Last updated 26 December 2023


Thin Ice

Thin Ice

Series Episode Number: 830

World Premiere: Sat 29 Apr 2017 - 9:20pm +03 [BBC First] (Middle East)
First Broadcast: Sat 29 Apr 2017 - 7:23pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sat 29 Apr 2017 - 9:00pm EDT [BBC America]
Running Time: 44 minutes 10 seconds

5.61 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 84 (UK)

Audience Share: 26.5% (UK)
Chart Position: 25 (BARB Week Top 30 Chart) (UK)




The Doctor and Bill arrive at the last of the great frost fairs, and find themselves investigating a string of impossible disappearances - people have been vanishing on the ice! Bill is about to discover that the past is more like her world than she expected, and that not all monsters come from outer space...

Production Team
WriterSarah Dollard
DirectorBill Anderson
ProducerNikki Wilson
Executive ProducerSteven Moffat
Executive ProducerBrian Minchin
EditorAdam Trotman
Production DesignerMichael Pickwoad
Director of PhotographyDamian Bromley
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
With thanks to 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 coordinatorJo McLarren
Stunt coordinatorDani Biernat
Stunt coordinatorDean Forster
First Assistant DirectorSarah Davies
Second Assistant DirectorJames Dehaviland
Third Assistant DirectorChristopher J Thomas
Assistant DirectorRhun Llewelyn
Assistant DirectorLauren Pate
Unit DriverSean Evans
Unit DriverKyle Davies
Location ManagerNicky James
Unit ManagerBeccy Jones
Production ManagerAdam Knopf
Production CoordinatorSandra Cosfeld
Assistant Production CoordinatorNicola Chance
Production AssistantVirginia Bonet
Production AssistantJamie Shaw
Assistaint AccountantJustine Wooff
Art Department AccountantAlison Harvey
Script SupervisorNicki Coles
Script ExecutiveLindsey Alford
Script EditorNick Lambon
Assistant Script EditorEmma Genders
Camera OperatorMark McQuoid
Focus PullerJonathan Vidgen
Focus PullerElhein De Wet
Camera AssistantGethin Williams
Camera AssistantDrew Marsden
Camera AssistantDan Patounas
GripJohn Robinson
Assistant GripSean Cronin
Sound Maintenance EngineerTom Shoring
Sound Maintenance EngineerChristopher Goding
GafferMark Hutchings
GafferAndy Gardiner
Best BoyGawain Nash
ElectricianGareth Sheldon
ElectricianBob Milton
ElectricianSion Davies
Supervising Art DirectorHenry Jaworski
Art DirectorTim Overson
Standby Art DirectorNick Murray
Set DecoratorAdrian Anscombe
Production BuyerJen Saguaro
Prop BuyerJo Pearce
Prop BuyerCharlotte Lailey de Ville
DraughtsmanKartik Nagar
DraughtsmanAdam Prescott
Storyboard ArtistMike Collins
Props MasterPaul Smith
Props ChargehandKyle Belmont
Standby PropsMatt Ireland
Standby PropsJonathan Barclay
Prop HandScott Howe
Prop HandNigel Magni
Prop HandMatt Watts
StoremanJamie Southcott
Concept ArtistDarren Fereday
Graphic ArtistMatt Clark
Graphic AssistantJack Bowes
Standby CarpenterPaul Jones
RiggingShadow Scaffolding
Standby RiggerColin Toms
Practical ElectricianCallum Alexander
Practical ElectricianAustin Curtis
Props DriverGareth Fox
Construction ManagerTerry Horle
Construction ChargehandDean Tucker
Chargehand CarpenterJohn Sinnott
CarpenterTim Burke
CarpenterMatt Ferry
CarpenterChris Daniels
CarpenterGeorge Rees
CarpenterDan Berrow
CarpenterTom Berrow
CarpenterKeith Richards
CarpenterCampbell Frazer
CarpenterJoe Painter
CarpenterAlan Jones
CarpenterMike Venables
Construction DriverJonathan Tylke
Construction LabourerJason Tylke
Head Scenic ArtistClive Clarke
PainterSteve Nelms
PainterJohn Nelms
PainterPaul Murray
PainterBobby McShane
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 Goodship
Unit MedicGlyn Evans
Casting AssociateRi McDaid-Owen
Casting AssistantLouis Constantine
Business Affairs ExecutiveCarol Griggs
Assistant EditorBecky Trotman
Assistant EditorDavid Davies
VFX EditorDan Rawlings
Post Production CoordinatorHannah Jones
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
Online EditorMark Handyman
Assistant Online EditorChristine Kelly
ColouristGareth Spensley
Conducted ByAlastair King
Orchestrated byAlastair King
Mixed ByJake Jackson
Recorded byGerry O'Riordan
Music Score AssistantJack Sugden
Title MusicRon Grainer