The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
222 audience votes
Key crew
- Terry McDonoughDirector
- Mark GatissWriter
- Edmund ButtOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- David BradleyWilliam Hartnell
- Jessica RaineVerity Lambert
- Sacha DhawanWaris Hussein
- Brian CoxSydney Newman
- Lesley ManvilleHeather Hartnell
- Jeff RawleMervyn Pinfield
- Claudia GrantCarole Ann Ford
- Jemma PowellJacqueline Hill
- Jamie GloverWilliam Russell
- Reece ShearsmithPatrick Troughton
- Nicholas BriggsPeter Hawkins
- Carole Ann FordJoyce