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Too Smart to Play was the eighth episode of Season 47 of Doctor Who. It was written by David Llewellyn, directed by Alice Troughton and featured David Suchet as the Thirteenth Doctor, Juliet Landau as Zenla and Dougray Scott as Chris Parsons.
Synopsis
Everyone knows the Colume Manor is haunted, so of course, everyone in the village was suspicious when an old eccentric man and a strange man and woman moved in, and haven’t spoken or seen anyone since, not even to go to the shops. Something evil is at work there and one bright plucky villager, Zoe Poul, is just curious enough to investigate…
Plot
Cast
- The Doctor - David Suchet
- Zenla - Juliet Landau
- Chris Parsons - Dougray Scott
- Zoe Poul - Alisha Bailey
- Jay Collings - Kemi-Bo Jacobs
- Daniel - Alex Price
- Professor Hebbs - Michael Percival
- Charlie - Lucian Msamati
- Alice - Nina Sosnya
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, Gareth Roberts, and Nicholas Briggs
- Producer - Gary Russell
- Script Editor - Robert Shearman
- Director of Photography - Stephen Pehesso
- Production Designer - Edward Thomas
- 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 10.46m viewers. It ranked at 5th over the week.
Story Notes
Continuity
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Home Video Releases
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