Information
Writer: Paul Cornell
Director: Brian Grant
Script Editor: Helen Raynor
Producer: Phil Collinson
Executive Producer(s): Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, Mal Young
Originally Broadcast: 14th May 2005
Duration: 42 mins
Viewing Figures (in millions): 8.0m
Production Code: 1.8
Monsters/Villains: Reapers
Year Set: 7th November 1987
Location: London, Earth
Synopsis
Rose travels back to 1987 to witness the day her father died, but when she interferes in the course of events, the monstrous Reapers are unleashed upon the world, and a wedding day turns into a massacre.
Even the Doctor is powerless, as the human race is devoured.
Rose travels back to 1987 to witness the day her father died, but when she interferes in the course of events, the monstrous Reapers are unleashed upon the world, and a wedding day turns into a massacre.
Even the Doctor is powerless, as the human race is devoured.
Cast
Christopher Eccleston – The Doctor
Billie Piper – Rose Tyler
Camille Coduri - Jackie Tyler
Shaun Dingwall - Pete Tyler
Robert Barton - Registrar
Julia Joyce - Young Rose
Christopher Llewellyn - Stuart
Frank Rozelaar-Green - Sonny
Natalie Jones - Sarah
Eirlys Bellin - Bev
Rhian James - Suzie
Casey Dyer - Young Mickey
Monster File: Reapers
Place of Origin: Time Vortex
Life Form: Temporal Predators
Life Form: Temporal Predators
The Reapers are creatures that seek out disturbances in time i.e. temporal paradoxes. They resemble flying reptilian beings with sleek heads, four long hooked arms and mouths on their chests. When there is a disturbance they will leave the time vortex and try to sort things out. But not by trying to put what is right back together, but to devour everything it sees. They tend to go for the oldest objects, as they find those more tasty. When Rose touched herself as a baby in the past, the Reapers gained more power and broke through into the church. In our world they are physical creatures, and so cannot pass through solid objects. Older objects seem to be more effective barriers. They would engulf they’re prey, with a flash of light in their mouths and leave no traces. The Reapers came into our world when Rose saved her Dad from being killed by a Hit and Run driver. Her Dad, Pete knew the only way to get the timelines back on track again would be to kill himself, using the car that would have killed him.
Preceded by: The Long Game - Followed by: The Empty Child
