Simon Callow

Simon Callow CBE (born 13 June 1949 ) played Charles Dickens in the Doctor Who television stories The Unquiet Dead and The Wedding of River Song and voiced Tree Lorn Acre Slitheen-Blathereen in The Sarah Jane Adventures television story The Gift.

He was one of many names put forward for the part of the Eighth Doctor.

Personal life
Callow is openly gay, and married Sebastian Fox in 2016.