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* {{Novelization}}: By Cornell. Published as part of the ''Literature/PastDoctorAdventures'' series, even though it was more a Possible Future Doctor Adventure.
* OopNorth: A fictional village in Lancashire.
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Ascended Fanboy is the in-universe trope. Promoted Fanboy is the real life one.


** {{Irony}}: Funny thing is, of course, the Fifth Doctor is now his father-in-law, and [[AscendedFanboy he's also been the Doctor himself]].

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** {{Irony}}: Funny thing is, of course, the Fifth Doctor is now his father-in-law, and [[AscendedFanboy [[PromotedFanboy he's also been the Doctor himself]].
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The webcast was revolutionary for a number of reasons. It was going to be the first broadcast piece written by an author of the DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels. It starred a black companion (something previously only seen in spin-offs). And it had the Doctor and the Master travelling together, exploring the possibility of friendship between them. Sadly, the timing was unfortunate -- because just before its release, the new TV series was announced for 2005. ''Scream of the Shalka'' and its Ninth Doctor were deemed "alternate universe", and the series is not considered part of the {{Whoniverse}} canon. It did, however, get both a novelisation and an official prose sequel: [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires/newstory/scottwright.shtml "The Feast of the Stone"]].

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The webcast was revolutionary for a number of reasons. It was going to be the first broadcast piece written by an author of the DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels. It starred a black companion (something previously only seen in spin-offs). And it had the Doctor and the Master travelling together, exploring the possibility of friendship between them. Sadly, the timing was unfortunate -- because just before its release, the new TV series was announced for 2005. ''Scream of the Shalka'' and its Ninth Doctor were deemed "alternate universe", and the series is not considered part of the {{Whoniverse}} Franchise/{{Whoniverse}} canon. It did, however, get both a novelisation and an official prose sequel: [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires/newstory/scottwright.shtml "The Feast of the Stone"]].

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* MakeMeWannaShout: The Shalka can use their voices to control their technology, control people's bodies, and cause chemical reactions in the atmosphere.



* NoodleIncident: The Doctor's unspecified trauma would eventually become the Last Great Time War in the series proper. It's also strongly implied (and confirmed by WordOfGod) that it involved the Doctor's previous companion meeting a terrible fate.

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* NoodleIncident: The Doctor's unspecified trauma would eventually become the Last Great Time War in the series proper. It's also strongly implied (and confirmed by WordOfGod) that it involved the Doctor's previous companion meeting a terrible fate.fate.
* PeoplePuppets: One of the Shalkas' main power is doing this to people.



* PuppeteerParasite: The Shalka use these on their top-level human slaves [[spoiler:including Alison]].



* ShoutOut: The Doctor's hairstyle looks oddly like that of WesternAnimation/AeonFlux.



* WordOfGay: Believe it or not, all the innuendo was completely accidental and Cornell wrote this Doctor as "asexual". When he realised how the fans were interpreting the story, though, he really liked the theory that the Doctor and the Master were an item, and has since stated that they were indeed banging.

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* WordOfGay: Believe it or not, all WineIsClassy: When the innuendo was completely accidental and Cornell wrote this Doctor as "asexual". When he realised how is at his jerkiest at the fans were interpreting start of the story, though, he really liked the theory that the Doctor goes into a small-town Northern pub and the Master were demands a specific vintage of Meursault. (In reality, he would undoubtedly have been beaten to within an item, and has since stated that they were indeed banging. inch of his life at this point.)
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* ServileSnarker: This incarnation of The Master is (apparently) loyal to The Doctor, but also can't help but constantly verbally jab at him.
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* WordOfGay: Believe it or not, all the innuendo was completely accidental and Cornell wrote this Doctor as "asexual". When he realised how the fans were interpreting the story, though, he really liked the theory that the Doctor and the Master were an item, and has since stated that they were indeed banging.
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Roz from the New Adventures and Anji Kapoor from the Eighth Doctor Advantures were also non-white companions, as well as Sharon.


The webcast was revolutionary for a number of reasons. It was going to be the first broadcast piece written by an author of the DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels. It starred a black companion (something previously only seen in the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comics). And it had the Doctor and the Master travelling together, exploring the possibility of friendship between them. Sadly, the timing was unfortunate -- because just before its release, the new TV series was announced for 2005. ''Scream of the Shalka'' and its Ninth Doctor were deemed "alternate universe", and the series is not considered part of the {{Whoniverse}} canon. It did, however, get both a novelisation and an official prose sequel: [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires/newstory/scottwright.shtml "The Feast of the Stone"]].

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The webcast was revolutionary for a number of reasons. It was going to be the first broadcast piece written by an author of the DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels. It starred a black companion (something previously only seen in the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comics).spin-offs). And it had the Doctor and the Master travelling together, exploring the possibility of friendship between them. Sadly, the timing was unfortunate -- because just before its release, the new TV series was announced for 2005. ''Scream of the Shalka'' and its Ninth Doctor were deemed "alternate universe", and the series is not considered part of the {{Whoniverse}} canon. It did, however, get both a novelisation and an official prose sequel: [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires/newstory/scottwright.shtml "The Feast of the Stone"]].
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''Scream of the Shalka'' is a [[AdobeFlash flash]]-animated ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial with Creator/RichardEGrant as the voice of a Ninth Doctor, SophieOkonedo as his new companion, and Creator/DerekJacobi as the Master. The story was written by Creator/PaulCornell, and its animation was produced by Creator/CosgroveHall. The serial was webcast by the BBC's official ''Doctor Who'' website in November and December of 2003.

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''Scream of the Shalka'' is a [[AdobeFlash flash]]-animated ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial with Creator/RichardEGrant as the voice of a Ninth Doctor, SophieOkonedo Creator/SophieOkonedo as his new companion, and Creator/DerekJacobi as the Master. The story was written by Creator/PaulCornell, and its animation was produced by Creator/CosgroveHall. The serial was webcast by the BBC's official ''Doctor Who'' website in November and December of 2003.
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Having now read the novel version, which includes a making-of section, I\'m sad to report all the gay subtext was unintentional. Paul Cornell does really like the gay romance interpretations, and encourages fans who want to see it that way, but didn\'t intend it at all as part of the story. Sorry about that. :)


The webcast was revolutionary for a number of reasons. It was going to be the first broadcast piece written by an author of the DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels. It starred a black companion (something previously only seen in the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comics). And it had the Doctor and the Master in a romantic relationship, which was intentionally left ambiguous in the story, but obvious enough for the fans to pick up on and later confirmed by WordOfGod. Sadly, the timing was unfortunate -- because just before its release, the new TV series was announced for 2005. ''Scream of the Shalka'' and its Ninth Doctor were deemed "alternate universe", and the series is not considered part of the {{Whoniverse}} canon. It did, however, get an official prose sequel: [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires/newstory/scottwright.shtml "The Feast of the Stone"]].

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The webcast was revolutionary for a number of reasons. It was going to be the first broadcast piece written by an author of the DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels. It starred a black companion (something previously only seen in the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comics). And it had the Doctor and the Master in a romantic relationship, which was intentionally left ambiguous in travelling together, exploring the story, but obvious enough for the fans to pick up on and later confirmed by WordOfGod.possibility of friendship between them. Sadly, the timing was unfortunate -- because just before its release, the new TV series was announced for 2005. ''Scream of the Shalka'' and its Ninth Doctor were deemed "alternate universe", and the series is not considered part of the {{Whoniverse}} canon. It did, however, get both a novelisation and an official prose sequel: [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires/newstory/scottwright.shtml "The Feast of the Stone"]].



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* BrownNoteBrownNote: The Shalka scream.



* FantasticRacism: The Shalka view humanity and all other humanoids as lower lifeforms
* FoeRomanceSubtext: The Doctor and the Master are an item, although it's subtle enough to not be explicitly clear.

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* FantasticRacism: The Shalka view humanity and all other humanoids as lower lifeforms
* FoeRomanceSubtext: The Doctor and the Master are an item, although it's subtle enough to not be explicitly clear.
lifeforms.



* HeelFaceTurn: The Master made one off-screen, and is now repenting (while snarking at the Doctor a lot). Given that he's also a robot for some reason, he may or may not have been given a MoralityChip.
* HomoeroticSubtext: Ohh boy.

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* HeelFaceTurn: The Master made one off-screen, and is now repenting (while snarking at the Doctor a lot). Given that he's also a robot for some reason, he may or may not have been given a MoralityChip.
* HomoeroticSubtext: Ohh boy.
MoralityChip.
** Originally, in the first drafts, the "companion" was to be a TARDIS-projected hologram of the Fifth Doctor.



* NoodleIncident: The Doctor's unspecified trauma would eventually become the Last Great Time War in the series proper. It's also strongly implied that it involved the Doctor's previous companion meeting a terrible fate.

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* NoodleIncident: The Doctor's unspecified trauma would eventually become the Last Great Time War in the series proper. It's also strongly implied (and confirmed by WordOfGod) that it involved the Doctor's previous companion meeting a terrible fate.



* {{Robosexual}}: According to implication and WordOfGod, the Doctor is in a relationship with the robotic Master.



* WordOfGay: The Doctor and the Master, sittin' in a tree. Their answering machine message is... [[HoYay special]].
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* TheCameo: DavidTennant very briefly voices a one-scene character. He was in the neighbourhood, heard what was being filmed, and begged for a part. He then proceeded to {{Squee}} so hard that the interview crew let him ramble about ''DoctorWho'' for a bit, during which he revealed that [[{{Adorkable}} his mum once knit him a miniature Fifth Doctor cricket sweater]].

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* TheCameo: DavidTennant Creator/DavidTennant very briefly voices a one-scene character. He was in the neighbourhood, heard what was being filmed, and begged for a part. He then proceeded to {{Squee}} so hard that the interview crew let him ramble about ''DoctorWho'' ''Series/DoctorWho'' for a bit, during which he revealed that [[{{Adorkable}} his mum once knit him a miniature Fifth Doctor cricket sweater]].
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* {{Robosexual}}: According to implication and WordOfGod, the Doctor is in a relationship with the robotic Master.
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& FantasticRacism: The Shalka view humanity and all other humanoids as lower lifeforms

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''Scream of the Shalka'' is a flash-animated ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial with Creator/RichardEGrant as the voice of a Ninth Doctor, SophieOkonedo as his new companion, and Creator/DerekJacobi as the Master. The story was written by Creator/PaulCornell, and its animation was produced by Creator/CosgroveHall. The serial was webcast by the BBC's official ''Doctor Who'' website in November and December of 2003.

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''Scream of the Shalka'' is a flash-animated [[AdobeFlash flash]]-animated ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial with Creator/RichardEGrant as the voice of a Ninth Doctor, SophieOkonedo as his new companion, and Creator/DerekJacobi as the Master. The story was written by Creator/PaulCornell, and its animation was produced by Creator/CosgroveHall. The serial was webcast by the BBC's official ''Doctor Who'' website in November and December of 2003.
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The webcast was revolutionary for a number of reasons. It was going to be the first broadcast piece written by an author of the DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels. It starred a black companion (something previously only seen in the ''DoctorWhoMagazine'' comics). And it had the Doctor and the Master in a romantic relationship, which was intentionally left ambiguous in the story, but obvious enough for the fans to pick up on and later confirmed by WordOfGod. Sadly, the timing was unfortunate -- because just before its release, the new TV series was announced for 2005. ''Scream of the Shalka'' and its Ninth Doctor were deemed "alternate universe", and the series is not considered part of the {{Whoniverse}} canon. It did, however, get an official prose sequel: [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires/newstory/scottwright.shtml "The Feast of the Stone"]].

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The webcast was revolutionary for a number of reasons. It was going to be the first broadcast piece written by an author of the DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels. It starred a black companion (something previously only seen in the ''DoctorWhoMagazine'' ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comics). And it had the Doctor and the Master in a romantic relationship, which was intentionally left ambiguous in the story, but obvious enough for the fans to pick up on and later confirmed by WordOfGod. Sadly, the timing was unfortunate -- because just before its release, the new TV series was announced for 2005. ''Scream of the Shalka'' and its Ninth Doctor were deemed "alternate universe", and the series is not considered part of the {{Whoniverse}} canon. It did, however, get an official prose sequel: [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires/newstory/scottwright.shtml "The Feast of the Stone"]].
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Let\'s not make things up and actually talk about what people say, okay?


* ArmedWithCanon: Creator/RussellTDavies ''strongly'' disliked Creator/RichardEGrant's performance. As soon as he became the new ShowRunner, he became very vocal about this Ninth Doctor not being canon.

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The webcast was revolutionary for a number of reasons. It was going to be the first piece of proper canon written by an author of the less-canon DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels. It starred a black companion (something previously only seen in the ''DoctorWhoMagazine'' comics). And it had the Doctor and the Master in a romantic relationship, which was intentionally left ambiguous in the story, but obvious enough for the fans to pick up on and later confirmed by WordOfGod. Sadly, the timing was unfortunate -- because just before its release, the new TV series was announced for 2005. ''Scream of the Shalka'' and its Ninth Doctor were deemed "alternate universe", and the series is not considered part of the {{Whoniverse}} canon. It did, however, get an official prose sequel: [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires/newstory/scottwright.shtml "The Feast of the Stone"]].

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The webcast was revolutionary for a number of reasons. It was going to be the first broadcast piece of proper canon written by an author of the less-canon DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels. It starred a black companion (something previously only seen in the ''DoctorWhoMagazine'' comics). And it had the Doctor and the Master in a romantic relationship, which was intentionally left ambiguous in the story, but obvious enough for the fans to pick up on and later confirmed by WordOfGod. Sadly, the timing was unfortunate -- because just before its release, the new TV series was announced for 2005. ''Scream of the Shalka'' and its Ninth Doctor were deemed "alternate universe", and the series is not considered part of the {{Whoniverse}} canon. It did, however, get an official prose sequel: [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires/newstory/scottwright.shtml "The Feast of the Stone"]].
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* AdmiringTheAbomination: After swallowing the Shalka's brain slug, the Doctor takes a few minutes to wax poetic about how beautiful their HiveMind is.
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* PopCulturedBadass: The Doctor and his love for ''{{Cabaret}}''.

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An English village is attacked by lava creatures called Shalka. The Doctor arrives to fight off the Shalka, but they have implanted pods in people's heads in the village and around the world, leading humanity in a global scream that will terraform the Earth into a Shalka habitat.




An English village is attacked by lava creatures called Shalka. The Doctor arrives to fight off the Shalka, but they have implanted pods in people's heads in the village and around the world, leading humanity in a global scream that will terraform the Earth into a Shalka habitat.

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\nAn English village is attacked by lava creatures called Shalka. The Doctor arrives to fight off the Shalka, but they have implanted pods in people's heads in the village and around the world, leading humanity in a global scream that will terraform the Earth into a Shalka habitat.
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The timing was unfortunate for the show, because just before its release, the new TV series was announced for 2005. ''Scream of the Shalka'' and its Ninth Doctor were deemed "alternate universe", and the series is not considered part of the {{Whoniverse}} canon. It did, however, get an official prose sequel: [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires/newstory/scottwright.shtml "The Feast of the Stone"]].

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The webcast was revolutionary for a number of reasons. It was going to be the first piece of proper canon written by an author of the less-canon DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels. It starred a black companion (something previously only seen in the ''DoctorWhoMagazine'' comics). And it had the Doctor and the Master in a romantic relationship, which was intentionally left ambiguous in the story, but obvious enough for the fans to pick up on and later confirmed by WordOfGod. Sadly, the timing was unfortunate for the show, -- because just before its release, the new TV series was announced for 2005. ''Scream of the Shalka'' and its Ninth Doctor were deemed "alternate universe", and the series is not considered part of the {{Whoniverse}} canon. It did, however, get an official prose sequel: [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires/newstory/scottwright.shtml "The Feast of the Stone"]].
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''Scream of the Shalka'' is a flash-animated ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial with RichardEGrant as the voice of a Ninth Doctor, SophieOkonedo as his new companion, and Creator/DerekJacobi as the Master. The story was written by Creator/PaulCornell, and its animation was produced by Creator/CosgroveHall. The serial was webcast by the BBC's official ''Doctor Who'' website in November and December of 2003.

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''Scream of the Shalka'' is a flash-animated ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial with RichardEGrant Creator/RichardEGrant as the voice of a Ninth Doctor, SophieOkonedo as his new companion, and Creator/DerekJacobi as the Master. The story was written by Creator/PaulCornell, and its animation was produced by Creator/CosgroveHall. The serial was webcast by the BBC's official ''Doctor Who'' website in November and December of 2003.



* ArmedWithCanon: RussellTDavies ''strongly'' disliked RichardEGrant's performance. As soon as he became the new ShowRunner, he became very vocal about this Ninth Doctor not being canon.

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* ArmedWithCanon: RussellTDavies Creator/RussellTDavies ''strongly'' disliked RichardEGrant's Creator/RichardEGrant's performance. As soon as he became the new ShowRunner, he became very vocal about this Ninth Doctor not being canon.
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**{{Irony}}: Funny thing is, of course, the Fifth Doctor is now his father-in-law, and [[AscendedFanboy he's also been the Doctor himself]].
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changed the o to a u in mum. this shouldn\'t bug me as much as it does.


* TheCameo: DavidTennant very briefly voices a one-scene character. He was in the neighbourhood, heard what was being filmed, and begged for a part. He then proceeded to {{Squee}} so hard that the interview crew let him ramble about ''DoctorWho'' for a bit, during which he revealed that [[{{Adorkable}} his mom once knit him a miniature Fifth Doctor cricket sweater]].

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* TheCameo: DavidTennant very briefly voices a one-scene character. He was in the neighbourhood, heard what was being filmed, and begged for a part. He then proceeded to {{Squee}} so hard that the interview crew let him ramble about ''DoctorWho'' for a bit, during which he revealed that [[{{Adorkable}} his mom mum once knit him a miniature Fifth Doctor cricket sweater]].
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''Scream of the Shalka'' is a flash-animated ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial with RichardEGrant as the voice of a Ninth Doctor. The story was written by Creator/PaulCornell, and its animation was produced by Creator/CosgroveHall. The serial was webcast by the BBC's official ''Doctor Who'' website in November and December of 2003.

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''Scream of the Shalka'' is a flash-animated ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial with RichardEGrant as the voice of a Ninth Doctor.Doctor, SophieOkonedo as his new companion, and Creator/DerekJacobi as the Master. The story was written by Creator/PaulCornell, and its animation was produced by Creator/CosgroveHall. The serial was webcast by the BBC's official ''Doctor Who'' website in November and December of 2003.

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''Scream of the Shalka'' is a flash-animated ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial with RichardEGrant as the voice of a Ninth Doctor. The story was written by Creator/PaulCornell, and its animation was produced by CosgroveHall. The serial was webcast by the BBC's official ''Doctor Who'' website in November and December of 2003.

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''Scream of the Shalka'' is a flash-animated ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial with RichardEGrant as the voice of a Ninth Doctor. The story was written by Creator/PaulCornell, and its animation was produced by CosgroveHall.Creator/CosgroveHall. The serial was webcast by the BBC's official ''Doctor Who'' website in November and December of 2003.
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* HomoeroticSubtext: Ohh boy.
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* TheCameo: DavidTennant very briefly voices a one-scene character. He was in the neighbourhood, heard what was being filmed, and begged for a part.

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* TheCameo: DavidTennant very briefly voices a one-scene character. He was in the neighbourhood, heard what was being filmed, and begged for a part. He then proceeded to {{Squee}} so hard that the interview crew let him ramble about ''DoctorWho'' for a bit, during which he revealed that [[{{Adorkable}} his mom once knit him a miniature Fifth Doctor cricket sweater]].

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