The Doctor - Matt Smith
Clara - Jenna-Louise Coleman
Alec Palmer -
Dougray Scott
Emma Grayling - Jessica Raine
Hila - Kemi-Bo Jacobs
The Crooked Man - Aidan Cook

Stunt Coordinators -
Crispin Layfield, Gordon Seed
Stunt Performers - David Newton, Marcus
Shakesheff, Tom Aitken
First Assistant Director - John Bennet
Second Assistant Director - James DeHaviland
Third Assistant Director - Heddi-Joy Taylor-Welch
Assistant Director - Daneille Richards
Location Manager - Nicky James
Unit Manager - Geraint Williams
Location Assistant - Iestyn Hampson-Jones
Production Manager - Phillipa Cole
Production Coordinator - Claire Hildred
Asst.
Production Coordinator - Gabriella Ricci
Production Secretary - Sandra Cosfeld
Production Assistants - Rachel Vipond,
Samantha Price
Asst. Production Accountants - Rhys Evans,
Justine Wooff
Assistant Script Editor - John Phillips
Script Supervisor - Steve Walker
Camera Operator - Joe Russell
Focus Pullers - James Scott, Julius
Ogden
Grip - Gary Norman
Camera Assistants - Meg De Koning, Sam
Smithard, Evelina Norgren
Assistant Grip - Owen Charnley
Sound Maintenance Engineers - Ross Adams,
Chris Goding
Gaffer - Mark Hutchings
Best Boy - Stephen Slocombe
Electricians - Bob Milton,
Gareth Sheldon, Steve Guy
Supervising Art Director - Paul Spriggs
Set Decorator - Adrian Anscombe
Production Buyers - Charlie Lynam, Adrian
Greenwood
Art Director -
Amy Pickwoad
Standby
Art Director - Helen Atherton
Assistant Art Director - Richard Hardy
Art Department Coordinator - Donna Shakesheff
Prop Master - Paul Smith
Prop Chargehand - Ian Griffin
Prophand - Austin J. Curtis
Standby Props - Rob Brandon
Dressing Props - Jayne Davies, Mike Elkins, Paul
Barnett
Graphic Designer - Chris Lees
Graphic Artist - Christina Tom
Petty Cash Buyer - Florence Tasker
Standby Carpenter - Will Pope
Standby Rigger - Bryan Griffiths
Practical Electricial - Christian Davies
Props Makers - Penny Howarth, Alan
Hardy, Jamie Thomas
Props Driver - Gareth Fox
Construction Manager - Terry Horle
Construction Chargehand - Dean Tucker
Scenic Artist - John Pinkerton
Assistant Costume Designer - Fraser Purfit
Costume Supervisor - Carly Griffith
Costume Assistants - Katarina Cappellazzi,
Gemma Evans
Make-Up Artists -
Sara Angharad,
Julie Fox Pritchard
Casting Associate - Alice Purser
Assistant Editor - Becky Trotman
VFX Editor - Joel Skinner
Dubbing Mixer - Tim Ricketts
ADR Editor - Matthew Cox
Dialogue Editor - Darran Clement
Sound Effects Editor - Paul Jefferies
Foley Editor - Jamie Talbutt
Graphics - Peter Anderson Studio
Online Editor - Geraint Pari Huws
Colourist - Mick Vincent
With thanks to
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conducted and orchestrated by Ben Foster
Mixed by Jake Jackson
Recorded by Gerry O' Riordan
Original Theme Music - Ron Grainer
Casting Director - Andy Pryor CDG
Production Executive - Julie Scott
Post Production Supervisor - Nerys Davies
Production Accountant - Jeff Dunn
Sound Recordist - Deian Llyr Humphreys
Costume Designer - Howard Burden
Make-Up Designer - Barbara Southcott
Music - Murray Gold
Visual Effects - The Mill
Special Effects - Real SFX
Prosthetics - Millennium FX
Editor - Nick Arthurs
Production Designer - Michael Pickwoad
Director of Photography - Mike Southon BSC
Script Producer - Denise Paul
Line Producer - Diana Barton
Executive Producers - Steven Moffat,
Caroline Skinner

Clara and the Doctor
arrive at Caliburn House, a haunted mansion sat alone on a
desolate moor.
Within its walls, a ghost-hunting professor and a gifted psychic
are searching for the Witch of the Well. Her apparition appears
throughout the history of the building, but is she really a
ghost? And what is chasing her?

"Caliburn House. Night four. November 25th, 1974. 11:04 pm."
Professor Alec Palmer and his assistant Emma Grayling are
attempting to contact an apparition haunting Caliburn House.
Emma is a psychic, and uses her gifts to gain the attention of
the 'ghost'. They are interrupted by knocking at the front door,
and open it to find the Doctor and Clara. The Doctor tells Alec
that he is looking for a ghost and Clara claims that they are
'Ghostbusters'.
The Doctor claims to be from "the Ministry", and knows who Alec
and Emma are. Photographs taken by the professor show the same
figure in the same pose throughout the history of Caliburn
House. The Doctor and Clara search the house, as a strange
creature stalks them through it. Loud knocking is heard, which
is said to be associated with the 'Witch of the Well'.
The Doctor takes a series of photographs of the 'ghost'
throughout Earth's timeline. Clara believes that she is nothing
more than a ghost to the Doctor, because as a time traveller he
has been to a time when she is long dead. He tells her she is
"the only mystery worth solving". The Doctor uses his
photographs to explain that the 'ghost' is in fact a time
traveller called Hila, who is trapped in a pocket universe and
being chased by an unknown creature.
The Doctor uses a crystal from Metebelis III to enhance Emma's
thoughts and use them to create a portal, a reality 'well'. He
goes to rescue Hila, who escapes, but is trapped in the pocket
universe with the monster. Clara returns to the TARDIS, and
after a brief argument with the voice interface, manages to
break into the pocket universe and rescue the Doctor from the
creature.
In conversation with Emma, the Doctor reveals that he brought
Clara to Caliburn house in order to see Emma, not the ghost. He
asks what she senses about Clara, but Emma reports nothing
unusual about her. As the Doctor and Clara are preparing to
leave, the Doctor inadvertently reveals that Hila is Emma and
Alec's future descendant. Alec and Emma are in love, and the
Doctor advises them to "hold hands, and don't let go". Then the
Doctor realises that the creature in the pocket universe has
been trying to return to another creature in the house. He then
states that every lonely monster needs a companion, and explains
to Clara that the two creatures have been separated through time
and space and certain events, and are yearning to be with one
another. He describes this as not a "Ghost story" but a "Love
story". He then returns to the pocket universe, where he
reconciles with the monster to bring it back in the exact same
manner as before.

Working
Title(s):
■ The
Hider In The House, Phantom Of The Hex
Things to look out for:
■ A Metebelis
III crystal. The crystals of Metebelis III featured heavily in
the final Third Doctor adventure;
Planet Of The Spiders.
Archive:
■ The complete episode exists in the
BBC Archives.
Bloopers:
■ Several wires are seen running from
the TARDIS to the equipment which opens the wormhole to the
pocket universe, but when Clara returns, they are all missing.
■ While the Doctor is wandering the pocket universe for the
first time, he removes his bow tie. The bow tie then appears and
disappears between close and wide shots.
■ Classic Series Doctor Who Composer, Mark Ayres, noted
that some of the sound equipment seen in the episode is actually
years before its time and wouldnt have been available in the
time period the episode is set.
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