Fresh
The film is cleverly structured.
David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle
An Adventure in Space and Time
The Story Begins Here...
2013 · 1h 23m · TV-PG
Drama
Directed by
Terry McDonough
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.
Director and cast
- Terry McDonough Director
- David Bradley as William Hartnell
- Jessica Raine as Verity Lambert
- Sacha Dhawan as Waris Hussein
- Brian Cox as Sydney Newman
- Lesley Manville as Heather Hartnell
- Jeff Rawle as Mervyn Pinfield
- Claudia Grant as Carole Ann Ford
- Jemma Powell as Jacqueline Hill
- Jamie Glover as William Russell
- Reece Shearsmith as Patrick Troughton
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
As a story about how the past became the present (which makes us, in relation to its characters, people of the future), it is very much in line with its subject, and has been made with much the same mix of enchantment and suspense.
Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Gatiss has written several Doctor Who scripts, and it's striking to see how he adapts the story behind the story into a vintage Who tale: A tale of misfits triumphing over long odds.
Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
It captures the chaos and experimental vibe that dominated early TV production.
Hank Stuever, Washington Post
Rotten
Adventure aims for poignant but more often lands on solemn or maudlin.
Mike Hale, New York Times
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