Craig Owens – James Corden
Sophie – Daisy Haggard
River Song – Alex Kingston
Madame Kovarian – Frances Barber
Shona – Seroca Davis
Kelly – Holli Dempsey
George – Chris Obi
Val – Lynda Baron
Cyberman – Paul Kasey
Voice of the Cybermen – Nicholas Briggs
Clerics – Jon Davey, Chester Durrant
General production staff
Production Executive – Julie Scott
Line Producer – Diane Barton
Production Managers – Phillipa Cole, Claire Hildred
Location Assistant – Geraint Williams
Unit Manager – Jason Keatley
Assistant Production Co-ordinator – Helen Blyth
Production Assistants – Charlie Coombes, Ross Southard
Production Secretaries – Scott Handcock, Sian Warrilow
Production Accountant – Dyfed Thomas
A/Production Accountant – Kristina Raschboeck
Camera and lighting department
1st Assistant Director – Sarah Davies
2nd Assistant Director – James DeHaviland
3rd Assistant Director – Michael Curtis
Assistant Director – Harry Bunch
Script Supervisor – Caroline Holder
Camera Operator – Joe Russell
Focus Pullers – James Scott, Julius Ogden
Grip – Clive Baldwin
Assistant Grip – Gary Sheppard
Camera Assistants – Svetlana Miko, Rebecca Pescod, Kyle Brown
Gaffer – Micky Reeves
Best Boy – Francis Sparey
Electricians – Geoff Holloway, Peter Scott, Scott Smallwood
Art department
Supervising Art Director – Stephen Nicholas
Assistant Art Director – Jackson Pope
Production Buyer – Ben Morris
Petty Cash Buyer – Kate Wilson
Set Decorator – Julian Luxton
Props Buyer – Catherine Samuel
Concept Artist – Richard Shaun Williams
Design Assistant – Dan Martin
Graphic Artist – Christina Tom
Standby Props – Julia Challis, Dewi Thomas
Standby Carpenter – Paul Jones
Standby Art Director – Ciaran Thompson
Standby Rigger – Zac Henderson
Store Person – Jayne Davies
Props Master – Paul Aitken
Props Chargehand – James North
Dressing Props – Phil Lyons
Props Driver – Medard Mankos
Props Makers – Penny Howarth, Nicholas Robatto
Construction Manager – Matthew Hywel-Davies
Construction Chargehand – Scott Fisher
Practical Electrician – Albert James
Draughtsman – Julia Jones
Costume department
Costume Supervisor – Vicky Salway
Assistant Costume Designer – Samantha Keeble
Costume Assistants – Jason Gill, Frances Morris
Make-up and prosthetics
Make-up Supervisor – Pam Mullins
Make-up Artists – Vivienne Simpson, Cathy Davies
Prosthetics – Millennium FX
Movement
Stunt Co-ordinator – Crispin Layfield
Stunt Performer – Gordon Seed
Casting
Casting Associate – Alice Purser
General post-production staff
Post-production Supervisors – Nerys Davies, Ceres Doyle
Post-production Co-ordinator – Marie Brown
Assistant Editors – Becky Trotman, Lee Bhogal
On-line Editor – Jeremy Lott
Special and visual effects
VFX Producer – Beewan Athwal
VFX Editor – Cat Gregory
Colourist – Gareth Spensley
Sound
Sound Recordist – Helen McIlveen-Wilson
Dubbing Mixer – Tim Ricketts
Sound Maintenance Engineers – Ed Brookes, Laura Coates
Dialogue Editor – Darran Clement
ADR Editor – Matthew Cox
Supervising Sound Editor – Paul McFadden
Sound Effects Editor – Paul Jefferies
Foley Editor – Jamie Talbutt
The Doctor visits his friend Craig, who is expecting a child. Strange disturbances in a local department store reveal the Cybermen are attempting to rebuild. Craig becomes partially converted but resists through the power of his love for his son. The Doctor stops the CybermenΓÇÖs plan, but receives a call from the mysterious Silence, reminding him that his death is imminent at Lake Silencio.
ΓÇ£Closing TimeΓÇ¥ follows the Eleventh Doctor as he visits his old friend Craig Owens while investigating strange Cyberman activity in a department store.
The store is being used as a covert Cyberman conversion site, where humans are being transformed into Cybermen using hidden machinery.
Craig is a returning character from ΓÇ£The LodgerΓÇ¥. He is now a father and must protect his baby while helping the Doctor uncover the Cyberman threat.
Baby Alfie, nicknamed ΓÇ£Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All,ΓÇ¥ provides comedic relief but also becomes part of the emotional grounding of CraigΓÇÖs story.
This episode blends comedy and Cyberman horror in Doctor Who, while showing a quieter side of the Eleventh Doctor before the finale.
