181a – "Army of Ghosts"
Doctor Who episode
The titular "army of ghosts", Cybermen who have not fully materialised, march along Westminster Bridge, to the acceptance of the general public. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The Cybermen are a Fictional race of Cyborgs who are amongst the most persistent enemies of the Doctor in the British Science fiction television Westminster Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge over the River Thames between Westminster, Middlesex bank and Lambeth, Surrey bank in what
Cast
Doctor	David Tennant (Tenth Doctor)
Companion	Billie Piper (Rose Tyler)
Guest stars
Camille Coduri – Jackie Tyler Noel Clarke – Mickey Smith Tracy-Ann Oberman – Yvonne Hartman Raji James – Dr Rajesh Singh Freema Agyeman – Adeola Oshodi Hadley Fraser – Gareth Oliver Mellor – Matt Barbara Windsor – Peggy Mitchell Derek Acorah, Alistair Appleton, Trisha Goddard – Themselves
Production
Writer	Russell T. Davies
Director	Graeme Harper
Script editor	Helen Raynor
Producer	Phil Collinson
Executive producer(s)	Russell T. The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in David Tennant (born David John McDonald; 18 April 1971 is a Scottish Actor. The Tenth Doctor is the name given to the tenth incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running History of the Doctor Who companion When Doctor Who was created the dramatic structure of the programme's cast was rather different from the hero-and-sidekick Billie Paul Piper (born Lianne Paul Piper on 22 September 1982 is an English actress and pop Singer. Rose Marion Tyler is a fictional character played by Billie Piper in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who Camille Coduri (born 8 October, 1966 in Wandsworth, London) is a British actress Jacqueline Andrea Suzette "Jackie" Tyler (née Prentice) is a Fictional character in the British Science fiction television series Noel Anthony Clarke (born 6 December 1975) is an English Actor, director and writer from London. Mickey Smith is a Fictional character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Noel Clarke Tracy-Ann Oberman (born August 1966 in London) is an English television theatre and radio Actress, best known for her role as Chrissie Watts This is a list of villains from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Raji James was born Rajesh Jhanji on 24 February 1970 in Havant, England, and was brought up in nearby Paulsgrove. Freema Agyeman (born Frema Agyeman on 20 March, 1979) is an English actress of Ghanaian and Iranian descent This is a list of henchmen, Fictional characters serving villains and/or monsters and aliens in the long-running British science Hadley Fraser (born Robert Hugh Fraser on April 21, 1980) is an English stage Actor. Barbara Ann Windsor, MBE (born Barbara Ann Deeks on 6 August 1937) is an English actress. Margaret Ann "Peggy" Mitchell (née Martin; previously Butcher) is a Fictional character in the popular BBC Soap opera Derek Acorah (born 27 January 1950) is a medium and television personality in the UK. Alistair Appleton (born 1970 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent) is a British television presenter from England. Trisha Goddard (born 23 December, 1957) is an English Television presenter well known for her morning talk show Trisha Goddard Russell T Davies, OBE (born Stephen Russell Davies, 27 April, 1963) is a critically acclaimed British Television producer Graeme Harper (born March 11, 1945) is a British Television director. Helen Raynor (born Swansea March 1972 is a British Television and Theatre writer and Script editor. Phil Collinson is a British Television producer. He was initially an actor before switching to working behind the cameras in the industry Davies Julie Gardner
Series	Series 2
Length	45 minutes 1st episode of two-part story
Originally broadcast	1 July 2006 7:00 PM
Chronology
← Preceded by	Followed by →
"Fear Her"	"Doomsday"
IMDb profile

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The episode takes part on contemporary Earth, some time after the Doctor’s and Rose’s visit to Earth in "Love & Monsters". " Love & Monsters " is an episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. During this time, the public have become accustomed to intermittent appearances of ghosts. A ghost is said to be the apparition of a Deceased person frequently similar in appearance to that person and usually encountered in places she or he frequented The Doctor tracks the source of the ghosts to the Torchwood Institute, where the Doctor learns of the Cybermen from "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel" crossing a breach in the "Void" created by a Dalek-piloted "void ship". " Rise of the Cybermen " is an episode in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. " The Age of Steel " is an episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. This is a list of planets fictional or otherwise that are mentioned in the British Science fiction Television series Doctor Who and its spinoff A Dalek (, ˈdɑːlεk is a member of a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Mutants from the British science fiction television The Science fiction Television series Doctor Who has presented various vehicles belonging to multiple races/societies

Contents 1 Plot 2 Continuity 3 Production 4 Broadcast and reception 5 References 6 External links 6.1 Reviews

Plot

The episode begins with Rose Tyler narrating how her life changed when she met the Doctor, and that she thought it would last forever. Rose Marion Tyler is a fictional character played by Billie Piper in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in But then came the ghosts, Torchwood, and the war, and begins to tell how her travels ended. This article is about the organisation within Doctor Who; for the spinoff programme see Torchwood.

The TARDIS materialises on the Powell Estate so Rose can visit her mother, Jackie Tyler. The TARDIS ( T ime A nd R elative D imension(s I n S pace is a time machine and Spacecraft in the Jacqueline Andrea Suzette "Jackie" Tyler (née Prentice) is a Fictional character in the British Science fiction television series Jackie shows the Doctor and Rose, to their surprise, that ghosts have been regularly visiting since they last left. After watching various television programmes, the Doctor and Rose find out that the ghosts started visiting several months before, and over time humanity accepted them. Disturbed by both the ghosts and their appearances being scheduled, the Doctor traces the "ghost shift" to One Canada Square, the secret base of the Torchwood Institute. One Canada Square (also known as the Canary Wharf Tower) is a Skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London.

Torchwood are shown to be, along with causing the ghosts to appear, experimenting on a sphere, which arrived concurrently with the ghosts. The sphere is commented to be without mass or a gravitation field – physically, it does not exist. The cause of all these is shown to be a "breach" between universes caused by the sphere, allowing Cybermen from a parallel universe^[2][3] to filter through, and slowly infiltrate Torchwood's ranks.

Upon arriving at Torchwood, the Doctor is taken prisoner, along with Jackie, who Yvonne Hartman, director of Torchwood, believes to be Rose. This is a list of villains from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Doctor is told that his encounter with Queen Victoria made him an enemy of the state, and was the catalyst for the creation of Torchwood. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland An enemy of the state is a person accused of certain Crimes against the State, such as Treason. ^[4] He is then shown the sphere, which he identifies as a "void ship", and the experiments on the breach, which the Doctor strongly disapproving of both practices, noting that experimenting with the breach will only cause it to fracture more. The Science fiction Television series Doctor Who has presented various vehicles belonging to multiple races/societies

Rose, free from detection, masquerades as an employee, and explores Torchwood. She is able to get into the chamber where the void ship is located, but is immediately questioned by Dr Singh, who is in charge of experimenting upon the sphere. He discovers that Rose is an imposter, and asks his colleague Samuel, who Rose recognises as Mickey Smith, to seal the doors. Mickey Smith is a Fictional character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Noel Clarke

At the end of the episode, the breach is fully opened, and the multitude of Cybermen are able to cross the Void. The Doctor notes that the Cybermen had already invaded the Earth successfully. At the same time, the void ship begins to open, and Mickey prepares to kill whatever comes out. The final scenes happen concurrently, and are of the Doctor learning in horror that the void ship is not of Cybermen design, and Rose, Mickey, and Singh watching four Daleks unexpectedly emerging from the void ship, with their leader, a Dalek Supreme, giving the order to exterminate. A Dalek (, ˈdɑːlεk is a member of a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Mutants from the British science fiction television Since their first appearance in 1963 there have been several variant models of the Daleks, a fictional alien race in the long-running BBC

Continuity

The majority of this episode takes place in the Torchwood Institute, which is seen on screen for the first time. The phrase "Torchwood" first originated from an anagram of Doctor Who used to conceal the "rushes" tapes during the filming of the first series. Dailies, in Filmmaking, is the term used to describe the raw unedited Footage shot during the making of a Motion picture. ^[5] It was an "arc word" used through the majority of the second series,^[6] starting with the episode "Bad Wolf". In both the original run and since the 2005 revival long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who has featured a number This article is about the Doctor Who episode For the folk tale character see Big Bad Wolf. ^[7]

The episode's secondary plot device is the Cybermen, from the universe featured in "The Age of Steel" and "Rise of the Cybermen". ^[8][9][10] The Cybermen breaking through plastic sheets is a recurring theme throughout Cybermen appearances, in particular, The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Invasion and Earthshock. The Tomb of the Cybermen is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired The Invasion is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first Earthshock is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly ^{[11][12][13][14]}

Production

The two-part finale comprising "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday" was originally going to take place in Cardiff on the time rift which was the focus of the episodes "The Unquiet Dead" and "Boom Town". The Cardiff Rift is a fictional wormhole in the Science fiction Television series Doctor Who and Torchwood, " The Unquiet Dead " is an episode in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on " Boom Town " is an episode in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on With the commission of the Torchwood series in 2005, Davies decided to base the spin-off in Cardiff and relocate "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday" to Canary Wharf in London. Canary Wharf is a large business and shopping development in London, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, centred on the old West India Docks ^[15]

To ensure that Noel Clarke and Shaun Dingwall (Mickey Smith and Pete Tyler, respectively) were available for filming, the story was filmed in the season's third production block along with "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel". Noel Anthony Clarke (born 6 December 1975) is an English Actor, director and writer from London. Shaun Dingwall (born 1972 in London) is a British actor. He was a regular in ITV 's series of police thriller serials Touching Evil Mickey Smith is a Fictional character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Noel Clarke Pete Tyler, full name Peter Alan Tyler, is a Fictional character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who " Rise of the Cybermen " is an episode in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. " The Age of Steel " is an episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. Filming for the story started on 2 November 2005 on location in Kennington, but this story did not become the primary focus of the production crew until 29 November, when filming began on the scenes in and around the sphere chamber. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Scenes in the lever room, the main setting for the story, were filmed between 12 December and 15 December, and 3 January and 5 January 2006. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[15]

The episode is also the first episode in which Freema Agyeman appears. Freema Agyeman (born Frema Agyeman on 20 March, 1979) is an English actress of Ghanaian and Iranian descent Originally only considered for the role of Adeola in this episode, Russell T Davies admired Agyeman's acting, especially alongside Tennant, and called her back to fill the role of companion that Piper had chosen to leave. History of the Doctor Who companion When Doctor Who was created the dramatic structure of the programme's cast was rather different from the hero-and-sidekick Agyeman was officially announced to be playing Martha Jones on 4 July 2006,^[16] with the Daily Mail commenting that she was (instead of Mickey Smith) the Doctor's "first black assistant". Dr Martha Jones is a fictional character played by Freema Agyeman in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Daily Mail is a British newspaper currently published in a tabloid format Mickey Smith is a Fictional character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Noel Clarke ^[17] Agyeman first appeared as Martha in the episode "Smith and Jones", which explained the resemblance between the two characters that she had portrayed. "Smith and Jones" is an episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. ^[18]

The episode also features references to other programmes by the BBC. The most notable of these is the cameo of Barbara Windsor as Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders, where she bars a ghost who she presumes to be Den Watts from The Queen Victoria. Barbara Ann Windsor, MBE (born Barbara Ann Deeks on 6 August 1937) is an English actress. Margaret Ann "Peggy" Mitchell (née Martin; previously Butcher) is a Fictional character in the popular BBC Soap opera EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 Dennis "Den" Watts was a Fictional character in the popular BBC Soap opera EastEnders, played by actor Leslie Grantham For the Queen see Victoria of the United Kingdom. Queen Vic is also the nickname of the Queen Victoria Market. Watts, presumed killed in 1989, returned to the soap in 2003,^[19] before being killed a second time in 2005 after being written out of the show. ^[20] Additionally, the shot of One Canada Square is taken from the opening credits of The Apprentice. ^[21]

Broadcast and reception

To keep the appearance of the Daleks secret, the final scene was removed from all preview tapes and replaced with a title card reading "final scene withheld until transmission", including the copy given to the Doctor Who microsite's "fear forecast" team. ^[22]

The episode was watched by 8. 19 million viewers, and was the seventh most watched programme of the week, behind four World Cup games and two episodes of Coronation Street. The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament The Companion episode of Doctor Who Confidential gained 570,000 viewers. Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary series created by the British Broadcasting Corporation to complement the revival of the long-running British ^[23] The episode's Appreciation Index was 86,^[15] above the average baseline of 77 for drama series. An Appreciation Index ( AI) is a score between 0 and 100 which is used as an indicator of the public's approval for a particular television programme or broadcast service in the ^[24]

The episode was generally well reviewed by critics. The Stage commented that the episode was "a tense contest, full of drama, tears, adversity and two powerful forces coming face to face in the ultimate battle" while mockingly downplaying the England football team's defeat earlier that evening. The Stage is a weekly British Newspaper founded in 1880 available nationally and published on Thursdays The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football The author of the review then stated that the cliffhanger increased his affection of the show. ^[25]. The Guardian commented that the episode was "Who back at its best" while The People complimented the humour of the scene of the Doctor channel surfing. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. The People, previously known as the Sunday People, is a British tabloid Sunday-only newspaper owned by the Trinity Mirror Group Channel surfing (Also known as Channel Hopping in certain areas is the practice of quickly scanning through different Television channels or Radio ^[26] Jacob Clifton of Television Without Pity gave the episode an "A-" rating. Television Without Pity (often abbreviated TWoP) is a Website that provides detailed recaps of select television Dramas situation comedies ^[27] Ahsan Haque of IGN gave the episode 9. IGN (abbreviated and formerly known as I magine G ames N etwork is a multimedia news and reviews Website that focuses heavily on Video 8 out of 10 ("Incredible"), and complemented the pacing of the episode and the revelation of both the Cybermen and the Daleks, concluding that "you couldn't ask for a better cliffhanger". ^[28]

After its initial airing, the episode was released on DVD with "Fear Her" and "Doomsday" on 25 September 2006. " Fear Her " is an episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. " Doomsday " is the thirteenth and final episode in the second series of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[29] The story ("Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday") was nominated for the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form is an award given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction ^[30]

References

External links

• TARDISODE 12
• Trailer for "Army of Ghosts"
• Episode commentary by Russell T Davies and Matt Savage (MP3)
• "Army of Ghosts" episode homepage
• "Army of Ghosts" at the BBC Doctor Who homepage
• "Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday" at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel)
• "Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday" at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• "Army of Ghosts" at Outpost Gallifrey
• "Army of Ghosts" at TV.com

Reviews

• "Army of Ghosts" reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
• "Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday" reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
• "Army of Ghosts" reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide
• "Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday" reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide

Outpost Gallifrey was a popular fan Website for the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. TVcom is a website owned by CNET Networks. The service was launched on June 1 2005 and replaced the popular TV Tome website Outpost Gallifrey was a popular fan Website for the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Outpost Gallifrey was a popular fan Website for the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

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