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Doctor Who: The Parting of the Ways (2005)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 2005
Running Times: 45 mins
Format: colour     digital video
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CREDITS

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

SCRIPT
Script: Russell T. Davies
Script Editor: Helen Raynor
Daleks Originally Created By: Terry Nation

DIRECTION
Director: Joe Ahearne
1st Assistant Director: Peter Bennett
2nd Assistant Director: Steffan Morris
3rd Assistant Director: Dan Mumford

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ernie Vincze
Camera Operator: Martin Stephens
Focus Puller: Mark Isaac
Gaffer: Mark Hutchings
Best Boy: Peter Chester
Grip: John Robinson

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Graham Walker
Online Editor: Matthew Clarke
Assistant Editor: Ceres Doyle
Post Production Supervisor: Marie Brown
Colourist: Paul Harrison

MUSIC
Music: Murray Gold
Original Theme Music: Ron Grainer

SOUND
Sound Designer: Ian Richardson
Boom Operator: Damian Richardson
Dubbing Mixer: Tim Ricketts
Dialogue Editor: Paul McFadden
Sound Effects Editor: Paul Jefferies

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Designer: Davy Jones
Make Up Supervisor: Linda Davie
Make Up: Claire Pritchard, Steve Williams
Costume Designer: Lucinda Wright
Wardrobe Supervisor: Yolanda Peart-Smith

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Prosthetics: Millennium Effects

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Any Effects

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: The Mill
Visual Effects Supervisor: Dave Houghton
Visual Effects Producer: Will Cohen
Digital Matte Painter: Alexander Fort
2D Visual Effects Artists: Simon C. Holden, David Bowman, Jennifer Herbert, Bronwyn Edwards, Astrid Busser-Casas, Richard Roberts, Chad Meire
3D VFX Artists: Chris Petts, Andy Howell, Paul Burton, Matt McKinney, Nick Webber, Mark Wallman, Nicolas Hernandez, Jean-Claude Deguara
Model Unit Supervisor: Mike Tucker
Model Unit Director of Photography: Peter Tyler

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Edward Thomas
Supervising Art Director: Stephen Nicholas
Standby Art Director: Julian Luxton
Set Decorator: Liz Griffiths
Production Buyer: Catherine Samuel
Property Master: Adrian Anscombe
Standby Props: Phill Shellard, Trystan Howell
Construction Manager: Andrew Smith
Art Department Coordinator: Gwenllian Llwyd
Concept Artist: Bryan Hitch
Graphic Artist: Jenny Bowers
Logo Designers: Louise Hillam, Alison Jenkins, Hywel Roberts at the Graphic Design team at BBC Wales; Luke Davies, Paul Humphrey at Insect Design (all uncredited)

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Non Eleri Hughes
Finance Manager: Richard Pugsley
Production Accountant: Endaf Emyr Williams
Assistant Production Accountants: Debi Griffiths, Kath Blackman
Production Runners: Anna Evans, Tim Hodges, Debbie Meldrum
Rights Executive: James Dundas

LOCATIONS
Location Manager: Llyr Morus

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Jamie Edgell
Stunts: Tony Lucken, Stuart Clarke, Derek Lea

CASTING
Casting Director: Andy Pryor
Casting Associate: Kirsty Robertson

CAST
Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who)
Billie Piper (Rose Tyler)
John Barrowman (Captain Jack)
Jo Stone Fewings (male programmer)
Jo Joyner (Lynda)
Paterson Joseph (Rodrick)
Nisha Nayar (female programmer)
Noel Clarke (Mickey)
Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler)
Anne Robinson (voice of Anne Droid)
Nicholas Briggs (Dalek voice)
Barnaby Edwards, Nicholas Pegg, David Hankinson (Dalek operators)
Alan Ruscoe (android)
David Tennant (Doctor Who)

PLOT SUMMARY

The Doctor faces the Daleks one last time as they prepare their invasion of Earth. He sends Rose back to her own time as he and Jack prepare for their final stand, developing a weapon that will destroy the Daleks and their insane Emperor who now believes itself to be a god, but will also wipe out all life of Earth. But the Bad Wolf is about to reveal itself with unforeseen consequences for The Doctor...

CAPSULE REVIEW

As wonderful a climax to the first season as one could hope for. A massive Dalek attack force descending on the Earth, a terrible moral dilemma for The Doctor, Jack finally being useful for something and above all a regeneration. Some fans balked at the idea of The Doctor kissing Rose (and even more so at Jack kissing The Doctor) but under the circumstances they both seemed somehow right. Eccleston goes out in style, Tennant flashes a wicked grin while mumbling about new teeth and there isn't a dry eye in the house. Brilliant.

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Television Distributors: CBC

UK
Television Distributors: BBC

KEYWORDS

alien invasions, aliens, daleks, deities, religion, time travel

 


Last Updated: 1 January, 2009

 


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