Information
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: James Strong
Script Editor: Lindsey Alford
Producer: Phil Collinson
Executive Producer(s): Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner
Originally Broadcast: 5th April 2008
Duration: 48 mins
Viewing Figures (in millions): 9.14m
Production Code: 4.1
Monsters/Villains: Adipose, Miss Foster
Script Editor: Lindsey Alford
Producer: Phil Collinson
Executive Producer(s): Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner
Originally Broadcast: 5th April 2008
Duration: 48 mins
Viewing Figures (in millions): 9.14m
Production Code: 4.1
Monsters/Villains: Adipose, Miss Foster
Year Set: 2009
Location: London, England
In the story, their breeding world was lost, causing them to turn to the alien "Miss Foster" (Matron Cofelia) to create a new generation. She formulated a drug that would cause human fat (anatomically: 'adipose tissue') to parthenogenesis create some Adipose children. This process can also be achieved by using bone, hair and muscle tissue instead of fat, but only in emergency circumstances as this makes them ill and weak. The official Doctor Who website's Monster Files feature states that the baby Adipose were taken into care by the Shadow Proclamation.
Synopsis
Donna Noble is determined to find the Doctor again – even if it means braving the villainous Miss Foster and her hordes of sinister Adipose, as Russell T Davies's Bafta Award-winning time-travelling drama returns for a fourth series.
But when the alien threat escalates out of control, can Donna find her Time Lord before the march of the Adipose begins?
Cast
But when the alien threat escalates out of control, can Donna find her Time Lord before the march of the Adipose begins?
The Doctor - David Tennant
Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
Miss Foster - Sarah Lancashire
Miss Foster's Guard - Claudio Laurini
Wilfred Mott - Bernard Cribbins
Sylvia Noble - Jacqueline King
Penny Carter - Verona Joseph
Stacey Harris - Jessica Gunning
Roger Davey - Martin Ball
Craig Staniland - Rachid Sabitri
Clare Poper - Chandra Ruegg
Suzette Chambers - Sue Kelvin
Taxi Driver - Jonathan Stratt
Monster File: Adipose
Home Planet: Unknown
Life Form: Fat
Info: The small baby Adipose are created by gathering excess fat from a human body via a signal from a necklace. If an emergancy happens, the Adipose can also convert bone, muscle and hair but it will make them a bit sick!
In the story, their breeding world was lost, causing them to turn to the alien "Miss Foster" (Matron Cofelia) to create a new generation. She formulated a drug that would cause human fat (anatomically: 'adipose tissue') to parthenogenesis create some Adipose children. This process can also be achieved by using bone, hair and muscle tissue instead of fat, but only in emergency circumstances as this makes them ill and weak. The official Doctor Who website's Monster Files feature states that the baby Adipose were taken into care by the Shadow Proclamation.
Preceded by: Voyage of the Damned - Followed by: The Fires of Pompeii
