Drama /

Score: 77%( 202 votes )

Overview: 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.

Cast:

David Bradley
William Hartnell

Jessica Raine
Verity Lambert

Sacha Dhawan
Waris Hussein

Brian Cox
Sydney Newman

Lesley Manville
Heather Hartnell

Jeff Rawle
Mervyn Pinfield

Claudia Grant
Carole Ann Ford

Jemma Powell
Jacqueline Hill

Jamie Glover
William Russell

Reece Shearsmith
Patrick Troughton

Nicholas Briggs
Peter Hawkins

Carole Ann Ford
Joyce

Edmund C. Short
Peter Purves

Joseph Railton
Brian Hodgson

Andrew Woodall
Rex Tucker

Ian Hallard
Richard Martin

David Annen
Peter Brachacki

Sam Hoare
Douglas Camfield

Sarah Winter
Delia Derbyshire

Reece Pockney
Alan

Mark Eden
Donald Baverstock

William Russell
Harry

Toby Hadoke
Cyril

Cara Jenkins
Judith Carney

Anna-Lisa Drew
Maureen O'Brien (uncredited)

Sophie Holt
Jackie Lane (uncredited)

Robin Varley
Michael Craze (uncredited)

Ellie Spicer
Anneke Wills (uncredited)

Kit Connor
Charlie (uncredited)

Matt Smith
Self / The Doctor (11) (uncredited)

William Hartnell
The Doctor (1) (archive footage)