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"David Bradley is to play William Hartnell in Doctor Who 50th anniversary biopic An Adventure in Space and Time. The drama - penned by Who writer Mark Gatiss - will focus on the creation of the long-running BBC sci-fi drama in 1963.   Hartnell - the first actor to bring the Doctor to life - will be played by Harry Potter star Bradley. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m absolutely thrilled,&amp;quot; said the 70-year-old actor. &amp;quot;Mark has written such a wonderful script not only about the birth of a cultural phenomenon, but a moment in television&amp;#039;s history. &amp;quot;William Hartnell was one of the finest character actors of our time and as a fan I want to make sure that I do him justice. I&amp;#039;m so looking forward to getting started.&amp;quot;  Bradley recently appeared in Doctor Who itself, playing space pirate Solomon in the episode &amp;#039;Dinosaurs on a Spaceship&amp;#039;, and is also known for appearing on Game of Thrones and in acclaimed BBC drama Our Friends in the North.   [Left: Jessica Raine, Right: Brian Cox] Jessica Raine will also appear in An Adventure in Space and Time as Doctor Who&amp;#039;s first producer Verity Lambert. The Call the Midwife star has already signed up for a role in the next series of Who airing on BBC One from March. Rounding out the cast is Brian Cox (X-Men 2, Troy) as Sydney Newman, the Canadian producer who helped devise Doctor Who, and Sacha Dhawan (Last Tango In Halifax) as Waris Hussein, director of the show&amp;#039;s first ever episode &amp;#039;An Unearthly Child&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;What a cast!&amp;quot; said writer and exec producer Gatiss. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m utterly delighted that everyone&amp;#039;s favourite Time Lord will be in such brilliant and stellar company. &amp;quot;We have a terrific team who can&amp;#039;t wait to tell the fascinating and surprising story of how the Doctor began his journey through Space and Time.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Doctor Who return date confirmed by BBC Watch a clip of William Hartnell in Doctor Who below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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