Tooth and Claw

Howlin' mad, bad wolf

One episode (Tooth and Claw)
First broadcast Apr 22 2006
Average audience for story: 9.24m

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

Pauline Collins (Queen Victoria) Born Sep 3 1940

Doctor Who credits

Played: Samantha Briggs in The Faceless Ones (1967)

Played: Queen Victoria in Tooth and Claw (2006)

Career highlights

After starting out as a teacher, Pauline first emerged in Emergency Ward 10 (1963), and went on to appear in The Corridor People (1966), The Three Musketeers (1966), The Liver Birds (1969, as Dawn), Wodehouse Playhouse (1975-76), The Black Tower (1985), Shirley Valentine (1989), Paradise Road (1997), Mrs Caldicott's Cabbage War (2000), Bleak House (2005), From Time to Time (2009), Merlin (2010), Mount Pleasant (2011-12), The Time of Their Lives (2014), Dickensian (2015-16) and Ernestine and Kit (2016). Pauline enjoyed regular roles as Clara Burrell-Danby in No, Honestly (1974-75), Sarah Moffat in both Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-75) and Thomas and Sarah (1979), Harriet Boult in Forever Green (1989-92) and Harriet Smith in The Ambassador (1998-99). She also narrated the cartoon series Little Misses and the Mr Men (1983).
Awards
1988: Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play (Shirley Valentine)
1989: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (Shirley Valentine)
1990: BAFTA Film Award for Best Actress (Shirley Valentine)
2001: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama

Facts

Pauline turned down the chance to appear in Doctor Who as a regular companion when she appeared as Samantha Briggs in 1967. In 1973 Pauline recorded a single called What Are We Going To Do With Uncle Arthur?, which was sung by her Upstairs Downstairs character Sarah several times in the series. Pauline won countless awards for her role as Shirley Valentine on the stage, before she reprised the role for the film version, for which she was nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe. She is married to actor John Alderton, and their daughter is actress Kate Alderton. Pauline has another daughter called Louise, with actor Tony Rohr, who she gave up for adoption in 1963 because she was penniless. They were reunited in 1985, and Pauline wrote a book about the experience, called Letter to Louise.
This is Your Life: Pauline was the subject of Thames TV's This is Your Life on April 5th, 1972, surprised by host Eamonn Andrews while on location filming a trailer for Upstairs, Downstairs in Belgravia, London.

Ron Donachie (Steward) Born Apr 26 1956
Career highlights
Ron debuted in 1983's Goodnight and God Bless, followed by Grey Granite (1983), Coronation Street (1984), The Monocled Mutineer (1986), White Mischief (1987), Tutti Frutti (1987), The Justice Game (1989), The Gravy Train (1990), Specials (1991), High Road (1992-93), Roughnecks (1994), The Jungle Book (1994), Hamish Macbeth (1995-96), The Governor (1995-96), Fierce Creatures (1997), Ivanhoe (1997), Titanic (1997), Beautiful Creatures (2000), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999-2000), Murder Rooms (2001), Silent Witness (2002), Greyfriars Bobby (2005), The Chatterley Affair (2006), Party Animals (2007), Recovery (2007), Sea of Souls (2007), Love Soup (2008), Lewis (2010), Blitz (2011), Game of Thrones (2011-12), Waterloo Road (2012), Downton Abbey (2012), Filth (2013), Atlantis (2013), Blandings (2013-14), Father Brown (2015), Agatha Raisin (2016), River City (2017), The Loch (2017) and Deadwater Fell (2020).
Facts
In the early 1980s Ron appeared in the play One Big Blow in which the cast mimicked a colliery band by singing in six-part harmony. After the play ended, the cast went on to form The Flying Pickets (with Delta and the Bannermen's Brian Hibbard as the lead) and the band subsequently had a Christmas number one hit in the UK with Only You (1983). Ron decided not to join The Flying Pickets after the play ended, so missed out on this success. His sister-in-law is costume designer Trisha Biggar, who has worked on such blockbusters as the Star Wars prequels and the series Outlander. His brother is actor Stewart Porter (best known for his Irn Bru adverts), while his son is actor Daniel Portman (best known as Podrick Payne in Game of Thrones).

Michelle Duncan (Lady Isobel) Born Apr 14 1978

Career highlights

Michelle debuted in Waterloo (1997), then Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2000), Sea of Souls (2005, for which she was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA), Sugar Rush (2005), Driving Lessons (2006), Low Winter Sun (2006), Atonement (2007), Lost in Austen (2008), Luther (2013), Call the Midwife (2014), Grantchester (2014), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and Hanna (2019).

Ian Hanmore (Father Angelo) Born Oct 16 1953

Career highlights

Ian came late to acting, debuting aged 43 in 1996's The Butterfly Man, then appearing in Postmortem (1998), Split Second (1999), Women Talking Dirty (1999), Two Thousand Acres of Sky (2001), Monarch of the Glen (2001), Young Adam (2003), The Deal (2003), Outlaws (2004), The Best Man (2005), Vital Signs (2006), Life on Mars (2007), Shameless (2009), The Awakening (2011), The Fades (2011), Mary, Queen of Scots (2013), Outlander (2015), Dark Sense (2019), Carnival Row (2019) and Falling for Figaro (2020). Ian also played the warlock Pyat Pree in Game of Thrones (2012).

Ruthie Milne (Flora) Born Oct 1987
Career highlights

Her only other credits are for Hallam Foe (2007), One Night in Sutherland Hill (2012) and In Plain Sight (2016).

Derek Riddell (Sir Robert) Born Jan 11 1967

Career highlights

Derek made his debut when he was cast as Alec Ritchie in the series Strathblair (1992-93), after which he appeared in Strike Force (1995), Coronation Street (1997-98), Urban Gothic (2001), Spooks (2002), Clocking Off (2003), The Virgin Queen (2006), Vincent (2006), State of Mind (2007), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008), Micro Men (2009), Five Days (2010), The Field of Blood (2011), Garrow's Law (2011), DCI Banks (2012), Ripper Street (2013/16), Frankie (2013), Happy Valley (2014), The Village (2014), New Tricks (2015), Undercover (2016), The Missing (2016), Mary Shelley (2017), Gunpowder (2017), Hard Sun (2018), Action Team (2018), Shetland (2019) and Industry (2020). He also regularly played Rab in The Book Group (2002-03), Dr Jamie Patterson in No Angels (2004-06) and Stuart in Ugly Betty (2007-09).

Facts

Derek's partner is actress Frances Carrigan, while his father is former professional footballer Ian Riddell (who played for St Mirren and Berwick Rangers). Here he is on Twitter.

Jamie Sives (Captain Reynolds) Born Aug 14 1973

Career highlights

First credited in Holby City (1999), then Psychos (1999), Roger Roger (1999), Poof (1999), Taggart (2000), Glasgow Kiss (2000), Rockface (2002-03), On a Clear Day (2005), A Woman in Winter (2006), Hallam Foe (2007), Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007), The Passion (2008), Valhalla Rising (2009), Clash of the Titans (2010), Get Him to the Greek (2010), Outcasts (2011), Game of Thrones (2011), Secret State (2012), In the Heart of the Sea (2015), Rearview (2015), In the Dark (2017), Hard Sun (2018), Frontier (2017-18), Chernobyl (2019), Trick or Treat (2019), Guilt (2019) and Too Close (2021). Jamie also wrote, directed, produced and composed the music for the short Song in 2014.

Awards

2003: Berlin International Film Festival Shooting Star Award

Tom Smith (The Host)
Career highlights
Tom debuted in Taggart (1992), followed by Rab C Nesbitt (1992), Duck Patrol (1998), Attachments (2001-02), Little Devil (2007), Doctors (2008) and Faintheart (2008).
Facts
Tom went to drama school with David Tennant.

CREW

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

Euros Lyn (director) Born Mar 1971 Click here for Euros Lyn's entry on The End of the World

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

Simon Winstone (script editor) Born 1973 Click here for Simon Winstone's entry on Attack of the Graske