Drama
Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles while wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama. Allied with a team of unusual but brilliant people, they went on to create the longest running science fiction series ever made.
Directed by
Terry McDonough
Written by
Mark Gatiss
Brian Cox
Sydney Newman
David Bradley
William Hartnell
Matt Smith
Self / The Doctor (11) (uncredited)
Mark Gatiss
Kit Connor
Charlie (uncredited)
Sacha Dhawan
Waris Hussein
Lesley Manville
Heather Hartnell
Reece Shearsmith
Patrick Troughton
David Annen
Peter Brachacki
Jessica Raine
Verity Lambert
Sam Hoare
Douglas Camfield
Claudia Grant
Carole Ann Ford
Andrew Woodall
Rex Tucker
Nicholas Briggs
Peter Hawkins
Jeff Rawle
Mervyn Pinfield
William Hartnell
The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
Jamie Glover
William Russell
Ian Hallard
Richard Martin
Mark Eden
Donald Baverstock
William Russell
Harry
Carole Ann Ford
Joyce
Jemma Powell
Jacqueline Hill
Sarah Winter
Delia Derbyshire
Toby Hadoke
Cyril
Reece Pockney
Alan
Cara Jenkins
Judith Carney
Anna-Lisa Drew
Maureen O'Brien (uncredited)
Edmund C. Short
Peter Purves
Joseph Railton
Brian Hodgson
Sophie Holt
Jackie Lane (uncredited)
Robin Varley
Michael Craze (uncredited)
Ellie Spicer
Anneke Wills (uncredited)

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