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  • The Nightmare Man (TV story)
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  • Although occasionally in the past Tommy Knight had reduced his involvement in the programme to concentrate on his school work, by 2009 Knight's studies had entered a more demanding phase. Nightmare accordingly wrote Luke Smith out as a series regular, but in such a way that occasional returns were narratively plausible. Similarly, Bob Baker had been less willing to allow the expanded use of K9 Mark IV that typified the previous two series, due to the 2010 transmission of his Australian K9 spin-off. Both Luke and K9 were therefore summarily bundled off to Oxford University at the end of this story, rarely to be heard from again. It was, however, an indulgent farewell for both characters, allowing them both significant parts to play in the action.
Main Character
CostumeSupervisor
  • Barbara Harrington
PostProdCoOrdinator
  • Marie Brown
ProductionExec
  • Julie Scott
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AsstEditor
  • Carmen Sanchez Roberts
LocationManager
  • Gareth Skelding
Make-upDesigner
  • Emma Bailey
ExecutiveProd
  • Russell T Davies
  • Nikki Wilson
OnlineEditor
  • Matt Mullins
OriginalTheme
  • Murray Gold
story number
  • 19
FocusPuller
  • Steve Rees
  • Mani Blaxter Paliwala
ProductionCoOrdinator
  • Hannah Simpson
DubbingMixer
  • Mark Ferda
CastingDirector
  • Andy Brierley
3rdAD
  • Delmi Thomas
PostProdSupervisor
  • Nerys Davies
ProductionAccountant
  • Dyfed Thomas
BoomOperator
  • Beverley Gerard
broadcast date
  • --10-12
ProductionDesigner
  • Keith Dunne
ScriptEditor
  • Gary Russell
StandbyProps
  • Phill Shellard
1stAD
  • Mike O'Regan
SoundRecordist
  • Bryn Thomas
CameraOperator
  • Martin Stephens
2ndAD
  • Sarah Davies
VisualEffects
  • BBC Wales VFX
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Editor
  • Will Oswald
Enemy
Gaffer
  • Dave Fowler
Series
Graphics
  • BBC Wales Graphics
Producer
CostumeDesigner
  • Stewart Meachem
ProductionManager
  • Steffan Morris
Name
  • The Nightmare Man
CreatedBy
  • Russell T Davies
Prosthetics
  • Millennium FX
CharCreatedBy1a
  • Bob Baker
SoundEditor
  • Howard Eaves
  • Matthew Cox
CharCreatedBy1b
  • Dave Martin
Colourist
  • Jon Everett
CoProducer
  • Phil Ford
DoP
  • Mark Waters
Grip
  • John Robinson
Season Number
  • 4
Music
  • Sam Watts
SpecialEffects
  • Real SFX
Format
  • 1800.0
Setting
  • Ealing, 2009 and 2010
Character
  • K9
PREV
  • The Gift
NEXT
  • The Vault of Secrets
Writer
Director
novelisation
  • The Nightmare Man
ScriptSupervisor
  • Nicki Coles
abstract
  • Although occasionally in the past Tommy Knight had reduced his involvement in the programme to concentrate on his school work, by 2009 Knight's studies had entered a more demanding phase. Nightmare accordingly wrote Luke Smith out as a series regular, but in such a way that occasional returns were narratively plausible. Similarly, Bob Baker had been less willing to allow the expanded use of K9 Mark IV that typified the previous two series, due to the 2010 transmission of his Australian K9 spin-off. Both Luke and K9 were therefore summarily bundled off to Oxford University at the end of this story, rarely to be heard from again. It was, however, an indulgent farewell for both characters, allowing them both significant parts to play in the action. Tommy Knight's departure meant that, from this point on in the series, the only regular left from the first story was Elisabeth Sladen, and if treated as part of the main cast, Alexander Armstrong's role as voicing Mr Smith.