Season 3 (Doctor Who 2023)
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Series 15
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Series 16
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Series 17
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Series 15 was a series of Doctor Who produced by BBC in collaboration with Sony's Bad Wolf and Disney Branded Television for streaming on Disney+ Disney XD.
Series 16 was a series of Doctor Who produced by BBC in collaboration with Sony's Bad Wolf and Disney Branded Television for streaming on Disney+ Nickelodeon.
Series 17 was a series of Doctor Who produced by BBC in collaboration with Sony's Bad Wolf and Disney Branded Television for streaming on Disney+.
Overview
Early announcements
On 28 September 2023, during the Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration concert to mark the 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who, Russell T Davies joked about having plans for a "series 4" that there weren't room for in "series 3".[1]
On 1 November, Davies revealed in SFX magazine that he was already planning his "season 3" now, and that there are plans for a "season 4" to come.[2]
Promotion
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Broadcast
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Cast
- The Doctor / Caecilius - Peter Capaldi
- The Doctor - Ncuti Gatwa
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- The Doctor - David Bradley
- The Doctor - Peter Davison
- The Doctor / Jenny - Georgia Moffett
- The Doctor / Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
- Rose Noble - Yasmin Finney
- Ruby Sunday - Millie Gibson
- Grace Holloway - Daphne Ashbrook
- Martha - Freema Agyeman
- O'Donnell - Morven Christie
- Osgood - Ingrid Oliver
- Jo Jones - Katy Manning
- Harriet Jones — Penelope Wilton
- Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
- Chrstina - Michelle Ryan
- Madame Vastra - Neve McIntosh
- Jenny Flint - Catrin Stewart
- The Captain - Mark Gatiss
- Polly - Lily Travers
- Ben - Jared Garfield
- Kate - Jemma Redgrave
- Mel - Bonnie Langford
Recurring
- Santa Claus - Nick Frost
- Craig Owens - James Corden
- Sophie - Daisy Haggard
- Shona - Seroca Davis
- Kelly - Holli Dempsey
- George - Chris Obi
- Val - Lynda Baron
- Shona - Faye Marsay
- Ashley - Natalie Gumede
- Bellows - Maureen Beattie
- Professor Albert - Michael Troughton
Guest
- Francine Jones - Adjoa Andoh
- Tish Jones - Gugu Mbatha-Raw
- Clive Jones - Trevor Laird
- Leo Jones - Reggie Yates
- Slitheen - Alan Ruscoe
- Kazran/Elliot Sardick - Michael Gambon
- Abigail - Katherine Jenkins
- Young Kazran - Laurence Belcher
- Adult Kazran - Danny Horn
- Pilot - Leo Bill
- Captain - Pooky Quesnel
- Co-pilot - Micah Balfour
- Old Benjamin - Steve North
- Boy & Benjamin - Bailey Pepper
- Servant - Tim Plester
- Eric - Nick Malinowski
- Isabella - Laura Rogers
- Old Isabella - Meg Wynn-Owen
- Henry Avery - Hugh Bonneville
- Toby Avery - Oscar Lloyd
- The Boatswain - Lee Ross
- Mulligan - Michael Begley
- De Florres - Tony Lucken
- Dancer - Chris Jarman
- McGrath - Carl McCrystal
- The Siren - Lily Cole
- Sophie - Daisy Haggard
- Shona - Seroca Davis
- Kelly - Holli Dempsey
- George - Chris Obi
- Val - Lynda Baron
- Madge Arwell - Claire Skinner
- Cyril Arwell - Maurice Cole
- Lily Arwell - Holly Earl
- Reg Arwell - Alexander Armstrong
- Co-pilot - Sam Stockman
- Droxil - Bill Bailey
- Ven-Garr - Paul Bazely
- Billis - Arabella Weir
- Wooden King - Spencer Wilding
- Wooden Queen - Paul Kasey
- Captain Latimer - Tom Ward
- Dr Simeon - Richard E Grant
- Digby - Joseph Darcey-Alden
- Francesca - Ellie Darcey-Alden
- Alice - Liz White
- Uncle Josh - Jim Conway
- Shona - Faye Marsay
- Ashley - Natalie Gumede
- Bellows - Maureen Beattie
- Professor Albert - Michael Troughton
- Walter - Cameron Strefford
- Walter's Mother - Annabelle Dowler
- Bob Chilcott - Ben Addis
- Clara's Friend - Sophie Miller-Sheen
- Lead Workman - Daniel Hyde
- Female General - T'Nia Miller
- Gastron - Malachi Kirby
- Ohila - Clare Higgins
- The Woman - Linda Broughton
- Man - Martin T. Sherman
- Wraiths - Jami Reid-Quarrell, Nick Ash, Ross Mullen
The New Crew
Executive Producers Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter with Joel Collins and Phil Collinson |
Co-executive producer Nikki Wilson |
Series Producer Vicki Delow |
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General production staff Art department |
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Costume Hair and make-up Sound |
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. |
Though not credited in any way, Mat Irvine did help considerably with the operation of K9 for this episode. In the DVD commentary, Phil Collinson acknowledges Irvine as the "operator of the original K9 prop", as seen in the very last scene of the episode, and admitting that the original prop had been stored in Irvine's garage and was found especially for this scene.
This episode marked a big change in the make-up department, with Barbara Southcott becoming the more-or-less permanent make-up designer on the show. Also, Millennium Effects became "Millennium FX" with this episode, and have been credited thus since.
Guido Cerasuolo's actual credit is "Line Producer Italy".
Ernie Vincze's surname is misspelled as "Vince" in the credits as originally transmitted.
This was the first episode of the BBC Wales series to have two credited script editors. Oddly, Emma Freud was credited at the end of the roll, suggesting she was considered more "senior" than Brian Minchin.
As on The Vampires of Venice, Patrick Schweitzer was double-credited as both producer and line producer.
This episode marked the Doctor Who debut of production designer Michael Pickwoad, the BBC Wales debut of costume designer Barbara Kidd, and the first time that something like twenty team members had been credited for their work on Doctor Who. It was the biggest sea change of behind-the-scenes personnel in BBC Wales history, much bigger, in fact, than the changes that had occurred with The Eleventh Hour.
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Uncredited crew
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Pre-production
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Filming
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Television stories
Festive special
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Episode notes
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Aliens and enemies
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Rumours
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Adaptations and merchandising
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Stories set during the season
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