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Original Air Date:
11 April 2009
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A meeting in a London bus with jewel thief Lady Christina takes a turn for the worst for the Doctor when the bus takes a detour to a desert-like planet, where the deadly Swarm awaits. | add synopsis
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Not that bad, a fun episode.
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Cast
(Episode Complete credited cast)| David Tennant | ... | The Doctor | |
| Michelle Ryan | ... | Lady Christina de Souza | |
| Lee Evans | ... | Dr. Malcolm Taylor | |
| Noma Dumezweni | ... | Capt. Erisa Magambo | |
| Adam James | ... | D.I. McMillan | |
| Glenn Doherty | ... | Sgt. Dennison | |
| Victoria Alcock | ... | Angela | |
| David Ames | ... | Nathan | |
| Ellen Thomas | ... | Carmen | |
| Reginald Tsiboe | ... | Lou | |
| Daniel Kaluuya | ... | Barclay | |
| Keith Parry | ... | Bus Driver | |
| James Layton | ... | Sgt. Ian Jenner | |
| Paul Kasey | ... | Sorvin | |
| Ruari Mears | ... | Praygat |
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59 min
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Australia:PG |
UK:PG (DVD rating)
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Barclay and Nathan mention the Stolen Planets from "Doctor Who: The Stolen Earth (#4.12)" (2008).
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Continuity: The number of the bus in England is W974 GHM, while the number of the damaged/CGI bus is RUA 461W.
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[on phone]
Capt. Magambo: Doctor, this is Captain Erisa Magambo.
[salutes]
Capt. Magambo: Might I say, sir, it's an honour.
The Doctor: Did you just salute?
Capt. Magambo: [pauses] No.
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Capt. Magambo: Doctor, this is Captain Erisa Magambo.
[salutes]
Capt. Magambo: Might I say, sir, it's an honour.
The Doctor: Did you just salute?
Capt. Magambo: [pauses] No.
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References Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
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Not the best Doctor Who episode but certainly not the worst. Thought the storyline was a cross between Pitch Black, Entrapment, On the buses and that program about a time traveler in a blue box. Seriously it was OK not as bad as some comments say it is on here, the thing about Doctor Who is if you had the Daleks, Cybermen or the Master every week now eventually that would be boring. Dr. Malcalm (Lee Evans)is a cool character but maybe a bit over the top with the I love you Doctor stuff. Christiana played by Michelle Ryan comes straight out of the movie Entrapment and then once they reach the desert in the double decker bus you almost expect Vin Diesel to turn up. Them flying stingrays must be exceptionally hungry as one can eat two larger than life human sized flies in one after another!