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In a distant galaxy, in the 42nd century, a spaceship hurtles out of control towards a boiling sun. The Doctor has 42 minutes to uncover the saboteurs, but with a mysterious force starting to possess the ship's crew, the Doctor and Martha are running out of time. | In a distant galaxy, in the 42nd century, a spaceship hurtles out of control towards a boiling sun. The Doctor has 42 minutes to uncover the saboteurs, but with a mysterious force starting to possess the ship's crew, the Doctor and Martha are running out of time. | ||
Aside from the many references to 42 in the story, the action appears to take place in realtime making this a Doctor Who version of '24' - something I'm sure the producers were aware of when they came up with the title. | |||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
Revision as of 08:26, 22 May 2007
Synopsis
In a distant galaxy, in the 42nd century, a spaceship hurtles out of control towards a boiling sun. The Doctor has 42 minutes to uncover the saboteurs, but with a mysterious force starting to possess the ship's crew, the Doctor and Martha are running out of time. Aside from the many references to 42 in the story, the action appears to take place in realtime making this a Doctor Who version of '24' - something I'm sure the producers were aware of when they came up with the title.
Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - David Tennant
- Martha Jones - Freema Agyeman
- Francine Jones - Adjoa Andoh
- Kath McDonnell - Michelle Collins
- Riley Vashtee - William Ash
- Orin Scannell - Anthony Flanagan
- Hal Korwin - Matthew Chambers
- Abi Lerner - Vinette Robinson
- Dev Ashton - Gary Powell
- Erina Lessak - Rebecca Oldfield
- Sinister Woman - Elize Du Toit
- Count down voicce - Joshua Hill
Crew
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References
- Pentallian drives are a component of the ship.
- Mr. Saxon is mentioned when Martha rings her mum.
- The Doctor upgrades Martha's mobile phone to 'Universal Roaming', however he uses his sonic screwdriver rather than the 'chip' method he used on Rose's first phone.
- The doors of the space ship are deadlock sealed.
Story Notes
- 42 was postponed to the 19th of May (rather than the 12th) because of the BBC's broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest.
- 42 is the approximate length of a new Doctor Who episode.
- Elvis Presley died aged 42.
- 42 minutes was the length of the Beatles last performance atop Apple HQ.
Ratings
- 7 million (overnight)
Myths
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Location Filming
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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
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Continuity
- A Pentallian drive was part of the transmat in Revenge of the Cybermen.
DVD and Other Releases
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See Also
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