The world of Doctor Who has changed greatly in the space of just 10 years. The cast and crew have almost completely been replaced since 2005, including a number of new actors to play the errant Time Lord and his companions.

But what has happened to the class of '05? Where are Rose and Mickey now? What is the writer of 'Dalek' up to? And where can you see more work from the director of 'Rose'?

Here it is then, your guide to the main players of Doctor Who series one.

The Cast



After his three-month on-screen stint as the Doctor, Christopher Eccleston's career continued in much the same vein, taking in theatre, interesting television roles and the odd blockbuster.

Post-2005, the Northern actor went Stateside to take on the role of invisible man Claude in the US series Heroes. From there, he popped up in a very amusing Doctor Who-esque cameo as Dr. Lazer Rage in The Sarah Silverman Program and starred as Destro in GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009).

Back in the UK, Eccleston would impress in the terrific Lennon Naked, playing the titular Beatles singer; Jimmy McGovern's Accused (2010); and Hugo Blick's The Shadow Line (2011).

More recently, Chris was back in the US portraying bad boy Malekith in Thor: The Dark World and had a starring role in the series The Leftovers. Currently, you can catch the former Doctor on Sky Atlantic's brilliant Fortitude and coming up in ITV's promising Safe House.

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Billie Piper of course stayed with Doctor Who for series two and later popped back for series four, the Tenth Doctor's finale and the 50th anniversary special.

Over on ITV2, Piper caused a stir in the eyebrow-raising Secret Diary of a Call Girl as high class escort Belle whilst she had two outings as Sally Lockhart in the BBC adaptations of The Ruby in the Smoke (2006) and The Shadow in the North (TV Movie) from Philip Pullman.

Recently, Billie impressed on stage at The National in both The Effect and Great Britain and had a starring role in the Showtime series, Penny Dreadful.

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Noel Clarke, Rose's 'boyfriend' Mickey Smith, proved to be no slouch either. Staying with Doctor Who through series two (and like Billie, popping back a couple of times), Clarke also moved into writing and directing, with films such as Kidulthood, Adulthood, 4.3.2.1. and The Anomaly.

On TV, he penned an episode of Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood for its second series and last year had a starring role in ITV's Chasing Shadows alongside another Who star, Alex Kingston.

Like Eccleston and Piper, Clarke has also made his way Stateside starring in Star Trek Into Darkness and this year's The Throwaways with James Caan.

Rose's mum Jackie, played by Camille Couduri, would also make recurring appearances in the series after hopping over to a parallel Earth. Not quite as high-profile as her on-screen daughter, Couduri would pop up in shows like Ashes To Ashes, ITV's Midsomer Murders and BBC Three's Him & Her.

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Penelope Wilton, MP for Flydale North Harriet Jones (yes we know who she is!) returned twice in Who and has rarely been off our screens since. With roles in Agatha Christie's Marple and C4's South Riding, she may now be best known as Isobel Crawley in the behemoth Downton Abbey.

Wilton also graced the big screen in the movies The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and its sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - and just earlier this year, she was nominated for an Olivier for Taken at Midnight at Theatre Royal Haymarket.



And how could we leave out Captain Jack Harkness himself, John Barrowman? Though he returned sporadically to Doctor Who, Barrowman firmed up as his role as the omni-sexual time agent in his spinoff show, Torchwood.

Running for four series (so far), Barrowman found an adoring audience. Similarly, his singing career has taken the Scotsman on many a sell-out tour, entertaining thousands across the country. The US proved to be a fertile ground for the multi-talented actor, taking in a recurring role in Desperate Housewives in 2010 and, more recently, a starring role in superhero series Arrow.

The Writers

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Lead writer Russell T Davies stayed on the show until 2009 - his final episode airing in early 2010 - and also created two very successful spinoff shows in Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.

He also devised Wizards Vs Aliens for CBBC (with fellow Who writer Phil Ford) and just this year, Davies hit our screens again, this time on Channel 4, with the triumvirate of Cucumber, Banana and Tofu.

Mark Gatiss, no stranger to the world of television, continues to write for Doctor Who (he has another episode coming up soon for Peter Capaldi). Since the first series, he has also starred twice ('The Lazarus Experiment' and heavily made-up in 'The Wedding of River Song') and provided his voice twice (as Danny Boy in 'Victory of the Daleks' and 'A Good Man Goes To War').

Gatiss was also the man behind the tremendous genesis of Doctor Who drama, 'An Adventure in Space and Time'.

Outside of Who, Gatiss has been a busy bee. Aside from his numerous acting credits (we'll draw your attention to The Crimson Petal and the White, Being Human, Wolf Hall and Game of Thrones as just a small sample of his work), he's also written for Agatha Christie: Poirot, brilliantly adapted HG Wells' The First Men in the Moon and MR James The Tractate Middoth (which he also directed), whilst he created his own beasts with horror anthology Crooked House and documentary series, A History of Horror.

Oh, and did we mention Sherlock?

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Paul Cornell, writer of the series one ep 'Father's Day', returned to Doctor Who two years later with another equally elegant tale, 'Human Nature'.

For television, Cornell would go on to write for another BBC show Robin Hood and ITV's Primeval whilst in the world of comics, writing for DC. 'Dalek' writer Robert Shearman continues to be active having had a number of books published, both fiction and critical.

As for Steven Moffat, the man behind 'The Empty Child' and 'The Doctor Dances'... whatever happened to that guy?

The Directors

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Euros Lyn, who helmed 'The End of the World' and 'The Unquiet Dead', would come back to the world of Doctor Who time and again, proving to be one of its finest directors; as his work on 'The Girl in the Fireplace' and 'Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead' will attest.

Lyn also took care of the five episodes of Torchwood: Children of Earth, taking the spinoff to new heights. Outside of Who, Euros has directed episodes of Sherlock, Upstairs Downstairs, Broadchurch, Last Tango in Halifax, Happy Valley and most recently reunited with Russell T Davies for two episodes of Cucumber.

Likewise, James Hawes (the man behind the camera on 'The Empty Child / Doctor Dances' two-parter) would return for three more instalments in the David Tennant era. In 2014, Hawes directed two episodes of the aforementioned Penny Dreadful (starring Billie Piper), whilst he's also filmed TV movie The Challenger Disaster (starring William Hurt), BBC's Merlin and Sky1's Mad Dogs (with the Master himself, John Simm).

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Joe Ahearne, who directed five episodes of series one, created supernatural series Apparitions for the BBC in 2008 (starring Martin Shaw) and adapted The Secret of Crickley Hall - again for the BBC - in 2012 (starring Suranne Jones and David Warner, amongst others). He also directed some episodes of both series.

Former pop video director Brian Grant has had an interesting career post his one shot with 'The Long Game'. He introduced the world to then little-known actor Matt Smith in BBC Two's wonderful but short-lived Party Animals and recently helmed episodes for a diverse range of shows such as the Sky1 fantasy series Sinbad and the BBC's long-running New Tricks. Fascinating fact about Grant - he conceived the idea for the Olivia Newton-John video, 'Let's Get Physical'!

Keith Boak - who took on directing duties in the first filming block for series one, 'Aliens of London', 'World War III' and 'Rose' - never returned to Doctor Who. Since then, he has worked on BBC products including Hotel Babylon, Casualty and Waterloo Road.

Behind The Scenes

The show's composer, Murray Gold remains in the role, giving each Doctor a unique new flavour with his scores. Since he started on Doctor Who, Gold has also worked on other shows including Channel 4's The Devil's Whore, BBC's Single Father (starring David Tennant), ITV's Scott & Bailey, Last Tango in Halifax, The Musketeers, David Attenborough's documentary series Life Story and most recently reunited with Russell T Davies on Cucumber.

The composer has also provided the soundtracks for the films Alien Autopsy, Death at a Funeral and Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil since 2005.

Not a name people often remember when it comes to Doctor Who, but Mal Young, then the Controller of Continuing Drama Series at the BBC, played a part in its renewed success.

By the time 'Rose' had aired however, Executive Producer Young had already left the BBC. Post-2005, he has produced and written pilots for US television (not picked up) and produced reality show Desperate Scousewives for E4 in 2011.

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Producer Phil Collinson stayed on, making his way up to Executive Producer in 2007. Collinson didn't hang around for Tennant's final specials, choosing instead to produce church choir drama All the Small Things, starring Sarah Lancashire, for BBC One and then in 2010 taking on the big one - Coronation Street. Phil stepped down as its producer in 2013.

Like Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner stayed as Executive Producer on the show until the end of the David Tennant era. Since her first series on Doctor Who, Julie exec produced on The Sarah Jane Adventures and then went out Stateside to make Torchwood: Miracle Day and Da Vinci's Demons for Starz, and Intruders for BBC America.

Most recently, she was reunited with RTD on Cucumber and Banana and is currently working on the US version of hit BBC show, Luther.

Though you won't see her name credited on any Doctor Who episodes, if it wasn't for the belief and tenacity of Jane Tranter, our beloved show would likely never have returned. Then Controller of Drama Commissioning at the BBC, she tirelessly pursued resurrecting the Time Lord for primetime Saturday night telly.

She's been on the rise ever since, being promoted to Head of Fiction in 2006 and then leaving for BBC Worldwide to take on the role of executive vice-president of programming and production.

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