Smile (TV story)

Smile
Doctor:	Twelfth Doctor
Companion(s):	Bill
Featuring:	Nardole
Main enemy:	Vardy, Emojibots
Main setting:	Gliese 581d, far future
Key crew
Writer:	Frank Cottrell Boyce
Director:	Lawrence Gough
Producer:	Peter Bennett
Release details
Story number:	264
Premiere broadcast:	22 April 2017
Premiere network:	BBC One
Format:	1x50 minute episode
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Smile was the second episode of the tenth series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales.

Synopsis

The Doctor and Bill Potts travel to the future. They come across one of Earth's final colonies, but can he save then from the Vardy?

Plot

The Doctor and Bill are discussing where they should visit in the TARDIS when a knock on the door interrupts them. The Doctor answers saying "Mum", only to find companion Nardole. The two discuss plans, promises and premises before Nardole is order to put the kettle on.

The Doctor and Bill decide to have one trip, and be back before the kettle has boiled. The travellers embark on a journey... to the future.

The TARDIS materialises on a human colony planet, where they meet the Vardy.

To be continued...

Cast

• The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
• Bill - Pearl Mackie
• Nardole - Matt Lucas
• Kezzia - Kiran L Dadlani
• Goodthing - Mina Anwar
• Steadfast - Ralf Little
• Praiseworthy - Kaizer Akhtar
• Nate - Kalungi Ssebandeke
• Emojibot - Kiran Shah
• Emojibot - Craig Garner

Crew

Executive Producers   Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin

Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce	Produced by Peter Bennett	Directed by Lawrence Gough	Director of Photography Ashley Rowe	Production Designer Michael Pickwoad	Visual Effects Milk BBC Wales VFX
Make-up Designer Barbara Southcott	Casting Director Andy Pryor CDG	Music Murray Gold	Costume Designer Hayley Nebauer	Edited by Will Oswald	Special Effects Real SFX
Original theme music by Ron Grainer  •  Titles by BBC Wales Graphics  Music conducted & orchestrated by Alastair King  •  Music score assistant - Jack Sugden   •  Music mixed by Jake Jackson  •  Music recorded by Gerry O'Riordan

General production staff Head of Production - Gordon Ronald Production Executive - Tracie Simpson Line Producer - Steffan Morris Production Manager - Medyr Llewelyn Location Manager - Iwan Roberts Unit Manager - Nick Clark Production Co-ordinator - Sandra Cosfeld Assistant Production Co-ordinator - Nicola Chance Production Assistants - Virginia Bonet, Jamie Shaw Unit Drivers - Sean Evans, Kyle Davies Unit Medic - Glyn Evans Business Affairs Executive - Carol Griggs Production Accountant - Simon Wheeler Assistant Accountant - Justine Wooff Script department Script Editor - Nick Lambon Script Executive - Lindsey Alford Assistant Script Editor - Emma Genders Camera and lighting department 1st Assistant Director - Fletcher Rodley 2nd Assistant Director - James DeHaviland 3rd Assistant Director - Christopher J Thomas Assistant Directors - Rhun Llewelyn, Lauren Pate Script Supervisor - Nicki Coles Camera Operator - Mark McQuoid Focus Pullers - Jonathan Vidgen, Elhein De Wet Grip - John Robinson Assistant Grip - Sean Cronin Camera Assistants - Gethin Williams, Drew Marsden, Dan Patosnas Gaffer - Mark Hutchings Best Boy - Andy Gardiner Electricians - Gareth Sheldon, Gareth Sheldon, Bob Milton, Sion Davies	Art department Supervising Art Director - Henry Jaworski Art Director - Tim Overson Art Department Accountant - Alison Harvey Production Buyer - Sarah Frere Set Decorator - Adrian Anscombe Prop Buyers - Jen Saguaro, Jo Pearce Storyboard Artist - Adam Pescott Concept Artist - Darren Fereday Graphic Artist - Matt Clark Standby Props - Matt Ireland, Jonathan Barclay Standby Carpenter - Paul Jones Prop Hands - Scott Howe, Nigel Magni, Matt Watts Standby Art Director - Christina Tom Rigging - Shadow Scaffolding Standby Rigger - Colin Toms Head Scenic Artist - Clive Clarke Painters - Steve Nelms, John Nelms, Paul Murray, Debby McShane Storeman - Jamie Southcott Prop Master - Paul Smith Props Chargehand - Kyle Belmont Props Driver - Gareth Fox Construction Manager - Terry Horle Construction Chargehand - Dean Tucker Construction Driver - Jonathan Tylke Construction Labourer - Jason Tylke Practical Electricians - Callum Alexander, Austin Curtis Graphics Assistant - Jack Bowes Draughtpersons - Kartik Nagar, Julia Jones Chargehand Carpenter - John Sinnott Carpenters - Tim Burke, Keith Richards, Matt Ferry, Campbell Frazer, Chris Daniels, Joe Painter, George Rees, Alan Jones, Dan Berrow, Mike Venables Title Concept - Billy Hanshaw Costume department Costume Supervisor - Kat Willis Assistant Costume Designer - Zoe Howerska Costume Assistants - Rebecca Cunningham, Leila Headon, Jenny Tindle	Make-up and prosthetics Make-up Supervisor - James Spinks Make-up Artists - Megan Bowes, Lolly Goodship Movement Stunt Co-ordinator - Dani Biernat Stunt Performer - Troy Kenchington Choreographer - Alisa Berk Casting Casting Associate - Ri McDaid-Wren Casting Assistant - Louis Constantine General post-production staff Post-production Supervisor - Samantha Price Post-production Co-ordinator - Hannah Jones Assistant Editors - Becky Trotman, David Davies On-line Editors - Geraint Pari Huws, Mark Hardyman Assistant On-line Editor - Christine Kelly Special and visual effects VFX Editor - Dan Rawlings Special Creature Effects & Prosthetics - Millennium FX Colourist - Gareth Spensley Sound Sound Recordist - Deian Llŷr Humphreys Dubbing Mixer - Mark Ferda Sound Maintenance Engineers - Tam Shoring, Christopher Goding Dialogue Editor - Darran Clement ADR Editor - Matthew Cox Effects Editor - Harry Barnes Foley Editor - Simon Clement Foley Artist - Meltem Baytok

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

Language

• The Emojibots speak Emoji. Emoji used by them include:
  • 😃 – smiling face
  • 💀 – a skull, a symbol of death
  • 😢 – crying face
  • 💡 – a light bulb, symbolising a new idea forming
  • 😕 – puzzled face
  • ❓ – question mark, indicating confusion
  • 👍 – thumbs up, indicating approval
  • 💷 – pound sterling, indicating an interest in monetary gain
• The Doctor calls the sound implants installed on them "thingamabobs".

Culture

• The Doctor says that the colonists will come expecting the Garden of Eden.
• The Vardy identified grief as the enemy of happiness.
• The Doctor tells the story of "The Magic Haddock".

Locations

• The planet the Doctor and Bill visit is called Gliese 581d.
• The spaceship the Doctor and Bill find on the planet is called the Erehwon.
• The Doctor and Bill encounter an elephant on a frozen-over River Thames.

Species

• The Vardy can eat other species, leaving behind bones and skulls.
• The Vardy can cloak themselves as buildings by staying really close together.
• They are now the indigenous species on the planet.
• The Doctor and Bill encounter an elephant on the frozen River Thames.

Technology

• The Emojibots are an interface of the Vardy.
• The Doctor and Bill receive sound implants on arrival at the colony.
• All inhabitants and visitors are given mood badges.
• Bill's smart phone is also a camera phone, meaning she can take a picture of the map.

Anatomy and physiology

• The Doctor mentions his binary vascular system, and tells Bill this does indeed lead to high blood pressure.

Botany

• The colony has rosemaries in the garden, which reminds Bill of home.

Food and beverages

• The Doctor and Bill are served squares of algae jelly.
  • According to Bill, it smells of fish.
• The Doctor does not like fish.

Science

• The Doctor explains that because space is curved, the Earth is in any direction you choose to look in.

Music

• The Doctor recites the line "I'm happy, hope you're happy too" from the David Bowie song, Ashes to Ashes.

TARDIS

• Bill asks why the chairs in the TARDIS are so far from the console.
• Bill asks whether she has to wear a seatbelt during flight.
• Bill also asks if there is a steering wheel.
• She questions the Doctor on the police box exterior, and deduces that he likes it because of the sign—which reads, "Advice & assistance obtainable immediately / Officer & cars respond to all calls".

Story notes

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• The Doctor says that Scotland demands independence every planet they go to. In real world current events, at the time of this episode's release, Scotland was again seeking independence from the United Kingdom, as a result of Brexit.
• This story also shares a narrative theme with The Happiness Patrol, the theme being the fact that if you're not happy you would be executed.

Ratings

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File:Doctor Who Behind the scenes in Valencia with Pearl Mackie - Smile - Series 10 Episode 2 - BBC One

Filming locations

• The City of Arts and Sciences (Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias), in Valencia, Spain, is the real setting for the Gliese 581d scenes.

Production errors

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

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Continuity

• Nardole reminds the Doctor that he can't go off-world because he promised. (TV: The Pilot)
• Bill again calls the Doctor "a penguin with its arse on fire" when she sees him run. (TV: The Pilot)
• The Doctor states that the TARDIS takes him where they need to go, rather than where they want to. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)
• There's a bust of Queen Nefertiti in the spaceship. (TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)
• The Doctor mentions having previously encountered human colony ships, (TV: The Ark, The Beast Below, PROSE: The Lost Generation) and stations of colonists in cryogenic suspension. (TV: The Ark in Space)
• The record of human history Bill finds includes Vincent van Gogh's self-portrait. (TV: Vincent and the Doctor)
• The Doctor had once before visited a human colony in which unhappy people were killed. (TV: The Happiness Patrol)
• The Doctor mentions Scotland wanting independence everywhere they go, such as when they wanted a separate ship from Starship UK. (TV: The Beast Below)
• Bill says that she is in a "proper spaceship". The Tenth Doctor was previously offended when Donna Noble said something similar. (TV: Planet of the Ood)
• The Doctor has previously encountered nanorobots that caused trouble for humans. (TV: The Doctor Dances)
• The Doctor has met tiny creatures that could turn a living human into a skeleton in seconds before. (TV: Silence in the Library)

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