The ending approaches... People and planets and stars will become dust. And the dust will become atoms, and the atoms will become... nothing. This is my ultimate victory! The destruction of reality itself!!
This is the 13th and final episode of Series 4 and will feature 6 companions of the Doctor. It is a continued on a cliffhanger from Episode 12.
Synopsis
The entire universe is in danger as the Daleks activate their masterplan, and enslave 21st century Earth. The Doctor is helpless, and even the TARDIS faces destruction. The only hope lies with the Doctor's secret army of companions– but as they join forces to battle Davros himself, the prophecy declares that one of them will die.
Plot
Cast
- The Doctor - David Tennant
- Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
- Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
- Martha Jones - Freema Agyeman
- Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
- Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
- Mickey Smith - Noel Clarke
- Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
- Luke Smith - Thomas Knight
- Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
- Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
- Wilfred Mott - Bernard Cribbins
- Sylvia Noble - Jacqueline King
- Francine Jones - Adjoa Andoh
- Davros - Julian Bleach
- Dalek Voice - Nicholas Briggs
- Voice of Mr Smith - Alexander Armstrong
- Voice of K9 - John Leeson
- German Woman - Valda Aviks
- Scared Woman - Shobu Kapoor
- Chinese Woman - Elizabeth Tan
- Liberian Man - Michael Price
- Dalek Operators - Barney Edwards, Nick Pegg, David Hankinson, Anthony Spargo, Gethin Jones
Production crew
to be added
References
Story notes
- According to DWM this is the biggest finale of Doctor Who ever.
- Blue Peter presenter Gethin Jones operates a Dalek in this episode, returning to Doctor Who since his brief appearance as a Cyberman in The Age of Steel.
- This will be the longest series finale at 65 minutes long, longer even than most of the Christmas specials, except for Voyage of the Damned, which was 71 minutes.
- Dalek Caan refers to the Doctor as a 'threefold man'. The meaning becomes clear in this episode with both the copy of the Doctor and 'Doctor-Donna'.
- This episode marks the first series finale to show a preview of the upcoming Christmas Special. After the credits the Cybermen are said to return in the episode.
- This episode tells us that Harriet Jones, former Prime Minister, actually died in the previous episode.
Ratings
to be added
Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
- If the TARDIS's power had gone how does the moniter screen work? The heart of the TARDIS was still beating. Which could have supplied some power.
- When Martha teleports and hears the german daleks how come the TARDIS does not translate the german? The TARDIS wasn't anywhere near her... Also, she understood German, so it wouldn't have needed to be translated.
- Will one of the Doctor's regenerations be used up? Does it ultimately matter? As proved by the Master last year, there's apparently no longer a limit. Well this is a lie as, Time Lords have a limit of twelve regenerations, but the master died in the 1996 movie in a human body. Therefore, if you had paid attention, you would have heard in the series 3 finale that he was resurrected for the Time War, which would require him to have a new body and a new regeneration cycle. So, it is most likely that one of his regenerations has been used.
- The Dalek's were maintaining the atmosphere around the Earth - probably from the crucible, however when the Crucible was destroyed and the Tardis pulled the Earth back to where it should be, shouldn't the atmosphere have disappeared killing everyone on Earth? The Doctor takes over and maintaines the atmosphere from the TARDIS, he says this when he tows the Earth back
- Since Donna can't remember anything about the Doctor or her time with him, would she "burn up" if someone mentioned Pompeii, since she went there and caused the eruption in The Fires of Pompeii. No, because she can't remember having anything to do with it.
- When the Doctor wiped Donna's mind, it looked like he only wiped the memories of the her time with the Doctor. Couldn't he have just wiped the time lord stuff that was overloading her brain? No, as if she remembers the Time Lord stuff she will burn up, and it would be easy to remember if you're travelling around with one!
- Wouldn't the Nuclear Warheads placed under the crust have melted? Well, UNIT most likely would have thought about this, and provided some sort of way to protect them. They do have a vast arsenal in there power after all.
Continuity
Coming Soon
DVD and Other releases
- This is due to be released in the Series 4 boxset in November 2008 along with the rest of the Series.
- It will be released as part of Series 4 Volume 4 alongside Turn Left and The Stolen Earth on 1st September 2008.