David Bradley (English actor) had been cast as actor William Hartnell in "An Adventure in Space and Time", a BBC docudrama about the creation of "Doctor Who" in 1963. The special aired in November 2013, adding to the buildup to the 50th anniversary episode of "Doctor Who" later that month. From 2014, Bradley plays Professor Abraham Setrakian, a Holocaust survivor turned vampire hunter in Guillermo del Toro's TV series "The Strain". He will voice the Lord High Admiral Suvarov in the PC RPG "The Mandate". In 2015, Bradley was announced a public supporter of Chapel Lane Theatre Company based in Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK. In 2017,
William Hartnell "The Name of the Doctor". The following story and the 50th anniversary special of the show, "The Day of the Doctor", featured two new pieces of dialogue for Hartnell's Doctor, recorded by John Guilor, who had previously voiced the actor in a reconstruction of "Planet of Giants". Hartnell's Doctor also made a silent cameo appearance in the Series 9 episode "The Witch's Familiar" (2015) again played by a body double. David Bradley, who portrayed Hartnell in the biopic "An Adventure in Space and Time", played the First Doctor in the Series 10 episode "The Doctor Falls", and the 2017 Christmas