Doctor Who: The Unquiet Dead

Written by: Mark Gatiss
Directed by: Euros Lyn
Starring: Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper
Duration: 44'47m
Broadcast Date: 9/4/2005
Ratings/Chart Pos: 8.86m/No.15
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Cast (credits order): Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who), Billie Piper (Rose Tyler), Alan David (Gabriel Sneed), Huy Rhys (Redpath), Jennifer Hill (Mrs Peace), Eve Myles (Gwyneth), Simon Callow (Charles Dickens), Wayne Cater (Stage Manager), Meic Povey (Driver) and Zoe Thorne (The Gelth).

Crew & Credits: Lloyd Elis (1st Assistant Director), Steffan Morris (2nd Assistant Director), Dan Mumford (3rd Assistant Director), Clive Evans (Location Manager), Emma Reid (Unit Manager), Pamela Joyce (Production Co-ordinator), Debi Griffiths/Kath Blackman (A/Production Accountants), Non Eleri Hughes (Continuity), Helen Raynor (Script Editor), Mike Costelloe/Martin Stephens (Camera Operators), Steve Lawes/Mark Isaac (Focus Pullers), Anna James/David Jones (Camera Assistants), John Robinson (Grip), Damian Richardson (Boom Operator), Mark Hutchings (Gaffer), Peter Chester (Best Boy), Lee Sheward (Stunt Co-ordinator), Lucy Allan (Stunt performer), Gwenllian Llwyd (Art Dept Co-ordinator), Bryan Hitch (Concept Artist), Catherine Samuel (Production Buyer), Peter Walpole (Set Decorator), Stephen Nicholas (Supervising Art Director), Arwel Wyn Jones (Standby Art Director), Patrick Begley (Property Master), Andrew Smith (Construction Manager), Phill Shellard/Adrian Anscombe (Standby Props), Jenny Bowers (Graphic Artist), Yolanda Peart-Smith (Wardrobe Supervisor), Linda Davie (Make-Up Supervisor), Sarah Wilson/Claire Pritchard (Make-Up Artists*), Kirsty Robertson (Casting Associate), Ceries Doyle (Assistant Editor), Marie Brown (Post Production Supervisor), Matthew Clarke (On Line Editor), Kai van Beers (Colourist), Sara Bennett/Jennifer Herbett/Simon C. Holden/Alberto Montanes/Astrid Busser-Casas/David Bowman (2D VFX Artists), Chris Tucker/Chris Petts (3D VFX Artists), Tim Ricketts (Dubbing Mixer), Paul McFadden (Dialogue Editor), Paul Jeffries (Sound FX Editor), Richard Pugsley (Finance Manager), Ron Grainer (Original Theme Music), Andy Pryor CDG (Casting Director), Endaf Emyr Williams (Production Accountant), Ian Richardson (Sound Recordist), Lucinda Wright (Costume Designer), Davy Jones (Make Up Designer), Murray Gold (Music), The Mill (Visual Effects), Will Cohen (Visual FX Producer), Dave Houghton (Visual FX Supervisor), Any Effects (Special Effects), John Richards (Editor), Edward Thomas (Production Designer), Ernie Vincze BSC (Director of Photography), Tracie Simpson (Production Manager), Helen Vallis (Associate Producer), Russell T Davies/Julie Gardner/Mal Young (Executive Producers), Phil Collinson (Producer) and Euros Lyn (Director). BBC Wales. c. BBC MMV.
* - For those who care about such trivia, then the credit for Sarah Wilson and Claire Pritchard was given in the singular, suggesting they’re the same person. Apologies for such anal attention to detail…

Story: The Doctor takes Rose travel to Cardiff, 1869, where Charles Dickens is on tour and the dead are coming to life...

Trivia: The following week’s episode, Aliens of London, features in a 38 second trailer at the end

We first learn that Rose’s father has died in this story

Viewpoint:
"Since when did an undertaker keep office hours? The dead don’t die on schedule."

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