Information
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Graeme Harper
Script Editor: Lindsay Alford
Producer: Phil Collinson
Executive Producer(s): Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner
Originally Broadcast: 5th July 2008
Duration: 65 mins
Viewing Figures (in millions): 8.78m
Production Code: 4.13
Monsters/Villains: The Daleks, Davros
Year Set: 2009
Location: The Dalek Crucible, Earth
Synopsis
The entire universe is in danger as the Daleks activate their masterplan.
The Doctor is helpless, and even the Tardis faces destruction.
The only hope lies with the Doctor's secret army of companions – but as they join forces to battle Davros himself, the prophecy declares that one of them will die…
Cast
David Tennant - The Doctor
Catherine Tate - Donna Noble
Billie Piper – Rose Tyler
Freema Agyeman - Martha Jones
John Barrowman - Jack Harkness
Elisabeth Sladen - Sarah Jane Smith
Noel Clarke - Mickey Smith
Camille Coduri – Jackie Tyler
Gareth David-Lloyd – Ianto Jones
Eve Myles – Gwen Cooper
Thomas Knight – Luke Smith
Bernard Cribbins – Wilfred Mott
Jacqueline King – Sylvia Noble
Adjoa Andoh – Francine Jones
Julian Bleach – Davros
Valda Aviks – German Woman
Shobu Kapoor – Scared Woman
Elizabeth Tan – Anna Zhou
Michael Price – Liberian Man
Nicholas Briggs – Dalek Voice
John Leeson – Voice of K-9
Alexander Armstrong – Mr Smith
Character File: The 2 Doctors
Place of Origin: Gallifrey and Earth
Life Form: Half Human, Half Time Lord
The half-Human Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor was created as a result of an instantaneous biological meta crisis. Regenerative energies present within The Doctor's severed hand combined with the Human DNA of Donna Noble when she touched the hand's casing. The force of the reaction shattered the case allowing the energy to regenerate the entire missing body of the Doctor creating a Time Lord/Human hybrid, a hybrid that possessed one heart; aged as Humans do and with no regenerative ability to avoid death. As a result of growing partially from Donna's DNA the new Doctor picked up parts of Donna's mannerisms but maintained that he possessed the same memories, thoughts and feelings of the original Doctor--essentially they were the same man with physiological differences. However, the original Doctor is quick to point out his new double was born in battle, full of blood, anger and revenge which enabled him to commit genocide against the Daleks; an act the original Doctor greatly condemns after the events of the Last Great Time War. Feeling his new half-Human counterpart is too dangerous to be left to his own devices, the Doctor entrusts him to Rose Tyler taking the two of them back to Bad Wolf Bay in the parallel universe dubbed Pete's World. The Doctor tells Rose that his half-Human self needs her, as he is angry and vengeful like he once was when he met Rose as the Ninth Doctor. He tells her that she made him better, and now she can do the same for his other half-Human self. She objects to this at first, insisting the new Doctor isn't really him despite the Doctor's assurance that they are the same man and the half-Human Doctor offering to spend the rest of his life with her. However, Rose then asks both Doctors what was the last thing they said to her when they were previously standing on Bad Wolf Bay. The Doctor is unable to give her a direct answer only allowing himself to hint: "does it really need saying?" At this point she turns to the half-Human Doctor and poses the same question, to which he steps forward and whispers the answer his other self could not say in her ear. Seemingly overcome with the revelation of his answer, Rose grabs the lapels of the half-Human Doctor and pulls him into a passionate kiss, which he reciprocates. The Doctor looks on sadly for a brief moment before returning with Donna to the TARDIS and leaving the parallel world for good without saying goodbye to Rose. As the doors of the TARDIS slam shut, Rose and the half-Human Doctor break from their kiss, but it is too late. The Doctor has already left and the half-Human Doctor takes Rose's hand as they watch the TARDIS dematerialise for the last time.
Preceded by: The Stolen Earth - Followed by: Christmas Special 2008
