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The Third Planet was a serial consisting of the fifteenth and sixteenth episodes of Season 50 of Doctor Who. It was written by Ronald D. Moore, directed by Rachel Talalay and featured Samantha Bond as the Fourteenth Doctor, Sarah Winter as Raleigh Baker-Mitchell and Daniel Adegboyega as Pete Fletcher, Montserrat Lombard as Erin Harrison, William Moseley as Kyle Harrison, Bernard Cribbins as Hogan Cox, Juliet Landau as Zenla, Emer Kenny as Gemma Legato as well as introducing Adjoa Andoh as the Fifteenth Doctor.
Synopsis
With Zenla, Gemma and Caitrin's help, the Doctor has one final stand with the Cybermen, as they, with the help of the Master, plan to avert the destruction of Mondas, not just changing their timeline forever, but also the Doctors...
Plot
Part I
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Part II
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Cast
- The Doctor - Samantha Bond
- The Doctor - Adjoa Andoh
- Raleigh Baker-Mitchell – Sarah Winter
- Pete Fletcher - Daniel Adegboyega
- The Master - Jason Isaacs
- Erin Harrison - Montserrat Lombard
- Kyle Harrison - William Moseley
- Hogan Cox – Bernard Cribbins
- Amanda Theodore – T'Nia Miller
- Zenla – Juliet Landau
- Gemma Legato – Emer Kenny
- Caitrin Ryan – Gillian Anderson
- Thomas - Seán Gleeson
- Yvonne – Julia Deakin
- Frank – Ian Midlane
- Voice of the Cybermen – Nicholas Briggs
Crew
- Created by Sydney Newman, Donald Wilson and C.E. Webber
- Executive Producers - Ronald D. Moore, Jane Espenson and Ken MacQuarrie
- Co-Executive Producers - Toni Graphia, Bradley Thompson, David Weddle, Nicholas Briggs, Matthew B. Roberts and Toby Whithouse
- Director of Photography - Stuart Biddlecombe
- Production Designer - Richard Hudolin
- Visual Effects - DNEG
- Make-Up - Suzanne Jansen
- Casting Director - Andy Pryor
- Music - Bear McCreary
- Costume Designer - Suzanne Cave
- Edited by - Will Oswald
- Original Theme Music - Ron Grainer
- Title Music - Bear McCreary
- Title Sequence - Goodbye Kansas Studios
- The Master created by Robert Holmes
- Cybermen created by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davies
- UNIT created by Derrick Sherwin
Memorable Quotes
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Background Information
Production History
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Development
- A sixth movie was in the works following the season prior to Samantha Bond announcing her departure as well as keeping with the continuity first placed with the first movie in 2003 from the Tenth Doctor onwards although it had started to be passed around by Paramount under the title 'Doctor Who VI' since the release of the fifth movie. However, it had undergone development hell by the time Season 50 was in production, and with the sudden exit of Bond, it was eventually decided by CBS to showrunner Ronald D. Moore for the Doctor to regenerate in the TV series. The planned sixth movie was put on the back burner for a later date.
- Initially, the first part was to end on a cliffhanger by not showing the Fifteenth Doctor until the next episode. Following the unexpected decision to make the Doctor regenerate in the story, the BBC wanted to promote episode 16 as Adjoa Andoh's first episode as the Doctor.
Production
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Post-Production
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Reaction
- Part I received a 7-Day Viewing Figure from BARB of 8.25 million viewers. It ranked at 3rd over the week, which changed to 4th when the 28-Day Figures came out, putting the episode at 8.81 million viewers.
- Part II received a 7-Day Viewing Figure from BARB of 10.21 million viewers. It ranked at 1st over the week, which changed to 1st when the 28-Day Figures came out, putting the episode at 10.87 million viewers.
Story Notes
- This story marks the first time that the Doctor regenerated in the main TV series since the Ninth Doctor in Season 37's The Chimes of Midnight from 2000.
- The story title is based on the First Doctor's regeneration story, The Tenth Planet which also featured the Cybermen.
Continuity
- The Doctor attempts to keep her first incarnation's history together again (MOV: Doctor Who: Genesis)
Home Video Releases
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