Doctor Who: The Age of Steel (2006)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 2006
Running Times: 45 mins
Format: colour     digital video
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PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC Wales
Executive Producers: Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner
Producer: Phil Collinson
Associate Producer: Helen Vallis
Production Manager: Tracie Simpson
Unit Manager: Rhys Griffiths
Production Coordinator: Jess van Niekerk

SCRIPT
Script: Tom Macrae
Cybermen Originally Created By: Kit Pedlar, Gerry Davis
Script Editor: Helen Raynor

DIRECTION
Director: James Hawes
1st Assistant Director: Clare Nicholson
2nd Assistant Director: Steffan Morris
3rd Assistant Director: Lynsey Muir

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ernie Vincze
Camera Operator: Roger Pearce
Camera Assistant: Penny Shipton
Focus Puller: Terry Bartlett
Gaffer: Mark Hutchings
Best Boy: Peter Chester
Electricians: Clive Johnson, Chris Davies
Practical Electrician: Albert James
Grip: John Robinson

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: David Creswell
Assistant Editor: Ceres Doyle
Post Production Supervisors: Samantha Hall, Chris Blatchford
Post Production Coordinator: Marie Brown

MUSIC
Music: Murray Gold
Theme Music: Ron Grainer

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Simon Fraser
Dubbing Mixer: Tim Ricketts
Boom Operators: Jeff Welch, Bryn Thomas
Sound Editors: Paul McFadden, Doug Sinclair
Sound Effects Editor: Paul Jefferies

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Designer: Sheelagh Wells
Make Up: Anwen Davies, Steve Smith, Moira Thomson
Costumer Designer: Louise Page
Costume Supervisor: Marnie Ormiston
Costume Assistants: Lindsay Bonaccorsi, Barbara Harrington

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Any Effects
Special Effects Supervisors: Mike Crowley, Paul Kelly
Special Effects Coordinator: Ben Ashmore
Special Effects Technicians: Danny Hargreaves, Richard Magrin
Prosthetics: Neill Gorton and Millennium Effects
Prosthetics Supervisor: Rob Mayor
Prosthetics Technicians: Jo Glover, Martin Rezard

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: The Mill
Visual Effects Supervisor: Dave Houghton
Visual Effects Producer: Will Cohen

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Edward Thomas
Supervising Art Director: Stephen Nicholas
Assistant Supervising Art Director: James North
Standby Art Director: Nick Burnell
Set Decorator: Julian Luxton
Forward Dresser: Matthew North
Production Buyer: Catherine Samuel
Property Master: Adrian Anscombe
Standby Props: Phil Shellard, Trystan Howell
Specialist Prop Maker: Mark Cordory
Prop Maker: Penny Howarth
Props Chargehand: Paul Aitken
Props Storeman: Stuart Wooddisse
Construction Manager: Matthew Hywel-Davies
Construction Chargehand: Allen Jones
Standby Carpenter: Silas Williams
Standby Scenic Artist: Louise Bohling
Art Department Production Manager: Jonathan Marquand Allison
Design Assistants: Al Roberts, Rob Dicks, Pete McKinstry
Storyboard Artist: Shaun Williams
Graphics: BBC Wales Graphics

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Non Eleri Hughes
Production Accountant: Endaf Emyr Williams
Assistant Production Accountants: Debi Griffiths, Kath Blackman, Bonnis Clissold
Finance Manager: Richard Puglsey
Production / Script Secretary: Claire Roberts
Choreographer: Alisa Berk
Art Department Driver: Patrick Deacy
Production Runner: Tim Hodges

LOCATIONS
Location Managers: Lowri Thomas, Gareth Skelding

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
With Thanks To: Marc Platt; The BBC National Orchestra of Wales

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Abbi Collins
Stunts: Derek Lea, James O'Dee, Shelly Benison

CASTING
Casting Director: Andy Pryor
Casting Associate: Andy Brierley

CAST
David Tennant (The Doctor)
Billie Piper (Rose Tyler)
Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler)
Noel Clarke (Mickey)
Shaun Dingwall (Pete Tyler)
Roger Lloyd-Pack (John Lumic)
Andrew Hayden-Smith (Jake Simmonds)
Helen Griffin (Mrs Moore)
Colin Spaull (Mr Crane)
Duncan Duff (newsreader)
Paul Kasey (Cyber-Leader)
Nicholas Briggs (Cyber-voice)

PLOT SUMMARY

The battle against the Cybermen continues. The Doctor and Mrs Moore try to infiltrate Lumic's base, Rose and Pete sneak into the conversion plant in Battersea power station, while Mickey and Jake attempt to switch off the mind control transmitter aboard Lumic's zeppelin.

CAPSULE REVIEW

An excellent conclusion to the story which gets off to a dodgy start with a far too easy resolution of the cliffhanger but steps into top gear and stays there until the end. The Cybermen are even scarier than last week, the action non-stop and the finale as emotional as anything else we've seen this season.

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Distributors: BBC

TIMELINE

2006
May
20: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)
21: UK - television broadcast (on BBC3)

REFERENCES

OTHER SOURCES

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KEYWORDS

airships, aliens, alternative dimensions, cybermen, cyborgs, mind control, parallel worlds, time travel, zeppelins

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009