Time Heist (TV story)

Time Heist
Doctor:	Twelfth Doctor
Companion(s):	Clara
Main enemy:	Ms Delphox
Main setting:	Bank of Karabraxos
Key crew
Writer:	Steve Thompson Steven Moffat
Director:	Douglas Mackinnon
Producer:	Peter Bennett
Release details
Story number:	245
Premiere broadcast:	20 September 2014
Premiere network:	BBC One
Format:	1x45 minute episode
Production code:	4.5
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Time Heist was the fifth episode of the eighth series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales.

Synopsis

The Doctor turns bank robber when he is given a task he cannot refuse – to steal from the most dangerous bank in the cosmos.

With the help of a beautiful shape-shifter and cyber-augmented gamer, the Doctor and Clara must fight their way past deadly security and come face to face with the fearsome Teller: a creature of terrifying power that can detect guilt…

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
• Clara - Jenna Coleman
• Psi - Jonathan Bailey
• Saibra - Pippa Bennett-Warner
• Ms Delphox/Madame Karabraxos - Keeley Hawes
• Guard - Mark Ebulue
• Mr Porrima - Trevor Sellers
• Suited Customer - Junior Laniyan
• The Teller - Ross Mullan

Uncredited

• Danny Pink - Samuel Anderson

Crew

Executive Producers   Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin

General production staff Production Executive - Julie Scott Line Producer - Tracie Simpson Production Manager - Simon Morris Location Manager - Paul Davies Unit Manager - Iestyn Hampson-Jones Production Co-ordinator - Adam Knopf Assistant Production Co-ordinator - Sandra Cosfeld Production Assistant - Matthew Jones Production Accountant - Jeff Dunn First Assistant Accountant - Bethan Griffiths Script department Script Editors - David P Davies, Richard Cookson Camera and lighting department 1st Assistant Director - Scott Bates 2nd Assistant Director - James Dehaviland 3rd Assistant Director - Danielle Richards Assistant Directors - Gareth Jones, Chris Thomas Script Supervisor - Steve Walker Camera Operator - Martin Stephens Focus Pullers - Jonathan Vidgen, Matthew Waving Grip - John Robinson Assistant Grip - Sean Cronin Camera Assistants - Cai Thompson, Katy Kardasz, Gathin Wiliams	Art department Concept Artist - Chris Lees Graphic Artist - Christina Tom Standby Props - Liam Collins, Matt Ireland Standby Carpenter - Paul Jones Standby Rigger - Bryan Griffiths Store Person - Jamie Southcott Props Master - Paul Smith Props Chargehand - Kyle Belmont Dressing Props - Jayne Davies, Mike Elkins Props Driver - Gareth Fox Props Makers - Alan Hardy, Jamie Thomas Construction Manager - Terry Horle Construction Chargehand - Dean Tucker Practical Electrician - Christian Davies Graphics - BBC Wales Graphics Draughtsman - Kartik Nagar Costume department	Make-up and prosthetics Prosthetics - Millennium FX Movement Stunt Co-ordinators - Crispin Layfield, Gordon Seed General post-production staff Post-production Supervisor - Nerys Davies Post-production Co-ordinator - Samantha Price Assistant Editors - Katrina Aust, Carmen Sanchez Roberts On-line Editor - Geraint Pari Huws Special and visual effects VFX Editor - Joel Skinner Colourist - Gareth Spensley Sound Sound Recordist - Deian Llŷr Humphreys Dubbing Mixer - Tim Ricketts Sound Maintenance Engineers - Tam Shoring, Christopher Goding Dialogue Editor - Darran Clement ADR Editor - Matthew Cox Foley Editor - Jamie Talbutt

		Make-up Designer - Claire Pritchard-Jones

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

Individuals

• The bank has wanted posters for a Sensorite, Androvax, the Gunslinger, a Terileptil, John Hart, Abslom Daak, Skaldak, the Slitheen family, a Weevil and The Trickster.

Races and species

• Psi and Saibra identify as human variants: augmented human and mutant human respectively.

Story notes

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Ratings

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Filming locations

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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

• The Doctor notes that Clara got his phone number from "a woman in a shop." (TV: The Bells of Saint John)
• The Doctor, Clara, Psi and Saibra has their memories wiped by a memory worm. (TV: The Snowmen).

Home video releases

DVD releases

• The episode will be released as part of the Complete Series 8 box set in November 2014.

Blu-ray releases

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External links

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