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|series = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | |series = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | ||
|season number = [[Series 8 (Doctor Who)|8]] | |season number = [[Series 8 (Doctor Who)|8]] | ||
|story number = | |story number = 249 | ||
|doctor = Twelfth Doctor | |doctor = Twelfth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] | |companions = [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] | ||
|enemy = [[Boneless]] | |enemy = [[Boneless]] | ||
|setting =[[Bristol]] | |setting = [[Bristol]] | ||
|writer = Jamie Mathieson | |featuring = [[Danny Pink]] | ||
|director = | |writer = [[Jamie Mathieson]] | ||
|producer = Nikki Wilson | |director = [[Paul Wilmshurst]] | ||
|broadcast date = [[18 October (releases)|18 October]] [[2014]] | |producer = [[Nikki Wilson]] | ||
|format = | |confidential = Flatline (DWE) | ||
|broadcast date = [[18 October (releases)|18 October]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]] | |||
|format = 1x45 minute episode | |||
|network = [[BBC One]] | |||
|production code = 4.9 | |production code = 4.9 | ||
|prev = Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story) | |prev = Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story) | ||
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'''''Flatline''''' was the ninth episode of the [[series 8 (Doctor Who)|eighth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' produced by [[BBC Wales]]. For scheduling reasons, it was a | '''''Flatline''''' was the ninth episode of the [[series 8 (Doctor Who)|eighth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' produced by [[BBC Wales]]. For scheduling reasons, it was a "[[Doctor-lite]]" episode. | ||
''Flatline'' was [[Jamie Mathieson]] | ''Flatline'' was [[Jamie Mathieson]]'s first script for the show. Two years before writing it, he had pitched his ideas for a story to [[Steven Moffat]], but was unsuccessful. When he again met with the [[executive producer]], he showed him four ideas for episodes, complete with his own illustrations, aided by his background in art college. Taking an interest in the monster he had created for what would become ''Flatline'', Moffat asked Mathieson to produce a story outline and he got the job to script the episode. | ||
It was only after writing several drafts that he was told the episode would need to lock the Doctor away in a single location, as [[Peter Capaldi]]’s scenes for the episode needed to be filmed quickly to bide by the production schedule. | It was only after writing several drafts that he was told the episode would need to lock the Doctor away in a single location, as [[Peter Capaldi]]’s scenes for the episode needed to be filmed quickly to bide by the production schedule. | ||
Mathieson decided to write a script where the Doctor was | Mathieson decided to write a script where the Doctor was "in the dark". For this to be successful, he had to create a unknown quantity to feature as his alien enemy. Much like his next creation, the [[Foretold]], he elected to have no dialogue for the aggressors, allowing something about them to remain "unknowable". ([[DWM 479]]) | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
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== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
*[[Twelfth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Capaldi]] | * [[Twelfth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Capaldi]] | ||
*[[Clara Oswald|Clara]] - [[Jenna Coleman]] | * [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] - [[Jenna Coleman]] | ||
*[[Danny Pink]] - [[Samuel Anderson]] | * [[Danny Pink]] - [[Samuel Anderson]] | ||
*[[Roscoe (Flatine)|Roscoe]] – [[John Cummins]] | * [[Roscoe (Flatine)|Roscoe]] – [[John Cummins]] | ||
*[[PC Forrest]] – [[Jessica Hayles]] | * [[PC Forrest]] – [[Jessica Hayles]] | ||
*[[Rigsy]] – [[Jovian Wade]] | * [[Rigsy]] – [[Jovian Wade]] | ||
*[[Fenton (Flatline)|Fenton]] – [[Christopher Fairbank]] | * [[Fenton (Flatline)|Fenton]] – [[Christopher Fairbank]] | ||
*[[Al (Flatline)|Al]] – [[Matt Bardock]] | * [[Al (Flatline)|Al]] – [[Matt Bardock]] | ||
*[[George (Flatline)|George]] – [[Raj Bajaj]] | * [[George (Flatline)|George]] – [[Raj Bajaj]] | ||
*[[Bill (Flatline)|Bill]] – [[James Quinn]] | * [[Bill (Flatline)|Bill]] – [[James Quinn]] | ||
*[[Missy (Deep Breath)|Missy]] – [[Michelle Gomez]] | * [[Missy (Deep Breath)|Missy]] – [[Michelle Gomez]] | ||
== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
{{wales crew | {{wales crew | ||
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|ExecutiveProd3= | |ExecutiveProd3= | ||
}} | }} | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:2014 television stories]] | [[Category:2014 television stories]] | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who (2005) television stories]] | [[Category:Doctor Who (2005) television stories]] | ||
[[Category:Series 8 (Doctor Who) stories]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in England]] | [[Category:Stories set in England]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 21st century]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 21st century]] | ||
Revision as of 21:24, 18 October 2014
Flatline was the ninth episode of the eighth series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales. For scheduling reasons, it was a "Doctor-lite" episode.
Flatline was Jamie Mathieson's first script for the show. Two years before writing it, he had pitched his ideas for a story to Steven Moffat, but was unsuccessful. When he again met with the executive producer, he showed him four ideas for episodes, complete with his own illustrations, aided by his background in art college. Taking an interest in the monster he had created for what would become Flatline, Moffat asked Mathieson to produce a story outline and he got the job to script the episode.
It was only after writing several drafts that he was told the episode would need to lock the Doctor away in a single location, as Peter Capaldi’s scenes for the episode needed to be filmed quickly to bide by the production schedule.
Mathieson decided to write a script where the Doctor was "in the dark". For this to be successful, he had to create a unknown quantity to feature as his alien enemy. Much like his next creation, the Foretold, he elected to have no dialogue for the aggressors, allowing something about them to remain "unknowable". (DWM 479)
Synopsis
In a council estate, Clara takes charge as beings from another dimension threaten the Earth...
Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
- Clara - Jenna Coleman
- Danny Pink - Samuel Anderson
- Roscoe – John Cummins
- PC Forrest – Jessica Hayles
- Rigsy – Jovian Wade
- Fenton – Christopher Fairbank
- Al – Matt Bardock
- George – Raj Bajaj
- Bill – James Quinn
- Missy – Michelle Gomez
Crew
| Executive Producers Brian Minchin and Steven Moffat |
| Production Designer Michael Pickwoad | ||||||||||
| Casting Director Andy Pryor CDG
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Music Murray Gold
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Original theme music by Ron Grainer • With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales | ||||||||||
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| 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. |
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Continuity
- On Logopolis in 1981, the Doctor's TARDIS was reduced in size after the Tremas Master interfered with the Logopolitan's Block Transfer Computation. (TV: Logopolis)
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