“I don’t mind watching myself when I’m on my own,” he admits, “because then you don’t have to see other people grimacing when they think ‘oh, wouldn’t have done that!’ The actor himself will be spending the big day with family, including his partner, and two young children under the age of two.Īnd Doctor Who will be part of the family’s festive viewing. “It’s Christmas, that’s the way it should be.” “And certain creatures are going to be keeping them there, and their only way out is when Santa and his elves arrive to save the day! “It’s about a sci-fi exploring team who end up on a polar base and find themselves trapped,” says Nathan, who filmed the special in September. The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and Santa Claus (Nick Frost). What we do know is that it takes place on an Arctic scientific base, under attack from terrifying creatures. The Doctor Who plotlines are always kept firmly under wraps, but creator Stephen Moffat has promised ‘a scary, tense and claustrophobic adventure’. You always learn a lot, whatever job you’re doing, and I feel I’ve learnt a lot just from working with him as well.” “Because he’s a great actor, he’s done a lot. “It’s an experience I’ll treasure forever, working with him,” says the dad-of-two, who admits he was more into playing football than watching TV dramas. ![]() Someone who knows a bit about comedy is Nick Frost, below, an actor Nathan grew up watching in TV shows and films like Spaced, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. “I have that experience of a live audience, and making them laugh is always nice.” “But especially when you’re doing theatre, and if you’re doing a comedy performance, then it certainly helps. “While I did it I enjoyed it, but I guess I just fell into acting and went on to drama school instead of carrying on. I mean, it’s the hardest thing I think you can do, and for me, it didn’t last long. “I would have loved to have stayed on the comedy course. “That seems many, many moons ago now,” says the 26-year-old. ![]() He is, after all, a former ECHO young comedian of the year. It gives the Misfits star, whose most recent appearance on our screens was in The Driver (reuniting him with fellow Liverpool thesp David Morrissey, with whom he appeared in Macbeth at the Everyman), the chance to flex his comedy muscles. “So I guess they bring a bit of comedy to that part of the episode, as it is quite sort of scary and frightening as well.”ĭoctor Who Christmas Special - Episode: Last Christmas (C) BBC - Photographer: David Venni They’ve been to houses, they’ve been doing this for a long time. “He likes to have a bit more fun and maybe be a bit more relaxed. "He likes to think of himself as Santa’s right hand man, and Wolf can take it or leave it. He’s got a good camaraderie with his counterpart, played by Dan Starkey, who’s a bit of a jobsworth. “It’s just a very cool name that he’s been given. I am not a wolf!” laughs the actor and former Woodchurch High School pupil. ![]() This is Peter Capaldi’s first festive season as the man wielding the sonic screwdriver, and he’s joined by not just his companion Clara – a welcome return after he said goodbye to her at the end of the last episode – but also by Nick Frost as the big man in the white beard and red coat.ĭoctor Who aficionados will also appreciate the appearance of actor Michael Troughton, whose dad Patrick was of course the second incarnation of the Time Lord.Īnd also helping The Doctor and Clara face their ‘Last Christmas’ (the title of the December 25 episode) is Liverpool actor Nathan McMullen, who plays an elf called Wolf. As well as being the second son of Second Doctor actor Patrick Troughton, as well as the younger brother of David Troughton and the uncle of fellow Big Finish actor Harry Melling.As eagerly anticipated as Santa himself, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without an appearance from the Doctor.
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