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The Lazarus Project was the fifth and final story of Season 36 of Doctor Who. It was written by Mark Wright & Cavan Scott, directed by Marcus Mortimer and featured Michael French as the Doctor and Laurie Holden as Sammy Thompson, alongside Sylvester McCoy reprising his role as the Seventh Doctor.
Synopsis
"I'll survive, Doctor. I always do."
Unfinished business.
A frightened girl is stalked in a land of eternal night.
A hunter longs for recognition and power.
A traveller in time returns to correct the mistakes of the past and faces a danger that could rob him of his future. Unless his future intervenes.
And in the shadows stands Nimrod. Waiting...
Welcome to the Forge.
Plot
Part 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
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Cast
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Crew
- Created by Sydney Newman, Donald Wilson and C.E. Webber
- Executive Producer - David Renwick
- Writers - Mark Wright & Cavan Scott
- Producer - Sue Vertue
- Script Editor - Steven Moffat
- Director - Marcus Mortimer
- Director of Photography - Geoff Harrison
- Production Designer - John Asbridge
- Visual Effects - Orange Tree VFX
- Make-Up Designer - Vanessa White
- Casting Director - Andy Pryor
- Music - Richard Attree
- Costume Designer - James Baylan
- Edited by - Mark Lawrence
- Original Theme Music - Ron Grainer
- Title Music - Julian Stewart Lindsay
- Title Sequence by Mike Tucker
Memorable Quotes
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Background Information
Development
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Pre-Production
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Production
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Post-Production
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Reaction
- Part One received a 7-Day Viewing Figure from BARB of 8.62m viewers. It ranked at 30th over the week.
- Part Two received a 7-Day Viewing Figure from BARB of 8.83m viewers. It ranked at 29th over the week.
- Part Three received a 7-Day Viewing Figure from BARB of 9.09m viewers. It ranked at 25th over the week.
Story Notes
- This is the first story to feature the Seventh Doctor since (DW: The Lords of Time), and also marks the first multi-Doctor story since then.
- This is the last Doctor Who story to first air in the 20th century.
Continuity
- The Forge's computer Oracle recognises the Seventh Doctor from descriptions of his appearance given in reports from incidents in Shoreditch in November 1963 (DW: Remembrance of the Daleks) and Carbury in 1997. (DW: Battlefield)
- Nimrod uses a Bowship to kill Cassie and the Ninth Doctor clone. (DW: State of Decay)
- The Doctor again refers to the conflict between the Time Lords and vampires, which he first encountered in his fourth incarnation. (DW: State of Decay)
Home Video Releases
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