#planet of the dead

[blackbonnet-ruined-my-life]

It’s a week until Easter so time to share this. Original doctor who format by the person in the watermark (far as I can tell they deleted their account) and GO addition by me

[lemonycheesecakes]

Does anyone else randomly collect doctor who DVDs even though they're literally all on iplayer? Just for the funzies of owning something cool? Cuz I do. Anyway, here's my collection so far

It's a pretty small collection but still really cool I also own this weird DVD with The End of Time (both parts) and The Eleventh Hour and it's in a paper case because was sold alongside a newspaper, but that wouldn't fit in the pic

[nkp1981]

Promo Pic Of Lady Christina de Souza And The 10th Doctor

[casasupernovas]

there is an ah-MAZING 10th doctor x lady christina edit on tiktok and while i normally cannot stand her, it did make me view the episode differently.

my main critique was that christina was so yuck. she's a snobby rich kid who is so bored with her life she steals for fun. it should be a cool concept but christina is so selfish and vain you kind of think eurgh. i have no doubt if she became a companion however, that she could have became a better person. we'll never know. her sexual tension with the tenrh doctor was brazy though. but that was another thing i was put off by because i was like...what? the doctor has had better companions than that, we've seen them. rose, martha, donna come on raise your standards man.

until i read someones comment about how they loved this episode because to them, this was the beginning of the timelord victorious arc and it all clicked. because he IS lowering his standards for even entertaining it. he CAN do better. but he's literally turned on by her doing something wrong because he recognises the trait because he also literally got started on this whole story of the show by stealing the tardis. he likes this stuff. they might have negatively impacted each other more than likely.

in summary, it makes me think of the 'dream weaver' audio adventure when he goes to this seedy tavern/bar place and donna is appalled that he's apparently a regular there.

[nortism]

doctor who liveblog pt 24

planet of the dead

- with that set up they were asking for someone to come in though the roof and steal the cup

- yoo the tardis was stolen

- i forgot to say anything but that was mad and the cgi was terrible, avg episode of doctor who

the waters of mars

- one tumblr user has told me this episode is good so i’m expecting big things

- so this is the one planet he needs a space suit for?

- doctor, doctor, fun :D

- space carrots!!

- uh oh the space carrots

- JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

- i’m going to be fuming if we’re not on mars by 2058

- uh oh they’re all about to die

- humans almost reaching extinction sounds about right

- uh oh they’re zombies

- i got too invested to live blog but omg adelaide killed herself??? and the ood????!?! what is going on??

- that was such an amazing episode tho, i love it when they morally grey my protagonist

the end of time pt 1

- so excited to see both the master and donna’s grandad in the episode cover

- christmas again?!

- yooo tiny tardis in the stained glass

- yayay the ood

- bro married queen elizabeth i?!

- yay ood paradise

- ominous prophecy from the ood as always

- oh great the cult of saxon

- oh she killed him again that’s nice

- oh did he live

- oh wilfred and his little christmas antlers i adore him

- he is loving that burger

- NO THE BURGER LADY

- FOUR KNOCKS

- DONNA!!!

- awww she’s engaged

- i miss her so bad

- who tf is that?

- the doctor and the master were childhood friends??? ohhh this is juicy

- what the fuck is going on

- that’s his daughter?! fucked up relationship

- oh he’s got a gun

- yes then companion wilfred

- helppp they got the master on a lead

- uh oh green aliens

- billionaires always obsessed with living forever

- this feels like a very elaborate prank to pull on the doctor

- THE TIMELORDS?!

- also say don’t spray bro

the end of time pt 2

- omg we’re on gallifrey

- oh we’re flashing back

- uh oh they’ve tied him up

- nooo donna

- oh shit she exploded them

- this is gay as hell

- well u didn’t have to hit him

- no not wilfred

- yayy the green aliens!!

- at least wilfred is getting to live out his dream of going to space

- oh he’s taking the gun

- ngl i have no idea what’s going on

- I JUST REALISED WHERE I RECOGNISED THE GREEN ALIEN MAN FROM, HE’S IN HORRIBLE HISTORIESSSSS

- that’s all i care about tbh

- pew pew pew

- he should def be dead

- uh oh timelords

- so we’re all just gonna pretend like doctor and master are normal names

- oh yay the people are back

- oh shit there’s gallifrey

- yes then the master

- he’s alive!!

- no the four knocks again shitttt

- WAIT IS WILFRED STUCK NOOO

- oh fucj the doctor

- oh he’s still breathing

- they just can’t kill this guy

- oh he’s regenerating

- MARTHAAAA

- mickey?!

- THEYRE MARRIED WTFFFFF

- my girl always has to have rose’s sloppy seconds 😭😭

- i’m so confused which universe is this

- oh he’s doing a goodbye tour

- aww donna got her wedding

- ROSEEEEE

- ohhh he’s gone back to see her one last timeeeee

- ohhh the ood

- i do not remember this being that dramatic last time

- hello matt smith

[s-h-a-s-e]

BAD WOLF TARDIS!!! BAD WOLF TARDIS!!! BAD WOLF TARDIS!!!

(p.s. can someone please explain why the TARDIS becomes part of the wall at sarah-jane's wedding?? (i don't watch sja episodes that involve the trickster on account of my deeprooted fear of that thing))

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[ziekaramaik]

Planet of the Dead is the funniest episode of Doctor Who to me. It's set up from beginning to end as an introduction for the new companion. The Doctor doesn't have one at the moment so the audience knows they'll be someone new joining ASAP. The epsode hits all the notes to show us Christina's personality, her banter with the Doctor, her skills -- the Doctor could use an Action Girl to compliment his technobabble. It is so formulaic. They work together so well. The episode practically bashes us over the head telling us "this is the new companion".

And then at the very last minute, the Doctor is like, "Nah, I don't feel like it."

[zonzolik]

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead - comments while watching

Oh that girl's pretty (also that burglary was very sexy)

Wtf did they just drove into

Oh. A desert. Okay. Sure. Why not.

Reminds me of Tatooine, it even has two suns!

Such a girlboss, love her (too strict tho, if you ask me)

10th has incredible calming skills

That storm doesn't look very good

Christina would be a great companion, not enough compassion tho

That's hella lot of flying creatures

They make such a good team, gonna miss her

Bloody Harry Potter this (love a flying double-decker)

CLOSE THE WORMHOLE YOU STUPID DOCTOR

Finally. Aaand it's on fire.

They look like one kind of dragon from HTTYD

Ooh and a kiss! I love this show.

She's too crazy for a companion

WHY DOESN'T HE WANT A COMPANION, YOU NEED ONE

That was a scary prophecy

(Can you tell that I watch DW alone and need to share my very random thoughts? No? Okay.)

[6-and-7]

The Dominators When two belligerent Dominators and their robotic servant Quarks land on the peaceful planet Dulkis planning to drop a radioactive seed into the planet's core to refuel their spaceship, the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe must attempt to inspire the pacifist Dulcians to resist.

Planet of the Dead When a London bus takes a detour to an alien world, the Tenth Doctor must join forces with the extraordinary Lady Christina. But the mysterious planet holds terrifying secrets and time is running out as the deadly Swarm gets closer…

[clairedelune-13]

[mizgnomer]

Behind the Scenes of Planet of the Dead - Part 24

Excerpt from TV & Satellite Week’s interview with Michelle Ryan:

She endured many a fight in Albert Square and in Bionic Woman, so battling aliens should be a piece of cake for Michelle Ryan as she takes on the role of the Doctor’s light-fingered companion Lady Christina.

The 24-year-old was required to perform a number of stunts for the role. “I got a real buzz when I was pulled on a wire 50 feet up. But I did once fall flat on my face when I was running down the sand dunes in Dubai.  Doctor Who Confidential has it all on camera.”

Ryan had never watched any of the new series before getting the role, but is now a firm fan. “I’ve got the box set and I can see why the show is so huge because David is a brilliant leading man,” she says.

“Being a Doctor Who companion wasn’t something I’d thought about, but when I was having photos taken to make the action doll of Christina, I thought, ‘This is really cool’.”

Link to [ Part One ] of this set, or click the #whoBtsPotD tag for all parts.  A link to all behind-the-scenes sets can be found [ here ].

[justahumblememefarmer]

Ultimate Doctor Who Poll Round 2 - Matchup 24

Episode Summaries under the cut

58: Planet of the Dead - 2009 Easter Special: While the Doctor is traveling on a bus, it drives through a portal, transporting them to a desert planet. He and another passenger, Lady Christina de Souza, go to explore the area and are captured by aliens Tritovores who reveal that the sandstorm approaching is actually a swarm of alien creatures who have eaten the Tritoveres planet, reducing it to a desert. The massive energy of them in the swarm is generating the portal the bus came through and will allow them to move on to Earth to keep feeding. They are able to use some technology from the aliens to make the bus fly and make it back to Earth, where the Doctor is able to close the portal.

71: The Fires of Pompeii - Season 4, Episode 2: The Doctor takes Donna for her first official trip as a companion, but takes her to Pompeii instead of Rome, the day before the volcano will explode. Donna wants to evacuate the city, but the Doctor claims that Pompeii is a fixed point in history and they can't change anything. They find that all of the soothsayers in the city can accurately predict the future and read minds. They do this by inhaling vapors from the vents around Pompeii, but also causes them to slowly turn to stone. Mysteriously, the only thing the soothsayers seem unable to see is the volcano erupting.

They discover that the dust is made out of rock-like aliens that are converting the soothsayers into their species. Their base is inside the volcano sapping energy from it, which in turn would cause it to never erupt. They plan to conquer the Earth as they lost their own planet. The Doctor realizes that in order to preserve history, he must disable their device and cause the volcano to erupt himself, killing everybody in Pompeii to save the Earth. He makes the decision and begins to leave, but Donna begs him to save at least one person, so they return to save a family they met and use the TARDIS to get them to safety.

[lasttree-garsennon]

He should have taken her with him they would've been absolutely brilliant

Ooooh aNyOnE i TrAvEl WiTh DiEs NeVeR aGaIn

Shut the fuck up

[nkp1981]

Doctor Who Special: "Planet of the Dead", 2009

[denimbex1986]

'To celebrate David Tennant’s triumphant return to Doctor Who for the 60th anniversary, we’ve scoured the Radio Times Archive to present some fabulous images from the numerous RT photoshoots Tennant took part in between 2005 and 2009, when he first played the Time Lord.

Many have never been published before, and some were never shown in this form with plain studio backdrops that were digitally changed for RT covers and features across those years.

Christmas 2005

By Christmas 2005, showrunner Russell T Davies was flush with success after his storming first season starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. But now he was introducing David Tennant as the 10th incarnation of the Time Lord.

Writing in the Christmas double issue of Radio Times, Davies explained, "This is the advent of a brand new Doctor. With David Tennant now at the helm of the Tardis, bringing a wholly different dynamic to the show, we decided to make the story even more epic."

For much of the storyline of The Christmas Invasion, the new Doctor was running around in pyjamas – as reflected in his first Radio Times photoshoot. But Tennant was already looking ahead, as he told RT: "Filming [for the new season] lasts 38 weeks. It’s relentless, certainly, but it’s not like a real job. Daily, it’s incredibly exciting because it’s so mind-expanding and bonkers!"

The Radio Times Covers Party

In February 2006, Russell T Davies, David Tennant and Billie Piper were honoured guests at the Radio Times Covers Party, celebrating the magazine’s cover stars of the previous year. Acting giant Helen Mirren, who has never appeared in Doctor Who, joined in the fun on the night.

Piper said of co-star Tennant, "He is just the most straight-down-the-line bloke you could wish to meet. He’s your best friend, your brother and your boyfriend kind of rolled into one."

Season 2 - 2006

For the launch of season two, David Tennant’s first full run, Radio Times set up a special photoshoot that would form a gatefold cover of friends and foes.

The photographer, Matt Holyoak, appears himself in several of these rare behind-the-scenes images taken by Ben Gold.

Asked how long he thought he might play the Doctor, Tennant told RT, "I just don’t know and, of course, it’s all anybody ever asks me.

"We’ve just about finished this series and I’m fairly certain I’ll do the next one. Although I’ve yet to record the closing seconds of episode 13 – literally anything could happen. Who knows who’s coming back?!"

Christmas 2006

Come Christmas 2006, the Tenth Doctor found himself embroiled with Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) in The Runaway Bride. "There’s no let-up for him," Tennant told RT. "He’s suddenly flung into a new, bizarre set of circumstances with this woman who’s appeared in his front room, as it were. Then he’s off on this madcap romp with Donna."

Sadly, we have no RT pictures of Donna from that year, but Tate told us in 2006, "We were just delighted that no one was expecting me to turn up in the TARDIS. They said it’s the first time a secret hasn’t leaked out on Doctor Who." Of her character, she revealed, "She’s absolutely furious! She has no time for this madman. And she’s quite feisty, is Donna. That’s her keyword: feisty."

Season 3 - 2007

For his second season, David Tennant teamed up with Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones. He told RT, "It’s one of the things that’s given this show the longevity it has; that it’s essentially the same format, but putting a new relationship at the heart of it spices things up a little bit. Also, obviously, Freema’s a very different actress, so that gives it a different vibe, too."

By the end of the season, the duo would become a trio with the return of John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness for the final three episodes, Utopia, The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords.

These two sets of RT pictures were all taken on the same day in February 2007, allowing for a change of clothing for Tennant and Agyeman.

Children in Need - 2007

For the BBC’s fundraiser Children in Need in 2007, David Tennant was unexpectedly united with Fifth Doctor Peter Davison.

This short interlude set inside the TARDIS was written by Steven Moffat, who told RT: "I bumped into David at a concert and we talked about a way of getting Peter Davison back, because we’re both big fans of Peter’s Doctor. They hadn’t had different Doctors meeting up on the new show. So if we could justify him being a bit older and pop him back in, that would be a laugh."

Moffat continued, "They loved each other! And they worked really well together because they’ve both got a lot of pace and energy as actors. There's a tremendous charm to these two men: both Doctors and both Doctor Who fans."

Tennant would later marry Davison’s daughter Georgia Moffett, bringing them even closer together.

Christmas 2007

For the 2007 Christmas special, Voyage of the Damned, David Tennant joined forces with pop icon Kylie Minogue, who was persuaded to return to acting to play Astrid Peth, a doomed waitress aboard a space liner called Titanic.

Tennant told RT, "The Doctor and Astrid very quickly become inseparable." He described co-starring with Minogue as "a very nice meeting of the planets". But would the Time Lord and Astrid kiss? "Well, if you had Kylie in the Christmas special, would you have her kiss the Doctor?"

As the special was set on space version of Titanic, the creative forces of Radio Times and Doctor Who built a set-up in homage to the James Cameron cinema blockbuster with Tennant and Minogue on the prow of the ship. For the RT cover and features, a starry background was added. These are the raw shots.

Season 4 - 2008

For David Tennant’s final season, Catherine Tate was back full-time as Donna Noble.

"Everyone assumed Donna was a one-off – myself included," she told RT. "But now she has a whole season to have a story arc. So none of the feistiness has been lost, but you also get to tap into a different side of her – a much more vulnerable side. They’ve really rounded Donna out from being a shouting fish wife to someone who’s quite vulnerable and emotional."

Tennant added, "They’re good at limiting each other’s less appealing excesses. There’s an equality. It’s not quite teacher and pupil, which in a sense the Doctor and Martha and the Doctor and Rose were."

Speaking of whom… Freema Agyeman and Billie Piper were returning as Martha and Rose later in this season – and attending the same Radio Times photoshoot.

Christmas 2008

David Tennant had recently announced his departure from Doctor Who, and this festive special was teasingly entitled The Next Doctor.

Russell T Davies told RT, "Hopefully, that creates a bit more intrigue and hints at interesting developments in the show’s future. Let’s just say that regeneration is a complicated process and never as simple as it seems."

Although the Doctor’s identity and future were in question, Tennant posed for a definitive set of photographs in a Radio Times shoot.

Planet of the Dead - 2009

David Tennant’s initial run in Doctor Who ended with a series of specials. In Planet of the Dead, for Easter 2009, he was teamed with former EastEnders and Bionic Woman star Michelle Ryan as Lady Christina.

"She’s very easy-going," Tennant told RT. "Considering she’s been to Hollywood and back, she’s untouched by pretension or actors' lunacy, which others in her position might be. She’s a delight to have around and seems to be having fun."

Tennant continued, "This Easter episode is, I suppose, the last hurrah for my Doctor. The end is nigh. You can sense the Grim Reaper knocking on the door. But how many times?"

The Sarah Jane Adventures - 2009

By May 2009, David Tennant had filmed The End of Time, his last two episodes of Doctor Who as the incumbent Doctor. But there was one further assignment. A guest appearance in The Sarah Jane Adventures for The Wedding of Sarah Jane. Which makes this his final photoshoot for Radio Times during his four-year tenure, alongside his childhood heroine Elisabeth Sladen.

Tennant told RT in 2009, "If The Sarah Jane Adventures had existed when I was eight, and [Fourth Doctor] Tom Baker had come in for an episode, I would have thought that was the coolest thing on Earth! It’s the sort of proper, sophisticated, exciting drama with which we should be inspiring young minds."'