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First broadcast: Jan 12 2020
Audience for story: 5.38m
REGULAR CAST
Jodie Whittaker (The Doctor) Born Jun 17 1982 Click here for Jodie Whittaker's entry on Twice Upon a Time
Mandip Gill (Yasmin Khan) Born Jan 5 1988 Click here for Mandip Gill's entry on The Woman Who Fell to Earth
Tosin Cole (Ryan Sinclair) Born Jul 23 1992 Click here for Tosin Cole's entry on The Woman Who Fell to Earth
Bradley Walsh (Graham O'Brien) Born Jun 4 1960 Click here for Bradley Walsh's entry on The Woman Who Fell to Earth
GUEST CAST
Will Austin (Vorm) Born Nov 28 19??
Career highlights
Will debuted in 24: Live Another Day (2014), followed by roles in Down Dog (2014), Babylon (2014), Doctors (2016), The Coroner (2016), Casualty (2017), Justice League (2017/21), The Windsors (2020), The Batman (2022) and EastEnders (2022).
Amy Booth-Steel (Hyph3n)
Career highlights
Amy made her screen breakthrough as one of the potential candidates to play Nancy in the talent search show I'd Do Anything in 2008, after which she appeared in M.I High (2008), Hustle (2011), Kill Keith (2011), Doctors (2016), The Windsors (2017), Coronation Street (2018), Zomboat! (2019), Buffering (2021), Stath Lets Flats (2021), Call the Midwife (2021) and The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk (2022).
Facts
In 2014, Amy was diagnosed with stage three cancer and told she could be "dead by Christmas". However, in 2019 she staged a one-woman show at the Edinburgh Fringe, directed by Kathy Burke, chronicling her story, and battle with mental and physical health.
James Buckley (Nevi) Born Aug 14 1987
Career highlights
James is best known as Jay Cartwright in the sitcom The Inbetweeners, which ran for 18 episodes between 2008-10, as well as having two spin-off movies in 2011 and 2014. His debut came in 'Orrible (2001), followed by Teachers (2004), Skins (2007), Off the Hook (2009), Rock & Chips (2010-11), Charlie Countryman (2013), The Boy in the Dress (2014), Red Dwarf (2017), Zapped (2016-18), I Feel Bad (2018) and White Gold (2017-19).
Facts
James appeared in a TV ad for Hellman's in 2004 (aged 17), and indulged his musical side by appearing in the video for State of Emotion's The Unsung (2010), and playing guitar and providing backing vocals on Steve Cradock's 2011 album Peace City West.
Col Farrell (Benni) Born Dec 6 1938
Career highlights
Debuted in Five More (1966), followed by Mr John Jorrocks (1966), The Gamblers (1967), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), The Doctors (1970-71), The Fenn Street Gang (1971), Crown Court (1973), Dixon of Dock Green (1974), The Land That Time Forgot (1974), Porridge (1975), Trinity Tales (1975), Hadleigh (1976), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Blake's 7 (1979), Gandhi (1982), Henry's Leg (1986), Lytton's Diary (1986), The Wars of the Roses (1990-91), Boon (1992), Lovejoy (1993), Seaforth (1994), I'm Alan Partridge (1997), Midsomer Murders (1998), A Touch of Frost (2001), Last of the Summer Wine (2006), New Tricks (2011), Top Boy (2019), Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar (2019), After Life (2022) and Avoidance (2022). Col also regularly played Ernie Hadfield in the sitcom In Loving Memory (1979-86).
Facts
Col's wife is fellow actor Ann Penfold. Their daughter Maddie sadly died in a car accident, but their son Tom has become a stage manager.
Julia Foster (Vilma) Born Aug 2 1943
Career highlights
Julia made a name for herself playing student nurse Anne Carson in Emergency Ward 10 (1960-61), followed by parts in Your World (1961), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963), Taxi! (1963), The Bargee (1964), Two Left Feet (1965), Alfie (1966), Major Barbara (1966), Half a Sixpence (1967), The Sex Game (1968), Percy (1971), Good Girl (1974), Moll Flanders (1975), Ghosts (1977), Wilde Alliance (1978), The Cabbage Patch (1983), Late Starter (1985), News at Twelve (1988), Virtual Murder (1992), Flick (2008), Dad's Army (2016) and Holby City (2001/19).
Facts
Julia's first husband was Lionel Morton, presenter on children's shows such as Play Away and Play School, and a member of the 1960s band The Four Pennies. Her second husband is celebrity vet Bruce Fogle, with whom she has two children (one of which is TV presenter/ adventurer Ben Fogle). The 15-year gap in her screen CV is down to the fact Julia ran an antique furniture shop, specialising in 18th and 19th century Scandinavian painted furniture. Julia may also be remembered for her appearance with director Michael Winner in a TV ad for Esure in 2003 ("Calm down, dear!"). In 2017, Julia almost died after an epidural went wrong and all of her organs began to fail. She was given a tracheotomy to save her life, and spent the next five months in hospital recovering, having to relearn how to walk and speak.
Laura Fraser (Kane) Born Jul 24 1975
Career highlights
Debuted in the short Good Day for the Bad Guys in 1995, after which she appeared in Taggart (1996), Small Faces (1996), Neverwhere (1996), The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), Cousin Bette (1998), The Tribe (1998), Virtual Sexuality (1999), Titus (1999), Kevin and Perry Go Large (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Vanilla Sky (2001), He Knew He Was Right (2004), Conviction (2004), Casanova (2005), Talk to Me (2007), Cuckoo (2009), Single Father (2010), Lip Service (2010-12), Black Box (2014), Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2015), Houdini and Doyle (2016), The Missing (2016), The Loch (2017), Dark Encounter (2019), The Pact (2021) and Traces (2019-22). Laura also played Lydia Rodarte-Quayle in Breaking Bad (2012-13) and its spin-off Better Call Saul (2017-20).
Awards
2017: BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Television Actress (The Missing)
Facts
Laura is married to fellow actor Karl Geary, who appeared in Madonna's controversial book Sex in 1992.
Lewin Lloyd (Sylas) Born Dec 18 2006
Career highlights
Lewin debuted in Taboo (2017), then took parts in Fortitude (2017), The Alienist (2018), The Aeronauts (2019), Judy (2019), His Dark Materials (2019-20) and Pinocchio (2022).
Gia Re (Bella) Born Jan 12 1994
Career highlights
Gia's other appearances include Spirit Warriors (2009), Jinx! (2009), Rocket's Island (2012-15), Which is Witch (2014), The Sparticle Mystery (2015) and Bring It On: Worldwide Showdown (2017).
Facts
Gia has also been credited as Gia Lodge-O'Meally.
CREW
Lee Haven Jones (director) Born Jun 10 1976
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Spyfall Part Two (2020), Orphan 55 (2020), Revolution of the Daleks (2021)
Career highlights
Lee started out as an actor, having worked on Love in a Cold Climate (2001) and the short film Perfect Day (2010), making his name on Welsh language TV playing Emyr Tomos in 45 episodes of Caerdydd (2006-10) and Gwaith/ Cartref (2011). Lee then moved behind the cameras to direct, starting with Caerdydd (2010), then soap Pobol y Cwm (2012), The Indian Doctor (2012-13), Wizards vs Aliens (2014), Waterloo Road (2015), Casualty (2013-16), Vera (2017-18), Shetland (2018), The Bay (2019), The Long Call (2021) and Wolf (2022). He has also produced, including Tir (2013-15), Want It (2015) and Bang (2017-20).
Awards
2013: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Director: Fiction (The Indian Doctor)
2016: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Director: Fiction (35 Diwrnod)
Facts
Here is Lee on Twitter.
James Buckley (Nevi) Born Aug 14 1987
Career highlights
James is best known as Jay Cartwright in the sitcom The Inbetweeners, which ran for 18 episodes between 2008-10, as well as having two spin-off movies in 2011 and 2014. His debut came in 'Orrible (2001), followed by Teachers (2004), Skins (2007), Off the Hook (2009), Rock & Chips (2010-11), Charlie Countryman (2013), The Boy in the Dress (2014), Red Dwarf (2017), Zapped (2016-18), I Feel Bad (2018) and White Gold (2017-19).
Facts
James appeared in a TV ad for Hellman's in 2004 (aged 17), and indulged his musical side by appearing in the video for State of Emotion's The Unsung (2010), and playing guitar and providing backing vocals on Steve Cradock's 2011 album Peace City West.
Col Farrell (Benni) Born Dec 6 1938
Career highlights
Debuted in Five More (1966), followed by Mr John Jorrocks (1966), The Gamblers (1967), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), The Doctors (1970-71), The Fenn Street Gang (1971), Crown Court (1973), Dixon of Dock Green (1974), The Land That Time Forgot (1974), Porridge (1975), Trinity Tales (1975), Hadleigh (1976), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Blake's 7 (1979), Gandhi (1982), Henry's Leg (1986), Lytton's Diary (1986), The Wars of the Roses (1990-91), Boon (1992), Lovejoy (1993), Seaforth (1994), I'm Alan Partridge (1997), Midsomer Murders (1998), A Touch of Frost (2001), Last of the Summer Wine (2006), New Tricks (2011), Top Boy (2019), Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar (2019), After Life (2022) and Avoidance (2022). Col also regularly played Ernie Hadfield in the sitcom In Loving Memory (1979-86).
Facts
Col's wife is fellow actor Ann Penfold. Their daughter Maddie sadly died in a car accident, but their son Tom has become a stage manager.
Julia Foster (Vilma) Born Aug 2 1943
Career highlights
Julia made a name for herself playing student nurse Anne Carson in Emergency Ward 10 (1960-61), followed by parts in Your World (1961), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963), Taxi! (1963), The Bargee (1964), Two Left Feet (1965), Alfie (1966), Major Barbara (1966), Half a Sixpence (1967), The Sex Game (1968), Percy (1971), Good Girl (1974), Moll Flanders (1975), Ghosts (1977), Wilde Alliance (1978), The Cabbage Patch (1983), Late Starter (1985), News at Twelve (1988), Virtual Murder (1992), Flick (2008), Dad's Army (2016) and Holby City (2001/19).
Facts
Julia's first husband was Lionel Morton, presenter on children's shows such as Play Away and Play School, and a member of the 1960s band The Four Pennies. Her second husband is celebrity vet Bruce Fogle, with whom she has two children (one of which is TV presenter/ adventurer Ben Fogle). The 15-year gap in her screen CV is down to the fact Julia ran an antique furniture shop, specialising in 18th and 19th century Scandinavian painted furniture. Julia may also be remembered for her appearance with director Michael Winner in a TV ad for Esure in 2003 ("Calm down, dear!"). In 2017, Julia almost died after an epidural went wrong and all of her organs began to fail. She was given a tracheotomy to save her life, and spent the next five months in hospital recovering, having to relearn how to walk and speak.
Laura Fraser (Kane) Born Jul 24 1975
Career highlights
Debuted in the short Good Day for the Bad Guys in 1995, after which she appeared in Taggart (1996), Small Faces (1996), Neverwhere (1996), The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), Cousin Bette (1998), The Tribe (1998), Virtual Sexuality (1999), Titus (1999), Kevin and Perry Go Large (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Vanilla Sky (2001), He Knew He Was Right (2004), Conviction (2004), Casanova (2005), Talk to Me (2007), Cuckoo (2009), Single Father (2010), Lip Service (2010-12), Black Box (2014), Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2015), Houdini and Doyle (2016), The Missing (2016), The Loch (2017), Dark Encounter (2019), The Pact (2021) and Traces (2019-22). Laura also played Lydia Rodarte-Quayle in Breaking Bad (2012-13) and its spin-off Better Call Saul (2017-20).
Awards
2017: BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Television Actress (The Missing)
Facts
Laura is married to fellow actor Karl Geary, who appeared in Madonna's controversial book Sex in 1992.
Lewin Lloyd (Sylas) Born Dec 18 2006
Career highlights
Lewin debuted in Taboo (2017), then took parts in Fortitude (2017), The Alienist (2018), The Aeronauts (2019), Judy (2019), His Dark Materials (2019-20) and Pinocchio (2022).
Gia Re (Bella) Born Jan 12 1994
Career highlights
Gia's other appearances include Spirit Warriors (2009), Jinx! (2009), Rocket's Island (2012-15), Which is Witch (2014), The Sparticle Mystery (2015) and Bring It On: Worldwide Showdown (2017).
Facts
Gia has also been credited as Gia Lodge-O'Meally.
Spencer Wilding (Lead Dreg) 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)
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.
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
Ed Hime (writer) Born 1980
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: It Takes You Away (2018), Orphan 55 (2020)
Career highlights
Ed's TV writing has included scripts for Skins (2010-11), The Watch (2021), Lockwood & Co (2022), and he has also written for radio and the stage.
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: It Takes You Away (2018), Orphan 55 (2020)
Career highlights
Ed's TV writing has included scripts for Skins (2010-11), The Watch (2021), Lockwood & Co (2022), and he has also written for radio and the stage.
Facts
In 2019, Ed was twice arrested as part of the Extinction Rebellion campaign group's activities, charged with public order offences and obstruction of the highway. He was found guilty. You can read about his experience here.
Lee Haven Jones (director) Born Jun 10 1976
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Spyfall Part Two (2020), Orphan 55 (2020), Revolution of the Daleks (2021)
Career highlights
Lee started out as an actor, having worked on Love in a Cold Climate (2001) and the short film Perfect Day (2010), making his name on Welsh language TV playing Emyr Tomos in 45 episodes of Caerdydd (2006-10) and Gwaith/ Cartref (2011). Lee then moved behind the cameras to direct, starting with Caerdydd (2010), then soap Pobol y Cwm (2012), The Indian Doctor (2012-13), Wizards vs Aliens (2014), Waterloo Road (2015), Casualty (2013-16), Vera (2017-18), Shetland (2018), The Bay (2019), The Long Call (2021) and Wolf (2022). He has also produced, including Tir (2013-15), Want It (2015) and Bang (2017-20).
Awards
2013: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Director: Fiction (The Indian Doctor)
2016: BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Director: Fiction (35 Diwrnod)
Facts
Here is Lee on Twitter.
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