They fly back through the wormhole just as Malcolm shuts it down, but not before three stingrays sneak through, which UNIT quickly dispatch. She said, "there's been a little accident with the bus [...] it's a disaster; the bus is fucked." DOCTOR: Well, slightly different dynamics with a wormhole. [4] The starting point for the story was Roberts' first novel The Highest Science. There's enough metal to make it work, I think. While the others attempt to repair the bus, the Doctor and Christina scout ahead and spot what appears to be a sandstorm on the horizon. Often in an adventure the Doctor will take control and everyone will do what he says. Charlie Jane Anders of io9 "mostly loved 'Planet Of The Dead'", commenting that it was a standard Russell T Davies script: POTD was pretty much everything you've come to expect from Russell T. Davies' Who: crazy adventures, slightly cartoony characters, clever dialogue, moments of sheer silly fun, a childlike solemnity, a miraculous save, bombastic music, and one woman who's held up as being the most special person ever. for the initial broadcast was 9.54 million viewers on BBC One and 200,000 viewers on BBC HD, making it the fifth most watched programme of the week and the most watched programme aired on BBC HD at that time. She thought that the episode was "a pretty solid adventure with a cool set of monsters". The IMDb staff came together to round up their favorite crime movies, shows, and documentaries. To accommodate for the adverse conditions, Davies included a line in the script that specified that the Tritovore spaceship cooled as external temperatures increase.[7]. The episode was co-written by Russell T Davies and He and the other passengers find themselves in the middle of the desert which he later determines to be on a planet in a galaxy clear across the universe. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 . When a London bus takes a detour to an alien world, the Tenth Doctor must join forces with the extraordinary Lady Christina. They explain they were going to pick up supplies at San Helios, which had recently housed billions of people but now is totally desert. She's young, she's beautiful, she's sexy, but whereas Rose was a very ordinary, normal girl, Lady Christina is a lady, she comes from a very privileged, very elite background. Christina is a typical Doctor Who companion, Davies electing to draw parallels from the Time Lady Romana rather than new series companion Rose Tyler. [19], Ryan's character Lady Christina de Souza is an adrenaline junkie and thief. Enviada. A deadly swarm coming to tear our heroes apart. Copy link. He suspects they are generating the wormhole to travel to their next planet to feed upon, and they must hurry and close the wormhole before the aliens can reach Earth. David Tennant acts brilliantly as always but has less meaty material than in other recent stories. The initial showing had an Appreciation Index of 88: considered excellent. Playing next. [5] The episode includes a common feature of Davies' writing in that there is no clear antagonist: the Tritovore are eventually sympathetic to the protagonists and the stingrays are only following their biological imperative. [21][26] The special was the first Doctor Who episode to be filmed in high-definition television resolution. Aboard the bus one of the passengers is Lady Christina de Souza, a rather accomplished thief who was on the run after having successfully stolen a very valuable piece from a museum. [42], Orlando Parfitt of IGN gave the episode a 7.1 (Good) rating out of ten. At the end of the episode, one of the passengers delivers a warning to the Doctor that "he will knock four times", foreshadowing the remaining three specials. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? After the bus was unintentionally damaged in Dubai by a shipping container, Davies rewrote the script to explain the damage in the narrative. "Doctor Who" Planet of the Dead (2009) [S00E00] Doctor.Who.S04X.Special.Planet.Of.The.Dead.720p. "Planet of the Dead" serves as the 200th story of Doctor Who. Use the HTML below. Add the first question. Sending. CHRISTINA: Then we have to drive five tons of bus, which is currently buried in the sand, and we've got nothing but our bare hands. Written by Russell T Davies and Gareth Roberts, the episode will be screened on BBC One in Spring 2009. It had taken us a month to find the one we had. 1CD. When a London bus takes a detour to an alien world, the Doctor must join forces with the extraordinary Lady Christina. Planet of the Dead is the first of four Doctor Who Specials which will air in 2009. Doctor Who favorite episodes (2005 - 2014). But the mysterious planet holds terrifying secrets hidden in the sand. Alien creatures who might be hostile. [13] On 9 April 2009, Ryan guested on Steve Wright in the Afternoon on BBC Radio 2[16][17][18] and on The Justin Lee Collins Show on ITV2 to promote "Planet of the Dead". The Doctor studies the wormhole and determines that the bus protected them from its effects like a Faraday cage, but he is unable to stop the driver from stepping back through the wormhole. Sie gehört zu einer Reihe von Specials, die 2009 ausgestrahlt wurden und wird hier zur 30. A London bus takes a detour to an alien world, but can the Doctor defeat the Swarm? [6] Carmen's warning evoked memories of the Ood's warning to the Doctor and Donna in the fourth series episode "Planet of the Ood". Planet of the Dead. Ryan praised her colleagues and the "family atmosphere" on set and described Doctor Who as "really something special to do". Watch online Download Subtitles Searcher. [33] Doctor Who Magazine's editor Tom Spilsbury acknowledged the controversy in the magazine's 407th issue, which ran a reader survey of all 200 stories. The episode's director James Strong described the character as reverting to a traditional romantic-based companionship—rather than the platonic companionship of Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) in the fourth series—while still being a unique companion:[20]. Scenes set in London's Oxford Street were filmed at St Mary Street, Cardiff. "[8] Ryan described her casting as a "real honour", noting that she "love[s] the character". It didn't hurt that POTD had all the elements of a cracking good story: The Doctor and friends trapped on an alien planet, on the other side of the universe, with no easy way to get home. Parfitt called it a "straightforward story" that did not elevate to the level of excitement typically seen in Doctor Who until the episode's climax, instead describing the majority of the story as being "taken up with Tennant and Ryan standing in the desert, swapping flirtatious banter in between proclaiming how dire their situation is", and criticised the writing of the part of the episode where the bus was on San Helios, claiming that plot devices such as the Tritovore or Taylor being held at gunpoint and ordered to close the wormhole as "feel[ing] forced and unnaturally shoe-horned into the script". There are, however, a few important differences: witches tend to save themselves, rather than waiting around for … Written by [25] The production team then struggled to complete three days of filming in two days; the last day was compared to "filming Lawrence of Arabia". ";[22] the relationship between the Doctor and Christina was influenced by 1960s films such as Charade and Topkapi, which included Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn "being witty and sophisticated together, and then running for their lives";[4] and the Tritovore were influenced by 1950s and 1970s science fiction B-movies such as The Fly and The Doctor Calls in Favour from UNIT | Planet of the Dead | Doctor Who - YouTube. The specials served as lead actor David Tennant's denouement as the Tenth Doctor. Information about locations used in the Doctor Who story Planet of the Dead(DW), from The Locations Guide to Doctor Who, Torchwood, and the Sarah Jane Adventures [6][7][31][32] James Strong recalled the reaction of the production team to the damage to the bus in an issue of Doctor Who Magazine: One morning in the first week of February, I was leaving my flat when Julie Gardner phoned. 1 Handlung 2 Mitwirkende 3 Anmerkungen und Bezüge zu anderen Episoden 4 Hinter den… Share. "Planet of the Dead" was the first Doctor Who episode to be filmed in high definition, after a positive reaction to the visual quality of spin-off series Torchwood and the financial viability of HDTV convinced the production team to switch formats. team decided to film in Dubai because the area was more amicable to the filming industry and viable filming locations were nearer to urban areas than other locations. [6][7], Unlike the Christmas specials, the theme of Easter was not emphasised in the story; the episode only contained a "fleeting mention" of the holiday instead of "robot bunnies carrying baskets full of deadly egg bombs". Doctor Who clásico Temporada 1 episodio 5 "The Dead Planet" (subtítulos en español) Historias de Trenzalore. conceived and added. Written by Russell T Davies and Gareth Roberts, the episode will be screened on BBC One in Spring 2009. ‎Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009) directed by James Strong • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd