An Adventure in Space and Time (TV Movie 2013) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error An Adventure in Space and Time ( 2013 ) 1h 30min A dramatisation of the early years of Doctor Who (1963), with the story revolving around BBC executive Sydney Newman , novice producer Verity Lambert and actor William Hartnell . Director: a list of 30 titles created 20 Mar 2012 a list of 47 titles created 01 Jan 2013 a list of 27 titles created 01 Nov 2013 a list of 37 titles created 6 months ago a list of 45 titles created 1 week ago Title: An Adventure in Space and Time (TV Movie 2013) 8.3/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin.

1 win & 8 nominations. See more awards » Photos With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who (1963) approaching, former Doctors Peter Davison , Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy try to sneak onto the set of the anniversary special. Director: Peter Davison Doctor Who (TV Movie 1996) Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi The newly-regenerated Doctor takes on the Master on the turn of the millennium, 31 December 1999. Director: Geoffrey Sax Prequel to series seven of Doctor Who (2005); five short films show the home life of Amy and Rory, while The Doctor has a few adventures of his own. Stars: Arthur Darvill, Karen Gillan, Matt Smith British physicist Brian Cox lectures on the nature of time and space, black holes, time dilation and the possibility of time travel a la Doctor Who by using experiments featuring celebrity ... See full summary » Directors: Steve Smith, Ashley Way Stars: Brian Cox, Matt Smith, Jim Al-Khalili This series takes place in the TARDIS asks the question "what does the doctor do when his companions are asleep"?

Stars: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Alex Kingston The Doctor, Amy, and Rory get stuck in a time paradox within the T.A.R.D.I.S. Director: Richard Senior Amy reminds The Doctor he needs to have an adventure once in a while, the Doctor complies and sets the TARDIS to its "adventure setting". After a series of malfunctions, the ship lands in ... See full summary » Stars: Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Karen Gillan, Sarah Louise Madison A series of documentaries celebrating the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who (1963), each focusing on a different incarnation of the Doctor. Stars: Gareth Pierce, Steven Moffat, Marcus Wilson Highlights from the third Doctor Who Prom, hosted by Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman, which featured music from the series - performed by the BBC Philharmonic and London Philharmonic Choir. Director: Richard Senior Behind the scenes of the making of Doctor Who with the cast, crew and directors. Stars: Russell T. Davies, David Tennant, Steven Moffat Before the Doctor can settle down to married life, he must face one last confrontation with his deadly enemy of certain death - the Master.

Director: John Henderson Doctor Who: Dreamland (TV Mini-Series 2009) Animation | Adventure | Sci-Fi While visiting a local diner, The Doctor finds an alien artifact and ends up on a mission to save the Rivesh Mantilax from the danger of the Viperox and the U.S. Military. Stars: David Tennant, Georgia Moffett, Tim Howar Edit Storyline In 1963 Sydney Newman, progressive head of BBC TV's drama department, wants to fill a Saturday tea-time slot with a show with youth appeal and hits on the idea of an august figure, like a doctor, leading a group of companions on time travel adventures. He engages inexperienced young producer Verity Lambert to expand the idea. Fighting sexist and racial bigotry Verity and young Indian director Waris Hussein persuade crusty character actor William Hartnell to play the doctor figure and, despite technical hiccups and competition with coverage of the Kennedy assassination, the first episode of 'Doctor Who' is born. As the show becomes a success Hartnell displays an obsession with his character but, after three years, ill health catches up with him and he starts to forget lines.

Newman tells him that Doctor Who will 'regenerate' and he will be replaced by younger actor Patrick Troughton. Though attached to the part and reluctant to give it up Hartnell wishes every success to Troughton, the... Written by don @ minifie-1 22 November 2013 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Ein Abenteuer in Raum und Zeit See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? 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 (The Daleks' Master Plan) also cameos during Verity Lambert 's leaving party. Jean Marsh was once married to Jon Pertwee , known for playing the Third Doctor from 1970 to 1974. Marsh also appeared in the McCoy era story Battlefield as Morgaine and has reprised her role as Sara Kingdom in several Big Finish audio's.

See more » Goofs Claudia Grant playing Carol Ann Ford/Susan Foreman explains that TARDIS stands for Time and Relative Dimensions in Space whereas in both the un-aired pilot and pilot of an Unearthly Child she says Time and Relative Dimension in Space - no 's' at the end of Dimension. See more » Quotes (Isle Of Bute , Scotland) – See all my reviews Is it too much to state how much that DOCTOR WHO has shaped British popular culture ? Nearly everyone loves the show in all of its variable and diverse eras . That said if you're going to make a drama about the origins of the show then there's a very real danger that you're going to overstate everything and tell the story with embellished hindsight . To quote the late John Nathan Turner " The memory cheats " and if there's a problem with An Adventure In Space And Time it's that it's written with the view that the future of television itself is at stake . This is patently untrue and everything I've read on the origins of the show indicates no one had any inkling of the genie they'd released from the bottle and thought of it as a disposable children's television show that probably wouldn't last .

That said the programme begins with a disclaimer - though be it in a pretentious manner - that some artistic licence has been taken by the storytelling Sydney Newman a bold and brash Canadian newly arrived from ITV comes up with the idea of an educational children's show for the BBC that will fire their interest in both science in history . He decides to call it Doctor Who and delegates the task of producer to a young production associate called Verity Lambert . What the drama does very well is paint the picture of early 1960s Britain as being a million miles away from what it is today . Lambert being a woman - and a Jewish one at that - is an absolute anachronism in this world . Women in those days didn't have careers only jobs and often low paid menial ones at that because they were expected to be baby factories and housewives . She is joined on the debut story by her assigned director a young Indian man called Waris Hussein who is a closeted homosexual and young Jewish woman and closeted Indian homosexual have to fight tooth and nail to get the show off the ground usually against the creator of Doctor Who itself Sydney Newman .

One can understand the point Mark Gattis is making here that a show featuring an outsider in the role of the Doctor has a subtext all of its own in that it's being also being made by cultural outsiders who are about to change the face of television but again is true or is it merely shoehorned history after the fact ? It's interesting that Terry Nation gets name checked but it's a well documented fact of history that Nation only took the writing gig because he'd lost his job writing for Tony Hancock and Nation would always state with great relish he only wrote the Dalek story with the thinking of " Take the money and run " . To him writing the Dalek debut meant paying the rent as a struggling and jobbing writer and nothing more which again indicates that the BBC had little idea or faith as to how popular the show may have become .

There's also an unforgiving airbrushing out of script editor David Whitaker from the show's history and Whitaker was probably more responsible than anyone else of shaping the character of the Doctor and bringing him to life and of giving the early show an ethos and unique feel of its own that made it more than mere disposable children's entertainment Whitaker not getting as much as a namecheck is unforgivable That said the cast of the drama are more than adequate and we get some post modernism by casting William Russell and Carole Ann Ford in cameos as walk on characters . Pride of place goes to David Bradley as William Hartnell who you genuinely believe has somehow miraculously been reincarnated as himself . Unless they were movie stars actors in those days were berefit of the celebrity status where every movement was publicized by the tabloids and remained relatively unknown to the general public . From what we know of William Hartnell he could be very difficult and tiring to work with but at the same time he loved the show and the people he worked with and this comes across very well on screen . The only contentious point about the acting is Brian Cox gives a painfully over emphatic performance as Sydney Newman who seems to be a parody of a Jewish Hollywood movie mogul .

This may or may not have been true in real life but Cox is still somewhat overdone In summary this is an affectionate tribute to both the show itself and the people who created Doctor Who . It's a much better tribute than the much expected noisy mess of The Day Of The Doctor but at the same time many of the " facts " should be taken with a pinch of salt , if not the whole salt packet . It's a drama based on fact but isn't a fly on the wall documentary . Remember that while you're watching 18 of 24 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Doctor Who drama casts David Bradley as William Hartnell - BBC News BBC News Doctor Who drama casts David Bradley as William Hartnell 30 January 2013 Close share panel Image caption Bradley (left) called Hartnell (right) "one of the finest character actors of our time" Harry Potter actor David Bradley will play "first Doctor" William Hartnell in a BBC drama about Doctor Who's creation to mark its 50th anniversary. An Adventure in Space and Time will tell the story of the genesis of the BBC sci-fi drama in the early 1960s.

Bradley, known to millions for his role as Filch in the Potter series, said he was "absolutely thrilled" to be cast. Call the Midwife actress Jessica Raine and Scotland's Brian Cox will also appear in the BBC Two commission. Cox will play Sydney Newman, the BBC head of drama credited with the creation of the show, while Raine will play the producer Verity Lambert. Filming will begin in February at BBC Television Centre, then move to Wimbledon Studios in south-west London. The script has been written by Mark Gatiss, a regular Doctor Who writer who, like Bradley, has been seen in the show since its 2005 revival. Gatiss will act as executive producer of the one-off 90-minute drama, alongside Steven Moffat and Caroline Skinner. 'Cultural phenomenon' "I first heard about this role from Mark while watching the Diamond Jubilee flotilla from the roof of the National Theatre," said Bradley, who played the character of Solomon in 2012 episode Dinosaurs on a Spaceship. "When he asked if I would interested, I almost bit his hand off!

Mark has written such a wonderful script not only about the birth of a cultural phenomenon, but a moment in television's history. Image caption Bradley was seen last year in Doctor Who episode Dinosaurs on a Spaceship "William Hartnell was one of the finest character actors of our time and as a fan I want to make sure that I do him justice. I'm so looking forward to getting started." Doctor Who was first broadcast on 23 November 1963 with a four-part adventure known as An Unearthly Child. Sacha Dhawan, seen recently in Last Tango In Halifax, will play Waris Hussein, director of those initial episodes. An Adventure in Space and Time is one of a number of programmes that will mark Doctor Who's half-centenary later this year. Hartnell, who died in 1975, was better known for playing 'hard man' roles prior to being cast as the Doctor, a role he filled from 1963 to 1966.

'Doctor Who': David Bradley discusses his time as the Doctor - LA Times 'Doctor Who': David Bradley discusses his time as the Doctor David Bradley Al Seib / Los Angeles Times David Bradley plays William Hartnell in "An Adventure in Space and Time." David Bradley plays William Hartnell in "An Adventure in Space and Time." (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Patrick Kevin Day David Bradley has had a long, distinguished career on the stage in England, but in the last few years, Hollywood has had him in its sights. He was the cantankerous watchman at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films and has appeared in the acclaimed British series "Broadchurch" and Edgar Wright 's "The World's End," as well as being part of one of the most shocking scenes on American TV ever with the infamous "Red Wedding" in HBO's "Game of Thrones." Although he appeared as a guest star in a recent episode of " Doctor Who ," he never could have dreamed he'd one day be playing the Doctor himself as William Hartnell in "An Adventure in Space and Time." The film recounts the creation of the iconic BBC series that celebrates its 50th anniversary this weekend.

Bradley sat down to discuss the film during a recent visit to L.A. PHOTOS: Behind the scenes of movies and TV Are people recognizing you more? DB: Yeah. It’s really good because the things I get to be in are really good quality things. The last two years have been busy, but it’s all been film and TV. Before that, I was in a lot of theater. I did 16 years with the Royal Shakespeare Company and stuff in the West End and the occasional TV. But gradually film work came in. I used to enjoy working to a live audience, that was the best thing. It was great, and I kind of miss it. One of the nicest scenes in 'An Adventure in Space and Time' shows a group of schoolchildren approaching William Hartnell, who is conflicted about his role playing the Doctor. But when they recognize him from the show, he pretends to actually be the Doctor and lead them on a series of adventures in the park. Have you ever acted the part, so to speak, when someone recognized you? DB: Sometimes I get invited to schools to speak to the students. I’ve done it in Italy where my wife comes from.

I don’t understand what they’re saying and they don’t understand what I’m saying, but they love Harry Potter. Occasionally, they will say, “We love the run up and down the school hall” from, I think it was the fourth Harry Potter film. They say "Do it! Do it!" So I do it. I run up and down the school hall, which is the most ridiculous run. It was something that got a huge laugh in the cinema. I didn’t think it was all that funny, but the way they shot it made me look absolutely ridiculous. People want you to say certain lines into their phone or something. I never say no. It means they appreciate it. If I ever got tired of all that I’d remind myself of this story. I did a series called "Reckless" playing the father of actor Robson Green, who was a big TV star. It was one of the biggest series I ever had been in on TV. We did a scene in a garden house in Manchester. As soon they heard Robson Green was in the area, people came out of their houses and brought their children and stood by the barrier. And when we finished filming they let the people through.

Robson said "I'd be happy to meet them." There were about a hundred of them and they brushed past me. The last straggler was a young boy of about 15. He got to me and said, "Hasn't anyone asked for your autograph?" I said, "Actually no." He said. "Go on then, I'll have it." He felt so sorry for the old geezer. He was doing me a favor, but the thing is, I was so grateful. I said to myself, just remember this. ON LOCATION: Where the cameras roll It was nice that Hartnell finally embraced the role. DB: After initial reluctance, he realized what an opportunity it was to be whimsical and funny and have a bit of a twinkle and bit of fun. He realized the endless possibilities of doing a character like that. He could be outrageous and eccentric and a bit crazy. I think it released something in him. Also, he realized he was getting a younger audience, which he'd never had before. I feel a bit that way when I was doing Harry Potter. It was sad he had this condition that prevented him from carrying on and the problems he had. It's in the script.

[Writer Mark Gatiss ] hasn't pulled any punches with showing his unpleasant side. He'd blow up at someone for not reaching the professional standards he expected from people and for himself. And when he failed to meet his own standards, when he started to lose his memory and forget his lines, he wanted a bit more time free and a bit less to say. Instead he was told to step aside. Imagine going into a meeting where you think you call the shots and being told there will be Doctor Who, just not with you. At least he was able to say that Patrick Traughton was the best choice. Do you get over to the U.S. much? DB: Not that much. I’ve worked in New York a couple of times in the theater. Last time I was in L.A. was about seven years ago I was coming out to my goddaughter’s wedding, Kate Beckinsale , the actress. She called me up the night before and said we’ve been looking for someone to conduct the service and we can’t find anyone we like. Will you do it? So I said I’m not qualified. So she had me ordained over the Internet into the universal ministries. I got my certificate through the e-mail and I printed it.

I just had time to get that before we left for the plane. I conducted the wedding service for my goddaughter. Particularly brilliant because her father was my best pal at drama school. Great actor who died at 31. I could say I did a gig out here. PHOTOS: Celebrities by The Times Did you share Hartnell's goals to play bigger and more varied roles? DB: Curiously enough I didn’t. I got a few roles in local theater and when I went to Royal Shakespeare Company I played one or two smaller parts. I knew I wasn’t ready for huge parts. I just wasn’t competent enough yet to play leading roles in the main house. And so a lot of chunky roles, like Titus Andronicus and King Lear, by the time they came around, I felt confident enough in that big theater to take them on. Where if they’d come earlier I might have blown it. What's your memory of your guest appearance on the "Doctor Who" episode "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"? DB: I remember seeing the Tardis for the first time in the studio and getting a shiver in my back. That’s the real thing. Working with Matt [Smith ] was great.

It was a terrific sleazebag of a part. He was like an older rocker who’s had too much heroin or something. I loved the costume and all the leather. It was just a great part to relish. And at the end of it, I thought, "That was great. That’s my Doctor Who experience." I had no idea I'd come back to do this! Were you a fan? DB: I stopped watching it when I was working in the theater. Saturday night is a working night but I kind of kept in touch with it. I remember seeing Hartnell, Patrick Traughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker. I saw little bits of the subsequent ones. But I lost touch with it. I did watch a couple of Matt’s before I worked with him. He’s got the right level of eccentricity. The thing about the Doctor is that he’s got an unquenchable curiosity about the universe and everything in it. To me, that’s more touching and more poignant when it’s an older person. It’s usually a character trait of someone younger, always looking out for the next thing.

Maybe I’m wrong, and there are people my age who are just as curious about the world and inquisitive. But it’s a thing you associate with younger people. Always asking questions. The Doctor has a child-like quality. Not childish, child-like. ALSO: David Bradley on An Adventure in Space and Time - IGN IGN David Bradley on An Adventure in Space and Time Share David Bradley on An Adventure in Space and Time Share. By Roth Cornet As a part of the worldwide celebration of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, the BBC is set to unveil An Adventure in Space and Time , a one-off narrative retelling of the inception of Doctor Who. Written by Sherlock and Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss, and starring David Bradley as the first Doctor William Hartnell, the drama follows the series' first producer Verity Lambert- who was also the BBC's first female producer - and director Waris Hussein as they struggle to get the innovative children's show off the ground through the decision to introduce the idea of regeneration, allowing the series to live past any one actor's portrayal. We had the opportunity to sit down with Bradley recently to talk about the film, and Hartnell's final and, for many, most iconic role.

Bradley as William Hartnell in An Adventure in Space and Time. IGN: You're in several highly visible projects this year. You had a notable arc on Game of Thrones, The World's End and now this, William Hartnell, the first Doctor. David Bradley: Yes, yes, unusual, happily. They’re all successful, because any actor of a certain age, you have your share what you call “turkeys” over here, so it increases the pleasure when you do get something. It turns out to be really popular. IGN: There’s kind of a mirror with what’s happening for you and this character, in that he had a career resurgence, an unexpected one in some ways. Did you relate to that? Bradley: I could relate to it, yes. I could relate to it in a lot of ways, being an actor of course as well.

There were some things I had to try and find out why he was like he was at times, because he did some great work before Doctor Who came along -- in two of the most iconic films I’d seen in my youth, Brighton Rock and This Sporting Life with Richard Harris -- two very, very different characters, and I think that’s what Verity Lambert saw in him, the fact that he could transform himself so much. He was a terrific actor, but not what you’d call a British movie star, because he always played these secondary -- and he got a bit trapped in playing authority figures and hard men, even in a comedy series or a comedy film. Carry on Sergeant, he was the only straight man. I think he felt he was getting typecast in that kind of part. Then when Doctor Who came along, he was initially very reluctant. Somebody said, “Kids TV?” He said, “What am I doing? Where’s my career going? I should be getting these major film roles.” He thought he wasn’t getting the recognition he deserved. So he had a bit of a chip on his shoulder. Sometimes he would explode or behave badly, and that’s something I couldn’t relate to because I hadn’t had his experience in life.

But in order to try and find out why he would do that -- it’s no good just playing a scene as an angry, irritable guy. For me, you can’t just play angry or irritable. You’ve got to find out the background to all that, and it turned out reading about it that he always claimed he was brought up by a friendly family environment on a farm down in Devon. IGN: But that’s not true. Bradley: But he was actually illegitimate and born behind St. Pancras Station, and he suffered. To be illegitimate in 1908, when he was born, there was a real stigma attached to that, the fact that he became involved in street crime as a youth and thieving. He was rescued by a mentor who paid for his education, because he could see he had potential. So he paid for his education and drama school, and he became a fine stage actor and a great comedian -- a lot of people didn’t know that about him. A lot of people know him as that stern guy from the screen.

I think as soon as he realized the potential that Doctor Who had for him as a character, the fact that he could be lighthearted and playful and do something that kids, his grandchildren, could watch, he embraced it totally, and it became the job of his life. It was a lovely thing. The film, it’s not a biopic or a documentary about William Hartnell, so you can’t tell the whole story, but it’s about the making of Doctor Who and how it was created with Sydney Newman, played by the brilliant Brian Cox. Continue on for more from Bradley on Hartnell and Who... British Actors You Should Know: David Bradley | Telly Visions British Actors You Should Know: David Bradley David_Bradley_by_Gage_Skidmore_cropped.jpg David Bradley at San Diego Comic Con 2013 (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Did you happen to watch An Adventure in Space and Time last week while we were all celebrating the Doctor Who 50th anniversary? If not, you should absolutely go find it on On Demand or iTunes, because it’s excellent, not for the least of which reason is because actor David Bradley is just stunning in the lead role.

After having seen that, we thought some people might be curious about what else the actor’s done, so he seemed an ideal choice for a profile in our British Actors You Should Know series . Much like previous BAYSK Bill Nighy , Bradley has been working in film, television and theater for several decades at this point, and this list is but a sampling of a long and successful career (there’s no way all his roles would fit in one blog post!), though he’s only really broken through into the pop culture mainstream in the past few years. You’ve seen him in something though, for sure, even if you didn’t know who he was. Take a look at some of his more famous roles. An Adventure in Space and Time. Bradley takes on the role of real-life First Doctor William Hartnell in this story about the people who brought iconic sci-fi series Doctor Who to life. The film doesn’t shy away from presenting a complete picture of the actor, including his often cantankerous and difficult nature, the joy he took in being part of Who, and the pain caused by his deteriorating health, which forced him to give up the role, Bradley is marvelous in this, and basically looks like Hartnell reincarnated.

If you’ve ever at any point in your life enjoyed Doctor Who, you should watch this. An Adventure in Space and Time: The Trailer - Doctor Who 50th Anniversary - BBC Two Video of An Adventure in Space and Time: The Trailer - Doctor Who 50th Anniversary - BBC Two Another Year. Written and directed by Mike Leigh, this film tells the story of an older married couple with a comfortable, loving relationship over the course of one year, surrounded by family and friends who mostly suffer some degree of unhappiness. Jim Broadbent and Lesley Manville play the main couple, Tom and Geri, while Bradley plays Tom’s brother, Ronnie, who is dazed by the loss of his wife. Bradley earned a nomination for Best Supporting Actor from the London Film Critics Circle Awards for his performance in this film. Another Year Trailer Video of Another Year Trailer Broadchurch. This tense and surprising murder mystery follows the story of an investigation into the death of a young boy named Danny Latimer and stars such notable figures as David Tennant and Olivia Colman.

Bradley plays Jack Marshall, a local man who lives in Broadchurch who comes under suspicion in the matter of Danny’s death (as does most of the town at one point or other) and he will just break your heart. ITV | Broadchurch (w/ David Tennant and Olivia Colman): Trailer Video of ITV | Broadchurch (w/ David Tennant and Olivia Colman): Trailer Game of Thrones. This is probably the role most of you will know Bradley from, even if you don’t know his name. He plays the infamous Walder Frey in the HBO television adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s epic Game of Thrones novels, and he is basically the character that literally everyone in the world hates. If you’ve seen the show, you know why. If you haven’t, well. Beware. Game of Thrones - Meet Walder Frey Video of Game of Thrones - Meet Walder Frey The Harry Potter Films. Before everyone knew Bradley from Game of Thrones, everyone knew him from Harry Potter. He plays Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch in seven out of the eight Potter film, another role that most fans love to hate.

(Fun fact: Filch doesn’t appear in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One.) As an infamous Squib whose favorite past time is catching students out after hours and who is obsessed with his caretaker assistant cat Mrs. Norris, it’s hard to find a lot of sympathy for Filch, though it does happen once or twice. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - David Bradley short interview Video of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - David Bradley short interview Our Friends in the North. This nine-part series follows four friends from Newcastle through the changes in their lives between 1964 and 1995. The story references many real-life political and social events, both specific to Newcastle and the country at large, including local government and police corruption, the UK miners strike and the Great Storm of 1987. The serial is commonly regarded as one of the most successful BBC television dramas of the 1990s. The drama features several faces that will be familiar to Anglophiles besides Bradley, including Christopher Eccleston, Daniel Craig, Gina McKee and Mark Strong.

Our Friends in the North, 1996 BAFT Award-winning BBC TV Series, Trailer Video of Our Friends in the North, 1996 BAFT Award-winning BBC TV Series, Trailer The World’s End. Bradley’s actually appeared in two out of the three installments in Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy, though his role was more impactful in recent finale The World’s End. (Sadly, he is not in Shaun of the Dead, which is a real shame.) The story follows a group of five friends who return to the small town they grew up in, to complete an epic bar crawl. Bradley plays Basil, as local town oddball who turns out to not be such a weirdo in the end after all. He’s hilariously entertaining in a movie full of entertaining things. 'The World's End' Trailer Video of &amp;#039;The World&amp;#039;s End&amp;#039; Trailer Honorable mention: Doctor Who.

As seems to be something of a trend in these sorts of posts – this particular British Actor You Should Know gets an honorable mention for their Doctor Who appearance because, well, there are only so many actors in Britain and it seems like all of them end up on Who at some point. Bradley took his turn in Series 7, playing a dastardly space pirate (basically) in the episode Dinosaurs on a Spaceship. Doctor Who creation drama to star David Bradley and Jessica Raine - Telegraph Doctor Who Doctor Who creation drama to star David Bradley and Jessica Raine David Bradley will play William Hartnell alongside Brian Cox and Jessica Raine in a drama about the beginnings of Doctor Who. Jessica Raine and David Bradley are to star in a drama about the first Doctor Who episode. Photo: PA/REX/ By Alice Vincent, Entertainment Writer, online 6:30AM GMT 30 Jan 2013 David Bradley is to star as William Hartnell the first Doctor Who actor in BBC Two drama An Adventure in Space and Time.

As part of the BBC's celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the enduring sci-fi series, the drama will show how Doctor Who was created, and focus on the people who were involved in bringing the first episode to fruition in 1963. Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine will play Verity Lambert, the producer on the first story, An Unearthly Child. Sacha Dhawan (The History Boys) will play the show’s director, Waris Hussein. Brian Cox, known for his roles in The Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Identity, will play the BBC’s Head of Drama, Sydney Newman. Bradley, who played caretaker Argus Filch in Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban , said he was “absolutely thrilled” to be playing Hartnell, naming the first Who episode as “not only the birth of a cultural phenomenon, but a moment in television’s history.” A self-confessed fan of Hartnell, Bradley said he wanted to “make sure that I do him justice.” The one-off 90 minute drama is written by Mark Gatiss , the Sherlock co-creator who has also written episodes of Doctor Who since 2006.

He complimented the cast, saying “I'm utterly delighted that everyone's favourite Time Lord will be in such brilliant and stellar company. We have a terrific team who can't wait to tell the fascinating and surprising story of how the Doctor began his journey through Space and Time.” Filming of An Adventure in Space and Time will start in February, and the drama is being directed by Breaking Bad director Terry McDonough. Related Articles Doctor Who: Exclusive set picture from An Adventure in Space and Time | Radio Times Twitter Doctor Who: Exclusive set picture from An Adventure in Space and Time Who's that reading a 1960s Radio Times? It's the First Doctor, William Hartnell, who is reborn in a new Mark Gatiss drama made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the show Comments Patrick Mulkern 3:00 PM, 15 February 2013 Radio Times is chuffed that Mark Gatiss is calling his drama about Doctor Who’s birth An Adventure in Space and Time. This was the tagline RT printed on the billing for episode one in 1963 and indeed on all 253 editions in the 60s.

For Gatiss, the 90-minute special (filming now and due to air in November on BBC2) is “quite simply a dream come true”. He describes it as “the story of how an unlikely set of brilliant people created a true television original”. David Bradley (Argus Filch in the Harry Potter films) is playing William Hartnell, the actor who was initially reluctant to take on the role of the mysterious time traveller. He soon fell in love with the character and was sad to leave in 1966. He died in 1975. Bradley says when Gatiss offered him the part, “I almost bit his hand off.” Our first picture of Bradley in character shows him on the second day of shooting last week, with Lesley Manville as Hartnell’s devoted wife, Heather. Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine has been cast as producer Verity Lambert (then just 27), while Brian Cox (the international film star, not the prof ) is playing the “father” of Doctor Who, Sydney Newman, a flamboyant Canadian who was BBC head of drama. The only surviving member of the quartet who created the series is Indian-born director Waris Hussein.

He’s helped Gatiss with his “meticulous research” and is delighted to be a key character in the drama. “I am to be portrayed by my doppelganger, Sacha Dhawan, a handsome actor. Vanity prevails!” he jokes. Recently seen in Last Tango in Halifax, Dhawan was one of the original History Boys (in the play and movie). Filming began on 3 February at BBC Television Centre, on what is likely to be the last drama made on the site before it’s redeveloped. Executive producer Caroline Skinner tells RT: “As the BBC moves out of TV Centre, we are moving the cast and crew for An Adventure in Space and Time in! It’s a fantastic opportunity to film this momentous story in the actual location – a little bit of television history.” David Bradley - IMDb IMDb David Bradley was born on April 17, 1942 in York, Yorkshire, England as David John Bradley. He is an actor, known for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001).

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The Gardener 2012 Benidorm (TV Series) 2012 Eternal Law (TV Series) Mack Steen 2011 Waking the Dead (TV Series) George Barlow 2010 New Tricks (TV Series) Simon Beswick / John Plummer 2010 Arena (TV Series documentary) Various characters 2009 The Street (TV Series) Joe 2009 The Tudors (TV Series) Will (Court Fool) 2008 The Invisibles (TV Series) 'Knacker' Locke 2007 Thieves Like Us (TV Series) Electric 2003 Blue Dove (TV Mini-Series) Max Turnbull 2003 Midsomer Murders (TV Series) Tom 2001 Sweet Dreams (TV Movie) Jim 2001 Murphy's Law (TV Movie) Hatcher Snr.

2001 Station Jim (TV Movie) Elliot 2000 Black Cab (TV Series) Gerald 1999 Doomwatch: Winter Angel (TV Movie) Angel (voice) 1998 The Canterbury Tales (TV Series) January (voice) 1997 The Moth (TV Movie) Dave Waters - Episode #3.8 (1997) ... Charles Matthews 1997 Reckless (TV Mini-Series) 1996/II Kiss and Tell (TV Movie) Superintendent Hines 1996 Band of Gold (TV Series) Alf - Unknown Soldiers (1996) ... Les James 1995 Casualty (TV Series) 1994 Screen Two (TV Series) Headmaster 1993 Full Stretch (TV Series) Don Naylor 1992 Between the Lines (TV Series) Sgt. Harry Ross - Lies and Damned Lies (1992) ... Sgt. Harry Ross 1992 Screenplay (TV Series) 1985 One by One (TV Series) Mr.

Fazakerly 1981 BBC2 Playhouse (TV Series) Barman / Wike 1981 Play for Today (TV Series) Communist speaker 1980 Coronation Street (TV Series) Detective Sergeant Simms 1978 The Professionals (TV Series) Tony Kristo 1972 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) Evangelist 1971 Nearest and Dearest (TV Series) 2nd Policeman 2013 William Hartnell: The Original (TV Short documentary) Himself 2012 Frankenstein: A Modern Myth (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Narrator (voice) 2004 Most Haunted (TV Series) Himself 2003 Interviews with Professors & More (Video documentary short) Himself 2000 The Unforgettable Richard Beckinsale (TV Special short) Himself Personal Details Other Works: He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Richard III" in a Royal National Theatre production at the Lyttelton Theatre in London, England and Tour with Ian McKellen (Richard III), Brian Cox (Buckingham), Peter Jeffrey, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Susan Engel,

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See more » Publicity Listings: Did You Know? Personal Quote: [on starring in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)] When he asked if I would be interested, I almost bit his hand off! Mark [ Mark Gatiss ] has written such a wonderful script not only about the birth of a cultural phenomenon, but a moment in television's history. William Hartnell was one of the finest character actors of our time and as a fan I want to make sure that I do him justice. I'm so ... See more » Trivia: He was nominated for the 2009 Olivier award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Harold Pinter 's "No Man's Land". See more » Trademark: Best known for playing grouchy and malicious characters.

Star Sign: BBC AMERICA to Premiere ‘An Adventure in Space and Time’ for ‘Doctor Who’ 50th | Anglophenia | BBC America BBC AMERICA to Premiere ‘An Adventure in Space and Time’ for ‘Doctor Who’ 50th Anglophenia BBC AMERICA has announced casting for 'An Adventure of Space and Time,' a film dramatization of the creation of 'Doctor Who,' which premiered November 23, 1963. David Bradley will play actor William Hartnell, Jessica Raine will play producer Verity Lambert, and Brian Cox has been cast as BBC Head of Drama Sydney Newman. (Photos: AP) Copy the link below By Kevin Wicks | 4 years ago BBC AMERICA has announced casting for ‘An Adventure of Space and Time,’ a film dramatization of the creation of ‘Doctor Who,’ which premiered November 23, 1963. David Bradley will play actor William Hartnell, Jessica Raine will play producer Verity Lambert, and Brian Cox has been cast as BBC Head of Drama Sydney Newman.

(Photos: AP) BBC AMERICA is set to premiere An Adventure in Space and Time, a film drama about the creation of Doctor Who, as part of the channel’s celebration of the long-running sci-fi series’ 50th anniversary. Frequent Who scriptwriter Mark Gatiss has already been announced as writer, and he’s also serving as executive producer alongside current Doctor Who execs Steven Moffat and Caroline Skinner. The film is a co-production between BBC AMERICA and BBC Cymru Wales and will air later in 2013. Doctor Who first hit the BBC airwaves on November 23, 1963, and an impressive cast has been assembled to play the personalities behind the show’s earliest days. David Bradley, best known as Argus Filch in the Harry Potter movies, has taken on the role as actor William Hartnell, who played the series’ very first Doctor. Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine, already cast in the Season 7, Part 2 premiere of Doctor Who , is set to play producer Verity Lambert, and the great Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy, Adaptation.) is on board as Sydney Newman, BBC’s then-Head of Drama.

The real-life William Hartnell and Verity Lambert (Hartnell photo: BBC; Lambert photo: Press Association via AP Images) Meanwhile, The History Boys‘ Sacha Dhawan will play Waris Hussein , director of Doctor Who‘s premiere episode, “An Unearthly Child.” Bradley says he’s “absolutely thrilled” about playing William Hartnell, and adds, “I first heard about this role from Mark [Gatiss] while watching the Diamond Jubilee flotilla from the roof of the National Theatre. When he asked if I would be interested, I almost bit his hand off! Mark has written such a wonderful script not only about the birth of a cultural phenomenon, but a moment in television’s history. William Hartnell was one of the finest character actors of our time and as a fan I want to make sure that I do him justice. I’m so looking forward to getting started.” Filming begins in London next month at BBC’s Television Centre before transferring to Wimbledon Studios. Matt Strevens (Misfits, Skins) is producing, with Terry McDonough (Breaking Bad, The Street) directing. Thoughts? Tell us below:

Question: Which Doctor Who actor did David Bradley play in the recent TV drama An Adventure In Space and Time ?
Answer: WILLIAM HARTNELL