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| Bill (Pearl Mackie) and Nardole (Matt Lucas) feel a little blue |
First broadcast: May 27 2017
Average audience for story: 5.79m
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 Click here for Matt Lucas's entry on The Husbands of River Song
Pearl Mackie (Bill Potts) Born May 29 1987 Click here for Pearl Mackie's entry on The Pilot
GUEST CAST
Tim Bentinck (Voice of the Monks) Born Jun 1 1953
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice of the Monks in Extremis, The Pyramid at the End of the World (both 2017)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice of the Monks in Extremis, The Pyramid at the End of the World (both 2017)
Played: Body double for the Doctor in Shada (2017, uncredited)
Career highlights
Australian-born Tim debuted in North Sea Hijack (1980), followed by Tales of the Unexpected (1980), Smuggler (1981), Man-Eaters of India (1986), Boon (1987), Three Up Two Down (1989), Made in Heaven (1990), Sharpe's Rifles (1993), Strike Force (1995), The New Adventures of Robin Hood (1998), Enigma (2001), Deserter (2002), Born and Bred (2003), Murder in Suburbia (2004), Shadow Play (2004), Broken News (2005), Absolute Power (2005), The Thick of It (2005/07), Lead Balloon (2008), Kingdom (2009), The Hour (2011), The Royal Bodyguard (2011-12), Doctors (2006/12), Fast Girls (2012), The Politician's Husband (2013), EastEnders (2013), Dracula (2013), Lucan (2013), The Game (2014), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), Rillington Place (2016), Quacks (2017), Augury (2018), Good Omens (2019), The Crown (2019), Flack (2020), The Nevers (2021), Gentleman Jack (2022) and Survive This (2022). Tim has also had recurring roles in series such as By the Sword Divided as Tom Lacey (1983-85), Square Deal as Nigel Barrington (1988-89), Grange Hill as Greg Mitchell (1995-97) and A Prince Among Men as Mark Fitzherbert (1997-98). Tim is a prolific voice artist, especially for video games, and in 2000 provided the voice of James Bond for the 007 game The World is Not Enough. Tim has also been playing David Archer in the BBC Radio soap The Archers since 1982.
Career highlights
Australian-born Tim debuted in North Sea Hijack (1980), followed by Tales of the Unexpected (1980), Smuggler (1981), Man-Eaters of India (1986), Boon (1987), Three Up Two Down (1989), Made in Heaven (1990), Sharpe's Rifles (1993), Strike Force (1995), The New Adventures of Robin Hood (1998), Enigma (2001), Deserter (2002), Born and Bred (2003), Murder in Suburbia (2004), Shadow Play (2004), Broken News (2005), Absolute Power (2005), The Thick of It (2005/07), Lead Balloon (2008), Kingdom (2009), The Hour (2011), The Royal Bodyguard (2011-12), Doctors (2006/12), Fast Girls (2012), The Politician's Husband (2013), EastEnders (2013), Dracula (2013), Lucan (2013), The Game (2014), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), Rillington Place (2016), Quacks (2017), Augury (2018), Good Omens (2019), The Crown (2019), Flack (2020), The Nevers (2021), Gentleman Jack (2022) and Survive This (2022). Tim has also had recurring roles in series such as By the Sword Divided as Tom Lacey (1983-85), Square Deal as Nigel Barrington (1988-89), Grange Hill as Greg Mitchell (1995-97) and A Prince Among Men as Mark Fitzherbert (1997-98). Tim is a prolific voice artist, especially for video games, and in 2000 provided the voice of James Bond for the 007 game The World is Not Enough. Tim has also been playing David Archer in the BBC Radio soap The Archers since 1982.
Awards
2018: Member of the order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to drama
Facts
As well as being an actor, Tim is also Count Bentinck, the 12th Earl of Portland (a title he inherited in 1997). Although Tim took his seat in the House of Lords, he did not speak there before losing the right to do so under the House of Lords Act 1999. In 1732, Tim's ancestor William Bentinck (Baron Bentinck of the Duchy of Guelders) was made a Count of the Holy Roman Empire, a title still held by Tim but which cannot be used in the UK. Tim's wife is Judy Bentinck, a one-time costume designer for the Royal Shakespeare Company and now a bespoke milliner. Tim's sister Anna Bentinck is also an actor, while his father Henry Bentinck (the 11th Earl of Portland) worked for a time as a TV producer (including for the BBC's Today programme), and claimed to have coined the "Mr Kipling makes exceedingly good cakes" advertising catchphrase. Tim and Judy's son William (Viscount Woodstock) is a social entrepreneur who founded Levantine Links and Ragged University. Tim appeared on Celebrity Mastermind in 2013 with the specialist subject of Winnie the Pooh, while his voice may also be familiar to Londoners saying "Mind the gap" on the Underground's Piccadilly line! Here's Tim on Twitter.
As well as being an actor, Tim is also Count Bentinck, the 12th Earl of Portland (a title he inherited in 1997). Although Tim took his seat in the House of Lords, he did not speak there before losing the right to do so under the House of Lords Act 1999. In 1732, Tim's ancestor William Bentinck (Baron Bentinck of the Duchy of Guelders) was made a Count of the Holy Roman Empire, a title still held by Tim but which cannot be used in the UK. Tim's wife is Judy Bentinck, a one-time costume designer for the Royal Shakespeare Company and now a bespoke milliner. Tim's sister Anna Bentinck is also an actor, while his father Henry Bentinck (the 11th Earl of Portland) worked for a time as a TV producer (including for the BBC's Today programme), and claimed to have coined the "Mr Kipling makes exceedingly good cakes" advertising catchphrase. Tim and Judy's son William (Viscount Woodstock) is a social entrepreneur who founded Levantine Links and Ragged University. Tim appeared on Celebrity Mastermind in 2013 with the specialist subject of Winnie the Pooh, while his voice may also be familiar to Londoners saying "Mind the gap" on the Underground's Piccadilly line! Here's Tim on Twitter.
Andrew Byron (Ilya) Born Aug 10 1971
Career highlights
Andrew first appeared in the short Be Me (2004), then Experiment (2005), 28 Weeks Later (2007), Bigga Than Ben (2008), Silent Witness (2008), Waking the Dead (2009), Spooks (2011), RED 2 (2013), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), The Monuments Men (2014), The Assets (2014), Catastrophe (2015), Genius (2016), Mum's List (2016), Another Mother's Son (2017), War Machine (2017), Killing Eve (2018), Victoria (2019), Dracula (2020), Black Widow (2021) and The Undeclared War (2022).
Facts
Multilingual Andrew can speak English, French, Russian, German, Spanish and Chinese.
Career highlights
Andrew first appeared in the short Be Me (2004), then Experiment (2005), 28 Weeks Later (2007), Bigga Than Ben (2008), Silent Witness (2008), Waking the Dead (2009), Spooks (2011), RED 2 (2013), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), The Monuments Men (2014), The Assets (2014), Catastrophe (2015), Genius (2016), Mum's List (2016), Another Mother's Son (2017), War Machine (2017), Killing Eve (2018), Victoria (2019), Dracula (2020), Black Widow (2021) and The Undeclared War (2022).
Facts
Multilingual Andrew can speak English, French, Russian, German, Spanish and Chinese.
Daphne Cheung (Captain Xiaolian)
Career highlights
Daphne made her earliest appearance in Columbo (1990), followed by China Cry: A True Story (1990), Rich Girl (1991), Moon and Son (1992), Baywatch (1993), Nelson's Column (1995), The Bill (1997), Midnight Man (1997), Ali G Indahouse (2002), Spirit Warriors (2010), Psychoville (2010), Ashes (2012), Doctors (2013), Critical (2015), Casualty (2015), Love, Lies and Records (2017) and Chimerica (2019).
Facts
Daphne is married to fight arranger David Coatsworth. Here's Daphne on Twitter.
Career highlights
Daphne made her earliest appearance in Columbo (1990), followed by China Cry: A True Story (1990), Rich Girl (1991), Moon and Son (1992), Baywatch (1993), Nelson's Column (1995), The Bill (1997), Midnight Man (1997), Ali G Indahouse (2002), Spirit Warriors (2010), Psychoville (2010), Ashes (2012), Doctors (2013), Critical (2015), Casualty (2015), Love, Lies and Records (2017) and Chimerica (2019).
Facts
Daphne is married to fight arranger David Coatsworth. Here's Daphne on Twitter.
Rachel Denning (Erica) Born 1986
Career highlights
Other work includes Life's Too Short (2013), The Vote (2015), Call the Midwife (2017), Artemis Fowl (2020), Buffering (2021) and We Hunt Together (2022).
Facts
Rachel is 4ft 1in tall and is a member of the Reduced Height Theatre Company. Here she is on Twitter.
Career highlights
Other work includes Life's Too Short (2013), The Vote (2015), Call the Midwife (2017), Artemis Fowl (2020), Buffering (2021) and We Hunt Together (2022).
Facts
Rachel is 4ft 1in tall and is a member of the Reduced Height Theatre Company. Here she is on Twitter.
Tony Gardner (Douglas) Born Jan 10 1964
Career highlights
Tony made his screen debut in Drop the Dead Donkey (1994), then Lovejoy (1994), Joking Apart (1995), Grown Ups (1997), Sunnyside Farm (1997), Barking (1998), Holby City (2001), Cold Feet (2001), Jekyll (2007), MI High (2011), Cockneys vs Zombies (2012), Gates (2012), The Escape Artist (2013), Plebs (2014), Tripped (2015), Young Hyacinth (2016), Innocent (2017), Death in Paradise (2017), Tracey Ullman's Show (2016-18), Horrible Histories: The Movie (2019), The Larkins (2021), Not Going Out (2021-22) and Gentleman Jack (2022). He has enjoyed several recurring roles, including Brian Johnson in over 100 episodes of My Parents are Aliens (1999-2006), Michael in sitcom Lead Balloon (2006-11), Dan Miller in The Thick of It (2005-12), Lieutenant Colonel Smith in Bluestone 42 (2013-15), Professor Shales in Fresh Meat (2011-16), John in Last Tango in Halifax (2012-20) and Ivan Schloss in Stella (2016). He's also written episodes of My Parents are Aliens and contributed material to The Armstrong and Miller Show.
Facts
Tony qualified as a doctor in 1987, and as a GP in 1993, but does not practice. In the 1990s, he was one half of comedy duo Struck Off and Die with Phil Hammond, and in 2015 appeared in Wolf Alice's music video for Giant Peach. Tony sits on the national governing body of actors' union Equity. While filming Death in Paradise in Guadeloupe in the Caribbean in 2016, Tony caught the Zika virus from a mosquito bite. Here he is on Twitter.
Career highlights
Tony made his screen debut in Drop the Dead Donkey (1994), then Lovejoy (1994), Joking Apart (1995), Grown Ups (1997), Sunnyside Farm (1997), Barking (1998), Holby City (2001), Cold Feet (2001), Jekyll (2007), MI High (2011), Cockneys vs Zombies (2012), Gates (2012), The Escape Artist (2013), Plebs (2014), Tripped (2015), Young Hyacinth (2016), Innocent (2017), Death in Paradise (2017), Tracey Ullman's Show (2016-18), Horrible Histories: The Movie (2019), The Larkins (2021), Not Going Out (2021-22) and Gentleman Jack (2022). He has enjoyed several recurring roles, including Brian Johnson in over 100 episodes of My Parents are Aliens (1999-2006), Michael in sitcom Lead Balloon (2006-11), Dan Miller in The Thick of It (2005-12), Lieutenant Colonel Smith in Bluestone 42 (2013-15), Professor Shales in Fresh Meat (2011-16), John in Last Tango in Halifax (2012-20) and Ivan Schloss in Stella (2016). He's also written episodes of My Parents are Aliens and contributed material to The Armstrong and Miller Show.
Facts
Tony qualified as a doctor in 1987, and as a GP in 1993, but does not practice. In the 1990s, he was one half of comedy duo Struck Off and Die with Phil Hammond, and in 2015 appeared in Wolf Alice's music video for Giant Peach. Tony sits on the national governing body of actors' union Equity. While filming Death in Paradise in Guadeloupe in the Caribbean in 2016, Tony caught the Zika virus from a mosquito bite. Here he is on Twitter.
Nigel Hastings (Commander) Born Apr 1963
Career highlights
Nigel debuted in Hanna's War (1988), followed by Resurrected (1989), A Bit of a Do (1989), Rumpole of the Bailey (1991), Covington Cross (1992), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Cadfael (1994), Soldier Soldier (1996), EastEnders (1997), McCallum (1998), Attachments (2000), A Touch of Frost (2003), Wire in the Blood (2005), Hustle (2006), The Shadow Line (2011), Peaky Blinders (2014), The Last Hours of Laura K (2015), Call the Midwife (2018), Right Now (2019), The Phantom of the Open (2021), The Ipcress File (2022) and Killer Bean (2023).
Career highlights
Nigel debuted in Hanna's War (1988), followed by Resurrected (1989), A Bit of a Do (1989), Rumpole of the Bailey (1991), Covington Cross (1992), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Cadfael (1994), Soldier Soldier (1996), EastEnders (1997), McCallum (1998), Attachments (2000), A Touch of Frost (2003), Wire in the Blood (2005), Hustle (2006), The Shadow Line (2011), Peaky Blinders (2014), The Last Hours of Laura K (2015), Call the Midwife (2018), Right Now (2019), The Phantom of the Open (2021), The Ipcress File (2022) and Killer Bean (2023).
Jamie Hill (Monk)
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)
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: 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).
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).
Togo Igawa (Secretary General of the UN) Born Sep 26 1946
Doctor Who credits
Played: Dr Tanizaki in Torchwood: Cyberwoman (2006)
Played: Secretary General of the UN in The Pyramid at the End of the World (2017)
Career highlights
Japanese born Togo made his debut in Kagirinaku toumei ni chikai blue in 1979, after which he has appeared in many productions, including The Man Who Shot Christmas (1984), Gems (1985-86), Half Moon Street (1986), Never the Twain (1988), Forever Green (1989), Capital City (1989), Chancer (1990), Murder Most Horrid (1991), Class Act (1994), Bugs (1995), Karaoke (1996), Drop the Dead Donkey (1996), Thief Takers (1997), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Topsy-Turvy (1999), The Parole Officer (2001), Lexx (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Revolver (2005), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Primeval (2008), Speed Racer (2008), Wire in the Blood (2008), Night Train (2009), Ninja (2009), Johnny English Reborn (2011), Strike Back (2013), 47 Ronin (2013), Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist (2014, for which he was also a producer), Casualty (2014), Marco Polo (2016), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! (2018), Giri/ Haji (2019), The Crown (2019), Moley (2021) and Invasion (2021). He's also provided the voice of Hiro in the UK and US versions of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends since 2009.
Facts
After moving to the UK in 1983, Togo became the first Japanese member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, in 1986. His wife is potter and chef Adrienne Baba.
Eben Young (Colonel Don Brabbit)
Career highlights
Debuted in Moonshot (2009), then The Ghost Writer (2010), The Jury (2011), Red Lights (2012), Nixon's the One (2013), Kick-Ass 2 (2013), The Assets (2014), The Head Hunter (2016), Doctor Strange (2016), The Hunter's Prayer (2017), Patrick Melrose (2018), Traitors (2019) and Suspicion (2022).
CREW
Peter Harness (writer) Born 1976
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Kill the Moon (2014), The Zygon Invasion/ The Zygon Inversion (2015), The Pyramid at the End of the World (2017)
Career highlights
Peter's writing career kicked off with A View from a Hill (2005), after which he worked on Heist (2008), City of Vice (2008), Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me (2008), 1066 (2009), Case Histories (2011/13), Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015, which he also produced), Wallander (2012-15, also producer), McMafia (2018) and The War of the Worlds (2019, also producer).
Facts
Here's Peter on Twitter.
In 2016 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Peter here.
Steven Moffat (writer) Born Nov 18 1961 Click here for Steven Moffat's entry on The Empty Child
Daniel Nettheim (director)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: K9: Sirens of Ceres, K9: Dreameaters, K9: Oroborus, K9: Fall of the House of Gryffen (all 2010), The Zygon Invasion/ The Zygon Inversion (2015), Extremis (2017), The Pyramid at the End of the World (2017)
Career highlights
Australian Daniel made his directing debut with the 1995 shorts The Beat Manifesto and The Third Stroke, after which he found work on Driven Crazy (1998), Angst (2000), Love is a Four-Letter Word (2001), Fat Cow Motel (2003), White Collar Blue (2002-03), Last Man Standing (2005), The Secret Life of Us (2001-05), Headland (2005-06), The Elephant Princess (2008), Raggs (2007-09), All Saints (2007-09), Snake Tales (2009), Rush (2009-10), The Hunter (2011), Mr and Mrs Murder (2013), Whitechapel (2013), Dance Academy (2012-13), Humans (2015), Jack Irish (2016), Ripper Street (2016), Broadchurch (2017), Ash vs Evil Dead (2018), Tidelands (2018), Line of Duty (2014/21), The Tourist (2022) and The Twelve (2022).
Doctor Who credits
Directed: K9: Sirens of Ceres, K9: Dreameaters, K9: Oroborus, K9: Fall of the House of Gryffen (all 2010), The Zygon Invasion/ The Zygon Inversion (2015), Extremis (2017), The Pyramid at the End of the World (2017)
Career highlights
Australian Daniel made his directing debut with the 1995 shorts The Beat Manifesto and The Third Stroke, after which he found work on Driven Crazy (1998), Angst (2000), Love is a Four-Letter Word (2001), Fat Cow Motel (2003), White Collar Blue (2002-03), Last Man Standing (2005), The Secret Life of Us (2001-05), Headland (2005-06), The Elephant Princess (2008), Raggs (2007-09), All Saints (2007-09), Snake Tales (2009), Rush (2009-10), The Hunter (2011), Mr and Mrs Murder (2013), Whitechapel (2013), Dance Academy (2012-13), Humans (2015), Jack Irish (2016), Ripper Street (2016), Broadchurch (2017), Ash vs Evil Dead (2018), Tidelands (2018), Line of Duty (2014/21), The Tourist (2022) and The Twelve (2022).
Awards
1995: Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay in a Short Film (The Beat Manifesto) - shared with Tony McNamara and Mathew Schulz
1995: Australian Film Institute Award for Best Short Fiction Film (The Beat Manifesto) - shared with Shilo T McClean
2010: Australian Directors' Guild Award for Best Direction in a TV Drama Series (Rush)
2013: Australian Directors' Guild Award for Best Direction in Children's Television (Dance Academy)
2014: Australian Directors' Guild Award for Best Direction in a Children's TV Programme (Dance Academy)
Facts
Daniel's brother Matt is an on-set feature films stills photographer, while his uncle David Nettheim was an actor, who appeared in The Enemy of the World (1967-68). Here's Daniel on Twitter.
Facts
Daniel's brother Matt is an on-set feature films stills photographer, while his uncle David Nettheim was an actor, who appeared in The Enemy of the World (1967-68). Here's Daniel on Twitter.
Peter Bennett (producer) Click here for Peter Bennett's entry on The Beast Below
Lindsey Alford (script executive) Click here for Lindsey Alford's entry on Daleks in Manhattan
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