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| Tarak (Chook Sibtain) had been in the shower too long |
First broadcast Nov 15 2009
Average audience for story: 10.32m
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
Lily Bevan (Emily Brooke)
Career highlights
Lily's other credits include How Proust Can Change Your Life (2000), Sweet Revenge (2001), Silent Witness (2020) and Wallflower (2020).
Facts
Lily is a founding member of the London Collective theatre group. She also writes and directs for the stage, and has worked as a researcher for actress Emma Thompson. Here she is on Twitter.
Lily Bevan (Emily Brooke)
Career highlights
Lily's other credits include How Proust Can Change Your Life (2000), Sweet Revenge (2001), Silent Witness (2020) and Wallflower (2020).
Facts
Lily is a founding member of the London Collective theatre group. She also writes and directs for the stage, and has worked as a researcher for actress Emma Thompson. Here she is on Twitter.
Max Bollinger (Mikhail Kerenski) Born Nov 29 1974
Career highlights
Russian Max debuted in The Cramp Twins (2003), then Holby City (2004), The Bill (2004), Space Race (2005), Ghostboat (2006) and The Crossing (2010).
Gemma Chan (Mia Bennett) Born Nov 29 1982
Career highlights
Debuted in When Evil Calls (2006), then Exam (2009), Pimp (2010), Shanghai (2010), Sherlock (2010), Submarine (2010), Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2011), Fresh Meat (2011), Bedlam (2012), Shetland (2013), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), The Game (2014), Brotherhood (2015), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), Stratton (2017), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Captain Marvel (2019) and Eternals (2021). She also played a character called Mia in 24 episodes of the series Humans (2015-18).
Facts
In 2006, Gemma was one of three models to reach the final of the Sky 1 reality series Project Catwalk (she lost to Jessica Roffey). However, Gemma has plenty of experienced as a model, having posed for Elle, Cosmopolitan and the Sunday Times Style magazine to help fund her drama training. In October 2012, Gemma was a witness to the murder of homeless man Colin Hammond outside a tube station in London. She gave evidence at the trial of Frederic Russell at the Old Bailey in September 2013, where it was revealed that Gemma stayed with the dying man until medics arrived. Between 2011-17 Gemma dated comedian Jack Whitehall, and since 2018 has been dating actor Dominic Cooper. Here's Gemma on Twitter.
Career highlights
Russian Max debuted in The Cramp Twins (2003), then Holby City (2004), The Bill (2004), Space Race (2005), Ghostboat (2006) and The Crossing (2010).
Gemma Chan (Mia Bennett) Born Nov 29 1982
Career highlights
Debuted in When Evil Calls (2006), then Exam (2009), Pimp (2010), Shanghai (2010), Sherlock (2010), Submarine (2010), Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2011), Fresh Meat (2011), Bedlam (2012), Shetland (2013), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), The Game (2014), Brotherhood (2015), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), Stratton (2017), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Captain Marvel (2019) and Eternals (2021). She also played a character called Mia in 24 episodes of the series Humans (2015-18).
Facts
In 2006, Gemma was one of three models to reach the final of the Sky 1 reality series Project Catwalk (she lost to Jessica Roffey). However, Gemma has plenty of experienced as a model, having posed for Elle, Cosmopolitan and the Sunday Times Style magazine to help fund her drama training. In October 2012, Gemma was a witness to the murder of homeless man Colin Hammond outside a tube station in London. She gave evidence at the trial of Frederic Russell at the Old Bailey in September 2013, where it was revealed that Gemma stayed with the dying man until medics arrived. Between 2011-17 Gemma dated comedian Jack Whitehall, and since 2018 has been dating actor Dominic Cooper. Here's Gemma on Twitter.
Charlie De'Ath (Adelaide's father) Born May 24 1968
Career highlights
Debuted in Fatherland (1994), then ID (1995), A Touch of Frost (1997), Sunburn (1999), Urban Gothic (2000), Emmerdale (1999-2000), As If (2001), A is for Acid (2002), Mile High (2003), Bonkers (2007), Moving On (2009), Secret State (2012), The List (2013), Our Zoo (2014), That Day We Sang (2014), The Five (2016), Hollyoaks (2015-17), The War of the Worlds (2019), Vera (2020) and Help (2021). He has had regular roles as DS Pimlott in The Last Detective (2003-07) and Sergeant Sidney Felton in WPC 56 (2013-15).
Facts
Charlie's father is former BBC journalist Wilfred De'Ath, who worked for the Corporation in the 1960s and 70s. However, by the 1990s Wilfred was living homeless in France and appeared in court more than 30 times for petty thefts. In 2012, Wilfred was arrested in connection with the Metropolitan Police's Operation Yewtree investigations, which looked into the Jimmy Savile child abuse allegations. He was released without charge after the complainant withdrew her charges. Charlie's sister is TV/ Open University producer Emma De'Ath.
Lindsay Duncan (Adelaide Brooke) Born Nov 7 1950
Career highlights
Lindsay debuted in Further Up Pompeii! (1975), followed by The New Avengers (1977), Muck and Brass (1982), The Brief (1984), Dead Head (1986), Kit Curran (1986), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Traffik (1989), Colin's Sandwich (1988/90), TECX (1990), GBH (1991), A Year in Provence (1993), Jake's Progress (1995), Get Real (1998), The Phantom Menace (1999), Mansfield Park (1999), Oliver Twist (1999), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), Starter for 10 (2006), Spooks (2005/06), Frankenstein (2007), Lost in Austen (2008), Margaret (2009), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Christopher and His Kind (2011), Black Mirror (2011), Absolutely Fabulous (2012), White Heat (2012), Merlin (2011/12), About Time (2013), Sherlock (2014/17), The Honourable Woman (2014), Birdman (2014), Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016), Close to the Enemy (2016), Carnage (2017), The Leftovers (2017), Blackbird (2019), Inside No 9 (2021) and Around the World in 80 Days (2021). She also played Servilia of the Junii in Rome (2005-07) and Ysabeau De Clermont in A Discovery of Witches (2018-21).
Awards
1986: Olivier Award for Best Actress (Les Liaisons Dangereuses)
Career highlights
Debuted in Fatherland (1994), then ID (1995), A Touch of Frost (1997), Sunburn (1999), Urban Gothic (2000), Emmerdale (1999-2000), As If (2001), A is for Acid (2002), Mile High (2003), Bonkers (2007), Moving On (2009), Secret State (2012), The List (2013), Our Zoo (2014), That Day We Sang (2014), The Five (2016), Hollyoaks (2015-17), The War of the Worlds (2019), Vera (2020) and Help (2021). He has had regular roles as DS Pimlott in The Last Detective (2003-07) and Sergeant Sidney Felton in WPC 56 (2013-15).
Facts
Charlie's father is former BBC journalist Wilfred De'Ath, who worked for the Corporation in the 1960s and 70s. However, by the 1990s Wilfred was living homeless in France and appeared in court more than 30 times for petty thefts. In 2012, Wilfred was arrested in connection with the Metropolitan Police's Operation Yewtree investigations, which looked into the Jimmy Savile child abuse allegations. He was released without charge after the complainant withdrew her charges. Charlie's sister is TV/ Open University producer Emma De'Ath.
Lindsay Duncan (Adelaide Brooke) Born Nov 7 1950
Career highlights
Lindsay debuted in Further Up Pompeii! (1975), followed by The New Avengers (1977), Muck and Brass (1982), The Brief (1984), Dead Head (1986), Kit Curran (1986), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Traffik (1989), Colin's Sandwich (1988/90), TECX (1990), GBH (1991), A Year in Provence (1993), Jake's Progress (1995), Get Real (1998), The Phantom Menace (1999), Mansfield Park (1999), Oliver Twist (1999), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), Starter for 10 (2006), Spooks (2005/06), Frankenstein (2007), Lost in Austen (2008), Margaret (2009), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Christopher and His Kind (2011), Black Mirror (2011), Absolutely Fabulous (2012), White Heat (2012), Merlin (2011/12), About Time (2013), Sherlock (2014/17), The Honourable Woman (2014), Birdman (2014), Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016), Close to the Enemy (2016), Carnage (2017), The Leftovers (2017), Blackbird (2019), Inside No 9 (2021) and Around the World in 80 Days (2021). She also played Servilia of the Junii in Rome (2005-07) and Ysabeau De Clermont in A Discovery of Witches (2018-21).
Awards
1986: Olivier Award for Best Actress (Les Liaisons Dangereuses)
1988: Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Performance by an Actress (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
2002: Olivier Award for Best Actress (Private Lives)
2002: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (Private Lives)
2009: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama
2002: Olivier Award for Best Actress (Private Lives)
2002: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (Private Lives)
2009: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama
2013: British Independent Film Award for Best Actress (Le Week-End)
Facts
Lindsay appeared in a TV commercial for Head and Shoulders shampoo in 1979, when she was 29 years old. Lindsay's husband is actor Hilton McRae. Lindsay originally auditioned for the role of Anakin Skywalker's mother in The Phantom Menace; she didn't get the part, but did provide the voice of droid TC-14.
Facts
Lindsay appeared in a TV commercial for Head and Shoulders shampoo in 1979, when she was 29 years old. Lindsay's husband is actor Hilton McRae. Lindsay originally auditioned for the role of Anakin Skywalker's mother in The Phantom Menace; she didn't get the part, but did provide the voice of droid TC-14.
Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Maggie Cain) Born Feb 8 1976
Career highlights
Debuting aged 15 in 2point4 Children (1991), Sharon's other credits include Grange Hill (1992), Backup (1995), Maisie Raine (1998), Babyfather (2002), Coming Up (2007), A Deal is a Deal (2008), Blooded (2011), The Bible (2013), The Mimic (2013-14), Cucumber (2015), Cuffs (2015), Star Wars: Rogue One (2016), The Boy with the Topknot (2017), Years and Years (2019), Sex Education (2019-20), Intergalactic (2021), Dune (2021) and The Swarm (2022). She may be best remembered as Crystal Gordon in 44 episodes of prison drama Bad Girls (1999-2002), as well as Trina Johnson in EastEnders (2009) and Lisa in Top Boy (2011-13). She also provided the voice of Scratchy in the children's series Rastamouse (2011-15), and played Cat Hunter in the video games FIFA 17-19 (2016-18).
Facts
Here's Sharon on Twitter. When Sharon played Senator Pamlo in Rogue One, she became the first black woman to have a human speaking role in a Star Wars film.
Career highlights
Debuting aged 15 in 2point4 Children (1991), Sharon's other credits include Grange Hill (1992), Backup (1995), Maisie Raine (1998), Babyfather (2002), Coming Up (2007), A Deal is a Deal (2008), Blooded (2011), The Bible (2013), The Mimic (2013-14), Cucumber (2015), Cuffs (2015), Star Wars: Rogue One (2016), The Boy with the Topknot (2017), Years and Years (2019), Sex Education (2019-20), Intergalactic (2021), Dune (2021) and The Swarm (2022). She may be best remembered as Crystal Gordon in 44 episodes of prison drama Bad Girls (1999-2002), as well as Trina Johnson in EastEnders (2009) and Lisa in Top Boy (2011-13). She also provided the voice of Scratchy in the children's series Rastamouse (2011-15), and played Cat Hunter in the video games FIFA 17-19 (2016-18).
Facts
Here's Sharon on Twitter. When Sharon played Senator Pamlo in Rogue One, she became the first black woman to have a human speaking role in a Star Wars film.
Rachel Fewell (Young Adelaide)
This is Rachel's only acting work to date.
This is Rachel's only acting work to date.
Michael Goldsmith (Roman Groom)
Career highlights
Michael's other work includes Gotham (2015), Irrational Man (2015) and NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2021). He also provided the voice of Gray in Carmen Sandiego (2019-21).
Career highlights
Michael's other work includes Gotham (2015), Irrational Man (2015) and NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2021). He also provided the voice of Gray in Carmen Sandiego (2019-21).
Paul Kasey (Ood Sigma) Born Aug 5 1973 Click here for Paul Kasey's entry on Rose
Aleksandar Mikic (Yuri Kerenski)
Career highlights
Serbian Aleksander debuted in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (2002), followed by Messiah 2 (2003), State of Play (2003), Ultimate Force (2003), Footballers' Wives (2006), Hotel Babylon (2007), Eastern Promises (2007), Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007), The Fixer (2008), Survivors (2010), Identity (2010), Gates (2012), EastEnders (2013), RED 2 (2013), Muppets Most Wanted (2014), The Legend of Tarzan (2016), Berlin Station (2019), The Black Forest (2019), Cobra (2020) and Stay Close (2021).
Peter O'Brien (Ed Gold) Born Mar 25 1960
Career highlights
Australian Peter made his acting debut in Starting Out (1983), followed by Carson's Law (1983), Prisoner: Cell Block H (1984), The Henderson Kids (1985), The Gift (1990), Cluedo (1992), Time Trax (1993), The All New Alexei Sayle Show (1994), Michael Collins (1996), Big Sky (1997), Minty (1998), See How They Run (1999), Queer as Folk (1999), The Knock (2000), Shades (2001), The Bill (2004), All Saints (2009), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Underbelly (2009-10), Dance Academy (2010-12), The Killing Field (2014), Winter (2015), Lake Alice (2018), Tidelands (2018), Wentworth Prison (2020), The Unusual Suspects (2021) and Darby and Joan (2022). One of his most memorable roles was as Shane Ramsay in more than 260 episodes of soap Neighbours (1985-87), but other recurring roles include Sam Patterson in 93 episodes of The Flying Doctors (1987-91), Cyril "Scissors" Smedley in Cardiac Arrest (1995-96), Carl in Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord (1997), Joe Hill in White Collar Blue (2002-03) and Theo "Stitch" Lambert in Casualty (2007).
Career highlights
Serbian Aleksander debuted in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (2002), followed by Messiah 2 (2003), State of Play (2003), Ultimate Force (2003), Footballers' Wives (2006), Hotel Babylon (2007), Eastern Promises (2007), Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007), The Fixer (2008), Survivors (2010), Identity (2010), Gates (2012), EastEnders (2013), RED 2 (2013), Muppets Most Wanted (2014), The Legend of Tarzan (2016), Berlin Station (2019), The Black Forest (2019), Cobra (2020) and Stay Close (2021).
Peter O'Brien (Ed Gold) Born Mar 25 1960
Career highlights
Australian Peter made his acting debut in Starting Out (1983), followed by Carson's Law (1983), Prisoner: Cell Block H (1984), The Henderson Kids (1985), The Gift (1990), Cluedo (1992), Time Trax (1993), The All New Alexei Sayle Show (1994), Michael Collins (1996), Big Sky (1997), Minty (1998), See How They Run (1999), Queer as Folk (1999), The Knock (2000), Shades (2001), The Bill (2004), All Saints (2009), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Underbelly (2009-10), Dance Academy (2010-12), The Killing Field (2014), Winter (2015), Lake Alice (2018), Tidelands (2018), Wentworth Prison (2020), The Unusual Suspects (2021) and Darby and Joan (2022). One of his most memorable roles was as Shane Ramsay in more than 260 episodes of soap Neighbours (1985-87), but other recurring roles include Sam Patterson in 93 episodes of The Flying Doctors (1987-91), Cyril "Scissors" Smedley in Cardiac Arrest (1995-96), Carl in Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord (1997), Joe Hill in White Collar Blue (2002-03) and Theo "Stitch" Lambert in Casualty (2007).
Awards
1987: Silver Logie Award for Most Popular Actor (Neighbours)
2003: Silver Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series (White Collar Blue)
Facts
Since 2003 Peter has been married to actress Miranda Otto, perhaps best known as Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings films (2002-03). He was previously married to actor Joanna Riding.
Facts
Since 2003 Peter has been married to actress Miranda Otto, perhaps best known as Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings films (2002-03). He was previously married to actor Joanna Riding.
Alan Ruscoe (Andy Stone) Born Apr 14 1972 Click here for Alan Ruscoe's entry on Rose
Cosima Shaw (Steffi Ehrlich) Born Jul 20 1972
Career highlights
Cosima, who grew up in Berlin, made her acting debut in Sylter Geschichten (1993), followed by Second Nature (2003), Trevor's World of Sport (2003), Alfie (2004), Casanova (2005), V for Vendetta (2005), Harley Street (2008), Zen (2011), Pete Versus Life (2011), Toast of London (2013), Critical (2015), The Danish Girl (2015), Forget About Nick (2017), Mars (2016-18), Home (2019) and Treadstone (2019).
Career highlights
Cosima, who grew up in Berlin, made her acting debut in Sylter Geschichten (1993), followed by Second Nature (2003), Trevor's World of Sport (2003), Alfie (2004), Casanova (2005), V for Vendetta (2005), Harley Street (2008), Zen (2011), Pete Versus Life (2011), Toast of London (2013), Critical (2015), The Danish Girl (2015), Forget About Nick (2017), Mars (2016-18), Home (2019) and Treadstone (2019).
Awards
2010: British Independent Film Award for Best Actress (Ana Begins)
Facts
Before becoming an actor, Cosima worked as a model in Paris, New York and London. She has a daughter with actor Alexis Conran (best known for The Real Hustle). Cosima is behind the Our Stories Now project, which aims to bring primary school children closer to their grandparents. Here's Cosima on Twitter.
Facts
Before becoming an actor, Cosima worked as a model in Paris, New York and London. She has a daughter with actor Alexis Conran (best known for The Real Hustle). Cosima is behind the Our Stories Now project, which aims to bring primary school children closer to their grandparents. Here's Cosima on Twitter.
Chook Sibtain (Tarak Ital) Born 1969
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mark Grantham in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Warriors of Kudlak (2007)
Played: Tarak Ital in The Waters of Mars (2009)
Career highlights
After debuting in Beck (1996), Chook secured the regular role of Jack in EastEnders (2000-01), then found work in Bad Girls (2002), Grease Monkeys (2003), Footballers' Wives (2005), Holby City (2006), Robin Hood (2009), Hustle (2011), Naachle London (2012), Ghost Recon: Alpha (2012), Houdini and Doyle (2016), Emerald City (2017), Maigret (2017), Hard Sun (2018), Marcella (2018), Safe (2018), Nightflyers (2018) and Invasion (2021). Since 2018, Chook's professional name has been Joplin Sibtain.
Facts
In a 2010 interview, he was asked what in his career he'd most like to forget: "I'd like to forget about Doctor Who because I was cold and wet for most of the time." Blink and you'll miss him in the music video for Sway and Jamie King's 2011 single This is the Life.
Anouska Strahnz (Ulrika Ehrlich)
This is Anouska's only acting work to date.
Zofia Strahnz (Lisette Ehrlich)
This is Zofia's only acting work to date.
CREW
Russell T Davies (writer) Born Apr 27 1963 Click here for Russell T Davies' entry on Rose
Phil Ford (writer)
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Sarah Jane Adventures: Eye of the Gorgon (2007), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Lost Boy (2007), Torchwood: Something Borrowed (2008), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Last Sontaran (2008), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Day of the Clown (2008), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Enemy of the Bane (2008), Dreamland (animation, 2009), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Prisoner of the Judoon (2009), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Eternity Trap (2009), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Mona Lisa's Revenge (2009), The Waters of Mars (2009), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Vault of Secrets (2010), Doctor Who: The Adventure Games (2010-11), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Sky (2011), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Curse of Clyde Langer (2011), Into the Dalek (2014)
Produced: The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 2 and 3 (2008-09)
Career highlights
Phil's writing work includes Taggart (1998), Heartbeat (1998), Footballers' Wives (2002), 21 episodes of Captain Scarlet (2005), 17 episodes of Bad Girls (1999-2006), Waterloo Road (2007) and Wizards vs Aliens (2012-13, which he also co-created and produced). He also wrote more than 50 episodes of Coronation Street (1997-2002).
Awards
2010: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (Doctor Who) - shared with Russell T Davies and Graeme Harper
2012: Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Children's Television Script (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
Facts
Here he is on Twitter.
Nikki Wilson (producer) Click here for Nikki's entry on The Sontaran Stratagem
Gary Russell (script editor) Born Sep 18 1963
Doctor Who credits
Script edited: Torchwood: Dead Man Walking (2008), Torchwood: A Day in the Death (2008), Torchwood: Something Borrowed (2008), Torchwood: Fragments (2008), Music of the Spheres (2008), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Enemy of the Bane (2008), The Waters of Mars (2009), The End of Time (2009-10)
Facts
Here he is on Twitter.
Graeme Harper (director) Born Mar 11 1945 Click here for Graeme Harper's entry on The Caves of Androzani
Nikki Wilson (producer) Click here for Nikki's entry on The Sontaran Stratagem
Gary Russell (script editor) Born Sep 18 1963
Doctor Who credits
Script edited: Torchwood: Dead Man Walking (2008), Torchwood: A Day in the Death (2008), Torchwood: Something Borrowed (2008), Torchwood: Fragments (2008), Music of the Spheres (2008), The Sarah Jane Adventures: Enemy of the Bane (2008), The Waters of Mars (2009), The End of Time (2009-10)
Wrote: Real Time (2002, audio), Shada (2003, audio)
Directed: Real Time (2002, audio), The Infinite Quest (2007, animation), Dreamland (2009, animation)
Career highlights
Lifelong Doctor Who fan Gary started out as a child actor, appearing in The Phoenix and the Carpet (1976-77), then The Famous Five (1978-79), Look and Read: Dark Towers (1981), Schoolgirl Chums (1982) and Octopussy (1983, uncredited). His achievements in the Doctor Who universe are legion - apart from working on the series itself, as well as its spin-offs, Gary edited Doctor Who Magazine between 1992-95, and has written several novels, including Virgin New and Missing Adventures, BBC Eighth and Past Doctor books, and books for the new series of Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. He has also written Doctor Who and Torchwood comic strips, and was producer for the Big Finish audio adventures from their inception in 1998 until 2006. Beyond Doctor Who he has written books about The Lord of the Rings, Frasier and The Simpsons (the latter two as Warren Martyn). After leaving the BBC in 2011, Gary moved to Australia to become executive producer of the Planet 55 animation company, the firm responsible for the animated reconstructed episodes of The Tenth Planet and The Moonbase on DVD. More recently he has overseen animated reconstructions of missing stories such as Galaxy 4 and Fury from the Deep.
Directed: Real Time (2002, audio), The Infinite Quest (2007, animation), Dreamland (2009, animation)
Career highlights
Lifelong Doctor Who fan Gary started out as a child actor, appearing in The Phoenix and the Carpet (1976-77), then The Famous Five (1978-79), Look and Read: Dark Towers (1981), Schoolgirl Chums (1982) and Octopussy (1983, uncredited). His achievements in the Doctor Who universe are legion - apart from working on the series itself, as well as its spin-offs, Gary edited Doctor Who Magazine between 1992-95, and has written several novels, including Virgin New and Missing Adventures, BBC Eighth and Past Doctor books, and books for the new series of Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. He has also written Doctor Who and Torchwood comic strips, and was producer for the Big Finish audio adventures from their inception in 1998 until 2006. Beyond Doctor Who he has written books about The Lord of the Rings, Frasier and The Simpsons (the latter two as Warren Martyn). After leaving the BBC in 2011, Gary moved to Australia to become executive producer of the Planet 55 animation company, the firm responsible for the animated reconstructed episodes of The Tenth Planet and The Moonbase on DVD. More recently he has overseen animated reconstructions of missing stories such as Galaxy 4 and Fury from the Deep.
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