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{{ | |image = Doctorwho series5 2010-titles.jpg | ||
|image2 = Mattsmith-publicity-1-.jpg | |||
|broadcast year = 2010 | |||
|nth season = 31 | |||
|ep count = 13 | |||
|story count = 10 | |||
|first ep = The Eleventh Hour (TV story) | |||
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor | |||
|companion = Amy Pond | |||
|companion2 = Rory Williams | |||
|main enemy = | |||
|producer = Tracie Simpson | |||
|producer2 = Peter Bennett | |||
|producer3 = Patrick Schweitzer | |||
|exec prod = Steven Moffat | |||
|exec prod2 = Piers Wenger | |||
|exec prod3 = Beth Willis | |||
|start date = [[3 April (releases)|3 April]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] | |||
|end date = [[26 June (releases)|26 June]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] | |||
|network = BBC One | |||
|runtime = 45' | |||
|DWM = DWM 405 | |||
|DWM2 = DWM 410 | |||
|DWM3 = DWM 417 | |||
|DWM4 = DWM 418 | |||
|DWM5 = DWM 419 | |||
|DWM6 = DWM 420 | |||
|DWM7 = DWM 421 | |||
|DWM8 = DWM 422 | |||
|DWM9 = DWM 423 | |||
|DWM10 = DWM 424 | |||
|DWM11 = DWM 431 | |||
|DWMSE = DWMSE 26 | |||
|DWMSE2 = DWMSE 27 | |||
|confidential = Series 5 (CON) | |||
|action figures = Character Options series 5 action figures | |||
|ref book = The Pandorica Opens (reference book) | |||
|ref book2 = TCH 63{{!}}The Complete History 63 | |||
|ref book3 = TCH 64 | |||
|ref book4 = TCH 65 | |||
|ref book5 = TCH 66 | |||
|prev = Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005) | |||
|next = Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005) | |||
|trailer = Doctor Who Series 5 Preview - BBC One | |||
|trailer2 = Doctor Who TV Clip - Season 5 Trailer 3 | |||
|trailer3 = New Doctor Who Trailer featuring the Doctor and Amy! - BBC One | |||
|clip = Fish fingers... and custard? - Doctor Who - BBC | |||
|clip2 = I. Am. Talking! - The Pandorica Speech - Doctor Who - The Pandorica Opens - BBC | |||
|clip3 = The second Big Bang - Doctor Who - BBC | |||
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'''Series 5''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ran from [[3 April (releases)|3 April]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] to [[26 June (releases)|26 June]] 2010. It starred [[Matt Smith]] as the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Karen Gillan]] as [[Amy Pond]] and [[Arthur Darvill]] as [[Rory Williams]]. The series opened with {{cs|The Eleventh Hour (TV story)}} and concluded with {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}}. | |||
== Overview == | |||
It consisted of ten stories and thirteen episodes. With the start of this series, the show was now helmed by new [[head writer]] [[Steven Moffat]]. | |||
=== New production team === | |||
[[File:Doctor_Who_Producers_Landscape.jpg|thumb|right|[[Beth Willis]], [[Steven Moffat]] and [[Piers Wenger]] in a publicity shot for Series 5.]] | |||
[[Executive producer]] and head writer [[Russell T Davies]] and executive producer [[Julie Gardner]] officially left production on ''Doctor Who'' at the end of filming of [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 4]]'s special episodes in 2009. Their last story, {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}, aired on 25 December 2009 and 1 January 2010. In May [[2008 (releases)|2008]], [[Steven Moffat]], a multi [[Hugo Award]] winning ''Doctor Who'' writer for this outgoing production era, was announced as the ''Doctor Who'' head writer and executive producer. | |||
Although he was not involved with the fifth series or any series involving Moffat as head writer, Davies returned to the series when he became head writer of the [[2023 specials]], having also written episodes of spin-off shows ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', along with involvement in the ''[[Doctor Who: Lockdown!]]'' event and the 2018 revival of the [[Target novelisation]]s, during Moffat and [[Chris Chibnall]]'s eras on ''Doctor Who''. | |||
Moffat stated that no characters from the first Russell T Davies era would return in series 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com.au/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a210070/no-past-characters-in-new-doctor-who.html|title="No past characters" in new 'Doctor Who'|author= Mayer Nissim| date of source=Tuesday, March 23 2010| website name=Digital Spy|accessdate=2nd August 2011}}</ref> This did not prove entirely true. [[River Song]], a Moffat-created character from the Russell T Davies era, returned in four episodes of this series. | |||
Gardner was replaced by her successor as [[BBC Wales]] [[Head of Drama]], [[Piers Wenger]]. [[Beth Willis]] was added as a third executive producer — giving the show three execs for the first time since [[Mal Young]] left at the end of [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 1]]. The line [[producer]] of the series — a position once held by [[Phil Collinson]] — was split between [[Tracie Simpson]] and [[Peter Bennett]], two members of the production staff who had risen to prominence during "the specials". For the first time since 2005, the series also credited a [[co-producer]], [[Patrick Schweitzer]], for episodes 6 and 10, the two episodes filmed in [[Croatia]]. Other senior members of the production staff, such as [[production designer]] [[Edward Thomas|Ed Thomas]] and composer [[Murray Gold]] remained at their posts. | |||
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Several departments underwent big changes beginning with {{cs|The Eleventh Hour (TV story)}}. [[director of photography|Directors of photography]] [[Rory Taylor]] and [[Ernie Vincze]] — who between them had fairly evenly split responsibilities since [[2005]] — left, along with Davies and Gardner. They were replaced by a series of individuals, each handling only one or two episodes of the series. | |||
The costume department came under the leadership of [[Ray Holman]], who replaced [[Louise Page]], the longest-serving designer since the [[William Hartnell|Hartnell]] era [[costumes|costumer]] [[Daphne Dare]]. The change, however, was not just the replacement of one individual with another, as Holman brought in members of his design company to fill junior positions in the costume department. | |||
Series 5 also saw a subtler behind-the-scenes change, especially for the more junior members of the production team. Combined with the general economic downturn that saw an across-the-board cut in jobs, it was also the first year since 2004 that ''Torchwood'' was not in some stage of production at BBC Wales. This meant there was some job competition at the [[Upper Boat Studios]]. Some long-term members of staff left the studios completely, while others took effective reductions in rank to remain. [[Arwel Wyn Jones]], for instance, went from being the [[supervising art director]] for the previous two series to alternating [[set decorator|set decorating]] duties with [[Julian Luxton]]. Still, others remained in Wales, but shifted to Moffat's other Welsh production, ''[[Sherlock]]'', or found placement on {{wi|Merlin (TV series)|Merlin}}, {{wi|Being Human (British TV series)|Being Human}} or other BBC Wales programmes. | |||
=== | === Series numbering === | ||
While [[DWM 410|issue 410]] of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' initially reported that the series' numbering would be reset to series 1 like [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|the first Russell T Davies series]] had done before,<ref>"New Companion Confirmed!", [[DWM 410|''Doctor Who Magazine'' #410]] (22nd July 2009), p.5</ref> by the time of the DVD, Blu-ray, and soundtrack releases, this series was officially known by [[2 entertain|2|entertain]] and [[Silva Screen Records]]' cover design as series 5, with the following series being [[Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 6]], and so on. {{as of|2023|11}}, [[BBC iPlayer]] officially listed this series as series 5 of "''Doctor Who'' (2005–2022)". | |||
== | === New TARDIS team === | ||
= | During his acceptance speech for the award for Best Drama Performance at the National Television Awards on 29 October 2008, [[David Tennant]] announced that he would not return for the fifth series. His successor, [[Matt Smith]], was announced as the [[Eleventh Doctor]] on 3 January 2009 during a broadcast of a special episode of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' entitled ''[[The Eleventh Doctor (CON episode)|The Eleventh Doctor]]''.<ref>BBC: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7808697.stm New Doctor actor is youngest ever]</ref> [[Karen Gillan]] was cast as the Eleventh Doctor's companion, [[Amy Pond]]. | ||
=== | === New icons === | ||
In addition to the cast and crew changes, many of the other continuing elements of the show also underwent major redesigns at the start of the series. Most conspicuous was the [[6 October (production)|6 October]] [[2009 (production)|2009]] unveiling of a new [[Doctor Who logo|series logo]] — the first significant departure from the one that debuted on {{cs|Rose (TV story)}}. Likewise, the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] itself got a noticeable exterior and radical interior make-over. British tabloid media reported the switch was due to the show's switch to high-definition production,<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4926350/Dr-Who-Tardis-to-get-interior-makeover.html Dr Who Tardis to get makeover]</ref> although ''Doctor Who'' had already started broadcasting in HD since April of that year. | |||
[[File:DW-Logo-2010.png|thumb|The logo for Series 5 as it was originally unveiled in late 2009 and as it is used on merchandise]] | |||
A new [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]] arrangement was introduced, replacing the version introduced for the 2007 Christmas special. Like that version and variations of the theme introduced in {{cs|Rose (TV story)}}, [[Ron Grainer]]'s theme was arranged by [[Murray Gold]]. | |||
== | == Cast == | ||
* | * [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]] | ||
* | * [[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]], [[Caitlin Blackwood]] | ||
* [[Rory Williams]] - [[Arthur Darvill]] | |||
* | |||
=== | === Recurring === | ||
* | * [[Atraxi]] - [[David de Keyser]] | ||
* | * [[Elizabeth X|Liz 10]] - [[Sophie Okonedo]] | ||
* [[Winston Churchill]] - [[Ian McNeice]] | |||
* [[Edwin Bracewell]] - [[Bill Paterson]] | |||
* [[Dalek]]s - [[Dalek operator|operated]] by [[Nicholas Pegg]], [[Barnaby Edwards]] and voiced by [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |||
* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]] | |||
* [[Malohkeh]] - [[Richard Hope]] | |||
* [[Vincent van Gogh]] - [[Tony Curran]] | |||
* [[Craig Owens]] - [[James Corden]] | |||
* [[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]] - [[Daisy Haggard]] | |||
* [[Cyber-Leader]] - [[Ruari Mears]] | |||
* [[Judoon]] - [[Paul Kasey]] | |||
* [[Dorium Maldovar|Dorium]] - [[Simon Fisher-Becker]] | |||
== | === Guest === | ||
* | * [[Prisoner Zero]] - [[Marcello Magni]], [[Olivia Colman]], [[Eden Monteath]], [[Merin Monteath]], [[Matt Smith]], [[Caitlin Blackwood]] and additionally voiced by [[William Wilde]] | ||
* | * [[Octavian (The Time of Angels)|Octavian]] - [[Iain Glen]] | ||
* | * [[Angel Bob]] - [[David Atkins]] | ||
* [[Rosanna Calvierri]] - [[Helen McCrory]] | |||
* [[Dream Lord]] - [[Toby Jones]] | |||
* [[Alaya]]/[[Restac]] - [[Neve McIntosh]] | |||
* [[Ambrose Northover]] - [[Nia Roberts]] | |||
* [[Stark (The Pandorica Opens)|Commander Stark]] - [[Christopher Ryan]] | |||
== | == Production == | ||
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=== Crew === | |||
==== Producers ==== | |||
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== | ==== Writers ==== | ||
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== | ==== Directors ==== | ||
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== | === Filming === | ||
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{{ | == Television stories == | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who | === Regular season === | ||
[[Category: | {| {{prettytable}} | ||
! '''Episode Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes''' | |||
|- | |||
|1 ||{{cs|The Eleventh Hour (TV story)}}||rowspan=2|[[Steven Moffat]]||[[Adam Smith (director)|Adam Smith]]||First appearance of [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]]. First appearance of the [[Time field|cracks in time]]. Destruction of the [[Ninth Doctor's sonic screwdriver|blue diode sonic screwdriver]]. First appearance of the [[Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver|green diode sonic screwdriver]]. | |||
|- | |||
|2 ||{{cs|The Beast Below (TV story)}}|||[[Andrew Gunn]]||First appearance of [[Liz Ten]] and [[Winston Churchill]]. | |||
|- | |||
|3 ||{{cs|Victory of the Daleks (TV story)}}||[[Mark Gatiss]]||Andrew Gunn||First appearance of the [[New Dalek Paradigm]]. | |||
|- | |||
|4 & 5 ||{{cs|The Time of Angels (TV story)}} / {{cs|Flesh and Stone (TV story)}} ||Steven Moffat||Adam Smith||Return of [[River Song]] and the [[Weeping Angel]]s. First appearance of [[the Church]]. | |||
|- | |||
|6 ||{{cs|The Vampires of Venice (TV story)}}||[[Toby Whithouse]]||[[Jonny Campbell]]||Rory joins the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] crew. First mention of [[the Silence]]. | |||
|- | |||
|7 ||{{cs|Amy's Choice (TV story)}}||[[Simon Nye]]||[[Catherine Morshead]]|| | |||
|- | |||
|8 & 9 ||{{cs|The Hungry Earth (TV story)}} / {{cs|Cold Blood (TV story)}}||[[Chris Chibnall]]||[[Ashley Way]]||Reintroduction of the [[Silurian]]s. Rory dies for the first time. The Doctor discovers his TARDIS is fated to explode. | |||
|- | |||
|10 ||{{cs|Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)}}||[[Richard Curtis]]||Jonny Campbell|| | |||
|- | |||
|11 ||{{cs|The Lodger (TV story)}}||[[Gareth Roberts]]||Catherine Morshead||First appearance of [[Craig Owens]] and [[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]]. | |||
|- | |||
|12 & 13 ||{{cs|The Pandorica Opens (TV story)}} / {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}}||Steven Moffat||[[Toby Haynes]]||First appearance of [[Dorium Maldovar]]. Return of Rory. Resolution of the "cracks in time" arc. Amy and Rory are wed. | |||
|} | |||
==== DVD box set mini-episodes ==== | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
! '''Episode Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes''' | |||
|- | |||
| 1 ||{{cs|Meanwhile in the TARDIS (home video)}}: ''Part 1'' ||Steven Moffat|| [[Richard Senior]] || Interlinked between {{cs|The Eleventh Hour (TV story)}} and {{cs|The Beast Below (TV story)}} | |||
|- | |||
| 2 ||{{cs|Meanwhile in the TARDIS (home video)}}: ''Part 2'' ||Steven Moffat|| Richard Senior || Interlinked between {{cs|Flesh and Stone (TV story)}} and {{cs|The Vampires of Venice (TV story)}} | |||
|} | |||
=== Episode notes === | |||
* In [[September (releases)|September]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]], it was revealed that [[Jodie Whittaker]], who portrayed the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], was almost cast as a different character in Series 5.<ref>https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1016550/Doctor-Who-season-11-spoilers-Jodie-Whittaker-actors-villain-BBC-news</ref> | |||
== Adaptations and merchandising == | |||
=== Home media === | |||
==== DVD ==== | |||
{{Section stub|This section need to have images added and information on the sets needs to be expanded upon.}} | |||
All episodes of Series 5 were released in [[2010 (releases)|2010]]. | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" | |||
|- | |||
! style="width:30%;"| '''Name''' | |||
! style="width:10%;"| '''Number and duration<br />of episodes''' | |||
! style="width:10%;"| '''R2 release date''' | |||
! style="width:10%;"| '''R4 release date''' | |||
! style="width:10%;"| '''R1 release date''' | |||
|- | |||
| Doctor Who: Series 5, Volume 1<br />{{cs|The Eleventh Hour (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Beast Below (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Victory of the Daleks (TV story)}} || 1 x 65 min.<br />2 × 45 min. || [[7 June (releases)|7 June]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] || [[1 July (releases)|1 July]] 2010 || TBA | |||
|- | |||
| Doctor Who: Series 5, Volume 2<br />{{cs|The Time of Angels (TV story)}} /<br />{{cs|Flesh and Stone (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Vampires of Venice (TV story)}} || 2 × 45 min.<br />1 x 50 min. || [[5 July (releases)|5 July]] 2010 || [[5 August (releases)|5 August]] 2010 || TBA | |||
|- | |||
| Doctor Who: Series 5, Volume 3<br />{{cs|Amy's Choice (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Hungry Earth (TV story)}} /<br />{{cs|Cold Blood (TV story)}} || 3 × 45 min. || [[2 August (releases)|2 August]] 2010 || [[2 September (releases)|2 September]] 2010 || TBA | |||
|- | |||
| Doctor Who: Series 5, Volume 4<br />{{cs|Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Lodger (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Pandorica Opens (TV story)}} /<br />{{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}} || 2 x 45 min.<br />1 × 50 min.<br />1 x 55 min. || [[6 September (releases)|6 September]] 2010 || [[7 October (releases)|7 October]] 2010 || TBA | |||
|- | |||
| Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series<br />{{cs|The Eleventh Hour (TV story)}}<br /><small>{{cs|Meanwhile in the TARDIS (TV story)}}: ''Scene 1''</small><br />{{cs|The Beast Below (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Victory of the Daleks (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Time of Angels (TV story)}} /<br />{{cs|Flesh and Stone (TV story)}}<br /><small>{{cs|Meanwhile in the TARDIS (TV story)}}: ''Scene 2''</small><br />{{cs|The Vampires of Venice (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Amy's Choice (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Hungry Earth (TV story)}} /<br />{{cs|Cold Blood (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Lodger (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Pandorica Opens (TV story)}} /<br />{{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}} || 8 x 45 min.<br />3 x 50 min.<br />1 x 55 min.<br />1 x 65 min.<br />1 x 3 min.<br />1 x 4 min. || [[8 November (releases)|8 November]] 2010 || [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] 2010 || [[9 November (releases)|9 November]] 2010 | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
==== Blu-ray ==== | |||
Series 5 released on [[21 November (releases)|21 November]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] in a limited edition Blu-ray box set containing every "New Who" series up to [[Series 13 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 13]].<ref>https://www.ign.com/articles/doctor-who-limited-edition-complete-new-who-blu-ray-set-is-up-for-preorder</ref> | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" widths="150"> | |||
Limited Edition New Who Blu-Ray Collection Box Set front.jpg|New Who Limited Edition (front) | |||
Limited Edition New Who Blu-Ray Collection Box Set back.jpg|New Who Limited Edition (back) | |||
Limited Edition New Who Blu-Ray Collection Box Set promo front.jpg|New Who Limited Edition (front) | |||
Limited Edition New Who Blu-Ray Collection Box Set promo back.jpg|New Who Limited Edition (back) | |||
Limited Edition New Who Collector's promo 1.jpg|New Who Limited Edition promo | |||
Limited Edition New Who Collector’s promo 2.jpg|New Who Limited Edition promo | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Soundtrack === | |||
According to Who Online, the soundtrack for Series 5 was released on [[8 November (releases)|8 November]], [[2010 (releases)|2010]]. <ref>http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/news/</ref> | |||
== Stories set during this season == | |||
=== Novels === | |||
* ''[[Apollo 23 (novel)|Apollo 23]]'' | |||
* ''[[Night of the Humans (novel)|Night of the Humans]]'' | |||
* ''[[The Forgotten Army (novel)|The Forgotten Army]]'' | |||
* ''[[Nuclear Time (novel)|Nuclear Time]]'' | |||
* ''[[The King's Dragon (novel)|The King's Dragon]]'' | |||
* ''[[The Glamour Chase (novel)|The Glamour Chase]]'' | |||
* ''[[The Coming of the Terraphiles (novel)|The Coming of the Terraphiles]]'' | |||
=== Audiobooks === | |||
* ''[[The Ring of Steel (audio story)|The Ring of Steel]]'' | |||
* ''[[The Runaway Train (audio story)|The Runaway Train]]'' | |||
* ''[[The Jade Pyramid (audio story)|The Jade Pyramid]]'' | |||
* ''[[The Hounds of Artemis (audio story)|The Hounds of Artemis]]'' | |||
== External links == | |||
* http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s7/doctorwho/news/a181313/curtis-reveals-who-episode-details.html | |||
* http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s7/doctorwho/news/a188754/curtis-reveals-who-van-gogh-casting.html | |||
* http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/23/anglophenia.jsp?bc_id=1592 | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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Series 5 of Doctor Who ran from 3 April 2010 to 26 June 2010. It starred Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams. The series opened with The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"] and concluded with The Big Bang [+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"].
Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]
It consisted of ten stories and thirteen episodes. With the start of this series, the show was now helmed by new head writer Steven Moffat.
New production team[[edit] | [edit source]]
Executive producer and head writer Russell T Davies and executive producer Julie Gardner officially left production on Doctor Who at the end of filming of series 4's special episodes in 2009. Their last story, The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"], aired on 25 December 2009 and 1 January 2010. In May 2008, Steven Moffat, a multi Hugo Award winning Doctor Who writer for this outgoing production era, was announced as the Doctor Who head writer and executive producer.
Although he was not involved with the fifth series or any series involving Moffat as head writer, Davies returned to the series when he became head writer of the 2023 specials, having also written episodes of spin-off shows Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, along with involvement in the Doctor Who: Lockdown! event and the 2018 revival of the Target novelisations, during Moffat and Chris Chibnall's eras on Doctor Who.
Moffat stated that no characters from the first Russell T Davies era would return in series 5.[1] This did not prove entirely true. River Song, a Moffat-created character from the Russell T Davies era, returned in four episodes of this series.
Gardner was replaced by her successor as BBC Wales Head of Drama, Piers Wenger. Beth Willis was added as a third executive producer — giving the show three execs for the first time since Mal Young left at the end of Series 1. The line producer of the series — a position once held by Phil Collinson — was split between Tracie Simpson and Peter Bennett, two members of the production staff who had risen to prominence during "the specials". For the first time since 2005, the series also credited a co-producer, Patrick Schweitzer, for episodes 6 and 10, the two episodes filmed in Croatia. Other senior members of the production staff, such as production designer Ed Thomas and composer Murray Gold remained at their posts.
Several departments underwent big changes beginning with The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"]. Directors of photography Rory Taylor and Ernie Vincze — who between them had fairly evenly split responsibilities since 2005 — left, along with Davies and Gardner. They were replaced by a series of individuals, each handling only one or two episodes of the series.
The costume department came under the leadership of Ray Holman, who replaced Louise Page, the longest-serving designer since the Hartnell era costumer Daphne Dare. The change, however, was not just the replacement of one individual with another, as Holman brought in members of his design company to fill junior positions in the costume department.
Series 5 also saw a subtler behind-the-scenes change, especially for the more junior members of the production team. Combined with the general economic downturn that saw an across-the-board cut in jobs, it was also the first year since 2004 that Torchwood was not in some stage of production at BBC Wales. This meant there was some job competition at the Upper Boat Studios. Some long-term members of staff left the studios completely, while others took effective reductions in rank to remain. Arwel Wyn Jones, for instance, went from being the supervising art director for the previous two series to alternating set decorating duties with Julian Luxton. Still, others remained in Wales, but shifted to Moffat's other Welsh production, Sherlock, or found placement on Merlin, Being Human or other BBC Wales programmes.
Series numbering[[edit] | [edit source]]
While issue 410 of Doctor Who Magazine initially reported that the series' numbering would be reset to series 1 like the first Russell T Davies series had done before,[2] by the time of the DVD, Blu-ray, and soundtrack releases, this series was officially known by 2|entertain and Silva Screen Records' cover design as series 5, with the following series being series 6, and so on. As of November 2023[update], BBC iPlayer officially listed this series as series 5 of "Doctor Who (2005–2022)".
New TARDIS team[[edit] | [edit source]]
During his acceptance speech for the award for Best Drama Performance at the National Television Awards on 29 October 2008, David Tennant announced that he would not return for the fifth series. His successor, Matt Smith, was announced as the Eleventh Doctor on 3 January 2009 during a broadcast of a special episode of Doctor Who Confidential entitled The Eleventh Doctor.[3] Karen Gillan was cast as the Eleventh Doctor's companion, Amy Pond.
New icons[[edit] | [edit source]]
In addition to the cast and crew changes, many of the other continuing elements of the show also underwent major redesigns at the start of the series. Most conspicuous was the 6 October 2009 unveiling of a new series logo — the first significant departure from the one that debuted on Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"]. Likewise, the TARDIS itself got a noticeable exterior and radical interior make-over. British tabloid media reported the switch was due to the show's switch to high-definition production,[4] although Doctor Who had already started broadcasting in HD since April of that year.
A new Doctor Who theme arrangement was introduced, replacing the version introduced for the 2007 Christmas special. Like that version and variations of the theme introduced in Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"], Ron Grainer's theme was arranged by Murray Gold.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
Recurring[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Atraxi - David de Keyser
- Liz 10 - Sophie Okonedo
- Winston Churchill - Ian McNeice
- Edwin Bracewell - Bill Paterson
- Daleks - operated by Nicholas Pegg, Barnaby Edwards and voiced by Nicholas Briggs
- River Song - Alex Kingston
- Malohkeh - Richard Hope
- Vincent van Gogh - Tony Curran
- Craig Owens - James Corden
- Sophie - Daisy Haggard
- Cyber-Leader - Ruari Mears
- Judoon - Paul Kasey
- Dorium - Simon Fisher-Becker
Guest[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Prisoner Zero - Marcello Magni, Olivia Colman, Eden Monteath, Merin Monteath, Matt Smith, Caitlin Blackwood and additionally voiced by William Wilde
- Octavian - Iain Glen
- Angel Bob - David Atkins
- Rosanna Calvierri - Helen McCrory
- Dream Lord - Toby Jones
- Alaya/Restac - Neve McIntosh
- Ambrose Northover - Nia Roberts
- Commander Stark - Christopher Ryan
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Television stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
Regular season[[edit] | [edit source]]
Episode Number | Title | Writer | Director | Notes |
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1 | The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"] | Steven Moffat | Adam Smith | First appearance of Amy Pond and Rory Williams. First appearance of the cracks in time. Destruction of the blue diode sonic screwdriver. First appearance of the green diode sonic screwdriver. |
2 | The Beast Below [+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"] | Andrew Gunn | First appearance of Liz Ten and Winston Churchill. | |
3 | Victory of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Victory of the Daleks (TV story)"] | Mark Gatiss | Andrew Gunn | First appearance of the New Dalek Paradigm. |
4 & 5 | The Time of Angels [+]Loading...["The Time of Angels (TV story)"] / Flesh and Stone [+]Loading...["Flesh and Stone (TV story)"] | Steven Moffat | Adam Smith | Return of River Song and the Weeping Angels. First appearance of the Church. |
6 | The Vampires of Venice [+]Loading...["The Vampires of Venice (TV story)"] | Toby Whithouse | Jonny Campbell | Rory joins the TARDIS crew. First mention of the Silence. |
7 | Amy's Choice [+]Loading...["Amy's Choice (TV story)"] | Simon Nye | Catherine Morshead | |
8 & 9 | The Hungry Earth [+]Loading...["The Hungry Earth (TV story)"] / Cold Blood [+]Loading...["Cold Blood (TV story)"] | Chris Chibnall | Ashley Way | Reintroduction of the Silurians. Rory dies for the first time. The Doctor discovers his TARDIS is fated to explode. |
10 | Vincent and the Doctor [+]Loading...["Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)"] | Richard Curtis | Jonny Campbell | |
11 | The Lodger [+]Loading...["The Lodger (TV story)"] | Gareth Roberts | Catherine Morshead | First appearance of Craig Owens and Sophie. |
12 & 13 | The Pandorica Opens [+]Loading...["The Pandorica Opens (TV story)"] / The Big Bang [+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"] | Steven Moffat | Toby Haynes | First appearance of Dorium Maldovar. Return of Rory. Resolution of the "cracks in time" arc. Amy and Rory are wed. |
DVD box set mini-episodes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Episode Number | Title | Writer | Director | Notes |
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1 | Meanwhile in the TARDIS [+]Loading...["Meanwhile in the TARDIS (home video)"]: Part 1 | Steven Moffat | Richard Senior | Interlinked between The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"] and The Beast Below [+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"] |
2 | Meanwhile in the TARDIS [+]Loading...["Meanwhile in the TARDIS (home video)"]: Part 2 | Steven Moffat | Richard Senior | Interlinked between Flesh and Stone [+]Loading...["Flesh and Stone (TV story)"] and The Vampires of Venice [+]Loading...["The Vampires of Venice (TV story)"] |
Episode notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- In September 2018, it was revealed that Jodie Whittaker, who portrayed the Thirteenth Doctor, was almost cast as a different character in Series 5.[5]
Adaptations and merchandising[[edit] | [edit source]]
Home media[[edit] | [edit source]]
DVD[[edit] | [edit source]]
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All episodes of Series 5 were released in 2010.
Name | Number and duration of episodes |
R2 release date | R4 release date | R1 release date |
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Doctor Who: Series 5, Volume 1 The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"] The Beast Below [+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"] Victory of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Victory of the Daleks (TV story)"] |
1 x 65 min. 2 × 45 min. |
7 June 2010 | 1 July 2010 | TBA |
Doctor Who: Series 5, Volume 2 The Time of Angels [+]Loading...["The Time of Angels (TV story)"] / Flesh and Stone [+]Loading...["Flesh and Stone (TV story)"] The Vampires of Venice [+]Loading...["The Vampires of Venice (TV story)"] |
2 × 45 min. 1 x 50 min. |
5 July 2010 | 5 August 2010 | TBA |
Doctor Who: Series 5, Volume 3 Amy's Choice [+]Loading...["Amy's Choice (TV story)"] The Hungry Earth [+]Loading...["The Hungry Earth (TV story)"] / Cold Blood [+]Loading...["Cold Blood (TV story)"] |
3 × 45 min. | 2 August 2010 | 2 September 2010 | TBA |
Doctor Who: Series 5, Volume 4 Vincent and the Doctor [+]Loading...["Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)"] The Lodger [+]Loading...["The Lodger (TV story)"] The Pandorica Opens [+]Loading...["The Pandorica Opens (TV story)"] / The Big Bang [+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"] |
2 x 45 min. 1 × 50 min. 1 x 55 min. |
6 September 2010 | 7 October 2010 | TBA |
Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"] Meanwhile in the TARDIS [+]Loading...["Meanwhile in the TARDIS (TV story)"]: Scene 1 The Beast Below [+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"] Victory of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Victory of the Daleks (TV story)"] The Time of Angels [+]Loading...["The Time of Angels (TV story)"] / Flesh and Stone [+]Loading...["Flesh and Stone (TV story)"] Meanwhile in the TARDIS [+]Loading...["Meanwhile in the TARDIS (TV story)"]: Scene 2 The Vampires of Venice [+]Loading...["The Vampires of Venice (TV story)"] Amy's Choice [+]Loading...["Amy's Choice (TV story)"] The Hungry Earth [+]Loading...["The Hungry Earth (TV story)"] / Cold Blood [+]Loading...["Cold Blood (TV story)"] Vincent and the Doctor [+]Loading...["Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)"] The Lodger [+]Loading...["The Lodger (TV story)"] The Pandorica Opens [+]Loading...["The Pandorica Opens (TV story)"] / The Big Bang [+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"] |
8 x 45 min. 3 x 50 min. 1 x 55 min. 1 x 65 min. 1 x 3 min. 1 x 4 min. |
8 November 2010 | 2 December 2010 | 9 November 2010 |
Blu-ray[[edit] | [edit source]]
Series 5 released on 21 November 2023 in a limited edition Blu-ray box set containing every "New Who" series up to Series 13.[6]
Soundtrack[[edit] | [edit source]]
According to Who Online, the soundtrack for Series 5 was released on 8 November, 2010. [7]
Stories set during this season[[edit] | [edit source]]
Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Apollo 23
- Night of the Humans
- The Forgotten Army
- Nuclear Time
- The King's Dragon
- The Glamour Chase
- The Coming of the Terraphiles
Audiobooks[[edit] | [edit source]]
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s7/doctorwho/news/a181313/curtis-reveals-who-episode-details.html
- http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s7/doctorwho/news/a188754/curtis-reveals-who-van-gogh-casting.html
- http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/23/anglophenia.jsp?bc_id=1592
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Mayer Nissim (Tuesday, March 23 2010). "No past characters" in new 'Doctor Who'. Digital Spy. Retrieved on 2nd August 2011.
- ↑ "New Companion Confirmed!", Doctor Who Magazine #410 (22nd July 2009), p.5
- ↑ BBC: New Doctor actor is youngest ever
- ↑ Dr Who Tardis to get makeover
- ↑ https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1016550/Doctor-Who-season-11-spoilers-Jodie-Whittaker-actors-villain-BBC-news
- ↑ https://www.ign.com/articles/doctor-who-limited-edition-complete-new-who-blu-ray-set-is-up-for-preorder
- ↑ http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/news/
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