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*[[Paul Kasey]] – [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Judoon|Judoon]] |
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"'''The Stolen Earth'''" is the twelfth and second to last episode of the [[List of Doctor Who serials#Series 4 (2008)|fourth series]] of [[United Kingdom|British]] [[science fiction television]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was first broadcast on [[BBC One]] on [[28 June]] [[2008]]. The title was withheld until two weeks before broadcast, as "it gives away too much."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/080613_news_01 | title=Episode 12 | publisher=[[BBC]] [[Doctor Who]] | date=2008-06-13 | accessdate=2008-06-28}}</ref><ref name="rtaprilfoolsday">{{cite journal |year=2008 |month=April |title=The Stars are Coming Out |journal=[[Radio Times]] |issue=5-11 April 2008 |pages=pp 14-24 |accessdate=2008-04-01 |publisher=[[BBC]] }}</ref> It is the second episode of the three-part finale.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Arnopp|first=Jason|coauthors=[[Graeme Harper|Harper, Graeme]]|date=2008-06-26|title=Decisions, Decisions|journal=[[Doctor Who Magazine]]|publisher=[[Panini Comics]]|location=[[Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent]]|issue=397|accessdate=2008-06-25|quote=''Yes, I think of Turn Left as the first of a three-parter, like Utopia, it leads you into the finale.''}}</ref> |
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The episode features the return of many past characters, including |
The episode features the return of many past characters, including numerous companions and the recurring villain [[Davros]], the latter's first TV appearance since the 1988 serial ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]''.<ref name ="DavrosTelegraph">{{ cite web | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2142381/Dr-Who%27s-enemy-Davros-to-make-a-comeback.html | title=Dr Who's enemy Davros to make a comeback | author=Laura Clout | publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | date=2008-06-17 | accessdate=2008-06-28 }}</ref> There are also several crossover elements from ''[[Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', with both characters and locations from these series featuring. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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===Synopsis=== |
===Synopsis=== |
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The [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]] ([[David Tennant]]) and his [[companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] [[Donna Noble]] ([[Catherine Tate]]) arrive on [[Earth]] in the [[TARDIS]] immediately following the events of "[[Turn Left (Doctor Who)|Turn Left]]". After discovering nothing wrong on Earth, they re-enter the TARDIS seconds before the Earth is teleported out of its spatial location. To relocate Earth, the Doctor contacts the [[Whoniverse#Features|Shadow Proclamation]], a universal [[police force]]. They determine that twenty-seven planets, including Earth, Pyrovillia ("[[The Fires of Pompeii]]"), Adipose III ("[[Partners in Crime (Doctor Who)|Partners in Crime]]"), and the Lost Moon of Poosh ("[[Midnight (Doctor Who)|Midnight]]"), reorganise when placed in the same region of space. Donna mentions the sudden disappearance of bees on contemporary Earth to the Doctor; this allows him to trace the location of the planets to the Medusa Cascade, an interuniversal rift. |
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At the beginning of the episode, which directly follows the episode "[[Turn Left (Doctor Who)|Turn Left]]", the Earth is teleported out of its spatial location shortly after the [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]] ([[David Tennant]]) and his [[companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] [[Donna Noble]] ([[Catherine Tate]]) arrive to investigate. The Doctor contacts the [[Whoniverse#Features|Shadow Proclamation]], a universal [[police force]], to find Earth. They determine that twenty-seven missing [[List of Doctor Who planets|planets]] — including Earth, Pyrovillia,<ref>{{cite episode | title = [[The Fires of Pompeii]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[James Moran (writer)|James Moran]], Director [[Colin Teague]], Producer [[Phil Collinson]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One]] | city = [[Cardiff]] | airdate = 2008-04-12}}</ref> Clom,<ref>{{cite episode | title = [[Love & Monsters]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[Russell T. Davies]], Director [[Dan Zeff]], Producer [[Phil Collinson]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One]] | city = [[Cardiff]] | airdate = 2006-06-17}}</ref> Adipose III,<ref>{{cite episode | title = [[Partners in Crime (Doctor Who)|Partners in Crime]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[Russell T. Davies]], Director [[James Strong (director)|James Strong]], Producer [[Phil Collinson]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One]] | city = [[Cardiff]] | airdate = 2008-04-05}}</ref> and the Lost Moon of Poosh<ref>{{cite episode | title = [[Midnight (Doctor Who)|Midnight]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[Russell T Davies]], Director [[Euros Lyn]], Producer [[Phil Collinson]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One]] | city = [[Cardiff]] | airdate = 2008-06-14}}</ref> — reorganise when placed near each other. Donna mentions the sudden disappearance of bees on contemporary Earth; this allows the Doctor to trace the planets to the Medusa Cascade, an interuniversal rift. |
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On Earth, a [[Dalek]] force led by their creator [[Davros]] and a red [[Supreme Dalek]] quickly subjugate Earth and target military bases, including [[UNIT]]'s headquarters in [[New York City]] and the aircaft carrier ''[[List of Doctor Who vehicles#Valiant|Valiant]]''. Davros, who was thought to have perished at the beginning of the [[Time War (Doctor Who)|Time War]], was saved by [[Dalek Caan]], who randomly entered the conflict after performing an emergency temporal shift.<ref>{{cite episode | title = [[Evolution of the Daleks]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[Helen Raynor]], Director [[James Strong (director)|James Strong]], Producer [[Phil Collinson]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One]] | city = Cardiff | airdate = 2007-04-28}}</ref> Because of the power needed to both enter the Time War and save Davros, Caan became [[precognition|precognitive]] and insane. |
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Jack takes refuge in [[Torchwood]] with his |
The Doctor's former companions [[Sarah Jane Smith]] ([[Elisabeth Sladen]]), Captain [[Jack Harkness]] ([[John Barrowman]]), [[Martha Jones]] ([[Freema Agyeman]]) and [[Rose Tyler]] ([[Billie Piper]]), who have all encountered the Daleks before,<ref>{{cite serial | title = [[Genesis of the Daleks]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[Terry Nation]], Director [[David Maloney]], Producer [[Philip Hinchcliffe]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One|BBC1]] | city = London | began = 1975-03-08 | ended = 1975-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode | title = [[Daleks in Manhattan]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[Helen Raynor]], Director [[James Strong (director)|James Strong]], Producer [[Phil Collinson]] | network = [[BBC]] |station = [[BBC One]] | city = Cardiff | airdate = 2007-04-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode | title = [[The Parting of the Ways]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[Russell T. Davies]], Director [[Joe Ahearne]], Producer [[Phil Collinson]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One]] | city = Cardiff | airdate = 2005-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode | title = [[Doomsday (Doctor Who)|Doomsday]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[Russell T. Davies]], Director [[Graeme Harper]], Producer [[Phil Collinson]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One]] | city = Cardiff | airdate = 2006-07-08}}</ref> hide in various places: Jack takes refuge in [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] with his team [[Ianto Jones]] ([[Gareth David-Lloyd]]) and [[Gwen Cooper]] ([[Eve Myles]]); Sarah stays in her home with her son [[Luke Smith]] ([[Tommy Knight]]) and supercomputer [[Mr Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Mr Smith]]; Martha uses Project Indigo, an experimental teleport device scavenged from the [[Sontaran]]s, to escape UNIT with the "Osterhagen Key", a device designed to be used as a last resort; and Rose tracks down Donna's mother [[Sylvia Noble]] ([[Jacqueline King]]) and grandfather [[Wilfred Mott]] ([[Bernard Cribbins]]). They are all contacted by former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Harriet Jones]] ([[Penelope Wilton]]) through a secret "sub-wave network" designed by Mr Copper, an extraterrestrial human who previously encountered the Doctor,<ref>{{cite episode | title = [[Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)|Voyage of the Damned]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[Russell T. Davies]], Director [[James Strong (director)|James Strong]], Producer [[Phil Collinson]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One]] | city = Cardiff | airdate = 2007-12-25}}</ref> to contact the Doctor's companions in a dire situation. They attempt to contact the Doctor by amplifying their [[mobile phone]] signals using Mr Smith and the [[Cardiff Rift|spatio-temporal rift in Cardiff]]. The Doctor and the Daleks receive the transmission and trace the signal. Harriet Jones is ostensibly exterminated, but the Doctor is able to locate Earth in a temporally desynchronised [[pocket universe]]. |
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At the end of the episode, the Doctor travels into the pocket universe and receives the sub-wave signal. After Davros hijacks the signal, the Doctor breaks communication and attempts to convene with his companions. The Doctor arrives and runs towards Rose to hug her, but is hit by an extermination ray. Rose, Jack, and Donna help the Doctor into the TARDIS, where the Doctor begins to [[regeneration (Doctor Who)|regenerate]]. |
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===Continuity=== |
===Continuity=== |
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<!--Among the planets that have been stolen are [[List of Doctor Who planets#C|Callufrax Minor]], [[List of Doctor Who planets#W|Woman Wept]], [[List of Doctor Who planets#C|Clom]], [[List of Doctor Who planets#A|Adipose III]], [[List of Doctor Who planets#P|Pyrovilia]] and the Lost Moon of [[List of Doctor Who planets#P|Poosh]]; these are mentioned in ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'', "[[Boom Town (Doctor Who)|Boom Town]]", "[[Love & Monsters]]", "[[Partners in Crime (Doctor Who)|Partners in Crime]]", "[[The Fires of Pompeii]]", and "[[Midnight (Doctor Who)|Midnight]]" respectively. The latter episode is also referred to by Wilfred, who mentions Donna phoning from the diamond planet Midnight. |
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The device Jack uses to find the Doctor is his [[List of Doctor Who items#V|Vortex Manipulator]]; the lock placed on it by the Doctor at the end of "[[Last of the Time Lords]]" is removed in this episode. |
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As well as being the first crossover between ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-off series, several mentions of events within those respective series are seen in this episode. Sarah Jane's encounter with the [[Slitheen]], seen in ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' stories ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen]]'' and ''[[The Lost Boy (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|The Lost Boy]]'', is mentioned by Captain Jack. |
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Among the planets that have been stolen are [[List of Doctor Who planets#C|Callufrax Minor]], [[List of Doctor Who planets#W|Woman Wept]], [[List of Doctor Who planets#C|Clom]], [[List of Doctor Who planets#A|Adipose 3]], [[List of Doctor Who planets#P|Pyrovilia]] and the Lost Moon of [[List of Doctor Who planets#P|Poosh]]; these are mentioned in ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'', "[[Boom Town (Doctor Who)|Boom Town]]", "[[Love & Monsters]]", "[[Partners in Crime (Doctor Who)|Partners in Crime]]", "[[The Fires of Pompeii]]", and "[[Midnight (Doctor Who)|Midnight]]" respectively. The latter episode is referred to by Wilfred, who mentions Donna phoning from the diamond planet Midnight. Also mentioned is Mr. Copper, a character who appeared in "[[Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)|Voyage of the Damned]]", as the inventor of the sub-wave network. The [[airborne aircraft carrier]] [[List of Doctor Who vehicles#Valiant|''Valiant'']], which last appeared in "[[The Poison Sky]]", also appears, and is apparently destroyed by the Daleks. The Doctor mentions that someone tried to move the Earth once before, a reference to either ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' or ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]''. The gun Captain Jack uses near the end of the episode is the gun he created from the Defabricator, previously seen in "[[Bad Wolf]]" and "The Parting of the Ways". Also, the device he uses to find the Doctor is his [[List of Doctor Who items#V|Vortex Manipulator]], removing the lock placed on it by the Doctor at the end of "[[Last of the Time Lords]]". The Doctor theorises on how the lost planets may have been taken, asking Donna if there were electrical storms or freak weather before she left Earth; these symptoms are the symptoms of an imminent H<sub>2</sub>O scoop as seen in "[[Smith and Jones (Doctor Who)|Smith and Jones]]". Pushing something out of sync with the rest of time, as is done with the stolen planets, is also used by the Sontarans to disguise the alien technology in the ATMOS devices in "[[The Poison Sky]]". Davros is seen to have a metallic right hand, replacing the one shot off in ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' (1985). |
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Similarly, the events of ''Torchwood'' episode "[[Exit Wounds (Torchwood)|Exit Wounds]]" and the deaths of Torchwood personnel [[Toshiko Sato]] and [[Owen Harper]] are mentioned by Gwen with the intent of going out fighting like her fallen colleagues. |
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All of the Doctor's companions present to hear it recognise the Daleks' cry of "Exterminate!" in their initial signal. Sarah Jane had encounters with the Daleks in the [[Third Doctor]] serial ''[[Death to the Daleks]]'' and the [[Fourth Doctor]] serial ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'', and met Davros in the latter. Rose encountered Daleks with the Ninth Doctor in "[[Dalek (Doctor Who episode)|Dalek]]" and "Bad Wolf"/"The Parting of the Ways" and with the Tenth Doctor in "[[Army of Ghosts]]"/"[[Doomsday (Doctor Who)|Doomsday]]". Jack encountered the Daleks with the Ninth Doctor in "Bad Wolf"/"The Parting of the Ways" and was killed by them before being brought back to life by Rose. Martha encountered the Daleks and Dalek Caan in "[[Daleks in Manhattan]]"/"[[Evolution of the Daleks]]". Rose recognises Harriet Jones's voice straight away, having met her in "[[Aliens of London]]"/"[[World War Three]]" and "[[The Christmas Invasion]]". |
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''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' characters [[Maria Jackson]], [[List of The Sarah Jane Adventures minor characters#Alan Jackson|Alan Jackson]] and [[Clyde Langer]] and ''Torchwood'' characters [[List of Torchwood characters#Rhys Williams|Rhys Williams]] and Mary Cooper (Gwen's mother who appeared in "[[Something Borrowed (Torchwood)|Something Borrowed]]") are all mentioned. |
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==Production== |
==Production== |
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This episode marks the first appearance of a "starring" caption after the opening credits, listing [[Penelope Wilton]], [[Adjoa Andoh]], [[Eve Myles]] and [[Gareth David-Lloyd]]. The opening credits themselves have a greatly expanded number of names, listing six actors in total, adding Barrowman, Sladen, and Agyeman to the previous week's trio of credits for Tennant, Tate and Piper. "The Stolen Earth" is also the first episode to use the bigger 'To Be Continued' screen before the credits. |
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===Writing=== |
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In the audio commentary for this episode, it is mentioned that the Slitheen were originally going to appear at the Shadow Proclamation and voices for them were recorded, but were probably cut due to time. Preview DVDs released to the media before this episode was broadcast did not contain the regeneration scene, ending as the Doctor is shot by the Dalek.<ref>[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a105038/s04e12-the-stolen-earth.html Review at Digital Spy]</ref> |
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"The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End" are the culmination of all four series of ''Doctor Who''. Several thematic motifs, including the Shadow Proclamation, the disappearance of bees, and the Medusa Cascade, are revealed in "The Stolen Earth".<ref name="endgame" /> Executive producer [[Russell T Davies]] said that the arc for the fourth series comprised "an element from every episode–whether it's a person, a phrase, a question, a planet, or a mystery [that] builds up to the grand finale", with the Shadow Proclamation motif in the finale dating back to the 2005 episode "[[Rose (Doctor Who)|Rose]]".<ref name="PiCpreview">{{cite journal|last=Spilsbury|first=Tom|date=[[April 2008]]|title=The Gallifrey Guardian: Series Four Episode 1: Partners in Crime: Back in Business!|journal=[[Doctor Who Magazine]]|publisher=[[Panini|Panini Publishing Ltd]]|location=[[Tunbridge Wells]], [[Kent]]|issue=394|pages=6–7|accessdate=2008-04-10}}</ref>The episode is the first major crossover between ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-off series ''[[Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. Davies described the crossover by saying "it's simply doing what kids do in their imaginations ... they would think nothing of having their Dalek toys battling ''[[Star Wars]]'' droids. Why not have all the factions of the Doctor Who universe going into battle together?"<ref name="endgame" /> |
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A scene including species such as the [[Raxacoricofallapatorians]] at the Shadow Proclamation was written and dialogue was recorded until the scene was cut because of time and monetary contstraints.<ref name="pod" /> The episode's climax—the Doctor being hit by a Dalek extermination ray and subsequently regenerating—was written by Davies as a pastiche of romance fiction. He compared the reunion between Rose and the Doctor to "the biggest romance [the viewer] has ever seen",<ref name="DWC" /> and intensified the scene's emotional impact through Piper's cameos as Rose throughout the fourth series.<ref name="DWC" /> Tennant described the Doctor's extermination as a "bitter moment of high emotion", and lamented that the Doctor "can't have a happy moment, especially with a cliffhanger needing to be written".<ref name="DWC" /> |
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===Cast notes=== |
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The episode features the return of many actors and characters to the programme. [[Freema Agyeman]] reprises her role as [[Martha Jones]] for the second time in the series, and [[John Barrowman]] and [[Elisabeth Sladen]] return as [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. Unlike in Sladen's [[School Reunion (Doctor Who)|last ''Doctor Who'' appearance]], she receives credit in the opening titles. [[Adjoa Andoh]] returns as [[Francine Jones]] for the first time since "[[Last of the Time Lords]]", while [[Penelope Wilton]] reprises the role of [[Harriet Jones]], last seen in "[[The Christmas Invasion]]". [[Julian Bleach]] assumes the role of [[Davros]], after appearing as the "Ghostmaker" in the ''Torchwood'' episode "[[From Out of the Rain]]" earlier in 2008. |
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===Casting=== |
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This episode is also the first fully-fledged crossover between ''Doctor Who'' and its [[spin-off]] series ''[[Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', with [[Gwen Cooper]] ([[Eve Myles]]), [[Ianto Jones]] ([[Gareth David-Lloyd]]), [[Luke Smith]] ([[Thomas Knight (actor)|Thomas Knight]]), and [[Mr Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Mr Smith]] ([[Alexander_Armstrong_%28comedian%29|Alexander Armstrong]]) all appearing in the parent programme for the first time. Eve Myles previously played Gwyneth in the 2005 ''Doctor Who'' episode "[[The Unquiet Dead]]". |
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As a consequence of the episode's crossover nature, the episode is the first appearance of [[Gareth David-Lloyd]] as [[Ianto Jones]] and [[Thomas Knight (actor)|Tommy Knight]] as [[Luke Smith]] in ''Doctor Who''. [[Eve Myles]], who had previously played Gwyneth in "[[The Unquiet Dead]]", stars as the ''Torchwood'' female lead [[Gwen Cooper]]. The episode features many returning characters; [[Freema Agyeman]], [[Elisabeth Sladen]], [[John Barrowman]], [[Penelope Wilton]], [[Adjoa Andoh]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]] all reprise their roles.<ref name="endgame" /> Evolutionary biologist [[Richard Dawkins]] and comedian [[Paul O'Grady]] make cameo appearances on Torchwood's television screen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/?episode=s4_12&action=factfile|title=The Stolen Earth: Fact File|date=2008-06-28|work=Doctor Who microsite|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=2008-07-01}}</ref> Gary Milner was cast as the [[extra (actor)|extra]] "Scared Man" after misreading the callsheet as "Sacred Man" and creating a "priest-like" portrayal of the character.<ref name="pod" /> |
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[[Lachele Carl]] reappears as the recurring American newsreader, credited as "Trinity Wells" in series 4 after previously being named "Mal Loup" in an on-line video.<ref>{{ cite video | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/doctorwho/ram/usnews?size=16x9&bgc=CC0000&nbram=1&bbram=1&lang=en-wl | title=American News Reports - World War Three | format=[[RealMedia]] | publisher=[[BBC]] [[Doctor Who]] | accessdate=2008-06-28 }}</ref> [[Jason Mohammad]] also reprises his role as the British newsreader. Both have appeared previously in episodes of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. Dalek Caan returns in this episode for the first time since "Evolution of the Daleks", along with the [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Judoon|Judoon]] from "[[Smith and Jones (Doctor Who)|Smith and Jones]]". |
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"The Stolen Earth" is the first appearance of Davros since the 1988 serial ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]''. Davies postponed Davros' return as he thought that "Davros would dominate the Daleks... like plain robots, instead of the scheming geniuses that they are", and used the previous series to establish the Daleks' individual intelligence.<ref name="endgame" /> To portray Davros, Davies cast [[Julian Bleach]] after his performance as the Ghostmaker in the ''Torchwood'' episode "[[From Out of the Rain]]".<ref name="endgame">{{cite journal|last=Cook|first=Benjamin|date=[[2008-06-27]]|title=Endgame!|journal=[[Doctor Who Magazine]]|publisher=[[Panini Comics]]|location=[[Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent]]|volume=397|pages=8-9|accessdate=2008-07-01}}</ref> |
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To keep the return of Davros secret, the character was referred to as "The Enemy" or "Dave [Ross]"; however, the return was called "one of the worst-kept secrets in television history".<ref name="RT5708">{{cite journal|last=Cook|first=Benjamin|date=2008-07-01|title=8-page special: Never Mind the Daleks, Here's Davros!/The Man Behind the Masks.|journal=Radio Times|publisher=BBC|location=[[Wood Lane]], [[Shepherd's Bush]], [[London]]|volume=5-[[11 July]] [[2008]]|accessdate=2008-07-01}}</ref> Davies and prosthethics designer Neill Gorton kept the design of Davros faithful to the original model from ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' because they thought it was "an excellent design"; the only major change to the initial design is a weaponised robotic hand to replace the organic hand destroyed in ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]''. Bleach described Davros as "a cross between [[Hitler]] and [[Stephen Hawking]]" and thought his "nihilistic desires" made the character "extraordinary",<ref name="RT5708" /> and [[David Tennant]] liked Davros' "Hitlerian megalomaniac" attitude and the nostalgic feeling Davros created; Tennant's first memory of ''Doctor Who'' was Davros' debut in ''Genesis of the Daleks''.<ref name="DWC">{{cite episode |title=Friends and Foe |series=[[Doctor Who Confidential]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC Three]] |airdate=2008-06-28 |seriesno=4 |number=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |
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Television host [[Paul O'Grady]] and biologist [[Richard Dawkins]] also appear as themselves in brief scenes, continuing the pattern of [[Celebrity and notable guest appearances in Doctor Who|celebrity appearances]] in the penultimate episode of every series since the show's revival in 2005. Dawkins is the husband of actress [[Lalla Ward]], who played the Doctor's companion [[Romana]] in the 1970s. O'Grady appears presenting his [[Channel 4]] show ''[[The Paul O'Grady Show]]'' with his dog, Buster, in front of a live studio audience. |
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}}</ref> Gorton created six prosthetic masks based on Bleach's figure; five were used in filming, because the masks degraded when removed, and one was offered as a prize in the ''[[Radio Times]]''.<ref name="RT5708" /> |
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===Daleks=== |
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"The Stolen Earth" is the first appearance of the Daleks since "[[Evolution of the Daleks]]", with an eighteen-month gap between filming of both episodes; the prop controllers experienced difficulty re-adapting to their roles.<ref name="DWC" /><ref name="RT5708" /><ref name="pod">{{cite episode |title=Episode 1 |series=Doctor Who: The Commentaries |serieslink=Doctor Who: The Commentaries |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC 7]] |airdate=2008-04-06 |season=1 |number=1}}</ref> Davies' inclusion of the Daleks as part of the crossover was intended to create a "charged atmosphere" for the protagonists: Jack was killed by the Daleks; Rose and Martha were present at their apparent extinctions; and Sarah Jane was present at the creation of the Daleks.<ref name="DWC" /> The animatronic of the Dalek mutant had to be recreated for the episode; the previous prop that was used in "[[Dalek (Doctor Who episode)|Dalek]]" and "[[The Parting of the Ways]]" was destroyed during filming of the latter.<ref name="DWC" /> "The Stolen Earth" features two new variants of Daleks; the red Supreme Dalek, and the partially-destroyed Dalek Caan. Voice actor [[Nicholas Briggs]] adopted a different voice for each model; he adopted a grandiose voice for the Supreme Dalek to fit his perception of the character as egotistical, and he adopted a "sing-song" voice for Caan to reflect the character's insanity as a result of entering the Time War and saving Davros.<ref name="DWC" /> The portrayal of Caan by Briggs was described by Davies as "the creepiest Dalek yet".<ref name="RT28608">{{cite journal|last=Cook|first=Benjamin|date=2008-06-24|title=Red Alert!|journal=Radio Times|publisher=BBC|location=Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London|issue=[[28 June]]-[[4 July]] [[2008]]|pages=14-16|accessdate=2008-07-02}}</ref> |
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===Filming=== |
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"The Stolen Earth" features the first external location shots of the Daleks since the revival of ''Doctor Who'' in 2005, and features the greatest proportion of filming undertaken at night since the show's revival; apart from the pre-credits sequence set in suburban [[London]], all of the scenes set on Earth were filmed at night.<ref name="pod" /> A traffic control centre in [[Cardiff]] was used as UNIT's headquarters in Manhattan. Filming in the centre took place during one night, with the final scene—the Dalek invasion of the building—being filmed at approximately 5:30am on the following morning.<ref name="pod" /> |
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The two-parter took approximately a month in early 2008 to film. The first scene filmed for the episode was the Dalek invasion of Torchwood, and the last scene filmed was Sarah's encounter with the Daleks.<ref name="pod" /> The Doctor and Rose's reunion was filmed in front 200 people. The scene involving three Daleks in the command center of the ''Crucible'', Davros' flagship, had to be shot twice: director [[Graeme Harper]] was displeased with the shot of the Daleks turning a corner into the room; he refilmed the scene with the Daleks convening around a control panel.<ref name="pod" /> |
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==Reception== |
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''[[The Guardian]]'s'' Sam Wollaston stated that the episode was "building up to what will surely be a mighty series climax", "wonderful" and "had everything", though he felt it would be "hard to top".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/30/television.television|title=The weekend's TV|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|date=[[2008-06-30]]|accessdate=2008-06-30}}</ref> [[Gareth McLean]], also of ''The Guardian'', described the end of the episode as a "genuine, jaw-dropping, outta-nowhere cliffhanger".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/tv/2008/06/new_who_who_knew.html|title=A new Who? Who knew?|last=McLean|first=Gareth|authorlink=Gareth McLean|date=[[2008-06-30]]|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=2008-06-30}}</ref> |
''[[The Guardian]]'s'' Sam Wollaston stated that the episode was "building up to what will surely be a mighty series climax", "wonderful" and "had everything", though he felt it would be "hard to top".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/30/television.television|title=The weekend's TV|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|date=[[2008-06-30]]|accessdate=2008-06-30}}</ref> [[Gareth McLean]], also of ''The Guardian'', described the end of the episode as a "genuine, jaw-dropping, outta-nowhere cliffhanger".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/tv/2008/06/new_who_who_knew.html|title=A new Who? Who knew?|last=McLean|first=Gareth|authorlink=Gareth McLean|date=[[2008-06-30]]|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=2008-06-30}}</ref> |
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''[[The Independent]]'s'' Thomas Sutcliffe, however, gave the episode a negative review, summing it up as "extermination without inspiration".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/tv-radio-reviews/last-nights-tv-extermination-without-inspiration-856809.html|title=Last Night's TV: Extermination without inspiration|last=Sutcliffe|first=Thomas |
''[[The Independent]]'s'' Thomas Sutcliffe, however, gave the episode a negative review, summing it up as "extermination without inspiration".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/tv-radio-reviews/last-nights-tv-extermination-without-inspiration-856809.html|title=Last Night's TV: Extermination without inspiration|last=Sutcliffe|first=Thomas|date=[[2008-06-30]]|publisher=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=2008-07-01}}</ref> |
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| File:The Stolen Earth - Shadow Planets.png The Doctor and Donna investigate the missing planets at the Shadow Proclamation. | |||
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| Production | |||
| Directed by | Graeme Harper | ||
| Written by | Russell T. Davies | ||
| Script editor | Lindsey Alford | ||
| Produced by | Phil Collinson | ||
| Executive producer(s) | Russell T. Davies Julie Gardner | ||
| Production code | 4.12 | ||
| Series | Series 4 | ||
| Running time | 45 mins | ||
| First broadcast | 28 June 2008 | ||
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"The Stolen Earth" is the twelfth and second to last episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 28 June 2008. The title was withheld until two weeks before broadcast, as "it gives away too much."[2][3] It is the second episode of the three-part finale.[4]
The episode features the return of many past characters, including numerous companions and the recurring villain Davros, the latter's first TV appearance since the 1988 serial Remembrance of the Daleks.[5] There are also several crossover elements from Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, with both characters and locations from these series featuring.
Plot
Synopsis
At the beginning of the episode, which directly follows the episode "Turn Left", the Earth is teleported out of its spatial location shortly after the Doctor (David Tennant) and his companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) arrive to investigate. The Doctor contacts the Shadow Proclamation, a universal police force, to find Earth. They determine that twenty-seven missing planets — including Earth, Pyrovillia,[6] Clom,[7] Adipose III,[8] and the Lost Moon of Poosh[9] — reorganise when placed near each other. Donna mentions the sudden disappearance of bees on contemporary Earth; this allows the Doctor to trace the planets to the Medusa Cascade, an interuniversal rift.
On Earth, a Dalek force led by their creator Davros and a red Supreme Dalek quickly subjugate Earth and target military bases, including UNIT's headquarters in New York City and the aircaft carrier Valiant. Davros, who was thought to have perished at the beginning of the Time War, was saved by Dalek Caan, who randomly entered the conflict after performing an emergency temporal shift.[10] Because of the power needed to both enter the Time War and save Davros, Caan became precognitive and insane.
The Doctor's former companions Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen), Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) and Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), who have all encountered the Daleks before,[11][12][13][14] hide in various places: Jack takes refuge in Torchwood with his team Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd) and Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles); Sarah stays in her home with her son Luke Smith (Tommy Knight) and supercomputer Mr Smith; Martha uses Project Indigo, an experimental teleport device scavenged from the Sontarans, to escape UNIT with the "Osterhagen Key", a device designed to be used as a last resort; and Rose tracks down Donna's mother Sylvia Noble (Jacqueline King) and grandfather Wilfred Mott (Bernard Cribbins). They are all contacted by former Prime Minister Harriet Jones (Penelope Wilton) through a secret "sub-wave network" designed by Mr Copper, an extraterrestrial human who previously encountered the Doctor,[15] to contact the Doctor's companions in a dire situation. They attempt to contact the Doctor by amplifying their mobile phone signals using Mr Smith and the spatio-temporal rift in Cardiff. The Doctor and the Daleks receive the transmission and trace the signal. Harriet Jones is ostensibly exterminated, but the Doctor is able to locate Earth in a temporally desynchronised pocket universe.
At the end of the episode, the Doctor travels into the pocket universe and receives the sub-wave signal. After Davros hijacks the signal, the Doctor breaks communication and attempts to convene with his companions. The Doctor arrives and runs towards Rose to hug her, but is hit by an extermination ray. Rose, Jack, and Donna help the Doctor into the TARDIS, where the Doctor begins to regenerate.
Continuity
The device Jack uses to find the Doctor is his Vortex Manipulator; the lock placed on it by the Doctor at the end of "Last of the Time Lords" is removed in this episode.
As well as being the first crossover between Doctor Who and its spin-off series, several mentions of events within those respective series are seen in this episode. Sarah Jane's encounter with the Slitheen, seen in The Sarah Jane Adventures stories Revenge of the Slitheen and The Lost Boy, is mentioned by Captain Jack.
Similarly, the events of Torchwood episode "Exit Wounds" and the deaths of Torchwood personnel Toshiko Sato and Owen Harper are mentioned by Gwen with the intent of going out fighting like her fallen colleagues.
The Sarah Jane Adventures characters Maria Jackson, Alan Jackson and Clyde Langer and Torchwood characters Rhys Williams and Mary Cooper (Gwen's mother who appeared in "Something Borrowed") are all mentioned.
Production
Writing
"The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End" are the culmination of all four series of Doctor Who. Several thematic motifs, including the Shadow Proclamation, the disappearance of bees, and the Medusa Cascade, are revealed in "The Stolen Earth".[16] Executive producer Russell T Davies said that the arc for the fourth series comprised "an element from every episode–whether it's a person, a phrase, a question, a planet, or a mystery [that] builds up to the grand finale", with the Shadow Proclamation motif in the finale dating back to the 2005 episode "Rose".[17]The episode is the first major crossover between Doctor Who and its spin-off series Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Davies described the crossover by saying "it's simply doing what kids do in their imaginations ... they would think nothing of having their Dalek toys battling Star Wars droids. Why not have all the factions of the Doctor Who universe going into battle together?"[16]
A scene including species such as the Raxacoricofallapatorians at the Shadow Proclamation was written and dialogue was recorded until the scene was cut because of time and monetary contstraints.[18] The episode's climax—the Doctor being hit by a Dalek extermination ray and subsequently regenerating—was written by Davies as a pastiche of romance fiction. He compared the reunion between Rose and the Doctor to "the biggest romance [the viewer] has ever seen",[19] and intensified the scene's emotional impact through Piper's cameos as Rose throughout the fourth series.[19] Tennant described the Doctor's extermination as a "bitter moment of high emotion", and lamented that the Doctor "can't have a happy moment, especially with a cliffhanger needing to be written".[19]
Casting
As a consequence of the episode's crossover nature, the episode is the first appearance of Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones and Tommy Knight as Luke Smith in Doctor Who. Eve Myles, who had previously played Gwyneth in "The Unquiet Dead", stars as the Torchwood female lead Gwen Cooper. The episode features many returning characters; Freema Agyeman, Elisabeth Sladen, John Barrowman, Penelope Wilton, Adjoa Andoh and Nicholas Briggs all reprise their roles.[16] Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and comedian Paul O'Grady make cameo appearances on Torchwood's television screen.[20] Gary Milner was cast as the extra "Scared Man" after misreading the callsheet as "Sacred Man" and creating a "priest-like" portrayal of the character.[18]
Davros
"The Stolen Earth" is the first appearance of Davros since the 1988 serial Remembrance of the Daleks. Davies postponed Davros' return as he thought that "Davros would dominate the Daleks... like plain robots, instead of the scheming geniuses that they are", and used the previous series to establish the Daleks' individual intelligence.[16] To portray Davros, Davies cast Julian Bleach after his performance as the Ghostmaker in the Torchwood episode "From Out of the Rain".[16]
To keep the return of Davros secret, the character was referred to as "The Enemy" or "Dave [Ross]"; however, the return was called "one of the worst-kept secrets in television history".[21] Davies and prosthethics designer Neill Gorton kept the design of Davros faithful to the original model from Genesis of the Daleks because they thought it was "an excellent design"; the only major change to the initial design is a weaponised robotic hand to replace the organic hand destroyed in Revelation of the Daleks. Bleach described Davros as "a cross between Hitler and Stephen Hawking" and thought his "nihilistic desires" made the character "extraordinary",[21] and David Tennant liked Davros' "Hitlerian megalomaniac" attitude and the nostalgic feeling Davros created; Tennant's first memory of Doctor Who was Davros' debut in Genesis of the Daleks.[19][22] Gorton created six prosthetic masks based on Bleach's figure; five were used in filming, because the masks degraded when removed, and one was offered as a prize in the Radio Times.[21]
Daleks
"The Stolen Earth" is the first appearance of the Daleks since "Evolution of the Daleks", with an eighteen-month gap between filming of both episodes; the prop controllers experienced difficulty re-adapting to their roles.[19][21][18] Davies' inclusion of the Daleks as part of the crossover was intended to create a "charged atmosphere" for the protagonists: Jack was killed by the Daleks; Rose and Martha were present at their apparent extinctions; and Sarah Jane was present at the creation of the Daleks.[19] The animatronic of the Dalek mutant had to be recreated for the episode; the previous prop that was used in "Dalek" and "The Parting of the Ways" was destroyed during filming of the latter.[19] "The Stolen Earth" features two new variants of Daleks; the red Supreme Dalek, and the partially-destroyed Dalek Caan. Voice actor Nicholas Briggs adopted a different voice for each model; he adopted a grandiose voice for the Supreme Dalek to fit his perception of the character as egotistical, and he adopted a "sing-song" voice for Caan to reflect the character's insanity as a result of entering the Time War and saving Davros.[19] The portrayal of Caan by Briggs was described by Davies as "the creepiest Dalek yet".[23]
Filming
"The Stolen Earth" features the first external location shots of the Daleks since the revival of Doctor Who in 2005, and features the greatest proportion of filming undertaken at night since the show's revival; apart from the pre-credits sequence set in suburban London, all of the scenes set on Earth were filmed at night.[18] A traffic control centre in Cardiff was used as UNIT's headquarters in Manhattan. Filming in the centre took place during one night, with the final scene—the Dalek invasion of the building—being filmed at approximately 5:30am on the following morning.[18]
The two-parter took approximately a month in early 2008 to film. The first scene filmed for the episode was the Dalek invasion of Torchwood, and the last scene filmed was Sarah's encounter with the Daleks.[18] The Doctor and Rose's reunion was filmed in front 200 people. The scene involving three Daleks in the command center of the Crucible, Davros' flagship, had to be shot twice: director Graeme Harper was displeased with the shot of the Daleks turning a corner into the room; he refilmed the scene with the Daleks convening around a control panel.[18]
Reception
Based on BARB overnight returns, "The Stolen Earth" was watched by 7.4 million viewers, giving it a 38.3% share of the total television audience.[24] The episode received an Appreciation Index score of 91 (considered "Exceptional"), the highest figure the programme has ever received, beating the previous record of 89.[25]
The Guardian's Sam Wollaston stated that the episode was "building up to what will surely be a mighty series climax", "wonderful" and "had everything", though he felt it would be "hard to top".[26] Gareth McLean, also of The Guardian, described the end of the episode as a "genuine, jaw-dropping, outta-nowhere cliffhanger".[27] The Independent's Thomas Sutcliffe, however, gave the episode a negative review, summing it up as "extermination without inspiration".[28]
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Yes, I think of Turn Left as the first of a three-parter, like Utopia, it leads you into the finale.
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{{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter|seriesno=ignored (|series-number=suggested) (help) - ^ "The Stolen Earth: Fact File". Doctor Who microsite. BBC. 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ a b c d Cook, Benjamin (2008-07-01). "8-page special: Never Mind the Daleks, Here's Davros!/The Man Behind the Masks". Radio Times. 5-11 July 2008. Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London: BBC.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Doctor Who: A Celebration". December 2006. BBC. BBCi.
{{cite episode}}: Missing or empty|series=(help); Unknown parameter|city=ignored (|location=suggested) (help) - ^ Cook, Benjamin (2008-06-24). "Red Alert!". Radio Times (28 June-4 July 2008). Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London: BBC: 14–16.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "The Stolen Earth - Overnight Ratings". Outpost Gallifrey. 2008-06-29. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
{{cite web}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ "The Stolen Earth - AI and Digital Ratings". Outpost Gallifrey. 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
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External links
- The Stolen Earth on Tardis Wiki, the Doctor Who Wiki
- "The Stolen Earth" at the BBC Doctor Who homepage
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