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| "What you gonna do? Moisturise me? |
First broadcast Apr 2 2005
Audience for story: 7.97m
REGULAR CAST
Christopher Eccleston (The Doctor) Born Feb 16 1964 Click here for Christopher Eccleston's entry on Rose
Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) Born Sep 22 1982 Click here for Billie Piper's entry on Rose
GUEST CAST
Beccy Armory (Raffalo) Born 1976
Career highlights
Beccy's other credits include Ashes and Sand (2003), Family (2003) and Covert Encounters (2005). She had a regular role as Lara in Harry and Cosh (2001-03).
Facts
Beccy is also a singer, dancer and comedian and is a founding member and director of Taunton Theatre Company based at the Brewhouse Theatre. Since 2019 she has been business development officer for the Princess Theatre and Arts Centre in Somerset, UK. Here she is on Twitter.
Yasmin Bannerman (Jabe) Born 1972
Doctor Who credits
Played: Jabe in The End of the World (2005)
Played: Swanson in Torchwood: They Keep Killing Suzie (2006)
Career highlights
Yasmin debuted in Crown Prosecutor (1995), then London's Burning (1998), Adam's Family Tree (1999), Red Dwarf (1999), Maybe Baby (2000), Cold Feet (2000), In Deep (2002), Killing Me Softly (2002), Mersey Beat (2002), 55 Degrees North (2005), Life on Mars (2007) and Casualty (2009). She also had a regular role as Maddie Parker in 54 episodes of Hollyoaks (1995-97).
Facts
Yasmin has also been involved with Big Finish's Doctor Who range, and in 2015 became the face and voice of 1990s Doctor Who book companion Roz Forrester in their adaptation of Russell T Davies' 1996 novel Damaged Goods, alongside Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor. In 2017 she was cast as Dayna in Big Finish's Blake's 7 audio dramas.
Silas Carson (Alien voices) 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.
Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler) Born Apr 18 1965 Click here for Camille Coduri's entry on Rose
Simon Paisley Day (Steward) Born Apr 13 1967
Doctor Who credits
Played: Steward in The End of the World (2005, as Simon Day)
Played: Rump in Face the Raven (2015, as Simon Paisley Day)
Career highlights
Simon is more commonly known as Simon Paisley Day to distinguish him from the comedy actor of the same name. His acting career kicked off in 1992 in Red Dwarf, followed by London's Burning (1993), The Knock (1994), Wycliffe (1995), Spartacus (2004), He Knew He Was Right (2004), The Last Detective (2005), Hotel Babylon (2006), The Relief of Belsen (2007), Being Human (2010), The Eagle (2011), Doc Martin (2011), Sherlock (2012), Titanic (2012), Da Vinci's Demons (2013), The Musketeers (2014), Pudsey the Dog: The Movie (2014), Stan Lee's Lucky Man (2016), Victoria (2016), The Crown (2017), Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Alex Rider (2020), Little Birds (2020), Death in Paradise (2022) and Persuasion (2022).
Facts
He is married to conservation biologist Dr Susy Paisley-Day, who specialises in studying the spectacled bear, native to the Andes.
Beccy Armory (Raffalo) Born 1976
Career highlights
Beccy's other credits include Ashes and Sand (2003), Family (2003) and Covert Encounters (2005). She had a regular role as Lara in Harry and Cosh (2001-03).
Facts
Beccy is also a singer, dancer and comedian and is a founding member and director of Taunton Theatre Company based at the Brewhouse Theatre. Since 2019 she has been business development officer for the Princess Theatre and Arts Centre in Somerset, UK. Here she is on Twitter.
Yasmin Bannerman (Jabe) Born 1972
Doctor Who credits
Played: Jabe in The End of the World (2005)
Played: Swanson in Torchwood: They Keep Killing Suzie (2006)
Career highlights
Yasmin debuted in Crown Prosecutor (1995), then London's Burning (1998), Adam's Family Tree (1999), Red Dwarf (1999), Maybe Baby (2000), Cold Feet (2000), In Deep (2002), Killing Me Softly (2002), Mersey Beat (2002), 55 Degrees North (2005), Life on Mars (2007) and Casualty (2009). She also had a regular role as Maddie Parker in 54 episodes of Hollyoaks (1995-97).
Facts
Yasmin has also been involved with Big Finish's Doctor Who range, and in 2015 became the face and voice of 1990s Doctor Who book companion Roz Forrester in their adaptation of Russell T Davies' 1996 novel Damaged Goods, alongside Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor. In 2017 she was cast as Dayna in Big Finish's Blake's 7 audio dramas.
Silas Carson (Alien voices) 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.
Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler) Born Apr 18 1965 Click here for Camille Coduri's entry on Rose
Simon Paisley Day (Steward) Born Apr 13 1967
Doctor Who credits
Played: Steward in The End of the World (2005, as Simon Day)
Played: Rump in Face the Raven (2015, as Simon Paisley Day)
Career highlights
Simon is more commonly known as Simon Paisley Day to distinguish him from the comedy actor of the same name. His acting career kicked off in 1992 in Red Dwarf, followed by London's Burning (1993), The Knock (1994), Wycliffe (1995), Spartacus (2004), He Knew He Was Right (2004), The Last Detective (2005), Hotel Babylon (2006), The Relief of Belsen (2007), Being Human (2010), The Eagle (2011), Doc Martin (2011), Sherlock (2012), Titanic (2012), Da Vinci's Demons (2013), The Musketeers (2014), Pudsey the Dog: The Movie (2014), Stan Lee's Lucky Man (2016), Victoria (2016), The Crown (2017), Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Alex Rider (2020), Little Birds (2020), Death in Paradise (2022) and Persuasion (2022).
Facts
He is married to conservation biologist Dr Susy Paisley-Day, who specialises in studying the spectacled bear, native to the Andes.
Sara Stewart (Computer voice) Born Jun 28 1966
Career highlights
Sara's CV begins playing Jenny in Drop the Dead Donkey (1990), after which she secured roles in The House of Eliott (1991), The Good Guys (1992), Crocodile Shoes (1994), Men Behaving Badly (1996), Mrs Brown (1997), Supply and Demand (1998), The Winslow Boy (1999), Rebus (2000-01), Monarch of the Glen (2003), London Voodoo (2004), Batman Begins (2005), Holby City (2005), Mayo (2006), Life Begins (2006), Robin Hood (2007), Demons (2009), Ashes to Ashes (2009), The Prisoner (2009), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), Strike Back (2012), Wizards vs Aliens (2012), Fresh Meat (2011-12), Philomena (2013), Quirke (2014), EastEnders (2014), Fear of Water (2014), Crossing Lines (2015), The Night Manager (2016), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Doctor Foster (2015-17), Unforgotten (2018), Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators (2020). Sara also regularly played Stella in Sugar Rush (2005-06).
Facts
In 1992, Sara married actor Aden Gillett, with whom she has two children. They are now separated. In 2011, Sara had surgery for breast cancer, and now supports charities and causes for fighting the disease. Following the surgery, Sara began to suffer from depression and her relationship with actor Mark Powley ended. Here you can read a very frank interview with Sara that she gave to the Express in 2014, as well as another she gave to the Daily Record a few weeks later about her troubled childhood and how her friendship with Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson helped her through.
Jimmy Vee (Moxx of Balhoon) Born Feb 3 1959
Doctor Who credits
Played: Moxx of Balhoon in The End of the World (2005)
Played: Alien [space pig] in Aliens of London/ World War Three (2005)
Played: Graske in Attack of the Graske (2005), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (2007), Music of the Spheres (2008), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (2008), The End of Time (2009-10, uncredited)
Played: Slitheen in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Revenge of the Slitheen (2007), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Lost Boy (2007), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Gift (2009)
Played: Bannakaffalatta in Voyage of the Damned (2007)
Played: Groske in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor (2010)
Played: Skovox Blitzer in The Caretaker (2014)
Career highlights
Jimmy's other work includes Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Weirdsister College (2001), Skins: Secret Party (2007), Kilt Man (2009), Pan (2015), Trust Me (2017), Train Set (2018) and Rocketman (2019). He also replaced the late Kenny Baker as operator of R2-D2 in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), and was a creature performer in the Star Wars film Solo (2018).
Facts
In 2014, former electrician Jimmy, who is 3ft 8in tall, landed a co-hosting role on the American version of Release the Hounds, alongside actor Eli Roth. Here he is on Twitter.
Zoe Wanamaker (Cassandra) Born May 13 1949
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cassandra in The End of the World (2005), New Earth (2006)
Career highlights
New York born Zoe's acting career began with Turn of the Year: Sally for Keeps in 1971, after which she had roles in Between the Wars (1973), A Christmas Carol (1977), The Devil's Crown (1978), Baal (1982), Enemies of the State (1983), Edge of Darkness (1985), Paradise Postponed (1986), The Raggedy Rawney (1988), Inspector Morse (1991), Prime Suspect (1991), The Blackheath Poisonings (1992), The English Wife (1995), Wilde (1997), David Copperfield (1999), Gormenghast (2000), Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Five Children and It (2004), Johnny and the Bomb (2006), The Old Curiosity Shop (2007), My Week with Marilyn (2011), Mr Selfridge (2015), Babs (2017), Inside No 9 (2018), Girlfriends (2018), Killing Eve (2019) and Worzel Gummidge (2019). She also played Tessa Carver in 30 episodes of Love Hurts (1992-94), Ariadne Oliver in a handful of Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes (2005-13), and Queen Antedia in Britannia (2017-19), but will be best known as Susan Harper in 116 episodes of the sitcom My Family (2000-11).
Awards
1979: Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a Revival (Once in a Lifetime)
1998: Olivier Award for Best Actress (Electra)
2001: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama
Facts
Zoe's husband is the actor Gawn Grainger (who appeared in The Mark of the Rani in 1985) while her father was actor and director Sam Wanamaker (whose greatest professional achievement is probably reconstructing Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London). She became a British citizen in 2000 so that she could receive a CBE from the Queen. Here is Zoe's Twitter account.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Zoe here.
CREW
Russell T Davies (writer) Born Apr 27 1963 Click here for Russell T Davies' entry on Rose
Euros Lyn (director) Born Mar 1971
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The End of the World (2005), The Unquiet Dead (2005), Children in Need special (2005), Tooth and Claw (2006), The Girl in the Fireplace (2006), The Idiot's Lantern (2006), Fear Her (2006), The Runaway Bride (2006), Music of the Spheres (2008), Silence in the Library/ Forest of the Dead (2008), Torchwood: Children of Earth (Days 1-5) (2009), The End of Time (2009-10)
Career highlights
Euros began directing in 1997 with Sunday Stories and the Welsh series Pam Fi Duw?, after which he directed episodes of Belonging (2000), A Mind to Kill (2002), Casualty (2002-03), All About George (2005), Jane Hall (2006), Sherlock (2010), Upstairs, Downstairs (2010), Black Mirror (2011), Broadchurch (2013), Last Tango in Halifax (2012-13), Happy Valley (2014), Gracepoint (2014) and Cucumber (2015), The Library Suicides (2015), Damilola, Our Loved Boy (2016), Let the Right One In (2017), National Treasure: Kiri (2018) and His Dark Materials (2019).
Career highlights
Sara's CV begins playing Jenny in Drop the Dead Donkey (1990), after which she secured roles in The House of Eliott (1991), The Good Guys (1992), Crocodile Shoes (1994), Men Behaving Badly (1996), Mrs Brown (1997), Supply and Demand (1998), The Winslow Boy (1999), Rebus (2000-01), Monarch of the Glen (2003), London Voodoo (2004), Batman Begins (2005), Holby City (2005), Mayo (2006), Life Begins (2006), Robin Hood (2007), Demons (2009), Ashes to Ashes (2009), The Prisoner (2009), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), Strike Back (2012), Wizards vs Aliens (2012), Fresh Meat (2011-12), Philomena (2013), Quirke (2014), EastEnders (2014), Fear of Water (2014), Crossing Lines (2015), The Night Manager (2016), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Doctor Foster (2015-17), Unforgotten (2018), Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators (2020). Sara also regularly played Stella in Sugar Rush (2005-06).
Facts
In 1992, Sara married actor Aden Gillett, with whom she has two children. They are now separated. In 2011, Sara had surgery for breast cancer, and now supports charities and causes for fighting the disease. Following the surgery, Sara began to suffer from depression and her relationship with actor Mark Powley ended. Here you can read a very frank interview with Sara that she gave to the Express in 2014, as well as another she gave to the Daily Record a few weeks later about her troubled childhood and how her friendship with Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson helped her through.
Jimmy Vee (Moxx of Balhoon) Born Feb 3 1959
Doctor Who credits
Played: Moxx of Balhoon in The End of the World (2005)
Played: Alien [space pig] in Aliens of London/ World War Three (2005)
Played: Graske in Attack of the Graske (2005), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (2007), Music of the Spheres (2008), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (2008), The End of Time (2009-10, uncredited)
Played: Slitheen in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Revenge of the Slitheen (2007), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Lost Boy (2007), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Gift (2009)
Played: Bannakaffalatta in Voyage of the Damned (2007)
Played: Groske in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor (2010)
Played: Skovox Blitzer in The Caretaker (2014)
Career highlights
Jimmy's other work includes Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Weirdsister College (2001), Skins: Secret Party (2007), Kilt Man (2009), Pan (2015), Trust Me (2017), Train Set (2018) and Rocketman (2019). He also replaced the late Kenny Baker as operator of R2-D2 in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), and was a creature performer in the Star Wars film Solo (2018).
Facts
In 2014, former electrician Jimmy, who is 3ft 8in tall, landed a co-hosting role on the American version of Release the Hounds, alongside actor Eli Roth. Here he is on Twitter.
Zoe Wanamaker (Cassandra) Born May 13 1949
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cassandra in The End of the World (2005), New Earth (2006)
Career highlights
New York born Zoe's acting career began with Turn of the Year: Sally for Keeps in 1971, after which she had roles in Between the Wars (1973), A Christmas Carol (1977), The Devil's Crown (1978), Baal (1982), Enemies of the State (1983), Edge of Darkness (1985), Paradise Postponed (1986), The Raggedy Rawney (1988), Inspector Morse (1991), Prime Suspect (1991), The Blackheath Poisonings (1992), The English Wife (1995), Wilde (1997), David Copperfield (1999), Gormenghast (2000), Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Five Children and It (2004), Johnny and the Bomb (2006), The Old Curiosity Shop (2007), My Week with Marilyn (2011), Mr Selfridge (2015), Babs (2017), Inside No 9 (2018), Girlfriends (2018), Killing Eve (2019) and Worzel Gummidge (2019). She also played Tessa Carver in 30 episodes of Love Hurts (1992-94), Ariadne Oliver in a handful of Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes (2005-13), and Queen Antedia in Britannia (2017-19), but will be best known as Susan Harper in 116 episodes of the sitcom My Family (2000-11).
Awards
1979: Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a Revival (Once in a Lifetime)
1998: Olivier Award for Best Actress (Electra)
2001: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama
Facts
Zoe's husband is the actor Gawn Grainger (who appeared in The Mark of the Rani in 1985) while her father was actor and director Sam Wanamaker (whose greatest professional achievement is probably reconstructing Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London). She became a British citizen in 2000 so that she could receive a CBE from the Queen. Here is Zoe's Twitter account.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Zoe here.
CREW
Russell T Davies (writer) Born Apr 27 1963 Click here for Russell T Davies' entry on Rose
Euros Lyn (director) Born Mar 1971
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The End of the World (2005), The Unquiet Dead (2005), Children in Need special (2005), Tooth and Claw (2006), The Girl in the Fireplace (2006), The Idiot's Lantern (2006), Fear Her (2006), The Runaway Bride (2006), Music of the Spheres (2008), Silence in the Library/ Forest of the Dead (2008), Torchwood: Children of Earth (Days 1-5) (2009), The End of Time (2009-10)
Career highlights
Euros began directing in 1997 with Sunday Stories and the Welsh series Pam Fi Duw?, after which he directed episodes of Belonging (2000), A Mind to Kill (2002), Casualty (2002-03), All About George (2005), Jane Hall (2006), Sherlock (2010), Upstairs, Downstairs (2010), Black Mirror (2011), Broadchurch (2013), Last Tango in Halifax (2012-13), Happy Valley (2014), Gracepoint (2014) and Cucumber (2015), The Library Suicides (2015), Damilola, Our Loved Boy (2016), Let the Right One In (2017), National Treasure: Kiri (2018) and His Dark Materials (2019).
Awards
2004: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Drama Director (Belonging)
2007: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (Doctor Who) - shared with Steven Moffat
2008: BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Television Drama (Phoo Action) - shared with Matthew Read
2009: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Drama Director (Doctor Who)
2011: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Director (Fiction) (Sherlock)
2013: BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama series (Last Tango in Halifax) - shared with Sally Wainwright, Nicola Shindler and Karen Lewis
2015: BAFTA Cymru's Sian Phillips Award
2017: BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Drama (Damilola, Our Loved Boy) - shared with Levi David Addai, Susan Horth and Colin Barr
2017: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Director (Fiction) (Y Llyfrgell)
2018: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Director (Fiction) (National Treasure: Kiri)
Facts
Here's his Twitter account!
Phil Collinson (producer) Born Aug 26 1970 Click here for Phil Collinson's entry on Rose
Helen Vallis (associate producer) Click here for Helen Vallis's entry on Rose
Elwen Rowlands (script editor) Click here for Elwen Rowlands' entry on Rose
Here's his Twitter account!
Phil Collinson (producer) Born Aug 26 1970 Click here for Phil Collinson's entry on Rose
Helen Vallis (associate producer) Click here for Helen Vallis's entry on Rose
Elwen Rowlands (script editor) Click here for Elwen Rowlands' entry on Rose
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