Forest of the Dead (TV story)

Forest of the Dead
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Donna Noble
Main enemy:	Vashta Nerada
Main setting:	51st century, The Library
Main setting:	51st century, The Library
Key crew
Writer:	Steven Moffat
Director:	Euros Lyn
Release details
Release number:	4
Premiere broadcast:	7th June 2008
Production code:	4.9

SpoilersRiver Song

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 - O.T Fagbenle
• Charlotte Lux - Eve Newton
• Anita - Jessika Williams
• Miss Evangelista - Talulah Riley
• Lee McAvey - Jason Pitt
• Dad - Mark Dexter
• Ella McAvey - Eloise Rakic-Platt
• Joshua McAvey - Alex Midwood

References

• The Doctor says "Who are you?" to River Song, ironic because he is always the one being asked that.
• River Song whispers the Doctor's name in his ear to convince him to trust her.
• At the end of Planet of the Ood, Ood Sigma says that the "Doctor's song" may soon end.

Story notes

• The working title for this story was: River's Run

Ratings

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Myths

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Filming locations

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Continuity

The Doctor says that the auto destruct in The Library could 'crack the planet open like an egg' the Seventh Doctor said the same about what the Imperial Dalek mothership's weapons could do to the Earth (Rememberance of the Daleks)

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. There were 4,022 people in the Library. There is a very high chance that one of them found him and handed him the screwdriver. This well may have been Donna as the Doctor knew straight away that she was looking for Lee the first time we see them properly together in this episode. However, these events must have happened off-camera, thus why we did not know about it. It is possible that this is a deleted scene.
• What happened to Felman Lux? He probably just lived his life in the normal world as he was never infected with the Vashta Nerada.
• What happened to the Vashta Nerada? The Vashta Nerada agreed to give the Doctor one day to free the saved souls in return for the planet itself. It will be interesting to see if the "recovery" of River crops up in a future season... Why do they do that? How can they survive on an empty planet? Remember, they survived an entire century without meat while the people were 'saved'

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.