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|image = The-impossible-astronaut-prequel.jpg | |image = The-impossible-astronaut-prequel.jpg | ||
|series = [[ | |series = [[Prequel]]s | ||
|season number = | |season number = Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005) | ||
|story number = 1 | |story number = 1 | ||
|main character = [[Richard Nixon]] | |main character = [[Richard Nixon]] | ||
|featuring = [[ | |featuring = [[Melody Pond (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|Melody]] | ||
|enemy = [[The | |enemy = [[Silent (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|Silent]] | ||
|setting = The [[White House]], [[1969]] | |setting = The [[White House]], [[1969]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Steven Moffat | ||
|director = | |director = | ||
|producer = | |producer = | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 25 March 2011 | ||
|format = Internet broadcast | |format = Internet broadcast | ||
|production code = | |production code = | ||
|prev = | |prev = | ||
|next = Prequel (The Curse of the Black Spot) | |next = Prequel (The Curse of the Black Spot) | ||
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The ''' | The '''prequel to ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]''''' was the first prequel produced by the [[BBC]] for the [[Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)|sixth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It contained the first visible appearance of a living, breathing [[Silent]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
In the Oval Office, a telephone rings. President [[Richard Nixon]] answers. There is no response until Nixon asks "Is it you?" [[Melody Pond|A girl's]] voice tells him to look behind him. Nixon asks how she got the number. She says "[[Silent|they]]" are everywhere and people see them every day. | In the Oval Office, a telephone rings. President [[Richard Nixon]] answers. There is no response until Nixon asks "Is it you?" [[Melody Pond (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|A girl's]] voice tells him to look behind him. Nixon asks how she got the number. She says "[[Silent|they]]" are everywhere and people see them every day. | ||
Nixon insists there is nothing behind him and again asks how she got the phone number. The girl says the [[Astronaut|spacemen]] told her. Nixon does not know what she means. She says it is not important, but the monsters are. Nixon says emphatically, "There are no monsters in the Oval Office." The phone hangs up. He leans back in his chair as a [[Silent]] stares at his back. | Nixon insists there is nothing behind him and again asks how she got the phone number. The girl says the [[Astronaut|spacemen]] told her. Nixon does not know what she means. She says it is not important, but the monsters are. Nixon says emphatically, "There are no monsters in the Oval Office." The phone hangs up. He leans back in his chair as a [[Silent (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|Silent]] stares at his back. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* President [[Richard Nixon]] - [[Stuart Milligan]] | * President [[Richard Nixon]] - [[Stuart Milligan]] | ||
* [[Melody Pond|Little Girl]] - [[Sydney Wade]] | * [[Melody Pond (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|Little Girl]] - [[Sydney Wade]] | ||
* [[Silent|A Silent]] - [[Marnix Van Den Broeke]] | * [[Silent (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|A Silent]] - [[Marnix Van Den Broeke]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Little Girl mentions the [[Astronaut|spaceman]] and [[the Silence]]. | * The Little Girl mentions the [[Astronaut|spaceman]] and [[the Silence]]. | ||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* This is a prelude to [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''. | * This is a prelude to [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * Nixon later records the calls and plays them to [[Canton Everett Delaware III]] and the [[Eleventh Doctor]], who find the source of the call. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [ | * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fxf06 The Prequel on the BBC Doctor Who site] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:24, 3 November 2024
The prequel to The Impossible Astronaut was the first prequel produced by the BBC for the sixth series of Doctor Who. It contained the first visible appearance of a living, breathing Silent.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the Oval Office, a telephone rings. President Richard Nixon answers. There is no response until Nixon asks "Is it you?" A girl's voice tells him to look behind him. Nixon asks how she got the number. She says "they" are everywhere and people see them every day.
Nixon insists there is nothing behind him and again asks how she got the phone number. The girl says the spacemen told her. Nixon does not know what she means. She says it is not important, but the monsters are. Nixon says emphatically, "There are no monsters in the Oval Office." The phone hangs up. He leans back in his chair as a Silent stares at his back.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- President Richard Nixon - Stuart Milligan
- Little Girl - Sydney Wade
- A Silent - Marnix Van Den Broeke
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Little Girl mentions the spaceman and the Silence.
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This is a prelude to TV: The Impossible Astronaut.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Nixon later records the calls and plays them to Canton Everett Delaware III and the Eleventh Doctor, who find the source of the call. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
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