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* Davies shared words from the episode in his column on two occasions: first "[[kingdom]]", "[[gold]]", "[[Tigella]]";<ref name="DWM 592">''[[Letter from the Showrunner]]'' - [[DWM 592]]</ref> later "terror, [[dust]], [[pizza]], [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]], [[death]], [[opera]]".<ref name="DWM 598">''[[Letter from the Showrunner]]'' - [[DWM 598]]</ref> | * Davies shared words from the episode in his column on two occasions: first "[[kingdom]]", "[[gold]]", "[[Tigella]]";<ref name="DWM 592">''[[Letter from the Showrunner]]'' - [[DWM 592]]</ref> later "terror, [[dust]], [[pizza]], [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]], [[death]], [[opera]]".<ref name="DWM 598">''[[Letter from the Showrunner]]'' - [[DWM 598]]</ref> | ||
* Davies told ''[[Radio Times]]'' that there were aspects of the story he had been "thinking of for 40 or 50 years".<ref name="50 years">{{Cite_web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-finale-fifty-years-newsupdate/|title=Doctor Who boss says finale contains scenes he's been planning for 50 years|author=Morgan Jeffery|date of source=2024-04-30|website name=RadioTimes.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430202350/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-finale-fifty-years-newsupdate/|archivedate=2024-04-30}}</ref> | * Davies told ''[[Radio Times]]'' that there were aspects of the story he had been "thinking of for 40 or 50 years".<ref name="50 years">{{Cite_web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-finale-fifty-years-newsupdate/|title=Doctor Who boss says finale contains scenes he's been planning for 50 years|author=Morgan Jeffery|date of source=2024-04-30|website name=RadioTimes.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430202350/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-finale-fifty-years-newsupdate/|archivedate=2024-04-30}}</ref> | ||
*On [[22 May (releases)|22 May]], UK cinematic screenings of this episode and ''[[The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)|The Legend of Ruby Sunday]]'' were announced for the night of [[21 June (releases)|21]] and [[22 June (releases)|22 June]], with ''Empire of Death'' set to screen at midnight, the same time as the overall global release.<ref name="Cinema">{{cite_web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-season-14-finale-cinema-screening-newsupdate/|title=Doctor Who's final 2 episodes of season 14 to be screened in UK cinemas|author=David Craig|date of source=2024-05-22|website name=RadioTimes.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522183625/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-season-14-finale-cinema-screening-newsupdate/|archivedate=2024-05-22}}</ref> | |||
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Empire of Death will be the eighth episode of Season One of Doctor Who.[1]
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- The title of the episode was revealed on the official Doctor Who Twitter account on 31 March 2024.[1]
- It shares its title with a 2004 novel from the Past Doctor Adventures series.
- In Russell T Davies' Letter from the Showrunner column for DWM 589, he stated that scenes 20-22 involved a vital object which he was at the time deciding whether it should stay in the "Ops Room" or be moved to the "Chamber".[2]
- Davies shared words from the episode in his column on two occasions: first "kingdom", "gold", "Tigella";[3] later "terror, dust, pizza, Einstein, death, opera".[4]
- Davies told Radio Times that there were aspects of the story he had been "thinking of for 40 or 50 years".[5]
- On 22 May, UK cinematic screenings of this episode and The Legend of Ruby Sunday were announced for the night of 21 and 22 June, with Empire of Death set to screen at midnight, the same time as the overall global release.[6]
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If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.
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Gallery
- Main article: Empire of Death (TV story)/Gallery
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Official Doctor Who Twitter (31 March 2024). "EMPIRE OF DEATH". Archived from the original on 2024-03-31. Retrieved on 31 March 2024.
- ↑ Letter from the Showrunner - DWM 589
- ↑ Letter from the Showrunner - DWM 592
- ↑ Letter from the Showrunner - DWM 598
- ↑ Morgan Jeffery (2024-04-30). Doctor Who boss says finale contains scenes he's been planning for 50 years. RadioTimes.com. Archived from the original on 2024-04-30.
- ↑ David Craig (2024-05-22). Doctor Who's final 2 episodes of season 14 to be screened in UK cinemas. RadioTimes.com. Archived from the original on 2024-05-22.
