The Rebel Flesh (TV story)
The Rebel Flesh was the fifth story of the sixth series of Doctor Who. Like many previous stories, it saw the Doctor duplicated and it was the second time the Eleventh Doctor was copied following The Eleventh Hour.
Synopsis
A solar tsunami sends the TARDIS hurtling towards a futuristic factory on Earth, where human doppelgangers are used to mine dangerous acid, as the time-travelling adventures continue.
A second wave hits and the "Gangers" separate. They can remember every second of their "original's" life and feel every emotion they've ever experienced. But are these memories stolen or have they been bequeathed? Are the Gangers merely faulty machinery that must be shut down or are they living, breathing, sentient beings? Can the Doctor convince the terrified humans to accept these "almost people" and prevent an all-out civil war before the factory explodes? [1]
Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor/Ganger Doctor - Matt Smith
- Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
- Rory - Arthur Darvill
- Jimmy/Ganger Jimmy - Mark Bonnar
- Buzzer/Ganger Buzzer - Marshall Lancaster
- Jennifer/Ganger Jennifer - Sarah Smart
- Miranda Cleaves/Ganger Cleaves - Raquel Cassidy
- Dicken/Ganger Dicken - Leon Vickers
- Eye Patch Lady - Frances Barber
Crew
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References
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Story notes
- The music playing in the background when the vat of The Flesh is first shown is Flying by Tomandandy, composed for the film Resident Evil: Afterlife.
- When Amy and Rory are playing darts, the music in the background is Supermassive Black Hole by Muse. Muse have also supplied many tunes to Si-Fi dramas, most notebly ITV and Watch's Primeval.
- The song played by Buzzer on the turntable when the Tardis crew arrives and later by the Gangers is Dusty Springfield's You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, her version of the Italian song Io che non vivo (senza te).
Ratings
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Myths
- The TARDIS will be cloned.[2] This was proven to be false.
Filming locations
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Production errors
- The positions of the two cards on top of the card pyramid slightly alter between scenes.
Continuity
- The Doctor previously visited a monastery in his second incarnation. (DW: The Abominable Snowmen)
- The Eye Patch Lady reappears. (DW: Day of the Moon, The Curse of the Black Spot)
- The material from which the Gangers are created is referred to as "the flesh", the New humans were previously referred to as that in DW: New Earth.
- The TARDIS is still confused as to whether Amy is pregnant. (DW: Day of the Moon)
Home video releases
Part One, which will contain episodes one to seven will be released in Summer, shortly after the airing of episode seven.[3]
