The End of the World
- Episode aired Mar 17, 2006
- TV-PG
- 45m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
9.1K
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The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time, to the year five billion and the end of planet Earth.The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time, to the year five billion and the end of planet Earth.The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time, to the year five billion and the end of planet Earth.
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- Writers
- Russell T. Davies(showrunner)
- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaZoë Wanamaker was unable to attend the studio session in Cardiff and recorded her lines as Cassandra later in a sound studio in London. She was so impressed with the show when it went out that, when asked to return for New Earth (2006), she made sure she was available to attend the studio recording and recorded her lines live.
- GoofsRose and Cassandra are shot intermittently from behind, looking out of the Space Station window; from behind Cassandra's lips do not move at all, though we still hear her speak.
- Quotes
The Doctor: [taking Rose's mobile phone] Tell ya what... with a little bit of jiggery pokery...
Rose Tyler: Is that a technical term, jiggery pokery?
The Doctor: Yeah, I came first in jiggery pokery, what about you?
Rose Tyler: Nah, I failed hullabaloo.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Doctor Who Confidential: Bringing Back the Doctor (2005)
Featured review
A Fantastic Performance
It's at this point you realise you're watching something entirely different from the show envisaged by Sydney Newman in the early 1960s that ran up to 1989 . For instance there's Hollywood standard special effects and a pumping soundtrack featuring Tainted Love by Soft Cell and Toxic by Britney Spears and other references to popular culture . Plus there's a scene where Jade a tree woman asks The Doctor if Rose is his prostitute ? Cue lots of middle aged men falling off their chairs then phoning everyone they know self righteously proclaiming that this proves DOCTOR WHO is not a children's programme
This is by no means a flawless episode because due to the format it only lasts 45 minutes and watching it on its initial broadcast I found myself missing the old format of four or six 25 minute episodes because this would lead to more scope for stories and The End Of The World suffers from a fairly threadbare plot , basically a whodunnit where it's fairly obvious who done it
But
What makes this story so enjoyable watching it in April 2007 is for mainly one reason - Christopher Eccleston's performance . A lot of fans criticised his performance at the time for " Being about as alien as a junkie from Manchester " and it's true that Eccleston plays the title character in the way he's best known for , namely a brooding , introspective , angry man and if you've notliked any of his previous roles you won't like Eccleston as The Doctor but I would say it's definitely as good as any performance by any actor as The Doctor . There's two scenes that really stick out . One where Jade realises he's a Time Lord and a tear runs down his cheek and the chips segment at the end . To quote the man himself " Fantastic "
This is by no means a flawless episode because due to the format it only lasts 45 minutes and watching it on its initial broadcast I found myself missing the old format of four or six 25 minute episodes because this would lead to more scope for stories and The End Of The World suffers from a fairly threadbare plot , basically a whodunnit where it's fairly obvious who done it
But
What makes this story so enjoyable watching it in April 2007 is for mainly one reason - Christopher Eccleston's performance . A lot of fans criticised his performance at the time for " Being about as alien as a junkie from Manchester " and it's true that Eccleston plays the title character in the way he's best known for , namely a brooding , introspective , angry man and if you've notliked any of his previous roles you won't like Eccleston as The Doctor but I would say it's definitely as good as any performance by any actor as The Doctor . There's two scenes that really stick out . One where Jade realises he's a Time Lord and a tear runs down his cheek and the chips segment at the end . To quote the man himself " Fantastic "
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- Theo Robertson
- Apr 18, 2007
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- Runtime45 minutes
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