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.
David Bradley
as William Hartnell
Jessica Raine
as Verity Lambert
Sacha Dhawan
as Waris Hussein
Brian Cox
as Sydney Newman
Lesley Manville
as Heather Hartnell
Jeff Rawle
as Mervyn Pinfield
Claudia Grant
as Carole Ann Ford
Jemma Powell
as Jacqueline Hill
Jamie Glover
as William Russell
Reece Shearsmith
as Patrick Troughton
Nicholas Briggs
as Peter Hawkins
Carole Ann Ford
as Joyce
