IMDb > "Doctor Who" Turn Left (2008)
Prev | 53 of 60 Episodes | Next

"Doctor Who" Turn Left (2008)


IMDb Holiday Movie Guide

Overview

User Rating:
8.4/10   518 votes
Director:
Graeme Harper
Writer:
Russell T. Davies (written by)
Contact:
View company contact information for Turn Left on IMDbPro.
TV Series:
"Doctor Who" (2005)
Original Air Date:
21 June 2008 (Season 4, Episode 11)
Genre:
Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi more
Plot:
What would happen if Donna never met the Doctor? How would Earth handle the Racnoss, the falling Titanic or the Sontarans? Aided by a familiar blonde time traveler, Donna corrects the alternate time line from happening. | full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
more
NewsDesk:
Piper blames weather for Rose Tyler 'lisp'
 (From digitalspy. 9 September 2008, 4:17 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Good episode with a stunning ending more (13 total)

Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)

David Tennant ... The Doctor
Catherine Tate ... Donna Noble

Billie Piper ... Rose Tyler
Bernard Cribbins ... Wilfred Mott
Jacqueline King ... Sylvia Noble

Chipo Chung ... Fortune Teller
Joseph Long ... Rocco Colasanto
Noma Dumezweni ... Capt. Magambo

Bhasker Patel ... Jival Chowdry

Clive Standen ... Private Harris

Suzann McLean ... Veena Brady
Natalie Walter ... Alice Coltrane
Neil Clench ... Man in Pub
Marcia Lecky ... Mooky Kahari
Catherine York ... Female Reporter
more
Create a character page for: ?

Additional Details

Parents Guide:
Add content advisory for parents
Runtime:
49 min | 45 min (50 episodes)
Company:
BBC Wales more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
David Tennant was only required for a day. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: When we see the flashback of Donna making the wrong turn, this event is 6 months before she meets the Doctor, and that event is December 2006. The flashback then relates to a time of July 2006 and the reg of the car is 56 - a reg not available until September 1st 2006. more
Quotes:
Fortune Teller: [notices Donna] Tell me your fortune lady. The future's predicted and your life's foretold.
Donna Noble: [kindly] Oh, no thanks.
Fortune Teller: [surprised] Don't you want to know? If you're going to be happy.
Donna Noble: [confidently] I'm happy right now, thanks.
Fortune Teller: You've got red hair. The reading's free for red hair.
Donna Noble: [smiles] All right then.
[Donna enters, followed by the Fortune Teller herself]
more
Movie Connections:
References "Coronation Street" (1960) more

FAQ

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Comments

   (Comment on this title)
8 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Good episode with a stunning ending, 21 June 2008
Author: AdnanZ

Russell T. Davies continues to provide more quality than I expected after last week's excellent episode in "Turn Left", a story that occasionally shocked me with its brutality and darkness (when Wilf says: "labor camps. That's what they called them last time", I literally shivered). The script starts out kind of iffy but improves drastically, packing quite a punch by the end of the 49 (!) minutes.

Graeme Harper did a nice job directing this one, good work all around keeping the episode moving at a swift pace. The ending is certainly quite powerful with Donna's sacrifice and all, but the cliffhanger sort of steals its thunder, packing a punch not dissimilar to "Utopia" last year.

While this week had the decency only to destroy cities in an alternate universe, it appears the final two-parter will feature plenty of good old-fashioned NewWho city-destroying. What's wrong with a smaller scale, really?

Billie Piper was a bit off, I trust she'll be back in good form for the finale. I do hope it's good.

7/10 for this one.

Was the above comment useful to you?
more (13 total)

Message Boards

Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for "Doctor Who" (2005)

Related Links

Main series Episode guide Full cast and crew
Company credits External reviews News articles
IMDb TV section IMDb Adventure section Add this title to MyMovies

You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update. Clicking the 'Update' button will take you through a step-by-step process.