Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
The Doctor will see you now — or, more specifically, in a few weeks.
BBC America has acquired the Stateside rights to five Doctor Who specials that mark the end of both Russell T. Davies' stint as show-runner and David Tennant's run as the titular time-traveler. Producer Steven Moffat and actor Matt Smith will...
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“I was going to be with you forever.”-Donna NobleStarting exactly where the cliffhanger left off, a neon-light show marks the beginning of the Tenth Doctor's regeneration (as a result of the mortal wounds he received at the end of the last episode). During the process, he points the energy at his severed hand in a jar (from season two episode, “The Christmas Invasion” and which has also made appearances in Torchwood season one). The regeneration ends... the Tenth Doctor is still with us -he has not regenerated, instead transferring the energy from his third hand to heal himself! Donna, Capt. Jack and Rose are dumbfounded by this (more so Jack and Rose). Finally, Rose and the Doctor have their proper reunion, which of course is cut short as the Dalek capture the TARDIS and transfer it to the Crucible, the Dalek's baseship. Rose recounts the events in her universe and how her world was able to build a dimensional canon to teleport Rose. She also mentions that all t...
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“Death is coming... everlasting death for the most faithful companion.”-Dalek CaanAfter the “bad wolf” revelation in the previous episode, the Doctor/Donna immediately return to Earth only to find that everything is it should be. The pair re-enters the TARDIS and while inside, there is a massive jolt from the exterior of the ship. Upon opening the door, they only see space -the Earth has been stolen right from under them.Far across the universe: Martha Jones with UNIT in New York; Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones at Torchwood, Cardiff; Sarah Jane Smith, her son, Luke and Mr Smith their computer in London; Wilfred Mott and Sylvia Noble in London; and later, Rose Tyler teleporting to the street where the TARDIS landed in London, are all discombobulated (cept for Rose) over the weird earthquake (literally?). Each one in their respective locations gazes up to see the night sky filled with many strange planets and moons (26 according to the news repo...
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“Donna Noble, you are the most important woman in the whole of creation.”-Rose TylerWhilst shopping in an alien Asian marketplace, Donna is lured away from the Doctor via an offer of a free fortune telling session. Through a series of questions about her past, we find out that Donna made a choice that eventually led her to meet the Doctor -while in her car with her mother she had the opportunity to turn right at an intersection towards a new job offering and not turns a future with the Doctor if she turned left.. Using some sort of mind control or suggestion as well as a creature that seems to climb onto Donna's back, the woman convinces Donna to 'turn right' and thusly changing the past and future.Jump to Christmas 2006: Donna is in a pub with her mates celebrating the season as well as her higher paying job, when the web starship from the episode, “The Runaway Bride,” (the episode where she first meets the Doctor) flies overhead and starts shooting up London wi...
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“Taking a big space truck with a bunch of strangers across a diamond planet called, Midnight... what could possibly go wrong?”-The DoctorWhile on holiday (love saying that) on a planet called, Midnight, the Doctor/Donna decide to go it solo for a bit: the Doctor wants to take a four-hour ride to a literal waterfall made of sapphires whereas Donna wants to relax by the pool of the hotel and bask in the deadly rays of Xtonic sunlight (rendered safe by the resort's shielding).As the transport preps to depart, we are introduced to all the various passengers and crew onboard the Crusader 50. First up are Professor Hobbes and his assistant, Dee Dee. Next up, a lone woman, whose name we later find out is Sky. The remaining passengers are a family: Biff and Val Cann and their son, Jethro. The crew of the ship is made up of Joe the pilot, Claude the mechanic and the hostess, whose name is never mentioned. The vehicle is sealed up and sent off on its merry way. Sealed up? Besides th...
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“Every once in a very long while, every day in a million days, when the wind stands fair and the Doctor comes to call... everybody lives.”—River SongAs promised, here is the abbreviated blog for this episode. For this week only I'll vary for my normal posting format.OK, right off the bat, wow! Another episode that makes up for some of those earlier misses this season. Although it seemed like the majority of the episode was set up to get us to that wonderful red herring of an ending (the Doctor leaving the diary & screwdriver behind with River lamenting via voiceover), oh WHAT AN ENDING (voiced like David Tennant's outbursts)! So many ideas, themes and philosophical concepts have been packed into this episode (with ideas carried over from part one), that I literally have no idea where to begin. Hmmm. OK, we might as well hit the main one that stood out to me then expand from there.Existentialism As the young girl watches her television in the beginning, she mentio...
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David Tennant courtesy BBC Photo
What's the latest on Doctor Who? Series producer Julie Gardner tells us the time-traveling doc will be back with four specials in 2009, and a full season after that.But who will be playing Who? We hear that David Tennant will return... at least for the specials. Says Gardner, playing coy, "Just watch the rest of this season. There’s huge jeopardy for everyone." — Ileane RudolphRelated:• Doctor Who Gets New "Chief of Staff"
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“If you want to live, count the shadows.”—Courtesy node 710/AThe episode opens with a little girl describing an experience she is having in her mind to her therapist and her father. She is floating through a great, seemingly world-wide library that is devoid of people. As she floats down through an exterior opening into a room, there is a great banging on the large wooden doors that lead into the room. Suddenly, the Doctor and Donna burst in, slam the doors shut behind them and approach the little girl.Although we do not realize it at the time, after the credits we flashback to the moment when the TARDIS lands at The Library in the 51st Century. The facility is actually a great library on a planetary scale. As the Doctor/Donna explore the stacks, they come to realize that other than themselves, no one is there. In fact, according to the internal sensors, they are the only two humanoid lifeforms in The Library. Another scan reveals one million million other lifeforms. ...
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“Doctor! You are impossible! Who are you?”—Agatha ChristieIn 1926, the Doctor and Donna, via the TARDIS, arrive at the estate of Lady Edison and her husband, Colonel Hugh, who are hosting a dinner party. Besides the Doctor/Donna using the psychic paper to get themselves invited, the guests attending are well known in the social scene, including one, Agatha Christie. After spying a current newspaper, the Doctor recalls that today's date was the day in which Agatha disappears for a few days after discovering her husband's affair. Suddenly, the party goers attention turns to Miss Chandrakala, who runs from the house screaming as she had just discovered the lifeless body of Professor Peach in the library. The party guests are sequestered to a room for future questioning by the Doctor and Agatha while Donna searches for clues (with her plucky magnifying glass). After sharing it's history, the butler opens a locked room for Donna, who is attacked by a giant wasp that breaks...
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“Kids, they never listen.”—Donna NobleThe runaway TARDIS transports the Doctor, Donna and Martha to the planet Messaline. Upon exiting he time machine, human soldiers apprehend them and create a woman almost instantaneously by using the Doctors DNA -the Doctor's Daughter, eventually named Jenny. The reason for this instant creation is to help resupply troops for a war between the humans and the Hath, fish-type beings. During an initial Hath attack, Martha is separated from her companions and captured by the Hath. The separated group each discover that the was has waged for generations over something called “The Source” or the 'breath of life' as described by General Cobb, the leader of the human forces. The Doctor and Martha each inadvertently uncover hidden passageways that lead to The Source's location. Cobb imprisons Doctor/Donna and Jenny when the Doctor/Donna protest Cobb's plans (dreams) of killing all the Hath once the power of The Source is harnessed...
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