Episodes Broadcast: 2006, 2018, 2020

Ravin J Ganatra attended Manchester Metropolitan University, where he read history. He considered pursuing graduate studies, but he instead opted to become an actor. Ganatra began his professional career in the early Nineties, with roles on shows like Doctors, Prime Suspect, The Brittas Empire and Coronation Street. In 2000, he founded Guruji Productions. Ganatra's credits over the next decade included programmes such as Holby City, EastEnders, The Bill and Britz. His first brush with Doctor Who came on the spin-off series Torchwood, with an appearance in the 2006 episode Greeks Bearing Gifts. Ganatra could also be heard in the 2009 Torchwood radio play Golden Age. During the 2010s, he took roles in shows like Hollyoaks, In The Club, Seven & Me and Cheat. Ganatra made his movie debut in 2010's The Infidel, and he later appeared in Michael Winterbottom's Greed with Steve Coogan. He played Hakim, father to companion Yasmin Khan, in three Doctor Who stories starting with 2018's Arachnids In The UK. In the Twenties, Ganatra could seen in episodes of The Canterville Ghost and This England, plus the Mel Gibson movie On The Line.