The Story Begins Here...
7.7
83 min
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.
Name | Character | Team | |
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David Bradley | William Hartnell | Unowned | |
Jessica Raine | Verity Lambert | Unowned | |
Sacha Dhawan | Waris Hussein | Unowned | |
Brian Cox | Sydney Newman | Goutbreak | |
Lesley Manville | Heather Hartnell | Calvin and Nobbs | |
Jeff Rawle | Mervyn Pinfield | Unowned | |
Claudia Grant | Carole Ann Ford | Unowned | |
Jemma Powell | Jacqueline Hill | Unowned | |
Jamie Glover | William Russell | Unowned | |
Reece Shearsmith | Patrick Troughton | Unowned | |
Nicholas Briggs | Peter Hawkins | Unowned | |
Carole Ann Ford | Joyce | Unowned | |
Edmund C. Short | Peter Purves | Unowned | |
Joseph Railton | Brian Hodgson | Unowned | |
Andrew Woodall | Rex Tucker | Unowned | |
Ian Hallard | Richard Martin | Unowned | |
David Annen | Peter Brachacki | Unowned | |
Sam Hoare | Douglas Camfield | Unowned | |
Sarah Winter | Delia Derbyshire | Unowned | |
Reece Pockney | Alan | Unowned | |
Mark Eden | Donald Baverstock | Unowned | |
William Russell | Harry | Unowned | |
Toby Hadoke | Cyril | Unowned | |
Cara Jenkins | Judith Carney | Unowned | |
Anna-Lisa Drew | Maureen O'Brien (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Sophie Holt | Jackie Lane (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Robin Varley | Michael Craze (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Ellie Spicer | Anneke Wills (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Kit Connor | Charlie (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Matt Smith | Self / The Doctor (11) (uncredited) | Zac E. Chan | |
William Hartnell | The Doctor (1) (archive footage) | Unowned |