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The Doomsday Cannon was a serial consisting of the first and second episodes of Season 53 of Doctor Who. It was written by Adrian Hodges, directed by Andy Hay and featured Adjoa Andoh as the Fifteenth Doctor and Alex Jennings as Bertie Reynolds.
Synopsis
On the Gaian industrial colony Erstden, scientist, Bertie Reynolds, investigates an ever increasingly dangerous case of parasitic ice, all the while, a strange woman poses as a chief officer onboard a Gaian ship: it's mission to squash the resistance based on Erstden.
Plot
Part One
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Part Two
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Cast
- The Doctor - Adjoa Andoh
- Bertie Reynolds - Alex Jennings
- Sam Reynolds - Sophie Rundle
- Meena Patel - Balvinder Sopal
- Malhotra - Kerri McLean
- Ananta - Gina Gangar
- Kisling - Gbemisola Ikumelo
- Uthman - Nick Mohammed
- Gilead - Maya Sansa
- Emunah - Tosh Wanogho-Maud
- Patrobus - David Westhead
- Aradhana - Amie Francis
- Bhatt - Natasha Magigi
- Vijay - Sam Otto
Crew
- Created by Sydney Newman, Donald Wilson and C.E. Webber
- Executive Producers - Adrian Hodges, Jane Espenson and Gaynor Holmes
- Co-Executive Producers - Douglas Aarniokoski, Stephen McDonogh, Simon Tyrrell and Carissa Hope Lynch
- Director of Photography - Vanessa Whyte
- Production Designer - Andy Harris
- Visual Effects - DNEG
- Make-Up - Wendy Kemp Forbes
- Casting Director - Andy Pryor
- Music - Jeff Russo
- Costume Designer - Louise Allen
- Edited by - Colin Monie
- The Gaians created by Robert Shearman and Ronald D. Moore
- The Flood created by Phil Ford
Memorable Quotes
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Background Information
Production History
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Development
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Production
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Post-Production
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Release
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Reaction
- Part One received a 7-Day Viewing Figure from BARB of 7.51 million viewers. It ranked at 11th over the week, which changed to 8th when the 28-Day Figures came out, putting the episode at 8.05 million viewers.
- Part Two received a 7-Day Viewing Figure from BARB of 7.12 million viewers. It ranked at 15th over the week, which changed to 11th when the 28-Day Figures came out, putting the episode at 7.71 million viewers.
Story Notes
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Continuity
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Home Video Releases
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