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"Doctor Who" The Girl in the Fireplace (2006)
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Steven Moffat (written by)
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Original Air Date:
6 May 2006
(Season 2, Episode 4)
Plot:
The Doctor, Mickey and Rose land on a spaceship in the 51st century only to find 18th century Versailles on board, the time of Madame De Pompadour! To find out what's going on the Doctor must enter Versailles and save Madame De Popmpadour but it turns into an emotional roller coaster for the Doctor. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(Episode Complete credited cast) | David Tennant | ... | The Doctor |
 | Billie Piper | ... | Rose Tyler |
 | Sophia Myles | ... | Reinette |
 | Noel Clarke | ... | Mickey Smith |
 | Ben Turner | ... | King Louis |
| Jessica Atkins | ... | Young Reinette |
| Angel Coulby | ... | Katherine |
| Gareth Griffiths | ... | Manservant (as Gareth Wyn Griffiths) |
| Paul Kasey | ... | Clockwork Man |
| Ellen Thomas | ... | Clockwork Woman |
| Jonathan Hart | ... | Alien (voice) |
| Emily Joyce | ... | Alien (voice) |
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45 min | 45 min (50 episodes)
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Various members of cast found their costumes tight and would eat lunch standing up to avoid various buttons detaching.
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Factual errors: Madame de Pompadour calls herself "Reinette" in 1727, whereas in actual fact, this was a nickname meaning "Little Queen" which was not given to her until 1730.
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Madame Du Pompadour:
It is customary, I think, to have an imaginary friend only during your childhood. You are to be congratulated on your persistence.
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References Taxi Driver (1976)
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Overall a very impressive episode, especially since there was more than just simple acting going on between David Tennant and Sophia Myles (currently seeing each other in real life - wrote this in early May 2006).
What bothered me was that the plot was a bit of a mess with a lot of different things to take in, maybe too many things. I found the bits on the space ship a bit confusing at first. It only really made sense in the final shots. Maybe I'm just a bit slow! Apart from that I thought the special effects were great, set pieces were great, stunts were great. I doubt it is the best of the season, but then I couldn't say until I've seen all of them.