Doctor Who Guide: It Takes You Away

Last updated 23 March 2024

It Takes You Away

Series Episode Number: 849

World Premiere: Sun 2 Dec 2018 - 6:31pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 2 Dec 2018 - 8:00pm EST [BBC America]
Running Time: 49 minutes 11 seconds

6.42 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 80 (UK)

Audience Share: 28.3% (UK)
Chart Position: 22 (BARB Week (Four Screen)) (UK)

On the edge of a Norwegian fjord, in the present day, The Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz discover a boarded-up cottage and a girl named Hanne in need of their help.

What has happened here?

What monster lurks in the woods around the cottage – and beyond?

Characters
The Doctor		Jodie Whittaker
Graham O'Brien		Bradley Walsh
Ryan Sinclair		Tosin Cole
Yasmin Khan		Mandip Gill
Grace		Sharon D Clarke MBE
Hanne		Ellie Wallwork
Ribbons		Kevin Eldon
Erik		Christian Rubeck
Trine		Lisa Stokke
Stunts		Paul Bailey
Stunts		Lucy Fowl
Stunts		Karen Teoh

Production Team
Writer		Ed Hime
Director		Jamie Childs
Producer		Alex Mercer
Series Producer		Nikki Wilson
Executive Producer		Chris Chibnall
Executive Producer		Matt Strevens
Co-Executive Producer		Sam Hoyle
Executive Producer for the BBC		Ben Irving
Line Producer		Steffan Morris
Makeup Designer		Claire Pritchard-Jones
Costume Designer		Ray Holman
Production Designer		Arwel Wyn Jones
Director of Photography		Danis Crossan
Editor		David Fisher
Music		Segun Akinola
Casting Director		Andy Pryor CDG
Prosthetics		Millennium FX
Special Effects		Real SFX
Visual Effects		DNEG TV
Dubbing Mixer		Howard Bargroff
Sound Recordist		Delan Llyr Humphreys
Production Accountant		Laurence Parker
Post Production Supervisor		Ceres Doyle
Production Executive		Tracie Simpson
Head of Production		Radford Neville
Colourist		Gareth Spensley
Script Editor		Nina Metivier
Series Script Editor		Sheena Bucktowonsing
Stunt coordinator		Crispin Layfield
Stunt coordinator		Belinda McGinley
First Assistant Director		Sarah Davies
2nd Assistant Director		Dalmi Thomas
3rd Assistant Director		Christopher J Thomas
Assistant Director		Lauren Pate
Assistant Director		Sion Eirug
Unit Driver		Sean Evans
Unit Driver		Paul Watkins
Unit Driver		Jolyon Davey
Supervising Location Manager		Iwan Roberts
Location Manager		Lyn Moses
Unit Manager		David Blayney
Production Manager		James De-Haviland
Production Coordinator		Sandra Cosfeld
Assistant Production Coordinator		Jessica Elise Evans
Production Secretary		Jade Stephenson
Production Assistant		Alexandra Bahiyyih Wain
Executive Assistant		Caroline Cook
Assistaint Accountant		Helen Searle
Assistaint Accountant		Kate Barber-Williams
Art Department Accountant		Karen Evans
Camera Operator		Mark McQuoid
Focus Puller		Jonathan Vidgen
Focus Puller		Elhein De Wet
Camera Assistant		Gethin Williams
Camera Assistant		Drew Marsden
Camera Assistant		Cal Stephens
Grip		John Robinson
Assistant Grip		Ash Whitford
Script Supervisor		Lindsay Grant
Assistant Script Editor		Hannah Mason
Sound Maintenance Engineer		Tom Shoring
Sound Maintenance Engineer		Christopher Goding
Gaffer		Mark Hutchings
Best Boy		Andy Gardiner
Electrician		Bob Milton
Electrician		Gawain Nash
Electrician		Andrew Williams
Electrician		Gareth Sheldon
Supervising Art Director		Dafydd Shurmer
Standby Art Director		Katie MacGregor
Set Decorator		Joelle Rumbelow
Production Buyer		Vicki Male
Petty Cash Buyer		Kayleigh Powell
Set Designer		Julia Jones
Set Designer		Zsofia Ekler
Art Department Coordinator		Isabelle Kennedy
Art Department Assistant		Georgia Reece
Storyboard Artist		Michael Collins
Props Master		Jim Mate
Props Chargehand		Stuart Rankmore
Standby Props		Matthew Ireland
Standby Props		Carys Lewis
Prop Hand		Atiff Tahir
Prop Hand		Scott Howe
Prop Hand		Lissa Lamona
Prop Hand		Richard Barker
Storeman		Charlie Malik
Workshop Manager		Mark Hill
Workshop Assistant		Chris Slocombe
Concept Artist		Darren Fereday
Graphic Artist		Richard Wells
Head Modelmaker		Lee Radford
Prop Fabrication		Penny Howarth
Practical Electrician		Matthew Dunford
Specialist Prop Maker		Nick Robatto
Standby Carpenter		Paul Jones
Rigging		Shadow Scaffolding
Standby Rigger		Colin Toms
Construction Manager		Mark Painter
Construction Chargehand		Dean Tucker
Construction Chargehand		John Sinnott
Carpenter		Terry Horle
Carpenter		Joseph Painter
Carpenter		Matt Ferry
Carpenter		Tim Burke
Carpenter		Jason Tylke
Carpenter		Jonathan Tylke
Carpenter		Campbell Fraser
Carpenter		Chris Daniels
Carpenter		George Rees
Construction Driver		Darran Bousie
HOD Painter		Steve Fudge
Chargehand Painter		Mark Reece
Chargehand Painter		Lloyd Reece
Scenic Artist		Jeremy Duckham
Scenic Artist		Gemma Dorie
Assistant Costume Desginer		Emma Burnand
Assistant Costume Desginer		Simon Marks
Costume Assistant		Ian Fowler
Costume Assistant		Andie Mear
Costume Assistant		Jenny Tindle
Costume Assistant		Holly Williams
Makeup Supervisor		Emma Cowen
Makeup Artist		Allison Sing
Makeup Artist		Angharad Walsh
Junior Make-up Artist		Hanna Lewis-Jones
Unit Medic		Glyn Evans
Casting Associate		Ri McDaid-Owen
Casting Assistant		Louis Constantine
Business Affairs		Carol Griggs
Business Affairs		Steve Robson
Assistant Editor		David Davies
Assistant Editor		Hayley Williams
VFX Editor		Dan Rawlings
Post Production Coordinator		Claire Rees
SFX Editor		Harry Barnes
ADR Editor		Matthew Cox
Dialogue Editor		Darran Clement
Foley		Bang Post Production
Online Editor		Christine Kelly
Online Editor		Geraint Pari Huws
Orchestrated by		Alec Roberts
Mixed By		Goetz Botzenhardt
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Sequence		Ben Pickles

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