The Sound of Drums (TV story)

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The Sound of Drums is the 12th episode of Series 3 of Doctor Who, and aired on the 23rd June 2007.


Synopsis

The Doctor, Martha and Jack return to the 21st Century after The Master stole the Tardis. A New Prime Minister has been elected and his name is Mr Saxon. What are the Toclafane and whats at the Heart of the Valiant.

Plot

The Story Concludes after the events of Utopia where they were trapped by the Futurekind. The Doctor uses Captain Jack's Vortex Manipulator to get to 21st Century Earth. When they arrive they dicover Vote Saxon Posters every where and Martha tells The Doctor that he is a pollitition on PLanet earth and he must of won the election.

Meanwhile Mr Saxon is on the News with his wife Lucy Saxon. He has just won the election and is the new Prime Minister of Britain.Mr Saxon then walks to a cabnet Meeting.He meets Tish Jones (who previosly worked for Richard Lazarus two days ago and now works in 10 downing street). After he spoke to Tish he walked into the cabnet where he meets his first goverment he gassed them because they left there political parties when Mr Saxons Pollitical statues rose.

Martha returns home with Jack and the Doctor and swithes on the News and tells them that Mr Saxon was a partie leader and that she reconised his voice When The Master Regenarated and she thinks that the master is Mr Saxon.

At Downing street Lucy Saxon is speaking to Tish when a woman called Vivien Rook arrives from the Daily Star says she is here to interview Lucy about being the Prime Ministers wife and asks Tish to leave. After Tish left she tells Lucy that she is from the Torchwood Institute and that she knows the truth about Mr Saxon. She says he only appeared since the fall of Harriet Jones and that he made his past life up. Lucy says that it is not true but Mr Saxon walks in and he Produces Three Robotic balls the size of footballs come out they are robotic beings he asks one to kill Vivien. He and Lucy walk out and they hear a big scream.

Meanwhile at Martha's flat they watch a pollitical broad cast by Mr Saxon about first contract with an alien race called the Toclafane (the aliens seen earlier) and that he and his wife would be meeting them. The Doctor then see's the Archangel Network which Mr Saxon Laubnched himself. Mr Saxon then makes a little references to bombs on the back of televisions. The Doctor looks behind the teleivsion and see's a bomb. The Three all run out on to the street and the flat explosed. Martha, The Doctor and Jack get into a car and rings her Mum while driving. Francine ask's her to come to her house cliaming she has plans of getting back together with Clive. Francine hands the phone to Clive telling Martha to keep away. However Miss Dexter is listining to her phone conversation and tells the police to arrest the entire Jones family and take them in for questoning. Martha Hurrys and she phones tish at Downing Street, Just as she is dragged away by guards. Martha Arrives at Francines house but is forced to drive away as the police started to fire at her car.

Cast

Crew

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References

  • The Doctor, Jack and Martha return to Earth via Jack's Vortex Manipulator.
  • Jack reveals to the Doctor that he works for the Torchwood Institute.
  • On board the Valiant, The Master and his wife are seen eating jelly babies from a white paper bag. This refers to the same habit of primarily the Fourth Doctor.
  • 10 Downing Street was destroyed during the Slitheen attack, the Master here states it was rebuilt.
  • The Master's clothing was identical to that worn by Kamelion/Master when he was in Lazarote and the planet Sarn.
  • This episode shows the surface of Gallifrey, the Citadel and (other) Time Lords.
  • The Seal of Rassilon is visible on various elements during the Gallifrey flashback.
  • The Master watches the Teletubbies, much in the same way he watched The Clangers when he was imprisoned by UNIT in the 1970s.
  • The Doctor constructs a perception filter for himself, Martha and Jack using his TARDIS keys.
  • The Doctor states that Gallifreyans are 8 years old when they enter the Academy.
  • Vivien Rook refers to the fall of Harriet Jones.
  • The Master mentions Lazarus and the Doctor's involvement with his machine.

Story Notes

  • The Rogue Traders song Voodoo Child plays as the Master launches the attack on Earth, it contains the lyrics "So here it comes, the sound of drums. Here come the drums, here come the drums!".
  • This is the first 3 part story since Survival, which incidentally was the last of the ongoing series to feature the Master.
  • Sharon Osbourne, McFly and Ann Widdecombe appear (as themselves) endorsing Harold Saxon.
  • The 'sound of drums' heard throughout the episode is the rhythm of a few versions of the Doctor Who theme.
  • The Cloister Bell is heard inside the Tardis for the first time since the Classic Series
  • Martha asks whether the Master is the Doctor's secret brother, to which the Doctor replies that she's been watching too much TV. It was originally rumoured that the Master would be revealed as the Doctor's brother in a story at the end of Season 10; however, this storyline was pre-empted by the unexpected death of Roger Delgado.

Ratings

  • 6.9 million viewers - Overnight

Myths & Rumours

  • In the episode Utopia the rumour that John Simms' character, Mr. Saxon, is actually the Master in disguise was verified, with the regeneration of Professor Yana/The Master.

Location Filming

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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

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Continuity

  • The Master watches the Teletubbies (in a similar fashion as he did) in The Sea Devils.
  • This is the first appearance of Gallifrey on screen since The Five Doctors.
  • The Time Lords seen in this episode are wearing the ceremonial dress first seen in The Deadly Assassin (and last seen in The Ultimate Foe).
  • The outfit the Young Master wears in similar to that which the Time Lords wear in The War Games.
  • There is footage shown here from Aliens of London, Army of Ghosts and The Runaway Bride (and the events of The Christmas Invasion are mentioned).
  • The Master states that he was resurrected, which neatly absolves any continuity problems caused by Doctor Who: The TV Movie.
  • The Master states that Downing Street has been rebuilt, it was destroyed in World War Three.
  • Harriet Jones last appeared in The Christmas Invasion.
  • Professor Lazarus (and his machine) appeared in The Lazarus Experiment.
  • The Master still has the Doctor's hand which he lost in The Christmas Invasion, Jack had with him while in charge of Torchwood (Everything Changes et al), took with him when he met up with the Doctor (Utopia) which is also when the Master obtained the Doctor's hand and his TARDIS.
  • The Master (Mr Saxon) wears variations of various outfits from different stories; A black single breasted suit, white shirt and black tie (from Planet of Fire, albeit without the black leather gloves worn in the original costume). He also wears a black overcoat with red satin lining, and black leather gloves during his airport meeting with President Winters.
  • The Seal of Rassilon is visible for the first time since Doctor Who: The TV Movie.
  • The Doctor has been artificially aged many years on a previous occasion; on Argolis in The Leisure Hive.

DVD and Other Releases

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See Also

External Links

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