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

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