Twice Upon a Time

Mark Gatiss as the Captain, with Peter
Capaldi and David Bradley as
the Doctors

One episode (Twice Upon a Time)
First broadcast: Dec 25 2017
Audience for story: 8.28m

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

Nikki Amuka-Bird (Helen Clay) Born Feb 27 1976
Doctor Who credits
Played: Beth in Torchwood: Sleeper (2008)
Played: Helen Clay in Twice Upon a Time (2017)
Career highlights
Nikki made her screen debut in The Bill (1999), followed by roles in Grafters (1999), Doctors (2000), Bad Girls (2003-04), Afterlife (2005), Cargo (2006), The Line of Beauty (2006), The Omen (2006), Robin Hood (2006), Five Days (2007), The Disappeared (2008), Survivors (2008-10), Sinbad (2012), Luther (2011-13), Death in Paradise (2014), Jupiter Ascending (2015), Inside No.9 (2015), Quarry (2016), The Children Act (2017), Hard Sun (2018), The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019), Gold Digger (2019), Avenue 5 (2020), The Outfit (2022) and Persuasion (2022). She also played the recurring character of Moji Muzenda in Casualty, Holby City and Casualty @ Holby City in 2005.
Facts
Nigerian born Nikki grew up in the UK and Antigua and abandoned her dancing aspirations after injuring her back. She was once married to the actor Geoffrey Streatfeild.

David Bradley (The Doctor) Born Apr 17 1942
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice of Shansheeth Blue in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor (2010)
Played: Solomon in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (2012)
Played: William Hartnell in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
Played: The Doctor in The Doctor Falls, Twice Upon a Time (both 2017)
Career highlights
David made his debut in the sitcom Nearest and Dearest (1971), then secured the role of Colin Woodcock in A Family at War the same year. After that, he found work in The Professionals (1978), The Frisco Kid (1979), One By One (1985), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Between the Lines (1992), The Buddha of Suburbia (1993), Martin Chuzzlewit (1994), Our Friends in the North (1996), Cracker (1996), Reckless (1997-98), Our Mutual Friend (1998), Tom's Midnight Garden (1999), Shades (2001), The Intended (2002), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), Exorcist: The Beginning (2004), Blackpool (2004), Red Mercury (2005), Sweeney Todd (2006), Hot Fuzz (2007), The Color of Magic (2008), Ideal (2006-08), Ashes to Ashes (2009), Harry Brown (2009), Waking the Dead (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Benidorm (2012), Broadchurch (2013), Prisoners' Wives (2012-13), The World's End (2013), The Young Messiah (2016), Medici (2016), The Lodgers (2017), Await Further Instructions (2018), Les Miserables (2018-19), Gangs of London (2020), Jolt (2021) and The Responder (2022). His most memorable roles include Argus Filch in the Harry Potter film franchise (2001-11), Old Jake in Wild West (2002-04), Charlie in Mount Pleasant (2012-14), Abraham Setrakian in The Strain (2014-17), Druid Quane in Britannia (2018-21), Tony's Dad in Afterlife (2019-22) and of course, the much reviled Walder Frey in Game of Thrones (2011-17).

Awards

1991: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (King Lear)

2014: BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor (Broadchurch)

2021: British Short Film Award for Best Actor (Roy)
Facts
David can be seen in the music video for Louise and the Pins' Bell Jar (2012). Since 2018 David has played his version of the First Doctor for Big Finish audios.

Nicholas Briggs (Voice of the Dalek) Born Sep 29 1961 Click here for Nicholas Briggs' entry on Rose

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

Jared Garfield (Ben) Born Dec 14 1990
Career highlights
Debuted in Midsomer Murders (2005), then Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup (2006), Boy A (2007) and To Be Someone (2020). He played Nathan Nightingale in 123 episodes of soap Hollyoaks (2015-17).
Facts
Jared (middle name Rene) is co-founder and co-artistic director of Protocol Dance Company. He started out as a dancer, working as a popper and moving into choreography. Here he is on Twitter.

Mark Gatiss (The Captain [Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart]) Born Oct 17 1966 Click here for Mark Gatiss's entry on The Unquiet Dead

Lily Travers (Polly) Born Sep 11 1990
Career highlights
Lily debuted in a 2013 episode of Doctors, then took roles in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), The Royals (2015), Golden Years (2016), Brussel (2017), Still Star-Crossed (2017), Victoria (2019) and Misbehaviour (2020).
Facts
Lily is the granddaughter of actors and wildlife campaigners Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers. They founded the Born Free Foundation in 1984, which Lily's father Will Travers now runs. Lily has also modelled for Tatler magazine. Here's Lily on Twitter.

Toby Whithouse (German soldier) Born Jul 5 1970 Click here for Toby Whithouse's entry on School Reunion

Jodie Whittaker (The Doctor) Born Jun 17 1982
Doctor Who credits
Played: The Doctor in Twice Upon a Time, The Woman Who Fell to Earth, The Ghost Monument, Rosa, Arachnids in the UK, The Tsuranga Conundrum, Demons of the Punjab, Kerblam!, The Witchfinders, It Takes You Away, The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos, Resolution, Spyfall, Orphan 55, Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror, Fugitive of the Judoon, Praxeus, Can You Hear Me?, The Haunting of Villa Diodati, Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children, Revolution of the Daleks, Flux, Eve of the Daleks, Legend of the Sea Devils, Centenary Special (2017-22)

Jodie also played the Doctor in four video and virtual reality games (2019-21), the immersive attraction Time Fracture (2021) and the radio adventure Redacted (2022)
Career highlights
Jodie's first screen credit was the Afternoon Play The Last Will and Testament of Billy Two-Sheds (2006), followed by roles in Doctors (2006), Venus (2006), Dalziel and Pascoe (2006), This Life + 10 (2007), St Trinian's (2007), Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008), Wired (2008), White Wedding (2009), St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), Cranford (2009), The Kid (2010), Accused (2010), Marchlands (2011), Attack the Block (2011), The Night Watch (2011), One Day (2011), Black Mirror (2011), The Smoke (2014), The Assets (2014), Get Santa (2014) and Trust Me (2017). She also played Beth Latimer in 24 episodes of Broadchurch (2013-17).

Awards

2007: Royal Television Society Award for Best Actress (The Afternoon Play)
Facts
Jodie - whose middle name is Auckland, and is named after the American actress Jodie Foster - is married to fellow actor Christian Contreras. She shares her birthday with fellow Broadchurch star (and former Doctor Who companion) Arthur Darvill. Jodie was the aunt of the late child actor Harry Whittaker, who appeared as baby Leo Goskirk in soap Emmerdale between 2011-14. Harry had Down's Syndrome, and tragically died of a chronic lung infection aged three. Jodie performed a cover of Coldplay's A Sky Full of Stars in Harry's memory on Children in Need in 2020. As a big fan of Coldplay, Jodie had already performed a cover of the track Yellow for the 2019 Children in Need album Got It Covered (other Doctor Who luminaries on the album include Olivia Colman, Shaun Dooley, Jim Broadbent, Suranne Jones and David Tennant).

CREW

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

Rachel Talalay (director) Born Aug 16 1958 Click here for Rachel Talalay's entry on Dark Water

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

Nick Lambon (script editor) Click here for Nick Lambon's entry on Under the Lake