Greetings to Day 1 of 5 of the 10th
Tales. We view the Doctor fresh from his regeneration, disappointed
that he is still not ginger, he manages to move on and explore the
vast unknown universe with Rose Tyler (Billie Piper of Spirit
Trap, Doctor Who, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, The Shadow in the
North and Penny Dreadful) on their way to New New York.
This is New Earth.
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| It's only a model. |
After thwarting the alien invasion of
the Sycorax via the Christmas special, we see the Doctor prepping the
TARDIS for yet another adventure with Rose at his side.
With the lost of the original Earth,
humanity simply colonized another planet of similar conditions.
Viewing this stupendous mega city (No Judge Dredds wanted!)
the Doctor receives a message on his psychic paper to "Ward 26.
Please Help." in this substantial hospital ran by cat humanoids
known as the Sisters of Plentitude treating almost every known
ailment found in the universe and even able to combat new potential
illnesses with an amazing rate.
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| I'm warm. You warm? Bloody coat! |
The Doctor and Rose get separated in
the turbolifts and he does warn her of the decontamination process
they will undergo. While the Doctor is roaming about Ward 26 seeing
beings suffering from ailments that are ravaging their bodies, the
care they are be furnished should not be helping these in most cases
are terminal and yet they are recovering. The Doctor asks one of the
cat nuns Sister Jatt (Adjoa Andoh of Casualty, Jet Ski Riders,
Fable, The Bill, Doctor Who and Dante's Inferno) how is this
possible and she lets him off with an idle platitude of working in
mysterious ways.
Meanwhile Rose finds herself in a
basement area with some pasty albino and Cassandra of from the year 5
billion as the Earth got roasted by the sun going supernova. But
Cassandra passed on, so how can she be here? Cassandra (Zoe
Wanamaker of The Blackheath Poisonings, Love Hurts, Prime Suspect:
The Scent of Darkness, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and My
Week with Marilyn) informs Rose that strange things are
happening in this hospital and not all is what it seems... and then
performs a body snatch, claiming Rose's body as her own and pushing
Rose's persona back in the farther reaches of the brain.
With a mystery at his fingertips, his
companion behaving strangely and the cat nuns seems to be secretive,
The Doctor's itch needs to be scratched. Will the mystery be solved?
Can the Doctor help Rose and all the patients of this hospital?
A few comments to be made on the
episode. All of Billie Piper and David Tennant's dialogue had to be
re-dubbed in the studio due to the windy conditions on the location
shoot their microphones. Eight million viewer watched this episode
on its original transmission.
Billie Piper's boyfriend at the time
rammed his car into the prop known as the Face of Boe by accident on
his way to visit her on the set. What a way to ingratiate yourself
to the crew.
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| Cat breath is horrendous. Gave her a Greenie though. All better. |
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