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| Behind you, Dr McIntyre (Tanya Fear)! |
First broadcast: Oct 28 2018
Audience for story: 8.70m
REGULAR CAST
Jodie Whittaker (The Doctor) Born Jun 17 1982 Click here for Jodie Whittaker's entry on Twice Upon a Time
Mandip Gill (Yasmin Khan) Born Jan 5 1988 Click here for Mandip Gill's entry on The Woman Who Fell to Earth
Tosin Cole (Ryan Sinclair) Born Jul 23 1992 Click here for Tosin Cole's entry on The Woman Who Fell to Earth
Bradley Walsh (Graham O'Brien) Born Jun 4 1960 Click here for Bradley Walsh's entry on The Woman Who Fell to Earth
GUEST CAST
Jaleh Alp (Frankie Ellish)
Career highlights
Debuted in the short film Last Goodbye (2006), then appeared in Law and Order UK (2010), Pete Versus Life (2011), Holby City (2016) and Dog Tags (2017).
Facts
Jaleh has also worked as a bartender for hire, with her speciality being the Ja Ja Special ("a lethal twist on Sex on the Beach, a love child of vodka, fresh fruits and citrus"). Since 2020 she has been a life coach and NLP practitioner. Here's Jaleh on Twitter.
Sharon D Clarke (Grace O'Brien) Born Aug 12 1966 Click here for Sharon D Clarke's entry on The Woman Who Fell to Earth
Tanya Fear (Dr Jade McIntyre) Born Dec 29 1989
Career highlights
Zimbabwe-born Tanyaradzwa (which means "we have been comforted" in the Shona language) debuted in The Fades (2011), followed by The Midnight Beast (2012), Kick-Ass 2 (2013), Some Girls (2013), Boomers (2014), DCI Banks (2015), Spotless (2015), Midsomer Murders (2016), Shamed (2017), Endeavour (2018), Cleaning Up (2019) and Grandad's Visit (2020). She also wrote, directed and produced the short film trilogy Shoot Your Shot (2020).
Facts
In September 2021, Tanya was reported by a friend as missing, having left her Los Angeles apartment without her phone or purse. A call for help went out on social media and four days later she was found safe and unscathed by police, and received undisclosed treatment at a hospital.
Ravin J Ganatra (Hakim Khan)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Neil in Torchwood: Greeks Bearing Gifts (2006)
Played: Mahajan in Torchwood: Golden Age (2009, radio play)
Played: Hakim Khan in Arachnids in the UK (2018), Demons of the Punjab (2018), Spyfall (2020)
Career highlights
Ravin made his debut in No Worries (1993), then Casualty (1996), Prime Suspect 5 (1996), The Brittas Empire (1997), Holding On (1997), Dalziel and Pascoe (2001), Nighty Night (2004), The Fugitives (2005), EastEnders (2006), Britz (2007), Dappers (2010), Rev (2010), Hollyoaks (2012), Count Arthur Strong (2013), In the Club (2014/16), The Boy with the Topknot (2017), Seven and Me (2018-19), Cheat (2018), Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019), War of the Worlds (2019) and The Canterville Ghost (2021).
Facts
Ravin also runs his own theatre company, Guruji Productions. Here's Ravin on Twitter.
Shobna Gulati (Najia Khan) Born Aug 7 1966
Doctor Who credits
Played: Najia Khan in Arachnids in the UK (2018), Demons of the Punjab (2018), Spyfall (2020)
Career highlights
Shobna rose to prominence in her debut screen role as Anita in the Victoria Wood sitcom Dinnerladies (1998-2000), then secured roles in EastEnders (2000), New Street Law (2006), Where the Heart Is (2006), Magnolia (2006), Coming Up (2008), Junkhearts (2011), The Slammer (2013), In the Club (2014), Paranoid (2016), Finding Fatimah (2017), River City (2017-18), Hold the Sunset (2018), On the Edge (2020), Adulting (2020), Murder, They Hope (2021) and Hullraisers (2022). She will be best remembered for playing Sunita Alahan in 671 episodes of the soap Coronation Street between 2001-13.
Awards
2024: Member of the order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to the cultural industries
Facts
Shobna performed as a dancer in the music video for Boy George's 1991 single Bow Down Mister. She also mimicked Diana Ross on an edition of Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes (2003). Here she in on Twitter.
William Meredith (Kevin) Born Nov 21 1973
Career highlights
American William made his screen debut in 2001's Band of Brothers, followed by roles in Ultimate Force (2006), 28 Weeks Later (2007), True Heroes (2008), Mirrors (2008), Green Zone (2010), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), 50 Ways to Kill Your Lover (2016), SS-GB (2017), Outlander (2017) and A Killer Next Door (2020).
Facts
Shobna performed as a dancer in the music video for Boy George's 1991 single Bow Down Mister. She also mimicked Diana Ross on an edition of Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes (2003). Here she in on Twitter.
William Meredith (Kevin) Born Nov 21 1973
Career highlights
American William made his screen debut in 2001's Band of Brothers, followed by roles in Ultimate Force (2006), 28 Weeks Later (2007), True Heroes (2008), Mirrors (2008), Green Zone (2010), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), 50 Ways to Kill Your Lover (2016), SS-GB (2017), Outlander (2017) and A Killer Next Door (2020).
Facts
William spent four years in the US army before becoming an actor.
Chris Noth (Jack Robertson) Born Nov 13 1954
Bhavnisha Parmar (Sonya Khan) Born 1986
Doctor Who credits
Played: Sonya Khan in Arachnids in the UK (2018), Demons of the Punjab (2018), Spyfall (2020), Can You Hear Me? (2020), Flux (2021)
Career highlights
Other work includes Penguin (2011), Darren Has a Breakdown (2014) and Guilty Pleasures (2016).
CREW
Chris Chibnall (writer) Born Mar 21 1970 Click here for Chris Chibnall's entry on 42
Sallie Aprahamian (director)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Arachnids in the UK (2018), The Witchfinders (2018)
Career highlights
Sallie started out as a script writer and editor for the soap EastEnders between 1989-91, then became a director, working on productions such as the soap Eldorado (1993), This Life (1997), The Lakes (1999), The Sins (2000), Teachers (2001), The Bill (2005-09), Casualty (1994-2012), EastEnders (1995-2014), Wolfblood (2014), The Dumping Ground (2014-16), The Worst Witch (2017), Hetty Feather (2018), Poldark (2019) and Cobra (2021).
Facts
Here's Sallie on Twitter.
Chris Noth (Jack Robertson) Born Nov 13 1954
Doctor Who credits
Played: Jack Robertson in Arachnids in the UK (2018), Revolution of the Daleks (2021)
Career highlights
American Chris found his first screen credit in 1981's Waitress!, followed by roles in Smithereens (1982), Killer in the Mirror (1986), Hill Street Blues (1986), I'll Take Manhattan (1987), Jakarta (1988), Monsters (1989), Naked in New York (1993), Burnzy's Last Call (1995), Touched By an Angel (1997), The Deli (1997), Rough Riders (1997), The Confession (1999), Cast Away (2000), The Glass House (2001), Crossing Jordan (2001), The Perfect Man (2005), Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012), White Girl (2016), Tyrant (2016), Gone (2017-18), Catastrophe (2019), A New York Christmas Wedding (2020) and Someday Sometime (2021). Chris has had a number of long-running roles, including Mike Logan in 111 episodes of Law and Order (1990-95) and 36 episodes of Law and Order: Criminal Intent (2005-06), Mr Big in 41 episodes of Sex and the City (1998-2004), as well as its two cinematic spin-offs (2008 and 2010) and TV series And Just Like That (2021), Peter Florrick in 101 episodes of The Good Wife (2009-16) and William Bishop in The Equalizer (2021-22).
Facts
Chris's mother was CBS news reporter Jeanne Parr (his dad died in a car accident when Chris was 12). In 2015, Chris was named GQ's International Man of the Year. He is married to Canadian actress Tara Wilson. He is the co-owner of the New York City bar The Cutting Room. Between 1990-95 Chris was in a relationship with model Beverly Johnson, but when they split up Johnson filed a restraining order against him, accusing him of physical, verbal and racial abuse. In 2021, Chris was accused of sexual assault by two women (in 2004 and 2015), which he denied, and of "sexually inappropriate" behaviour on the set of Law and Order: Criminal Intent in 2005 by actor Zoe Lister-Jones. Further allegations of sexual assault and inappropriate behaviour followed, including one from singer Lisa Gentile, resulting in Chris being dropped by his acting agency, and a TV commercial for Peloton being taken off air. He was also dismissed part-way through filming The Equalizer's second series.
Career highlights
American Chris found his first screen credit in 1981's Waitress!, followed by roles in Smithereens (1982), Killer in the Mirror (1986), Hill Street Blues (1986), I'll Take Manhattan (1987), Jakarta (1988), Monsters (1989), Naked in New York (1993), Burnzy's Last Call (1995), Touched By an Angel (1997), The Deli (1997), Rough Riders (1997), The Confession (1999), Cast Away (2000), The Glass House (2001), Crossing Jordan (2001), The Perfect Man (2005), Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012), White Girl (2016), Tyrant (2016), Gone (2017-18), Catastrophe (2019), A New York Christmas Wedding (2020) and Someday Sometime (2021). Chris has had a number of long-running roles, including Mike Logan in 111 episodes of Law and Order (1990-95) and 36 episodes of Law and Order: Criminal Intent (2005-06), Mr Big in 41 episodes of Sex and the City (1998-2004), as well as its two cinematic spin-offs (2008 and 2010) and TV series And Just Like That (2021), Peter Florrick in 101 episodes of The Good Wife (2009-16) and William Bishop in The Equalizer (2021-22).
Facts
Chris's mother was CBS news reporter Jeanne Parr (his dad died in a car accident when Chris was 12). In 2015, Chris was named GQ's International Man of the Year. He is married to Canadian actress Tara Wilson. He is the co-owner of the New York City bar The Cutting Room. Between 1990-95 Chris was in a relationship with model Beverly Johnson, but when they split up Johnson filed a restraining order against him, accusing him of physical, verbal and racial abuse. In 2021, Chris was accused of sexual assault by two women (in 2004 and 2015), which he denied, and of "sexually inappropriate" behaviour on the set of Law and Order: Criminal Intent in 2005 by actor Zoe Lister-Jones. Further allegations of sexual assault and inappropriate behaviour followed, including one from singer Lisa Gentile, resulting in Chris being dropped by his acting agency, and a TV commercial for Peloton being taken off air. He was also dismissed part-way through filming The Equalizer's second series.
Bhavnisha Parmar (Sonya Khan) Born 1986
Doctor Who credits
Played: Sonya Khan in Arachnids in the UK (2018), Demons of the Punjab (2018), Spyfall (2020), Can You Hear Me? (2020), Flux (2021)
Career highlights
Other work includes Penguin (2011), Darren Has a Breakdown (2014) and Guilty Pleasures (2016).
CREW
Chris Chibnall (writer) Born Mar 21 1970 Click here for Chris Chibnall's entry on 42
Sallie Aprahamian (director)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Arachnids in the UK (2018), The Witchfinders (2018)
Career highlights
Sallie started out as a script writer and editor for the soap EastEnders between 1989-91, then became a director, working on productions such as the soap Eldorado (1993), This Life (1997), The Lakes (1999), The Sins (2000), Teachers (2001), The Bill (2005-09), Casualty (1994-2012), EastEnders (1995-2014), Wolfblood (2014), The Dumping Ground (2014-16), The Worst Witch (2017), Hetty Feather (2018), Poldark (2019) and Cobra (2021).
Facts
Here's Sallie on Twitter.
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