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**The BBC America and Space broadcasts also retained the opening sequence narrated by Amy Pond.
**The BBC America and Space broadcasts also retained the opening sequence narrated by Amy Pond.
*The "app" for disabling the Cybermat used one of the "bonus sounds" found on the toy version of the Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver, unheard on the show until now.
*The "app" for disabling the Cybermat used one of the "bonus sounds" found on the toy version of the Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver, unheard on the show until now.
*During one of the scenes, BBC Radio 1's Greg James was visible by Craig. [[File:GREGJAMES.png|thumb|To the left of Craig, BBC Radio 1's Greg James.]]


=== Ratings ===
=== Ratings ===

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Closing Time was the twelfth episode in the sixth series of Doctor Who and marks the return of Craig Owens and the Cybermen.

Synopsis

In the last few days of his life, the Doctor pays a farewell visit to his old friend Craig Owens, and encounters a mystery. People are going missing, a silver rat scuttles in the shadows of a department store, and somewhere close by the Cybermen wait.[1]

Plot

It starts in a department store, where a worker is checking the changing rooms for customers before they close. She hears something in one of the changing rooms. It is a Cyberman. She screams.

Meanwhile, Sophie leaves her house after making sure that Craig can cope with their son, Alfie. Craig hears a knock on the door. It is the Doctor standing on his doorstep who says hello and then starts to depart, until he sees the power flickering on Craig's road and decides to stay.

The next day Craig finds the Doctor working in a shop, searching for the cause of the electrical problems. People have been vanishing, and the Doctor is sure there's a connection to the flickering power. When the Doctor tries to get Craig and Alfie out of the shop in a lift, they arrive in the Cyber-Ship, where a Cyberman stomps towards them.

Cast

Crew

to be added

References

  • The Doctor mentions that a robot dog is "not as much fun as I remember". This is a reference to the multiple incarnations of K9.
  • While talking about name tags, the Doctor suggests he often forgets his own name. Madame de Pompadour previously suggested the Doctor's real name is a mystery to him.
  • When the Doctor tries to deactivate the Cybermat and discovers it has shielding, he says to Craig "Don't worry; I have an app for that", parodying the slogan used by Apple to advertise the iPhone's versatility.

Story notes

  • Given that in The Impossible Astronaut the different versions of the Doctor give their ages as 909, and 1103, and all subsequent episodes occur within a short amount of time for Amy Pond and Rory Williams, this episode takes place approximately 200 years (from the Doctor's perspective) later than The God Complex.
  • Part of the nursery rhyme from DW: Night Terrors is sung by Madame Kovarian, with some new lines added.
  • Closing Time is the first episode produced by Denise Paul who has previously acted as Associate Producer for several Eleventh Doctor stories.
  • This is the first time since the series revival in 2005 that episode 12 has not been part of a multi-part story written by the head writer, although the end of this episode does set up the series finale.
  • This is the first television story to feature a cybermat since the Fourth Doctor story DW: Revenge of the Cybermen.
  • This is also the first regular-season episode since the series revival in which the Doctor does not have a regular companion with him at some point.
    • Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill were, however, credited in the opener as they had been during the rest of the season. This marks the first time in the series that any actor's name has appeared in the opening credits for less than one minute of on-screen appearance.
    • The BBC America and Space broadcasts also retained the opening sequence narrated by Amy Pond.
  • The "app" for disabling the Cybermat used one of the "bonus sounds" found on the toy version of the Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver, unheard on the show until now.
  • During one of the scenes, BBC Radio 1's Greg James was visible by Craig.
    File:GREGJAMES.png
    To the left of Craig, BBC Radio 1's Greg James.

Ratings

  • UK Overnight: 5.3 Million

Myths

Filming locations

to be added

Production errors

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.

Continuity

Home video releases

The episode will be released on DVD and Blu-ray shortly after the airing of episode 13.[4]

External links

to be added

Footnotes