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A London bus, a mysterious wormhole, and a desert planet teeming with metal stingrays — Planet of the Dead boasts a hearty list of tasty Doctor Who plot ingredients even before you mix in a flirty almost-companion. David Tennant's Doctor teams up with the aristocratic jewel thief Lady Christina de Souza in this slick, blockbuster-style Easter special. But beneath the high-speed chases and flirty banter lies a looming warning: he will knock four times. Grab your lobster card and hang on tight as we speed through sandstorms, UNIT cameos, and questionable bus seating arrangements! Give your own rating for Planet of the Dead on Spotify! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and become a True Companion of the podcast to get new episodes before everyone else! Subscribe to our newsletter at pulltoopen.net for extended notes on Planet of the Dead. Support the podcast by becoming a patron of Pull To Open on Patreon. Please review Pull To Open on Apple Podcasts. Timeline: Intro 00:00:00 Previously… 00:02:43 Whomoji Challenge 00:09:21 POLL to Open 00:14:51 TL;DW 00:21:34 Commentary: Planet of the Dead 00:24:38 History Corner 01:00:53 Four Questions to Doomsday 01:09:41 What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:12:38 Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:15:13 Final Judgment 01:18:33 Randomizer! 01:22:25 Follow us on: TikTok! @pulltoopen Instagram: @pulltoopen63 Facebook: @pulltoopen63 X: @pulltoopen63 Threads: @pulltoopen63 Bluesky: @pulltoopen Play Pull To Open Bingo (NEW upgraded card!) Story Essentials 2009 Easter Special Story number: 203, per the The Pull To Open Codex Writers: Russell T Davies, Gareth Roberts Director: James Strong Script editor: Lindsey Alford Showrunner: Russell T Davies Aired 11 April 2009 Pull To Open: Planet of the Dead Season 6 Episode 1 Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish ©️AnyWho Media LLC 2025
And just like that we enter the specials. David Tennant reaches the end of tenure and no spoilers but boy do we start with a meh. Okay but Lady Christina is unreal though let's be real. And oh my is that Daniel Kaluuya!? Finally, we get the first reference to he will. knock four times... LFG #DoctorWho #DavidTennant #DocWhoPodListen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3BfFOJCKeDUM83yYQkbx19?si=9b14dcefa60b45b0Listen on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/ae/podcast/docwhopod/id1693968810Listen on RSS.com - https://rss.com/podcasts/docwhopod/Follow us on insta - https://www.instagram.com/docwhopod/Follow us on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@docwhopodFollow us on Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/docwhopod
4SE. Doctor Who: Once and Future: Two's Company (Special Edition) RELEASED AUGUST 2023 The Time War. The Doctor has been injured and brought to a Time Lord field hospital. His body glows with energy, but this is no regeneration into a future form - instead, the Doctor's past faces begin to appear as he flits haphazardly between incarnations… Staggering to his TARDIS, the Doctor sets out to solve the mystery of his ‘degeneration'. Who has done this to him? How? And why? From the Earth to the stars, across an array of familiar times and places, he follows clues to retrace his steps, encountering old friends and enemies along the way. Tumbling through his lives, the Doctor must stop his degeneration before he loses himself completely... Back on Earth, the Doctor finds a clue in the search for the origins of the degeneration weapon. In his Sixth body, he meets Jackie Tyler and Lady Christina de Souza - thrown together by fate, or something more? - in pursuit of a powerful item of jewellery. Meanwhile, a Time Lord renegade has duped Harry Sullivan into helping him stop the Doctor's travels before they begin - and all are set on a collision course. ***PLEASE NOTE: this Special Edition release can now only be purchased as part of a Download bundle. Click on the bundle button above for more details. If you wish to purchase this release as a stand-alone story, you can find the standard edition .***
All aboard! We're on a bus! Join us as we begin the 10th Doctor's last few hurrahs with a rather middle of the road Easter special. We delve into whether Lady Christina is a Tory, try to figure out what's missing from this episode, and jump right into a discussion of Lee Evans' career. All this and more - it's Planet of the Dead! The post Doctor Who: The Specials #1 – Planet of the Dead first appeared on Friendly Mushroom Productions.
All aboard! We're on a bus! Join us as we begin the 10th Doctor's last few hurrahs with a rather middle of the road Easter special. We delve into whether Lady Christina is a Tory, try to figure out what's missing from this episode, and jump right into a discussion of Lee Evans' career. All this and more - it's Planet of the Dead!
It wouldn't be a series of Too Hot For TV without the On The Timelash boys. Join Dylan, Mark and Ben as they explore the best and worst that Scotland has to offer when it comes to Doctor Who. First up it's the tenth doctor and Martha novel 'The Many Hands' by Dale Smith. Then it's the Lady Christina audio 'Death on the Mile' by Donald McLeary. As always we answer the bring questions: How many is too many cocks? Who is reading the script on their lunch break? What is the worst thing John Barrowman has ever done?
Welcome to THE TARDIS CREW: a Doctor Who podcast.In our next Big Finish review, Ben Greenland continues his reviews of Big Finish's 60th anniversary celebrations, with the latest Doctor Who: Once and Future: Two's Company, starring Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Terry Molly as Davros, in a story by Lisa McMullin.SYNOPSISThe Time War. The Doctor has been injured and brought to a Time Lord field hospital. His body glows with energy, but this is no regeneration into a future form - instead, the Doctor's past faces begin to appear as he flits haphazardly between incarnations…Staggering to his TARDIS, the Doctor sets out to solve the mystery of his ‘degeneration'. Who has done this to him? How? And why? From the Earth to the stars, across an array of familiar times and places, he follows clues to retrace his steps, encountering old friends and enemies along the way. Tumbling through his lives, the Doctor must stop his degeneration before he loses himself completely...Back on Earth, the Doctor finds a clue in the search for the origins of the degeneration weapon. In his Sixth body, he meets Jackie Tyler and Lady Christina de Souza - thrown together by fate, or something more? - in pursuit of a powerful item of jewellery.Meanwhile, a Time Lord renegade has duped Harry Sullivan into helping him stop the Doctor's travels before they begin - and all are set on a collision course.He will help them win the Time War... but only if the Doctor comes to his rescue.Doctor Who: Once and Future: Two's Company is available to purchase at the Big Finish site HERE.Host Ben GreenlandEditorBaz GreenlandExecutive ProducerTony BlackWe Made This on Twitter: @wmt_networkWemadethispodcasts.comThe TARDIS Crew on Twitter: @CrewTARDISTitle music: Science or Fiction (c) Blackout Memories via epidemicsound.comArtwork: Quill Greenland
It's a long-debated subject among Doctor Who fans: Who counts as a companion? It used to be that traveling in the TARDS, typically across different stories, meant you made the list — and might even end up in a support group years later with Kate Stewart et al. But a mere TARDIS ride is too low a bar: Does that mean the policemen in Black Orchid are companions? You could say you need to be in more than one story, but then Astrid and Sara Kingdom are out. And what about “bad” TARDIS passengers like Turlough and Adam Mitchell? What's clearly called for is a new system for deciding who is an official companion and who isn't. Luckily, we've got one! Inspired by a recent trip to the DMV, where certain types of personal identification count for more than others, the Pull To Open Companion System awards a character a Companion badge only if they earn a certain number of points. They can earn points by achieving specific goals as they adventure with the Doctor, but only once per goal — think of each as an “achievement unlocked.” Once you get 10 points, you get the label. Here are the goals, and the points earned for each: a) Explicit invitation accepted (e.g. Rose, Turlough): 10 points b) Companion invitation: 5 points c) Take a trip in the TARDIS: 4 points d) In more than 1 story: 4 points e) Travel in time: 2 points f) Name in opening credits (new series): 2 points g) Face or eyes in opening credits: 8 points h) Evil/working against the Doctor: –6 points And here's where various characters land: TURLOUGH: 10(a)+4(c)+4(d)+2(e)-6(h) = 14 ✅ BRIGADIER: 4(c)+4(d)+2(e) = 10 ✅ KATE STEWART: 4(d) = 4 ❌ BRIAN: 4(c)+4(d)+2(e) = 10 ✅ ADAM MITCHELL: 5(b)+4(c)+4(d)+2(e)-6(h) = 9 ❌ SARA KINGDOM: 4(c)+2(e) = 6 ❌ POLICE FROM BLACK ORCHID: 4(c) = 4 ❌ ASTRID: 10(a)+2(f) = 12 ✅ LADY CHRISTINA: 2(f) = 2 ❌ MISSY: 10(a)+4(b)+4(d)+2(e)-6(h) = 14 ✅ Who makes the cut might not be what you expect, and there are arguably some bold exclusions and inclusions, but generally this feels in the right direction, if not right. What do you think of our system? Where does it need refinement? Please reach out via a review or on social media (links below), and let's perfect the system! Rate and review Pull To Open on Apple Podcasts! Join the conversation on Spotify! Follow us on: TikTok! @pulltoopen Instagram: @pulltoopen63 Twitter: @pulltoopen63 YouTube: youtube.com/pulltoopen Pull To Open: Who Is a Companion? Season 4 Episode 14 Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
Flaming skeletons, rejoice! This week, friend of the show János joins us to discuss the happiest, clappiest, boniest episode of Doctor Who so far, 2009's Easter special, "Planet of the Dead"! The Tenth Doctor is on a bus looking for quirkium particles or whatever when he gets mixed up with an incredibly interesting and popular thief named Lady Christina de Souza! What adventures will her magic backpack hold? Also, we get a very important sounding prophecy about four knocks. We'll find out what's up with that... eventually! Sam | Jordan | János Twitter | Cohost | Patreon | Discord | YouTube
Unsure of why he keeps doing this to himself, Matt has again set himself another needlessly ridiculous Doctor Who based challenge. This time he decided to listen to all of series one of 'Lady Christina' in one day (a decision he makes about half way through this project.Thankyou to the always excellent Jake from the always excellent 'Married to who' podcast for his listener pick suggestion and his kind donation to last year's 'Wheelie Big Quiz'.Doctor Who theme by Ron Grainer, arranged by Alexander Erben.Talk to us! Email: timenorspacepod@gmail.comTwitter: @timenorspacepod
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On this weeks show, Tim and Harry talk about Jodie Whittaker's thoughts about leaving Doctor Who, Chris Chibnall struggling to find a new showrunner and Doctor Who series 13 episode 1. A London bus takes a detour to an alien world and The Doctor attempts to defeat the terrifying Swarm by joining forces with Lady Christina.Support the show on Patreon - www.patreon.com/biggeronthepodiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1526962362?mt=2&at=1l3vwYfSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rKhNkxWSu7FyINpp1mZPD?si=346cx7BQSpapVkSFe3GB9gSocial LinksTim's Twitter - https://twitter.com/TimxSaxbyHarry's Twitter - https://twitter.com/hemurdoch?lang=enBigger On The Inside Twitter - https://twitter.com/BiggerOnThePodBigger On The Inside Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/biggeronthepodSend us an email for us to read out on the podcast - biggerontheinsidepod@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This title was released in July 2021. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 30 September 2021, and on general sale after this date. Jetsetter, adventurer, and owner of a very unusual London bus, Lady Christina de Souza is travelling the globe and catching up with the rellies. First, a treasure hunt with her reprobate father in the Indian Ocean. Then, a flying visit to the Australian outback in search of a lost Great Aunt... But Sam Bishop and Jacqui McGee of UNIT are on her trail. As one reunion takes a dangerous turn, Christina has a hard decision to make – for the good of the family! 2.1 The Wreck by James Goss When Christina joins her father on a cruise off the coast of Zanzibar, she is surprised to meet his new fiancée Bunny. But Lord Alfred has his eyes on another trophy altogether. An underwater shipwreck, containing treasures as deadly as they are beautiful… Are the de Souzas ready to pay the price to bring them to the surface? 2.2 Outback by Sarah Grochala In need of respite, Christina seeks out her Great Aunt Eugenia, and finds herself looking for answers in the Australian outback. Has her aunt really been abducted by aliens? What secrets lie within the Jajutuma crater? And why are Sam Bishop and Jacqui McGee of UNIT on Christina's trail? 2.3 Long Shot by John Dorney Royal Northcote: highlight of the racing calendar. Lady Christina hopes for a win, as do Sam Bishop and Jacqui McGee, looking into some mysterious deaths. With secret agents and rogue family members on the scene, an assassin closes in on their target. But Lady Christina is at her best when the odds are stacked against her.
This week David and Matt are talking bad dreams and bad dates as they continue their Series 8 coverage with "Listen". There's also a surprising amount of Lady Christina chat, and of course the next round of the Wheelie Big Cheese Quiz.If you'd like to make a donation you can do so via our JustGiving page.Doctor Who theme by Ron Grainer, arranged by Alexander Erben.Talk to us! Email: timenorspacepod@gmail.com | Twitter: @timenorspacepod
Jessica Rozhin (@JessicaRozhin) and Lady Christina Liu (@cliuthulu) join Seth and Ken to talk about alternate routes into security, including accounting and joining a circus. Discussions on forensics, incident response, and how lock picking can help build an infosec culture.
Jessica Rozhin (@JessicaRozhin) and Lady Christina Liu (@cliuthulu) join Seth and Ken to talk about alternate routes into security, including accounting and joining a circus. Discussions on forensics, incident response, and how lock picking can help build an infosec culture.
The Doctor, without a companion and looking for a new adventure, finds himself stranded on an alien along with the passengers on a London bus. Without his TARDIS, will they be able to return to Earth before the Swarm arrives? It is returning through the dark, and he will knock four times! We review 'The Planet of the Dead' the first of the 2009 Doctor Who specials. The Discussing Network proudly presents Discussing Who Episode 170. Hosted by Kyle Jones, Clarence Brown, and Lee Shackleford. The Discussing Network Discussing Who is part of the Discussing Network. Find out more about the network and other shows on the network by visiting https://discussingnetwork.com. Join us on the new Discussing Network Facebook Group. Visit https://facebook.com./groups/discussingnetwork Become a Patreon Supporter! By becoming a Patreon, you can support the show while receiving exclusive perks made available for Patreon Supporters. Visit Patreon.com/DiscussingNetwork for more information, to follow us on Patreon, and – should you choose – support the show. This episode of Discussing Who is brought to you by Audible – get a FREE audiobook download and 30 day free trial at www.audibletrial.com/DiscussingWho. Check out over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle or mp3 player. Our Hosts on Other Shows Want more from the Discussing Who co-hosts? Our hosts can be found on the following: Doctor Who: Podshock (Kyle & Lee) The TechPedition Podcast (Clarence) The Relativity Podcast (Lee, Clarence, & Kyle) Discussing Trek: A Star Trek Discovery Podcast (Clarence & Kyle) Terminus: A Doctor Who Podcast (Nicole) You can subscribe to Discussing Network on SPOTIFY! Feedback Let us know what you think! Send your feedback via email to discussingwho@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail message on the Discussing Who Call Line. Simply dial (805)850-DWHO (3946). (Airtime and/or long distance rates apply, if applicable.) Already following us on Facebook? Simply send a message on there. Like the show? Want to contribute? Send us your feedback! We want to hear from you! Additional Information Interested in more Doctor Who Comics? Visit our friends at Titan Comics. Titan publishes comics featuring the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctors. They also publish comics featuring Sherlock, Penny Dreadful, and more! Check them out and tell them that Discussing Who sent you. WifiSciFi Love audio drama in podcast format? The hosts of Discussing Who will be a part of WifiFiSciFi in Seattle, Washington on April 25, 2020. To find out more, www.wifiscifi.org
The Doctor, without a companion and looking for a new adventure, finds himself stranded on an alien along with the passengers on a London bus. Without his TARDIS, will they be able to return to Earth before the Swarm arrives? It is returning through the dark, and he will knock four times! We review 'The Planet of the Dead' the first of the 2009 Doctor Who specials. The Discussing Network proudly presents Discussing Who Episode 170. Hosted by Kyle Jones, Clarence Brown, and Lee Shackleford.
Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: A Journey Through Doctor Who
On this week's podcast, the Wanderers join 10 on a distant world where he's stranded on a bus with no TARDIS, a group of scared passengers, and Lady Christina de Souza. Can they escape this world and return to Earth before the oncoming swarm reaches them -- or, worse, reaches Earth? QotW: If you could cast any actor, living or dead, to play the Doctor's companion JUST ONCE in a #DoctorWho TV special, Who would you choose? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "Planet of the Dead" (Charlie 8.5, Trevor 8.5, David 8.9, Connor 9) Discussion of Sarah Jane Adventures: "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith" (Charlie 9.5, Trevor 8.5, David 8.75, Connor 8.75) Hosts: Trevor @WhovianTrev Trevsplace Charlie @insanityinchaos The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/ @gwythinn MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #201, The Waters of Mars! In lieu of an audio adventure, we’ll be covering the Doctor Who animated adventure Dreamland.
Charles Skaggs is joined by returning special guest companion Christine Peruski to discuss “Planet of the Dead”, the Doctor Who Easter Special from 2009, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Michelle Ryan as Lady Christina de Souza, Lee Evans as Dr. Malcolm Taylor, and Daniel Kaluuya as Barclay! Find us here:Twitter: @NextStopSMG, @CharlesSkaggs, @JesseJacksonDFW, @C_Peruski Instagram: @nextstopeverywherepodcast Facebook: Facebook.com/NextStopEverywherePodcast Email: NextStopEverywhereSMG@gmail.com Listen and subscribe to us in Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!
In present day London, The Doctor is riding on a bus (no, seriously) which takes an unexpected and rough turn to a planet that is completely dead. Join us as we discuss The 2nd Tennant Special: Planet of the Dead On a London bus, The Doctor meets Lady Christina, who just happens to be a ...
@TinDogPodcast reviews the surprisingly good #LADYCHRISTINA LADY CHRISTINA from @BigFinish This title was released in August 2018. It will be exclusively available to buy from the BF website until October 31st 2018, and on general sale after this date Jetsetter, adventurer, and owner of a very unusual London bus, Lady Christina de Souza likes the finest things. Even if they don’t belong to her. And the more exotic – or alien – the better. But Christina’s activities have caught the attention of UNIT, and now Sam Bishop is on her trail... 1. It Takes a Thief by John Dorney The French Riviera has always provided rich pickings for the aristocratic cat-burglar. Lady Christina is enjoying the high life while adding to her collection. But when suspicion falls on her after a robbery-turned-murder, Christina decides to catch the culprit herself... 2. Skin Deep by James Goss Sylvia Noble always knew she deserved better. So, when a chance encounter with aristocracy propels her out of Chiswick and into high society, she’s delighted. But the beautiful people have their own agenda – and Christina is surprised when those plans involve her father. 3. Portrait of a Lady by Tim Dawson When her plot to steal a priceless painting runs into trouble, Christina crashes into an undercover UNIT operation – and Sam Bishop. Soon, her Number 200 bus is racing from Europe to South America and into the depths of the Pacific, chasing a mysterious and unstoppable foe… 4. Death on the Mile by Donald McLeary Lady Christina has been offered a job: the heist of a lifetime. She simply has to break into Edinburgh Castle. At the same time, UNIT are investigating alien activity at the Military Tattoo. And where there’s treasure and treachery, there are also Slitheen… Written By: John Dorney, James Goss, Tim Dawson, Donald McLeary Directed By: Helen Goldwyn Cast Michelle Ryan (Lady Christina de Souza), Jacqueline King (Sylvia Noble), Warren Brown (Sam Bishop), Matt Barber (Ivo Fraser-Cannon), Cristina Barreiro (Flavia Santos), Holly Jackson Walters(Carla / Maud Hunter), William Gaminara (Lord Alfred de Souza), Suzy Bloom (Tamarind / Amber), Rebecca Yeo (Malia), Gareth Corke (Leon Clancy / Policeman / Taxi driver), Emily Carewe (Lucy Clancy / Perfection), Matthew Brenher (Mr Kamen / Conceirge), Christopher Ryan (Grunt / Handley), Jenny Lee (The Keeper), Tracy Wiles (Jacqui McGee), Melissa Collier (Elaine / Janice), Richard Hansell (Robin), Ewan Bailey (Sir Edward Scott Cameron / Biggs). Other parts played by members of the cast. Producer David Richardson Script Editor Matt Fitton
We watch "Planet of the Dead" (Series 4, Episode 15) where the Doctor catches the Knight Bus but gets off at the wrong stop. Whilst there, the Doctor gets to know his fellow passengers including Lady Christina who wants to steal his heart and Barclay who just wants to get out. After a couple of helpful flies get squashed, the Doctor gets pooped and decides to drive back to Earth before it gets pitch black and before UNIT can plug up his wormhole.
Nick and Benji with all your favourite features. Behind-the-scenes with the cast of Class . Drama Tease: Lady Christina .
First up, Pearl Mackie said some stuff about the Christmas special, so our podcast charter requires we drop everything and listen to what the woman behind Bill Potts has to say. Then we take a look at two often overlooked episodes, one of which might be the single most forgettable story in all new Doctor Who. If nothing else, it's got the most ridiculously generic title, which leads to Alasdair listing off equally generic Tom Baker era titles, much to Allison's amusement. We do talk some about the 10th Doctor and Lady Christina de Souza having adventures together, and Allison admits she's actually a bit of a fan of UNIT scientist Dr. Malcolm Taylor. Then, we talk about "Time Heist." Short version: Holy crap, this episode isn't a classic or anything, but we kind of seriously love "Time Heist." It's so fun and cool! And then join us next week as we look at two eras' very different takes on the Master with a look at "Utopia" and "Dark Water"/"Death In Heaven"!
In this episode, Daniel and Shana discuss all of the New Who Companions, starting with the six "main companions" and moving on to a discussion of the more minor characters. We should have split this into two parts, but figured what the hell? Consider it a bonus-sized episode of Oi! Spaceman. Daniel: Twitter Tumblr Shana: Twitter Tumblr Show Notes: Main Topic: New Who Companions. Introducing ourselves with Twitter and Tumblr. A multilingual podcast. Shana ruins the surprise. Does Shana think there should be a female Doctor? Ignoring Moffat's writing. A thank-you to the couple of dozen listeners we've accumulated. Moffat shouldn't write a female Doctor. Blindsiding Shana. Female representation behind-the-scenes in Doctor Who. "Enlightenment" and the Black Guardian Trilogy. The Six Major New Who Companions. Wilf is in surprisingly many episodes. Rose and kissing in Doctor Who. Daniel makes an overly-gendered assumption. Comparing the Doctor to James Bond. Family TV and representations of sexuality. Kissing as a fundamental difference between Clasic and New Who. Shana wishes some of the New Who Companions were more developed. Shana loves how Rose changes over her time in the series. All of the New Who companions are able to rise to the challenges set before them. Martha takes a lot of flack for replacing Rose. Shana wants to pretend she's friends with Freema Agyeman. The Doctor as a character who is by his nature sexually attractive. Shana identifies with Martha's relationship with the Doctor. Martha's romantic feelings for the Doctor being a very small part of the character. Shana wishes for a bit more action-oriented screentime for Martha. Martha should have been the spin-off show. Donna is our favorite, but Daniel has a very healthy heterosexual attraction to Martha. Donna works as a character because of Catherine Tate and David Tennant's great chemistry. Shana is a huge Ood fangirl, and calls "Planet of the Ood" her favorite New Who episode. Donna not being a "hot piece of ass," but just a really good friend of the Doctor. Talking about Catherine Tate's fame in Britain versus her presence in Doctor Who. David Tennant and Peter Capaldi as fanboys versus someone less familiar with the content. Amy and Rory as a unit. Daniel proves his inability to read. Drawing direct parallels between Rose and Amy. Shana is confused about what happens with Amy. Unmotivated changes in Amy's profession. Policewoman Amy. Amy and male gaze. No emotional change at the fact of losing a daughter. Rory as "Amy's companion." Imagining switching the genders of Amy and Rory. Rory and Amy's relationship as a unhealthy one. Comparing the number of Clara's episodes with other (much more minor) Doctor Who characters. Clara as a very classic-looking companion. Basic questions about Clara's experience being left unanswered in the last couple of episodes. Hating on the Mystery Girl storyline. Moving on to the "minor companions." Mickey the Idiot eventually gets to be a badass who marries Martha. Drawing a line between Mickey and Rory. We like to see companions grow and discover greatness because of their time with the Doctor. Daniel and Shana fucking love Jack Harkness. Jack Harkness as portrayed as a sort of ideally open-minded human. Jack as a foil for the Ninth Doctor. Daniel has no idea which episode Shana is talking about around 1:03. Jack Harkness as a straight line to River Song. Daniel and Shana really WANT to love River Song. Loving Chantho. Talking about the bottom-most tier of companions. Shana doesn't count Adam as a companion; he's a puppy on the TARDIS. A love letter to Wilfred Mott. Covering the one-off companions from the specials. Astrid Peth as Rose 2.0. Astrid and Lady Christina as models for one-off companions. We've basically forgotten the whole of "Planet of the Dead" and "The Waters of Mars." Shana loves Craig and Daniel hates sitcom-Who. Daniel can't pronounce "apotheosis." Then Daniel makes a joke that falls completely flat. Wishing we could see a Vastra/Jenny spinoff. Sarah Jane is a New Who companion thanks to "School Reunion," dammit! The companions as possible models for what a female Doctor might be like. Telling versus showing in RTF versus Moffat.
"Planet of the Dead" is an episode of the television series that was on and on 11 April 2009. It is the first of four special episodes to be broadcast throughout 2009 and early 2010, which serve as lead actor 's denouement as the . He is joined in the episode by actress , who plays one-off to the Doctor . The episode was co-written by and : the first writing partnership since the show's revival in 2005. The episode depicts Christina fleeing the police from a museum robbery by boarding a bus that accidentally travels from to the desert planet of San Helios, trapping her, the Doctor, and several passengers on board a damaged bus. After the bus driver dies trying to return to Earth, the , headed by () and scientific advisor (), attempt to return the bus to Earth while preventing a race of metallic aliens from posing a threat to Earth. At the end of the episode, one of the passengers delivers a warning to the Doctor which the remaining three specials. "Planet of the Dead" is the first Doctor Who episode to be filmed in , after a positive reaction to the visual quality of spin-off series and the financial viability of HDTV convinced the production team to switch formats. To ensure that the desert scenes looked as realistic as possible, the production team filmed in for three days, sending several props—most notably, a 1980 double-decker bus—to the for filming. After the bus was unintentionally damaged in Dubai by a shipping container, Davies rewrote the script to explain the damage in the narrative. Reaction to the episode was mixed: the audience gave the episode an of 88—considered excellent—but critics gave average reviews to the episode. The consensus among critics was that it was enjoyable as a whole but that it was only an average script. The main point of praise was Evans' performance alongside Dumezweni in scenes set on Earth, which countered their criticism of the events on San Helios as being relatively boring. // if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } // Plot The episode begins with a young thrill-seeking burglar, Lady Christina de Souza (Ryan), stealing a gold chalice once belonging to King from a museum. She then narrowly evades the police by riding on a on which the Doctor (Tennant) is also travelling, shortly before the bus suddenly passes through a and arrives on the desert planet of San Helios. The Doctor and the other passengers find that the wormhole is still present, but deduce that the bus had protected them like a after the bus driver is killed trying to cross back on foot, evaporating to a skeleton instantly. Seeing the driver's skeleton coming out on the other side of the portal, the police call in , commanded by (Dumezweni) and aided by scientific advisor (Evans), to close the wormhole. Trapped on a heavily damaged bus, the other passengers introduce themselves: Angela (Victoria Alcock) is a middle-aged mother travelling home to her family; Lou (Reginald Tsiboe) and Carmen () are an elderly couple who win £10 each time they play the due to Carmen's low-level psychic abilities; Barclay () was travelling to a friend's house to ask her on a date; and Nathan () was travelling home to watch television. The Doctor and Christina decide to scout the planet, spotting an approaching storm, while Nathan and Barclay try to fix the bus. As they travel, the Doctor learns of Christina's troubled history, and appreciates her callousness and aptitude to the alien situation. The Doctor and Christina encounter the Tritovore, an anthropomorphic fly species, who take them to their wrecked spaceship. The Tritovore explain that they were making a routine goods collection from the planet but crashed in an unfamiliar environment; a year previously, the planet housed a hundred billion inhabitants and a thriving ecosystem. The Tritovore send out a probe to investigate the cause, and discover a large swarm of metallic -like aliens who routinely create wormholes and destroy ecospheres as their . To rescue the Tritovore and the bus passengers, Christina uses her burglary skills to retrieve a crystal which powers the spaceship (together with the pedestal it is located on), unintentionally awakening a stingray that kills the two Tritovore. The Doctor attaches parts of the pedestal to the bus and uses the chalice of Athelstan as an interface to the technology. This allows the bus to fly through the wormhole, with the stingrays in hot pursuit. Taylor quickly closes the wormhole but not before three of the stingrays pass through it. After UNIT has shot down the stingrays and the passengers have been debriefed, Christina asks the Doctor to let her travel with him; he rejects her because he does not want to lose another companion. The characters part ways. The Doctor recommends that UNIT hire Barclay and Nathan, Christina is arrested by the police for the theft and Carmen has a premonition that visibly unnerves the Doctor: You be careful, because your song is ending, sir. It is returning, it is returning through the dark. And then Doctor... oh, but then... he will knock four times. —Carmen, "Planet of the Dead" As a final act of kindness, the Doctor uses his to release Christina from her handcuffs. The pair part on good terms as she flies away in the bus as the Doctor enters his and dematerialises. Production Writing and casting Ryan and Tennant reviewing the script before filming in Butetown on 28 January 2009. Russell T Davies co-wrote the episode with , the first writing partnership for the show since its 2005 revival. "Planet of the Dead" was a departure from Roberts' usual stories—Roberts had previously only written pseudo-historical stories—and instead consisted of "wild" science fiction elements from his literary career and teenage imagination. The episode had no clear concept—such as and in "" or and a in ""—and instead was a deliberate "clash [of concepts] with many disparate elements". Roberts explained he was cautious to ensure that each element had to "feel precise and defined ... like we meant that", citing the serial as an example where such control was not enforced. 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. 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". The episode's tone word—"joyous"—was influenced by Davies' realisation that "every story since "" [had] a bittersweet quality" and subsequent desire to avoid the recurring theme. The starting point for the story was Roberts' first novel . Davies liked the image of a on a desert planet and rewrote it to contain a bus. Davies nevertheless emphasised it was not an "adaptation as such" because tangential elements were constantly being conceived and added. portrays Lady Christina de Souza, the daughter of a recently impoverished aristocrat and . Christina is a "typical" Doctor Who companion, Davies electing to draw parallels from the rather than new series companion . Roberts described her as an "" who is "upper class and glam, suited and booted, and extremely intelligent" which the Doctor could relate to because they both rejected their heritages. The episode's director James Strong described the character as reverting to a traditional romantic-based companionship—rather than the platonic companionship of () in the —while still being a unique companion: It's back to basics: she's probably more of a traditional, romantic kind of kind of heroine, if you like. [...] It echoes to me of Rose, in that there may be a good old fashioned romantic connection between them. 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. She's different to any of the companions we've ever had in that she doesn't particularly want to get caught up with the Doctor. She's got her own thing going on, so she's very much a match for the Doctor and very much an equal. Often in an adventure the Doctor will take control and everyone will do what he says. She's very much in control – the two of them are in a sparring way, battling against each other to get through this adventure. —, Digital Spy interview. Comedian plays Professor Malcolm Taylor, a UNIT scientist devoted to his predecessor, the Doctor. Davies created Evans' character to serve as a for 's pragmatic character , who previously appeared in the episode "". Roberts noted after writing the episode that Evans' character had unintentionally become a "loving" caricature of Doctor Who fandom. The episode was influenced by several works: Davies described "Planet of the Dead" as "a great big adventure, a little bit , a little bit , a little bit ."; the relationship between the Doctor and Christina was influenced by 1960s films such as and , which included and "being witty and sophisticated together, and then running for their lives"; and the Tritovore were influenced by 1950s and 1970s science fiction such as and Davies' habit of including aliens that were recognisable to the audience as animals from Earth, such as the . Carmen's warning evoked memories of the 's warning to the Doctor and Donna in the fourth series episode "". Tennant explained the prophecy meant that the Doctor's "card [had become] marked" and the three specials would thus be darker—characterising "Planet of the Dead" as the "last time the Doctor gets to have any fun"—and that the subject of the prophecy was not the obvious answer: David TennantReally, from this moment on, the Doctor's card is marked. Because when we come back in "The Waters of Mars", it's all become a little bit darker.And as we know, David, he really does knock four times.TennantYeah, absolutely, and if you think you've figured out what that means, you're wrong!GardnerBut when you do figure it out, it's a sad day. —David Tennant and Julie Gardner, , "Planet of the Dead" Filming The two major filming locations of the episode: the desert of was used for scenes on the "planet of the dead"; and the Queen's Gate Tunnel in , was used for the majority of Earth-bound scenes. Pre-production on the four specials started on 20 November 2008—four days before scheduled—because the episode's overseas filming in Dubai required the extra planning time. Two weeks later, the production team was on a for the special and the final draft of the script was completed. The production team examined overseas locations to film the episode because they wanted the scenery to feel "real" and thought that they would be unable to film on a Welsh beach in winter. After examining countries such as and , the production 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. Production began on 19 January in Wales. The special was the first Doctor Who episode to be filmed in resolution. The move to HD had previously been resisted for two major reasons: when the show was revived in 2005, high-definition television was not adopted by an adequate portion of the audience to be financially viable; and special effects were considerably more expensive to create in high-definition than in standard-definition. "Planet of the Dead" was used to switch to HD because of the show's reduced schedule in 2009 and because the filming crew had become experienced with the equipment while they were filming . Filming began at the , which doubled for the history museum depicted in the episode's first scene. To portray the tunnel the bus travelled into, the of the in was closed for four nights to accommodate filming. The last major piece of filming in Wales took place in the closed Mir (formerly Alphasteel) in , which doubled almost unaltered for the Tritovore spaceship. Filming took place at the peak of the , where the sub-zero temperatures slowed filming and had a visible effect on the cast. To accommodate for the adverse conditions, Davies included a line in the script that specified that the Tritovore spaceship cooled as external temperatures increase. The 200 bus—so named after the episode's landmark—in dock at Dubai City Port, after a container was accidentally dropped on it. Filming in Dubai took place in mid-February 2009. Two weeks previously, one of the two 1980 double-decker buses bought for filming had been substantially damaged when a crane accidentally dropped a container in Dubai City Port.After an emergency discussion by the production team, they agreed that the damage was unintentionally artistic and decided to include the damaged bus in the episode; instead of shipping the spare bus from Cardiff—which would have delayed the already hurried filming schedule—the production team decided to partially reconstruct the bus in Dubai, damage the spare bus in Cardiff to match the bus in Dubai, and rewrite part of the script to accommodate and mention the damage to the bus. James Strong recalled the reaction of the production team to the damage to the bus in an issue of : One morning in the first week of February, I was leaving my flat when Julie Gardner phoned. She said, "there's been a little accident with the bus [...] it's a disaster; the bus is fucked." When I got into the office, I was handed a photograph—and my initial reaction was absolute horror. We called an emergency meeting. Russell came in [...] and we discussed our options. We had bought an identical London bus to film on in Cardiff, so could we send that out to Dubai? We could have got it out in time if it'd left Cardiff, literally, the next day, but we'd have had to find a third bus, an exact replica, to film on in Cardiff a week later. It had taken us a month to find the one we had. It was even mooted that we'd have to forget Dubai and opt for a beach in the UK. But Russell's response was "Okay, let's embrace it. Let's say that the bus was damaged on its way to the alien planet. [...] He wove it into the narrative. We're not trying to hide the damage at all. In fact, we show it off, enhancing it with special effects, smoke and sparks. It works rather marvellously. That London bus, damaged and smoking, in the middle of the desert—yeah, it looks incredible, especially in gorgeous hi-def. —James Strong, issue 407. A notable use of lens flares being used in the episode for artistic effect. Strong sought to maximise—rather than minimise—effects such as these because it disguised the fact it was filmed in a studio and allowed the viewer to more easily; this specific shot was highlighted by Strong and Tennant as an example of how it was correctly utilised. The damaged bus was not the only problem to filming in Dubai: the first of the three days was afflicted by a which left most of the footage shot unusable. The production team then struggled to complete three days of filming in two days; the last day was compared to "filming ". To complete the episode's filming, interior scenes in the bus were filmed in a studio in Wales. To disguise the fact they were using a —a 360-degree background image—, Strong utilised often-avoided techniques such as muddied windows and ; the latter also served to create a warmer environment for the viewer. After filming ended, editing and post-processing took place until two days before transmission, leaving the BBC to resort to using an unfinished copy to market the episode. 200th story "Planet of the Dead" was advertised as Doctor Who's 200th story. Writer Russell T Davies admitted that the designation was arbitrary and debatable, based upon how fans counted the unfinished serial , the season-long fourteen-part serial , and the third series finale consisting of "", "" and "". Davies personally disagreed about counting The Trial of a Time Lord as one serial—arguing that it "felt like four stories" to him—and grouping "Utopia" with its following episodes, but agreed that it was only an opinion which did not override any others. Gareth Roberts inserted a reference to the landmark—specifically, the bus number is 200—and Davies emailed the show's publicity team to advertise the special as such. 's editor aknowledged the controversy in the magazine's 407th issue, which ran a reader survey of all 200 stories. €Broadcast and reception Overnight figures estimated that the special was watched by 8.41 million people, a 39.6% share of the audience. An additional 184,000 watched the programme on BBC HD, the channel's highest rating so far. The initial showing had an of 88: considered excellent. A BBC One repeat, two days later, gained an overnight figure of 1.8 million viewers. The special was therefore the second most watched programme of the day, being beaten by the premiere of the new series of . The final viewing figure 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 ever aired on BBC HD. Including repeats in the following week and viewings on the , 13.89 million viewers watched the episode in total. The episode received average critical reviews. Simon Brew of science fiction blog Den of Geek said the episode was "by turns ambitious and predictable" but "still quite entertaining". The first part of the review mentioned an objection from his wife that the bus trapped in the sand "[looked] really fake", despite the episode being actually filmed in Dubai, and then mentioned Brew's appreciation of the concept of people stranded in the desert and concluded that "made a fair fist of it". Brew positively reviewed Michelle Ryan's performance—comparing her performance to be on par to her role in rather than her role as in —and Lee Evans' performance as Malcolm Taylor, calling him the highlight of the episode because of his dialogue. He closed his review by saying that ""Planet of the Dead" was passable enough": he thought it "never really gelled" for him; but he thought it was overall entertaining and was excited for the remaining three specials as a result of Carmen's prophecy. of "mostly loved "Planet Of The Dead"", commenting that it was a standard Russell T Davies script that had the "elements of a cracking good story": 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. 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. Alien creatures who might be hostile. A deadly swarm coming to tear our heroes apart. And UNIT on the other side of the wormhole, trying to come to grips with this almost unimaginable threat. —, She compared it to two previous episodes, "" and "", both of which she enjoyed. She criticised three aspects of the episode: Lady Christina, who was the "first RTD heroine who actually filled [her] with revulsion", leaving her hoping that the character would be killed off-screen, Malcolm's reluctance to close the wormhole and the implausibility of only three stingrays travelling through it. She thought that the episode was "a pretty solid adventure with a cool set of monsters". Ben Rawson-Jones of entertainment website gave the episode two stars out of five. He characterised the episode as being "as hollow as a big chocolate Easter egg" because it was "lacking in the enthralling drama and compelling characterisation that has been the lynchpin of the Russell T Davies era". His main criticism was towards Ryan's character, describing the romantic tension between Christina and the Doctor as "feeling forced" and arguing that Ryan was "utterly unconvincing" as Christina. Conversely, he was appreciative of Strong's direction and the UNIT subplot. Specifically, he approved of Evans' performance, noting that "the fact that Malcolm names a unit of measurement after himself is both inspired and hilarious". His review ended by describing the episode as "lifeless for much of the hour" and expressing his hope that the ambiguous entity from Carmen's premonition would "hurry up". Orlando Parfitt of gave the episode a 7.1 (Good) rating out of ten. 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 in between", 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". His praise of the episode went to Ryan and Evans: although he thought of Christina as a "shameless ripoff", he said that the character "still proves a sexy and wise-cracking counterpart to the Doctor"; and Evans' acting alongside Dumezweni highlighted his "undeniably great comic acting" as opposed to his "love-it-or-hate-it" . The last paragraph of his review focused on the climax, which he thought was "a cracker [that] just-about makes up for the previously plodding plot", and described the entire episode as having "enough enjoyable moments" to entertain fans before the transmission of "The Waters of Mars". DVD and Blu-Ray release "Planet of the Dead" will be released on DVD on 15 June 2009, and on Blu-Ray on 29 June 2009.
The Doctor, without a companion and looking for a new adventure, finds himself stranded on an alien along with the passengers on a London bus. Without his TARDIS, will they be able to return to Earth before the Swarm arrives? It is returning through the dark, and he will knock four times! We review 'The Planet of the Dead' the first of the 2009 Doctor Who specials. The Discussing Network proudly presents Discussing Who Episode 170. Hosted by Kyle Jones, Clarence Brown, and Lee Shackleford. The Discussing Network Discussing Who is part of the Discussing Network. Find out more about the network and other shows on the network by visiting https://discussingnetwork.com. Join us on the new Discussing Network Facebook Group. Visit https://facebook.com./groups/discussingnetwork Become a Patreon Supporter! By becoming a Patreon, you can support the show while receiving exclusive perks made available for Patreon Supporters. Visit Patreon.com/DiscussingNetwork for more information, to follow us on Patreon, and – should you choose – support the show. This episode of Discussing Who is brought to you by Audible – get a FREE audiobook download and 30 day free trial at www.audibletrial.com/DiscussingWho. Check out over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle or mp3 player. Our Hosts on Other Shows Want more from the Discussing Who co-hosts? Our hosts can be found on the following: Doctor Who: Podshock (Kyle & Lee) The TechPedition Podcast (Clarence) The Relativity Podcast (Lee, Clarence, & Kyle) Discussing Trek: A Star Trek Discovery Podcast (Clarence & Kyle) Terminus: A Doctor Who Podcast (Nicole) You can subscribe to Discussing Network on SPOTIFY! Feedback Let us know what you think! Send your feedback via email to discussingwho@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail message on the Discussing Who Call Line. Simply dial (805)850-DWHO (3946). (Airtime and/or long distance rates apply, if applicable.) Already following us on Facebook? Simply send a message on there. Like the show? Want to contribute? Send us your feedback! We want to hear from you! Additional Information Interested in more Doctor Who Comics? Visit our friends at Titan Comics. Titan publishes comics featuring the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctors. They also publish comics featuring Sherlock, Penny Dreadful, and more! Check them out and tell them that Discussing Who sent you. WifiSciFi Love audio drama in podcast format? The hosts of Discussing Who will be a part of WifiFiSciFi in Seattle, Washington on April 25, 2020. To find out more, www.wifiscifi.org
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