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Movie · 2006

Doctor Who: Origins

Released 30 January 2006 More from 2006 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A 55-minute documentary, detailing the creation of Doctor Who, including a rare interview with creator Sydney Newman, and new interviews with producer Verity Lambert, directors Waris Hussein and Richard Martin, actors William Russell and Carole Ann Ford, title sequence designer Bernard Lodge, and TARDIS sound effect creator Brian Hodgson

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How old were they?

Oldest first
William Russell
as Self
81
David McCallum
as Self (archive footage)
72
William Hartnell
as The Doctor (archive footage)
Died aged 67, before release
Cliff Richard
as Self (archive footage)
65
Ringo Starr
as Self (archive footage)
65
Paul McCartney
as Self (archive footage)
63
George Harrison
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 58, before release
Jill Ireland
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 54, before release
John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 40, before release
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
41years between the oldest and youngest billed
81William Russell — oldest on the call sheet
40John Lennon — youngest billed
63average age of the credited cast
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