Information
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Charles Palmer
Script Editor: Simon Winstone
Producer: Phil Collinson
Executive Producer(s): Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner
Originally Broadcast: 31st March 2007
Duration: 45 mins
Viewing Figures (in millions): 8.2m
Production Code: 3.1
Monsters/Villains: Judoon, Plasmavore, Slabs
Year Set: 2008
Location: London, Earth/The Moon
Synopsis
For Martha Jones, a medical student in Central London, an ordinary day turns into a nightmare when her entire hospital is transported to the Moon.
There, she has to battle the Judoon and outwit a blood-sucking Plasmavore – but can she trust a mysterious stranger called the Doctor?
Cast
The Doctor – David Tennant
Martha Jones – Freema Agyeman
Florence Finnegan - Anne Reid
Mr Stoker - Roy Marsden
Francine Jones - Adjoa Andoh
Tish Jones - Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Leo Jones - Reggie Yates
Clive Jones - Trevor Laird
Annalise - Kimmi Richards
Morgenstern - Ben Righton
Julia Swales - Vineeta Rishi
Judoon Captain - Paul Kasey
Judoon Voices - Nicholas Briggs
Monster File: The Judoon
Home Planet: Jadoon
Life Form: Rhino-Headed Humanoid
The Judoon are a rhino-headed humanoid race. They are outer space police-for-hire, or interplanetary thugs. They are two metres high and are heavily built. Their large lungs help them to breathe in environments with low-level oxygen. They did not take any messing from anyone. If anyone commited physical assault on them they would see it as a crime, and execute them immediately without trial! They would do anything to complete the task at hand. The Judoon did not see anyone innocent, as they could be helping out with a crime. Their language were many short words, all ending in the letter ‘o’. They executed their victims by using a directed energy beam, triggered from a gun they wore on a belt around their waist. They also had a cylindrical scanner, which they used to ‘catologue’ people. Those who had been scanned and deemed to not be a suspect would have a black cross drawn on the back of their right hand. Most of their technology was a red/black colour. The Judoon also had a contact device that reaches every Judoon helmet, allowing the Judoon Captain to give orders with a press of a button. It is the same device as the language assimilator. Their spacecraft are large cylindrical craft, with four boosters at the bottom and four claws at the bottom which served as landing gear. Each would hold several thousand troops. They use H2O Scoop to transport buildings across space.
Preceded by: The Runaway Bride - Followed by: The Shakespeare Code
