
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)