Fugitive of the Judoon

The Doctor. A Doctor. Which Doctor?
(Jo Martin)

One episode (Fugitive of the Judoon)
First broadcast: Jan 26 2020
Audience for story: 5.57m

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

Ritu Arya (Gat) Born Sep 17 1988
Career highlights
Ritu debuted in The Tunnel (2013), followed by Sherlock (2014), Daphne (2017), Crackanory (2017), Humans (2016-18), The Good Karma Hospital (2018-19), Last Christmas (2019), Sticks and Stones (2019), The Stranger (2020), Feel Good (2020) and Barbie (2023). Ritu also played Dr Megan Sharma in 37 episodes of Doctors (2017) and Lila Pitts in 20 episodes of The Umbrella Academy (2020-22).

Facts

Ritu is also a drummer with the band KIN.

John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness) Born March 11 1967 Click here for John Barrowman's entry on The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances

Michael Begley (All Ears Allan) Born Dec 12 1972
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mulligan in The Curse of the Black Spot (2011)
Played: All Ears Allan in Fugitive of the Judoon (2020)
Career highlights
Debuted in London's Burning (1996), followed by Hillsborough (1996), This Life (1997), The Grand (1998), Heartbeat (2000), Bob and Rose (2001), Dalziel and Pascoe (2005), The Last Detective (2007), Minder (2009), Being Human (2009-10), EastEnders (2013), Foyle's War (2015), Vera (2020), The A Word (2020) and Call the Midwife (2021). He played PC Richard Law in 31 episodes of City Central (1998-2000), Rick Straud in William and Mary (2003-05) and Henry Salisbury in Doctors (2009-10). More recently he has become a television script writer, penning several episodes of soap EastEnders (2010-20).
Facts
In 2014, Michael created the alternative persona Mister Serenade, a retro vintage singer who performs classic songs from the 1930s while playing the ukulele. He is married to Sally Abbott, writer for series such as Casualty, Vera and Death in Paradise.

Nicholas Briggs (Voice of the Judoon) Born Sep 29 1961 Click here for Nicholas Briggs' entry on Rose

Simon Carew (Judoon) Born 1987
Doctor Who credits
Played: Pilgrim in The Snowmen (2012, uncredited), The Crimson Horror (2013, uncredited)

Played: Cyberman in Nightmare in Silver (2013, uncredited), The Time of the Doctor (2013, uncredited), Dark Water/ Death in Heaven (2014, uncredited), Face the Raven (2015, uncredited), Hell Bent (2015, uncredited), World Enough and Time/ The Doctor Falls (2017, uncredited), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), Flux (2021, uncredited), The Power of the Doctor (2022)

Played: Civilian in The Day of the Doctor (2013, uncredited)

Played: Waiter droid in Deep Breath (2014, uncredited)

Played: Guard in Time Heist (2014, uncredited), Extremis (2017, uncredited)

Played: Dalek operator in The Witch's Familiar (2015, uncredited)

Played: UNIT soldier in The Zygon Invasion/ The Zygon Inversion (2015, uncredited)

Played: Sandman in Sleep No More (2015, uncredited)

Played: Porter in The Husbands of River Song (2015, uncredited)

Played: Movellan in The Pilot (2017, uncredited)

Played: German soldier in Twice Upon a Time (2017, uncredited)

Played: Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon (2020)

Played: Ood in Flux (2021)

Played: Sea Devil in Legend of the Sea Devils (2022)
Simon also played a monster at the 2013 Doctor Who Prom.

Richard Highgate (Judoon) Born 1970
Doctor Who credits
Played: Dalek operator in Asylum of the Daleks (2012, uncredited), Into the Dalek (2014, uncredited), The Witch's Familiar (2015, uncredited)

Played: Extra in The Power of Three (2012, uncredited)

Played: UNIT soldier in The Day of the Doctor (2013, uncredited)

Played: Mire warrior in The Girl Who Died (2015, uncredited)

Played: Roadsweeper in The Zygon Inversion (2015, uncredited)

Played: Red man in The Husbands of River Song (2015, uncredited)

Played: Kerblam postman in Kerblam! (2018, uncredited)

Played: Royal guard in The Witchfinders (2018, uncredited)

Played: Sniperbot in The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos (2018, uncredited)
Played: Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon (2020)
Played: Cyberman in World Enough and Time/ The Doctor Falls (2017, uncredited), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020)

Career highlights
Richard is expert in combat skills and historical European martial arts, and has consequently been cast in physical roles in productions such as Born of Hope (2009), Chronicles of Syntax (2013), The First Musketeer (2014), The Journey (2014), Ren (2016), The Intent (2016) and Kamikaze (2016).
Facts
Until 2011, he worked under the name Richard Roberts. His nickname is "Squish".

Paul Kasey (Judoon Captain Pol-Kon-Don) Born Aug 5 1973 Click here for Paul Kasey's entry on Rose

Katie Luckins (Tourist)
This is Katie's only credited screen work to date.

Jo Martin (Ruth Clayton/ The Doctor) Born Apr 29 1980
Doctor Who credits
Played: The Doctor in Fugitive of the Judoon (2020, also "Ruth Clayton"), The Timeless Children (2020), Flux (2021), Centenary special (2022)
Career highlights
Jo made her debut in For Queen & Country in 1988, followed by roles in Birds of a Feather (1990), The Brittas Empire (1991), Dodgem (1991), Desmond's (1994), The Real McCoy (1996, which she also wrote for), Chef! (1996), The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999), My Family (2003), The Crouches (2003-05), Batman Begins (2005), Deadmeat (2007), Top Boy (2013), Wizards vs Aliens (2013), Dragonfly (2015), Still Open All Hours (2016), Jonathan Creek (2016), Maxxx (2017), Been So Long (2018), The Long Song (2018), Fleabag (2019), Blue Story (2019), Liar (2020), Small Axe (2020), Back to Life (2019-21), Top Boy (2013/22) and 97 Minutes (2023). She is best recognised for playing Max McGerry in 95 episodes of Holby City (2019-22).

Richard Price (Judoon) Born May 26 1981
Doctor Who credits
Played: Guest in The Runaway Bride (2006, uncredited), The Lazarus Experiment (2007, uncredited)
Played: Passerby in Partners in Crime (2008, uncredited), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Mark of the Berserker (2008, uncredited)
Played: Takran soldier in The Doctor's Daughter (2008, uncredited)
Played: Shadow Kin in Class: The Lost (2016, uncredited)
Played: Cyberman in World Enough and Time/ The Doctor Falls (2017, uncredited), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), Flux (2021, uncredited)
Played: Kerblam postman in Kerblam! (2018, uncredited)
Played: Teammate in Kerblam! (2018, uncredited)
Played: Sniperbot in The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos (2018, uncredited)
Played: Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon (2020)

Played: Dalek operator in Revolution of the Daleks (2021, uncredited)

Played: Tourist in Flux (2021, uncredited)

Played: Sea Devil in Legend of the Sea Devils (2022)
Career highlights
Richard is a hugely prolific supporting actor, making his uncredited debut in In His Life: The John Lennon Story (2000), followed by small parts in productions such as 24 Hour Party People (2002), Shameless (2004), Mayo (2006), Being Human (2009), Hustle (2012), Our Girl (2014), Cucumber (2015), Galavant (2016), Raised by Wolves (2016), Houdini and Doyle (2016), The Crown (2016), No Offence (2015-17), Wonder Woman (2017), Ackley Bridge (2017), Phantom Thread (2017), The City and the City (2018), Humans (2018), Christopher Robin (2018), Peterloo (2018), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Cold Feet (2019), Dumbo (2019), Dolittle (2020), Ted Lasso (2020), Last Night in Soho (2021), The Batman (2022), Morbius (2022) and Sister Boniface Mysteries (2022).

Matthew Rohman (Judoon) Born 1986
Doctor Who credits
Played: Reporter in Partners in Crime (2008, uncredited)
Played: Saved in Forest of the Dead (2008, uncredited)
Played: Sand person in Torchwood: Adam (2008, uncredited)
Played: Policeman in Deep Breath (2014, uncredited)
Played: Axe fight crowd member in The Magician's Apprentice (2015, uncredited)
Played: Murdered student in Class: For Tonight We Must Die (2016, uncredited)
Played: Shadowkin soldier in Class: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart (2016, uncredited), Brave-ish Heart (2016, uncredited)
Played: Gunrunner in Smile (2017, uncredited)
Played: Monk in The Pyramid at the End of the World (2017, uncredited), The Lie of the Land (2017, uncredited)
Played: Soldier in Empress of Mars (2017, uncredited), Twice Upon a Time (2017, uncredited)
Played: Patient in World Enough and Time (2017, uncredited)
Played: Cyberman in The Doctor Falls (2017, uncredited), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), Flux (2021, uncredited)
Played: Sniperbot in The Ghost Monument (2018, uncredited), The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos (2018, uncredited)
Played: Kerblam Man Postman in Kerblam! (2018, uncredited)
Played: Teammate in Kerblam! (2018, uncredited)
Played: Light Monster in Spyfall (2020, uncredited)
Played: Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon (2020)
Career highlights
Matthew's first role was in Come Fly with Me (2007), followed by Life on Mars (2007), Merlin (2008), New Worlds (2014), The Crimson Field (2014), Poldark (2015), Downton Abbey (2015), The Bastard Executioner (2015) and Sherlock (2012/17).

Judith Street (Marcia) Born 1950
Career highlights
Debuted in The Bill (1992), and has also appeared in Hale and Pace (1995), To the Manor Born (2007) and Britannia (2019).

Facts

Judith made her West End debut in 2017 in the musical The Girls, after decades of playing understudy in various productions.

Neil Stuke (Lee Clayton) Born Feb 22 1966
Career highlights
Neil made his debut in The Bill (1991), then Poirot (1993), Heartbeat (1994), Resort to Murder (1995), Karaoke/ Cold Lazarus (1996), Sliding Doors (1998), Seesaw (1998), Grafters (1998), The Suicide Club (2000), The Sins (2000), Office Gossip (2001), Trust (2003), Murder in Suburbia (2005), The Virgin Queen (2006), Monday Monday (2009), Death in Paradise (2011), Lewis (2013), Suspects (2016), Doctor Foster (2015-17), Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2019), We Hunt Together (2020) and Cobra (2021). He enjoyed regular work as the second iteration of Matthew in sitcom Game On (1996-98), James Tennant in The Bill (2006-07), Billy Lamb in Silk (2011-14) and Laurence Cooke in Silent Witness (2016-18).

Facts

In 2017, it was reported that Neil was campaigning against fast food chain McDonald's opening a drive-thru in his home town of Deal, Kent. Some of Neil's social media messages were deemed "foul-mouthed" and offensive towards local councillors.

CREW

Vinay Patel (writer) Born Mar 16 1986
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Demons of the Punjab (2018), Fugitive of the Judoon (2020)
Career highlights
Vinay's earliest screen work was as writer, director, producer and editor of the 2008 short film No, You'd Better Watch Out, after which he wrote material for Murdered by My Father (2016), The Good Karma Hospital (2017) and One Day (2023). He also writes for the theatre, including True Brits (2014), Free Fall (2014) and An Adventure (2018).
Awards
2017: Royal Television Society Award for Best Single Drama (Murdered by My Father) - shared with production team
Facts
Here's Vinay on Twitter.

Chris Chibnall (writer) Born Mar 21 1970 Click here for Chris Chibnall's entry on 42

Nida Manzoor (director)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (2020), Fugitive of the Judoon (2020)
Career highlights
Nida started out writing and directing short films such as Layla (2013) and Arcade (2013), then secured work directing Enterprice (2017-18), Hounslow Diaries (2018) and We Are Lady Parts (2021). She has also written episodes of the series Dixi (2016), Jamillah and Aladdin (2016) and is creator, producer and writer of We Are Lady Parts.

Awards

2019: Royal Television Society Craft and Design Award for Comedy Director (Enterprice)

2022: BAFTA TV Award for Comedy Writer (We Are Lady Parts)