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|director = [[Keith Boak]] | |director = [[Keith Boak]] | ||
|producer = [[Phil Collinson]] | |producer = [[Phil Collinson]] | ||
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|broadcast date = [[23 April (releases)|23 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] | |broadcast date = [[23 April (releases)|23 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] | ||
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'''''World War Three''''' was the fifth episode of [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | '''''World War Three''''' was the fifth episode of [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
The episode concluded the story begun in ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]''. It was notable for featuring the first instance of [[Mickey Smith]] actively assisting the Doctor, and therefore behaving like a [[companion]], something that he would eventually become in [[School Reunion (TV story)|due time]]. It suggested a bright political future for [[Harriet Jones]], something that the [[Tenth Doctor]] would later actively change about the timeline in ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]''. It was also the first time in the history of ''Doctor Who'' that [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] was shown to have a working telephone — something that would feature much more prominently throughout the [[Steven Moffat]] era — the [[Russell T Davies]] era of the show preferring to use the mobile phone [[Martha Jones]] gave to the Tenth Doctor in ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]''. | The episode concluded the story begun in ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]''. It was notable for featuring the first instance of [[Mickey Smith]] actively assisting the Doctor, and therefore behaving like a [[companion]], something that he would eventually become in [[School Reunion (TV story)|due time]]. It suggested a bright political future for [[Harriet Jones]], something that the [[Tenth Doctor]] would later actively change about the timeline in ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]''. It was also the first time in the history of ''Doctor Who'' that [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] was shown to have a working telephone — something that would feature much more prominently throughout the [[Steven Moffat]] era — the [[Russell T Davies]] era of the show preferring to use the mobile phone [[Martha Jones]] gave to the Tenth Doctor in ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]''. | ||
To coincide with this television story, the short stories ''[[Number Ten Pays Tribute to UNIT (short story)|Number Ten Pays Tribute to UNIT]]'' and ''[[Number Ten (short story)|Number Ten]]'' were released on the [[U.N.I.T. (fictional website)|U.N.I.T. website]], giving further details on the destruction of 10 Downing Street from UNIT's perspective. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
