The Sharper the Knife (episode)

The Sharper the Knife was the fourth episode of Season 43 of Doctor Who. It was written by Caroline Symcox, directed by Graeme Harper and featured Anthony Head as the Doctor, Derek Jacobi as the Rogue.

Synopsis
The Doctor and the Rogue find safety on a distant planet with many former Resistance members. However amongst them they find the infamous Fen Do’nel. After the Rogue violently attacks Fen Do’nel, he walks off into the mountains but the Doctor and the Rogue follow him there where they find something they certainly were not expecting.

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
 * Voice of K9 - John Leeson
 * Fen Do'nel - Tucker Smallwood
 * Jahmidi - Patrick Alexander
 * Salome - Graham Samuels
 * Giber - Chris Marclom
 * Herbert Joen - Charles Wengson
 * Peat - Alec Paterson
 * Marco - Fran Johson
 * Voice of the Daleks - Nicholas Briggs

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 - Caroline Symcox
 * Director - Graeme Harper


 * 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
 * Daleks created by Terry Nation

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 7.18m viewers. It ranked at 20th over the week.

Home Video Releases
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