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Steven Moffat (written by)
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Original Air Date:
28 May 2005
(Season 1, Episode 10)
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Albion Hospital is overrun with the Empty Child's zombified victims. Worse, The Doctor, Rose and Jack are trapped in there with them...
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This episode is most frightening of the new series
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Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Christopher Eccleston | ... | Doctor Who |
 | Billie Piper | ... | Rose Tyler |
 | Albert Valentine | ... | The Child |
| Florence Hoath | ... | Nancy |
| John Barrowman | ... | Jack |
| Luke Perry | ... | Timothy Lloyd |
| Damian Samuels | ... | Mr. Lloyd |
| Cheryl Fergison | ... | Mrs. Lloyd |
| Joseph Tremain | ... | Jim |
| Jordan Murphy | ... | Ernie |
| Robert Hands | ... | Algy |
| Martin Hodgson | ... | Jenkins |
| Richard Wilson | ... | Dr. Constantine |
| Vilma Hollingbery | ... | Mrs. Harcourt |
| Noah Johnson | ... | The Empty Child (voice) |
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45 min | 45 min (50 episodes)
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Bad Wolf Reference: Although you can barely see it, the bomb that Jack catches in the tractor beam has "Schlechter Wolf" written on its side. Schlechter Wolf means Bad Wolf in German.
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Anachronisms: Look closely at some of the freight wagons at 'Limehouse Green' railway station: several of them appear to have 'British Rail Freightliner' livery. This episode is set in 1941, but British Rail did not exist until 1948, and the Freightliner Division did not exist until the 1980s.
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Mask Creatures: [with increasing intensity] Mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy.
The Doctor: Go to your room.
[mask creatures stop]
The Doctor: Go to your room! I mean it. I am very, very angry with you. I'm very, very cross. Go... To... Your... Room!
[mask creatures turn and go back to their beds]
The Doctor: [sighing] I'm really glad that worked. Those would have been terrible last words.
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Mask Creatures: [with increasing intensity] Mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy.
The Doctor: Go to your room.
[mask creatures stop]
The Doctor: Go to your room! I mean it. I am very, very angry with you. I'm very, very cross. Go... To... Your... Room!
[mask creatures turn and go back to their beds]
The Doctor: [sighing] I'm really glad that worked. Those would have been terrible last words.
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References Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
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Soundtrack:
In The Mood
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Although I've enjoyed most of the new series of Dr. Who it is this episode alone which brought me back to the days of my childhood when I could be genuinely frightened by Dr. Who.
The eerie child beckoning the innocents to zombification on the streets of WWII London will have you checking your doors and window to be sure they are locked. The entire episode seems to take place at night adding even more of a sinister atmosphere.
I was amazed to see this episode was written by Stephen Moffat who's work on Coupling is some of the funniest "brit com" humour of recent years.