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| The clock on the mantel is broken! |
First broadcast May 6 2006
Average audience for story: 7.90m
REGULAR CAST
David Tennant (The Doctor) Born Apr 18 1971 Click here for David Tennant's entry on The Parting of the Ways
Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) Born Sep 22 1982 Click here for Billie Piper's entry on Rose
GUEST CAST
Jessica Atkins (Young Reinette) Born 1995
This is Jessica's only TV credit, aside from an appearance on Blue Peter to promote this episode, although she has been acting since she was eight, and did appear in a DVD teaching Spanish people how to speak English. She has also worked as a trained dancer at the O2 Arena, and in parades at DisneyLand Paris.
This is Jessica's only TV credit, aside from an appearance on Blue Peter to promote this episode, although she has been acting since she was eight, and did appear in a DVD teaching Spanish people how to speak English. She has also worked as a trained dancer at the O2 Arena, and in parades at DisneyLand Paris.
Angel Coulby (Katherine) Born Aug 30 1980
Career highlights
Angel's earliest credit was in Scariest Places on Earth (2001), followed by 'Orrible (2001), Having It Off (2002), The Second Coming (2003), Making Waves (2004), As If (2004), The Jacket (2005), The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005), Hustle (2006), Vincent (2005-06), New Street Law (2007), Magicians (2007), The Visit (2007), Dancing on the Edge (2013), Thunderbirds Are Go! (2015-20, as the voice of Kayo), Undercover (2016), Man in an Orange Shirt (2017), Innocent (2018) and Moving On (2020). Angel will be most remembered for her role as Gwen/ Guinevere in 65 episodes of Merlin (2008-12), as well as Laura Roebuck in 21 episodes of The Tunnel (2013-18).
Career highlights
Angel's earliest credit was in Scariest Places on Earth (2001), followed by 'Orrible (2001), Having It Off (2002), The Second Coming (2003), Making Waves (2004), As If (2004), The Jacket (2005), The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005), Hustle (2006), Vincent (2005-06), New Street Law (2007), Magicians (2007), The Visit (2007), Dancing on the Edge (2013), Thunderbirds Are Go! (2015-20, as the voice of Kayo), Undercover (2016), Man in an Orange Shirt (2017), Innocent (2018) and Moving On (2020). Angel will be most remembered for her role as Gwen/ Guinevere in 65 episodes of Merlin (2008-12), as well as Laura Roebuck in 21 episodes of The Tunnel (2013-18).
Gareth Wyn Griffiths (Manservant)
Career highlights
Other acting work includes The Story of Tracy Beaker (2004), Help! I'm a Teenage Outlaw (2005-06) and The History of Mr Polly (2007). Gareth is also an accomplished musician and composer, and worked on the scores for Brighton Rock (2010), The Awakening (2011), The Numbers Station (2013) and The Counselor (2013). He also won a Scottish BAFTA for his score for An Interrupted Story (2011).
Career highlights
Other acting work includes The Story of Tracy Beaker (2004), Help! I'm a Teenage Outlaw (2005-06) and The History of Mr Polly (2007). Gareth is also an accomplished musician and composer, and worked on the scores for Brighton Rock (2010), The Awakening (2011), The Numbers Station (2013) and The Counselor (2013). He also won a Scottish BAFTA for his score for An Interrupted Story (2011).
Jonathan Hart (Alien voice)
Career highlights
Jonathan's other credits include narrating the documentary series Megastructures (2005-08) and voicework on the video game Divinity II: Ego Draconis (2009).
Career highlights
Jonathan's other credits include narrating the documentary series Megastructures (2005-08) and voicework on the video game Divinity II: Ego Draconis (2009).
Emily Joyce (Alien voice) Born Apr 12 1969
Career highlights
Debuted in Cracker (1995), then Jane Eyre (1997), The Woodlanders (1997), In Exile (1998), Grafters (1998), The Glass (2001), Ultimate Force (2003), Hotel Babylon (2007), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), Mutual Friends (2008), Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009), My Almost Famous Family (2009), The Bill (2010), Lewis (2013), New Tricks (2013), The Assets (2014), EastEnders (2016), Friday Night Dinner (2016), Vera (2017) and Father Brown (2020). Emily regularly played Janet Dawkins in sitcom My Hero (2000-06).
Facts
Emily's sister Rachel Joyce is an author who, in 2012, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for her debut novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Rachel is married to actor Paul Venables, making him Emily's brother-in-law. Here's Emily's Twitter.
Career highlights
Debuted in Cracker (1995), then Jane Eyre (1997), The Woodlanders (1997), In Exile (1998), Grafters (1998), The Glass (2001), Ultimate Force (2003), Hotel Babylon (2007), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), Mutual Friends (2008), Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009), My Almost Famous Family (2009), The Bill (2010), Lewis (2013), New Tricks (2013), The Assets (2014), EastEnders (2016), Friday Night Dinner (2016), Vera (2017) and Father Brown (2020). Emily regularly played Janet Dawkins in sitcom My Hero (2000-06).
Facts
Emily's sister Rachel Joyce is an author who, in 2012, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for her debut novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Rachel is married to actor Paul Venables, making him Emily's brother-in-law. Here's Emily's Twitter.
Paul Kasey (Clockwork man) Born Aug 5 1973 Click here for Paul Kasey's entry on Rose
Sophia Myles (Reinette) Born Mar 18 1980
Career highlights
Sophia's debut came playing Lady Jane Grey in 1996's The Prince and the Pauper, after which she appeared in Big Women (1998), Mansfield Park (1999), Guest House Paradiso (1999), Oliver Twist (1999), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001), From Hell (2001), The Abduction Club (2002), Underworld (2003), Thunderbirds (2004), Underworld: Evolution (2006), Art School Confidential (2006), Extras (2006), Dracula (2006), Outlander (2008), The Damned (2013), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), Blackwood (2014), Our Zoo (2014) and Listen (2020). She also regularly played Beth Turner in Moonlight (2007-08), Beth Bailey in Spooks (2010) and Rebecca Bishop in A Discovery of Witches (2018-21).
Awards
2007: BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actress (Hallam Foe)
Facts
Sophia has appeared in music videos, including Bush's Inflatable (2002) and Ronan Keating's Love Won't Work (If We Don't Try) (2003). In 2001, Sophia met actor Charles Dance on the set of Nicholas Nickleby and they became lovers. Dance's marriage ended but he moved on in 2003, which left Sophia "devastated". Between 2005-07 her partner was David Tennant, who she'd met on the set of The Girl in the Fireplace, and although Sophia was "crazy in love", they separated due to her being based in the US and him in the UK. She has also been in relationships with Damian Lewis and Paul Wilson of the band Snow Patrol. Her father, a retired Church of England vicar, died of coronavirus in 2020. Here she is on Twitter.
Facts
Sophia has appeared in music videos, including Bush's Inflatable (2002) and Ronan Keating's Love Won't Work (If We Don't Try) (2003). In 2001, Sophia met actor Charles Dance on the set of Nicholas Nickleby and they became lovers. Dance's marriage ended but he moved on in 2003, which left Sophia "devastated". Between 2005-07 her partner was David Tennant, who she'd met on the set of The Girl in the Fireplace, and although Sophia was "crazy in love", they separated due to her being based in the US and him in the UK. She has also been in relationships with Damian Lewis and Paul Wilson of the band Snow Patrol. Her father, a retired Church of England vicar, died of coronavirus in 2020. Here she is on Twitter.
Ellen Thomas (Clockwork woman) Born Feb 3 1956 (or 1964, depends who you believe!)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Clockwork woman in The Girl in the Fireplace (2006)
Played: Carmen in Planet of the Dead (2009)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Clockwork woman in The Girl in the Fireplace (2006)
Played: Carmen in Planet of the Dead (2009)
Career highlights
Born in Sierra Leone, Ellen debuted in the Sunday Night Thriller Dark Secret in 1981, then took roles in OTT (1982), Don't Wait Up (1983), Shroud for a Nightingale (1984), French and Saunders (1988), Grange Hill (1991), Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1996), London Bridge (1996), Holding On (1997), Ultraviolet (1998), South West 9 (2001), Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002), Strange (2003), Basic Instinct 2 (2006), Outnumbered (2007), Moses Jones (2009), Come Fly with Me (2011), Johnny English Reborn (2011), Man Down (2013), Critical (2015), Golden Years (2016), New Blood (2016), Midsomer Murders (2018), The Queen and I (2018), Dark Money (2019), After Ever After (2019), Death in Paradise (2020), In the Long Run (2017-20), Maxxx (2020), The Sandman (2020-21) and Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (2022). Ellen has enjoyed regular roles as Rose in The Lenny Henry Show (1987-88), Sister Jackie Landers in Cardiac Arrest (1994-96), Liz Webb in Teachers (2001-04), the Principal in Coming of Age (2008-11), Adoha Onyeka in the sitcom Rev (2010-14) and Nana in Mount Pleasant (2015-17). She has had three recurring roles in soap EastEnders: Pearl Chadwick (1990), Grace Olubunmi (2010-11) and Claudette Hubbard (2015-16).
Born in Sierra Leone, Ellen debuted in the Sunday Night Thriller Dark Secret in 1981, then took roles in OTT (1982), Don't Wait Up (1983), Shroud for a Nightingale (1984), French and Saunders (1988), Grange Hill (1991), Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1996), London Bridge (1996), Holding On (1997), Ultraviolet (1998), South West 9 (2001), Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002), Strange (2003), Basic Instinct 2 (2006), Outnumbered (2007), Moses Jones (2009), Come Fly with Me (2011), Johnny English Reborn (2011), Man Down (2013), Critical (2015), Golden Years (2016), New Blood (2016), Midsomer Murders (2018), The Queen and I (2018), Dark Money (2019), After Ever After (2019), Death in Paradise (2020), In the Long Run (2017-20), Maxxx (2020), The Sandman (2020-21) and Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (2022). Ellen has enjoyed regular roles as Rose in The Lenny Henry Show (1987-88), Sister Jackie Landers in Cardiac Arrest (1994-96), Liz Webb in Teachers (2001-04), the Principal in Coming of Age (2008-11), Adoha Onyeka in the sitcom Rev (2010-14) and Nana in Mount Pleasant (2015-17). She has had three recurring roles in soap EastEnders: Pearl Chadwick (1990), Grace Olubunmi (2010-11) and Claudette Hubbard (2015-16).
Ben Turner (King Louis) Born Feb 3 1980
Career highlights
Ben debuted in Love Soup (2005), then I Shouldn't Be Alive (2006), The Bill (2007), Adulthood (2008), Death in Paradise (2013), WPC 56 (2014), 300: Rise of an Empire (2014), EastEnders (2015), The Coroner (2015) and 6 Days (2017). Ben also played Jay Faldren in 140 episodes of Casualty (2008-11/16).
Facts
His father is actor Graham Turner, who appeared in The Crimson Horror (2013). Here's his Twitter.
CREW
Steven Moffat (writer) Born Nov 18 1961 Click here for Steven Moffat's entry on The Empty Child
Steven Moffat (writer) Born Nov 18 1961 Click here for Steven Moffat's entry on The Empty Child
Euros Lyn (director) Born Mar 1971 Click here for Euros Lyn's entry on The End of the World
Helen Raynor (script editor) Born Mar 27 1972 Click here for Helen Raynor's entry on The Unquiet Dead
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
Helen Vallis (associate producer) Click here for Helen Vallis's entry on Rose
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