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"Doctor Who" The Next Doctor (2008)
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Original Air Date:
25 December 2008
Plot:
The Doctor arrives in London on Christmas Eve in 1851 where he encounters the Cybermen and a man who claims he's a Time Lord called the Doctor. | full synopsis
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David Morrissey Astoundingly Good!
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Cast
(Episode Credited cast) | David Tennant | ... | The Doctor |
 | David Morrissey | ... | Jackson Lake |
 | Dervla Kirwan | ... | Mercy Hartigan |
| Velile Tshabalala | ... | Rosita |
| Ruari Mears | ... | Cybershade |
| Paul Kasey | ... | Cyberleader |
| Edmund Kente | ... | Mr. Scoones |
| Michael Bertenshaw | ... | Mr. Cole |
| Jason Morell | ... | Vicar |
 | Neil McDermott | ... | Jed |
| Ashley Horne | ... | Lad |
| Tom Langford | ... | Frederick Lake |
| Jordan Southwell | ... | Urchin |
| Matthew Allick | ... | Docker |
| Nicholas Briggs | ... | Cyber-Voice (voice) |
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Runtime:
60 min
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UK:PG (DVD rating) |
Australia:PG
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The episode played on public expectations, as David Tennant's successor to The Doctor was soon to be announced. This was heightened by the fact that David Morrissey had apparently been in talks to play the Eleventh Doctor.
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Revealing mistakes: As the TARDIS (balloon) is ready to take off the assistant starts releasing the tether ropes. Despite being buoyant, the last tether tied to the post is still hanging loosely.
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Jackson Lake:
It makes noise.
[taps screwdriver against wood]
Jackson Lake: That makes it sonic.
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[taps screwdriver against wood]
Jackson Lake: That makes it sonic.
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Features "Doctor Who" (1963)
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The Next Doctor as a whole was "okay". The script was very dull. The saving grace was David Morrissey playing the said 'Next Doctor'. His performance was astoundingly good - really exceptional - he gave it all he had; but definitely wasn't OTT (like his counterpart). Mr Morrissey exhibited a quality well above this production, and it blew me away. I shall certainly be looking out for him in future. The stand-out factor of the show was the giant robot at the end rising from the Thames and stomping on Olde Worlde London; it really did look fantastic and the CGI dept did a very fine job indeed. The big aspect of the show that genuinely upset me was their use of a REAL graveyard to shoot a Cyberman group attack scene; it was covered with paper snow and the actors were running/falling all over the graves, which for me personally isn't acceptable for any production. The graveyard could easily have been constructed in a studio, thus negating this most disrespectful behaviour. Overall, not a bad show; however it was just the talent of David Morrissey and the giant robot that saved it, otherwise it would have been totally forgettable.