Information
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Brian Grant
Script Editor: Elwen Rowlands
Producer: Phil Collinson
Executive Producer(s): Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, Mal Young
Originally Broadcast: 7th May 2005
Duration: 44 mins
Viewing Figures (in millions): 8.0m
Production Code: 1.7
Monsters/Villains: The Jagrafess, The Editor
Year Set: 200,000
Location: Satellite Five
Synopsis
Adam Mitchell discovers that life as a Time Lord’s companion isn’t as easy as it looks, as Russell T Davies’s adventure through time and space continues.
Adam catches a glimpse of the wonders of travelling in the Tardis, as they head to a future, where Satellite 5 broadcasts to the entire Earth Empire. But anyone promoted to Floor 500 is never seen again, and the Doctor suspects mankind is being manipulated.
Nothing escapes the eye of the sinister Editor – but just who is he working for? And does Adam have what it takes to become the Time Lord’s companion?
Adam Mitchell discovers that life as a Time Lord’s companion isn’t as easy as it looks, as Russell T Davies’s adventure through time and space continues.
Adam catches a glimpse of the wonders of travelling in the Tardis, as they head to a future, where Satellite 5 broadcasts to the entire Earth Empire. But anyone promoted to Floor 500 is never seen again, and the Doctor suspects mankind is being manipulated.
Nothing escapes the eye of the sinister Editor – but just who is he working for? And does Adam have what it takes to become the Time Lord’s companion?
Cast
Monster File: The Jagrafess
Christopher Eccleston – The Doctor
Billie Piper – Rose Tyler
Simon Pegg - The Editor
Tamsin Greig - Nurse
Christine Adams - Cath
Anna Maxwell Martin - Suki
Colin Prockter - Head Chef
Judy Holt - Sandra
Home Planet: Jagrafessfold Breeding Grounds
Life Form: Jagrafess
Life Form: Jagrafess
The Jagrafess (Mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe or Max, as he was known by the Editor) was the controller of the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire, via the news-broadcasting station, Satellite Five. It was an enormous, grey, lump of fat, muscle and water. It contained a lot of heat, but it needed to be cool to stay alive.
Satellite Five was the only place far of its home planet to produce enough cold air for it. All the heat from Floor 500, where the Jagrafess was, was being transferred to all 499 floors below it, to keep it cool.
The Jagrafess could not work all controls by himself, so had someone to do that. This person was called the Editor, the human servant of the Jagrafess. He managed all operations. The Jagrafess and the Editor hid in Floor 500, and no one knew about them in lower levels. Whenever someone got promoted to come to Floor 500, they would stay there.
But the Jagrafess wasn’t really in charge. It was all part of a plan. It took orders from the Doctor’s oldest enemies, The Daleks…
The Jagrafess was defeated by the Doctor, when Floor 500 overheated, and the Jagrafess exploded!
Preceded by: Dalek - Followed by: Father's Day
