Agatha Christie – Fenella Woolgar
Lady Eddison – Felicity Kendal
Reverend Golightly – Tom Goodman-Hill
Colonel Hugh – Christopher Benjamin
Robina Redmond – Felicity Jones
Roger Curbishley – Adam Rayner
Greeves – David Quilter
Davenport – Daniel King
Professor Peach – Ian Barritt
Miss Chandrakala – Leena Dhingra
Mrs Hart – Charlotte Eaton
General production staff
Production Executive – Julie Scott
Production Manager – Debbi Slater
Location Manager – Jonathon Allott
Unit Manager – Rhys Griffiths
Production Co-ordinator – Jess van Niekerk
Assistant Production Co-ordinator – Debi Griffiths
Production Secretary – Kevin Myers
Drivers – Wayne Humphreys, Darren Lean
Production Accountant – Oliver Ager
Contracts Assistant – Beth Britton
Finance Manager – Chris Rogers
Camera and lighting department
1st Assistant Director – Gareth Williams
2nd Assistant Director – Jennie Fava
3rd Assistant Director – Sarah Davies
Continuity – Sheila Johnston
Camera Operator – Steven Hall
Focus Pullers – Steve Rees, Duncan Fowlie
Grip – John Robinson
Camera Assistants – Jon Vidgen, Tom Hartley
Boom Operators – Jeff Welch, Bryn 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 Allison
Art Department Co-ordinator – Anna Coote
Associate Designer – James North
Set Decorator – David Morison
Props Buyer – Christina Tom
Standby Props – Phill Shellard, Nick Murray
Standby Carpenter – Will Pope
Standby Art Director – Ciaran Thompson
Standby Rigger – Keith Freeman
Standby Painter – Ellen Woods
Property Master – Paul Aitken
Senior Props Maker – Barry Jones
Props Maker – Jon Grundon
Construction Manager – Matthew Hywel-Davies
Construction Chargehand – Scott Fisher
Practical Electrician – Albert James
Graphics – BBC Wales Graphics
Costume department
Costume Supervisor – Lindsay Bonaccorsi
Assistant Costume Designer – Rose Goodhart
Costume Assistants – Barbara Harrington, Louise Martin
Make-up and prosthetics
Make-up Artists – Pam Mullins, Steve Smith, John Munro
Movement
Stunt Co-ordinator – Abbi Collins
Casting
Casting Associate – Andy Brierley
General post-production staff
Post-production Supervisors – Chris Blatchford, Samantha Hall
Post-production Co-ordinator – Marie Brown
Assistant Editor – Carmen Roberts
On-line Editors – Matthew Clarke, 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 – Tim Barter
SFX Co-ordinator – Ben Ashmore
SFX Supervisor – Paul Kelly
3D Artists – Nicolas Hernandez, Jean Claude Deguara, Neil Roche, Sam Lucas
2D Artists – Russell Horth, Sara Bennett, Arianna Lago, James Moxon, Julie Nixon, Murray Barber
Colourist – Mick Vincent
Sound
Sound Recordist – Julian Howarth
Dubbing Mixer – Tim Ricketts
Supervising Sound Editor – Paul McFadden
Sound FX Editor – Paul Jefferies
Foley Editor – Kelly-Marie Angell
A playful celebrity historical set at a 1920s country house party attended by Agatha Christie, days before her famous and still-unexplained real-life disappearance. When guests begin dying in the manner of Christie’s own murder mystery plots, a giant Vespiform ΓÇö an alien wasp with a psychic link to Agatha ΓÇö proves responsible, unconsciously channelling her fiction. The episode is a warm, witty and affectionate pastiche of golden age detective fiction, packed with Christie references. Donna and the Tenth Doctor’s chemistry is at its most playful and companionable throughout.
ΓÇ£The Unicorn and the WaspΓÇ¥ follows the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble as they meet Agatha Christie during a dinner party in 1926. A series of mysterious murders occurs at a country house, and the Doctor must solve the mystery alongside the famous author.
Agatha Christie appears as herself during a fictionalised period of her life. She becomes involved in solving the murder mystery and even assists the Doctor in identifying the true cause of the strange events.
The Vespiform is an alien wasp-like creature that can take human form. It is connected to psychic energy and is responsible for the murders occurring at the mansion.
Bees are linked to the VespiformΓÇÖs species and play a key role in the plot. Their disappearance and behaviour changes are early signs of the alien influence affecting Earth.
This episode blends historical fiction and sci-fi mystery within Doctor Who, continuing the dynamic of the Tenth Doctor and Donna exploring famous Earth figures and events through alien interference.
