Information
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Graeme Harper
Script Editor: Brian Minchin
Producer: Suzie Liggat
Executive Producer(s): Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson
Originally Broadcast: 21st June 2008
Duration: 50 mins
Viewing Figures (in millions): 8.09m
Production Code: 4.11
Monsters/Villains: Time Beetle, Fortune Teller
Year Set: 2007/2008/2009
Location: Earth
Synopsis
Donna's entire world collapses, but there's no sign of the Doctor.
Instead, she finds help from a mysterious blonde woman – a traveller from a parallel universe.
But, as Donna and Rose Tyler combine forces, are they too late to save the whole of creation from the approaching darkness?
Cast
David Tennant - The Doctor
Catherine Tate - Donna Noble
Billie Piper – Rose Tyler
Bernard Cribbins – Wilfred Mott
Jacqueline King – Sylvia Noble
Joseph Long – Rocco Colasanto
Noma Dumezweni – Capt. Magambo
Chipo Chung – Fortune Teller
Marcia Lecky – Mooky Kahari
Suzann McLean – Veena Brady
Natalie Walter – Alice Coltrane
Neil Clench – Man in Pub
Clive Standen – Private Harris
Bhasker Patel – Jival Chowdry
Catherine York – Female Reporter
Ben Righton – Oliver Morgenstern
Loraine Velez – Spanish Maid
Jason Mohammad – Studio News Reader
Sanchia McCormack – Housing Officer
Lawrence Stevenson – Soldier #1
Terri-Ann Brumby – Woman in Doorway
Lachele Carl – Trinity Wells
Paul Richard Biggin – Soldier #2
Monster File: Time Beetle
Place of Origin: Unknown
Life Form: Time Manipulating Insect
The Time Beetle was an insectoid creature capable of manipulating time. It looked like a huge stag beetle. It was used by, or was part of, the Trickster's Brigade. With the help of humans within the brigade, or at least a Fortune Teller, it was attached to unsuspecting victims after which it changed a key event in their lives. It existed in a state of flux which meant that it could not be touched. It was also invisible to humans, except to some extra sensitive ones where the difference between the normal and new timeline was unusually great. It was also visible in the Circle of Mirrors but that may have been due to the time technology that was present. The Time Beetle attached itself to Donna Noble and in turn created a parallel world around her in which she never met The Doctor. With Rose Tyler's help, she was able to go back in time to the beginning of the new timeline and stop herself from changing it, at which point she was able to free herself of the Time Beetle. It released itself and died from the tremendous force.
Preceded by: Midnight - Followed by: The Stolen Earth
