The Great Detective was a prequel, also referred to as a minisode by Matt Smith, for The Snowmen, the Doctor Who 2012 Christmas special.
It was first broadcast as part of Doctor Who's BBC's Children in Need charity appeal, and was followed by a trailer for the Christmas special. Both were introduced by Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman.
Plot
Madame Vastra, her assistant Jenny Flint, and their Sontaran henchman Strax meet with the Eleventh Doctor in regards to recent alien activity, only for him to inform them that he has since retired from investigating such matters.
Cast
- The Doctor - Matt Smith
- Strax - Dan Starkey
- Vastra - Neve McIntosh
- Jenny Flint - Catrin Stewart
- Narrator - Mark Gatiss[source needed]
References
Story notes
- Unlike most minisodes, the episode has no opening credits, and as such writer Steven Moffat [1] is uncredited. The episode also uses a unique typeface for presenting the episode title.
- Jenny's last name, Flint, is revealed in this minisode. In her introduction episode, A Good Man Goes to War, she was known only as Jenny.
Ratings
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Filming locations
Corn Street, Bristol, UK (filmed on 20 Aug 2012)
Production errors
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Continuity
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.
- The Doctor is shown to be retired and living in the past. The Sixth Doctor had previously done this in PROSE: The Spindle of Necessity.
- Despite Jenny's assertion that The Moon is uninhabited, the Doctor once implied that there are species native to it although he could have been joking. (TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)
Home video releases
DVD releases
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Blu-ray releases
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External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Doctor Who Team (14 November 2012). The Doctor Returns for Children in Need. BBC - Blogs - Doctor Who. Retrieved on 18 November 2012.
