The God Complex

Anyone got a gottle of geer?

One episode (The God Complex)
First broadcast Sep 17 2011
Average audience for story: 6.77m + 1.08m iPlayer = 7.84m

REGULAR CAST

Matt Smith (The Doctor) Born Oct 28 1982 Click here for Matt Smith's entry on The End of Time

Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) Born Nov 28 1987 Click here for Karen Gillan's entry on The Fires of Pompeii

Arthur Darvill (Rory Williams) Born Jun 17 1982 Click here for Arthur Darvill's entry on The Eleventh Hour

GUEST CAST

Caitlin Blackwood (Amelia Pond) Born Jun 23 2000
Doctor Who credits
Played: Amelia Pond in The Eleventh Hour (2010), The Big Bang (2010), Let's Kill Hitler (2011), The God Complex (2011), The Angels Take Manhattan (2012, uncredited), The Time of the Doctor (2013, uncredited)
Career highlights
Caitlin's other acting work includes Cops and Monsters (2014), Sundown (2018) and Lost at Christmas (2020).
Facts
Caitlin is actress Karen Gillan's cousin in real life, but the first time they ever met was on set for Doctor Who. Here she is on Twitter.

Dafydd Emyr (PE teacher)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Suited agent in Army of Ghosts TARDISode (2006)
Played: PE teacher in The God Complex (2011)
Career highlights
Debuted in Becca (1988), then Old Scores (1991), Friday on My Mind (1992), Gogs (1995-96), The Famous Five (1997), EastEnders: Dot's Story (2003), Carrie's War (2004), Young Dracula (2006), The Machine (2013), Da Vinci's Demons (2015), The Windsors (2017) and Hidden (2021).

Roger Ennals (Gorilla) Born 1958
Career highlights
Roger made his debut as a Wheeler in Return to Oz (1985), then found work in Bergerac (1988), Rumpole of the Bailey (1992), The Butterfly Effect (1995), Gulliver's Travels (1996), Beyond Fear (1997), Silent Witness (2002), Hardware (2004) and Cranford (2007).

Amara Karan (Rita) Born Jun 1 1984
Career highlights
Debuted in The Bill (2007), then The Darjeeling Limited (2007, also as "Rita"), St Trinian's (2007), The Task (2011), Kidnap and Ransom (2011-12), A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012), Ambassadors (2013), Goodness Gracious Me (2014), The Night Of (2016), Bancroft (2017), The Twilight Zone (2019), Midsomer Murders (2021), Hope Street (2021-22) and Moonhaven (2022). She also played DI Suri Chohan in 26 episodes of Lucky Man (2016-18).
Facts
After graduating from Oxford University, where she studied politics, philosophy and economics, Amara spent two years in the City of London as an investment banker for Hawkpoint and CIBC, before branching into acting. Amara was also an Olympic Torch bearer on its journey through London in 2008.

Rashid Karapiet (Rita's father) Aug 8 1928 to Mar 26 2013
Career highlights
Indian Rashid made his credited acting debut in a 1959 episode of Emergency Ward 10, followed by The Roving Reasons (1960), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Minder (1984), A Passage to India (1984), Albion Market (1985), Tandoori Nights (1985/87), High Street Blues (1989), Kinsey (1991), Pie in the Sky (1994), Mrs Merton and Malcolm (1999), Cutting It (2003), Hustle (2004), The Kumars at Number 42 (2005), Family Affairs (2005), New Tricks (2008), Eternal Law (2012) and Quartet (2012).
Facts
Rashid (born Reginald Anthony Carrapiett) presented on English language radio in India and Pakistan in the 1940s and 50s before moving to the UK to study acting in 1956. He was also a singer, writer and teacher during his long career.

Dimitri Leonidas (Howie Spragg) Born Nov 14 1987
Career highlights
Dimitri made his debut, credited as Shane Leonidas, playing Josh Irvine in 59 episodes of Grange Hill between 2001-04. Further work includes Holby City (2007), Tormented (2009), Centurion (2010), Hustle (2011), Sinbad (2012), The Monuments Men (2014), Killing Jesus (2015), Renegades (2017), Kill Ben Lyk (2018), The One (2021) and Foundation (2021). He also played Christos Clios in 21 episodes of Riviera (2017-20).
Facts
Dimitri's sisters are actors too - Stephanie is best known as Irisa in sci-fi show Defiance, while Georgina found recognition as Katie Bell in the Harry Potter films.

Daniel Pirrie (Joe Buchanan)
Career highlights
Debuted in Murder Prevention (2004), then Jane Eyre (2006), Hollyoaks (2011), The Awakening (2011), Downton Abbey (2011), Falcon (2012), Diana (2013), Cilla (2014), Christmas Eve (2015), X Company (2016) and The Selection (2022).
Facts
Here's Daniel on Twitter.

Sarah Quintrell (Lucy Hayward) Born 1979
Career highlights
Sarah debuted as Sinead in the series Carrie and Barry (2004-05), then Lewis (2007), three episodes of Doctors (2007/10/14), Call the Midwife (2016), Rillington Place (2016) and Charlotte Link - Die letzte Spur (2017). Sarah has also written for TV, including the TV movie Ellen (2016, for which she was nominated for a BAFTA), the documentary series The Trial: A Murder in the Family (2017), His Dark Materials (2020) and The Power (2022).

Awards

2017: Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Short Form TV Drama (Ellen)

David Walliams (Gibbis) Born Aug 20 1971
Career highlights
David's acting career, principally in comedy, stems from voicing Sam the Lift on Incredible Games (1994), followed by Games World (1994), Mash and Peas (1996), Shooting Stars (1996), It's Ulrika! (1997), Barking (1998), Plunkett and Macleane (1999), Sir Bernard's Stately Homes (1999), Spaced (1999), The Strangerers (2000), Fun at the Funeral Parlour (2001), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2001), Ted and Alice (2002), Casualty (2003), EastEnders (2003), Stoned (2005), Hotel Babylon (2007), Stardust (2007), Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me (2008), Marmaduke (2010), Great Expectations (2012), The Look of Love (2013), Blandings (2013), Big School (2013-14) and Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (2015), Urban Myths (2019), Twist (2021), Sandylands (2020-21) and Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After (2021). His writing and performing work with Matt Lucas (who played the Twelfth Doctor's companion Nardole) on the comedy sketch series Little Britain (2003-06) led to two spin-off video games (2006 and 2007), a live DVD (2006) and an American version of the series (2008). Also with Lucas, he wrote and appeared in the sketch series Come Fly With Me (2010-11), and appeared as his character Lou Todd at Live8 (2005) and in an episode of Australian soap opera Neighours in 2007. On the writing front, David has written for Mash and Peas, Asylum (1996), Barking, Boyz Unlimited (1999), Rock Profile (1999-2001), Little Britain, The One Ronnie (2010), Come Fly With Me and Big School. Several of his books for children have also been adapted for TV, including Mr Stink (2012), Gangsta Granny (2013), The Boy in the Dress (2014), Billionaire Boy (2015), Awful Auntie (2016), Ratburger (2017) and The Midnight Gang (2018). In 1999 he wrote and appeared in three sketches for BBC2's Doctor Who Night, including The Web of Caves, The Pitch of Fear and The Kidnappers (these have subsequently appeared on various Doctor Who DVDs). In 2011 he hosted David Walliams' Awfully Good and Wall of Fame, and hosted the Royal Variety Performance in 2012. Since 2012, David has also served as a judge on the Britain's Got Talent panel.

Awards

2003: British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Newcomer (Little Britain)

2004: British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor (Little Britain) - shared with Matt Lucas

2004: Royal Television Society Award for Best Comedy Performance (Little Britain) - shared with Matt Lucas

2004: BAFTA TV Award for Comedy Programme or Series (Little Britain) - shared with production team

2005: BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Performance (Little Britain) - shared with Matt Lucas

2005: BAFTA TV Award for Comedy Programme or Series (Little Britain) - shared with production team

2006: National Television Awards' Special Recognition Award (for his swim across the English Channel)

2006: Pride of Britain Award for Most Influential Public Figure (for his Sport Relief work)

2012: National Book Award for Children's Book of the Year (Ratburger)

2012: National Television Awards' TV Landmark Award (for his Sport Relief achievements)

2013: National Book Award for Children's Book of the Year (Demon Dentist)

2014: National Book Award for Children's Book of the Year (Awful Auntie)

2015: National Television Award for Most Popular TV Judge (Britain's Got Talent)

2017: Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to charity and the arts

2018: National Television Award for Best TV Judge (Britain's Got Talent)

Facts
David, who appeared in the music video for Charlotte Hatherley's Bastardo in 2005, swam 21 miles in 2006 across the English Channel in 10 hours 30 minutes to raise money for Sport Relief, and followed this in 2008 by swimming across the Strait of Gibraltar (12 miles) in four and a half hours. In 2010, he cycled the UK end to end to help raise £1m for Sport Relief, while in 2011 he swam the length of the River Thames (140 miles), contracting giardiasis and injuring an intervertebral disc, requiring emergency back surgery. David's children's books have sold more than four million copies since the first one was published in 2008. He has also written an autobiography, called Camp David (2012). Between 2010-15 he was married to Dutch model Lara Stone (they divorced, with Walliams citing "unreasonable behaviour"). Here he is on Twitter.

Spencer Wilding (The Creature) Born Jul 26 1972
Doctor Who credits
Played: The Creature (minotaur) in The God Complex (2011)
Played: Wooden King in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (2011)
Played: Skaldak in Cold War (2013)

Played: Quill Goddess in Class: The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did (2016)
Played: Lead Dreg in Orphan 55 (2020)
Career highlights
At two metres (6ft 7in) high, Spencer specialises in playing creatures and supernatural beings. He started out playing a werewolf in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), after which he appeared in The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Batman Begins (2005), Eragon (2006), Stardust (2007), The Golden Compass (2007), The Wolfman (2010), Game of Thrones (2011), Wrath of the Titans (2012), Atlantis (2013), The Legend of Hercules (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Jupiter Ascending (2015), Pan (2015), Victor Frankenstein (2015), Men in Black International (2019) and Hobbs & Shaw (2019). He also played Darth Vader in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).
Facts
Spencer is on Twitter. He was once crowned British/ Welsh kickboxing champion. To see a photo of 6ft 7in Spencer with 7ft actor Phill Martin and 3ft 8in Jimmy Vee (also a Doctor Who alumni), click here.

CREW

Toby Whithouse (writer) Born Jul 5 1970 Click here for Toby Whithouse's entry on School Reunion

Nick Hurran (director) Born 1959
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Girl Who Waited (2011), The God Complex (2011), Asylum of the Daleks (2012), The Angels Take Manhattan (2012), The Day of the Doctor (2013)
Career highlights
Nick started out as a floor manager on the children's anthology series Dramarama (1983-84), as well as Lytton's Diary (1985), Chance in a Million (1984-86) and The Bill (1987/88). His screen directing career began on the quiz show Telly Addicts in the late 1980s, after which he secured work on Never the Twain (1989-90), Big Break (1991), Boon (1992), Outside Edge (1994-96), Virtual Sexuality (1999), The Last Detective (2003), Bonekickers (2008), The Prisoner (2009), Sherlock (2014/17), Fortitude (2015), Minority Report (2015), Childhood's End (2015), Travelers (2016), Altered Carbon (2018) and Devils (2020). Nick has also acted as director/ producer on Walk Away and I Stumble (2005) and A Class Apart (2007), as well as The Last Detective (2003-07).
Facts
Nick's wife is TV producer Michele Buck. Here's Nick on Twitter.

Marcus Wilson (producer) Born Jul 4 1973 Click here for Marcus Wilson's entry on The Impossible Astronaut

Lindsey Alford (script executive) Click here for Lindsey Alford's entry on Daleks in Manhattan