Under the Lake (TV story)

Under the Lake

Doctor:

Twelfth Doctor

Companion(s):

Clara

Main enemy:

Transmitter ghosts

Main setting:

The Drum, 2119

Key crew

Release details

Story number:

254

Premiere broadcast:

3 October 2015

Premiere network:

BBC One

Format:

1x45 minute episode

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Under the Lake was the third episode of the ninth series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales.

Synopsis

Trapped in an underwater base facing terrifying ghosts, what does the Doctor have to lose?

Plot

Cast

Crew

Executive Producers Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin


Written by Steven Moffat	Produced by Peter Bennett	Directed by Hettie MacDonald	Director of Photography Ali Asad	Production Designer Michael Pickwoad	Visual Effects Milk

Make-up Designer Barbara Southcott	Casting Director Andy Pryor CDG	Music Murray Gold	Costume Designer Ray Holman	Edited by Selina MacArthur	Special Effects Real SFX
Original theme music by Ron Grainer • Titles by BBC Wales Graphics • With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Sur-Film Production & Services S.L • Conducted and orchestrated by Ben Foster • Music mixed by Jake Jackson • Music recorded by Gerry O'Riordan Daleks created by Terry Nation • Davros created by Terry Nation


General production staff Head of Production - Gordon Ronald Line Producer - Tracie Simpson Production Manager - Adam Knopf Location Manager - Iwan Roberts Unit Manager - Iestyn Hampson-Jones Production Co-ordinator - Sandra Cosfeld Production Assistants - Sion Crowle, Jamie Shaw Production Secretary - Hannah Jones Unit Drivers - Sean Evans, Kyle Davies Unit Medic - Glyn Evans Production Accountant - Ceredig Parry Assistant Accountant - Justine Wooff Script department Script Editor - David P Davis Script Executive - Lindsey Alford Camera and lighting department 1st Assistant Director - Dan Mumford 2nd Assistant Director - James DeHaviland 3rd Assistant Director - Danielle Richards Assistant Directors - Gareth Jones, Chris Thomas Script Supervisor - Nicki Coles Camera Operator - Mark McQuoid 2nd Camera Operator - Steve Rees Focus Pullers - Jonathan Vidgen, Matthew Lepper Grip - John Robinson Assistant Grip - Sean Cronin Camera Assistants - Cai Thompson, Scott Waller Gaffer - Mark Hutchings Best Boy - Andrew Gardiner Electricians - Andrew Williams, Bob Milton, Gareth Sheldon, Gawain Nash, Matt Wilson	Art department Supervising Art Directors - Tristan Peatfield, Dafydd Shurmer Art Department Accountant - Bethan Griffiths Production Buyer - Sarah Frere Set Decorator - Adrian Anscombe Prop Buyers - May Johnson, Vicki Male, Rosy Pearce Storyboard Artist - Mike Collins Concept Artist - Chris Lees Graphic Artist - Matthew Clark Motion Graphics - Tom Munday Standby Props - Liam Collins, Ian Davies Standby Carpenter - Paul Jones Prop Hands - Scott Howe, Nigel Magni, Matt Watts Standby Art Director - Julia Challis 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 Construction Manager - Terry Horle Construction Chargehands - Dean Tucker, John Sinnott 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, Lucy Allen Stunt Performers - Sarah Lochlan, Belinda McGinley, David Grant, Nicholas Daines Casting Casting Associate - Alice Purser General post-production staff Post-production Supervisor - Samantha Price Assistant Editors - Becky Trotman, Steven Waltham 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 - Tim Ricketts Sound Maintenance Engineers - Tam Shoring, Christopher Goding Dialogue Editor - Darran Clement ADR Editor - Matthew Cox Sound Effects Editor - Paul Jefferies Effects Editor - Harry Barnes Foley Editor - Jamie Talbutt Foley Artist - Julie Ankerson

General production staff

Script department

Camera and lighting department

Art department

Supervising Art Directors - Tristan Peatfield, Dafydd Shurmer
Art Department Accountant - Bethan Griffiths
Production Buyer - Sarah Frere
Set Decorator - Adrian Anscombe
Prop Buyers - May Johnson, Vicki Male, Rosy Pearce
Storyboard Artist - Mike Collins
Concept Artist - Chris Lees
Graphic Artist - Matthew Clark
Motion Graphics - Tom Munday
Standby Props - Liam Collins, Ian Davies
Standby Carpenter - Paul Jones
Prop Hands - Scott Howe, Nigel Magni, Matt Watts
Standby Art Director - Julia Challis
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
Construction Manager - Terry Horle
Construction Chargehands - Dean Tucker, John Sinnott
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

Make-up and prosthetics

Movement

Casting

Casting Associate - Alice Purser

General post-production staff

Special and visual effects

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.

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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.

Continuity

The Doctor reuses his Sonic sunglasses. (TV:The Witch's Familiar)
The remains of a Tivolian appears. (TV:The God Complex)

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