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If the public response to Toxic Town, Jack Thorne’s new inspired-by-a-true-story Netflix drama, is half as energised as that of last year’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office, this won’t be the last we hear about this landmark legal case from 2009. The four-part series tells the true story of a group of mothers in the Northamptonshire town whose babies were born with upper and lower limb differences, as well as other health issues, as a result of toxins released due to negligent management of reclaimed wasteland by Corby Borough Council.

As well as an urgent story, Toxic Town has an excellent cast, featuring actors from Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Sex Education, Trainspotting and many more. Find out all about the characters and who’s playing them below.

Jodie Whittaker as Susan McIntyre

Susan McIntyre is a real Corby resident and the mother of Connor McIntyre, who was born with an upper limb difference as a result of poisons from toxic brownfield sites entering Susan’s system during pregnancy. She was one of 18 women with children harmed by the toxins who, along with solicitor Des Collins, took Corby Borough Council to court in 2009.

She’s played by former Doctor Who actor Jodie Whittaker, who flew the TARDIS between 2017 and 2022 (and continues to voice the 13th Doctor in audio stories), and who in 2023 gave an acclaimed performance opposite The Last of Us‘ Bella Ramsey in the second series of Jimmy McGovern’s prison-set drama Time. Whittaker will soon be seen alongside Suranne Jones in crime drama Frauds.

Aimee Lou Wood as Tracey Taylor

Tracey Taylor is another real Corby resident whose family was seriously affected by the toxins carried by dust from the reclaimed steelworks site. Her husband Mark is played by Matthew Durkan.

Tracey is played by Aimee Lou Wood, who established her name alongside fellow stars Ncuti Gatwa and Emma Mackey in Netflix’s teen comedy-drama Sex Education, and has been booked and busy ever since. Wood is filming a second series of BBC comedy Daddy Issues with David Morrissey, starred with Bill Nighy in feature film Living, and is currently appearing in season three of the hottest show around, HBO’s The White Lotus opposite Walton Goggins.

Rory Kinnear as Des Collins

Des Collins is the real solicitor who led the negligence claim against Corby Borough Council alongside 18 of the mothers whose pregnancies were affected by the toxins. As mentioned in the drama, he and his firm also represented train crash victims of the Southall and Paddington rail disasters.

He’s played by Rory Kinnear, a much-loved British screen and stage actor (and incidentally, the son of another well-loved actor: Roy Kinnear) seen recently in the role of Dave “Bank of Dave” Fishwick in Netflix’s follow-up film to the first. He’s been in Bond films, played John Clare in Penny Dreadful (and came back for sequel City of Angels), recently starred in The Diplomat and played Tom Bombadil in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Brendan Coyle as Roy Thomas

Corby Borough Council Labour deputy leader and then leader Roy Thomas is a fictionalised character based, as it says in Toxic Town‘s closing credits, “…on a number of men, none of whom lived to see their plans for Corby fully realised.”

He’s played by Brendan Coyle, who’s well known for playing the Earl of Grantham’s valet Mr Bates in the Downton Abbey TV series and feature film spin-offs. In between playing Bates, he slotted in a role in BBC crime drama Requiem and film Mary Queen of Scots, and before that, he played Robert in Lark Rise to Candleford and appeared in a huge range of TV dramas from Prime Suspect to literary adaptation North and South to Dangerfield and many more.

Robert Carlyle as Sam Hagen

Sam Hagen was a real Corby Borough Councillor who raised concerns about corner-cutting in the steelworks reclamation process. Toxic Town is dedicated to his memory.

He’s played by Scottish actor Robert Carlyle, who came to fame in the 1990s after TV roles in Jimmy McGovern’s Cracker and the BBC’s Hamish Macbeth, and in films Trainspotting and The Full Monty, and has since done all sorts, from Bond films to a long stint in US ABC fantasy Once Upon a Time, before returning to The Full Monty‘s TV sequel and taking the lead in Sky political thriller COBRA.

Joe Dempsie as Derek Mahon

Derek Mahon was a real employee of the company who carried out the groundworks at the former steelworks reclamation site. He and his wife Maggie Mahon (played by Bridgerton and Line of Duty‘s Claudia Jessie) had a child affected by the toxins released in the process. He’s played by Joe Dempsie, a well-known actor whose career started out in Channel 4 teen drama Skins, and who went on to play Gendry in Game of Thrones, and have prominent roles in Adult Material, Showtrial and many more acclaimed dramas. He can soon be seen in Channel 4 crime drama Get Millie Black.

Karla Crome as Pattie Walker

Actor-writer Karla Crome plays Pattie Walker, a character whose child was born with limb difference as a result of the toxins. Crome’s biggest previous roles were in Misfits, Under the Dome and Carnival Row, as well as BBC comedy-drama Am I Being Unreasonable?

ALSO APPEARING

– Bridgerton‘s Eloise Claudia Jessie as real-life Corby mother Maggie Mahon
– Domina and Our Girl’s Ben Batt as fictional business owner Pat Miller
– Boiling Point and The North Water’s Stephen McMillan as council engineer Ted Jenkins
– This is England and The Gallows Pole’s Michael Socha as Susan’s partner Peter
– Endeavour and Until I Kill You’s Simon Harrison as fictional council worker Bill Martin
– Daddy Issues’ and Outlander’s Matthew Durkan as Tracey’s husband Mark Taylor
– Karen Pirie, The Outrun and Vigil’s Lauren Lyle plays real-life case solicitor Dani Holliday
– EastEnders’ Kheerat, aka Jaz Singh Deol, plays the council chief executive
– Newcomer Ralph Falkingham plays Susan’s son Connor McIntyre

All episodes of Toxic Town are streaming now on Netflix.

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This article contains spoilers for INVINCIBLE season 3 episode 6. Three seasons in to its planned multiple-season run, Prime Video animated superhero saga Invincible has already built up a hell of a rogues’ gallery for its titular hero. From largely ineffective irritants like Elephant and Doc Seismic to threatening heavies like Angstrom Levy and Machine Head, young […]

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If the public response to Toxic Town, Jack Thorne’s new inspired-by-a-true-story Netflix drama, is half as energised as that of last year’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office, this won’t be the last we hear about this landmark legal case from 2009. The four-part series tells the true story of a group of mothers in the Northamptonshire town whose babies were born with upper and lower limb differences, as well as other health issues, as a result of toxins released due to negligent management of reclaimed wasteland by Corby Borough Council.

As well as an urgent story, Toxic Town has an excellent cast, featuring actors from Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Sex Education, Trainspotting and many more. Find out all about the characters and who’s playing them below.

Jodie Whittaker as Susan McIntyre

Susan McIntyre is a real Corby resident and the mother of Connor McIntyre, who was born with an upper limb difference as a result of poisons from toxic brownfield sites entering Susan’s system during pregnancy. She was one of 18 women with children harmed by the toxins who, along with solicitor Des Collins, took Corby Borough Council to court in 2009.

She’s played by former Doctor Who actor Jodie Whittaker, who flew the TARDIS between 2017 and 2022 (and continues to voice the 13th Doctor in audio stories), and who in 2023 gave an acclaimed performance opposite The Last of Us‘ Bella Ramsey in the second series of Jimmy McGovern’s prison-set drama Time. Whittaker will soon be seen alongside Suranne Jones in crime drama Frauds.

Aimee Lou Wood as Tracey Taylor

Tracey Taylor is another real Corby resident whose family was seriously affected by the toxins carried by dust from the reclaimed steelworks site. Her husband Mark is played by Matthew Durkan.

Tracey is played by Aimee Lou Wood, who established her name alongside fellow stars Ncuti Gatwa and Emma Mackey in Netflix’s teen comedy-drama Sex Education, and has been booked and busy ever since. Wood is filming a second series of BBC comedy Daddy Issues with David Morrissey, starred with Bill Nighy in feature film Living, and is currently appearing in season three of the hottest show around, HBO’s The White Lotus opposite Walton Goggins.

Rory Kinnear as Des Collins

Des Collins is the real solicitor who led the negligence claim against Corby Borough Council alongside 18 of the mothers whose pregnancies were affected by the toxins. As mentioned in the drama, he and his firm also represented train crash victims of the Southall and Paddington rail disasters.

He’s played by Rory Kinnear, a much-loved British screen and stage actor (and incidentally, the son of another well-loved actor: Roy Kinnear) seen recently in the role of Dave “Bank of Dave” Fishwick in Netflix’s follow-up film to the first. He’s been in Bond films, played John Clare in Penny Dreadful (and came back for sequel City of Angels), recently starred in The Diplomat and played Tom Bombadil in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Brendan Coyle as Roy Thomas

Corby Borough Council Labour deputy leader and then leader Roy Thomas is a fictionalised character based, as it says in Toxic Town‘s closing credits, “…on a number of men, none of whom lived to see their plans for Corby fully realised.”

He’s played by Brendan Coyle, who’s well known for playing the Earl of Grantham’s valet Mr Bates in the Downton Abbey TV series and feature film spin-offs. In between playing Bates, he slotted in a role in BBC crime drama Requiem and film Mary Queen of Scots, and before that, he played Robert in Lark Rise to Candleford and appeared in a huge range of TV dramas from Prime Suspect to literary adaptation North and South to Dangerfield and many more.

Robert Carlyle as Sam Hagen

Sam Hagen was a real Corby Borough Councillor who raised concerns about corner-cutting in the steelworks reclamation process. Toxic Town is dedicated to his memory.

He’s played by Scottish actor Robert Carlyle, who came to fame in the 1990s after TV roles in Jimmy McGovern’s Cracker and the BBC’s Hamish Macbeth, and in films Trainspotting and The Full Monty, and has since done all sorts, from Bond films to a long stint in US ABC fantasy Once Upon a Time, before returning to The Full Monty‘s TV sequel and taking the lead in Sky political thriller COBRA.

Joe Dempsie as Derek Mahon

Derek Mahon was a real employee of the company who carried out the groundworks at the former steelworks reclamation site. He and his wife Maggie Mahon (played by Bridgerton and Line of Duty‘s Claudia Jessie) had a child affected by the toxins released in the process. He’s played by Joe Dempsie, a well-known actor whose career started out in Channel 4 teen drama Skins, and who went on to play Gendry in Game of Thrones, and have prominent roles in Adult Material, Showtrial and many more acclaimed dramas. He can soon be seen in Channel 4 crime drama Get Millie Black.

Karla Crome as Pattie Walker

Actor-writer Karla Crome plays Pattie Walker, a character whose child was born with limb difference as a result of the toxins. Crome’s biggest previous roles were in Misfits, Under the Dome and Carnival Row, as well as BBC comedy-drama Am I Being Unreasonable?

ALSO APPEARING

– Bridgerton‘s Eloise Claudia Jessie as real-life Corby mother Maggie Mahon
– Domina and Our Girl’s Ben Batt as fictional business owner Pat Miller
– Boiling Point and The North Water’s Stephen McMillan as council engineer Ted Jenkins
– This is England and The Gallows Pole’s Michael Socha as Susan’s partner Peter
– Endeavour and Until I Kill You’s Simon Harrison as fictional council worker Bill Martin
– Daddy Issues’ and Outlander’s Matthew Durkan as Tracey’s husband Mark Taylor
– Karen Pirie, The Outrun and Vigil’s Lauren Lyle plays real-life case solicitor Dani Holliday
– EastEnders’ Kheerat, aka Jaz Singh Deol, plays the council chief executive
– Newcomer Ralph Falkingham plays Susan’s son Connor McIntyre

All episodes of Toxic Town are streaming now on Netflix.

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If the public response to Toxic Town, Jack Thorne’s new inspired-by-a-true-story Netflix drama, is half as energised as that of last year’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office, this won’t be the last we hear about this landmark legal case from 2009. The four-part series tells the true story of a group of mothers in […]

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If the public response to Toxic Town, Jack Thorne’s new inspired-by-a-true-story Netflix drama, is half as energised as that of last year’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office, this won’t be the last we hear about this landmark legal case from 2009. The four-part series tells the true story of a group of mothers in the Northamptonshire town whose babies were born with upper and lower limb differences, as well as other health issues, as a result of toxins released due to negligent management of reclaimed wasteland by Corby Borough Council.

As well as an urgent story, Toxic Town has an excellent cast, featuring actors from Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Sex Education, Trainspotting and many more. Find out all about the characters and who’s playing them below.

Jodie Whittaker as Susan McIntyre

Susan McIntyre is a real Corby resident and the mother of Connor McIntyre, who was born with an upper limb difference as a result of poisons from toxic brownfield sites entering Susan’s system during pregnancy. She was one of 18 women with children harmed by the toxins who, along with solicitor Des Collins, took Corby Borough Council to court in 2009.

She’s played by former Doctor Who actor Jodie Whittaker, who flew the TARDIS between 2017 and 2022 (and continues to voice the 13th Doctor in audio stories), and who in 2023 gave an acclaimed performance opposite The Last of Us‘ Bella Ramsey in the second series of Jimmy McGovern’s prison-set drama Time. Whittaker will soon be seen alongside Suranne Jones in crime drama Frauds.

Aimee Lou Wood as Tracey Taylor

Tracey Taylor is another real Corby resident whose family was seriously affected by the toxins carried by dust from the reclaimed steelworks site. Her husband Mark is played by Matthew Durkan.

Tracey is played by Aimee Lou Wood, who established her name alongside fellow stars Ncuti Gatwa and Emma Mackey in Netflix’s teen comedy-drama Sex Education, and has been booked and busy ever since. Wood is filming a second series of BBC comedy Daddy Issues with David Morrissey, starred with Bill Nighy in feature film Living, and is currently appearing in season three of the hottest show around, HBO’s The White Lotus opposite Walton Goggins.

Rory Kinnear as Des Collins

Des Collins is the real solicitor who led the negligence claim against Corby Borough Council alongside 18 of the mothers whose pregnancies were affected by the toxins. As mentioned in the drama, he and his firm also represented train crash victims of the Southall and Paddington rail disasters.

He’s played by Rory Kinnear, a much-loved British screen and stage actor (and incidentally, the son of another well-loved actor: Roy Kinnear) seen recently in the role of Dave “Bank of Dave” Fishwick in Netflix’s follow-up film to the first. He’s been in Bond films, played John Clare in Penny Dreadful (and came back for sequel City of Angels), recently starred in The Diplomat and played Tom Bombadil in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Brendan Coyle as Roy Thomas

Corby Borough Council Labour deputy leader and then leader Roy Thomas is a fictionalised character based, as it says in Toxic Town‘s closing credits, “…on a number of men, none of whom lived to see their plans for Corby fully realised.”

He’s played by Brendan Coyle, who’s well known for playing the Earl of Grantham’s valet Mr Bates in the Downton Abbey TV series and feature film spin-offs. In between playing Bates, he slotted in a role in BBC crime drama Requiem and film Mary Queen of Scots, and before that, he played Robert in Lark Rise to Candleford and appeared in a huge range of TV dramas from Prime Suspect to literary adaptation North and South to Dangerfield and many more.

Robert Carlyle as Sam Hagen

Sam Hagen was a real Corby Borough Councillor who raised concerns about corner-cutting in the steelworks reclamation process. Toxic Town is dedicated to his memory.

He’s played by Scottish actor Robert Carlyle, who came to fame in the 1990s after TV roles in Jimmy McGovern’s Cracker and the BBC’s Hamish Macbeth, and in films Trainspotting and The Full Monty, and has since done all sorts, from Bond films to a long stint in US ABC fantasy Once Upon a Time, before returning to The Full Monty‘s TV sequel and taking the lead in Sky political thriller COBRA.

Joe Dempsie as Derek Mahon

Derek Mahon was a real employee of the company who carried out the groundworks at the former steelworks reclamation site. He and his wife Maggie Mahon (played by Bridgerton and Line of Duty‘s Claudia Jessie) had a child affected by the toxins released in the process. He’s played by Joe Dempsie, a well-known actor whose career started out in Channel 4 teen drama Skins, and who went on to play Gendry in Game of Thrones, and have prominent roles in Adult Material, Showtrial and many more acclaimed dramas. He can soon be seen in Channel 4 crime drama Get Millie Black.

Karla Crome as Pattie Walker

Actor-writer Karla Crome plays Pattie Walker, a character whose child was born with limb difference as a result of the toxins. Crome’s biggest previous roles were in Misfits, Under the Dome and Carnival Row, as well as BBC comedy-drama Am I Being Unreasonable?

ALSO APPEARING

– Bridgerton‘s Eloise Claudia Jessie as real-life Corby mother Maggie Mahon
– Domina and Our Girl’s Ben Batt as fictional business owner Pat Miller
– Boiling Point and The North Water’s Stephen McMillan as council engineer Ted Jenkins
– This is England and The Gallows Pole’s Michael Socha as Susan’s partner Peter
– Endeavour and Until I Kill You’s Simon Harrison as fictional council worker Bill Martin
– Daddy Issues’ and Outlander’s Matthew Durkan as Tracey’s husband Mark Taylor
– Karen Pirie, The Outrun and Vigil’s Lauren Lyle plays real-life case solicitor Dani Holliday
– EastEnders’ Kheerat, aka Jaz Singh Deol, plays the council chief executive
– Newcomer Ralph Falkingham plays Susan’s son Connor McIntyre

All episodes of Toxic Town are streaming now on Netflix.

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Legendary actor Gene Hackman has passed away at the age of 95. While the circumstances of his death are still being investigated (he, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, and their dog were found dead in their New Mexico home), those details can only help us understand this loss rather than truly process it. The great Gene […]

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If the public response to Toxic Town, Jack Thorne’s new inspired-by-a-true-story Netflix drama, is half as energised as that of last year’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office, this won’t be the last we hear about this landmark legal case from 2009. The four-part series tells the true story of a group of mothers in the Northamptonshire town whose babies were born with upper and lower limb differences, as well as other health issues, as a result of toxins released due to negligent management of reclaimed wasteland by Corby Borough Council.

As well as an urgent story, Toxic Town has an excellent cast, featuring actors from Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Sex Education, Trainspotting and many more. Find out all about the characters and who’s playing them below.

Jodie Whittaker as Susan McIntyre

Susan McIntyre is a real Corby resident and the mother of Connor McIntyre, who was born with an upper limb difference as a result of poisons from toxic brownfield sites entering Susan’s system during pregnancy. She was one of 18 women with children harmed by the toxins who, along with solicitor Des Collins, took Corby Borough Council to court in 2009.

She’s played by former Doctor Who actor Jodie Whittaker, who flew the TARDIS between 2017 and 2022 (and continues to voice the 13th Doctor in audio stories), and who in 2023 gave an acclaimed performance opposite The Last of Us‘ Bella Ramsey in the second series of Jimmy McGovern’s prison-set drama Time. Whittaker will soon be seen alongside Suranne Jones in crime drama Frauds.

Aimee Lou Wood as Tracey Taylor

Tracey Taylor is another real Corby resident whose family was seriously affected by the toxins carried by dust from the reclaimed steelworks site. Her husband Mark is played by Matthew Durkan.

Tracey is played by Aimee Lou Wood, who established her name alongside fellow stars Ncuti Gatwa and Emma Mackey in Netflix’s teen comedy-drama Sex Education, and has been booked and busy ever since. Wood is filming a second series of BBC comedy Daddy Issues with David Morrissey, starred with Bill Nighy in feature film Living, and is currently appearing in season three of the hottest show around, HBO’s The White Lotus opposite Walton Goggins.

Rory Kinnear as Des Collins

Des Collins is the real solicitor who led the negligence claim against Corby Borough Council alongside 18 of the mothers whose pregnancies were affected by the toxins. As mentioned in the drama, he and his firm also represented train crash victims of the Southall and Paddington rail disasters.

He’s played by Rory Kinnear, a much-loved British screen and stage actor (and incidentally, the son of another well-loved actor: Roy Kinnear) seen recently in the role of Dave “Bank of Dave” Fishwick in Netflix’s follow-up film to the first. He’s been in Bond films, played John Clare in Penny Dreadful (and came back for sequel City of Angels), recently starred in The Diplomat and played Tom Bombadil in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Brendan Coyle as Roy Thomas

Corby Borough Council Labour deputy leader and then leader Roy Thomas is a fictionalised character based, as it says in Toxic Town‘s closing credits, “…on a number of men, none of whom lived to see their plans for Corby fully realised.”

He’s played by Brendan Coyle, who’s well known for playing the Earl of Grantham’s valet Mr Bates in the Downton Abbey TV series and feature film spin-offs. In between playing Bates, he slotted in a role in BBC crime drama Requiem and film Mary Queen of Scots, and before that, he played Robert in Lark Rise to Candleford and appeared in a huge range of TV dramas from Prime Suspect to literary adaptation North and South to Dangerfield and many more.

Robert Carlyle as Sam Hagen

Sam Hagen was a real Corby Borough Councillor who raised concerns about corner-cutting in the steelworks reclamation process. Toxic Town is dedicated to his memory.

He’s played by Scottish actor Robert Carlyle, who came to fame in the 1990s after TV roles in Jimmy McGovern’s Cracker and the BBC’s Hamish Macbeth, and in films Trainspotting and The Full Monty, and has since done all sorts, from Bond films to a long stint in US ABC fantasy Once Upon a Time, before returning to The Full Monty‘s TV sequel and taking the lead in Sky political thriller COBRA.

Joe Dempsie as Derek Mahon

Derek Mahon was a real employee of the company who carried out the groundworks at the former steelworks reclamation site. He and his wife Maggie Mahon (played by Bridgerton and Line of Duty‘s Claudia Jessie) had a child affected by the toxins released in the process. He’s played by Joe Dempsie, a well-known actor whose career started out in Channel 4 teen drama Skins, and who went on to play Gendry in Game of Thrones, and have prominent roles in Adult Material, Showtrial and many more acclaimed dramas. He can soon be seen in Channel 4 crime drama Get Millie Black.

Karla Crome as Pattie Walker

Actor-writer Karla Crome plays Pattie Walker, a character whose child was born with limb difference as a result of the toxins. Crome’s biggest previous roles were in Misfits, Under the Dome and Carnival Row, as well as BBC comedy-drama Am I Being Unreasonable?

ALSO APPEARING

– Bridgerton‘s Eloise Claudia Jessie as real-life Corby mother Maggie Mahon
– Domina and Our Girl’s Ben Batt as fictional business owner Pat Miller
– Boiling Point and The North Water’s Stephen McMillan as council engineer Ted Jenkins
– This is England and The Gallows Pole’s Michael Socha as Susan’s partner Peter
– Endeavour and Until I Kill You’s Simon Harrison as fictional council worker Bill Martin
– Daddy Issues’ and Outlander’s Matthew Durkan as Tracey’s husband Mark Taylor
– Karen Pirie, The Outrun and Vigil’s Lauren Lyle plays real-life case solicitor Dani Holliday
– EastEnders’ Kheerat, aka Jaz Singh Deol, plays the council chief executive
– Newcomer Ralph Falkingham plays Susan’s son Connor McIntyre

All episodes of Toxic Town are streaming now on Netflix.

The post Toxic Town Cast: Meet the Netflix True Story Drama’s Characters appeared first on Den of Geek.

Family Guy enjoys parodying some of cinema’s finest films. Many of the show’s cutaways, in particular, never pull a punch in lampooning a classic movie. Sometimes, however, the series goes all out and dedicates an entire episode to a cinematic spoof. From Hitchcock to Star Wars, Family Guy has deployed many friggin’ sweet spins on […]

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The Doctor Who series 15 teaser trailer shows an old-fashioned pug-nosed cartoon character terrifying the 1950s-styled audience by climbing out of a cinema screen. In Doctor Who Magazine 613, showrunner Russell T Davies teased the actor behind the character as “an old friend of the show, guess who?!”

No guessing required, as the voice has been confirmed as that of actor, musicals star and presenter of The Traitors US Alan Cumming. Faithful viewers will know that Cumming appeared as a guest star during the Jodie Whittaker era, playing King James I in series 11’s historical fantasy story “The Witchfinders”.

In episode two of the new series, which is confirmed to start on BBC One and Disney+ on Saturday April 12 (with episodes available to stream on BBC iPlayer from 8am in the UK ahead of broadcast that evening) Cumming voices the character of Mr Ring-a-Ding. He’s described as “a happy, funny, singalong cartoon, who lives in Sunny Town with his friend Sunshine Sally. However, in 1952, after years of repeats in cinemas across the land, Mr Ring-a-Ding suddenly looks beyond the screen and sees the real world outside, and the consequences are terrifying.”

Cumming joins fellow series 15 guest stars Rose Ayling-Ellis, previously of EastEnders, Ludwig, and a former Strictly Come Dancing winner who was once rumoured to be the Doctor’s new companion before Millie Gibson was announced. RTD teased her episode in DWM 613, writing that “Rose takes it to a whole new level. She storms in with an astonishing performance of terror, anger and bravery in one of the most frightening episodes we’ve ever made…”

Confirmed last week, Australian actor Christopher Chung, best known over here for playing genius hacker and overall pillock Roddy Ho in Apple TV+ spy thriller Slow Horses, will also appear in the new episodes as a Trooper character named Cassio Palin. And we’ve known for a while now that The Little Mermaid’s Eric, aka Jonah Hauer-King, will be part of the series opener alongside Millie Gibson.

Returning cast members include, of course, Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor, Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday, plus new companion Belind Chandra played by Varada Sethu. They’ll be joined by Anita Dobson as the mysterious Mrs Flood, Michelle Greenidge as Ruby’s mother Carla, Ruth Madeley as UNIT scientist Shirley Anne Bingham, Jemma Redgrave as UNIT boss Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, and Susan Twist as, presumably, tech magnate Susan Triad.

Remind yourself of the teaser trailer below:

Doctor Who series 15/season 2 starts on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK, and on Disney+ around the world, on Saturday April 12, 2025.

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It’s fun to be first. Whether it’s being among the first users of a new technology, the first to play a video game, or members of the audience for a movie on opening night, the feeling of being ahead of the curve is satisfying. That’s true when it comes to new books, and even more […]

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The Doctor Who series 15 teaser trailer shows an old-fashioned pug-nosed cartoon character terrifying the 1950s-styled audience by climbing out of a cinema screen. In Doctor Who Magazine 613, showrunner Russell T Davies teased the actor behind the character as “an old friend of the show, guess who?!”

No guessing required, as the voice has been confirmed as that of actor, musicals star and presenter of The Traitors US Alan Cumming. Faithful viewers will know that Cumming appeared as a guest star during the Jodie Whittaker era, playing King James I in series 11’s historical fantasy story “The Witchfinders”.

In episode two of the new series, which is confirmed to start on BBC One and Disney+ on Saturday April 12 (with episodes available to stream on BBC iPlayer from 8am in the UK ahead of broadcast that evening) Cumming voices the character of Mr Ring-a-Ding. He’s described as “a happy, funny, singalong cartoon, who lives in Sunny Town with his friend Sunshine Sally. However, in 1952, after years of repeats in cinemas across the land, Mr Ring-a-Ding suddenly looks beyond the screen and sees the real world outside, and the consequences are terrifying.”

Cumming joins fellow series 15 guest stars Rose Ayling-Ellis, previously of EastEnders, Ludwig, and a former Strictly Come Dancing winner who was once rumoured to be the Doctor’s new companion before Millie Gibson was announced. RTD teased her episode in DWM 613, writing that “Rose takes it to a whole new level. She storms in with an astonishing performance of terror, anger and bravery in one of the most frightening episodes we’ve ever made…”

Confirmed last week, Australian actor Christopher Chung, best known over here for playing genius hacker and overall pillock Roddy Ho in Apple TV+ spy thriller Slow Horses, will also appear in the new episodes as a Trooper character named Cassio Palin. And we’ve known for a while now that The Little Mermaid’s Eric, aka Jonah Hauer-King, will be part of the series opener alongside Millie Gibson.

Returning cast members include, of course, Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor, Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday, plus new companion Belind Chandra played by Varada Sethu. They’ll be joined by Anita Dobson as the mysterious Mrs Flood, Michelle Greenidge as Ruby’s mother Carla, Ruth Madeley as UNIT scientist Shirley Anne Bingham, Jemma Redgrave as UNIT boss Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, and Susan Twist as, presumably, tech magnate Susan Triad.

Remind yourself of the teaser trailer below:

Doctor Who series 15/season 2 starts on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK, and on Disney+ around the world, on Saturday April 12, 2025.

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The Doctor Who series 15 teaser trailer shows an old-fashioned pug-nosed cartoon character terrifying the 1950s-styled audience by climbing out of a cinema screen. In Doctor Who Magazine 613, showrunner Russell T Davies teased the actor behind the character as “an old friend of the show, guess who?!” No guessing required, as the voice has […]

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The Doctor Who series 15 teaser trailer shows an old-fashioned pug-nosed cartoon character terrifying the 1950s-styled audience by climbing out of a cinema screen. In Doctor Who Magazine 613, showrunner Russell T Davies teased the actor behind the character as “an old friend of the show, guess who?!”

No guessing required, as the voice has been confirmed as that of actor, musicals star and presenter of The Traitors US Alan Cumming. Faithful viewers will know that Cumming appeared as a guest star during the Jodie Whittaker era, playing King James I in series 11’s historical fantasy story “The Witchfinders”.

In episode two of the new series, which is confirmed to start on BBC One and Disney+ on Saturday April 12 (with episodes available to stream on BBC iPlayer from 8am in the UK ahead of broadcast that evening) Cumming voices the character of Mr Ring-a-Ding. He’s described as “a happy, funny, singalong cartoon, who lives in Sunny Town with his friend Sunshine Sally. However, in 1952, after years of repeats in cinemas across the land, Mr Ring-a-Ding suddenly looks beyond the screen and sees the real world outside, and the consequences are terrifying.”

Cumming joins fellow series 15 guest stars Rose Ayling-Ellis, previously of EastEnders, Ludwig, and a former Strictly Come Dancing winner who was once rumoured to be the Doctor’s new companion before Millie Gibson was announced. RTD teased her episode in DWM 613, writing that “Rose takes it to a whole new level. She storms in with an astonishing performance of terror, anger and bravery in one of the most frightening episodes we’ve ever made…”

Confirmed last week, Australian actor Christopher Chung, best known over here for playing genius hacker and overall pillock Roddy Ho in Apple TV+ spy thriller Slow Horses, will also appear in the new episodes as a Trooper character named Cassio Palin. And we’ve known for a while now that The Little Mermaid’s Eric, aka Jonah Hauer-King, will be part of the series opener alongside Millie Gibson.

Returning cast members include, of course, Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor, Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday, plus new companion Belind Chandra played by Varada Sethu. They’ll be joined by Anita Dobson as the mysterious Mrs Flood, Michelle Greenidge as Ruby’s mother Carla, Ruth Madeley as UNIT scientist Shirley Anne Bingham, Jemma Redgrave as UNIT boss Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, and Susan Twist as, presumably, tech magnate Susan Triad.

Remind yourself of the teaser trailer below:

Doctor Who series 15/season 2 starts on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK, and on Disney+ around the world, on Saturday April 12, 2025.

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The Doctor Who series 15 teaser trailer shows an old-fashioned pug-nosed cartoon character terrifying the 1950s-styled audience by climbing out of a cinema screen. In Doctor Who Magazine 613, showrunner Russell T Davies teased the actor behind the character as “an old friend of the show, guess who?!”

No guessing required, as the voice has been confirmed as that of actor, musicals star and presenter of The Traitors US Alan Cumming. Faithful viewers will know that Cumming appeared as a guest star during the Jodie Whittaker era, playing King James I in series 11’s historical fantasy story “The Witchfinders”.

In episode two of the new series, which is confirmed to start on BBC One and Disney+ on Saturday April 12 (with episodes available to stream on BBC iPlayer from 8am in the UK ahead of broadcast that evening) Cumming voices the character of Mr Ring-a-Ding. He’s described as “a happy, funny, singalong cartoon, who lives in Sunny Town with his friend Sunshine Sally. However, in 1952, after years of repeats in cinemas across the land, Mr Ring-a-Ding suddenly looks beyond the screen and sees the real world outside, and the consequences are terrifying.”

Cumming joins fellow series 15 guest stars Rose Ayling-Ellis, previously of EastEnders, Ludwig, and a former Strictly Come Dancing winner who was once rumoured to be the Doctor’s new companion before Millie Gibson was announced. RTD teased her episode in DWM 613, writing that “Rose takes it to a whole new level. She storms in with an astonishing performance of terror, anger and bravery in one of the most frightening episodes we’ve ever made…”

Confirmed last week, Australian actor Christopher Chung, best known over here for playing genius hacker and overall pillock Roddy Ho in Apple TV+ spy thriller Slow Horses, will also appear in the new episodes as a Trooper character named Cassio Palin. And we’ve known for a while now that The Little Mermaid’s Eric, aka Jonah Hauer-King, will be part of the series opener alongside Millie Gibson.

Returning cast members include, of course, Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor, Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday, plus new companion Belind Chandra played by Varada Sethu. They’ll be joined by Anita Dobson as the mysterious Mrs Flood, Michelle Greenidge as Ruby’s mother Carla, Ruth Madeley as UNIT scientist Shirley Anne Bingham, Jemma Redgrave as UNIT boss Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, and Susan Twist as, presumably, tech magnate Susan Triad.

Remind yourself of the teaser trailer below:

Doctor Who series 15/season 2 starts on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK, and on Disney+ around the world, on Saturday April 12, 2025.

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The Doctor Who series 15 teaser trailer shows an old-fashioned pug-nosed cartoon character terrifying the 1950s-styled audience by climbing out of a cinema screen. In Doctor Who Magazine 613, showrunner Russell T Davies teased the actor behind the character as “an old friend of the show, guess who?!”

No guessing required, as the voice has been confirmed as that of actor, musicals star and presenter of The Traitors US Alan Cumming. Faithful viewers will know that Cumming appeared as a guest star during the Jodie Whittaker era, playing King James I in series 11’s historical fantasy story “The Witchfinders”.

In episode two of the new series, which is confirmed to start on BBC One and Disney+ on Saturday April 12 (with episodes available to stream on BBC iPlayer from 8am in the UK ahead of broadcast that evening) Cumming voices the character of Mr Ring-a-Ding. He’s described as “a happy, funny, singalong cartoon, who lives in Sunny Town with his friend Sunshine Sally. However, in 1952, after years of repeats in cinemas across the land, Mr Ring-a-Ding suddenly looks beyond the screen and sees the real world outside, and the consequences are terrifying.”

Cumming joins fellow series 15 guest stars Rose Ayling-Ellis, previously of EastEnders, Ludwig, and a former Strictly Come Dancing winner who was once rumoured to be the Doctor’s new companion before Millie Gibson was announced. RTD teased her episode in DWM 613, writing that “Rose takes it to a whole new level. She storms in with an astonishing performance of terror, anger and bravery in one of the most frightening episodes we’ve ever made…”

Confirmed last week, Australian actor Christopher Chung, best known over here for playing genius hacker and overall pillock Roddy Ho in Apple TV+ spy thriller Slow Horses, will also appear in the new episodes as a Trooper character named Cassio Palin. And we’ve known for a while now that The Little Mermaid’s Eric, aka Jonah Hauer-King, will be part of the series opener alongside Millie Gibson.

Returning cast members include, of course, Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor, Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday, plus new companion Belind Chandra played by Varada Sethu. They’ll be joined by Anita Dobson as the mysterious Mrs Flood, Michelle Greenidge as Ruby’s mother Carla, Ruth Madeley as UNIT scientist Shirley Anne Bingham, Jemma Redgrave as UNIT boss Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, and Susan Twist as, presumably, tech magnate Susan Triad.

Remind yourself of the teaser trailer below:

Doctor Who series 15/season 2 starts on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK, and on Disney+ around the world, on Saturday April 12, 2025.

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This article contains spoilers for Yellowjackets season 3 episode 3.

Yellowjackets has always been a show of collective symbolism. The forest speaks to the girls on the team, and the audience is left to listen and wonder what it all means. From the mysterious symbol in the first season to the sounds bellowing out of the trees at the beginning of this season, watching this show has been similar to deconstructing all of the colors and objects in a novel during a college English capstone course. 

The latest episode, “Them’s the Brakes,” ups the stakes for the season and introduces a plethora of new symbols while giving more hints about older ones. From the Sopranos-esque dream sequence at the end of the episode to the creepy ice cream shop Van (Lauren Ambrose) and Tai (Tawny Cypress) investigate, it’s time to decipher what exactly is going on in Yellowjackets right now. Let’s get to it!

The Sopranos’ Big Pussy Makes an Appearance

The main storyline in this episode is the girls’ discovery that Coach Scott (Steven Krueger) is alive and hiding in a cave after Mari (Alexa Barajas) returns from an encounter with him in the previous episode. Assuming he burned the cabin down at the end of the second season, the girls are thirsty for answers and an insatiable desire for revenge. 

Shauna (Sophie Nélisse), Van (Liv Hewson), and Akhila (Nia Sondaya) are almost to Coach Scott’s location when they seemingly disappear into a dream-like trance that fans will be familiar with in construct if they enjoyed older HBO classics like The Sopranos and Six Feet Under. They say that dreams are a window into a character’s inner being, but most of what happens in these scenes feels outlandish and hallucinatory. 

Shauna dreams of interacting with her stillborn baby and Van is trapped inside the burning cabin. Akilah’s night in the forest includes a run-in with a talking llama that is voiced by Sopranos actor Vincent Pastore (the actor who played Big Pussy). Diehard fans will probably remember Pussy talking to Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) in a dream sequence as a fish. Perhaps the llama is a representation of the girls’ guilt for their misdoings so far such as cannibalism. The creators of Yellowjackets might just be hinting at their characters’ psyches through the legendary mob drama of the 2000s. 

Who Is “The Man With No Eyes”? 

“The Man with No Eyes” has been in the show for its entirety, but this spooky dude has only shown up in Tai’s storyline so far. We finally find out where the man originated from when Tai and Van are relaxing on the couch one night and a classic ice cream commercial comes on for Ozzie’s Homemade Ice Cream Parlor. 

Tai is shaken by the revelation that so many of her deathly fears and associations with morbidity have come from something she had forgotten from her childhood. She immediately takes Van to the abandoned ice cream shop to investigate, but the bigger reveal is how the sinister figure might just be haunting the entire team going back to their days stuck in the wilderness.

Viewers were led to believe that the man was only significant to her up to this point, but the dream sequence at the end with Shauna, Van, and Akhila introduces the frightening figure into their subconsciousness, too. The man is stalking the teens outside of a classroom in their dreams. I certainly wonder why the man was only in Tai’s mind so far if the other girls are dreaming about him now? 

Much of the ambiguity in the show has revolved around the mysteries of the forest. Is the wilderness actually supernatural or is it all in the girls’ heads? The source of the eyeless man being an ice cream mascot does more to convince me that maybe the symbol means something different to every character. 

Just because the ice cream shop is where Tai’s encounter was with the Man with No Eyes doesn’t mean her teammates saw it there first. Fans will need to be creative and solve the puzzles on their own for the time being. The only certainty is that this man is a forebear of hopelessness and bad fortune for the Yellowjackets. 

What Does the Fox mean?

Instead of learning more about the Man with No Eyes, Tai and Van find a fox inside of the dilapidated ice cream building. There hasn’t been any reference to a fox yet in the series, so it’s yet another mysterious symbol being introduced before we have answers to the meaning of the other ones. Astute literary readers and young Millenials who chanted “Swiper, No swiping” at their TVs during the days of watching Dora the Explorer will know that foxes usually represent theft, deceit, and slyness. 

I wonder if both the fox and the Man with No Eyes are connected as one complete symbol of the way the wilderness continues to steal the well being of the Yellowjackets even decades after their return to civilization. The present timeline meanders around most of the time, but the one certainty is that these women will not let their pasts die. The trauma of the forest is a thief of the present. 

Try Calling the Ice Cream Shop Phone Number

During the commercial for Ozzie’s there is a phone number that comes up on the screen to call the ice cream shop. Knowing that fans love nothing more than interactive Easter eggs, it would be a huge letdown if nothing was on the other end of the line in real life. Like any curious viewer, I called (732) 858-5242 to find out what this place is all about. 

The phone call flips back and forth between a cheerful voice and a haunting, depressing one. Ice cream flavors, lots of static, and encouragement to call back later are included in the call. The Reddit superfans have plenty of thoughts on what the phone call means and whether we can learn anything about the Man with No Eyes, the ice cream shop, or the fates of the characters through the phone. There is nothing inherently creepy about an ice cream shop, so the significance of these symbols of references are once again probably just figments of Tai’s imagination. Hopefully the writers explore this further and even update the phone call for the fans throughout the rest of the season.

The first three episodes of Yellowjackets season 3 are available to stream on Paramount+ now. New episodes will premiere Fridays on Paramount+ and Sundays at 8 p.m. ET on Showtime.

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