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

The Well was the sixth story of Season 33 of Doctor Who. It was written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Winrich Kolbe and featured Michael French as the Doctor and Rakie Ayola as Janet Wells.

Synopsis

On the Planet Skyriff, there stands a well. An endless well that no one has ever gotten to the bottom or knows how far down the bottom is.

One day two strange people come up from the bottom, who call themselves the Doctor and Janet...

Plot

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Cast

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Crew

Created by Sydney Newman, Donald Wilson and C.E. Webber
Writer - Mark Gatiss
Producer - Stephen Garwood
Script Editor - Colin Brake
Director - Winrich Kolbe
Director of Photography - Simon Maggs
Production Designer - John Asbridge
Visual Effects Designers - Chris Lawson, Peter Kersey
Make-Up Designer - Vanessa White
Casting Director - Andy Pryor
Music - Mark Ayres
Costume Designer - Tina Waugh
Edited by - Paul Garrick
Original Theme Music - Ron Grainer
Title Music - Dominic Glynn
Title Sequence by Santa Barbara Studios

Memorable Quotes

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Background Information

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: 8.82 million viewers.

Story Notes

This was the first 1-part 25-minute story since Season 3's Mission to the Unknown.

Continuity

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Home Video Releases

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+* Created by [[Sydney Newman]], [[Donald Wilson]] and [[C.E. Webber]]
+* [[Writer]] - [[Mark Gatiss]]
+* [[Producers|Producer]] - [[Stephen Garwood]]
+* [[Script Editors|Script Editor]] - [[Colin Brake]]
+* [[Director]] - [[Winrich Kolbe]]
+* [[Director of photography|Director of Photography]] - [[Simon Maggs]]
+* [[Production designer|Production Designer]] - [[John Asbridge]]
+* [[Visual effects|Visual Effects Designers]] - [[Chris Lawson]], [[Peter Kersey]]
+* [[Make-up designer|Make-Up Designer]] - [[Vanessa White]]
+* [[Casting director|Casting Director]] - [[Andy Pryor]]
+* [[Incidental music|Music]] - [[Mark Ayres]]
+* [[Costume designer|Costume Designer]] '''-''' [[Tina Waugh]]
+* [[Editor|Edited by]] '''-''' [[Paul Garrick]]
+* [[Theme Music|Original Theme Music]] - [[Ron Grainer]]
+* [[Theme Music|Title Music]] - [[Mark Ayres|Dominic Glynn]]
+* [[Title Sequence|Title Sequence by]] [[Santa Barbara Studios]]
 == Memorable Quotes ==
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 ===Reaction===
 * Official BARB ratings: 8.82 million viewers.
-* In 2014, [[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who: Magazine]] ran a poll consisting of every broadcast Doctor Who story at the time, and "The Well" was voted 307th out of 323 stories.
 ===Story Notes===
 * This was the first 1-part 25-minute story since [[Season 3 (Doctor Who)|Season 3]]'s ''[[Mission to the Unknown (episode)|Mission to the Unknown]]''.