Information
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Euros Lyn
Script Editor: Simon Winstone
Producer: Phil Collinson
Executive Producer(s): Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner
Originally Broadcast: 22nd April 2006
Duration: 45 mins
Viewing Figures (in millions): 9.2m
Production Code: 2.2
Monsters/Villains: Werewolf, The Monks
Year Set: 1879
Location: Torchwood House, Scotland, Earth
Synopsis
The Doctor and Rose travel back to the year 1879 when an encounter in the Scottish Highlands with Queen Victoria and a band of Warrior Monks reveals a deadly trap, dating back centuries.
Perhaps the local legends about a werewolf could really be true…
The Doctor and Rose travel back to the year 1879 when an encounter in the Scottish Highlands with Queen Victoria and a band of Warrior Monks reveals a deadly trap, dating back centuries.
Perhaps the local legends about a werewolf could really be true…
Cast
Monster File: Werewolf
David Tennant – David Tennant
Rose Tyler – Billie Piper
Queen Victoria - Pauline Collins
Father Angelo - Ian Hanmore
Lady Isobel - Michelle Duncan
Sir Robert - Derek Riddell
Captain Reynolds - Jamie Sives
Steward - Ron Donachie
The Host - Tom Smith
Flora - Ruthie Milne
Home Planet: New Earth
Life Form: Lupine Wavelength Haemovarioform
Life Form: Lupine Wavelength Haemovarioform
This alien werewolf fell to Earth in Scotland, in 1540, where it landed in St. Catherine’s Glen, near a monastery. Upon impact, only a single cell survived. It was passed down centuries by incubating in hosts, by biting them. Monks at the monastery kidnapped young boys to make them into hosts for the werewolf to bite. This group of monks were called the Brethren, and worshipped the Werewolf instead of God! At the full moon, the host would transform into the werewolf and go rampaging around. The Werewolf seemed to show an aversion to mistletoe. Whether this was forced on by the Brethren or an allergy is unclear. In 1879, they diverted Queen Victoria to Torchwood House, where the Werewolf would be waiting to bite her and pass on the cell, to make her the new host, leading to the creation of the ‘Empire of the Wolf’. The plot was foiled by the Doctor and Rose, when they used a telescope, which was actually a light amplifiation chamber and the Koh-i-Norr diamond to focus the moonshine on the wolf, dispelling it from Earth. Whether the Werewolf bit Queen Victoria or not is unclear.
Preceded by: New Earth - Followed: School Reunion
