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The Vampires of Venice (TV story)

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|image = S5e06promo.jpg |story name = Vampires of Venice |series = Doctor Who - Television stories |number = Series 5 |story number = 207 |doctor = Eleventh Doctor

|companions =

|enemy = Vampires/Rosanna |setting = Leadworth, Earth, 26th June 2010
Venice, Earth, 1580 |writer = Toby Whithouse |director = Jonny Campbell |producer = Tracie Simpson |broadcast date = 8th May 2010 [2] |format = 1 x 45 minute episode |previous story = Flesh and Stone |next story = Amy's Choice }}

Vampires of Venice[1] is the name of the sixth episode of Series 5 to be aired on 8th May 2010.

There was some initial confusion over the title of this story, with some media sources -- as well as Matt Smith in a TV interview[2] -- using the title Vampires in Venice.

Synopsis

Dessicated corpses, terror in the canal and a visit to the sinister House of Calvierri – the Doctor takes Amy and Rory for a romantic mini-break, as the TARDIS touches down once again.

But 16th-century Venice is not as it should be. The city has been sealed to protect it from the Plague, although Rosanna Calvierri may have other plans...[3]

Plot

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Cast

Crew

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References

Story Notes

  • A 90-second clip from this episode was aired during Matt Smith's appearance on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 26 March 2010.
  • The Vampires are not real vampires, but are of alien origin.

Ratings

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Filming Locations

  • Croatia was used as the primary location for the setting of this episode. It is the third episode of the revival series after DW: The Fires of Pompeii and Planet of the Dead to include major filming outside the UK.
  • Some filming took place in Caephilly Castle [10]
  • Scenes featuring The Doctor, Amy and Rory were filmed at Llancaiach Fawr [11]

Rumours

  • It is believed The Doctor will use a gondola in this episode [12], as he did in Shada (TV story) on the Cam in Cambridge.
  • Toby Whithouse told SFX "At one point the Doctor says the word ‘diabetic’. One character is a talking otter. There is an almost painfully beautiful gag about cheese and biscuits. One of those isn't true." And the Doctor won't say "Geronimo." [13]

Production errors

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.

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Continuity

  • Instead of his Psychic Paper, the Doctor shows his library card, which includes a photo of his first incarnation.

DVD Release

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External Links

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Footnotes

  1. [1], BBC Press Office announcementaccessed 22nd April 2010
  2. Specifically, his late-March 2010 appearance on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

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