Modern Series Episode 184:
The Giggle

Plot

The human race has gone mad, every individual suddenly seized with the absolute conviction that their opinions are uniquely correct. With the help of the Unified Intelligence Taskforce, the Doctor and Donna discover that the onset of the hysteria is tied to the launch of a new satellite, which has achieved the goal of bringing telecommunications to every part of the planet. Buried underneath the television signal since its inception is a sinister giggle, and the Doctor realises that the culprit is his old nemesis, the Toymaker. Now he and Donna must play the celestial entity's games one more time, with the Earth's future at stake.

Original Transmission
Date 9th Dec 2023
Time 6.32pm
Duration 61'03"
Viewers (more) 6.8m (10th)
· BBC1/HD
   7 days 6.8m
   28 days 7.9m
Appreciation 85%


Cast
The Doctor
David Tennant (bio)
Ncuti Gatwa (bio)
Donna Noble
Catherine Tate (bio)
(more)
Charles Banerjee
Charlie De Melo
The Toymaker
Neil Patrick Harris
John Logie Baird
John MacKay
Colonel Ibrahim
Alexander Devrient
Middle Aged Man
Ross Gurney-Randall
Shirley Bingham
Ruth Madeley
Kate Lethbridge-Stewart
Jemma Redgrave (bio)
Melanie Bush
Bonnie Langford (bio)
Pilot
Glen Fox
Edward Lawn Bridges
Tim Hudson
The Vlinx
Aidan Cook
Voice of the Vlinx
Nicholas Briggs
Trinity Wells
Lachele Carl
Voice of Stooky Sue
Leigh Lothian
The Toymaker Dance Double
Luke Featherston
Shaun Temple
Karl Collins (bio)
Sylvia Noble
Jacqueline King (bio)
Rose Noble
Yasmin Finney (bio)


Crew
Written by
Russell T Davies (bio)
Directed by
Chanya Button (bio)
(more)

Producer
Vicki Delow
Stunt Performers
Andrew Burford
Anthony Skrimshire
Chris Morrison
Chus Lucas
Gary Hoptrough
Jake Osborn
James Grogan
John Street
Michael Byrch
Nadia Hansell
Nellie Burroughes
Paul Bailey
Paul Joseph
Phil Campbell
Renato Gjini
Rob Jarman
Robbie Keane
Sofian Francis
Zoe Fry
Stunt Coordinator
Derek Lea
Dance Choreographer
Tim Jackson
Puppeteers
Brian Fisher
Eliot Gibbins
Olivia Racionzer
Sara-Jane Waters
Kayla Teodoro
Dialect Coach
Marilyn Le Conte
Magic Consultant
Peter Clifford
1st Assistant Director
James Emmott
2nd Assistant Director
Lauren Pate
Crowd 2nd Assistant Director
Charlie Campbell
3rd Assistant Director
Jennifer Day
Floor Runner
Jac Lewis
SAW Floor Runner
Saad Mohamed
SAW Base Runner
Jamal Price
Floor Runner / Stand Ins
George Cheetham
Helen Langford
Production Manager
Delmi Thomas
Production Coordinator
Sandra Cosfeld
Assistant Production Coordinator
Liam Hobbs
Production Secretaries
Florence Trott
Chris Harkus
Travel & Accommodation Secretary
Adam Byard
SAW Production Office Runners
Danilo Van-Der Nguyen
Lisa Elena Williams
Director's Assistant
Daniella Wilson
Creative Coordinator
Fabia Sinigaglia
Executive Assistant to Jane Tranter
Dee Brooker
Executive Assistant to Julie Gardner
Kaleigh O'Boyle
Executive Assistant to Russell T Davies, Phil Collinson & Joel Collins
Joshua MG Thomas
Location Manager
Daniel Wellstead
Assistant Location Manager
Alex Moore
Unit Manager
Kyle Yates
Assistant Unit Manager
Tom Chalkley
Location Assistants
Shuaib Said
Victoria Louise Jolliffe
Studio Manager
Richard Balshaw
1st Assistant Accountant
Greg Robinson
AP Assistant Accountant
Devon Anscombe
Assistant Accountants - Payroll
Aimee Bond
Laura Gardner
Cashier
Joseff Thomas
A Camera and Steadicam Operator
Martin Stephens
Focus Pullers
Martin Payne
Jonathan Vidgen
Clapper Loaders
Sophie Hardcastle
Sarah MacLeod
Camera Trainee
Elesha Pederson
SAW Camera Trainee
Kudzai Dzokamushure
Digital Imaging Technician
Nick Everett
Data Manager
David Buckley
Key Grip
Bobby Williams
Grip
Ken Hodgson
Grip Trainees
Alexander Jones
Rhys Jones
SAW Entry Level Grip Trainee
Emily Badger-Knight
Script Supervisor
Lucy Dews
SAW Entry Level Script Supervisor
Ines Mayorga
1st Assistant Sound
James Bowen
2nd Assistant Sound
Angharad Evans
Lighting Gaffer
Paul Jarvis
Rigging Gaffer
Pete Chester
Best Boy
Chris Kiley
Lighting Rigger
Paul Davies
Desk Operator
Alan Tippetts
Rigging Desk Operator
Pete Davies
Electricians
Scott Smallwood
Andrew Truckle
Andy Green
Sion Davies
Supervising Art Director
Robyn Paiba
Senior Art Directors
Crissy Howes
Gareth Cousins
David Weare
Art Directors
Jon Horsham
Kartik Kundan Nagar
Hattie Gent
Prop Art Director
Michael Van Kesteren
Assistant Art Directors
Hakan Yoruk
Eleri Lloyd
Standby Art Director
Ifan Lewis Lewis
Set Decorator
Kate Guyan
Assistant Set Decorators
Josie Martin
Verity Scott
Production Buyer
Helen O'Leary
Action Props Buyer
Tara Lily Johnston
Assistant Buyers
Taymar Lee
Camilla Blair
Petty Cash Buyers
Billie Blue Williams
Lois Drage
Draughtsperson
Matt Sanders
Junior Draughtspersons
Lucia Heseltine
Ella Farndon
Katja Allen-Kormylo
Art Department Coordinator
Jason Davies-Redgrave
Art Department Assistant
Sam Hanson
Prop Master
Nick Thomas
Props Chargehand
Stuart Rankmore
Standby Props
Phill Bull
Jonathan Barclay
Prop Hands
Declan Petryna
Atiff Tahir
Calvin Evans
Ingo Hans
John Thomas
Joseph Craig
Ieuan Parker
Ifan Ramage
Practical Electrician
Phillip Jones
Storeman
Charlie Malik
Trainee Storeman
Kristan McDonald
Prop Driver
Mark Herbert
Standby Painter
Jessie Thomas
Graphic Art Director
Erica McEwan
Graphic Designer
Stephen Fielding
Assistant Graphic Designer
Sophie Cowdrey
Graphics Assistant
Aled Llyr Griffiths
Prop Modeller HOD
Barry Jones
Modellers
Grant Humberstone
Paul Mazonas
Stephanie Howell
Penny Howarth
Valma Hiblen
Fabrication Buyer
Hester Haslett-Venus
Rigging
Shadow Scaffolding
Standby Riggers
Alex Herbert
Michael Boulton
Construction
4Wood
Project Manager
James Thorne
Construction Managers
Brian Jones
Steve Jackson
HOD Scenic Artist
Neil Morris
HOD Sculptor
Pete Mitchell
Construction Buyer / Coordinator
Lottie Ashley
Fabricator
Konstantinos Grigoriadis
Standby Carpenter
Will Pope
HOD Scenic
Jody Raynes
Special Effects
Real SFX
SFX Supervisor
Danny Hargreaves
SFX Assistant / Prep Supervisor
Arran Glassar
SFX Floor Supervisor
Tom Vincent
Assistant Costume Designer
Ros Marshall
Costume Design Assistant
Rosalie Tyack
Costume Supervisor
Laura Baker
Costume Coordinator
Charlotte Godfrey
Principal Costume Standbys
Kitty Carin-Boyd
Leila Headon
Crowd Costume
Nadia Cucinella
Costume Artist
Heather Waterton
Costume Makers
Issy Lawrence
Jessica Hardy
Hannah Carey
Costume Trainees
Lizzie Doody
Sammy-Jo Webb-Edwards
Hair & Make-up Supervisor
Clarice Gill
Senior Hair & Make-up Artists
Juliet Ireland
Sarah Davies
Personal Make-up Artist to David Tennant
Stevie Smith
Junior Hair & Make-up Artists
Stuart Cheadle
Kate Rawsthorne
Trainee Hair & Make-up Artist
Sammy Vanstone
Creature FX
Millennium FX
Creature FX Designer
Neill Gorton
Creature FX Supervisors
Rob Mayor
Kate Walshe
Project Coordinators
Sharna Rothwell
Rachel Gatt
Supervising Sculptor
Chris Goodman
Electronics
Finella McKenzie
Creature FX Technicians
Joe Browning
Tim Pratt
Elaine Morris
Darren Robinson
Tim Quinton
Trudy Mostyn-Mortimer
James Mann
Administration for Millennium FX
Martina Skokova
Transport Manager
Julian Binning
Unit Drivers
Paul Watkins
Jolyon Davey
Steve Darwent
Richard Hunt
Haider Shahab
HOD Health & Safety, Medical & COVID
John Fillingham
Assistant Safety Manager
Terry Davies
COVID Coordinator
Leah Corcoran
COVID Assistant
Ilona Tigere
Medics
Gareth Silcox
Laura Hinton
Robert Fillingham
Todd Daly
Andy Raynor
Catering
Antonio's TV and Film Catering
Facilities
AP Transport c/o Bob Gurney and Richard Gurney
Casting Associate
Ri McDaid-Wren
Casting Assistant
Ray Böhm
1st Assistant Editors
Emily Lawrence
Lucy Harris
2nd Assistant Editor
Joseph Keirle
VFX Editor
Matt Nathan
VFX Editor Trainee
Catrin Rees
VFX Temp Editor
Alastair Gray
Post Production Supervisor
Liv Duffin
Audio Post
Bang Post Production
Sound Designer
Rob Ireland
Dialogue & ADR Editor
Matthew Cox
Crowd ADR
Wild ADR
Foley Artist
Gareth Rhys Jones
Foley Editor
Nathan Palmer
Foley Mixer
Jamie Talbutt
VFX Supervisors
Dan May
Sebastian Barker
VFX On Set Supervisors
Sean Varney
Daniel Roberts
VFX Line Producer
Liam Tully
VFX Coordinators
Siân Reynish
Livvy Edwards
Data Wranglers
Hattie Williams
Benjamin-Martyn Wheeler
VFX Assistant
Sarah-Hoor Aboubakar
Creature Design, Concept Art, Previs & VFX Art Direction
Painting Practice
VFX Art Director
Alex Woodward
CG Supervisor
Graeme McDougall
Previs Supervisor
Fernando Maranon Garcia
Previs / Postvis Artists
Fernando Garcia-Sotoca Pascual
Daniel Komosny
Paulo Figueiredo
3D Generalist
Razvan Rotaru
Junior Previs Artist
Grégoire Deranville
Junior 3D Unreal Artist
Ethan Hanbury
Concept Artist
Nandor Moldovan
Junior Concept Artist
Maxime Ferlin
Motion Graphics Designers
Sabine Bein
Dan Brookes
Head of Production for Painting Practice
Benjamin Jenkins
Creative Director for Painting Practice
Erica McEwan
Visual Effects
Automatik VFX
2D Supervisor
Andreas Krein
VFX Associate Producer
Amy Norman
VFX Production Manager
George Myer
VFX Line Producer
Keta Willson
Lead Compositor
Will Ould
Lead 3D Artists
Craig Travis
Lewis Coombes
Asset Supervisor
Christian Bull
FX Supervisor
Dominic Carus
VFX Editor
Ben Pickering
VFX Production Coordinator
Harry Lake
Asset Producer
Jenny Taylor
3D Artists
Roman Bugrov
Ewan Laidlaw
Rod McFall
DMP Artist
Richard Tilbury
Data IO
Chester Kirby
FX Artists
Csaba Novak
Blaz Miklavcic
Dan Ward
Edward Woodhall
Richard Jones
Jordan McBride
Compositors
Luis Mota
Francesco Presutti
Allan Jensen
Yousaf Mian
Elisa Simoncelli
Grant Robertson
Pedro Gartner
Josh Gotto
Christopher Klassen
Neil Alford
Thomas Castagna
Francesco Maggi
Elysia Greening
Filippo Golin
Online Editors
Christine Kelly
Geraint Pari Huws
Music Performed by
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Music Orchestrated & Conducted by
Alastair King
Music Mixed by
Jake Jackson
Original Theme Music by
Ron Grainer
Title Sequence
Painting Practice &
Realtime Visualisation
The Toymaker created by
Brian Hayles (bio)
Co-Producer
Ellen Marsh
Script Editor
Scott Handcock
Colourist
Gareth Spensley
VFX Producer
Will Cohen
Post Production Producer
Ceres Doyle
Supervising Location Manager
Iwan Roberts
Sound Recordist
Alex Thompson
Dubbing Mixer
Paul McFadden
Casting Director
Andy Pryor CDG
Music by
Murray Gold
Editor
Mark Trend
Director Of Photography
Mika Orasmaa
Production Designer
Phil Sims
Costume Designer
Pam Downe
Hair & Make-Up Designer
Claire Williams
Financial Controller
Dyfed Thomas
Line Producer
Mark Devlin
Production Executive
Steffan Morris
Head of Production
Alex Protherough
Director of Production
Emily Russell
Production Executive for BBC Studios
John Hamer
Executive Producer for the BBC
Rebecca Ferguson
Commissioning Editor for the BBC
Lindsay Salt
Executive Producers
Jane Tranter
Julie Gardner
Joel Collins
Phil Collinson
Russell T Davies (bio)

Updated 5th February 2024