The Doctor / Jackson Lake – David Morrissey
Miss Hartigan – Dervla Kirwan
Rosita – Velile Tshabalala
Cybershade – Ruari Mears
Cyberleader – Paul Kasey
Mr Scoones – Edmund Kente
Mr Cole – Michael Bertenshaw
Vicar – Jason Morell
Jed – Neil McDermott
Lad – Ashley Horne
Frederic – Tom Langford
Urchin – Jordan Southwell
Docker – Matthew Allick
Cyber Voices – Nicholas Briggs
1st Assistant Director – Richard Harris
2nd Assistant Director – Jennie Fava
3rd Assistant Director – Heddi Joy Taylor
Location Manager – Gareth Skelding
Unit Manager – Beccy Jones
Production Co-ordinator – Jess van Niekerk
Assistant Production Co-ordinator – Claire Thomas
Production Secretary – Kevin Myers
Production Runner – Sian Warrilow
Drivers – Wayne Humphreys, Kevin Kearns
Floor Runners – Nicola Brown, Tom Evans
Contracts Assistants – Kath Blackman, Lisa Hayward
Continuity – Non Eleri Hughes
Script Editor – Lindsey Alford
Camera Operator – Roger Pearce, Joe Russell
Focus Pullers – Jamie Southcott, Duncan Fowlie
Grip – John Robinson
Boom Operators – Jeff Welch, Glen Jenkins, Bryn Thomas
Gaffer – Mark Hutchings
Best Boy – Peter Chester
Electricians – Alan Tippetts, Steve Guy, Clive Johnson, Gavin Riley
Stunt Co-ordinator – Tom Lucy
Stunt Performers – Gordon Seed, Dean Forster, Jason Hunjan, Maurice Lee, Nick Wilkinson
Choreographer – Ailsa Berk
Supervising Art Director – Stephen Nicholas
Stand-By Art Director – Ciaran Thompson
Associate Designer – Julian Luxton
Art Department Production Manager – Jonathan Marquand Allison
Graphic Designer – Christina Tom
Model Maker – Al Roberts
Concept Artists – Peter McKinstry, Sarah Payne
Storyboard Artist – Shaun Williams
Set Decorator – Keith Dunne
Props Buyer – Ben Morris
Property Masters – Paul Aitken, Phil Lyons
Props Chargehand – Phil Lyons
Forward Dresser – Matt Wild
Props Driver – Pat Deacy
Practical Spark – Albert James
Props Fabrication Manager – Penny Howarth
Senior Props Maker – Barry Jones
Props Makers – Penny Howarth, Nick Robatto, Jon Grundon
Construction Manager – Matthew Hywel-Davies
Construction Chargehands – Scott Fisher, Allen Jones
Construction Workshop Manager – Mark Hill
Standby Props – Phill Shellard, Jackson Pope
Standby Painter – Julia Challis
Standby Carpenter – Will Pope
Standby Rigger – Keith Freeman
Dressing Chargehand – Matthew Wild
Forward Dresser – Stuart Mackay
Practical Electrician – Albert James, Gafin Riley
Scenic Artists – John Pinkerton, John Whalley
Graphics – BBC Wales Graphics
Assistant Costume Designer – Rose Goodhart
Costume Supervisor – Lindsay Bonaccorsi
Costume Assistants – Barbara Harrington, Louise Martin
Make-Up Artists – Pam Mullins, Steve Smith, Morag Smith
Casting Associate – Andy Brierley
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 – Danny Hargreaves
Prosthetics Designers – Neill Gorton, Rob Mayer
Prosthetics Crew – Pete Hawkins, Jon Moore, Sarah Lockwood, Lauren Wellman, Alex Wathey, Lenny Sant, Jill Reeves, Karen Spencer, Darren Nevin, Martina Hawkins, Kate Walshe, Lisa Crawley
On Line Editors – Mark Bright, Matthew Clarke
3D Supervisor – Jean-Claude Deguara
2D Supervisor – Sara Bennett, Michael Harrison, Tim Barter, Russell Horth, Arianna Lago, James Etherington, Adriano Cirulli, Simon C Holden, Joe Courtis, Loraine Cooper, Lyndall Spagnoletti, James Moxon
3D Artists – Jean-Claude Deguara, Nicolas Hernandez, Matthew McKinney, Jean-Yves Audouard, Nick Webber, Neil Roche, Serena Cacciato, Adam Burnett, Jeff North, Edmond Kolloen, Will Pryor, Andy Guest
Digital Matte Painters – Simon Wicker, David Early, Charlie Bennett
2D Artists – Jenna Powell, Rebecca Johnson, Kamila Ostra
VFX Production Assistants – Marianne Paton, Alexander Fitzgerald
VFX On Set Supervisor – Jenna Powell, Rebecca Johnson, Kamila Ostra
Dubbing Mixer – Tim Ricketts
Supervising Sound Editor – Paul McFadden
Finance Manager – Chris Rogers
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 – RICHARD COX
PROSTHETICS – MILLENNIUM FX
EDITOR – RICHARD COX
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY – ERNIE VINCZE BSC
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER – CATRIN LEWIS DEFIS
Victorian London, 1851. The Doctor encounters a man calling himself the Doctor, accompanied by a companion named Rosita and apparently fighting Cybermen with great conviction. The mystery of who he really is deepens before it becomes clear he is human ΓÇö Jackson Lake, a man whose mind was overwhelmed and rewritten by Cyberman infostamps containing vast data about the Doctor. The Cybermen and their willing human collaborator Miss Hartigan have been using workhouse children as slave labour to construct a giant Cyber-King dreadnought, designed to convert Victorian London into the foundation of a new Cyber empire.
ΓÇ£The Next DoctorΓÇ¥ follows the Tenth Doctor arriving in Victorian London during Christmas, where he meets a man who believes he is also the Doctor. Together they uncover a Cyberman plot involving a giant CyberKing.
Jackson Lake is a Victorian man who has been given false memories that make him believe he is the Doctor. His story explores identity, grief, and mistaken legacy.
The CyberKing is a massive, upgraded Cyberman war machine designed to conquer Victorian London. It is powered by Cyberman technology fused with human industry.
Miss Hartigan is the antagonist who is partially controlled by Cybermen. She helps facilitate the creation of the CyberKing while maintaining influence over the industrial system.
This Christmas special continues the Cybermen mythology in Doctor Who, while exploring identity themes tied to the Tenth Doctor.
