An Adventure in Space and Time led to him being cast as the First Doctor himself in the 2017 "Doctor Who" episodes "The Doctor Falls" and "Twice Upon a Time" and in a series of audio adventures for Big Finish Productions. In 1966, William Hartnell (David Bradley) is in his dressing room at the BBC. He insults a stagehand who calls him to the set, where the delay caused by his absence is noticed. Hartnell enters in costume, ready to film his last moments as the First Doctor and stands in front of the TARDIS console. Three years earlier, BBC executive Sydney Newman (Brian Cox) is
David Bradley (English actor) David Bradley (English actor) David John Bradley (born 17 April 1942) is an English actor. He is known for playing Argus Filch in the "Harry Potter" film series, Walder Frey in the HBO fantasy series "Game of Thrones" and Abraham Setrakian in the FX horror series "The Strain". He is also an established stage actor with a career that includes a Laurence Olivier Award for his role in a production of "King Lear". Other acting credits include the BBC series "Our Friends in the North", the ITV series "Broadchurch" (for which he won the best supporting actor award at the