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The Sontaran Stratagem

Series Episode Number: 742

World Premiere: Sat 26 Apr 2008 - 6:19pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 16 May 2008 - 9:00pm EDT [SyFy: East Coast Feed]
Running Time: 44 minutes 30 seconds

7.06 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 87 (UK)

Audience Share: 36.9% (UK)
Chart Position: 17 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 23 Oct 2007 in Upper Boat Studios at these locations

Characters hide uncredited
The Doctor		David Tennant
Donna Noble		Catherine Tate
Martha Jones		Freema Agyeman
Wilfred Mott		Bernard Cribbins
Sylvia Noble		Jacqueline King
Luke Rattigan		Ryan Sampson
Colonel Mace		Rupert Holliday Evans
General Staal		Christopher Ryan
Commander Skorr		Dan Starkey
Jo Nakashima		Eleanor Matsuura
Private Harris		Clive Standen
Private Gray		Wesley Theobald
Ross Jenkins		Christian Cooke
Trepper		Rad Kaim
ATMOS Voice		Elizabeth Ryder
Student		Tom Boulding (uncredited)
Student		Sophie Allen (uncredited)
Student		Sophie Harris (uncredited)
Student		Rob Steele (uncredited)
Student		Joel Mulzac (uncredited)
Student		Jason Shephard (uncredited)
Student		Kodjo Tsakpo (uncredited)
Student		Ayesha Perry Iqbal (uncredited)
Stunt Double for Jo Nakashima		Stephanie Carey (uncredited)
Soldier		Carl Watson (uncredited)
Soldier		Jason Caplin (uncredited)
Soldier		Chris Alderman (uncredited)
Soldier		Nathan Williams (uncredited)
Soldier		David Bowen (uncredited)
Soldier		Thomas Heard (uncredited)
Soldier		Sean Saye (uncredited)
Soldier		Jason Ingram (uncredited)
Soldier		Luke Postians (uncredited)
Soldier		Hopcyn Bird (uncredited)
Soldier		Mike Freeman (uncredited)
Soldier		Angela Gowing (uncredited)
Soldier		Gemma Holton (uncredited)
Soldier		Eleanor Flaherty (uncredited)
Soldier		Danielle Saunders (uncredited)
Soldier		Mark Lambert (uncredited)
Soldier		David Creed (uncredited)
Soldier		Matthew Lias (uncredited)
Security Guard		Carlisle Antonio (uncredited)
Security Guard		Ollie Bryan (uncredited)
Security Guard		Jason Weeks (uncredited)
Worker		Paul Starsky (uncredited)
Worker		Roger Couhig (uncredited)
Worker		Alwyn Scott (uncredited)
Worker		Jim Fox (uncredited)
Worker		John Sinclair (uncredited)
Worker		Jacqueline Morris (uncredited)
Worker		Rhona Jackson (uncredited)
Worker		Katy Finbar (uncredited)
Worker		Tanecia Evans (uncredited)
Worker		Durine Howell (uncredited)
Worker		Nicola Harris (uncredited)
Worker		Ryan Dinwiddy (uncredited)
Worker		Sam Midgley (uncredited)
Worker		Lee Malcolmson (uncredited)
Worker		Rick Gardiner (uncredited)
Worker		James Barker (uncredited)
Worker		Dimitus Koutroumpas (uncredited)
Worker		Tom Turner (uncredited)
Worker		Martin Williamson (uncredited)
Worker		Nathan Rixon (uncredited)
Worker		Joanne Lancastle (uncredited)
Worker		Tracey Campbell (uncredited)
Worker		Marianne Carpenter (uncredited)
Worker		Judy Bradley (uncredited)
Worker		Amy Burton (uncredited)
Worker		Charlotte Aynsley (uncredited)
Worker		Kate Lewington (uncredited)
Worker		Amanda Thomas (uncredited)
Worker		Shelly Davina Burton (uncredited)
Worker		Natallie Hallium (uncredited)
Worker		Andrew Morgan (uncredited)
Worker		Stuart Sim (uncredited)
Worker		But Wong (uncredited)
Worker		Lisa Davies (uncredited)
Worker		Keena Anderson (uncredited)
Worker		Cleve Berarey (uncredited)
Worker		Mark Gottshalk (uncredited)
Worker		Rajesh Sawhney (uncredited)
Worker in Corridor		Andrew Slade (uncredited)
Worker in Corridor		Jon Davey (uncredited)
Body in Gloop		Ruari Mears (uncredited)
HQ Soldier		Darren Clarke (uncredited)
HQ Soldier		Marcus Elliot (uncredited)
HQ Soldier		Iestyn Bryn Jones (uncredited)
HQ Soldier		Kyle Legall (uncredited)
HQ Soldier		Helen Lennox (uncredited)
HQ Soldier		Odile Rault (uncredited)
Old Man		Unka Patel (uncredited)
Old woman/in fog		Angharad Baxter (uncredited)
Old man's daughter		Frances Valaydon Pillay (uncredited)
Neighbour		Richard Knott (uncredited)
Little Kid		Edward Bresnan (uncredited)
Student		Dino Gamecho (uncredited)
Student		Kadeem Sinclair (uncredited)
Student		Oliver Cullen (uncredited)
Student		Yinka Onitiri (uncredited)
Student		Aysha Smith (uncredited)
Student		Molly Moruzzi (uncredited)
Student		Kenesha Brown (uncredited)
Student		Nicki Cheng (uncredited)
Sontaran		Jack Steed (uncredited)
Sontaran		Ryan Nichols (uncredited)
Sontaran		Trevor Kirkwood (uncredited)
Sontaran		Christopher Reynalds (uncredited)
Sontaran		Jag Babir (uncredited)
ADR		Lindsay Hollingsworth (uncredited)
ADR		Hannah Welch (uncredited)
ADR		Daryl Adcock (uncredited)
ADR		Matthew Jones (uncredited)
ADR		Nicholas Cater (uncredited)
ADR		Stephen Bracken-Keogh (uncredited)
ADR		Nicholas Wilkes (uncredited)
ADR		Nicole Casey (uncredited)
ADR		Nicholas Lupton (uncredited)
ADR		Jane S R Kyle-Hunt (uncredited)

Production Team
Writer		Helen Raynor
Director		Douglas Mackinnon
Producer		Susie Liggat
Executive Producer		Phil Collinson
Executive Producer		Russell T Davies
Executive Producer		Julie Gardner
Production Manager		Debbi Slater
Director of Photography		Rory Taylor
Production Designer		Edward Thomas
Editor		Mike Hopkins
Prosthetics		Millennium FX
Special Effects		Any Effects
Visual Effects		The Mill
Visual Effects Producer		Will Cohen
Visual Effects Producer		Marie Jones
Visual Effects Supervisor		Dave Houghton
Incidental Music		Murray Gold
Make-up Designer		Barbara Southcott
Costume Designer		Louise Page
Sound Recordist		Brian Milliken
Production Accountant		Oliver Ager
Production Executive		Julie Scott
Casting Director		Andy Pryor CDG
Title Music		Ron Grainer
With thanks to		BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Sontarans created by		Robert Holmes
First Assistant Director		Francesco Reidy
Second Assistant Director		Jennie Fava
Third Assistant Director		Sarah Davies
Location Manager		Jonathan Allott
Unit Manager		Rhys Griffiths
Production Coordinator		Jess van Niekerk
Production Secretary		Kevin Myers
Assistant Production Coordinator		Debi Griffiths
Floor Runner		Heddi-Joy Taylor
Continuity		Non Eleri Hughes
Script Editor		Nikki Smith
Camera Operator		James Moss
Focus Puller		Steve Rees
Camera Assistant		Tom Hartley
Grip		John Robinson
Boom Operator		Jeff Welch
Gaffer		Mark Hutchings
Best Boy		Peter Chester
Stunt coordinator		Tom Lucy
Choreographer		Ailsa Berk
Chief Supervising Art Director		Stephen Nicholas
Art Dept Production Manager		Jonathan Allison
Supervising Art Director		Arwel Wyn Jones
Associate Designer		James North
Art Department Coordinator		Amy Pope
Set Decorator		Joelle Rumbelow
Props Buyer		Sue Jackson Potter
Standby Art Director		Alexandra Merchant
Storyboard Artist		Shaun Williams
Standby Props		Phil Shellard
Standby Props		Nick Murray
Standby Carpenter		Will Pope
Standby Painter		Ellen Woods
Standby Rigger		Keith Freeman
Props Master		Phil Lyons
Chief Props Maker		Barry Jones
Props Maker		Nick Robatto
Practical Electrician		Albert James
Construction Manager		Matthew Hywel-Davies
Senic Artist		John Whalley
Graphics		BBC Wales Graphics
Costume Supervisor		Lindsay Bonaccorsi
Assistant Costume Designer		Rose Goodhart
Costume Assistant		Barbara Harrington
Costume Assistant		Louise Martin
Make-Up Artist		Pam Mullins
Make-Up Artist		Steve Smith
Make-Up Artist		John Munro
Casting Associate		Andy Brierley
Casting Associate		Amy Rogers
Visual Effects Editor		Ceres Doyle
Post Production Supervisor		Samantha Hall
Post Production Supervisor		Chris Blatchford
Post Production Coordinator		Marie Brown
Special FX Coordinator		Ben Ashmore
Special FX Supervisor		Danny Hargreaves
Prosthetics Designer		Neill Gorton
Prosthetics Supervisor		Rob Mayor
On Set Prosthetics Supervisor		Martin Rezard
Prosthetics Technician		Jo Glover
Prosthetics Technician		Lotta Hagvist
Online Editor		Matthew Clarke
Online Editor		Mark Bright
Colourist		Mick Vincent
3D Artist		Jeff North
3D Artist		Matt McKinney
2D Artist		Sara Bennett
2D Artist		Julie Nixon
2D Artist		Simon C Holden
Digital Matte Painter		Simon Wicker
Visual Effects Coordinator		Jenna Powell
Visual Effects Coordinator		Rebecca Johnson
Visual Effects Production Assistant		Marianne Paton
On Set Visual FX Supervisor		Tim Barter
Dubbing Mixer		Tim Ricketts
Supervising Sound Editor		Paul McFadden
Sound FX Editor		Paul Jefferies

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