"Doctor Who" 42 (2007)

Director:

Graeme Harper

Writer:

Chris Chibnall (written by)

TV Series:

"Doctor Who" (2005)

Original Air Date:

19 May 2007 (Season 3, Episode 7)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

On a spaceship headed straight for the center of the sun, The Doctor only has 42 minutes to save Martha and the rest of the ship's crew from an inevitable doom...

Plot Keywords:

Time For Title | Real Time | Number In Title | Alien | Time Lord

Cast

David Tennant	...	The Doctor
Freema Agyeman	...	Martha Jones
Michelle Collins	...	Kath McDonnell
Adjoa Andoh	...	Francine Jones
William Ash	...	Riley Vashtee
Anthony Flanagan	...	Orin Scannell
Matthew Chambers	...	Hal Korwin
Gary Powell	...	Dev Ashton
Vinette Robinson	...	Abi Lerner
Rebecca Oldfield	...	Erina Lessak
Elize du Toit	...	Sinister Woman

Runtime:

45 min | 45 min (50 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:PG (DVD rating)

Trivia:

Martha Jones gets a key to the TARDIS, the second of two signs that she's the new companion (the other being her cell phone upgraded).

Quotes:

[first lines]
The Doctor: Well, there we go, universal roaming.
[tosses Martha her newly altered cell phone]
The Doctor: Never have to worry about a signal again.
Martha Jones: No way. This is too mad. You're telling me I can phone anyone anywhere in space and time on my mobile?
The Doctor: As long as you know the area code.

Movie Connections:

References "24" (2001)

Great classic Dr Who

This episode of Dr Who is again showing that this series is getting better, but taking its sweet time to get there. The episode is very reminiscent of the series 2 episodes "The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit". The episode was fast paced and very scary in places, I can see why the BBC didn't want to put it on before 7 o clock. Like most of the episodes of Dr Who this series, and the last two for that matter, there was a lot of running around, but the episode was clever and surprisingly emotional as well. It also managed to overcome the 'episode 7 filler' syndrome, as these episodes tend to be the blandest ones in the whole series (the long game, the idiots lantern). All in all, a very well made, exciting and tense episode.