The Doctor Dances
- Episode aired May 12, 2006
- TV-PG
- 45m
IMDb RATING
9.0/10
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The gas mask zombies are on the rise as the plague spreads across war-torn London.The gas mask zombies are on the rise as the plague spreads across war-torn London.The gas mask zombies are on the rise as the plague spreads across war-torn London.
- Director
- Writers
- Steven Moffat
- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaColin Baker named this as his favourite episode of the series, highlighting the "Everybody Lives" scene as his favourite moment.
- GoofsIn the preceding episode ('The Empty Child') the Doctor states that "mauve is the universally recognised colour for danger" and that red (the colour human beings most associate with alarm or danger) is, by everyone else's standards, "camp". However, when the Doctor attempts to open/enter the Chula ambulance ship in 'The Doctor Dances', the alarm that is triggered shows a blinking red light.
- Quotes
Captain Jack Harkness: The last time I was sentenced to death, I ordered four hyper-vodkas for my breakfast. All a bit of a blur after that... I woke up in bed with both of my executioners. Lovely couple, they stayed in touch! Can't say that about most executioners.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Doctor Who Confidential: Weird Science (2005)
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I needn't have worried about whether the conclusion of this two part episode as though the first half was good, this was even better.
Surrounded by the infected, The Doctor (Christopher Eccleston), Rose (Billie Piper) and Captain Jack (John Barrowman) attempt to escape the overrun hospital and investigate the origin of the outbreak. Meanwhile, Nancy (Florence Hoath) is sick with guilt and heads for the crash site herself.
I'm really struck with this one about how good a writer Stephen Moffatt is. How many of the plot points are layered in early that pay off in this finale and how it reaches such a satisfactory, but inherently logical and clever conclusion, utilising an idea it had already seeded in the episode. Also Eccleston's sheer jubilation at the idea that just once, "everybody lives" is a great moment, perhaps his best in his whole run. On top of that, there are two moments of (again, relatively family friendly) horror, both involving sound effects continuing when they should have stopped, that are subtly and masterfully done.
Jack is a fun character still, though we see little of the character that we'd arrive at and, interestingly, he talks about two years of his life being taken that still don't think has been explained (on the television anyway). Maybe there's a low hanging plot point for season 13. I remember he hangs around for the next few episodes, so maybe we'll land a little closer there.
I'd forgotten how good much of the first season is, it's been delightful to discover it again.
Surrounded by the infected, The Doctor (Christopher Eccleston), Rose (Billie Piper) and Captain Jack (John Barrowman) attempt to escape the overrun hospital and investigate the origin of the outbreak. Meanwhile, Nancy (Florence Hoath) is sick with guilt and heads for the crash site herself.
I'm really struck with this one about how good a writer Stephen Moffatt is. How many of the plot points are layered in early that pay off in this finale and how it reaches such a satisfactory, but inherently logical and clever conclusion, utilising an idea it had already seeded in the episode. Also Eccleston's sheer jubilation at the idea that just once, "everybody lives" is a great moment, perhaps his best in his whole run. On top of that, there are two moments of (again, relatively family friendly) horror, both involving sound effects continuing when they should have stopped, that are subtly and masterfully done.
Jack is a fun character still, though we see little of the character that we'd arrive at and, interestingly, he talks about two years of his life being taken that still don't think has been explained (on the television anyway). Maybe there's a low hanging plot point for season 13. I remember he hangs around for the next few episodes, so maybe we'll land a little closer there.
I'd forgotten how good much of the first season is, it's been delightful to discover it again.
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- southdavid
- May 14, 2020
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