An Adventure in Space and Time

Nov 21, 2013

1h 23m

★ 7.7

The Story Begins Here...

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

BBC

An Adventure in Space and Time Trailers

Cast

William Hartnell

David Bradley

Verity Lambert

Jessica Raine

Waris Hussein

Sacha Dhawan

Sydney Newman

Brian Cox

Heather Hartnell

Lesley Manville

Mervyn Pinfield

Jeff Rawle

Carole Ann Ford

Claudia Grant

Jacqueline Hill

Jemma Powell

William Russell

Jamie Glover

Patrick Troughton

Reece Shearsmith

Peter Hawkins

Nicholas Briggs

Joyce

Carole Ann Ford

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