| Season: |
Forty Two (New Series 15)
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| Production
Code: |
15-7/15-8 |
| Story Number: |
319 (New Series: 163)
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| Episode Numbers: | 891 - 892 (New Series: 195 - 196) |
| Number of
Episodes: |
2 |
| Percentage of Episodes Held: | 100% |
| Production
Dates: |
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| Broadcast Started: | 24 May 2025 |
| Broadcast Finished: | 31 May 2025 |
| Colour Status: |
HD Colour |
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Studio: |
Wolf Studios (Cardiff, Wales) |
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Location: |
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| Writer: | Russell T Davies |
| Directors: | Alex Sanjiv Pillai and Avril Evans (2nd Unit) |
| Series Producer: | Vicki Delow |
| Producer: | Chris May |
| Executive Producers: | Jane Tranter, Joel Collins, Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson and Russell T Davies |
| Brand Director for BBC Studios: | Vanessa Hamilton |
| Production Executive for BBC Studios: | John Hamer |
| Executive Producer for the BBC: | Nick Lambon |
| Co-Producers: | Jess Gardner and Robyn Paiba |
| Assistant Directors: | Christopher J. Thomas (1st), Danie Van Rensburg (1st), Charlie Campbell (2nd), Jennifer Day (3rd) and Rosey-Pepper Mortley (Crowd 2nd) |
| Director's Assistant: | Abdoul Razak Ceesay |
| Producer's Assistant: | Jamie McKee |
| Script Supervisor: | Richard Pask |
| Script Editors: | David Cheung and Hilla Hamidi (Assistant) |
| Editors: | Meredith Leece, Emily Lawrence (Assistant), Joseph Keirle (Assistant), Yas Downess (Assistant), Harri McAinsh (VFX) and Catrin Rees (VFX Assistant) |
| Colourist: | Gareth Spensley |
| Production Executive: | Steffan Morris |
| Junior Production Executive: | Charlotte Cox |
| Production Manager: | Delmi Thomas |
| Post Production Producer: | Ceres Doyle |
| Post Production Supervisor: | Louise Sutton |
| Location Managers: | Alex Moore, Rhys Griffiths and Misha James (Assistant) |
| Supervising Location Manager: | Iwan Roberts |
| Studio Managers: | Richard Balshaw and Lloyd Di Mauro (Assistant for Episode 1) |
| Unit Manager: | Kyle Yates |
| Production Designer: | Phil Sims |
| Director of Production: | Emily Russell |
| Director of Photography: | Mika Orasmaa FSC and Ashley Barron ACS (2nd Unit) |
| Casting Director: | Andy Pryor CDG/CSA |
| Online Editors: | Christine Kelly and Monika Bednarczyk (Assistant) |
| Line Producers: | Angela Phillips and Bryan Moses |
| Costume Designer: | Pam Downe |
| Hair & Make-Up Designer: | Julie Kendrick |
| Cameramen: | Evangeline Davies (Clapper Loader), Sarah MacLeod (Clapper Loader), Ben Mitchell (Operator), James Chesterton ACO (Operator), Leighton Spence (Operator), Martin Stephens ACO (Operator), Andrea Jovanovska (Trainee), Chai Lee Tan (Trainee), Marcelina Zwegrodzka (Trainee) and Salma Salah (Trainee) |
| Visual Effects: | Automatik VFX |
| VFX Producer: | Anne Akande |
| VFX Supervisors: | Dave Houghton and Sebastian Barker |
| Additional VFX: | BBC Wales Graphics |
| Special Effects: | Real SFX |
| Creature Design: | Painting Practice |
| Creature FX: | Millenium FX |
| Stunt Co-ordinators: | Derek Lea and James Grogan |
| Stunt Performers: | Alex Cahill, Anthony Skrimshire, Ayesha Hussain, Dan Griffiths, Dan Rawlins, George Harris, Hannah Grant, James Apps, Joel Conlan, Karen Teoh, Kenny Knight, Levan Doran, Marcus White, Mark Archer, Mike Denton, Paul Joseph, Renato Gjini, Rosie Rowlett and Zoe Fry |
| Creature Movement: | Paul Kasey |
| Creature Choreographer: | Paul Kasey |
| Choreographers: | Lana Willliams (Assistant) and Jack Murphey (Dance) |
| Incidental Music: | Murray Gold |
| Sound Recordists: | Alex Thompson and Deian Llyr Humphreys |
| Re-recording Mixer: | Paul McFadden |
| Music Performed By: | BBC National Orchestra of Wales |
| Music Conducted By: | Alastair King |
| Assistant to Composer: | Sam Dinley |
| Music Mixed By: | Jake Jackson |
| Score Preperation By: | Dave Foster |
| Music Supervisors: | Ollie White and Estera Dabrowska (Assistant) |
| Music Editor: | Marnie Davidge |
| Title Sequence: | Painting Practice & Realtime Visualisation |
| Title Music: | Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Arranged by Murray Gold |
| Access Coordinator: | Julie Fernandez |
| British Sign Language Consultant: | Sarah Lawrence |
| British Sign Language Consultant (Assistant): | Simon Deacy |
| British Sign Language Interpreters: | Rachel Jones, Julie Doyle, Adrian Blake |
| Intimacy Coordinator: | Sita Thomas |
| The Rani Created By: | Pip and Jane Baker |
| The Daleks Created By: | Terry Nation |
| Omega Created By: | Bob Baker and Dave Martin |
| Number of
Doctors: |
2 |
| The Doctors: |
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| Number of
Companions: |
3 |
| The Companions: |
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| Guest Cast: |
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Archie Panjabi (The Rani), Bonnie Langford (Melanie Bush), Jemma Redgrave (Kate Lethbridge-Stewart), Anita Dobson (Mrs Flood), Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman), Billie Piper (Sixteenth Doctor). |
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| Additional Cast: |
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Atilla Akinci (Otto Zufall), Leni Adams (Violett Zufall), Sienna-Robyn Mavanga-Phipps (Poppy), Jonah Hauer-King (Conrad Clark), Ruth Madeley (Shirley Bingham), Susan Twist (Susan Triad), Alexander Devrient (Colonel Christofer Ibrahim), Nila Aalia (Lakshmi Chandra), Josephine Lloyd-Welcome (Devika Babu), Hermon Berhane (Val Balham), Sam Lawton (Winnie Petheridge), Joshua J Parker (Brian Dale), Michelle Greenidge (Carla Sunday), Angela Wynter (Cherry Sunday), Jonathan Groff (Rogue), Steph Bailey-Scott, Daniel Mahoney (Camp Residents), Isla Moody, Megan Davies, Rosie Gibson, Alke Schwarz (Seekers), Callum Owen, Harrison Pittard, Adam Bentley, Matthew Doman (Drone Guards), Steph De Whallley (Anita Benn), Aidan Cook (The Vlinx), Yasmin Finney (Rose Noble), Nicholas Briggs (Voice of Omega) |
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| Setting: |
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Bavaria (1865), London (23rd and 24th May 2025) |
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Villains: | Conrad Clark, Mrs Flood, Omega and The Rani
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Traps are sprung and old enemies unite as The Doctor and Belinda finally arrive home to find a very different world.
