Monday, December 31, 2018

Resolution

The Doctor brings us all together
One episode (Resolution)
First broadcast: Jan 1 2019
Audience for story: 7.13m

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

Daniel Adegboyega (Aaron) Born Jul 21 1979
Doctor Who credits
Played: Guard in Torchwood: Miracle Day - The Categories of Life (2011)
Played: Aaron in Resolution (2019)
Career highlights
Nigerian Daniel's screen debut came in 2008's Broken Lines, followed by parts in Spooks (2010), Skyfall (2012), Atlantis (2013), Episodes (2014), The Interceptor (2015), Casualty (2017), Father Brown (2017), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Man Down (2015-17), Save Me (2018), The Marine 6: Close Quarters (2018), Nightflyers (2018), Sex Education (2019), Big Boys Don't Cry (2020), Tom and Jerry: The Movie (2021) and Grace (2022).
Facts
Daniel runs his own personal fitness company. His Twitter handle is @Daniel Adeg.

Michael Ballard (Sergeant)
Career highlights
Other work includes The Bill (2008), Merlin (2009), Law and Order UK (2010), Common People (2013), Dirtymoney (2013), Jekyll and Hyde (2015), The Musketeers (2016), The Death of Stalin (2017), Motherland (2019), Bloods (2022) and EastEnders (2017/22).
Facts
Here's Michael on Twitter.

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

Connor Calland (Security guard Richard) Born Jan 28 1997
Career highlights
Connor's further work includes Doctors (2019), We Hunt Together (2020), Flatmates (2021), Last Night in Soho (2021) and Stay Close (2021). He also played Jordan Price in 62 episodes of soap Hollyoaks (2019-20).

Darryl Clark (Police officer Will) Born 1975
Career highlights
Debuted in Tres estrelles (1989), followed by Seeyou at Night (1990-91), The Cops (1998), Where the Heart Is (1999), Clocking Off (2000), Holby City (2003), The Royal (2006), Emmerdale (2008), Spooks: Code 9 (2008), Coronation Street (2009), Shameless (2011), DCI Banks (2014), several episodes of Doctors (2004/11/14/18), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Father Brown (2018) and Murder in the Car Park (2020).

Sophie Duval (Mum) Born 1971
Career highlights
Further work includes Topsy-Turvy (1999), Dickens (2002), Ashes to Ashes (2009), Holby City (2012), Don't Take My Baby (2015), The Coroner (2015), EastEnders (2016), Chewing Gum (2017), Father Brown (2018), Emmerdale (2018), Call the Midwife (2020), Sliced (2021) and The Richie Doctor (2021).

Laura Evelyn (Call centre Polly) Born 1983
Career highlights
Laura debuted in the short film Scratch (2008), followed by work in Popular Unrest (2010), Wilby Park (2011), Doctors (2015), Denial (2016), Lovesick (2018), Silent Witness (2018), Black Mirror (2018), Good Omens (2019), Last Christmas (2019), Starstruck (2021) and Agatha Raisin (2022). She also wrote two short films, Parents Evening (2015) and Frolic (2019).
Facts
Here's Laura on Twitter.

James Lewis (Farmer Dinkle) Born 1983
Career highlights
James debuted in Straight 8 (2004), followed by Heartbeat (2005), Sugartown (2011), The Mill (2014), Emmerdale (2019), Pennyworth (2019), Hollyoaks (2019) and Gentleman Jack (2022).

Callum McDonald (Teen)
Career highlights
Child actor Callum also played Augustus Gloop in Sam Mendes's stage version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 2016-17.

Nikesh Patel (Mitch) Born Oct 17 1985
Career highlights
Nikesh's first role was as Dan in the series Bedlam (2012), followed by roles in Jadoo (2013), Midsomer Murders (2013), Law and Order UK (2014), Honour (2014), London Has Fallen (2016), Halal Daddy (2017), Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019), Man Like Mobeen (2020), Artemis Fowl (2020), The Mezzotint (2021) and Starstruck (2021-22). He also played Aafrin Dalal in 19 episodes of Indian Summers (2015-16).
Facts
Here he is on Twitter.

Charlotte Ritchie (Lin) Born Aug 29 1989
Career highlights
Charlotte debuted in the 2004 short film The Open Doors before appearing as an uncredited student in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). She then secured roles in Life of Riley (2009), Death in Paradise (2011), Doctors (2012), Raised by Wolves (2016), You (2018), Stath Lets Flats (2019), Dead Pixels (2019-21), Feel Good (2020-21) and Grantchester (2022). She has also enjoyed regular roles as Hannah in Siblings (2014-16) and Oregon in Fresh Meat (2011-16), but will be best recognised as Nurse Barbara Hereward (nee Gilbert) in Call the Midwife (2015-18) and Alison Cooper in sitcom Ghosts (2019-22). Charlotte has also appeared as herself on various shows, such as 8 Out of 10 Cats (2014), Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2016), The Last Leg (2017) and Taskmaster (2021).
Facts
Charlotte was also a member of the classical/ close harmony band All Angels, which released three albums, performed the National Anthem at Twickenham and Wembley, and supported Katherine Jenkins (guest star of A Christmas Carol) on tour. Her brother is singer/ songwriter Luke Ritchie, and her sister journalist Alice Ritchie. Here she is on Twitter.

Harry Vallance (Teen) Born 2005
Career highlights
Child actor Harry played Mike Teavee in Sam Mendes's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and also appeared in the West End's School of Rock. He also appeared in the Hetty Feather 2019 Christmas special.
Facts
His mum is lifestyle and travel journalist Donna Vallance.

CREW

Chris Chibnall (writer) Born Mar 21 1970 Click here for Chris Chibnall's entry on 42

Wayne Yip (director) Born 1981
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Class: Detained (2016), Class: The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did (2016), The Lie of the Land (2017), Empress of Mars (2017), Resolution (2019)
Career highlights
Wayne (sometimes credited as Wayne Che Yip) did his first work as a director on the 2008 short Samantha, followed by Coming Up (2010), Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2011), Utopia (2013), Misfits (2011-13), Tatau (2015), Salem (2016), Imposters (2017), Preacher (2017-18), Into the Badlands (2019), Doom Patrol (2019), Treadstone (2019), The Wheel of Time (2021) and The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power (2022). Wayne has also worked as a producer on series such as Tatau and The Lord of the Rings.
Facts
Wayne has also co-directed a number of music videos, including Groove Armada's Drop the Tough (2009).

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