"Doctor Who" The Impossible Planet (2006)

Director:

James Strong

Writer:

Matt Jones (written by)

TV Series:

"Doctor Who" (2005)

Original Air Date:

3 June 2006 (Season 2, Episode 8)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The TARDIS lands on an alien planet shrouded in a darkness that even the Doctor can't figure out. And what is lurking at the bottom of The Satan Pit?

Plot Keywords:

Tardis | Fantasy Episode | Alien | Time Lord | Companion

Cast

David Tennant	...	The Doctor
Billie Piper	...	Rose Tyler
Danny Webb	...	Mr. Jefferson
Shaun Parkes	...	Zachary Cross Flane
Claire Rushbrook	...	Ida Scott
Will Thorp	...	Toby Zed
Ronny Jhutti	...	Danny Bartock
MyAnna Buring	...	Scooti Manista
Paul Kasey	...	The Ood
Gabriel Woolf	...	The Beast (voice)
Silas Carson	...	The Ood (voice)

Runtime:

45 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Trivia:

The lines Jefferson recites about 2/3 through ("For how should man die better than facing fearful odds") are from stanza XXVII of the poem "Horatius" by Thomas Babington Macaulay. It's a slight misquotation, the actual lines being: "And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods [...]"

Goofs:

Continuity: Scooti's communicator changes from left arm to right arm as she appears floating in space. The footage from the Confidential episode confirms that the f/x crew used a mirrored image

Quotes:

[first lines]
The Doctor: I don't know what's wrong with her. She's sort of queasy. Indigestion, like she didn't want to land.
Rose: [straight-faced] Oh, if you think there's gonna be trouble, we could always go back inside, and go somewhere else...
[Rose cracks up, and they laugh outrageously]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Doctor Who Confidential: Finale (#2.13)" (2006)

Fantastic!

This has got to be one of the best episodes of Doctor Who that I've seen since it came back last year. There is a brilliant mix of amusement, fear and tenderness all mixed up which equals one amazing episode. The ood were brilliantly designed and I'm pretty sure there' going to be a lot of ood jokes in the next few weeks. I myself am guilty of that already.I particularly liked the way that we saw a different perspective of Rose's and the Doctor's relationship and the ending;well, it's the first time I have ever hidden behind a cushion! I cannot WAIT until next weeks episode to find how they get out of this mess.