Doctor Who: New Earth (2006)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 15 April 2006
Running Times: 45 mins
Format: colour     digital video
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC Wales
Executive Producers: Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner
Producer: Phil Collinson
Associate Producer: Helen Vallis
Production Manager: Tracie Simpson
Unit Manager: Justin Gyphion
Production Coordinator: Jess van Niekerk

SCRIPT
Script: Russell T. Davies
Script Editor: Simon Winstone

DIRECTION
Director: James Hawes
1st Assistant Director: Jon Older
2nd Assistant Director: Steffan Morris
3rd Assistant Director: Lynsey Muir

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ernie Vincze
Camera Operator: Julian Barber
Focus Puller: Marc Issac
Gaffer: Mark Hutchings
Best Boy: Peter Chester
Grip: John Robinson

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Dana Del Giudice
Online Editor: Matthew Clarke
Assistant Editor: Ceres Doyle
Post Production Supervisors: Chris Blatchford, Samantha Hall
Post Production Coordinator: Marie Brown
Colourist: Mick Vincent

MUSIC
Music: Murray Gold
Theme Music: Ron Grainer

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Simon Fraser
Dubbing Mixer: Tim Ricketts
Boom Operators: Jeff Welch, Rhydian Yeoman
Sound Editors: Paul McFadden, Doug Sinclair
Sound Effects Editor: Paul Jefferies

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Designer: Sheelagh Wells
Make Up: Anwen Davies, Steve Smith, Moira Thomson
Costumer Designer: Louise Page
Costume Supervisor: Anna Lau
Costume Assistants: Lindsay Bonaccorsi, Barbara Harrington

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Prosthetics: Neill Gorton and Millennium Effects

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Any Effects

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: The Mill
Visual Effects Supervisor: Dave Houghton
Visual Effects Producer: Will Cohen
Visual Effects Coordinator: Kim Phelan
3D Artists: Chris Petts, Paul Burton, Jean-Claude Deguera, Nicolas Hernandez, Andy Howell, Matthew McKinney, Neil Roche, Chris Tucker, Mark Wallman, Nick Webber
2D Artists: Sara Bennett, David Bowman, Melissa Butler-Adams, Joseph Courtis, Bronwyn Edwards, Michael Harrison, Simon C. Holden, Russell Horth
Digital Matte Painter: Alex Fort

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Edward Thomas
Supervising Art Director: Stephen Nicholas
Assistant Supervising Art Director: James North
Standby Art Director: Nick Burnall
Set Decorator: Julian Luxton
Production Buyer: Catherine Samuel
Property Master: Adrian Anscombe
Standby Props: Phil Shellard, Trystan Howell
Specialist Prop Maker: Mark Cordory
Prop Maker: Penny Howarth
Props Chargehand: Paul Aitken
Props Storeman: Stuart Wooddisse
Standby Carpenter: Silas Williams
Standby Scenic Artist: Louise Bohling
Art Department Production Manager: Jonathan Marquand Allison
Design Assistants: Matthew Savage, Ben Austin
Graphics: BBC Wales Graphics

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Llinos Wyn Jones
Production Accountant: Endaf Emyr Williams
Assistant Production Accountants: Debi Griffiths, Kath Blackman, Bonnie Clissold
Finance Manager: Richard Puglsey
Production / Script Secretary: Claire Roberts
Production Runner: Debbie Meldrum

LOCATIONS
Location Managers: Lowri Thomas, Gareth Skelding

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Peter Brayham
Stunts: Dean Foster, Kim McGarrity, Maurice Lee

CASTING
Casting Director: Andy Pryor
Casting Associate: Andy Brierley

CAST
David Tennant (The Doctor)
Billie Piper (Rose Tyler)
Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler)
Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith)
Zoe Wanamaker (Cassandra)
Sean Gallagher (Chip)
Dona Croll (Matron Casp)
Michael Fitzgerald (Duke of Manhattan)
Lucy Robinson (Frau Clovis)
Adjoa Andoh (Sister Jatt)
Anna Hope (Novice Hame)
Simon Ludders (patient)
Struan Rodger (Face of Boe)

PLOT SUMMARY

The Doctor and Rose travel to the planet New Earth in the year five billion and 23 where Rose falls foul of a vengeful Lady Cassandra and The Doctor uncovers a terrible conspiracy in a hospital run by the feline Sisters of Plenitude.

CAPSULE REVIEW

A hit and miss start to the new series with some irritations - the unsatisfactory ending being chief among them - but plenty to enjoy in Tennant's new Doctor, Piper's outstanding performance and some truly wonderful effects. It's lightweight stuff but with hidden depths if you want to look for them and the good points just about outweighing the bad. (Full Review)

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Distributors: BBC

TIMELINE

2006
March
15: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)
16: UK - television broadcast (on BBC Three)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Doctor Who Magazine no.361 (12 October 2005) pp.4, 5 (UK)
illustrated credits, note (Cast & crew update)

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

aliens, body swapping, cats, the future, hospitals, human experiments, nuns, nurses, plagues, time travel, viruses

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008