Doctor Who: New Doctor

Season One - Roaming the galaxy in his time/space ship, the TARDIS, the Doctor is a champion of good against the forces of evil. Christopher Eccleston's Doctor is wise and funny, cheeky and brave. An alien and a loner, his detached logic gives him a vital edge when the world is in danger. His new assistant is Rose (Billie Piper), a shop-girl from the present day. From the moment they meet, the Doctor and Rose are soul-mates; they understand and complement each other. In Series 1, as they travel together through time, encountering new and old adversaries, the Doctor shows her things beyond imagination. She starts out as an innocent, unfettered by worldly concerns. But she ends up an adventurer who, by the end of the series, can never go home again...

Episodes
Rose - Rose Tyler meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor, and her life will never be the same again. Soon, she realises that her mum, her boyfriend, and the whole of Planet Earth are in danger. The only hope for salvation lies inside a strange blue police box...

The End of the World - The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time, to the year Five Billion. The Sun is about to expand and swallow the Earth. But amongst the alien races gathering to watch on Platform One, a murderer is at work. Who is controlling the mysterious, deadly spiders?
Guest star: Zoë Wanamaker

The Unquiet Dead - The Doctor takes Rose back through time to Wales, Christmas 1869. In Victorian Cardiff, the dead are walking and creatures made of gas are on the loose. The time-travellers team up with Charles Dickens to investigate Mr Sneed, the local Undertaker. Can they halt the plans of the ethereal Gelth?
Guest star: Simon Callow

Aliens of London - The first episode in a two-part story. The Doctor takes Rose home. But when a spaceship crash lands in the Thames, London is closed-off and the whole world is on Red Alert. While the Doctor investigates the alien survivor, Rose discovers that her home is no longer a safe haven. Who are the Slitheen?
Guest star: Penelope Wilton

World War III - Continuing the story from Episode 4. Downing Street announces mankind's first Interplanetary War, but the real danger is much closer to home. When the Doctor, Rose and Harriet Jones race against time to unmask the villainous Slitheen, Rose's mum and boyfriend hold the key to salvation. Can the missiles be stopped?

Dalek - Beneath the Salt Plains of Utah, the billionaire collector Henry Van Statten holds the last relic of an alien race. When the Doctor and Rose investigate, they discover that the Doctor's oldest and most deadly enemy is about to break free. It's a fight to the death, with Rose caught in the middle.

The Long Game - In the far future, Satellite 5 broadcasts to the entire Earth Empire. But anyone promoted to Floor 500 is never seen again, and the Doctor suspects humankind is being manipulated. Nothing escapes the eye of the sinister Editor, but just who is he working for? While the Doctor and Rose investigate Floor 500, Adam realises the material advantages of knowing the future and is determined to cash in.
Guest star: Simon Pegg

Father's Day - Rose was just a baby in 1987 when her father was killed by a car. But taking her back to where and when it happened proves a bad idea when Rose pushes him aside. In doing so, she upsets the balance of Time and changes history. Suddenly, Earth is under threat from the Reapers, terrifying pterodactyl-like demons that swoop out of the sky to rectify Time anomalies.
Guest star: Shaun Dingwall

The Empty Child - The first of a two-part story. The Doctor and Rose travel back to London in 1941, at the height of the Blitz. A mysterious cylinder is being guarded by the Army, while homeless children (living on the bombsites) are being terrorised by an unearthly child. Rose meets the dashing Captain Jack Harkness - has she found a hero even better than the Doctor?
Guest stars: John Barrowman, Richard Wilson

The Doctor Dances - The story continues from Episode 9... The Child's plague is spreading throughout the wartime London, and its zombie army is on the march. The Doctor and Rose form an alliance with intergalactic con-man Captain Jack, but find themselves trapped in the abandoned hospital. The answer lies at the bombsite, but time is running out.

Boom Town - When the Tardis crew take a holiday,The Doctor encounters an enemy he thought long since dead. It soon transpires that plans to build a nuclear power station in Cardiff city are disguising an alien plot to rip the world apart.And when the Doctor dines with monsters, he discovers traps within traps.
Guest star: John Barrowman

Bad Wolf - The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack have to fight for their lives on board the Game Station, but a far more dangerous threat is lurking - just out of sight. The Doctor realises that the entire human race has been blinded to the threat on its doorstep, and Armageddon is fast approaching.
Guest star: John Barrowman

The Parting of the Ways - Rose Tyler has faced danger and seen wonders alongside The Doctor, but now their friendship is put to the test as Earth plunges into an epic war. With the human race being slaughtered, The Doctor is forced into terrible action. Will the time-travellers ever be reunited?
Guest star: John Barrowman

Cast Quotes
Christopher Eccleston (The Doctor, Series 1): "What's dawned on me about Doctor Who is that I'm trying to entertain a different audience. It's exciting and funny and scary and it's aimed at families, so I'm kind of acting for children and I feel very lucky to be able to do that. For all the danger the Doctor encounters, the basic message of the show is seize life, be optimistic and see the positives.

"The series is written with passion and humor, and there's an innocence about it. It's a kind of celebration of life in all its forms. In everything the Doctor does he saying 'it's great to be alive'. I can hear people sneering at that, but that's what he believes and it's a nice thing to say to kids, or anybody for that matter."

 

Season Two - David Tennant steps into the role of the Doctor for Series 2, and is proving to be the most popular Time Lord to date. David's Doctor is full of restless energy, he's also quirky, mischievous, charming and stylish, and the rapport between him and his feisty assistant Rose is stronger than ever. In Series 2, they meet Queen Victoria, an evil race of Cat Women and the dreaded Cybermen; the foundations are laid for the spin-off series Torchwood; but by the end of the series Rose finds herself parted from the Doctor forever.

Episodes
New Earth - The Doctor and Rose board the Tardis for new adventures in time and space. But when they visit mankind's new home, far in the future, they find gruesome secrets hidden inside a luxury hospital. And an enemy thought long since dead, the paper-thin Cassandra, is out for revenge...

Tooth and Claw - The Doctor and Rose have to protect Queen Victoria, but can anything stop the Empire of the Wolf?

School Reunion - The Doctor investigates a contemporary London school which is being haunted by strange, bat-like creatures at night. While at the school, the Doctor finds his old friend, Sarah Jane Smith, already working undercover. Both have old scores they must settle, and Rose discovers the true legacy of being a Time Lord's companion.

The Girl in the Fireplace - The Doctor finds love - and evil droids - in 18th-century France. Madame de Pompadour is being haunted by a stranger called the Doctor. Can he save her from the clockwork killers?

Rise of the Cybermen - Part 1 of a two-part story. The Tardis is trapped on a parallel Earth and Rose discovers that her father is still alive. But sinister forces are at work, and British society is being prepared for the Ultimate Upgrade. Meanwhile, an old enemy of the Doctor's is about to be reborn...

The Age of Steel - The story continues from Episode 5. The Cybermen take control of London and start converting the populace. While Jackie falls under Lumic's control, the Doctor, Rose and Mickey are reduced to fugitives in a world of terror. A last, desperate attack on the Cyberfactory is their only chance - but will they all survive?

The Idiot's Lantern - It is 1953, the Coronation year of HM Queen Elizabeth II, and the people of Great Britain huddle round their television and radio sets to witness the great event. But behind the celebrations there are rumours of monsters on the streets, and the tormented Mr Magpie is hiding a strange and alien secret.

The Impossible Planet - Part 1 of a two-part story. Rose finds herself further away from home than ever before, in the orbit of a Black Hole. Trapped with an Earth expedition and the mysterious Ood, the time-travellers face an even greater danger as something ancient beneath the planet's surface begins to awake.

The Satan Pit - Continuing from Episode 8. Rose battles the murderous Ood and the Doctor finds his every belief being challenged to the core, as the Pit beckons. With the planet threatening to fall into the Black Hole, the Doctor must make the ultimate sacrifice - but can he save the entire universe from the Beast?

Love & Monsters - An ordinary man called Elton becomes obsessed with the Doctor and Rose and their mysterious blue box. But when Elton's investigations bring him to the attention of the enigmatic, cold and powerful Victor Kennedy, his harmless hobby suddenly plunges him into a living nightmare.

Fear Her - When the Tardis lands in 2012, the Doctor plans to show Rose the London Olympics. But on a nearby housing estate, a desperate mother is hiding her daughter's unearthly powers. Can the Doctor defeat the danger nestling at the heart of an ordinary British household?

Army of Ghosts - Part 1 of a two-part story. The human race rejoices as the ghosts of loved ones return home in the latest adventure from the nation's favourite time traveller. But as the Doctor, Rose and Jackie investigate the Torchwood Tower, the whole of modern-day Earth threatens to fall to an almighty invasion force.

Doomsday - Continuing from Episode 12. It's the end of an epic journey as two mighty armies wage war across the Earth, with the human race caught in the middle. But as an unstoppable terror emerges from beneath Torchwood, the Doctor faces an even greater dilemma - does saving the world mean the death of Rose Tyler?

The Christmas Invasion - Introducing David Tennant as the 12th incarnation of The Doctor.
Can Rose trust a man with a new face? As the newly regenerated Doctor drifts in and out of consciousness, Christmas becomes a time of terror on planet Earth when the whole of mankind falls under the shadow of the sinister alien Sycorax.

Cast Quotes
Billie Piper (Rose Tyler, Series 1 & 2): "The series is a great balance between science fiction, which can be a bit detached, and real, genuine emotions. I don't think I would have done it if it was strictly sci-fi, as much as I've enjoyed being chased by monsters!"

"Rose is very smart. She's very instinctive and has great strength of character. She's traveled all over the galaxy with the Doctor, and taken note of how he handles situations, so tries to mimic his actions."

Season Three - Series 3 finds the Doctor with a smart, sassy and sexy new assistant, medical student Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman), whom he meets when her present-day London hospital is transported to the moon. Their adventures include meeting William Shakespeare at the Globe Theatre in Elizabethan London, a nightmarish underground world of gridlocked cars and the return of the Doctor's sworn enemies, the Daleks.

Episodes
2006 Christmas Special: The Runaway Bride - No sooner has the Doctor said a tear-stained farewell to Rose Tyler than he finds himself face-to-face with a woman, played by comedienne Catherine Tate, dressed in a fluffy white wedding frock. Who is she? Who is she supposed to be marrying? And how did she get on board the TARDIS?

Smith and Jones - For Martha Jones, a medical student in Central London, an ordinary day turns into a nightmare when her entire hospital is transported to the Moon. There, she has to battle the Judoon and outwit a blood-sucking Plasmavore - but can she trust a mysterious stranger called the Doctor?

The Shakespeare Code - For Martha's first trip in the Tardis, the Doctor takes her back in time, to Elizabethan England. When they find William Shakespeare (Dean Lennox Kelly) under the control of deadly witch-like creatures, they must battle forces from the dawn of the universe to stop history being changed for ever.

Gridlock - The Doctor takes Martha to the planet New Earth, in the far future. But when they find the streets being ruled by the sinister Pharamacists, they must brave the ordeal of the mysterious Motorway in order to discover the terrible secret at the heart of the city.

Daleks in Manhattan - The TARDIS lands in 1930s New York. In the midst of the Depression, people are disappearing off the streets. Savage Pig Men hide in the sewers and, at the very top of the Empire State Building, the Doctor's oldest enemies are at work, preparing their most audacious plan yet.

Evolution of the Daleks - Dalek Sec is reborn in human form and plans to build a Dalek empire in 1930s New York. While Martha fights for her life at the top of the Empire State Building, the Doctor must enter into an unholy alliance in order to change Dalek history forever.

The Lazarus Experiment - Martha returns home - could this be the end of her travels with the Doctor? When she discovers her family is caught up in the scheming of Professor Lazarus (Mark Gatiss) and his Genetic Manipulation Device, it becomes a fight for survival, as human DNA twists into monstrous form.

42 - In a distant galaxy, a spaceship hurtles out of control towards a boiling sun with the Doctor and Martha trapped on board. They have only 42 minutes to uncover the saboteurs, but, with a mysterious force starting to possess the ship's crew, the Doctor is running out of time.

Human Nature - It's 1913 in England, and an ordinary schoolteacher called John Smith dreams of adventures in time and space and a mysterious blue box. But when lights in the sky herald the arrival of something strange and terrible, Smith's maid, Martha, has to convince him that he alone can save the world.

The Family of Blood - It is 1913 in England and war has come a year in advance as the terrifying Family hunt for the Doctor. But while John Smith refuses to accept his destiny as a Time Lord, the women in his life - Martha and Joan - have to take terrible measures to save the whole of history.

Blink - In an old, abandoned house, the Weeping Angels wait. However, when people start disappearing, a young woman called Sally finds cryptic messages bleeding through from 1969 - messages from a mysterious stranger called the Doctor. Can she decipher them before the Angels claim their prize?

Utopia - Jack's back! As Captain Jack storms back into the Doctor's life, the Tardis is thrown out of control, to the end of the universe. There, they find the savage Futurekind ruling the wilderness, while a lonely Professor tries in vain to save the last of the human race.

The Sound Of Drums - Harry Saxon becomes Prime Minister, and his reign of terror begins. This is only the start of his ambitions, however, as he announces humankind's first contact with an alien race, the Toclafane. An audacious plan, spanning the whole of time and space, begins to close around the Earth. (Guest star: John Simm - Life On Mars, State Of Play)

The Last of the Time Lords - Earth has been conquered and the Master rules supreme, with the Doctor a helpless prisoner. The entire human race has been reduced to slavery, as the mighty warships of a new Time Lord Empire rise from the ashes. Only Martha Jones can save the world...

Season Four - The new Doctor Who returns for a fourth season with a familiar face. In the BAFTA® - and Hugo Award-winning series, Catherine Tate (Big Train, Bleak House) reprises her role as Donna Noble from the 2006 Christmas Special. Now reunited, the tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna travel back to Pompeii in 79 A.D. to investigate a series of grisly murders on the eve of the infamous eruption. Soon, the Doctor discovers that Rose has crossed space to warn him of a terrible truth, Martha reprises her role as a deadly weapon, and Donna undergoes a transformation that changes the course of her future.

Episodes
2007 Christmas Special - Voyage of the Damned - Kylie Minogue steps back in time this festive season, as she joins Time Lord David Tennant for a spectacular Doctor Who Christmas Special set on board The Titanic.

At the end of series three, fans witnessed the The Titanic crash through the Tardis walls in spectacular style, and this Special continues from that moment.

Kylie, who plays Astrid, a waitress on The Titanic, says: "It is an incredible thrill to be joining David and the entire Dr Who production for this year's Christmas special. Dr Who enjoys a unique history and it is going to be very exciting to be a part of that."

Partners In Crime - Donna Noble is determined to find the Doctor again - even if it means braving the villainous Miss Foster and her hordes of sinister Adipose. But when the alien threat escalates out of control, can Donna find her Time Lord before the march of the Adipose begins?

The Fires Of Pompeii - The Doctor and Donna travel back into ancient history. When they arrive in 79AD, however, they discover psychic powers and beasts of stone running riot in the streets of old Pompeii. The time-travellers face their greatest challenge yet - can established history be changed, or must the Doctor let everyone die?

Planet of the Ood - The Doctor takes Donna to her first alien world, but the Ood-Sphere reveals some terrible truths about the Human Race.

The Sontaran Stratagem (Part 1 of a two-part story- Martha Jones summons the Doctor back to modern-day Earth, but an old enemy lies in wait. With the mysterious ATMOS devices spreading across the world, Donna discovers that even her own family is not safe from the alien threat - but is it too late to save them?

The Poison Sky (Part 2 of a two-part story) - The Sontarans activate their masterplan and begin to choke the whole of planet Earth. UNIT is left defenceless, with a traitor in their ranks. And as interplanetary war edges closer, the Doctor has to fight to keep both Martha and Donna alive - but will he have to make the ultimate sacrifice?

The Unicorn And The Wasp - The Doctor and Donna arrive in 1926 on the day before Agatha Christie went missing for 10 days. At a dinner party hosted by Lady Clemency Eddison, the Doctor and Donna join forces with the world's most famous crime novelist to encounter a body in the library, poisoned cocktails and a Vespiform seeking revenge.

Silence in the Library (Part 1 of a two-part story) - One hundred years ago, the Universe's greatest library was sealed off with only a cryptic warning as explanation: "Count the shadows." However, it now appears that the shadows are on the move again. The Doctor and Donna must uncover the terrible truth behind the Nodes and the horrifying Data Ghost to uncover the Library's secret.

Forest of the Dead (Part 2 of a two-part story) - As the shadows rise and march, the Doctor forges an alliance with the mysterious River Song. But can anyone stop the Vashta Nerada? While the Doctor discovers long-buried secrets and revelations about his own future, the sinister Nodes declare that Donna is doomed.

Midnight - The Doctor is trapped, alone, powerless and terrified, on the leisure planet Midnight. Soon, the knocking on the wall begins. Only a woman called Sky seems to know the truth - but as paranoia turns into a witch-hunt, Sky turns the Doctor's greatest strengths against him, and a sacrifice must be made...

Turn Left - Donna's entire world collapses, but there's no sign of the Doctor. Instead, she finds help from a mysterious blonde woman - a traveller from a parallel universe. But as Donna and Rose Tyler combine forces, are they too late to save the whole of creation from the approaching darkness?

The Stolen Earth - Earth's greatest heroes assemble in a time of dire need. But can the Doctor's secret army defeat the might of the new Dalek Empire? With battles on the streets and in the skies, the Doctor and Donna must brave the Shadow Proclamation to find out the truth. However, a fearsome old enemy waits in the shadows...

Journey's End - The entire universe is in danger as the Daleks activate their masterplan. The Doctor is helpless, and even the Tardis faces destruction. The only hope lies with the Doctor's secret army of companions - but as they join forces to battle Davros himself, the prophecy declares that one of them will die.

Specials
The Next Doctor
It is Christmas Eve, 1851, and Cyberman stalk the snow of Victorian London. When the Doctor arrives and starts to investigate a spate of mysterious deaths, he encounters a woman named Rosita and a man who calls himself "The Doctor." Convinced that the man is a future regeneration of himself, the Doctor starts to realize that the "Next Doctor" is lacking many of his memories. Meanwhile, the Cybermen are planning an attack on Earth, helped by their human ally, Miss Mercy Hartigan. The two Doctors must combine forces to defeat Miss Hartigan's ruthless plans of world domination. But are two Doctors enough to stop the rise of the CyberKing?

Cast & Crew
The Doctor - David Tennant
Jackson Lake - David Morrissey
Rosita Farisi - Valile Tshabalala
Miss Hartigan - Dervla Kirwan
Cyberman voices - Nicholas Briggs
Written by Russell T. Davies
Directed by Andy Goddard
Produced by Susie Liggat
Executive Produced by Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner
Cinematography by Ernest Vincze
Music by Murray Gold
Film Editing by Richard Cox

Planet of the Dead
The Doctor finds himself trapped on a desert alien planet with a red double-decker bus and no TARDIS in sight. He soon discovered the mysterious planet holds terrifying secrets hidden in the sand and is forced to team up with aristocratic thief Lady Christina to get back to Earth. But time is running out and a deadly swarm of unspeakable horrors is getting closer at a terrifying speed.

Cast & Crew
The Doctor - David Tennant
Lady Christina de Souza - Michelle Ryan
Malcolm Taylor - Lee Evans
Capt. Erisa Magambo - Noma Dumezweni
D.I McMillan - Adam James
Angela Whittaker - Victoria Alcock
Nathan - David Ames
Carmen - Ellen Thomas
Lou - Reginald Tsiboe
Barclay - Daniel Kaluuya
Written by Russell T. Davis and Gareth Roberts
Directed by James Strong
Produced by Tracie Simpson
Executive Produced by Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner
Cinematography by Rory Taylor
Music by Murray Gold
Film Editing by Mike Jones

The Waters of Mars
Don't drink the water. Don't even touch it. Not one drop. The Doctor lands on the planet mars, at a base in peril. A creping infection beneath the Martian surface threatens not only the human race but also the Doctor's most fundamental beliefs. Together with Adelaide Brooke, the base commander, the Doctor must defeat a seemingly unstoppable menace before it can reach Earth and wipe out mankind. The Doctor must fight, not only water but, destiny itself, while also confronting his own existence. When the prophecy about his future begins to resonate, is his song about to come to an end?

Cast & Crew
The Doctor - David Tennant
Adelaide Brooke - Lindsay Duncan
Ed Gold - Peter O'Brien
Yuri Kerenski - Aleksander Mikic
Mia Bennet - Gemma Chan
Maggei Cain - Sharon Duncan Brewster
Tarak Ital - Choock Sibtain
Andy Stone - Alan Ruscoe
Steffi Ehrlich - Cosima Shaw
Oos Sigma - Paul Kasey
Written by Russell T. Davies and Phil Ford
Directed by Graeme Harper
Produced by Nikki Wilson
Executive Produced by Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner
Cinematography by Ernest Vincze
Music by Murray Gold
Film Editing by William Oswald

The End of Time, Part 1
It's the Tenth Doctor's final journey, but his psychotic nemesis, the Master, has been reborn on Christmas Eve. With both determined to cheat death, the battle ranges from the wastelands of London to the mysterious Immortality Gate. A terrible shadow falls across the entire universe all while the alien Ood warning of an even greater danger is approaching.

The End of Time, Part 2
The Doctor faces the end of his life as the Master's plans hurtle of out control. With the sound of drums growing louder, an ancient trap closes around the Earth, and the Doctor and Wilf must fight alone. But as with any war, sacrifices must be made, and the deadly prophecy finally comes to a head -"He will knock four times."

Cast & Crew
The Doctor - David Tennant
The Master -John Simm
The Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
Wildred Mott - Bernard Cribbins
Narrator/Lord President - Timothy Dalton
Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
Martha Jones-Smith - Freema Agyeman
Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
Sylvia Noble - Jacqueline King
Luke Smith - Thomas Knight
Mickey Smith - Noel Clarke
Lucy saxon - Alexandra Moen
Written by Russell T. Davies (Steven Moffat, uncredited final scene)
Directed by Eros Lyn
Produced by Tracie Simpson
Executive Produced by Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner
Music by Murray Gold

 

 

 

Season 5 - The Doctor has just regenerated, and he is the youngest he has ever looked. Crash landing in the back yard of a lonely little girl, the Doctor meets Amy Pond, a brave child who only fears one thing: the crack in her bedroom. With the TARDIS still in recovery, he promises to return once he tends to his broken ship. He stays true to his promise - but he's twelve years late. With the suddenly adult Amy at his side, the Doctor and his new companion travel through space and time, running into old foes (the Daleks and the Weeping Angels), and meeting new ones (the Smilers, the Krafaysis). They even run into the mysterious River Song, who has a very important warning for the Doctor: the Pandorica is opening.

Episodes
Episode 1 - The Eleventh Hour
The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can recover. With the TARDIS wrecked, his sonic destroyed, and an extraterrestrial named Prisoner Zero on the loose, the Doctor has only twenty minutes to save the world - and only Amy Pond can help him.

Episode 2 - The Beast Below
On their first trip together into time and space, the Doctor takes Amy to the distant future, where they find the future home of Britain - Starship UK floating idly through space. But as Amy explores her surroundings, she encounters the terrifying Smilers and learns deadly truths inside the ominous voting booth.

Episode 3 - Victory of the Daleks
Summoned by an old friend, the Doctor finds his oldest enemy lingering in the Cabinet War rooms underneath London. The Daleks are back in full force - but what reason could Winston Churchill have to be in league with them?

Episode 4 - The Time of Angels
The mysterious River Song has returned and she's got some frightening news - the Weeping Angels have returned. Recruited by Father Octavian, the Doctor must track the last of the Angels through the maze of the dead. With River hot on his heels, he wonders one thing - can he trust her?

Episode 5 - Flesh and Stone
No way back, no way up, no way out. Trapped in an army of Weeping Angels, the Doctor and his friends must try to escape through the wreckage of a crashed space liner - but in the forest vault, Amy finds herself under a deadlier attack.

Episode 6 - The Vampires of Venice
Desiccated corpses, terror in the canal, and the sinister House of Calvierri - the Doctor takes Amy and Rory to Venice in the 17th century as a romantic wedding present. But not all is as it should be. The city has been sealed and protected from the plague - or does Rosanna Calvierri have other plans?

Episode 7 - Amy's Choice
It's been five years since Amy Pond traveled in the TARDIS with the Doctor, and when he lands in her garden again, on the eve of the birth of her first child, she finds herself facing a heartbreaking choice - one that will change her life forever.

Episode 8 - The Hungry Earth
2015: the most ambitious drilling project in history has reached deeper below the Earth's crust than man has ever gone - but now the ground itself is fighting back. The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in a tiny mining village and find themselves a deadly danger from a bygone age.

Episode 9 - Cold Blood
The most important day in the history of Earth has arrived - the dawn of a new age of harmony or the start of its final war. The Doctor must face his most difficult challenge yet: a battle he can't take sides in and a day when nobody must die.

Episode 10 - Vincent and the Doctor
Terror lurks in the cornfields of Provence, but only a sad and lonely painter can see it. Amy Pond finds herself shoulder to shoulder with Vincent Van Gogh in a battle with a deadly alien. Saving the world has never been so ginger.

Episode 11 - The Lodger
There's a house on Aickman road that contains a staircase that people go up, but never come down. To solve the mystery upstairs, the Doctor must pass as a perfectly normal human being who shares a flat with Craig Owens. What could possibly go wrong?

Episode 12 - The Pandorica Opens
According to legend, the Pandorica contains the most feared being in all the cosmos, a monster soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The Doctor's friends unite to send him a terrible warning - the Pandorica is opening. But can the Doctor even stop what's inside?

Episode 13 - The Big Bang
The Doctor is gone, the TARDIS has been destroyed, and the universe is collapsing. The only hope for all reality is a little girl who still believes in stars.

Christmas Special 2010
Amy and Rory are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way the Doctor can rescue them is to save the sole of a lonely miser. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown, beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs of Christmas Eve?

Interviews:
Matt Smith on playing the Doctor:

"People ask me, 'Who do you think your Doctor is?'" says Smith, in an interview with E Jane Dickson, "and I'm reluctant to think of it in those terms, because it's still a work in progress.

"Steven Moffat - who's just the most brilliant writer - told me when I first met him that the interesting thing, the defining thing, about the Doctor is that he never quite knows what's going to come out of his mouth in any given situation. His thoughts just combust spontaneously. I've tried to harness that brain-to-mouth rapidity.

"I mean, you could think about it forever, but how do you play the most charismatic man in the universe? It's a real challenge. If you play him consciously charismatic, he instantly loses the charisma. Of course, really charismatic people don't have to do a thing. They just are. I'm still finding my way on that one, but I like to think it gives me something creative to play with." - Radio Times blog

Smith on the tone of the new season:
"I think our series very certainly gets quite dark, in quite a magical way. But with the tone of the new series, they turn it into more of a fairy tale. Steven Moffat, one of the great TV writers, is just a genius and he plays with time and color and he's so brilliant in the way that he layers the themes on top of one another. I think fans are going to be quite excited about the direction we take things." - Techland Time

Karen Gillan talks to The Guardian about her audition and her role as a companion:

Steven Moffat sits with The Guardian to discuss the task of stepping in for Russel T. Davies:

Cast & Crew
Matt Smith - The Doctor
Karen Gillan - Amy Pond
Arthur Darvill - Rory Williams
Alex Kingston - River Song
Directed by Johnny Campbell, Andrew Gunn, Toby Haynes, Catherine Morshead, Adam Smith, Ashley Way
Written by Steven Moffat, Terry Nation, Gareth Roberts, Mark Gatiss, Toby Whithouse
Produced by Peter Bennet, Tracie Simpson
Executive Produced by Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger, Beth Willis
Music by Murray Gold
Cinematography by Owen McPolin, Stephan Pehrsson
Film Editing by jamie Pearson, John Richards, David Barret, matthew Newman, William Oswald

 

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