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[[file:Parting of the ways.jpg|thumb|The [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth Doctor]] (a hologram) appearing within the TARDIS. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')]]
[[file:Parting of the ways.jpg|thumb|The [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth Doctor]] (a hologram) appearing within the TARDIS. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')]]
*Believing that he would die on the [[Game Station]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] used it to play a  message for the benefit of [[Rose Tyler]] before the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] returned  Rose to her home of [[Powell Estate]] in [[2006]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]''). The message mentioned Rose by name, and The Doctor's hologram (at the time of recording) didn't know what specific emergency would cause him to activate it but described it as "facing an enemy who should never get their hands on this machine" (referring to the TARDIS itself).
*Believing that he would die on the [[Game Station]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] used it to play a  message for the benefit of [[Rose Tyler]] before the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] returned  Rose to her home of [[Powell Estate]] in [[2006]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]''). The message mentioned Rose by name, and The Doctor's hologram (at the time of recording) didn't know what specific emergency would cause him to activate it but described it as "facing an enemy who should never get their hands on this machine" (referring to the TARDIS itself).
*Whether The Doctor recorded another similar message after his regeneration or for any of his other companions (such as [[Martha Jones|Martha]] or [[Donna Noble|Donna]]) is never revealed, but the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s reference to the program means he probably had (or else Donna might have been faced with a [[Ninth Doctor|man she didn't recognise]] talking to [[Rose Tyler|someone else]]). A hologram of the Tenth Doctor similar to Emergency Program One's Ninth Doctor hologram appeared in [[DW]]: [[Blink]], but this was called Security Protocol 712 by the hologram itself.
*[[Donna Noble]] recorded a message on it as a way to say goodbye to the [[Tenth Doctor]], in the event that she might not have a chance to do so herself. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Time of My Life]]'')
*[[Donna Noble]] recorded a message on it as a way to say goodbye to the [[Tenth Doctor]], in the event that she might not have a chance to do so herself. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Time of My Life]]'')
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Revision as of 16:24, 10 June 2011

Emergency Programme One was a feature of the Doctor's TARDIS designed to return a companion to a designated place in case of extreme emergency (DW: The Parting of the Ways)

The Tenth Doctor mentioned that Emergency Programme One was automatically activated after five hours. (DW: Silence in the Library) When activated, it projected a hologram recording which explained the programme. (DW: The Parting of the Ways)

Uses

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The Ninth Doctor (a hologram) appearing within the TARDIS. (DW: The Parting of the Ways)
  • Believing that he would die on the Game Station, the Ninth Doctor used it to play a message for the benefit of Rose Tyler before the TARDIS returned Rose to her home of Powell Estate in 2006. (DW: The Parting of the Ways). The message mentioned Rose by name, and The Doctor's hologram (at the time of recording) didn't know what specific emergency would cause him to activate it but described it as "facing an enemy who should never get their hands on this machine" (referring to the TARDIS itself).
  • Donna Noble recorded a message on it as a way to say goodbye to the Tenth Doctor, in the event that she might not have a chance to do so herself. (DWM: The Time of My Life)