The Master – John Simm
Francine Jones – Adjoa Andoh
Clive Jones – Trevor Laird
Tish Jones – Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Leo Jones – Reggie Yates
Lucy Saxon – Alexandra Moen
Sinister Woman – Elize du Toit
Vivien Rook – Nichola McAuliffe
Albert Dumfries – Nicholas Gecks
President – Colin Stinton
Olivia Hill ΓÇô BBC Newsreader
Daniel Ming ΓÇô Chinese Newsreader
Lachele Carl ΓÇô US Newsreader
Sharon Osbourne ΓÇô Herself
McFly ΓÇô Themselves
Ann Widdecombe ΓÇô Herself
Zoe Thorne, Gerard Logan, Johnnie Lyne-Pirkis ΓÇô Sphere Voices
General production staff
Production Executive – Julie Scott
Production Manager – Tracie Simpson
Location Manager – Antonia Grant
Unit Manager – Rhys Griffiths
Production Co-ordinator – Jess van Niekerk
Production Assistant – Debi Griffiths
Production Secretary – Kevin Myers
Senior Production Accountant – Endaf Emyr Williams
Production Accountant – Oliver Ager
Contracts Assistant – Kath Blackman
Finance Manager – Chris Rogers
Camera and lighting department
1st Assistant Director – Peter Bennett
2nd Assistant Director – Steffan Morris
3rd Assistant Director – Sarah Davies
Floor Runner – Heddi Joy Taylor
Continuity – Non Eleri Hughes
2nd Camera Operator – Erik Wilson
Focus Puller – Steve Rees
2nd Focus Puller – Jamie Southcott
Grip – John Robinson
Camera Assistant – Tom Hartley
Boom Operator – Jon Thomas
Gaffer – Mark Hutchings
Best Boy – Peter Chester
Art department
Chief Supervising Art Director – Stephen Nicholas
Supervising Art Director – Arwel Wyn Jones
Art Department Production Manager – Jonathan Marquand Allison
Associate Designer – James North
Set Decorator – Tristan Peatfield
Props Buyer – Catherine Samuel
Design Assistants – Peter McKinstry, Ian Bunting, Al Roberts
Standby Props – Phill Shellard, Nick Murray
Standby Carpenter – Paul Jones
Standby Art Director – Lisa McDiarmid
Standby Rigger – Bryan Griffiths
Standby Painter – Ellen Woods
Chief Props Master – Adrian Anscombe
Props Master – Paul Aitken
Props Chargehand – Gareth Jeanne
Chief Props Maker – Barry Jones
Props Makers – Penny Howarth, Nick Robatto
Construction Manager – Matthew Hywel-Davies
Construction Chargehands – Allen Jones, Scott Fisher
Graphics – BBC Wales Graphics
Costume department
Costume Supervisor – Lindsay Bonaccorsi
Assistant Costume Designer – Marnie Ormiston
Costume Assistants – Sheenagh O’Marah, Kirsty Wilkinson
Make-up and prosthetics
Make-up Artists – Pam Mullins, Steve Smith, John Munro
Prosthetics – Millennium FX
Prosthetics Designer – Neill Gorton
Prosthetics Supervisor – Rob Mayor
Prosthetics Technicians – Anthony Parker, Gustav Hoegen
Movement
Stunt Co-ordinator – Tom Lucy
Stunt Performers – Gordon Seed, Dani Biernat, Curtis Rivers
Casting
Casting Associates – Andy Brierley, Kirsty Robertson
General post-production staff
Post-production Supervisors – Samantha Hall, Chris Blatchford
Post-production Co-ordinator – Marie Brown
Assistant Editor – Tim Hodges
On-line Editor – Mark Bright
Special and visual effects
Visual FX Producers – Will Cohen, Marie Jones
Visual FX Supervisor – Dave Houghton
VFX Editor – Ceres Doyle
VFX Co-ordinators – Jenna Powell, Rebecca Johnson
VFX Production Assistant – Marianne Paton
On-set VFX Supervisor – Barney Curnow
SFX Co-ordinator – Ben Ashmore
SFX Supervisor – Danny Hargreaves
SFX Technicians – Dan Bentley, Richard Magrin
3D Artists – Nicholas Hernandez, Jean-Claude Deguara, Jeff North, Matthew McKinney, Serena Cacciato, Will Pryor, Paul Burton, Bruce Magroune
2D Artists – Sara Bennett, Russell Horth, Bryan Bartlett, Adam Rowland, Ariana Lago, Tim Barter
Colourist – Mick Vincent
Digital Matte Painter – Simon Wicker
Sound
Sound Recordist – Julian Howarth
Dubbing Mixer – Tim Ricketts
Supervising Sound Editor – Paul McFadden
Sound FX Editor – Paul Jefferies
Sound Editor – Doug Sinclair
The Master has been operating in the present day under the alias Harold Saxon, manoeuvring himself into position as Prime Minister of Britain. He orchestrates a globally televised first contact event with the Toclafane ΓÇö metallic spheres claiming to be humanity’s emissaries from Utopia ΓÇö before revealing his true intentions. The Doctor, Martha and Jack are hunted fugitives. Using the Archangel satellite network to globally hypnotise the population, the Master consolidates his power and subjects the Doctor to a terrifying aged frailty, leaving him helpless as the Toclafane invasion begins.
ΓÇ£The Sound of DrumsΓÇ¥ follows the Master, disguised as Harold Saxon, as he becomes Prime Minister of the UK and begins a global takeover. The Doctor, Martha, and Jack must uncover his plan as Earth falls under his control.
Harold Saxon is the Master in disguise. He manipulates public opinion to become Prime Minister, allowing him to implement his plan for global domination and prepare Earth for invasion.
The Toclafane are flying, sphere-like machines that serve as the MasterΓÇÖs army. They are revealed to have a dark and disturbing origin connected to humanityΓÇÖs far future.
Martha Jones is forced to go on the run after the Master takes control of Earth. She travels across a dystopian world to spread hope and resistance while avoiding capture.
ΓÇ£The Sound of DrumsΓÇ¥ escalates the Master storyline in Doctor Who, placing him in full control of modern Earth. It significantly raises the stakes for the Tenth Doctor and sets up the series finale.
