Doctor Who - Thin Ice - 02:30 am Sunday, August 23 on BBC Three

Peter Capaldi (Actor) .. The Doctor

Born: April 14, 1958 in Glasgow

Best Known For: The Thick of It and Doctor Who.

Early-life: Peter Dougan Capaldi was born in Glasgow on April 14, 1958. He is Irish on his mother's side and his father's family was from Italy. While attending Glasgow School of Art, he was the lead singer in a punk rock band called the Dreamboys. The drummer in the band was Craig Ferguson, who went on to become comedian and American chat show host. It was also while studying that Peter landed his breakthrough acting role in Local Hero in 1983.

Career: Playing mainly minor roles, Capaldi went on to feature in episodes of Minder, C.A.T.S. Eyes, The Lair of the White Worm, Rab C Nesbitt, Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Agatha Christie's Poirot and the miniseries Selling Hitler. He returned to the big screen when he wrote and starred in 1993's low-budget Soft Top Hard Shoulder. Guest starring roles followed in Prime Suspect 3, The Vicar of Dibley, Judge John Deed, My Family and Midsomer Murders. His profile raised significantly in 2005 when he began playing foul-mouthed spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in BBC comedy The Thick of It, a role that won him a Bafta. He also played Tucker in movie spin-off In the Loop. Always in-demand, his other TV credits include Skins, Torchwood: Children of Earth, The Nativity, Getting On and The Hour. He is currently playing the twelfth incarnation of the Time Lord in Doctor Who, a role he had long coveted.

Quote: 'There is no such thing as too much swearing. Swearing is just a piece of linguistic mechanics. The words in-between are the clever ones.'

Trivia: A lifelong Doctor Who fan, Capaldi was invited to audition for the role of the Eighth Doctor, which was eventually taken by Paul McGann, but turned it down, saying, 'I loved the show so much, and I didn't think I'd get it, and I didn't want to just be part of a big cull of actors.'

Pearl Mackie (Actor) .. Bill Potts

Best Known For: Playing Bill Potts in Doctor Who.

Early-life: Born on May 29, 1987 in Brixton, London. She studied at the University of Bristol, where she earned a degree in Drama. She took part in workshops and extra-curricular plays while attending this university. In 2010, she graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Career: Mackie appeared as the front of house girl in the music comedy Svengali (2013). In 2014, she played Anne-Marie Frasier in Doctors. She has featured in a number of stage productions, including Obama-ology at Finborough theatre in London and in the National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. In 2017, she appeared in Doctor Who as the new assistant, Bill Potts.

Quote: 'I remember watching TV as a young mixed race girl not seeing many people who looked like me, so I think being able to visually recognise yourself on screen is important.'

Trivia: Pearl Mackie's Dcotor Who character, Bill Potts, is the first openly gay main companion in the series.

Matt Lucas (Actor) .. Nardole

Born: March 05, 1974 in Paddington, London

Best Known For: Little Britain.

Early-life: Matthew Richard Lucas was born in London on March 5, 1974 to Diana and chauffeur John. Together with his older brother Howard, the family lived in Stanmore, Middlesex. Matt developed alopecia at a young age and lost his hair when he was just six. He attended the National Youth Theatre, where he met his long-time collaborator David Walliams. In 1992, he made his debut on the London comedy circuit with the character Sir Bernard Chumley, five weeks after he was talent-spotted by Bob Mortimer.

Career: In 1994, Lucas appeared at the Edinburgh Festival, returning a year later with Walliams. The pair enjoyed a sell-out tour in 1997. Lucas also worked with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer on The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, Shooting Stars, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Vic and Bob in Catterick. He reunited with Walliams for the spoof documentary series Rock Profiles, before creating the radio show Little Britain, which moved to TV in 2003; they also created Come Fly With Me in 2010. Lucas has enjoyed success on the stage in a number of production and popped up in Casanova, The Wind in the Willows, Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and Bridesmaids. He also fronts BBC One comedy show The Matt Lucas Awards.

Quote: 'People do recognise me, but they usually think I am Mark Lamarr. Sometimes people tell me loudly in public that I was the Tango man, too.'

Trivia: Matt signed up for a three-month stint in West End musical Les Miserables in 2011 following his role in its 25th anniversary show in October 2010.

Nicholas Burns (Actor) .. Sutcliffe

Asiatu Koroma (Actor) .. Kitty

Peter Singh (Actor) .. Pie-man

Simon Ludders (Actor) .. Overseer

Tomi May (Actor) .. Dowell

Austin Taylor (Actor) .. Spider

Ellie Shenker (Actor) .. Dot

Kishaina Thiruselvan (Actor) .. Harriet

Badger Skelton (Actor) .. Perry

Bill Anderson (Director)

Nikki Wilson (Producer)

Steven Moffat (Executive producer)

Brian Minchin (Executive producer)

Sarah Dollard (Writer)

Doctor Who: Thin Ice

02:30 am - 03:15 am, Sunday, August 23 on BBC Three (23)

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