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|doctor = <ul><li>[[Ninth Doctor]] (Regenerates)</li><li>[[Tenth Doctor]] (introduction)</li></ul> | |doctor = <ul><li>[[Ninth Doctor]] (Regenerates)</li><li>[[Tenth Doctor]] (introduction)</li></ul> | ||
|companions = <ul><li>[[Rose Tyler]]</li><li>[[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] (left behind)</li></ul> | |companions = <ul><li>[[Rose Tyler]]</li><li>[[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] (dies, resurrected,left behind)</li></ul> | ||
|enemy = <ul><li>[[Dalek Emperor]]</li><li>[[Dalek]]s</li></ul> | |enemy = <ul><li>[[Dalek Emperor]]</li><li>[[Dalek]]s</li></ul> | ||
|setting = [[Satellite 5]], [[200,100]]<br>[[London]], [[2006]] | |setting = [[Satellite 5]], [[200,100]]<br>[[London]], [[2006]] | ||
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|previous story = [[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]] | |previous story = [[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]] | ||
|next story = [[Children in Need Special]] | |next story = [[Children in Need Special]] | ||
}}'''''The Parting of the Ways''''' was the final episode of [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]] of ''Doctor Who''. | }}'''''The Parting of the Ways''''' was the final episode of [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]] of ''Doctor Who''. It therefore concluded the [[Bad Wolf meme|Bad Wolf]] [[story arc]]. It also was the final regular outing for the [[ninth Doctor]], and saw the departures of actors [[Christopher Eccleston]] and [[John Barrowman]] and [[executive producer]] [[Mal Young]]. It established a visual metaphor for [[regeneration]] that would become standard in future series, following which viewers got their first glimpse of [[David Tennant]]'s [[tenth Doctor]]. | ||
From a [[visual effect]]s point of view, viewers were treated to a massive army of [[Dalek]]s and Dalek spaceships. | From a [[visual effect]]s point of view, viewers were treated to a massive army of [[Dalek]]s and Dalek spaceships. At the time of broadcast, it was the most expansive view of a Dalek army that had yet been portrayed on screen. | ||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
As the [[Dalek]]s attack the [[Satellite Five|Game Station]] led by their [[Dalek Emperor|Emperor]], [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] finds himself helpless. He knows he must make sacrifices if he is going to survive but does this mean losing his beloved companion [[Rose Tyler]]? And who or what is [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf]]? | As the [[Dalek]]s attack the [[Satellite Five|Game Station]] led by their [[Dalek Emperor|Emperor]], [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] finds himself helpless. He knows he must make sacrifices if he is going to survive but does this mean losing his beloved companion [[Rose Tyler]]? And who or what is [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf]]? | ||