| HARTNELL | Surname of William, the first actor to play Doctor Who in 1963 (8) |
| STEALAWAY | Sneak off but stop around back of castle in the style of William the First (5,4) |
| DALEKS | Extraterrestrial robots from the planet Skako who first appeared in BBC sci-fi series Dr. Who in 1963 (6) |
| SMITH | Matt _, the eleventh actor to play Doctor Who (5) |
| PETER | and 14 dn Latest actor to play Doctor Who |
| MCCOY | Seventh actor to play Doctor Who, Sylvester ----- (5) |
| SITWELL | Surname of William who took part in MasterChef: Battle Of The Critics in 2023 (7) |
| KIRK | The surname of William Shatner's Star Trek character, James T. _ (4) |
| PITT | Surname of William, Britain's youngest ever prime minister (4) |
| LANGFORD | Surname of Bonnie, the former child star in the 19705, who played Mel Bush in Doctor Who in both the 1980s and the 2020s (8) |
| OLIVIER | Who was the first actor to be elevated to a life peerage, which allowed him to sit in the House of Lords? (Last name only.) |
| BARNARDO | Irish doctor who, in 1886, founded the children's charity which bears his name |
| LANFRANC | Italian archbishop of Canterbury and trusted counsellor of William the Conqueror (8) |
| LORRE | Peter who was the first actor to play a Bond villain |
| SIDESHOW | Faces Doctor Who in secondary performance, say (8) |
| DOMESDAY | - Book, great survey of William the Conqueror's time (8) |
| CONNERY | Sean _, the first actor to play James Bond on film (7) |
| TYLER | PHILIP'S SON OR THE FIRST ACTOR TO PLAY PHILIP ONCE HE WAS AGED |
| SEANCONNERY | The first actor to play James Bond on film (4,7) |
| JODIE | First woman to play Doctor Who, ----- Whittaker (5) |
