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
Kit Connor
Charlie (uncredited)
Matt Smith
Self / The Doctor (11) (uncredited)
David Bradley
William Hartnell
Mark Gatiss
Lesley Manville
Heather Hartnell
Andrew Woodall
Rex Tucker
Reece Shearsmith
Patrick Troughton
Sacha Dhawan
Waris Hussein
Jeff Rawle
Mervyn Pinfield
Nicholas Briggs
Peter Hawkins
William Hartnell
The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
Jessica Raine
Verity Lambert
Jamie Glover
William Russell
David Annen
Peter Brachacki
Mark Eden
Donald Baverstock
Carole Ann Ford
Joyce
Sam Hoare
Douglas Camfield
Jemma Powell
Jacqueline Hill
William Russell
Harry
Ian Hallard
Richard Martin
Toby Hadoke
Cyril
Claudia Grant
Carole Ann Ford
Sarah Winter
Delia Derbyshire
Reece Pockney
Alan
Anna-Lisa Drew
Maureen O'Brien (uncredited)
Cara Jenkins
Judith Carney
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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