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
- Anna Zhou - Elizabeth Tan
- Liberian Man - Michael Price
- Dalek Operators - Barney Edwards, Nick Pegg, David Hankinson, Anthony Spargo, Gethin Jones
Production crew
Crew 1st Assistant Director Simon Morris 2nd Assistant Director Jennie Fava 3rd Assistant Director Sarah Davies Location Manager Gareth Skelding Unit Manager Rhys Griffiths Production Co-ordinator Jess van Niekerk Assistant Production Co-ordinator Debi Griffiths Production Secretary Kevin Myers Production Runner Sian Warrilow Floor Runners Nicola Brown, Heddi Joy Taylor Drivers Wayne Humphreys, Kevin Kearns Contracts Assistants Lisa Hayward, Kath Blackman Continuity Non Eleri Hughes Script Editor Lindsey Alford Camera Operator Roger Pearce, Rory Taylor Focus Puller Steve Rees Camera Assistants Jon Vidgen, Tom Hartley Grip John Robinson Boom Operators Jeff Welch, Bryn Thomas Gaffer Mark Hutchings Best Boy Peter Chester Electricians Steve Slocombe, Clive Johnson, Ben Griffiths Stunt Co-ordinator Abbi Collins Choreographer Ailsa Berk Chief Supervising Art Director Stephen Nicholas Art Department Production Manager Jonathan Marquand Allison Supervising Art Director Arwel Wyn Jones Associate Designer James North Art Department Coordinator Amy Pope Set Decorator Julian Luxton Props Buyer Adrian Anscombe Standby Art Director Nick Murray Design Assistants Peter McKinstry, Sarah Payne, Al Roberts Storyboard Artist Richard Shaun Williams Standby Props Phill Shellard, Jackson Pope Standby Carpenter Will Pope Standby Painter Ellen Woods Standby Rigger Keith Freeman Property Masters Paul Aitken, Phil Lyons Dressing Chargehand Matthew Wild Forward Dresser Stuart Mackay Senior Props Maker Barry Jones Props Makers Penny Howarth, Nick Robatto, Jon Grundon Practical Electrician Albert James, Gafin Riley Construction Manager Matthew Hywel-Davies Scenic Artists John Pinkerton, John Whalley Construction Chargehands Scott Fisher, Allen Jones Construction Workshop Manager Mark Hill Graphics BBC Wales Graphics Costume Supervisor Lindsay Bonaccorsi Assistant Costume Designer Rose Goodhart Costume Assistants Barbara Harrington, Louise Martin Make-Up Artists Pam Mullins, Steve Smith, John Munro Casting Associates Andy Brierley, Amy Rogers VFX Editor Ceres Doyle Assistant Editor Carmen Roberts Post Production Supervisors Samantha Hall, Chris Blatchford Post Production Co-ordinator Marie Brown SFX Co-ordinator Ben Ashmore SFX Supervisor Danny Hargreaves Prosthetics Designer Neill Gorton Prosthetics Supervisor Rob Mayor On Line Editors Matthew Clarke Colourist Mick Vincent 3D Artists Jean-Claude Deguara, Nicolas Hernandez, Serena Cacciato, Nick Webber, Mark Wallman, Andy Guest, Ruth Bailey, Bruce Magroune, Matt McKinney, Jean-Yves Audouard, Jeff North, Dave Levy, Will Pryor 2D Artists Murray Barber, Bryan Bartlett, Greg Spencer, Russell Horth, Adrian Cirulli, Sara Bennett, Simon C Holden, Joe Courtis, Julie Nixon, Michael Harrison, Arianna Lago, Murray Barber, Lyndall Spagnoletti Compositor Simon C Holden Matte Painters Simon Wicker, David Early, Charlie Bennett, Alex Fort VFX Co-ordinators Jenna Powell, Rebecca Johnson VFX Production Assistant Marianne Paton On Set VFX Supervisor Tim Barter Dubbing Mixer Tim Ricketts Supervising Sound Editor Paul McFadden Sound FX Editor Paul Jefferies Foley Editor Kelly-Marie Angell Assistant Dialogue Editor Matthew Cox With Thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
ORIGINAL THEME MUSIC RON GRAINER CASTING DIRECTOR ANDY PRYOR CDG PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE JULIE SCOTT PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT OLIVER AGER SOUND RECORDIST JULIAN HOWARTH COSTUME DESIGNER LOUISE PAGE MAKE UP DESIGNER BARBARA SOUTHCOTT MUSIC MURRAY GOLD VISUAL EFFECTS THE MILL VISUAL FX PRODUCERS WILL COHEN, MARIE JONES VISUAL FX SUPERVISOR DAVE HOUGHTON SPECIAL EFFECTS ANY EFFECTS PROSTHETICS MILLENNIUM FX EDITOR WILL OSWALD PRODUCTION DESIGNER EDWARD THOMAS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ERNIE VINCZE BSC PRODUCTION MANAGER PETER BENNETT EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS RUSSELL T DAVIES, JULIE GARDNER
A BBC Wales Production
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.
- 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 their power after all.
- When we see Martha saying goodbye to her Mother, the laptop in the background cycling through number continuously, but when we have the close-up of Martha, the numbers have frozen but we can still hear them
- If Donna, a human, can't live with a timelord's mind; doesn't that mean neither can the human Doctor? The human Doctor was half time lord, the mental half time lord, such as mind, but the physical part human (like Jenny), such as aging.
- What was the point of the doctor deactivating jacks wrist teleporter if he can just put the numbers back in again. He may have locked it so only he can reactivate it.
- At the start, when the scene of The Doctor putting the regenaration energy on to the hand he has no head (very funny)
Continuity
To be added
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.