The Parting of the Ways (TV story)

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

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
• 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 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.

Ratings

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Myths

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

Location Filming

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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

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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.

DVD and Other Releases

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See Also

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External Links

• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of The Parting of the Ways
• The Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide to The Parting of the Ways

Television

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