Adelaide Brooke – Lindsay Duncan
Ed Gold – Peter O’Brien
Tarak Ital – Chook Sibtain
Andy Stone – Alan Ruscoe
Maggie Cain – Sharon Duncan Brewster
Yuri Kerenski – Aleksander Mikic
Mia Bennett – Gemma Chan
Steffi Ehrlich – Cosima Shaw
Roman Groom – Michael Goldsmith
General production staff
Production Executive – Julie Scott
Associate Producer – Debbi Slater
Location Manager – Gareth Skelding
Unit Manager – Geraint Williams
Production Co-ordinator – Jess van Niekerk
Production/Script Secretary – Kevin Myers
Production Runner – Si├ón Warrilow
Production Accountant – Dyfed Thomas
Camera and lighting department
1st Assistant Director – William Hartley
2nd Assistant Director – James DeHaviland
3rd Assistant Director – Sarah Davies
Runner – Alison Jones
Continuity – Llinos Wyn Jones
Camera Operators – Roger Pearce, Rory Taylor
Focus Pullers – Steve Rees, Jamie Southcott
Grip – John Robinson
Camera Assistants – Jon Vidgen, Tom Hartley
Boom Operators – Jeff Welch, Bryn Thomas
Gaffer – Mark Hutchings
Best Boy – Peter Chester
Art department
Supervising Art Director – Stephen Nicholas
Art Department Co-ordinator – Amy Pope
Associate Designer – James North
Set Decorator – Joelle Rumbelow
Standby Props – Phill Shellard, Jackson Pope
Standby Art Director – Ciaran Thompson
Props Master – Paul Aitken
Construction Manager – Matthew Hywel-Davies
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, Morag Smith
Prosthetics – Millennium FX
Movement
Stunt Co-ordinator – Abbi Collins
Choreographer – Alisa Berk
Casting
Casting Associate – Andy Brierley
Casting Assistant – Alice Purser
General post-production staff
Post-production Supervisors – Samantha Hall, Chris Blatchford
Post-production Co-ordinator – Marie Brown
Special and visual effects
VFX Editor – Ceres Doyle
Colourist – Mick Vincent
Sound
Sound Recordist – Julian Howarth
Dubbing Mixer – Tim Ricketts
Dialogue Editor – Douglas Sinclair
Supervising Sound Editor – Paul McFadden
Sound FX Editor – Paul Jeffries
The Doctor arrives on Bowie Base One, the first human colony on Mars, knowing with terrible certainty that this is a fixed point ΓÇö the base is destroyed today, all hands lost, an event whose tragedy will inspire humanity’s further reach into the stars. A water-based entity spreads through the crew, converting them grotesquely. Adelaide Brooke, the base’s formidable commander, refuses to surrender. The Doctor’s decision to intervene anyway ΓÇö declaring himself the Time Lord Victorious, free from the laws of time ΓÇö is a chilling and hubristic turning point. Adelaide’s response to his arrogance is swift and devastating.
ΓÇ£The Waters of MarsΓÇ¥ follows the Tenth Doctor on a human colony on Mars where a water-based alien infection begins possessing the crew, leading to a catastrophic outbreak.
Bowie Base One is a human research colony on Mars studying potential habitation. It becomes the site of a deadly infection outbreak caused by alien water.
The water infection is an alien organism that takes control of humans through contact with water. It turns victims into aggressive, possessed versions of themselves.
Adelaide Brooke is the commander of Bowie Base One. She plays a crucial role in the story as a ΓÇ£fixed point in time,ΓÇ¥ meaning her fate is significant to EarthΓÇÖs future.
This episode shows the Tenth Doctor crossing a moral boundary by attempting to change a fixed point in time, highlighting a darker shift in Doctor Who.
