The Crimson Horror (TV story)

The Crimson Horror
Doctor:	Eleventh Doctor
Companion(s):	Clara, Jenny, Vastra, Strax
Main enemy:	Winifred Gillyflower Mister Sweet
Main setting:	Yorkshire, 1893
Key crew
Writer:	Mark Gatiss
Director:	Saul Metzstein
Producer:	Marcus Wilson
Release details
Story number:	236
Premiere broadcast:	4 May 2013
Premiere network:	BBC One
Format:	1x45 minute episode
Production code:	3.12
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The Crimson Horror was the eleventh regular episode of the seventh series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales. It featured the return of Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint and Strax, who were last seen in The Snowmen.

Synopsis

A new project - Sweetville - has been opened, but only the perfect humans are allowed to live there. While Jenny, Vastra and Strax are trying to find out what behind the project, Winifred Gillyflower, the project manager, is promoting the project. But who is the real manager? And who is mysterious Mister Sweet?

Plot

Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax receive word from a man concerned with a number of bodies found afflicted with 'The Crimson Horror'.

Cast

• The Doctor - Matt Smith
• Clara Oswald - Jenna-Louise Coleman
• Jenny Flint - Catrin Stewart
• Vastra - Neve McIntosh
• Strax - Dan Starkey
• Winifred Gillyflower - Diana Rigg
• Ada Gillyflower - Rachael Stirling
• Angie Maitland - Eve De Leon Allen
• Artie Maitland - Kassius Carey Johnson
• Edmund & Thursday - Brendan Patricks
• Amos - Graham Turner
• Effie - Olivia Vinall
• Abigail - Michelle Tate
• Urchin Boy

Crew

Executive Producers   Caroline Skinner and Steven Moffat

Produced by Marcus Wilson	Production Designer Michael Pickwoad	Visual Effects The Mill
Make-up Designer Barbara Southcott	Casting Director Andy Pryor CDG	Music Murray Gold	Special Effects Real SFX
Original theme music by Ron Grainer  •  With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

General production staff Script department Camera and lighting department Gaffer - Mark Hutchings Best Boy - Pete Chester	Art department Costume department	Make-up and prosthetics General post-production staff Post-production Co-ordinator - Marie Brown Special and visual effects Colourist - Mick Vincent Sound Dubbing Mixer - Tim Ricketts Supervising Sound Editor - Paul McFadden Sound Effects Editor - Paul Jefferies Sound Editor - Doug Sinclair

Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.

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Continuity

• The Doctor mentioned failing to get Tegan Jovanka back to Heathrow Airport. (The Visitation, Smoke and Mirrors, et al) He also references his Fifth incarnation's often-used phrase "Brave Heart..." to Clara.
• Pictures on Clara's laptop are from TV: Cold War, Hide and The Snowmen.

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