Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars (TV story)

Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars, also titled Sprout Boy,https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p039tldn was the 2015 BBC Christmas promotional mini-episode.
It was written by Marc Hatfieldhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/entries/f963fde2-12c2-4c61-aef3-6341405c7d25 and was created for broadcast on BBC One during the festive season. It was also released on the official BBC YouTube channel and BBC iPlayer.
It starred Peter Capaldi as the Doctor who narrated the adventure of Sprout Boy who felt unloved until he was adopted by various BBC characters. Capaldi was the only actor featured in the short.
This was the second time an actor playing the Doctor got to be the main star of the BBC One Christmas idents. The first this happened was the 2009 idents The Doctor and the Reindeer which featured David Tennant.
== Publisher's summary ==
An unloved sprout finds friendship with BBC One stars, from Doctor Who to Sherlock.
== Plot ==
The story consisted of a poem read by the Doctor:
== Cast ==
* The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
==== Actors whose likeness appeared ====
* Sherlock Holmes - Benedict Cumberbatch
* John Watson - Martin Freeman
* Dot Branning - June Brown
* John Luther - Idris Elba
* Mary Berry - herself
* Graham Norton - himself
* Will.i.am - himself
* Tess Daly - herself
* Claudia Winkleman - herself
==== Other characters ====
* Sprout Boy
* Baker
* Girl
* Tracey
* Snowman
* Burly woodcutter
== Crew ==
* Advertising agency - RKCR/Y&R
* Executive creative directors - Mark Roalfe, Chris O’Reilly
* Creative director - Marc Hatfield
* Head of Planning - Emily James
* Business director - David Pomfret
* Account director - Fabia Palliser
* Account manager - Ilona Lunny
* Agency producer - Edel Erickson
* Animation production company - Nexus Studios
* Directors - Alan Smith, Adam Foulkeshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/entries/f963fde2-12c2-4c61-aef3-6341405c7d25
* Producer - Tracey Cooper
* Production manager - Fernanda Garcia Lopez
* CG supervisor - Ben Blunder
* Storyboarders - Gabriel Schucan, Richard Fitzgerald
* Character designers - Max Kostenko, Gillian Reid, Ben Godfrey, Daniel Burgess
* Matte painters - Adam Willis, Callum Strachan, Marco Caradonna, Daniel Burgess, Adam Leary
* Modelling - RedKnuckles, James Hardingham, Matthew Clark, Sophie Loubiere, Juan Carlos Gracia
* Texture artists - Benjamin Lebourgeois, Arkin Esref
* Animators - Dominic Griffiths, Roland Edwards, Aziz Kocanaogullari, Benjamin Tron, Edward Sherwood, Jean-Guillaume Culot
* Rigging technical director - Pete Addington
* Rigging - Dan Lane, Anthony Vincent
* Lighting & Rendering - Darren Rolmanis, Andy Spence, Kevin Russell, Dorianne Filbeuil
* VFX artists - Pierre Clenet, Tobin Brett
* Compositing - Ken Hau, Elliott Kajdan, Alexander Swann, Leslie Belot
* Editor - David Slade
* Post production / Grade - Simone Grattarola for Time Based Arts
* Sound design - Anthony Moore, Tom Joyce for Factory
* Sound design producer - Raluca Anastasiu for Factory
* Composer - Alex Baranowski and the London Symphony Orchestra for SIRENhttps://siren.uk.com/project/bbc1-christmas-sprout-boy/
* Executive music producer - Sean Atherton for SIREN
* Music producer - Sian Rogers for SIRENhttps://www.adsoftheworld.com/campaigns/sprout-boy
* Writer - Marc Hatfieldhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/entries/f963fde2-12c2-4c61-aef3-6341405c7d25
== Worldbuilding ==
* Sprout Boy sees a snowman.
== Story notes ==
* The story was recorded at Abbey Road Studio 1. https://siren.uk.com/project/bbc1-christmas-sprout-boy/
* This is the third televised crossover with the soap opera EastEnders, the first being Dimensions in Time and the second being Dermot and the Doctor, the latter of which also featured Dot Branning.
* This is also one of many crossovers with Sherlock Holmes, the first being All-Consuming Fire.
* The series that cross over with the DWU in this are EastEnders, Sherlock and Luther.
* Among all of Sprout Boy's party guests are Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mary Berry, John Luther, Dot Branning, Graham Norton, Tess Daly, Claudia Winkleman, and will.i.am.
=== Alternative version ===
* In another version, Sprout Boy is writing out a Christmas tag on a present for the Twelfth Doctor.
== Continuity ==
* Dot Branning is among the partygoers. (TV: Dermot and the Doctor)
== External links ==
== Footnotes ==
Category:Promotional videos
Category:Christmas idents
Category:Stories that crossover with non-DWU series
Category:Twelfth Doctor television stories