and The Scarecrow (2015).
Facts
In 2002, Phillip almost died when a tooth abscess infected his stomach and he lost a great amount of weight until doctors figured out the problem. His grandmother Janine Klotza was a prima ballerina in France in the 1920s, performing all the major ballets, except Giselle, after whom she named Phillip's mother. Here he is on Twitter.
Nicolle Smartt (Receptionist) Born 1990
Career highlights
Other work includes Tripped (2014) and Good Omens (2019), but she has also worked extensively in musical theatre, and also been a backing dancer on TV, including for Jai McDowall on Britain's Got Talent (2011).
CREW
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).
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.
Facts
Here he is on Twitter.
Nikki Wilson (producer) Click here for Nikki's entry on The Sontaran Stratagem
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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