The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)

The Unicorn and the Wasp
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Donna Noble
Main enemy:	Vespivorms
Key crew
Writer:	Gareth Roberts
Director:	Graeme Harper
Producer:	Phil Collinson
Release details
Release number:	4
Premiere broadcast:	17th May 2008
Format:	1x45 minute episode
Production code:	4.7

The Unicorn and the Wasp is the Seventh episode of Series 4 of Doctor Who

Synopsis

In 1926, Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared, only to be found ten days later, with no memory of what has happened. Was it a nervous breakdown? A cry for help? Or perhaps a giant alien wasp..?

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - David Tennant
• Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
• Agatha Christie - Fenella Woolgar
• Clemency Eddison - Felicity Kendal
• Reverend Golighty - Tom Goodman Hill
• Colonel Hugh - Christopher Benjamin
• Robina Redmond - Felicity Jones
• Roger Curbishley - Adam Rayner
• Greeves - David Quilter
• Davenport - Daniel King
• Professor Peach - Ian Barritt
• Miss Chandrakala - Leena Dhingra
• Mrs Hart - Charlotte Eaton

Production crew

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References

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Story notes

Professor Peach is a reference to Professor Plum of the popular Cluedo case-cracking game.

David Tennant's father makes a cameo as a footman.

Ratings

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Myths

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Filming locations

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Continuity

• The Doctor mentioned to Martha Jones in Last of the Time Lords, that they could take a trip to see Agatha Christie, but was unable due to Martha leaving at the time. Ironically, Martha leaves in the episode preceding this one.

• The phrase "The bees are disappearing" is mentioned in the Partners in Crime and again in Planet of the Ood. This may be a reference to this episode. However, this episode features a giant wasp, not bee and is set 80 years before "The bees are disappearing".

• This is the third time a famous author has appeared in the revived series. The first being Charles Dickens, the second being William Shakespeare and now Agatha Christie.

• The Doctor and Donna are mistaken by Agatha Christie to be a couple. This was previously done in The Fires of Pompeii, Planet of the Ood and The Doctor's Daughter.

• The Doctor brings out the Carrionite sphere in a chest of things beginning with C.

• This is the third time that the Doctor has told a companion not to imitate an accent/dialect of certain time/place on Earth. The first was Rose doing a (poor) Scottish accent in Tooth and Claw and the second was Martha doing Elizabethan English in The Shakespeare Code. This time, Donna tried a posh English accent and speech.

• This is the third time in the new series that a companion has kissed the Doctor.

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

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DVD and other releases

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

See also

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External Links

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