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.
as William Hartnell
as Verity Lambert
as Waris Hussein
as Sydney Newman
as Heather Hartnell
as Mervyn Pinfield
as Carole Ann Ford
as Jacqueline Hill
as William Russell
as Patrick Troughton
as Peter Hawkins
as Joyce
as Peter Purves
as Brian Hodgson
as Rex Tucker
as Richard Martin
as Peter Brachacki
as Douglas Camfield
as Delia Derbyshire
as Alan
as Donald Baverstock
as Harry
as Cyril
as Judith Carney
as Maureen O'Brien (uncredited)
as Jackie Lane (uncredited)
as Michael Craze (uncredited)
as Anneke Wills (uncredited)
as Charlie (uncredited)
as Self / The Doctor (11) (uncredited)
as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
