An Adventure in Space and Time asked to create a show that will fill the gap between "Grandstand" and "Juke Box Jury". He has an idea for a science-fiction series with the central character being a "doctor", although he does not know of what. When he tells his colleague Verity Lambert (Jessica Raine) she is hesitant to join the project. She changes her mind when Newman asks her to be the producer, not his assistant. Lambert and the show's director, Waris Hussein (Sacha Dhawan), meet William Hartnell to offer him the lead role in what will eventually be titled "Doctor Who" and, despite some trepidation, he
Dreamland (Doctor Who) and is married to David Tennant who played the tenth Doctor. She portrayed Tanya Webster in the audio drama "Red Dawn" with Davison reprising his role as the Fifth Doctor, and she narrated the Tenth Doctor audio-book "Snowglobe 7". Lisa Bowerman (Saruba Velak) played the Cheetah Person Karra in the 1989 "Doctor Who" serial "Survival" (the last serial of the classic series to be broadcast). Since 1998, she has also played Bernice Summerfield in the ongoing Big Finish audio drama series and in occasional "Doctor Who" audio stories. Veteran actor David Warner has also appeared in numerous Big Finish audio