The Parting of the Ways (TV story)

The Parting of the Ways
Doctor:	[[doctor::Ninth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Rose Tyler Captain Jack Harkness Mickey Smith Jackie Tyler
Main enemy:	Daleks Dalek Emperor
Main setting:	Satellite 5, Earth orbit, 200,100
Key crew
Writer:	Russell T. Davies
Director:	Joe Ahearne
Producer:	Phil Collinson
Release details
Release number:	1
Premiere broadcast:	18th June 2005
Format:	1 45-minute episode
Production code:	173

Synopsis

As the Daleks attack the Gamestation led by their Emperor, the Doctor finds himself helpless. He knows he must make sacrifices if he is going to survive but does this mean losing his beloved companion Rose Tyler? And who is Bad Wolf?

Cast

• The Doctor - Christopher Eccleston
• The Doctor - David Tennant
• Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
• Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
• Mickey Smith - Noel Clarke
• Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
• Lynda Moss - Jo Joyner
• Rodrick - Paterson Joseph
• Female Programmer - Nisha Nayar
• Male Programmer - Jo Stone-Fewings
• The Anne Droid (voice) - Anne Robinson
• Floor Manager (uncredited) Operator - Jenna Russell
• Dalek (voice) - Nicholas Briggs

Crew

• Dalek Operator - Nicholas Pegg
• Android Operator - Alan Ruscoe
• Dalek Operator - Barnaby Edwards
• Dalek Operator - David Hankinson

References

• The guns of the Game Station have Bastic bullets.
• A delta wave is a wave of Van Cassadine energy which fries all living brains.
• The Doctor and Jack use the Tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator to create a forcefield for the TARDIS.
• The Doctor states that in the ancient legends of the Dalek homeworld he's known as The Oncoming Storm.

Story Notes

• The Doctor regenerates into the Tenth Doctor - David Tennant.
• The guns used by Jack and the Game Station people are Heckler and Koch G36Ks.

Ratings

• 6.9 million viewers.

Myths

• In one version (a fake version) Rose was to have died.

Location Filming

to be added

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

• The Doctor states that in the ancient legends on the Dalek homeworld he's known as 'The Oncoming Storm', however this was the name the Draconians gave him, the Dalek name for him is Ka Faraq Gatri.
• Why is the Emperor Dalek tapping into the religious iconography of Earth Christianity?

Continuity

• This is the first on-screen occurrence of a Dalek in the TARDIS, however War of the Daleks featured a Dalek within the TARDIS.
• Rose tells the Cult of Skaro that she met the emperor in Doomsday.
• Rose brings Jack back to life, something which plagues him throughout Torchwood.
• Humans have been made into Daleks before in Revelation of the Daleks.
• One of the Daleks has a cutting tool instead of a plunger, this has previously been seen in The Daleks.
• A version of the Doctor's holographic Doctor appeared in Infinite Requiem.
• Rose learnt about the heart of the TARDIS in Boom Town.
• Rose mentions the events of Father's Day to Jackie.
• Mickey mentions in The Age of Steel that he saved the world with a yellow truck.
• The Daleks have previously invaded Earth in The Dalek Invasion of Earth and Day of the Daleks.

Quotes

• Rose Tyler: That means they're half human.
• Dalek Emperor: Those words are blasphemy!
• Daleks: (in unison) Do not blaspheme! Do not blaspheme! Do not blaspheme!

DVD and Other Releases

• The Parting of the Ways has been released on a single DVD together with Boom Town and Bad Wolf.
• The Parting of the Ways has been released on a single UMD (for Sony's Playstation Portable) together with Boom Town and Bad Wolf.
• The Parting of the Ways was also released as part of the Series 1 boxed set.

See Also

• The Evil of the Daleks
• Last Great Time War
• Doomsday

External Links

• Official BBC Website - Episode Guide for The Parting of the Ways
• Outpost Gallifrey Episode Guide: The Parting of the Ways
• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of The Parting of the Ways
• The Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide to The Parting of the Ways
• A Brief History of Time (Travel): The Parting of the Ways

Television

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