Eric Saward has been a bookseller, an English teacher, a writer, and a theater electrician. His success in writing drama scripts for radio led to a commission to write the Doctor Who season nineteen story "The Visitation"". "Since then he has continued to pursue a career as a freelance writer, including translated scripts for German, Norwegian, and Icelandic radio.

Matthew Waterhouse has worked extensively as an actor, both on stage, everywhere from major regional theaters to the London fringe, and for the BBC. When he was cast as Adric in "Doctor Who", he became the youngest actor ever to play a companion. His many theater roles include Puck in "A Midsummer Night s Dream", Eugene in "Brighton Beach Memoirs", Hugh in "Joking Apart", Jim in "Treasure Island, "and Pip in "Great Expectations. "