The Power of the Doctor

They call him Ra-Ra-Rasputin,
as well as Ma-Ma-Master!

One episode (The Power of the Doctor)

First broadcast: Oct 23 2022
Audience for story: 5.30m

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

John Bishop (Dan Lewis) Born Nov 30 1966 Click here for John Bishop's entry on Flux

GUEST CAST

Sophie Aldred (Ace) Born Aug 20 1962 Click here for Sophie Aldred's entry on Dragonfire

Jacob Anderson (Vinder) Born Jun 18 1990

Doctor Who credits

Played: Vinder in Flux (2021), The Power of the Doctor (2022)

Career highlights

Jacob made his debut in the 2003 short film Pool Shark, then found roles in Doctors (2007), The Bill (2007), Primeval (2008), Adulthood (2008), Spooks (2008), Injustice (2011), Skins (2012), Episodes (2012), Beaver Falls (2012), Broadchurch (2013), The Mimic (2013-14) and Interview with the Vampire (2022). He is best remembered for playing Grey Worm in 34 episodes of Game of Thrones (2013-19).

Facts

As well as being an actor, Jacob is also a musician, performing under the alias Raleigh Ritchie. As well as releasing his own material - including the albums You're a Man Now, Boy (2016), which reached number 32 in the UK album chart, and Andy (2020) - he has performed with Plan B and Stormzy. Jacob is married to actor Aisling Loftus.

Anna Andresen (Alexandria) Born 1981

Career highlights

Debuted in the 2007 short The Green Fairy, followed by Marple (2010), Blackwood (2014), Fortitude (2015), Les Miserables (2018) and Casualty (2022).

Colin Baker (The Doctor) Born Jun 8 1943 Click here for Colin Baker's entry on Arc of Infinity

Danielle Bjelic (Curator)

Career highlights

Further work includes The Truth About Romance (2013), Walter (2014), The Last Dragonslayer (2016), Informer (2018) and Manhunt (2021). She also wrote and produced the 2018 short Grace, and wrote the 2019 short The Meeting.

Facts

Danielle also works as a freelance script editor and reader.

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), The Power of the Doctor (2022)
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 Daleks and Cybermen) Born Sep 29 1961 Click here for Nicholas Briggs' entry on Rose

Simon Carew (Cyberman) Born 1987 Click here for Simon Carew's entry on Fugitive of the Judoon

Andrew Cross (Cyberman)

Doctor Who credits

Played: Surgeon in The Return of Doctor Mysterio (2016, uncredited)

Played: Sea Devil in Legend of the Sea Devils (2022)

Played: Cyberman in The Power of the Doctor (2022)

Jon Davey (Cyberman) Click here for Jon Davey's entry on Ascension of the Cybermen

Peter Davison (The Doctor) Born Apr 13 1951 Click here for Peter Davison's entry on Logopolis

Richard Dempsey (Nicholas) Born May 16 1973

Career highlights

Richard's first acting role will perhaps always be his most remembered, playing Peter Pevensie in the BBC's 1988 adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and 1989's Prince Caspian. Further work includes Anna Lee: Headcase (1993), The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (1993), Royal Deceit (1994), Wycliffe (1995), Crime Traveller (1997), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999), 24 Hours in London (2000), Island at War (2004), Ladies of Letters (2010), Doc Martin (2013), Downton Abbey (2013), Dracula (2013) and My Policeman (2022).

Sacha Dhawan (The Master) Born May 1 1984
Doctor Who credits
Played: Waris Hussein in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
Played: The Master in Spyfall (2020), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), The Power of the Doctor (2022)
Career highlights
Sacha's earliest credit was in 1998's City Central, at the age of 14, followed by roles in The Last Train (1999), EastEnders: Perfectly Frank (2003), The History Boys (2006), Bradford Riots (2006), Wired (2008), Paradox (2009), Five Days (2010), The Deep (2010), Splintered (2010), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012), Being Human (2012), Last Tango in Halifax (2012), After Earth (2013), The Tractate Middoth (2013), Line of Duty (2014), In the Flesh (2014), 24: Live Another Day (2014), Utopia (2014), The Lady in the Van (2015), Mr Selfridge (2016), Sherlock (2017), The Boy with the Topknot (2017), Dracula (2020), Suspect (2022) and Wolf (2022). Regular roles include Ali Patanjali in Out of Sight (1997-98), Azmat Madari in Weirdsister College (2001-02), Manmeet in Outsourced (2010-11), Dev in In the Club (2014-16), Davos in Iron Fist (2017-18) and Orlo in The Great (2020-21). He also provided the voice of Eddie in 38 episodes of children's series Chuggington (2008-09).
Awards
2007: Royal Television Society Breakthrough Award (Bradford Riots)

Facts

Sacha's partner is actor Anjli Mohindra, best known to Doctor Who fans as Rani Chandra in The Sarah Jane Adventures. Sacha suffers from Crohn's disease.

Matthew Doman (Cyberman) Born 1982 Click here for Matthew Doman's entry on Sleep No More

Chester Durrant (Cyberman) Born 1968 Click here for Chester Durrant's entry on Legend of the Sea Devils

Barnaby Edwards (Dalek operator) Born Aug 20 1969 Click here for Barnaby Edwards' entry on Dalek

Janet Fielding (Tegan) Born Sep 9 1953 Click here for Janet Fielding's entry on Logopolis

Bonnie Langford (Melanie Bush) Born Jul 22 1964 Click here for Bonnie Langford's entry on The Trial of a Time Lord Parts 9-12

Mickey Lewis (Cyberman) Click here for Mickey Lewis's entry on Ascension of the Cybermen

Sanchia McCormack (Train Marshal Halaz) Born 1971

Doctor Who credits

Played: Housing officer in Turn Left (2008)

Played: Train Marshal Halaz in The Power of the Doctor (2022)
Career highlights
Sanchia debuted in The Bill (1997), then Holby City (2000), Lloyd and Hill (2003), Making Waves (2004), William and Mary (2005), Vital Signs (2006), Lewis (2007), Midsomer Murders (2009), Wallander (2008/10), Coronation Street (2011), White Heat (2012), Broadchurch (2013), EastEnders (2000/13/16/17), Edge of Heaven (2014), Doctors (2007/10/14/20), The Tunnel (2016), Catastrophe (2017), The Windsors (2017), Silent Witness (2018), Sex Education (2020), The Crown (2020) and The Madame Blanc Mysteries (2021).

Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor) Born Aug 20 1943 Click here for Sylvester McCoy's entry on Time and the Rani

Paul McGann (The Doctor) Born Nov 14 1959
Doctor Who credits
Played: The Doctor in Doctor Who (1996), The Night of the Doctor (2013) and The Power of the Doctor (2022). Paul also played the Doctor in the BBC audio adventure Shada (2003)
Career highlights
After making his debut in Whistling Wally (1982), Paul appeared in Gaskin (1983), The Importance of Being Earnest (1986), Withnail & I (1987), Empire of the Sun (1987), The Rainbow (1989), Paper Mask (1990), Alien 3 (1992), Nice Town (1992), The Three Musketeers (1993), The Hanging Gale (1995), Fairytale: A True Story (1997), Our Mutual Friend (1998), Forgotten (1999), Nature Boy (2000), Fish (2000), Queen of the Damned (2002), Lie With Me (2004), Sea of Souls (2006), Tripping Over (2006), True dare Kiss (2007), Vampire Killers (2009), Collision (2009), Jonathan Creek (2010), A Mother's Son (2012), Ripper Street (2013), The Bletchley Circle (2014), The Pit and the Pendulum: A Study in Torture (2015), The Musketeers (2016) and B&B (2017). Prolific documentary voiceover artist Paul rose to fame as Percy Toplis in The Monocled Mutineer (1986, for which he was BAFTA nominated); other recurring roles include Mo Morris in Give Us a Break (1983-84), Lieutenant Bush in the Hornblower series (2001-03), Mark North in Luther (2010-19) and John Gaskell in Holby City (2017-18).
Facts
Paul was originally cast as the lead in ITV's Sharpe adaptations, but broke his leg playing football a few days into filming Sharpe's Rifles (1993) and had to be replaced by Sean Bean, who went on to keep the role. Bean's replacement of McGann triggered the largest insurance settlement in British television history, valued at £2.13m, but Paul retains a connection with Sharpe by narrating the audiobooks. Paul also narrowly missed out on replacing Michael Praed in Robin of Sherwood in 1986. Paul, along with his acting brothers Mark, Stephen and Joe, was once a member of the group The McGanns, which continues today as a trio (minus Paul). Paul was involved with just one single, in 1983, entitled Shame About the Boy backed with Red Light. Paul separated from his wife Annie after 14 years together in 2006, and began a two-year relationship with actress Susannah Harker, who had been a guest performer in the audio Shada. Paul and Annie have two sons: Joseph McGann, who is a grime and dubstep producer and DJ who performs under the aliases of Kahn and Gorgon Sound, and actor Jake McGann (who played the Doctor's great-grandson Alex Campbell in various Big Finish audios). Paul was once referenced during a Houses of Parliament speech made by MP Tom Watson, on October 18th, 2016.

Katy Manning (Jo Jones) Born Oct 14 1946 Click here for Katy Manning's entry on Terror of the Autons

Jo Martin (The Doctor) Born Apr 29 197? Click here for Jo Martin's entry on Fugitive of the Judoon

Patrick O'Kane (Ashad) Born 1965
Doctor Who credits
Played: Ashad in The Haunting of Villa Diodati (2020), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), The Power of the Doctor (2022)
Career highlights
Belfast-born Patrick debuted in A Safe House in 1990, followed by Rides (1993), Pie in the Sky (1994), In the Red (1998), Sunset Heights (1999), Liverpool 1 (1999), When the Sky Falls (2000), In Deep (2002), Any Time Now (2002), Gunpowder, Treason and Plot (2004), Waking the Dead (2004), Exorcist: the Beginning (2004), Five Days (2007), Wire in the Blood (2007), Good Vibrations (2012), The Borgias (2012-13), The Fall (2013), Jamaica Inn (2014), The Secret (2016), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Come Home (2018), Female Human Animal (2018) and Limbo (2019).

Nicholas Pegg (Dalek operator) Click here for Nicholas Pegg's entry on Bad Wolf

Richard Price (Cyberman) Born May 26 1981 Click here for Richard Price's entry on Ascension of the Cybermen

Jemma Redgrave (Kate Stewart) Born Jan 14 1965 Click here for Jemma Redgrave's entry on The Power of Three

William Russell (Ian Chesterton) Nov 19 1924 to Jun 3 2024 For a full career biography for William Russell (aka Russell Enoch), click here.

Joe Sims (Deputy Marshal Arnhost) Born Jan 5 1980

Career highlights

Debuted in Casualty (1997), followed by the 2004 short Belly Button, The Giblet Boys (2005), The Basil Brush Show (2005), Ultimate Force (2006), The Colour of Magic (2008), White Heat (2012), Father Brown (2014), The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (2014), Endeavour (2016), Houdini and Doyle (2016), Lucky Man (2017), Red Dwarf (2017), Joe All Alone (2018), Free Rein (2019), Plebs (2019), Britannia (2019) and London Kills (2022). He also provided the voice of Fletch in the children's series Chuggington (2008-13) and played Nige Carter in 16 episodes of Broadchurch (2013-17).

Jos Slovick (Messenger) Born 1989

Career highlights

Joe's other credits include Jules (2011), Friday, in the Evening (2012), Rehab (2013), Howards End (2017) and 1917 (2019).

David Tennant (The Doctor) Born Apr 18 1971 Click here for David Tennant's entry on The Parting of the Ways

Bradley Walsh (Graham O'Brien) Born Jun 4 1960 Click here for Bradley Walsh's entry on The Woman Who Fell to Earth

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

Jamie Magnus Stone (director) Born Dec 15 1985
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Clara and the TARDIS (2013, uncredited), Spyfall Part One (2020), Praxeus (2020), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), Flux Chapters 1, 2 & 4 (2021), The Power of the Doctor (2022)
Career highlights
Jamie's credited career began in 2006 as writer, producer and director of the short film Fritz, after which he worked in similar capacities on other shorts such as Two Dreams (2007), Astronaut (2009), Skyborn (2012) and the BAFTA-nominated Orbit Ever After (2013). He also worked as editor on documentaries such as Scotland's Brand New Bank (2009) and Old MacDonald's Farm (2012). His directing work includes The World According To (2008), The Village (2014), Tripped (2015), X Company (2015-16), The Last Dragonslayer (2016) and Queens of Mystery (2019).
Awards
2008: BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Animation (The World According To) - shared with Anders Jedenfors
Facts
Jamie is the son of broadcaster Sally Magnusson (best known for Songs of Praise) and director/ producer Norman Stone, the grandson of Magnus Magnusson, quizmaster on Mastermind between 1972-97, and the nephew of Jon Magnusson, a TV producer who works often with Graham Norton.

Legend of the Sea Devils

A Sea Devil senses something
fishy going on...

One episode (Legend of the Sea Devils)

First broadcast: Apr 17 2022
Audience for story: 3.47m

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

John Bishop (Dan Lewis) Born Nov 30 1966 Click here for John Bishop's entry on Flux

GUEST CAST

Simon Carew (Sea Devil) Born 1987 Click here for Simon Carew's entry on Fugitive of the Judoon

Marlowe Chan-Reeves (Ying Ki)

This is Marlowe's only credit to date.

Andrew Cross (Sea Devil)

Doctor Who credits

Played: Surgeon in The Return of Doctor Mysterio (2016, uncredited)

Played: Sea Devil in Legend of the Sea Devils (2022)

Played: Cyberman in The Power of the Doctor (2022)

Jon Davey (Sea Devil)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyberman in Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel (2006, uncredited), Doomsday (2006, uncredited), The Next Doctor (2008, uncredited), The Pandorica Opens (2010, uncredited), The Timeless Children (2020), Flux (2021, uncredited)
Played: Man on bus in Army of Ghosts (2006, uncredited)
Played: Host in Voyage of the Damned (2007, uncredited)
Played: Ood in Planet of the Ood (2008, uncredited), The End of Time (2010, uncredited)
Played: Atmos worker in The Sontaran Stratagem (2008, uncredited)
Played: Hath in The Doctor's Daughter (2008, uncredited), The End of Time (2010, uncredited)
Played: Judoon in The Stolen Earth/ Journey's End (2008, uncredited)
Played: Winder in The Beast Below (2010, uncredited)
Played: Dalek in Victory of the Daleks (2010, uncredited), The Day of the Doctor (2013, uncredited), The Time of the Doctor (2013, uncredited)
Played: Call centre worker in The Lodger (2010, uncredited)
Played: Goalkeeper in The Lodger (2010, uncredited)
Played: Museum visitor in The Big Bang (2010, uncredited)
Played: Shansheeth in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor (2010)
Played: Dark Horde in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith (2010)
Played: Teselecta worker in Let's Kill Hitler (2011, uncredited)
Played: Cleric in Closing Time (2011, uncredited)
Played: Marine in The Wedding of River Song (2011, uncredited)
Played: UNIT soldier in The Bells of Saint John (2013, uncredited), The Day of the Doctor (2013, uncredited), Death in Heaven (2014, uncredited)
Played: Clockwork droid in Deep Breath (2014, uncredited)
Played: Dream Crab sleeper in Last Christmas (2014, uncredited)
Played: Mire in The Girl Who Died (2015, uncredited)
Played: Drone in The Return of Doctor Mysterio (2016, uncredited)

Played: UN troop in Extremis (2017, uncredited)

Played: Memory police in The Lie of the Land (2017, uncredited)

Played: Sea Devil in Legend of the Sea Devils (2022)
Jon also played monsters at the 2013 Doctor Who Prom.

Chester Durrant (Sea Devil) Born 1968

Doctor Who credits

Played: Pedestrian in The Runaway Bride (2006, uncredited)

Played: Futurekind in Utopia (2007, uncredited)

Played: Handsome guest in Voyage of the Damned (2007, uncredited)

Played: Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter (2008, uncredited), The Power of Three (2012, uncredited), The Bells of Saint John (2013, uncredited), The Day of the Doctor (2013, uncredited), Into the Dalek (2014, uncredited), Death in Heaven (2014, uncredited)

Played: Cleric in A Good Man Goes to War (2011, uncredited), Closing Time (2011, uncredited), The Time of the Doctor (2013, uncredited)

Played: Marine in The Wedding of River Song (2011, uncredited)

Played: Dalek operator in Asylum of the Daleks (2012, uncredited)

Played: Chorister in The Rings of Akhaten (2013, uncredited)

Played: Man in spacesuit in Listen (2014, uncredited)

Played: Guard in Time Heist (2014, uncredited), Mummy on the Orient Express (2014, uncredited)

Played: Sea Devil in Legend of the Sea Devils (2022)

Played: Cyberman in The Power of the Doctor (2022)

Career highlights

Chester's only other screen work is in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019).

Craige Els (Chief Sea Devil) Born Jul 18 1978

Doctor Who credits

Played: Dan's friend in Revolution of the Daleks (2021, uncredited)

Played: Karvanista in Flux (2021)

Played: Chief Sea Devil in Legend of the Sea Devils (2022)

Career highlights

Debuted in Call the Midwife (2013), then Ripper Street (2013), Hailmakers (2017), Coronation Street (2019), Sliced (2021) and RIPD 2 (2022).

Arthur Lee (Ji-Hun) Born 1981

Career highlights

Arthur's earliest screen credit was in the short film Hurt's Rescue (2014), followed by Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Strike Back (2015), Lucky Man (2017), Greta (2018), Treadstone (2019), The Batman (2022) and Moonhaven (2022).

Mickey Lewis (Sea Devil) Click here for Mickey Lewis's entry on Ascension of the Cybermen

Richard Price (Sea Devil) Born May 26 1981 Click here for Richard Price's entry on Ascension of the Cybermen

David K.S Tse (Ying Wai)

Career highlights

Hong Kong born David's CV stems back to 1988's Soursweet, followed by parts in Tatort (1991), Minder (1993), Bhaji on the Beach (1993), London's Burning (1994), Frontiers (1996), Cracker (1996), Thief Takers (1997), Down to Earth (2003), The Grid (2004), Spooks (2010), Wolfblood (2012), DCI Banks (2016), Tokyo Trial (2016-17), Chimerica (2019), Devs (2020) and Doctor Styrange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).

Facts

The "KS" stands for Ka-Shing.

Crystal Yu (Madam Ching) Born 1989

Career highlights

Hong Kong born Crystal's earliest credit was on Dream Team (2003), followed by Diamond Geezer (2007), Spirit Warriors (2010), Shanghai (2010), Chimerica (2019), Keeping Faith (2019), Soulmates (2020), Silverpoint (2022) and The Sandman (2022). She regularly played Lily Chao in almost 150 episodes of Casualty (2013-17).

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Ella Road (writer) Born 1991

Career highlights

Ella started out as an actor in short films such as A Memory (2014), Tiny Bible (2015) and The Things I Will Not Miss (2018), as well as the film Winter Ridge (2018). As a writer, Doctor Who was her first TV credit, followed by two episodes of Ten Percent (2022), but she is also a playwright, penning the Olivier Award-nominated The Phlebotomist, and Fair Play.

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

Haolu Wang (director)

Career highlights

Chinese born Haolu's first TV credit was Doctor Who, which followed several short films such as Being James (2014), The Blender (2017) and The Pregnant Ground (2019). Haolu also wrote and produced some of these films.

Eve of the Daleks

I want to spend my New Year
with a Dalek

One episode (Eve of the Daleks)
First broadcast: Jan 1 2022
Audience for story: 4.30m

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

John Bishop (Dan Lewis) Born Nov 30 1966 Click here for John Bishop's entry on Flux

GUEST CAST

Aisling Bea (Sarah) Born Mar 16 1984

Career highlights

Irish comedy actor and writer Aisling got her first screen credit in Fair City (2009), followed by roles in We Are Klang (2009), Come Fly with Me (2011), Cardinal Burns (2012), Dead Boss (2012), The Town (2012), Fit (2013), The Assets (2014), The Delivery Man (2015), Trollied (2014-15), The Fall (2016), Hard Sun (2018), Finding Joy (2018), Living with Yourself (2019), Quiz (2020), This Way Up (2019-21, which she also wrote, produced and created), Home Sweet Home Alone (2021) and Chivalry (2022). Aisling has also appeared on various programmes as herself, including Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2014), A League of Their Own (2015-16), Taskmaster (2017), 8 Out of 10 Cats (2013-19), House of Games (2020) and QI (2014-21).

Awards

2014: British Comedy Award for Best Female TV Comic

2020: BAFTA TV Craft Award for Breakthrough Talent (This Way Up)

Facts

In 2012, Aisling won the Gilded Balloon So You Think You're Funny? stand-up contest at the Edinburgh Fringe, the first woman to do so in 20 years. Her birth name is Aisling O'Sullivan, but to avoid confusion with another Irish actor with the same name, her stage name is Aisling Bea (after her late father Brian, who took his own life when she was three years old). Aisling's sister is costume designer Sinead Kidao.

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

Jonny Dixon (Karl Wright) Born Aug 10 1988

Doctor Who credits

Played: Karl in The Woman Who Fell to Earth (2018), Eve of the Daleks (2022)
Career highlights
After making his uncredited debut at the age of six in Heartbeat (2005), Jonny rose to prominence playing Mathew "Mooney" Humphries in 44 episodes of Grange Hill (2003-07) before securing his most high profile role to date, as Darryl Morton in more than 200 episodes of soap Coronation Street (2007-09). Later credits include Casualty (2010/12), All at Sea (2013), Boy Meets Girl (2015-16), Loaded (2017), The Feed (2019), Thick as Thieves (2020) and The Rising (2022).

Barnaby Edwards (Dalek operator) Born Aug 20 1969 Click here for Barnaby Edwards' entry on Dalek

Pauline McLynn (Mary) Born Jul 11 1962

Career highlights

Irish born Pauline debuted in Troubles (1988), followed by Far and Away (1992), Family (1994), Ballykissangel (1998), Angela's Ashes (1999), Dark Ages (1999), Iris (2001), Dalziel and Pascoe (2002), Gypo (2005), High Hopes (2007), Demons (2009), The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff (2011), Threesome (2011-12), Father Figure (2013), Pramface (2013-14), Johnny English Strikes Again (2018), GameFace (2017-19), Bing (2014-19), Inside No 9 (2021), Last Night in Soho (2021) and Holding (2022). Pauline's regular roles include Tippi Haddem in Jam and Jerusalem (2006-09), Libby Croker in Shameless (2010-11), Yvonne Cotton in EastEnders (2014-15) and Bunni in Drop Dead Weird (2017-19), but she will always be remembered as Mrs Doyle in the sitcom Father Ted (1995-98).

Awards

1996: British Comedy Award for Top TV Comedy Actress (Father Ted)

Nicholas Pegg (Dalek operator) Click here for Nicholas Pegg's entry on Bad Wolf

Adjani Salmon (Nick) Born 1989

Career highlights

Jamaican Adjani's first acting credit on screen was 2018's Dreaming Whilst Black, which he also wrote, directed and produced. Further work includes Enterprice (2020) and Chivalry (2022).

Awards

2022: BAFTA TV Award for Emerging Talent, Fiction (Dreaming Whilst Black)

2022: BAFTA TV Craft Award for Emerging Talent, Fiction (Dreaming Whilst Black) - shared with Thomas Stogdon and Dhanny Jhoshi

Facts

Adjani had so much fun working on Doctor Who that he pitched a script to head writer Chris Chibnall which would see his character return thanks to the wizardry of time loops.

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

Annetta Laufer (director)

Career highlights

Doctor Who was Annetta's first TV job as a director, after having worked on six short films, including Winnie and the Duppy Bat (2006), Winking Man Rock (2010), Afro Punk Girl (2016) and The Arrival (2018). She also wrote these shorts. As well as directing, Annetta has worked as part of the production team of children's show M.I High (2007), and worked in the script department for productions such as Feather Boy (2004), All About Me (2007), 28 Weeks Later (2007), My Almost Famous Family (2009) and Boxing Day (2021).

Awards

2017: Black International Film Award for Best Narrative Film (Afro Punk Girl)

Facts

Annetta is the founder of Roman Candle Films.

Flux (Chapters 1-6)

Why not ask Swarm the time?

Six episodes (The Halloween Apocalypse, War of the Sontarans, Once, Upon Time, Village of the Angels, Survivors of the Flux, The Vanquishers)
First broadcast: Oct 31 to Dec 5 2021
Audience for story: 4.95m

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

John Bishop (Dan Lewis) Born Nov 30 1966

Career highlights

John is one of the UK's biggest names in comedy, but his acting CV stretches back as far as 2008's Skins (2009-10), followed by parts in Route Irish (2010), Accused (2012), Fearless (2017), Funny Cow (2017) and Next Exit (2022). He first performed stand-up comedy in 2000, and since then has appeared on various comedy programmes on TV, including Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, Live at the Apollo and panel shows such as Would I Lie to You? and Have I Got News for You. He has also presented his own shows, such as John Bishop's Britain (2010-11), John Bishop's Australia (2014) and John Bishop's Ireland (2019). In 2022 he had his own John Bishop Show. He has also appeared in Take That's music video for the Comic Relief single Happy Now (2011) and the Justice Collective's He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (2012). John has released several DVDs of his stand-up tours, including Elvis Has Left the Building (2010), Rollercoaster (2012) and Winging It (2018).

Awards

2010: British Comedy Award for Best Male Comedy Breakthrough Artist

Facts

John is an avid charity fundraiser, having cycled from Sydney to Liverpool for the NSPCC in 1992; run a triathlon from Paris to London for Sport Relief in 2012; and donating £96,000 to the Hillsborough Family Support Group in 2014. John is a former footballer, having played for teams such as Crewe Alexandra, Runcorn, Rhyl, Southport, Stalybridge, Caernarfon and Holywell Town. His brother is Eddie Bishop, who played in midfield for football teams Tranmere Rovers, Chester City and Crewe Alexandra. John's eldest son Joe became deaf aged 15, prompting John to learn sign language. In 2018 John was named Ally of the Year at the British LGBT Awards when he spoke about his gay son.

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Nadia Albina (Diane Curtis) Born 1980

Doctor Who credits

Played: Diane Curtis in Flux (2021), Legend of the Sea Devils (2022, uncredited)

Career highlights

Debuted in Beautiful People (2009), followed by Doctors (2010), Come Fly with Me (2011), Trauma (2018), Marcella (2018), Home (2019), Years and Years (2019), Innocent (2021), Sherwood (2022) and Lion vs the Little People (2022).

Facts

Nadia was born with a foreshortened right arm.

Sarah Amankwah (En Sentac)

Career highlights

Debuted as a zombie in World War Z (2013), then Marcella (2016) and Black Earth Rising (2018).

Facts

Sarah is a member of the Rebirth Network Christian dance crew.

Jacob Anderson (Vinder) Born Jun 18 1990

Doctor Who credits

Played: Vinder in Flux (2021), The Power of the Doctor (2022)

Career highlights

Jacob made his debut in the 2003 short film Pool Shark, then found roles in Doctors (2007), The Bill (2007), Primeval (2008), Adulthood (2008), Spooks (2008), Injustice (2011), Skins (2012), Episodes (2012), Beaver Falls (2012), Broadchurch (2013), The Mimic (2013-14) and Interview with the Vampire (2022). He is best remembered for playing Grey Worm in 34 episodes of Game of Thrones (2013-19).

Facts

As well as being an actor, Jacob is also a musician, performing under the alias Raleigh Ritchie. As well as releasing his own material - including the albums You're a Man Now, Boy (2016), which reached number 32 in the UK album chart, and Andy (2020) - he has performed with Plan B and Stormzy. Jacob is married to actor Aisling Loftus.

Robert Bathurst (Farquhar) Born Feb 22 1957

Career highlights

After debuting on screen in the 1977 Cambridge Footlights Revue, Ghana-born Robert appeared in The Lenny Henry Show (1984-85), Whoops Apocalypse (1986), Red Dwarf (1988), Just Ask for Diamond (1988), Anything More Would Be Greedy (1989), No Job for a Lady (1992), The Detectives (1994), Get Well Soon (1997), White Teeth (2002), Blackadder (2003), Heidi (2005), The Thief Lord (2006), Kingdom (2007), My Family (2006-09), The Pillars of the Earth (2010), Wild at Heart (2012), Downton Abbey (2010-12), Dracula (2013), Blandings (2013-14), Cockroaches (2015), Mrs Brown's Boys (2015), What a Carve Up! (2020), The Mezzotint (2021), The Larkins (2021) and Munich: The Edge of War (2021). Robert will be best known for playing David Marsden in 61 episodes of Cold Feet between 1997-2020, as well as Mark Taylor in the sitcom Joking Apart (1991-95), the Prime Minister in My Dad's the Prime Minister (2003-04) and Ed Howzer-Black in Toast of London (2012-20) and Toast of Tinseltown (2022).

Facts

Robert is married to artist Victoria Threlfall. He originally auditioned for the part of Rimmer in Red Dwarf, as well as James Bond for The Living Daylights. Robert appears in the music video for Westlife's hit single Uptown Girl (2001).

Nicholas Blane (Millington) Born 1971

Career highlights

Debuted in the Miss Marple story 4:50 from Paddington (1987), followed by Drummonds (1987), The Piglet Files (1990), Love on a Branch Line (1994), Elidor (1995), September Song (1995), Reckless (1997), Great Expectations (1999), Trial and Retribution (1997-2002), Pierrepoint (2005), The Illusionist (2006), Life on Mars (2006), Little Dorrit (2008), The Tudors (2010), Whitechapel (2010), The Body Farm (2011), Game of Thrones (2012), Spies of Warsaw (2013), The Great Fire (2014), A Very English Scandal (2018) and It's a Sin (2021).

Heather Bleasdale (Wilma)

Career highlights

Heather debuted in Ain't Misbehavin' (1995), followed by Bright Hair (1997), Grafters (1999), Waking the Dead (2001), Merseybeat (2002), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Powers (2004), The Golden Hour (2005), Silent Witness (2007), Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007), Murderland (2009), Law and Order UK (2011), Hollyoaks (2012), Coronation Street (2013), Doctor Foster (2015), Maigret (2016), Little Boy Blue (2017) and Vera (2022).

Facts

Heather is married to actor Vincenzo Nicoli.

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

Vincent Brimble (Gerald) Born Apr 8 1948

Doctor Who credits

Played: Tarpok in Warriors of the Deep (1984)

Played: Gerald in Flux (2021)
Career highlights
Debuting in 1963's Lorna Doone, Vincent's further work includes Z Cars (1978), Matilda's England (1979), Butterflies (1979), A Married Man (1983), Bulman (1985), Grange Hill (1986-87, as Mr Glover), Executive Stress (1988), Toksvig (1988), Between the Lines (1993), Bugs (1996), Wycliffe (1997), The Alan Clark Diaries (2004), Mistresses (2009), U Want Me 2 Kill Him? (2012), Wizards vs Aliens (2014), War & Peace (2016), Tokyo Trial (2016), Emmerdale (2018) and Jessy and Nessy (2020-21).
Facts
Vincent's father was actor Roy Brimble, who also played cricket for St Michael's in Bristol, UK, for a time, while Vincent's brothers are also actors - Ian and Nick Brimble. Vincent is married to actor Janet Spencer-Turner.

Paul Broughton (Neville) Born Jan 21 1957

Career highlights

Debuted in Needle (1990), then Between the Lines (1992), Spender (1993), Cadfael (1994), Brookside (1994-96), Heartbeat (1998), Liverpool 1 (1998-99), City Central (2000), Spooks (2002), Merseybeat (2002), Ultimate Force (2002-03), The Quatermass Experiment (2005), Silent Witness (2010) and Clink (2019).

Facts

Before he became an actor Paul was a bingo caller.

Lowri Brown (Weeping Angel)

This is Lowri's only screen acting credit to date.

George Caple (Alfie)

Doctor Who credits

Played: Alfie in Flux: Survivors of the Flux (2021)

Played: Paul McCartney in The Devil's Chord (2024)

Career highlights

George debuted in Doctors (2016), followed by Tin Star (2020) and Lethal Love (2023).

Simon Carew (Ood) Born 1987 Click here for Simon Carew's entry on Fugitive of the Judoon

Silas Carson (Voice of the Ood) Born 1964
Doctor Who credits
Played: Alien voices in The End of the World (2005)
Played: Voice of the Ood in The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit (2006), Planet of the Ood (2008), The End of Time (2009-10), Pond Life (2012), Flux (2021)
Played: Voice of Kudlak in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Warriors of Kudlak (2007)
Career highlights
Silas made his earliest appearance in Horse Opera (1993), followed by Cold Lazarus (1996), Fever Pitch (1997), Metrosexuality (1999), Hidalgo (2004), The Grid (2004), Chromophobia (2005), William and Mary (2005), Spooks (2005), The Bill (1999/2006-07), The IT Crowd (2007), Outnumbered (2007), Waterloo Road (2007-08), Bonekickers (2008), MI High (2010), How Not to Live Your Life (2010), Holby City (2011), Strike Back (2011), Doctors (2013), Dying of the Light (2014), The Casual Vacancy (2015), Tut (2015), Unforgotten (2015), EastEnders (2016), Phantom Thread (2017), Trust (2018), The Accident (2019) and Des (2020). He also appeared as several Star Wars characters - Nute Gunray and Ki-Adi-Mundi in The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Lott Dod in The Phantom Menace. He also appeared in the flesh as ill-fated pilot Antidar Williams in The Phantom Menace.

Gunnar Cauthery (Jon) Born Jul 17 1981

Career highlights

Gunnar was first credited in Benjamin, the Dove (1995), followed by Just William (1995), The Tudors (2010), War Horse (2011), Genius (2017), Mars (2018), The Nest (2020), Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020) and Casualty (2020). Gunnar's career began as a successful teen actor, co-presenting The Disney Club (as 'Roller') between 1995-96, and playing Lloyd Hunter in The Demon Headmaster (1996-98).

Facts

Gunnar's brother is the composer Halli Cauthery, who has worked on many Hollywood films.

Jemma Churchill (Jean) Born Nov 13 1960

Career highlights

Debuted in Scrubbers (1982), followed by No Place Like Home (1984), Gems (1985), Poirot (1990), London's Burning (1993), Waiting for God (1994), Bugs (1997), Jonathan Creek (1998), Red Dwarf (1999), Midsomer Murders (2003), Heartbeat (2006), Jekyll (2007), Upstairs Downstairs (2010-12), Agatha Raisin (2014), Still Open All Hours (2016), Call the Midwife (2017), Curfew (2019) and Alma's Not Normal (2021). Jemma also appeared as herself in The Five Doctors(ish) Reboot (2013).

Facts

Jemma's parents were also actors: Donald Churchill and Pauline Yates, while her sister was children's TV writer Polly Churchill. Her niece is actor Storme Toolis. Jemma is married to musician and composer Robert Percy.

Kammy Darweish (Kumar)

Career highlights

Kammy's CV begins with Crusades (1995), followed by London's Burning (2001), White Teeth (2002), 55 Degrees North (2005), The Omen (2006), Holby City (2007), Taggart (2010), Skyfall (2012), Ackley Bridge (2018-19), Professor T (2021) and Screw (2022).

Amanda Drew (Voice of the Mouri) Born Dec 21 1969

Career highlights

Amanda's CV begins with Between the Lines (1992), followed by Soldier Soldier (1994), Mrs Dalloway (1997), Men Behaving Badly (1998), No Angels (2004), Holby Blue (2008), Midsomer Murders (2011), Switch (2012), Life of Crime (2013), Southcliffe (2013), Broadchurch (2013-15), The Last Post (2017), A Private War (2018), Chernobyl (2019), The Trial of Christine Keeler (2019-20), The Girl Before (2021), The Outlaws (2021-22) and Gangs of London (2020-22). She regularly played Dr May Wright in EastEnders (2006-08).

Awards

2003: London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer (Eastward Ho!)

Craige Els (Karvanista) Born Jul 18 1978

Doctor Who credits

Played: Dan's friend in Revolution of the Daleks (2021, uncredited)

Played: Karvanista in Flux (2021)

Played: Chief Sea Devil in Legend of the Sea Devils (2022)

Career highlights

Debuted in Call the Midwife (2013), then Ripper Street (2013), Hailmakers (2017), Coronation Street (2019), Sliced (2021) and RIPD 2 (2022).

Barbara Fadden (Weeping Angel) Born 1979
Doctor Who credits
Played: Guest in The Lazarus Experiment (2007, uncredited)
Played: Neighbour in The Sound of Drums (2007, uncredited)
Played: Journalist in Partners in Crime (2008, uncredited)
Played: Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter (2008, uncredited), Turn Left (2008, uncredited), Planet of the Dead (2009, uncredited)
Played: Silurian in The Hungry Earth/ Cold Blood (2010, uncredited), The Pandorica Opens (2010, uncredited), A Good Man Goes to War (2011, uncredited - double for Vastra)
Played: Soldier Peg Doll in Night Terrors (2011, uncredited)
Played: Handbot in The Girl Who Waited (2011, uncredited)
Played: Spectator in The Wedding of River Song (2011, uncredited)
Played: Cleric in The Time of the Doctor (2013, uncredited)
Played: Chamber droid in Deep Breath (2014, uncredited)
Played: Dream Crab in Last Christmas (2014, uncredited)
Played: Almak in Demons of the Punjab (2018)

Played: Weeping Angel in Flux (2021)
Career highlights
Barbara's only other screen work includes being a creature and droid puppeteer on Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2014), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2016), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2017) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2018), and a monster at the 2010 and 2013 Doctor Who Proms.

Barbara Flynn (Awsok/ Tecteun) Born Aug 5 1948

Career highlights

Barbara debuted in A Family at War, playing Freda MacKenzie in 40 episodes between 1970-72. This stint was followed by roles in Couples (1976), Keep It in the Family (1980), Maybury (1981), The Gentle Touch (1981), The New Adventures of Lucky Jim (1982), The Barchester Chronicles (1982), Inspector Morse (1987), Boon (1992), Chandler and Co (1994), Wives and Daughters (1999), The Forsyte Saga (2002), Murder in Mind (2003), He Knew He Was Right (2004), Sea of Souls (2005), Elizabeth I (2005), Miss Potter (2006), The Queen (2009), Cranford (2007-09), The Borgias (2012), Pat and Cabbage (2013), Killing Eve (2019), The Durrells (2016-19) and Kate and Koji (2020-22). Her most memorable roles include Jill Swinburne in The Beiderbecke Trilogy (1985-88), the milk woman in Open All Hours (1981-85), Dr Rose Marie in A Very Peculiar Practice (1986-88) and Judith Fitzgerald in Cracker (1993-95/2006).

Facts

Her husband was documentary producer and science writer Jeremy Taylor.

Alex Frost (Reverend Shaw) Born 1986

Career highlights

Further credits include Banana (2015), Cucumber (2015), Bulletproof (2018), Silent Witness (2019) and Hanna (2019).

Thaddea Graham (Bel) Born Mar 29 1997

Career highlights

Debuted in the 2014 short Painkiller, followed by parts in The Sparticle Mystery (2015), Dani's Castle (2015), Curfew (2019), Us (2020), The Irregulars (2021), Redemption (2022) and Wreck (2022).

Facts

Thaddea was born in China but adopted from an orphanage by Northern Irish parents when she was 13 months old. She was one of the first international adoptees in Northern Ireland.

Blake Harrison (Namaca) Born Jul 22 1985

Career highlights

Blake's CV stretches as far back as The Bill (2008), followed by roles in Reuniting the Rubins (2010), Him & Her (2010-11), The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff (2012), Way to Go (2013), Big Bad World (2013), Edge of Heaven (2014), Bob the Builder (2015-18, as the voice of Scoop), Dad's Army (2016), Prime Suspect 1973 (2017), Trust Me (2017), Death in Paradise (2019), World on Fire (2019), The Kindred (2021) and Kate & Koji (2020-22). Blake is best known for playing Neil Sutherland in the sitcom The Inbetweeners (2008-10) and its two movie spin-offs (2011 and 2014). A further regular role is Dave Mountford in The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2010-16).

Sue Jenkins (Eileen) Born Jul 31 1958

Career highlights

Debuted in Z Cars (1974), followed by Wood and Walters (1982), The Beiderbecke Affair (1985), How We Used to Live (1984-85), Coasting (1990), In Deep (2002), Dalziel and Pascoe (2006), Emmerdale (2008), Being Eileen (2013), Home from Home (2018) and It's a Sin (2021). Sue will be best remembered for her soap roles, including Gloria Todd in almost 200 episodes of Coronation Street (1985-88) and Jackie Corkhill in 185 episodes of Brookside (1991-2001).

Awards

2000: British Soap Award for Best On-Screen Couple (Brookside) - with Dean Sullivan

Facts

Sue is married to actor David Fleeshman, and their children are actors Richard Fleeshman, Rosie Fleeshman and Emily Fleeshman.

Gerald Kyd (General Logan) Born 1973

Career highlights

Born in South Africa as Gerasimos Awkoumides, Gerald's first credited work was for 1997's Underworld, followed by roles in Grease Monkeys (2003), The Fever (2004), Legacy: Black Ops (2010), Persons Unknown (2010), The Coroner (2015), Benidorm (2016), Humans (2016), Unforgotten (2018), Jesus: His Life (2019), Harlots (2019), Deep Water (2019), Cold Feet (2016-20), Britannia (2021) and The Split (2022). His longest-running role was playing Sean Maddox in 59 episodes of Casualty (1998-2000/06).

Nigel Richard Lambert (Voice of the Priest Triangle) May 11 1944 to Sep 10 2024

Doctor Who credits

Played: Hardin in The Leisure Hive (1980)

Played: Voice of the Priest Triangle in Flux (2021, as Nigel Richard Lambert)
Career highlights
Nigel made his debut in Cry Wolf! (156), followed by Any Old Iron? (1957), 18 episodes of The Thompson Family (1957-58, as Andrew), The Pocket Lancer (1959), Mr Browne Comes Home (1959), Katy (1962), Out of the Unknown (1965), The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967), The Avengers (1965/67), Scream and Scream Again (1970), The Onedin Line (1972), Sporting Scenes (1974), The Crezz (1976), The Phoenix and the Carpet (1976), The Fuzz (1977), Touch and Go (1978), Blake's 7 (1978), The History of Mr Polly (1980), Shillingbury Tales (1981), Cuffy (1983), Sob Sisters (1989), The Upper Hand (1992), Married for Life (1996), Heartbeat (1998), The Princess and the Pea (2002), Captain Sabertooth (2003), Noggin (2008), Murder Loves Killers Too (2009), Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013) and The Javone Prince Show (2015). His voice will be best remembered narrating the tongue in cheek comedy series Look Around You (2002), while he also voiced Mr Curry in The Adventures of Paddington Bear (1997-2001).
Facts
In the 1980s Nigel contributed extensively to the magazine partwork Story Teller published by Marshall Cavendish. Consisting of a fortnightly magazine and cassette tape featuring children's stories, Nigel narrated over 30 of the stories onto tape, including Grogre the Ogre and Jester Minute. He was also a presenter on children's series You and Me in 1977, and is the voice of Papa in the UK TV commercials for Dolmio cooking sauces.

Paul Leonard (James Stonehouse) Born 1955

Career highlights

Paul debuted in Softly Softly: Task Force (1976), followed by roles in The Chief (1991-93), Perfect Strangers (2001), Coronation Street (2011), Sherlock (2012), Piercing Brightness (2013), The Christmas Candle (2013), Tokyo Trial (2007/16/17), Red Dwarf (2017), The Witches (2020) and The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021).

Guy List (Waiter) Born 1965

Doctor Who credits

Stunts: Evolution of the Daleks (2007)

Played: Waiter in Flux (2021)

Career highlights

Guy's main career is as a stuntman and stunt coordinator, starting out with a 1993 episode of The Detectives, and taking in Pie in the Sky (1994), Judge Dredd (1995), The Fifth Element (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Gladiator (2000), Band of Brothers (2001), Troy (2004), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Life on Mars (2007), Atonement (2007), The Golden Compass (2007), M.I High (2011), War Horse (2011), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Merlin (2008-12), Da Vinci's Demons (2013-14), Game of Thrones (2012-14), Spectre (2015), Peaky Blinders (2016), Jason Bourne (2016), The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017), Sex Education (2020), Cruella (2021), Fast and Furious 9 (2021), Last Night in Soho (2021) and The Batman (2022). He has also taken credited acting roles (involving physical movement), including Taggart (1998), Waking the Dead (2002), The Rook (2019) and COBRA (2020).

Penelope McGhie (Mrs Hayward) Born 1960

Career highlights

Debuted in Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles (1993), followed by parts in Holby City (2002), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Silk (2011), The Crown (2019) and Gentleman Jack (2022). Penelope is also a narrator for TV documentaries such as Eurotika! (1999) and Mondo Macabro (2001-02).

Kevin McNally (Professor Jericho) Born Apr 27 1956

Doctor Who credits

Played: Hugo Lang in The Twin Dilemma (1984)

Played: Professor Eustacius Jericho in Flux (2021)
Career highlights
Kevin debuted in The Paradise Run (1976), then took roles in I, Claudius (1976), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Poldark (1977), The Long Good Friday (1980), We'll Meet Again (1982), The Hard Word (1983), Diana (1984), Cry Freedom (1987), Dream Baby (1989), The New Statesman (1991), Bottom (1991), Full Stretch (1993), Chiller (1995), Frontiers (1996), Underworld (1997), Dad (1997-99), Spice World: The Movie (1997), Sliding Doors (1998), Entrapment (1999), Shackleton (2002), Spooks (2002), Johnny English (2003), De-Lovely (2004), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Scoop (2006), Life on Mars (2007), The Murder of Princess Diana (2007), Valkyrie (2008), Wuthering Heights (2009), Big Top (2009), Last Man Standing (2011), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2011), The Raven (2012), Supernatural (2011-12), Downton Abbey (2011-12), Burn Notice (2012), The Mill (2013), 24: Live Another Day (2014), The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015), Power Monkeys (2016), Designated Survivor (2016-17), The Good Fight (2018), Unforgotten (2018), The Outpost (2018), The ABC Murders (2018), Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes (2019), Catherine the Great (2019), Das Boot (2018-20), The Crown (2020), Curse of the Macbeths (2022) and The Wingfeather Saga (2023). He also played Joshamee Gibbs in the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise (2003-17) and wrote two episodes of Lock, Stock... in 2000.
Facts
Kevin is married to actress Phyllis Logan, who appeared in The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Kevin here.

Jo Martin (The Doctor) Born Apr 29 197? Click here for Jo Martin's entry on Fugitive of the Judoon

Jonny Mathers (Passenger) Born 1979

Career highlights

Although this is Jonny's first and only screen acting credit to date, he has worked in prop making and scenery design, as well as stage management. In 2014 he played Lurch in a stage version of The Addams Family.

Facts

Jonny is 7ft 2in tall and used to work as a prison officer and doorman. He once auditioned to be the new actor to play Chewbacca in the Star Wars franchise.

John May (Kev) Born Aug 1981

Career highlights

Debuted in I Shouldn't Be Alive (2011), followed by Will (2011), Cuckoo (2012), All at Sea (2013), The Fall of the Krays (2016), Fresh Meat (2016), Our Eddy (2018), Tin Star (2020) and Time (2021).

Facts

John is also a barber in Liverpool, having first appeared in the 2010 series John Bishop's Britain. John lost five stone in weight after seeing himself in an advert looking 20 years older than his real age.

Isla Moody (Weeping Angel)

This is Isla's only screen acting credit to date.

Matthew Needham (Old Swarm) Born Apr 13 1984

Career highlights

Matthew made his credited debut in Casualty, playing Toby De Silva in 61 episodes between 2007-09. After this, he appeared in Sherlock (2010), Monroe (2011), The Hollow Crown (2016), The Ritual (2017), Chernobyl (2019), Sanditon (2019), Much Ado About Nothing (2022) and House of the Dragon (2022).

Steve Oram (Joseph Williamson) Born Aug 25 1973

Career highlights

Steve's earliest credit is for People Like Us (2001), followed by Hardware (2004), It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004), The Mighty Boosh (2007), Tittybangbang (2006-07), Kill List (2011), Sightseers (2012), Heading Out (2013), The Secrets (2014), Glue (2014), The Bad Education Movie (2015), Midsomer Murders (2016), The Living and the Dead (2016), Death in Paradise (2018), Hang Ups (2018), Ghosts (2019), Good Omens (2019), Line of Duty (2021), Code 404 (2020-21), The Phantom of the Open (2021), Killing Eve (2022) and D.I Ray (2022).

Awards

2012: British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay (Sightseers) - shared with Alice Lowe and Amy Jump

Facts

Steve started out as a stand-up comedian, often performing with comedy partner Tom Meeten.

Charlie Oscar (K-Toscs)

Career highlights

Charlie's other work includes Mothering Sunday (2021) and Aura (2022).

Craig Parkinson (Grand Serpent) Born Mar 11 1976

Career highlights

Debuting in People Like Us (2001), Craig's extensive CV includes Dalziel and Pascoe (2001), Ed Stone is Dead (2002-03), No Angels (2004), Black Books (2004), Outlaws (2004), New Street Law (2007), Lead Balloon (2007), Massive (2008), Four Lions (2010), Brighton Rock (2010), Whitechapel (2010), In with the Flynns (2011), Misfits (2010-11), Great Night Out (2013), Prey (2014), Indian Summers (2015-16), Uncle (2017), On the Edge (2018), Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018), Resistance (2019), Temple (2019), The English Game (2020), Intergalactic (2021), Vera (2022) and Everything I Know About Love (2022). He may be best remembered for playing DI Matthew Cottan in Line of Duty (2012-17).

Facts

Craig, who is 6ft 5in tall, is married to fellow actor Susan Lynch, who appeared in The Ghost Monument, but they separated in 2019.

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).

Chantelle Pierre (Police officer)

This is Chantelle's first screen credit to date.

Poppy Polivnick (Peggy)

Career highlights

Poppy's other work includes Man Down (2016), Rellik (2017) and Dark Heart (2018).

Sara Powell (Mary Seacole) Born Jun 23 1968

Career highlights

Jamaican Sara debuted in Between the Lines (1992), followed by Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast (1992), Desmond's (1994), Rumble (1995), Vanity Fair (1998), Judge John Deed (2005), The Whistleblowers (2007), Sadie J (2011), Ice Cream Girls (2013), Midsomer Murders (2017), Damned (2016-18), Death in Paradise (2019), Ghosts (2021) and Murder in Provence (2022). Sara's recurring roles include Sally Reid in London's Burning (1993-94), Rachel Barker in Holby Blue (2007-08) and voicework in the children's cartoon Florrie's Dragons (2010-11).

Jemma Redgrave (Kate Stewart) Born Jan 14 1965 Click here for Jemma Redgrave's entry on The Power of Three

Rochenda Sandall (Azure) Born 1989

Career highlights

Debuted in Doctors (2013), followed by Broken (2017), Girlfriends (2018), Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018), Line of Duty (2019), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Criminal: UK (2019-20), Small Axe (2020) and The Rig (2022).

Facts

Rochenda is in a relationship with actor Mark Stanley.

Annabel Scholey (Claire) Born Jan 10 1984

Career highlights

Annabel debuted in Poirot (2006), then Jane Eyre (2006), Being Human (2009), Personal Affairs (2009), Walking on Sunshine (2014), Medici (2016-18) and The Salisbury Poisonings (2020). Regular roles include Amena in Britannia (2017-21) and Nina in The Split (2018-22).

Facts

Annabel is married to actor Ciaran McMenamin.

Sam Spruell (Swarm) Born 1977

Career highlights

After debuting in K19: The Widowmaker (2002), Sam appeared in POW (2003), Rosemary & Thyme (2006), London to Brighton (2006), Holby Blue (2007), City of Vice (2008), The Hurt Locker (2008), Ashes to Ashes (2009), Luther (2010), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Mayday (2013), Taken 3 (2014), The Last Ship (2014-15), The Bastard Executioner (2015), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), The Informer (2019), Liar (2020), Locked Down (2021), The North Water (2021), The Amazing Mr Blunden (2021) and The Hanging Sun (2022).

Facts

Sam's mother is actor Linda Broughton, who appeared in Hell Bent.

Dan Starkey (Kragar, Svild, Senstarg & Shallo) Born Sep 27 1977 Click here for Dan Starkey's entry on The Sontaran Stratagem

Richard Tate (Wilder)

Career highlights

Richard debuted uncredited in Z Cars (1978), followed by roles in The Agatha Christie Hour (1982), Brookside (1983-84), Andy Capp (1988), The Manageress (1990), Harry Hill (1997), EastEnders (2001), Merseybeat (2002), Lilies (2007), Nowhere Boy (2009), Tin Star (2021) and Last Train to Christmas (2021). Voice work includes playing Sergeant Blob in The Dreamstone (1990-95) and Les in The Snow Queen (1995).

Facts

Richard was a close friend of Beatles legend John Lennon.

Sonny Walker (Stevie [Grand Serpent victim])

Career highlights

Sonny's only other screen acting credit to date is The Responder (2022).

Facts

As well as an actor, Sonny has also worked as a model and a welterweight boxer.

Jonathan Watson (Ritskaw, Skaak & Stenck) Born Nov 23 1957

Career highlights

Jonathan's first work on screen was 1970's The Boy Who Wanted Peace, followed by Dr Finlay's Casebook (1970), Sutherland's Law (1975), Cloud Howe (1982), Local Hero (1983), The Houseman's Tale (1987), Naked Video (1986-87), The Ferguson Theory (1994), Atletico Partick (1996), Rab C Nesbitt (1988-98), Garrow's Law (2009), Bob Servant Independent (2013), Mountain Goats (2014), Bob Servant (2014), Fried (2015) and Group (2020). Jonathan also played Brian in 41 episodes of City Lights (1984-91) and Colin in 32 episodes of Two Doors Down (2016-22).

CREW

Chris Chibnall (writer, chapters 1-6) Born Mar 21 1970 Click here for Chris Chibnall's entry on 42

Maxine Alderton (writer, chapter 4)

Doctor Who credits

Wrote: The Haunting of Villa Diodati (2020), Flux Chapter 4 (2021)
Career highlights
Maxine started out (as Maxine Exley) as a script editor on Emmerdale (2006-11), after which she began to write episodes of the soap (over 120 episodes since 2013). She has also written for The Worst Witch (2017-18).
Awards
2017: British Screenwriters' Award for Best British Children's Series (The Worst Witch) - shared with writing team

Jamie Magnus Stone (director, chapters 1, 2 & 4) Born Dec 15 1985
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Clara and the TARDIS (2013, uncredited), Spyfall Part One (2020), Praxeus (2020), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), Flux Chapters 1, 2 & 4 (2021), The Power of the Doctor (2022)
Career highlights
Jamie's credited career began in 2006 as writer, producer and director of the short film Fritz, after which he worked in similar capacities on other shorts such as Two Dreams (2007), Astronaut (2009), Skyborn (2012) and the BAFTA-nominated Orbit Ever After (2013). He also worked as editor on documentaries such as Scotland's Brand New Bank (2009) and Old MacDonald's Farm (2012). His directing work includes The World According To (2008), The Village (2014), Tripped (2015), X Company (2015-16), The Last Dragonslayer (2016) and Queens of Mystery (2019).
Awards
2008: BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Animation (The World According To) - shared with Anders Jedenfors
Facts
Jamie is the son of broadcaster Sally Magnusson (best known for Songs of Praise) and director/ producer Norman Stone, the grandson of Magnus Magnusson, quizmaster on Mastermind between 1972-97, and the nephew of Jon Magnusson, a TV producer who works often with Graham Norton.

Azhur Saleem (director, chapters 3, 5 & 6) Born May 15 1981

Career highlights

Doctor Who was Azhur's first major work for TV, after having written and directed the short films Lim.bo (2002), Wings (2006), The Find (2010) and Muse (2020). He has also directed the shorts Towers (2015) and DENNIS (2018) and episodes of Amazon Prime's Anansi Boys (2023). Other credits include being assistant to the director on Baghdad Central (2020).

Revolution of the Daleks

New look Dalek!

One episode (Revolution of the Daleks)
First broadcast: Jan 1 2021
Audience for story: 6.35m

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

Helen Anderson (Rachel)

Career highlights

Helen's earliest credit is the 1986 TV movie Annihilator, followed by roles in Capstick's Law (1989), Josie Smith (1991), EastEnders (1996), Peak Practice (1998), Ultraviolet (1998), Holby City (2003), Spooks (2006), Extras (2006), The Last Weekend (2012), Peaky Blinders (2016), Sticks and Stones (2019) and Is This Sexual Harassment? (2019). She may be best remembered as Fiona in over 30 episodes of London's Burning (1998-2002).

John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness) Born March 11 1967 Click here for John Barrowman's entry on The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances

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

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

Nathan Armarkwei Laryea (Armen)

Career highlights

British-Ghanaian Nathan's only other credit to date is a 2019 episode of Doctors. Here he is 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.

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Leo Rugazzi) Born Dec 4 1985

Career highlights

Nathan debuted in Casualty (2007), followed by roles in Coming Up (2009), Money (2010), The Comedian (2012), Dom Hemingway (2013), The Face of an Angel (2014), Prey (2015), Houdini and Doyle (2016), Cassandra French's Finishing School (2017), Famous in Love (2017), Angels in America (2017), The Kid Who Would Be King (2019), Adulting (2019), Dracula (2020), The Trial of Christine Keeler (2019-20), Generation (2021) and Candyman (2021). He has also enjoyed regular roles in Misfits as Curtis Donovan (2009-12), Ian Johnson in Utopia (2013-14), and Tony in Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019).

Facts

Nathan can be seen in the music video for Years & Years' Real.

Harriet Walter (Jo Patterson) Born Sep 24 1950

Career highlights

Harriet's CV stems back to the 1979 mini-series Rebecca, after which she secured roles in The Imitation Game (1980), The Cherry Orchard (1981), The Price (1985), The Good Father (1985), Girls on Top (1986), A Dorothy L Sayers Mystery (1987), They Never Slept (1991), The Men's Room (1991), Inspector Morse (1993), Hard Times (1994), Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Governess (1998), Unfinished Business (1998-99), Onegin (1999), Black Cab (2000), My Uncle Silas (2003), Bright Young Things (2003), Spooks (2004), Messiah: The Harrowing (2005), Babel (2006), Five Days (2007), Poirot (2008), Little Dorrit (2008), The Young Victoria (2009), The Domino Effect (2012), The Assets (2014), Downton Abbey (2013-15), London Spy (2015), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), The Crown (2016), Call the Midwife (2017), Black Sails (2017), Flowers (2018), Black Earth Rising (2018), Curfew (2019), Rocketman (2019), The Spanish Princess (2019), The End (2020), Belgravia (2020), Killing Eve (2020), Talking Heads 3 (2020), The Last Duel (2021), Ted Lasso (2021), Succession (2018-21), This is Going to Hurt (2022) and Burial (2022). Harriet also played Natalie Chandler in 40 episodes of Law and Order UK (2009-14).

Awards

1988: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival (A Question of Geography/ Twelfth Night/ Three Sisters)

2000: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama

2005: Evening Standard Award for Best Actress (Mary Stuart)

2011: Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to drama

Facts

Harriet's husband is the actor Guy Paul, while her uncle was actor Christopher Lee. She is also descended from John Walter, founder of The Times newspaper. Before his death in 2004, Harriet's life partner was actor Peter Blythe. Harriet has written several books on acting, including Clamorous Voices: Shakespeare's Women Today (1988) and Facing It: Reflections on Images of Older Women (2010).

CREW

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

Lee Haven Jones (director, part 2) Born Jun 10 1976
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Spyfall Part Two (2020), Orphan 55 (2020), Revolution of the Daleks (2021)
Career highlights
Lee started out as an actor, having worked on Love in a Cold Climate (2001) and the short film Perfect Day (2010), making his name on Welsh language TV playing Emyr Tomos in 45 episodes of Caerdydd (2006-10) and Gwaith/ Cartref (2011). Lee then moved behind the cameras to direct, starting with Caerdydd (2010), then soap Pobol y Cwm (2012), The Indian Doctor (2012-13), Wizards vs Aliens (2014), Waterloo Road (2015), Casualty (2013-16), Vera (2017-18), Shetland (2018), The Bay (2019), The Long Call (2021) and Wolf (2022). He has also produced, including Tir (2013-15), Want It (2015) and Bang (2017-20).
Awards
2013: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Director: Fiction (The Indian Doctor)
2016: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Director: Fiction (35 Diwrnod)
Facts
Here is Lee on Twitter.

Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children

The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and the
Master (Sacha Dhawan)... but which
is the most timeless?

Two episodes (Ascension of the Cybermen, The Timeless Children)
First broadcast: Feb 23-Mar 1 2020
Audience for story: 4.84m

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

Alex Austin (Yedlarmi) Born Dec 4 ????
Career highlights
Debuted in Blind Dating (2006), followed by Holby City (2012), Misfits (2012), The World's End (2013), The Hooligan Factory (2014), The Christmas Candle (2014), The Interceptor (2015), The Mallorca Files (2019), I Hate Suzie (2020) and Casualty (2019/21).

Paul Bailey (Cyberman) Born Jul 7 1991
Career highlights
Paul's earliest screen work was on X-Men: First Class (2011), followed by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011), The Great Ghost Rescue (2011), Dirk Gently (2012), Doctors (2016), Chewing Gum (2017), Stan & Ollie (2018), A Man Sits on a Chair in a Field and Drinks a Cup of Tea (2019), Pinky (2020) and Bite (2022). He has also written, directed and produced his own short films.
Facts
Paul graduated with a degree in conservation biology.

Seylan Baxter (Tecteun)
Career highlights
Other work includes Macbeth (2015), Outlander (2016), Lovesick (2016), Cleek (2017), Armchair Detectives (2017), The Victim (2019), Rosamunde Pilcher's The Magic Bus (2019), Nothing to Declare (2020), Visitor (2020), Jessie and the Elf Boy (2020), Host (2020) and Dirty Water (2022).
Awards
2007: Critics' Award for Theatre in Scotland for Best Music and Sound (The Lasses, O) - with Lillias Kinsman-Blake and Rachel Newton
Facts
As well as being an actor, Seylan is also a musician, specialising in cello and Scottish music.

Kirsty Besterman (Solpado) Born 1980
Career highlights
Further work includes An American Nobody in London (2006), Foyle's War (2010), Silent Witness (2014), Father Brown (2015), Holby City (2017), A.I Rising (2018), His Dark Materials (2020), War of the Worlds (2021), Top Boy (2022) and Professor T (2022).

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

Caolan Byrne (Sergeant) Born 1981
Career highlights

Debuted in This is the Sea (1997), followed by parts in Titanic Town (1998), Mr Nice (2010), Round Ireland with a Fridge (2010), Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012), Mrs Brown's Boys (2013), Will (2017), Porridge (2017), The Miniaturist (2017), Chernobyl (2019), Britannia (2019), Bloodlands (2021), Das Boot (2022) and Sapling (2022).

Simon Carew (Cyberman) Born 1987 Click here for Simon Carew's entry on Fugitive of the Judoon

Matt Carver (Ethan)
Matt's only other credit is for the short Zombie Team Building (2010).

Rhiannon Clements (Bescot) Born Dec 1 1994
Career highlights

After debuting in Doctor Who, Rhiannon's further work includes The Other One (2020), Kisses in the Dark (2020), Death on the Nile (2022), Big Boys (2022) and Ridley (2022). She also played Summer Ranger in 76 episodes of soap Hollyoaks (2020-21).
Awards
2019: Spotlight Prize for Best Stage Actor
Facts
Rhiannon was born with a foreshortened left arm.

Jon Davey (Cyberman)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyberman in Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel (2006, uncredited), Doomsday (2006, uncredited), The Next Doctor (2008, uncredited), The Pandorica Opens (2010, uncredited), The Timeless Children (2020), Flux (2021, uncredited), The Power of the Doctor (2022)
Played: Man on bus in Army of Ghosts (2006, uncredited)
Played: Host in Voyage of the Damned (2007, uncredited)
Played: Ood in Planet of the Ood (2008, uncredited), The End of Time (2010, uncredited)
Played: Atmos worker in The Sontaran Stratagem (2008, uncredited)
Played: Hath in The Doctor's Daughter (2008, uncredited), The End of Time (2010, uncredited)
Played: Judoon in The Stolen Earth/ Journey's End (2008, uncredited)
Played: Winder in The Beast Below (2010, uncredited)
Played: Dalek in Victory of the Daleks (2010, uncredited), The Day of the Doctor (2013, uncredited), The Time of the Doctor (2013, uncredited)
Played: Call centre worker in The Lodger (2010, uncredited)
Played: Goalkeeper in The Lodger (2010, uncredited)
Played: Museum visitor in The Big Bang (2010, uncredited)
Played: Shansheeth in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor (2010)
Played: Dark Horde in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith (2010)
Played: Teselecta worker in Let's Kill Hitler (2011, uncredited)
Played: Cleric in Closing Time (2011, uncredited)
Played: Marine in The Wedding of River Song (2011, uncredited)
Played: UNIT soldier in The Bells of Saint John (2013, uncredited), The Day of the Doctor (2013, uncredited), Death in Heaven (2014, uncredited)
Played: Clockwork droid in Deep Breath (2014, uncredited)
Played: Dream Crab sleeper in Last Christmas (2014, uncredited)
Played: Mire in The Girl Who Died (2015, uncredited)
Played: Drone in The Return of Doctor Mysterio (2016, uncredited)

Played: UN troop in Extremis (2017, uncredited)

Played: Memory police in The Lie of the Land (2017, uncredited)

Played: Sea Devil in Legend of the Sea Devils (2022)
Jon also played monsters at the 2013 Doctor Who Prom.

Sacha Dhawan (The Master) Born May 1 1984
Doctor Who credits
Played: Waris Hussein in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
Played: The Master in Spyfall (2020), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), The Power of the Doctor (2022)
Career highlights
Sacha's earliest credit was in 1998's City Central, at the age of 14, followed by roles in The Last Train (1999), EastEnders: Perfectly Frank (2003), The History Boys (2006), Bradford Riots (2006), Wired (2008), Paradox (2009), Five Days (2010), The Deep (2010), Splintered (2010), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012), Being Human (2012), Last Tango in Halifax (2012), After Earth (2013), The Tractate Middoth (2013), Line of Duty (2014), In the Flesh (2014), 24: Live Another Day (2014), Utopia (2014), The Lady in the Van (2015), Mr Selfridge (2016), Sherlock (2017), The Boy with the Topknot (2017), Dracula (2020), Suspect (2022) and Wolf (2022). Regular roles include Ali Patanjali in Out of Sight (1997-98), Azmat Madari in Weirdsister College (2001-02), Manmeet in Outsourced (2010-11), Dev in In the Club (2014-16), Davos in Iron Fist (2017-18) and Orlo in The Great (2020-21). He also provided the voice of Eddie in 38 episodes of children's series Chuggington (2008-09).
Awards
2007: Royal Television Society Breakthrough Award (Bradford Riots)

Facts

Sacha's partner is actor Anjli Mohindra, best known to Doctor Who fans as Rani Chandra in The Sarah Jane Adventures. Sacha suffers from Crohn's disease.

Matthew Doman (Cyberman) Born 1982 Click here for Matthew Doman's entry on Sleep No More

Branwell Donaghey (Patrick) Born 1977
Career highlights
Branwell debuted in New World Disorder (1999), followed by roles in I Shouldn't Be Alive (2005), Gavin and Stacey (2007), King Lear (2008), The Crimson Petal and the White (2011), Prometheus (2012), Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012), Our Girl (2013), Quirke (2014), The Night Manager (2016), Peaky Blinders (2014/16), The Foreigner (2017), Coronation Street (2019) and The Last Front (2020).
Facts
As well as being an actor, Branwell is also a fitness instructor and nutritionist.

Julie Graham (Ravio) Born Jul 24 1965
Doctor Who credits
Played: Ruby White in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith (2010)
Played: Ravio in Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020)
Career highlights
Julie made her screen debut in Taggart (1986), which was followed by roles in Blood Red Roses (1986), Strike It Rich! (1987), Bookie (1988), Casualty (1988), Nuns on the Run (1990), Blonde Fist (1991), 99-1 (1994), Bugs (1995), Heartbeat (1996), Space Island One (1998), Life Support (1999), Dirty Tricks (2000), Between the Sheets (2003), Afterlife (2006), Mobile (2007), Bonekickers (2008), The Bill (1989/2002/2010), Doc Martin (2011), Vera (2012), Being Eileen (2013), Retribution (2016), Moving On (2020), Penance (2020), Dun Breedin' (2020), Queens of Mystery (2019-21) and Two Doors Down (2022). Regular roles include playing Alice in Harry (1993-95), Megan Hartnoll in At Home with the Braithwaites (2000-03), Mary Gilcrest in William and Mary (2003-05), Abby Grant in Survivors (2008-10), Sheron Dawson in Benidorm (2016-18), Jean McBrian in The Bletchley Circle (2012-14) and The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (2018) and Rhona Kelly in Shetland (2014-19).
Facts
Her first husband was the late actor Joseph Bennett, who hanged himself at the age of 47 in 2015. Her best friend was the actor Clare Cathcart, who tragically died of an asthma attack in 2014, aged 48.

Richard Highgate (Cyberman) Born 1970
Doctor Who credits
Played: Dalek operator in Asylum of the Daleks (2012, uncredited), Into the Dalek (2014, uncredited), The Witch's Familiar (2015, uncredited)

Played: Extra in The Power of Three (2012, uncredited)

Played: UNIT soldier in The Day of the Doctor (2013, uncredited)

Played: Mire warrior in The Girl Who Died (2015, uncredited)

Played: Roadsweeper in The Zygon Inversion (2015, uncredited)

Played: Red man in The Husbands of River Song (2015, uncredited)

Played: Kerblam postman in Kerblam! (2018, uncredited)

Played: Royal guard in The Witchfinders (2018, uncredited)

Played: Sniperbot in The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos (2018, uncredited)
Played: Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon (2020)
Played: Cyberman in World Enough and Time/ The Doctor Falls (2017, uncredited), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020)

Career highlights
Richard is expert in combat skills and historical European martial arts, and has consequently been cast in physical roles in productions such as Born of Hope (2009), Chronicles of Syntax (2013), The First Musketeer (2014), The Journey (2014), Ren (2016), The Intent (2016) and Kamikaze (2016).
Facts
Until 2011, he worked under the name Richard Roberts. His nickname is "Squish".

Paul Kasey (Judoon Captain) Born Aug 5 1973 Click here for Paul Kasey's entry on Rose

Mickey Lewis (Cyberman)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Dalek in Asylum of the Daleks (2012, uncredited), Into the Dalek (2014, uncredited), The Magician's Apprentice (2015, uncredited), Revolution of the Daleks (2021, uncredited)
Played: Policeman in The Snowman (2012, uncredited)
Played: Beast Man in The Rings of Akhaten (2013, uncredited)
Played: Third Doctor body double in The Day of the Doctor (2013, uncredited)
Played: Alien in bar in The Witch's Familiar (2015, uncredited)
Played: Chauffeur in The Zygon Invasion (2015, uncredited)
Played: UNIT soldier in The Zygon Inversion (2015, uncredited)
Played: Space corpse in Oxygen (2017, uncredited)
Played: Harbourmaster in The Lie of the Land (2017, uncredited)
Played: Allied soldier in Twice Upon a Time (2017, uncredited)
Played: Cyberman in The Doctor Falls (2017, uncredited), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), The Power of the Doctor (2022)

Played: Sea Devil in Legend of the Sea Devils (2022)
Career highlights
Mickey's other work (often uncredited) includes Merlin (2012), Being Human (2013), Wolf Hall (2015), The Man from UNCLE (2015), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Dumbo (2019), The War of the Worlds (2019) and The Batman (2022).
Facts
As well as being an actor, Mickey - who used to work as an actor at the York Dungeon, but was sacked for being too scary! - is also an author, having written two Doctor Who books (as Mick Lewis): Rags (2001) and Combat Rock (2002). His non-Who novel is called The Bloody Man (1998), about 17th century cannibal Sawney Bean. Mickey once spent time with cannibal tribes in New Guinea.

Andrew Macklin (Michael) Born Dec 26 1981
Career highlights
Irishman Andrew's credits include Last Wash (2012), Mr Selfridge (2015), Jubilee Nurse (2015), Fair City (2017), Bruised Sky (2020), Doctors (2022) and The Holiday (2022).

Jo Martin (The Doctor) Born Apr 29 197? Click here for Jo Martin's entry on Fugitive of the Judoon

Evan McCabe (Brendan)
Career highlights
Other work includes Dead Leaf Moth (2017), Striking Out (2018), Berlin Station (2018) and Miss Scarlet and the Duke (2022).

Ian McElhinney (Ko Sharmus) Born Aug 19 1948
Career highlights
Belfast-born Ian made his screen debut in Cowboys (1981), after which he secured roles in Angel (1982), The Price (1985), The End of the World Man (1986), Dead Entry (1987), Wipe Out (1988), The Lilac Bus (1990), Children of the North (1991), Spender (1993), A Woman's Guide to Adultery (1993), Hearts and Minds (1995), Michael Collins (1996), Hamlet (1996), Wokenwell (1997), The Boxer (1997), Queer as Folk (1999-2000), No Tears (2002), Cold Feet (2003), The Clinic (2003), Rough Diamond (2007), The Tudors (2007), Clay (2008), City of Ember (2008), Little Dorrit (2008), New Tricks (2010), Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012), Moonfleet (2013), The Fall (2013-14), A Patch of Fog (2015), Rebellion (2016), Ripper Street (2013-16), The Journey (2016), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Redwater (2017), The Frankenstein Chronicles (2017), Silent Witness (2019), The Deceived (2020), Bloodlands (2021), The Split (2020-22) and The Outlaws (2021-22). Regular roles include Jack Freeman in Maisie Raine (1998-99), Captain Hammond in Horatio Hornblower (1998-2003), Barristan Selmy in Game of Thrones (2011-15), Granda Joe in Derry Girls (2018-22) and Val-El in Krypton (2018-19).
Facts
Ian's wife is actor and playwright Marie Jones.

Patrick O'Kane (Ashad) Born 1965
Doctor Who credits
Played: Ashad in The Haunting of Villa Diodati (2020), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), The Power of the Doctor (2022)
Career highlights
Belfast-born Patrick debuted in A Safe House in 1990, followed by Rides (1993), Pie in the Sky (1994), In the Red (1998), Sunset Heights (1999), Liverpool 1 (1999), When the Sky Falls (2000), In Deep (2002), Any Time Now (2002), Gunpowder, Treason and Plot (2004), Waking the Dead (2004), Exorcist: the Beginning (2004), Five Days (2007), Wire in the Blood (2007), Good Vibrations (2012), The Borgias (2012-13), The Fall (2013), Jamaica Inn (2014), The Secret (2016), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Come Home (2018), Female Human Animal (2018) and Limbo (2019).

Orla O'Rourke (Meg)
Career highlights
Zambian-born Orla made her acting debut on screen in 2004's short film Tilly and the Teeth, followed by parts in Fair City (2005), The Front Line (2006), Casualty (2008), Harry Brown (2009), Case Histories (2011), Strike Back (2011), Redcon-1 (2018) and The Postcard Killings (2020). She regularly played Sinead Kelly in The Clinic (2004-06).

Jack Osborn (Fuskle)
This is Jack's only acting credit to date.

Richard Price (Cyberman) Born May 26 1981
Doctor Who credits
Played: Guest in The Runaway Bride (2006, uncredited), The Lazarus Experiment (2007, uncredited)
Played: Passerby in Partners in Crime (2008, uncredited), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Mark of the Berserker (2008, uncredited)
Played: Takran soldier in The Doctor's Daughter (2008, uncredited)
Played: Shadow Kin in Class: The Lost (2016, uncredited)
Played: Cyberman in World Enough and Time/ The Doctor Falls (2017, uncredited), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), Flux (2021, uncredited), The Power of the Doctor (2022)
Played: Kerblam postman in Kerblam! (2018, uncredited)
Played: Teammate in Kerblam! (2018, uncredited)
Played: Sniperbot in The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos (2018, uncredited)
Played: Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon (2020)

Played: Dalek operator in Revolution of the Daleks (2021, uncredited)

Played: Tourist in Flux (2021, uncredited)

Played: Sea Devil in Legend of the Sea Devils (2022)
Career highlights
Richard is a hugely prolific supporting actor, making his uncredited debut in In His Life: The John Lennon Story (2000), followed by small parts in productions such as 24 Hour Party People (2002), Shameless (2004), Mayo (2006), Being Human (2009), Hustle (2012), Our Girl (2014), Cucumber (2015), Galavant (2016), Raised by Wolves (2016), Houdini and Doyle (2016), The Crown (2016), No Offence (2015-17), Wonder Woman (2017), Ackley Bridge (2017), Phantom Thread (2017), The City and the City (2018), Humans (2018), Christopher Robin (2018), Peterloo (2018), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Cold Feet (2019), Dumbo (2019), Dolittle (2020), Ted Lasso (2020), Last Night in Soho (2021), The Batman (2022), Morbius (2022) and Sister Boniface Mysteries (2022).

Matthew Rohman (Cyberman) Born 1986
Doctor Who credits
Played: Reporter in Partners in Crime (2008, uncredited)
Played: Saved in Forest of the Dead (2008, uncredited)
Played: Sand person in Torchwood: Adam (2008, uncredited)
Played: Policeman in Deep Breath (2014, uncredited)
Played: Axe fight crowd member in The Magician's Apprentice (2015, uncredited)
Played: Murdered student in Class: For Tonight We Must Die (2016, uncredited)
Played: Shadowkin soldier in Class: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart (2016, uncredited), Brave-ish Heart (2016, uncredited)
Played: Gunrunner in Smile (2017, uncredited)
Played: Monk in The Pyramid at the End of the World (2017, uncredited), The Lie of the Land (2017, uncredited)
Played: Soldier in Empress of Mars (2017, uncredited), Twice Upon a Time (2017, uncredited)
Played: Patient in World Enough and Time (2017, uncredited)
Played: Cyberman in The Doctor Falls (2017, uncredited), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), Flux (2021, uncredited)
Played: Sniperbot in The Ghost Monument (2018, uncredited), The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos (2018, uncredited)
Played: Kerblam Man Postman in Kerblam! (2018, uncredited)
Played: Teammate in Kerblam! (2018, uncredited)
Played: Light Monster in Spyfall (2020, uncredited)
Played: Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon (2020)
Career highlights
Matthew's first role was in Come Fly with Me (2007), followed by Life on Mars (2007), Merlin (2008), New Worlds (2014), The Crimson Field (2014), Poldark (2015), Downton Abbey (2015), The Bastard Executioner (2015) and Sherlock (2012/17).

Steve Toussaint (Feekat) Born Mar 22 1965
Career highlights
Debuted in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994), then Judge Dredd (1995), Dangerfield (1998), Jack of Hearts (1999), Circus (2000), Dog Eat Dog (2001), Waking the Dead (2002), Family Affairs (2004), My Dad's the Prime Minister (2004), Broken News (2005), CSI: Miami (2007-08), Mutant Chronicles (2008), Skins (2010), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Spooks (2010), Asylum (2014), Banana (2015), Tut (2015), Lewis (2015), Grantchester (2016), Fortitude (2017), Upstart Crow (2017), Our Girl (2018), Pine Gap (2018), Deep Water (2019), In the Long Run (2020), Small Axe (2020), It's a Sin (2021) and House of the Dragon (2022). He regularly played Barry Christie in The Knock (1994-2000), D.I Mike Trent in Doctors (2002), and Nick Austin in The Bill (2005).

Facts

In 2022, Steve defended his casting as Lord Corlys Velaryon in Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon after critics claimed a black man should not play the character.

CREW

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

Jamie Magnus Stone (director) Born Dec 15 1985
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Clara and the TARDIS (2013, uncredited), Spyfall Part One (2020), Praxeus (2020), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), Flux Chapters 1, 2 & 4 (2021), Centenary special (2022)
Career highlights
Jamie's credited career began in 2006 as writer, producer and director of the short film Fritz, after which he worked in similar capacities on other shorts such as Two Dreams (2007), Astronaut (2009), Skyborn (2012) and the BAFTA-nominated Orbit Ever After (2013). He also worked as editor on documentaries such as Scotland's Brand New Bank (2009) and Old MacDonald's Farm (2012). His directing work includes The World According To (2008), The Village (2014), Tripped (2015), X Company (2015-16), The Last Dragonslayer (2016) and Queens of Mystery (2019).
Awards
2008: BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Animation (The World According To) - shared with Anders Jedenfors
Facts
Jamie is the son of broadcaster Sally Magnusson (best known for Songs of Praise) and director/ producer Norman Stone, the grandson of Magnus Magnusson, quizmaster on Mastermind between 1972-97, and the nephew of Jon Magnusson, a TV producer who works often with Graham Norton.