"Doctor Who" The Christmas Invasion (2005)

Director:

James Hawes

Writer:

Russell T. Davies (written by)

TV Series:

"Doctor Who" (2005)

Original Air Date:

25 December 2005 (Season 2, Episode 0)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

It's Christmas Eve, but this is to be a far from silent night - the cruel Sycorax have come to Earth to enslave mankind and, as ever, only The Doctor can stop them. Unfortunately, he's lying in a coma in Jackie's home...

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Tardis | Political Satire | Fantasy Episode | Title Spoken By Character

Cast

David Tennant	...	The Doctor
Billie Piper	...	Rose Tyler
Camille Coduri	...	Jackie Tyler
Noel Clarke	...	Mickey Smith
Penelope Wilton	...	Harriet Jones
Daniel Evans	...	Danny Llewellyn
Adam Garcia	...	Alex
Sean Gilder	...	Sycorax Leader
Chu Omambala	...	Major Blake
Anita Briem	...	Sally Jacobs
Sian McDowall	...	Sandra
Paul Anderson	...	Jason
Cathy Murphy	...	Mum
Sean Carlsen	...	Policeman
Jason Mohammed	...	Newsreader 1

Runtime:

60 min | 60 min (3 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:PG | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Tredegar House, Newport, Wales, UK

Trivia:

David Walliams and Bill Nighy were both considered for the role of the Tenth Doctor.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the Unit soldiers aim at the controlled people, you can see that they have the same weapons as the guards on the game station in the 2001st century.

Quotes:

[first lines]
The Doctor: Jackie, Mickey, blimey! No, no, no, no, hold on. Wait there! I've got something to say. I've got something I had to tell you. Something important, what was it? No, no, no, hold on. Tch tch tch tch... Oh, I know! Merry Christmas!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: (#9.15)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Merry Xmas Everybody

I love it

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

I love this episode. It's one of my favorites. Here we see David Tennant for the first time as the tenth doctor( excluding the thirty seconds at the end of the parting of the ways). And he is brilliant. He is totally natural. The rest of the cast are very good as well. Billie Piper is also very natural as the doctor companion. The script is good, with some brilliant lines (see quotes page). The pass of the episode is good, with a good lot of action ( the crash landing tardis, the attack of the father Christmases and the Christmas tree, the sword fight..) but not too much, and there is no excessive violence. In fact there is practically no violence, in less you include the sword fight, and even there everything is kept proper: no blood. We also hear what I think are is the first reference to Torchwood. The episode keeps up until the very end To sum it up, i say go and watch this episode as soon as you can.