The Winner's Protector (episode)

The Winner's Protector was the first episode of Season 43 of Doctor Who. It was written by Paul Cornell and Russell T Davies, directed by James Strong and featured Anthony Head as the Doctor, Derek Jacobi as the Rogue.

Synopsis
Today is the today that Francs is to be inaugurated as Lord President of Gallifrey, but things couldn’t go more wrong for him as today is also the day that the Doctor and the Rogue, the former leaders of Gallifrey, escape from their prison and decide to cause havoc and try and tear down everything Lord President Francs has achieved.

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Anthony Head
 * The Rogue - Derek Jacobi
 * The Rani - Siobhan Redmond
 * Ace McShane - Sophie Aldred
 * Leela - Louise Jameson
 * The Master - Geoffrey Bayldon
 * President Francs - John Paton
 * Abif - Ray Callaghan
 * Presta - Gai Waterhouse
 * Dasyt'op - Frederick Boulevard
 * Francis - Christopher Biggins
 * Jahmidi - Patrick Alexander
 * Salome - Graham Samuels

Crew

 * Created by Sydney Newman, Donald Wilson and C.E. Webber


 * Executive Producers - Ira Steven Behr and Julie Gardner
 * Co-Executive Producers - Ronald D. Moore, D.C. Fontana, Robert Shearman, and Steven Moffat
 * Producer - Tony Redston
 * Script Editor - Paul Cornell
 * Consulting Producers - Nicholas Meyer and Russell T Davies


 * Writer - Paul Cornell and Russell T Davies
 * Director - James Hawes


 * Director of Photography - Ernie Vincze
 * Production Designer - Chris Wilkinson
 * Visual Effects - The Mill
 * Make-Up - Davy Jones
 * Casting Director - Andy Pryor
 * Music - Murray Gold
 * Costume Designer - Emma Rosenthal
 * Edited by - Mike Jones


 * Original Theme Music - Ron Grainer
 * Title Sequence - BBC Wales VFX


 * Music conducted & orchestrated by Ben Foster


 * The Rogue & Poplne created by Nicholas Meyer
 * The Rani created by Pip & Jane Baker
 * K-9 created by Bob Baker and Dave Martin
 * Rassilon & The Master created by Robert Holmes
 * Bellonsions created by Russell T Davies
 * Outsiders created by Anthony Read and Graham Williams

Memorable Quotes
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Background Information
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Development
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Pre-Production
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Production
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Post-Production
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Reaction

 * This episode received a 7-Day Viewing Figure from BARB of 7.24m viewers. It ranked at 16th over the week.

Home Video Releases
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