"Doctor Who" Turn Left (2008)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Graeme Harper

Writer:

Russell T. Davies (written by)

TV Series:

"Doctor Who" (2005)

Original Air Date:

21 June 2008 (Season 4, Episode 11)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Titanic | Parallel Time | Lottery Ticket | Telescope | Alternative Reality

Cast

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

Runtime:

49 min | 45 min (50 episodes)

Company:

BBC Wales

Trivia:

David Tennant was only required for a day.

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.

Quotes:

Jival Chowdry: I'm losing a fortune!
Donna Noble: Well, sack one of this lot. Sack Cliff. He just sits there. Don't know what he does all day. Sorry Cliff. Actually, I'm not sorry. What do you do all day?

Movie Connections:

References "Torchwood" (2006)

Really a Family Show?

Amazing that Doctor Who is aimed at children and families. The show can be very dark at times. And even when the plot line spins widely on a tangent (think end of season 3), the writing is always top notch. The Americans could learn a lot about creating family entertainment from studying this show.

Good, dark, thought-provoking episode, although how Rose made it back to this dimension is never really explained.

Best part of the episode is the trailer for "The Stolen Earth", which will feature everyone from recent Doctor Who mythology, including the Torchwood team, Sara Jane and Martha. Can Brig. Lethbridge-Stewart be far behind?