The Zygon Inversion (TV story)

The Zygon Inversion
Doctor:	Twelfth Doctor
Companion(s):	Clara
Featuring:	Osgood, Kate
Main enemy:	Bonnie, Zygons
Main setting:	London, England, 21st century
Key crew
Writer:	Peter Harness Steven Moffat
Director:	Daniel Nettheim
Producer:	Peter Bennett
Release details
Story number:	257b
Premiere broadcast:	7 November 2015
Premiere network:	BBC One
Format:	1x50 minute episode
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The Zygon Inversion was the eighth episode of the ninth series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales.

This episode saw the Twelfth Doctor describe the immense pain he felt while fighting in the Time War in an emotional and angry speech for the first time since his predecessor discovered that the War Doctor had not destroyed Gallifrey. It also revealed that there are two Osgood Boxes, and their design is based on that of the Moment; this symbolises how the Doctor nearly destroyed his entire race with a box, just as Kate and Bonnie were about to destroy theirs.

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
• Clara - Jenna Coleman
• Osgood - Ingrid Oliver
• Kate - Jemma Redgrave
• Etoine - Nicholas Asbury
• Zygons - Aidan Cook, Tom Wilton, Jack Parker
• Voice of the Zygons - Nicholas Briggs

Uncredited cast

• Bonnie - Jenna Coleman, Ingrid Oliver

Crew

Executive Producers   Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin

General production staff Line Producer - Tracie Simpson Production Manager - Steffan Morris Location Manager - Nick Clark Unit Manager - Iestyn Hampson-Jones Production Co-ordinator - Adam Knopf Production Assistant - Sion Crowle Production Accountant - Simon Wheeler Script department Script Editor - David P Davis Script Executive - Lindsey Alford Camera and lighting department 1st Assistant Director - Dan Mumford 2nd Assistant Director - James DeHaviland 3rd Assistant Director - Danielle Richards Assistant Directors - Chris Thomas, Gareth Jones Script Supervisor - Steve Walker Camera Operator - Mark McQuoid Focus Pullers - Jonathan Vidgen, Steve Rees Grip - John Robinson Camera Assistants - Cai Thompson, Matthew Lepper, Scott Waller Gaffer - Mark Hutchings Best Boy - Andrew Gardiner Electricians - Bob Milton, Gareth Sheldon, Gawain Nash, Rob Fernandes	Art department Supervising Art Director - Dafydd Shurmer Production Buyer - Julian Luxton Set Decorator - Adrian Anscombe Props Buyer - May Johnson Concept Artist - Chris Lees Graphic Artist - Matthew Clark Standby Props - Liam Collins Standby Carpenter - Paul Jones Standby Art Director - Julia Challis Props Storeman - Jamie Southcott Props Driver - Gareth Fox Props Makers - Alan Hardy, Jamie Thomas Construction Manager - Terry Horle Construction Chargehand - Dean Tucker Practical Electrician - Christian Davies Scenic Artist - Clive Clarke Costume department Costume Supervisor - Simon Marks Assistant Costume Designer - Georgie Sayer Costume Assistants - Andie Mear, Ian Fowler, Jenny Tindle	Make-up and prosthetics Make-up Supervisor - Sara Angharad Make-up Artists - Megan Bowes, James Spinks Movement Stunt Co-ordinators - Crispin Layfield, Dani Biernat Casting Casting Associate - Alice Purser General post-production staff Post-production Supervisor - Samantha Price Post-production Co-ordinator - Hannah Jones Assistant Editors - Becky Trotman, Robbie Gibbon On-line Editor - Mark Hardyman Special and visual effects VFX Editor - Dan Rawlings Colourist - Gareth Spensley Sound Dubbing Mixer - Mark Ferda Dialogue Editor - Darran Clement Foley Editor - Jamie Talbutt

Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.

References

• The Fleet Estate Centre is visited.
• The block of flats that Etoine lives in is called Meelfe House.

The Doctor

• The Doctor claims to Osgood that his real first name is "Basil".
• The Doctor jokes that as he is over 2000 years old, he is old enough to be a Messiah.
• The Doctor escapes the plane in a parachute with a Union Jack on it. Similarly, James Bond used a parachute with a Union Jack on it to sky-dive in the movie "The Spy Who Loved Me".
• The Doctor once created an invisible watch, which had the terrible design flaw of being invisible.
• The Doctor keeps a browser history in his sonic sunglasses, and advises Osgood not to look at it.
• Osgood says that if she was evil, she could kill the Doctor twelve times if necessary, referring to his regeneration cycle.

Clara

• Clara has enough authority within UNIT that she can access the Black Archive without question.
• The newspaper in Clara's dream that she checks to ensure she's dreaming reads gibberish, indicating to her it holds no significance.

Story notes

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Ratings

• BBC One Overnight: 4.13 million
• BBC America Overnight: to be added

Filming location

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Production errors

• When the Doctor, Clara, and Osgood arrive at the TARDIS, the Doctor is a few feet away from it. In the next shot, he is standing right next to it.
• As the Doctor enters the TARDIS, Bonnie is standing to Osgood's left. However, in the next shot, Bonnie and Osgood have switched places.

Continuity

• The painting of the First Doctor in the Unit Safe House opens to reveal a safe. (TV: The Zygon Invasion)
• In her dream, Clara hears Bonnie's last words for the Doctor before firing the missile launcher, as well as the missile being fired (TV: The Zygon Invasion)
• A government worker is sweeping some electrical wire-human-leftovers. Some leftovers are also seen in the Fleet Estate Centre. (TV: The Zygon Invasion)
• Kate Stewart explains that she survived her encounter with a Zygon by firing "five rounds rapid," a phrase often used by her father. (TV: The Dæmons et.al.)
• The Doctor uses his iPhone again. (TV: The Zygon Invasion)
• Boat One is blown up again. (TV: Death in Heaven)
• The Doctor says he used the plane to "ponce about". (TV: The Zygon Invasion)
• The Doctor uses his psychic paper. (TV: The End of the World et.al.)
• The Doctor nicknames himself "John Disco" and "Doctor Disco". (TV: The Zygon Invasion)
• The naval surgeon who invented the anti-Zygon gas Z-67 is named Sullivan. (TV: Terror of the Zygons, The Zygon Invasion) The Doctor calls him as an imbecile, just as his fourth incarnation once did. (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen)
• Osgood's glasses are broken. (TV: Death in Heaven)
• The Doctor's sonic sunglasses are used. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice et.al.)
• The Black Archive is revisited and the memory-eraser is reactivated. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
• The battle helmet of a Mire can be seen in the Black Archive. (TV: The Girl Who Died)
• The Doctor recalls the intense pain of his experiences in the Last Great Time War. Furthermore, the Osgood Boxes are directly based off the Moment to reflect the way his wartime self struggled not to use its destructive potential. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
• Bonnie, having taken the form of Osgood, wears a facsimile of the Seventh Doctor's costume, with a duffel coat. (TV: The Curse of Fenric)
• Clara performs a "dream check" to gauge the state of her reality when she wakes up. (TV: Last Christmas)
• The Doctor claims that one of the buttons in the blue Osgood Box would cancel the Zygons' ability to change form, making them human forever. An actual Zygon ability to take a permanent human form was revealed in (AUDIO: The Zygon Who Fell to Earth).

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