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|doctor        = [[Tenth Doctor]]
|special        = Animated Special 2009
|companions    = <ul><li>[[Cassie Rice]]</li><li>[[Jimmy Stalkingwolf]]</li></ul>
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|setting        = <ul><li>[[Roswell]], [[New Mexico]], [[1947]]</li><li>Area 51 [[1958]]</li></ul>
|companions    = [[Cassie Rice|Cassie]], [[Jimmy Stalkingwolf|Jimmy]]
|writer        = [[Phil Ford]]
|enemy          = [[Lord]] [[Azlok]]
|setting        = [[Area 51]] and [[Dry Springs]], [[1958]]
|writer        = Phil Ford
|director      = [[Gary Russell]]
|director      = [[Gary Russell]]
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|epcount        = 6
|broadcast date = [[21st November]]-[[27th November]] [[2009]] (Red Button)[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2009/wk47/red_button_feature.shtml]<br>[[5th December]] [[2009]] (BBC Two)[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2009/wk49/sat.shtml]<br>other broadcasts TBA
|broadcast date = 21 November - 26 November 2009
|format        = 7 six-minute episodes
|network        = BBC Red Button
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Dreamland is an animated special consisting of a planned run of one 12 minute episode and five 6 minute episodes on the BBC's Red Button service, as well as the BBC's Doctor Who website, between 21 and 27 November 2009.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2009/wk47/red_button_feature.shtml] It will then be broadcast, complete, on BBC Two on 5 December 2009, followed by a yet-to-be-scheduled showing on BBC HD.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2009/wk49/sat.shtml]
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'''''Dreamland''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'' animated special. It was written by [[Phil Ford]], directed by [[Gary Russell]] and featured [[David Tennant]] as the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Georgia Moffett]] as [[Cassie Rice]] and [[Tim Howar]] as [[Jimmy Stalkingwolf]].
 
Conjoined, the episodes amounted to one normal-length television episode of 42 minutes. Originally planned as seven six-minute episodes, the first two were edited together, and the six-part run aired on the BBC's [[BBC Red Button|Red Button]] service, as well as the BBC's Doctor Who website, between 21 and 26 November 2009. It was then broadcast, complete, on [[BBC Two]] on 5 December 2009, followed by a showing on BBC HD later that day. It was then occasionally shown on [[CBBC]] in its complete form. This marked the first six-part story televised since ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'' and the first produced since ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'', which was completed in 2017.
 
The special was notable for including [[David Warner]]'s first role in a televised adventure of ''Doctor Who'', who had until then only contributed his voice for [[AUDIO|audio]] adventures. However, due to this being an animated story, it was still a voice-only role. His first and only visual appearance would not come until [[TV]]: ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'', 4 years later.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
During a visit to a local diner, [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] stumbles upon a mysterious alien artefact that leads him on a mission to rescue Rivesh Mantilax from the threat of the Viperox and the clutches of the American military.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/08_august/21/dreamland.shtml First look at new animated Doctor Who]</ref>
During a visit to a local diner, the [[Tenth Doctor]] stumbles upon a mysterious alien artefact that leads him on a mission to rescue [[Rivesh Mantilax]] from the threat of the [[Viperox]] and the clutches of the American military.
 


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
=== Part 1 ===
=== Episode 1 ===
A ship is being chased by two white ships it is fired at and crash lands in [[New Mexico]], 3rd of [[June]] [[1947]], at the site of [[Roswell]].
A ship is being chased by two white ships. It is fired at and crash lands in [[New Mexico]], [[13 June]] [[1947]], at the site of [[Roswell]].
 
Dry Springs, [[1958|11 years later]], the [[Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] lands at a diner. He meets two people Cassie Rice and a man called Jimmy. The Doctor notices a piece of alien equipment on the Table he picks it up and it activates. Two men in black park outside the diner. One walks in after a small confrontation. They end up having a brawl. He chases the trio out they get in Jimmy's truck.
 
Jimmy and Cassie tell the Doctor of the Roswell crash and how near they are to Area 51. Jimmy is convinced that aliens have been killing his cattle as he works at a ranch. Cassie says it is a couger that did that. The Doctor makes Jimmy stop the truck where he sees a large footprint. The three of them are attacked by a large Robot the Doctor says it is a [[Viperox]]. They run and the Viperox chases it, it is hit by a missile aimed at it by a Helicopter. The Helicopter lands and a man walks out he introduces himself as [[Stark|Colonel Stark]]. He arrests the Doctor, Cassie and Jimmy and takes them to Area 51.
 
At Area 51 the Doctor, Cassie and Jimmy are in a room together. Stark comes in and says there minds are to be whiped completly. He ties them down to tables and turns the gas on. As he walks out the Doctor makes himself free and turns the gas off. He, Cassie and Jimmy escape through a ventilation shaft.
 
As they get through they come out and go to a corridor. The Alarm rings solders come out they hide in a lab where they see a blue female alien sealed of behind glass. Solders burst in the lab the Doctor, Cassie and Jimmy go up a lift. Once the lift gets to the top they are faced with armed gunmen. The Doctor tells his new friends to put there hand up and smile.
 
In General Starks office, A Viperox says to General Stark he had better not mess up.


=== Part 2 ===
[[Dry Springs]], [[Nevada]], [[1958|11 years later]]. [[the Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] lands at a diner. The [[Tenth Doctor]] meets two people: [[Cassie Rice]] and a man called [[Jimmy Stalkingwolf|Jimmy]]. He notices a piece of alien equipment on the table, picks it up and it activates. Two men in black suits are outside the diner. One walks in after a small confrontation. They end up having a brawl. He chases the trio out and they get in Jimmy's truck. Jimmy and Cassie tell the Doctor of the Roswell crash and how near they are to [[Area 51]]. Jimmy is convinced that aliens have been killing his [[cattle]] as he works at a ranch. Cassie says a cougar did it. The Doctor makes Jimmy stop the truck where he sees a large footprint. The three of them are confronted by a large alien which the Doctor says is a [[Viperox]]. Cassie screams piercingly, angering the alien, who threatens to attack them. Jimmy catches and restrains Cassie, and the three of them run for their lives as the Viperox chases them. Suddenly, the Viperox is hit by a missile aimed at it by a [[helicopter]]. The helicopter lands and a man walks out and arrests them and takes them to [[Colonel]] [[Stark (Dreamland)|Stark]] at Area 51.
The Doctor Cassie and Jimmy are being lead to the gas room they come across an alien ship. The Doctor uses his [[sonic screwdriver]] and lowers it. All three enter it and the Doctor launches it. The Controls are a bit wonky.


General Stark is in the room with the [[Azlok|Viperox Leader]]. He notes that this Doctor is not human.  
At Area 51 the three are locked up in a room together until Stark arrives and tells them that their minds are to be wiped completely. The Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy are escorted to the lab by soldiers, who strap them down on operating tables and turn on the gas. Stark taunts the captives for a short while before leaving the room. As he walks out, the Doctor manages to free himself and turn off the gas. He then releases Cassie and Jimmy, and the three of them escape through a ventilation shaft. As they get through they come out and go to a corridor. The alarm rings and soldiers come out. They hide in a lab where they see a blue female alien sealed off behind glass. Soldiers burst in the lab and the Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy go up a lift. Once the lift gets to the top, however, they are faced with armed gunmen. The Doctor tells his new friends to put their hands up and smile. In General Stark's office, a Viperox threatens Colonel Stark that the Colonel's failure would have dire consequences for the Earth.


The space ship crash lands, Stark detects this he orders a landing team to search for the Doctor.
=== Episode 2 ===
The Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy are being lead to the gas room when they come across an alien ship. The Doctor uses [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] and lowers it. All three enter it and the Doctor launches it. The controls are a bit wonky. General Stark is in the room with the [[Azlok|Viperox Leader]]. He notes that this Doctor is not human. The spaceship crash lands. Stark detects this and orders a landing team to search for the Doctor. The trio makes it out of the crash unhurt. They find a ghost town which was abandoned during the gold rush. They enter a room and light a gas lantern. When Jimmy goes to look around, he finds the floor being completely destroyed. A Viperox arm grabs him and pulls him down into a tunnel. The Doctor and Cassie hear his cries and run after his voice. They find Jimmy being tied up in some sort of hardened insect goo. The Doctor confronts the leader Lord Azlok, who detects the Doctor's two hearts. While he is distracting them, Cassie lets Jimmy free; the Doctor learns the Viperox have no interest in conquering Earth - they are merely hunting for an old enemy of theirs. In a bid for protection, Cassie chucks the gas light at the Viperox leader and his guards before the Doctor can learn more. The Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy run down a tunnel and find eggs of hatched Viperox. The Doctor discovers the Viperox have laid eggs and not brought an army, being very clever. A few tens of young Viperox surround the Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy as they are seen by the [[Viperox Queen]].


The trio are ok they make it out unhurt. They find a ghost town which was abondoned during the gold rush. They enter a room and light a gas lantern. Jimmy goes to look around he finds the floor being completly destroyed. All of a sudden a Viperox arm grabs him and pulls him down into a tunnel.  
=== Episode 3 ===
The Viperox Queen is annoyed at the Doctor, so she orders her troops to attack him and his friends. The Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy run and find a mine cart. The Doctor sets it to go and sets a trap for the baby Viperox. The Viperox get hit in this trap and fall down. The cart speeds along but it crashes into a rock. They climb out of the cart and find four members of the [[Alliance of Shades]]. The Men in Black were sent by the Alliance to find evidence of aliens on level five planets and cover them up. [[Mister Dread]], leader of the Men in Black and the man who attacked Jimmy, is among them. The Doctor says they will destroy anything that knows about alien invasions. Their hands turn into guns and they attempt to vaporise the Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy. They, who turn out to be robots, are immobilised by arrows and defeated by Jimmy's grandfather [[Night Eagle]]. Night Eagle takes them to an alien he found called [[Rivesh Mantilax]] who crashed on Earth 5 years previously. Rivesh tells the doctor that his wife [[Seruba Velak]] is the alien the Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy found earlier, who had crash-landed in 1947; her ship was attacked by mercenaries paid to ensure she could not reach negotiations intended to create an alliance against the Viperox. Rivesh tried to find her, but he was shot down by the humans. The reason why he came to Earth was the Viperox were on the verge of winning a long and bloody war with his species, one in which his race had been all but exterminated. After Rivesh has told his story, General Stark walks in and attempts to arrest Rivesh. He announces that the Doctor helped him save the world; the Doctor questions why, for the first time in 900 years, that sounds like a bad thing.


The Doctor and Cassie hear his pleas they run after his voice. They find Jimmy being tied up in some sort of hardened insect goo. The Doctor comfronts the leader Lord Azlok, he detects the doctors two hearts. While he is distracting them Cassie lets Jimmy free. In a bid for protection Cassie chucks the gas light at the Viperox leader and his guards.  
=== Episode 4 ===
The Doctor, Cassie, Jimmy, and Night Eagle are being transported to Area 51 by the US army. Night Eagle says that people like Stark are hell-bent on destruction, a sentiment the Doctor shares. When they arrive at Area 51, they are surprised to see Lord Azlok there. Azlok says he and Stark have formed an alliance. The Doctor tells Stark not to trust the Viperox, as their only goal is consuming every world they encounter, but Stark ignores him and Azlok proceeds to tell them that Rivesh (who has been imprisoned with Seruba) is a geneticist who had created a weapon capable of killing every Viperox in the universe; Jimmy supports such an idea, but the Doctor retorts genocide is never a good thing, arguing that even the Viperox can change. Stark reveals that he plans to have Rivesh repurpose the [[ionic fusion bar]] to destroy Russia and end the [[Cold War]]. [[Mister Dread]] walks in, and it is revealed that he was working for Lord Azlok. He has the ionic fusion bar which is actually the weapon, cleverly disguised as a ship component. The Doctor zaps Mister Dread with his screwdriver, grabs the weapon and runs off. Stark chases the Doctor to a roof and warns the Doctor to put the weapon down. The Doctor points out to Stark that once the Viperox have the weapon, there will be nothing to stop them turning on Earth. Stark mocks the idea of "a bunch of super-sized cockroaches" going against tanks and bombers, but the Doctor retorts that Rivesh and Seruba's technology is 1000 years ahead of Earths and they couldn't stop the Viperox; thus, what chance does humanity have? The Doctor asks whether Stark is going to be the man who saves the world or the one who destroys it. Convinced, Stark orders his men to arrest Azlok, but the Viperox leader, who has heard everything, bursts out.


The Doctor, Cassie and Jimmy run down a tunnel and find eggs of hatched Viperox. The Doctor discovers the Viperox have laid eggs and not brought an army being very clever. A few tens of young Viperox surround the Doctor, Cassie and Jimmy.
Stark declares Azlok a prisoner of the United States Army, but Azlok sneers that the Viperox have laid waste to entire galaxies; the United States and Earth pose no threat. The Doctor advises the Viperox to leave Earth while they still can, but Azlok retorts that possession of the genetic weapon means nothing because it is useless without Rivesh. Taking wing, Azlok declares he will destroy the Earth and then flies off.


=== Part 3 ===
=== Episode 5 ===
The Viperox Queen is annoyed at the Doctor, so she orders her troops to attack him and his friends. The Doctor, Cassie and Jimmy run and find a mine cart. The Doctor sets it to go and sets a trap for the baby Viperox. The Viperox get hit in this trap and fall down. The cart speeds along but it crashes into a rock.
The Doctor and Stark run down to the room where Rivesh and Seruba are. Cassie, Jimmy, and Night Eagle are there and Rivesh has been seriously injured by Azlok, he is near death. The Doctor releases Seruba and she cradles her husband. The weapon is attuned to Rivesh's DNA; thus, no one can activate it but him. This is why Azlok tried to kill him. Seruba says there is something in the ship that could revive him. Stark says that anything found in the ship was stored in Area 51 Vault. With only an hour until sunset and the Viperox's impending attack, the Doctor, Cassie, Jimmy, Seruba, and Stark arrive at the vault. The Colonel explains the vault has been locked up for a long time because "something got loose in there". The Doctor asks Jimmy and Cassie to retrieve the TARDIS from [[Dry Springs]]. Inside the Vault, the Doctor and Seruba look for the device they need. In the Viperox lair, Azlok gets the Viperox Queen to release her newly hatched brood so that they will destroy the whole town. The Doctor in the Vault comes across [[Skorpius Flies]], a carnivorous alien brain with alien flies hovering around it. Seruba tells the doctor she has found the device that could revive Rivesh. The Skorpius Flies chase after them until the Doctor finds a crate and hides inside. At the Area 51 base, Stark is informed that they are getting reports of Viperox attacks. He orders a row of tanks to block the Viperox off. The Doctor and Seruba avoid the flies by escaping in the crate as the Doctor had counted his steps when they walked in; "Always count your steps Seruba Velak. You never know when you might need to escape in a box". Cassie and Jimmy are driving along with the TARDIS strapped to their pick-up. Viperox begin to emerge from the ground and one bursts its way up in front of Jimmy's truck.


They climb out the cart and find four members of the [[Alliance of Shades]]. These people were sent to find alien invasions on level five planets and cover them up. [[Mister Dread]], leader of the alliance, and the man who attacked Jimmy is there. The Doctor says they will destroy anything that knows about alien invasions. All of a sudden their hands turn into guns and they attempt to vaporize the Doctor, Cassie and Jimmy. They, who turned out to be robots, are immobilised by arrows and defeated by Jimmy's grandfather [[Night Eagle]].
=== Episode 6 ===
Jimmy manages to swerve and drives off while the Viperox chase them. Helicopters fly overhead and fire at flying Viperox. Stark is annoyed that they are losing. Lord Azlok storms in and tries to get the truth of where the weapon is. The Doctor and Seruba meanwhile have escaped the vault. They then drive a Jeep to the base, where they see that it's under heavy attack. Seruba is very concerned until Jimmy and Cassie show up with the TARDIS strapped to the back of their truck. They all travel in the TARDIS to the room in Area 51 where Rivesh is dying. In the nick of time, Seruba revives Rivesh. The Doctor asks for the device to be activated and Rivesh relishes the thought of killing the Viperox. However, the Doctor warns him not to detonate it, or it will completely wipe the Viperox out not only on Earth but in the entire universe. He restates his beliefs and tells him that no-one should have the power to exterminate an entire species. Rivesh returns the favour of reuniting him and Seruba and trusts the Doctor with the device. The Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver on it and then he rushes into the TARDIS and grabs a cable.


Night Eagle takes them to an alien he found called [[Rivesh Mantilax]]. Rivesh tells the doctor that his wife Seruba Velak is the alien the Doctor, Cassie and Jimmy found earlier, who crash landed in [[1947]]. After the Viperox hit their ship, Rivesh tried to find her but he was gunned down. The reason why he came to Earth was the Viperox were at war with his species and almost killed them all.  
At that moment, Azlok holds Jimmy hostage at the entrance to the TARDIS, threatening to kill him if the Doctor detonates it. The Doctor says he isn't going to set it off and explains that one day, the Viperox will become a peace-loving race. Azlok dismisses this as madness, to which the Doctor replies that one thing the TARDIS does have is a killer-sound system; the Doctor connects the cable to the device and unleashes a deafening soundwave that affects all the Viperox in the area. The Doctor orders them to leave the Earth and never return. Before he flees, Azlok furiously snarls, "Your day will come, Doctor!" before withdrawing; the Doctor dismisses the warning of his impending death. After the attack, the Doctor explains to everyone that the soundwave didn't harm the Viperox in any way; it was just really annoying. Stark thanks the Doctor and Seruba and Rivesh leave in their ship. Stark tells them to keep quiet about the events and then the Doctor suggests that Cassie and Jimmy clear up the Viperox mess. As the TARDIS departs, Cassie and Jimmy hold hands.


After Rivesh has told his story General Stark walks in and attemps to arrest Rivesh. He announces that the plan is to save Earth, but the Doctor doesn't like what he hears.
== Cast (voices) ==
* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[David Tennant]]
* [[Cassie Rice]] - [[Georgia Moffett]]
* [[Jimmy Stalkingwolf]] - [[Tim Howar]]
* [[Azlok|Lord Azlok]] - [[David Warner]]
* [[Rivesh Mantilax]] - [[Nicholas Rowe]]
* [[Seruba Velak]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
* [[Stark (Dreamland)|Colonel Stark]] - [[Stuart Milligan]]
* [[Mister Dread]] - [[Peter Guinness]]
* [[Night Eagle]] - [[Clarke Peters]]
* [[Soldier (Dreamland)|Soldier]] - [[Ryan Macclusky]]


=== Part 4 ===
== Crew ==
Lord Azlok and Colonel Stark reveal to the Doctor the secret of their deal...
* [[Writer]] - [[Phil Ford]]
* [[Director (crew)|Director]] - [[Gary Russell]]
* [[Animation studio|Animation Studio]] - [[Littleloud]]
* [[Animation director|Animation Director]] - [[Darren Garrett]]
* [[Art director|Art Director]] and [[Character design|Character Design]] - [[Paul Simpson]]
* [[Animation co-director|Animation Co-Director]] - [[Nik Faulkner]]
* [[Visual effects|Visual Effects]] - [[Jim Howell (visual effects)|Jim Howell]]
* [[3D design|3D Design]] - [[Rebecca Green]], [[Robin Konieczny]], [[Adam Sharp]]
* [[Lead animator|Lead Animator]] - [[Tim Sanpher]]
* [[Animator]]s - [[Nora O'Sullivan]], [[Kristian Antonelli]], [[Stu Short]]
* [[Concept design|Concept Design]] - [[Tiernen Trevallion]]
* [[Sound design|Sound Design]] - [[Dan Ward]]
* [[Offline editor|Offline Editor]] - [[Dominic Jones]]
* [[On-line editor|Online Editor]] - [[Matt Mullins]]
* [[Production assistant|Production Assistants]] - [[Sara Khangaroot]], [[Alice Parsons (production assistant)|Alice Parsons]]
* [[Animation producer|Animation Producers]] - [[David Jacklin]], [[Georgina Muggeridge]], [[Saffron Allwood]]
* With thanks to the [[BBC National Orchestra of Wales]]
* [[Doctor Who theme|Original Theme Music]] - [[Ron Grainer]]
* [[Casting director|Casting Director]] - [[Andy Pryor CDG]]
* [[Incidental music|Music]] - [[Murray Gold]]
* [[Sound effects editor|Sound Effects]] - [[Paul Jefferies]], [[Darran Clement]], [[Howard Eaves]]
* [[Dubbing mixer|Dubbing Mixer]] - [[Peter Jeffreys]]
* [[Music editor|Music Editor]] - [[Doug Sinclair]]
* [[Voice recording|Voice Recording]] - [[The Moat Studios]]
* [[Production executive|Production Executive]] - [[Julie Scott]]
* [[Interactive producer|Interactive Producer]] - [[Ed Cross]]
* [[Senior Producer]] - [[Mat Fidell]]
* [[Executive producer|Executive Producer]], Interactive - [[Anwen Aspden]]
* [[Executive producer|Executive Producer]] for [[CBBC]] - [[Sarah Muller]]
* [[Executive producer|Executive Producers]] - [[Russell T Davies]], [[Julie Gardner]], [[Piers Wenger]]


=== Part 5 ===
== Worldbuilding ==
Deep beneath the Dreamland base, the Doctor faces the malevolent Skorpius Flies...
* Jimmy works at [[Broken K Ranch]].


=== Part 6 ===
=== Music ===
The Doctor tries to stop Lord Azlok from wiping out humanity...
* "[[All I Have to Do Is Dream]]" by the [[Everly Brothers]] is heard playing when the Doctor first enters the diner.


==Cast==
=== Sport ===
*[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[David Tennant]]
* When the [[Russia]]ns are referred to as "Reds", the Doctor momentarily confuses them with the [[football]] club [[Manchester United]].
*[[Cassie Rice]] - [[Georgia Moffett]]
*[[Jimmy Stalkingwolf]] - [[Tim Howar]]
*[[Azlok|Lord Azlok]] - [[David Warner]]
*[[Rivesh Mantilax]] - [[Nicholas Rowe]]
*[[Seruba Velak]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
*[[Stark|Colonel Stark]] - [[Stuart Milligan]]
*[[Mister Dread]] - [[Peter Guinness]]
*[[Night Eagle]] - [[Clarke Peters]]
*[[Soldier (Dreamland)|Soldier]]&nbsp;- Ryan Macclusky


==Production crew==
=== Earth's timeline ===
''to be added''
* The Doctor discusses the [[Cold War]].
* Jimmy mentions the [[Bear River Massacre]].


== References ==
=== Species ===
*The Doctor states that he isn't Human.
* When the Viperox blink, it makes the same squeak noise heard when the [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]]s blink.
*The Doctor discuss the [[Cold War]]. He also says that the Americans thought they would have flying cars in ten years, if the Reds (Russians) made sure not to bomb them. He also confuses the Russians with the British football team Manchester United.
*Although not mentioned, the spaceship and "space junk" is excatly the same as the ship in [[SJA]]: [[Prisoner of the Judoon]]. The controls are also the same.
*The Doctor says when being attacked by the Viperox Queen he said: "I don't think she's amused, I have that effect on royalty", which could be&nbsp;referring to any of the king's, &nbsp;queen's, emperors and empresses &nbsp;the Doctor has encountered such has the&nbsp;[[Empress of the Racnoss]]&nbsp;([[The Runaway Bride]]), [[Queen Victoria]] ([[Tooth and Claw]]), [[Emperor Dalek]] ([[Evil of the Daleks]], [[Bad Wolf]] and [[Parting of the Ways]]) and Queen Elizabeth 1 ([[The Shakespeare Code]], [[The End of Time]])&nbsp;


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
*The total length of the serial will be 45 minutes, with [[BBC Two]] and BBC HD scheduled to broadcast the "omnibus" version.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2009/08/dreamland-blog.html][http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2009/wk49/sat.shtml]
* The total length of the serial is forty-five minutes or roughly the length of a standard live-action episode.
*Dreamland is an alternate name for the secretive [[wikipedia:Area 51|Area 51]] U.S. Air Force base in [[wikipedia:Groom Lake|Groom Lake]], Nevada. It is the subject of many conspiracy theories, some of which involve the alleged Roswell crash debris and bodies being studied there. Area 51 and Roswell do feature in the story.  
* Although produced and broadcast during the period the [[2009 Specials]] were airing, ''Dreamland'' is not considered part of that series of stories, much as [[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'' is not considered part of [[Series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 3]]. Both of these stories ''were'' included in the Specials Steelbook released in 2019, and were also included in The Complete David Tennant Collection Blu-ray set released in the US the same year.
*This story is next animated episode after [[DW]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'', which was aired during 2007 as part of [[Totally Doctor Who]].
* Dreamland is an alternate name for the secretive [[Area 51]] U.S. Air Force base in {{w|Groom Lake}}, Nevada. It is the subject of many conspiracy theories, some of which involve the alleged Roswell crash debris and bodies being studied there. Area 51 and Roswell do feature in the story. Many years later, [[Mr Smith]] mentioned that a spaceship crashed in [[Roswell]], [[New Mexico]] in 1947, and that [[Androvax]] had used Mr Smith to acquire the schematics of the ship from the [[Area 51|Dreamland base]] in Arizona. The spaceship and controls were exactly the same as the ship featured in this story, right down to the [[ionic fusion bar]] which powers the ship. ([[TV]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story)|Prisoner of the Judoon]]'')
*Voice actor [[Lisa Bowerman]] is best known for playing [[Bernice Summerfield]] in the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio dramas (for which she currently directs productions); she was also a guest star in the 1989 serial [[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]'' as [[Karra]].  
* This story is the next animated episode after [[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'', which was aired during 2007 as part of ''[[Totally Doctor Who]]''.
*[[David Warner]] has also been involved in the Big Finish audio dramas, most notably playing an alternate version of [[the Doctor]] in the ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' series.
* Voice actor [[Lisa Bowerman]] is best known for playing [[Bernice Summerfield]] in the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio dramas, for which she currently directs productions. She was also a guest star in the 1989 serial [[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' as [[Karra]].
* [[David Warner]] has also been involved in the Big Finish audio dramas, most notably playing an alternate version of [[the Doctor]] in the ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' series. He later appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'', his on-screen debut in a regular ''Doctor Who'' production.
* Music previously heard in ''Doctor Who'' is reused in this story.
* A shortened version of the [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]] and opening credits accompany the edited-together version of the story, unlike ''The Infinite Quest'' which used a full-length opening credit sequence.
* Unlike the 2D Flash animation used in ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]] ''and in animated reconstructions such as ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'', ''Dreamland'' was rendered in computer-generated CG in a pose to pose style animation method.
* According to the Christmas Eve commentary, the first episode was originally two, with the cliffhanger being Colonel Stark preparing to use the mindwipe chamber; however, it was later edited into a double length episode.
* The DVD and TV repeats use the 45-minute version; however, the six-part version is still available to watch on the Doctor Who website.
* This story was later released as part of ''[[The Animation Collection]]''.


=== Ratings ===
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=== Rumours ===
=== Rumours ===
*Cassie Rice is thought to be the Doctor's daughter in disguise, but this is mere speculation based on the fact that [[Georgia Moffett]] plays both characters.
''to be added''


=== Myths ===
=== Myths ===
*Shortly after this serial was announced, there were persistent rumours that this animated adventure would involve the Tenth Doctor being trapped in a dream-like place, hence the title, wherein he encounters each of his past incarnations, taking advantage of the animated format of the adventure to bring back Doctors played by actors who are now deceased. The rumour stated that the deceased Doctors' voices will be performed using voice actors or, where possible, using archived audio clips. This was also to be how actors who do not wish to return to the show (stating an example as being Christopher Eccleston) would have been included in the special, as the aforementioned 'hold-outs' had supposedly agreed that their likenesses can be used in the adventure. The broadcast of the serial, however, confirmed that this was not the case. It should be noted that such a scenario (the Tenth Doctor meeting visions of his former selves) already played out in the comic series [[IDW]]: ''[[The Forgotten]]''.
* Shortly after this serial was announced, there were persistent rumours that this animated adventure would involve the Tenth Doctor being trapped in a dream-like place, hence the title, wherein he encounters each of his past incarnations, taking advantage of the animated format of the adventure to bring back Doctors played by actors who are now deceased. The rumour stated that the deceased Doctors' voices will be performed using voice actors or, where possible, using archived audio clips. This was also to be how actors who do not wish to return to the show, for example, [[Christopher Eccleston]], would have been included in the special, as the aforementioned "hold-outs" had supposedly agreed that their likenesses could be used in the adventure. The broadcast of the serial, however, confirmed that this was not the case. It should be noted that such a scenario, the Tenth Doctor meeting visions of his former selves, already played out in the comic series [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]''.
* Cassie Rice is thought to be [[Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)|the Doctor's daughter]] in disguise, but this is mere speculation based on the fact that [[Georgia Moffett]] plays both characters. ''This was proven false.''
* Some viewers thought the fighters chasing the saucer were too advanced for 1958. ''In fact, they appear to be {{w|F-100 Super Sabre|F-100 Super Sabres}}, which were in service from 1954 to 1961.''
 
=== Production errors ===
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Production errors on an animated story are particularly hard to assess. Some degree of artistic license is to be expected; the production ''intent'' is not really to give a perfect emulation of a live-action shot. Thus, the much-criticised movement style of particularly the humanoid characters in this story can't be considered a "production error". The producers chose a particular physics model and used it consistently throughout the production, even though it gives characters like the [[Tenth Doctor]] a not-very-David-Tennant-like way of walking and talking. Nevertheless, there does seem to be at least one movement pattern that breaks the logic of the movement physics. On several occasions, [[Azlok]]'s head can be seen to actually pass ''through'' his shell, seemingly indicating a glitch in the collision detection code.
 
Another type of error that occurs in animation is when an object disappears from a location where it would logically be. During the sequence where the Doctor and his companions escape from the room where they were to be gassed, he throws his shackles to a particular spot on the floor. Yet when he ascends to the air vents and the camera looks back to that spot, the shackles are no longer there.
 
There are also a number of design errors with respect to backgrounds and object models. It is hard to definitively call these errors, because it must always be considered that the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] is not the same thing as the real world. What we know to be true in our universe does not necessarily carry over to the DWU. Just because [[Tony Blair]] was the [[British Prime Minister]] in the real world's 2007 doesn't mean that he was so in the DWU's [[2007]]. However, the following errors are so minor, and so unremarked upon by the script, that they appear to be unintentional, and therefore errors on the part of the concept illustrators. Were this a live-action production, they would likely be considered costuming, graphics or props errors. All of them display a lack of detailed knowledge about the [[United States]] by the [[British]] production staff.
* The opening sequence is set in [[1947]]. As the craft crashes in the background in 1947, a road sign is seen to display the Interstate 25 shield. The Interstate System wasn't introduced until [[1956]]. Additionally, I-25 runs more than 200 KM (100 miles) west of Roswell at its closest approach.
* On a close up on a group of American soldiers, the rank insignia on the caps is of the silver eagle, indicating that they are all colonels.
* The two US flags next to the door that Lord Azlok breaks through are the current 50-star flags, not the 48-star flag that would have been period-appropriate. In [[1959]], the US issued a 49-star flag, followed by the [[1960]] unveiling of the 50-star flag.
* After escaping the gas room, they enter "Lab 51" which has on the door "Authorised Personnel Only". Being an American facility, the spelling should have been "Authorized".
* The rifles in use by the [[US Army]] personnel appear to be the M1 Carbine, a semiautomatic weapon. However, the animation given to the rifles is that of a fully automatic weapon. Since this isn't a stylistic choice — there appears to be nothing about the animation engine that would have prevented suggesting a more semi-automatic style of firing — it appears to be a genuine animation error. An equivalent error in live-action production would be a [[property master]] giving a period revolver to a character only to have the [[Foley]] department provide the sound of a sub-machine gun.
* When Cassie and Jimmy are driving, they seem to be on the left side of the road even before they are distracted. As Americans, they should habitually try to drive on the right.
* The colonel salutes with his left hand near the end, where almost all salutes are normally right handed.
* In addition to these "Americana" errors, an error crept into the [[omnibus]] edition, which wasn't present in the original [[serial]]ised version. When the Doctor and his companions get recaptured, [[Stark (Dreamland)|Stark]] picks up the radio and hears the phrase "Prisoners have been recaptured". This tiny line of dialogue is missing from the soundtrack of the omnibus — and thus the DVD — even though the colonel still visually reacts to it.


=== Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors ===
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
[[File:androvax ship1.jpg|thumb|The alien ship re-engineered by Androvax from the Dreamland archives. ([[TV]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story)|Prisoner of the Judoon]]'')]]
* The Doctor is called "Doc" by Jimmy, which the Doctor dislikes. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]],'' ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'', ''[[The Ultimate Foe]], [[AUDIO]]: [[Time Reaver (audio story)|Time Reaver]]'')
* The spaceship held in Dreamland was reproduced by [[Androvax]]. He forces [[Mr Smith]] to hack into the base's computer systems to gain access to the ship's designs. Even the [[ionic fusion bar]] (used to power the ship) which Luke Smith takes from the ship to keep it from escaping is identical to the one in Dreamland. ([[TV]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story)|Prisoner of the Judoon]]'')
* Mister Dread and the Alliance of Shades return to face [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Vault of Secrets (TV story)|The Vault of Secrets]]'')
* The Tenth Doctor previously visited the United States in 1958 when he took his former companion [[Martha Jones]] to [[Wisconsin]] in order to sample [[milkshake]]s. The stop was part of a larger hunt for the greatest milkshakes in the [[universe]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Agent Provocateur (comic story)|Agent Provocateur]]'')
* The Doctor dislikes being saluted by Colonel Stark. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'', ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
* Lord Azlok threatens the Doctor during his retreat by telling him, "[his] day will come". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') The Doctor dismisses his threats by retorting, "so they say". ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'', ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
* The term "[[fallen angel]]" for a crashed alien vessel is also used in [[TV]]: ''[[Regeneration (TV story)|Regeneration]]''.
* When being attacked by the Viperox Queen, the Doctor says, "I don't think she's amused; I have that effect on royalty." ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'')
* The Doctor seems shocked after he hears Stark's name, but then asks about who he is. The [[Fourth Doctor]] had a habit of responding with a shock after hearing someone's name, but then asked who they were. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Androids of Tara (TV story)|The Androids of Tara]]'')


== International broadcast ==
== Home video releases ==
At present, there has been no indication whether ''Dreamland'' will be broadcast, or made available online (officially) outside the UK. Most original video content on the BBC website is "geolocked" and restricted to UK users only. It is assumed ''Dreamland'' will be likewise restricted. The previous animated serial, [[DW]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'', was never broadcast in North America or Australia, and remained unavailable there until its DVD release (more than a year later for North America). It remains to be seen if ''Dreamland'' will experience the same release.


== DVD and Other releases ==
=== DVD and Blu-ray releases ===
Many online retailers and [http://thegallifreytimes.blogspot.com/] are reporting that Doctor Who: Dreamland will be released on DVD on 2nd February 2010 at an RRP of £12.99.
* ''Dreamland'' was released on DVD in the UK on 2nd February 2010 at an RRP of £12.99. A North American DVD release was scheduled for 5 October 2010, after initially being announced for release on 4 May. Also included on a second disc are all three episodes of [[Doctor Who Greatest Moments|Doctor Who Greatest Moments: The Doctor, The Companions and The Enemies]]
* It was released on Blu-ray as part of the US-exclusive box set [[The Complete David Tennant Collection]] on [[17 September (releases)|17 September]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]].
* The series, along with ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'' was released as part of the complete 2008-2010 specials steelbook.


==See also==
=== Digital releases ===
*[[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka]]''
*[[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]''
*[[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]''
*[[DW]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest]]''


==External links==
* It is available to purchase in the UK on Amazon Prime Video.
[http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkuFFVpEVuVTddICjy&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle Gallifrey One - New Animated Adventure On the Way]
* In November 2023, the omnibus of ''Doctor Who: Dreamland'' was added to [[BBC iPlayer]]'s [[Whoniverse (BBC iPlayer)|Whoniverse]] catalog of ''Doctor Who'' content.
==Footnotes==
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=== International broadcast ===
At present, there has been no indication whether ''Dreamland'' will be broadcast, or made available online, officially, outside the UK. Most original video content on the BBC website is "geolocked" and restricted to UK users only. It is assumed ''Dreamland'' will be likewise restricted. The last animated serial, [[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'', was never broadcast in North America or Australia, and remained unavailable there until its DVD release. This appears to be the case with ''Dreamland'', as well. However, this story aired in New Zealand as part of UKTV's Doctor Who Weekend.


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You may be looking for the Sarah Jane Smith audio story or the base nicknamed "Dreamland".

Dreamland was a Doctor Who animated special. It was written by Phil Ford, directed by Gary Russell and featured David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Georgia Moffett as Cassie Rice and Tim Howar as Jimmy Stalkingwolf.

Conjoined, the episodes amounted to one normal-length television episode of 42 minutes. Originally planned as seven six-minute episodes, the first two were edited together, and the six-part run aired on the BBC's Red Button service, as well as the BBC's Doctor Who website, between 21 and 26 November 2009. It was then broadcast, complete, on BBC Two on 5 December 2009, followed by a showing on BBC HD later that day. It was then occasionally shown on CBBC in its complete form. This marked the first six-part story televised since The Armageddon Factor and the first produced since Shada, which was completed in 2017.

The special was notable for including David Warner's first role in a televised adventure of Doctor Who, who had until then only contributed his voice for audio adventures. However, due to this being an animated story, it was still a voice-only role. His first and only visual appearance would not come until TV: Cold War, 4 years later.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

During a visit to a local diner, the Tenth Doctor stumbles upon a mysterious alien artefact that leads him on a mission to rescue Rivesh Mantilax from the threat of the Viperox and the clutches of the American military.

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A ship is being chased by two white ships. It is fired at and crash lands in New Mexico, 13 June 1947, at the site of Roswell.

Dry Springs, Nevada, 11 years later. The TARDIS lands at a diner. The Tenth Doctor meets two people: Cassie Rice and a man called Jimmy. He notices a piece of alien equipment on the table, picks it up and it activates. Two men in black suits are outside the diner. One walks in after a small confrontation. They end up having a brawl. He chases the trio out and they get in Jimmy's truck. Jimmy and Cassie tell the Doctor of the Roswell crash and how near they are to Area 51. Jimmy is convinced that aliens have been killing his cattle as he works at a ranch. Cassie says a cougar did it. The Doctor makes Jimmy stop the truck where he sees a large footprint. The three of them are confronted by a large alien which the Doctor says is a Viperox. Cassie screams piercingly, angering the alien, who threatens to attack them. Jimmy catches and restrains Cassie, and the three of them run for their lives as the Viperox chases them. Suddenly, the Viperox is hit by a missile aimed at it by a helicopter. The helicopter lands and a man walks out and arrests them and takes them to Colonel Stark at Area 51.

At Area 51 the three are locked up in a room together until Stark arrives and tells them that their minds are to be wiped completely. The Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy are escorted to the lab by soldiers, who strap them down on operating tables and turn on the gas. Stark taunts the captives for a short while before leaving the room. As he walks out, the Doctor manages to free himself and turn off the gas. He then releases Cassie and Jimmy, and the three of them escape through a ventilation shaft. As they get through they come out and go to a corridor. The alarm rings and soldiers come out. They hide in a lab where they see a blue female alien sealed off behind glass. Soldiers burst in the lab and the Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy go up a lift. Once the lift gets to the top, however, they are faced with armed gunmen. The Doctor tells his new friends to put their hands up and smile. In General Stark's office, a Viperox threatens Colonel Stark that the Colonel's failure would have dire consequences for the Earth.

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The Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy are being lead to the gas room when they come across an alien ship. The Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver and lowers it. All three enter it and the Doctor launches it. The controls are a bit wonky. General Stark is in the room with the Viperox Leader. He notes that this Doctor is not human. The spaceship crash lands. Stark detects this and orders a landing team to search for the Doctor. The trio makes it out of the crash unhurt. They find a ghost town which was abandoned during the gold rush. They enter a room and light a gas lantern. When Jimmy goes to look around, he finds the floor being completely destroyed. A Viperox arm grabs him and pulls him down into a tunnel. The Doctor and Cassie hear his cries and run after his voice. They find Jimmy being tied up in some sort of hardened insect goo. The Doctor confronts the leader Lord Azlok, who detects the Doctor's two hearts. While he is distracting them, Cassie lets Jimmy free; the Doctor learns the Viperox have no interest in conquering Earth - they are merely hunting for an old enemy of theirs. In a bid for protection, Cassie chucks the gas light at the Viperox leader and his guards before the Doctor can learn more. The Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy run down a tunnel and find eggs of hatched Viperox. The Doctor discovers the Viperox have laid eggs and not brought an army, being very clever. A few tens of young Viperox surround the Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy as they are seen by the Viperox Queen.

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The Viperox Queen is annoyed at the Doctor, so she orders her troops to attack him and his friends. The Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy run and find a mine cart. The Doctor sets it to go and sets a trap for the baby Viperox. The Viperox get hit in this trap and fall down. The cart speeds along but it crashes into a rock. They climb out of the cart and find four members of the Alliance of Shades. The Men in Black were sent by the Alliance to find evidence of aliens on level five planets and cover them up. Mister Dread, leader of the Men in Black and the man who attacked Jimmy, is among them. The Doctor says they will destroy anything that knows about alien invasions. Their hands turn into guns and they attempt to vaporise the Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy. They, who turn out to be robots, are immobilised by arrows and defeated by Jimmy's grandfather Night Eagle. Night Eagle takes them to an alien he found called Rivesh Mantilax who crashed on Earth 5 years previously. Rivesh tells the doctor that his wife Seruba Velak is the alien the Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy found earlier, who had crash-landed in 1947; her ship was attacked by mercenaries paid to ensure she could not reach negotiations intended to create an alliance against the Viperox. Rivesh tried to find her, but he was shot down by the humans. The reason why he came to Earth was the Viperox were on the verge of winning a long and bloody war with his species, one in which his race had been all but exterminated. After Rivesh has told his story, General Stark walks in and attempts to arrest Rivesh. He announces that the Doctor helped him save the world; the Doctor questions why, for the first time in 900 years, that sounds like a bad thing.

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The Doctor, Cassie, Jimmy, and Night Eagle are being transported to Area 51 by the US army. Night Eagle says that people like Stark are hell-bent on destruction, a sentiment the Doctor shares. When they arrive at Area 51, they are surprised to see Lord Azlok there. Azlok says he and Stark have formed an alliance. The Doctor tells Stark not to trust the Viperox, as their only goal is consuming every world they encounter, but Stark ignores him and Azlok proceeds to tell them that Rivesh (who has been imprisoned with Seruba) is a geneticist who had created a weapon capable of killing every Viperox in the universe; Jimmy supports such an idea, but the Doctor retorts genocide is never a good thing, arguing that even the Viperox can change. Stark reveals that he plans to have Rivesh repurpose the ionic fusion bar to destroy Russia and end the Cold War. Mister Dread walks in, and it is revealed that he was working for Lord Azlok. He has the ionic fusion bar which is actually the weapon, cleverly disguised as a ship component. The Doctor zaps Mister Dread with his screwdriver, grabs the weapon and runs off. Stark chases the Doctor to a roof and warns the Doctor to put the weapon down. The Doctor points out to Stark that once the Viperox have the weapon, there will be nothing to stop them turning on Earth. Stark mocks the idea of "a bunch of super-sized cockroaches" going against tanks and bombers, but the Doctor retorts that Rivesh and Seruba's technology is 1000 years ahead of Earths and they couldn't stop the Viperox; thus, what chance does humanity have? The Doctor asks whether Stark is going to be the man who saves the world or the one who destroys it. Convinced, Stark orders his men to arrest Azlok, but the Viperox leader, who has heard everything, bursts out.

Stark declares Azlok a prisoner of the United States Army, but Azlok sneers that the Viperox have laid waste to entire galaxies; the United States and Earth pose no threat. The Doctor advises the Viperox to leave Earth while they still can, but Azlok retorts that possession of the genetic weapon means nothing because it is useless without Rivesh. Taking wing, Azlok declares he will destroy the Earth and then flies off.

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The Doctor and Stark run down to the room where Rivesh and Seruba are. Cassie, Jimmy, and Night Eagle are there and Rivesh has been seriously injured by Azlok, he is near death. The Doctor releases Seruba and she cradles her husband. The weapon is attuned to Rivesh's DNA; thus, no one can activate it but him. This is why Azlok tried to kill him. Seruba says there is something in the ship that could revive him. Stark says that anything found in the ship was stored in Area 51 Vault. With only an hour until sunset and the Viperox's impending attack, the Doctor, Cassie, Jimmy, Seruba, and Stark arrive at the vault. The Colonel explains the vault has been locked up for a long time because "something got loose in there". The Doctor asks Jimmy and Cassie to retrieve the TARDIS from Dry Springs. Inside the Vault, the Doctor and Seruba look for the device they need. In the Viperox lair, Azlok gets the Viperox Queen to release her newly hatched brood so that they will destroy the whole town. The Doctor in the Vault comes across Skorpius Flies, a carnivorous alien brain with alien flies hovering around it. Seruba tells the doctor she has found the device that could revive Rivesh. The Skorpius Flies chase after them until the Doctor finds a crate and hides inside. At the Area 51 base, Stark is informed that they are getting reports of Viperox attacks. He orders a row of tanks to block the Viperox off. The Doctor and Seruba avoid the flies by escaping in the crate as the Doctor had counted his steps when they walked in; "Always count your steps Seruba Velak. You never know when you might need to escape in a box". Cassie and Jimmy are driving along with the TARDIS strapped to their pick-up. Viperox begin to emerge from the ground and one bursts its way up in front of Jimmy's truck.

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Jimmy manages to swerve and drives off while the Viperox chase them. Helicopters fly overhead and fire at flying Viperox. Stark is annoyed that they are losing. Lord Azlok storms in and tries to get the truth of where the weapon is. The Doctor and Seruba meanwhile have escaped the vault. They then drive a Jeep to the base, where they see that it's under heavy attack. Seruba is very concerned until Jimmy and Cassie show up with the TARDIS strapped to the back of their truck. They all travel in the TARDIS to the room in Area 51 where Rivesh is dying. In the nick of time, Seruba revives Rivesh. The Doctor asks for the device to be activated and Rivesh relishes the thought of killing the Viperox. However, the Doctor warns him not to detonate it, or it will completely wipe the Viperox out not only on Earth but in the entire universe. He restates his beliefs and tells him that no-one should have the power to exterminate an entire species. Rivesh returns the favour of reuniting him and Seruba and trusts the Doctor with the device. The Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver on it and then he rushes into the TARDIS and grabs a cable.

At that moment, Azlok holds Jimmy hostage at the entrance to the TARDIS, threatening to kill him if the Doctor detonates it. The Doctor says he isn't going to set it off and explains that one day, the Viperox will become a peace-loving race. Azlok dismisses this as madness, to which the Doctor replies that one thing the TARDIS does have is a killer-sound system; the Doctor connects the cable to the device and unleashes a deafening soundwave that affects all the Viperox in the area. The Doctor orders them to leave the Earth and never return. Before he flees, Azlok furiously snarls, "Your day will come, Doctor!" before withdrawing; the Doctor dismisses the warning of his impending death. After the attack, the Doctor explains to everyone that the soundwave didn't harm the Viperox in any way; it was just really annoying. Stark thanks the Doctor and Seruba and Rivesh leave in their ship. Stark tells them to keep quiet about the events and then the Doctor suggests that Cassie and Jimmy clear up the Viperox mess. As the TARDIS departs, Cassie and Jimmy hold hands.

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  • The total length of the serial is forty-five minutes or roughly the length of a standard live-action episode.
  • Although produced and broadcast during the period the 2009 Specials were airing, Dreamland is not considered part of that series of stories, much as TV: The Infinite Quest is not considered part of Series 3. Both of these stories were included in the Specials Steelbook released in 2019, and were also included in The Complete David Tennant Collection Blu-ray set released in the US the same year.
  • Dreamland is an alternate name for the secretive Area 51 U.S. Air Force base in Groom Lake, Nevada. It is the subject of many conspiracy theories, some of which involve the alleged Roswell crash debris and bodies being studied there. Area 51 and Roswell do feature in the story. Many years later, Mr Smith mentioned that a spaceship crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, and that Androvax had used Mr Smith to acquire the schematics of the ship from the Dreamland base in Arizona. The spaceship and controls were exactly the same as the ship featured in this story, right down to the ionic fusion bar which powers the ship. (TV: Prisoner of the Judoon)
  • This story is the next animated episode after TV: The Infinite Quest, which was aired during 2007 as part of Totally Doctor Who.
  • Voice actor Lisa Bowerman is best known for playing Bernice Summerfield in the Big Finish Productions audio dramas, for which she currently directs productions. She was also a guest star in the 1989 serial TV: Survival as Karra.
  • David Warner has also been involved in the Big Finish audio dramas, most notably playing an alternate version of the Doctor in the Doctor Who Unbound series. He later appeared in TV: Cold War, his on-screen debut in a regular Doctor Who production.
  • Music previously heard in Doctor Who is reused in this story.
  • A shortened version of the Doctor Who theme and opening credits accompany the edited-together version of the story, unlike The Infinite Quest which used a full-length opening credit sequence.
  • Unlike the 2D Flash animation used in The Infinite Quest and in animated reconstructions such as The Power of the Daleks, Dreamland was rendered in computer-generated CG in a pose to pose style animation method.
  • According to the Christmas Eve commentary, the first episode was originally two, with the cliffhanger being Colonel Stark preparing to use the mindwipe chamber; however, it was later edited into a double length episode.
  • The DVD and TV repeats use the 45-minute version; however, the six-part version is still available to watch on the Doctor Who website.
  • This story was later released as part of The Animation Collection.

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Rumours[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Myths[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Shortly after this serial was announced, there were persistent rumours that this animated adventure would involve the Tenth Doctor being trapped in a dream-like place, hence the title, wherein he encounters each of his past incarnations, taking advantage of the animated format of the adventure to bring back Doctors played by actors who are now deceased. The rumour stated that the deceased Doctors' voices will be performed using voice actors or, where possible, using archived audio clips. This was also to be how actors who do not wish to return to the show, for example, Christopher Eccleston, would have been included in the special, as the aforementioned "hold-outs" had supposedly agreed that their likenesses could be used in the adventure. The broadcast of the serial, however, confirmed that this was not the case. It should be noted that such a scenario, the Tenth Doctor meeting visions of his former selves, already played out in the comic series COMIC: The Forgotten.
  • Cassie Rice is thought to be the Doctor's daughter in disguise, but this is mere speculation based on the fact that Georgia Moffett plays both characters. This was proven false.
  • Some viewers thought the fighters chasing the saucer were too advanced for 1958. In fact, they appear to be F-100 Super Sabres, which were in service from 1954 to 1961.

Production errors[[edit] | [edit source]]

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.

Production errors on an animated story are particularly hard to assess. Some degree of artistic license is to be expected; the production intent is not really to give a perfect emulation of a live-action shot. Thus, the much-criticised movement style of particularly the humanoid characters in this story can't be considered a "production error". The producers chose a particular physics model and used it consistently throughout the production, even though it gives characters like the Tenth Doctor a not-very-David-Tennant-like way of walking and talking. Nevertheless, there does seem to be at least one movement pattern that breaks the logic of the movement physics. On several occasions, Azlok's head can be seen to actually pass through his shell, seemingly indicating a glitch in the collision detection code.

Another type of error that occurs in animation is when an object disappears from a location where it would logically be. During the sequence where the Doctor and his companions escape from the room where they were to be gassed, he throws his shackles to a particular spot on the floor. Yet when he ascends to the air vents and the camera looks back to that spot, the shackles are no longer there.

There are also a number of design errors with respect to backgrounds and object models. It is hard to definitively call these errors, because it must always be considered that the Doctor Who universe is not the same thing as the real world. What we know to be true in our universe does not necessarily carry over to the DWU. Just because Tony Blair was the British Prime Minister in the real world's 2007 doesn't mean that he was so in the DWU's 2007. However, the following errors are so minor, and so unremarked upon by the script, that they appear to be unintentional, and therefore errors on the part of the concept illustrators. Were this a live-action production, they would likely be considered costuming, graphics or props errors. All of them display a lack of detailed knowledge about the United States by the British production staff.

  • The opening sequence is set in 1947. As the craft crashes in the background in 1947, a road sign is seen to display the Interstate 25 shield. The Interstate System wasn't introduced until 1956. Additionally, I-25 runs more than 200 KM (100 miles) west of Roswell at its closest approach.
  • On a close up on a group of American soldiers, the rank insignia on the caps is of the silver eagle, indicating that they are all colonels.
  • The two US flags next to the door that Lord Azlok breaks through are the current 50-star flags, not the 48-star flag that would have been period-appropriate. In 1959, the US issued a 49-star flag, followed by the 1960 unveiling of the 50-star flag.
  • After escaping the gas room, they enter "Lab 51" which has on the door "Authorised Personnel Only". Being an American facility, the spelling should have been "Authorized".
  • The rifles in use by the US Army personnel appear to be the M1 Carbine, a semiautomatic weapon. However, the animation given to the rifles is that of a fully automatic weapon. Since this isn't a stylistic choice — there appears to be nothing about the animation engine that would have prevented suggesting a more semi-automatic style of firing — it appears to be a genuine animation error. An equivalent error in live-action production would be a property master giving a period revolver to a character only to have the Foley department provide the sound of a sub-machine gun.
  • When Cassie and Jimmy are driving, they seem to be on the left side of the road even before they are distracted. As Americans, they should habitually try to drive on the right.
  • The colonel salutes with his left hand near the end, where almost all salutes are normally right handed.
  • In addition to these "Americana" errors, an error crept into the omnibus edition, which wasn't present in the original serialised version. When the Doctor and his companions get recaptured, Stark picks up the radio and hears the phrase "Prisoners have been recaptured". This tiny line of dialogue is missing from the soundtrack of the omnibus — and thus the DVD — even though the colonel still visually reacts to it.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The alien ship re-engineered by Androvax from the Dreamland archives. (TV: Prisoner of the Judoon)

Home video releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

DVD and Blu-ray releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Digital releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • It is available to purchase in the UK on Amazon Prime Video.
  • In November 2023, the omnibus of Doctor Who: Dreamland was added to BBC iPlayer's Whoniverse catalog of Doctor Who content.

International broadcast[[edit] | [edit source]]

At present, there has been no indication whether Dreamland will be broadcast, or made available online, officially, outside the UK. Most original video content on the BBC website is "geolocked" and restricted to UK users only. It is assumed Dreamland will be likewise restricted. The last animated serial, TV: The Infinite Quest, was never broadcast in North America or Australia, and remained unavailable there until its DVD release. This appears to be the case with Dreamland, as well. However, this story aired in New Zealand as part of UKTV's Doctor Who Weekend.

  • Dreamland Region 2 DVD Cover

    Dreamland Region 2 DVD Cover

  • Dreamland Region 4 DVD Cover

    Dreamland Region 4 DVD Cover

  • Dreamland Region 1 DVD Cover

    Dreamland Region 1 DVD Cover

  • The Complete David Tennant Years DVD Region 1 US cover

    The Complete David Tennant Years DVD
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  • The Specials Steelbook

    The Specials Steelbook

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