Forest of the Dead (TV story)

Forest of the Dead
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Donna Noble
Main enemy:	Vashta Nerada
Main setting:	51st century, The Library
Key crew
Writer:	Steven Moffat
Director:	Euros Lyn
Release details
Release number:	4
Premiere broadcast:	7th June 2008
Production code:	4.9

SpoilersRiver Song

Synopsis

As the shadows rise and march, the Doctor forges an alliance with the mysterious River Song. But can anyone stop the Vashta Nerada and can the Doctor save Donna? While the Doctor discovers long-buried secrets and revelations about his own future, the sinister Nodes declare that Donna is doomed.

Cast

• The Doctor - David Tennant
• Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
• River Song - Alex Kingston
• Doctor Moon - Colin Salmon
• Lux - Steve Pemberton
• Proper Dave - Harry Peacock
• Other Dave -
• The Girl - Eve Newton
• Amita -

Story notes

• The working title for this story was: River's Run
• The image above is actually from the previous episode.

Ratings

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Myths

• That the library has everything and everyone on record. Donna goes and has a look. It is perhaps possible that Donna will learn the future of her mother and grandfather. She may also find information regarding the Doctor and/or Rose Tyler and the Battle of Canary Wharf. Might be false as Donna got turned into one of those face-statues, but it is obvious she will return, so it could happen.

• It has been rumoured, variously, that River Song is a future mutation of Jack Harkness, The TARDIS in humanoid form, The Rani, or a regeneration of Romana

• Rose Tyler may be seen in one of the library's books. This is very likely to be true as the mid season trailer shows that Donna somehow knows that Rose is returning. This is very very unlikely as Donna is traped at the end of the last episode and is likely to take most of the episode to save her. The trailer was refering to a later episode.
• 'Cal' may turn out to be Cal MacNannovich, who appeared briefly in The End of the World. This is highly unlikely
• It is suggested that The Girl is the library index computer This is likely true as she seems to be able to control library systems unconsciously
• The Doctor is stunned by something River Song whispers in his ear.
• River Song may also be a future version of The Girl.
• CAL is the little girl.
• The episode will begin by River using the sonic blaster to create a hole in the wall to escape.

• River Song could just be River Song, a future companion of the doctor who the audience have not met until this two-parter.
• The Doctor travels to earth to visit The Girl by directly leaping into the vortex. Probable, the doctor is seen falling through a tunnel of light in the trailer, however his destination is unknown.
• Donna's physical body has been somehow digitized and saved into the index hard drive, along with the 4022 people. "Saved" in the computer's message is used in the context of a computer file, not meaning "rescued." Very possible, the second node seems to imply that the there is some kind of corporeal database that the node-faces are stored in.
• It is rumored that the nodes are images in the girls mind

Filming locations

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Continuity

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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

To be added.

DVD and other releases

• It will be released on the Series 4 boxset DVD in November 2008.

External Links

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