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The End of the World

  • Episode aired Mar 17, 2006
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 45m
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Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper in Doctor Who (2005)
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The Doctor takes Rose to the year 5 billion to witness the destruction of the Earth.The Doctor takes Rose to the year 5 billion to witness the destruction of the Earth.The Doctor takes Rose to the year 5 billion to witness the destruction of the Earth.
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    • Euros Lyn
    • Russell T. Davies(showrunner)
    • Steven Moffat(showrunner)
    • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Christopher Eccleston
    • Billie Piper
    • Simon Paisley Day
    • Euros Lyn
    • Russell T. Davies(showrunner)
    • Steven Moffat(showrunner)
    • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Christopher Eccleston
    • Billie Piper
    • Simon Paisley Day
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    • 35User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Christopher Eccleston
    Christopher Eccleston
    • Doctor Who
    Billie Piper
    Billie Piper
    • Rose Tyler
    Simon Paisley Day
    Simon Paisley Day
    • Steward
    • (as Simon Day)
    Yasmin Bannerman
    Yasmin Bannerman
    • Jabe
    Jimmy Vee
    Jimmy Vee
    • Moxx of Balhoon
    Zoë Wanamaker
    Zoë Wanamaker
    • Cassandra
    • (voice)
    Camille Coduri
    Camille Coduri
    • Jackie Tyler
    Beccy Armory
    • Raffalo
    Sara Stewart
    Sara Stewart
    • Computer
    • (voice)
    Silas Carson
    Silas Carson
    • Aliens
    • (voice)
    Paul Kasey
    Paul Kasey
    • Forest of Cheem Tree
    • (uncredited)
    Saul Murphy
    • Adherant of the Repeated Meme
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    Alan Ruscoe
    Alan Ruscoe
    • Lute - Forest of Cheem Tree
    • (uncredited)
      • Euros Lyn
      • Russell T. Davies(showrunner)
      • Steven Moffat(showrunner)
      • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Russell T. Davies has said on many occasions that he was inspired to create Cassandra upon viewing skinny Hollywood actresses at the Academy Awards. On 2 April 2006, the Sunday Mirror quoted Davies: "It was horrific seeing those beautiful women reduced to sticks. Nicole Kidman struck me in particular. Nicole is one of the most beautiful women in the world. But she looks horrifying because she's so thin. It's like we're killing these women in public. We watch while you die."
    • Goofs
      Rose and Cassandra are shot intermittently from behind, looking out of the Space Station window; from behind Cassandra's lips do not move at all, though we still hear her speak.
    • Quotes

      The Doctor: [taking Rose's mobile phone] Tell ya what... with a little bit of jiggery pokery...

      Rose Tyler: Is that a technical term, jiggery pokery?

      The Doctor: Yeah, I came first in jiggery pokery, what about you?

      Rose Tyler: Nah, I failed hullabaloo.

    • Connections
      Featured in Doctor Who Confidential: Bringing Back the Doctor (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Tainted Love
      Written by Ed Cobb

      Performed by Soft Cell

    User reviews35

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    Fantastic!
    After a quite solid start, the new Doctor Who series hits the jackpot already in its second episode. Much of its appeal is on show in the teaser, where the Doctor asks Rose if she would like to go forwards or backwards in time (space travel is not contemplated as of yet). She enthusiastically goes for "forwards" and in order to impress her big time the Doctor makes the TARDIS go further than ever before. As they arrive, they find themselves on a spaceship from which Planet Earth is perfectly visible. What's so special about it? Well, the time is five billion years from Rose's time, and more precisely it's the day the sun expands and ultimately destroys the Earth. As the Doctor coolly quips: "Welcome to the end of the world.".

    The spaceship, it turns out, is a gathering place for all those who wish to look at Earth when it gets scorched. Guest of honor is the last "human", Cassandra (Zoe Wanamaker from My Family), actually little more than a skin trampoline after hundreds of surgical operations. As the end approaches, though, everyone quickly realizes something is wrong: someone is plotting to make sure no one leaves the ship alive. And once again, the Doctor is the only one who can save the day.

    The major improvement on the previous episode is the mastering of the visual effects: all the aliens and the images of a doomed Earth look absolutely amazing. Then there's Wanamaker's fun vocal cameo, the first of many quality guest appearances in the series. And then there's the exceptional pairing of Piper and Eccleston, with the latter getting more to do than last time and the first vital piece of information regarding his character's back-story revealed (the word "Time Lord" is used for the first time since 1996). It might be the end of the world, but it's also the proper beginning of the Doctor's full-time return to television.
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      • March 17, 2006 (United States)
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