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|producer=[[Susie Liggat]] | |producer=[[Susie Liggat]] | ||
|broadcast date= [[3rd May]] [[2008]] | |broadcast date= [[3rd May]] [[2008]] | ||
|format= | |format=1 45 minute episode | ||
|production code= 4.5 | |production code= 4.5 | ||
|previous story= [[The Sontaran Strategem]] | |previous story= [[The Sontaran Strategem]] | ||
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*[[Sylvia Noble]] - [[Jacqueline King]] | *[[Sylvia Noble]] - [[Jacqueline King]] | ||
*[[Staal|General Staal]] - [[Christopher Ryan]] | *[[Staal|General Staal]] - [[Christopher Ryan]] | ||
*[[Skorr|Commander Skorr]] - [[Dan Starkey]] | *[[Skorr|Commander Skorr]]/[[Price|Captain Price]] - [[Dan Starkey]] | ||
*[[Mace|Colonel Mace]] - [[Rupert Holliday Evans]] | |||
*[[Luke Rattigan]] - [[Ryan Sampson]] | *[[Luke Rattigan]] - [[Ryan Sampson]] | ||
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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
*[[Helen Raynor]] wrote this episode. Her [[Series 3]] episodes [[Daleks in Manhattan]] and [[Evolution of the Daleks]] both occupied fourth and fith episode in the series. This two part episode also occupies episode four and five. | *[[Helen Raynor]] wrote this episode. Her [[Series 3]] episodes [[Daleks in Manhattan]] and [[Evolution of the Daleks]] both occupied fourth and fith episode in the series. This two part episode also occupies episode four and five. | ||
*This is part two of [[The Sontaran Strategem]]. | *This is part two of a two part story that began with [[The Sontaran Strategem]]. | ||
*This two partner is [[Douglas Mackinnon]]'s first story as director. | *This two partner is [[Douglas Mackinnon]]'s first story as director. | ||
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=== Myths === | === Myths === | ||
The [[ | The [[Sontaran|Sontarans]] need the gas from the cars to make the earth habitably from them. | ||
===Rumours=== | ===Rumours=== | ||
*The poison sky may refer to the way the Sontarans are taking over the earth.''This is false; it refers to the way the ATMOS gas in engulfing the sky, thus the Poison Sky'' | *The poison sky may refer to the way the Sontarans are taking over the earth.''This is false; it refers to the way the ATMOS gas in engulfing the sky, thus the Poison Sky'' | ||
*The Sontarans will clone [[Martha Jones]], evidence from the trailers show Martha emerging from a green vat of water, and in The Sontaran Strategem preview a tank of the same green water can be seen as a cloning tank also in the cinema trailer Martha is seen covered in green slime. This has now been confirmed as true, but happened in the previous episode | *The Sontarans will clone [[Martha Jones]], evidence from the trailers show Martha emerging from a green vat of water, and in The Sontaran Strategem preview a tank of the same green water can be seen as a cloning tank also in the cinema trailer Martha is seen covered in green slime. This has now been confirmed as true, but happened in the previous episode | ||
* | *The [[Sontaran|Sontarans]] cannot breath are atmosphere because of global warming. | ||
*A [[Rutan]] army will appear in flashback. | *A [[Rutan]] army will appear in flashback. | ||
*Details of [[Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge | *Details of [[Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart| the Brigadier's]] whereabouts are revealed. | ||
*The Sontarans steal the TARDIS. | *The Sontarans steal the [[TARDIS]]. | ||
*UNIT will launch a nuclear strike. | *UNIT will launch a nuclear strike. ''This is highly likely as the trailer for this episode is set around a countdown at [one of [UNIT|UNIT's]] bases. Also during the trailer [[Staal]] states that: "the planet is going nuclear".'' | ||
*The Valiant will be put to good use by Colonel Mace. | *The [[Valiant]] will be put to good use by [[Mace|Colonel Mace]]. | ||
*Donna will kill a Sontaran by the | *Donna will kill a Sontaran by the [[Probic Vent]]. | ||
=== Filming locations=== | === Filming locations=== | ||
Revision as of 17:31, 27 April 2008
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Synopsis
The Sontarans activate their masterplan and begin to choke the whole of planet Earth, as Russell T Davies's Bafta Award-winning time-travelling drama continues. UNIT is left defenceless, with a traitor in their ranks. And as interplanetary war edges closer, the Doctor has to fight to keep both Martha and Donna alive – but will he have to make the ultimate sacrifice?
Plot
Under the command of General Staal, the Sontarans invade Earth. They fight UNIT, whose resistance is futile, and the Doctor finds out why the Sontarans need the artificial ATMOS gas from cars.
Cast
- The Doctor - David Tennant
- Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
- Martha Jones - Freema Agyeman
- Wilfred Mott - Bernard Cribbins
- Sylvia Noble - Jacqueline King
- General Staal - Christopher Ryan
- Commander Skorr/Captain Price - Dan Starkey
- Colonel Mace - Rupert Holliday Evans
- Luke Rattigan - Ryan Sampson
Production crew
To be added
References
To be added
Story notes
- Helen Raynor wrote this episode. Her Series 3 episodes Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks both occupied fourth and fith episode in the series. This two part episode also occupies episode four and five.
- This is part two of a two part story that began with The Sontaran Strategem.
- This two partner is Douglas Mackinnon's first story as director.
Ratings
To be added
Myths
The Sontarans need the gas from the cars to make the earth habitably from them.
Rumours
- The poison sky may refer to the way the Sontarans are taking over the earth.This is false; it refers to the way the ATMOS gas in engulfing the sky, thus the Poison Sky
- The Sontarans will clone Martha Jones, evidence from the trailers show Martha emerging from a green vat of water, and in The Sontaran Strategem preview a tank of the same green water can be seen as a cloning tank also in the cinema trailer Martha is seen covered in green slime. This has now been confirmed as true, but happened in the previous episode
- The Sontarans cannot breath are atmosphere because of global warming.
- A Rutan army will appear in flashback.
- Details of the Brigadier's whereabouts are revealed.
- The Sontarans steal the TARDIS.
- UNIT will launch a nuclear strike. This is highly likely as the trailer for this episode is set around a countdown at [one of [UNIT|UNIT's]] bases. Also during the trailer Staal states that: "the planet is going nuclear".
- The Valiant will be put to good use by Colonel Mace.
- Donna will kill a Sontaran by the Probic Vent.
Filming locations
To be added
Continuity
To be added
Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
To be added.
DVD and other releases
- It will be released on the Series 4 boxset DVD in November 2008.
External Links
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