Why on Earth? (CON episode): Difference between revisions

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|image = DWCON Why on Earth title card.jpg

|season number   = Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)

|series episode number = 5

|broadcast date = [[23 April (releases)|23 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] (Full length)

|runtime = 27'33" (Full length)

|series = ''[[List of Doctor Who Confidential episodes|Doctor Who Confidential]]''

|channel = BBC Three

'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the episode of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' broadcast in conjunction with ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]''. The working title for this episode was '''''Life on Earth'''''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050324011929/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/doctorwho/confidential/|title=Doctor Who Confidential|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=6 January 2019}}</ref>

* The notion of the cliffhanger and how it has been used in ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Also, how the cliffhangers have had to change to fit with modern viewing habits.

* The decision of returning to modern-day Earth, and how travelling through time and space would have an impact on [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]'s family and friends.

* Past Doctor and companion actors discuss the Doctor's affection for humanity.

* The [[Third Doctor]]'s exile to Earth and his relationship to [[UNIT]].

* The return of [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] in ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]].''

|2=Noel Clarke|r2=[[Mickey Smith]]

|3=Christopher Eccleston|r3=The [[Ninth Doctor]]

|4=Peter Davison|r4=The [[Fifth Doctor]]

|5=Colin Baker|r5=The [[Sixth Doctor]]

|6=Andrew Collins (critic)|r6=Film Critic

|8=Alan Ruscoe|r8=[[Slitheen family{{!}}Slitheen]]

|10=Annette Badland|r10=[[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen{{!}}Margaret Blaine]]

|12=Richard Franklin|r12=Captain [[Mike Yates]]

|13=Katy Manning|r13=[[Jo Grant]]

|14=Nicholas Courtney|r14=[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart{{!}}Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]

|15=Sylvester McCoy|r15=The [[Seventh Doctor]]}}

 

* "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" by Jet, Album: Get Born<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105182111/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/confidential/?episode=s1_05&action=musiclist|title=Episode 5 : Why on Earth?|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=5 January 2019}}</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20100705021854/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/doctorwho/confidential/dwcmusic.pdf</ref>

 

|BBCWales=[[BBC Wales]]

The actors stumbling over how to pronounce "Raxacoricofallapatorius".

The "Cut Down" version of this episode was included on the ''[[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|Doctor Who: The Complete First Series]]'' [[DVD]] box set released on [[21 November (releases)|21 November]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]].