Comic Relief 2007 (TV story)

Comic Relief 2007
Doctor:	Tenth Doctor
Main enemy:	Lauren Cooper
Main setting:	Classroom
Key crew
Writer:	Catherine Tate
Director:	Gordon Anderson
Producer:	Martina Klitch
Release details
Premiere broadcast:	16 March 2007
Premiere network:	BBC One
Format:	1x6 minutes

Comic Relief 2007 was a special Doctor Who skit that crossed over with The Catherine Tate Show.

The Doctor uses the alias "Mr. Logan", Lauren questions him on whether he is the Doctor. He eventually becomes annoyed and reveals his identity by pulling out his sonic screwdriver.

Synopsis

A man supposedly known as "Mr. Logan" is teaching Lauren. Though she is convinced that he is the Doctor.

Plot

The Doctor, under the name of "Mr. Logan", teaches an English class. The Doctor and Lauren argue over whether "Logan", a Scottish man, is qualified to teach English. Lauren accuses him of being the Doctor, then argues with him over Shakespeare. Eventually, "Logan" gets fed up with Lauren's nonsense, pulls out his sonic screwdriver (revealing himself to be the Doctor), and uses it to turn Lauren into an action figure of Rose Tyler. Lauren then incomprehensibly manages to say "I still am bovvered", despite now being an inanimate object.

Cast

• The Doctor - David Tennant
• Lauren Cooper - Catherine Tate
• Lisa - Niky Wardley

Crew

• Writer - Catherine Tate
• Director - Gordon Anderson
• Producer - Martina Klitch

References

• The Doctor cites the gag "Doctor Who?".
• The Doctor assigns the work of William Shakespeare to the class for his lesson.
• The Doctor speaks in a Scottish accent.
• Lauren asks the Doctor if he just arrived from Mars.
• Lauren asks the Doctor if he parked the TARDIS on a meter.

Story notes

• The title for the sketch is given as "Dr. Who" on the DVD release.
• The special is a Doctor Who and The Catherine Tate Show crossover.
• David Tennant plays the Tenth Doctor originally under the alias of "Mr. Logan". Lauren is convinced that he is the Doctor. Eventually the Doctor rips out his sonic screwdriver and turns Lauren into a Rose Tyler figure.
• The Doctor would later go on to meet William Shakespeare in "The Shakespeare Code", broadcast less than a month after this sketch.

Home video releases

It was released on, as well as all of The Catherine Tate Show's 2007 Comic Relief specials, as extras on The Catherine Tate Show Christmas Special DVD.