This guide covers the history of the key cast and crew from the first season.
John Barrowman [Jack Harkness]
As an actor, appeared in The Untouchables (1987), nineteen episodes of Central Park West (1996), Putting it Together (2000), Titans (2000, both the film and the pilot for the TV version), Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002), Method (2004), De-Lovely (2004) and five episodes of Doctor Who (2005). Far better known as a TV presentor, he hosted Live & Kicking (1993), 5’s Company (1997), Hey, Mr Producer! (1998), Children in Need (2003), The Sound of Musicals (2006), Dancing on Ice: Defrosted (2006), This Morning (2006) and How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? (2006).
Burn Gorman [Owen Harper]
Appeared in an episode of Coronation Street (1998), an episode of Mersey Beat (2001), Love is Not Enough (2001), A Good Thief (2002), Layer Cake (2004), The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: In Divine Proportion (2005), Colour Me Kubrick: A True…ish Story (2005), the series Funland (2005), The Best Man (2005), fifteen episodes of Bleak House (2005), an episode of Dalziel and Pascoe (2006), Penelope (2006) and Low Winter Sun (2006).
Naoko Mori [Toshiko Sato]
Appeared in ten episodes of Absolutely Fabulous (1992-2003), Casualty (1993-4), Hackers (1995), two episodes of Thief Takes (1997), Spiceworld The Movie (1997), an episode of Bugs (1998), the series Psychos (1999), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Running Time (2000) the video game Ka (2001), two episodes of Judge John Deed (2001), individual episodes of Murder in Mind (2002), Spooks (2002), Doctors (2002), Manchild (2003), Mile High (2003), The Smoking Room (2004) and Doctor Who (2005), the video game Genji (2005), Hiroshima (2005), the series Hot Tub Ranking (2005), the video game Perfect Dark Zero (2005) and an episode of Little Miss Jocelyn (2006).
Eve Myles [Gwen Cooper]
Appeared in the TV shows Belonging (2000-2), Tales from Pleasure Beach (2001), Eastenders (2003) and Doctor Who, and the films Score (2001), Colditz (2005), These Foolish Things (2006) and Soundproof (2006).
Indira Varma [Suzie Costello]
Appeared in Clancy’s Kitchen (1996), Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996), Sixth Happiness (1997), Jinnah (1998), the miniseries Psychos (1999), Zehn Wahnsinnige Tage (2000), the TV series Other People’s Children (2000), the show Sci-Fright (the second of three actresses to play host Nina, 2000), the series In a Land of Plenty (2001), The Whistle-Blower (2001), four episodes of Attachments (2001), Mad Dogs (2002), an episode of Rockface (2003), an episode of The Canterbury Tales (2003), Reversals (2003), the series Donovan (2004), Bride & Prejudice (2004), The Quatermass Experiment (2005), an episode of Love Soup (2005), the series Rome (2005), A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets (2005), and episode of Little Britain (2005), Basic Instinct 2 (2006) and two episodes of Broken News (2005-6).
Gareth David-Lloyd [Ianto Jones]
Appeared in episodes of Absolute Power (2003), Casualty (2003), Rosemary & Thyme (2004) and The Bill (2005).
Russell T Davies [Executive Producer / Lead Writer]
Wrote three episodes of Chucklevision (1987), wrote and produced episodes of Children’s Ward (1993-5), wrote the series Breakfast Serials (1990), the series Dark Season (1991), the series Century Falls (1993), an episode of Clue (1993), the series Revelations (1994), the series The House of Windsor (1994), the series Springhill (1996), the miniseries Touching Evil (1997), devised the series The Grand (1998) which he also wrote for and then wrote and co-produced the TV shows Queer as Folk (1999-2000), also receiving consulting credit on the US version (2000) and Bob & Rose (2001). Then he wrote and executive produced the miniseries The Second Coming (2003) and Casanova (2005) before going on to write an episode of Linda Green (2001) and the series Mine All Mine (2004) and finally executive produce and write episodes of Doctor Who (2005-6) and executive produce The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007).
Julie Gardner [Executive Producer]
Scrip editor for an episode of Silent Witness (1998), the series Sunburn which she also produced (1999) and the series The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (2000). Produced Othello (2001), Mr & Mrs Jones (2002), Dad (2005), Casanova (2005) and The Girl in the Cafe (2005). Executive Producer for The Chatterley Affair (2006), Doctor Who (2005-6) and Doctor Who Confidential (2005-6).
Chris Chibnall [Lead Writer]
Produced six episodes of Born and Bred (2003-5), which he also created and wrote seventeen episodes of. Wrote one episode of All About George (2005) and one of Life on Mars (2006).
Helen Raynor [Script Editor / Writer]
Script editor for four episodes of Doctors (2002), The Chatterley Affair (2006), the 2005 and 2006 seasons of Doctor Who and wrote an episode of Brief Encounters (2006).
Noel Clarke [Writer]
Wrote, produced and starred in Licks (2002), wrote and starred in Kidulthood (2006) and appeared in Native (1999), Take 2 (1999), Metrosexuality (1999), the pilot of Waking the Dead (2000), an episode of The Bill (2000), an episode of Judge John Deed (2001), three episodes of Casualty (2001), The Last Angel (2002), an episode of Doctors (2003), I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (2003), an episode of Holby City (2004), an episode of A Touch of Frost (2004), fourteen episodes of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (2004), Plastic (2006), thirteen episodes of Doctor Who (2005-6) and two episodes of June Hall (2006).
Phil Ford [Writer]
A writer on Coronation Street (1998), The Bill (2001-2), Bad Girls (1997-2006) and The Sarah Jane Adventures (4 episodes in 2007).
PJ Hammond [Writer]
Wrote episodes of Dixon of Dock Green (1995), Z Cars (1962) which he also script edited from 1969-70, Thirty-Minute Theatre (1966), Ramshackle Road (1968), Adventure Weekly (1968), Special Branch (1969), Ace of Wands (1970), Trial (1971), Six Days of Justice (1972), Spy Trap (1972), New Scotland Yard (1972), Emmerdale Farm (1972), Hunter’s Walk (1973), Within These Walls (1974), Dial M for Murder (1974), Shadows (1975), The Sweeney (1975), Angels (1975), Hazell (1978), Sapphire and Steel, which he created (1979), The Gentle Touch (1980), Lame Ducks (1986), Unnatural Causes (1986), The Bill (1989-92), Doctor Finlay (1993-4), Dangerfield (1996), Wycliffe (1997-8) and Midsomer Murders (2001-2006).
Matt Jones [Writer]
A favourite of Russell T Davies’, Jones script edited Queer as Folk (1999) and Queer as Folk 2 (2000) before writing two episodes of Doctor Who (2006). He also produced POW (2003), Shameless (2004-6) and Talk to Me (2007).
Joseph Lidster [Writer]
Torchwood was Lidster’s first TV commisson after many successful Doctor Who short stories and audio plays.
Jacquetta May [Writer]
Wrote for the tv series Where The Heart Is (1997) and an episode of New Tricks (2006). Better known as an actress, as she appeared in The Naked Cell (1987), Eastenders (1991-1993), an episode of In Suspicious Circumstances, an episode of Anna Lee (1995), the miniseries Crocodile Shows (1994), Cardiac Arrest (1994-6), an episode of Dangerfield (1996), Get Real (1998), the series Home Farm Twins (1999), Four Fathers (1999), an episode of Peak Practice (2000), an episode of Down to Earth (2001), an episode of I’m Alan Partridge (2002), My Uncle Silas II (2003), an episode of Holby City (2003), an episode of The Courtroom (2004), an episode of Silent Witness (2004) and two of The Bill (1990 and 2006).
Dan McCulloch [Writer]
Worked on the productions of The Girl in the Cafe (2005) and To The Ends of the Earth (2005).
James Moran [Writer]
After coming out of nowhere with his low-budget Cheap Rate Gravity (2002), Moran followed this up with Severance (2006) before working on Torchwood.
Paul Tomalin [Writer]
Cath Treganna [Writer]
Appeared in Satellite City (1996) and Y Mapiwr (1995). Lead writer on The Bench (2001), and wrote one episode of Eastenders (2003), nine episodes of Casualty (2004-6) and the series Stick or Twist (2006).
Toby Whithouse [Writer]
Wrote for the TV show Where The Heart Is (1997), an episode of Attachments (2000), devised No Angels (2004), the series Hotel Babylon (2006) and wrote an episode of Doctor Who (2006). Better known as an actor, as he appeared in A Masculine Ending (1992), Mrs ’Arris Goes to Paris (1992), The Complete Guide to Relationships (1993), the miniseries The Scarlet and the Black (1993), Shadowlands (1993), the series The House of Eliott (1992), Jackson: My Life… Your Fault (1995), Bright Hair (1997), Goodnight, Mister Tom (1998), an episode of Goodnight, Stweetheart (1999), RKO 281 (1999), The Last Musketeer (2000), Breathtaking (2000), Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), an episode of Kavanagh QC (2001), two episodes of Holby City (2000 and 2004) and the TV series The Virgin Queen (2005).
JC Wilsher [Writer]
Best known for his realistic drama writing, such as Between the Lines (1993), The Vice (1999-2000), The Bill (45 episodes, 1989-2001), Murder in Mind (2002-3) and New Tricks (2006-7)
Mark Everest [Director]
Best known for writing and directing two episodes of Space Race (2005-6).
Jonathan Fox Bassett [Director]
Directed several episodes of Teachers (2001), 20 Things To Do Before You’re 30 (2003), Mayo (2006) and several other TV shows.
Andy Goddard [Director]
Directed seven episodes of Stacey Stone (2001), four of Twisted Tales (2005) and numerous other TV shows, along with writing Kings of the Wild Frontier (2000), Rice Paper Stars (2000) and appearing in Macbeth (1997) and the videogame Timesplitters 2 (2002).
Brian Kelly [Director]
James Strong [Director]
Directed nine episodes of Doctors (2000-1), twelve of Holby City (2002-5) and seven of Doctor Who (2006-8), along with writing and directing Lady Jane (2003).
Colin Teague [Director]
Wrote and directed North West One (1999), Spivs (2004) and The Last Drop (2005). Also directed Shooters (2002), two episodes of London’s Burning (2002), seven episodes of Holby City (2003-6) and the pilot of Sarah Jane Adventures (2007).
Alice Troughton [Director]
Directed ten episodes of Doctors (2003-4), five of Holby City (2004-5) and four of Eastenders (2006).
Ashley Way [Director]
Directed the special Doctor Who episode Attack of the Graske (2005) and the following year’s Tardisodes (2006), along with the eighth series of Belonging (2005-7), featuring Eve Myles.
