Before the Flood (TV story)

Before the Flood
Doctor:	Twelfth Doctor
Companion(s):	Clara
Featuring:	Cass, Lunn, Bennett, O'Donnell
Main enemy:	Fisher King, Transmitter ghosts
Main setting:	The Drum, Caithness, Scotland, 1980 and 2119
Key crew
Writer:	Toby Whithouse
Director:	Daniel O'Hara
Producer:	Derek Ritchie
Release details
Story number:	254b
Premiere broadcast:	10 October 2015
Premiere network:	BBC One
Format:	1x45 minute episode
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Before the Flood was the fourth episode of the ninth series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales.

Synopsis

On a remote Army outpost, a fearsome alien warlord – the Fisher King – sets in motion a twisted plan to ensure his own survival. The ripples will be felt around the universe. Is this chain of events inevitable? And can the Doctor do the unthinkable?

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
• Clara - Jenna Coleman
• Moran - Colin McFarlane
• Cass - Sophie Stone
• Lunn - Zaqi Ismail
• O'Donnell - Morven Christie
• Bennett - Arsher Ali
• Pritchard - Steven Robertson
• Prentis - Paul Kaye
• Fisher King - Neil Fingleton
• Voice of Fisher King - Peter Serafinowicz
• Roar of Fisher King - Corey Taylor

Crew

Executive Producers   Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin

General production staff Head of Production - Gordon Ronald Production Executive - Gordon Ronald Line Producer - Tracie Simpson Production Manager - James DeHaviland Location Manager - Nick Clark Unit Manager - Iestyn Hampson-Jones Production Co-ordinator - Adam Knopf Production Assistants - Hannah Jones, Jamie Shaw Unit Drivers - Sean Evans, Kyle Davies Unit Medic - Glyn Evans Production Accountant - Ceredig Parry Assistant Accountant - Justine Wooff Script department Script Editor - Nick Lambon Script Executive - Lindsey Alford Camera and lighting department 1st Assistant Director - Scott Bates 2nd Assistant Director - Danielle Richards 3rd Assistant Director - Gareth Jones Assistant Directors - Chris Thomas, Nick Goolding Script Supervisor - Nicki Coles Camera Operator - Mark McQuoid Focus Pullers - Jonathan Vidgen, Steve Rees Grip - John Robinson Assistant Grip - Sean Cronin Camera Assistants - Cai Thompson, Matthew Lepper, Scott Waller Gaffer - Mark Hutchings Best Boy - Andrew Gardiner Electricians - Andrew Williams, Bob Milton, Gareth Sheldon, Gawain Nash, Matt Wilson	Art department Supervising Art Director - Tristan Peatfield Production Buyer - Sarah Frere Set Decorator - Adrian Anscombe Prop Buyers - May Johnson, Vicki Male Storyboard Artist - Mike Collins Concept Artist - Chris Lees Graphic Artist - Matthew Clark Standby Props - Liam Collins, Ian Davies Standby Carpenter - Paul Jones Prop Hands - Scott Howe, Nigel Magni, Matt Watts Standby Art Director - Nick Murray Rigging - Shadow Scaffolding Head Scenic Artist - Clive Clarke Scenic Painters - Steve Nelms, Matt Weston, Paul Murray Storeman - Jamie Southcott Prop Master - Paul Smith Props Chargehand - Kyle Belmont Props Driver - Gareth Fox Props Makers - Alan Hardy, Jamie Thomas, Paul Lynch Construction Manager - Terry Horle Construction Chargehand - Dean Tucker Construction Driver - Jonathan Tylke Practical Electricians - Christian Davies, Austin Curtis Draughtperson - Kartik Nagar Carpenters - Tim Burke, Lawrie Ferry, Matt Ferry, Chris Daniels, Julian Tucker, George Rees, Dan Berrow, Keith Richards, Campbell Fraser Title Concept - Billy Hanshaw 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 Anghard Make-up Artists - Megan Bowes, James Spinks Movement Stunt Co-ordinators - Crispin Layfield, Gordon Seed, Jo McLaren Stunt Performer - Matt Crook Casting Casting Associate - Alice Purser General post-production staff Post-production Co-ordinator - Samantha Price Assistant Editor - Becky Trotman On-line Editor - Geraint Pari Huws Special and visual effects VFX Editor - Dan Rawlings Special Creature Effects & Prosthetics - Millenium 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 - Jamie Talbutt Foley Artist - Julie Ankerson

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

Organisations

• The Doctor says that the Faraday Cage will be extracted and taken by UNIT into space, where the electromagnetic field of the Earth will cause the ghosts to eventually disappear.

Story notes

• This episode adds an electric guitar counter-melody to the title theme, tying off of the Doctor playing Beethoven's Fifth on his electric guitar at the end of the cold opening.

Ratings

4.38 million

Filming locations

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Production errors

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Continuity

• The speaker at the start of the episode features the Magpie Electronics logo. The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)
• Upon learning from the Doctor that they have travelled back in time to 1980, O'Donnell notes that it is pre-Harold Saxon (TV: The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords) as well as "pre-the Moon exploding and a giant bat coming out." (TV: Kill the Moon)
• When O'Donnell notes that Bennett is throwing up, the Doctor says that time travel does that sometimes. (TV: The Caretaker) O'Donnell doubts that Rose, Martha and Amy did so on their first trips. (TV: The End of the World, The Shakespeare Code, The Beast Below)
• When meeting Albar Prentis, the Doctor notes that he has met Tivolians before and that he isn't "a fan." (TV: The God Complex)
• The current masters of Tivoli who have sent Prentis to Earth to bury the Fisher King are the Arcateenians. (TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts, Invasion of the Bane)
• The Doctor says "I've had a good innings" when he prepares to meet his potential end. The Sixth Doctor said this right before regenerating in two differing accounts, AUDIO: The Brink of Death and PROSE: Spiral Scratch.
• The Doctor repeats the phrase "tick-tock" while contemplating his apparent death. During his previous incarnation's life, the Peg Dolls' nursery rhyme also used the phrase for the same purpose (TV: Night Terrors, The Wedding of River Song).
• The Doctor refers to his current regeneration as a "clerical error". It was only made possible by going past the limits of his original regeneration cycle once it was all used up and the Time Lords had given him a new cycle. (TV: The Time of the Doctor)
• The Doctor states that Earth is under his protection. (TV: The Christmas Invasion, The Eleventh Hour)

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