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Lucky Day (Doctor Who)
"Lucky Day" is the fourth episode of the fifteenth series of the British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was written by Pete McTighe, and was directed by Peter Hoar. The episode was released on BBC iPlayer, BBC One and Disney+ on 3 May 2025. It features the return of companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson), who plays a leading role in the episode opposite Conrad Clark (Jonah Hauer-King), with both the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu), the series' main leads, only appearing briefly. The episode focuses on Ruby, who begins a relationship with Conrad as she attempts to find her place in the world after leaving the Doctor. When it is revealed that Conrad's true aim is to turn the public against UNIT, Ruby and Kate Lethbridge-Stewart have to deal with the repercussions of Conrad's actions. The episode was devised by showrunner Russell T Davies, with Davies enlisting McTighe to write the episode. McTighe used the episode to explore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ncuti Gatwa
Mizero Ncuti Gatwa ( ; born 15 October 1992) is a Rwandan-Scottish actor. After a screen Breakthrough role, breakthrough portraying Eric Effiong in Sex Education (TV series), ''Sex Education'' (2019–2023), he rose to further prominence as the Fifteenth Doctor in ''Doctor Who'' (2023–2025). He began his career on stage at the Dundee Repertory Theatre and was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award for his performance as Mercutio in a 2014 production of ''Romeo & Juliet'' at HOME (Manchester), HOME. Early life Mizero Ncuti Gatwa was born in Nyarugenge District, Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda, on 15 October 1992. His father, Tharcisse Gatwa, from Rwanda's Karongi District, is a journalist. Gatwa's family escaped from Rwanda during the Rwandan genocide, 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and settled in Scotland. They lived in Oxgangs in Edinburgh, and moved to Dunfermline when he was 15. Gatwa attended Boroughmuir High School and Dunfermline High School before moving to Glasgow to study ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Dommett
Joel Patrick Dommett (born 8 June 1985) is an English comedian, television presenter and actor. After beginning his career as an actor, and appearing in various television shows including '' Casualty'' and '' Skins'', he embarked on stand-up comedy and television presenting and became known for his television roles in '' Live in Chelsea'' (2011–2012) and '' Impractical Jokers UK'' (2012–2014). Dommett was a contestant on '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' in 2016 and went on to present the spin-off show '' I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp'' (2017–2019) and '' I'm a Celebrity: Unpacked'' (2024–present) as well as an array of other shows including '' Hey Tracey!'' (2019–2020), '' The Masked Singer'' (2020–present), '' The Masked Dancer'' (2021–2022), the National Television Awards (2021–present), ''In With a Shout'' (2023–2024) and '' Survivor'' (2023). Early life Joel Patrick Dommett was born on 8 June 1985 in Rockhampton, Gloucestershire and attended The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Well (Doctor Who)
"The Well" is the third episode of the Doctor Who series 15, fifteenth series of the British television science fiction, British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. In the episode, the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and his Companion (Doctor Who), companion, Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu), arrive at a mining colony where contact has been completely lost. Upon investigation, they discover a sole survivor: the crew's deaf cook, Aliss Fenly. Attached to her is an alien being known as the Midnight Entity that kills anyone who steps behind her. Aliss is portrayed by Rose Ayling-Ellis, a deaf actress. The cast was trained in British Sign Language, with a consultant on set to ensure that the sign language was accurate and authentic. The episode was co-written by Russell T Davies, the ''Doctor Who'' showrunner, and Sharma Angel-Walfall, and directed by Amanda Brotchie. It was released on BBC iPlayer, BBC One, and Disney+ on 26 April 2025. The programme was originally planne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who Series 15
The fifteenth series of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'' premiered on 12 April 2025. This series is also known as "Season Two" following the production changes and the acquisition of ''Doctor Who''s international broadcasting rights by Disney+ prior to the previous series. It is the sixth series led by Russell T Davies as head writer and executive producer and the second since his return to the show in 2023, having previously worked on it from 2005 to 2010. This series is the fifteenth to air following the programme's revival in 2005, and is the forty-first season overall. This is the second and final series to star Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor, an incarnation of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in the TARDIS, which appears to be a British police box from the outside. Varada Sethu joins the series as new companion Belinda Chandra, with Millie Gibson also featuring as Ruby Sunday, the previous series' compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Gold
Murray Jonathan Gold (born 28 February 1969) is an English composer for stage, film, and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio. He is best known as the musical director and composer of the music for ''Doctor Who'' from 2005–2017 and since 2023. Gold's other television work includes '' Queer as Folk'', '' Last Tango in Halifax'' and '' Gentleman Jack''. He has been nominated for five BAFTAs. Born in Portsmouth to a Jewish family, Gold initially pursued drama as a vocation, while writing and playing music as a hobby, but switched to music when he became musical director for the University of Cambridge's Footlights society. He went to Corpus Christi College and studied History. Television Gold has been nominated for a BAFTA five times in the category Best Original Television Music, for '' Vanity Fair'' (1999), '' Queer as Folk'' (2000), '' Casanova'' (2006) and twice for ''Doctor Who'' (2009 and 2014). His score for the BAFTA winning film '' Kiss of Life'' was aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Collinson
Philip Collinson (born 26 August 1970) is a British television producer. He was initially an actor, before switching to working behind the cameras in the industry as a script editor and writer on programmes such as ''Springhill'' and ''Emmerdale'', later becoming the producer of '' Peak Practice'', ''Doctor Who'' and ''Coronation Street''. Career Collinson has produced several series for the BBC, including the comedy drama '' Linda Green'', and the first seasons of 1950s-set '' Born and Bred'' and paranormal thriller ''Sea of Souls''. In January 2004, he started work as the tenth full-time in-house producer of the BBC science-fiction programme ''Doctor Who''. While he was an actor, the role of Alexander in the 1999 Channel 4 drama '' Queer as Folk'' was written especially for him by his friend Russell T Davies. However, after Antony Cotton auditioned for the production team, Davies and his fellow producers felt they had no choice but to offer the role to him instead of Collins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Tranter
Pauline Jane Tranter (born 17 March 1963) is an English television executive who was the executive vice-president of programming and production at BBC Worldwide's Los Angeles base from 2009 until 2015. From 2006 to 2008, she was the BBC's controller of fiction; in this capacity she oversaw the corporation's output in drama and comedy, as well as films and programmes acquired from overseas, across all BBC TV channels. Critics were concerned that the BBC had invested too much creative power in one person, and following Tranter's move to the United States, the position of controller of fiction was abolished and the responsibilities divided up among four other executives. Personal life Tranter was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2025 Birthday Honours. Early career After studying English Literature at King's College London and taking a secretarial course back in Oxford, she joined the staff of the BBC in 1985, initially working as a secretar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Gardner
Julie Ann Gardner (born 4 June 1969) is a Welsh television producer. Her most prominent work has been serving as executive producer on the 2005 revival of ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-off shows '' Torchwood'' and '' The Sarah Jane Adventures''. She worked on ''Doctor Who'' from 2003 to 2009 before moving to Los Angeles to work at BBC Worldwide. In 2015, Gardner co-founded the production company Bad Wolf, best known for the BBC TV series ''His Dark Materials'', on which Gardner also serves as an executive producer. Early life Gardner was born in Neath and grew up in the Pont Walby area of Glynneath, where her parents ran a local shop. She attended Llangatwg Comprehensive and Neath Port Talbot College, where she was an outstanding student of A-Level English, History and Drama. She read English at Queen Mary University of London and initially worked as a teacher at Rhondda College, now part of Coleg Morgannwg, teaching English at GCSE and A Level, before in the mid-1990s she d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell T Davies
Stephen Russell Davies ( ; born 27 April 1963), known professionally as Russell T Davies, is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for being the original showrunner and head writer of the revival of the BBC sci-fi series ''Doctor Who'', from 2005 to 2010 and again since 2023. His other notable works include creating the series ''Queer as Folk (British TV series), Queer as Folk'' (1999–2000), ''Bob & Rose'' (2001), ''The Second Coming (TV serial), The Second Coming'' (2003), ''Casanova (2005 TV serial), Casanova'' (2005), ''Doctor Who'' spin-offs ''Torchwood'' (2006–2011), ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' (2007–2011), and ''The War Between the Land and the Sea'' (expected 2025), ''Cucumber (British TV series), Cucumber'' (2015), ''A Very English Scandal (TV series), A Very English Scandal'' (2018), ''Years and Years (TV series), Years and Years'' (2019), ''It's a Sin (TV series), It's a Sin'' (2021) and ''Nolly (TV series), Nolly'' (2023). Born in Swa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete McTighe
Pete McTighe is a British screenwriter and executive producer. He wrote several episodes of '' Wentworth'', an Australian prison drama series that won Most Outstanding and Most Popular Drama at the Logie Awards. He is the creator and writer of the BBC1 mystery thriller series '' The Pact'' and has written various television productions in the UK and internationally including ''Doctor Who'', '' The Rising'', ''Glitch'', ''Nowhere Boys'' and '' A Discovery of Witches''. McTighe has received five Australian Writers Guild Award and one Welsh BAFTA nomination for his work. Career Early work McTighe was born in the United Kingdom. He moved to Australia to study in Melbourne and was invited to join the writing team at ''Neighbours'' in 2006. His contributions to the series included the show's 6000th episode, which aired as part of the 25th anniversary on 27 August 2010. In 2012, he was nominated for his first Australian Writers Guild Award (AWGIE) in the category of Best Television Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hoar
Peter Hoar is a British film and television director. He has garnered two BAFTA wins, and Emmy nominations for his work, and is known for his work on '' Daredevil'', ''Doctor Who,'' ''It's a Sin'' and ''The Last of Us''. Career Hoar studied Media Production at Bournemouth University in 1989, graduating in 1992. Hoar started out as a runner on ''Peak Practice'', where he worked up to six years, working his way up the ladder to location manager and trainee director. He went on to direct on Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', before moving into series dramas such as '' Wire in the Blood'', ''The Innocence Project'' and '' Spooks''. As director Hoar directed nine episodes of ''Da Vinci's Demons'', created by ''The Dark Knight'' story writer David S. Goyer. In 2016, Hoar made his Marvel debut directing three episodes of '' Daredevil'' for Netflix, with Charlie Cox in the leading role. The show marked Peter's first formal American TV credit, and the beginning of a long relationship w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rani
The Rani is a fictional character in the British BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. She is a renegade Time Lord, and a nemesis of the series' title character, a Time Lord known as the Doctor. The Rani is an amoral biochemist who experiments on humans and other species, and considers everything secondary to her research. The character was first portrayed by Kate O'Mara, appearing in two classic serials, '' The Mark of the Rani'' (1985) and ''Time and the Rani'' (1987), before the original run of ''Doctor Who'' went off the air in 1989. O'Mara reprised the role as the principal villain in ''Dimensions in Time'', a 1993 ''Doctor Who'' charity television special for ''Children in Need''. The Rani has since been featured in multiple ''Doctor Who'' audio dramas and novels. The character later reappeared in the ''Doctor Who'' revival series, though only identified as Mrs Flood (Anita Dobson), throughout the Fifteenth Doctor's adventures. In "The Interstellar Song Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
