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The Phantom Doctor was the fourth episode of Season 48 of Doctor Who. It was written by Charlie Brooker, directed by Euros Lyn and featured David Suchet as the Thirteenth Doctor, Juliet Landau as Zenla, Dougray Scott as Chris Parsons and Emer Kenny as Gemma Legato.
Synopsis
James Smythe finds his life turned upside down when he comes home to find his beloved wife strangled in the night. He turns to a private investigator, only known as the Doctor to find her murderer. However, the police force run their own investigation and Smythe is their prime suspect. While Smythe is in prison, the Doctor and his companions must find the real murderer and prove James Smythe innocent.
Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - David Suchet
- Zenla - Juliet Landau
- Chris Parsons - Dougray Scott
- Gemma Legato - Emer Kenny
- James Smythe - Robert Jezek
- Antonio Bortoletto - Danny Wells
- Mitch - Tim Heidecker
- Stan - Eric Wareheim
- Michelle - Chase Masterson
- Drunken Sam - Adam West
- Barman - Connor Trinneer
- Card Dealer - Anson Mount
- Vivien Smythe - Helen Slater
Crew
- Created by Sydney Newman, Donald Wilson and C.E. Webber
- Executive Producers - Ira Steven Behr, Faith Penhale, and Martin Campbell
- Co-Executive Producers - Ronald D. Moore, Joseph Lidster, Marc Platt, and Nicholas Briggs
- Producer - Gary Russell
- Script Editor - Robert Shearman
- Director of Photography - Stephen Pehesso
- Production Designer - Michael Pickwoad
- Visual Effects - ZOIC Studios
- Make-Up - Barbara Southcott
- Casting Director - Andy Pryor
- Music - David Arnold
- Costume Designer - Ray Holman
- Edited by - Matt Newman
- Special Effects - Real SFX
- Original Theme Music - Ron Grainer
- Title Sequence - Framestore VFX
- Title Sequenced designed by Bernard Lodge
- With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conducted and orchestrated by Ben Foster
- Music mixed by Jake Jackson
- Music recorded by Gerry O'Riordan
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
- This episode received a 7-Day Viewing Figure from BARB of 10.31m viewers. It ranked at 1st over the week.
Story Notes
- As the 60s episodes of the programme had been colourised as part of Doctor Who: Remastered, this remains the only official episode of Doctor Who to be only in black and white. A colour version was made avaliable as a special feature on the Season 48 DVD and Blu-ray.
- The title sequence featured was the version used on the original episode, An Unearthly Child, modified to include a BBC logo, the cast names, episode title and writer and lighting. This marks the sequence's first use since Episode 4 of The Moonbase in 1967, approximately 44 years prior; as such, The Phantom Doctor is the first episode since Part 2 of Spare Parts in 2003, to use a previously retired title sequence, rather than use the current one or introduce a new one.
Continuity
Home Video Releases
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