Wednesday, July 08, 2015

Planet of the Dead

Professor Malcolm Taylor
(Lee Evans).
One episode (Planet of the Dead)
First broadcast Apr 11 2009
Average audience for story: 9.54m

REGULAR CAST

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

GUEST CAST

Victoria Alcock (Angela) Born May 13 1968
Career highlights
Victoria's breakthrough role was as Agnes Clarke in 26 episodes of The House of Eliott (1991-94); her other work includes Agatha Christie's Poirot (1991), Lovejoy (1992), Castles (1995), Grange Hill (1997), Coronation Street (1998), Locked Up Abroad (2009), Combat Kids (2010), Call the Midwife (2012), Whitechapel (2012), The Bletchley Circle (2014), Birds of a Feather (2015), The Musketeers (2016), Quacks (2017), People Just Do Nothing (2014-18), Doctors (2019) and Boys Don't Cry (2020). Her most memorable role was as Julie Saunders in almost 100 episodes of prison drama Bad Girls (1999-2006).

David Ames (Nathan) Born Aug 10 1983
Career highlights
Debuted in He Kills Coppers (2008), then The Telemachy (2012), and has been playing Dominic Copeland in Holby City since 2013 (over 300 episodes and counting). David also provided the voice of Thomas Percy in the Doctor Who Adventure Game The Gunpowder Plot in 2011.
Facts
David has posed for naked shoots in Attitude and Gay Times magazines. Here's David on Twitter.

Glenn Doherty (Sgt Dennison)
Career highlights
Glenn made his screen debut in Arrivederci Millwall (1990), after which he secured roles in Coasting (1990), Specials (1991), Paul's Lucky Day (2001), Liar (2005), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Being Human (2009), Five Daughters (2010), Silent Witness (2012), Byzantium (2012), Doctors (2013), The Great Fire (2014), Wallander (2015) and The Death of Stalin (2017).

Noma Dumezweni (Captain Magambo) Born Jul 28 1969
Doctor Who credits
Played: Captain Magambo in Turn Left (2008), Planet of the Dead (2009)
Career highlights
Born in Swaziland, Noma's earliest credit was The Knock (1999), followed by Dirty Pretty Things (2002), Mysterious Creatures (2006), After Thomas (2006), Shameless (2007), EastEnders (2007), The Colour of Magic (2008), Casualty (2012), Frankie (2013), Midsomer Murders (2015), The Incident (2015), Capital (2015), Black Earth Rising (2018), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Normal People (2020), The Undoing (2020), Made for Love (2021) and Pose (2021).
Awards
2006: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Play (A Raisin in the Sun)
2017: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Play (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child)
Facts
Her surname means "famous in the world" in Xhosa. Noma arrived in the UK in 1977 as a refugee, with her sister and mother. In 2016-18 Noma played Hermione Granger in the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Here's Noma on Twitter.

Lee Evans (Professor Malcolm Taylor) Born Feb 25 1964
Career highlights
Lee is known principally as a stand-up comedian, making his debut in 1988 on After Ten with Tarbuck, then making appearances on Viva Cabaret (1993), The World of Lee Evans (1995), The Clive James Show (1998), Cardboard Boxers (1999), Lee Evans: So What Now? (2001), Just for Laughs (2005), as well as a number of stand-up videos and DVDs of his live shows since 1994. Acting work has included Clair de Lune (1995), Funny Bones (1995), The Fifth Element (1997), Mousehunt (1997), There's Something About Mary (1997), The Martins (2001), Freeze Frame (2004), The History of Mr Polly (1997) and The Dinner Party (2007).
Awards
2011: Outstanding Contribution to Comedy at the British Comedy Awards
Facts
Throughout his stand-up career, former boxer Lee (who was born with a hole in his heart) referred to a character called Malcolm who works in various places, and is the centre of some of his comedy routines: Prof Taylor is obviously just another of those Malcolms! In 2014, Lee announced his retirement from stand-up following the sudden death of his manager.

Adam James (DI Macmillan) Born Sep 9 1972
Career highlights
Prolific Adam debuted in Sharpe's Regiment (1996), then Cold Lazarus (1996), The Bill (1996), Island (1997), Table 12 (2001), Band of Brothers (2001), As If (2004), Casualty (2005), The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006), Judge John Deed (2007), Waking the Dead (2007), Extras (2007), Ashes to Ashes (2008), Bonekickers (2008), Hustle (2009), A Touch of Frost (2010), Lewis (2010), Law and Order: LA (2011), Vexed (2012), Kilimanjaro (2013), Law and Order UK (2013), The Crimson Field (2014), Grantchester (2014), The Game (2015), Endeavour (2017), Doctor Foster (2015-17), Hunter Killer (2018), Home from Home (2016-18), Johnny English Strikes Again (2018), Deep State (2019), Belgravia (2020), The Harrowing (2020), Vigil (2021) and Hotel Portofino (2022).
Facts
Adam's godfather was Third Doctor Jon Pertwee, while his best friend is Tenth Doctor David Tennant. He is married to actor Victoria Shalet.

Daniel Kaluuya (Barclay) Born Feb 24 1989
Career highlights
Daniel debuted in Shoot the Messenger (2006), then The Whistleblowers (2007), Delta Forever (2008), Silent Witness (2008), Lewis (2009), FM (2009), Bellamy's People (2010), Chatroom (2010), Johnny English Reborn (2011), The Fades (2011), Black Mirror (2011), Welcome to the Punch (2013), Kick-Ass 2 (2013), Babylon (2014), Get Out (2017), Black Panther (2018), Queen and Slim (2019), Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Regular roles include Tealeaf in Psychoville (2009-11) and Posh Kenneth in Skins (2007-09). He also wrote two episodes of Skins (2008-09).
Awards
2018: BAFTA / EE Rising Star Award
2018: Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor (Get Out)
2018: London Critics' Circle Film Award for British/ Irish Actor of the Year (Get Out)
2018: National Film Award for Best Newcomer (Get Out)
2021: Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Judas and the Black Messiah)
2021: BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actor (Judas and the Black Messiah)
2021: Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Facts
In 2013 it was reported that Daniel was suing the Metropolitan Police for £50,000 in the High Court for assault and false imprisonment after he was wrongly suspected of being a drug dealer in an incident in 2010. He was arrested and removed from a bus, taken into custody and strip-searched, which Daniel claimed was because officers had racially stereotyped him. When Daniel won his Oscar in 2021, he became the first black British actor to do so. Daniel's partner is Amandla Crichlow (sister of Lenora Crichlow, who appeared in Gridlock), and daughter of civil rights activist Frank Crichlow.

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

James Layton (Sgt Ian Jenner) Born Jan 11 1977
Career highlights
James's acting credits are relatively slight, having made a name for himself in the little-known cult film The Wolves of Kromer in 1998, and appearing in Irreparable (2009), Barry Brown (2009) and The Symmetry of Love (2010). However, James has made a much more prolific career for himself behind the cameras, operating cameras (often steadicams) on productions such as Strippers vs Werewolves (2012), Dates (2013), Skins (2013), Sherlock (2014), The Quiet Ones (2014), Atlantis (2014), Downtown Abbey (2014-15), Episodes (2015), Humans (2015), Strike (2018), A Discovery of Witches (2018), His Dark Materials (2019) and Invasion (2021). He also worked as a model for some time.
Awards
2018: British Society of Cinematographers' Operators Award for Television Drama (A Discovery of Witches)
2018: British Society of Cinematographers / Guild of British Camera Technicians' Operators Award for Television Drama (A Discovery of Witches)
Facts
James's father is veteran director of photography Vernon Layton, who worked on productions as varied as The Professionals, Poirot and Seed of Chucky.


Keith Parry (Bus driver)
Career highlights
Keith debuted in The Journey Home (2008), followed by The Drummond Will (2010), Stranger Things (2010), The Jury (2011), Doctors (2012/18), Delicious (2013) and Bad Move (2017).
Facts
Keith trained as an actor in the 1960s but did not join the profession properly until decades later.

Michelle Ryan (Lady Christina de Souza) Born Apr 22 1984
Career highlights
Michelle made her debut in children's series The Worst Witch (2000), then secured the role of Zoe Slater in soap EastEnders, which she played in more than 530 episodes between 2000-05. Other work includes Brookside (2000), Cashback (2006), Mansfield Park (2007), I Want Candy (2007), Jekyll (2007), Bionic Woman (2007), Merlin (2008), Girl walks Into a Bar (2011), The Man Inside (2012), Covert Affairs (2013), Death in Paradise (2014), The Last Photograph (2017), True Horror (2018) and Dark Stories (2019-20).
Facts
In 2005, FHM magazine voted her the world's fourth sexiest woman. In 2017, Michelle reprised the role of Christina for the first in a series of Big Finish audio adventures.

Ellen Thomas (Carmen) 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)
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).
Facts
In 2014 it was reported that Carmen had been declared bankrupt over an unpaid tax bill, forced into insolvency by HM Revenue and Customs. Here's Ellen's Twitter feed.

Reginald Tsiboe (Lou) Born Sep 7 1950
Career highlights
Ghana-born Reginald's further work includes A Hymn from Jim (1977), The Thin End of the Wedge (1977), Love Brewed in the African Pot (1981), West of Paradise (1986), Gentlemen and Players (1988), After the War (1989), Escape from Kampala (1991), London Bridge (1996), Moses Jones (2009), Doctors (2011) and Black Earth Rising (2018).
Facts
Reginald started out as an actor before making a name for himself in the music industry, becoming a member of the disco group Boney M between 1982-86 and 1989-90 (originally replacing Bobby Farrell, but when Farrell rejoined in 1984, they became a quintet). Reggie appeared on Boney M's final three albums - Ten Thousand Light Years (1984), 16 Happy Songs (1984) and Eye Dance (1985), and sang lead vocals on their 1984 single Kalimba De Luna and Happy Song. However, before his Boney M fame he'd released his own single called Please Don't Bring Your Sister (1975) and written for the German band Love Generation, as well as been a member of the disco group Sugar Cane, which had a number 54 hit single in the UK in 1978 with Montego Bay.

CREW

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

Gareth Roberts (writer) Born Jun 5 1968 Click here for Gareth Roberts' entry on Attack of the Graske

James Strong (director)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit (2006), Torchwood: Cyberwoman (2006), Torchwood: They Keep Killing Suzie (2006), Daleks in Manhattan/ Evolution of the Daleks (2007), Voyage of the Damned (2007), Partners in Crime (2008), Planet of the Dead (2009)
Career highlights
James's first directing work came with The Clothes Show in the late 1990s, after which he moved into drama on series such as Doctors (2000-01), Mile High (2003), Casualty (2004), Holby City (2002-05), Rocket Man (2005), Bonekickers (2008), Monty Python in Aberystwyth (2009), Silent Witness (2011), United (2011), Downton Abbey (2011), Hunted (2012), Gracepoint (2014), Broadchurch (2013-15), Code of a Killer (2015), 11.22.63 (2016), Vanity Fair (2018), Liar (2017-20) and Vigil (2021). He has also worked as a producer on productions such as Gracepoint, Broadchurch, Vanity Fair, Liar and Vigil.
Awards
2008: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Director - Drama (Doctor Who)
Facts
Here he is on Twitter.

Tracie Simpson (producer)
Doctor Who credits
Production manager: Series 1, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, School Reunion, Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel, The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters, Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday, The Runaway Bride, Gridlock, The Lazarus Experiment, Human Nature/ The Family of Blood, The Sound of Drums/ Last of the Time Lords, Voyage of the Damned, Partners in Crime, The Fires of Pompeii, Turn Left (2005-08)
Produced: Planet of the Dead (2009), The End of Time (2009), The Eleventh Hour (2010), The Time of Angels/ Flesh and Stone (2010), Vampires of Venice (2010), Amy's Choice (2010), Vincent and the Doctor (2010), The Lodger (2010), Series 8 (2014), Last Christmas (2014), Series 9 (2015) - credited as line producer 2014-15
Production executive: The Husbands of River Song (2015), The Return of Doctor Mysterio (2016), The Pilot (2017), Smile (2017), The Doctor Falls (2017), The Woman Who Fell to Earth (2018), Rosa (2018), The Tsuranga Conundrum (2018), Kerblam! (2018), Series 12 (2020), Flux (2021), Eve of the Daleks (2022), Legend of the Sea Devils (2022)
Awards
2020: BAFTA TV Award for Single Drama (The Left Behind) - shared with Alan Harris, Joseph Bullman and Aysha Rafaele
Career highlights
Tracie has also acted as production coordinator on Tiger Bay (1997), Jack of Hearts (1999) and Care (2000), and been a producer on The Bench (2001), Baker Boys (2011), Casualty (2011-13) and The Left Behind (2019).
Facts
It was Tracie's red-varnished hand seen picking up the Master's ring from the flames at the end of Last of the Time Lords (2007). She also made an uncredited cameo as a horrified party guest in 2007's The Lazarus Experiment.

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