Story 168 # "New Earth"

Season

2

Writer

Russell T. Davies

Book/CD

Episodes

1

Director

James Hawes

Vid

Story code

Producer

Phil Colinson

DVD

X

Episode Details

Episode

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In BBC Archive

1

44:01

15/04/2006

Y

Cast Details

Regular Cast
David Tennant (The Doctor), Billie Piper (Rose)

Synopsis

Whilst the Doctor enters the TARDIS and begins to activate various controls, Rose remains outside to bid farewell to Jackie and Mickey. Soon she joins her friend inside the craft and in no time at all they are spinning through the time vortex. When Rose enquires as to where they are going, the Doctor explains excitedly: “Further than we’ve ever gone before”

1. What's left of the words "BAD WOLF" can still be seen on the ground at the beginning.
2. Cassandra and her robotic spiders were first seen in the season one episode The End of the World.
3. Despite speculation that this would occur throughout the series as with ‘Bad Wolf’ is series one, there appears to be no reference to Torchwood in this episode.
4. The TARDIS is in a different location at the beginning of this episode compared to the final scene in The Christmas Invasion, implying there may well have been other adventures between these two stories (i.e. Attack of the Graske) but some references to the Doctor being a ‘new’ Doctor do imply very little time has passed since Christmas.
5. The Doctor has met cat people before in Invasion of the Cat People and Survival.