An Adventure in Space and Time
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An Adventure in Space and Time

Year:
Duration:
90 min
Genres:
Biography | Drama | History
IMDB rate:
8.4
Director:
Terry McDonough
Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 2013-11-22
Filming Locations: London, England, UK
Cast
Actor
Character
David Bradley
William Hartnell
Ross Gurney-Randall
Reg
Roger May
Len
Charlie Kemp
Arthur
Brian Cox
Sydney Newman
William Russell
Harry - Security Guard
Jeff Rawle
Mervyn Pinfield
Andrew Woodall
Rex Tucker
Jessica Raine
Verity Lambert
Jemma Powell
Jacqueline Hill
Lesley Manville
Heather Hartnell
Cara Jenkins
Judith Carney
Sacha Dhawan
Waris Hussein
Toby Hadoke
Cyril
Sarah Winter
Delia Derbyshire
Jamie Glover
William Russell
Claudia Grant
Carole Ann Ford
David Annen
Peter Brachacki
Mark Eden
Donald Baverstock
Ian Hallard
Richard Martin
Nicholas Briggs
Peter Hawkins
Carole Ann Ford
Joyce
Reece Pockney
Alan
Reece Shearsmith
Patrick Troughton
Claire Ashton
Secretary (uncredited)
Leslie Bates
Shadow (archive footage) (uncredited)
David William Bryan
BBC Electrician (uncredited)
Kit Connor
Charlie (uncredited)
Clive Doig
Party Guest (uncredited)
Brian Fenton
BBC Electrician (uncredited)
John Foreman
Passerby / Interviewee (uncredited)
Mathew Foster
BBC Assistant (uncredited)
William Hartnell
The Doctor
Sophie Holt
Jackie Lane (uncredited)
Thom Hutchinson
Menoptra (uncredited)
Samuel Lawrence
BBC Art Director (uncredited)
Jean Marsh
Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul McNamara
Featured Dalek
Lee Moulds
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Joseph Railton
Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Tony Robinson
Eager Caveman Actor (uncredited)
Matt Smith
The Doctor
Charles Walters
Robert Sleigh (uncredited)
Anneke Wills
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Trivia
William Hartnell-era stars William Russell Carole Ann Ford and Anneke Wills have cameo roles. Jean Marsh who appeared in two Hartnell era stories as Joanna (The Crusade) and Sara Kingdom (Daleks Master Plan) also cameos during Verity Lambert's leaving party. Jean Marsh was once married to Jon Pertwee and has also appeared in the McCoy era story Battlefield as Morgaine and has reprised her role as Sara Kingdom in several Big Finish audio's.
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Anneke Wills (Uncredited Party Guest) was Polly Wright, a companion to both the First and Second Doctor and one of the companions who witnessed the First Doctor's regeneration. An uncredited actress plays Wills during a photo call with Hartnell as well as during the scene where Hartnell is about to film his regeneration.
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Matt Smith makes a uncredited cameo as himself in character as The Eleventh Doctor.
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Goofs
In a scene set in 1963 and BBC Television Centre, Mervyn takes Verity into the News Studio however BBC News didn't move to Television Centre until 1969.
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In the opening scene where William Hartnell is driving across Barnes Common, he stops at real police call box. When the constable is leaving the box, he opens the door inwards, as with the TARDIS. Genuine police box doors, due to the lack of space inside,open outwards.
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During the rehearsal scene for the first episode, there is a shot of Verity Lambert, leaning on a monitor that is showing a test card. In the top left corner of the testcard you can see the "play" icon of a DVD-Player OSD, in the top right corner the track information "44/44".
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Quotes
William Hartnell: [repeating lines said by the Tenth Doctor] I don't want to go.
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Verity Lambert: [pitching the character to Bill Hartnell] C.S. Lewis meets H.G. Wells meets Father Christmas - that's the Doctor.
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William Hartnell: No-one is replaceable eh ? You can't have 'Doctor Who' without Doctor Who!
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Photos from cast
Sam Hoare
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