Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)

Vincent and the Doctor
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eleventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Amy Pond
Main enemy:	TBA
Main setting:	Earth, Paris, 1890, 2010
Key crew
Writer:	Richard Curtis
Director:	Jonny Campbell
Producer:	Tracie Simpson/Patrick Schweitzer
Release details
Story number:	210
Release number:	Series 5
Premiere broadcast:	5th June 2010
Format:	1 x 45 minute episode
Production code:	1.10

Vincent and the Doctor is the tenth episode of Series 5.

Synopsis

During a visit to an art gallery with Amy, the Doctor's interest is caught by the painting The Church at Auvers by Vincent van Gogh: there's a face in the window of the church – a curious, shadowed creepy face with nasty eyes. The Doctor is worried; he's sure he has seen the face somewhere before, but how? There is only one thing for it: a trip in the TARDIS back to 1888, so the Doctor can find out from the artist himself.

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - Matt Smith
• Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
  

  The Doctor and Amy looking at one of Vincent Van Gogh paintings
• Vincent van Gogh - Tony Curran
• Dr Black - Bill Nighy
• Dr. Gachet - Howard Lee
• Mother - Chrissie Cotterill
• Student 1 - Morgan Overton
• Student 2 - Andrew Byrne
• Maurice - Nik Howden
• Waitress - Sarah Counsell

Crew

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References

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Story notes

• The episode was incorrectly entitled, Lend Me Your Ear.
• There is a cirque poster which burns off of the TARDIS in one scene, and the Doctor takes Vincent van Gogh to Paris 2010. [1]
• One of the aliens has a werewolf-like claw and one has a dinosaur like tail. It is unknown if it is the same creature.
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  A Purple monster
• Richard Curtis had said the monster was yellow but from the trailer it appears to be a different colour. This could have been a change by the production team or Curtis himself. Or there are two monsters in the story.

Ratings

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Filming locations

• National Museum of Wales [2]
• Trogir, Croatia [3]
• Roald Dahl Plass [4], which is supposed to double for the Musee D'Orsay in Paris

Rumours

• It is rumoured that either the Timoreen, the Ha'rik or the Skarkish will appear. All of these monsters could be in it because in the trailer one monster is grey but in the painting the monsters purple and Richard curtis said the monster would be yellow.
• It is rumoured that Vincent Van Gogh will stab a yellow monster.
• Howard Lee plays a character called "Dr. Gachet" [5]. Dr. Gachet was Van Gogh's real doctor, who nursed him during his final years.
• Nighy plays a Van Gogh expert, with similar fashion tastes to The Doctor himself. [6]
• Steven Moffat stated in a recent interview that the controversial topic of the regeneration limit for Time Lords will be "addressed in a very, very cheeky way by an old friend of mine" at some point in Series 5. [7] As the "old friend" could very well be Richard Curtis, the issue might be addressed in this episode.
• As a Vincent Van Gogh painting will feature in the events of "The Pandorica Opens", it is likely that this story will bring more developments to the main story arc of the series. [8]
• A teaser has implied that the First Doctor and another Doctor will make a cameo.

Production errors

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

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Continuity

The Doctor and Dr Black say that each others' "bow ties are cool". (DW: The Eleventh Hour, Amy's Choice)

Home video 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.

External links

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