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| Adam Lang (Matthew McNulty) does not look well |
First broadcast: Feb 2 2020
Audience for story: 5.22m
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
Joana Borja (Gabriela Camara) Born Aug 18 1989
Career highlights
Born in Portugal, Joana's debut came in the 2003 series Lusitana Paixao, followed by roles in PICA (2007), Regresso a Sizalinda (2010), Fright Bites (2016) and Traces (2019-22). Her biggest success came playing Lola Barros in 245 episodes of Portuguese soap Morangos com Acucar (2004-05). She is also a dancer and singer.
Warren Brown (Jake Willis) Born May 11 1978
Career highlights
Warren made his debut in Shameless (2005-05), followed by roles in Jane Hall (2006), Mobile (2007), Spooks: Code 9 (2008), Dead Set (2008), The Bill (2008), Grownups (2007-09), Criminal Justice (2009), Single Father (2010), Inside Men (2012), Byzantium (2012), Good Cop (2012), Homefront (2012), Captain Webb (2015), Cargo (2017), The Hatton Garden Job (2017), Liar (2017), Genesis (2018), The Responder (2022) and Trigger Point (2022). He has also enjoyed recurring roles in Hollyoaks as Andy Holt (2005-06), Justin Ripley in Luther (2010-15), Neil Mackay in X Company (2015-17) and Thomas McAllister in Strike Back (2017-20).
Facts
Warren has twice been a World Muay Thai Boxing Champion (including in 1999), and also appears in the music video for deadmau5 and Kaskade's I Remember (2008).
Tristan de Beer (Zach Olsen)
Career highlights
South African Tristan debuted in Shattered Horizon (2015), then The Girl from St Agnes (2019), Critters Attack! (2019), Alles Malan (2019), Moffie (2019), Our Girl (2020), Raised by Wolves (2020) and The Cars That Made the World (2020).
Soo Drouet (Joyce) Born 1962
Career highlights
Soo debuted in Traffik (1989), then appeared in Capital City (1989), The Krays (1990), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Lovejoy (1993), Lady Chatterley (1993), The Upper Hand (1993), To Play the King (1993), Sharpe's Company (1994), Agony Again (1995), Bramwell (1996), Casualty (1996-97), People Like Us (1999), The Cafe (2013), Call the Midwife (2016) and Delicious (2018).
Molly Harris (Suki Cheng)
Career highlights
Molly's other screen work includes Baptiste (2019), Monsoon (2019), Artemis Fowl (2020), I Hate Suzie (2020), The Cipher (2020), Midsomer Murders (2021) and Industry (2022).
Thapelo Maropefela (Aramu) Oct 25 1996 to Oct 24 2021 (injuries resulting from assault)
Career highlights
South African Thapelo's other credits include the short film Timela (2019), The Kingdom (2021) and Abraham Lincoln (2022). He also worked as a model.
Facts
Thapelo was allegedly brutally assaulted by security guards in Maboneng in Johannesburg, and died in his sleep the day before his 25th birthday. The incident occurred on a night out with friends to celebrate his birthday; when a friend urinated against the wall of a nightclub, security guards reacted, and when Thapelo intervened, he was allegedly assaulted. Since Thapelo's passing, his family has campaigned for police to investigate charges of murder.
Matthew McNulty (Adam Lang) Born Dec 14 1982
Career highlights
Born in Germany, Matthew made his screen debut in Emmerdale (2001), followed by roles in Sweet Medicine (2003), Shameless (2006), The Mark of Cain (2007), True Dare Kiss (2007), The Royal (2007), Honest (2008), Unforgiven (2009), Cranford (2009), Five Days (2010), Lark Rise to Candleford (2009-10), Single-Handed (2010), Toast (2010), The Syndicate (2012), Spike Island (2012), Jamaica Inn (2014), Black Work (2015), The Terror (2018), Versailles (2018), The Bay (2019), Deadwater Fell (2020), Domina (2020), Anne (2022) and The Rising (2022). He also had recurring roles as Seth in Misfits (2010-12), Dudley in The Paradise (2012-13) and Lucien Grimaud in The Musketeers (2016).
Facts
Until 2006, he was credited by his birthname of Michael McNulty, but changed to Matthew to avoid confusion with another Equity union member.
Gabriela Toloi (Jamila Velez)
Career highlights
Brazilian Gabriela's only other credited work to date is Psi (2017).
CREW
Pete McTighe (writer)
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Kerblam! (2018), Praxeus (2020)
Career highlights
Pete began his writing career as a story editor on Australian soap Neighbours in 2008, after which he graduated to writing almost 100 episodes between 2008-2014 (including its 6,000th episode). He has also written scripts for Crownies (2011), Tricky Business (2012), EastEnders (2011-13), Nowhere Boys (2014), Love Me (2014), Tatau (2015), Winners and Losers (2012-15), The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2014-16), Wentworth (2013-20, which he also devised), A Discovery of Witches (2021), The Pact (2021, which he also created) and The Rising (2022). He's also worked as a producer on A Discovery of Witches, The Pact and The Rising.
Facts
Pete wrote several of the sleeve notes for the Doctor Who classic series DVD range, and in 2018 became content consultant for the BBC's Doctor Who blu-ray range. Here he is on Twitter.
Chris Chibnall (writer) Born Mar 21 1970 Click here for Chris Chibnall's entry on 42
Jamie Magnus Stone (director) Born Dec 15 1985
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Clara and the TARDIS (2013, uncredited), Spyfall Part One (2020), Praxeus (2020), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), Flux chapters 1, 2 & 4 (2021), Centenary special (2022)
Career highlights
Jamie's credited career began in 2006 as writer, producer and director of the short film Fritz, after which he worked in similar capacities on other shorts such as Two Dreams (2007), Astronaut (2009), Skyborn (2012) and the BAFTA-nominated Orbit Ever After (2013). He also worked as editor on documentaries such as Scotland's Brand New Bank (2009) and Old MacDonald's Farm (2012). His directing work includes The World According To (2008), The Village (2014), Tripped (2015), X Company (2015-16), The Last Dragonslayer (2016) and Queens of Mystery (2019).
Awards
2008: BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Animation (The World According To) - shared with Anders Jedenfors
Facts
Jamie is the son of broadcaster Sally Magnusson (best known for Songs of Praise) and director/ producer Norman Stone, the grandson of Magnus Magnusson, quizmaster on Mastermind between 1972-97, and the nephew of Jon Magnusson, a TV producer who works often with Graham Norton.
Matthew McNulty (Adam Lang) Born Dec 14 1982
Career highlights
Born in Germany, Matthew made his screen debut in Emmerdale (2001), followed by roles in Sweet Medicine (2003), Shameless (2006), The Mark of Cain (2007), True Dare Kiss (2007), The Royal (2007), Honest (2008), Unforgiven (2009), Cranford (2009), Five Days (2010), Lark Rise to Candleford (2009-10), Single-Handed (2010), Toast (2010), The Syndicate (2012), Spike Island (2012), Jamaica Inn (2014), Black Work (2015), The Terror (2018), Versailles (2018), The Bay (2019), Deadwater Fell (2020), Domina (2020), Anne (2022) and The Rising (2022). He also had recurring roles as Seth in Misfits (2010-12), Dudley in The Paradise (2012-13) and Lucien Grimaud in The Musketeers (2016).
Facts
Until 2006, he was credited by his birthname of Michael McNulty, but changed to Matthew to avoid confusion with another Equity union member.
Gabriela Toloi (Jamila Velez)
Career highlights
Brazilian Gabriela's only other credited work to date is Psi (2017).
CREW
Pete McTighe (writer)
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Kerblam! (2018), Praxeus (2020)
Career highlights
Pete began his writing career as a story editor on Australian soap Neighbours in 2008, after which he graduated to writing almost 100 episodes between 2008-2014 (including its 6,000th episode). He has also written scripts for Crownies (2011), Tricky Business (2012), EastEnders (2011-13), Nowhere Boys (2014), Love Me (2014), Tatau (2015), Winners and Losers (2012-15), The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2014-16), Wentworth (2013-20, which he also devised), A Discovery of Witches (2021), The Pact (2021, which he also created) and The Rising (2022). He's also worked as a producer on A Discovery of Witches, The Pact and The Rising.
Facts
Pete wrote several of the sleeve notes for the Doctor Who classic series DVD range, and in 2018 became content consultant for the BBC's Doctor Who blu-ray range. Here he is on Twitter.
Chris Chibnall (writer) Born Mar 21 1970 Click here for Chris Chibnall's entry on 42
Jamie Magnus Stone (director) Born Dec 15 1985
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Clara and the TARDIS (2013, uncredited), Spyfall Part One (2020), Praxeus (2020), Ascension of the Cybermen/ The Timeless Children (2020), Flux chapters 1, 2 & 4 (2021), Centenary special (2022)
Career highlights
Jamie's credited career began in 2006 as writer, producer and director of the short film Fritz, after which he worked in similar capacities on other shorts such as Two Dreams (2007), Astronaut (2009), Skyborn (2012) and the BAFTA-nominated Orbit Ever After (2013). He also worked as editor on documentaries such as Scotland's Brand New Bank (2009) and Old MacDonald's Farm (2012). His directing work includes The World According To (2008), The Village (2014), Tripped (2015), X Company (2015-16), The Last Dragonslayer (2016) and Queens of Mystery (2019).
Awards
2008: BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Animation (The World According To) - shared with Anders Jedenfors
Facts
Jamie is the son of broadcaster Sally Magnusson (best known for Songs of Praise) and director/ producer Norman Stone, the grandson of Magnus Magnusson, quizmaster on Mastermind between 1972-97, and the nephew of Jon Magnusson, a TV producer who works often with Graham Norton.
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