Doctor Who: At Childhood's End
by Timie-Lemmens | created - 23 Jun 2021 | updated - 12 Jan 2022 | PublicThe castlist of actors if Sophie Aldred's novel was turned into a live-action movie.
1. Millie Bobby Brown
Actress | Enola Holmes
Millie Bobby Brown (born 19 February 2004) is an English actress and model. She rose to prominence for her role as Eleven in the Netflix science fiction drama series Stranger Things (2016), for which she earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series ...
Justine
2. Sophie Aldred
Actress | Doctor Who
Sophie Aldred was born in Greenwich, London, and brought up in nearby Blackheath. After leaving school, she attended Manchester University, where she took a degree in drama. From university she sang in working men's clubs to obtain her Equity Card, then worked in a children's theatre, appearing in ...
Dorothy McShane / Ace's mother (flashback)
3. Aaron Neil
Actor | Paddington 2
Aaron Neil is known for Paddington 2 (2017), The Promise (2016) and Peaky Blinders (2013).
Sanaul
4. Christopher Naylor
Actor | S.W.A.T.
Christopher Naylor is known for S.W.A.T. (2017), Bugs (1995) and The Alienist (2018).
Kim Fortune
5. Angela Bruce
Actress | Doctor Who
Angela Bruce was born in Leeds to an English mother and Trinidadian father. Despite an inauspicious start in life after her mother was forced to place her in a children's home, where the matron considered her "too coloured" to be adopted, her life changed dramatically at the age of three, when she ...
Brigadier Winifred Bambera (picture in newspaper article)
6. Adele Silva
Actress | Doghouse
Adele Silva has been one of the most popular faces on British screens for two decades. A graduate of the world famous Sylvia Young Theatre School, Silva is best known for her long running role as Kelly Windsor in top-rated British television drama Emmerdale Farm (1972), for which the Daily Express ...
Chantelle
7. Lachele Carl
Actress | Anansi Boys
Lachele Carl is known for Anansi Boys, Wednesday (2022) and Flesh and Blood (2020). She is married to Alejandro Viñao. They have one child.
Trinity Wells (the book mentions a newsreader, but not by name, so I decided to add Trinity to the cast as a nice easter egg)
8. Vince Henderson
Actor | Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures
Vince Henderson was born in 1957 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (1999), Cross Combat (1996) and Chain Letters (1987). He has been married to Sophie Aldred since July 12, 1997. They have two children.
Will Buckland
9. Jon Davey
Actor | The Sarah Jane Adventures
Jon Davey is known for The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007), Doctor Who (2005) and A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012).
Space Center Guard / Ratt Creature
10. Laura Pradelska
Actress | We Were Once
Laura Pradelska is an award winning German actress, Voice Over Artist, DJ, Radio Presenter and Public Speaker. After several years in Los Angeles, she relocated to London in to join the Drama Centre London. Since graduating with a double masters degree she has had several notable roles as an actor ...
Sam O'Connell
11. Tosin Cole
Actor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Tosin Cole was born 23 July 1992. He is a British actor known for his roles in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) as Lieutenant Bastian, EastEnders: E20 (2010) as Sol Levi, and Hollyoaks (1995) as Neil Cooper. Cole began his acting career in 2009 around the age of 17, in a modern day...
Ryan Sinclair
12. Mandip Gill
Actress | Doctor Who
Mandip Gill studied BA Hons Acting at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in Preston, Lancashire. Whilst there, she met with different directors and practitioners. She later graduated and became a regular on the program Hollyoaks, set in Chester, UK.
Yasmin Khan
13. Bradley Walsh
Actor | Coronation Street
Bradley Walsh was born on June 4, 1960 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Coronation Street (1960), Law & Order: UK (2009) and The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007). He has been married to Donna Derby since 1997. They have one child.
Graham O'Brien
14. Jodie Whittaker
Actress | Doctor Who
Jodie Whittaker came to prominence after her breakout performance in Venus (2006), which was met with a string of nominations, including British Independent Film Award and Satellite Award nominations for "Most Promising Newcomer" and "Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical." Whittaker ...
The Doctor
15. Sylvester McCoy
Actor | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Sylvester McCoy was born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith on 20 August 1943, the only child of Molly Sheridan and Percy James Kent-Smith, a couple living in Dunoon, Scotland. His mother was Irish. Percy James Kent-Smith was killed in the Second World War a couple of months before his son was born, ...
The Doctor
16. Nicholas Briggs
Actor | The Airzone Solution
Nicholas Briggs was born on September 29, 1961 in London, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for The Airzone Solution (1993), 4.3.2.1. (2010) and Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures (2012).
Voice of the Daleks (cameo) / Voice of Ratt Creatures
17. Barnaby Edwards
Actor | Children of Men
Barnaby Edwards is known for Children of Men (2006), Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures (2006) and Torchwood One (2017).
Dalek Operator 1 (cameo)
18. Nicholas Pegg
Actor | Doctor Who
Nicholas Pegg is known for Doctor Who (2005), The Stranger (1991) and Doctor Who: Shada (2003).
Dalek Operator 2 (cameo)
19. Lisa Bowerman
Actress | Doctor Who
Lisa Bowerman is known for Doctor Who (1963), Torchwood: Monthly Range (2015) and Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles (2007).
Bernice Summerfield (cameo)
20. Tomasz Borkowy
Actor | The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Tomasz Borkowy was born on September 17, 1952 in Poland. He is an actor, known for The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Doctor Who (1963) and Zycie na goraco (1979).
Sorin (cameo)
21. Dafne Keen
Actress | Logan
Dafne Keen Fernández is a British and Spanish actress who played the role of the mutant Laura Kinney / X-23 in Logan (2017) and Lyra in the HBO series His Dark Materials (2019).
She is the daughter of British actor Will Keen, and Spanish actress, theatre director and writer María Fernández Ache.
Keen...
Kerry
22. Kate Fleetwood
Actress | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Kate Fleetwood is an English actress. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Chichester Festival Theatre's Macbeth, which transferred to the West End and Broadway. She was nominated for an Olivier Award for her performance as Julie in London Road at the National ...
Kerry's mother
23. Michael Higgs
Actor | Assassination Games
Michael Higgs was born on February 14, 1962 in Birmingham, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Assassination Games (2011), Wizards vs. Aliens (2012) and Poirot (1989).
Kerry's father
24. Spencer Wilding
Actor | Rogue One
Spencer Wilding is a Welsh actor and special creature performer in the UK.
He is known for his interpretation of strong and imposing characters, often using prosthetics and makeup. He has appeared in films and series like Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, the saga Harry Potter, Wrath of the Titans (2012)...
Ratt creature
25. Ray Fearon
Actor | Beauty and the Beast
Ray Fearon is a British actor of stage, theatre and film. He has worked with the RSC, Donmar, Almeida, National, and other theatres. Fearon was born on 5 August 1973 and grew up in London with his family. His West Indian parents raised him alongside his seven brothers and sisters. His film works ...
Masst
26. Paul Kasey
Actor | Rogue One
Paul Kasey was born on August 5, 1973 in Chatham, Kent, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), 1408 (2007) and 28 Days Later (2002).
Ratt Creature
27. Aidan Cook
Actor | Rogue One
Aidan Cook is known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).
Ratt Creature
28. Alice Krige
Actress | Star Trek: First Contact
Alice Maud Krige was born on June 28, 1954 in Upington, South Africa where her father, Dr. Louis Krige, worked as a young physician. The Kriges later moved to Port Elizabeth where Alice grew up in what she describes as a "very happy family", a family that also included two brothers (both of whom ...
Aquillon
29. Sharon D Clarke
Actress | Rocketman
Sharon D Clarke was born on August 12, 1966 in England, UK. She is an actress, known for Rocketman (2019), Tau (2018) and Holby City (1999). She has been married to Susie McKenna since June 15, 2008.
Grace O'Brien (Flashback)
30. Paul Marc Davis
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Paul Marc Davis is known for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Son of God (2014) and Cassandra's Dream (2007).
Halogi-Kari
31. Tom Baker
Actor | Doctor Who
One of Britain's most recognizable (and most larger-than-life) character actors, Tom Baker is best known for his record-setting seven-year stint as the Fourth Doctor in Doctor Who (1963). He was born in 1934 in Liverpool, to Mary Jane (Fleming) and John Stewart Baker. His father was of English and ...
The Fourth Doctor (Flashback, archive footage)
32. Stuart Fell
Stunts | Lifeforce
Stuart Fell was born in 1942 in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Lifeforce (1985), Aliens (1986) and Superman (1978).
Morbius (Flashback, archive footage)
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