The Waters of Mars (TV story)

The Waters of Mars
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Adelaide
Main enemy:	The Flood
Main setting:	Bowie Base One, Mars, 2059
Key crew
Writers:	Russell T Davies and Phil Ford
Director:	Graeme Harper
Producer:	Nikki Wilson
Release details
Story number:	201
Release number:	Doctor Who
Premiere broadcast:	15th November 2009
Format:	1x 60 minute television special
Production code:	4.16

The Waters of Mars is the second of the 2009 Specials leading up to the end of the David Tennant era. Tennant himself has announced that the special will air on 15th November 2009 on BBC One. International broadcasts have yet to be confirmed.

Synopsis

Mars, 2059. Bowie Base One. Last recorded message: "Don't drink the water. Don't even touch it. Not one drop."

Plot

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Cast

• Tenth Doctor - David Tennant
• Adelaide - Lindsay Duncan
• Mia Bennett - Gemma Chan
• Ed - Peter O'Brien
• Maggie Cain - Sharon Duncan-Brewster
• TBA - Chook Sibtain
• TBA - Aleksander Mikic
• Steffie Ehrlich - Cosima Shaw
• TBA - Michael Goldsmith
• Andy - Alan Ruscoe

Crew

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References

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Story Notes

• "The Waters of Mars" is an upcoming special which is due to air "around November-ish". Russel T Davies confirmed it on BBC Breakfast on 7 April 2009, when he came to talk about Planet of the Dead. As of mid-April 2009 a broadcast date has not yet been announced, however Davies said on BBC Breakfast that a "November-ish" date was being considered (previously it had been indicated the special wouldn't air until closer to Christmas 2009). The BBC did not confirm the broadcast date of Planet of the Dead until a week prior to its broadcast; therefore it is assumed a confirmed date for the broadcast of The Waters of Mars won't be made available until late in 2009. David Tennant confirmed on 30th October that the episode will be broadcast on Sunday 15th November.
• As Lindsay Duncan has been cast as a companion, she is the oldest actor to play a companion since the beginning of the series, although this title will be taken away from her in the next episode when Bernard Cribbins becomes the Doctor's companion.
• Russell T Davies has said in Doctor Who Magazine that this will be a very scary episode of Doctor Who, as he described it "nightmarish".
• Julie Gardner said on the Easter Doctor Who Confidential that another Your Song is Ending style reference will be made in this episode as well as playing a massive part last 2 specials.
• The IMDB.com website has confirmed that the actor Timothy Dalton will be appearing as a Time Lord and the actress Sharon Duncan-Brewster is playing a character called Maggie Cain.
• Filming for the special began on 23rd February 2009. In late February, David Tennant, Duncan and other actors were seen filming in Victoria Place, Newport.[10] The filming took place on a city street, which the production team covered with artificial snow.[10] Also present during filming were a small robot inscribed with the word "GADGET" and Ood Sigma, from the 2008 episode "Planet of the Ood".
• It is suggested that the broadcast for this may be the 21st November (The day after the last episode of the Sarah Jane Adventures) this way it won't over lap both programs.
• On 28th July 2009, a new trailer was shown at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, soon after it was posted on the BBC website.
• The trailer showed the Doctor talking about how "certain points in time are fixed... Everything else is in flux, anything can happen, but those certain points, they have to stand... This base on Mars... what happens here must always happen." Adelaide warns "Don't drink the water... don't even touch it, not one drop". Finally, the Doctor says to Adelaide: "They said I was going to die, they said he will knock four times, and I think I know what that means, and it doesn't mean right here, right now 'cause I don't hear anyone knocking, do you?" Four knocks then ring out as the tagline appears: "The Waters of Mars: Coming Soon".
• The Waters of Mars will most definitely be broadcast before the 20th of November due to Children In Need showing a preview of the Christmas Special. Children In Need probably won't show the preview of the Christmas Special before The Waters of Mars has aired.

Ratings

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Filming Locations

• Victoria Place, Newport
• National Botanic Gardens of Wales, Carmarthenshire

Rumours

• Will feature a water based entity.
• Will be set in some kind of Bio-dome filled with vegetation.
• Will be set on the planet Mars.

Please discuss unconfirmed rumours in the Howling section under Forums.

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

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Continuity

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External links

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