Cold Blood (TV story)

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Cold Blood is the ninth episode of Series Five. It is the second part of a two-part story. It marks the re-appearance of the Silurians for the first time in 26 years.

Synopsis

It is the most important day in the history of Earth: the dawn of a new age of harmony... or the start of its final war.

The Doctor must face his most difficult challenge yet and he tries desperately to ensure Alaya's prediction of a massacre does not come true. Meanwhile, what fate will befall the captured Amy and can Tony and his friends be trusted?

Plot

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Cast

Production crew

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References

  • The Doctor asks for a stick of celery after the almost lethal "decontamination", a reference to the Fifth Doctor, who wore a stick of celery on his lapel and stated it was to detect certain gasses and was also an "excellent restorative".

Story notes

  • Rory Williams is killed and consumed by a crack effectively erasing himself from the timeline.
  • It is revealed the Doctor's TARDIS is at least at the center of the explosion that started the cracks, as the Doctor fishes a piece of TARDIS out of the crack, which is burnt and destroyed.
  • This is the first episode since The End of Time Part One to have narration. Other stories with narration include DW: The Deadly Assassin, Army of Ghosts and Human Nature. The TV movie, Doctor Who, also contained opening narration by the Eighth Doctor.

Ratings

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Rumours

  • It was rumoured that the Silurians were stealing bodies to splice with Silurian DNA to make half-human/half-Silurians. It was revealed in part 1 and 2 that they were dissecting humans to learn more about them.
  • According to on-set fan reports, from filming, it seems that Rory Williams will die by saving the Doctor and then be swallowed by the Time Field crack near the end of the episode. This was proven true.
  • The Doctor will look into a crack and see the TARDIS door sign on fire. This was mostly true, as the Doctor recovers a door sign on the TARDIS exterior with burn marks, but no TARDIS is seen physically.
  • There will be conflict among the Silurians. This was true, there was a military-science conflict between them.

Filming locations

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Production errors

  • When running from the Silurians in the tunnels, the Doctor holds his sonic screwdriver. In the shots of the Doctor, the screwdriver is vertical, but in the shots of the Silurians, the screwdriver is more horizontal.
  • When Amy is trying to remember and not forget Rory, the memory of him getting shot doesn't show the laser blast striking him.

Continuity

DVD / Bluray releases

BBC Video - Doctor Who Series Five - Volume Three will feature Amy's Choice, The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood and Vincent and the Doctor. It will be released on Monday 2nd August 2010 (UK Only) on DVD and Blu-Ray.[3]

See also

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External links

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