"Doctor Who" The Doctor Dances (2005)

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Director:

James Hawes

Writer:

Steven Moffat (written by)

TV Series:

"Doctor Who" (2005)

Original Air Date:

28 May 2005 (Season 1, Episode 10)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Albion Hospital is overrun with the Empty Child's zombified victims. Worse, The Doctor, Rose and Jack are trapped in there with them...

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Rose | London England | Single Mother | Mother Son Reunion

Cast

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)

Runtime:

45 min | 45 min (50 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Barry Steam Railway, Plymouth Road, Barry Island, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Trivia:

This episode was watched by 6.86 million viewers on its original transmission, winning a 38.53% audience share.

Goofs:

Continuity: As the gang start running from the child, who is breaking down the wall to get at them, there is a short sequence in which you can see the hole they dived through, the one Jack supposedly "digitally rewound".

Quotes:

[first lines]
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.

Movie Connections:

References Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Soundtrack:

In The Mood

This episode is most frightening of the new series

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.