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*The following article is written from an Out of Universe perspective.*

The Societal Step was the sixth story of Season 40 of Doctor Who. It was written by Toby Whithouse, directed by David Tucker and featured Richard Griffiths as the Doctor and Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield.

Synopsis

The Doctor and Benny land on a planet of Female dominance where the male gender is being oppressed and the female reign supreme.

Benny is appalled by the prejudice in their society but the Doctor refuses to do anything as that will be interfering in a societal step that happens in every culture.

Will the Doctor change his mind when he finds horrors that are far worse than a societal step?

Plot

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Cast

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Crew

Created by Sydney Newman, Donald Wilson and C.E. Webber
Executive Producer - David Renwick

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

This episode received a 7-Day Viewing Figure from BARB of 7.91m viewers. It ranked at 18th over the week.

Story Notes

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Continuity

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Home Video Releases

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-{{Episode|doctor(s) = [[Ninth Doctor]]|companion(s) = [[Grace Holloway]]|other_enemies = [[Saturnytes]]|main_setting(s) = [[Saturnyne]]|written_by = [[Toby Whithouse]]|directed_by = [[Keith Boak]]|produced_by = [[Chris Sanderman]]|season = 40|story_number = 247|original_air_date(s) = 27/09/2003 - 18/10/2003|original_release = BBC One|image2 = The Societal Step.png|caption2 = Title card|previous_serial = [[The Legend of Merlin]]|next_serial = [[The Other]]}}'''The Societal Step '''was the seventh story of [[Season 40]]. It was written by [[Toby Whithouse]], directed by [[Keith Boak]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Daphne Ashbrook]] as [[Grace Holloway]].
+{{Episode|prodcode = 11H|episodenumber = Episode 10|doctor(s) = [[Eighth Doctor]]|companion(s) = [[Bernice Summerfield]]|other_enemies = [[Saturnytes]]|main_setting(s) = [[Saturnyne]]|written_by = [[Toby Whithouse]]|directed_by = [[David Tucker]]|produced_by = [[Bill Shapter]]|season = [[Season 40 (Doctor Who) | Season 40]]|story_number = |original_air_date(s) = [[27 September (releases) |27 September]] 2003|original_release = BBC One|image2 =Dw032.jpg |caption2 = |previous_serial = |next_serial = |title1 = The Societal Step|executive_producers = [[David Renwick]]|format = 1x45 minute episode|chapter = [[Doctor Who: Chapter Three| Chapter Three]]|chapter_nuber = [[Doctor Who: Chapter Two#Part III | Part III]]|nNthReleasedInSeries = 246|aPrevReleasedInSeries = LIVE 34 (episode)|sSeries = Doctor Who|aNextReleasedInSeries = Spare Parts (serial)|nNthReleasedInAll = 274|aPrevReleasedInAll = LIVE 34 (episode)|aNextReleasedInAll = Spare Parts (serial)|TXtime = 19:30}}{{Realworld}}'''The Societal Step '''was the sixth story of [[Season 40 (Doctor Who)|Season 40]] of ''[[Doctor Who (TV Series)|Doctor Who]]''. It was written by [[Toby Whithouse]], directed by [[David Tucker]] and featured [[Richard Griffiths]] as [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Lisa Bowerman]] as [[Bernice Summerfield]].
-== Synopsis==
+==Synopsis==
-The Doctor and Grace land on a planet of Female dominance where the male gender are being oppressed and the female reign supreme.
+The Doctor and Benny land on a planet of Female dominance where the male gender is being oppressed and the female reign supreme.
-Grace is appalled by the prejudice in their society but the Doctor refuses to do anything as that will be interfering in a societal step that happens in every culture.
+Benny is appalled by the prejudice in their society but the Doctor refuses to do anything as that will be interfering in a societal step that happens in every culture.
-Will the Doctor change his mind when he finds horrors that are far worst than a societal step?
+Will the Doctor change his mind when he finds horrors that are far worse than a societal step?
 ==Plot==
-===Part 1===
 To be added.
-===Part 2===
+==Cast==
+*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Richard Griffiths]]
+*[[Bernice Summerfield]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
 To be added.
-===Part 3===
+==Crew==
+*Created by [[Sydney Newman]], [[Donald Wilson]] and [[C.E. Webber]]
-To be added.
+*[[Executive Producers|Executive Producer]] - [[David Renwick]]
-===Part 4===
-To be added.
+*[[Writer]] - [[Toby Whithouse]]
-==Cast==
-*[[Ninth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
+*[[Producers|Producer]] - [[Bill Shapter|Bill Shapter]]
-*[[Grace Holloway]] - [[Daphne Ashbrook]]
+*[[Script Editors|Script Editor]] - [[Russell T Davies]]
+*[[Director]] - [[David Tucker]]
-To be added
+*[[Director of photography|Director of Photography]] - [[Ernie Vincze]]
-==Crew==
+*[[Production designer|Production Designer]] - [[Jon Bunker]]
-To be added.
+*[[Visual effects|Visual Effects]] - [[The Mill]]
+*[[Make-up designer|Make-Up Designer]] - [[Davy Jones]]
+*[[Casting director|Casting Director]] - [[Andy Pryor]]
+*[[Incidental music|Music]] - [[Murray Gold]]
+*[[Costume designer|Costume Designer]] - [[Lucinda Wright]]
+*[[Editor|Edited by]] - [[Mike Jones]]
+*[[Special Effects]] - [[Bryan Stanislas]]
+*[[Theme Music|Original Theme Music]] - [[Ron Grainer]]
+*[[Theme Music|Title Music]] - [[Mark Ayres]]
+*[[Title Sequence|Title Sequence by]] [[CAL Video]]
 ==Memorable Quotes==
 To be added.
 ==Background Information==
 ===Development===
-To be added
+To be added.
 ===Pre-Production===
 To be added.
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 ===Reaction===
+* This episode received a 7-Day Viewing Figure from BARB of 7.91m viewers. It ranked at 18th over the week.
-To be added.
 ===Story Notes===
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 ==Home Video Releases==
+To be added.
-VHS
-*This story was first released on VHS in 2003.
-DVD
-*This story along with the other stories in [[Season 40]] were included in [[the Complete Season 40 Box Set]] released in December 2003.
-*This story was included in [[The Complete Richard E Grant Era (DVD Box Set)]] in April 2012.
-*This story was included in [[The Complete Paul McGann Era (DVD Box Set)]] as a Bonus Disc
 [[Category:Stories]]
-[[Category:Ninth Doctor stories]]
+[[Category:Eighth Doctor stories]]
-[[Category:Chapter Two Part III Stories]]
+[[Category:Chapter Three Stories]]