I really like how Hartnell’s family life is touched upon in this docu-drama. He’s very blunt when pushing her forward to make it.Īnd there’s Lesley Manville as Heather, William Hartnell’s wife. Brian does a convincing and authentic performance as Sydney who gets people like Verity Lambert to produce ‘Doctor Who’ work. There’s also Brian Cox as Sydney Newman, the BBC’s Head of Drama and the man who originated ‘Doctor Who’. I really like how Sacha plays Waris as someone who doesn’t know what to do when getting the scripts of the ‘cavemen’ story and sharing a good working relationship and friendship with Verity Lambert when they start. There’s also Sacha Dhawan as Waris Hussein, the first ‘Doctor Who’ director. Jessica delivers a remarkable performance as Verity, who is a woman struggling in a man’s world and becomes a female producer for the BBC. Jessica has appeared in ‘Doctor Who’ with Matt Smith in the episode called ‘Hide’. There’s Jessica Raine as Verity Lambert, ‘Doctor Who’s first producer. I really like how Hartnell’s career is touched upon before becoming a world-famous child’s star. He was also in the ‘Doctor Who’ episode ‘Dinosaurs on a Spaceship’ and voiced the Shansheeth in ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’story, ‘Death of the Doctor’.ĭavid is brilliant as William Hartnell, looking and sounding like him! I was terribly impressed with David’s performance as Bill Hartnell There’s a moment when he has his eyes wide open as Hartnell does. I’ve seen David in a BBC production of ‘Our Mutual Friend’ and the ‘Harry Potter’ films. This docu-drama stars David Bradley as William Hartnell. It was a delight to see the behind-the-scenes making of ‘Marco Polo’ ‘The Reign of Terror’ and ‘The Dalek Invasion of Earth’ featured in this docu-drama. This is the story on how a successful TV show was created and how the producers and the director struggled against pressure to make this show work.Īs well as featuring the Daleks in this docu-drama, there’s also the Menoptra from ‘The Web Planet’ and the first Cybermen from ‘The Tenth Planet’. I was impressed by how Mark Gatiss dramatizes the origins story and imbues it with such love and affection that is brought to life by the actors. He comes up with an idea for an educational science-fiction children’s show and calls Verity Lambert to help him produce it before they cast William Hartnell, a former movie star to play Doctor Who. The story of how ‘Doctor Who’ was created begins with Sydney Newman, the Head of BBC Drama. Bill Hartnell has his life flashing before his eyes as we’re taken back 1963. This special docu-drama begins with a prologue scene in 1966 with William Hartnell on his last day making ‘The Tenth Planet’. I discovered more behind-the-scenes stuff about William Hartnell’s tenure in ‘The End of the Line’ documentary on ‘The Gunfighters’ DVD. I was aware of the origins of ‘Doctor Who’ from watching the ‘Doctor Who: Origins’ documentary on ‘The Edge of Destruction’ DVD in ‘The Beginning’DVD box set. Mark is currently a writer on the new series of ‘Doctor Who’ and it’s great he produced this for the show’s 50th anniversary. This docu-drama is beautifully written and well-produced by Mark Gatiss. ‘An Adventure in Space and Time’ has now been re-released as part of the ’50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition DVD’ of ‘Doctor Who’ and is on Disc 4. The original DVD of ‘An Adventure in Space and Time’ was a 1-disc DVD set. I enjoyed seeing how the history of ‘Doctor Who’s creation was dramatized before my eyes. I watched this very special drama on the night it was shown. This is ‘An Adventure in Space and Time’, a docu-drama shown on BBC2 on the 21st of November, 2013 to celebrate 50 years of ‘Doctor Who’. “One day I shall come back! Yes, I shall come back!” – William Hartnell as the First Doctor, ‘The Dalek Invasion of Earth’. Tim Bradley with David Bradley at the ‘MCM Birmingham Comic Con’, NEC Birmingham, November 2017įor Simon/Timelord007 who is a huge ‘Doctor Who’ fan.
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