Zellin - Ian Gelder
Tibo - Buom Tihngang
Rakaya - Clare-Hope Ashitey
Grace O’Brien -┬áSharon D Clarke
Sonya Khan - Bhavnisha Parmar
Tahira - Aruhan Galieva
Maryam - Sirine Saba
Anita Patel –┬áNasreen Hussain
Gabriel - Everal A Walsh
Fred - Michael Keane
Mum - Amanda Liberman
Old Tibo - Willie Jonah
Andrew - Anthony Taylor
1st Assistant Director - Guy Murray-Brown
2nd Assistant Director - Christopher J Thomas
3rd Assistant Director - Mark Corden
Assistant Directors - Lauren Pate, Jennifer Day, Christian Jeffcoat
Assistant Director Trainee - Matthew-Lee Heath
Unit Drivers - Paul Watkins, Jolyon Davey, Steve Darwent
Location Manager - Gareth Roberts
Unit Manager - Jac Jones
Location Assistant - Kyle Yates
Production Manager - Delmi Thomas
Production Coordinator - Sandra Cosfeld
Assistant Production Coordinator - Jade Stephenson
Production Secretary - Ellie Simmons
Production Assistant - Ariana Scott
Executive Assistant - Caroline Cook
1st Assistant Accountant - Debi Griffiths
Assistant Accountant - Rose Wasdell
Art Department Accountant - Hywel Thomas
Cast Payroll - Helen Searle
Camera Operator - Mark McQuoid ACO
Focus Pullers - Jonathan Vidgen, Steve Rees
Camera Assistants - Dan Patounas, Scott Waller, Gwilym Jenner, Evangeline Davies
Key Grip - John Robinson
Grip - Ash Whitfield
Grip Assistant - Steffan Allen
Apprentice Grip - Harry Spencer
Script Supervisor - Alana Marmion-Warr
Assistant Script Editor - Caroline Buckley
Sound Maintenance Engineers - Christopher Goding, Joe Malone
Gaffer - Mark Hutchings
Best Boy - Andy Gardiner
Electricians - Gawain Nash, Andrew Williams, Gareth Sheldon, Stuart Gale
Construction Art Director - Julia Jones
Art Director - Nick Murray
Standby Art Director - Cerys Lewis
Set Decorator - Vicki Male
Production Buyer - Rosy Pearce
Assistant Buyer - Billie Blue Williams
Petty Cash Buyer - Hannah Miller
Set Designers - Daniel Kennedy, Lauren Harper
Art Department Assistant - Celyn Davies
Graphics Trainee - Anya Kordecki
Animation Illustrator - Nina Chakrabarti
Animators - DNEG
Prop Master - Paul Aitken
Props Chargehand - Trystan Howell
Standby Props - Matthew Ireland
2nd Standby Props –┬áLewis Reece
Set Dressers - Dewi Thomas, John Thomas, Anwen Haf, Tom Major
Storeman - Lucy Hammond
Workshop Manager - Mark Hill
Workshop Assistant - Chris Slocombe
Concept Artist - Louis Knight
Graphic Designer - Gyorgy Siman
Head Modelmaker - Lee Radford
Prop Fabrication - Penny Howarth
Practical Electricians - Matthew Dunford, Robert Hearne
Standby Carpenter - Colm Garrett
Rigging - Shadow Scaffolding
Standby Riggers - Colin Toms, Scott Williams
Construction Manager - Mark Painter
Construction Chargehands - Dean Tucker, Joseph Painter
Carpenters - Terry Hale, Campbell Fraser, Joseph Painter, Dave Quinlan, Charlie Wright, Chris Daniels, George Rees,
Jonathan Tylke, Dave Hobbs, Kristian Tucker, Stephen Crump
Junior Carpenter - Matthew Painter
Construction Trainee - Marcus Scholl
Construction Driver - Darren Bousie
Construction Labourer - Jason Tylke
HOD Painter - Steve Fudge
Chargehand Painters - Mark Reece, Lloyd Reece
Scenic Artists –┬áChelsea Moore,┬áRachel Willsher
Assistant Costume Designer - Simon Marks
Costume Supervisor - Grace Brooks
Costume Assistants - Andie Mear, Ian Fowler, Chloe Gauci
Costume Trainee –┬áAshleigh Muza
Make-up Supervisor - Emma Cowen
Make-up Artists - Amy Riley, James Spinks
Junior Make-up Artist - Hanna Lewis-Jones
Unit Medic - Glyn Evans
Casting Associate - Ri McDaid-Wren
Casting Assistant - Ray Bohm
Business Affairs - Elaine Evans, Kyle Parsons, Steve Robson
Talent Team - Hannah Williams, Leanne Bowcott, Jeanette Sigsworth, Deborah Evans, Clare Baker
Assistant Editors - David SJ Davies, Hayley Williams
VFX Editor - Georgina Careless
Assistant VFX Editor - Alastair Gray
Additional VFX - BBC Wales Graphics, The 2D Workshop
Post Production Coordinator - Liv Duffin
Sound Designer - Harry Barnes
ADR Editor - Matthew Cox
Dialogue Editor - Darran Clement
Foley - Bang Post Production
Online Editor - Christine Kelly
Assistant Online Editor - Luke Stanbury
Music Recorded by - Olga FitzRoy
Music Mixed by - Goetz Botzanhardt
Original Theme Music by - Ron Grainer
Title Sequence & Additional VFX - Ben Pickles
Series Script Editor - Sheena Bucktowonsing
Script Editor - Fiona McAllister
Colourist - Jateen Patel
Heads of Production - Radford Neville, Jacquie Glanville
Production Executive - Tracie Simpson
Post Production Producer –┬áCeres Doyle
Production Accountant - Rhys Evans
Supervising Location Manager - Iwan Roberts
Sound Recordist - Deian Llyr Humphreys
Dubbing Mixers - Howard Bargroff, Kiran Marshall
Visual Effects - DNEG
Special Effects - REAL SFX
Prosthetic Maker –┬áSuzi Battersby
Casting Director - Andy Pryor CDG
Music by - Segun Akinola
Editor - Agnieska Liggett
Director Of Photography - Ed Moore BSC
Production Designer - Dafydd Shurmer
Costume Design & Prosthetic Design - Ray Holman
Make-Up Designer - Claire Pritchard-Jones
Line Producer - Steffan Morris
The Doctor and her companions encounter ancient beings who feed on fear and have been influencing nightmares across time. Each companion faces personal trauma and unresolved emotional struggles. The Doctor helps them confront these fears while uncovering the entitiesΓÇÖ plan. The beings are ultimately banished, but emotional consequences linger.
The Doctor and her companions discover that ancient alien beings are infiltrating human minds by exploiting fear and nightmares across history.
The beings known as Zellin and Rakaya feed on fear and have been imprisoned for millennia, now attempting to regain power through manipulation of dreams.
Graham O’Brien struggles with grief after losing his wife, experiencing visions that blur reality and memory.
The Doctor tracks the influence of the alien beings across time and ultimately forces them back into their imprisonment.
The episode explores mental health, fear, grief, and the importance of acknowledging emotional pain rather than suppressing it.
