Last updated 26 December 2023


The Return Of Doctor Mysterio

Series Episode Number: 827

World Premiere: Sun 25 Dec 2016 - 5:44pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 25 Dec 2016 - 9:00pm EST [BBC America]
Running Time: 60 minutes 25 seconds

7.83 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 82 (UK)

Audience Share: 31.2% (UK)
Chart Position: 9 (BARB Week Top 30 Chart) (UK)




This Christmas sees The Doctor join forces with a masked Superhero for an epic New York adventure.

With brain-swapping aliens poised to attack, the Doctor and Nardole link up with an investigative reporter and a mysterious figure known only as The Ghost. Can the Doctor save Manhattan? And what will be revealed when we see behind the mask?


Production Team
WriterSteven Moffat
DirectorEd Bazalgette
ProducerPeter Bennett
Executive ProducerSteven Moffat
Executive ProducerBrian Minchin
EditorAdam Green
Production DesignerMichael Pickwoad
Director of PhotographyAshley Rowe
Line ProducerSteffan Morris
Sound RecordistDeian Llyr Humphreys
Costume DesignerHayley Nebauer
Make-up DesignerBarbara Southcott
Incidental MusicMurray Gold
Visual Effects MILK
Visual EffectsBBC Wales VFX
Special Effects Real SFX
Prosthetics Millennium FX
Music performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Casting DirectorAndy Pryor CDG
Head of ProductionGordon Ronald
Production ExecutiveTracie Simpson
Post Production SupervisorSamantha Price
Production AccountantSimon Wheeler
Stunt coordinatorCrispin Layfield
Stunt coordinatorDerek Lea
Stunt coordinatorJo McLaren
WiresBob Schofield
WiresMax Schofield
First Assistant DirectorFletcher Rodley
Second Assistant DirectorJames Dehaviland
Third Assistant DirectorChristopher J Thomas
Assistant DirectorLauren Pate
Assistant DirectorRhun Llewelyn
Location ManagerBeccy Jones
Production ManagerAdam Knopf
Production CoordinatorSandra Cosfeld
Assistant Production CoordinatorNicola Chance
Production AssistantVirginia Bonet
Production AssistantJamie Shaw
Assistaint AccountantJustine Wooff
Art Department AccountantBethan Griffiths
Script SupervisorNicki Coles
Script EditorNick Lambon
Assistant Script EditorEmma Genders
Script ExecutiveLindsey Alford
Camera OperatorMark McQuoid
Focus PullerJonathan Vidgen
Focus PullerElhein De Wet
GripJohn Robinson
Assistant GripSean Cronin
Camera AssistantGethin Williams
Camera AssistantDrew Marsden
Camera AssistantDan Patounas
Sound Maintenance EngineerTom Shoring
Sound Maintenance EngineerChristopher Goding
GafferMark Hutchings
Best BoyAndrew Gardiner
ElectricianGawain Nash
ElectricianGareth Sheldon
ElectricianBob Milton
ElectricianSion Davies
ElectricianAndrew Williams
Supervising Art DirectorPaul Spriggs
Standby Art DirectorChristina Tom
Set DecoratorAdrian Anscombe
Production BuyerJen Saguaro
Prop BuyerJo Pearce
Prop BuyerCharlotte Lailey De
DraughtsmanKartik Nagar
Storyboard ArtistAdam Prescott
Prop MasterPaul Smith
Prop StoremanJamie Southcott
Concept ArtistDarren Fereday
Graphic ArtistMatthew Clark
Standby CarpenterPaul Jones
Standby RiggerColin Toms
Practical ElectricianCallum Alexander
Construction ManagerTerry Horle
Construction ChargehandDean Tucker
Chargehand CarpenterJohn Sinnott
Head Scenic ArtistClive Clarke
Assistant Costume DesginerZoe Howerska
Costume SupervisorKat Willis
Costume AssistantRebecca Cunningham
Costume AssistantLeila Headon
Costume AssistantJenny Tindle
Make-Up SupervisorJames Spinks
Make-Up ArtistMegan Bowes
Make-Up ArtistLolly Goodson
Unit MedicGlyn Evans
Casting AssociateRi McDaid-Owen
Casting AssistantLouis Constantine
Post Production CoordinatorHannah Jones
Assistant EditorBecky Trotman
VFX EditorDan Rawlings
Dubbing MixerMark Ferda
ADR EditorMatthew Cox
Dialogue EditorDarran Clement
Effects EditorHarry Barnes
Foley EditorSimon Clement
Foley ArtistMeltem Baytok
Titles BBC Wales Graphics
Titles ConceptBilly Hanshaw
Online EditorGeraint Pari Hughes
Assistant Online EditorChristine Kelly
ColouristGareth Spensley
Conducted ByAlastair King
Orchestrated byAlastair King
Mixed ByJake Jackson
Recorded byGerry O'Riordan
Title MusicRon Grainer