Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead

The Doctor is back. Trapped on a desert planet without the TARDIS, he must team up with a mysterious, aristocratic thief to get back to Earth.
In the first of four Doctor Who Specials for 2009, Michelle Ryan (Merlin, Bionic Woman) and comic Lee Evans (There's Something About Mary) team up with David Tennant for the first time-lord adventure shot in High Definition.
Ryan plays the mysterious Lady Christina de Souza who joins the Doctor on a bus-trip which takes a very unexpected detour into danger, while British comedy star Lee Evans also joins the cast playing a character called Malcolm whose life becomes connected to the Doctor's under extraordinary circumstances... When a London bus travels through a worm-hole to an alien world, the Doctor must join forces with the extraordinary Lady Christina to help the unfortunate passengers, and themselves, get back home. But the mysterious planet holds terrifying secrets, hidden in the sand. And time is running out, as the deadly swarm gets closer...

Written by Russell T Davie, Gareth Roberts
Produced by Tracie Simpson
Executive Produced by Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner

A BBC production

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