Dot and Bubble

Condescending, much?

One episode (Dot and Bubble)

First broadcast: June 1st 2024
Audience for story: 3.38m

REGULAR CAST

Ncuti Gatwa (The Doctor) Born Oct 15 1992 Click here for Ncuti Gatwa's entry on The Giggle

Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday) Born Jun 19 2004 Click here for Millie Gibson's entry on The Church on Ruby Road

GUEST CAST

Jamie Barnard (Brewster Cavendish)

Career highlights

Jamie's other work includes Doctors (2019) and the short film The Maroon Jumper (2020).

Elloise Bennett (Rotterdam Twin 1)

This is Elloise's first credit.

Olivia Bennett (Rotterdam Twin 2)

Career highlights

Olivia has also appeared in the short films Valentine (2021) and The Foreboding: Fractured (2024).

Max Boast (Dr Pee)

Career highlights

Max's further work includes The Pebble and the Boy (2021), The Great (2021) and Bridgerton (2024). Ironically, he played a character called Tom Baker in Sex Education (2019), alongside Ncuti Gatwa.

Billy Brayshaw (Blake Very-Blue)

Career highlights

Billy's other work includes Still So Awkward (2021) and Dawn Chorus (2022).

Milo Callaghan (Alan K Sullivan)

Career highlights

Milo's first credit was 2020's The Spanish Princess, followed by FBI International (2022), Casualty (2023) and The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024).

Ellie-Grace Cashin (Suzie Pentecost)

Career highlights

Other work includes the short films Frank's Christmas (2018), Milo (2019) and Audrey (2020).

Callie Cooke (Lindy Pepper-Bean) Born Oct 23 1993

Career highlights

Callie's screen credits began with Doctors (2016), followed by Strike (2017), Overshadowed (2017), Informer (2018), The Stranger (2020), Adult Material (2020), Blithe Spirit (2020), Britannia (2017-21), Rules of the Game (2022), Cheaters (2022), Peacock (2022), Wedding Season (2022) and Henpocalypse! (2023).

Facts

Callie's partner is fellow actor Callum Woodhouse.

Jack Forsyth-Noble (Weatherman Will)

Career highlights

Debuted in the short film I Can Relate (2015), followed by roles in Big Face, Little Face (2018), Humanity (2020), The Gatekeeper (2021), Coronation Street (2021), Upon the Edge (2022), Life After Life (2022), Casting Kill (2023) and The Restoration (2024).

Facts

Jack is a British/ Australian actor raised bilingually in Spain.

Tom Rhys Harries (Ricky September) Born Oct 8 1990

Career highlights

Debuted in Hunky Dory (2011), followed by Parade's End (2012), Ironclad: Battle for Blood (2014), Under Milk Wood (2014), Midsomer Murders (2015), Hinterland (2015), Jekyll and Hyde (2015), Crow (2016), Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire (2017), Unforgotten (2018), Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018), Britannia (2019), The Gentlemen (2019), White Lines (2020), The Split (2022), Sisi & I (2023), Kandahar (2023) and How Kids Roll (2024).

Facts

Tom's cousin is fellow actor Jacob Ifan.

Millie Kent (Valerie Nook)

Career highlights

Millie's CV includes roles in The Split (2020) and Saltburn (2023).

Facts

Her partner is actor Will Edgerton.

Eilidh Loan (Cooper Mercy) Born 1997

Career highlights

Eilidh is a promising young actor, dramatist and director, and is passionate about the Northern Soul subculture. She has written her own stage plays (including Moorcroft, 2022) and short films (Pure Sin, 2018). Acting credits include England's Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey (2018), Doctors (2018), Clique (2018), London Kills (2019), A Castle for Christmas (2021), Sister Boniface Mysteries (2022) and How to Have Sex (2023).

Niamh Lynch (Hoochy Pie)

Career highlights

Niamh's credits include A Christmas Carol (2019), Normal People (2020), Cruella (2021), Holby City (2022), Death on the Nile (2022), Top Boy (2022), Anatomy of a Scandal (2022) and Doctors (2023).

Pete MacHale (Gothic Paul) Born 1993

Career highlights

Pete - the first out trans man to appear in Doctor Who - has also appeared in The Feed (2019), Gangs of London (2020), Choose or Die (2022) and Mars (2022).

Facts

Pete says that the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood was formative in him being able to come out to his family as trans at the age of 13.

Aldous Ciokajlo Squire (Harry Tendency) Born Apr 11 1997

Career highlights

Aldous has also appeared in The Kid (2010), No Ordinary Morning (2010) and Everything Now (2023).

Susan Twist (Penny Pepper-Bean) Born c.1957 Click here for Susan Twist's entry on Wild Blue Yonder

CREW

Russell T Davies (writer) Born Apr 27 1963 Click here for Russell T Davies' entry on Rose

Dylan Holmes Williams (director) Born Dec 1992

Doctor Who credits

Directed: 73 Yards (2024), Dot and Bubble (2024)

Career highlights

Starting out by writing and directing several short films, such as Lick (2015) and The Devil's Harmony (2019), Dylan's directing work includes music videos for Ash and Banfi, as well as episodes of Servant (2022-23).

Awards

2020: Jury Prize for International Fiction (The Devil's Harmony)