The Ruby in the Smoke

...opposite Doctor Who star Billie Piper three times. Smith's TV debut was in the 2006 adaptation of Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke, which starred Piper as Sally Lockhart. He later reprised his role as Jim Taylor - the dogsbody...

In this article: Billie Piper, Sally Lockhart, Doctor, Party Animals, Northampton, London, BBC Two, The History Boys, and That Face

Sally Lockhart The character of Sally Lockhart first appears in The Ruby in the Smoke, a play Pullman wrote for performance by a secondary school. In the play, sixteen-year-old Sally Lockhart attempts to investigate her father's apparently...

In this article: Sally Lockhart, The Shadow in the North, Opium, and Philip Pullman

...CV is actually a great deal classier than Casualty and The Bill. In recent years he's worked on the glossy Philip Pullman adaptations of The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North (both BBC One), and created the brilliantly...

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...set out to cast the youngest Doctor. Smith's TV debut was in the 2006 adaptation of Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke, which starred former Doctor Who companion Billie Piper as Sally Lockhart. He has also acted opposite Piper in the...

In this article: David Tennant, Doctor, Piers Wenger, Doctor Who, Steven Moffat, Billie Piper, Party Animals, Tardis, and BBC Two

...Theatre Awards. He already has a connection with Doctor Who, having starred alongside Billie Piper in BBC1's adaptations of Philip Pullman's Sally Lockhart novels The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North. (He also appeared with...

In this article: David Tennant, Doctor Who, Doctor, Steven Moffat, Billie Piper, Russell T Davies, Timelord, and That Face

...of Alan Bennett's The History Boys. On screen he has featured in BBC adaptations of Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North alongside Doctor Who favourite Billie Piper. He won't been seen in the Tardis until...

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...Philip Pullman book for television. She will appear in drama The Shadow in the North as part of the corporation's festive line-up, a year after starring in Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke. A special edition of comedy Extras will...

In this article: Philip Pullman, Billie Piper, BBC One, Cbeebies, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, and Romeo and Juliet

TV Shadow in the North The second in Philip Pullman's Sally Lockhart quartet sees Billie Piper reprise her Ruby in the Smoke role to thwart Victorian villains, undertake derring-do and risk life, limb and crinoline. With a murky mix that...

In this article: London, Guy Barker, Echo Beach, Philip Pullman, Eugene Hutz, Sleeping Beauty, Bristol, Bauhaus, and Bleak House

...Keynes station. Sequences for the adaptation of the Philip Pullman book The Ruby in the Smoke starring Billie Piper as Sally Lockhart and Julie Walters as Mrs Holland were also filmed at Horsted Keynes station The train chase scene...

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