Rose Tyler – Billie Piper
Miss Foster – Sarah Lancashire
Miss Foster’s Guard – Claudio Laurini
Wilfred Mott – Bernard Cribbins
Syvia Noble – Jacqueline King
Penny Carter – Verona Joseph
Stacey Harris – Jessica Gunning
Roger Davey – Martin Ball
Craig Staniland – Rachid Sabitri
Clare Poper – Chandra Ruegg
Suzette Chambers – Sue Kelvin
Taxi Driver – Jonathan Stratt
1st Assistant Director – James Blackwell
2nd Assistant Director – Jennie Fava
3rd Assistant Director – Sarah Davies
Location Manager – Gareth Skelding
Unit Manager – Rhys Griffiths
Production Co-ordinator – Jess van Niekerk
Production Secretary – Kevin Myers
Production Runner – Nicola Brown
Floor Runners – Andy Newbery, Heddi Joy Taylor
Drivers – Wayne Humphreys, Darren Lean
Contracts Assistant – Kath Blackman
Continuity – Sheila Johnston
Script Editor – Lindsey Alford
Camera Operators – Rory Taylor, Julian Barber
Focus Puller – Steve Rees
Camera Assistants – Tom Hartley, Jon Vidgen
Grip – John Robinson
Boom Operators – Jeff Welch, Bryn Thomas
Gaffer – Mark Hutchings
Best Boy – Peter Chester
Electricians – Steve Slocombe, Clive Johnson, Ben Griffiths
Stunt Co-ordinator – Tom Lucy
Stunt Performers – Gorden Seed, Jo McLaren
Wireman – Bob Schofield
Chief Supervising Art Director – Stephen Nicholas
Art Department Production Manager – Jonathan Marquand Allison
Supervising Art Director – Arwel Wyn Jones
Associate Designer – James North
Art Department Coordinator – Amy Pope
Set Decorator – Malin Lindholm
Props Buyer – Catherine Samuel
Standby Art Director – Ciaran Thompson
Design Assistants – Al Roberts, Peter McKinstry, Sarah Payne
Storyboard Artist – Richard Shaun Williams
Standby Props – Phill Shellard, Nick Murray
Standby Carpenter – Will Pope
Standby Painter – Ellen Woods
Standby Rigger – Keith Freeman
Property Masters – Paul Aitken, Phil Lyons
Dressing Chargehand – Matthew Wild
Forward Dresser – Stuart MacKay
Senior Props Maker – Barry Jones
Props Makers – Nick Robatto, Penny Howarth, Jon Grundon
Practical Electrician – Albert James
Construction Manager – Matthew Hywel-Davies
Scenic Artists – John Pinkerton, John Whalley
Construction Chargehands – Scott Fisher, Allen Jones
Construction Workshop – Manager Mark Hill
Graphics – BBC Wales Graphics
Costume Supervisor – Lindsay Bonaccorsi
Assistant Costume Designer – Rose Goodhart
Costume Assistants – Barbara Harrington, Louise Martin
Make-Up Artists – Pam Mullins, Steve Smith, John Munro
Casting Associates – Andy Brierley, Amy Rogers
VFX Editor – Ceres Doyle
Assistant Editor – Carmen Roberts
Post Production Supervisors – Chris Blatchford, Samantha Hall
Post Production Co-ordinator – Marie Brown
SFX Co-ordinator – Ben Ashmore
SFX Supervisor – Danny Hargreaves
Prosthetics Designer – Neill Gorton
Prosthetics Supervisor – Rob Mayor
On Line Editors – Matthew Clarke, Mark Bright
Colourist – Mick Vincent
3D Artists – Stephen Regulus, Dave Levy, Serena Cacciato, Matt McKinney
2D Artists – Bryan Bartlett, Simon C Holden, Greg Spencer, Sara Bennett, Tim Barter, James Moxon, Murray Barber, Loraine Cooper
VFX Co-ordinators – Jenna Powell, Rebecca Johnson
VFX Production Assistant – Marianne Paton
VFX Supervisor – Barney Curnow
Dubbing Mixer – Tim Ricketts
Supervising Sound Editor – Paul McFadden
Sound FX Editor – Paul Jefferies
Foley Editor – Kelly-Marie Angell
Finance Manager – Chris Rogers
With Thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
ORIGINAL THEME MUSIC – GRAINER
CASTING DIRECTOR – ANDY PRYOR CDG
PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE – JULIE SCOTT
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT – OLIVER AGER
SOUND RECORDIST – JULIAN HOWARTH
COSTUME DESIGNER – LOUISE PAGE
MAKE UP DESIGNER – BARBARA SOUTHCOTT
MUSIC – MURRAY GOLD
VISUAL EFFECTS – THE MILL
VISUAL FX PRODUCERS – WILL COHEN, MARIE JONES
VISUAL FX SUPERVISOR – DAVE HOUGHTON
SPECIAL EFFECTS – ANY EFFECTS
PROSTHETICS – MILLENNIUM FX
EDITOR – MIKE JONES
PRODUCTION DESIGNER – EDWARD THOMAS
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY – ERNIE VINCZE BSC
PRODUCTION MANAGER – TRACIE SIMPSON
The Doctor and Donna Noble have been independently investigating the same case ΓÇö Adipose Industries, whose miracle weight-loss pills are literally producing small, waddling creatures made from living human fat. The two reconnect through a brilliantly comic sequence of mimed conversation through opposite windows. The Adipose themselves are innocent but their nanny Miss Foster is willing to take the process far beyond safe limits. Donna joins the TARDIS not as a lovestruck admirer but as an equal friend, deliberately refreshing the companion dynamic established in previous series.
ΓÇ£Partners in CrimeΓÇ¥ reunites the Tenth Doctor with Donna Noble as they independently investigate a weight-loss company in London. They discover that people are disappearing and being turned into small alien creatures called the Adipose.
The Adipose are small, baby-like aliens formed from human fat. A mysterious company uses pills to trigger their creation, effectively turning human bodies into breeding material.
Throughout the episode, the Doctor and Donna repeatedly cross paths while investigating the same case but fail to meet until later. This running structure builds comedy and anticipation before their reunion.
The antagonist is Miss Foster, who is working for the Adipose species. She uses human weight-loss products as a method of mass conversion for the aliens.
This episode begins the partnership between the Doctor and Donna in Doctor Who, re-establishing the dynamic of a fast-paced, comedic companion alongside the Tenth Doctor.
