Mr Halpern – Tim McInnerny
Solana Mercurio – Ayesha Dharker
Dr Ryder – Adrian Rawlins
Commander Kess – Roger Griffiths
Mr Bartle – Paul Clayton
Ood Sigma – Paul Kasey
Rep – Tariq Jordan
Voice of the Ood – Silas Carson
1st Assistant Director – Gareth Williams
2nd Assistant Director – Jennie Fava
3rd Assistant Director – Sarah Davies
Location Manager – Jonathan Allott
Unit Manager – Rhys Griffiths
Production Co-ordinator – Jess van Niekerk
Assistant Production Co-ordinator – Debi Griffiths
Production Secretary – Kevin Myers
Production Runner – Nicola Brown
Floor Runners – Andy Newbury, Heddi Joy Taylor
Drivers – Wayne Humphreys, Darren Lean
Contracts Assistants – Bethan Britton, Kath Blackman
Continuity – Sheila Johnston
Script Editor – Lindsey Alford
Camera Operator – Steven Hall
Focus Puller – Steve Rees
Camera Assistants – Jon Vidgen, Tom Hartley
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 – Abi Collins
Stunt Performer – James O’Dee
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 – Anna Coote
Set Decorator – David Morison
Props Buyer – Christina Tom
Standby Art Director – Ciaran Thompson
Design Assistants – Peter McKinstry, Sarah Payne, Al Roberts
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 – Penny Howarth, Nick Robatto, 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 – Samantha Hall, Chris Blatchford
Post Production Co-ordinator – Marie Brown
SFX Co-ordinator – Ben Ashmore
SFX Supervisor – Paul Kelly
Prosthetics Designer – Neill Gorton
Prosthetics Supervisor – Rob Mayor
On Set Prosthetics Supervisor – Pete Hawkins
Prosthetic Technicians – Lauen Welman, Jon Moore, Charlie Bluett, Sarah Lockwood, Justin Pickethly, Victoria Bancroft, Helen Walker
On Line Editors – Mark Bright, Matthew Clarke
Colourist – Mick Vincent
3D Artists – Mick Vincent, Bruce Magroune, Sam Lucas, Will Pryor, Nicholas Hernandez, Jean-Claude Deguara, Jeff North, Chris Tucker
2D Artists – Simon C Holden, Sara Bennett, Loraine Cooper, Murray Barber
Matte Painters – Simon Wicker, Alex Fort
VFX Co-ordinators – Jenna Powell, Rebecca Johnson
VFX Production Assistant – Marianne Paton
On Set VFX Supervisor – Tim Barter
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 – RON 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 – WILL OSWALD
PRODUCTION DESIGNER – EDWARD THOMAS
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY – RORY TAYLOR
PRODUCTION MANAGER – DEBBIE SLATER
The Doctor takes Donna to the Ood Sphere in the near future, where the gentle telepathic Ood are bought and sold as slaves across the galaxy. Ood Operations, the corporation that processes them for sale, has been lobotomising them and suppressing their communal brain, locked away in a giant warehouse. A mysterious red-eye disease is driving the Ood to violence against their owners. The full truth of Ood servitude is genuinely horrifying, and Donna’s raw emotional response to their suffering and eventual liberation is among Catherine Tate’s finest work in the role.
ΓÇ£Planet of the OodΓÇ¥ follows the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble as they travel to the Ood homeworld. They discover that the Ood are being enslaved and altered by human corporations, and they attempt to free them.
The Ood are a peaceful, telepathic species who communicate through external brains. They are naturally cooperative but have been enslaved and modified for commercial use.
The Ood are being controlled through implanted devices that suppress their natural hive mind. They are forced into servitude by human corporations exploiting their abilities.
The Ood Sphere is a device that connects the Ood to their collective consciousness. It plays a key role in restoring their freedom and reawakening their natural identity.
ΓÇ£Planet of the OodΓÇ¥ continues Doctor WhoΓÇÖs focus on moral science fiction, highlighting themes of slavery and empathy. It also strengthens the partnership between the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble as they confront systemic injustice.
