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'''Emergency Programme One''' was a feature of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] designed to return a companion to a designated place in case of extreme emergency ([[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')
{{video|A message from the grave - Doctor Who - The Parting of the Ways - Series 1 -BBC|thumb|Emergency Program One appearing within the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')}}
'''Emergency Program One''' was a feature of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] designed to return a [[companion]] home in case of extreme emergency. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')


The [[Tenth Doctor]] mentioned that Emergency Programme One was automatically activated after five hours. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'') When activated, it projected a [[hologram]] recording which explained the programme. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')
The [[Tenth Doctor]] mentioned that Emergency Program One was automatically activated five hours after a teleport breach. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'') He also said that the program would activate if anything happened to him. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Time of My Life (comic story)|The Time of My Life]]'') When activated, it projected a [[hologram]] recording which explained the program. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')
 
== Usages ==
Believing that he would die on the [[Satellite Five|Game Station]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] used it to play a message for the benefit of [[Rose Tyler]] before [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] returned Rose to the [[Powell Estate]] in [[2006]]. He activated the program by pointing his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] at the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')
 
[[Donna Noble]] recorded a message on it as a way to say goodbye to the Tenth Doctor, in the event that she might not have a chance to do so herself. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Time of My Life (comic story)|The Time of My Life]]'')
 
The program was tripped by the Tenth Doctor when he tried to get [[Majenta Pryce]] to [[Panacea]]. It was then co-opted by [[Finn Dargo]], who used it as a way to effect an arrest on the TARDIS' inhabitants. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crimson Hand (comic story)|The Crimson Hand]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
The term Emergency Program One is first heard in dialogue in the television story ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', where its spelling is not shown on-screen. It later appears in the comic story ''[[The Time of My Life (comic story)|The Time of My Life]]'', where it is spelt Emergency ''Programme'' One, despite British English using the "programme" spelling for television broadcasts and theatre information leaflets, not computer programs.


==Uses==
[[file:Parting of the ways.jpg|thumb|The [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth Doctor]] (a hologram) appearing within the TARDIS. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')]]
*Believing that he would die on the [[Game Station]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] used it to play a  message for the benefit of [[Rose Tyler]] before the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] returned  Rose to her home of [[Powell Estate]] in [[2006]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]''). The message mentioned Rose by name, and The Doctor's hologram (at the time of recording) didn't know what specific emergency would cause him to activate it but described it as "facing an enemy who should never get their hands on this machine" (referring to the TARDIS itself).
*Whether The Doctor recorded another similar message after his regeneration or for any of his other companions (such as [[Martha Jones|Martha]] or [[Donna Noble|Donna]]) is never revealed, but the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s reference to the program means he probably had (or else Donna might have been faced with a [[Ninth Doctor|man she didn't recognise]] talking to [[Rose Tyler|someone else]]). A hologram of the Tenth Doctor similar to Emergency Program One's Ninth Doctor hologram appeared in [[DW]]: [[Blink]], but this was called Security Protocol 712 by the hologram itself.
*[[Donna Noble]] recorded a message on it as a way to say goodbye to the [[Tenth Doctor]], in the event that she might not have a chance to do so herself. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Time of My Life]]'')
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Emergency Program One appearing within the TARDIS. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)

Emergency Program One was a feature of the Doctor's TARDIS designed to return a companion home in case of extreme emergency. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)

The Tenth Doctor mentioned that Emergency Program One was automatically activated five hours after a teleport breach. (TV: Silence in the Library) He also said that the program would activate if anything happened to him. (COMIC: The Time of My Life) When activated, it projected a hologram recording which explained the program. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)

Usages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Believing that he would die on the Game Station, the Ninth Doctor used it to play a message for the benefit of Rose Tyler before the TARDIS returned Rose to the Powell Estate in 2006. He activated the program by pointing his sonic screwdriver at the TARDIS. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)

Donna Noble recorded a message on it as a way to say goodbye to the Tenth Doctor, in the event that she might not have a chance to do so herself. (COMIC: The Time of My Life)

The program was tripped by the Tenth Doctor when he tried to get Majenta Pryce to Panacea. It was then co-opted by Finn Dargo, who used it as a way to effect an arrest on the TARDIS' inhabitants. (COMIC: The Crimson Hand)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The term Emergency Program One is first heard in dialogue in the television story The Parting of the Ways, where its spelling is not shown on-screen. It later appears in the comic story The Time of My Life, where it is spelt Emergency Programme One, despite British English using the "programme" spelling for television broadcasts and theatre information leaflets, not computer programs.

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