Scott starred in '' The Day of the Triffids '' . The drama was broadcast in December 2009 as part of the BBC 1 Christmas schedule . In 2011 , Scott featured in the film '' Love 's Kitchen '' alongside his wife Claire Forlani , who played his love interest in the film . On the opening weekend in the UK it took just £ 121 in June 2011 . In April 2011 , Scott portrayed football manager Matt Busby in the BBC TV drama '' United '' , which was centred on the Munich air disaster of 1958 , in which Busby was badly injured but survived . Busby 's family were reportedly " incensed " by Scott 's portrayal , with Busby 's son commenting that his father 's character " had the appearance of a gangster rather than a football manager " and wore an overcoat and trilby hat instead of a tracksuit , despite Busby famously being the first " tracksuit " manager of the post-World War II era . In 2013 , he guest starred as para-psychological researcher/ghost hunter Alec Palmer in the '' Doctor Who '' episode " Hide "
Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
Dougray Scott