This special one-off drama travels back in time to 1963 to see how Doctor Who was first brought to the screen. Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles. 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.
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 |
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