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| A new dawn rises... The Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) in the TARDIS |
First broadcast: Mar 26 2005
Audience for story: 10.81m
REGULAR CAST
Christopher Eccleston (The Doctor) Born Feb 16 1964
Doctor Who credits
Played: The Doctor in Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London/ World War Three, Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways (2005)
Career highlights
After debuting in Blood Rights in 1990, Christopher's career takes in Inspector Morse (1991), Let Him Have It (1991), Friday on My Mind (1992), Shallow Grave (1994), Hearts and Minds (1995), Our Friends in the North (1996), Jude (1996), Hillsborough (1996), Elizabeth (1998), Clocking Off (2000), Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000), The Others (2001), Linda Green (2001), Othello (2001), The League of Gentlemen (2002), 28 Days Later (2002), The Second Coming (2003), Heroes (2007), The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (2007), GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), Lennon Naked (2010), The Shadow Line (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Legend (2015), Fortitude (2015), Safe House (2015), Legend (2015), Come Home (2018), Dead in a Week or Your Money Back (2018) and Danger Mouse (2018). Christopher also had recurring roles as DCI David Billborough in Cracker (1993-94), Matt Jamison in The Leftovers (2014-17), Maurice Scott in The A Word (2016-20) and Luke Dunmore in the Brian Pern series (2015-17).
Awards
2003: Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor - Male (Flesh and Blood)
2005: National Television Award for Most Popular Actor (Doctor Who)
2011: International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor (Accused)
Facts
In 2007, Pendleton College in Christopher's home city of Salford named its new auditorium the Eccleston Theatre. Christopher also appears in two music videos for the band I Am Kloot - Proof (2003) and Northern Skies (2010). His brother Alan works in TV and film as a vehicle supplier, while his other brother Keith is a carpenter in TV and film. In his 2019 autobiography, he wrote about his struggles with body image, depression and eating disorders, and admitted he'd once considered suicide. Christopher was once referenced during a Houses of Parliament speech made by MP Tom Watson, on October 18th, 2016.
Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) Born Sep 22 1982
Doctor Who credits
Played: Rose Tyler in Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London/ World War Three, Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways, Children in Need special (uncredited), The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel, The Idiot's Lantern, The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters, Fear Her, Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday (2005-06). Return appearances in Partners in Crime (2008), The Poison Sky (2008), Midnight (2008), Turn Left (2008), The Stolen Earth/ Journey's End (2008) and The End of Time Part Two (2010).
Played: The Moment in The Day of the Doctor (2013)
Career highlights
Billie - born Leian Paul Piper - started out as a poster girl in an advertising campaign for teen music magazine Smash Hits in 1997 ("100% pure pop!"). Record producers looking for a young female pop star to launch in the UK charts thought Billie would be ideal, and it wasn't long until she became the youngest artist ever to debut at number one hit in Britain, with Because We Want To. Billie went on to have two albums - Honey to the B (1998) and Walk of Life (2000) - which both peaked at number 14 on the UK chart, and eight UK Top 30 singles: Because We Want To (number 1), Girlfriend (number 1), She Wants You (number 3), Honey to the Bee (number 3), Thank ABBA for the Music (number 4), Day & Night (number 1), Something Deep Inside (number 4) and Walk of Life (number 25) between 1998-2000. She retired from the music industry following a court case in 2001 in which a woman named Juliet Peters was convicted of stalking and threatening her family.
Billie returned to her first love of acting. Her first role had been uncredited in 1996's The Leading Man, after which she found roles in Music Chronicles (1999), Canterbury Tales (2003), Bella and the Boys (2004), The Calcium Kid (2004), Things to Do Before You're 30 (2005), Spirit Trap (2005), Mansfield Park (2007), A Passionate Woman (2010), True Love (2012), Foxtrot (2014), City of Tiny Lights (2016), Collateral (2018), Eternal Beauty (2019) and I Hate Suzie (2019). She has also enjoyed a handful of regular roles, including Sally Lockhart in The Ruby in the Smoke (2006) and The Shadow in the North (2007) - in which she starred alongside a pre-Doctor Who Matt Smith - Belle/ Hannah in The Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007-11, on which she was also credited as an executive producer) and Brona Croft/ Lily in Penny Dreadful (2014-16).
Awards
1998: Smash Hits Princess of Pop (Honey to the B)
1999: Smash Hits Award for Best Female (Honey to the B)
1999: Smash Hits Award for Best Dressed Female (Honey to the B)
1999: Smash Hits Award for Best Female Act (Honey to the B)
2005: National Television Award for Most Popular Actress (Doctor Who)
2006: National Television Award for Most Popular Actress (Doctor Who)
2006: The Times Breakthrough Award for Rising British Talent (Doctor Who)
2006: GQ Magazine Woman of the Year
2014: What's On Stage Theatre Award for Best Actress (Great Britain)
2016: Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress (Yerma)
2017: Broadway UK Theatre Award for Best Actress (Yerma)
Career highlights
Billie - born Leian Paul Piper - started out as a poster girl in an advertising campaign for teen music magazine Smash Hits in 1997 ("100% pure pop!"). Record producers looking for a young female pop star to launch in the UK charts thought Billie would be ideal, and it wasn't long until she became the youngest artist ever to debut at number one hit in Britain, with Because We Want To. Billie went on to have two albums - Honey to the B (1998) and Walk of Life (2000) - which both peaked at number 14 on the UK chart, and eight UK Top 30 singles: Because We Want To (number 1), Girlfriend (number 1), She Wants You (number 3), Honey to the Bee (number 3), Thank ABBA for the Music (number 4), Day & Night (number 1), Something Deep Inside (number 4) and Walk of Life (number 25) between 1998-2000. She retired from the music industry following a court case in 2001 in which a woman named Juliet Peters was convicted of stalking and threatening her family.
Billie returned to her first love of acting. Her first role had been uncredited in 1996's The Leading Man, after which she found roles in Music Chronicles (1999), Canterbury Tales (2003), Bella and the Boys (2004), The Calcium Kid (2004), Things to Do Before You're 30 (2005), Spirit Trap (2005), Mansfield Park (2007), A Passionate Woman (2010), True Love (2012), Foxtrot (2014), City of Tiny Lights (2016), Collateral (2018), Eternal Beauty (2019) and I Hate Suzie (2019). She has also enjoyed a handful of regular roles, including Sally Lockhart in The Ruby in the Smoke (2006) and The Shadow in the North (2007) - in which she starred alongside a pre-Doctor Who Matt Smith - Belle/ Hannah in The Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007-11, on which she was also credited as an executive producer) and Brona Croft/ Lily in Penny Dreadful (2014-16).
Awards
1998: Smash Hits Princess of Pop (Honey to the B)
1999: Smash Hits Award for Best Female (Honey to the B)
1999: Smash Hits Award for Best Dressed Female (Honey to the B)
1999: Smash Hits Award for Best Female Act (Honey to the B)
2005: National Television Award for Most Popular Actress (Doctor Who)
2006: National Television Award for Most Popular Actress (Doctor Who)
2006: The Times Breakthrough Award for Rising British Talent (Doctor Who)
2006: GQ Magazine Woman of the Year
2014: What's On Stage Theatre Award for Best Actress (Great Britain)
2016: Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress (Yerma)
2017: Broadway UK Theatre Award for Best Actress (Yerma)
2017: What's On Stage Theatre Award for Best Actress (Yerma)
2017: Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress (Yerma)
2017: Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress (Yerma)
2017: Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress (Yerma)
As of 2020, Billie is the only actor ever to win all these best actress UK theatre awards for the same performance.
Facts
Billie performed at the 1999 Brit Awards as part of the performance of an ABBA medley, along with Steps, B*Witched, Tina Cousins and Cleopatra (she's the one in scarlet red!). She was also nominated for two Brits that year, for Best British Newcomer and Best Female, losing to Belle & Sebastian and Des'Ree respectively. Between 2001-07 Billie was married to British TV presenter and DJ Chris Evans (16 years her senior); her second husband between 2007-16 was actor Laurence Fox, with whom she had two children. She had a third child, a son, with musician Johnny Lloyd, of the band Tribes. Here she is, on Twitter!
As of 2020, Billie is the only actor ever to win all these best actress UK theatre awards for the same performance.
Facts
Billie performed at the 1999 Brit Awards as part of the performance of an ABBA medley, along with Steps, B*Witched, Tina Cousins and Cleopatra (she's the one in scarlet red!). She was also nominated for two Brits that year, for Best British Newcomer and Best Female, losing to Belle & Sebastian and Des'Ree respectively. Between 2001-07 Billie was married to British TV presenter and DJ Chris Evans (16 years her senior); her second husband between 2007-16 was actor Laurence Fox, with whom she had two children. She had a third child, a son, with musician Johnny Lloyd, of the band Tribes. Here she is, on Twitter!
GUEST CAST
Mark Benton (Clive) Born Nov 16 1965
Career highlights
Mark's big break was playing Charlie Hardiman in nine episodes of Boon (1991-92), after which he appeared in Desmond's (1992), Finney (1994), Kavanagh QC (1995), Lord of Misrule (1996), Career Girls (1997), All Quiet on the Preston Front (1997), Kiss Me Kate (1998), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Eureka Street (1999), Last Christmas (1999), Gimme Gimme Gimme (2000), Nature Boy (2000), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000), Human Remains (2000), Dr Terrible's House of Horrible (2001), Nice Guy Eddie (2002), The Second Coming (2003), Clocking Off (2003), The Booze Cruise trilogy (2003-06), Catterick (2004), Murphy's Law (2003-04), Afterlife (2005), I'm With Stupid (2006), The Street (2007), Flick (2008), Britannia High (2008), The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus (2009), Desperate Romantics (2009), Personal Affairs (2009), Silent Witness (2011), White Van Man (2012), The Job Lot (2014), Father Brown (2015), Inside No. 9 (2015), Damned (2016), The Halcyon (2016), Ratburger (2017), Midsomer Murders (2018) and Torvill & Dean (2018). Mark has enjoyed various recurring roles, including Martin Pond in Barbara (1999-2003), Eddie in Early Doors (2003-04), Max de Lacey in Scoop (2009-11), Frederick Finch in Land Girls (2009-11), Daniel Chalk in Waterloo Road (2011-14) and Frank Hathaway in Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators (2018-21). He also played the character of Howie in the 2004 TV movie Christmas Lights, which led to the spin-off series Northern Lights (2006) and City Lights (2007) and another special, Clash of the Santas (2008). He is also known for his appearance as an annoying bank manager in TV commercials for Nationwide (2004-10). In 2013, he was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing; he was voted out in the tenth week.
Nicholas Briggs (Voice of the Nestene Consciousness) Born Sep 29 1961
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice of the Nestene Consciousness in Rose (2005)
Played: Voice of the Daleks in Dalek (2005), Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways (2005), Doomsday TARDISode (2006), Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday (2006), Daleks in Manhattan/ Evolution of the Daleks (2007), The Stolen Earth/ Journey's End (2008), Victory of the Daleks (2010), The Pandorica Opens/ The Big Bang (2010), The Wedding of River Song (2011), Asylum of the Daleks (2012), The Day of the Doctor (2013), The Time of the Doctor (2013), Into the Dalek (2014), The Magician's Apprentice/ The Witch's Familiar (2015), Hell Bent (2015), Friend from the Future (2016), The Pilot (2017), Twice Upon a Time (2017), Resolution (2019), Revolution of the Daleks (2021), Flux (2021), Eve of the Daleks (2022)
Played: Voice of the Jagrafess in The Long Game (2005, uncredited)
Played: Voice of the Cybermen in Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel (2006), Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday (2006), The Next Doctor (2008), The Pandorica Opens (2010, uncredited), A Good Man Goes to War (2011), Closing Time (2011), Nightmare in Silver (2013), The Time of the Doctor (2013), Death in Heaven (2014), World Enough and Time/ The Doctor Falls (2017), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), Flux (2021)
Played: Voice of the Judoon in Smith and Jones (2007), The Stolen Earth (2008, uncredited), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Prisoner of the Judoon (2009), The End of Time (2010, uncredited), The Pandorica Opens (2010, uncredited), Fugitive of the Judoon (2020), The Timeless Children (2020)
Played: Rick Yates in Torchwood: Children of Earth (2009)
Played: National Museum Pandorica video narrator in The Big Bang (2010, uncredited)
Played: Voice of Skaldak in Cold War (2013)
Played: Voice of the Zygons in The Day of the Doctor (2013), The Zygon Invasion/ The Zygon Inversion (2015)
Mark Benton (Clive) Born Nov 16 1965
Career highlights
Mark's big break was playing Charlie Hardiman in nine episodes of Boon (1991-92), after which he appeared in Desmond's (1992), Finney (1994), Kavanagh QC (1995), Lord of Misrule (1996), Career Girls (1997), All Quiet on the Preston Front (1997), Kiss Me Kate (1998), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Eureka Street (1999), Last Christmas (1999), Gimme Gimme Gimme (2000), Nature Boy (2000), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000), Human Remains (2000), Dr Terrible's House of Horrible (2001), Nice Guy Eddie (2002), The Second Coming (2003), Clocking Off (2003), The Booze Cruise trilogy (2003-06), Catterick (2004), Murphy's Law (2003-04), Afterlife (2005), I'm With Stupid (2006), The Street (2007), Flick (2008), Britannia High (2008), The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus (2009), Desperate Romantics (2009), Personal Affairs (2009), Silent Witness (2011), White Van Man (2012), The Job Lot (2014), Father Brown (2015), Inside No. 9 (2015), Damned (2016), The Halcyon (2016), Ratburger (2017), Midsomer Murders (2018) and Torvill & Dean (2018). Mark has enjoyed various recurring roles, including Martin Pond in Barbara (1999-2003), Eddie in Early Doors (2003-04), Max de Lacey in Scoop (2009-11), Frederick Finch in Land Girls (2009-11), Daniel Chalk in Waterloo Road (2011-14) and Frank Hathaway in Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators (2018-21). He also played the character of Howie in the 2004 TV movie Christmas Lights, which led to the spin-off series Northern Lights (2006) and City Lights (2007) and another special, Clash of the Santas (2008). He is also known for his appearance as an annoying bank manager in TV commercials for Nationwide (2004-10). In 2013, he was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing; he was voted out in the tenth week.
Nicholas Briggs (Voice of the Nestene Consciousness) Born Sep 29 1961
Doctor Who credits
Played: Voice of the Nestene Consciousness in Rose (2005)
Played: Voice of the Daleks in Dalek (2005), Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways (2005), Doomsday TARDISode (2006), Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday (2006), Daleks in Manhattan/ Evolution of the Daleks (2007), The Stolen Earth/ Journey's End (2008), Victory of the Daleks (2010), The Pandorica Opens/ The Big Bang (2010), The Wedding of River Song (2011), Asylum of the Daleks (2012), The Day of the Doctor (2013), The Time of the Doctor (2013), Into the Dalek (2014), The Magician's Apprentice/ The Witch's Familiar (2015), Hell Bent (2015), Friend from the Future (2016), The Pilot (2017), Twice Upon a Time (2017), Resolution (2019), Revolution of the Daleks (2021), Flux (2021), Eve of the Daleks (2022)
Played: Voice of the Jagrafess in The Long Game (2005, uncredited)
Played: Voice of the Cybermen in Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel (2006), Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday (2006), The Next Doctor (2008), The Pandorica Opens (2010, uncredited), A Good Man Goes to War (2011), Closing Time (2011), Nightmare in Silver (2013), The Time of the Doctor (2013), Death in Heaven (2014), World Enough and Time/ The Doctor Falls (2017), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), Flux (2021)
Played: Voice of the Judoon in Smith and Jones (2007), The Stolen Earth (2008, uncredited), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Prisoner of the Judoon (2009), The End of Time (2010, uncredited), The Pandorica Opens (2010, uncredited), Fugitive of the Judoon (2020), The Timeless Children (2020)
Played: Rick Yates in Torchwood: Children of Earth (2009)
Played: National Museum Pandorica video narrator in The Big Bang (2010, uncredited)
Played: Voice of Skaldak in Cold War (2013)
Played: Voice of the Zygons in The Day of the Doctor (2013), The Zygon Invasion/ The Zygon Inversion (2015)
Played: Voice of the Vlinx in The Giggle (2023), The Legend of Ruby Sunday/ Empire of Death (2024)
Career highlights
Nicholas's career has been principally within the world of Doctor Who, starting out as the producer of the Myth Makers series of videos in the 1980s and 90s interviewing Doctor Who alumni. Also on video, Nicholas has been involved with Wartime (1987), The Airzone Solution (1993) and the Auton trilogy (1997-99), and was present for the infancy of what we now know as Big Finish Productions with his Audio Visuals unofficial audio dramas. Nicholas has been involved with Big Finish all through its life, from its birth in 1996 to being its current executive producer. He also writes, directs and composes for the Big Finish audios, and has also written Doctor Who books, including The Dalek Generation (2013).
Screen acting credits come in the form of The League of Gentlemen (2002), Adulthood (2008), Lewis (2009), 4.3.2.1. (2010), Cleaning Up (2011) and An Adventure in Space and Time (2013 - in which he played original voice of the Daleks, Peter Hawkins).
Nicholas has also provided voices for a number of video games, namely Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death (2003) and Doctor Who: The Adventure Games (2010), and provided optional 21st century voices for the Daleks in the special edition DVD of the 1972 Doctor Who story Day of the Daleks, as well as in the 2020 online animation Daleks!
Facts
In his 1980s Audio Visuals series he played an indeterminate future version of the Doctor, who went on to be immortalised in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip Party Animals in 1991. Here he is, on Twitter!
Career highlights
Nicholas's career has been principally within the world of Doctor Who, starting out as the producer of the Myth Makers series of videos in the 1980s and 90s interviewing Doctor Who alumni. Also on video, Nicholas has been involved with Wartime (1987), The Airzone Solution (1993) and the Auton trilogy (1997-99), and was present for the infancy of what we now know as Big Finish Productions with his Audio Visuals unofficial audio dramas. Nicholas has been involved with Big Finish all through its life, from its birth in 1996 to being its current executive producer. He also writes, directs and composes for the Big Finish audios, and has also written Doctor Who books, including The Dalek Generation (2013).
Screen acting credits come in the form of The League of Gentlemen (2002), Adulthood (2008), Lewis (2009), 4.3.2.1. (2010), Cleaning Up (2011) and An Adventure in Space and Time (2013 - in which he played original voice of the Daleks, Peter Hawkins).
Nicholas has also provided voices for a number of video games, namely Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death (2003) and Doctor Who: The Adventure Games (2010), and provided optional 21st century voices for the Daleks in the special edition DVD of the 1972 Doctor Who story Day of the Daleks, as well as in the 2020 online animation Daleks!
Facts
In his 1980s Audio Visuals series he played an indeterminate future version of the Doctor, who went on to be immortalised in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip Party Animals in 1991. Here he is, on Twitter!
Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith) Born Dec 6 1975
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mickey Smith in Rose, Aliens of London/ World War Three, Boom Town, The Parting of the Ways, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, School Reunion TARDISode (uncredited), School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday (2005-06). Return appearances in Journey's End (2008) and The End of Time Part Two (2010).
Played: Ricky Smith in Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel, The Age of Steel TARDISode (2006, uncredited)
Wrote: Torchwood: Combat (2006)
Career highlights
Noel's earliest acting work was on the 1999 short Take 2, after which he appeared in Metrosexuality (1999), The Bill (2000), Waking the Dead (2001), Casualty (2001), Adventure Inc (2003), Holby City (2004), Kidulthood (2006), Jane Hall (2006), Dubplate Drama (2007), Adulthood (2008), Doghouse (2009), Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010), Centurion (2010), Screwed (2011), Storage 24 (2012, which he also wrote and produced), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), The Assets (2014), Chasing Shadows (2014), The Throwaways (2015), The Habit of Beauty (2016), Brotherhood (2016), The Level (2016), I Kill Giants (2017), Inside No. 9 (2018), Alright Now (2018), The Corrupted (2019) and Bulletproof (2018-21). He regularly played Wyman Norris in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (2002-04). Noel has also been a success behind the cameras, having written Kidulthood, Adulthood and Brotherhood (which he also directed), as well as West 10 LDN (2008), 4.3.2.1. (2010, which he also directed and produced) and The Knot (2012). Further producing duties include We Are Monster (2014), Legacy (2015), Scottish Mussel (2015), The Fight (2018) and The Drowning (2020).
Awards
2003: Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Performer (Where Do We Live)
2009: BAFTA Rising Star Award
2017: National Film Award for Action (Brotherhood)
Facts
Noel appears in The Prodigy's 2008 music video for Invaders Must Die. In 2015, rapper and Adulthood actor Adam Deacon appeared in court to deny charges he had harassed Noel in various abusive messages on social media. In April 2021, the Guardian published allegations from 26 women of verbal abuse, bullying and sexual harassment by Clarke. He denied all but one allegation (he apologised for the one). In May 2021 the Guardian published more allegations from five women who encountered sexual harassment on the set of Doctor Who (one actor said Clarke asked if she would like "a piece of his dark chocolate"). Clarke denied these allegations, but his protestations did not stop Sky, Vertigo Films, Industry Entertainment and BAFTA distancing themselves from him. In March 2022, the Metropolitan Police decided not to proceed investigating the charges against Clarke.
Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler) Born Apr 18 1965
Doctor Who credits
Played: Jackie Tyler in Rose, The End of the World, Aliens of London/ World War Three, Father's Day, The Parting of the Ways, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel, Love & Monsters, Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday (2005-06). Return appearances in Journey's End (2008) and The End of Time (2010).
Career highlights
Camille's debut came in Life Without George (1987), after which she appeared in A Prayer for the Dying (1987), Campaign (1988), Morris Minor's Marvellous Motors (1989), Strapless (1989), Nuns on the Run (1990), King Ralph (1991), Rumpole of the Bailey (1992), The Famous Five (1996), The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1997), Mrs Caldicott's Cabbage War (2002), Family (2003), Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup (2006), Sinchronicity (2006), The Last Detective (2007), Lark Rise to Candleford (2008), Adulthood (2008), The Firm (2009), Ashes to Ashes (2010), Secrets and Words (2012), Edge of Heaven (2014), Flim: The Movie (2014), Scottish Mussel (2015), Cradle to Grave (2015) and King Gary (2018-20). She also had recurring roles as Lorraine Wilde in the sitcom Nelson's Column (1994-95) and Shelly in Him & Her (2010-13).
Facts
Camille is married to fellow actor Christopher Fulford, with whom she has two children - one of which is coincidentally named Rosa!
Elizabeth Fost (Auton) Born 1965
Doctor Who credits
Played: Auton in Rose (2005)
Played: Slitheen in Aliens of London/ World War Three (2005)
Career highlights
Elizabeth was also a presenter of toddlers' TV series Playdays (1995).
Elli Garnett (Caroline)
Career highlights
Elli's other work includes Magic Grandad (1994), Kavanagh QC (1995), A Likeness in Stone (2000), Midsomer Murders (2006) and Doctors (2001/07).
Paul Kasey (Auton) Born Aug 5 1973
Doctor Who credits
Played: Auton in Rose (2005)
Played: Coffa (Forest of Cheem) in The End of the World (2005, uncredited)
Played: Slitheen in Aliens of London/ World War Three (2005), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Revenge of the Slitheen (2007), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Lost Boy (2007), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Gift (2009, actually Blathereen), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Nightmare Man (2010)
Played: Zu-Zana in Bad Wolf (2005)
Played: Clockwork Man in The Girl in the Fireplace (2006)
Played: Cyber-Leader in Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel (2006), Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday (2006), The Next Doctor (2008)
Played: Ood in The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit (2006), Death is the Only Answer (2011)
Played: The Hoix in Love & Monsters (2006), Torchwood: Exit Wounds (2008, uncredited)
Played: Weevil in Torchwood: Everything Changes, Torchwood: Day One (uncredited), Torchwood: Greeks Bearing Gifts, Torchwood: Combat, Torchwood: End of Days, Torchwood: Sleeper, Torchwood: Adam, Torchwood: Reset (uncredited), Torchwood: Dead Man Walking, Torchwood: A Day in the Death (uncredited), Torchwood: Fragments, Torchwood: Exit Wounds (2006-08)
Played: Blowfish in Torchwood: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2008), Torchwood: Fragments (2008)
Played: Robot Santa in The Runaway Bride (2006)
Played: Judoon in Smith and Jones (2007), The Stolen Earth (2008), The Pandorica Opens (2010), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Prisoner of the Judoon (2009), Fugitive of the Judoon (2020), The Timeless Children (2020)
Played: Hero Pig Man in Daleks in Manhattan/ Evolution of the Daleks (2007)
Played: Kudlak in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Warriors of Kudlak (2007)
Played: The Host in Voyage of the Damned (2007)
Played: Ood Sigma in Planet of the Ood (2008), The Waters of Mars (2009), The End of Time (2009-10)
Played: Hath Peck in The Doctor's Daughter (2008)
Played: Sorvin in Planet of the Dead (2009)
Played: Highwayman in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Mona Lisa's Revenge (2009)
Played: Shansheeth in The Sarah Jane Adventurers: Death of the Doctor (2010)
Played: Red Robot in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Empty Planet (2010)
Played: Nephew in The Doctor's Wife (2011)
Played: Cyberman in Closing Time (2011)
Played: The Metalkind in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Sky (2011)
Played: Wooden Queen in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (2011)
Played: Time Zombie in Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (2013)
Played: Whisper Man in The Name of the Doctor (2013), Clarence and the Whispermen (2013, uncredited)
Played: Zygon in The Day of the Doctor (2013)
Played: Footman in Deep Breath (2014)
Played: Harold Green in Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (2020)
Career highlights
Paul's earliest role was in Blade II (2002), followed by 28 Days Later (2002, on which he was also movement advisor), 1408 (2007), Inkheart (2008) and Scoop (2009). He also played George in werewolf form in Being Human (2009-12), and has performed as various monsters at the BBC Proms and Symphonic Spectacular events. He has also donned costumes for TV commercials such as Foxy Bingo and Butlins and was a performer and movement advisor for London's 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. Notable film performances include Ello Asty in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Admiral Raddus in Rogue One (2016) and C'ai Threnalli in The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
Adam McCoy (Clive's son) Born 1991
Career highlights
Other work includes Merseybeat (2003), Holby City (2004), Casualty (2006) and Mobile (2007), but Adam's most impactful role to date has been Josh McLoughlin in soap Brookside (1998-2002). In 2015, Adam graduated from the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts and is trying to forge an adult career in acting. Here he is on Twitter and Instagram.
Helen Otway (Auton) Born 1966
Career highlights
Helen also performed as a dancer in Beyond the Sea (2004). She is now a fitness and Pilates teacher based in Surrey, but previously performed as a trained ballet dancer in West End productions such as Chicago, Grease and Fosse.
Alan Ruscoe (Auton) Born Apr 14 1972
Doctor Who credits
Played: Auton in Rose (2005)
Played: Lute (Forest of Cheem) in The End of the World (2005, uncredited)
Played: Slitheen in Aliens of London/ World War Three, Boom Town (2005)
Played: Anne Droid in Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways (2005)
Played: Trine-E in Bad Wolf (2005)
Played: Clown in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Day of the Clown (2008)
Played: Andy Stone in The Waters of Mars (2009)
Career highlights
Alan's earliest work was in The Fifth Element (1997), followed by The Phantom Menace (1999 - as Bib Fortuna, Plo Koon and Daultay Dofine), Julie and the Cadillacs (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002 - as Lott Dod), Hex (2005), Unfinished Song (2012) and Emmerdale (2013).
Facts
His performance as Bib Fortuna in The Phantom Menace ended up on the cutting room floor. Here he is on Twitter (Alan, not Bib)!
David Sant (Auton) Born Jul 8 1967
Career highlights
Spanish-born David's earliest acting credit was in Operavox: Carmen in 1995, after which he appeared in Comedy Nation (1998), My Family (2003), Dream Team (2005), Time Trumpet (2006), Columbus: The Lost Voyage (2007), Mongrels (2011) and Paddington 2 (2017). He has also provided voices (if you can call them that!) for the animation Pingu (2004-06) and appeared as the Cartoon Head in Ideal (2005-11). In more recent years, David has moved behind the camera to become a director, of series such as The Golf War (2007), The Gym (2008), Coming of Age (2007-08), My Spy Family (2007-10), Scallywagga (2010), Hotel Trubble (2011), The Revolting World of Stanley Brown (2012), The Johnny and Inel Show (2013), Jonathan Creek (2014), Stella (2014), Benidorm (2014-18), Bluestone 42 (2015), Yonderland (2016), The Reluctant Landlord (2018-19) and Home (2019-20). He also wrote material for the 1991 children's magazine show Fast Forward.
Facts
Before becoming a director, David was a physical performer in mime, puppetry and acrobatics.
CREW
Russell T Davies (writer) Born Apr 27 1963
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Rose, The End of the World, Aliens of London/ World War Three, The Long Game, Boom Town, Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways, Children in Need special, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, Tooth and Claw, Love & Monsters, Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday, Torchwood: Everything Changes, The Runaway Bride, The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane, Smith and Jones, Gridlock, Utopia/ The Sound of Drums/ Last of the Time Lords, Voyage of the Damned, Partners in Crime, Midnight, Turn Left, The Stolen Earth/ Journey's End, Music of the Spheres, The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead, Torchwood: Children of Earth (Days 1, 3 and 5), The Waters of Mars, The End of Time, The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor, Torchwood: Miracle Day (The New World and The Blood Line) (2005-11), Tales of the TARDIS: Earthshock, Destination: Skaro, The Star Beast, Wild Blue Yonder, The Giggle, The Church on Ruby Road , Space Babies, The Devil's Chord, Boom, 73 Yards, Dot and Bubble, Rogue, The Legend of Ruby Sunday/ Empire of Death, 2024 Christmas Special, Series 15 (2023-25)
Executive produced: Series 1-4, 2009 specials and 60th Anniversary Specials onwards of Doctor Who (2005-10 & 2023- ), TARDISodes (2006), Totally Doctor Who series 1-2 (2006-07), Torchwood series 1-4 (2006-11), The Sarah Jane Adventures series 1-5 (2007-11), The Infinite Quest (2007), Torchwood Declassified (2006-09), Doctor Who Greatest Moments (2009), Dreamland (2009), Doctor Who Confidential (2005-10), SJA: Alien Files (2010)
Career highlights
The ridiculous list of Doctor Who universe programmes Russell has been involved with provides the bulk of his television output, but it is by no means representative of it. He started out working in children's TV, even presenting an edition of Play School in 1987 before becoming producer, writer and various other roles on the activity series Why Don't You...? (1986-88). In 1988 he became script editor and writer on the children's magazine show On the Waterfront, after which he wrote for Breakfast Serials (1990), Dark Season (1991), ChuckleVision (1992), Def II (1992), Century Falls (1993), Coronation Street (1993), Cluedo (1993), Children's Ward (1994), Revelations (1994-95), Springhill (1996), Touching Evil (1997), The Grand (1997-98), Queer as Folk (1999-2000, which got its own US remake 2000-05), Bob & Rose (2001), Linda Green (2001), The Second Coming (2003), Mine All Mine (2004), Casanova (2005), Wizards vs Aliens (2012-13), Old Jack's Boat (2013-14), Cucumber/ Banana/ Tofu (2015), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016), A Very English Scandal (2018), Years and Years (2019) and It's a Sin (2021).
Awards
1997: BAFTA Children's Award for Best Drama (Children's Ward) - with Kieran Roberts and Beryl Richards
2001: British Comedy Award for Writer of the Year
2006: BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series (Doctor Who) - with Phil Collinson and Julie Gardner
2006: BAFTA Dennis Potter Award
2007: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Screenwriter (Doctor Who: Doomsday)
2008: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama
2009: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Screenwriter (Doctor Who: Midnight)
2018: Royal Television Society Award for Best Mini-Series (A Very English Scandal) - with Stephen Frears, Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Dan Winch
2019: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Writer (A Very English Scandal)
Facts
The T in his name does not stand for anything, but does distinguish him from radio presenter Russell Davies (his real name is Stephen Russell Davies). In 1996, Russell wrote an original Doctor Who novel called Damaged Goods (subsequently adapted into an audio by Big Finish). In 2009, Russell was approached by Lucasfilm to contribute to the proposed (but ultimately never made) Star Wars live action TV series.
In 2014 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Russell here.
Keith Boak (director)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Rose, Aliens of London/ World War Three (2005)
Career highlights
Keith's earliest credit is as producer and director of the short The Loser (1990), after which he took directing duties on EastEnders (1993-94), The Bill (1994-95), Pie in the Sky (1996), Wokenwell (1997), Thief Takers (1997), Sunburn (1999), Harbour Lights (1999), The Knock (2000), The Royal (2003), Mersey Beat (2001/03), Holby City (2001-04), NY-LON (2004), Hotel Babylon (2006), Casualty (2008, which he also produced for a time), Waterloo Road (2009), Silent Witness (2011-12/16), Death in Paradise (2013), New Tricks (2014), Outsiders (2017) and Krypton (2018).
Facts
In 2019, Keith secured an internship at the Los Angeles Public Defender's Office, and has a certificate in Private Investigation from California State University Fullerton. He is now studying criminal investigation at Santa Monica College and is a case analyst for the California Innocence Project.
Phil Collinson (producer) Born Aug 26 1970
Doctor Who credits
Produced: Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London/ World War Three, Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways, Children in Need special, The Christmas Invasion, Attack of the Graske, New Earth, Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel, The Idiot's Lantern, The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters, Fear Her, Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday, The Runaway Bride, Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Gridlock, Daleks in Manhattan/ Evolution of the Daleks, The Lazarus Experiment, 42, Blink, Utopia/ The Sound of Drums/ Last of the Time Lords, Time Crash, Voyage of the Damned, Partners in Crime, The Fires of Pompeii, Planet of the Ood, The Doctor's Daughter, Silence in the Library/ Forest of the Dead, Midnight, The Stolen Earth/ Journey's End (2005-08), plus Doctor Who 60th Anniversary (2023)
Executive produced: The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane (2007), Human Nature/ The Family of Blood (2007), The Sarah Jane Adventures series 1 (2007), The Sontaran Stratagem/ The Poison Sky (2008), The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008), Turn Left (2008), Doctor Who (2023- )
Career highlights
Phil started out as an actor, playing the role of Bob Wright in a 1997 episode of Coronation Street before becoming a storyline writer on soap Emmerdale (1998). After dabbling in directing on a 2000 episode of Peak Practice, he became a producer on shows such as Linda Green (2001), Born and Bred (2002), Sea of Souls (2004), All the Small Things (2009, as executive producer), Coronation Street (2010-13), Midwinter of the Spirit (2015), Bancroft (2017), Good Omens (2019) and Gentleman Jack (2019). In 2008, he became head of drama at BBC Manchester before moving to ITV in 2010.
Awards
2006: BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series (Doctor Who) - with Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner
2006: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Drama series (Doctor Who)
2008: BAFTA Cymru award for Best Drama Series (Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned)
2011: British Soap Award for Best Storyline (Coronation Street: End of the Line for the Websters and the Dobbs)
2012: British Soap Award for Best Single Episode (Coronation Street: Becky's Final Farewell) - with David Kester and Debbie Oates
2020: Royal Television Society Award for Best Drama Series (Gentleman Jack) - with Sally Wainwright
Facts
Russell T Davies wrote the role of Alexander in Queer as Folk for Phil when he was an actor, but the part ultimately went to Antony Cotton. Phil's face can be seen on the fake £20 notes seen in the Doctor Who story The Runaway Bride.
Helen Vallis (associate producer)
Doctor Who credits
Associate produced: Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London/ World War Three, Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel, The Idiot's Lantern (2005-06)
Post-production supervisor: Torchwood: Everything Changes, Torchwood: Day One, Torchwood: Ghost Machine, Torchwood: Small Worlds, Torchwood: Countrycide, Torchwood: They Keep Killing Suzie, Torchwood: Captain Jack Harkness, Torchwood: End of Days, Torchwood series 2, Torchwood: Children of Earth (Days 1-5) (2006-09)
Career highlights
Helen's earliest credit is as assistant floor manager on The District Nurse in 1987, after which she became associate producer on Streetlife (1995), Tiger Bay (1997), Harpur and Iles (1997), The Magician's House (1999), Care (2000), Hearts of Gold (2003) and then production executive on He Knew He Was Right (2004). She has no television production credits since Torchwood in 2009.
Elwen Rowlands (script editor) Born Jul 1973
Doctor Who credits
Script edited: Rose, The End of the World, Aliens of London/ World War Three, The Long Game, Father's Day, Boom Town (2005)
Career highlights
Elwen worked as a waitress in New York before breaking into television in the late 1990s as a researcher on Channel 4's McLibel (1998). Elwen's other script doctoring credits are on Carrie's War (2004) and Life on Mars (2006). She has since gone on to become a producer on series such as Wide Sargasso Sea (2006), Vera (2011), Playhouse Presents (2012, as executive and commissioning producer), Sinbad (2012, as executive producer), Talking to the Dead (2013) and The Last Post (2017). She now works with her own company, Little Door Productions.
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mickey Smith in Rose, Aliens of London/ World War Three, Boom Town, The Parting of the Ways, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, School Reunion TARDISode (uncredited), School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday (2005-06). Return appearances in Journey's End (2008) and The End of Time Part Two (2010).
Played: Ricky Smith in Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel, The Age of Steel TARDISode (2006, uncredited)
Wrote: Torchwood: Combat (2006)
Career highlights
Noel's earliest acting work was on the 1999 short Take 2, after which he appeared in Metrosexuality (1999), The Bill (2000), Waking the Dead (2001), Casualty (2001), Adventure Inc (2003), Holby City (2004), Kidulthood (2006), Jane Hall (2006), Dubplate Drama (2007), Adulthood (2008), Doghouse (2009), Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010), Centurion (2010), Screwed (2011), Storage 24 (2012, which he also wrote and produced), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), The Assets (2014), Chasing Shadows (2014), The Throwaways (2015), The Habit of Beauty (2016), Brotherhood (2016), The Level (2016), I Kill Giants (2017), Inside No. 9 (2018), Alright Now (2018), The Corrupted (2019) and Bulletproof (2018-21). He regularly played Wyman Norris in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (2002-04). Noel has also been a success behind the cameras, having written Kidulthood, Adulthood and Brotherhood (which he also directed), as well as West 10 LDN (2008), 4.3.2.1. (2010, which he also directed and produced) and The Knot (2012). Further producing duties include We Are Monster (2014), Legacy (2015), Scottish Mussel (2015), The Fight (2018) and The Drowning (2020).
Awards
2003: Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Performer (Where Do We Live)
2009: BAFTA Rising Star Award
2017: National Film Award for Action (Brotherhood)
Facts
Noel appears in The Prodigy's 2008 music video for Invaders Must Die. In 2015, rapper and Adulthood actor Adam Deacon appeared in court to deny charges he had harassed Noel in various abusive messages on social media. In April 2021, the Guardian published allegations from 26 women of verbal abuse, bullying and sexual harassment by Clarke. He denied all but one allegation (he apologised for the one). In May 2021 the Guardian published more allegations from five women who encountered sexual harassment on the set of Doctor Who (one actor said Clarke asked if she would like "a piece of his dark chocolate"). Clarke denied these allegations, but his protestations did not stop Sky, Vertigo Films, Industry Entertainment and BAFTA distancing themselves from him. In March 2022, the Metropolitan Police decided not to proceed investigating the charges against Clarke.
Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler) Born Apr 18 1965
Doctor Who credits
Played: Jackie Tyler in Rose, The End of the World, Aliens of London/ World War Three, Father's Day, The Parting of the Ways, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel, Love & Monsters, Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday (2005-06). Return appearances in Journey's End (2008) and The End of Time (2010).
Career highlights
Camille's debut came in Life Without George (1987), after which she appeared in A Prayer for the Dying (1987), Campaign (1988), Morris Minor's Marvellous Motors (1989), Strapless (1989), Nuns on the Run (1990), King Ralph (1991), Rumpole of the Bailey (1992), The Famous Five (1996), The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1997), Mrs Caldicott's Cabbage War (2002), Family (2003), Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup (2006), Sinchronicity (2006), The Last Detective (2007), Lark Rise to Candleford (2008), Adulthood (2008), The Firm (2009), Ashes to Ashes (2010), Secrets and Words (2012), Edge of Heaven (2014), Flim: The Movie (2014), Scottish Mussel (2015), Cradle to Grave (2015) and King Gary (2018-20). She also had recurring roles as Lorraine Wilde in the sitcom Nelson's Column (1994-95) and Shelly in Him & Her (2010-13).
Facts
Camille is married to fellow actor Christopher Fulford, with whom she has two children - one of which is coincidentally named Rosa!
Elizabeth Fost (Auton) Born 1965
Doctor Who credits
Played: Auton in Rose (2005)
Played: Slitheen in Aliens of London/ World War Three (2005)
Career highlights
Elizabeth was also a presenter of toddlers' TV series Playdays (1995).
Elli Garnett (Caroline)
Career highlights
Elli's other work includes Magic Grandad (1994), Kavanagh QC (1995), A Likeness in Stone (2000), Midsomer Murders (2006) and Doctors (2001/07).
Paul Kasey (Auton) Born Aug 5 1973
Doctor Who credits
Played: Auton in Rose (2005)
Played: Coffa (Forest of Cheem) in The End of the World (2005, uncredited)
Played: Slitheen in Aliens of London/ World War Three (2005), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Revenge of the Slitheen (2007), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Lost Boy (2007), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Gift (2009, actually Blathereen), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Nightmare Man (2010)
Played: Zu-Zana in Bad Wolf (2005)
Played: Clockwork Man in The Girl in the Fireplace (2006)
Played: Cyber-Leader in Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel (2006), Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday (2006), The Next Doctor (2008)
Played: Ood in The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit (2006), Death is the Only Answer (2011)
Played: The Hoix in Love & Monsters (2006), Torchwood: Exit Wounds (2008, uncredited)
Played: Weevil in Torchwood: Everything Changes, Torchwood: Day One (uncredited), Torchwood: Greeks Bearing Gifts, Torchwood: Combat, Torchwood: End of Days, Torchwood: Sleeper, Torchwood: Adam, Torchwood: Reset (uncredited), Torchwood: Dead Man Walking, Torchwood: A Day in the Death (uncredited), Torchwood: Fragments, Torchwood: Exit Wounds (2006-08)
Played: Blowfish in Torchwood: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2008), Torchwood: Fragments (2008)
Played: Robot Santa in The Runaway Bride (2006)
Played: Judoon in Smith and Jones (2007), The Stolen Earth (2008), The Pandorica Opens (2010), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Prisoner of the Judoon (2009), Fugitive of the Judoon (2020), The Timeless Children (2020)
Played: Hero Pig Man in Daleks in Manhattan/ Evolution of the Daleks (2007)
Played: Kudlak in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Warriors of Kudlak (2007)
Played: The Host in Voyage of the Damned (2007)
Played: Ood Sigma in Planet of the Ood (2008), The Waters of Mars (2009), The End of Time (2009-10)
Played: Hath Peck in The Doctor's Daughter (2008)
Played: Sorvin in Planet of the Dead (2009)
Played: Highwayman in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Mona Lisa's Revenge (2009)
Played: Shansheeth in The Sarah Jane Adventurers: Death of the Doctor (2010)
Played: Red Robot in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Empty Planet (2010)
Played: Nephew in The Doctor's Wife (2011)
Played: Cyberman in Closing Time (2011)
Played: The Metalkind in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Sky (2011)
Played: Wooden Queen in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (2011)
Played: Time Zombie in Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (2013)
Played: Whisper Man in The Name of the Doctor (2013), Clarence and the Whispermen (2013, uncredited)
Played: Zygon in The Day of the Doctor (2013)
Played: Footman in Deep Breath (2014)
Played: Harold Green in Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (2020)
Career highlights
Paul's earliest role was in Blade II (2002), followed by 28 Days Later (2002, on which he was also movement advisor), 1408 (2007), Inkheart (2008) and Scoop (2009). He also played George in werewolf form in Being Human (2009-12), and has performed as various monsters at the BBC Proms and Symphonic Spectacular events. He has also donned costumes for TV commercials such as Foxy Bingo and Butlins and was a performer and movement advisor for London's 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. Notable film performances include Ello Asty in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Admiral Raddus in Rogue One (2016) and C'ai Threnalli in The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
Adam McCoy (Clive's son) Born 1991
Career highlights
Other work includes Merseybeat (2003), Holby City (2004), Casualty (2006) and Mobile (2007), but Adam's most impactful role to date has been Josh McLoughlin in soap Brookside (1998-2002). In 2015, Adam graduated from the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts and is trying to forge an adult career in acting. Here he is on Twitter and Instagram.
Helen Otway (Auton) Born 1966
Career highlights
Helen also performed as a dancer in Beyond the Sea (2004). She is now a fitness and Pilates teacher based in Surrey, but previously performed as a trained ballet dancer in West End productions such as Chicago, Grease and Fosse.
Alan Ruscoe (Auton) Born Apr 14 1972
Doctor Who credits
Played: Auton in Rose (2005)
Played: Lute (Forest of Cheem) in The End of the World (2005, uncredited)
Played: Slitheen in Aliens of London/ World War Three, Boom Town (2005)
Played: Anne Droid in Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways (2005)
Played: Trine-E in Bad Wolf (2005)
Played: Clown in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Day of the Clown (2008)
Played: Andy Stone in The Waters of Mars (2009)
Career highlights
Alan's earliest work was in The Fifth Element (1997), followed by The Phantom Menace (1999 - as Bib Fortuna, Plo Koon and Daultay Dofine), Julie and the Cadillacs (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002 - as Lott Dod), Hex (2005), Unfinished Song (2012) and Emmerdale (2013).
Facts
His performance as Bib Fortuna in The Phantom Menace ended up on the cutting room floor. Here he is on Twitter (Alan, not Bib)!
David Sant (Auton) Born Jul 8 1967
Career highlights
Spanish-born David's earliest acting credit was in Operavox: Carmen in 1995, after which he appeared in Comedy Nation (1998), My Family (2003), Dream Team (2005), Time Trumpet (2006), Columbus: The Lost Voyage (2007), Mongrels (2011) and Paddington 2 (2017). He has also provided voices (if you can call them that!) for the animation Pingu (2004-06) and appeared as the Cartoon Head in Ideal (2005-11). In more recent years, David has moved behind the camera to become a director, of series such as The Golf War (2007), The Gym (2008), Coming of Age (2007-08), My Spy Family (2007-10), Scallywagga (2010), Hotel Trubble (2011), The Revolting World of Stanley Brown (2012), The Johnny and Inel Show (2013), Jonathan Creek (2014), Stella (2014), Benidorm (2014-18), Bluestone 42 (2015), Yonderland (2016), The Reluctant Landlord (2018-19) and Home (2019-20). He also wrote material for the 1991 children's magazine show Fast Forward.
Facts
Before becoming a director, David was a physical performer in mime, puppetry and acrobatics.
CREW
Russell T Davies (writer) Born Apr 27 1963
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Rose, The End of the World, Aliens of London/ World War Three, The Long Game, Boom Town, Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways, Children in Need special, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, Tooth and Claw, Love & Monsters, Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday, Torchwood: Everything Changes, The Runaway Bride, The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane, Smith and Jones, Gridlock, Utopia/ The Sound of Drums/ Last of the Time Lords, Voyage of the Damned, Partners in Crime, Midnight, Turn Left, The Stolen Earth/ Journey's End, Music of the Spheres, The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead, Torchwood: Children of Earth (Days 1, 3 and 5), The Waters of Mars, The End of Time, The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor, Torchwood: Miracle Day (The New World and The Blood Line) (2005-11), Tales of the TARDIS: Earthshock, Destination: Skaro, The Star Beast, Wild Blue Yonder, The Giggle, The Church on Ruby Road , Space Babies, The Devil's Chord, Boom, 73 Yards, Dot and Bubble, Rogue, The Legend of Ruby Sunday/ Empire of Death, 2024 Christmas Special, Series 15 (2023-25)
Executive produced: Series 1-4, 2009 specials and 60th Anniversary Specials onwards of Doctor Who (2005-10 & 2023- ), TARDISodes (2006), Totally Doctor Who series 1-2 (2006-07), Torchwood series 1-4 (2006-11), The Sarah Jane Adventures series 1-5 (2007-11), The Infinite Quest (2007), Torchwood Declassified (2006-09), Doctor Who Greatest Moments (2009), Dreamland (2009), Doctor Who Confidential (2005-10), SJA: Alien Files (2010)
Career highlights
The ridiculous list of Doctor Who universe programmes Russell has been involved with provides the bulk of his television output, but it is by no means representative of it. He started out working in children's TV, even presenting an edition of Play School in 1987 before becoming producer, writer and various other roles on the activity series Why Don't You...? (1986-88). In 1988 he became script editor and writer on the children's magazine show On the Waterfront, after which he wrote for Breakfast Serials (1990), Dark Season (1991), ChuckleVision (1992), Def II (1992), Century Falls (1993), Coronation Street (1993), Cluedo (1993), Children's Ward (1994), Revelations (1994-95), Springhill (1996), Touching Evil (1997), The Grand (1997-98), Queer as Folk (1999-2000, which got its own US remake 2000-05), Bob & Rose (2001), Linda Green (2001), The Second Coming (2003), Mine All Mine (2004), Casanova (2005), Wizards vs Aliens (2012-13), Old Jack's Boat (2013-14), Cucumber/ Banana/ Tofu (2015), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016), A Very English Scandal (2018), Years and Years (2019) and It's a Sin (2021).
Awards
1997: BAFTA Children's Award for Best Drama (Children's Ward) - with Kieran Roberts and Beryl Richards
2001: British Comedy Award for Writer of the Year
2006: BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series (Doctor Who) - with Phil Collinson and Julie Gardner
2006: BAFTA Dennis Potter Award
2007: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Screenwriter (Doctor Who: Doomsday)
2008: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama
2009: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Screenwriter (Doctor Who: Midnight)
2018: Royal Television Society Award for Best Mini-Series (A Very English Scandal) - with Stephen Frears, Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Dan Winch
2019: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Writer (A Very English Scandal)
Facts
The T in his name does not stand for anything, but does distinguish him from radio presenter Russell Davies (his real name is Stephen Russell Davies). In 1996, Russell wrote an original Doctor Who novel called Damaged Goods (subsequently adapted into an audio by Big Finish). In 2009, Russell was approached by Lucasfilm to contribute to the proposed (but ultimately never made) Star Wars live action TV series.
In 2014 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Russell here.
Keith Boak (director)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Rose, Aliens of London/ World War Three (2005)
Career highlights
Keith's earliest credit is as producer and director of the short The Loser (1990), after which he took directing duties on EastEnders (1993-94), The Bill (1994-95), Pie in the Sky (1996), Wokenwell (1997), Thief Takers (1997), Sunburn (1999), Harbour Lights (1999), The Knock (2000), The Royal (2003), Mersey Beat (2001/03), Holby City (2001-04), NY-LON (2004), Hotel Babylon (2006), Casualty (2008, which he also produced for a time), Waterloo Road (2009), Silent Witness (2011-12/16), Death in Paradise (2013), New Tricks (2014), Outsiders (2017) and Krypton (2018).
Facts
In 2019, Keith secured an internship at the Los Angeles Public Defender's Office, and has a certificate in Private Investigation from California State University Fullerton. He is now studying criminal investigation at Santa Monica College and is a case analyst for the California Innocence Project.
Phil Collinson (producer) Born Aug 26 1970
Doctor Who credits
Produced: Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London/ World War Three, Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways, Children in Need special, The Christmas Invasion, Attack of the Graske, New Earth, Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel, The Idiot's Lantern, The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters, Fear Her, Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday, The Runaway Bride, Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Gridlock, Daleks in Manhattan/ Evolution of the Daleks, The Lazarus Experiment, 42, Blink, Utopia/ The Sound of Drums/ Last of the Time Lords, Time Crash, Voyage of the Damned, Partners in Crime, The Fires of Pompeii, Planet of the Ood, The Doctor's Daughter, Silence in the Library/ Forest of the Dead, Midnight, The Stolen Earth/ Journey's End (2005-08), plus Doctor Who 60th Anniversary (2023)
Executive produced: The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane (2007), Human Nature/ The Family of Blood (2007), The Sarah Jane Adventures series 1 (2007), The Sontaran Stratagem/ The Poison Sky (2008), The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008), Turn Left (2008), Doctor Who (2023- )
Career highlights
Phil started out as an actor, playing the role of Bob Wright in a 1997 episode of Coronation Street before becoming a storyline writer on soap Emmerdale (1998). After dabbling in directing on a 2000 episode of Peak Practice, he became a producer on shows such as Linda Green (2001), Born and Bred (2002), Sea of Souls (2004), All the Small Things (2009, as executive producer), Coronation Street (2010-13), Midwinter of the Spirit (2015), Bancroft (2017), Good Omens (2019) and Gentleman Jack (2019). In 2008, he became head of drama at BBC Manchester before moving to ITV in 2010.
Awards
2006: BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series (Doctor Who) - with Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner
2006: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Drama series (Doctor Who)
2008: BAFTA Cymru award for Best Drama Series (Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned)
2011: British Soap Award for Best Storyline (Coronation Street: End of the Line for the Websters and the Dobbs)
2012: British Soap Award for Best Single Episode (Coronation Street: Becky's Final Farewell) - with David Kester and Debbie Oates
2020: Royal Television Society Award for Best Drama Series (Gentleman Jack) - with Sally Wainwright
Facts
Russell T Davies wrote the role of Alexander in Queer as Folk for Phil when he was an actor, but the part ultimately went to Antony Cotton. Phil's face can be seen on the fake £20 notes seen in the Doctor Who story The Runaway Bride.
Helen Vallis (associate producer)
Doctor Who credits
Associate produced: Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London/ World War Three, Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel, The Idiot's Lantern (2005-06)
Post-production supervisor: Torchwood: Everything Changes, Torchwood: Day One, Torchwood: Ghost Machine, Torchwood: Small Worlds, Torchwood: Countrycide, Torchwood: They Keep Killing Suzie, Torchwood: Captain Jack Harkness, Torchwood: End of Days, Torchwood series 2, Torchwood: Children of Earth (Days 1-5) (2006-09)
Career highlights
Helen's earliest credit is as assistant floor manager on The District Nurse in 1987, after which she became associate producer on Streetlife (1995), Tiger Bay (1997), Harpur and Iles (1997), The Magician's House (1999), Care (2000), Hearts of Gold (2003) and then production executive on He Knew He Was Right (2004). She has no television production credits since Torchwood in 2009.
Elwen Rowlands (script editor) Born Jul 1973
Doctor Who credits
Script edited: Rose, The End of the World, Aliens of London/ World War Three, The Long Game, Father's Day, Boom Town (2005)
Career highlights
Elwen worked as a waitress in New York before breaking into television in the late 1990s as a researcher on Channel 4's McLibel (1998). Elwen's other script doctoring credits are on Carrie's War (2004) and Life on Mars (2006). She has since gone on to become a producer on series such as Wide Sargasso Sea (2006), Vera (2011), Playhouse Presents (2012, as executive and commissioning producer), Sinbad (2012, as executive producer), Talking to the Dead (2013) and The Last Post (2017). She now works with her own company, Little Door Productions.
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