The Girl in the Fireplace 

The Doctor, Mickey and Rose land on a spaceship in the 51st century only to find 18th century Versailles on board, the time of Madame De Pompadour! To find out what's going on the Doctor must enter Versailles and save Madame De Popmpadour but it turns into an emotional roller coaster for the Doctor.

Director:

Euros Lyn

Writer:

Steven Moffat

Stars:

David Tennant, Billie Piper, Noel Clarke

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
David Tennant	...	The Doctor
Billie Piper	...	Rose Tyler
Noel Clarke	...	Mickey Smith
Sophia Myles	...	Reinette
Ben Turner	...	King Louis
Jessica Atkins	...	Young Reinette
Angel Coulby	...	Katherine
Gareth Wyn Griffiths	...	Manservant
Paul Kasey	...	Clockwork Man
Ellen Thomas	...	Clockwork Woman
Jonathan Hart	...	Alien (voice)
Emily Joyce	...	Alien (voice)

Storyline

The Doctor, Rose and Mickey materialize in the 51st Century on-board a derelict space craft. While searching for the crew, they discover that all of the ship's energy is being diverted to maintain "time windows" - two-way portals in space and time - all of which are pointed at France at various points in the 18th Century. Who is the young woman on the other side who calls for the Doctor by name, and what is the crisis that is about to befall her? And who in the 51st Century is watching all this?

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Plot Keywords:

51st century | 18th century | portal | versailles | time window | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Family | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

It received an Appreciation Index of 84, considered "excellent".

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Goofs

When The Doctor is walking amongst Reinettes memories, you see the placement of his hands on her head change from frame to frame.

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Quotes

[first lines]
[members of the royal court are running and screaming]
King Louis: We are under attack! There are creatures - I don't even think they're human - we can't stop them!
Madame Du Pompadour: [staring at a broken clock on the mantel] The clock is broken. He's coming.
King Louis: Did you hear what I said?
Madame Du Pompadour: [she turns and steps up to him] Listen to me: there is a man coming to Versailles. He has watched over me my whole life, and he will not desert me tonight.
King Louis: What are you talking about? What man?
Madame Du Pompadour: The only man, save you, I have ever loved.
Madame Du Pompadour: [...]

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Connections

References My Fair Lady (1964)

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Soundtracks

Madame De Pompadour
(uncredited)
Written by Murray Gold
Performed by Murray Gold & BBC National Orchestra of Wales

User Reviews

Best 1 until now

This episode is the reason for me to watch the dr. Who series again. Really, after the famous (and me being 6 years old) 70's Tom Baker dr. Who , I hardly took interest in watching the series again. Every time I was disappointed. But this episode/season stroke me. It think it was even much better than the 70's best episode. The music is great, the story is wonderful, David Tennant and the other characters make this the best dr Who so far :) So after re-looking all of the 2006 episodes I can only say that to me this series is the most catching series until now. I'm really looking forward 2 what's to come :)

The story lines are so great, the music is beautiful and finally, the characters are chosen perfectly.

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 November 2006 (Canada)

Filming Locations:

Tredegar House, Newport, Wales, UK

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min 45 min (50 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Color:

Color