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Written by Joseph Lidster
A victim of his newfound circumstances, Owen Harper believes he needs absolution. Will the lonely girl on the rooftop help him, or will it be a mission to the retrieve an alien device that is proving more lethal by the second? And how far will Toshiko go to help him?
Dir: Andy Goddard

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  • Created by - Russell T Davies
  • Written by - Joseph Lidster
  • Producer - Richard Stokes
  • Director - Andy Goddard


  • Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
  • Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
  • Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
  • Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
  • Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
  • Martha - Freema Agyeman


  • Parker - Richard Briers
  • Maggie - Christine Bottomley
  • Farrington - Louis Decosta Johnson
  • Taylor - Brett Allen
  • Webb - Gil Kolirin


  • Co-Producer - Chris Chibnall


  • 1st Assistant Director - Richard Harris
  • 2nd Assistant Director - James DeHaviland
  • 3rd Assistant Director - Danny Hussain
  • Runners - Brynach Day, Tom Evans
  • Unit Drivers - Sean Evans, Wynford Finney, Robert Williams
  • Facilities Driver - Adrian Davies
  • Catering - Little Red Courgette
  • Facilities - Andy Dixon Facilities
  • Lighting Suppliers - Web Lighting Limited
  • Camera Suppliers - Graham Hawkins
  • Location Manager - Nicky James
  • Assistant Location Manager - Iwan Roberts
  • Unit Manager - Geraint Havard Jones
  • Production Manager - Rhidian Evans
  • Production Co-ordinator - Hannah Simpson
  • Production/Script Secretary - Claire Thomas
  • Accounts Assistant - Rhys Evans
  • Continuity - Llinos Wyn Jones
  • Script Editor - Brian Minchin, Gary Russell
  • Camera Operator - Martin Stephens
  • Focus Puller - Anna James, Terry Bartlett
  • Grip - Allan Hughes
  • Camera Assistant - Mani Blaxter Paliwala
  • Camera Trainee - Guto Vaughan
  • Boom Operator - Kevin Staples
  • Gaffer - Dave Fowler
  • Best Boy - Chris Davies
  • Electricians - Tom Olley, John Budd, Allan Tippetts
  • Stunt Co-ordinator - Tom Lucy
  • Supervising Art Director - Keith Dunne
  • Art Department Co-Ordinator - Anna Coote
  • Art Department Assistant - Jackson Pope
  • Series Designer - Julian Luxton
  • Standby Art Director - Cathy Featherstone
  • Storyboard Artist - Shaun Williams
  • Standby Props - Trystan Howell
  • Standby Carpenter - Paul Jones
  • Standby Rigger - John Cooling
  • Standby Painter/2nd Standby Props - Julia Challis
  • Concept Artist - Peter McKinstry
  • Set Decorator - Kay Brown
  • Props Master - Stuart Wooddisse
  • Props Buyer - Ben Morris
  • Petty Cash Buyer - Katherine Lewis
  • Dressing Props - Matthew Ireland
  • Props Storeman - Tom Belton
  • Props Charge Hand - Martin Broadbent
  • Props Fabrication Department - Barry Jones
  • Prac Spark - Gavin Riley
  • Construction Manager - Matthew Hywel-Davies
  • Art Dept Driver - Gareth Fox
  • Scenic Artist - John Whalley
  • Graphics - BBC Wales Graphic Design
  • Costume Supervisor - Bobby Peach
  • Costume Assistants - Sara Morgan, Charlotte Mitchell, Marie Jones
  • Make-up Supervisor - Kate Roberts
  • Make-up Artist - Andrea Dowdall, Kate Gardiner, Emma Bailey
  • Casting Associate - Andy Brierley
  • Assistant Editor - Matt Mullins
  • Post Production Supervisors - Helen Vallis, Chris Blatchford
  • Post Production Co-ordinator - Marie Brown
  • On Line Editors - Mark Bright, Jon Everett
  • Colourist - Mick Vincent
  • Dubbing Mixer - Peter Jeffreys
  • Sound Editor - Doug Sinclair
  • Sound FX Editor - Howard Eaves


  • CASTING DIRECTOR - ANDY PRYOR CDG
  • PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT - CERI TOTHILL
  • SOUND RECORDIST - DAVE BAUMBER
  • COSTUME DESIGNER - RAY HOLMAN
  • MAKE-UP DESIGNER - MARIE DORIS
  • MUSIC - MURRAY GOLD (THEME), BEN FOSTER (INCIDENTAL)
  • VISUAL EFFECTS - THE MILL
  • VISUAL FX PRODUCER - MARIE JONES
  • VISUAL FX SUPERVISOR - BARNEY CURNOW
  • SPECIAL EFFECTS - ANY EFFECTS
  • PROSTHETICS -NEILL GORTON, ROB MAYOR, MILLENNIUM EFFECTS
  • EDITOR - RICHARD COX
  • PRODUCTION DESIGNER - EDWARD THOMAS
  • DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY - MARK WATERS
  • ASSISTANT PRODUCER - SOPHIE FANTE
  • PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE - JULIE SCOTT
  • ASSOCIATE PRODUCER - CATRIN LEWIS DEFIS
  • EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS - RUSSELL T DAVIES & JULIE GARDNER


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