Jo Martin (IN PERSON – Saturday and Sunday, and at the VIP Mixer)

Jo Martin is a celebrated British actress. She made television history on Doctor Who as the Fugitive Doctor, becoming the first Black Doctor in the series, a role that added fresh depth and resonance to the iconic character. Jo continues to explore this role in audio dramas such as Doctor Who: Once and Future (2024) and Doctor Who: The Fugitive Doctor (2025).

Jo stars in The Marlow Murder Club playing an amateur sleuth, a series currently airing in the US on PBS Masterpiece, where she navigates the picturesque town of Marlow solving murders. Following the success of the first season, Jo recently wrapped filming for the second season of this murder mystery series.

In addition to her dramatic roles, Jo has showcased her comedic talent in critically acclaimed, award-winning series like BBC’s Black Ops (2023)
She has also appeared in the award-winning Dreaming Whilst Black, as well as fan favorites Fleabag and Back to Life.
Television audiences also recognize Jo for her role as Max McGerry, the determined neurosurgeon and CEO in the long running hospital soap Holby City. Her recent credits include Champion(Netflix) The Marlow Murder Club (2024–2025), Death in Paradise, Midsomer Murders, Flatshare, TopBoy.
Jo will be in Harlan Coben’s new Netflix series Missing You, premiering on January 1, 2024.

Jo’s film career includes collaborations with legendary directors. She appeared in Batman Begins (2005), directed by Christopher Nolan, and took on a poignant role in The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999) with Paul Greengrass. In 2020, she collaborated with Steve McQueen in Education, part of the BBC’s Small Axe series. Other film credits include Chalet Girl, Blues story, 97 minutes, I’ll play Mother. Most recently, she worked with veteran award winning director Mike Leigh on Hard Truths, scheduled to premiere in American cinemas in January 2025.

On stage, Jo has received accolades for her theatre work, including an Off West End Theatre Award (Offie) for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Doubt: A Parable at Southwark Playhouse. Her extensive theatre credits include two seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she took on leading roles in Oroonoko, Don Carlos, and Noughts and Crosses. She has performed at the UK’s most prestigious venues, including the Young Vic Theatre (Mules by Debbie Tucker Green), the National Theatre(Death of England- closing Time) The Royal Court, The Globe, The Lyric Hammersmith, the Royal Exchange, and the West End’s Duchess Theatre.

Wendy Padbury (IN PERSON)

Cast as the Second Doctor’s new companion, Zoe Heriot, in Doctor Who in 1968, Wendy Padbury became close to her co-stars Frazer Hines and Patrick Troughton throughout their time together on the series.

After leaving the series, Wendy appeared in Doctor Who and the Daleks in Seven Keys to Doomsday (1974), a stage play at the Adelphi Theatre London based on the television series, in which she played a companion named Jenny, opposite Trevor Martin as the Doctor. She made a cameo appearance, again opposite Hines and Troughton in Doctor Who’s twentieth anniversary story, The Five Doctors.

Other roles include co-presenter of the second series of Score with the Scaffold, roles in TV shows Freewheelers and Emmerdale, and appearances in movies Charlie Bubbles and The Blood on Satan’s Claw.

Wendy voiced Lorraine Baynes in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio story Davros and the Time Eater in Jago & Litefoot audio story Chronoclasm. She has reprised the role of Zoe in several Big Finish audio plays and was also recently seen on-screen in “The Mind Robber” episode of the Doctor Who spin-off Tales of the TARDIS.

Daphne Ashbrook (IN PERSON)

Daphne Ashbrook portrayed the eighth Doctor’s companion, Dr. Grace Holloway, in the 1996 Fox TV movie. She was the first American to portray a companion on Doctor Who and shared the first on-screen kiss with the Doctor. Daphne can be heard in several Big Finish audio dramas. Her numerous television credits include Knight Rider and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode Melora as the title character.