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A light-hearted BreatherEpisode with very little drama, written as a contrast to "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight Midnight]]". The 200[-[[superscript:th]]-] Doctor Who TV story (the Classic Who serials are typically counted as one story each[[note]]This numbering excludes the then-incomplete "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Shada]]" and counts "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E1TheMysteriousPlanet The Trial]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E2Mindwarp of a]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E3TerrorOfTheVervoids Time]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe Lord]]" as a single serial[[/note]]), and the very first to be shot in Platform/HighDefinition video[[note]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace Spearhead from Space]]" is also available in high-definition, but that's more due to production difficulties that necessitated being shot entirely on film rather than standard-definition videotape[[/note]], it was written by Creator/RussellTDavies and Gareth Roberts and based very loosely on Roberts' ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''The Highest Science''; really they just took the striking image of a Tube train crashing on an alien planet and made it a bus instead.

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A light-hearted BreatherEpisode with very little drama, written as a contrast to "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight Midnight]]". The 200[-[[superscript:th]]-] Doctor Who TV story (the Classic Who serials are typically counted as one story each[[note]]This numbering excludes the then-incomplete "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Shada]]" and counts "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E1TheMysteriousPlanet The Trial]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E2Mindwarp of a]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E3TerrorOfTheVervoids Time]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe Lord]]" as a single serial[[/note]]), and the very first to be shot in Platform/HighDefinition MediaNotes/HighDefinition video[[note]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace Spearhead from Space]]" is also available in high-definition, but that's more due to production difficulties that necessitated being shot entirely on film rather than standard-definition videotape[[/note]], it was written by Creator/RussellTDavies and Gareth Roberts and based very loosely on Roberts' ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''The Highest Science''; really they just took the striking image of a Tube train crashing on an alien planet and made it a bus instead.

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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The Tritovores get abruptly killed by stingrays once their role in the plot is over. Creator/RussellTDavies felt that if they escaped to Earth with the others then there'd be [[EndingFatigue too much to wrap up at the end]].

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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The Tritovores get abruptly killed by stingrays once their role in the plot is over. Creator/RussellTDavies felt that if they escaped to Earth with the others then there'd be [[EndingFatigue [[invoked]][[EndingFatigue too much to wrap up at the end]].
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A light-hearted BreatherEpisode with very little drama, written as a contrast to "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight Midnight]]". The 200[-[[superscript:th]]-] Doctor Who TV story (the Classic Who serials are typically counted as one story each[[note]]This numbering excludes the then-incomplete "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Shada]]" and counts "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E1TheMysteriousPlanet The Trial]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E2Mindwarp of a]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E3TerrorOfTheVervoids Time]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe Lord]]" as a single serial[[/note]]), and the very first to be shot in UsefulNotes/HighDefinition video[[note]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace Spearhead from Space]]" is also available in high-definition, but that's more due to production difficulties that necessitated being shot entirely on film rather than standard-definition videotape[[/note]], it was written by Creator/RussellTDavies and Gareth Roberts and based very loosely on Roberts' ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''The Highest Science''; really they just took the striking image of a Tube train crashing on an alien planet and made it a bus instead.

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A light-hearted BreatherEpisode with very little drama, written as a contrast to "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight Midnight]]". The 200[-[[superscript:th]]-] Doctor Who TV story (the Classic Who serials are typically counted as one story each[[note]]This numbering excludes the then-incomplete "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Shada]]" and counts "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E1TheMysteriousPlanet The Trial]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E2Mindwarp of a]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E3TerrorOfTheVervoids Time]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe Lord]]" as a single serial[[/note]]), and the very first to be shot in UsefulNotes/HighDefinition Platform/HighDefinition video[[note]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace Spearhead from Space]]" is also available in high-definition, but that's more due to production difficulties that necessitated being shot entirely on film rather than standard-definition videotape[[/note]], it was written by Creator/RussellTDavies and Gareth Roberts and based very loosely on Roberts' ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''The Highest Science''; really they just took the striking image of a Tube train crashing on an alien planet and made it a bus instead.

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[[WMG:[[center:[-''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]]'' [[Recap/DoctorWho recap index]]\\
'''Tenth Doctor Era'''\\
'''2009 Specials:''' [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E14TheNextDoctor 1]] | '''2''' | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E16TheWatersOfMars 3]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime 4/5]]\\
'''[[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned <<< Series 4]]''' | '''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour Series 5 >>>]]''']]-]]]
!Planet of the Dead




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->Written by Creator/RussellTDavies and Gareth Roberts\\
Directed by James Strong\\
'''Production code:''' 4.15\\
'''Air date:''' 11 April 2009



'''Original air date:''' April 11, 2009

'''Production code:''' 4.15
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* BreatherEpisode: Openly marketed as a last bit of fun for the Tenth Doctor.

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* BreatherEpisode: Openly marketed as a last bit of fun for the Tenth Doctor.Doctor as both this episode and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E14TheNextDoctor the last]] serve as a pair of final light-hearted adventures following a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E8SilenceInTheLibrary string]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E9ForestOfTheDead of]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight terrifying]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft and]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth heart]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd breaking]] episodes and before the double whammy of ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E16TheWatersOfMars The Waters of Mars]]'' and ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]''
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** Carmen uses her psychic gift of precognition to play the Lottery and win £10 twice a week, ''every'' week. Added up over a full year, that's &pound:1,040.

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** Carmen uses her psychic gift of precognition to play the Lottery and win £10 twice a week, ''every'' week. Added up over a full year, that's &pound:1,040.£1,040.
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** Carmen uses her psychic gift of precognition to play the Lottery and win £10 twice a week, ''every'' week.

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** Carmen uses her psychic gift of precognition to play the Lottery and win £10 twice a week, ''every'' week. Added up over a full year, that's &pound:1,040.

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-->-- '''Carmen''' (giving the Doctor a prophecy so chilling you can feel the CerebusSyndrome hit from a mile away)

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-->-- '''Carmen''' (giving gives the Doctor a prophecy so chilling you can feel the CerebusSyndrome hit from a mile away)
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'''Production code:''' 4.15



A light-hearted BreatherEpisode with very little drama, written as a contrast to "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight Midnight]]". The 200[-[[superscript:th]]-] Doctor Who TV story (the Classic Who serials are typically counted as one story each[[note]]This numbering excludes the then-incomplete [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada "Shada"]] and counts [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E1TheMysteriousPlanet "The Trial]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E2Mindwarp of a]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E3TerrorOfTheVervoids Time]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe Lord"]] as a single serial[[/note]]), and the very first to be shot in UsefulNotes/HighDefinition video[[note]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace "Spearhead from Space"]] is also available in high-definition, but that's more due to production difficulties that necessitated being shot entirely on film rather than standard-definition videotape[[/note]], it was written by Creator/RussellTDavies and Gareth Roberts and based very loosely on Roberts' ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''The Highest Science''; really they just took the striking image of a Tube train crashing on an alien planet and made it a bus instead.

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A light-hearted BreatherEpisode with very little drama, written as a contrast to "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight Midnight]]". The 200[-[[superscript:th]]-] Doctor Who TV story (the Classic Who serials are typically counted as one story each[[note]]This numbering excludes the then-incomplete [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada "Shada"]] "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Shada]]" and counts [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E1TheMysteriousPlanet "The "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E1TheMysteriousPlanet The Trial]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E2Mindwarp of a]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E3TerrorOfTheVervoids Time]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe Lord"]] Lord]]" as a single serial[[/note]]), and the very first to be shot in UsefulNotes/HighDefinition video[[note]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace "Spearhead video[[note]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace Spearhead from Space"]] Space]]" is also available in high-definition, but that's more due to production difficulties that necessitated being shot entirely on film rather than standard-definition videotape[[/note]], it was written by Creator/RussellTDavies and Gareth Roberts and based very loosely on Roberts' ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''The Highest Science''; really they just took the striking image of a Tube train crashing on an alien planet and made it a bus instead.
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* MagicalNegro: She's somewhat psychic, but she serves more as {{foreshadowing}} to the end of Ten's time rather than as an aid to the plot of the episode.
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** The Doctor uses a priceless historical artifact to get the bus to fly by smashing it with a hammer until it can serve as a proper conducting surface.

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