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Film / 2013
An Adventure in Space and Time
Directed by
Terry McDonough
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.
The story
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 BradleyWilliam Hartnell
Jessica RaineVerity Lambert
Sacha DhawanWaris Hussein
Brian CoxSydney Newman
Lesley ManvilleHeather Hartnell
Jeff RawleMervyn Pinfield
Claudia GrantCarole Ann Ford
Jemma PowellJacqueline Hill
Jamie GloverWilliam Russell
Reece ShearsmithPatrick Troughton
Nicholas BriggsPeter Hawkins
Carole Ann FordJoyce
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Edmund C. ShortPeter Purves
Joseph RailtonBrian Hodgson
Andrew WoodallRex Tucker
Ian HallardRichard Martin
David AnnenPeter Brachacki
Sam HoareDouglas Camfield
Sarah WinterDelia Derbyshire
Reece PockneyAlan
Mark EdenDonald Baverstock
William RussellHarry
Toby HadokeCyril
Cara JenkinsJudith Carney
Anna-Lisa DrewMaureen O'Brien (uncredited)
Sophie HoltJackie Lane (uncredited)
Robin VarleyMichael Craze (uncredited)
Ellie SpicerAnneke Wills (uncredited)
Kit ConnorCharlie (uncredited)
Matt SmithSelf / The Doctor (11) (uncredited)
William HartnellThe Doctor (1) (archive footage)
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