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Mark Gatiss (written by)
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Original Air Date:
9 April 2005
(Season 1, Episode 3)
Plot:
The Doctor has great expectations for his latest adventure when he and Rose join forces with Charles Dickens to investigate a mysterious plague of zombies. | full synopsis
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A Traditional Tale With Fantastic Production Values
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Cast
(Episode Complete credited cast) | Christopher Eccleston | ... | Doctor Who |
 | Billie Piper | ... | Rose Tyler |
 | Alan David | ... | Gabriel Sneed |
| Huw Rhys | ... | Redpath |
| Jennifer Hill | ... | Mrs. Peace |
| Eve Myles | ... | Gwyneth |
| Simon Callow | ... | Charles Dickens |
| Wayne Cater | ... | Stage Manager |
| Michael Povey | ... | Driver (as Meic Povey) |
| Zoe Thorne | ... | The Gelth |
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45 min | 45 min (50 episodes)
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The events in this episode are alluded to in the 2008 episode _"Doctor Who" (2008) {The Unicorn and the Wasp (#4.7)}_.
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Revealing mistakes: Redpath reacts when the lid is taken off of the coffin he is in.
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Gabriel Sneed: Sneed and Company offer their sincerest condolences, sir, in this most trying hour.
Redpath: Grandmama had a good innings, Mr. Sneed. She was so full of life. I can't believe she's gone.
Gabriel Sneed: Not gone, Mr. Redpath. Merely sleeping.
Redpath: May I have a moment?
Gabriel Sneed: Yes, of course. I shall be in the next room should you require anything.
[after Sneed leaves, the body rises up and strangles Redpath. Sneed rushes back in]
Gabriel Sneed: Oh, no. Gwyneth! Get down here now! We've got another one!
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Gabriel Sneed: Sneed and Company offer their sincerest condolences, sir, in this most trying hour.
Redpath: Grandmama had a good innings, Mr. Sneed. She was so full of life. I can't believe she's gone.
Gabriel Sneed: Not gone, Mr. Redpath. Merely sleeping.
Redpath: May I have a moment?
Gabriel Sneed: Yes, of course. I shall be in the next room should you require anything.
[after Sneed leaves, the body rises up and strangles Redpath. Sneed rushes back in]
Gabriel Sneed: Oh, no. Gwyneth! Get down here now! We've got another one!
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Featured in "Doctor Who Confidential: Monsters Inc. (#3.6)" (2007)
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DOCTOR WHO is considered as something of a horror series and it's true to say that the most fondly remembered stories feature Cybermen walking down London streets , monsters coming out of the sea , giant spiders and that one with the mummies but this horror imagery was very much absent and didn't really feature in the show until the mid to late sixties . But it's fair to say that that DOCTOR WHO is summed up as the show that made children go running behind the sofa
The Unquiet Dead by THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN actor/writer Mark Gatiss is very much in the vein of the traditional type of story . It's atmospheric and features zombies and ethereal spirits and instantly reminds the fans of the golden era of the early Tom Baker stories though with even better production values and it's something of a pity that thescheduling of the series meant that it was broadcast on a spring evening . This would have been excellent to watch on a cold December Saturday night
It should be pointed out that in some ways that The Unquiet Dead mirrors the structure of a Hartnell tale in that The Doctor is something of a catalyst and that it's not The Doctor who saves the day while at the same time we're treated to a line that wouldn't have been broadcast in the original series : " First you drug me , then you kidnap me and don't think i didn't feel your hands having a quick wander you dirty old man "