Doctor Who Series Five Names
The BBC has released some information about those involved in Matt Smith’s first series of Doctor Who. As well as Smith and Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) the following have been confirmed:
James Corden, Tony Curran, Arthur Darvill, Iain Glen, Alex Kingston, Helen McCrory, Ian McNeice, Sophie Okonedo, Bill Paterson, Meera Syal, Nina Wadia
That list is in alphabetical order, no clue as to which episode each appears in.
The series writers are as follows:
Steven Moffat (ep 1, 2, 4, 5, 12, 13)
Mark Gatiss (ep 3)
Toby Whithouse (ep 6)
Simon Nye (ep 7)
Chris Chibnall (ep 8, 9)
Richard Curtis (ep 10)
Gareth Roberts (ep 11)
Six episodes from Moffat and one from Whithouse are definitely good news. I’m less convinced by the inclusion of Nye and Curtis, we’ll see.
The programmes are directed as follows:
Adam Smith (ep 1, 4, 5)
Andrew Gunn (ep 2, 3)
Jonny Campbell (ep 6, 10)
Catherine Morshead (ep 7, 11)
Ashley Way (ep 8, 9)
Toby Haynes (ep 12, 13)
It’s disappointing to see Euros Lyn missing from that list, he’s done good work for both Doctor Who and Torchwood: Children of Earth.
