Information
Writer: Stephen Greenhorn
Director: Richard Clarke
Script Editor: Simon Winstone
Producer: Phil Collinson
Executive Producer(s): Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner
Originally Broadcast: 5th May 2007
Duration: 45 mins
Viewing Figures (in millions): 7.19m
Production Code: 3.6
Monsters/Villains: Professor Lazarus/Lazarus Creature
Year Set: 2008
Location: London, Earth
Synopsis
Martha returns home as Russell T Davies's Doctor Who continues. Could this be the end of her travels with the Doctor?
When she discovers her family is caught up in the scheming of Professor Lazarus and his Genetic Manipulation Device, it becomes a fight for survival, as human DNA twists into monstrous form.
Cast
David Tennant – The Doctor
Freema Agyeman – Martha Jones
Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Tish Jones
Reggie Yates – Leo Jones
Adjoa Andoh – Francine Jones
Mark Gatiss – Professor Richard Lazarus
Thelma Barlow – Lady Thaw
Lucy O'Connell – Party Guest
Bertie Carvel – Mysterious Man
Monster/Villain File: Professor Lazarus
Home Planet: Earth
Life Form: Human
Professor Lazarus was an elderly man that wanted to live forever. He feared death, due to his vivid memories of his childhood during the Second World War. While the war was on, he used to sit in Southwark Cathedral, terrified. He wanted a second life, so to continue his work. So Lazarus developed a machine, which would make him younger. He was to test it publicly, and then make it open for public use afterwards. Martha’s sister, Tish had got a job with him, and so the Doctor and Martha tagged along to see. The machine seemed to do the trick, but the Doctor did his own calculations on the matter, using Lazarus’ DNA from a kiss on Martha’s hand, and found that the DNA was fluctuating. Lazarus had unlocked a gene long lost in human evolution, that was slowly turning him into a huge skeletal scorpion-like beast. The creature, once in true form, could turn human again when it wished. The monster needed more energy, as it was losing it, and so started to eat a lot, and drain its victims of life, absorbing the energy it needed with its tail, but left behind a mere skeleton with a bit of dead flesh left. The creature was finally defeated in Southwark Cathedral, when Martha and Tish got it up to a bell tower, and the Doctor played an organ as loud as possible, so that it interfered with Lazarus’ sonic equipment, and he fell to his death.
Life Form: Human
Professor Lazarus was an elderly man that wanted to live forever. He feared death, due to his vivid memories of his childhood during the Second World War. While the war was on, he used to sit in Southwark Cathedral, terrified. He wanted a second life, so to continue his work. So Lazarus developed a machine, which would make him younger. He was to test it publicly, and then make it open for public use afterwards. Martha’s sister, Tish had got a job with him, and so the Doctor and Martha tagged along to see. The machine seemed to do the trick, but the Doctor did his own calculations on the matter, using Lazarus’ DNA from a kiss on Martha’s hand, and found that the DNA was fluctuating. Lazarus had unlocked a gene long lost in human evolution, that was slowly turning him into a huge skeletal scorpion-like beast. The creature, once in true form, could turn human again when it wished. The monster needed more energy, as it was losing it, and so started to eat a lot, and drain its victims of life, absorbing the energy it needed with its tail, but left behind a mere skeleton with a bit of dead flesh left. The creature was finally defeated in Southwark Cathedral, when Martha and Tish got it up to a bell tower, and the Doctor played an organ as loud as possible, so that it interfered with Lazarus’ sonic equipment, and he fell to his death.
Preceded by: Evolution of the Daleks - Followed by: 42
