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First broadcast: Oct 31 to Dec 5 2021
Audience for story: 4.95m
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
John Bishop (Dan Lewis) Born Nov 30 1966
Career highlights
John is one of the UK's biggest names in comedy, but his acting CV stretches back as far as 2008's Skins (2009-10), followed by parts in Route Irish (2010), Accused (2012), Fearless (2017), Funny Cow (2017) and Next Exit (2022). He first performed stand-up comedy in 2000, and since then has appeared on various comedy programmes on TV, including Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, Live at the Apollo and panel shows such as Would I Lie to You? and Have I Got News for You. He has also presented his own shows, such as John Bishop's Britain (2010-11), John Bishop's Australia (2014) and John Bishop's Ireland (2019). In 2022 he had his own John Bishop Show. He has also appeared in Take That's music video for the Comic Relief single Happy Now (2011) and the Justice Collective's He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (2012). John has released several DVDs of his stand-up tours, including Elvis Has Left the Building (2010), Rollercoaster (2012) and Winging It (2018).
Awards
2010: British Comedy Award for Best Male Comedy Breakthrough Artist
Facts
John is an avid charity fundraiser, having cycled from Sydney to Liverpool for the NSPCC in 1992; run a triathlon from Paris to London for Sport Relief in 2012; and donating £96,000 to the Hillsborough Family Support Group in 2014. John is a former footballer, having played for teams such as Crewe Alexandra, Runcorn, Rhyl, Southport, Stalybridge, Caernarfon and Holywell Town. His brother is Eddie Bishop, who played in midfield for football teams Tranmere Rovers, Chester City and Crewe Alexandra. John's eldest son Joe became deaf aged 15, prompting John to learn sign language. In 2018 John was named Ally of the Year at the British LGBT Awards when he spoke about his gay son.
GUEST CAST
Nadia Albina (Diane Curtis) Born 1980
Doctor Who credits
Played: Diane Curtis in Flux (2021), Legend of the Sea Devils (2022, uncredited)
Career highlights
Debuted in Beautiful People (2009), followed by Doctors (2010), Come Fly with Me (2011), Trauma (2018), Marcella (2018), Home (2019), Years and Years (2019), Innocent (2021), Sherwood (2022) and Lion vs the Little People (2022).
Facts
Nadia was born with a foreshortened right arm.
Sarah Amankwah (En Sentac)
Career highlights
Debuted as a zombie in World War Z (2013), then Marcella (2016) and Black Earth Rising (2018).
Facts
Sarah is a member of the Rebirth Network Christian dance crew.
Jacob Anderson (Vinder) Born Jun 18 1990
Doctor Who credits
Played: Vinder in Flux (2021), The Power of the Doctor (2022)
Career highlights
Jacob made his debut in the 2003 short film Pool Shark, then found roles in Doctors (2007), The Bill (2007), Primeval (2008), Adulthood (2008), Spooks (2008), Injustice (2011), Skins (2012), Episodes (2012), Beaver Falls (2012), Broadchurch (2013), The Mimic (2013-14) and Interview with the Vampire (2022). He is best remembered for playing Grey Worm in 34 episodes of Game of Thrones (2013-19).
Facts
As well as being an actor, Jacob is also a musician, performing under the alias Raleigh Ritchie. As well as releasing his own material - including the albums You're a Man Now, Boy (2016), which reached number 32 in the UK album chart, and Andy (2020) - he has performed with Plan B and Stormzy. Jacob is married to actor Aisling Loftus.
Robert Bathurst (Farquhar) Born Feb 22 1957
Career highlights
After debuting on screen in the 1977 Cambridge Footlights Revue, Ghana-born Robert appeared in The Lenny Henry Show (1984-85), Whoops Apocalypse (1986), Red Dwarf (1988), Just Ask for Diamond (1988), Anything More Would Be Greedy (1989), No Job for a Lady (1992), The Detectives (1994), Get Well Soon (1997), White Teeth (2002), Blackadder (2003), Heidi (2005), The Thief Lord (2006), Kingdom (2007), My Family (2006-09), The Pillars of the Earth (2010), Wild at Heart (2012), Downton Abbey (2010-12), Dracula (2013), Blandings (2013-14), Cockroaches (2015), Mrs Brown's Boys (2015), What a Carve Up! (2020), The Mezzotint (2021), The Larkins (2021) and Munich: The Edge of War (2021). Robert will be best known for playing David Marsden in 61 episodes of Cold Feet between 1997-2020, as well as Mark Taylor in the sitcom Joking Apart (1991-95), the Prime Minister in My Dad's the Prime Minister (2003-04) and Ed Howzer-Black in Toast of London (2012-20) and Toast of Tinseltown (2022).
Facts
Robert is married to artist Victoria Threlfall. He originally auditioned for the part of Rimmer in Red Dwarf, as well as James Bond for The Living Daylights. Robert appears in the music video for Westlife's hit single Uptown Girl (2001).
Nicholas Blane (Millington) Born 1971
Career highlights
Debuted in the Miss Marple story 4:50 from Paddington (1987), followed by Drummonds (1987), The Piglet Files (1990), Love on a Branch Line (1994), Elidor (1995), September Song (1995), Reckless (1997), Great Expectations (1999), Trial and Retribution (1997-2002), Pierrepoint (2005), The Illusionist (2006), Life on Mars (2006), Little Dorrit (2008), The Tudors (2010), Whitechapel (2010), The Body Farm (2011), Game of Thrones (2012), Spies of Warsaw (2013), The Great Fire (2014), A Very English Scandal (2018) and It's a Sin (2021).
Heather Bleasdale (Wilma)
Career highlights
Heather debuted in Ain't Misbehavin' (1995), followed by Bright Hair (1997), Grafters (1999), Waking the Dead (2001), Merseybeat (2002), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Powers (2004), The Golden Hour (2005), Silent Witness (2007), Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007), Murderland (2009), Law and Order UK (2011), Hollyoaks (2012), Coronation Street (2013), Doctor Foster (2015), Maigret (2016), Little Boy Blue (2017) and Vera (2022).
Facts
Heather is married to actor Vincenzo Nicoli.
Nicholas Briggs (Voice of the Daleks & Cybermen) Born Sep 29 1961 Click here for Nicholas Briggs' entry on Rose
Vincent Brimble (Gerald) Born Apr 8 1948
Doctor Who credits
Played: Tarpok in Warriors of the Deep (1984)
Played: Gerald in Flux (2021)
Career highlights
Debuting in 1963's Lorna Doone, Vincent's further work includes Z Cars (1978), Matilda's England (1979), Butterflies (1979), A Married Man (1983), Bulman (1985), Grange Hill (1986-87, as Mr Glover), Executive Stress (1988), Toksvig (1988), Between the Lines (1993), Bugs (1996), Wycliffe (1997), The Alan Clark Diaries (2004), Mistresses (2009), U Want Me 2 Kill Him? (2012), Wizards vs Aliens (2014), War & Peace (2016), Tokyo Trial (2016), Emmerdale (2018) and Jessy and Nessy (2020-21).
Facts
Vincent's father was actor Roy Brimble, who also played cricket for St Michael's in Bristol, UK, for a time, while Vincent's brothers are also actors - Ian and Nick Brimble. Vincent is married to actor Janet Spencer-Turner.
Career highlights
Debuting in 1963's Lorna Doone, Vincent's further work includes Z Cars (1978), Matilda's England (1979), Butterflies (1979), A Married Man (1983), Bulman (1985), Grange Hill (1986-87, as Mr Glover), Executive Stress (1988), Toksvig (1988), Between the Lines (1993), Bugs (1996), Wycliffe (1997), The Alan Clark Diaries (2004), Mistresses (2009), U Want Me 2 Kill Him? (2012), Wizards vs Aliens (2014), War & Peace (2016), Tokyo Trial (2016), Emmerdale (2018) and Jessy and Nessy (2020-21).
Facts
Vincent's father was actor Roy Brimble, who also played cricket for St Michael's in Bristol, UK, for a time, while Vincent's brothers are also actors - Ian and Nick Brimble. Vincent is married to actor Janet Spencer-Turner.
Paul Broughton (Neville) Born Jan 21 1957
Career highlights
Debuted in Needle (1990), then Between the Lines (1992), Spender (1993), Cadfael (1994), Brookside (1994-96), Heartbeat (1998), Liverpool 1 (1998-99), City Central (2000), Spooks (2002), Merseybeat (2002), Ultimate Force (2002-03), The Quatermass Experiment (2005), Silent Witness (2010) and Clink (2019).
Facts
Before he became an actor Paul was a bingo caller.
Lowri Brown (Weeping Angel)
This is Lowri's only screen acting credit to date.
George Caple (Alfie)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Alfie in Flux: Survivors of the Flux (2021)
Played: Paul McCartney in The Devil's Chord (2024)
Career highlights
George debuted in Doctors (2016), followed by Tin Star (2020) and Lethal Love (2023).
Simon Carew (Ood) Born 1987 Click here for Simon Carew's entry on Fugitive of the Judoon
Silas Carson (Voice of the Ood) Born 1964
Doctor Who credits
Played: Alien voices in The End of the World (2005)
Played: Voice of the Ood in The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit (2006), Planet of the Ood (2008), The End of Time (2009-10), Pond Life (2012), Flux (2021)
Played: Voice of Kudlak in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Warriors of Kudlak (2007)
Career highlights
Silas made his earliest appearance in Horse Opera (1993), followed by Cold Lazarus (1996), Fever Pitch (1997), Metrosexuality (1999), Hidalgo (2004), The Grid (2004), Chromophobia (2005), William and Mary (2005), Spooks (2005), The Bill (1999/2006-07), The IT Crowd (2007), Outnumbered (2007), Waterloo Road (2007-08), Bonekickers (2008), MI High (2010), How Not to Live Your Life (2010), Holby City (2011), Strike Back (2011), Doctors (2013), Dying of the Light (2014), The Casual Vacancy (2015), Tut (2015), Unforgotten (2015), EastEnders (2016), Phantom Thread (2017), Trust (2018), The Accident (2019) and Des (2020). He also appeared as several Star Wars characters - Nute Gunray and Ki-Adi-Mundi in The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Lott Dod in The Phantom Menace. He also appeared in the flesh as ill-fated pilot Antidar Williams in The Phantom Menace.
Doctor Who credits
Played: Alien voices in The End of the World (2005)
Played: Voice of the Ood in The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit (2006), Planet of the Ood (2008), The End of Time (2009-10), Pond Life (2012), Flux (2021)
Played: Voice of Kudlak in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Warriors of Kudlak (2007)
Career highlights
Silas made his earliest appearance in Horse Opera (1993), followed by Cold Lazarus (1996), Fever Pitch (1997), Metrosexuality (1999), Hidalgo (2004), The Grid (2004), Chromophobia (2005), William and Mary (2005), Spooks (2005), The Bill (1999/2006-07), The IT Crowd (2007), Outnumbered (2007), Waterloo Road (2007-08), Bonekickers (2008), MI High (2010), How Not to Live Your Life (2010), Holby City (2011), Strike Back (2011), Doctors (2013), Dying of the Light (2014), The Casual Vacancy (2015), Tut (2015), Unforgotten (2015), EastEnders (2016), Phantom Thread (2017), Trust (2018), The Accident (2019) and Des (2020). He also appeared as several Star Wars characters - Nute Gunray and Ki-Adi-Mundi in The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Lott Dod in The Phantom Menace. He also appeared in the flesh as ill-fated pilot Antidar Williams in The Phantom Menace.
Gunnar Cauthery (Jon) Born Jul 17 1981
Career highlights
Gunnar was first credited in Benjamin, the Dove (1995), followed by Just William (1995), The Tudors (2010), War Horse (2011), Genius (2017), Mars (2018), The Nest (2020), Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020) and Casualty (2020). Gunnar's career began as a successful teen actor, co-presenting The Disney Club (as 'Roller') between 1995-96, and playing Lloyd Hunter in The Demon Headmaster (1996-98).
Facts
Gunnar's brother is the composer Halli Cauthery, who has worked on many Hollywood films.
Jemma Churchill (Jean) Born Nov 13 1960
Career highlights
Debuted in Scrubbers (1982), followed by No Place Like Home (1984), Gems (1985), Poirot (1990), London's Burning (1993), Waiting for God (1994), Bugs (1997), Jonathan Creek (1998), Red Dwarf (1999), Midsomer Murders (2003), Heartbeat (2006), Jekyll (2007), Upstairs Downstairs (2010-12), Agatha Raisin (2014), Still Open All Hours (2016), Call the Midwife (2017), Curfew (2019) and Alma's Not Normal (2021). Jemma also appeared as herself in The Five Doctors(ish) Reboot (2013).
Facts
Jemma's parents were also actors: Donald Churchill and Pauline Yates, while her sister was children's TV writer Polly Churchill. Her niece is actor Storme Toolis. Jemma is married to musician and composer Robert Percy.
Kammy Darweish (Kumar)
Career highlights
Kammy's CV begins with Crusades (1995), followed by London's Burning (2001), White Teeth (2002), 55 Degrees North (2005), The Omen (2006), Holby City (2007), Taggart (2010), Skyfall (2012), Ackley Bridge (2018-19), Professor T (2021) and Screw (2022).
Amanda Drew (Voice of the Mouri) Born Dec 21 1969
Career highlights
Amanda's CV begins with Between the Lines (1992), followed by Soldier Soldier (1994), Mrs Dalloway (1997), Men Behaving Badly (1998), No Angels (2004), Holby Blue (2008), Midsomer Murders (2011), Switch (2012), Life of Crime (2013), Southcliffe (2013), Broadchurch (2013-15), The Last Post (2017), A Private War (2018), Chernobyl (2019), The Trial of Christine Keeler (2019-20), The Girl Before (2021), The Outlaws (2021-22) and Gangs of London (2020-22). She regularly played Dr May Wright in EastEnders (2006-08).
Awards
2003: London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer (Eastward Ho!)
Craige Els (Karvanista) Born Jul 18 1978
Doctor Who credits
Played: Dan's friend in Revolution of the Daleks (2021, uncredited)
Played: Karvanista in Flux (2021)
Played: Chief Sea Devil in Legend of the Sea Devils (2022)
Career highlights
Debuted in Call the Midwife (2013), then Ripper Street (2013), Hailmakers (2017), Coronation Street (2019), Sliced (2021) and RIPD 2 (2022).
Barbara Fadden (Weeping Angel) Born 1979
Doctor Who credits
Played: Guest in The Lazarus Experiment (2007, uncredited)
Played: Neighbour in The Sound of Drums (2007, uncredited)
Played: Journalist in Partners in Crime (2008, uncredited)
Played: Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter (2008, uncredited), Turn Left (2008, uncredited), Planet of the Dead (2009, uncredited)
Played: Silurian in The Hungry Earth/ Cold Blood (2010, uncredited), The Pandorica Opens (2010, uncredited), A Good Man Goes to War (2011, uncredited - double for Vastra)
Played: Soldier Peg Doll in Night Terrors (2011, uncredited)
Played: Handbot in The Girl Who Waited (2011, uncredited)
Played: Spectator in The Wedding of River Song (2011, uncredited)
Played: Cleric in The Time of the Doctor (2013, uncredited)
Played: Chamber droid in Deep Breath (2014, uncredited)
Played: Dream Crab in Last Christmas (2014, uncredited)
Played: Almak in Demons of the Punjab (2018)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Guest in The Lazarus Experiment (2007, uncredited)
Played: Neighbour in The Sound of Drums (2007, uncredited)
Played: Journalist in Partners in Crime (2008, uncredited)
Played: Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter (2008, uncredited), Turn Left (2008, uncredited), Planet of the Dead (2009, uncredited)
Played: Silurian in The Hungry Earth/ Cold Blood (2010, uncredited), The Pandorica Opens (2010, uncredited), A Good Man Goes to War (2011, uncredited - double for Vastra)
Played: Soldier Peg Doll in Night Terrors (2011, uncredited)
Played: Handbot in The Girl Who Waited (2011, uncredited)
Played: Spectator in The Wedding of River Song (2011, uncredited)
Played: Cleric in The Time of the Doctor (2013, uncredited)
Played: Chamber droid in Deep Breath (2014, uncredited)
Played: Dream Crab in Last Christmas (2014, uncredited)
Played: Almak in Demons of the Punjab (2018)
Played: Weeping Angel in Flux (2021)
Career highlights
Barbara's only other screen work includes being a creature and droid puppeteer on Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2014), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2016), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2017) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2018), and a monster at the 2010 and 2013 Doctor Who Proms.
Career highlights
Barbara's only other screen work includes being a creature and droid puppeteer on Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2014), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2016), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2017) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2018), and a monster at the 2010 and 2013 Doctor Who Proms.
Barbara Flynn (Awsok/ Tecteun) Born Aug 5 1948
Career highlights
Barbara debuted in A Family at War, playing Freda MacKenzie in 40 episodes between 1970-72. This stint was followed by roles in Couples (1976), Keep It in the Family (1980), Maybury (1981), The Gentle Touch (1981), The New Adventures of Lucky Jim (1982), The Barchester Chronicles (1982), Inspector Morse (1987), Boon (1992), Chandler and Co (1994), Wives and Daughters (1999), The Forsyte Saga (2002), Murder in Mind (2003), He Knew He Was Right (2004), Sea of Souls (2005), Elizabeth I (2005), Miss Potter (2006), The Queen (2009), Cranford (2007-09), The Borgias (2012), Pat and Cabbage (2013), Killing Eve (2019), The Durrells (2016-19) and Kate and Koji (2020-22). Her most memorable roles include Jill Swinburne in The Beiderbecke Trilogy (1985-88), the milk woman in Open All Hours (1981-85), Dr Rose Marie in A Very Peculiar Practice (1986-88) and Judith Fitzgerald in Cracker (1993-95/2006).
Facts
Her husband was documentary producer and science writer Jeremy Taylor.
Alex Frost (Reverend Shaw) Born 1986
Career highlights
Further credits include Banana (2015), Cucumber (2015), Bulletproof (2018), Silent Witness (2019) and Hanna (2019).
Thaddea Graham (Bel) Born Mar 29 1997
Career highlights
Debuted in the 2014 short Painkiller, followed by parts in The Sparticle Mystery (2015), Dani's Castle (2015), Curfew (2019), Us (2020), The Irregulars (2021), Redemption (2022) and Wreck (2022).
Facts
Thaddea was born in China but adopted from an orphanage by Northern Irish parents when she was 13 months old. She was one of the first international adoptees in Northern Ireland.
Blake Harrison (Namaca) Born Jul 22 1985
Career highlights
Blake's CV stretches as far back as The Bill (2008), followed by roles in Reuniting the Rubins (2010), Him & Her (2010-11), The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff (2012), Way to Go (2013), Big Bad World (2013), Edge of Heaven (2014), Bob the Builder (2015-18, as the voice of Scoop), Dad's Army (2016), Prime Suspect 1973 (2017), Trust Me (2017), Death in Paradise (2019), World on Fire (2019), The Kindred (2021) and Kate & Koji (2020-22). Blake is best known for playing Neil Sutherland in the sitcom The Inbetweeners (2008-10) and its two movie spin-offs (2011 and 2014). A further regular role is Dave Mountford in The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2010-16).
Sue Jenkins (Eileen) Born Jul 31 1958
Career highlights
Debuted in Z Cars (1974), followed by Wood and Walters (1982), The Beiderbecke Affair (1985), How We Used to Live (1984-85), Coasting (1990), In Deep (2002), Dalziel and Pascoe (2006), Emmerdale (2008), Being Eileen (2013), Home from Home (2018) and It's a Sin (2021). Sue will be best remembered for her soap roles, including Gloria Todd in almost 200 episodes of Coronation Street (1985-88) and Jackie Corkhill in 185 episodes of Brookside (1991-2001).
Awards
2000: British Soap Award for Best On-Screen Couple (Brookside) - with Dean Sullivan
Facts
Sue is married to actor David Fleeshman, and their children are actors Richard Fleeshman, Rosie Fleeshman and Emily Fleeshman.
Gerald Kyd (General Logan) Born 1973
Career highlights
Born in South Africa as Gerasimos Awkoumides, Gerald's first credited work was for 1997's Underworld, followed by roles in Grease Monkeys (2003), The Fever (2004), Legacy: Black Ops (2010), Persons Unknown (2010), The Coroner (2015), Benidorm (2016), Humans (2016), Unforgotten (2018), Jesus: His Life (2019), Harlots (2019), Deep Water (2019), Cold Feet (2016-20), Britannia (2021) and The Split (2022). His longest-running role was playing Sean Maddox in 59 episodes of Casualty (1998-2000/06).
Nigel Richard Lambert (Voice of the Priest Triangle) May 11 1944 to Sep 2024
Doctor Who credits
Played: Hardin in The Leisure Hive (1980)
Played: Voice of the Priest Triangle in Flux (2021, as Nigel Richard Lambert)
Career highlights
Nigel made his debut in Cry Wolf! (156), followed by Any Old Iron? (1957), 18 episodes of The Thompson Family (1957-58, as Andrew), The Pocket Lancer (1959), Mr Browne Comes Home (1959), Katy (1962), Out of the Unknown (1965), The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967), The Avengers (1965/67), Scream and Scream Again (1970), The Onedin Line (1972), Sporting Scenes (1974), The Crezz (1976), The Phoenix and the Carpet (1976), The Fuzz (1977), Touch and Go (1978), Blake's 7 (1978), The History of Mr Polly (1980), Shillingbury Tales (1981), Cuffy (1983), Sob Sisters (1989), The Upper Hand (1992), Married for Life (1996), Heartbeat (1998), The Princess and the Pea (2002), Captain Sabertooth (2003), Noggin (2008), Murder Loves Killers Too (2009), Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013) and The Javone Prince Show (2015). His voice will be best remembered narrating the tongue in cheek comedy series Look Around You (2002), while he also voiced Mr Curry in The Adventures of Paddington Bear (1997-2001).
Facts
In the 1980s Nigel contributed extensively to the magazine partwork Story Teller published by Marshall Cavendish. Consisting of a fortnightly magazine and cassette tape featuring children's stories, Nigel narrated over 30 of the stories onto tape, including Grogre the Ogre and Jester Minute. He was also a presenter on children's series You and Me in 1977, and is the voice of Papa in the UK TV commercials for Dolmio cooking sauces.
Career highlights
Nigel made his debut in Cry Wolf! (156), followed by Any Old Iron? (1957), 18 episodes of The Thompson Family (1957-58, as Andrew), The Pocket Lancer (1959), Mr Browne Comes Home (1959), Katy (1962), Out of the Unknown (1965), The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967), The Avengers (1965/67), Scream and Scream Again (1970), The Onedin Line (1972), Sporting Scenes (1974), The Crezz (1976), The Phoenix and the Carpet (1976), The Fuzz (1977), Touch and Go (1978), Blake's 7 (1978), The History of Mr Polly (1980), Shillingbury Tales (1981), Cuffy (1983), Sob Sisters (1989), The Upper Hand (1992), Married for Life (1996), Heartbeat (1998), The Princess and the Pea (2002), Captain Sabertooth (2003), Noggin (2008), Murder Loves Killers Too (2009), Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013) and The Javone Prince Show (2015). His voice will be best remembered narrating the tongue in cheek comedy series Look Around You (2002), while he also voiced Mr Curry in The Adventures of Paddington Bear (1997-2001).
Facts
In the 1980s Nigel contributed extensively to the magazine partwork Story Teller published by Marshall Cavendish. Consisting of a fortnightly magazine and cassette tape featuring children's stories, Nigel narrated over 30 of the stories onto tape, including Grogre the Ogre and Jester Minute. He was also a presenter on children's series You and Me in 1977, and is the voice of Papa in the UK TV commercials for Dolmio cooking sauces.
Paul Leonard (James Stonehouse) Born 1955
Career highlights
Paul debuted in Softly Softly: Task Force (1976), followed by roles in The Chief (1991-93), Perfect Strangers (2001), Coronation Street (2011), Sherlock (2012), Piercing Brightness (2013), The Christmas Candle (2013), Tokyo Trial (2007/16/17), Red Dwarf (2017), The Witches (2020) and The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021).
Guy List (Waiter) Born 1965
Doctor Who credits
Stunts: Evolution of the Daleks (2007)
Played: Waiter in Flux (2021)
Career highlights
Guy's main career is as a stuntman and stunt coordinator, starting out with a 1993 episode of The Detectives, and taking in Pie in the Sky (1994), Judge Dredd (1995), The Fifth Element (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Gladiator (2000), Band of Brothers (2001), Troy (2004), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Life on Mars (2007), Atonement (2007), The Golden Compass (2007), M.I High (2011), War Horse (2011), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Merlin (2008-12), Da Vinci's Demons (2013-14), Game of Thrones (2012-14), Spectre (2015), Peaky Blinders (2016), Jason Bourne (2016), The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017), Sex Education (2020), Cruella (2021), Fast and Furious 9 (2021), Last Night in Soho (2021) and The Batman (2022). He has also taken credited acting roles (involving physical movement), including Taggart (1998), Waking the Dead (2002), The Rook (2019) and COBRA (2020).
Penelope McGhie (Mrs Hayward) Born 1960
Career highlights
Debuted in Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles (1993), followed by parts in Holby City (2002), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Silk (2011), The Crown (2019) and Gentleman Jack (2022). Penelope is also a narrator for TV documentaries such as Eurotika! (1999) and Mondo Macabro (2001-02).
Kevin McNally (Professor Jericho) Born Apr 27 1956
Doctor Who credits
Played: Hugo Lang in The Twin Dilemma (1984)
Played: Professor Eustacius Jericho in Flux (2021)
Career highlights
Kevin debuted in The Paradise Run (1976), then took roles in I, Claudius (1976), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Poldark (1977), The Long Good Friday (1980), We'll Meet Again (1982), The Hard Word (1983), Diana (1984), Cry Freedom (1987), Dream Baby (1989), The New Statesman (1991), Bottom (1991), Full Stretch (1993), Chiller (1995), Frontiers (1996), Underworld (1997), Dad (1997-99), Spice World: The Movie (1997), Sliding Doors (1998), Entrapment (1999), Shackleton (2002), Spooks (2002), Johnny English (2003), De-Lovely (2004), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Scoop (2006), Life on Mars (2007), The Murder of Princess Diana (2007), Valkyrie (2008), Wuthering Heights (2009), Big Top (2009), Last Man Standing (2011), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2011), The Raven (2012), Supernatural (2011-12), Downton Abbey (2011-12), Burn Notice (2012), The Mill (2013), 24: Live Another Day (2014), The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015), Power Monkeys (2016), Designated Survivor (2016-17), The Good Fight (2018), Unforgotten (2018), The Outpost (2018), The ABC Murders (2018), Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes (2019), Catherine the Great (2019), Das Boot (2018-20), The Crown (2020), Curse of the Macbeths (2022) and The Wingfeather Saga (2023). He also played Joshamee Gibbs in the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise (2003-17) and wrote two episodes of Lock, Stock... in 2000.
Facts
Kevin is married to actress Phyllis Logan, who appeared in The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Kevin here.
Career highlights
Kevin debuted in The Paradise Run (1976), then took roles in I, Claudius (1976), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Poldark (1977), The Long Good Friday (1980), We'll Meet Again (1982), The Hard Word (1983), Diana (1984), Cry Freedom (1987), Dream Baby (1989), The New Statesman (1991), Bottom (1991), Full Stretch (1993), Chiller (1995), Frontiers (1996), Underworld (1997), Dad (1997-99), Spice World: The Movie (1997), Sliding Doors (1998), Entrapment (1999), Shackleton (2002), Spooks (2002), Johnny English (2003), De-Lovely (2004), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Scoop (2006), Life on Mars (2007), The Murder of Princess Diana (2007), Valkyrie (2008), Wuthering Heights (2009), Big Top (2009), Last Man Standing (2011), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2011), The Raven (2012), Supernatural (2011-12), Downton Abbey (2011-12), Burn Notice (2012), The Mill (2013), 24: Live Another Day (2014), The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015), Power Monkeys (2016), Designated Survivor (2016-17), The Good Fight (2018), Unforgotten (2018), The Outpost (2018), The ABC Murders (2018), Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes (2019), Catherine the Great (2019), Das Boot (2018-20), The Crown (2020), Curse of the Macbeths (2022) and The Wingfeather Saga (2023). He also played Joshamee Gibbs in the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise (2003-17) and wrote two episodes of Lock, Stock... in 2000.
Facts
Kevin is married to actress Phyllis Logan, who appeared in The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Kevin here.
Jo Martin (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), The Power of the Doctor (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).
Doctor Who credits
Played: The Doctor in Fugitive of the Judoon (2020, also "Ruth Clayton"), The Timeless Children (2020), Flux (2021), The Power of the Doctor (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).
Jonny Mathers (Passenger) Born 1979
Career highlights
Although this is Jonny's first and only screen acting credit to date, he has worked in prop making and scenery design, as well as stage management. In 2014 he played Lurch in a stage version of The Addams Family.
Facts
Jonny is 7ft 2in tall and used to work as a prison officer and doorman. He once auditioned to be the new actor to play Chewbacca in the Star Wars franchise.
John May (Kev) Born Aug 1981
Career highlights
Debuted in I Shouldn't Be Alive (2011), followed by Will (2011), Cuckoo (2012), All at Sea (2013), The Fall of the Krays (2016), Fresh Meat (2016), Our Eddy (2018), Tin Star (2020) and Time (2021).
Facts
John is also a barber in Liverpool, having first appeared in the 2010 series John Bishop's Britain. John lost five stone in weight after seeing himself in an advert looking 20 years older than his real age.
Isla Moody (Weeping Angel)
This is Isla's only screen acting credit to date.
Matthew Needham (Old Swarm) Born Apr 13 1984
Career highlights
Matthew made his credited debut in Casualty, playing Toby De Silva in 61 episodes between 2007-09. After this, he appeared in Sherlock (2010), Monroe (2011), The Hollow Crown (2016), The Ritual (2017), Chernobyl (2019), Sanditon (2019), Much Ado About Nothing (2022) and House of the Dragon (2022).
Steve Oram (Joseph Williamson) Born Aug 25 1973
Career highlights
Steve's earliest credit is for People Like Us (2001), followed by Hardware (2004), It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004), The Mighty Boosh (2007), Tittybangbang (2006-07), Kill List (2011), Sightseers (2012), Heading Out (2013), The Secrets (2014), Glue (2014), The Bad Education Movie (2015), Midsomer Murders (2016), The Living and the Dead (2016), Death in Paradise (2018), Hang Ups (2018), Ghosts (2019), Good Omens (2019), Line of Duty (2021), Code 404 (2020-21), The Phantom of the Open (2021), Killing Eve (2022) and D.I Ray (2022).
Awards
2012: British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay (Sightseers) - shared with Alice Lowe and Amy Jump
Facts
Steve started out as a stand-up comedian, often performing with comedy partner Tom Meeten.
Charlie Oscar (K-Toscs)
Career highlights
Charlie's other work includes Mothering Sunday (2021) and Aura (2022).
Craig Parkinson (Grand Serpent) Born Mar 11 1976
Career highlights
Debuting in People Like Us (2001), Craig's extensive CV includes Dalziel and Pascoe (2001), Ed Stone is Dead (2002-03), No Angels (2004), Black Books (2004), Outlaws (2004), New Street Law (2007), Lead Balloon (2007), Massive (2008), Four Lions (2010), Brighton Rock (2010), Whitechapel (2010), In with the Flynns (2011), Misfits (2010-11), Great Night Out (2013), Prey (2014), Indian Summers (2015-16), Uncle (2017), On the Edge (2018), Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018), Resistance (2019), Temple (2019), The English Game (2020), Intergalactic (2021), Vera (2022) and Everything I Know About Love (2022). He may be best remembered for playing DI Matthew Cottan in Line of Duty (2012-17).
Facts
Craig, who is 6ft 5in tall, is married to fellow actor Susan Lynch, who appeared in The Ghost Monument, but they separated in 2019.
Bhavnisha Parmar (Sonya Khan) Born 1986
Doctor Who credits
Played: Sonya Khan in Arachnids in the UK (2018), Demons of the Punjab (2018), Spyfall (2020), Can You Hear Me? (2020), Flux (2021)
Career highlights
Other work includes Penguin (2011), Darren Has a Breakdown (2014) and Guilty Pleasures (2016).
Doctor Who credits
Played: Sonya Khan in Arachnids in the UK (2018), Demons of the Punjab (2018), Spyfall (2020), Can You Hear Me? (2020), Flux (2021)
Career highlights
Other work includes Penguin (2011), Darren Has a Breakdown (2014) and Guilty Pleasures (2016).
Chantelle Pierre (Police officer)
This is Chantelle's first screen credit to date.
Poppy Polivnick (Peggy)
Career highlights
Poppy's other work includes Man Down (2016), Rellik (2017) and Dark Heart (2018).
Sara Powell (Mary Seacole) Born Jun 23 1968
Career highlights
Jamaican Sara debuted in Between the Lines (1992), followed by Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast (1992), Desmond's (1994), Rumble (1995), Vanity Fair (1998), Judge John Deed (2005), The Whistleblowers (2007), Sadie J (2011), Ice Cream Girls (2013), Midsomer Murders (2017), Damned (2016-18), Death in Paradise (2019), Ghosts (2021) and Murder in Provence (2022). Sara's recurring roles include Sally Reid in London's Burning (1993-94), Rachel Barker in Holby Blue (2007-08) and voicework in the children's cartoon Florrie's Dragons (2010-11).
Jemma Redgrave (Kate Stewart) Born Jan 14 1965 Click here for Jemma Redgrave's entry on The Power of Three
Rochenda Sandall (Azure) Born 1989
Career highlights
Debuted in Doctors (2013), followed by Broken (2017), Girlfriends (2018), Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018), Line of Duty (2019), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Criminal: UK (2019-20), Small Axe (2020) and The Rig (2022).
Facts
Rochenda is in a relationship with actor Mark Stanley.
Annabel Scholey (Claire) Born Jan 10 1984
Career highlights
Annabel debuted in Poirot (2006), then Jane Eyre (2006), Being Human (2009), Personal Affairs (2009), Walking on Sunshine (2014), Medici (2016-18) and The Salisbury Poisonings (2020). Regular roles include Amena in Britannia (2017-21) and Nina in The Split (2018-22).
Facts
Annabel is married to actor Ciaran McMenamin.
Sam Spruell (Swarm) Born 1977
Career highlights
After debuting in K19: The Widowmaker (2002), Sam appeared in POW (2003), Rosemary & Thyme (2006), London to Brighton (2006), Holby Blue (2007), City of Vice (2008), The Hurt Locker (2008), Ashes to Ashes (2009), Luther (2010), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Mayday (2013), Taken 3 (2014), The Last Ship (2014-15), The Bastard Executioner (2015), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), The Informer (2019), Liar (2020), Locked Down (2021), The North Water (2021), The Amazing Mr Blunden (2021) and The Hanging Sun (2022).
Facts
Sam's mother is actor Linda Broughton, who appeared in Hell Bent.
Dan Starkey (Kragar, Svild, Senstarg & Shallo) Born Sep 27 1977 Click here for Dan Starkey's entry on The Sontaran Stratagem
Richard Tate (Wilder)
Career highlights
Richard debuted uncredited in Z Cars (1978), followed by roles in The Agatha Christie Hour (1982), Brookside (1983-84), Andy Capp (1988), The Manageress (1990), Harry Hill (1997), EastEnders (2001), Merseybeat (2002), Lilies (2007), Nowhere Boy (2009), Tin Star (2021) and Last Train to Christmas (2021). Voice work includes playing Sergeant Blob in The Dreamstone (1990-95) and Les in The Snow Queen (1995).
Facts
Richard was a close friend of Beatles legend John Lennon.
Sonny Walker (Stevie [Grand Serpent victim])
Career highlights
Sonny's only other screen acting credit to date is The Responder (2022).
Facts
As well as an actor, Sonny has also worked as a model and a welterweight boxer.
Jonathan Watson (Ritskaw, Skaak & Stenck) Born Nov 23 1957
Career highlights
Jonathan's first work on screen was 1970's The Boy Who Wanted Peace, followed by Dr Finlay's Casebook (1970), Sutherland's Law (1975), Cloud Howe (1982), Local Hero (1983), The Houseman's Tale (1987), Naked Video (1986-87), The Ferguson Theory (1994), Atletico Partick (1996), Rab C Nesbitt (1988-98), Garrow's Law (2009), Bob Servant Independent (2013), Mountain Goats (2014), Bob Servant (2014), Fried (2015) and Group (2020). Jonathan also played Brian in 41 episodes of City Lights (1984-91) and Colin in 32 episodes of Two Doors Down (2016-22).
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Chris Chibnall (writer, chapters 1-6) Born Mar 21 1970 Click here for Chris Chibnall's entry on 42
Maxine Alderton (writer, chapter 4)
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: The Haunting of Villa Diodati (2020), Flux Chapter 4 (2021)
Career highlights
Maxine started out (as Maxine Exley) as a script editor on Emmerdale (2006-11), after which she began to write episodes of the soap (over 120 episodes since 2013). She has also written for The Worst Witch (2017-18).
Awards
2017: British Screenwriters' Award for Best British Children's Series (The Worst Witch) - shared with writing team
Career highlights
Maxine started out (as Maxine Exley) as a script editor on Emmerdale (2006-11), after which she began to write episodes of the soap (over 120 episodes since 2013). She has also written for The Worst Witch (2017-18).
Awards
2017: British Screenwriters' Award for Best British Children's Series (The Worst Witch) - shared with writing team
Jamie Magnus Stone (director, chapters 1, 2 & 4) 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), The Power of the Doctor (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.
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), The Power of the Doctor (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.
Azhur Saleem (director, chapters 3, 5 & 6) Born May 15 1981
Career highlights
Doctor Who was Azhur's first major work for TV, after having written and directed the short films Lim.bo (2002), Wings (2006), The Find (2010) and Muse (2020). He has also directed the shorts Towers (2015) and DENNIS (2018) and episodes of Amazon Prime's Anansi Boys (2023). Other credits include being assistant to the director on Baghdad Central (2020).
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