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*The following article is written from an Out of Universe perspective.*

The Battle of the Strong was the eighth and final episode of Season 41 of Doctor Who. It was written by Russell T Davies and Paul Cornell, directed by Nicholas Meyer and featured Anthony Head as the Doctor and Derek Jacobi as the Rogue.

Synopsis

The end is nigh. The Cyber Fleet will be at Gallifrey soon. No-one is safe, nothing will stop them, every Time Lord will be processed and Gallifrey shall become steel. The Doctor has never been cruel or cowardly: almost never.

Plot

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Cast

The Doctor - Anthony Head
The Rogue - Derek Jacobi
The Keeper - Don Warrington
The Rani - Kate O'Mara
Leela - Louise Jameson
Francs - John Paton
Voice of K9 - John Leeson
The Prophet - Michael Gambon
Duo Famsr - Alexander Balie
Duo Deathtrick - Alan Dale
Fell - Harris Gibson
Duo Dram - Quinn Lawrence
Duo Herl - Craig Wasson
Fen Gearla - Otto Rem
Fen Do'nel - Tucker Smallwood
Sub-Commander Arkque - Jillian Bach
Admiral Samuels - Barry Sonya
Father Billard - William Bleach
Lh. Achti - Wendy Simmons
Dasyt'op - Fredrick Boulevard
Francis - Christopher Biggins
Time Lord #1 - Patrick Alexander
Time Lord #2 - Graham Samuels
Voice of the Cybermen - Nicholas Briggs
and introducing Siobhan Redmond as the Rani

Crew

Created by Sydney Newman, Donald Wilson and C.E. Webber

Executive Producers - Ira Steven Behr, Julie Gardner, and Stephen Garwood
Co-Executive Producers - Ronald D. Moore, Paul Cornell, Nicholas Meyer, and Robert Shearman
Producer - Tony Redston
Script Editor - Russell T Davies

Writer - Russell T Davies and Paul Cornell
Director - Nicholas Meyer

Music conducted & orchestrated by Ben Foster

The Rogue & Poplne created by Nicholas Meyer
The Rani created by Pip & Jane Baker
K-9 created by Bob Baker and Dave Martin
Rassilon created by Robert Holmes
Cybermen created by Gerry Davis and Kit Pedler

Memorable Quotes

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Background Information

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Development

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Pre-Production

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Production

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Post-Production

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Reaction

Official BARB ratings: 8.17m and the second most-watched programme that day.

Story Notes

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Continuity

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Home Video Releases

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 == Crew ==
+* Created by [[Sydney Newman]], [[Donald Wilson]] and [[C.E. Webber]]
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+*[[Executive Producers]] - [[Ira Steven Behr]], [[Julie Gardner]], and [[Stephen Garwood]]
+*[[Co-Executive Producers]] - [[Ronald D. Moore]], [[Paul Cornell]], [[Nicholas Meyer]], and [[Robert Shearman]]
+*[[Producers|Producer]] - [[Tony Redston]]
+*[[Script Editors|Script Editor]] - [[Russell T Davies]]
+*[[Writer]] - [[Russell T Davies]] and [[Paul Cornell]]
+*[[Director]] - [[Nicholas Meyer]]
+*[[Director of photography|Director of Photography]] - [[David Odd]]
+*[[Production designer|Production Designer]] - [[Chris Wilkinson]]
+*[[Visual effects|Visual Effects]] - [[The Mill]]
+*[[Make-up designer|Make-Up]] - [[Davy Jones]]
+*[[Casting director|Casting Director]] - [[Andy Pryor]]
+*[[Incidental music|Music]] - [[Murray Gold]]
+*[[Costume designer|Costume Designer]] - [[Emma Rosenthal]]
+*[[Editor|Edited by]] - [[Tony Cranstoun]]
+*[[Theme Music|Original Theme Music]] - [[Ron Grainer]]
+*[[Title Sequence]] - [[BBC Wales VFX]]
+*Music [[Conductor|conducted]] & [[Orchestrator|orchestrated]] by [[Ben Foster]]
+*[[The Rogue]] & [[Poplne]] created by [[Nicholas Meyer]]
+*[[The Rani]] created by [[Pip & Jane Baker]]
+*[[K-9]] created by [[Bob Baker]] and [[Dave Martin]]
+*[[Rassilon]] created by [[Robert Holmes]]
+*[[Cybermen]] created by [[Gerry Davis]] and [[Kit Pedler]]
 == Memorable Quotes ==
 To be added.