The Doctor Who Thread

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE DOCTOR FALLS who have previously appeared in the show:

• David Bradley (The First Doctor)
• John Simm (The Master)
• Michelle Gomez (Missy)
• Matt Lucas (Nardole)
• Pearl Mackie (Bill)
• Stephanie Hyam (Heather)
• Nicholas Briggs (Voice Of The Cybermen)

Who: Before And After #1425a / Nu-Who #484a

Name: Samantha Spiro [1968 - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: The Doctor Falls
Character(s): Hazran

Before Who:
Films: Beyond Bedlam (1994), Guru in Seven (1998), Cor, Blimey!* [as Barbara Windsor] (2000), From Hell* (2001), Tomorrow La Scala! (2002), Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [voice only] (2002), Panto! (2012), Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: The Taming of the Shrew (2013), Macbeth (2014), On Stage: Live from Television Centre (2015), Me Before You (2016), Carnage (2017), Babs [as Barbara Windsor] (2017)

Television: The Bill: Dealer Wins (1994) / The Knock (1994) / Cold Feet [3 episodes as Ruth Wylie (2001)] / Animated Tales of the World: Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep [As the voice of the Shepherdess] (2002) / M.I.T. - Murder Investigation Team [8 episodes as DI Vivien Friend (2003)] / Coupling: 9? Months (2004) / After You've Gone [2 episodes as Ann (2007)] / Grandma's House [12 episodes as Auntie Liz (2010?2012)] / Rock & Chips: The Frog And The Princess (2011) / Psychobitches [13 episodes, various characters (2012?2014)] / Bad Education [3 episodes as Professor Green (2013)] / The Wrong Mans: X-Mans (2014) / London Spy [4 episodes as Detective Taylor (2015)] / Game of Thrones: Blood Of My Blood* (2016) / Tracey Ullman's Show [13 episodes, various characters (2016?2018)] / Plebs [2 episodes as Sylvia (2016?2019)]

After Who:
Films: Catherine the Great: Husbands, Lovers and Sons (2017), Grandpa's Great Escape (2018), Lady Windermere's Fan (2018), Agatha and the Truth of Murder (2018), Island of Dreams [as JK Rowling] (2019), Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans (2019), Where Is Anne Frank (2021), Hoard (2023), One Life [as Esther Rantzen] (2023)
Television: Porters (2017) / Doc Martin: Accidental Hero (2017) / Tracey Breaks the News [6 episodes, various characters (2017?2018)] / Oi Leonardo [3 episodes, Various characters (2018)] / Semi-Detached [6 episodes as Kate (2019?2020)] / Sex Education* [24 episodes as Maureen Groff (2019?2023)] / Call the Midwife (2020) / Midsomer Murders: For Death Prepare (2021) / Ridley Road [4 episodes as Liza Epstein (2021)] / The Larkins: In Which Ma's Sister Bertha Comes to Visit (2021) / Ragdoll [3 episodes as Joy Massey (2021)] / Dodger: Waxworks [as Marie Tussaud] (2022) / Not Going Out: Jury (2022) / The Pentaverate [2 episodes as Darleen Windelchuck (2022) / The Other Half: Pilot (2022) / Vera: Against The Tide (2023) / Beyond Paradise (2023) / Inside No. 9: Paraskevidekatriaphobia (2023) / Still Up: Veggie Veggie Bing Bong (2023)

Who: Before And After #1425b / Nu-Who #484b

Name: Briana Shann [? - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: The Doctor Falls
Character(s): Alit

Before Who:
Films: I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Television: None

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Holby City [21 episodes as Mia Barron (2017?2021)] / Casualty [4 episodes as Mia Barron (2023)]

Who: Before And After #1425c / Nu-Who #484c

Name: Rosie Boore [2004 - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: The Doctor Falls
Character(s): Gazron

Before Who:
Films: Walk Invisible: The Bront? Sisters (2016)
Television: The Collection [3 episodes as Josette (2016)] / So Awkward [19 episodes as Cassie Coulton (2016?2017)]

After Who:
Films: The Children Act (2017)
Television: Thunderbirds Are Go: Bolt From The Blue [voice only] 2017)

Who: Before And After #1435d / Nu-Who #484d

Name: Simon Coombs [? - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: The Doctor Falls
Character(s): Rexhill

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Mouth to Mouth [4 episodes as Luke Sobers (2009)] / Holby City [2 episodes, different characters (2010?2012)] / Doctors: A Good Start In Life (2016)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) in a publicity photo for Silver Nemesis (1988) with jazz great Courtney Pine who was seen performing in the story.

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in TWICE UPON A TIME who have previously appeared in the show:

• William Hartnell (The First Doctor)
• Anneke Wills (Polly)
• Ben Craze (Ben)
• Patrick Troughton (The Second Doctor)
• David Bradley (The First Doctor)
• Mark Gatiss (The Captain)
• Jenna Coleman (Clara)
• Matt Lucas (Nardole)
• Pearl Mackie (Bill)
• Nicholas Briggs (Voice Of The Daleks)

Who: Before And After #1426 / Nu-Who #485

Name: Jodie Whittaker [1982 - ]
Year(s): 2017 - 2022
Stories: Twice Upon A Time - The Power Of The Doctor
Character(s): The Thirteenth Doctor (32 episode)

Note(s): Very active in the Whoniverse

• Appeared in the introductory mini-episode 'Meet the Thirteenth Doctor'
• Appeared in the 2020 Comic Relief mini-episode '2020: The Movie'
• Appeared in the 'Doctor Who: Lockdown' webcasts 'Message from the Doctor' / 'United we stand, 2m apart'
• Appeared as the Doctor in the 'Escape Room' experiences 'Worlds Collide' / 'A Dalek Awakens'
• Appeared as the Doctor in the immersive experience 'Time Lord Victorious: Time Fracture'
• Appeared in the BBC Learning video game 'Coding with the Thirteenth Doctor'
• Appeared in the video games 'The Runaway' / 'The Edge of Time' / 'The Edge of Reality'
  
  
• Appeared in the Mobile video game 'The Lonely Assassins'
• Appeared in the BBC Sounds Podcast 'Doctor Who: Redacted' stories ' Introducing Doctor Who: Redacted' / 'SOS' / 'Recruits' / 'Requiem' / 'Ghosts' /'Salvation'

Before Who:
Films: Venus (2006), This Life + 10 (2007), St. Trinian's (2007), Good (2008), The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (2008), Consuming Passion [as Mary Boon] (2008), Svengali (2009), White Wedding (2009), Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne (2009), Perrier's Bounty (2009), St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), Royal Wedding (2010), Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World (2010), The Kid (2010), Attack the Block* (2011), The Night Watch (2011), One Day (2011), A Thousand Kisses Deep (2011), Good Vibrations (2012), Spike Island (2012), Ashes (2012), National Theatre Live: Antigone (2012), Hello Carter (2013), Get Santa (2014), Black Sea (2014), Adult Life Skills (2016), Journeyman (2017),

Television: The Afternoon Play: The Last Will and Testament of Billy Two-Sheds (2006) / Doctors: Ignorance Is Bliss (2006) / Dalziel and Pascoe: Fallen Angel (2006) / Tess of the D'Urbervilles [3 episodes as Izz Huett (2008)] / Wired [3 episodes as Louise Evans (2008)] / Cranford: Return To Cranford (2009) / Accused: Liam's Story (2010) / Marchlands [5 episodes as Ruth Bowen (2011)] / Black Mirror: The Entire History Of You* (2011) / Broadchurch* [24 episodes as Beth Latimer (2013?2017)] The Smoke [8 episodes as Trish Tooley (2014)] / The Assets [8 episodes as Sandy Grimes (2014) / Trust Me [4 episodes as Cath / Ally (2017)]

Music Video: Riz MC ft. Aruba Red & Plan B (2012): All of You [as the broken up girlfriend]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: One Night [6 episodes as Tess (2023)] / Ready Eddie Go! [as the Narrator] (2023) / Time (2023)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover of Doctor Who Magazine issue 394 which welcomed the series back to our screens in April 2008 and featured David Tennant's Doctor and Catherine Tate as returning companion Donna Noble.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1427 / Nu-Who #486

Name: Nikki Amuja-Bird [1976 - ]
Year(s): Doctor Who: 2017
Stories: Twice Upon A Time
Character(s): Helen Clay - The Glass Woman

Year(s): Torchwood: 2008
Stories: Sleeper
Character(s): Kayehla Janees [aka Beth Halloran]

Note(s): Appeared in the Big Finish Productions 'Eighth Doctor: The Time War' stories 'The Lords of Terror' / 'Planet of the Ogrons' / 'In the Garden of Death' / 'Jonah'

Before Who:
Films: Forgive and Forget (2000), Safe as Houses (2000), Almost Heaven (2005), Cargo (2006), The True Voice of Prostitution (2006), Shoot the Messenger (2006), The Omen* (2006), Born Equal (2006), The Disappeared (2008), Coriolanus (2011), The Face of an Angel (2014), Jupiter Ascending (2015), Denial (2016), NW (2016), The Children Act (2017)

Television: The Bill: Taxed (1999) / Grafters [4 episodes as Martha (1999)] / Holby City [3 episodes. Different characters (1999?2005)] / Doctors: Killing Me Softly (2000) / NCS Manhunt: Out Of Time (2002) / Canterbury Tales: The Man Of Law's Tale (2003) / Bad Girls* [8 episodes as PO Paula Miles (2003?2004)] / Murder Prevention [2 episodes as Gemma Andrews (2004)] / Afterlife: Sleeping With The Dead (2005) / Casualty: Crash and Burn (2005) / Casualty @ Holby City [3 episodes as Moji Muzenda (2005)] / Silent Witness [4 episodes, different characters (2005?2010)] / The Line of Beauty [2 episodes as Rosemary Charles (2006)] / Spooks: World Trade* (2006) / Robin Hood: The Tax Man Cometh (2006) / Five Days [6 episodes as PC Simone Farnes (2007)] / The Whistleblowers: Starters (2007) / The Last Enemy (2008) / Survivors [5 episodes as Samantha Willis (2008?2010)] / The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008) / Small Island (2009) / Resonance: Pilot (2010) / Luther [8 episodes as DCI Erin Gray (2011?2013)] / Sinbad: For Whom The Egg Shatters (2012) / House of Fools: The Probation Affair (2014) / Death in Paradise: The Man With The Golden Gun (2014) / Lovesick: Anna (2014) / Inside No. 9: Cold Comfort (2015) / Quarry [8 episodes as Ruth (2016)]

After Who:
Films: To Provide All People (2018), A Private War (2018), The Laundromat (2019), The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019), Old* (2021), The Outfit (2022), Persuasion (2022), Knock at the Cabin (2023), Jericho Ridge (2023)

Television: Hard Sun [6 episodes as Grace Morrigan (2018)] / Gold Digger [6 episodes as Marsha (2019)] / Avenue 5 [17 episodes as Rav Mulcair (2020?2022)] / Citadel [3 episodes as Grace (2023)]

Who: Before And After #1427b / Nu-Who #486b

Name: Toby Whithouse [1970 - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: Twice Upon A Time
Character(s): German Soldier

Note(s):

• Was the writer of the 'Doctor Who' episodes 'School Reunion' / 'The Vampires of Venice' /' The God Complex' / 'A Town Called Mercy' / 'Under the Lake / Before the Flood' / 'The Lie of the Land'
• Wrote the 'Torchwood' episode 'Greeks Bearing Gifts'

Before Who:
Films: A Masculine Ending (1992), Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992), Shadowlands (1993), Bright Hair (1997), Goodnight Mr Tom (1998), RKO 281 (1999), The Last Musketeer (2000), Breathtaking (2000), Bridget Jones's Diary* (2001)

Television: The Upper Hand: Surprise Surprise (1992) / The House of Eliott [11 episodes as Norman Foss (1992?1994)] / Comedy Playhouse: The Complete Guide To Relationships (1993) / Scarlet and Black (1993) / Goodnight Sweetheart: Just In Time (1999) / Holby City [2 episodes, different characters (2000?2004)] / Kavanagh QC: The End Of Law (2001) / Doctors: Good Grief (2003) / The Virgin Queen (2006) / No Angels (2006) / Being Human* [4 episodes as Alistair Frith (2013)] / Love Me: Manon (2014)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

Who: Before And After #1427c / Nu-Who #486c

Name: Lily Travers [1990 - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: Twice Upon A Time
Character(s): Polly Wright

Before Who:
Films: Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm (2014), Late Shift (2016), Golden Years (2016), Me Before You* (2016), Viceroy's House (2017)

Television: Doctors: Revelations (2013) / The Royals: Taint Not Thy Mind, Nor Let Thy Soul Contrive Against Thy Mother (2015) / Brussel [5 episodes as Sandra (2017)] / Still Star-Crossed [3 episodes as Stella (2017)]

After Who:
Films: Misbehaviour (2020), My Happy Ending (2023)
Television: Victoria [8 episodes as Duchess Sophie of Monmouth (2019)] / The Sandman* [3 episodes as Barbie (2022)]

Who: Before And After #1427d / Nu-Who #486d

Name: Jared Garfield [? - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: Twice Upon A Time
Character(s): Ben Jackson

Before Who:
Films: Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup (2006), Boy A (2007)
Television: Midsomer Murders: The Home In The Woods (2005) / Hollyoaks* [123 episodes as Nathan Nightingale (2015?2017)]

After Who:
Films: To Be Someone (2020)
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) examines the Auton arm as Rose (Billie Piper) watches in Rose (2005)

[Susan Foreman]

Guest actors appearing in THE WOMAN WHO FELL TO EARTH who have previously appeared in the show:

• None

Who: Before And After #1428 / Nu-Who #487

Name: Bradley Walsh [1960 - ]
Year(s): Doctor Who : 2018 ? 2021 / 2021
Stories: The Woman Who Fell To Earth ? Revolution Of The Daleks / The Power Of The Doctor
Character(s): Graham O'Brien [23 episodes]

Year(s): The Sarah-Jane Adventures: 2008 -
Stories: The Day Of The Clown Part 1 ? The Day Of The Clown Part 2
Character(s): Elijah Spellman / Odd Bob / The Pied Piper

Note(s):

• Although Lindsay Duncan and Bernard Cribbins were both older when they played one-off companions, he is the oldest actor to play an ongoing companion on 'Doctor Who'
• Unlike his co-stars, he was the only actor who portrayed a member of 'the fam' who didn't have to audition
• Graham and Grace are the first companions to be married before they meet the Doctor
• The character of Odd Bob was mentioned in the April 6th, 2012 episode of The Chase. A contestant, who was a Doctor Who fan, asked for an autograph as "...he had a role in a Doctor Who spin-off." Bradley recounted this as being Odd Bob the Clown from 'The Sarah Jane Adventures'

Before Who:
Films: Hotel! (2001), Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001), To Each His Own Cinema (2007), The Old Curiosity Shop (2007), Mike Bassett: Interim Manager (2016) / The Jonah Man (2017)
Television: Rock with Laughter (1993) / Celebrity Squares [6 episodes as himself (1993?1995)] / Midas Touch [13 episodes as the Host (1995?1996)] / Wheel of Fortune [50 episodes as the Host (1997)] / Noel's House Party [2 episodes, different characters (1998)] / Blankety Blank [33 episodes as the Presenter (1998?2023)] / The Big Stage [15 episodes as the Presenter (1999?2000)] / Lock, Stock...: ...And A Fistful Of Jack And Jills (2000) / The Thing About Vince (2000) / Night & Day [37 episodes as Edward 'Woody' Dexter (2002?2003)] / M.I.T. - Murder Investigation Team: Daddy's Little Girl (2003) / Yhe Basil Brush Show: Bend It Like Basil (2003) / Reps (2003) / Murder City: Big City, Small World (2004)] / Coronation Street* [303 episodes as Danny Baldwin (2004?2006)] / Coronation Street: Pantomime [as Prince Charming] (2005) / The Children's Party at the Palace (2006) / Torn [3 episodes as Steven Taylor (2007)] / Law & Order: UK* [53 episodes as D.S. Ronnie Brooks (2009?2014)] / The Chase [over 1110 episodes as the Presenter (2009?2023)] / Odd One In [15 episodes as the Host (2010?2011)] / Celebrity Chase [147 episodes as the Presenter (2011?2023)] / The Revolting World of Stanley Brown: Archie Gets Busted (2012) / Crime Connections [6 episodes as the Presenter (2012)] / The Spa: Love Is A Losing Game (2013) / John Bishop's Only Joking [5 episodes as himself (2013)] / The Crime Thriller Club [12 episodes as the Presenter (2013-2014)] / Keep It in the Family [14 episodes as the Host (2014?2015)] / Sunday Night at the Palladium [18 episodes as the Host (2014?2017)] / SunTrap [6 episodes as Brutus (2015)] / Play to the Whistle [17 episodes as a Team Captain (2015?2017)] / Drunk History - UK [as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle] (2016) / Cash Trapped [35 episodes as the Presenter (2016?2019)] / The Nightly Show [6 episodes as the Host (2017)] / The Family Chase [19 episodes as the Presenter (2017?2020)]

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad [27 episodes as himself (2019?2023)] / Beat the Chasers [30 episodes as the Presenter (2020?2022)] / The Larkins [31 episodes as Pop Larkin (2021?2022)] / Gladiators [12 episodes as the presenter (2024)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A publicity photo of Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) for 1983's Snakedance.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1429a / Nu-Who #488a

Name: Tosin Cole [1992 - ]
Year(s): 2018 ? 2021
Stories: The Woman Who Fell To Earth ? Revolution Of The Daleks
Character(s): Ryan Sinclair [22 episodes]

Note(s): Is the first regular cast member to be born after the conclusion of Classic Who in 1989

Before Who:
Films: Gone Too Far (2013), Second Coming (2014), Honeytrap (2014), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens* (2015), Untitled Lena Waithe Project (2016), Burning Sands (2017), Unlocked (2017)

Television: The Cut [10 episodes as Noah Achebe (2010)] / EastEnders: E20 [3 episodes as Sol Levi (2010?2011)] / Hollyoaks [89 episodes as Neil Cooper (2011?2012)] / Holby City: The Cost Of Loving (2013) / The Secrets: The Return (2014) / Inspector Lewis: What Lies Tangled (2015) / Versailles: Mirror For Princes* (2015)

After Who:
Films: The Souvenir (2019), The Souvenir: Part II (2021), Ear for Eye (2021), Pirates (2021), Till (2022), House Party (2023), Bob Marley: One Love (2024)
Television: 61st Street [8 episodes as Moses (2022)]

Who: Before And After #1429b / Nu-Who #488b

Name: Mandip Gill [1988 - ]
Year(s): 2018
Stories: The Woman Who Fell To Earth ? The Power Of The Doctor
Character(s): PC Yasmin 'Yaz' Khan [29 episodes]

Note(s): Very active in the Whoniverse:

• Appeared in the 2020 Comic Relief mini-episode '2020: The Movie'
• Narrated 11 episodes of 'The Case Files'
• Appeared in the #FindTheDoctor mini-episode 'A Message from Yaz'
• Provided the Audiobook Reading for the BBC New Series Adventures 'Combat Magicks'

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Hollyoaks* [242 episodes as Phoebe McQueen / Phoebe Jackson (2012?2015)] / Cuckoo: The Holiday (2016) / Doctors [5 episodes as Shazia Amin (2016)] / The Good Karma Hospital [2 episodes as Padma Kholi (2017)] / Casualty: Swift Vengeance Waits (2017) / Love, Lies and Records [6 episodes as Talia (2017)]

After Who:
Films: The Flood (2019)
Television: Suspicion [3 episodes as Sonia Chopra (2022)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Sorry, but i cannot give a 'like' to the two worst companions in Doctor Who's history.