Forest of the Dead (TV story)
Spoilers
Synopsis
Donna becomes traped in a huge computer at the center of the planet that a little girl called CAL controlles as she is the mainframe. The doctor tries to save the planet that is going to self destruct but River song gives away her own life to save the planet and the doctor. Donna is brought back and so are all the people who went missing. The doctor finds River songs data chip in her screwdriver and plugs it into the mainframe. She is brought back to life inside the computor and gets to live a life with everything completely normal.
Plot
Cast
- The Doctor - David Tennant
- Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
- River Song - Alex Kingston
- Doctor Moon - Colin Salmon
- Lux - Steve Pemberton
- Proper Dave - Harry Peacock
- Other Dave -
- The Girl - Eve Newton
- Anita -
- Proper Dave -
- Miss Evangelista - Talulah Riley
References
Story notes
- The working title for this story was: River's Run
- The Doctor says "Who are you?" on the trailer which is also on the Doctor Who website exclusive clip.
- River Song whispers the Doctor's name in his ear to convince him to trust her.
Ratings
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Myths
Filming locations
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Continuity
To be added
Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
•It is never explained how the Doctor got out of the handcuffs as it was shown that he couldn't reach the sonic screwdriver and there is no evidence that anyone freed him.
DVD and other releases
- It will be released on the Series 4 boxset DVD in November 2008.
- It will be released as Series 4 Volume 3 alongside Silence in the Library and Midnight in August 2008.
