Will Thorp

William Francis Thorp born 21 June 1977 is an English actor Thorp attended St Augustines Catholic College in Trowbridge He studied at Bath College and joined Musical Youth Theatre Company Thorp was also a member of the National Youth Theatre for 6 years before training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for three years Television credits includes Stephen Poliakoffs Friends and Crocodiles Courtroom Paul Woody Joiner in Casualty Toby Zed in the 2006 series of Doctor Who in the episodes The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit 2008 Hughie Green Most Sincerely Law and Order UK and in 2009 Thorp was cast as Chris Gray in Coronation Street Other appearances include Scott Bailey Doctors In The Club and Unhallowed Ground and Cornelius the Centurion in NBCs AD The Bible Continues Theatre credits include Home Delivery New Vic Basement Cork and Spark New Vic Studio The Lost Dragon Chester Gateway Theatre High Society UK Tour Don John Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing 2004 Teddy in Robbers and Sam Sambo in Fire Down Under in 2002 In 2006 Thorp played the leading role in a national UK tour of the play Strangers on a Train In 2008 he played the leading role in David Hares play The Blue Room which opened at the Haymarket Theatre Basingstoke 2013 Love and Money play UK Tour In 2005 he appeared on the third series of the BBCs Strictly Come Dancing reaching seventh place with his partner Hanna Haarala He gueststarred in the Doctor Who audio play 100 He has narrated a series of Doctor Who novels Forever Autumn Sick Building Peacemaker and The Krillitane Storm all produced by BBC Audiobooks Other audiobooks read by Thorp include The Knife That Killed Me Hyperpsychoreality Syndrome Baboon Buyology The Kill Call Click Who Runs Britain and The Spooks Curse The David Bowie Treasures Inverting the Pyramid Anatomy of England and The Dynamite Room